After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 313 Spread

Haitang and others were thinking about this matter, and their interest in shopping was greatly reduced.

After leaving the snack shop, they strolled around for a while without buying anything. They discussed in a low voice and then simply returned to the teahouse. This time, they pretended not to know anything and went to the teahouse to spend money. In fact, they wanted to find someone to ask about what happened in the morning in the name of having lunch.

Among the private rooms on the second floor, the door of the first room was slightly damaged and it was temporarily closed to guests; the second room was empty. Mrs. Thursday and her daughter, Mrs. Chengenhou Shizi, and his daughter had already left, so Zhou Wenjun simply chose this room. one. As for the lobby downstairs, the number of guests was much larger. Several tea patrons who looked quite familiar were still in their original positions, and there were new faces around them, whispering to each other.

The shopkeeper and waiters in the teahouse looked as enthusiastic as ever, as if nothing had happened. Zhou Yijun wanted to ask about what happened in the morning, but the waiter suddenly became tight-lipped. It was Zhou Wenjun who opened his mouth, and the healthy woman accompanying him gave him a reward, and he finally found out everything - it turned out that he didn't know Zhou Yijun's identity. But when Zhou Wenjun, the eldest lady of Zhenguo Palace, opened her mouth, he didn't dare to hide it.

The guys didn’t know what was going on in the private room between Mrs. Tang Hui and Jin Shan on Thursday. As for the private room that Tang Hui and Jin Shan went to—yes, Miss Tang did send someone to book the private room next door in advance and made an appointment. I met Mr. Jin. The guys brought so-and-so tea and so-and-so snacks inside, but they were not allowed to wait near them. They heard Miss Tang talking about poetry with Mr. Jin and said they didn't think much about it.

Later, Mrs. Jin arrived with Mrs. Tang. The former kicked in the door and entered the private room, seemingly angry. The shopkeeper hurried over to see what happened, but was stopped by the mother-in-law brought by Mrs. Tang. The woman simply paid the money, but asked the restaurant to keep silent about what she saw today.

The shopkeeper didn't dare to refuse, but he also understood that he told the mother-in-law that when the teahouse is open for business, the private affairs of the guests will not be spread casually. However, in Chang'an, if some people come to ask, they cannot hide it - for example, when the government comes Investigate the case, or the generals of the northwest frontier army come to investigate the spies.

The mother-in-law of the Tang family was not very satisfied after hearing this, but she couldn't say anything more. She is also from Chang'an, so she naturally knows the unwritten rules of local merchants. With the current power of the Tang family, they cannot stop everyone's mouths and require insiders to keep silent in front of officials or generals.

Mrs. Tang quickly took away Miss Tang, while her mother-in-law took away the girl and mother-in-law brought by Miss Tang. Mrs. Jin and Mr. Jin stayed in the private room for a while. The mother and son argued for a while, but they left soon after. They did not pay for the refreshments or compensate for the damage to the tea house. It's just that Mrs. Tang gave her money, so the shopkeeper didn't have to worry about anything.

After Zhou Wenjun found out what happened, he asked one more question: "My fourth aunt was sitting in this private room at that time, right? Did they really not hear anything?"

The waiter pinched the silver lock in his hand and smiled: "How can it be possible? Miss, although the private rooms in this teahouse are neatly and decently tidied, the partition walls are all made of wood. It’s also thin, so it doesn’t matter if you speak softly, but if the volume is a little louder, the next door will definitely hear it! Can you listen? The sound of the piano coming from downstairs is still very clear!”

The design of the private room on the second floor is to allow tea guests to clearly hear the sound of the piano downstairs while they are in the room. It is impossible to completely isolate the movement inside and outside by closing the door. This tea house has never been selling private rooms with high privacy. Its signature is delicious snacks, skilled piano players, and a spacious, bright, comfortable and elegant environment. If you really want to avoid talking to people, don't make an appointment at a place like this.

Miss Tang Hui was probably not a frequent visitor to the teahouse, so she chose the wrong place.

As soon as the guy explained it like this, Zhou Wenjun and the others understood.

