Upon hearing this, Lin Zhongtian sighed and said, "It seems that the Ming Dynasty is indeed rotten to the core."

Pan Yunpeng said calmly, "Who made that Chongzhen kid so impatient? He only learned power and politics from Brother Zhao, but he hasn't learned how to govern a country yet. He turned against Brother Zhao and put him in jail. To me, this is a sign that the Ming Dynasty is doomed. It's time for our Tongmenghui to raise the banner of righteousness and help the Zhu family clean up the broken mountains and rivers."

Lin Zhongtian had a strange look in his eyes, but considering Pan Yunpeng's background and family background, he resisted the urge to complain.

Unlike Ding Xiu and others, Pan Yunpeng joined the Tongmenghui midway.

His real identity is actually the young leader of Shunfeng Escort Agency in Beijing.

Shunfeng Escort Agency was formerly known as Qingfeng Escort Agency. It is one of the four major escort agencies in Beijing. The chief escort, Pan Jintai, was born in Shaolin and is good at hard skills. He wields a mixed iron stick in his hand and is known as the Eight-Armed Vajra in the underworld.

The word "Vajra" naturally refers to Shaolin's hard skills.

But these eight arms are not only because of his stick skills, but also because he is a versatile person who is good at getting along with everyone and being well-known.

This also led to the Qingfeng Escort Agency establishing a relationship with a big shot in the court just two years after it was established in the capital. From then on, it rose rapidly and became one of the four major escort agencies in the capital.

Until five years ago, most of the guards in that big shot's mansion were escorts from the Qingfeng Escort Agency.

Thanks to his father, Pan Yunpeng has been living a life of luxury since he was a child, and his friends are all from wealthy families.

Logically speaking, it would be difficult for a wealthy young man like this to join an organization like the Tongmenghui.

But perhaps it was fate, as written in many vernacular novels, after Pan Yunpeng grew up, when he was transporting escorts with his father and uncles for the first time, he encountered a group of bandits who had just arrived in the mountains and did not know the rules.

Just when the escort team presented the gifts and thought that both sides were at peace, the gang of bandits attacked them at night.

That night, the Qingfeng Escort Agency suffered heavy casualties. Several uncle escorts fought to the death to protect Pan Yunpeng and finally led him out of the siege. Pan Yunpeng's father Pan Jintai volunteered to stay behind to cover his son, but was eventually stabbed dozens of times and died of exhaustion.

Pan Yunpeng vowed to avenge this blood feud, but before he could leave the mountain, he ran into members of the Tongmenghui.

It turned out that some members of the Tongmenghui had taken a fancy to the geographical location here and wanted to seize it from the bandits to use as a stronghold, and they happened to run into Pan Yunpeng and others who were coming down the mountain.

Seeing Pan Yunpeng covered in blood and with hatred in his eyes, the members of the Tongmenghui immediately realized that this guy was probably not a robber who was patrolling the mountains at night, but a passerby who was attacked by bandits at night.

So the Tongmenghui stepped in decisively and took it down.

But they did not harm his life, they just asked about the situation on the mountain.

When Pan Yunpeng heard the questions from the Tongmenghui members, he immediately realized that his chance for revenge had come.

So he volunteered to lead them up the mountain, saying that the bandits had been fighting all night and had robbed a large amount of goods, and that it was the time when they were most relaxed mentally and most tired physically.

If we go up the mountain now, we will be able to wipe them out in one fell swoop without many casualties.

The leading member of the Tongmenghui also felt that this was a good opportunity. After he confirmed the accuracy of the news, he decisively led his men up the mountain and wiped out the group of bandits who were laughing and still immersed in their harvest.

Although Pan Jintai, the Eight-Armed Vajra, is good at getting along with everyone and is good at socializing, he is a man of his word and has an excellent reputation.

Influenced by his father since childhood, Pan Jinpeng values ​​his promises and does not care about life and death.

With such a great favor, he naturally felt very favorable towards the Tongmenghui.

After this incident, Pan Yunpeng revealed his identity and solemnly stated that no matter what happened in the future, they could go to Qingfeng Escort Agency to ask him for help.

