The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 93 The Monster's Repayment
In the imperial palace, in the royal study.

The present emperor sat behind the imperial desk, brows furrowed, reading each memorial, and occasionally making comments with his red ink.

Suddenly, he threw the memorial in his hand onto the table, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes. It was obvious that the contents of the memorial made him very dissatisfied.

Xia Shouzhong hurried over, stretched out his hands and gently pressed the temples on both sides of the emperor's forehead, and asked in a low voice:
"Would you like me to call someone to help Your Majesty relax?"

The emperor closed his eyes and waved his hand slightly to reject his flattery. Xia Shouzhong then quietly continued his actions, not daring to say a word.

After a moment, Jin Fang sighed:

"Shouzhong, you said that these civil officials all learned the ways of sages, but why are they all so... so incompetent when it comes to doing things?"

"One wants me to exempt the disaster area from taxes, and the other wants me to allocate funds for disaster relief. None of them can solve these problems on their own!"

"There is even one who wants me to reflect on whether I have sinned against the heavens and caused the natural disaster to come!"

"Humph, there are obviously Changping granaries everywhere, but it's fine on weekdays, but when there's a disaster, the food in the Changping granaries is gone!"

"What do you mean by fire dragon burning the warehouse? Do you think I'm a fool?"

The emperor angrily threw all the memorials to the ground and paced back and forth in the imperial study in a rage.

"If there is enough silver and grain in the treasury, I don't mind turning a blind eye. For the sake of the millions of people, I can allocate another batch of grain to them."

"But the tax revenue in the national treasury is getting less and less every year, and there are many places where money is needed. Now we are spending money before it is earned."

"It's not even the end of the year yet and the treasury is already empty!"

"Where is the food for them?"

"If it is true that all industries are in decline and taxes cannot be collected, then I can only say that it is because I am incompetent and have failed to govern the country well."

"But look at Zhan Niansi. He just built a horse farm and absorbed tens of thousands of refugees from the capital. How many lives did he save?"

"If a mere businessman like him can do it, how can the civil and military officials in the court not do it?"

"Can't do it, or won't do it?"

"Work-for-relief has been around since ancient times, but these people are just trying to save trouble, taking the grain and handing out some porridge, and that's it. They're afraid that if they mess up, something will happen that will implicate them and affect their careers!"

Xia Shouzhong lowered his head lower and lower, and shrank his body as far as possible, not daring to say a word.

Although he had found many opportunities to trip up those court officials in the past, he did not dare to say anything at this time, for fear of getting into trouble.

It's not just the officials in the court who try to avoid trouble, these palace eunuchs are no different.

It is better to do less than more; the more you do, the more mistakes you make. This is the truth in officialdom, and it has been passed down for thousands of years for a reason.

Even though the emperor is furious and wants his officials to provide work-for-relief, if any official messes up the job and the cabinet investigates, the emperor will not be able to protect that person.

After turning around a few times, the emperor sat back on the dragon chair, pulled out a memorial from the side, threw it on the table, and pointed at it and said:
"I've seen the accounts of the horse farm. The daily income is over ten thousand taels, and the annual net profit is expected to be one million taels. The income of other shops must be several times that."

"But except for the horse farm, which has paid the full amount of tax, all other shops have been cheating and tampering with the accounts. Now the tax collected is less than one tenth."

"The Jinyi Tiqi have investigated all these things and recorded them one by one. But I can't do anything to them because they are all my loyal subjects!"

When the emperor talked about this, he was deeply saddened and slapped the table and sighed:
"The law cannot punish everyone!"

"When it comes to loyalty, these many important officials and dignitaries are not as loyal as a mere merchant!"

"It's a pity that Zhan Niansi is not even a juren, otherwise I would definitely promote him to be an official in the court!"

Hearing this, Xia Shouzhong's eyes flashed, and he suddenly said:
"Your Majesty, since Zhan Niansi is so good at business, why not give him the job of the imperial merchant?"

"Maybe he can really fill that hole!"

The people of the Xue family were jumping around and colluding with the civil officials, trying to transfer the job of imperial merchant from Xue Pan's branch. This had seriously affected the income of the eunuchs in the palace.

