Chapter 17 I Got You

The notice was not only posted on the city wall, but Pan Yun also noticed that there were several notices placed on the table at the city gate.

She knew she couldn't enter the city, so she lowered her head, turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly someone grabbed her shoulders and trapped her on both sides.

"Meow——" Pan Xiaohei was frightened and rolled off Pan Yun's shoulder, falling to the ground with a bang.

The child standing in front of Pan Yun felt so distressed when he saw the cat that he quickly squatted down to hug it.

Pan Yun's expression remained unchanged. He was ready to exert force the moment the black cat rolled down, but suddenly a finger pressed on his waist. This familiar feeling...

Pan Jun opened the acupuncture points instantly, but did not move. Instead, she looked up and saw Xuan Miao standing on her right and Tao Ji standing on her left.

Meeting her eyes, Tao Ji smiled, "Are you surprised? How did you get on the wanted list?"

Xuan Miao frowned and said, "Stop talking nonsense and go."

Xuan Miao grabbed Pan Yun and turned to leave. Pan Yun only had time to take a look at the child and the black cat before Tao Ji reached out and picked him and the black cat up and took them away.

The four people and the cat left quietly without disturbing anyone at the city gate.

Walking to a secluded place, Pan Jun moved his feet and was instantly five steps away from Xuanmiao.

When Tao Ji saw them, he wanted to go up and catch them, but Xuan Miao stopped him and said to Pan Yun, "Do you think the Jinyiwei are good-for-nothings? Isn't there anyone in Datong keeping an eye on Pan Hong and his son?"

Pan Yun's chest heaved, but he didn't say anything.

Xuanmiao: “The Jinyiwei’s eyes are everywhere, they are far more powerful than you think.

A Jinyiwei chased a little girl in the street and then disappeared. They couldn't find you in one day, five days, or ten days?"

Pan Yun's heart sank.

It was rare for Xuanmiao to speak so many words at once for so long: "You look down on the adults and the Jinyiwei too much.

You should be thankful that you have been weak and sickly since childhood, so you have never left the house. Your neighbors have never seen you, so no one can connect you with the Pan family. Otherwise, your second uncle and his family would have been in the prison of the Zhenfu Division by now."

Pan Yun touched the amulet she was wearing. It was still intact and had not changed at all from the way it was at noon today, so Xuan Miao and Tao Ji would not hurt her at this time.

She looked up at Xuan Miao and looked at her seriously for the first time, "Isn't this the first time we meet? Why are you helping me like this?"

Xuanmiao said in a deep voice: "This is a promise! Since you promised to go with us and cultivate your mind in the mountains, you must fulfill your promise. And I, knowing that you killed someone but not handing you over to the authorities, had already made up my mind to bring you back to the temple to practice when you promised to mend your ways and cultivate your mind. Only by bringing you back can I live up to my promise."

Pan Yun: "...You didn't make this promise to me. You just thought about it in your heart. It's totally fine..."

"Is an unspoken promise not a promise?" Xuan Miao looked at her sternly, "Is deceiving oneself not deceiving?"

Xuanmiao looked at her steadily. "If you deceive yourself, who can you keep your promise to?"

Pan Jun had nothing to say.

Tao Ji on the side seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Pan Yun looked at him sharply, "What do you want to say?"

He is so cautious towards his junior sister, but is like this to him, bullying the weak and fearing the strong!

Tao Ji complained in his heart, and his face was not happy. "No need to say anything, let's go. How many detours have we taken to chase you?"

As a result, not only did we not get closer to home, but we got further away from home. Where did we end up?

Pan Yun did not move immediately, but looked back at the tall city wall.

Xuan Miao softened his heart, walked up to her side and said, "There will always be a chance. You are still too young. You can go when you grow up."

Pan Yun: "With this wanted poster, how can I go in the future? I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to even lead a normal life."

"Don't worry, it won't have any effect at all," Tao Ji said quietly, "because living in the mountains, few people will see this thing, and even if they do see it, they won't remember it."

Xuanmiao said, "You are still young. You will be different in a few years. There are many people who look alike in the world. The Jinyiwei can't do anything to you without evidence to prove that it is you."

Pan Yun sneered and said, "If the Jinyiwei were so law-abiding, would my father still be exiled to Datong? Do you know how my father was put in prison? Do you know why Xue Xuan, the former Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, was almost beheaded?"

Pan Yun suddenly said gloomily: "Because the Jinyiwei said that they were partial and accepted bribes, and Wang Wen of the Censorate 'heard' that it was 'not true', so they were convicted!

Except for the idiot sitting on the dragon throne, who in the court doesn't know that they are wronged?
Who has evidence to prove their guilt?"

Even Xue Xuan and her father, both officials, could be convicted without any evidence, so dealing with her would be a piece of cake.

Xuanmiao, however, remained calm and emphasized again: "They can't do that to you, and this is also a promise."

Although Tao Ji frowned, he did not object, "You underestimate us Taoists. Although we basically do not participate in state affairs, not everyone can offend us.

How about this, you take my junior sister as your master, and from now on my Sanqing Temple will be related to you. Your second uncle is currently in the Imperial Observatory of the Taichang Temple in Beijing, and he can occasionally see the emperor, so Wang Zhen doesn't dare to offend him too much."

