1042: Chapter 641 1042: Chapter 641 The inn had just served wine and meat.
The few men who had just entered, dressed in black and looking rugged, seemed to have noticed upon eating the meat and drinking the wine that there were beautiful women in the main hall!
“Haha, beauty, let’s have a drink.
With such a beautiful lady, tonight you’ll be with this old man…!”
“Haha, to find beauties even in such a poor and remote place!”
The rowdy men teased as they approached Yingzi’s table step by step, their speech brash and disregarding the other patrons in the inn!
Yingzi and the woman accompanying her started a performance as if they were afraid, dodging around with terrified expressions.
Some, thanks to a full belly and a bit of alcohol, were unsteady on their feet and slowly ended up near other tables while dodging.
Huang Lei and his brothers were observing the whole scene, appearing to be drunk themselves as their drinking game was interrupted by the sudden noise, watching the women’s behaviors.
As the women drew nearer, Huang Lei and his brothers exchanged glances; the other party had sought them out.
Even if they didn’t move, plans were changing.
Huang Lei felt it was interesting and signaled his brothers not to expose the women’s act, pretending to be drunk instead.
The other men were somewhat reluctant, but they still listened to Huang Lei, feigning drunkenness and slumping over the table.
Huang Lei muttered to himself: “Haha, brother, why stop drinking?
You lost, drink up, drink up!”
As he was laughing, a woman attempted to embrace him from behind.
Hearing the rustle, Huang Lei pretended to be drunk and stagger as well, moving a couple of steps to end up sitting on the ground.
Yingzi was trying to grab her target into her embrace, but when she failed, she thought the other party was truly drunk, not realizing they were on their guard and pretended to have been caught by the men.
The goal was to administer drugs up close and take control of the other party.
“My lord, my lord!”
Huang Lei’s guards, as if just becoming aware, hurriedly helped each of the young lords up and escorted them upstairs to their rooms.
Yingzi and her companions continued their act as if subdued by the dominant men, but their gazes followed the noble young masters.
With the help of the guards, Huang Lei and his brothers’ footsteps were the most sluggish, as if they had already fallen asleep.
Only they knew that they treated the alcohol like water, having long dispersed its potency through the air with their bodily abilities.
As they returned to their rooms, their eyes remained clear and lucid.
Through this ruse, it became clear that the women and those men were working together, just playing along with their act.
A sly smile spread across Huang Lei’s face, thinking to outsmart him, the young heir.
Hadn’t they considered if he was an old hand at this?
After all, his family had been involved in robbery and theft recently; these tricks were but child’s play to them!
Huang Lei, having been close to that woman and the others, detected a fragrance on them – a scent that bewitches the mind!
Fortunately, they had anticipated such tactics when traveling.
Perhaps it was a commonly used drug in places of pleasure – an amorous perfume!
Once upstairs, they had their men keep watch over the still feasting and drinking crowd below.
Huang Lei and his brothers acted as if truly intoxicated and retired to their rooms to rest, leaving their own men on watch.
Yingzi and her group maintained their act of distressed women abducted by tyrannical men.
These seemingly vulnerable women were at the mercy of the fierce men, with the inn’s staff, including the clerks and the owner, only able to shake their heads.
Outsiders didn’t dare to intervene, fearing that the women would suffer.
But they too lacked the power to interfere, unless someone daringly went to report to the authorities.
Yet, in this borderland area, things were already chaotic.
Seeing how fierce the men were, even those with chivalric spirit had to question whether they had the ability to act.
Maybe these men had backup; a fight could break out at any moment!
In the end, Yingzi and her group were escorted upstairs by the men, the women seemingly drunk and carried up!
The clerks and the owner shook their heads in dismay.
The patrons in the inn’s hall, having seen the show, left for their respective rooms once it was over.
Yingzi and her companions, who had originally booked their own rooms, were led into one room by the men – the very room they had reserved earlier!
As soon as the door closed, Yingzi and the other women shook off the men’s grasp, leaving the men somewhat disheartened.
Though controlled by drugs and feeling some regret, their loyalty was unshaken, and they did not experience significant emotional turmoil.
Their gazes were no longer dull, but focused, controlled by the drugs which had turned their emotions, a testament to the drugs’ efficacy in seizing hold of a person’s mind and soul to follow Yingzi’s commands.
“Stay alert of the situation!”
With just that command from Yingzi, she then went to bed, laid out by the women, to get a good night’s sleep after their arduous journey through the snowy days.
The room was heated by a stove, and the other women chose to sleep on the floor, while the men sat around the door, confined to the floorboards.
For them, just being near the women was probably honor enough for now.
Huang Lei and the others were assisted to their rooms by the guards, not all in the same room.
As the heir laid on the bed, he instructed the guards to keep watch outside.
However, the brothers were still in touch, aware that the night might not be peaceful.
They didn’t sleep for real, their Divine Sense was extended, ready to contact people outside at any moment!