Chapter 233: Gold Matter]

The man in white smiled frivolously upon hearing this and said, "Mr. Qu, why are you so anxious? I'm still waiting for my chance. However, that young lady has two very powerful people around her, which is why I failed last time. If I want to succeed this time, I have to plan carefully. As for the reward, if I take into account the cost of dealing with those two powerful people, what Mr. Qu paid me won't be enough!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Wan'er angrily said, "What do you mean? I paid five hundred taels of silver, and you think it's too little? The job hasn't been done yet, so you're trying to raise the price?"

The man in white found her anger quite alluring, and his eyes narrowed as he said, "I wouldn't ask for a higher price. I just want Mr. Qu to give me some information."

Qu Wan'er was stunned for a moment and asked, "What news?"

The man in white waved his folding fan, but he started talking about lawsuits. Before Qu Wan'er could get angry again, he said lazily, "A few days ago, a rumor started circulating in the martial arts world. It said that a nobleman in the capital secretly mined a gold mine and obtained hundreds of thousands of taels of gold. However, all this gold disappeared overnight, without a trace. Even the gold mine collapsed for unknown reasons. Since Mr. Qu's surname is Qu, he must have some connection with General Qu of Dingzhou City. Does he have any inside information to share?"

Upon hearing this, Qu Wan'er's face suddenly became a little uncomfortable. After a moment of silence, she said coldly, "I... I don't know anything about gold and silver mines, and I don't have any information to share with you! Are you still willing to do this? If not, return the reward to me!"

The man in white looked at her coldly for a moment, then smiled and said, "Mr. Qu seems to be impatient. Who said I won't do it anymore?"

Qu Wan'er didn't want to argue with him anymore, so she stood up and said coldly, "If you're willing to continue, that's good."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and threw something that looked like a rouge box over.

The man in white raised his hand and took it, looking at Qu Wan'er inquiringly.

Qu Wan'er sneered, "I'm sure you know what this is better than I do. Just think of it as a free gift from me. Use this to deal with that bitch, and you'll get twice the result with half the effort! Also, I advise you to hurry up, preferably while that little bitch is still in Dingzhou City. Get the job done quickly, and I'll naturally pay you the second half of the reward. But if you can't get it done, don't blame me then... I'm not being polite!"

After saying that, she glanced coldly at the man in white, then stood up and left.

After she left, the man in white finally smiled grimly, "This... girl? Haha! Girls, it's so safe to stay in your boudoir. Why do you have to learn how to dress as a man? You're really... silly and naive. Wait until I have some free time, and see how I'll 'deal' with you!"

Chen Fenghe slept for the whole morning and didn't get up until the afternoon.

Chen Wu's pass was withheld, saying that the prefect of Dingzhou City was ill and would not be able to work for a few days.

Regardless of the real time, the exile team had to stay in the inn.

After hearing what Chen Wu said, Chen Fenghe couldn't help but frown.

Could this be Qu Wan'er or that Qu Wenmin causing trouble again?

At noon, she saw a few scoundrels who looked like gangsters coming to the hotel with silver and asking for a room not far from her and Qin Mengyue's room.

The innkeeper didn't want to receive them, but he couldn't bear to offend them. Otherwise, if they set fire to his inn, they would go to jail or even beheaded, and his family business would be gone. Besides, they didn't know where they got the money, but they had enough to pay for the best rooms in the Tianzi and Dizi hotels, so he had no choice but to arrange for them.

Besides these rogues, Chen Fenghe also vaguely discovered that quite a few outsiders with a strong sense of the underworld had also moved in...