The three most unoffensive types of people in the imperial palace are concubines, eunuchs, and officials from the Taichang Temple and the Qintianjian who are good at fortune-telling.

Even the eunuchs around the emperor were polite to them, otherwise one day they would say, "Your Majesty, there is a villain around you, and that person is of the zodiac sign of the snake." Then all the people of the zodiac sign of the snake in the palace would have to be cleared out.

Even if the emperor is rational and the court officials oppose and are not purged, they will still be kept away.

As a human being, it is better to believe something exists than to believe it does not exist.

So Pan Yun’s matter was really a trivial matter to Xuanmiao Tao Ji.

Pan Jun opened his mouth, having never expected this to happen.

Tao Ji was very proud, "How about you take my junior sister as your master?"

"No thanks!"

"No!"

They both spoke at the same time, but their meaning was the same, and they couldn't help but look up at each other.

Tao Ji was quite disappointed. After hesitating for a moment, he said awkwardly, "Then, I will accept it with reluctance?"

As soon as he said this, Tao Ji thought it was a good idea, and looked at Pan Yun with sparkling eyes, "You are very talented and have a natural talent for practicing Taoism. It would be a pity if you don't learn Taoism."

He also wanted to ask her about the strange skills she was practicing, oh no, the magic, where she learned it from and what stage she had reached, she seemed quite powerful.

However, Taoists are very averse to outsiders prying into the details of their cultivation methods, unless they mention it themselves.

Tao Ji was a very rule-abiding person. Although he was extremely curious, he still resisted the urge to ask further questions.

Xuan Miao stood in front of Pan Yun and asked her to make a decision, "Do you want to go with us honestly?"

Pan Jun: "If I don't agree, you won't force me?"

Xuan Miao shook his head: "If you don't agree, then you can only passively keep your promise. A man cannot stand without trust. Since you promised, you should do it."

She paused and said, "Pan Yun, the life of the Pan family depends on you."

Pan Yun looked up at her in surprise, and looked at her with a mysterious gaze. "If you are good, the Pan family will be good. If you are bad, the Pan family's fortune will take a sharp turn for the worse. If you die, the entire Pan family, including your uncle's family, will be doomed."

Tao Ji interrupted her quickly, "Junior sister!"

Xuan Miao did not stop, but continued to look at Pan Yun's face and said: "If you die, your father will follow, and then your two brothers. Your family will be sentenced to eternal exile. If there is no redress and no amnesty, someone will have to take over your father's military service. First, your uncle will die, then your cousin, and finally it will even affect the Pan family's side branches..."

Therefore, exile and military service were considered to be as severe a punishment as beheading.

Even among the literati, they would rather be beheaded than be exiled.

The former is just a single blow to the head, but the latter is a continuous punishment that may even lead to the death of the entire family.

The former kills the body, the latter kills the mind, and it is hard to tell which one is more serious.

Xuan Miao spat out a mouthful of blood, her face pale. Tao Ji quickly dropped the child in his hands to help her, and said disapprovingly: "You are really a person, what the eldest brother said is right, you should learn from those monks to practice the silent meditation. Now you can't help but speak less, you should just keep silent!"

Tao Ji helped Xuanmiao sit cross-legged, close his eyes and regulate his breathing.

Tao Ji looked at Pan Yun warily, "You're not going to take this opportunity to escape, are you?"

Pan Jun: ...She is not stupid. Xuanmiao has said so much, and it seems to be true. Why would she run away?

Pan Yun just felt a little lost and sad. She was about to get closer to Datong. At her current speed, she would be able to see her father, eldest brother and second brother in four days.

Damn Jinyiwei, damn Wang Zhen and Wang Wen, don't let her meet them again in the future, otherwise she will throw a bad luck spell on them.

Pan Jun was muttering to herself but didn't show it on her face. She walked calmly to the opposite side of Xuan Miao and sat cross-legged. She discovered that they were only regulating their breathing internally, and did not absorb the energy of heaven and earth from the outside to nourish their bodies.

Well, after all, she was injured because of her, so she should help her.

After thinking about it, Pan Yun attracted the thin spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Her breathing and the breathing of her body slowly synchronized with them. As the skills were put into operation, the spiritual energy was attracted to surround her body...

Pan Yun only absorbed some of it, and let the rest float around her and Xuanmiao.

Even if Xuanmiao did not actively absorb the spiritual energy, once it became rich, she would be able to absorb it into her body through her breathing and skin breathing, and feel relaxed and refreshed.

Xuanmiao was not stupid and soon noticed something was wrong. She opened her eyes and looked at Pan Yun, then closed her eyes and adjusted her breathing. The surrounding spiritual energy was absorbed by her.

Tao Ji stood aside and watched them for a while. Seeing that he was not needed, he looked at the child who had been huddled quietly aside.

The child was hiding aside holding the black cat. When he saw Tao Ji looking at him, he subconsciously moved towards Pan Yun. But he didn't seem very afraid of Tao Ji, so he took two steps and stared at him with his round eyes.

Tao Ji now had time to become curious. How could Pan Jun, while concentrating on escaping, rescue a little beggar?
It seems that he and his junior sister were right about Pan Jun. Although his actions were both good and evil, he had a good heart.

Looking at the child's face again, the half-baked Tao Ji frowned. It looks like he will die young. Oh, his face looks a bit expensive. Why did he end up being a beggar?
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