Chapter 335 This is me

The bailiff was about to close the door after he finished speaking, but Pan Yun held him back with one hand.

She said with a serious face: "This is such an important case of annihilation of a family. Shouldn't you take the initiative to work overtime and rush over to get the criminal? Why do you have to wait until tomorrow?"

She said directly: "Go and call the prosecutor and Captain Zhou back to work overtime now!"

Yamen runner: "... Young Taoist priest, I am on night duty and cannot leave the yamen. How about this, I will give you the address and you go and call the prosecutor and Captain Zhou back?"

Pan Yun pointed to the big drum standing on the side of the gate and said, "Are you going or not? If not, I will beat the drum."

The bailiff was startled. Once the drum was struck, not only would the prosecutor and Captain Zhou be alerted, but even the prefect would be called out.

The bailiff was afraid of her, so he had to open all the doors. He turned aside and said helplessly, "Bring the person in. I will ask Captain Zhou and the Magistrate to come back."

Pan Yun dragged Chang Mingwei into the government office and left him in the yard in front of the lobby.

The first person to arrive was the coroner.

As soon as he saw Pan Yun, he shouted, clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations, congratulations, young Taoist priest is really amazing. He caught two serious criminals in two days. It's enough to support himself for two or three years."

When Pan Jun heard this, he immediately looked up and asked, "Those bounty hunters can live for two or three years just by catching a serious criminal?"

The coroner went forward to check on Chang Mingwei and said, "Of course they can't. If you catch a serious criminal, you can only live for two years at most. Generally, if you want to live a comfortable life, you have to catch at least one per year to claim the reward."

He smiled and said, "Those rough men have to drink and hang out, and some have to support their families. They are not like you, a monk, and you are young. You don't have much money to spend in a year, let alone two or three years. If you can be frugal, one hundred and eighty taels will be enough for you to live for a lifetime."

Pan Jun remained silent.

Miao Zhen said: "One hundred and eighty taels is not enough for my junior master to spend in a day."

Coroner: "...Young Taoist priest, are you buying dragon liver and phoenix marrow?"

Miao Zhen said: "My junior uncle wants to do good deeds, and the food and medicine he gave away alone will cost this much money."

Upon hearing this, the coroner put away the joking expression on his face and nodded, "That is heavier than dragon liver and phoenix marrow."

He gave Chang Mingwei a few injections and said to Pan Yun, "The Taoist's elixir is very useful. It has protected his heart meridian. He will definitely survive. You have definitely got the 100 taels of silver."

Pan Yun clasped his fists towards him and said, "Thank you, Master Coroner."

The coroner's face was full of wrinkles from smiling.

The two were talking happily when the magistrate, the head of police, and the clerk all came back with sullen faces to work overtime.

Only after they shaved off Chang Mingwei's beard and washed his face and confirmed that it was him did they look more pleased. "It is indeed Chang Mingwei. Come, take him to jail."

The judge paused and said, "Wait, let's ask a doctor to check him out. Is he going to die?"

Pan Jun turned to look at him.

The prosecutor said angrily, "You'll be kept alive. The matter of examining the injuries has nothing to do with you. But we've already lost a Hua Buliu in our yamen. If another serious criminal dies, it will be hard to explain to the higher-ups."

Moreover, beheading after being sentenced to immediate execution is very different from the death of a serious criminal before execution.

Pan Yun asked curiously, "Will you hire a doctor to cure him with good medicine in pursuit of political achievements?"

The judge glanced at her and said, "Do we have too much money to burn? Doesn't it cost money to use good medicine? Hiring a doctor is already the limit for us. The most we can do is give him two bowls of medicine to stop bleeding and replenish blood and qi."

Pan Jun breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

What if the prisoners she brings in are beaten half to death in the future? Wouldn't that be a waste of the people's tax money to treat them?
If these officials are so ignorant, then she can only put herself in an injustice and exercise restraint when catching wanted criminals.

But now it seems that these officials are still very sensible.

Pan Yun stood aside and waited for the sensible officials to give her the reward.

The magistrate had seen her temper before and didn't dare to provoke her again. After the clerk finished writing the list, he signed it, handed it to Captain Zhou, and waved to them.

Captain Zhou took the list and said to Pan Yun, "The head clerk of the household department is not here. I really can't help you call him back to work overtime, so you can only come back tomorrow to collect your salary."

Pan Jun took the list and read it twice, then put it away after confirming that it was correct. "Tomorrow, I'm not in a hurry."

"No hurry for you to rush us back to work overtime..."

"That's because Chang Mingwei is in my hands. I don't want to watch him all night. Besides," Pan Yun said, "catching a criminal who killed his entire family is such a great achievement. Why aren't you in a hurry or happy at all?"

If it were in the previous life, the uncles would be so happy that they would be happy even if they worked overtime or stayed up late.

Captain Zhou raised his eyebrows and said, "Nonsense, I am very happy. I am alone and I am also happy to come back and work overtime."

Pan Yun leaned forward and whispered, "What about the prosecutors? I feel like the other people in the government office aren't very happy either."

Captain Zhou's mouth was a little cold, and he said dimly: "You have caught Hua Buliu, and the task of the torture chamber this year has been completed. As for Chang Mingwei, if you catch him after the New Year, they will be so happy."

Pan Yun: …

She stood up and said to Captain Zhou, "You can interrogate him when he wakes up. If I had been a moment later today, there would have been one more death under your jurisdiction. If I had been a quarter of an hour later, there would have been one more massacre of an entire family under your jurisdiction. Do you still think it's a pity that I arrested Chang Mingwei at this time?"

