Chapter 351 All the Same (Update)

Pan Yun covered his head and said aggrievedly: "I, I'm not going to break into the palace, I'm just looking for evidence to overturn the case and meet the emperor by the way..."

"Can you stop gritting your teeth when you mention the emperor?" Wang Feiyin said, "It doesn't seem like you are loyal to the emperor or patriotic at all."

Pan Yun tried hard to force a smile, "I went to make friends with the emperor and get his approval."

Wang Feiyin: "Put away your murderous intent before you say that."

Pan Yun's smile suddenly fell, and he asked, "He disregards the law and justice, and governs the country out of selfishness. Can't this emperor be replaced?"

Wang Feiyin turned around and said, "I don't know if it can be changed, but I know that once you start, many innocent people will die. If you can't figure it out, practice more. Maybe when you reach a certain level and get closer to the way of heaven, He will tell you."

"Master is also a god, doesn't He know that?"

Wang Feiyin paused and tilted his head, saying, "He is just a mountain god."

Pan Yun watched Wang Feiyin leave, then looked at Wang Cong and the other three, "What do you think?"

Wang Cong: "Little Master, if you want to overturn the case, I can go to the capital to find someone for you. Since Lord Pan is worried that the Jinyiwei will take action against the descendants of those families, we can hide them and protect them first."

Miao Zhen said: "I will take the examination next year, and the examination for the certificate of ordination in the third year. When I pass the examination, I can enter and leave the palace. Then I will find out the news about the emperor and find a way to connect you with the emperor."

She said, "Since he is a tyrant, then who else would not be a tyrant? With your eloquence, I believe you are no worse than Wang Zhen."

Pan Jun: "...Thank you."

But when it comes to taking the examination, she can go by herself.

Pan Yun made up her mind and opened the letters from her two brothers.

Pan Yue and Pan Yu talked about their experiences in the army, mostly reporting good news but not bad news. At most, they complained that their father Pan Hong assigned them a lot of homework, and that they had to study in addition to training in the army, which was very tiring.

Pan Yun watched with great interest, and her heart calmed down a lot. They were living well at the border, and after graduating from the academy, she would go to the capital to look for the descendants of the Yang and Zhang families.

The mistress of the Zhang family, He, and the mistress of the Yang family, Yue, had been executed, but their children had not been held accountable. It is just unknown whether they are still in the capital.

Thinking of this, Pan Yun copied down the addresses of the two families in Pan Hong's letter and handed them to Wang Cong, "When you go to the capital, ask for the two families for me."

Wang Cong put away the note, eager to try, and wished he could go to the capital tomorrow.

As a result, he suddenly realized his worries. Wang Feiyin appeared at the door like a ghost and asked faintly, "What are you still doing? Are you going to have dinner tonight?"

Everyone immediately dispersed and ran to the kitchen to work.

Wang Feiyin snorted, and when he saw Pan Yun almost fall down while holding the firewood because he was trying to avoid the black cat entangled around his feet, he snorted twice again. Even so, he still wants to change the emperor?
Because of the reunion and the large number of people, we had dinner at the Taoist temple very early tonight.

Just after 1 p.m., the food was placed on the table, and it was particularly sumptuous.

Wang Feiyin finally smiled, picked up his chopsticks and said, "Except for Lao Er and Qingjun, the rest of us in Sanqing Temple are all here, so it can be considered a reunion. Come, let's have a reunion drink."

In fact, it is the sweet wine that Tao Ji brewed with leftover rice, which can raise yang and replenish qi and blood.

It’s sweet and anyone can eat it.

Sweet wine becomes even sweeter when warmed.

Pan Yun took a big sip and found it delicious, so he ate all the rice grains with a spoon and took another big sip.

Miaohe was eating so much that she couldn't even lift her head.

After Pan Yun finished drinking, he put down the bowl with a bang and said proudly, "Another bowl!"

Tao Ji: “No more.”

Pan Yun: "This is too little, Miaohe, cook more rice next time and make the leftovers into sweet wine."

Miaohe agreed immediately.

Wang Feiyin snorted, "You are a person who loves to enjoy life, yet you still want to change the world. If you really do it, you will suffer to death."

Pan Jun said stubbornly, "I did that for the people!"

Pan Yun was eating a feast of fish and meat, and turned his head to look outside the kitchen, saying, "I wonder if my father and brother have any meat to eat."

Wang Feiyin: "Datong mutton is cheap, and they eat better than us."

"Speaking of this, I also want to eat mutton," Wang Cong said, "I will go to the market to buy some tomorrow to offer to the Kitchen God."

Wang Feiyin: "Buy it, buy it..."

In fact, the life of Pan’s father and son was not as good as described in the letter.

No matter how good their situation was, they were still criminals sent to exile.

Even if Pan Hong became the head of the village, his life would not be easy unless he was a person like the former head of the village.

As the head of the village, he only has the right to arrange the assigned tasks.

The former head of the police station pushed the tasks that he and his family should have done onto other people, but Pan Hong was an upright person and could not do that.

He even took the initiative to take on some of the heavier tasks.

If Yi Bao fails to complete the task assigned by his superiors, he will either take the responsibility himself or find someone to take the blame.

In the former case, he might lose his position as village chief; in the latter case, the person who takes the blame might be sent to the front line as cannon fodder.

