Chapter 324 - Chapter 324: Chapter 317: Insect Coffin_1 (2/2)

“This humble one is willing to serve Master Qin for life, without the need for any property.”

Second Master He said respectfully.

“If I tell you to take it, just take it, no need for so much nonsense,” Qin Niu glowered, scaring He Lao’er into not daring to say another word.

“All servants of the He Family listen, the He Family sought to kill Qin, leaving me no choice but to eradicate the entire family. I, Qin, may have won this life-and-death battle, but considering that the women and children of the He Family died only because they were implicated, I am willing to pay for their burial. For every person buried, be it man, woman, old, or young, I, Qin, will pay fifty coins.”

Qin Niu did not let the corpses of the vanquished He Family rot away, instead, he paid the servants of the He Family to bury the bodies.

Everyone looked at Qin Niu with eyes filled with extreme fear, no one daring to easily step forward for such money.

Though the price of fifty coins to bury a person was incredibly tempting.

Still, no one dared to take on the task.

“Master Qin’s word is as weighty as nine tripods, what he promises, he fulfills. My He Family bullied Master Qin first, time and again seeking to kill him. Now, having been dealt the calamity of extermination, our punishment is deserved. He Xin hereby earnestly pleads with you all to bury the young and old of the Qin Family, allowing them to rest in peace.”

He Lao’er stepped forward, bowing to the crowd.

Only then did some dare to take on the task.

“Just bury them on the hillside behind. I will stay here for one and a half hours, and within this period, all buried corpses will be counted.”

Having annihilated the He Family, Qin Niu acquired no fewer than six chests of gold and precious treasures.

At that moment, he took out a chest full of gold and silver, which, under the torchlight, had many eyes staring fixedly.

“Master Qin, may I ask, how many corpses can be placed in one grave?”

“You can, but you must ensure that the burial depth exceeds one foot three inches,” Qin Niu set a standard.

Burying these corpses served two purposes: one was to prevent the stench from rotting bodies.

The second was to give no chance for the authorities to investigate.

Destroying the bodies and eradicating the traces was essentially the idea.

It was only right for me to kill the experts of the Qin Family. But there is a saying, ‘calamity should not befall the family members.’

Now, having eradicated the entire He Family, over three hundred people – this was a great sin.

The authorities could not possibly ignore it.

Qin Niu relied on three points: one, the He Family had bullied him first and later even sought to kill him; two, he had the status of a first-class noble; three, as the Black Tiger Gang was in the midst of recruiting people while simultaneously facing two great enemies, the Nine Insect Gang and the Shennong Sect, they simply could not afford to be distracted.

It was very possible that Qin Niu’s extermination of the He Family would be glossed over.

These kinds of incidents were not common, but they still occurred.

The powerful families in the city would undoubtedly annihilate their enemy’s entire family without hesitation if an opportunity arose.

…

One and a half hours later, all the corpses of the He Family had been buried.

Qin Niu kept his word and paid the servants of the He Family sufficiently for their work.

Just as he was preparing to take He Lao’er and head for Black Tiger City, Fang Lian had already hurried over with two elders from the Fang Family.

“Master Qin, are you all right?” Fang Lian heaved a long sigh of relief upon seeing that Qin Niu was still alive.

In the future, if anything happened to the medicinal herbs of the Fang Family, they would need to call on Qin Niu for help. The older the herbs, the more delicate they were.

“Thank you, Young Master Fang, for coming to the rescue. I, Qin, was lucky, narrowly escaping with my life.”

Qin Niu was very grateful to see Young Master Fang coming to help in the middle of the night.

Even though he knew this was merely an exchange of interests, he still felt a deep sense of gratitude toward Fang Lian.

“It’s nothing serious. I could hear from your voice that you’re injured. I have some top-quality healing pills here, take this. You just need to take one at a time.”

Fang Lian casually tossed a dark red porcelain bottle his way.

Inside were three healing elixirs.

“I now owe Young Master Fang another favor!” Qin Niu did not say thank you this time, but straightforwardly acknowledged he owed Fang Lian a favor.

“Haha, just a bottle of healing elixirs, it’s nothing. But these pills are not easy to concoct, and if it were anyone else, Fang would really be reluctant to give them away,” Fang Lian laughed heartily, obviously very pleased with Qin Niu’s response.

“Now that Master Qin is unharmed, I shall take my leave first. Take care.”

Fang Lian nodded at Qin Niu and quickly left with the two Fang Family elders.

They arrived quickly and departed just as fast.

Now, in the midst of war, Fang Lian was serving in the military and had obviously taken time out of his duties to come here.

If he couldn’t return on time, it was easy for others to criticize him.

Qin Niu had wanted to ask Fang Lian how to handle the matter of massacring the entire He Family, but given Fang Lian’s attitude, it was clear he had no intention of dealing with such a troublesome matter.