The Devil's Tribulation

Several people helped Master Lu into the room and saw Pan Chengfeng sitting and drinking tea with Shuang'er standing beside them. Yan Ping thought to himself, "So she is the maid of this master. No wonder she looks so outstanding. If he can escape this disaster this time, I hope the master can remember it." Yan Ping bowed and said, "I don't know if you have offended me during your travels in the mortal world. Please don't bother with my master." Pan Chengfeng ignored him, but looked at Master Lu and asked, "Are you the son of Magistrate Lu? You want to kill me?" Master Lu was so scared that he immediately knelt down and cried, "This master... No, no, I didn't recognize the great man and offended the immortal master. Please, for the sake of my father, let me go." After that, he began to kowtow, and the kowtow was so loud that even when he kowtowed to his father and grandfather, he probably didn't kowtow so hard.

Pan Chengfeng said coldly: "I shouldn't have bothered with you, but since you hit my people, I can't just sit there and watch. What happened before was a lesson for you. Get up. I'll ask you questions, and answer honestly." Several servants quickly helped their young master up, as they really couldn't afford to lose face. Yan Ping was the calmest and replied respectfully: "Thank you for your magnanimity, sir. Please ask, we will tell you what we know."

Seeing that this person was quite tactful, Pan Chengfeng did not intend to embarrass them, and asked, "Have you seen other Taoist friends in Fancheng?" Yan Ping replied, "Fancheng is so big, there must be other immortals, but immortals usually do not show their presence, so even if they pass by us, we would not know." Pan Chengfeng nodded and said, "I heard that there are some shops in Fancheng that specialize in doing business with cultivators. Do you know where they are?" Yan Ping shook his head and said, "I have indeed heard of shops opened by immortals, but I don't know where they are."

Pan Chengfeng frowned. Master Lu saw the change in Pan Chengfeng's expression and thought that Pan Chengfeng was unhappy. For the sake of his own life, he immediately said, "Sir, I know! I know!" Pan Chengfeng was delighted and asked, "Where is it?" Unexpectedly, Master Lu said, "My father has a fairy master. If you let me go back, I can ask for you." Yan Ping heard it and thought to himself, "This is bad!" Many people knew that there was a fairy master in the Lu Mansion, but no one had ever seen it. Master Lu was also talking nonsense in a hurry. There was indeed a fairy master in his family, but no one else had seen it except his father.

Pan Chengfeng slowly stood up, looked at the flustered Mr. Lu, and said lightly: "It seems that Mr. Lu really wants to 'help' me?" Mr. Lu didn't hear the hidden meaning, and nodded again and again: "It's an honor to help you..." Yan Ping suddenly blocked Mr. Lu, interrupting him from continuing to make up stories, and said with a bow: "Sir, the young man is still young and ignorant, please don't bother with him." Pan Chengfeng looked at Yan Ping with a little surprise, and said: "Do you know the consequences of blocking in front of him?" Yan Ping replied with a stiff face: "I know, but if you take money from people, you have to eliminate disasters for them, and this is my job." Pan Chengfeng nodded, and everyone didn't see what Pan Chengfeng did clearly, and heard a bang, and Yan Ping flew out, and then lay on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. Pan Chengfeng didn't intend to kill him, but he was definitely crippled.

Seeing Yan lying motionless on the ground, several people turned pale with fear. Pan Chengfeng said, "Carry him away, and you guys stay next door at night. If you dare to run around, this is the end!" After saying that, the aura on his body surged, pressing everyone down so that they couldn't straighten their backs. The aura of the third level of Qi training can only scare mortals. Pan Chengfeng didn't know that when he released the aura of the third level of Qi training, Master Lu of the Lu Mansion had already noticed it. But he was just at the third level of Qi training, so people didn't care at all and thought he was just a casual cultivator in the city.

Several people carried Yan Ping and supported Master Lu, and went to the next room obediently. Pan Chengfeng then turned around and looked at Shuang'er who was in shock and asked, "Gu, Guo, Li, Chen, Zhang, Wang, Zhao, which family are you from?" Shuang'er was still in shock. She was horrified when she heard this and subconsciously wanted to run away. Pan Chengfeng had already put one hand on Shuang'er's shoulder and pushed her to sit on the chair. He said, "What? You caused me so much trouble and you want to run away? If you don't speak up, I will let Master Lu take you to see Prefect Lu!" Shuang'er was so anxious that her face flushed. She said hurriedly, "No! That guy named Lu is a beast! He's a bad guy! Master, don't hand Shuang'er over to him!"

Pan Chengfeng sat down facing Shuang'er and asked, "Tell me, or I really won't care about you." Shuang'er looked at Pan Chengfeng with tears in her eyes and said, "Shuang'er didn't hide it from you on purpose. I was just worried that you would drive me away after you knew it. Shuang'er has no one to rely on except you..." After she finished speaking, she started to cry. Pan Chengfeng took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, saying, "Do you know who I am now? You can't scare me away with just that little thing. Keep talking." Pan Chengfeng was just bragging. He was already planning to run away.