However, the power of the civil officials was too great, and the eunuchs in the palace had no other way to deal with the matter except to spread slander.

Now that he found that the current emperor thought highly of Zhan Niansi, Xia Shouzhong wanted to give him a push and stir up the Xue family's affairs to let Zhan Niansi come to power. With the marriage relationship between Xue Pan and Zhan Niansi, he could probably keep the benefits of the eunuchs in the palace.

But after hesitating for a moment, he shook his head and said:

"inappropriate."

"Once you accept the job of a royal merchant, the money you earn must be used to fill the hole."

"Although he is no longer an imperial merchant, he is making money for me. How can I waste it on such a meaningless place?"

This hole involves the Supreme Being. After hearing this, Xia Shouzhong dared not say anything more. He just buried his head deeply again, but heard the current emperor snort coldly:

"Don't those civil officials want the position of imperial merchant?"

"Then give it to them. We can copy them all and make up for the shortfall a little more."

Xia Shouzhong felt a chill in his heart at first, then he was overjoyed, but his face remained calm, and he only asked in a low voice:
"Xue Pan is now also working for the Zhan family. Should we let him go?"

Today, I will say:

"Xue Pan's name was mentioned in the memorial submitted by Prince Zhongshun requesting merit."

"I have always rewarded meritorious officials and will not treat them unfairly. Whether it is Zhan Niansi or Xue Pan, they will all be rewarded."

"Xue Pan is simple. Just reward him with a rank of Jinyi Baihu. This does not require the Ministry of Revenue to appoint him. You can go back and pass on the imperial decree. The reason can be... that he has made great contributions as an imperial merchant for many years."

"It's just that I'm at a loss as to how to reward Zhan Nian Si. Matters like the Jockey Club and taxation cannot be brought to the table for discussion. I need to think carefully about how to decide on this reward."

After receiving the imperial edict, Xia Shouzhong left the palace and sent someone to deliver a message to other eunuchs in the palace, asking them to cut ties with the imperial merchants as soon as possible to avoid being liquidated by the emperor in the future. Then he drafted the imperial edict, had it stamped by the Imperial Household Department, and headed for the Rongguo Mansion.

The Jia family is in turmoil now!

Mrs. Wang previously ran a sexy clothing business in the mansion, competing with the Zhan family.

The original idea was good, but when Mr. Zhan came up with new clothing styles for renovation, the business here was greatly affected.

These sexy clothes are worn for the husband to see, so they need to be novel and attractive. We are already used to seeing the old styles, and their appeal has been greatly reduced!

If that were all, it wouldn't be a big problem. After all, if they could copy your old styles in the past, they can copy your new styles now.

It’s just a few nights, what’s the big deal?

Who knew that Master Zhan was also a bad guy. Seeing that many women had abandoned the Zhan family's business and embraced the Jia family, he turned around and sold the clothes to their concubines, and even resold them at a higher price.

In the past, these sexy clothes were only sold to the wife of the main wife for the sake of status and connections, and would not be sold to concubines no matter how much money they offered.

But now that these people have turned to support the Jia family's business, they are no longer friends. Master Zhan certainly does not need to consider their interests. He immediately gives an order to sell it directly to their mansion's competitors to see who will suffer the loss!

The women in the inner house soon discovered that before they had even received the new clothes, those coquettish women in the backyard had dressed up gorgeously and won the hearts of their masters.

Those vixen were already younger and prettier, and now with these new sexy clothes, they are even more powerful. Their husbands stay with them every night, and they have completely forgotten that their hags are still alone in the empty room.

In anger, these women urged Mrs. Wang to deliver the goods quickly.

The Jia family almost completely copied the Zhan family's approach, and also engaged in division of labor, cooperation, and assembly line processing, but the efficiency was really poor and could not be improved no matter what they did.

It’s not that the embroiderers’ skills are not good. There are still many maids in the Jia family who are good at needlework.

The key point is that the servants in the Jia family bully their masters and do not obey their rules at all.

Wang Xifeng actually had a way to control them, but Wang Xifeng's mind was not on the clothes at all.

