The prince is very fierce

After all, there were only a few people who came to the tavern for a drink early in the morning. There were not many guests in the tavern, and it looked a bit deserted.

The seats by the window were considered elegant seats. There were bamboo curtains between the wine tables, and the corners were very hidden. Xu Buling sat here to observe the mansion opposite.

The waiter warmed up the wine, brought two plates of side dishes and placed them on the wine table, said "Enjoy your time, sir", and sat back on the small stool at the door.

Xu Buling picked up the wine pot and poured two bowls of wine. The wine was light yellow and fragrant. I think it should be osmanthus wine, which is more suitable for women to drink. He put the wine bowl in front of Chuchu, and took a sip of it himself, tasting it carefully, and nodded slowly:

"It's quite strong, there are some tricks."

Zhongli Chuchu didn't know wine, but only drank wine. She untied her face towel, held the wine bowl and gulped down a big mouthful, and wiped the corners of her mouth:

"It's very famous in the capital, not worse than the old shop in your place."

Xu Buling shook his head gently, obviously disagreeing.

The second prince Chen Ju might not leave the palace until noon, so it would be boring to just wait. After Xu Buling took two sips of the fine wine from Southern Xinjiang, he put down the wine bowl, leaned forward slightly, and hooked his finger at Zhongli Chuchu.

Zhongli Chuchu was a little confused. After thinking for a while, she stood up and sat next to Xu Buling, leaning in and whispering:

"What's wrong?"

Xu Buling also leaned in Zhongli Chuchu's ear:

"Did you see the waiter at the door?"

Whispering and rubbing against each other, the man's breath and the faint smell of alcohol blew along the earlobe and neck and into the collar.

Zhongli Chuchu shrank her neck slightly, feeling half of her body numb. Although she said she liked Xu Buling, she had drawn a clear line after that. Now she should call Xu Buling master. How could they be so ambiguous with each other?

Zhongli Chuchu wanted to move away, but Xu Buling put his arm around her waist and pulled her closer:

"Don't move."

Zhongli Chuchu stuck close to Xu Buling, always feeling that Xu Buling was taking advantage of her. But she didn't dare to do anything with her mediocre skills, so she could only look at the waiter at the door and ask in confusion:

"Is there something wrong with this guy?"

Xu Buling nodded slightly: "His steps are very steady. Although he was distracted, his sitting posture and the position of his hands can be adjusted at any time. This is the instinct of a warrior. Maybe he didn't even notice it, but I can see it."

Zhongli Chuchu's green eyes were a little serious, and she looked at him carefully - his legs were indeed very steady without moving, but holding his arms in a daze, can you also be called being able to adjust at any time?

"Are you...are you sure?"

"Yeah."

Xu Buling put his arm around Chuchu with one hand, picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, and looked at the waiter behind the gap in the bamboo curtain and observed carefully.

Zhongli Chuchu's face was obviously red, and she clutched the hem of her skirt and tried to get up. Seeing Xu Buling was so serious, she dared not move, and could only continue to observe the waiter.

But the more she looked at him, the more ordinary he seemed. He didn't look like a master at all. Isn't this bullying an honest man!

Zhongli Chuchu pursed her lips and glanced at Xu Buling:

"Mr. Xu, I trust you very much. Don't use this excuse to take advantage of others."

Xu Buling's eyes were pure and flawless: "I want to take advantage of others, why do I need to find an excuse? Just don't move."

"..."

Zhongli Chuchu really couldn't refute it. After hesitating for a while, she simply pretended that nothing had happened. She picked up the chopsticks and ate the food and wine in small bites, letting Xu Buling put his hand on her waist.

But Xu Buling seemed to be so absorbed in watching that his hand behind his back accidentally slid down a little and slowly landed on the round buttocks...

!

Zhongli Chuchu sat up a little straighter, gritted her teeth secretly, wanted to get angry but was afraid of alerting the enemy, so she could only turn her head and ask coldly:

"Mr. Xu, is it soft?"

Xu Buling curled the corners of his mouth and tried to pinch it:

"Hehe...quite elastic."

? !

Zhongli Chuchu looked stunned, and then squeezed Xu Buling's ribs with an elbow:

"Liar! How...how did you become so shameless? You were not like this before..."

Xu Buling made a shushing gesture: "I'm watching you, don't make such a big noise."

"How can you do this? Take your hand away!"

Zhongli Chuchu was resisting in shame and anger when the sound of wheels suddenly came from the street.

Looking around, a luxurious carriage stopped outside the gate of the mansion across the street. There were more than a hundred personal soldiers accompanying the carriage. There were many imposing warriors on both sides of the carriage, and the defense was extremely tight.

Zhongli Chuchu hurriedly stopped his action, his face became more serious. In order to prevent the other party from noticing, he did not look directly at him, but just lowered his head to drink wine and looked at him with his peripheral vision.

Xu Buling held the wine bowl and glanced casually, and felt a little tricky. He could rush over and kill this team now, but this was the capital of Nanyue after all, and there must be more than 10,000 guards. As long as the whereabouts were leaked, he would face endless roundups. Judging from the current situation, he could only find an opportunity to sneak in secretly.

After the carriage stopped outside the mansion, the door opened soon, and a young man in blue court clothes came out. He first looked back at the wine shop here, and his expression showed that he wanted to come over and sit down, but after hesitating for a while, he still entered the mansion with his entourage.

As Xu Buling was looking around, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that the waiter sitting at the door was also looking at the mansion opposite, or more precisely, at the back figure entering the mansion. His eyes were very focused, completely different from his absent-minded state just now. However, when Xu Buling looked more closely, the waiter had returned to his normal appearance just now.

