Chapter 229: The Art of Pinning People
As for the running dog, it doesn’t matter who you use.

What Ximen Qing and Hua Zixu can do, Ying Bojue can also do.

Not only can it be done, maybe it can be done better.

After knowing that Mr. Zhan asked Ximen Qing for Pang Chunmei, Ying Bojue immediately took people to Ximen Qing’s house and brought Pang Chunmei over without saying a word.

It’s quick and simple, without any ulterior motives.

He knew that he was much inferior to Ximen Qing, and he might not be able to do what Ximen Qing could do. So even though he suspected whether Pang Chunmei had any special identity, he was determined not to take advantage of her.

Master Zhan then handed her over to Pan Jinlian and made her her personal maid.

In the original book, Pang Chunmei had originally become Pan Jinlian’s maid, and nothing has changed since then. Master Zhan has no intention of promoting her.

Chunmei had just experienced the incident of Ximen’s family being ransacked, and she was secretly thankful that she was able to remain safe and sound, so she didn’t dare to say anything more.

County Magistrate Li was also a ruthless man. Having chosen his side, he had to do everything to the end without leaving himself any way out. He directly charged Ximen Qing with premeditated murder and then raided his house.

It turned out to be the prefect who confiscated property and the county magistrate who exterminated the entire family!

Master Zhan only said one sentence throughout the whole process, which determined the nature of the matter, but Master Zhan was the one who took the lion’s share of the wealth seized from the house.

After giving instructions to Magistrate Li and letting Wu Song be responsible for escorting Ximen Qing to the capital, Mr. Zhan ignored other matters and went back home. He took in Pang Chunmei that night.

There is nothing much to say about the details!
Pang Chunmei’s appearance was average, and there was nothing remarkable about her except that she was still a virgin. Master Zhan did not eat her for her beauty, but for her status as the heroine, so naturally he had no interest in tasting her carefully.

So far, the three heroines in “Jin Ping Mei” have all been eaten by Master Zhan, and the magical powers they obtained also made Master Zhan very satisfied.

The magical power that Pang Chunmei brought to Master Zhan was “body adjustment”. She could make the fat become thin, the tall become short, the dark become white, and gain fat or muscle if she wanted. As for bones, hair and the like, there would be no problem at all.

But overall, adjustments can only be made within the scope of the human form. People cannot be turned into dogs, or dogs cannot be turned into spirits.

Of course, adding ears to a person, giving him more tails, or making a cat girl is not a problem.

This magical power, combined with the “change appearance” magical power obtained from Li Ping’er before, can be called the “character-shaping method” in the game, which can completely turn a person into a completely different person.

The only flaw is that this modification requires the consent of the parties involved, otherwise it cannot be used.

“Jinlian, come here, let me change your face.”

Master Zhan has never been serious about using these magical powers, but now that he has obtained this fun thing, of course he will not let it go, and he uses it on the woman around him at the first opportunity.

In Mr. Zhan’s impression, the two Pan Jinlians that left the deepest impression on him were the female ghost Lao Wang and Wen Daji.

The Pan Jinlian in reality, of course, looks different from these people.

It would have been fine in the past. After all, although the girls had different looks, each had her own beauty, and there was nothing wrong with that. But now that he had this “human manipulation method”, Mr. Zhan would of course fulfill his old dream that had not been realized back then.

Although the real person is no longer available, Mr. Zhan is not a genuine fan. He is purely a fan of the flesh. He doesn’t care who the core is, as long as the appearance is the same, that’s enough.

So, Mr. Zhan started with Pan Jinlian.

Pan Jinlian had no idea what Master Zhan wanted to do, but she had a vine-like personality and was obedient to Master Zhan and did whatever he told her to do. So Master Zhan easily gained her permission to “pinch his face.”

So, in Pang Chunmei’s horrified eyes, she saw that her young lady’s face was like a wax figure that had been burned by fire. It first softened and deformed, and then reshaped, forming a new face that was both heroic and charming.

“Miss, you, you…”

Pang Chunmei was trembling all over, she couldn’t even speak clearly, her face was pale, and she almost shouted “monster” or “help”.

Although she felt something during the whole process, it was not painful at all, so Pan Jinlian didn’t know why Chunmei had such an expression.

“Don’t be afraid. This is my magical power. It can be used to beautify people. It can be called a face-changing magic.”

Mr. Zhan made up a few words to comfort Pang Chunmei, then asked her to get a bronze mirror and put it in front of Pan Jinlian to look at her.

Although the bronze mirror was a little blurry, the changes in this “face-changing” were so many that Pan Jinlian was shocked when she saw the unfamiliar face in it. She couldn’t believe it and reached out her hand to touch her own face.

“Master, I still feel that my own face is more comfortable…”

Different from the world of Red Mansions, where Master Zhan invested certain feelings in many women, whether it was “The Robbery of Zhen Yun” or “Jin Ping Mei”, the women in this world were taken into Master Zhan’s pocket with a playful attitude.

