Chapter 257 Instigation
Chen Wen was counting the prisoners, which was actually sorting them into categories.

All the common pirates who could be recruited as military households were recruited, along with their families;
The Japanese, or people from other countries, bundled things up, locked things up, and labeled them.

People like Song Bei would be beheaded as a warning, while people like Song Pu could be redeemed by paying a ransom. There were also some scattered Gray Guards, who were basically all beheaded.

So they were detained separately.

As Pan Jun walked towards Chen Wen, she suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves behind her. She looked back and saw a dozen horses trotting towards them on the beach.

Pan Jun's heart trembled and he couldn't help but stop.

The leader was a middle-aged man, followed by soldiers in armor. When Chen Wen saw them, he immediately led his men past Pan Yun to greet them, "This general greets the deputy commander."

Wu Xiaoli dismounted, nodded slightly to Chen Wen, and asked, "Have you captured Song Bei?"

Chen Wen bowed his head and replied, "Yes, it was the Jianghu Alliance and the Tianshi Mansion who took him down."

"Have you confirmed that he is the bandit leader active in the Chiwei Island area?"

"Yes, but there are people behind him, they should be the Matsuura family, the daimyo of Hirado, Japan. This time we also captured a son of the Matsuura family who came to support us."

Wu Xiaoli snorted coldly, "What do they think our Ming Dynasty is? They can come and go as they please. Where are they now?"

"He has been detained and is on the ship. They are planning to take him back to the military camp for disposal."

Wu Xiaoli nodded slightly, looked around and asked, "Why did you stop the boat here instead of going back to the camp directly?"

"Your Excellency, there are also chivalrous men and Taoist priests on board. They are not good at dealing with officers and soldiers. In order to avoid disputes, we specially put them down here and let them rest before returning to the camp."

Wu Xiaoli frowned and said, "Thank you for your hard work. It was you who suggested joining forces with this group of people in the underworld, so that we could take down this group of pirates so smoothly."

"They have done a great job in suppressing the bandits, and you are familiar with them, so I will give you two days off. Go to the city and order two tables to have a celebration banquet with them."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand.

The soldier behind him immediately took out a heavy purse and placed it in Wu Xiaoli's hand.

Wu Xiaoli threw it to Chen Wen and said with a smile: "Go ahead, let Chu Liang take the fleet back first."

Chen Wen's expression changed again and again, "Sir, this..."

Wu Xiaoli patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, no one can take away your credit for this achievement. In the official documents submitted, you still have the first credit."

Chen Wen immediately bowed his head and said, "It was your Excellency's command that was proper. This great victory in suppressing the bandits is all due to your Excellency's efforts."

Wu Xiaoli smiled and looked to the side and back, "Chu Liang, what are you waiting for? There are so many people in a mess, why don't you quickly organize the team and board the boat to return to the camp?"

A young man wearing a fifth-grade martial robe came out from behind him, clasped his fists towards Chen Wen, and then walked past him to get on the boat.

Wu Xiaoli said: "Bring a few more people with you to help you greet these heroes..."

He glanced at Pan Jun standing beside him and smiled, "Oh, there's a Taoist priest too, hahahaha..."

Pan Yun: …

This contemptuous smile made her feel itchy.

Her fingers were clenched tightly, and she lowered her head to look into Pan Xiaohei's big, dark cat eyes before she suppressed the urge to attack.

But this also made her put the sea chart in her sleeve back into the spiritual space.

This man was so annoying that she would rather blow up all the treasures on the island than give them to him.

Chen Wen watched Wu Xiaoli leave, then calmed down and turned to Pan Yun and asked with a smile, "Master Sanzhu, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Pan Jun turned and left, "It's okay."

He walked two steps and then stopped, turning back and saying, "Captain Chen, please don't leave me out when you treat me to a meal."

Chen Wen, "No, Taoist Sanzhu has made great contributions this time, and he will not forget you."

The beach was in a commotion as the people brought by Wu Xiaoli took over the fleet. Fortunately, they acknowledged Chen Wen's practice of recruiting pirates, but they were not as friendly as Chen Wen to these newly recruited pirates and their families.

They were divided into three ships and taken to the military camp separately.

This group of civilian pirates who came out of the Ming Dynasty were very united. Many of their brothers died, so they claimed their families as relatives. So in general, except for the foreign pirates, everyone else was either recruited or became military dependents.

However, before they were registered, the navy was on guard against them and simply tied their hands and took them aboard.

Before getting on the boat, Ashin looked back in the direction of Pan Yun. No one expected that they would be separated so quickly. It seemed that they would not be able to get the amulet she drew.

Pan Yun stood beside the car holding the black cat and watched them board the boat. She glanced and saw a low-ranking military officer leading twenty soldiers towards them. Her eyes flashed and she reacted suddenly.

