readx;? As soon as Liu Sandao said this, the entire room instantly fell into a stalemate, and the scene was unprecedentedly cold. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Lu Yifan looked at Pang He calmly, carefully observing the extremely subtle changes in the expression on his face, while Pang He was holding the wine glass in his hand, his eyes trembled uncontrollably, and his palms were full of sweat at some point, and he couldn't drink this glass of wine now anyway.

"Lu Gongzi...... Do you have any holiday with the Emperor?" asked tentatively with Pang Hefang's brows furrowed after a long time.

"City Lord Pang, since we are both old friends, why don't you say it directly?" Ji Yuan replied with a smile.

Hearing Ji Yuan's words, Pang He glanced at Lu Yifan again, and only after a moment did he let out a light sigh, and then put the wine glass in his hand back on the table. There was an indescribable look of embarrassment in his expression.

"Alas, Pang He, what kind of person I am, I think you know very well Lu Gongzi, I don't go around in circles with you anymore, I just hope that Lu Gongzi can listen to me!" Pang He carefully considered his words and said slowly, "What do you want to do in this Western Imperial City, I Pang He will help you with all my might, and it is incumbent on me not to provoke the emperor!"

"Oh?" Liu Sandao raised his eyebrows and asked with a smirk, "Are you afraid?"

"Yes!" Pang He did not hide his heart, and said bluntly, "I'm afraid! The Emperor Sect is definitely not something we can provoke now, so I asked Lu Gongzi just now if you have any trouble with the Emperor Sect?"

"Yes!" Lu Yifan replied very happily this time.

"Hiss!" As soon as Lu Yifan's words came out, Pang Hedang gasped suddenly, and his face became extremely ugly in an instant, "Dare to ask what is the festival between Lu Gongzi and the emperor?"

"The Emperor Sect has robbed Lao Tzu's territory!" Liu Sandao sneered disdainfully, "City Lord Pang, you have been in the Western Imperial City for so long, you must have heard something about me more or less, right?

"Is it just because of a mountain?" Pang He said with an embarrassed face, "If Brother Liu wants to find a place to live, then I can buy you a big mansion in the Western Imperial City, and it will definitely not be worse than the conditions on the mountain......

"The mountain is small, but the face is big!" Liu Sandao smiled and waved his hand, "And I have feelings for that mountain, except that I don't have a happy place to go!"

"Back then, Brother Liu was the king of the mountain just to make money, but Pang Mou can also prepare some money for you!" Pang He said with a dry smile, "Brother Liu is the emperor who bought Xihuang Mountain from you with money, how about it?"

As soon as Pang He's words came out, Lu Yifan couldn't help but feel a trace of doubt: "For the sake of the emperor, you are willing to pay your own money to settle the matter? Could it be that this emperor has any great favor to you?"

"Alas, more things are better than less things, especially some things that I know are going to die, so why do I have to do it again?" Pang He said helplessly, his tone was full of bitterness, "What kind of kindness can the emperor have for me? If he doesn't force me to a dead end, I will already burn high incense......

"Then why do you still want to protect the Emperor?"

"It's not that I'm protecting the Emperor, I'm protecting you Gongzi Lu!" Pang He looked at Lu Yifan with a sincere face, "It's definitely not a wise move to be an enemy of the Emperor!" Lu Gongzi, don't blame me Pang He for speaking straight, in the past, the overall situation of the Holy Domain was stable, and His Majesty the Emperor roughly dominated the world, and you are the son of the dignified Duke Wen Ding, and you still hold the token of Lord Han Xiao, the Protector of the Kingdom, can be said to be a strong entry into the city with the emperor's order, whether it is Fang Chengtian or the city lord of the Fourteen Cities in the southwest, he naturally wants to look at you, even if he does not dare to go against Lou Zong in his heart, but under your order, he must be hard-headed, why? But now the situation is different, the Holy Realm is turbulent, the Emperor is said to be ill, and the Imperial City of Jinling has become a pot of porridge, how can they be your backer if they can't even protect themselves? What's more, whether it is the Duke of Huguo or the Duke of Wending, their prestige is no longer as good as it was back then, and Gongzi Lu has even become a fugitive himself. On the other hand, the Emperor Sect, that is inherited the mandate of the Holy Domain Sect Master, relying on the towering tree of Xuanzong behind it, now the emperor is in decline, the sect leader is in the limelight, and the momentum of the major sects is even more vigorous, the emperor took less than a year to stand out among the sects in the southwest, and won the appreciation of the sect leader of the holy realm, and intends to let the emperor succeed the former Louzong as the new lord of the southwest, the emperor is now sharp, the momentum is like a rainbow, with Lu Gongzi's current situation to want to fight against the emperor, it is simply ......" Having said that, Pang He didn't continue to speak, but looking at his unmotivated appearance, it was not difficult to guess that this time he was not optimistic about Lu Yifan at all.

