Chapter 473: Cao Kun, daring to set a trap for my Detai Money Shop, you are the one!

"Obey!"

Old You responded like thunder, his brows twisted into a ball, and he turned to sternly order the burly thugs: "You guys go smash the door!"

Having said that, he swept toward the other side at several thugs with more flexible figures, his eyes sharp as eagles: "You guys with agile skills, hurry up and climb over the wall to see if you can open the door bolt from the inside!"

"Yes." Dozens of thugs responded in unison, the sound wave making the surrounding fallen leaves rustle.

"Drink!"

Those few burly thugs, their shoulders and backs as wide as short walls, shouted in unison upon hearing this, making the surrounding air vibrate slightly.

Several people turned sideways together, condensing their brute force on their shoulders, and crashed straight toward the vermilion main gate like running bulls.

Who knew that the door wasn't locked, just left ajar. As soon as their shoulders touched the door panel, it opened with a "creak."

"Ah?" The fierce energy still condensed on their faces, the surprise of suddenly losing resistance escaped their lips.

Inertia carried them, unable to stop their feet, staggering into the residence and falling heavily on the blue brick floor.

Some bruised their knees, some hit the pillars under the corridor, groaning in pain, looking extremely embarrassed.

Old You caught a glimpse of the open door, hurriedly turned his head to report loudly to Jiang Rui, his finger pointing straight to the depths of the residence: "Steward Jiang, the door is open!"

The gloom in Jiang Rui's eyes was instantly replaced by urgency. Where could he care about the embarrassment of the thugs? His feet had already moved, urging sharply: "Hurry up!"

Immediately, he took big strides, his figure rushing to the front like an arrow, stepping into the Cao Residence gate first.

According to the information found, the mastermind was hiding inside...

He wanted to see what kind of sacred person it was who dared to move earth on the head of Tai Sui!

The Cao Residence courtyard was paved with smooth blue stone slabs, the white marble stone table in the center was spotless, and several stalks of green bamboo around were sparse and orderly.

Three people sat by the stone table, all dressed in ordinary cloth, but they couldn't hide the bearing between their brows.

It was exactly Chen Yan, Yuwen Ze, and Yuwen Xiang after disguising.

On the side, Zhu Yi, Hongye, Lu Cangfeng, and Xu Yixuan stood side by side holding swords.

Chen Yan had a set of purple clay tea sets in front of him, slowly lifting the copper pot. Boiling water flowed down along the spout, flushing the tea leaves to roll in the cup, and the steaming tea fragrance filled the air instantly.

His movements were unhurried. After the tea soup filled three white porcelain cups, he looked up and smiled: "The tea is brewed..."

"A Ze, A Xiang, come taste how it is?"

"Mm."

Yuwen Ze nodded in response, pinched the teacup, tapped the edge of the cup with his fingertips, took a shallow sip, and praised: "The aftertaste is long, good tea!"

Jiang Rui stepped into the courtyard first, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings like a torch. Old You followed closely behind, his gaze just falling on the side of the stone table, his complexion changing suddenly.

He stared fixedly at Chen Yan, recognizing that this was the leader who came to borrow silver at the beginning, his finger pointing fiercely at the other party, his tone full of gnashing hatred: "Steward Jiang, this is the first few people who came to borrow!"

"The leader is this Cao Kun!"

When the words fell, the thugs immediately surrounded them, the figures holding weapons surrounding the courtyard tightly, the murderous aura completely out of place with the curling tea fragrance by the stone table.

"Yo!"

Chen Yan slowly picked up the teacup, took a shallow sip, and then looked up at the aggressive Old You and Old Jiang.

His gaze swept indifferently over their tense faces, the corners of his mouth hooking into a smile that was not a smile, his tone leisurely as if just meeting by chance: "I was wondering who had such a big battle, so it turned out to be you two!"

"Steward You, Steward Jiang, long time no see..."

That familiar attitude was just like seeing an old friend...

Old You's chest heaved violently, his eyes widened like copper bells, and he scolded sharply: "Who gave you the dog guts to still dare to linger in Chang'an after calculating my Detai Money Shop?"

Before the words fell, he pulled out his short knife with a "clang," cold light flashing, the blade pointing straight at Chen Yan, his wrist trembling slightly from extreme anger, his voice becoming louder and harsher: "Do you think my knife is not sharp!"

Old You was both angered and using the angry scolding to draw a line.

He feared Jiang Rui would misunderstand that he really had any collusion with these bastards...

Old Jiang narrowed his eyes to look at Chen Yan, the corners of his mouth hooking into a fierce smile, suddenly holding his right thumb high, his tone carrying a hint of gnashing "admiration": "Cao Kun, daring to set a trap for my Detai Money Shop, you are the one!"

As soon as the words fell, his wrist turned fiercely, his thumb poked downward fiercely, cold light appearing in his eyes, a cold laugh penetrating the gravity around: "If you escape today, I am the one!"

"We are all old acquaintances, why be so aggressive?"

Chen Yan still held the teacup, his fingertips carelessly scraping the cup wall, the smile on his face not decreasing, completely not taking the blade light and sword shadow in front of him into his eyes.