Therefore, Master Zhan completely ignored Pan Jinlian’s opinion, and just smiled and waved his hand, refusing:

“The master doesn’t want you to feel, the master wants me to feel!”

“Your current face is the dream lover of hundreds of millions of men. Your fame is even higher than that of Su Dongpo. The master loves to see it the most.”

“If the master didn’t love you, how could he have given you this beautiful face?”

“Don’t be ungrateful!”

Hearing the displeasure in Master Zhan’s words, Pan Jinlian no longer cared about the question of whether to face it or not, and hurriedly smiled and said:

“Master, please don’t be angry. I was just saying it casually. This face is much more beautiful than my original one. I am very happy. How can I be picky?”

Only then did Mr. Zhan change his anger into joy, and praised with a smile:

“This is what the master likes!”

“Since you are so obedient, the master will reward you with a favor.”

“When you were with the master before, you were no longer innocent. Now the master can use his great magical powers to help you regain your innocence. Are you willing?”

“Really?” Pan Jinlian was overjoyed, and even the slight grievance in her heart completely disappeared.

She knew that she came from a poor family, so she was bought and trained as a dancer since she was young. Later, she was with two men, Zhang Da Hu and Wu Da Lang. By the time she was with Master Zhan, she was already a fallen beauty.

Precisely because of this, she had a very low opinion of herself and usually kept a low profile when facing Yan Poxi and her daughter, not daring to make random comments.

Now she heard that Master Zhan could restore her innocence. Although she didn’t know how her master did it, even if this “innocent body” was fake, as long as her master recognized it, she was willing to do it.

“It has always been a pity that I cannot offer my pure body to you, Master. If you can really let me start over again, no matter what you ask me to do, I will be willing to do it.”

Seeing Pan Jinlian’s tearful face, Master Zhan smiled, reached out and held Pan Jinlian down, and mobilized his magical power of “adjusting the body”.

After a moment, Mr. Zhan withdrew his hand and nodded to Pan Jinlian with a smile.

“finished.”

Pan Jinlian tried it half-believingly, then covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes wide open.

“Master, how did you do that?”

“Haha…” Master Zhan laughed loudly, but refused to tell the truth and just lied:

“There are too many extraordinary people in this world. It’s nothing great that I have some magical powers!”

Pan Jinlian tilted her head and thought for a moment, and felt that her master’s magical power was indeed useless, so she stopped asking any more questions.

Pan Jinlian was about to climb onto Master Zhan immediately, but was stopped by Master Zhan.

“Wait a minute!”

“At such a critical moment, how can we use it so easily? There must be some sense of ceremony, and we must leave you some good memories!”

“Ah, Master, do you mean to have a wedding night?”

Pan Jinlian was immediately surprised and delighted, with hope in her eyes. However, Master Zhan shook his head and said nonsense in a serious tone:
“There’s really nothing new about this wedding night, Master. Let’s just cosplay!”

“Ah? What is Prey?” Seeing that Pan Jinlian didn’t understand at all, Master Zhan explained:

“You can think of it as an opera performance. The master gives you a role, prepares the lines and costumes for you, and you just have to act according to the script.”

“Uh… sing a song? I know a few songs. Which one would you like to hear, Master?”

Seeing that Pan Jinlian still didn’t quite understand, Master Zhan was amazed and began to miss the benefits of having a projector and home theater in his paradise.

If he wanted to cosplay a movie clip in the paradise, he could just play the content, enjoy it with his concubines, and then replicate it.

But now he is just a clone, and the immortal power in his body is insufficient. Once it is used up, it will be gone. He cannot do such luxurious things.

However, performing in “A Chinese Ghost Story” with Lao Wang was his dream, and he didn’t want to give up just like that.

This huge yard is perfect for haunting!

After thinking it over, Mr. Zhan got out a pad, selected the seductive parts from the movie, and showed it to Pan Jinlian.

“Now, take a good look at what’s inside this magical device, then act out the actions and expressions of the heroine again. The rest is up to me!”

“The master actually has a magic weapon!”

Pan Jinlian and Chunmei were so shocked that their jaws dropped. Their heads were buzzing and they kept asking all kinds of questions.

“Will this monster jump out from inside?”

“Master, you have to protect me!”

“Why did the master let me learn from this monster?”

“After learning it, will I be possessed by this monster?”

“Oh my, the master was sucked to death by the monster…”

Because the content of this video was exported by Mr. Zhan from his memory, it can be processed by Mr. Zhan.

After processing the video clip, Mr. Zhan added his own image into it.

In A Chinese Ghost Story, Xiaoqian’s most exciting scenes are one with Brother Xiahou and the other with Ning Caichen. Mr. Zhan was so capable that he took on both roles.

As for characters like the tree demon grandma, their roles were all cut and their screen time was reduced to zero.

In the adapted version by Master Zhan, Brother Xiahou was of course killed by Xiaoqian who took her yang to replenish her yin, and then Xiaoqian was subdued by Zhan Caichen and fell at the feet of Master Zhan.

That’s right, Mr. Zhan follows the local customs. Now that he has come to Tokyo, the revised version of A Chinese Ghost Story must naturally have Tokyo characteristics.