Therefore, Pan Hong did not dare to neglect the tasks assigned by his superiors.

All the people in the security guard worked together. Pan Yue and Pan Yu, who had nothing to do and could go home on vacation, also followed the cart to transport the silage. In front was a security guard who was walking in the snow with difficulty, with his head down, carrying a large bundle of silage on his back.

The last batch of silage was stored in the warehouse. The others said goodbye to the Pan father and son, hunched their heads, and left with ropes. Pan Hong had to wait until the warehouse was counted and signed before leaving.

The father and his two sons pushed the cart and headed home in the snow and wind.

The snow in Datong this year was particularly heavy and thick. The snow on the road was up to the calf level, making it difficult for the cart to move.

Pan Yu: "If I had known this, I would have just abandoned the cart and carried it directly."

Pan Hong smiled and said, "Don't complain. If it weren't for this car, we might not be able to finish this trip."

Pan Yue asked, "Father, what are you going to do next?"

Pan Hong said: "Feeding the horses, cleaning the stables, these are all odd jobs."

Pan Yue murmured, "Even if this year is over, another year has passed. I wonder if my little sister has grown taller."

Pan Yu: "I wonder if her hair has gotten better or if it's still as sparse, dry, yellow and soft as before."

Pan Hong: "You are not allowed to laugh at your sister."

Pan Yu muttered, "How could I laugh at her? I just felt sorry for her..."

There was no one on the road, and the father and his two sons spoke in low voices, so they were not afraid of being overheard.

Only at this time did they dare to mention their sister in a low voice.

As they were talking, a military bugle sounded. Pan Yue and Pan Yu were startled and immediately dropped the cart and ran towards the camp.

The three of them were already near the military camp, and soon a soldier came out with an order, "The second and third battalions, return to the camp immediately, there is an enemy attack--"

Pan Yue and Pan Yu ran even faster. As he ran, Pan Yue turned back and shouted to Pan Hong, "Dad, go back quickly——"

Pan Hong chased after him for two steps and shouted, "Be careful."

Groups of soldiers came out and ran towards the exile village. When they saw Pan Hong, they immediately shouted, "Are you a criminal sent to the exile village?"

Pan Yue stopped halfway through the run, turned around and shouted to them: "Brothers, that's my father. Both of us brothers are on the battlefield!"

Pan Hong knew what they wanted to do with him, and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, there are three of us in my family, and two of them have already gone to the battlefield."

The soldier then let him go and headed towards the exile village.

They need to select some people to follow, and if necessary, to act as bait or cannon fodder and walk in front.

Pan Hong gritted his teeth, dropped the cart in his hands, and ran after the soldiers.

He has to control the people in the bao. If they are selected to be bailed out, he has to select those who are more likely to survive to save more people.

Pan Yue and Pan Yu ran back to the camp, and the soldiers had just arrived.

They put on their armor, hats, picked up their guns and ran outside following the general flag.

Pan Yue ran to the general flag and asked in a low voice: "General flag, what happened? Is someone holding us captive?"

The general flag had a sour face, "It's not the border that's being attacked, it's the Tartars who came to pay tribute. Not long after they left, they robbed a town and took away more than 30 women. The captain was so angry that he asked us to go and get them back."

Pan Yue's face darkened. "Aren't they envoys? Why are they looting?"

The general sneered and said, "What envoy? He is just a beggar who comes to ask for food under the guise of paying tribute. This is not the first time such a thing has happened."

"This year, the number of envoys coming to pay tribute was large, nearly a thousand people. Your Majesty issued two decrees to stop them, and only then did he allow more than 20 people to enter the capital. The rest stayed in Datong and waited."

"I didn't expect that their envoys arrived and they left right after them, and they actually started looting," the general flag said. "Today is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year, and there are many people in the town going to the market."

Pan Yue murmured: "In my family, we always celebrate the Little New Year on the 24th..."

Thinking that Xiaonian had been robbed and separated from his family, Pan Yue's face turned ugly and he asked, "Are there any casualties?"

The general flag's face became even more grim. "We haven't counted them yet, but they are probably afraid of angering us. According to the spies who came back, not many people died, probably about seven or eight."

Pan Yue: "But for the families of the deceased, it is tantamount to the destruction of their families."

The general flag had a gloomy expression on his face and shouted loudly, "Run, all of you, run! Have you not eaten yet?"

Captain Qin was already waiting on horseback. He had selected a team of people with better riding skills, and Pan Yu was among them.

Captain Qin walked around and pointed at Pan Yue, "You're smart, come with us to chase them."

Pan Yue agreed, and immediately stepped forward to take a bag of dry food and mounted his horse.

Their mission is different from others.

They simply rode fast horses to chase the Tartars, and after catching up with them they did not fight them, but instead tried to stop them from moving forward and waited for reinforcements to arrive before taking action.

So, they have to find the right direction to chase.

Pan Yue asked: "Where did these Tartars come from?"

Qin Baihu: "Wala."

Pan Yue: "... Isn't the relationship between the Oirat and the Tatars bad? Are they also called Tatars?"

General Banner: "Who cares? They all look the same. Those in the north who fight us are called Tartars."

Pan Yue: That’s not a problem.

　good night

　　(End of this chapter)