Yuan Guigui led twelve men into the stream. Each guy held a plate with twelve small wooden plaques hanging on them, and each small wooden plaque had the name of a dish written in cinnabar.

Ma Kun asked Mao Qing to sit down next to him and said, "Report the name of the dish!" ”

The guy who was in first place stepped forward and reported the names of the dishes hanging on the wooden plate in his hand in turn. Ma Kun listened, ordered two, and the guy closed the other small wooden signs, leaving only the two dishes he had ordered.

The men stepped forward in turn and reported the names of the dishes on their wooden plates. Some of Ma Kun left one or two dishes, and some did not. Seeing that the twelve guys were about to finish reporting all the names of the dishes, the more Mao Qing listened, the happier he became, and the more Yuan Guigui listened, the more his face sank.

Mao Qing is happy because Ma Kun orders almost all vegetarian dishes, and there are not many dishes. He originally thought that this meal would cost ten taels or eight taels of silver, but now it seems that at most one or two taels have reached the sky. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "My uncle still loves me, and knows that I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet, so save money for me to marry a daughter-in-law." ”

The more Yuan Guigui listened, the darker his face became, because Ma Kun said today that he would invite distinguished guests and charter his Tianxiang Building. The distinguished guest in Ma Kun's mouth must be the son of the official eunuch family, who came to Tianxianglou to eat and take. Close the gate of Tianxianglou, and then listen to a song and a prostitute, and the cost of no hundred taels will not end. So he agreed very happily, but he didn't think that the guest in Ma Kun's mouth was Li Feibai, and there were only a few dishes Li Feibai had already begun to persuade Ma Kun not to order, enough for the three of them to eat. In this way, it is good to spend two taels. He thought he was making a lot of money today, but he lost a lot of money.

Of course, according to the rules of Tianxianglou, you charter the entire Tianxianglou, and if you eat and drink less than thirty taels, you must make up for the lack of money. Who is Ke Ma Kun? He is the leader of the officials, do you dare to ask him to make up the money? That's not Tai Sui's head breaking ground, and he is impatient. So he wondered if he could discuss with Ma Kun after ordering the food and reopen the gate of Tianxiang Building. Although the time is late, it is possible to come to a few tables of guests to make up for the loss.

Soon, Ma Kun finished ordering.

Yuan Guigui was about to forgive with a sad face, but suddenly heard Ma Kun say: "Don't want the few dishes you ordered just now, all the other dishes are served, and make me three portions of one dish." ”

Yuan Guigui was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and said, "Yes, Leader Ma, I will start arranging for someone to do it." ”

Ma Kun said: "No, you personally give me the spoon." It's delicious, and you can pay as much as you want. It's not delicious, and you can't even think of it for a penny. ”

Yuan Guigui said: "Leader Ma, don't worry, I will personally take charge of the spoon, and I will definitely satisfy you!" ”

Ma Kun said: "Also, how much wine do you have here?" ”

Yuan Guigui said: "There are probably a hundred small altars." ”

Ma Kun said: "The wine is enough!" Go ahead! ”

Yuan Guigui thought in his heart, what did Ma Kun's words mean, it was difficult to drink dozens of jars of wine. Then not only will you not lose money tonight, but you will also make a lot of money. He also noticed that the young man sitting next to Ma Kun had been crying and mourning, which was more uncomfortable than the death of his mother, and it was estimated that this meal was invited by the young man. I don't know how that young man offended Ma Kun, and was so damaged by Ma Kun, the three of them had to eat more than 300 dishes and drink dozens of jars of wine.

Ma Kun turned his head to look at Mao Qing and said with a smile: "Your face is so ugly, don't you want to invite your shopkeeper to drink?" ”

Mao Qing hurriedly explained, "No, I'm afraid I won't have the money to pay the bill." ”

Ma Kun said: "Do you think you offended your shopkeeper and passed the customs so easily and happily?" You're beautiful! If you don't get pain, you won't have a long memory. For today's meal, the ninety-six taels given to you by your shopkeeper, plus your usual savings, if it is not enough to pay, your uncle will lend it to you. ”

Mao Qing smiled bitterly and said secretly: "Are you my own uncle, how can there be such a nephew as an uncle!" But he said: "Then I will rest assured, I am not afraid that I will not have money to settle the bill for a while." ”

Li Feibai said: "Brother Ma, it's a bit too much." How can the three of us eat more than 300 dishes? Isn't that wasteful? I think it's enough to order three or five dishes! ”

Ma Kun said with a smile: "Brother Li, that day I promised to invite the officials and archers to drink, and today I can borrow my nephew's flowers to offer Buddha." You can rest assured, those people are all pot-bellied men, and they are guaranteed to eat more than 300 dishes cleanly and will not be wasted. ”

Li Fei smiled and said no more.

