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Chapter 90 Reencounter with the Mute Girl, 30,000 Taels of Silver (Please Subscribe)

"Tell me, what's going on with these children?"

A voice like that of a demon emanated from deep within Tian Yi's throat, his eyes, cold to the extreme, staring directly at the members of the Medicine Gang.

The moment the box was unveiled, the air around them was filled with the freezing temperature, a feeling that lingered in everyone's hearts as if they were falling into an abyss.

More than a dozen large boxes, each filled with the corpses of children, some more, some less, some larger, some smaller, but without exception, all of them were emaciated, with skeletal features, unlike normal people.

One large box contained at least seven or eight corpses; more than ten large boxes contained at least seventy or eighty corpses!

It's no wonder Tian Yi was so angry. His eyes, which were filled with undisguised murderous intent, were fixed on the group of drug gang members. Even someone as experienced as him felt a chill run down his spine at that sight.

"Beat them! Beat them until they're willing to talk!"

Seeing that no one dared to respond, Tian Yi suddenly stepped forward, kicked one of the members of the Medicine Gang, and then gave the order.

The pent-up anger of the constables erupted like a volcano at this moment, and they unleashed their fury without reservation.

Instantly, the entire courtyard was filled with heart-wrenching screams that never ceased.

"Speak, we'll speak!"

Finally, someone couldn't take the punches and kicks any longer. If this continued, not only would their manhood be ruined, but their head would explode.

As the members of the medicine gang recounted their story, a horrific tale slowly unfolded before everyone's eyes.

The force behind Tong Shan Tang is the Medicine Gang. Its ostensible purpose is to adopt orphans or abandoned children, but its real purpose is to amass wealth and profit, and incidentally send children with martial arts talent to the Rebirth Sect for training.

Since the establishment of Tung Sin Tong, many local people have sent abandoned babies to Tung Sin Tong for upbringing. Tung Sin Tong will reward donors with a sum of money to help spread its reputation.

But at the same time, this "reward" opened Pandora's box, encouraging speculators and hooligans to collect and even abduct children, sending them to Tong Shan Tong for profit.

In addition, poor families would donate their children to Tung Sin Tong in order to ensure their survival, hoping that the children would be raised by them.

Tong Shan Tang accepted all comers, taking the opportunity to spread its reputation and seize the government's functions and rights to provide relief to the poor and maintain fairness, thus manipulating the will of the people at the bottom of society.

However, no one expected that Tong Shan Tong, which was nominally a place to take in children, was actually a den of iniquity.

Although Tung Sin Tong adopts children, they have a principle that they have never made public: "They don't care about life or death!"
Later, various natural disasters and man-made calamities caused chaos, making Tong Shan Tang increasingly blatant. Relying on the support of the Medicine Gang, they began to openly 'rob money'.

They also announced this condition: "We can raise the children, but we are not responsible for their life or death, and you are not allowed to pursue the matter!"

Why should we agree to such conditions?
Because of the chaos of the times, because you are a refugee, because you want to continue your family line, because even if you have money you can't buy medicine and food, and because you have no power to resist!
That's true. How could someone fleeing famine and war possibly fight against them?

They can only get ripped off!

Under such "forced buying and selling," you might even have to "donate" all your belongings to Tung Sin Tong so that they can "take care" of your child.

As for whether you want to or not, I'm sorry, you have no choice.

Especially after the war in Huangshi City some time ago, many people fled to Yaozhen, which led to Tongshantang's business taking another step forward.

Most of these children were adopted at that time.

After adopting children, they would first starve them for three days and three nights, eliminating the weak and sick children in this way. The remaining children were then raised carelessly; if they survived, it was considered lucky, and if they died, it was considered unlucky. The consequence of this method of raising children was an extremely low survival rate; often, less than ten out of a hundred children would survive.

The dead children, like the children in these boxes, were packed up and buried in mass graves or similar places.

Of course, they weren't buried with the box; they were simply buried in a randomly dug hole.

After all, the larger boxes are more valuable.

After hearing the stories from the members of the medicine gang, everyone's anger was about to explode. Tian Yi ordered without hesitation: "Attack! Attack them right into the smoke! Don't care if they live or die! I want to see if they can survive like these children!"

Another round of punches and kicks ensued, but this time, even Li Mo and the others joined in, until they were beaten to death!
"Something's wrong, boss. We've discovered a dungeon beneath the Tong Shan Tong, and there are many children inside."

After the search was completed, Tian Yi ordered his men to continue the search, and soon someone came to report back.

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines, and a sense of foreboding washed over them.

Tian Yi's face was extremely gloomy. He calmly said, "Lead the way!"

Soon, the group arrived at the dungeon. As soon as they entered, they were greeted by a nauseating stench mixed with various foul smells, and rows of cells.

Each cell held more than a dozen children who were not dead, but lay on the ground like corpses.

Even when they saw Tian Yi and the others, they showed no expression whatsoever, not even glancing at them.

"Ok?"

Su Chen walked ahead when he suddenly noticed a gaze. Following his intuition, he saw a familiar face – the mute girl.

At this moment, she numbly leaned against the corner of the prison wall, like a frightened bird. When she saw Su Chen and the others, her face immediately turned frightened. She was the only child among the group of children present who reacted in this way.

"Take them all out." This was the first time Su Chen had spoken. No one responded; they silently opened the cell and took the children out.

Not all the children imprisoned were alive; most were on the verge of death, and a small number had already become cold corpses.

"Come with me!" Su Chen said softly as he approached the mute girl who was resisting fiercely.

Upon hearing this, the mute girl, who had been struggling violently, looked up at Su Chen, and her cloudy eyes seemed to clear up a little.

Seeing this, Su Chen sighed, stretched out his hand, and waited for the mute girl's response.

Perhaps sensing the goodwill Su Chen was showing, the mute girl trembled as she stood up, curled up, but did not take Su Chen's hand.

Su Chen didn't mind and led the mute girl out.

They led the mute girl into the lobby, where someone had already prepared porridge.

Liu Fang brought a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of the mute girl, gently gesturing for her to take it.

The mute girl looked at the rice porridge in front of her and immediately began to wolf it down.

At this moment, Tian Yi walked over and said softly, "Young friend Su, we have discovered the treasure vault of Tongshan Hall. We found 30,000 taels of silver inside, and we also found a strange person there!"

(End of this chapter)