In autumn, it is darker earlier.

As night fell, the lights lit up in the Jiaofangsi, and the business here seemed very popular. From the time of the Xiaya, countless nobles and nobles flocked to us, and this place has become a place for officials to enjoy and communicate.

From the front lobby to the private room upstairs, to the courtyard behind, there were figures of men and women everywhere. A madam with a few pounds of rouge on her face warmly greeted guests of different identities.

"Young Master Chen, please come inside!"

"Mr. Liu, what wind blows you?"

"Mr. Zhang, Xiao Taohong is worried about you very much!"

...

The madam dressed up in a gorgeous manner welcomed the nobleman coming in at the door. She seemed to have already understood half of the officials in the capital and arranged these people properly.

In a courtyard behind, it is well-maintained and the layout looks very exquisite.

There were two people drinking in the flower hall next to the small pond. There was a beautiful woman playing the piano in front of her and a beautiful woman was accompanying her. The most rare thing was that a white full moon hung in the sky.

"Come on, Master Tao, let's have another drink!" Xu Fan raised the wine glass in his hand high and smiled at the middle-aged man in front of him.

As Xu Jie's status rose, Xu Fan's life became more and more comfortable. Although he was still the fourth-rank Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, his son was already very active in the capital due to his father's honor.

"Okay!" Tao Chengen was very enthusiastic about Xu Fan, and his eyes were obviously drunk, but he raised his glass and drank with Xu Fan.

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Xu Fan is far less smart than Yan Shifan, but he is a good friend in socializing. With his relationship as a colleague from Taichang Temple, he gets along well with Tao Chengen.

Xu Fan had a good alcohol tolerance. He drank the wine in the wine glass in one go, gently put down the wine glass, raised his eyes and asked Tao Chengen in ambiguous manner, "Sir Tao, what do you think of this wine?"

Tao Chengen smacked his lips, then slowly savored it, and honestly commented: "The taste is average, but it can still be eaten!" After a pause, he raised his head in confusion and asked: "Xu Shaoqing, this wine is famous for its other wine.

?”

"Of course it's famous!" Xu Fan glanced at the woman beside him ambiguously, grabbed a handful of the woman, causing the beauty next to him to disguise her anger.

Xu Fan laughed, then reached out and dipped a little water and wine in the glass I just poured, and then wrote a word on the table with his fingers.

"Bai?" Tao Chengen looked at the word, and his face still looked confused.

Xu Fan sighed in his heart: It's no wonder that this immortal Tao master failed to get the emperor's favor. His mind was far worse than his father. He just approached slightly and said directly: "This is the immortal of a hundred flowers!"

Tao Chengen heard that it was the rumored fairy wine that Zhao Wenhua presented to the emperor, his eyes lit up slightly, and an ambiguous smile appeared on his face, and his heart even led Xu Fan as a fellow disciple.

It was at this moment that a pretty brothel woman led a young man in her early thirties to come over.

"Master Yang, why did you come so late?" Xu Fan looked up and immediately blamed Hieh.

The person who came was Yang Bo's son Yang Junmin. Unlike second-generation ancestors like Xu Fan and Yan Shifan, Yang Junmin was a real Jinshi officer. He was named on the list of gold last year and is now the head of the Ministry of Revenue.

But unlike Yang Bo's slightly rough figure, Yang Junmin is fat and short, and has white skin like a woman, and she looks more like a pampered scholar.

Yang Bo nodded gently at Tao Chengen, then sat down at the next seat and explained: "Xu Shaoqing, it is not that the servant is deliberately late, but the Ministry of Revenue has a lot of affairs. He rushed here just after he finished his busy schedule!"

Although he is also a Beijing official, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple is a free job and has no need to be busy at all. On the other hand, although the head of the Ministry of Revenue is only a sixth rank, he has a lot of real power and has many matters to deal with.

"Then I don't care, you have to punish yourself for three cups!" Xu Fan's mouth raised slightly, and he brought the pot of Baihua Fairy Wine to him and asked.

Seeing this, Tao Chengen also smiled ambiguously.

Yang Junmin didn't know the mystery, and he was indeed a little late than the scheduled time, so he agreed immediately.

Xu Fan and Tao Chengen watched Yang Junmin drink honestly, and the two looked at each other ambiguously.

Tao Chengen suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Xu Shaoqing, today I heard from the palace servants that a local censor impeached Lin Qiran and mobilized Songjiang Wei. I wonder if it is true or false?"

"This matter is naturally not fake! Lin Weiran is still too young. He dares to mobilize Songjiangwei without authorization. Just open your eyes and look at it. He is going to fall into this matter!" Xu Fan picked up a piece of beef.

Put it in your mouth and chew it with confidence.

Yang Junmin drank two glasses of wine and found that the wine tasted wrong. At this time, he heard them talking about this matter and looked surprised and raised his head and said, "Do you two still don't know?"

"What do you know?" Xu Fan and Tao Chengen turned their heads and asked in confusion.

Yang Junmin saw that the two of them were not fake, so he took the opportunity to put down his wine glass and said seriously: "Lin Weiran mobilized Songjiang Guard not to go to suppress the bandits, but to arrest private salt!"

The three Jiaofangsi women next to them already knew that Lin Weiran was like this. At this time, they also showed an interest when they heard the gossip about Lin Weiran.

"If you want to mobilize half of Songjiang Guard to capture private salt? Even so, he may not be able to escape the blame!" Tao Chengen's mouth raised slightly, and he said disdainfully.

Xu Fan was first shocked by the news brought by Yang Junmin. At this time, after hearing Tao Chengen's words, he nodded mechanically and recognized Tao Chengen's point of view.

Yang Junmin found that these two people really didn't know anything, so he looked at them and said word by word: "Lin Shiran intercepted 10,000 stones of private salt this time, which made the emperor furious."

The reason why he was late was not only because the Ministry of Revenue has always been busy, but because of the impact of this incident. Their immediate superior Yan Ne returned when he was approaching the yamen, but asked them to immediately sort out the relevant information about Changluyan.

It is to find out the previous year accounts of Changluyan.

"What? Lin Weiran intercepted 10,000 stones of private salt?"

After hearing this number, Xu Fan and Tao Chengen immediately had an incredible look on their faces, and they stared at Yang Junmin in disbelief.
Chapter completed!