Immediately, he raised his finger to point at the empty stone stool by the stone table, his tone leisurely as if inviting old friends to gather: "I just brewed a pot of tea, why not sit down and have a drink first?"

"Who the hell is an old acquaintance with you...!" Old You's roar almost escaped his lips, the veins on his hand gripping the knife handle bulging.

Jiang Rui didn't see half a ripple on his face, only intense murderous intent surging in the depths of his eyes, his gaze like two ice blades, nailed fixedly on the calm Chen Yan, asking coldly word by word: "Does your Excellency really not know how the word 'death' is written?"

Chen Yan put the teacup on the stone table with a "thud," the tea soup splashing a bit of foam, hooking into a playful smile, and said carelessly: "I am shallow in learning, didn't read books, and don't know characters..."

After a pause, he leaned forward slightly, his gaze meeting Jiang Rui's cold gaze directly, the smile in his eyes deepening, asking back with a hint of mockery: "Or should Steward Jiang teach me?"

Jiang Rui's pupils shrank slightly, his brows twisted suddenly. The other party actually broke his identity in one word, which was definitely not accidental.

The cold air around him grew stronger, and he said deeply: "... It seems your Excellency has investigated my Detai Money Shop?"

Chen Yan shook his head slowly, tapping lightly on the stone table with his fingertips, full of playful smiles, his tone carrying a hint of teasing: "Steward Jiang's name, who in Huaiyuan Ward doesn't know?"

"Where is there any investigation?"

The wariness in Jiang Rui's heart deepened a bit, knowing that the other party was definitely not an ordinary person, and there was no need to beat around the bush anymore. His complexion sank, the ferocity in his eyes exposed, his tone carrying naked threat: "Jiang doesn't care who your Excellency is. If you don't want to be cut into a thousand pieces, hand over all those ninety-six thousand taels!"

When the words fell, the surrounding thugs immediately approached half a step. Under the blade light and sword shadow, the murderous aura almost condensed into substance.

Yuwen Ze sipped his tea slowly, his gaze circulating between Jiang Rui and his elder brother, appreciating this scene with interest, a flash of surprised smile crossing his eyes, secretly thinking: "He is threatening my elder brother?"

The tea fragrance lingered on the tip of his tongue, Yuwen Ze's expression became more indifferent, wearing a look of watching the fun without fearing it was too big.

After all, no one in this world had ever threatened his elder brother...

Because those who had threatened him were already no longer in this world...

Chen Yan smacked his lips, the smile on his face growing stronger, playing: "That ninety-six thousand taels of yours is indeed not bad!"

After a pause, he deliberately dragged out his tone, a flash of playful light in his eyes, and added heart-piercingly: "This month has allowed us to taste the flavor of quite a few flower courtesans!"

Chen was not saying this to sprinkle salt on the wound...

But really distributed those silver taels, letting the private soldiers in the mansion, the old troops, the Mingjing Si embroidered envoys, and the Wannian County yamen runners enjoy it!

Truly using the silver on the blade!

"Bastard!"

Old You heard this, his complexion turned purple instantly, his chest heaved violently, and he almost couldn't catch his breath, cursing through gritted teeth, his voice becoming hoarse and harsh due to extreme anger.

Burning with anger, his eyes were red, staring fixedly at Chen Yan, asking sharply: "Do you know what kind of existence my Detai Money Shop is in Chang'an?"

Immediately, he raised the knife in his hand fiercely, cold light approaching the other party, the blade trembling slightly from the force, roaring at Chen Yan's arrogant face: "Believe it or not, I will slash you with one knife!"

Seeing this, Jiang Rui reached out and gripped Old You's wrist, stopping him, his gaze locked on Chen Yan, slowly holding up a finger, his tone cold as iron, saying deeply: "I will give you a stick of incense time to consider!"

Old You was angered to the point of fainting, but Jiang Rui was not.

He knew very clearly how to minimize the loss. This damn Cao Kun couldn't be hurt for the time being...

Even if he wanted to kill, he had to wait for the master's order.

Chen Yan picked up the purple clay teapot, slowly refilling his hot tea. Boiling water injected into the cup made a light sound, and the steaming heat blurred the look in his eyes.

He took a shallow sip, his tongue feeling the mellowness of the tea soup, then looked up at Jiang Rui and the others, asking meaningfully: "Gentlemen, especially Steward Jiang, why don't you use your brains and think carefully..."

"Why were you able to find this place so easily?"

Jiang Rui's brows twisted tighter, doubts surging in his eyes, then a cold laugh, his tone full of mockery: "You wouldn't be trying to say that you deliberately released the news, revealed flaws, and lured us here, right?"

Chen Yan put down the teapot, the playfulness on his face faded completely, replaced by a deep smile, nodding slowly, giving a decisive affirmative answer word by word: "Of course!"

Seeing this, Jiang Rui lost his patience, scolding sharply: "Stop bluffing there!"

Immediately he reached out his hand, his palm spread, his tone carrying naked threat: "Hand over all the silver notes. Today, perhaps you can still have a whole corpse, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?"

He raised his brows to interrupt him, the playfulness in his tone undisguised, then deliberately puffed out his chest, patted his heart exaggeratedly, pretending to be frightened, and teased with a dragged-out tone: "I am so scared!" ===== CHAPTER 474 =====