These days, she used her new network to shuttle between the backyards of various households, taking on lawsuits and splitting the profits in half. She earned several thousand taels of silver each, and she was so happy that she didn't care about clothes at all.

After Ping'er filed a complaint and received no positive response, she began to let things slide and turned a blind eye to avoid being hated.

In this case, is there still any business to be done?
The most important thing is that an embroiderer in the Zhan mansion is provided with food and accommodation, and receives five taels of silver per month. There is someone specifically watching over the salary payment, and no one dares to deduct the money. But how could the Jia family be willing to give so much money?

The pay is low, and when the pay is distributed everyone who handles it takes a cut, who will work hard then?
Just fool around and it's done!
The quality inspectors are also very good at dealing with people, and they almost always pass the test.

The result is that efficiency has plummeted and quality is also worrying.

But these sexy costumes are all tight-fitting and have to fit the body very well. If they are slightly off in the cutting, the seductiveness will be halved.

The clothes made by Zhanfu are tight and fit, and are as seductive as they can be.

But the clothes made by the Jia family were either too loose, like the bellybands and small clothes of the past, with no essential difference, or too tight, making the fat on the people's bodies bulge out, and looked unsexy.

After getting the clothes, Mrs. Wang looked at them with dissatisfaction.

Others support you with real money, and you just provide them with this kind of clothes?
How embarrassing!
Of course, Mrs. Wang didn't want to offend anyone by showing this kind of stuff to others, so she ordered them to be redone, and then a new round of procrastination began.

These ladies then regretted their decision and cancelled their orders one after another. They then turned around and went to the Zhan family to place their orders again.

Without orders, this business simply cannot continue.

There was no other way, Mrs. Wang had to accept the loss and terminate the business.

This business went bankrupt within half a year from its opening to its closing.

Jia Zheng wasted a lot of money and offended his friends, but he didn't get any benefit. Only the servants who did the work made a lot of money.

Because of this, Mrs. Wang was scolded by Jia Zheng.

"If you don't have the skills, don't take on the job!"

"I shouldn't have believed your instigation and started a clothing business!"

"Those who are willing to support us and place orders with us are all the people with whom we have the closest relationship. Now look, you have offended them all!"

"I don't know how long it will take me to make amends and mend the rift!"

Of course, Mrs. Wang was not happy with this result. After thinking about it, she felt that it was all Wang Xifeng's fault!
"Master, it's all because of that Feng Lazi. She said she wanted to get involved and took the responsibility on her own initiative. Who knew she would be so useless!"

After Jia Zheng heard this, he became even angrier and pointed at her and cursed:
"idiot!"

"Don't you know what we are planning now?"

"At this critical moment, you still dare to trust her and let her take charge of such an important matter?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang was shocked and cried out:

"Master, do you mean that she has noticed our actions?"

Jia Zheng stroked his beard and pondered for a while before saying:

"It may not be that he has noticed it. Maybe it is just instinct."

"We have been spreading rumors about the eldest wife's unfilial behavior in the mansion recently. Maybe she noticed something, but she definitely didn't think it was us who spread it, let alone that our purpose was to transfer the seal."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang frowned and complained:

"Master, why don't you just ask Prince Beijing to help you with the affairs of the court? Why make it so complicated?"

"Besides, why not just target Master She? Why involve Master Lian as well?"

"When Master Lian sees his father, he is like a mouse seeing a cat. How dare he be unfilial?"

After hearing this, Jia Zheng snorted coldly and said:

"What an ignorant woman's opinion!"

"It is so difficult to transfer the title. How can you give the title to anyone you want?"

"The prince's meaning is very clear. We must let our family solve the problem ourselves first. If we find out that the eldest wife is unfilial or has misbehaved, then the prince will arrange for the censor to conduct an impeachment based on rumors."

"The court will then revoke the title first according to the law, and take it away from the eldest wife. Then the prince and others can ask the emperor to show mercy and exempt them from the punishment of depriving them of their titles in consideration of their ancestors' meritorious service."

"An unfilial person cannot inherit a title, so this title could have fallen on my head."

"But there is another possibility, that is, the title will directly skip over the eldest master and go to Lian's second nephew."