Oh~~The box behind her is also a loot.

Pan Jun immediately stuffed Pan Xiaohei into Xuanmiao's arms and said quietly and quickly, "Senior Sister, please help drag it. I'll go get some things."

mysterious:……

She held Pan Xiaohei in silence for a while, but finally walked up to the group of soldiers with a sullen face and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing?"

Pan Yun quickly walked to the two special cars.

She knew that the boxes in the two cars contained muskets and gunpowder, and she couldn't tell which box contained which, but...

Never mind, just open it quietly and touch it and you will know.

The Japanese pirates had opened many boxes before to get their muskets, so she didn't need to twist the locks. She could just open them and take a look and tell the items apart.

Seeing the mess of muskets piled up inside, Pan Jun reached in and was about to grab a few, but then he got angry and simply put the whole box away.

He opened another box full of gunpowder and put it away directly.

Pan Jun also took two boxes. Seeing that Xuanmiao could no longer be stopped, he reached out and slapped the car. With a few bangs, the boxes adjusted their shape and filled the gap.

Pan Yun ran forward happily and shouted, "What are you doing? Are you trying to bully my senior sister?"

The leading military officer had an unpleasant expression on his face and said, "These things were looted by pirates and should be taken back by the imperial court. If the Taoist priest stops us again, don't blame us for being rude."

Xuan Miao looked at him coldly, "When we formed the alliance, we made a rule with Captain Chen that whoever captured the spoils on the battlefield would own them. This road is under the charge of the Jianghu Alliance and the Tianshi Mansion. According to our agreement, the spoils on this car also belong to both of us."

"This is a private agreement between Captain Chen and you. You should go find Captain Chen. We are following the laws of the court. You..."

"Okay, okay, I'll give you these spoils," Pan Yun said loudly, "Sister, the things on this cart are not treasures, nor are they things looted by pirates, but swords, muskets, and gunpowder smuggled from land. I've seen it, and there's even gunpowder for cannons."

Xuan Miao's face became more solemn. The military officer standing opposite her changed his expression and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

The knights and Taoists who were sitting on the beach to rest stood up one after another.

"I'm not talking nonsense," Pan Yun said loudly, "I captured the man and intercepted the car. The Japanese pirates even opened the box and took out the musket and gunpowder to attack me. How could I not know that?"

"Sir, I know you must want to find out where they bought these things from, right?"

"Smuggling arms is a serious crime that will lead to the confiscation of property and the extermination of the clan. You take the things and the people back, and we must investigate them in detail and thoroughly! Catch all those traitors and cut them into pieces, or execute them by slow slicing!" Xuanmiao glanced at her, walked away a few steps, and distanced himself from her.

A look of fear flashed across the military officer's face, and he shouted at Pan Yun to shut up, but would Pan Yun listen to him?

The military officer was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword, but just as he pulled the sword out a little, an invisible force pressed down his hand.

His eyes widened instantly, and then under his stare, his hand actually pressed the knife back inch by inch.

military attache:……

The knife fell out of the sheath with a sound, and he looked at Pan Jun in shock.

Pan Jun smiled and winked at him, then whispered in his ear: "Brother, although I am young, I have already said that it was me who captured Song Bei and stopped the convoy. No matter who you ask, I am the first contributor on this road. How can you look down on me?"

The military officer remained silent.

Pan Yun then took two steps back and stood still, waving his hand nonchalantly and saying, "Go ahead. These weapons are important to you, but they are just junk to me."

The military officer didn't dare to be arrogant anymore. He clasped his fists towards Pan Yun and immediately led his men to pull the car.

Seeing that they were actually reaching out to touch her empty carriage, Pan Yun immediately stepped forward and pressed it, saying, "This carriage is mine!"

Under her glare, the soldier silently let go of his hand and went to pull another car.

Other knights and Taoists had already gathered around and watched them pulling the cart away.

Immediately, a knight held down the car, jumped up, opened a box, took a look and shouted, "It's really a musket!"

"Damn it, even the Jianghu Alliance doesn't have this thing, but the Japanese pirates can buy it. If there weren't some scoundrels in the imperial court, I wouldn't believe it!"

With the first knight, there will be a second one immediately.

Soon someone rushed onto another car, opened the box and took out a horizontal sword from it, and was furious. "It's a horizontal sword! Isn't this the official horizontal sword that can only be used by yamen runners, soldiers guarding the city gates, and the imperial guards in the capital? Even the navy can't use such a good sword. Damn it, where did these pirates come from?"

"There are rats. There must be rats. These are all military equipment. Maybe the rats are hiding in the army."

The military officer shouted, "How dare you! Get out of the car!"

