Lü Bu was happily drinking when Zhang Liao hooked an arm around his neck, making him spray the wine straight out of his mouth.
Turning to see Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong, he could not help cursing, "You three bastards! Sneak-attacking this general! You have no martial honor!"
"Behave yourself!"
Zhang Liao glared and tightened his grip before asking, "Tell me, where have you been running off to lately? What mischief have you been plotting in secret?"
Lü Bu lowered his eyes to his nose and his nose toward his heart, looking perfectly solemn. "This general has no idea what you are talking about."
"Still playing stubborn?"
Zhang Liao snorted and continued, "If you don't tell the truth, believe me, I'll tell those two wives of yours that you're keeping a top courtesan from the Appreciation Jade Pavilion as a concubine!"
At these words, Lü Bu visibly panicked and could not help cursing, "You, Zhang Wenyuan! I treat you like a brother, and this is how you repay me?"
"And what do you mean, keeping a concubine? Can't you keep that filthy mouth clean? She sings well. I go there to listen to her songs!"
Zhang Liao sneered. "Listening to songs in a pleasure house, eh? I never knew a boor like you had become so refined."
"Have you been riding that courtesan's horse into battle, too?"
Lü Bu looked disdainful at that and spat, "Pah! Vulgar! You truly disgust me!"
The two began bickering, trading barbs back and forth.
Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun quietly watched the show from the sidelines, listening with great interest as the two exposed each other's dirty secrets.
In the end, Zhang Liao's interrogation yielded nothing. He could only release Lü Bu and grumble, "You really are tight-lipped, you bastard! Keeping secrets