Ma Kun untied his waist card and handed it to Mao Qingdao: "You go and invite someone to me." ”

Mao Qing took the waist card downstairs and walked out of Tianxiang Building, at first he was extremely depressed, and suddenly opened his mind as he walked, and said secretly: "Today's meal is not simple, this is deliberately arranged by my uncle, the purpose is to let the officials and the people of the inspection department know that I am the nephew of the leader of Ma and the economy of the shopkeeper Li, so that they will not be blind in the future, and don't mess with the people who can't be messed with." After that, won't I be able to walk sideways in Jiyuan? Doing things without disadvantage? In this way, it seems that the money is still worth it today. After figuring out this joint, he swept away his depression and happily went to the yamen.

Ma Kun waited for only him and Li Feibai to be the only two in the room, took a sip of tea, and said, "Brother Li, I received a rumor that Wang Wu may have a move tomorrow." After drinking tonight, I will take someone to make a big fuss, so that he can understand that you are not something he can provoke, lest he do something unfavorable to you without knowing the height of the sky. ”

Li Feibai flashed a trace of ruthlessness and said, "No, let him do it." You send someone to watch his every move, and if he makes a move, sweep his wings first, and leave him to me to deal with. ”

Ma Kun hesitated and said, "This ......"

Li Feibai said: "If you fight a snake, you won't die, but you will suffer from it." After a pause, he added, "I know what your concerns are, don't worry, his black account is in my hands." ”

Ma Kun didn't believe it. Wanting the Dasheng soldiers to be strong and strong, he led the men of the government and the inspection department to attack, and he couldn't attack it in a day and a half. Li Feibai is not an immortal, how could he get his hands on Wang Wu's account book as a talisman.

Li Feibai didn't explain, but said casually: "On the seventh day of the third month of the eighth year of Zhengde, Tianxianglou No. B private room, sent Ma Kuaiban Ma Kun two hundred taels of silver. On the second day of the sixth month of the ninth year of Zhengde, in the green calyx room of Cuixiang Building, Ma Kun, the head of the government service, was given 500 taels of silver. He smiled and said, "Brother Ma has been promoted from the head of the Ma Kuai squad to the head of the government in the ninth year of Zhengde. Just as he was about to go further, Ma Kun stopped: "How did you get the account book?" ”

Li Feibai said: "Don't worry about this Ma brother!" ”

Ma Kun said: "Where is the account book now?" ”

Li Feibai said: "I burned it!" ”

Ma Kun looked at Li Feibai and couldn't believe that Li Feibai would burn such an important thing. With this thing, it is equivalent to holding the small discernment of most of the officials in the county, how can it be burned. But Li Feibai said that it was burned, he didn't believe it and couldn't do it, could it be that he could still press Li Feibai to the ground and search his body? He said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Li Feibai said: "Wang Wuneng is rampant in Jiyuan, and it is this account book that he is fighting for. Now that this account book is gone, what do you say? As I just said, if you don't die, you will be bitten by it, Brother Ma is a smart person, and he should know my plans! ”

Ma Kun didn't know the Li Feibai sitting in front of him. Although Li Feibai kept smiling, he obviously felt murderous. He thought about it, no matter whether Li Feibai burned the account book or not, anyway, he had already taken refuge in Li Feibai, so he was not afraid that Li Feibai would use the account book to deal with him. He smiled and said, "Since the snake has no fangs, it should be beaten to death with a stick, lest it come back to harm." ”

Li Feibai said: "Whether you can be beaten to death with a stick depends on tomorrow." Again, you cut off the wings, and I'll deal with the head. ”