It was drizzling. In a tavern at Chongrenfang Market, several dishes of side dishes were placed on the table, and the lanterns outside the window were shaking in the night rain.

Because it rained, the people who could not wander on the street were all sitting in the wine shops and tea shops, and there were noise everywhere.

Xu Buling sat at the wine table by the window, listening to the storyteller telling bizarre stories from all over the world. He held a bunch of objects, rouge boxes, wine jars, pastry boxes, etc., all prepared for the Queen Mother.

Zhu Manzhi sat opposite the table, occasionally holding a wine bowl that was bigger than his face and "Guru Guru" and took the opportunity to secretly glance at Xu Buling's face, and sat down properly.

In the afternoon, Zhu Manzhi accompanied Xu Buling to Xianzhizhai to choose and choose. Finally, Xu Buling picked out the "red orchid nectar", "camellia fat" and other mouth rouge.

There are many types of mouth fat, dark and light colors. Most of the good women in the market like light colors, while the girls in brothels prefer dark red.

Zhu Manzhi is still a girl's house no matter what. She knows quite well about these. Xianzhizhai's signature lipid "Red Orchid Nectar" is worth a box of her monthly salary, which is mostly used by wealthy women. She just took a secret glance. The color of the lipid is very bright, and the unmarried young girl is not suitable for use. It looks... well, it seems like she bought it for a woman who is dissatisfied with...

After realizing this, Zhu Manzhi felt strange in her heart. She had met Mrs. Lu outside the palace once. She looked like a dignified and conservative woman. She would definitely not use "Red Orchid Nectar". If she hadn't bought it for her elders...

Zhu Manzhi picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, then looked at Xu Buling's cold side face.

Mr. Xu is so handsome and young, so he wouldn't have been deceived by some slutty women...

Zhu Manzhi has heard of some rumors about sluts. Because of her high status, she does not respect etiquette and keeps a bunch of dating heads. Those dating heads are probably Mr. Xu. She is handsome, young and has a great body...

Thinking of this, Zhu Manzhi felt very wronged and felt that the male god he liked was ruined.

What a great young man, he doesn't lack money. Why do you go back to do that kind of thing? You must have been deceived by a bad woman...

After thinking about it, Zhu Manzhi finally couldn't help it and put down the wine bowl and whispered:

"Mr. Xu, who did you buy these things for?"

Xu Buling tapped the table with his fingers and said casually: "Woman, didn't you say it just now?"

"Oh... Mr. Xu, there are so many bad people in Chang'an City. I am in the Investigation and often hear my brothers say some rumors, well... I just look dignified and madams, but what's wrong with me behind my back..."

Xu Buling frowned, turned around, and looked at the shy little manzhi:

"I'm not bored when you say this, so I'm talking about it in detail."

“…”

Zhu Manzhi felt a little embarrassed, but she was born with a carefree personality and saw that Xu was not interested, she didn't feel embarrassed:

"I was secretly listening to the good guy in the yamen. Well... there are several dukes in Kuishou Street. They are dignified and noble on the surface, but after the old duke died, they are a little unpredictable..."

Xu Buling had heard Mrs. Lu talk about these family matters and shook her head and said, "Kuishou Street is mostly a marriage between aristocratic families. There is no relationship between husbands and wives. It is difficult to remarry a husband after death. It is difficult to keep a young man in secret, but it is a minority after all."

Zhu Manzhi nodded: "...In fact, those ladies are also quite etiquette, but 'a good girl can't resist Chanlang'. I heard that some men with bad intentions go to hook up with such widowed ladies..."

“…”

Xu Buling always felt that this was talking about him, and immediately shook his head and chuckled: "Maybe he is in love, but it's not easy to come out of the way."

Zhu Manzhi's face was flushed and shook her head: "No, a serious gentleman would not be able to pay attention to these ladies. He was always good at doing this, and he dared to use any trick. But those wealthy ladies were also surprised. He was unable to let go of his face when he was seeking marriage and remarrying, and secretly couldn't escape, so he just gave up...

