After being reborn, I locked up all the scumbags and bitches in one nest.

Not long after,

The Ghost Pavilion members received the deposit, which included three thousand taels of gold and thirty thousand taels of silver notes.

The person in charge of this order was Mu Ling. When she received the gold and silver notes, she was a little incredulous that someone would actually be willing to spend 10,000 taels of gold to check information, and just to check an identity.

Yandu City is indeed a place where hidden talents reside!

In fact, Prime Minister Qin was initially unwilling to spend so much money to investigate a single piece of information.

However, Qin Mingyu reminded her that Linglong Pavilion charges for information gathering based on the difficulty of the information.

The higher the price, the more powerful Qin Jiu's identity must be.

If we find out Qin Jiu's identity, we can get in touch with the family behind him and recruit him to the Right Prime Minister's mansion to serve the Prime Minister.

After pondering for a long time, Qin Xiang felt that Qin Mingyu's words made sense. Finding out Qin Jiu's identity was equivalent to knowing the identity behind Linglong Pavilion. Then, by recruiting Qin Jiu into his subordinates, Linglong Pavilion would be his for the taking.

Thinking about how Linglong Pavilion would be making a fortune in the future, I felt that this amount of money wasn't out of the question.

Qin Xiang never thought he would be rejected. Qin Wanyou had a reputation for having strong spiritual power cultivation talent in the past, and now Qin Mingyu was also rumored to be able to cultivate spiritual power. With the ancestor in charge, he was not worried about being rejected at all.

...

Qin Wanyou glanced at the gold and silver notes Mu Ling presented and inwardly scoffed.

They really spared no expense!

It's been a while since I visited Prime Minister Qin's private treasury; it seems he's become quite wealthy during this time.

He then instructed Mu Ling, "Tell them that the delivery time will be set for the evening of July 19th."

In fact, Qin Wanyou had not yet decided what identity to give Qin Jiu'an.

"Yes, Pavilion Master," Mu Ling replied, then asked, "Pavilion Master, we've also received another order requesting an investigation into the identity of the owner behind Linglong Pavilion. Should we quote the same price again?"

"Same here. Any inquiry about Linglong Pavilion will start at a price of one thousand taels of gold, with the price increasing according to the size of the inquiry," Qin Wanyou instructed.

The Wood Spirit clasped his hands in response.

After giving her instructions and Mu Ling left, Qin Wanyou began to ponder her next plan.

Previously, there was a shortage of manpower, but Qin Wanyou has recruited many people recently, especially the five capable assistants who are proficient in martial arts and spiritual power and have good talents in various aspects.

Currently, Jin Ling and Shui Ling are responsible for protection work at Linglong Pavilion, while also assisting Qin Jiu and Yu Ling in handling other matters;

The Wood Spirit and Earth Spirit are responsible for gathering information and taking orders for the Ghost Pavilion.

Fire Spirit and Wind Spirit have already gone to Chu Yue for a secret mission.

After practicing her skills for a while, Qin Wanyou suddenly remembered that tomorrow was the Ghost Festival.

In Dayan, people rarely go out on the Ghost Festival, and even if they do, they return home early.

Some shops don't even open for business on this day.

During the Ghost Festival, every household will offer chicken, duck, pork, and other meats to the gods in front of their doors, the kitchen god, the earth god, the largest guardian tree, and so on, burning paper money to pray for peace and safety.

Some families living near Huguo Temple would also visit the temple to pray for blessings.

In addition, every household closed their doors and turned off their lights early that night and went to sleep, and no one was allowed to make noise or go out.

On the day of the Ghost Festival, Qin Wanyou got up early to pay her respects and then stayed in the Green Bamboo Courtyard to study the "Spirit Moon Heart Method" without going anywhere else.

Because only men could attend the sacrificial rites and worship at the Right Prime Minister's residence; women were not allowed to attend.

At noon, someone came to inform Qin Wanyou that the whole family would have dinner together in the front hall that evening, just like in her previous life.

