Chapter 242 Collecting Corpses
The officers and soldiers saw that leaving the bodies like this would only scare the fishermen more, so they simply did not bury them and just dumped them on both sides of the woods, next to the former desolate graves.

Pan Yun and others seemed to be floating in the air, watching the people in the dark carrying a boat and moving it carefully.

There were nine people, half-towed a boat as they passed by. The woods were deep and dark, and the sound of partridges could be heard from time to time.

Every time they heard a quail chirp, they couldn't help but tremble and then looked around nervously.

When they saw the pale bones under the moonlight, they immediately began to chant Mazu in a low voice. Perhaps it was Mazu's blessing, but the path that was usually filled with miasma was now free of fog and the moonlight clearly illuminated the way ahead, allowing them to pass smoothly.

Nine people groped their way to the seashore, lowered the boat, five people boarded, and four people stayed behind to keep watch.

They carefully pushed the boat into the sea and gently rowed it away. The remaining four people found some reefs on the shore and lay down in teams of two.

The night is beautiful and the wind is gentle. Tonight is a great time for fishing.

They are fishermen and don't know how to farm, but they are very good at observing the weather at sea. They calculated that this is the best time of the month for fishing.

The boat returned before daybreak, fully loaded.

Everyone on and off the boat was very happy. They carried the boat and the catch back, but because there were too many catches, the boat could not carry it.

Someone suggested, "I don't think there are any soldiers patrolling around here. Why don't we hide the boat in the woods and come back when the weather is good in a few days?"

Four of the other eight agreed, while the remaining three objected and said anxiously, "If we are discovered, our boat will be gone. This is the only boat our group has."

But they had just returned from sea, and the people who were looking out for the wind had been on edge all night. Everyone's physical strength was greatly consumed. Now if they carried the seafood, they could not carry the boat, and if they carried the boat, they could not carry the seafood.

In the end, the minority obeyed the majority. They dragged the boat into the woods and hid it, then carried the seafood back home.

But not long after entering the path, they ran into a patrolling group of soldiers.

Pan Yun looked at them with pity as they fled in all directions. They were later caught and killed when they resisted. Their bodies were left in the woods. In the end, only five of the nine people escaped.

The scene changed, and Pan Yun saw a new group of people passing by the road cautiously. This time they were not carrying a boat, but boxes.

When we reached the beach, someone blew two whistles and someone with a big knife approached.

The people here opened the boxes and showed the other party the porcelain, silk and tea they brought. The two sides agreed on the price and made the transaction face to face.

After they received the money, they turned back, but after walking about a hundred steps into the path, pirates with big swords jumped out from the woods on both sides and threatened them to hand over their gold and silver.

This money is more important than their lives, how could I give it to them?
The sky was filled with blood mist, people's heads were separated, blood was dripping all the way, and Pan Jun and the others suddenly stood on the ground.

Although it was an illusion, they felt as if they were really standing in a pool of blood, sticky and a chill rose from the soles of their feet. The smell of blood filled their mouths and noses, making them want to vomit.

The bodies were thrown into the woods. The next day, two families came quietly to look for the bodies. They took two of the bodies home crying, and the rest remained here forever.

The blood mist became thicker and thicker, and the illusion was divided into small pieces, all surrounding them. It was full of bloody murders, and people died in every illusion.

The most tragic incident was when a group of Japanese crossed this road. On the third day, they appeared, dragging more than a dozen women and bringing a lot of looted supplies, and they wanted to go to the sea from this path.

Three miles behind them, a few ragged men were quietly following them, watching with red eyes.

When the Japanese pirates were about to reach the corner, a group of civilians carrying hoes and kitchen knives led a group of Ming soldiers to catch up with them, and a battle broke out as soon as the two sides met.

This is just one team of Ming troops, with about a hundred people, and there are only about fifty Japanese pirates on the opposite side, so there shouldn't be too many problems.

The leading Ming army also shouted at the civilians holding kitchen knives to retreat, saying: "Our reinforcements will arrive soon, so don't make trouble here."

Then the battle broke out, but no one expected that, as the fighting went on, the troops that rushed out from the corner were not the Ming reinforcements, but the Japanese pirates.

No one knew where the other party had looted from, but they probably heard the sounds of fighting when they arrived at the beach, so they followed the sound and came here.

The Ming army soon fell into a disadvantage, and the civilians hiding behind also rushed forward with hoes and kitchen knives. In the end, the entire army was wiped out, and the Japanese pirates on the opposite side also suffered heavy casualties. In the battle of nearly 300 people, only 18 people crawled out of the road alive, including 16 Japanese pirates and 2 Ming civilians.

When the Ming reinforcements arrived, only corpses were left on the scene.

They collected the bodies of the soldiers and the people of the Ming Dynasty and buried them in the woods. The bodies of the Japanese pirates were all chopped off and their heads were hung in a row under the trees at the corner, like hanging ginseng fruits.

The illusion moved forward slowly. From then on, no pirate dared to land here and enter the inland, and no Ming Dynasty citizen dared to take this route to go out to the sea.

Everything seemed to be quiet here until Song Bei appeared.

In the illusion, Song Bei passed by this road and didn't even clean up the head still hanging on the tree...

