Seeing that the time was almost right, Jiang Lai, using the excuse of having matters to attend to, took Little He to the tea house. This tea house's interior was elegantly and uniquely decorated, clearly a place for refined scholars to chat and play the zither.
A pot of tea, at the cheapest, cost eight taels and eight, and adding a plate of peanuts made it exactly ten taels.
Similar to some modern luxury tea houses, where they specifically target those unwary wealthy fools.
Jiang Lai was sipping tea and then waved to the waiter.
He looked to be about fourteen or fifteen, with youthful features, likely just an apprentice always following his master to learn the craft.
Little He leaned in, whispered a couple of words to him, then stuffed a pouch into his arms. After finishing, she turned to question Jiang Lai.
"Miss, why are we doing this?"
Jiang Lai continued drinking her expensive tea, speaking slowly and deliberately.
"Do you know how to catch a rat in its hole?"