In the evening, Qin Wanyou calculated the time to go out, and just as she arrived at the front hall, dinner was being served.

However, when they were halfway there, they saw servants running around in a panic.

Shuangling stopped a maid and asked her what was going on before she learned that Qin Shanyu and Qin Deyu had gone out today and were being carried back, their legs covered in blood.

Qin Wanyou was somewhat taken aback. Why was it earlier? Shouldn't she have left at night and been carried back at 9 PM?

I was planning to remind them not to go out tonight after dinner, but it seems this is fate, and destiny cannot be defied!

Qin Wanyou seemed to quicken her pace and followed the maid towards Qin Shanyu's courtyard.

Even before reaching the courtyard, the sounds of Old Lady Qin and Madam Li wailing and crying could be heard from afar.

"My Sunwoo, Deokwoo, how could this happen? Waaaaah~ Ah~"

"My dear grandson, waaaah~, quickly call a doctor, you guys go right now~"

"Who exactly did this to you?" Prime Minister Qin demanded.

However, the two spoiled brats had already fainted from the pain, and the servants all lowered their heads, with no one answering Prime Minister Qin.

Qin Mingzhu, who was also wiping away tears with a handkerchief, immediately called out upon seeing Qin Wanyou.

"Wanyou, Wanyou, come quickly and save your brothers! Use your spiritual power to save them!"

Qin Wanyou pretended to be out of breath, and when she saw the two people lying on the bed, she opened her eyes wide in disbelief and asked, "What happened?"

When Madam Li and Old Madam Qin saw Qin Wanyou, it was as if they had seen a lifeline. "Wanyou, Wanyou, hurry, hurry and use your spiritual power to save your brothers. Your brothers' legs have been broken by some damned person."

Qin Xiang and Qin Mingyu glanced at Qin Wanyou from the side, their eyes lit up for a moment, then immediately fell back down, shaking their heads and sighing inwardly.

Seeing Qin Wanyou still standing there motionless, Li immediately scolded, "What's wrong with you? Why aren't you saving your brother?"

Qin Wanyou lowered her head and said sadly, "Mother, how can I save her? I have no spiritual power left."

Upon hearing this, Madam Li and Old Madam Qin were stunned for a moment before realizing that Qin Wanyou's internal energy and spiritual energy were gone.

Their hopes were dashed again, and they began to wail loudly once more.

Qin Wanyou stood to the side, lightly covering her face with a handkerchief, giving the impression of being heartbroken and crying. In reality, she was wondering who had smashed the wound, which was bloody and mangled. It was quite cruel!

After the servants brought a doctor to examine the two men, Prime Minister Qin angrily questioned them, "What exactly happened? Who did this to them?"

Qin Shanyu and Qin Deyu's personal servants first glanced at Qin Mingzhu.

Seeing that Qin Mingzhu had no intention of speaking, he mustered his courage and said, "This morning, the eldest young lady was anxious and said that her dowry box was missing a brand new rosewood comb, but she cannot leave the manor now. When the second and third young masters heard this, they volunteered to go out and help buy it."

Prime Minister Qin found it hard to believe, "Why did buying a comb turn out like this? Where did you buy it?"

Another servant glanced at Qin Mingzhu, who felt a little scared after being looked at.

The servant continued, "We were originally going to go out and buy it, but the eldest young lady said that the best dowry is made by hand, so she asked the second and third young masters to buy a piece of fine redwood. However, we searched all the shops that were open today and couldn't find any redwood. We heard that there is a redwood tree on a cliff not far outside the city, which is also a place where people often make wishes for marriage."

The young masters insisted on going outside the city to cut down a section of redwood. After finding it, we were supposed to climb up and cut it ourselves, but they said it was their sister's dowry and they wanted to do it themselves. So they grabbed the knives, climbed the tree, and then…”

After that, several times, no one said anything more.

Qin Mingyu, who had been trying to calm Qin Xiang down, was now getting anxious too. "And then what? Explain yourself quickly!"