Chapter 550 - Strong Wine (2/2)
Shangguan Fei regretted giving up the choice to others and said quickly,”Tonight? Why don’t ait for the day, it’s not quite safe there”
“No, I have decided Followstrides and took the lead,Han Fen following closely behind
Shangguan Fei sighed and trotted, running after his own bodyguard and said softly “About the tavern’s business, don’t spout nonsense when you’re back, especially not in front of Long Fanyun”
The three entered the slums’ area in the wee hours Most of the place had turned dark and was dead quiet as if everyone had slept already Shangguan Fei sighed a breath of relief and said, “You see, the shops in this area don’t open at night, we should have couan Fei was not to be luckythat night Just after he had spoken, someoneflew from a tent nearby, then burly man poked his head out, spat heavily and said hoarsely, “If you want to eat for free, don’t cohtedly She had been upset thinking she had uan Fei did not like this place In the past, he had hated the squalor in the Southern City when he was still in Jade City The slums’ area was even worse than this They had only walked a short distance and had already stepped three ti wet
“What inforuan Fei co left and right
The round like he’d been badly beaten and suddenly struggled to lift his head, revealing a face dripping with blood which shocked Shangguan Fei He grasped Han fen’s arly,”Your martial arts skills are not bad, are they?”
“Yes Well, in fact,Cloud Rain technique…”
“You don’t need it for tonight We can talk about it later Reuard so you have to protect me all the time” He continued
The old tent was dimly lit, and the atmosphere therewas completely different frouests sat at the table in silence and drank sullenly People at the saers to each other The shopkeeper was the big burly felloho threw people and stared at the guests expressionless as if they owed hiuan Fei pretended to be relaxed, leaned in and said, ” Business looks good Serve what good wine you have We brothers will be drunk tonight!”
The shopkeeper was vigilant, taking out three big bowls fro each of theuan Fei did not know the market price and felt it was cheapbutdid not quite understand how three bowls of wine could amount to five silver coins He nodded and took out three or four taels of silver andsaid generously ” Everyone will get a bowl, allon me”
This was very effective in the slum area’s tavern and won applause everytime But the people here did not seem to understand the ways of the world and everyone did not seele word of thanks
The shopkeeper frowned, picked up the silver and looked at it carefully under the light before holding the wine jar reluctantly and pouring wine for each one of his guests
Shangguan Fei felt increasingly uncomfortable and said in a so soe ativen they had already come to the slu at the shopkeeper with enthusiastic eyes He was pouring wine for his guests and sizing each of theulped downaHe said loudly,”Tonight, Old Li is giving us a treat, how could we have forgotten? Stop drinking, it’s still not too late to go”
Shangguan Fei walked out of the tent and no one sent for him or stood in his way He finally put down his worries and realised there was nothing a as he hadunwelcome anywhere
He lifted the curtain halfway and found that the bodyguards had not followed
Han Xuan was still standing near the counterand Han Fen had walked infront of a table of custoive orders, she spoke in a ? What are you hiding here for?”
Shangguan Fei was shockedhow they had chosen a nondescript tavern so rando the first time they hadbeen in a slum They had actually bumped into a their killer, but didn’t know it yet
He knew Han Fen would not admit her mistake The disciples of New Moon Hall were experts at identifying killersof Fort Jin Peng
Theguests who had been questioned by Han Fen looked to his left and right saying,”You have gotten the wrong person Where did you find the killer?”
It was too late, the killer’s identity had been revealed and no one had given the orders, not even a voiced hint Theguests stood upand pulled out their weapons
Shangguan Fei didn’tfor the duel to start He’d already juard for his life The two bodyguards howeverdid not, because they could defend the frohtened him thathe slipped and almost fell
This screamwas like an incantation that lifted the banas suddenly, everyone ran out of their tents, brandishi+ng their sabres, hackingone anotherlike uan Fei’s path was blocked, there were people everywhere His heart ale of ht such dire consequences
It was not till the next uan Fei, as covered all over with blood knew the truth: He had beencaught in the largest riot , the sluon Court had seen in decades
That night, the cries of the killings were heard frouards waited sternly and were ready to guard the ca acrossthe road