Chapter 231

As the night deepened, the camp gradually became quiet. After Pan Jun performed the Small Zhoutian Exercises three times and took some medicine, the injuries she had inflicted on herself were mostly healed.

So she lay down and went to sleep.

She felt that as soon as she closed her eyes, the clock she set for her body woke up. She opened her eyes and the firelight had dimmed.

Pan Yun picked up a few pieces of firewood and put them into the fire, then stirred them to start the fire burning again.

She looked in the direction of Pan Xiaohei and said, "Go ahead."

Pan Xiaohei stood up, shook off the dead leaves on his body, and walked forward quietly. When someone looked at him, he climbed up the tree lightly and hid his whole body among the branches.

Hu Jing saw the cat's tail flash between the branches, and then he looked away when he saw that the cat was lying motionless on the tree.

That was Pan Yun's cat, and Hu Jing couldn't help but pay attention to it.

He looked at Pan Yun and found that Pan Yun had actually stood up and was adding fuel to the fire.

Hu Jing was stunned and turned his head to look at Zhu Zixun.

Zhu Zixun was sleeping in the carriage, so his movements could not be seen, but the firelight shining on the carriage made it possible to see that he was lying down.

Taoist Master Sanzhu, who was said to be more seriously injured, was able to sit up and add firewood to the fire half a night later, while Zhu Zixun was still asleep.

Hu Jing seemed to be thinking about something.

And in a place that Hu Jing couldn't see, under the dead leaves, there were several mice walking in a line. When they got close to the carriage, they came out from under the dead leaves and walked forward briskly in the shadow of the carriage without making any sound.

The guard on duty patrolled around the truck and sat down by the fire, complaining to his companions in a low voice: "We are always the ones on guard..."

"Keep your voice down. If those gray robes hear you, they'll start fighting again."

"Am I afraid of them? Their martial arts are not as good as ours, and they don't work at all. They just stare at us and boss us around..."

Pan Xiaohei walked lightly to the branch above their heads. He heard their conversation, and Pan Jun heard it too.

She raised her eyebrows, turned her eyes, and accurately found the gray-clothed people who were lying or leaning in the darkness.

The guards' clothes were all similar, all made of common blue and gray cloth, so she didn't think much about it, but now it seems that there are differences between the guards wearing blue and gray cloth.

Pan Yun kept this in mind, and through the black cat's eyes, he watched the mice flashing vaguely below, and divided into two teams to find the two cars.

One of the guards seemed to have heard the sound, stood up and walked forward, and the mouse immediately hid behind the wheel and did not move.

The guards walked around the cars and found nothing unusual, so they returned to the campfire.

The mouse waited for a while, and when he heard the footsteps fade away, he climbed up the wheel of the car and got into the car in a short while.

The three mice walked carefully in the car, and soon found a relatively thin box that had been bumped.

Three mice grabbed the same corner from three different directions, one on top, one on the left, and one on the right, and they opened their mouths and started chewing at the same time...

After an unknown amount of time, the drowsy guard suddenly woke up and seemed to hear a crackling sound.

The two guards looked at each other, stood up and walked to the carriage, and walked around it again.

The mouse that was scratching the box stopped eating quickly and lay there motionless.

"Damn it, where did the rat come from?" The two guards kicked the wheel, stopped for a moment, and then turned and left when they heard nothing unusual.

The two of them returned to the fire and sat down for a long time. When they were drowsy, the rustling sound started again.

The two guards heard this and became extremely annoyed and stood up again.

The two of them took two steps before the sound stopped again.

When the two guards heard this, they were so angry that they walked around the car and looked down, but they did not dare to reach out to lift the green cloth.

The two of them returned to the fire holding their breath, and less than half a quarter of an hour after they sat down, the rustling sound started again.

Two guards: ...

The two men had lost their tempers and leaned against the tree after letting out a sigh, not caring at all and spreading their arms and legs to listen to the rustling sounds coming from the other end of the car.

After listening to the rustling sounds for a long time, they actually got used to it.

After an unknown amount of time, the rustling sound finally stopped. The two of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then closed their eyes and rested.

At this moment, the smallest mouse in the car crawled into the box, and came out after a while with something in its mouth.

The three mice landed in an orderly manner and walked quickly under the belly of the car. Occasionally, a guard heard the sound and looked over, but when he saw that it was a mouse, he didn't care.

There are rats everywhere in the wild, but fortunately, what they are transporting is not food, so they are not afraid of these little creatures.

