"First round: Cheng Xinzhan takes first place, Xue Lixing second."
Huanzhu Louzhu's voice rang out again.
Cheers filled the city, and fireworks blazed.
Sea Market Restaurant.
Xiao Shiniang smiled brightly and asked without looking back,
"Qingyu, the city lord has ordered all businesses to supply wine free tonight. What are we serving?"
Qingyu replied, "Naturally, the cheapest Jade Light Wine. Everyone is doing the same, serving wine that normally costs one gold per jar."
"And above that?"
"Above that is Flowing Rosy Clouds Wine, at a hundred and twenty taels a pot."
"And above that?"
"White Ram Wine, at a hundred and sixty taels a pot."
"And above that?"
"Auspicious Splendor Jade Nectar, at two hundred and fifty taels a pot."
Xiao Shiniang smiled and nodded.
"That name sounds lovely. Pass the word: all restaurants belonging to the Bohai Sea Market will serve Auspicious Splendor Jade Nectar free tonight, to congratulate Daoist Cheng."
"Yes."
Smiling, Qingyu passed on the instructions.
At the establishment where the members of the Golden Aspect Sect were staying.
Jiang Nanjing shouted, "Our benefactor took first place! Uncle, Father! Our benefactor took first place!"
Jiang Yanxing was delighted too. After a moment's thought, he asked Jiang Yuexing, "Does this restaurant belong to our Bright Light Hall, or to the sect?"
Jiang Yuexing paid little attention to cultivation, but he knew the family accounts well. "Brother, this isn't a restaurant. It's a brothel. Naturally, it belongs to our hall."
Jiang Yanxing glared at him and said nothing more. He had been thinking of waiving every guest's bill tonight and spreading the word that the Golden Aspect Sect's Bright Light Hall was congratulating Daoist Cheng of Three Pure Ones Mountain. But never mind if it was a brothel-he did not want good intentions to earn a bad reputation.