In autumn, it gets darker earlier.

As night fell, the Faculty Division lit up the lights, and business here seemed to be booming. Since the time of the lower office, countless dignitaries have flocked to it, and it has become a place for officials to have fun and socialize.

From the front lobby to the upstairs private room, and then to the courtyard at the back, there are men and women everywhere, and an old bustard with a few catties of rouge on his face warmly greets distinguished guests of different statuses.

"Chen Gongzi, please inside!"

"Lord Liu, what kind of wind blew you here?"

"Master Zhang, little peach is very worried about you!"

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The old bustard, dressed in fancy clothes, greeted the nobles who came in front of the door, and she seemed to have a good understanding of half of the officials in the capital, and arranged these people properly.

In a courtyard at the back, it is very well kept and the layout seems to be elegant.

The flower hall on the edge of the small pool is sitting two people drinking, there is a beautiful woman in front of the piano, there is a beautiful woman beside him, and the most rare thing is that there is a white full moon hanging in the sky.

"Come, Immortal 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.

With the rise of Xu Jie's status, Xu Fan's life became more and more comfortable. Although he is still the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in the fourth grade, the son is already very active in the circle of the capital by virtue of his father.

"Good!" Tao Chengen's enthusiasm for Xu Fan was very useful, and his eyes obviously revealed a trace of drunkenness, but he still raised his wine glass and drank with Xu Fan.

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, Xu Fan is far less shrewd than Yan Shifan, but he is a good communicator. Through the relationship with colleagues in Taichang Temple, Tao Chengen did not get along well.

Xu Fan's amount of wine was not bad, he drank all the wine in the wine glass, gently put down the wine glass, raised his eyes to Tao Chengen and asked ambiguously: "Tao Immortal Master, what do you think of this wine?" ”

Tao Chengen pursed his mouth, and then slowly reminisced, and commented honestly: "The taste is average, but it is still acceptable!" After a pause, he raised his head suspiciously and asked, "Xu Shaoqing, is this wine famous?" ”

"Naturally, it's famous!" Xu Fan glanced at the woman beside him ambiguously, and grabbed a handful of the woman's body, which provoked the beauty next to her to pretend to be angry.

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

"Hundred?" Tao Chengen looked at this word, and his face still looked confused.

Xu Fan sighed secretly in his heart: No wonder this Tao Immortal Master failed to get the emperor's favor, this brain is too far worse than his father, so he approached slightly and said directly: "This is a hundred flower fairies!" ”

When Tao Chengen heard that it was the rumored immortal wine that Zhao Wenhua had given to the emperor, his eyes lit up slightly, and an ambiguous smile immediately appeared on his face, and he even introduced Xu Fan as a fellow practitioner in his heart.

It was at this time that a rather handsome woman from a green house led a young man in his early thirties.

"Master Yang, why are you so late?" Xu Fan raised his eyes and looked over, even slightly blaming the humane.

The person who came was Yang Bo's son Yang Junmin, and unlike Xu Fan and Yan Shifan, Yang Junmin was an authentic non-commissioned officer. He was named on the gold list last year and is now the head of the household department.

It's just that unlike Yang Bo's slightly rough figure, Yang Junmin's body is relatively fat and short, and his skin is as white as a woman, more like a pampered reader.

Yang Bo nodded lightly at Tao Chengen, then sat down in the position next to him and explained: "Xu Shaoqing, it's not that the lower officials are deliberately late, but there are many affairs in the household department, and I rushed here just after I was busy!" ”

Although he is also a Beijing official, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple is an idle job, and he usually has nothing to do at all. On the other hand, the head of the household department, although he is only the sixth product, has a lot of real power and has a lot of affairs to deal with.

"Then I don't care, you have to punish yourself with three glasses!" The corners of Xu Fan's mouth rose slightly, and he sent the pot of Baihua Immortal Wine to him and asked.

Seeing this, Tao Chengen also smiled ambiguously.

Yang Junmin didn't know the mystery, and he did come a little later than scheduled, so he agreed to it.

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

Tao Chengen suddenly remembered one thing, and inquired: "Xu Shaoqing, I heard from the palace people today that a local official impeached Lin Haoran for mobilizing Songjiangwei, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"Naturally, this matter can't be faked! This Lin Haoran is still too young, he dared to mobilize Song Jiangwei without authorization, you keep your eyes open and watch, he is going to plant in this matter! Xu Fan picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, and chewed it with confidence.

Yang Junmin drank two glasses of wine and found that the taste of this wine was wrong, and then he raised his head in surprise when he heard them talk about this matter: "You two still don't know?" ”

"Know what?" Xu Fan and Tao Chengen turned their heads and asked suspiciously.

Yang Junmin saw that the two of them didn't seem to be fake, so he took the opportunity to put down the wine glass, and said seriously: "Lin Haoran mobilized Songjiangwei not to suppress bandits, but to arrest illegal salt!" ”

The three women in the teaching workshop next to them already knew that Lin Haoran was such a person, and when they heard the gossip about Lin Haoran, they also showed interest.

"To arrest smuggled salt, you have to mobilize half of Songjiangwei? Even so, he is probably also to blame! The corners of Tao Chengen's mouth rose slightly, looking disdainful.

Xu Fan was first shocked by the news brought by Yang Junmin, and then after hearing Tao Chengen's words, he also nodded mechanically and agreed with 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 Haoran intercepted 10,000 stones of private salt this time, which caused the emperor to be furious. ”

The reason why he was late was because of the fact that the household department has always been busy, and it was precisely because of this incident. Their immediate boss, Yan Ne, returned near the time of his resignation, but asked them to immediately sort out the relevant information of Changluyan, saying that he wanted to find out Changluyan's account books over the years.

"What? Lin Haoran intercepted 10,000 stones of illicit salt? ”

After Xu Fan and Tao Chengen heard this number, their faces were immediately full of disbelief, and they glared at Yang Junmin in disbelief.

Yang Junmin was not surprised by the shock of the two people, when he first heard the news, his performance was even more exaggerated than them. It is completely conceivable that this news will be like a shock wave, hitting the entire Ming Dynasty.