408 The Dragon Castle

Lóng Wei stepped down the carriage and looked at the huge building before him. “The Dragon Castle,” Lóng Wei read. He looked at Xiaoming and Tianjie, who had also exited the horse carriage.

Mo Jinhai stepped out from the front carriage and walked up to them. The people present outside the restaurant focused their gazes at them. They recognized Mo Jinhai, but failed to recognize the princes.

Four female attendants of the restaurant came to them. The Princes got confused to see those young female attendants when they bowed to them and welcomed them to the Dragon Castle.

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Lóng Wei wondered if they were welcomed because they were with Jinhai, who was Governor’s son, or because they were good-looking. He looked at his left and found out that the people, who were getting out of the carriages, were welcomed personally.

Such discrimination!

They all walked into the Dragon Castle while the female attendants closely followed them. They were stunned to see the restaurant from inside. It has four floors with a large space at the first floor. The interior was like its name and one thing that made it unique was that the decorations were no less than the grand hall of the palace.

As Jinhai told them, mostly would come to see the female dancers. The huge stage was made at the centre of the first floor, where the dancers had yet to come. The round tables with five chairs around them were placed around the stage at a particular distance from each other.

“Young Master,” Lóng Wei heard the voice of the female attendant on his left and narrowly gazed at her. She tried to hold his arm when Lóng Wei stepped back.

“I don’t allow it,” Lóng Wei stated. Xiaoming had also told this to the attendant, who came for his service. Lóng Wei asked her to leave his sight and walked ahead. Jinhai gulped and feared that Lóng Wei’s attitude might bust their undercover.

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“Jinhai, where were since the morning?” One of his friends approached him and looked at the two Princes. “Who are they?” He asked.

“These are my close friends from the other town,” Jinhai stated.

“Which one?” His friend was curious to know.

“We are from Minzhou town,” Xiaoming replied this time. He Introduced them with their fake names when Jinhai told him that he would see him later.

“Today the best dancer of the Dragon Castle will come. After two weeks, we will see her,” his friend said with an amusing smile. Jinhai nodded his head. Later, they excused themselves from him and went to the table, where Lóng Wei was seated.

They were served the wine and dumplings. Lóng Wei didn’t drink it because he had suspicion. However, he took a dumpling to eat. It didn’t taste good. At least, this was what Lóng Wei felt. He pushed the platter and looked around.

He was curious to go to the other floors and check what was going on there. He pushed the chair back and stood up. “I will be back soon,” Lóng Wei said. Before Xiaoming could stop him, he left.

Lóng Wei found out that the Dragon Castle was more like a brothel house. The women lingered around the men. However, the major difference was the type of activities going around. Being flirty, holding hands, or getting closer were the most common activities.

Lóng Wei tilted his head when a woman held his hand. She had put on a charming smile and asked Lóng Wei if he would like to drink the wine served by her. Lóng Wei pulled his hand back and gave her a look that intimidated her. He could not speak in the language which would create suspicions in the minds of the people around him.

He went ahead and found a group of men playing a board game. He stood there for a while, and he watched them playing. Lóng Wei never liked board games because they would lead to gambling at a later stage.

“Sell your wife if you lose this game.”

Lóng Wei heard one of the men. He checked him out and found out the person was from a noble family. His expensive outfit and the way women had gathered around him, was the answer.

“Lord Zhou, I will not agree to that. The bet must not involve women,” the second one said with whom this nobleman had to play the game.

“Zhou Zhengzi will not agree to it,” Lóng Wei heard the man next to him, who was conversing with his friend. He heard them for a while and as they had said Zhengzi refused to play with the man if he would not put his wife on the bait.

When the man asked Zhou Zhengzi what he would bet. His answer was simple- the money, one hundred gold coins.

“Why don’t you put either your sister or mother on the bet and if you have wife that would be better,” Lóng Wei spoke. He could not believe that there were such scumbags in the kingdom, who had such thoughts for a woman.

Everyone looked at Lóng Wei. Zhou Zhengzi shifted his gaze at him and flinched his brows.

“Who are you to say such a thing to Lord Zhou? Do you even know who he is?” One of the men shouted at Lóng Wei.

“Umm... I do not know but he is scumbag,” Lóng Wei stated and walked ahead. This was the main reason he never liked such places.

Zhou Zhengzi spoke finally. “Why don’t you play with me? I bet you will lose your wife to me,” he stated with a smirk.

Lóng Wei clenched his fists and turned to look at him. “What did you say?” Lóng Wei asked him.

“What if I win your wife in this game?” Zhou Zhengzi asked.

Lóng Wei chuckled and walked ahead. He had no time to waste on Zhengzi. He would teach him a lesson later, but first he would do the work for which he was here.