"So if the eldest wife has bad behavior, it can't be just the eldest master. It must be the whole wife to be more cautious."

Mrs. Wang finally understood. She rolled her eyes and asked in a low voice:

"Master, the title of unfilial piety probably can't be pinned on Second Master Lian. How about saying he had an affair with the first wife?"

"There was a rumor before that his father was cheating on his wife. It's a good opportunity for the two of them to switch places. The father is cheating on his wife, and the son is stealing his mother. Such a person must not be allowed to inherit the title."

After Jia Zheng finished listening, he rolled his eyes at her and said angrily:

"Why are you asking me about this?"

After saying this, Jia Zheng flicked his sleeves and turned away.

Mrs. Wang had been married to him for many years. When she saw his arrogant behavior, she immediately knew what was going on. She curled her lips, went out to find Zhou Rui, and carefully instructed him to spread the word.

It’s okay to leak the news, but the failure of the clothing business cannot be ignored.

She came to Wang Xifeng's courtyard in anger, but found that Wang Xifeng was not there. She was even angrier. She waited for a long time until Wang Xifeng returned home. Then she went up to her and scolded her:

"There's no room for you in this house, is there?"

"He just keeps running around other people's houses all day long, and doesn't pay attention to his business. He ruined this good business!"

Wang Xifeng was not someone to be trifled with, so she would never take the blame for this, so she sneered:

"What did you say, ma'am?"

"If I don't go to those companies, why would they rush to hand over the clothing business to our family?"

"Originally this was the mansion's business. I was kind enough to help broker a deal with it, dispatching embroiderers and arranging production. Even the tribute satin was obtained by me after asking my aunt for help." "Why does it seem like now that the business is losing money, it's all my fault?"

When Xia Shouzhong arrived at the Jia Mansion, the aunt and nephew were cursing and accusing each other. Suddenly they heard that an imperial edict had arrived. They were frightened and hurriedly stopped fighting temporarily, set up an incense table, and opened the main door to welcome them.

After hearing what Xia Shouzhong said, he realized that the decree was for Xue Pan, and he hurriedly invited several people from the Xue family to come over.

After everyone had arrived, Xia Shouzhong unfolded the imperial edict and announced the reward, and everyone was immediately envious.

Xue Pan received the imperial edict and had someone collect the offerings. He then stepped forward and took out a handful of silver bills and stuffed them over.

Seeing Xue Pan being so generous, Xia Shouzhong immediately smiled and said:

"Although the decree said that it was because of your meritorious service as a royal merchant, it was actually because of the recent incident at the Jockey Club."

"This Jinyi Baihu is not an empty title. You will go to the Beimen Baihu Office and all the necessary personnel will be assigned to you. From now on, you will focus on collecting relevant intelligence from the Sima Society. If you have more achievements, you will be rewarded."

"Since you are now an official, you can no longer hold the position of imperial merchant. It would be best to find a branch in your family and hand over the position to them."

"Public and private property must be distinguished. What should be given away cannot be kept privately."

"Don't be reluctant to give up these properties. What is yours is yours, and what is not yours, don't be greedy, understand?"

When Xue Pan heard that the imperial edict awarded him the title of a centurion of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and that Xia Shouzhong had pointed out that it was because of the Jockey Club that he got the title of a centurion, he immediately concluded that it was a favor obtained through the arrangements made by Master Zhan.

In the past few years, their whole family has worked so hard for Master Zhan. Why? Isn't it to escape the fate of being a scapegoat?
Now, not only can he escape from the imperial merchants, but he also got a real official position as a centurion. How could he not be willing to give it up?

Xue Pan immediately came over and whispered:
"Please rest assured, my family will definitely cut off everything cleanly. Apart from the wine and beverage business that we started with the Zhan family after we came to Beijing, we will definitely not leave any property behind."

"Master Zhan has made it clear to my family before. If we can't get out of the imperial merchant job, I'm afraid our entire family will be wiped out in the future. Now that we have received your grace, we are grateful and how dare we be greedy?"

Xia Shouzhong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this, and praised:
"You are willing to do so!"

"Zhan Niansi is also a smart guy. His Majesty thinks highly of him now. You might as well interact with him more in the future. It will definitely benefit you."