Later, members of the Tongmenghui were discovered by the night patrolling Jinyiwei when they sneaked into the Jinyiwei's archives. After a chase, they hid in the Qingfeng Escort Agency with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

Unexpectedly, Pan Yunpeng, who had succeeded as the chief escort at that time, saved him without asking the reason.

For this, Pan Yunpeng even offended a captain of the Jinyiwei, causing the big shot behind him to abandon him and terminate all cooperation with the Qingfeng Escort Agency.

But at the same time, he also formally gained the friendship of the Tongmenghui.

At Zhao Lihe's suggestion, contacts between the Tongmenghui and Pan Yunpeng became more frequent.

After a few visits, Pan Yunpeng gradually figured out what kind of organization the Tongmenghui was.

At that time, Pan Yunpeng was abandoned by his backers because he offended the Jinyiwei, and the Qingfeng Escort Agency was also implicated. Those so-called friends who used to be brothers with his father now wanted to break off their relationship with him.

In just a few months, Pan Yunpeng witnessed the fickleness of human nature. Just when he was extremely disappointed with the world, he suddenly learned about the Tongmenghui and naturally chose to join without hesitation.

So, with the help of Zhao Lihe and the Tongmenghui, Pan Yunpeng got in touch with Zhu Youjian, who was then Prince Xin.

Because he was a member of the Tongmenghui, Zhao Lihe did not have much contact with Pan Yunpeng on the surface. He just secretly helped him show up in front of Prince Xin Zhu Youjian to make him familiar to him first, and then talk about other things.

Zhu Youjian casually asked around and found out that this man had decent martial arts skills, had connections, and was in a desperate situation. If he took the opportunity to give him a hand, he would definitely be able to bring him under his command.

At that time, Zhu Youjian was trying to understand the art of being an emperor, so he wanted to practice on Pan Yunpeng and try to subdue him.

Pan Yunpeng's performance also made Zhu Youjian quite satisfied.

Not only was the other party easily recruited by him, but because of his comment that "the light wind is not as good as the smooth wind", he decisively changed the name of Qingfeng Escort Agency to Shunfeng Escort Agency.

The young Prince Xin Zhu Youjian had never experienced such high-level flattery, and immediately regarded Pan Yunpeng as his confidant.

Since then, Shunfeng Escort Agency became prosperous again and returned to being the top of the four major escort agencies in the capital.

Those uncles and aunts who once avoided him, after learning that Pan Yunpeng had found a bigger backer, shamelessly visited him, praising him for his promising young age and saying that he was stronger than his grandfather, and wanted to renew their old relationship with him.

But at this time, Pan Yunpeng was completely disappointed with these people, and there was only sneer and sarcasm in his heart.

To put it bluntly, let alone these uncles, Pan Yunpeng didn't care much about Prince Xin Zhu Youjian.

The Tongmenghui was the only thing left in his mind, and the reason why he tried his best to perform in front of Prince Xin was to be able to better help Zhao Lihe.

But Zhao Lihe really wanted to assist Zhu Youjian at that time. Seeing that Pan Yunpeng had aroused Zhu Youjian's desire for power, he couldn't help but scold Pan Yunpeng.

When Zhu Youjian saw this, he thought the two had a bad relationship.

It is also for this reason that until now, Zhu Youjian still believes that Shunfeng Escort Agency is the power in his hands.

Looking at the sarcastic expression on Pan Yunpeng's face, Lin Zhongtian mourned for Zhu Youjian in his heart for a few seconds.

"Oh, by the way, before I got on the carriage, I saw that there seemed to be more than a dozen carts of goods in the convoy..."

"Oh, that was a big escort I took on specially to cover up Brother Fu's three carts of goods. I didn't expect that the new city gate guard would be so arrogant. He took my money and let us out of the city without even checking half of the goods."

At this point, Pan Yunpeng curled his lips and sighed, "If I had known this, I would not have accepted this dart. Now, I have to go to Xi'an before returning to Beijing. It's really troublesome..."

"Xi'an?"

"Yes, the goods in the car are delivered to the Qin Palace in Xi'an. Most of them are things that only the royal family can use. The value is not valuable, but the significance is quite significant. Haha, I'm not bragging. For such imperial escorts, I guess only our Shunfeng Escort Agency can receive them in the entire capital!"