Shuang'er's eyes were red. She glanced at Pan Chengfeng secretly, sniffed, and mustered up the courage to say, "My surname is Gu, my full name is Gu Ningshuang, and my father, Gu Qingbo, is the Tongzhi of Fancheng." Pan Chengfeng nodded and said, "Your father is the main culprit in the granary case last year." As soon as Pan Chengfeng finished speaking, Shuang'er immediately said excitedly, "The main culprit is that beast, Lu Wannian! It was he who resold the grain in the granary and framed my father, causing our entire family to be executed!" Thinking of her father and mother, Shuang'er was really heartbroken this time, and she cried like a pear blossom in the rain.

Pan Chengfeng waited for a while, and when he saw Shuang'er calmed down a little, he continued to ask: "Since the whole family was executed, how did you escape?" At this point, Shuang'er was about to cry again. Pan Chengfeng felt distressed and thought to himself: "Women are really made of water. They can't stop crying?" He quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it to her: "Take your time, drink some water first." Shuang'er calmed down for a while before saying: "My father is usually kind to others and has made many good friends. There was a little yamen runner that my father used to take care of. When he saw the prefect bringing people to confiscate the house, he sent someone to report to the house in advance. After my father got the news, he asked Uncle Meng and Uncle Gu to take my brother and me to escape separately. Uncle Meng and Uncle Gu had been on the battlefield before, and later, in order to repay their gratitude, they became housekeepers and martial artists in our family. My brother and I ran to the northeast and southwest respectively. My brother went to the southwest to find my uncle. I went to the northeast to find my uncle. My uncle was a centurion in the border army."

Pan Chengfeng asked curiously, "Then why are you here now? Didn't you go to find your uncle?" Shuang'er said sadly, "Uncle Gu and I ran out of the city for more than a hundred miles and ran into a group of bandits, more than a dozen people. After Uncle Gu beat the bandits away, he was also seriously injured and couldn't take me to find my uncle, so we had to run back. Uncle Gu said that the group of people were not bandits, but more like government officials. He told me to go back to Fancheng and hide, which would be safer. After he explained to me, Uncle Gu died, sob..." Pan Chengfeng sighed, waited for Shuang'er to stop crying, and continued to ask, "How do you know that your father was framed? How do you know that Prefect Lu is the mastermind?"

Shuang'er hesitated for a while, looked into Pan Chengfeng's eyes, and finally seemed to have made up her mind and said, "When I escaped, my father gave me an account book, which recorded in detail Lu Wannian's reselling of grain over the years. Lu Wannian hunted us down just for this account book." Pan Chengfeng's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, "It's the same old routine again. Although Shuang'er said that his father was framed, why do I feel that his father should not be clean either? It's just that Lu Wannian pushed him out to take the blame in the end. Otherwise, why didn't he hand in the account book for so many years? Especially before the New Year, the third prince came. If I give it directly to the third prince, how can Lu Wannian run away? I don't understand..."

Pan Chengfeng is a little conflicted now. If he helps Shuang'er, he will have to break up with Magistrate Lu, and there is also an immortal master in his family. Although he does not know his strength, he is definitely stronger than himself. If he does not help, he seems to feel a little guilty, after all, he is a young man with a sense of justice. In fact, it is mainly because of Shuang'er's beauty. Since it is the enemy of his future father-in-law, Pan Chengfeng is afraid that he will have a demon in the future if he does not help. Pan Chengfeng said to himself: "Let it go for now, let me find the resources for cultivation first." Shuang'er saw that Pan Chengfeng was thinking, and did not disturb him. She just looked at Pan Chengfeng's face and thought secretly: "Young Master is really not an ordinary person, and he is so handsome. If I can be with Young Master... Oh, I'm so embarrassed, what am I thinking about!"

Pan Chengfeng collected his thoughts and saw Shuang'er's face full of yearning. He waved his hand in front of Shuang'er and said, "What are you daydreaming about? Let's go." Shuang'er was stunned and asked, "Where to?" Pan Chengfeng said, "You can't stay here. Since you want to follow me, you can be my maid from now on!" Shuang'er got anxious when she heard it, "I don't want to be a maid!" Pan Chengfeng chuckled and said, "Okay, if you don't want to be a maid, what do you want to be?" Shuang'er blushed and began to hesitate again. Pan Chengfeng said, "It's okay if you don't want to be a maid, then be my concubine." Shuang'er was angry, "Who wants to be your concubine!" Pan Chengfeng glared at her, "If you don't want to be a maid, If you don't want to be my concubine, then why are you following me? I'll leave by myself!" After saying that, she turned around and pretended to leave. Shuang'er hurriedly said, "I'll be a maid! Don't leave me..." Pan Chengfeng was satisfied and said, "That's right. From now on, it's your job to serve tea, pour water, and warm the bed. Also, call me Master in the future!" Shuang'er's eyes flashed cunning, and then she replied with a look of grievance, "Yes, Master." Pan Chengfeng laughed and said, "Come on! Smile for me, don't cry all day long." Shuang'er smiled helplessly, and Pan Chengfeng couldn't help himself. He thought to himself, "Little devil, when you find a wife in the future, you must at least meet this standard!"