Xue Pan thanked Xia Shouzhong profusely before respectfully seeing him off.

After all the eunuchs in the palace left, the Jia Mansion became lively and everyone came to congratulate Xue Pan.

Xue Pan was also very generous. He waved his hand and gave reward!
Everyone present had a share and received silver. Then they borrowed the chef from the Rongguo Mansion and arranged a grand banquet in the mansion, inviting all the prominent people from the two mansions to come and drink and celebrate.

The greatest contributor was Mr. Zhan, and of course he was indispensable, so Xue Pan went to invite him in person.

At the banquet, Xue Pan first paid his respects to the emperor from afar, thanking him for his blessing, and then thanked Master Zhan, personally holding up the wine glass and offering it, sighing:

"A few years ago, I was still working in the imperial court in Jinling City, living a carefree life. If I hadn't met my brother-in-law, I would have violated the law and would have died without even knowing it, let alone the achievements I have today."

Zhan Ershisi took the wine and drank it with a smile, and said in front of everyone:

"Now the Jockey Club's business is booming, making a fortune every day. It can provide at least 200,000 or 300,000 taels of tax silver to the national treasury every year, not to mention the income from the inner treasury. Being a mere centurion is just the beginning. In the future, you can even be a thousand households or a pacification commissioner!"

Everyone became even more jealous after hearing this, especially Jia Zheng, who relied on his family's protection and was now only a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Works.

The Jia family still has a lot of connections today, but if they want to get an official position, it depends on whether the person being managed has the ability to do so. Forcing it will definitely not work.

Jia Yucun was able to get in, and later Lai Qingrong was also able to get in after passing the imperial examination, but Jia Zheng was the only one who couldn't!
He had always prided himself on being a civil official. If someone like Jia Yucun, who was a Jinshi, was promoted to an official position, even if it was a third or fourth rank position, he would think it was natural. But he was particularly unhappy when uneducated people like Zhan Niansi and Xue Pan got official positions.

Xue Pan only followed Zhan Niansi for a few months and became a centurion of the sixth rank.

Zhan Niansi’s reward has not come down yet, but no matter how you look at it, it cannot be lower than Xue Pan’s. Maybe he will be an official of the fourth or fifth rank.

Although the civil officials are more powerful than the military officials nowadays, it is impossible to say that he is not jealous.

Especially now that the two families were at odds, he felt even more dissatisfied, and even drinking had no taste in his heart.

His cunning had long been known to everyone, but few people present cared about him. Master She was even more cheerful and kept urging his future son-in-law to drink, hoping that he would bring Lian Er along the next time such a good thing happened.

Even Mrs. Wang was a little jealous and wanted Baoyu to share in the glory, but Baoyu could not stand such vulgar things. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he saw Sister Bao next to him and suddenly remembered that she was about to die, and he couldn't help but shed tears.

When Jia Zheng saw this, he immediately became furious, threw his wine glass on the table, and shouted:
"You bastard! It's such a wonderful day, why are you ruining the fun there?"

Baoyu cried bitterly:

"Now, everyone only remembers that Brother Xue became an official, but has long forgotten that Sister Bao is dead..."

Everyone at the table was suddenly speechless. Baochai hurriedly stood up and took her leave, accompanied by Aunt Xue.

Baoyu was about to go with Baochai and wanted to comfort her, but Mrs. Wang held him back tightly, fearing that he would do something indecent again.

Jia Zheng was secretly pleased, but he put on a sad expression and said:

"I have spoiled this little bastard. He doesn't know the ways of the world and actually said such words to my face. I will take him back and punish him."

"Goodbye." Jia Zheng bowed, grabbed Baoyu's ear, and pulled him away.

Jia She didn't care whether Baochai lived or died, or rather, he hoped that Baochai would die soon so that he could marry his daughter to her. However, such things could only be thought about and not said out loud. The more times like this, the more he should care about Baochai's health. So he said a few polite words to show his concern for Baochai and left with Mrs. Xing.

Only Zhan Twenty-four, Xue Pan, and Jia Rong and his wife were left. It was not convenient to continue the banquet, so they just ended it.

