As soon as they took their seats, a waiter came up to them and very diffidently place a big jar of wine on their table, "The mistress said that since this is the young masters first visit to the establishment, this jar of one of our best wines will be on the house to show our hospitality." All of them smiled at those words while thousands of thoughts were running in their minds but n.o.body wanted to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Finished with his words, the waiter left promptly without trying to curry favour with them. Su Li raised an eyebrow at that but wasn"t in the mood to dig deeper.
Just as the Head Commander was about to call the waiter back, Ning Fu stopped him with a scowl on his face.
Before the Head Commander could retort, as usual, Ning Fu muttered, "Why are you in such a hurry? Let us all first enjoy the free wine."
Saying so, he opened the sealed jar and the smell that had been stoppered by the seal dispersed in the air.
When Zhou Sheng sniffed the air, he involuntarily exclaimed, "Ahha! Good wine."
The smell itself was so intoxicating that he couldn"t help but salivate over it while imagining the taste. He only hoped that the taste was as good as the smell or it would be a letdown. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Meanwhile, Ning Fi smelled the wine jar so as to detect if any harmful foreign substances had been added to the wine.
Once he was sure that the wine was free of them, he poured the wine into four wine bowls.
However, before offering it to others, he once again checked the wine with a silver needle and only when the needle remained silvery and didn"t turn its colour, did he offer the wine to the monarch with both his hands as if in supplication.
At this point, Zhou Sheng looked at Ning Fu with warm eyes, "I really have to say that big brother takes security issues very seriously."
When the only response to his words was a tight-lipped smile, Zhou Sheng joined his hands and gave a bow to Ning Fu, "Then I will take this chance to thank big brother for looking after all of us tonight."
At his words, Su Li snorted, "You have become pedantic since you arrived here, Zhou Sheng."
Before they could talk any further, the proprietress had come to their table with a pair of girls.
"Ah! The Imperial Capital is really different from back home. The music and dance are so much more exciting."
Those were the words they had decided upon as a signal so as soon as outsiders were near them, they could start fis.h.i.+ng for information slowly.
So, when Su Li said those words, the two of them - Head Commander, Unit commander straightened even more as if ready to jump and fight at a moments notice.
In complete contrast, Su Li and Zhou Sheng compelled relaxed in their chairs and became even more indolent.
When the proprietress saw, she felt that the entire group gave her a disconcerting feeling but she didn"t question them.
What would be the point of questioning? After all, a criminal never readily accepted that they were a criminal.
Still, to be on the safe side, she had brought the girls who were good at listening to drunk people"s mindless chatter, filter out the unimportant parts and grasp the things that could be of benefit to them or to their back.
Hence the lady in question wasn"t worried about the motive behind the visit by these newcomers.
With a lecherous grin on her face, she bowed to them, "Young Masters, you can"t say that my place is lacking in hospitality. See, I brought you two of my finest girls. You won"t find girls more beautiful and more sophisticated than them in any of the other places."
When n.o.body tried to give her an amicable reply, Su Li wanted to smack the two military men but she still stifled her irritation and replied, "Ah! Thank you. Thank You. If it is as you said, then this young master thanks you."
Once the polite, superficial exchange was over, the lady left them while leaving two of her spies behind.
Zhou Sheng had also realised by this point that he couldn"t depend upon the other two from this era to carry on in a manner that didn"t stick out in such an environment.
So, he raised his hands and clapped, "Ah! Girls! Beautiful girls! Come, come time is wasting away if we don"t make use of it."
At his words, one of the girls headed over to Su Li"s side while smiling coyly and introduced herself as Baozhai in a short voice. The voice would make lesser men"s heart itch but all Su Li felt was an ironic amus.e.m.e.nt.
This pretty lady would try to flatter her tonight in the hopes that she would be able to spend some time with her not knowing that the gender of the person she was trying to impress was all wrong and the person in question was still unknown to the world of romance and pleasure.
Still, she s.h.i.+fted sideways on her bench and invited the girl to sit beside her and the girl readily agreed.
Meanwhile, the other girl looked at the three other men in the group and cursed Baozhai in her heart.
The other girl had really taken the top of the cream at first glance and all she herself was left with was - a young child who hadn"t even hit p.u.b.erty by the looks of it, a nervous wreck who kept on looking here and there every few seconds and a block of ice who seemed to radiate disapproval.
Thinking about it, she chose the third one because he was still a better option than a kid and a person who seemed to be even afraid of his shadow.