"Hit a stone with an egg?" Lu Yifan said softly thoughtfully, "Although I haven't officially dealt with the Emperor Sect yet, I have a little impression in my heart when I hear you say this. Compared with the emperor's thoughts, the current situation does seem too thin!"

"It's good that Lu Gongzi can understand!" Pang He let out a sigh of relief, and hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.

"That's why I came to ask City Lord Pang for your help!" Without waiting for Pang He to wipe the sweat off his head, Lu Yifan's words made his heart rise again.

"What...... What do you mean?" Pang He stared straight at Lu Yifan with a pair of frightened eyes, and at this moment he was already a little incoherent, "Looking for me to help? What can I help?"

"Of course, I want to think about how to get the Emperor Sect to leave the West Emperor Mountain!" Lu Yifan smiled lightly, "As long as the Emperor Sect is willing to leave the West Emperor Mountain, I can not be an enemy of them!"

Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Pang He almost couldn't hold back his laughter, in his opinion, Lu Yifan at this moment was like a whimsical idiot, and he didn't recognize who was strong and who was weak in the current form.

"Young Master Lu, the most important thing now is not whether you want to be an enemy of the Imperial Sect, but whether you want to provoke the Imperial Sect!" Pang He said a little anxiously, "Let them leave the West Emperor Mountain? Dare to ask Lu Gongzi why are you ordering the Imperial Sect now? In other words, why should the Imperial Sect listen to you? This is simply impossible......

"So!" Liu Sandao smiled, "If they refuse to go by themselves, then they can only let Lao Tzu kick them out!"

"This ...... After talking for a long time, didn't you come back again?After all, you still have to insist on being the enemy of the Imperial Sect?" Pang He looked helpless, "Young Master Lu, do you want to become the target of the public? You have already offended the Emperor, and now you are the enemy of the Imperial Sect, that will only make you offend one more sect master, if you annoy both the Sacred Domain Leader and the Sacred Domain Sect Master, then how can you gain a foothold in the Sacred Domain in the future?"

"How I get a foothold is my business, I just want to know now that if I deal with the Imperial Sect, will you help me if you want to help me if you deal with the Imperial Sect?" Lu Yifan asked bluntly, "Just like when we fought against the Lou Sect together!"

"I know that Lu Gongzi is brave and a person who does great things! But I Pang He is no longer as good as I was back then, I was alone and fearless of life and death, but now I have married a wife and had children, and I have a family......" Pang He's words couldn't help but become a little hesitant at this point, " Morally speaking, it is incumbent upon Lu Gongzi to say a word, but today's Emperor Zong is more powerful than the previous Lou Zong, and no matter how I say it, I am now the city lord of the Western Imperial City, the Western Emperor who receives the emperor's title, and the minister of the emperor, and Lu Gongzi is now ...... The fugitives that the emperor is going to pursue...... If I help you, wouldn't that be unjustifiable? Now everyone's status is different, and I have to think about many things, after all, I don't want to make enemies on both sides, and when the time comes, not to mention being enemies with the emperor, even the emperor will give me a charge of disobeying the emperor's orders and colluding with fugitives...... Then my family will not die well, Lu Gongzi, you are asking me for help like this, aren't you pushing me down the fire pit......" In the end, Pang He's voice was so small that he was almost inaudible. Although he was full of apprehension when he said this, but when he finished speaking, his heart was inexplicably relaxed, no matter what, he finally said the truest thoughts in his heart.

"Pang He, you don't want to be ungrateful!" Xie Yun said coldly, "Don't forget how you, the lord of the Western Imperial City, sat on the throne! If it weren't for Yifan's best to protect you during the lockdown, you would have died I don't know how many times!"

"I want to repay the favor, but I want to live even more!" Pang He was a little excited by Xie Yun's words, "I said that I can give you a house, I can give you money, and even I can share the power of the Western Imperial City Lord with Lu Gongzi, as long as Lu Gongzi is willing, I Pang He will never say a word! In short, I can help with anything, but I will never dare to agree to deal with the emperor!" Taking a step back, the Emperor Sect is just occupying a West Emperor Mountain, and in the final analysis, it is not a great hatred, so why do you want to oppose the Emperor Sect with an iron heart? What good will this do you?"

"Pang He!" Ji Yuan asked in a deep voice, "Is it true that you are a minister of the emperor and do things for the emperor? You are willing to pay them a large amount of tribute every month? For this reason, you do not hesitate to repeatedly detain the people of the Western Imperial City? In the end, you, the so-called city lord, are just a puppet of the emperor in the Western Imperial City! You want to fool the emperor at the top, oppress the people at the bottom, and be instructed by the emperor in the middle, and end up only with one body of infamy, what good will this do you?"

"At least my family can live!" Pang He's tone became a little crazy, "Compared to the city lords of other cities, compared to ordinary people, I at least eat and drink without worry, and my life is safe! If I can't even save my own life, then what morality is there to talk about?"

"Pang He, are you so afraid of that Imperial Sect?" Han Ling'er asked in disbelief.

