Chapter 330 Grabbing orders
Captain Zhou had no desire to eat the cake and said coldly, "Thank you, Taoist Master Pan, for your appreciation. Please come in."

He didn't want to reply to the order anymore, he just wanted to send Pan Jun away. Okay, that's it, he was really tired.

The case of Hua Buliu still needed to be concluded. Captain Zhou sent Pan Yun to the door and was about to leave. When he turned around and saw Qu Le hiding in the corner, he couldn't help but stop and frowned and said to Pan Yun: "Master Pan, although you are smart and powerful, you still have to be careful. Don't be too confident, and don't trust others too much, so as not to suffer losses."

Pan Yun nodded repeatedly in agreement.

After Captain Zhou turned around and went in, and Pan Yun walked out of the government office, Qu Le chased after him, "What does he mean? Is he afraid that I'll lie to you?"

Qu Le muttered, "Can I trick you?"

Pan Yun: "Why are you still here? Aren't you going to look for your Chang Mingwei?"

Qu Le: "I'll be there in a minute. By the way, how is Hua Bului?"

"died."

Qu Le's eyes widened. "Dead? He, he, he, he just died like that?"

Pan Yun: "If you don't believe me, just wait and see the court's announcement."

Pan Yun walked in and out of the government office in a swaggering manner, and even went into the government office to catch wanted criminals. He didn't look like he was the wanted criminal at all.

The court's announcement came out very quickly, before evening.

After the coroner examined Hua Bulius's body and completed the form, he could issue the announcement.

The government office posted the notice on the bulletin wall and the walls inside and outside the city gate to announce to the world that the flower thief Hua Buliu had been executed, and anyone who had been harmed by him could come to the government office to report the crime and have the case recorded.

Of course, everyone knew that Hua Bulius did not report the case before his death, and he would not report it after his death.

When Pan Yun returned to the inn, Miao Zhen also returned. She said, "The deathly look on Zhou Wan Niang's body has completely disappeared. She no longer has any intention of dying. She is full of life. She went home and killed a chicken and stewed it. Da Chun didn't dare to say a word."

"Her brother and sister-in-law rushed over after hearing the news and asked her if she would go back home and marry someone else, but she refused. Her mother-in-law also promised her brother and sister-in-law that the past was in the past and that she would treat her well for the rest of her life..."

Pan Yun: "What does Dachun mean?"

"Dachun had no idea at all, and just nodded aside," Miaozhen said, "I saw that the death in her face had disappeared, so she came back."

Pan Yun nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, when the news of Hua Buliu's execution reaches their village, her life will be better."

Only when you let go of the knots in your heart can you live a good life.

This is the best medicine for the victims and also a comfort to the living.

The government office will not only issue an announcement, but will also have people notify the families of all the victims in the case and tell them the news that Hua Bului has been executed.

The case was finally closed.

"I brought back a bunch of lists, but after looking at them, I found that there is no one we can find and catch, so let's focus on the reward list issued by the government office."

Pan Yun said: "The household registration system of the Ming Dynasty is strictly managed. The city gates would stop and check the household registration and travel permits from time to time. It is difficult for ordinary criminals to obtain forged household registration and travel permits, and their wanted pictures are posted at various city gates."

Not only did the common people get paid for reporting wanted criminals, but the soldiers guarding the city gates also got paid for catching wanted criminals.

The bounty is much higher than their military pay.

A bounty, even if shared by a team of people, would be equivalent to their military pay for a year.

Pan Yun suspected that Zhu Yuanzhang set this rule in order to encourage the city gate officials and soldiers to strictly and severely implement the household registration inspection policy.

"Besides, people would prefer to stay in a place they are familiar with, as it will make them feel more secure," Pan Yun said, "so I suspect Chang Mingwei is still here, but I don't know where he is hiding."

"Should we cooperate with Qu Le?" Miao Zhen said, "He's a bit stupid."

Pan Yun nodded and said, "I also think he is a bit stupid. Let's go find him ourselves."

She said, "If we catch him, the reward will be all ours. If he catches him, we will get half of it."

Pan Yun counted the time of the temple fair on his fingers and said, "We still have ten days. If we can't catch anyone after ten days, we will have to go back."

Miao Zhen was full of confidence, "With Junior Master's help, it will definitely work!"

"What can I do?" Wang Cong replied happily.

Pan Yun: "You look so happy, did you make a lot of money today?"

Wang Cong smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed and he took out a cloth bag from his arms, saying, "Spending less is earning more. I really made a lot of money today."

He opened the cloth bag and showed it to Pan Yun, "Look, Junior Master, I found this piece of Hetian jade today."

He opened it and showed it to Pan Yun.

It is a piece of jade that has not been carved, not even cut or polished.

Pan Yun held it and looked at it with his back to the light, then looked at it with his front to the light, and praised: "What a nice jade! But... you don't expect me to use this jade to open up space for you, do you?"

Wang Cong: “No?”

Pan Yun: "Do you think I look like someone who can polish and carve jade?"

Wang Cong nodded, "Yes!" Pan Yun: ...

She does know a little bit, but she doesn't want to do it.