Captain Zhou's face darkened as he asked, "Where did you catch him?"

"Wujiazhuang."

Captain Zhou: "It's not far from Baicun."

He seemed to be thinking about something. "It seems like it's time for the government to investigate the hidden population in each village."

Pan Yun looked at him in surprise. "Oh my god, you actually want to investigate the hidden population in the village. You are much braver than me. Do you want to poke a hole in the sky and then use rocks to make it bigger?"

Captain Zhou: …He just couldn’t stand Pan Yun anymore, so he waved his hand and said, “Let’s go, it’s getting dark, why are you still here?”

"Don't think I don't know. Chang Mingwei, you stole someone else's bounty list. There are rules among bounty hunters. If you want to be in this business, you must abide by the rules. Don't go to the government office at night to look through case files and get wanted documents. Just choose from the lists I gave you. The people on those lists either have no one to reveal the list, or there are lists that can be competed and cooperated by multiple parties."

Pan Jun said "Oh" and turned and left.

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen returned to the inn in the dark and ordered a table full of delicious food.

After eating, the two of them looked at the stars and the moon, talked about astrology and life. In short, they talked about everything except poetry and songs.

Miao Zhen asked Pan Yun, "Uncle Junior, what list did Captain Zhou give you? Bring it to me and let me calculate it to see who we have a higher chance of catching."

This is indeed another application of divination.

The fortune teller cannot predict himself, but he can predict things, for example, he can calculate whether he can catch this person.

Pan Jun immediately took out a wanted poster from the spiritual realm and said, "You do the math."

Miaozhen was indeed calculating seriously.

She put many of them aside as soon as she started to tell fortunes, and said directly, "The possibility is too low."

Or: "There is no possibility at present."

Among them were Si Renfa and his son.

Pan Jun supported his head and watched from the side, waiting for her to calculate a higher success rate.

As she waited, her eyes gradually became heavy and her vision slowly became blurred.

Pan Xiaohei noticed that the hand that was stroking it stopped moving and became very heavy.

It raised its head from her arms and saw that she was asleep with one hand supporting her head and the other hand pressing on its neck.

Pan Xiaohei: ...

It was convinced that it could fall asleep while sitting on the roof.

Pan Xiaohei muttered to himself, but his body continued to lie there motionless.

Miaozhen glanced at Pan Yun and also slowed down her movements.

She pulled out the next wanted portrait, and to her surprise, the person in the portrait had no specific facial features, but looked very small.

Miaozhen carefully looked at the reason for the wanted warrant and the description of the main appearance written on the paper, and couldn't help but frown. He looked so young, how could he be related to the disappearance of a Jinyiwei?
Those bigwigs in the capital city are really careless when handling cases.

Pan Xiaohei also saw it and propped up his head to look.

It's strange. When they fled the capital, there was a rough portrait of Pan Yun on the wanted poster. How come it is gone now and only the text description is left?

Before Pan Xiaohei could finish his curiosity, Miaozhen had already cast the hexagram. When the hexagram came out, Miaozhen exclaimed in surprise after just one look.

Pan Jun gently opened her eyes and realized that she was not asleep. Only one second had passed, so she moved her head and asked in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong?"

Miao Zhen said excitedly: "Master Junior, the hexagram shows that our success rate in catching this person is extremely high!"

Pan Jun took a look at the wanted poster she handed over, took it and tore it up, then suddenly a fire started in his hand, and the flames burned the paper completely, "We will not arrest this person."

Miao Zhen was stunned, "Why?"

Pan Yun glanced at her. Her origins were no secret in Sanqing Mountain. Miao Zhen and the other children also knew that her family had fallen on hard times. Her father and brother were exiled to Datong, and she had escaped privately. She had to send money and things to her father and brother every once in a while, so Pan Yun did not hide it from her and said directly, "It's me up there."

Miaozhen:......

She began to try hard to recall what Pan Jun looked like when she first came to Sanqing Mountain. Although a year and a half had passed, she still remembered it clearly.

The junior master looked a little weak at the time and was shorter than them, but he was still very different from the yellow-haired, sparse-haired, and thin figure described in the portrait.

Miao Zhen: "…Is it because their eyesight is bad, or is someone giving Junior Master Uncle a break?"

"Neither," Pan Jun glanced at Pan Xiaohei and said, "I was weak in the past, and no matter how hard I practiced, I couldn't cultivate my energy, so the deficiency was always there, and I looked much thinner than my peers."

Miao Zhen: "What about the internal force?"

Pan Jun shook his head, "I can't do it either."

In other words, she had never considered practicing this. She only knew how to practice her energy and had no internal skills, so of course she had never considered changing her career path.

Miao Zhen understood it after just one thought, "Later, Junior Master was able to practice, and the Yuan Power nourished his body, plus his cultivation improved, so naturally it was very different. Doesn't this mean that you are not afraid of being discovered when you enter the capital?"

Pan Yun: "It's only been one or two years. Although there are some differences, people who have seen it can still recognize it, so you still have to be careful."

But facing Captain Zhou, who had never seen her and could only arrest people based on a blurry portrait, Pan Yun was still fearless.

Miao Zhen lowered her voice and said, "Then let's go to Beijing away from your acquaintances."

Pan Yun: "Do you miss Second Senior Brother?"

Miao Zhen blushed slightly and whispered, "Master will not return to the mountain for the New Year this year, and I don't know when I can see him again."

Pan Yun patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I can fly now, and my speed is much faster than before. I will take you to the capital when I have time."

By the way, fly to Datong again.

　good night

　　(End of this chapter)