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

Chapter 634: Inside the Tea Shop

Haitang rode quickly on her horse and came to the street where the tea shop was located.

The errand boy Zhou Xiaojian sent to deliver the message was very articulate and gave the address very clearly. Haitang had been to this area before and had seen the sign of the tea shop, so he found the place without much effort.

At this time, the sky had become dark and gloomy, and the wind was blowing fiercely. The number of pedestrians on the road had greatly decreased. Even the shops along the street had closed their doors one after another, fearing that the strong wind would blow away their goods. Haitang rode all the way here, without worrying about bumping into anyone or stalls. However, the strong wind mixed with snow particles, which hurt her face. She had to control the horse while enduring the pain. She was extremely anxious and felt really bad.

Fortunately, she had reached her destination.

The tea shop is located at the corner of the street, with a small triangular square in front of the door. On weekdays, people would set up stalls here from time to time, but today there is only garbage.

Haitang jumped off the horse in front of the small square, looked around, and felt something was wrong.

The tea shop was not open. Like the other shops on its left and right, its doors were closed. It was quiet in front of the door, with not even a passerby.

But how is this possible? !

Passersby would be fine. In this kind of weather, most people would not go out to the street to eat the northwest wind. However, the tea shop has a large interior area and is sheltered from the wind. It is impossible that there is no business at this time, not to mention that even the door is closed. If this kind of business that opens the door to welcome customers is closed, what business is there? It is better to just close the door. But it is not dark yet, and it is far from time to close.

Since Kan Jinbao was lured here to catch an adulterer, it is impossible that there was no movement at all.

If he had not caught his wife cheating on him, he and his companions Tu Jinbao, Jin Jiashu, and Hai Jiao should still be in the store. It is impossible that with so many people there no sound would have been heard.

If he had caught his wife cheating on him, the store would be so quiet right now... Could it be that he has already done it?
Haitang's heart suddenly lifted. Although she was confident in her brother's ability - at least his ability to escape - after all, Jin Jiashu and the others were still here today. He had to protect so many people and might not be able to use all his abilities. As for Tu Jinbao, he was even more of a drag. It was good enough that he didn't kill the two personal soldiers. What else could he be expected to do? !

Haitang quickly tied her beloved horse to the hitching post at the store door. She gripped the whip tightly in one hand and pulled out a small dagger for self-defense with the other, hid it behind her back, and walked towards the store door quietly and without making any sound.

She observed and found that two of the doors of the tea shop were only loosely leaning on the top, not tight, and because they were installed in a hurry, there was a large gap. Through the gap, she could see a figure flashing in the shop, but not in the front shop, but in the yard behind the shop, and in the connecting space between the front shop and the back yard.

The store was filled with a bloody smell, and it was unclear whether someone was killed or injured.

Haitang carefully avoided the crack in the door, so as not to be discovered by the people in the store. She quickly checked all the doors and windows leading to the outside of the tea shop and found a side window that was not closed tightly.

She put the dagger away again and coiled up the horsewhip to avoid being a burden. She carefully opened the side window, first opening it a little wider, using the gap to observe the interior, and confirmed that there was no one in the window and that there was a safe and flat open space under the window, then she opened the side window completely, supported herself on the windowsill, and lightly jumped, turning over silently and landing in the corner of the tea shop.

Haitang opened the side window as far as possible, fixed the window leaf, left herself a way out, and then tiptoed towards the connecting space between the tea shop front and the backyard. She scanned the shop with her eyes and found no dead bodies, but there were a few pools of blood on the ground, which seemed to indicate that someone was injured. As Haitang got closer and closer to the corridor connecting the front shop and the backyard, the noises in the backyard became clearer and clearer in her ears.

A woman was choking and cursing, but her words were a little unpleasant: "... You are away from home all day, can you blame me for this?! How did you treat me when we were in Ganzhou? How are you treating me now?! Where did I make a mistake? I asked you to come to Chang'an for your future. You are incompetent and can't find a good job, but you blame me for ruining your future? You come back drunk all day, and the perfume on your body can suffocate me to death! Who knows which vixen seduced you away from home? Since you have an affair, how can you blame me for having an affair?! I have no relatives here. What if one day you are fooled by a vixen outside and want to divorce me, where should I go?! I just want to be on the safe side!"

A man answered her in a hoarse voice: "You know how I treat you, so there is no need to throw dirty water on me here! Even if you say anything, I can't let you adulterous couple live anymore! For you, bitch, I left my home and career, gave up the bright future in Ganzhou, and accompanied you to Chang'an to seek wealth and honor. It's only been a year since I came here, and you have cheated on me. Now you blame me for being useless? Why can't I find a good job? Ask your lover behind you, isn't it his fault?!

"Two years ago, he came to Ganzhou on official business. I treated him well and treated him like a good friend. I thought he would arrange everything for me when we arrived in Chang'an. For this reason, I even declined Shangfeng's arrangement, thinking that he would be more reliable as a friend. But it turned out to be all lies! If it weren't for him, I would have been promoted long ago! He ruined my future, and you still want to be with him? You are basically in the same group! You hooked up with each other two years ago, right? You said you came to Chang'an to pursue your career, but you were just trying to fool me. The money I gave you earlier has been swallowed up by you two, right?!"

Another man said in a trembling voice: "Brother Kan, this is not true. I have never taken any money. Everything is in your wife's hands. I know I was wrong today, but your wife took the initiative to find me and said she wanted to find a good job for you. She was so sincere, and I was confused for a moment, so..."

"Bullshit!" Kan Jinbao spat back, "You still want to lie to me at this time?! I heard it all clearly outside just now! You have been planning to be together for a long time, and you thought Chang'an and Ganzhou were too far apart, and you wanted to be husband and wife for a long time, so you tricked me here!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of breaking air, followed by the sound of objects being smashed by a sharp weapon, and the backyard was filled with the howling of ghosts and wolves.

Then a young man's voice came from a position closer to the inside: "Brother Kan! Calm down! It's not a pity that this adulterous couple should die! But you can't ruin your own future! It's not worth it!" He was still struggling, scolding someone in a low voice, "Why are you stopping me? Let me out! I want to help Brother Kan!"

"Behave yourself! The knife in his hand doesn't recognize anyone! If it weren't for your personal soldiers protecting you, you would have been dead by now! Didn't you hear that I blame you? If you hadn't dragged your brother Kan to play, how could I have neglected my wife?!" The voice belonged to Haijiao, with an angry tone.

Are they hiding in the house in the backyard?

People safe is good.

Haitang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The adulterer said in fear from the other side: "Please forgive me... Brother Kan, I know I was wrong! I shouldn't have seduced your wife! But I... I didn't do it on purpose! She seduced me. I'm not the only man she has, she has other lovers, in Ganzhou, in Chang'an, and I know of two more. Don't just kill me..."

Before he could finish his words, he immediately screamed in fear, "Ah——"

Haitang, who was outside, felt her heart tighten when she heard this.

What happened this time?!

(End of this chapter)