"I'm afraid!" Pang He was already panting like a cow at this moment due to excitement, and his forehead was covered with sweat, "You don't know the strength of the Emperor Sect at all, and if you go against the Emperor Sect, I'm afraid that you will die without a place to bury!"

"Are you afraid of the emperor, aren't you afraid that Lao Tzu can also let you die without a place to be buried?" Liu Sandao's eyes were ruthless, and his face was a little hideous.

"If you agree, you will die, and if you don't agree, you will die! Rather than die in the hands of the emperor, it is better to die in your hands, and it should be me to repay the kindness of the city in the city back then!" Pang He said quickly with an excited expression.

"Pang He, you ......"

"Okay!" Looking at Pang He, who was panting, Lu Yifan finally opened his mouth to interrupt the argument between them, looked at Pang He calmly, and said lightly, "I understand what you mean, and I completely understand your suffering! You are right, we want to recapture Xihuang Mountain is our business, and we can't take this risk with you! You have your plans, and you can achieve today's status when you worked hard to get it when the city was closed!" Pang He, you never owe me anything, and you don't have to think about repaying me any kindness, this time it was indeed Lu Mou who was abrupt!"

"Master Lu, I'm ......"

"No need to say more!" Without waiting for Pang He to explain, Lu Yifan smiled slightly with relief, and then raised the wine glass in his hand and said loudly, "Today we only drink and catch up, and don't talk about other things!"

"Lu Gongzi, I really hope you can think twice!" Pang He persuaded bitterly, "Live in the Western Imperial City in a down-to-earth manner, I will definitely do my best to protect your wealth and glory, why bother to fight with the Emperor? Could it be that to this day, Lu Gongzi still has kindness to the Emperor in his heart? He still wants to break the shackles of the Emperor in the southwest? Help the Emperor regain the power of the Fourteen Cities in the Southwest?"

"The Emperor?" Lu Yifan chuckled and shook his head, "Now that even my father has been demoted, the Lu family has nothing to do with the Emperor! I have already left Jinling City, and the major affairs of the Holy Domain and the Emperor have nothing to do with my Lu family! As you said, I only want to do what I have to do now, the safety of the Holy Domain, and the fall of power are too illusory for me!" Saying that, Lu Yifan also smiled bitterly and put a glass of wine into his stomach, " In fact, even when I dealt with the Blockade Louzong back then, I actually just wanted to avenge Wenyang City for Xie Yun at first! ”

"Now that Lu Gongzi has seen everything clearly, then you still insist on being an enemy of the Emperor, there must be your own reasons!" Pang He smiled helplessly, "Actually, as far as Lu Gongzi and the Emperor are concerned, there is no doubt that I, Pang He, are on Lu Gongzi's side! Here, I just want to advise Lu Gongzi to say one thing, be careful when you are an enemy of the Imperial Sect, you must be careful, the Imperial Sect is much more difficult to deal with than the Lou Sect! The Sect Master of the Imperial Sect, until now, I have not seen it with my own eyes, but a few elders in his sect have easily annexed the small sects in the southwest and surrendered all the fourteen cities in the southwest, even if they propose to pay monthly tribute, no one dares to say a word!

"Thank you City Lord Pang for reminding me!" Lu Yifan nodded with a faint smile, and then he changed his words and asked curiously, "Actually, I'm curious, you pay tribute to the emperor every month, I don't know how much you have to pay every month?"

"A whole million silver shells!" Pang He said with a wry smile, "If it can't be handed over, then the imperial sect will send disciples to go into the city to rob it, and only leave when they have grabbed enough!" Therefore, now the fourteen cities in the southwest are working hard to prepare for this million silver shells every month, after all, one million is just a matter of money, if you refuse to pay, it will cost you your life!"

"Oh!" Lu Yifan nodded thoughtfully, "Why don't you fourteen cities unite against the Imperial Sect?"

"Alas, Lu Gongzi, you don't know that because of the inequality between the rich and the poor in the fourteen cities in the southwest, these fourteen city lords can be said to have their own thoughts! Even if anyone has the heart to unite, they don't dare to be the first to bring it up, because no one knows which of these fourteen city lords is the loyal lackey of the emperor, in case the plan is accidentally exposed, it will be difficult to follow in the footsteps of Wenyang City back then!" Pang He shook his head and said, "Slaughtering the city is not a joke!" Just like the Lockdown Mansion Sect in the past, the fourteen city lords each harbored ghosts, and they could never really unite together! In fact, as far as the present situation is concerned, what can be done together? The Sacred Realm Sect Leader is huge, and the leader of the city is now unable to protect himself, and in the end the oil will run out, maybe the emperor will already replace our fourteen city lords before the emperor asks for guilt! As I just said, more things are better than less, and being able to live peacefully with food and drink at the moment is already very good compared to most people! Alas! My Western Imperial City is pretty good, and I can barely afford this tribute, but some city lords are afraid that they won't be able to support it in a month or two......"

Lu Yifan just smiled and said nothing after listening to Pang He's words, but there was a strange light in his eyes.

"Dad is right, the opportunity is not