"Stop it now, are you trying to rebel?"

"You are hiding something. Are you in cahoots with those who secretly sold the muskets? Otherwise, why are you so afraid of us seeing you..."

The beach suddenly became noisy.

Wu Xiaoli on the boat frowned when he heard the noise, "What's making so much noise?"

A soldier came running over and said, "Sir, something has happened. The gangsters on the beach overturned a cart of loot, which was full of swords, muskets, and gunpowder. They are asking us to find out where they came from."

Wu Xiaoli's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he asked, "Why are there these things in the spoils? Aren't they the armaments of our fleet?"

The soldier lowered his head and whispered, "It can't be the armaments of our fleet, because the things were seized from Song Bei by the Jianghu Alliance and the Tianshi Mansion, and the Japanese pirates used them in front of them."

Wu Xiaoli gnashed his teeth and said, "You are not good enough to help, but you are more likely to cause trouble. I asked you to count the spoils, why did you start a fight with a bunch of gangsters?"

Wu Xiaoli was about to get off the boat to deal with it, but suddenly he thought of the unruly people in the underworld, so he stopped and said in a deep voice: "As for Chen Wen, let him deal with it. He must appease these people in the underworld and don't make things worse. The most important thing is to get these things here."

The soldier agreed and ran to find Chen Wen.

But Chen Wen had already headed for the woods as soon as the commotion started, and was now squatting in the woods with his confidants, watching the show from above.

Song Dali: "Captain, we really aren't going?"

Chen Wen pulled a piece of grass and stuffed it into his mouth, watching with relish, "It's a thankless task, why go up there?"

He noticed with his sharp eyes that Pan Yun, who had caused trouble first, had also pulled Xuan Miao away from that area and walked to the edge of the woods like him, where they leaned against a tree to watch the show.

As if noticing his gaze, Pan Jun turned her head and looked over.

Chen Wen gave her a smile and Pan Jun smiled back at him.

Chen Wen turned his head to look at the chaotic beach. Both Lin, the leader of the Jianghu Alliance, and Cao Daoji of the Daoji Department disappeared at the same time.

Chen Wen snorted and said, "It seems that everyone is not a fool."

Song Dali: "I know you think the commander is a fool, but no matter how stupid he is, he is still our superior. His words can decide our life and death and future. Captain, you sent troops on your own this time..."

"Shut up. I was patrolling at sea when I accidentally encountered the Jianghu Alliance and the Tianshi Mansion fighting pirates. I joined the battle temporarily out of my duty to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty."

Song Dali choked and said, "But when the commander said it was your suggestion just now, you didn't deny it..."

Chen Wen glanced at him and said, "At that time, the commander-in-chief didn't say that I sent troops out without permission."

It took Song Dali a while to react, so there are two possible explanations.

If Wu Xiaoli acknowledges the credit for this cooperative alliance, then Chen Wen is negotiating on his behalf;
If Wu Xiaoli thought that he sent troops privately, then Chen Wen was just an accidental encounter at sea.

As long as the Jianghu Alliance and the Tianshi Mansion agree with them, there will be no problem at all.

Therefore, Chen Wen would never offend the Jianghu Alliance and the Tianshi Mansion.

What's more, he also wanted to know, from whom did Song Bei buy these things?

So make a fuss, make a fuss, make it so no one can cover it up, force the navy to conduct a self-inspection, Quanzhou Prefecture to conduct a self-inspection, Fujian and the imperial court, all of them must conduct a self-inspection!

The soldiers couldn't find Chen Wen hiding in the woods for a while, so Wu Xiaoli could only force a smile on his grim face and go to stop them in person.

He stood in the crowd and solemnly promised, "I will investigate thoroughly and will never let this traitor go!"

The disappeared Alliance Leader Lin and Cao Dao Ji suddenly appeared in the crowd, expressing their trust in Commander Wu and the Quanzhou Guards on behalf of the chivalrous men and Taoists.

Wu Xiaoli: "Don't worry, don't worry. I am more heartbroken than you are about what happened in Quanzhou."

The chivalrous men and Taoists were pacified.

Xuanmiao turned around and asked Pan Jun, "What effect do you want to achieve?"

Pan Jun said nothing.

Xuanmiao: "We may not be able to find out the truth, but if things get out of hand, someone will definitely die."

Pan Yun looked indifferent: "Let him die. Even if he is pushed out to take the blame, he will not be an innocent person."

Xuanmiao: "Did he offend you?"

Pan Yun nodded: "Yes, my biggest unhappiness today comes from him."

Xuan Miao stood up and said, "Okay, then I'll lend you a hand."

　Four thousand words, two thousand missing, I will make up for it tomorrow, good night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)