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This Cantonese restaurant is somewhat similar to those secret clubs in later generations. It is located inside the alley and has no storefront outside. At the same time, this restaurant only receives one table every night, and only receives dignitaries. The business of this restaurant is very popular, and those who want to come to eat basically have to wait for half a month. After all, there is only the most authentic Mandarin duck hotpot in Beijing now, and the base ingredients are made of butter.

Eating beef in the Ming Dynasty was illegal, but there were people with certain privileges in any era. The owner of this restaurant was a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, so no one dared to come to check it out. In addition to this Beijing, there are several restaurants that operate shuang pots, but their base is really sold with sheep heads. The better base is made of mutton oil, and some unscrupulous merchants directly use lard and chicken oil instead. Naturally, these Xibei products have a little worse taste than butter.

Although the backstage boss of this restaurant is powerful and the business is booming. It takes an ordinary person a half-month queue to eat, who is Jiang Yueguang? Jiang Yueguang is the cabinet master, ranking third, second only to the chief assistant Ma Mingyuan and the second assistant Tong Yangjia. At the same time, Jiang Yueguang is in charge of justice, the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, the Censorate and the Department of various departments. It is the boss's upper eyelids. So when the Jiang family took Jiang Yueguang's post to locate the person, the boss immediately turned down the original guest tonight and served Jiang Yueguang with all his strength.

At the same time, the reason why Jiang Yueguang chose this place was not only in a hidden location, but the boss was from Guangdong. Among Zhu Hongsan’s group, Huguang people were the most powerful, but these people started with Zhu Hongsan, and they have been all senior officials until now. The middle-level officials have the advantage of Guangdong. After all, Zhu Hongsan’s real foundation was laid in Guangdong.

Today, the boss learned that Jiang Yueguang came in person and was waiting at the door early. When he saw Jiang Yueguang getting out of the sedan chair, he quickly stepped forward to hold his stinky feet. "Gei Master, you are here!"

Jiang Yueguang nodded and did not say anything. It’s not that Jiang Yueguang was so proud, but he really couldn’t remember the name of this doctor. The doctor, as many as ten middle-level officials, are in various departments, and at least seven or eight. Jiang Yueguang can remember the names of so many people.

The boss saw two sedan chairs behind him, one old and one young, but he didn't recognize Qu Shixi, but Qian Yiai recognized him. In recent years, Qian Yiai took ruthless measures to deal with the social security in Beijing. The boss, as a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, had dealt with Qian Yiai many times.

Qian Yiai has also experienced it in recent years. When she saw the doctor standing at the door, she quickly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Brother Zhang, I'm here to disturb you today!"

Qian Yiai is from the third rank, and the doctor is from the fourth rank, but Qian Yiai knows that the King of Hell is easy to meet the little ghost, so he always regards himself as a younger brother.

The doctor named Zhang used to think that although Qian Yiai was Qian Qianyi's son, your father has retired now. As the saying goes, a good person leaves a cold tea, so he has never been yin or yang for Qian Yiai. But today I saw Qian Yiai appear with Jiang Yueguang and thought to myself that it was not good. I didn't expect that Qian Yiai could still relate to Mr. Jiang. I wonder if I could wear small shoes for myself!

"So it's Lord Qian, please come in!" Doctor Zhang no longer dared to show off his airs, so he quickly bowed and invited Qian Yiai to come in.

Jiang Yueguang asked in a low voice: "Is Li Ruopu coming?"

The doctor thought for a long time before he remembered that Li Ruopu was Li Zhi, and quickly said, "Georg Li has arrived and is waiting inside!"

Jiang Yueguang walked in with a cold face and took Qu Shili quickly. The two of them were not a doctor, but Qian Yiai had to speak. After all, the doctor was a central cadre and might not ask him to come to him at any time.

Qian Yiai came forward and took Doctor Zhang's hand and said, "Brother Zhang, let's go in and have a drink with me!"

Qian Yiai said politely, but the doctor dared to go in. Today, seeing this situation, these big guys must discuss what matters, so it would be better to hide far away.

"No! No! Brother Yu's family still has some things, so I won't accompany you to a few adults. Master Jiang Ge asked me to say a few good words in front of me!" As a fourth-rank official in Beijing, Doctor Zhang usually doesn't care about the family's property. Today, he is just to praise Jiang Yueguang's stinky feet, so he hopes that Qian Yiai will say good things in one fell swoop.

"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang Ge is my uncle. If you have any difficulties in Brother Zhang in the future, you can find me!" Qian Yiai did not forget to use the tiger skin as a banner, and quickly told her relationship with Jiang Yueguang.

"This is naturally! Brother Qian, who is the master who just entered with Master Ge just now? Brother Yu is very proud!"

"That, he is the new governor of Liangjiang Qu Shixi. He has just been released from the imperial prison this time. Speaking of which, Lord Qu is the younger brother's senior brother, so Master Jiang wants to wash away his dust!"

