After seeing A Shuo off, Jiang Yue returned to the private room with a smile.
Jiang Qiao and San Gou had not participated much throughout the entire process. They had merely watched from the side. After holding it in for so long, San Gou could no longer stand it.
He could not help asking, "Second Brother, that bastard obviously isn't honest. Besides, he's only an errand boy at an inn. In the Surface World, wouldn't that make him just a hotel waiter? Was he really worth making us wait so long and spending so much money?"
It was not that San Gou felt bad about the money. He simply thought that bastard A Shuo did not deserve so much, or even deserve to make them wait that long and waste so many words on him.
Jiang Yue chuckled. "The money belongs to Master Duo. What are you fretting over? Besides, don't underestimate these local snakes. People like them have tremendous potential when it comes to making money. Do you think I don't want to bribe the children of powerful families and nobles? Would those people even care about this little bit of money? Never mind the ten thousand silver coins Master Duo gave us—even if it were a hundred thousand, could you make them reveal those confidential messages?"
It was not that the children of the powerful and noble did not love money. Rather, these people were not easy to bribe. If they tried this sort of transaction with them, they might fail to obtain any information, lose the money, and even get themselves into serious trouble.
Jiang Yue was not afraid of trouble, but neither did he want to alert the enemy and get himself entangled in trouble.
By bribing these minor figures who were greedy for money, they