Chapter 538 Green-haired Turtle

Li San Niang swallowed the pastry in her mouth with tea, her face expressionless, but in reality, she was cursing in her mind.

"Since I traveled through time, I never imagined that people in feudal society would be even more extravagant than modern people."

Sure enough, it's all thanks to our ancestors; modern people are just playing with what they've already done.

Seeing that the three members of the Li family had no reaction, except for Li San Niang who had a look of surprise in her eyes, Mr. Bu Ke coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment. Then he heard Li San Niang ask, "Sir, what happened next?"

How could everyone in the guild be so badly injured?

With Li San Niang's enthusiastic support, Mr. Bu Ke picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then slowly continued his story.

The big-knife man's underlings were just ordinary people who frequented the streets. If they really wanted to investigate someone, what difficulty could they possibly face?

Besides, the actions of the matchmaker and the gigolo were not very meticulous and could not withstand scrutiny or investigation.

The servants who knew about the affair were not just Hongniang's personal maid; the coachman of the carriage Hongniang often rode in was another person who knew about their affair.

Not to mention that the matchmaker and the gigolo even rented a house specifically so that they could have a proper secret rendezvous every time.

The neighbors near the house weren't blind or deaf, but judging from their furtive manner, they didn't seem like law-abiding citizens.

Therefore, the man with the big knife easily found out where the green hat on his head came from.

"How dare she! How dare she!"

I, I'm going to kill her!

I'm going to kill her!

The man with the big knife was furious. He drew the big knife from his waist and cleaved the table in half. Still not satisfied, he went outside and hacked at the trees in the yard, leaving only broken branches on the ground.

"Brother, we brothers will all listen to you. Just say the word and we'll follow you!"

Brothers, now we can grab our knives and go chop those two up!

What kind of scholar is that dog-like scholar!

He's just a gigolo!

"Brother, say something, and we'll chop him down right now!"

After hearing what his younger brother said, the man with the big knife calmed down after venting his anger.

Sitting in the chair, head bowed, the man with the large knife remained silent, neither confirming nor denying the man's threats to fight. He simply kept quiet, lost in thought.

"Brother, we brothers have been following you for almost ten years!"

Back when we were in the martial arts world, you always made sure we brothers never went hungry!

For the past year or so, the brothers have been living a good life like the upper class thanks to you!

Brother, don't think we're reluctant to give up these good days. As long as you say the word, what can't we, your brothers, do to help you through thick and thin?

If it weren't for my elder brother giving me a pancake back then, I would have starved to death long ago!

"My life, Wang Ergou's life, belongs to you, brother. I'm just a worthless life, brother, just say the word, and I'll follow you to do anything!"

As soon as Wang Ergou spoke, the remaining six or seven people began to express their opinions one after another.

"Brother, just say the word. I, Zhao Youliang, am able to have enough to eat thanks to you taking me along!"

I'm willing to continue working with you, brother! I'll do anything!

Me too!

At worst, we can kill people and then run out of the city. What's wrong with becoming bandits in the mountains?

I'm willing to do anything as long as I'm following my elder brother!

From these people's words, it's not hard to see that the man with the big knife does have some merit.

If the man with the big knife hadn't genuinely cared for his followers, he would never have been able to gain such support under these circumstances.

However, in the matchmaker's eyes, the man with the big knife had no redeeming qualities; at least, the matchmaker couldn't see any redeeming qualities in him.

What I initially thought was love at first sight was nothing more than lust at first sight.

The words of his younger brothers at least gave the man with the big knife, who had been betrayed by the matchmaker, a little comfort. At least he wasn't a complete failure as a person, and he still had his brothers supporting him.

But what man can tolerate being betrayed by his woman?

Not to mention, the matchmaker was actually pregnant and wanted the man with the big knife to continue being a cuckold.

Just like a woman betrayed by a cheating man, a normal partnership is one-on-one possessive, and most people cannot tolerate the other's betrayal.

Actually, this kind of thing, regardless of gender, is something no one can tolerate.

So, after a sleepless night, the man with the big knife had already figured out how to get revenge on the matchmaker and that pretty boy.

The muscular but simple-minded martial artist would naturally only think about killing the two adulterers, but the big-sword man, who had already received some training in the Prince's mansion, had improved and was starting to think.

"I not only want the matchmaker and that pretty boy to die!"

I'm going to take the money and lead my brothers back to continue living those good days of drinking and eating meat!

Therefore, the man with the big knife not only kept the matchmaker calm by being coy, but also gave her some money to lower her guard.

Meanwhile, Du Qinghui's side wanted to gain a deeper, more covert understanding of the information within the Prince Xiang's mansion, forcing the Prince Xiang's faction, which had wanted to withdraw after their failed attempt to assassinate Emperor Wu with Du Qinghui and the Holy Temple Sect, to continue their alliance with him.

With this idea in mind, Du Qinghui wanted to continue the alliance with Prince Xiang, or rather, he wanted to use Prince Xiang to strike at Emperor Wu.

Du Qinghui's spies once again gave orders to the pretty boy, instructing him to send a letter through Hongniang to the study where the retainers of the Prince Xiang's mansion were staying.

The letter, which was not a forgery, was a handwritten letter from the Prince of Xiang's clerk, sent to Jiangnan East Circuit when the Prince of Xiang contacted Du Qinghui.

The pretty boy naturally obeyed and went to the matchmaker. When the matchmaker saw the letter in the pretty boy's hand, she looked troubled. She knew that it was impossible to get the big-knife man to obediently put the letter in the study.

After all, how can one explain having received such a letter?

Therefore, only the matchmaker could succeed.

The gigolo really knows how to charm women, let alone matchmakers who aren't exactly bright. With just a few words like, "For our future, for our children, I'll divorce her and marry you in the future," he can make the matchmaker wholeheartedly devoted to him.

What the matchmaker and the pretty boy didn't know was that while the two were embracing passionately on the bed, the man with the big knife on the roof almost ground his teeth to powder.

After the matchmaker returned home with the letter, she wondered how she could find an excuse to go to the study and leave the letter there.

Finally, the matchmaker came up with a plan: when no one was in the study, she would pretend to need to find the man with the big knife, barge into the study, hide the letter, and then leave quickly.

Meanwhile, the man with the big knife decided to turn the tables and kill the matchmaker in a fair and square manner.

Therefore, on this day, Hongniang and her maid carried food boxes and arrived at the door of the study where the guests of the Prince Xiang's mansion often stayed, with friendly expressions.