Although this look only lasted for a moment, Xu Buling saw it clearly.

Xu Buling frowned slightly and thought carefully, but he could not figure out the cause and effect.

After Chen Ju disappeared from the gate, Zhongli Chuchu pushed Xu Buling's hand away, stood up and sat opposite him, stared at Xu Buling for a long time, and said:

"I am your woman's apprentice, you are disrespectful and bullying the young, do you know that?"

Xu Buling had done all the things that bullied his master and destroyed his ancestors, so he naturally did not change his face. He smiled and looked at the door:

"Waiter."

Zhongli Chuchu suffered a loss and wanted to draw a clear line with Xu Buling and make things clear. Seeing Xu Buling change the subject, her eyes became more annoyed, but she couldn't interrupt Xu Buling's work, so she could only snort and turn her head to look out the window.

Outside the shop, the waiter stood up and came forward after hearing the call:

"What would you like to order, sir?"

Xu Buling patted the stool next to him:

"This is my first time in Beijing. I have only heard that this shop is famous, but I don't know the story behind it. Brother Shitou, can you tell me about it?"

The waiter looked like a man of few words. He hesitated for a moment before sitting down on the bench and wiping his hands with a towel:

"In previous years, the imperial concubine often came here, and then she became famous. There is nothing else."

Xu Buling nodded slightly, picked up the wine pot, and poured a bowl of wine for the waiter:

"Brother Shitou has been here for a long time. Have you ever seen the imperial concubine? I heard that the imperial concubine is the most beautiful woman in South Vietnam. It's a pity that fate plays tricks on people. Alas."

The waiter's expression did not change much. He sighed and took the wine bowl with both hands:

"I came I was still young when I opened this shop, and I did see the imperial concubine several times. Sometimes God doesn't have eyes, and there's nothing we can do about it. "

Xu Buling thought about it, moved a little closer, and whispered:

"Our king is still bedridden. I heard rumors in the market that Concubine Zhou is a beauty and a disaster, and she is a fox demon in the mountains..."

The waiter's eyes changed slightly, and he raised his hand gently: "Sir, this is not true."

Xu Buling laughed: "It's just nonsense from outsiders, and I don't know whether it's true or not. But our king worked hard to govern when he was young, and suddenly became like this. It's really hard to understand. There were Daji and Baosi in ancient times, and this kind of thing is not without precedent..."

Using market rumors to evaluate the late Concubine Zhou, and also classifying her with Daji and Baosi, this remark was obviously a bit excessive, and Zhongli Chuchu frowned.

The waiter shook his head and stopped Xu Buling from speaking again:

"Sir, please don't talk nonsense. If the government hears this, you will lose your head. How could the imperial concubine be the woman that the rumors say about her?"

Xu Buling picked up the wine bowl and clinked it with the waiter: "I just heard it from others. The waiter has seen the imperial concubine and knows her better than me. But rumors don't come without wind. There are too many people saying this outside, so there must be a reason."

The waiter saw that Xu Buling was like a nitpicker, and he had to pin the rumors on the imperial concubine Zhou. He looked a little unhappy, but he didn't show it too obviously, just shook his head:

"I also... I have met the Imperial Concubine. She is very nice. Everyone in the capital, from the princes and nobles to the common people, does not like her. Those rumors outside cannot be taken seriously. "

Xu Buling nodded, picked up the wine pot again, and poured wine for the waiter with one hand:

"The noble young man on the street just now is the son of the Imperial Concubine, right? He is really handsome, probably similar to the Imperial Concubine back then. It's a pity that he is not a girl, otherwise, with this beauty, those brothels in the back street would not have the face to open..."

The words were frivolous. Knowing that the waiter looked at the prince Chen Ju with a wrong look, he compared the prince Chen Ju with the brothel girl, which was obviously playing with fire.

The tavern seemed to be suddenly quiet for a while.

Although Zhongli Chuchu's martial arts were not high, she was not a weak shrimp. The instinctive sense of crisis of a warrior made her realize that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and her body tensed up a little.

Huahua——

The brown-yellow wine fell into the bowl, the sound was subtle, but it was heard clearly on the small wine table.

Xu Buling stared at the wine bowl, still saying some harsh words without any reason.

The waiter's eyes were very steady, as steady as a statue carved out of stone, watching the wine falling from the wine pot, creating ripples in the wine bowl.

At this moment, time seemed to pass very slowly, even the pedestrians on the street were frozen, leaving only the two people close to the wine table.

However, no matter how slowly time passes, it is only a feeling, and everything outside the wine table is still normal.

Before Xu Buling filled a bowl of wine, a tightly covered woman walked in at the door of the tavern. After glancing around, she gently raised her hand:

"Husband."

As soon as this sentence came out, the wine table instantly returned to normal.

The waiter's expression eased, he raised his hands to take the wine bowl, turned his eyes to the door, and said with a smile:

"Sir, am I here to see you?"

Xu Buling chuckled, and without saying anything more, he took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and put it on the table, then stood up with Chuchu and walked towards Zhongli Jiujiu who came to find him.

The waiter drank the wine in the bowl, then stood up to see the guest off, and said with a smile before leaving:

"Sir, take care. Those rumors outside are not to be believed, and people in the underworld often speak out of their mouths. It is easy to get into trouble if you say these things in the capital. You should be more careful in the future."

It is unclear whether the words are a reminder or a warning.

"Thank you, Brother Shitou, for reminding me."

Xu Buling raised his hand and waved, and floated away...