Chapter 374 Guidance
Hongyan was puzzled: "Can they beat you? If you are not afraid, fight back!"

"If you fight back, your crime will be more serious. Are you going to leave or not? I still have to take the examination for ordination and receive the certificate of ordination in the future." Both are inseparable from the imperial court and the Tianshi Mansion. She must be restricted, okay?

Xiao Hong tugged at Hong Yan and whispered, "The Taoist priests in the Tianshi Mansion are not very good. They even raise ghosts. Let's go to another place to play."

Hongyan: "Wait a minute, I'll go back to my room to get something. I noticed that you all love money, which shows that money is a good thing. I've decided that I want to love money too."

Pan Jun murmured in his heart, isn't it human nature to love money?

The people around them pricked up their ears to hear what they were saying, but they couldn't hear a word.

After they finished talking, Hongyan turned around and ran up to the second floor of the pleasure boat.

Hongyan took all the money, jewelry, clothes, etc. in the house.

She also kept all of Xiaohong's things. She had few things and didn't use many of them.

Hongyan didn't care much about these things. Usually, except for gold and silver, she would just move the other things to another place and throw them away without caring at all.

But now she knew it was all money.

Aunt Xue finally reacted and quickly stopped her and Xiaohong, asking in shock: "Hongyan, Xiaohong, the painted boat just got into trouble, and you're leaving?"

Pan Yun said: "We are together."

Aunt Xue didn't dare to stop them immediately, but just kept looking at Hongyan and Xiaohong. Oh my God, there were actually two masters on her houseboat?
Do they still do this kind of business?
Aunt Xue looked at the complicated feelings of the few people. She could understand that Pan Yun and the others came to visit the flower boat at such a young age, but she could not understand why Hongyan and Xiaohong had the ability to come to the flower boat to make money.

The boat shook, and a waiter came in and said, "Boss Xue, the boat has docked."

The girls who were closest to the shore were about to rush to the shore, but were grabbed by several men and thrown aside, while they went up first.

Pan Jun saw it, swung his sleeves, and with a snap, the men who were pulling the people fell into the water with a splash.

Aunt Xue screamed "Ah!" and quickly asked someone to rescue the person.

But the boatman and the men did not move for a moment.

The people watching on the shore also laughed, but did not move. They all saw them pulling the girls.

Someone else spat into the river, "Serves you right!"

They may not look down on the girls on the flower boats, but they look down even more on the people who drag the girls to escape.

In the end, it was Aunt Xue who paid the boatmen to fish them out.

Pan Yun said to the girls, "Why are you still standing there? Come ashore."

After saying that, he pulled Hongyan and Xiaohong ashore first.

As soon as they came up, the girls and guests followed. This time, there was no conflict at all. The guests were polite and the girls were also polite.

As soon as he got ashore, Pan Yun pushed his way through the crowd and walked into the alley, then went back through the alley.

Away from the riverbank, there were fewer people in the alley, with only three or two people passing by occasionally.

The seven of them quickened their pace. Wang Cong turned around and asked Miao Zhen, "Fourth Junior Sister, did you do any evasion on the boat?"

Miaozhen: “I did.”

Wang Cong: "Let's do it again here. We'll go our separate ways after we exit the alley and meet at the inn in the end."

Pan Yun: "The people in Tianshi Mansion are so powerful, they can find us even if we do something to avoid us?"

Miao He also said: "We have changed our appearance, so no one should know that we are us, right?"

Wang Cong: "You have changed your appearance, but my third apprentice brother and I have not. If someone remembers our appearance and draws our portrait, who can guess that we are us?"

Pan Yun touched his chin and said, "It seems that the art of disguise is very effective. You all should learn it and put on more makeup when you go out in the future."

Miao Zhen stopped, closed her eyes slightly, and turned the chips in her hand. After a moment, she opened her eyes and said, "It's OK."

Wang Cong: "Let's go."

Just as they were about to leave the alley, a man sneaked up on them from behind. Everyone stopped and looked back at the same time. Pan Xiaohei, who had already jumped onto the roof and was walking back, almost couldn't stop and fell from there.

Master Lu chased after him, holding his stomach, "Master, please wait a moment, wait a moment."

Pan Jun looked at him in surprise, "How did you avoid them and get ashore?"

She thought that Mr. Lu and Mr. Chen would be the last people to reach the shore. After all, it seemed that no one who fell into the water would give up.

Master Lu knelt down in front of Pan Yun and said in tears, "Please save my life. Prefect Chen and Master Chen will not let me go."

Pan Yun sneered, "Master Lu, to be honest, this matter was caused by you. If you hadn't been blinded by lust, those three people wouldn't have fallen into the water and died." "Killing means paying with one's life. Although you didn't kill them yourself, they all died because of you. I don't want to save your life."

After saying this, Pan Jun turned around and was about to leave.

Mr. Lu immediately took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and presented them with both hands, tears streaming down his face, "Please, Master, save my life."

Pan Jun paused.

Wang Cong's eyes rolled, and he immediately stepped forward and whispered in a voice that Master Lu could hear: "Uncle Junior Master, this will involve karma, and people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion are coming."

