Chapter 772: Chapter 564 Vigilance
“Young Master Ye, please feel free to order whatever you like. After all, you’re footing the bill. Get so of the signature dishes; Grandma and I aren’t picky eaters!”
Ye Shiqi said this, but it wasn’t entirely true; in ancient tis, the fattier the at, the more popular it was, like pork. Lean at was the cheapest, fat for rendering oil was a bit more expensive, and pork belly cost more than lean at!
She least liked the fatty parts and preferred the lean bits instead. However, every dish had both fatty and lean pieces, so she carefully selected the lean ones and the side dishes to eat!
As for the offal that those people from the past thought didn’t taste good, possibly because it wasn’t prepared well enough, leaving a certain odor, such dishes wouldn’t be found on the nu in a restaurant.
After the staff listed their signature dishes, Ye Shiqi also ordered a few special dishes:
“Salt-baked chicken, roast duck, roasted whole lamb, mushroom hotpot.”
With these additional dishes, added to the signature ones, it was certain that the few of them wouldn’t be able to finish everything, but weren’t there guards and maids?
The staff happily took note of the order, nodding and bowing before he left. Before leaving, he also asked if they wanted any alcohol.
The answer he received was no need for alcohol. Although one item was less, his expression remained the sa smile.
When dining out, especially here in the Oasis, which was rife with nurous factions, they all had to be very careful!
Ye Shiqi had already been observing in secret; the restaurant’s staff and shopkeeper showed no signs of abnormalities, and the teacups, tea bowls, and hot water there had been no issues.
Thinking she was being overcautious, she glanced out at the street!
There was nothing on the street outside that raised her suspicions either.
Ye Haohuan, being more cautious, had sent guards to watch over the kitchen, their room’s door, as well as the main entrance!
…
In a residential house, a person dashed swiftly toward this abode that seed to belong to a wealthy family!
“Master, we followed the two gentlen and one Old Lady into a restaurant!”
The one addressed as Master was a young barbarian man nad Shuai Fengtai, who was currently dining with his younger brother Shuai Fengshuo here!
“Eating out? What’s so strange about that?” Shuai Fengshuo retorted casually!
Shuai Fengtai, however, sensed there was more to what the guard had yet to say.
“This one found that the grass being fed to the horses had a strange sll. On a closer inspection, we discovered the restaurant’s Boss was a mystery, never seen here. The Shopkeeper too was peculiar, acting like the Boss but not seemingly reporting to anybody?”
Hearing the guard’s words, Shuai Fengtai felt it odd and called over another guard, “Go with them to investigate. If there’s danger to those people inside, rescue them!”
The guard wanted to say that those were mbers of General Ye’s family, and also enemies of their nation. Removing General Ye’s family would be aiding them, wouldn’t it?
But he dared not disobey the words of the Prince!
“Big Brother, they wouldn’t harm them, right? Even General’s people dare to act. It’s just you guys being paranoid, at most they’ll give them a lesson!”
Shuai Fengshuo noticed his big brother seed different today; such a cold-hearted man was willing to save others!
“Little brother, if they’ve done sothing bad and pin the bla on us, shouldn’t we lend a hand and do them a favor in passing?”
Shuai Fengtai also had his own considerations, and this idea was just a conjecture. They had just arrived, and as the families here ca out for a al, encountering trouble, their first thought was of these strangers!
“That’s right, such a dark heart. No, I’ll go have a look!” Shuai Fengshuo was particularly annoyed by this. After all, being young, how could he contain himself?
Shuai Fengtai didn’t reject his little brother’s words. They had almost finished eating, so they put down their chopsticks. The brothers rode their horses, not directly to the restaurant, but across the street to one of their shops!
This shop sold fur coats, various sheepskins made into fur, and high-quality leather goods like jackets, pants, and boots.
In such a cold place, with the frequent sandstorms, their leather goods were the perfect fit, though only people from wealthy families wore them!
The items sold were expensive, beyond the reach of ordinary or poor families.
When the shopkeeper saw their boss had arrived, they invited them into the room inside.
As they entered, there were already custors in the shop, but they shared an understanding, silent camaraderie; a single glance was all it took to communicate.
In the shop, ladies who ca to buy furs, upon seeing these two mighty barbarian n, thought they exuded nobility and were certainly not as simple as they appeared, not rely wealthy young masters.
Even in the border city, where they hadn’t seen richer or more noble people, this oasis had its officials, though they were just minor ones, so sent from the Capital City and affiliated with certain factions!
Their main responsibility was to oversee the Ye Family Army’s personnel; their wives and daughters, following them to this impoverished place, were only to engage in greedy acts and splurge on shopping!
So people, having heard there might be a move, ca to this shop to buy goods, their glances occasionally shifting to the restaurant across the street.
A mother and daughter quietly discussed, “Mother, General Ye favors his concubine and neglects his wife, why not report it to the court?”
“Hmph, the mountains are high, and the Emperor is far away. My daughter, do you think the people from the Pri Minister’s Mansion will suffer this loss in silence? Aren’t they acting now?”
“Oh, that would be very satisfying. I’ve heard that the Ye family’s daughter is smart and charming, and she looks good too. I wonder what skincare products she uses. It would be great if we could get the recipe for her skincare products!”
“Not a bad idea; we could open a skincare product shop here. And we could even produce them—we must notify the Pri Minister’s people not to eliminate them first but to lock them up and extract the recipe through interrogation!”
This mother and daughter whispered, thinking nobody else heard their conversation. Other custors in the shop noticed their sneaky whispers and occasional glances across the street at the restaurant.
They felt sothing was off and took a glance at them, recognizing them as mbers of a certain official’s household in Oasis City.
Secretly, these people seed very close to the Old Lady!
The people of this oasis all had their own agendas; General Ye’s Old Lady was with the Pri Minister’s, and they didn’t care for the others of the Ye Family Army!
The shopkeeper observed the restaurant and, with clandestine scrutiny, had already sent people disguised as dining guests into the restaurant across the street.
Shuai Fengtai and his little brother sat down inside, their ears sharp, also catching snippets of conversation.
“Big brother, I’m still not full. No, shall we go have another al?”
Shuai Fengtai gave his little brother a look, “Qian Duo, aren’t you afraid of falling for a trap too?”
“Let’s go in and remind them! And take the chance to et them face-to-face,” Shuai Fengshuo thought it was a good idea and stood up again.
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