Pan Xiaohei did not walk on the ground, but jumped among the branches. He would climb down the tree trunk after walking a distance away. After the two teams of mice gathered, he turned around and walked in front to lead the way.

Pan Xiaohei led the mice in a line to the riverside, while Pan Yun, who was adding firewood to the fire, took out a formation plate and put it down. He then carved eyes and noses on the three folded pieces of wood with a knife, placed one beside him, and placed two side by side next to Miaohe.

Pan Yun pushed Miao and Miaozhen.

The two opened their eyes, said nothing, and quickly got up.

Hu Jing, who turned his head to look at her from time to time, felt his eyes blurred and he blinked involuntarily. When he looked at the fire again, he saw Pan Jun still sitting cross-legged in meditation, with her two nephews lying beside her.

Hu Jing then looked away and scanned the other fires and other people.

He thought he was too sleepy just now, so his vision was blurry.

After looking at the whole scene and finding nothing unusual, the guards on duty also started to patrol. He closed his eyes and rested, wanting to relieve his fatigue.

At this time, Pan Yun and Miao Zhenmiao He had already tiptoed into the woods and went straight to the river.

Xue Shao and Xi Jin were already standing by the river, staring at Pan Xiaohei.

Xue Shao suddenly turned his head. There were still a few trees intertwined in front of him, but his eyes fell down to the ground. He stared at an empty space and called out tentatively, "Master Pan?"

Pan Yun tore off the invisibility charm on his body, revealing his true form, "How did you find us?"

Miaozhen and Miaohe also took off their invisibility talismans and followed behind Pan Yun, one on the left and one on the right.

Xue Shao pointed at their feet and said, "In autumn and winter, there are many fallen leaves on the ground. In the wild, unless you can walk in the air, there will be traces."

Pan Jun looked down at his feet and said, "Fortunately not everyone has your observation ability, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get out tonight."

Xue Shao was even more curious about, "How did you avoid their eyes and ears when you were so conspicuous? They should have noticed your absence quickly, right?"

Pan Yun: "'We' are meditating and sleeping by the fire right now. This matter is not important."

She did not ask how Xue Shao avoided being noticed, because Song Bei did not care much about the business travelers who followed him, and Xue Shao's movements were much more convenient than theirs.

If he couldn't safely avoid their eyes and ears like this, how could he cooperate in the investigation later?

Give up the idea of ​​forming an alliance as soon as possible.

Pan Jun walked past Xue Shao to Pan Xiaohei and asked, "Did you get the things?"

Pan Xiaohei proudly stepped aside with his cat paws, revealing the group of mice following behind him.

There were two little mice protected in the middle. They trembled under Pan Yun's gaze, but still spit out what was in their mouths. This was not the end. After spitting out what was in their mouths, they continued to spit out.

Two small piles of gray-black things fell on the dead leaves. Pan Yun and Xue Shao squatted down to look.

Miaozhen and Miaohe were also extremely curious. They pushed aside Xijin who was looking around and squatted beside Pan Yun, staring at the thing on the dead leaf with wide eyes. "What is this?"

Pan Yun and Xue Shao each took a little bit of the stuff, put it to their noses and sniffed it, then their faces changed drastically, "gunpowder!"

Xue Shao looked at Pan Yun with a complicated expression, "If it had been a little bit, we might have had casualties today."

Pan Yun: "No wonder Song Bei got so nervous when Zhu Zixun and I started fighting. It turns out there is this thing in the convoy."

This was ripe gunpowder. Once she and Zhu Zixun's moves went astray, they would be able to kill them on the spot by slapping the two cars with one palm.

Xue Shao took out a handkerchief, poured everything into it and put it away, and said in a deep voice: "This is a serious matter, we must notify the Quanzhou government office."

Pan Yun stroked his chin and said, "The Japanese pirates have gone around to Shuangyang Village and Huaihua Village in the back. Do you think the people in the Quanzhou government office are useful?"

Xue Shao's heart moved, and he looked at Pan Yun, "Do you also suspect that they are pirates?"

Pan Yun: "Do you suspect they are pirates?"

Xue Shao paused and nodded, "Yes, but it's not just me, it's also my friends."

He said, "I suspect they use the island as a base, constantly buying weapons and ironware from the inland to arm bandits for looting. I originally thought they were transporting ironware, but I didn't expect it to be gunpowder."

Xue Shao's heart moved, and he murmured: "Gunpowder, is it used simply as gunpowder, or is it used to fill cannons? Are there pirates with cannons along the coast now?"

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