Mr. Lu immediately took out all the money he had on him, including the jade pendant on his body, and even took off the jade crown on his head. With his hair loose, he said pitifully: "Master, as long as you can save my life, I am willing to offer my family fortune of one... ten thousand taels!"

Pan Jun raised his eyebrows and glanced at him. Miao and Miaozhen immediately stepped forward, took everything in his hands and held them in their arms.

Tao Yanbai was stunned.

Pan Yun then said, "I can't wait to get your ten thousand taels. If you really want to give it, divide the money into three parts. One part is four thousand taels, which you can give to the frightened girl, the boatman and the guys, and more to the injured. The remaining two parts are three thousand taels each. One part is for the frightened guests, and the other part is for you to do good deeds along the river. Whether you are helping the poor and the elderly, or just giving out porridge and medicine, it will be your merit."

Master Lu was heartbroken and couldn't help but say, "So much compensation for those Hua Niang and the boatmen? This is enough to redeem them."

Pan Yun said expressionlessly, "After giving the money to them, whether they want to redeem themselves or do something else with it is their own business. Master Lu, please don't give it to the wrong person. If you give it to the madam and let me know..."

Master Lu said quickly: "No, no, this one won't be wrong."

But it still hurts to think about it.

Giving 10,000 taels to Pan Yun would save his own life, so he was willing to give it despite the pain.

But if it was for the people on the pleasure boat, especially the prostitutes and the lowly servants and boatmen, he would feel so sad that his heart would seem to break.

But Pan Yun had not yet told him how to save himself, so Mr. Lu had no choice but to agree.

Seeing that he agreed, Pan Yun said, "Master Lu is in good spirits right now. I can tell from my calculations that Governor Chen will not let you go."

"Not only you, but the entire Lu family will be destroyed," Pan Yun flicked her fingers in front of his eyes and whispered, "reduced to ashes."

Master Lu's face turned pale and he collapsed to the ground. He reached out and grabbed Pan Yun's trouser legs, crying, "Master, Taoist priest, save me, save my Lu family."

Pan Yun said: "Worldly affairs are worldly. I can only point out a path for you. Whether you walk on it or not, and where you can walk to, depends on your choice and ability, Master Lu."

Mr. Lu had also sought help from monks and Taoists before, and he knew that they were like think tanks, and at most could perform rituals for him. But he didn't need a ritual now, he just needed a solution.

So Master Lu kowtowed and said, "Master, please show me a clear way."

Pan Yun squatted down and whispered to him, "The best way to defend is to attack. Master Lu, you have given so much money to Prefect Chen. The things in your hands are enough to send the Chen family father and son to hell. Instead of waiting for them to hit you, you might as well strike first."

Master Lu's face turned pale and he shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, I won't die well if I do that."

Pan Yun reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Master Lu, according to the law, if Prefect Chen was skinned alive, you might need to be beheaded. If he beheads you, you will be exiled at most. As long as you can convince the investigators that you were asked for a bribe and had no choice but to pay the money, the crime won't be a serious one, and you can even use money to atone for your sins in the end."

Master Lu's face turned pale and he shook his head, "Master, you are very knowledgeable in Taoism, but you don't know the secular world. I'm afraid that my whole family will be killed before the Chen family father and son are put in jail."

Master Lu took a look at Pan Yun's tender face and felt that he had found the wrong person. He quickly asked, "Master, can I ask for a magical instrument to ward off disasters?"

Pan Yun glanced at him and said, "Your disaster has already happened, how can you stop it? If you had asked me before tonight, I could have given you one. Wearing it can keep you sober, so that you won't be so lustful after a few drinks that you don't know whether to live or die."

Mr. Lu's face was pale and he slowly loosened Pan Yun's trouser legs.

Pan Yun: "Humph, Master Lu, you are rich and powerful, why are you afraid of the Chen family? Do you think my method is bad? But this is the best method I have figured out to save you and your family's lives."

She said, "If you are afraid that you and your family will die in vain, you can pay for an escort. Through the escort agency, you can also ask people in the martial arts world to protect you and your family. As long as you have money, the martial arts world will protect you at all costs, no matter who comes."

"You are afraid that you and your family will be arrested and imprisoned according to the law, but you forget that you also know many high-ranking officials. Not to mention the distant ones, you mentioned Yang Ji at the banquet. As long as you can persuade him, can Prefect Chen still accuse you of a crime that he does not have?"

Mr. Lu seemed to be thinking about something. His eyes gradually became firm and his complexion became better. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was very good and he could indeed use it.

When Pan Yun saw his expression change, she knew he was persuaded.

She reached out and pressed his shoulder to bring him back to his senses, "Master Lu, the county magistrate who destroyed the family and the prefect who exterminated the clan, you have to be fast enough to break the situation."

Master Lu shuddered, knelt down with a grunt, kowtowed respectfully to Pan Yun, and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Taoist priest. I will go back and find someone right away. I know I have a lot of leverage over him."

Pan Jun raised the corner of his mouth slightly, patted his shoulder and stood up, "Okay, go back soon, I think I heard someone looking for you, I suggest you go home through the side door."

Mr. Lu agreed, stood up, bowed again, and then ran away.

Everyone watched silently.

(End of this chapter)