Zhan 24 let Jia Rong and his wife go back home first, while he and Xue Pan had something to discuss.

After everyone had left, the two of them went out and went straight to Lixiangyuan to talk.

Aunt Xue and Baochai had been waiting here for a long time. When they saw Zhan 24 come in, they came over and bowed to thank him.

"Thank you, Master Zhan, for saving my family from suffering and preventing us from being implicated in the future."

Zhan Ershida accepted their greetings with a chuckle, found a seat and sat down, waved his hand for them to sit down, and then said:

"I heard Wenlong relay what Eunuch Xia Shouzhong said before. Now that Eunuch Xia has given clear instructions, let's hurry up and cut off all the assets!"

"Besides the Jockey Club, I have other businesses in the pipeline. I will need your money and achievements in the future. So throw away those businesses that will cause endless troubles!"

"Wenlong will write letters to all the clans of the Xue family in Jinling, saying that you are now an official and cannot continue to be an imperial merchant, and ask them to send someone to take over."

"At present, the Supreme is still here, and your family can still enjoy a few more years of glory. But when the Supreme is gone and the reckoning is carried out, I am afraid that all your family members will be confiscated and exterminated. I hope you will not feel sad and regretful when the time comes."

Aunt Xue said bitterly:

"Back then, they plotted against my son for the position of the imperial merchant, and almost turned Wenlong into a living dead. They were merciless at that time, so how could they expect us to recognize them as our relatives?"

"From then on, they are them and we are us. We are not one family, and we don't need to cling to each other."

Xue Pan and Baochai also nodded in agreement, trying to draw a clear line between themselves and the Xue family, and they almost said they wanted to change their surname to Zhan.

Master Zhan knew that they were expressing their loyalty in disguise, so he accepted their words calmly. He also reminded Xue Pan of some things to pay attention to when he went to the North Gate Hundred Households Office in the future, and then he stood up to say goodbye and leave.

After the three of them respectfully saw Master Zhan off, they separated and returned to their own courtyards to rest.

When Aunt Xue arrived in the house, she called Hongye and said,
"Go catch up with the master quickly and tell him... tell him that there is a demon here and ask the master to come and subdue it!"

Hongye heard this and knew that his wife was touched and wanted to repay her kindness, so he smiled and hurried out. Finally, he caught up with Master Zhan when he was about to pass through the small door between the two mansions and shouted, "Daoyou, please stay!"

Master Zhan was startled when he heard this, and turned back to look, only to see Hongye approaching quickly, whispering:
"So that the master can know that there has been a demon in my lady's courtyard recently. It comes to harass her every night and often possesses her, doing all kinds of weird and terrifying things."

"Recently I heard that the master has great magical powers and can subdue demons and monsters, so he sent me here. Please go and subdue the monster tonight."

Upon hearing this, Master Zhan became furious and shouted in a low voice:

"What a monster! How dare she harm others so openly? She must not be spared!"

"Report to your wife that I will go there tonight and subdue the demon."

Hongye accomplished her mission, turned around with a smile and reported the exact words to Aunt Xue.

Mr. Zhan was indeed a trustworthy person. He arrived in the dead of night and went straight into the side room.

Aunt Xue saw him and hurriedly stood up to greet him, saying anxiously:

"That monster comes every night, and every time it comes, it will possess me. Every time it possesses me, it will do all kinds of weird things. Its behavior is shameful and unspeakable. Please save me, sir!"

Master Zhan said with a righteous look:

"Madam, rest assured. With the master here, we will make sure that monster will never return tonight."

Aunt Xue felt relieved and sat down peacefully.

But after a moment, the monster came again. Under the moonlight, an invisible shadow pounced on Aunt Xue and possessed her.

Master Zhan just sat there and watched what the monster was going to do.

After the monster successfully possessed the body, she first took out the magic mask with tassels from her arms and put it on so that no one could recognize her. Then she stood up, walked to the center of the room, faced Master Zhan, and gently pulled open the silk ribbon of her outer robe.

Without the belt, the silk pajamas slipped off the monster's body and fell to her feet, revealing many contents that could not be written down.

