Chapter 250 - The Taibai Tavern Was the Bane of Us? (1/2)

“Jiang Yu!” At this moment, a cry of alarm was heard from the group of people opposite them. Ling Zhang looked sideways and saw a man hurtling out of the room straight towards Jiang Yu, who gave a start and subconsciously tried to dodge aside. Seeing that Jiang Yu was about to be hit by that saber, Ling Zhang inwardly cursed, threw Yuwen Jin onto those behind him, lunged forward and grabbed the hilt of the saber, the tip of which stopped just short of the middle of Jiang Yu’s back.

This dangerous situation reduced all others to screaming with horror. Jiang Yu swiveled his head aside to look at it but lost his balance, staggered and then toppled towards the tip of the blade.

Ling Zhang’s eyes went grim, flipped his wrist and hurled the saber in another direction. It went squarely into the room and with that an anguished screech was heard. Some unlucky guy in there was. .h.i.t. Ling Zhang didn’t bother to find out who the victim was, believing that all those people deserved it. Jiang Yu, however, instinctively grabbed Ling Zhang as he realized he was falling over to the floor. Ling Zhang also tottered at the pull and then toppled over.

“Young Master!” “Brother Zhang!”

“Jiang Yu!”

With a thud, Ling Zhang and Jiang Yu landed together, Jiang Yu on the floor, and Ling Zhang, accidentally, on Jiang Yu. To make things worse, because of the inertia, Ling Zhang abruptly b.u.mped his chin on Jiang Yu’s shoulder, and the sharp pain stupefied him for a moment.

Jiang Yu’s shoulder also ached terribly due to the hit. He subconsciously looked aside but the moment he twisted his head, his lips brushed past something warm and soft, leaving him transfixed on the spot.

That b.u.mp was so painful that Ling Zhang failed to feel Jiang Yu accidentally kiss his ear lobe and cheek. He propped himself up on one hand in an effort to get to his feet.

Fortunately, the others had got over their shock at this moment and hurriedly helped Ling Zhang get off Jiang Yu.

Ling Zhang carefully held his lower jaw, gave a shake of his head and finally got his mind out of the stupefaction caused by the great pain.

Jiang Yu had also been heaved to his feet by his friends, a peculiar expression on his face. As it had happened in such a sudden manner, n.o.body had noticed that small detail. He flicked a glance at Ling Zhang who was shaking his head, he briefly tucked his lips in and with that something occurred to him and he hurriedly loosened them. Then he raised his hand with the intention to wipe them, but felt that it might have the opposite effect, so he stiffly put his hand down.

“Are you okay?” someone standing beside him asked.

Miao s.h.i.+ba examined Ling Zhang and looked at his chin. “Did you hurt your mouth with your teeth just now?”

Ling Zhang shook his head. “No.”

Miao s.h.i.+ba said, “Then you’ll be okay after the pain ebb away.”

Yuwen Jin also checked Ling Zhang’s hand. “Brother Zhang, did you get hurt by that saber?”

“No. It was the hilt that I grabbed.”

“Which one of you threw that saber just now? You want to die?!” At this moment, two bands of men walked out of the room, all looking ferocious. One of them had a wound in his shoulder, which clearly had been caused by the saber that Ling Zhang had just thrown inside. These people were here to find the one responsible and settle the score.

Ling Zhang’s eyes instantly went cold. These people had the nerve to come here and bl.u.s.ter?

The noises on this floor was so loud that soon people of the Taibai Tavern arrived. At the sight of Ling Zhang and the others, the taverner respectfully hastened over and said, “May I ask what happened here, childes?”

Yuwen Jin had been glaring at those men all along. “These people were fighting and yelling here. We almost got hurt by a saber of theirs when walking by. Inform the garrison patrol. These guys gathered a crowd, made disturbances and hurt Brother Zhang. On no account will we let them get away with it.”

Those men didn’t seem to be locals and had no idea who Ling Zhang and the others were. One of them said haughtily, “You want us arrested? I’ll break your–”

Bang!

All people on the scene saw a flicker of a figure and with that the speaker was sent flying into the room by a kick, overturning the table and chairs as he landed. The man held his chest and abruptly coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face going pale.

Everybody’s countenance changed.

Miao s.h.i.+ba withdrew his foot and stepped back to Ling Zhang’s side, coldly eyeing those men. “Whoever utters another word ends up the way this man did.”

The one who had just been knocked off his feet was the chief of these men. After seeing this, none of them dared make any other remarks.

Soon a garrison patrol came and escorted those men away. All these childes were from powerful families. None of those men stood a chance of getting out of prison in one piece.

As Ling Zhang had saved Jiang Yu once again, Yuwen Jin, seeing Jiang Yu walk away with his cronies, said unhappily on their way out of the tavern, “Something always happens whenever we meet Jiang Yu. Do you think there’s a jinx on him?”

“Well, actually I feel that the Taibai Tavern is the bane of us. Let’s never come to this place to dine again,” said Tao Yi, having a lingering fear.

Thinking about the last incident and this one, every one of them, including Ling Zhang, couldn’t help but flick a backward glance at the Taibai Tavern, a weird expression in their eyes.

“Next time let’s go to the side yard of my family,” suggested Ji Feng in a quiet voice.

“Anyway, let’s change the location next time. I will never come to this tavern ever again,” said Tao Yi.

“Alas, it’s always Brother Zhang who suffers in the end. If the Taibai Tavern is really the bane of anybody, it’s Brother Zhang,” observed Yuwen Jin.

Everybody lapsed into silence, looking at Ling Zhang.

Ling Zhang’s heart did a somersault, and the expression in his eyes grew even odder as he gazed at the Taibai Tavern. Even he himself could barely refrain from suspecting that the Taibai Tavern was the bane of him.

“Come on. Let’s go home right away. I’ve actually sobered up after this incident,” said Yuwen Jin.

Xun Huo, who was thoroughly drunk and fast asleep on his servant’s back, was the only one totally unaware of what had just happened.

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