...Oh, to put it bluntly, I still want to be greedy for male sex. For example, Mr. Xu, those wives can’t do anything to you and don’t dare to speak out. What else can you do? I will try a little sweetness and turn to protect you..."

Xu Buling raised his hand and pinched her face and pulled her: "I'm not old and I know a lot."

Zhu Manzhi's face was torn round, and she pushed her away with a little twisted look:

"I also heard that the wife who had done this before was discovered by her children in her family, and the wolf guards buried the men secretly. As a result, the wives went on a hunger strike at home, and they couldn't say what their children and nephews had to suffer, but in the end they pretended that they didn't see it..."

Xu Buling shook his head secretly. If the affairs of him and the Queen Mother were discovered, the emperor would have buried him. It would have been so simple.

Whispering, the two chatted for a while, and suddenly a few 'kicks' sounds sounded on the roof, and they were inaudible.

Xu Bu's ears moved slightly, looked up at the roof of the tavern, and then looked at the streets in a blink of an eye.

Zhu Manzhi was still muttering about the "face" incident. Seeing Xu Buling's actions, he looked out the window with his eyes and saw a sword sound suddenly burst out on the long street with rainy curtains. Three figures fell on the street, with a cold sword light.

The leader of the straw raincoat was extremely fierce. He held a piece of branch as a sword, but he still swung water but couldn't get in. However, he seemed to be injured and his steps were a bit erratic during his actions.

The two people chasing behind were dressed in black clothes of Wolf Guards. Zhu Manzhi recognized him as the chief officer and deputy envoy of the Investigation Department at a glance.

"ah--"

“Look…”

After listening to the storyteller's words, the men in several taverns and tea shops around the street turned around.

Because of the night, there were also many wolf guards living nearby in the wine shop. After finding that the chief officer arrested the thief, many people stood up and rushed out of the wine shop to support him.

Zhu Manzhi raised his hand and grabbed the Yanling Knife on the table and was about to get up, but his shoulder was pressed down by a big hand.

"Don't be impatient, this thief is a bit powerful."

This is nonsense. If it is not powerful, how could it be alarmed that Zhang Xiang and Liu Yunlin would be chased by themselves?

Zhu Manzhi wanted to go up and take advantage of the situation and avoid being found out by the chief officer. After hearing Xu Buling's dissuasion, he naturally did not dare to act rashly and sat back honestly.

On the street, Zhang Xiang saw a wolf guard coming over, and without any warning, he sent weapons to the thief and said loudly:

“Get out.”

"promise!"

More than a dozen wolf guards in regular clothes were prohibited, and they scattered with the weapons they found casually, following the two chief officials.

The guest of the Guiyi was obviously staggering and could not run at a speed. From time to time, he turned around and held the branches to make a sword, blocking the fierce blade.

Because of being poisoned, Zhang Xiang and Liu Yunlin walked around behind the Guest with a single sword in their hands. They just attacked tentatively and were not in a hurry to go up and fight head-on. They looked like they wanted to waste Guest with a death.

The surrounding wolf guards also found that the Guest of the Curtain was at the end of his strength, and his offensive was not sharp at all, and he even forced himself to protect himself. Naturally, he would not steal the limelight from the main official at this time. Several active-minded people even began to applaud the main official to help the main official.

Zhu Manzhi wanted to chase him out to watch the fun, but when she remembered Xu Buling was embarrassed, she turned around and asked with a smile:

"Mr. Xu, should we follow us and watch the fun?"

Xu Buling frowned and thought for a while, raised his hand and patted her shoulder: "You go home first, I'll come to find you later." After saying that, he got up and entered the kitchen of the tavern.

Zhu Manzhi blinked, knowing that Xu Buling must have gone to watch the fun and didn't take her. She said softly with some displeasure, "Oh~"...
Chapter completed!