The madam hurried over and, seeing that Lin Lang was unharmed, dropped to her knees with a thud.
"Lord Lin, I had no idea someone had slipped in to assassinate you. Please forgive me."
Lin Lang waved a hand casually. "If even you could spot them, they wouldn't deserve to be called assassins."
Though the madam was reasonably clever and knew how to read people's expressions, these were well-trained assassins. Even some martial arts experts might not spot them, let alone an ordinary person.
Take the two who had been sitting downstairs just now. Even he had thought they were ordinary patrons, yet they were ruthless killers.
"Have someone throw out all these plates and bowls later. There's poison on them."
The madam stared blankly at Lin Lang. You knew they were poisoned, yet you kept eating and drinking?
And you even seemed quite satisfied with the food?
His lordship's cultivation must be so profound that he has no fear of these poisons.
Had other martial artists seen this, they would surely have been utterly astonished. This was a deadly poison that made it difficult even for a Martial Arts Grandmaster to use their true qi, yet Lin Lang was completely unaffected.
"What are you standing there for? Didn't you hear Lord Lin?"
Only then did the girls of the Capital City Sixteen Music Houses come to their senses and begin performing their second piece.
Their first performance had been decent, but the second was noticeably flustered. It seemed they had been frightened by what had just happened.
Lin Lang frowned slightly. "They still need practice. They must reach the point where nothing that happens can affect their performance."
"If someone causes trouble at the Fragrant Pavilion, continuing to perform will soothe the patrons and make the Fragrant Pavilion stand