"Brother, I just saw the people at the braised pork stall heading towards the Fulai Inn. Let's go over there too. It's so cold, there's nothing to worry about."

Hearing someone talking, the other yamen runners immediately joined in.

It's not like they haven't left early before, and someone is treating them to dinner today, so it's no big deal to leave a little earlier.

The head yamen runner thought about it and agreed.

The group turned a corner and headed directly towards the Fulai Inn.

When the waiter at the Fulai Inn saw a group of yamen runners coming over, he thought something had happened and was so scared that his calves were shaking, but he had to step forward carefully to ask.

"I don't know what brought you gentlemen here, but would you like to have dinner in our restaurant?"

The yamen runners simply ignored the waiter's frightened look and swaggered into the inn. They looked around but didn't see the person they wanted to see.

"I clearly saw them coming, why is there no one here? Are they trying to scare us?"

Hearing that they were looking for someone, the waiter could only pluck up the courage to ask again, "Who are you gentlemen looking for?"

Could it be that someone in their inn had offended someone they shouldn't have? But no one came to their inn today, so who could it be?

The head of the yamen runners frowned and looked around, his face looking a little unhappy. "Did some of the braised meat vendors come over? Where did they go?"

When the waiter heard that the person was asking about the braised meat seller, he immediately thought of the people in the private room upstairs.

He quickly led the way with several officials, "The three are already waiting in the box upstairs. Please come upstairs, officials."

When they heard that it was in the box, the yamen runners were immediately delighted and rushed upstairs in a hurry.

The inn was not very soundproof, and Bai Zhizhi had heard the noise a long time ago. When she heard them coming upstairs, she quickly opened the door of the box.

"Officials, please come in quickly."

The yamen runners were a little surprised to see that the host was a young lady, but they did not behave politely and found a seat at the table one by one.

Bai Zhizhi quickly exchanged glances with the waiter, then smiled and said to the runners, "I'm afraid you gentlemen will be anxious waiting, so I'll take the initiative and order the inn's signature dishes first. Please see if you need anything else."

Once he arrived at his own special place, the waiter became much more smooth and quickly listed all the dishes in the restaurant.

The yamen runners were not polite and ordered a few meat dishes and then some wine.

They also saw the wine on the table, but they all liked to drink large bowls, so they asked the waiter to bring a jar of wine for regular drinking.

Since they were being treated to a meal, Bai Zhizhi naturally wouldn't be unhappy about what they ordered. She simply pretended to be generous and ordered a few meat dishes that they didn't order.

Seeing Bai Zhizhi's behavior, the yamen runners were naturally very satisfied and didn't mind a woman coming to the table.

Before the dishes were served, the yamen runners had already started drinking, and the Zhou brothers were naturally with them.

However, unlike the yamen runners who drank in large bowls, the Zhou brothers only took a sip and most of the time they were poured wine.

By the time the hot dishes arrived, the yamen runners had almost finished drinking.

People are always more familiar with each other at the wine table, and they talk more after drinking. The yamen runners soon opened up.

Bai Zhizhi didn't ask anything in a hurry, but smiled and urged people to drink.

The yamen runners came here originally to drink, and now someone not only treated them but also helped to pour and add more wine, so there was naturally no reason for them not to drink.

Soon everyone got drunk and started chatting.

Seeing that it was almost time, Bai Zhizhi tentatively started chatting with them.

"Brothers, it must be very tiring for you to patrol the streets every day, right?"

"It's not hard, but patrolling the streets is boring and there's nothing fun about it. But fortunately, we only take turns every three days, and each shift doesn't take long."

The yamen runners chatted incoherently, without dropping a sip of the wine in their bowls or eating a single bite of the meat on the table.

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