I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 181 - 150: Gold and Silver Pavilion

"My child, mother has finally found you."

"Little Dog, let dad hold you, where have you run off to?"

...

The entire backyard was filled with joyful tears, as the parents who found their children held them tightly and cried.

"It’s good they were found, it’s good they were found," the elderly onlookers sighed as they heard the news.

Lucky Town had always been peaceful and harmonious, its people honest and upright, never had such a strange thing occurred.

But regardless of what happened before, those missing children have been found, and that is the greatest joy.

"Young man, what exactly happened here, why are all these children here?" An old man walked over to the innkeeper and asked.

"Uh, hehe, I’m not too sure myself, a great martial artist brought them here," the innkeeper scratched his head and said, his expression extremely unnatural, and anyone observant could immediately tell he was lying.

However, with the dark night and everyone’s attention on the children, no one had the leisure to scrutinize the innkeeper’s look.

...

On the second floor of the inn.

Su Hang and his companions all sat on the ground with their mouths blocked as they quietly watched Qin Yuesheng eating at the table not too far away.

For some reason, after using the Thousand-Handed Buddha Transformation technique, he felt especially hungry, an unspeakable urge to devour everything.

Qin Yuesheng naturally would not deny himself, and once the innkeeper brought fish, meat, chicken, duck, beef, and pork, he began eating quickly with both hands.

From the previous fight, it was quite unfortunate that the Thousand-Handed Buddha’s power was too strong and turned the bald thug’s body into minced meat, which made it impossible to use his dissection ability on the thug, preventing him from acquiring any potential Dharma Temple martial arts that might have existed on the thug, which left Qin Yuesheng feeling regretful.

However, it wasn’t a big deal, since Qin Yuesheng still had the All-Purpose Essence at hand, and even if he acquired a folk martial art, as long as there was enough All-Purpose Essence, he could forcibly elevate it to the level of ’Divine Skill.’

"After you captured these children, where were you planning to send them?" Qin Yuesheng asked Su Hang and the others while holding a chicken leg.

"To Yangzhou Prefecture, where someone would meet us, and then we exchange the children for money," Su Hang replied.

"Who is it?"

"I don’t know, collecting the money has always been our boss’s responsibility."

"Where is your boss then?" Qin Yuesheng reacted suddenly and slapped his forehead: "Oops, I forgot I’ve already killed him."

With that, it became a bit troublesome, now the only contact person was gone and the clues broke off, making it impossible to thoroughly investigate who was secretly directing these Jiangnan pirates to do such deeds.

"Is there anyone among you who knows something about this matter? If you can provide useful clues, I’ll grant you a reprieve to reduce your jail time. Otherwise, with what you’ve done, a 17 or 18-year sentence is inevitable," Qin Yuesheng said while chewing chicken.

A relatively young man immediately spoke up: "Reprieve for how many years?"

"Hmm..." Qin Yuesheng pondered seriously: "Ten years, and while you’re imprisoned, I’ll ensure you have chicken legs at every meal, three dishes and soup every time, and an individual cell without mosquitoes or cockroaches."

That person thought for a moment, seemingly convinced of the deal, and said: "I once heard our boss curse someone while drinking, mentioning how stingy Wang Tao was, paying too little for the work, only knows how to curry favor with eunuchs, and rushes around for eunuchs. Since he was so keen on associating with eunuchs, why didn’t he enter the palace and fully eliminate certain parts to become a dead eunuch himself."

"Who is this Wang Tao?" Qin Yuesheng asked.

"I don’t know, I’ve never heard of him."

Su Hang quickly interjected: "Sir, sir, I know, I know."

"If you know then speak up, don’t beat around the bush," Qin Yuesheng glanced at him.

Su Hang cautiously asked: "Sir, if I tell you, can I also get a reprieve with chicken legs when imprisoned?"

"If you tell the truth, sure, but if you dare deceive me for a reprieve, I’ll add another ten years to your sentence, and also let you experience having your pipa bone pierced once."

"I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare, how could I, sir, this Wang Tao should be the Steward Wang of the Yangzhou Prefecture’s Gold and Silver Pavilion branch."

"Are you sure?"

"I should... be sure."

Qin Yuesheng frowned, deep in thought; this Wang Tao, Steward Wang, seemed familiar.

Suddenly a light bulb went off in his head, and Qin Yuesheng immediately recalled where the name came from.

Earlier, when Bai Hao sent him to Pengqiao Village to handle matters, he killed two strange men secretly raising the Beauty Spider, who confessed to Qin Yuesheng that the Beauty Spider rearing was instructed by Steward Wang of the Gold and Silver Pavilion, who did so as a way to curry favor with Guang Zhao, a eunuch transferred from Chang’an to Yangzhou Prefecture, going as far as committing such heinous acts.

Would he try such tricks again?

Actually spending money to hire skillful pirates to secretly abduct children.

"Previously, the Fierce Tiger Gang, supported by the Gold and Silver Pavilion and stationed in Cyan Yang City, repeatedly troubled the Qin family, which I managed to settle, though because of many matters later on, they unexpectedly provoked me again." Qin Yuesheng mused while holding a chicken leg.

Qin Yuesheng knew about the Gold and Silver Pavilion, it is a famous large bank in Jiangnan, and people often say money can communicate with gods. Although Gold and Silver Pavilion’s wealth isn’t to that extent, it uses financial power to gather a plethora of experts, martial artists like clouds, and with money can acquire the best weapons and equipment, making this bank’s strength not inferior to some martial arts forces in Jiangnan. It is a unique player with a significant status in the Jiangnan region.