That’s why the two girls were so surprised when they saw Master Zhan being sucked dry in the video.

“Stop, stop, stop!” Master Zhan was annoyed by their chattering. He waved his hand to stop them and frowned, “Why are you talking so much nonsense? Just do what I tell you to do. Are you afraid that I will hurt you?”

“Also, this isn’t a female monster, but… don’t worry about what she is. Anyway, she’s not dangerous, otherwise the master wouldn’t carry her with him!”

“Oh, I get it. I’ll learn it well.” Pan Jinlian didn’t dare to ask more questions. She held the pad and watched the short video over and over again, imitating the words and deeds of the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian.

Mr. Zhan took this opportunity to go to the backyard, drove out all the outsiders, and began to transform the “shooting scene”.

The scene was not very big, and things like houses were not important, so he simply renovated the decorations inside and outside the house to make the atmosphere more intense, and then he wasted some of his immortal power to get out the props, costumes and everything else.

The props were arranged in the room, including clothes and jewelry, and he took them back to the bedroom and gave them to Pan Jinlian to change into.

Pan Jinlian had watched the video many times and felt that she had memorized it by heart, so she changed into her costume, opened her arms, turned around on the spot, and asked with a smile:

“Master, does it look like that?”

“It looks like it, it looks so similar!”

Master Zhan’s eyes lit up and he clapped his hands. Looking at the beautiful face that looked like it came out of a movie and was looking at him with a smile, he couldn’t help swallowing his saliva and almost pounced on her.

“Come on, let’s go through it first and talk about the details.”

Mr. Zhan excitedly took Pan Jinlian’s hand and went to the backyard.

Seeing this courtyard which was completely different from before, Pan Jinlian’s heart started pounding, and she felt that her master was becoming more and more unfathomable.

“Very good, the moon is bright tonight, it is destined that tonight I will fulfill my long-cherished wish!”

Master Zhan looked up at the bright moon in the sky, feeling delighted, and gestured with his hands, “Master, I’ll sit over here, you come over over there, and then I’ll…”

After hearing Mr. Zhan’s instructions, Pan Jinlian went to one side and walked out gracefully, but saw Mr. Zhan frowning and waving his hand to stop her.

“Wait a moment!”

“Why does it feel like something is wrong?”

Pan Jinlian hurriedly stopped and looked at her master anxiously.

Mr. Zhan carefully recalled the image of Xiaoqian in his mind, and compared it with the version in front of him, then he suddenly realized.

“Ah, no wonder, you have bound feet!”

“Besides, your temperament is too gentle and you lack that heroic vigor.”

“Come, come, let the master heal your disability first!”

Without saying anything, Master Zhan grabbed Pan Jinlian, laid her horizontally on his legs, removed her shoes and socks, then invoked his magical power of “adjusting the body” and began to soften, stretch, grow and shape Pan Jinlian’s three-inch golden lotus.

But in just a moment, the “three-inch golden lotus” that Pan Jinlian had always been proud of returned to the normal size of a woman.

When Pan Jinlian was helped by Mr. Zhan to walk again, she felt uncomfortable and walked unsteadily.

What was even more unacceptable to her was that she had regained a pair of normal feet.

In her aesthetic view, the “three-inch golden lotus” is beautiful, and it is also the source of her envy, jealousy and hatred from others.

No matter whether it was the wealthy Zhang, Wu Dalang, or even the vagrant boy on the street, they all treasured her pair of “three-inch golden lotus” as if it were a treasure.

Even those women didn’t know how many people were jealous of her because of this.

Whenever she thought of this, she felt that all the hardships and pains she had endured in her childhood were worth it.

But now, her master had destroyed her pride and given her a pair of big feet. This was extremely difficult for her to accept and was even more painful than changing her face.

“Oh, Master, what are you doing to my feet…”

Pan Jinlian’s tears were falling. When Master Zhan saw this, he thought she was crying for joy and waved his hands, saying:
“Since the master has such magical powers, of course he will not let you continue to suffer the pain of foot binding. You don’t have to thank me. Just accompany the master to finish the Tokyo version of “A Chinese Ghost Story”.”

Unexpectedly, Pan Jinlian cried even more miserably.

“Master, I don’t want big feet, give me back my three-inch golden lotus!”

“what?”

Mr. Zhan’s worldview was such that he simply couldn’t understand Pan Jinlian’s thoughts.

But it doesn’t matter. Master Zhan didn’t have any feelings for Pan Jinlian, and he didn’t bother to think about it. Seeing her crying so miserably and even daring to talk back, it showed that he really cared about this. He immediately waved his hand impatiently and shouted:
“The master can help you lengthen it, and naturally he can also make it shorter. At worst, I can just go back and make it shorter. What’s the point? You’re crying here, and you’re ruining my mood!”

After confirming with Master Zhan again and again and getting his assurance that he could change her three-inch golden lotus back to normal, she finally felt relieved, wiped her tears, re-put on her makeup, and continued her performance.

(End of this chapter)