Extortion

After finishing their tea, the group left the teahouse and headed towards the Zhao Household.

Fang Yu then sent people to call more people to come and cheer. After waiting for a while at the entrance of the Zhao residence, more than ten people gathered.

Fang Yu was laughing and joking with these rascals, making a lot of noise, which attracted the attention of the gatekeeper inside the mansion. An old man opened the door a crack and looked out.

"Brothers, stay here and stand up for me. I'll go and reason with Second Master Zhao. If I can't get out, remember to go and fetch him!"

Seeing this, Fang Yu exchanged a few words with Daqing and the others, then strode forward, reached out to stop the door from closing, and said with a smile:

"Old Zhang, is Second Madam home today?"

Old Zhang immediately said, "Brother Fang, are you looking for Cui'er? Why have you brought so many people? Second Master is really home now. You should quickly send them away. It wouldn't be good if we alerted Second Master!"

"Second Master is home, that's perfect! I just happened to need to speak with you. Please inform him!"

After he finished speaking, he rushed into the mansion without waiting for Old Zhang to reply.

"Oh dear! What are you doing!"

Old Zhang quickly closed the door, afraid that the dozen or so people outside would barge in, and then chased Fang Yu into the yard.

Fang Yu turned past the screen wall, entered the front yard, glanced at the tightly closed hanging flower gate, and then went to the south-facing living room.

Old Zhang glanced at him as he entered the living room on his own, stamped his foot, and went to the gate to knock.

A moment later, the hanging flower gate opened, and an old woman asked, "What's going on outside? Why is there such a commotion?"

Old Zhang quickly told the old woman to inform Second Master that a group of ruffians were causing trouble in front of the door, and their leader, Xu Fang, had even barged in.

Fang Yu entered the south hall, his gaze sweeping over the thin layer of dust inside. He couldn't help but click his tongue twice. The Zhao family mansion had truly declined; there were hardly any servants left to clean the courtyard.

However, this is actually a good thing; if there were truly dozens of servants, he wouldn't dare to barge in like this.

In just a moment, a series of hurried footsteps arose, and Second Master Zhao strode into the south hall, looking at Fang Yu, their eyes meeting.

"You..." Second Master Zhao looked at Fang Yu with surprise and fear, his Qi and Blood surging like a frightened wild beast, ready to pounce at any moment.

"Second Master Zhao is trying to say is, am I a human or a ghost, right?"

Upon hearing Fang Yu's voice, Second Master Zhao's tense nerves relaxed slightly. If he could speak, then he was no different from a human. Although he was certain that he had killed the man that day, there were many cases of the dead coming back to life in the martial arts world, especially those with special bloodlines and special Demon Martial Bloodline Cultivation Method.

He turned and glanced at Old Zhang, who was watching them from a distance, and shouted, "Get down! Don't come any closer without my permission!"

Old Zhang was so frightened by his words that he quickly left. Second Master Zhao then closed the door and slowly walked towards Fang Yu, saying, "I don't care how you survived again. Since I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time."

"Whoosh..."

A sudden gust of wind arose, and a fist rapidly enlarged in front of Fang Yu, allowing him to clearly see the smooth knuckles, the congested flesh, and the bulging veins like earthworms on the fist.

Fang Yu instinctively raised his arms and placed them across his chest to take the punch head-on.

"Peng..."

Fang Yu took three steps back before stopping, dissipating the immense force. Feeling his slightly numb arms, he could clearly sense the vast difference between this Second Master Zhao and his younger sister.

The difference between Ninth-Grade Village Brave and Eighth-Grade Martial Soldier is a broken bone.

"Hmm!" Second Master Zhao took two steps back, dissipating the force of the impact, and looked at Fang Yu in surprise, "You actually broke through to the Ninth Grade!"

Fang Yu shook his arm and laughed, "Thanks to Second Master's help, I managed to break through and dare to come and visit. Second Master, don't you want to know why I killed your mistress?"

"Hmph!" Second Master Zhao snorted coldly. "What? A mistress? I don't know what you're talking about!"

Fang Yu continued, "My lover, Cui'er, was instructed by the Second Mistress to pay one hundred taels of silver to find a hitman to kill Bai Mudan. I happened to take the job, but unfortunately, I had terrible luck and ran into the Second Master. I was buried in the courtyard. Luckily, I was alive and crawled out of the ground, but there are two other people who can't crawl out."

Second Master Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at him, saying, "Go on!"

Fang Yu laughed and said, "That's right, I'm a knife-wielder and I've killed people, but you've also killed me, and you haven't even reported it to the authorities. If ' Master Ning ' finds out that there are two people buried in your courtyard, tell me, who do you think killed them?"

Second Master Zhao's breathing quickened. "What do you want to do?"

Fang Yu laughed and said, "It's very simple. You give me one thousand taels of silver, and Second Madam gives me one hundred taels of silver, totaling one thousand one hundred Cui'er. Also, bring me Cui'er's indenture. That way, this matter will end here. Otherwise, you can beat me to death right now and wait for my brothers outside to invite ' Master Ning ' here."

Fang Yu looked up at the beam in the hall and said, "Tsk tsk, such a fine mansion will probably change hands soon."

"Fine, fine, fine!" Second Master Zhao trembled with rage, repeating "fine" three times. "What a blatant distortion of the truth!"

Fang Yu shook his arm and said, "I already told the brothers before I came in that if we weren't out within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, then we were dead inside the manor. They would definitely go and fetch ' Master Ning.' There's not much time left."

"Why should I believe you!" Second Master Zhao looked at Fang Yu.

"You can only trust me now!" Fang Yu looked at Second Master Zhao, "Whether it's losing money to avoid disaster or losing your family and home, it all depends on your decision, Master Zhao!"

Second Master Zhao's eyes flickered uncertainly before he asked, "How much do you know about those shady friends of yours?"

Fang Yu said in a deep voice, "They only know that I'm here to extort money. As for the reason, I naturally won't tell them. If you can't come up with the money today, you only have two choices: kill me and wait for your family to be destroyed, or let me escape and I'll accuse you of favoring your wife over your concubine, murdering and burying the body. When the body is dug up, you'll have to admit it whether you like it or not!"

At this moment, Second Master Zhao looked at Fang Yu with such hatred that he wanted to devour his flesh and blood. However, he also knew in his heart that he had no other choice. This rogue was willing to fight to the death and would not give up until he achieved his goal. If things really got out of hand, he would be the one who suffered the most.

"Wait!"

After a sharp shout, Second Master Zhao turned and left. A moment later, he returned and threw a stack of silver notes at him, saying, "If you ever bother me again, I'll give up my ancestral property to kill you, you scoundrel."

Fang Yu took the silver notes and counted them. There were exactly eleven silver notes, each worth one hundred taels, plus a contract of sale for Cui'er.

He carefully examined the banknotes and indenture to ensure there were no problems, then cupped his hands and said, "Second Master, rest assured, from now on we are strangers, and I will not bother you again."

Second Master Zhao sneered, "That's for the best!"

As Fang Yu stepped out of the south hall, he saw Cui'er looking at him suspiciously. When she got closer, she said nervously, "Brother Fang, what are you doing here? Does Second Master know?"

Fang Yu stuffed the indenture into Cui'er's hand and said, "This is your indenture. Hurry up and pack your things, then come with me. From today onwards, you are free!"

"Ah..." Cui'er was stunned for a moment, then happily examined the contract of sale.

"Brother Fang, you... you actually redeemed me from my servitude..."

"Hurry up, pack your things and come with me!"