Pan Yun refused to admit it. "I simply didn't favor him. How could that count as offending him?"
She looked around and asked, "Well? Are they still obedient?"
Xue Shao gave a hum. "Leaving ability aside, the people chosen to board the ships all clearly know what they're going there for. They've all been very obedient."
Pan Yun said, "Most of them are going to sea for the first time. Remember to assign two doctors to every ship."
Xue Shao said, "It's all arranged. The medicinal supplies have also been distributed among the three ships. Everyone has signed a life-and-death waiver."
Pan Yun nodded and looked toward the cabin behind him, where the Japanese people Masuda Shinta had sent to test the ships were staying.
Xue Shao also glanced back and lowered his voice. "They made a fuss while we were waiting on the island, but Chen's company commander's men suppressed them. Two died. They're behaving themselves now."
Pan Yun said, "I wrote a letter and had Wang Xiaojing deliver it to Wang Cong. He'll demand an explanation from Masuda Shinta for me."
She turned to Song Dalin. "These Japanese people are cunning and good at biding their time. Keep an eye on them along the way. If they dare cause trouble, kill them and throw them into the sea to feed the fish. Just keep one alive to bring back."
Song Dalin agreed. He looked at Xue Shao, then glanced toward the cabin as well, saying gloomily, "Daoist Priestess Pan, didn't you say you had three seagoing ships? This one is being given to the Japanese people, so doesn't that leave only two?"
With so many brothers under his command, he would only be in charge of two ships. That was far too few.
Pan Yun shot him a