After all, she is a formation master and knows basic carving work, but... why should she do things that can be done by others and machines?

Especially since this piece of jade is raw material, there will be more work to do. Pan Yun is very unhappy. "The workload is too heavy. I don't like it."

Wang Cong smiled and said, "Don't worry, Junior Master. Although I know you can do it, I won't let you do it. I will do it. When the time comes, Junior Master, you just need to help me open up space."

Pan Yun was slightly surprised, "You can also polish and carve jade?"

Wang Cong said: "I am not completely proficient in it, but I know a little bit."

Otherwise, he would not buy the jade himself.

Pan Jun nodded thoughtfully, "No wonder I asked you to buy jade. You don't like this one, and you think that one is too expensive. So you know how to do it. Okay, you can polish it and cut it yourself. I have only one request: it can't be too thin, and the shape can't be too complicated. The rest is up to you."

As long as there is a place to engrave the space array for her, it will be fine.

Wang Cong was recognized and agreed happily. Then he remembered to ask, "Master Junior, have you caught Hua Buliu?"

Pan Yun nodded.

Wang Cong went into the house excitedly, "That's great, I'll pack up and go back to the mountain tonight, and I'll start polishing and carving the jade tomorrow. I'll give it to you in three days, and I'll have space for my things in ten days at the latest."

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen sat on the steps without moving, watching him excitedly walk into the house.

Wang Cong noticed something was wrong and poked his head out of the room to ask, "Little Master, Fourth Master Sister, why aren't you moving?"

Pan Yun said: "I didn't say I wanted to go back."

Miao Zhen: "Big Brother, we want to catch another wanted criminal."

"Who is it that has such a big face?" Wang Cong said unhappily, "How much is he worth?"

Miao Zhen held up a finger and said, "One hundred taels for a live one, eighty taels for a dead one."

Wang Cong came out of the house with a serious face, "He must be a vicious person. The bounty is even higher than that of Hua Buliu. We really can't let such a person do evil among the people. We must catch him!"

He said, "Uncle Junior Master, I'll help you."

Pan Yun gave him an appreciative look, took out eighty taels of reward silver from the spiritual realm and gave it to Miao Zhen, raised his head at a 45-degree angle to look up at the sky, and said, "This is the money earned for the Mountain God Temple. Put it in the public account and use it to do good deeds later."

Miao Zhen took the money and stuffed it into the space of the jade token. After responding, he said, "Little Master, you should look at me and say it. God can hear it."

Pan Yun: "I am stressing that too much money has been flowing in and out of me recently, and I am afraid that He has miscalculated."

What if God takes a nap?
So it’s important to emphasize this.

Wang Cong's mind was moved, "Little Master, do you have a lot of money on you now?"

Pan Yun glanced at him and said, "Don't you know how much money you gave? Didn't you say that you can't speculate in silver anymore?"

Wang Cong: "We can't do business here in the city. Recently, more and more people have come to their senses. It's hard for me to exchange copper coins at low prices from restaurants and hotels. The profit is limited."

"But it is possible in other places. I estimate that this business can be done before the Chinese New Year, or even for a period of time in the first month of the lunar year."

He said: "If you exchange silver for copper coins and copper coins for silver, the profit will be higher than exchanging them for silver notes."

"I didn't do it before because exchanging it for real gold and silver is too risky and difficult to transport. But if Junior Master can build the Jade Space for me, I only need a horse to convert all the silver and copper coins in Jiangnan and Central Plains into my goods, and keep exchanging them to make money."

Pan Jun was shocked, "You are such a profiteer."

Wang Cong clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, thank you."

He was able to support a family at such a young age, wasn't it because of his intelligence?

Pan Yun thought for a moment and said, "Then you can stay in the inn and polish the jade. I am now the first marquis. The success rate of opening up a space is high and the time is short. One night is enough."

When Wang Cong heard this, he immediately said, "Then Junior Master, go and catch the wanted criminal yourself. I'll go to Nong Yu first."

He didn't work on it alone in the room. He wrapped the jade and went to find a craftsman he knew in the setting sun. He borrowed his tools and started working on it all night.

The craftsman put him into the workshop, stuffed a string of copper coins in his arms, and said, "You might as well give me the material. The labor cost won't be much."

Wang Cong: "I have already thought about what I want to do, and I don't feel comfortable handing it over to others."

Wang Cong was very persistent about some things, otherwise, he would not have looked down on the raw jade in Pan Yun's hand and insisted on buying a piece of jade and carving it himself.

The piece of raw jade in Pan Yun's hand was already considered good, at least not bad, but it was still far inferior to the one in Wang Cong's hand.

Wang Cong planned to polish his raw jade into jade pendants and jade rings, and the remaining scraps could be used to inlay hairpins, make earrings, and jade rings.

Wang Cong borrowed a craftsman's workshop and started staying up late, while Pan Yun was also staying up late writing down the details of the Chang Mingwei case.

"The case file says that Chang Mingwei and the victim's Shen family were neighbors. The Shen family was friendly and harmonious. They often helped their neighbors and had no major conflicts with Chang Mingwei."

(End of this chapter)