"hiss……"

When Master Zhan saw the masked magic weapon, he suddenly remembered that the cat demon and fox spirit that he had subdued before were also wearing the same magic veil.

He couldn't help but take a breath and was secretly shocked.

Could it be that these monsters all come from the same organization?
What kind of person is behind this, and why does he keep so many beautiful female fairies?

Master Zhan's thoughts were racing, he was lost in thought, and he almost forgot about the actions of the monster opposite him.

The monster kept moving, as if removing a seal, and all the burdens on the human's body fell off her body one by one.

The monster's movements are soft, slow and graceful, as if they have their own rhythm, which is pleasing to the eye.

However, Master Zhan knew clearly in his heart that this must be the charm used by the monster, which was clearly a provocation to him.

Relying on his high resistance, he opened his eyes wide, carefully looking for flaws, intending to find an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

Unexpectedly, after the monster was unsealed, it sneered, "Humph, we have been defeated by you twice, don't we female fairies learn a lesson?"

Before he finished speaking, the monster pulled out a box from under the bed, picked it up with one hand, and poured the contents onto the bed. There were a large number of magic weapons inside, such as the Fairy Tail, Purple Gold Bell, Vajra Ring, Precious Lotus Lantern, Divine Whip... everything you could think of.

"Haha, tonight I'll let you know how powerful the goblin is."

Master Zhan was not in a hurry when he saw this. He just shook his hands and took out the rope to tie up the monster tightly.

"What a monster!"

"You think the master came here without any preparation?"

"No matter how many magic weapons you have, you have to use them, otherwise you are just a treasure boy!"

"Today, I will let you know what it means that the devil is one foot high and the Tao is ten feet higher!"

Master Zhan picked up the monster, who was tied up like a tortoise shell, pressed him down on the bed, and began to torture him.

"Who on earth are you, and who is the mastermind behind this? Why don't you tell the truth?"

This monster was a tight-lipped person. Although he was beaten with a stick many times, he still refused to confess and just kept whining and groaning.

"What a monster!"

"You are still so stubborn. I wonder how long you can remain stubborn."

Master Zhan suddenly became furious. He turned around and took out all the magic weapons in the boxes and used them on the monster one by one.

The monster could not bear so much torture and soon started to roll his eyes.

When Mr. Zhan saw this, he thought, how can this work?
How can we let this monster die before we can get enough information?
With no other options, Mr. Zhan had to sacrifice his own family and save her life.

That monster is also a greedy one.

When Master Zhan saw this, he had an idea. He thought, since this monster is tough, not afraid of being whipped, and is greedy, he might as well lure her with benefits and get her to confess.

"You female demon, if you just tell me the truth, I will let you eat to your heart's content. What do you think?"

The goblin really took the bait, and for the sake of the delicious food in his mouth, he didn't care about anything else and confessed everything.

It turns out that these monsters belong to an organization called "The Veil Society". Everyone wears a veil and outsiders are not allowed to see their faces. Because Aunt Xue accidentally saw them, they started to harass them.

Mr. Zhan was a man of his word. After getting her confession, he lifted the restrictions.

After she had eaten her fill, Master Zhan untied the rope that bound her and said,

"It is said that enemies should be resolved rather than created. Master, I will let you go this time because God is merciful. Please do not bother me again in the future, okay?"

The monster bowed to the ground in gratitude and said:

"If you want to resolve this feud, it's easy. In the future, you need to offer this delicacy to us sisters from time to time."

"We sisters won't eat your food in vain. We have our own secret method to help you strengthen your body and produce more high-quality food."

"If you don't believe me, I'll show you now."

The female fairy pounced on Master Zhan, pinned him down, and used the secret magic of the demon clan. The effect was seen in a breath, making Master Zhan's blood boil and his practice accelerated several times.

"It's really a good magic!"

Mr. Zhan praised her and reached a cooperation agreement with the female fairy from the "Veil Society".

The fairy said:

"It's still early today, I'm not in a hurry to go back to the nest, I'll just have a good time with you first."

Master Zhan naturally had no objection, and immediately the man and the demon started to roll around, and there was another ten thousand update plot, the specific content of which will be omitted here.

(End of this chapter)