The light around them quickly receded, and everyone only felt a flash before their eyes, and then they all returned to reality.

Pan Yun felt a burning sensation at the base of her hands. She lowered her eyes and saw that it was incense ash that had fallen on her base of hands and fingers.

Only one inch of the three incense sticks is left.

Pan Jun lowered his head and continued to bow. After standing up, he inserted the incense into the incense burner, picked up the peach blossom sword, stepped on the ground and chanted an incantation. To put it bluntly, performing rituals is to communicate with the dead.

Whether it's bribery or threats, she can do anything for them, they are willing to eliminate their resentment and reincarnate; if they want her to do anything, she can let go of her obsession and reincarnate.

If bribery doesn't work, then threats are used. Incense, candles, yellow paper, and snacks are all bribery, while the peach blossom sword in hand is a threat.

Pan Yun now waved the Peach Blossom Sword and negotiated with them.

After a while, the incense burned out, and Pan Jun got the answer she wanted. She put down her sword and relit three incense sticks.

This time, the bow went extremely smoothly and she lit the incense quickly.

Pan Yun turned to the crowd and said, "If you want to get out this way, I promised to collect their bodies for you."

Zhang Weiliang: "I still ask the same question. How can we tell whose leg bone this is?"

Pan Yun said: "They will take you to find it."

After saying that, she counted on her fingers, and countless spiritual energy gathered from all directions, sweeping over the vengeful spirits that surrounded them and refused to leave. As Pan Yun finished making the hand gestures, countless spiritual lights began to scatter and illuminated the white bones.

Everyone looked at it in amazement.

Pan Yun said: "Follow these spiritual lights, they will lead you to find their corpses."

Hu Jing swallowed and asked, "With just a few of you, how long will it take?"

Pan Yun turned around and said, "So there are still you guys. I will press the acupuncture points on you. Except for not being able to use internal force, you can still run and walk. It will definitely not affect you."

"Of course, if you run away," she smiled, "I won't chase you, but the vengeful spirits will always haunt you. The vengeful spirits you come into contact with will not dissipate, but will leave with you and stay with you forever."

Hu Jing, Su Ying and all the Qingyi Guards shuddered and said immediately: "We will not run away."

Ashin also said: "Our families are still on the island, we have to go back to save them."

Pan Jun waved his hand, "I know. After we finish dealing with things here, I will take you to the island and help you rescue people."

She said: "I have good intentions towards you. After all, we are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. Even though you are smuggling and pirates, I understand that you have no choice."

"He is different," Pan Yun pointed at Song Bei who was still naked and said, "He even hid the fact that he is a Japanese from you. He has not been on the same page with you from the beginning."

The Green Guards seemed to be thinking about something. Even the Green Guards who were still lying down tried to get up and said, "Master Sanzhu, I can also go and collect the remains."

His eyes were red as he said, "There may be relatives of mine among these corpses. My family is originally from Dacai Village."

The other Qingyi guards also quickly requested orders.

Pan Yun agreed with a wave of her hand, and asked Doctor Zhao to take out all the medicines for the wounds and give them some first to restore some of their mobility so that the bodies could be buried as soon as possible.

Because the time span here is long and murders always happen here, there are really a lot of corpses piled up here.

Seeing that they were still motionless, Pan Yun raised his chin and said, "What are you still standing there for? Go ahead."

Miaozhen was the first to react. She stepped forward and picked up the hand bone where the spiritual light was resting. It immediately flew to a pile of bones under another tree and rested on a skull.

Miaozhen went forward to pick it up, and it immediately stood on the half-headless corpse next to it, with a hand bone missing from its left hand.

It seemed that this corpse was hers. Miaozhen installed the head and hand bones on it, and the spirit point flew into the skull and slowly disappeared.

When everyone saw this, they suddenly realized what was going on. So, as long as they put the bones away, the spirit point would disappear.

Pan Yun pointed to an empty lot and said, "Dig a hole and bury the body."

The task is not considered half completed until the corpses are buried in the ground. According to Pan Yun, after all the corpses are buried in the ground, three incense sticks and two candles must be burned for them as a sacrifice.

With Miaozhen's example, they finally knew how to do it.

Pan Yun waved his hand and said, "You guys go ahead."

Zhang Weiliang: "Where are Zhang Weiqin and the others?"

Pan Yun said angrily: "The evil spirits have come here. The forest inside is just a pure forest. If they can't get out of here, then what's the point of being a Taoist priest? Go home and farm as soon as possible."

Zhang Weiliang thought so too, Zhang Weiqin couldn't be so confused as to not know the directions.

So he followed Lingdian to collect the corpses. On the huge field, there were only Zhu Zixun, who was lying there with a severe blow, and Song Bei and his gray-clothed guards, who were also lying there with serious injuries.

Pan Jun walked up to Song Bei, frowned, and casually picked up a piece of rag with his sword and threw it over, just covering half of the man's white body. "Shall we talk?"

Song Bei: "There's nothing much to talk about between us."

"Is that so? Forget it then." Pan Yun immediately used his sword to throw the cloth off his body, then took out a dry and hard steamed bun, crushed it and sprinkled it on him.

Song Bei was stunned, "What are you doing?"

　Hey hey hey, see you tomorrow
　　(End of this chapter)