The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

What, you want money?

You unfilial son, how dare you ask me for money? That's my retirement money!

Before Pan Lin could figure out how to refuse, Pan Ren couldn't help but speak first: "Pan Tao, you bastard, it's bad enough that you conspired with the Han army to murder my father, but now you dare to ask for money? Do you even care about your father or this family?"

Is that Pan Lin's money? That's his money! He's the eldest son of the Pan family.

That damned Pan Tao not only cheated them, but he also dared to covet their property. This is intolerable!

Pan Tao took the long whip from his personal guard and lashed it at Pan Ren through the fence.

He dared not hit Pan Lin out of filial piety, but he felt no psychological pressure to hit his elder brother Pan Ren.

Moreover, he had once beaten the private soldiers who bullied him while blindfolded, and his whip skills were so refined that he would never miss when he struck someone.

I could hit him even blindfolded, let alone with my eyes open.

"Ah ah ah..."

Pan Ren hadn't expected Wang Tao to attack him. He didn't have time to dodge and screamed in pain as he was struck. Enraged, he roared, "Pan Tao, you bastard, how dare you hit me! I'm your father..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was whipped again. As he whipped him, Wang Tao asked, "Are you behaving now? Can you speak properly now? If you still can't speak properly, I'll continue to teach you."

Pan Ren was beaten into submission and quickly begged for mercy, saying, "I give up, I give up, please stop hitting me. You're my brother, okay? Brother Tao, spare my life!"

"Coward..."

Wang Tao scoffed and continued, "Father, what do you think of my suggestion? Will you give me the money?"

Pan Lin countered, "What if we don't give it to them?"

That was the wealth he had accumulated over half a lifetime; how could he possibly hand it over so easily?

Even if he couldn't spend that money, he would feel safe keeping it in his own hands. But if he gave it to Wang Tao, that unfilial son, he would lose all that sense of security.

Wang Tao sneered, "If you don't give it to me, then treat me as a criminal. You've committed so many evil deeds over the years, I doubt there's a single crime you haven't committed in the entire Han Dynasty law. In other words, killing you would be absolutely justified. Besides, General Guan Xing is about to go to war with the Wu army, and someone has to sacrifice himself before the battle, right?"

What do you mean? You don't show any fatherly affection at all?

Pan Lin never expected that even after he had bowed his head, this rebellious son would still be so unforgiving. Did he really think that he, the mountain chieftain who had dominated Jiangdong for decades, was made of clay?

Pan Lin, his face grim, questioned, "Pan Tao, you colluded with the Han army to launch a counterattack against your family. How can you face the ancestors of the Pan family with such actions?"

"Furthermore, the Han Dynasty governs the world with filial piety, and I do not believe you would dare to kill your father."

Pan Ren quickly chimed in, "That's right, that's right. You're destined for high office and a noble title. If you commit patricide, who in the court will dare to employ you in the future?"

To make a living in the Han Dynasty, one must have a good reputation, which is divided into a reputation for filial piety and a reputation for virtue, with filial piety preceding virtue.

In theory, if Wang Tao had truly committed patricide, he would face severe consequences even if he weren't prosecuted by law, but well...

Wang Tao sneered, "First of all, I am originally a member of the Han army, so there is no question of me colluding with the Han army."

"Secondly, I am now a Han army captain. Even if I don't get promoted, I'm still better than you bunch of mountain bandits. I've already brought honor to my ancestors. What is there to be ashamed of in front of them?"

"Don't try to pressure me with the idea of ​​filial piety. You're only trying to gain a reputation for filial piety so you can be recommended for official positions. I'm already an official, so what use is this hypocritical reputation for filial piety?"

"Also, don't try to scare me with the excuse that I can't get promoted. I'm a soldier under General Guan Xing, who is the eldest son of General Guan Yu. General Guan Yu is the younger brother of the King of Hanzhong and the number one soldier in the Han army. With the Guan family as my backer, why would I be afraid of not getting promoted?"

