Because it was the first time that the Privy Council had taken care of all the official business in late December, leaving only some trivial matters, Lu Chengfeng proposed to celebrate in the Privy Council.

This proposal was also approved by the majority of the Privy Council, well, there are a small number of people who did not approve of it, but there is no clear opposition, which can be regarded as relatively neutral!

After all, now that almost all the official affairs of the Privy Council have been handled, it is relatively rare to relax occasionally, and think about the fact that since the establishment of the Privy Council, they have not had a day as easy as now, especially at the end of the year.

Since Lu Chengfeng served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he added a kitchen and residence in the Privy Council for the exclusive use of Privy Council officials.

Of course, it is insignificant for a senior official like Lu Chengfeng, but for some lower-ranking officials in the Privy Council, it is an excellent benefit, which not only further promotes the relationship between Lu Chengfeng and the officials of the Shumi, but also improves the sense of belonging of these officials to the Privy Council.

For this banquet, Lu Chengfeng did not take so many officials to those big restaurants in the city, but ordered his subordinates to prepare ingredients from the morning, and invited a few chefs from outside.

After all, there are still a lot of officials in the entire Privy Council institution, and if so many people go to the restaurant at once, it will have a great impact, and it may also arouse the suspicion of other officials and even His Majesty the Emperor.

In such a situation, it is easy to be framed as a party for personal gain, even if the officials are their own members of the Privy Council.

Moreover, if you hold a banquet in a restaurant outside, you have to consider all aspects, and because of the master's constraints, it is better to hold a banquet directly in this Privy Council.

I'm afraid this is the first time in several institutions of the Great Liang Dynasty!

After all, the general banquet is basically held in the palace of a minister or prince or nobleman, or the royal banquet is held in the palace, and no institution will hold a banquet in its own palace.

The preparation of the whole feast began in the morning, and it was not until the afternoon that the kitchen began to cook, and by the end of the evening, it was almost ready for the feast.

The food of the Great Liang Dynasty was more abundant than Lu Chengfeng imagined, probably because the commodity economy of the Great Liang Dynasty was relatively developed in recent years, and the economic and cultural exchanges with overseas were also more frequent.

It can be said that the economy of the Great Liang Dynasty was the most developed among the past dynasties, and the coins minted each year were more than the coins minted by the past dynasties combined.

Although the Liang Dynasty has not yet developed into an industrial country, it has already had the prototype of an industrial society, and it is believed that it may gradually enter an industrial society after a hundred years, but this is also variable.

The sky soon darkened, and the entire academy was brightly lit and very lively, and it didn't look like a court official at all, but like a small bazaar.

It is rare that the entire Privy Council can be so improper. Maybe the atmosphere was all distorted by Lu Chengfeng! Even that Lord Sun Jingbing did not express any objections to Lu Chengfeng.

Other officials were also very surprised, but they didn't expect that Sun Jingbing, an old stubborn, seemed to be a different person since he couldn't say a word from Lu Chengfeng, not only did he not oppose Lu Chengfeng's decision, but he was very supportive in all aspects.

Such a scene was something they could not have imagined in the past, but most of the officials of the Privy Council were not bound by secular etiquette, especially in their own palaces, and the banquets were personally led by the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

Lu Changfeng's approach can be said to be very pro-people, no, pro-official. Although many officials also feel that this is a bit too much and a little bad, they like the atmosphere very much.

After all, the people in this officialdom are basically well-behaved from beginning to end, for fear that something will go wrong, except for those corrupt elements, of course.

But even if they are corrupt elements, many of them behave very well in front of others and maintain their decent image.

Soon the Privy Council became more lively, and there were voices of drinking everywhere, and they had not drunk so much for a long time, or had never drunk so much as they did today, and they all seemed extremely excited.

Lu Chengfeng also drank a lot of wine, but this ancient wine always owed a little compared to later generations, so his drinking power was relatively much better.

He was always pouring those few great cultivators of the Foundation Building Realm with relatively high cultivation, and even made some moves in their wines, making them more likely to get drunk than usual, and the wine tonight was basically the stronger wine of this era, and many officials fainted after drinking some of them.