Zhou Yijun also made a special experiment. She went to the private room next door to speak louder so that the people in the private room could hear her clearly. Sure enough, as the guy said, the sound insulation of the wooden walls here is very poor.

Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi must have heard everything at that time. If Tang Hui and Jin Shan were just sitting together and talking quietly, they might not notice it, but when Mrs. Jin kicked the door and the shopkeeper negotiated with Mrs. Tang, how could they not notice it next door? It was just that I heard the person's identity and left some dignity for the relatives, so I didn't make it public. Peng Yuqi rewarded the man again and told him not to tell anything about the four of them coming to inquire - unless the government came to investigate the case, or the generals came to investigate the spies. The man smiled and thanked her for the reward, and reassured her: "Don't worry, miss, this is not a case. The young lady of the Tang family and the young master of the Jin family are even less likely to be spies. Neither the government nor the generals will come to inquire." ."

Peng Yuqi smiled a little reluctantly. If the Tang family was angered by the Jin family's actions and did something to Jin Shan, then it would really be a case...

The four girls casually ordered some food and ate it together with the servants and girls who were accompanying them. After having a hasty lunch, they went home.

When Haitang returned home, she found that the scandal between Tang Hui and Jin Shan had spread among the neighbors around the Chenghuang Temple.

Grandmother Ma also got the news from several neighbor ladies she was friends with. It was said that an old neighbor happened to go to the teahouse to listen to music today and witnessed with his own eyes the farce of Mrs. Jin and Mrs. Tang coming to arrest their children for a secret meeting. Although the drama ended in a hurry and he didn't actually understand what happened, it was a fact that Miss Tang met the young master of the Jin family privately in the teahouse private room.

Although the atmosphere in Chang'an City is quite open, it is not open enough to allow young men and women to meet privately in public places. In addition, the wives and grandmothers of the Jin family often talked to their acquaintances about Miss Tang's boldness, saying that she dared to write a letter to ask her husband to meet her and express her feelings in person... Everyone was half-believed and couldn't help but talk secretly.

Ma couldn't trust the Jin family's actions: "Even if the Miss Tang family is really interested in the Jin family brother, what is the Jin family's intention to spread gossip about others? The leopard | toad | toad wants to eat swan meat, You are so shameless!" She asked Haitang again, "Aren't you on good terms with Miss Peng's family? What exactly is Miss Peng's plan? If she really has an engagement with the Jin family, she should leave immediately. Don't be with that kind of person. They are entangled. If there is no engagement, she will stay away quickly. This Jin family is not a good person! She failed to scheme, and now they even dare to think about the daughter of the Tang family! "

Haitang responded casually, and immediately wrote a letter to Zhou Wenjun after returning to the room, asking Putao to run an errand for her.

Putao came back from the Zhenguo Palace half an hour later and brought her replies from Zhou Wenjun, Zhou Yijun and Peng Yuqi.

After they returned to the Zhenguo Palace, they also learned more news.

Zhou Wenjun sent someone home to report the news to Mrs. Tuesday. Unfortunately, Mrs. Tuesday also left home shortly after she left home. Because Mrs. Tuesday mistakenly recommended her natal niece Tang Hui to the eldest son of Mrs. Chengen Hou Shizi, which offended her, she had to think of a way to apologize, so she found a few relatives and friends from her natal family and found a bargain. A complete set of exquisite glass tea sets - the latest product of Chang'an Glass Workshop, as well as glass hand mirrors, colorful gems from the Western Regions, etc., are intended to be given as gifts. By the time she returned home contentedly with the gift, it was already afternoon. Even if she received a message from Zhou Wenjun, she could not do anything in time.

Mrs. Tuesday was very anxious. When she heard that Zhou Wenjun had arrived home, she hurriedly ran to find out. Zhou Wenjun did not hide anything, he told everything he knew. He also made it clear that Mrs. Cheng'en Hou Shizi and Mrs. Zhou Zhou were in the private room next door at the time, and they probably heard what happened.

Mrs. Tuesday was filled with regret and only regretted that she should not have gone out today. The gifts she had worked so hard to collect were no longer needed.

(End of this chapter)