"So stop struggling. Your so-called reliance is meaningless to me. Pan Lin, I'll ask you one last time, will you give me the money or not?"

Pan Lin's face turned ashen with anger, and he said resentfully, "I won't give it to you. Go ahead and kill me if you dare."

Wang Tao sneered, "I know you're betting that I won't dare to kill you. Congratulations on your bet. Although I dare not bear the name of patricide, the name of fratricide is nothing to me. Men, cut off the heads of my four brothers and give them to my father as a side dish."

The prison door opened, and the guards rushed into the cell, taking Pan Ren and the other three away. The four were so frightened that they almost lost control of their bladders and immediately begged for mercy.

"Seventh Brother, don't be like that, we're brothers."

“We didn’t mean to bully you. What we did to you was all forced upon us by our boss. There’s a reason for this. If you have any problems, go find him.”

"You're talking nonsense! When did I ever order you around? Seventh brother, listen to me. I know where Father's wealth is hidden. I'm not going to fight you for it. It's all yours, isn't that enough?"

The four brothers blamed each other, and were so anxious they were almost in tears.

While criticizing him, she was also internally ranting and raving about Wang Tao's maternal relatives.

Damn it, Pan Tao! We're brothers from the same father, and we're both doing well in the underworld, but you secretly took the civil service exam?

There's nothing wrong with taking the civil service exam, but isn't it a bit much to target your own brother right after you've passed the exam?

Seeing his four sons being dragged out of the cell and pinned to the ground, with the butcher's knife already raised and about to fall, Pan Lin finally gave in. Closing his eyes, his face contorted with pain, he said, "I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you, okay? The wealth is hidden..."

Wang Tao said with satisfaction, "It would have been better if we had done this earlier. If nothing unexpected happens, we will leave in the next day or the day after. Before you leave, you must take your whole family to my mother's grave to pay your respects. Remember, you must go. There is no room for discussion, because this is what you owe her."

After saying this, he personally locked the prison door, left with his personal guards, leaving the father and his five sons looking at each other in the prison.

After staring at each other for a long time, Pan Rencai touched the whip marks on his body and cursed angrily, "Damn bastard, if I had known he was this kind of thing, I should have just killed him back then."

Pan Lin sighed resignedly, "Never mind, he is the hope of our Pan family. The Pan family will still need him in the future."

Pan Lin was getting old and started to care about his family. Knowing that he couldn't resist, he accepted reality and began to consider the future of his family.

This can be considered a form of self-consolation; after all, he sacrificed himself for the family.

Pan Ren retorted indignantly, "What do you mean he's the hope of the Pan family? What are we supposed to be? Sacrifices? Why should we be sacrificed for the family?"

Pan Lin rebuked him angrily, "Then go out and fight him to the death. I won't blame you if you kill him."

Pan Ren remained silent. If he had that ability, why would he be wasting his breath talking here?

Meanwhile, Wang Tao left the prison cell and immediately went to report to Guan Xing, then led Guan Xing to the location of the hidden treasure.

Pan Lin revealed that the treasure was hidden in a mass grave on the mountain, with the entrance being the tomb of Pan Lin's wife, Pan Ren's mother.

As they entered the tomb through the passage, everyone, including Guan Xing, was stunned by the sight before them.

They were in a huge tomb chamber of more than 300 square meters, with twenty coffins on the ground, filled with gold, silver and jewels, jade and agate, as well as strings of copper coins, and they were Wuzhu coins, not the Daquan coins issued by Sun Quan.

Guan Xing sighed, "Are all the rich people in the Han Dynasty sick? Why do they all like to hide their money in tombs? Aren't they afraid that Cao Cao's tomb raiders will steal it?"

Fortunately, this is Jiangdong. If it were in the Central Plains, such a precious tomb would probably have been desecrated by Cao Cao long ago.

Wang Tao asked, "General, what do we do now?"

Guan Xing pondered, "Meng Jun, stay here to carry the loads. Wang Tao, come with me to screen the Yue tribesmen. Take the strong ones with us and send the weak ones home. Let's go!"