After all the officials were drunk, Lu Chengfeng returned to his study, changed into a black suit, then covered it, put on a cloak, and quietly disappeared into the Privy Council.

In addition to the previous reasons, the most important thing is that he wants to use this meeting to sneak into the Criminal Department to check some files, especially about the Seongnam Annex.

Ever since he came back from the Seongnam Annex, he had always kept this matter in his heart, like a mountain in his heart, making him think about it every moment like a fish in his throat.

However, he looked through all the classic files in the Privy Council, and there was nothing about the Chengnan Annex, and it seemed that he could only find it by going to the Criminal Department, so he held this banquet to cover up people's eyes.

The Criminal Department was still some distance away from the Privy Council, and Lu Chengfeng did not sneak into the Criminal Department quickly, but waited until the night was deeper, and all the people in the Criminal Department were the most tired and the least vigilant to sneak in.

Although he was now half-step foundation building, he didn't dare to guarantee that there would be no great cultivators in this criminal department.

After all, although the Criminal Department does not have many military figures like the Privy Council, it is also an extremely important department, especially some files in the Criminal Department may involve the interests of many ministers, which has to be more cautious by Lu Chengfeng.

Lu Chengfeng's current aura can be said to have converged to the extreme, for fear of making a little movement.

Although it was already the middle of the night, there were still people in the Criminal Department who were patrolling in turn, and there were even cultivators

It can be seen that although cultivators occupy a very small number in this world, there are also a large number of cultivators in this court. Although the cultivators of this world possess great force, they are also a living person who also needs to live and survive.

And in addition to living and surviving, they also have their own desires, he has no ambitions of his own, and he also wants a good life of his own, and not just the satisfaction of basic material things.

However, these cultivators were not able to detect Lu Chengfeng's existence at all, and the wind on the road was like a fallen leaf, gently falling from the roof, and with the help of the fluctuations of the leaves falling to the ground, it was difficult for even ordinary Foundation Building Realm cultivators to detect it.

Before that, Lu Chengfeng already knew where the criminal department stored the files, and he didn't waste any time and went straight to his destination.

The moonlight is dark tonight, which just provides an excellent environment for Lu Chengfeng to hide his tracks, but it can also allow Lu Chengfeng to see the environment clearly.

After all, compared to humans, the demon clan's eyesight at night is obviously better, and Lu Chengfeng has half of the demon clan's bloodline in his body, so he naturally inherits this talent.

Compared to the bright lights of the Privy Council, this criminal department can basically be regarded as a black light, even those officials who deal with official business, it is impossible to stay so late without resting, after all, they are too tired after busy day after day.

And most of the officials will not stay in the criminal department, but return to their mansions, even if the year is approaching.

And at the end of the year, it can be said that the defense of the entire criminal department is the most lax, and it is an excellent time for Lu Chengfeng.

Lu Chengfeng quietly sneaked in and began to constantly look for files related to the Chengnan Annex.

I have to say that this place is really too big, almost comparable to a library, but fortunately, the officials of the Criminal Department are quite diligent and serious, and the classification work is relatively in place, and soon Lu Chengfeng locked the last row of bookshelves.

Lu Chengfeng picked up the dossier and began to look through it carefully. Most of the front is a few assertions, and the really useful news is still to come.

It's just that this file is obviously not so complete, or even the Criminal Department and His Majesty don't dare to delve into the affairs of the Chengnan Annex.

It may be that they are reluctant to admit the portrait of the year.

All the people involved know that the matter of the Chengnan Palace must be related to His Majesty Xuanzong, but His Majesty Xuanzong has already died.

However, the old ministers who were involved in this incident are still alive! Some officials are still in power now.

There are not many really valid clues recorded in the dossier, but at the end, the ginkgo tree demon and the old turtle in the south of the city were mentioned, which made Lu Chengfeng feel a little surprised.

It seems that these two demon clans are not as simple as they seem, but the ginkgo tree demon seems to have something wrong with his brain, but what about the old turtle!

Lu Chengfeng felt that he needed to go to the south of the city again, and asked the old turtle, there must have been many things that he hadn't told him at the beginning, and it seemed that many things couldn't just look at the appearance.

Even if those two demon clans seem to be very amiable, and even have a very close relationship with Bai Yu, they will still hide some things from him.