Doctor Zhang was secretly shocked, Qu Shisi! It was the one who suppressed the mob in Suzhou? Now that he became the governor, he couldn't afford to offend him. Doctor Zhang was an official in the capital, and he could deal with low-level officials such as prefects, prefects, and counties, but the governor dared not offend him. So after hearing that the awesome person just now was Qu Shisi, he quickly bowed and said goodbye to Qian Yiai. He really hid as far as he could.

Qian Yiai saw Doctor Zhang running away in panic and sneered in her heart, asking you, a guy, to act arrogantly in front of me, and then he saw Qian's salute!

Qian Yiai stood at the door to tidy up her clothes, then pushed open the door and walked in. There was a hall with six chairs in the middle. This place was a living room, used to eat and have a temporary rest when you were tired.

At this time, Jiang Yueguang and the other three in the room had finished the ceremony and were sitting on a chair drinking tea and chatting.

Li Zhi saw Qian Yiai coming in and said with a smile: "It turns out that our prefect is here! We are all residents of this capital. Logically speaking, you are our Shangguan!"

Hearing Li Zhi's teasing Qian Yiai, he quickly bowed and said, "I dare not do it. Here, Qu Shixi and Qian Yiai have a close relationship. At this time, I rescued Qian Yiai and said, "I have recognized this kid since I was a child. I was very naughty when I was a child. I hope Master Li will take care of him in the future!"

"Haha, Brother Tian, ​​you and I are old, maybe I will take care of Zigao in the future!"

Qian Yiai quickly saluted the three adults, and then said, "The three adults are joking, but they are just a little uninformed. In the eyes of the boy, the three adults are just a mountain. You have to climb hard!"

Qian Yiai's flattery made Li Zhi very comfortable. The four people in the house are Li Zhi with low knowledge. He was only from the top three, so he could not have wasted more than ten years of patroling the sea route from the fifth-rank. But the other three are different. Jiang Yueguang is a big boss from Donglin and was still a Shujishi back then. Although his knowledge is not as good as Qian Qianyi, he is still much better than Li Zhi. Needless to say, Qu Shisi is the teacher who is a master of historical scholar Qian Qianyi, and Qian Yiai is even more amazing. He passed the imperial examination at the age of fourteen and became a famous child prodigy in Suzhou. Now Qian Yiai is the same as Li Zhi and the other two. Why don't Li Zhi be happy?

Originally, Jiang, Qu and Li in the house were not the same faction and had no common language, so the house was very awkward just now. Now that Qian Yiai was making such a fuss, the atmosphere in the house began to ease, and the three of them began to talk about some romance.

At this time, a maid came out of the inner hall, who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, just like a flower. The maid walked in and bowed and said, "Four masters, the inner hall is ready, please invite the four masters to have a meal!"

Qian Yiai was originally a romantic talent. When she saw the woman's beauty, her eyes lit up. She opened her mouth and said, "I didn't expect that Doctor Zhang is so generous. Is this a thin horse in Yangzhou?"

The thin horse in Yangzhou was a deformed trend that emerged in the Ming Dynasty. Some human traffickers bought little girls from poor families back and taught them how to please people such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, songs, etc. When the little girls grew up, they sold them to rich people as concubines. Those who were not qualified and were left behind would be sold to brothels. When choosing a "slim horse", it was not only about appearance. In addition to looking at the face, "three-inch golden lotus" was also a very important selection standard. In the perverted aesthetic atmosphere at that time, people also used "slim, small, pointed, curved, fragrant, soft, and positive" as the criteria for judging whether the "slim horse" meets the requirements.

Qian Yiai, as a big family, naturally knows this well. From the figure, appearance, and posture of moving steps, Qian Yiai can tell at a glance that this woman is a first-class thin horse. You should know that the best thin horse costs 1,000 silver dollars in Nanjing, and it will be several times more in Beijing. It seems that the doctor Zhang really invested in it.

Seeing that Qian Yiai had a good vision, Li Zhi smiled and said, "Zi Gao has good eyesight. This is a batch of thin horses purchased by Lao Zhang from Yangzhou for tens of thousands of silver dollars. If Zi Gao likes it, I can give you one!" Although this restaurant is not Li Zhi's property, Li Zhi, as the leader of the Guangdong Party in Beijing, still has this face.

When the woman heard that she was going to give her to Qian Yiai, she looked up and found that Qian Yiai was completely in line with the appearance of a romantic talent. She couldn't help but feel happy, and her face turned red with shame for a moment. Qian Yiai couldn't move when she saw that woman like this.

Li Zhi laughed when he saw Qian Yiai so inexpensively, waved his hand to the shopkeeper at the door and said, "Go and tell Lao Zhang that you can send this woman to the home of Prefect Qian. You can get all the fees from my mansion!"

The shopkeeper would do something, so he quickly bowed and said, "Why dare to let the master spend money, the master had just told the villain that all the expenses were counted on my master, and he also prepared a one-time thin horse for each of the four adults, and it would be delivered to the master's mansion after the banquet!"

Seeing that the shopkeeper was so sensible, Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction, and humbled each other with Jiang Yueguang and Qu Shixi, then walked into the inner hall hand in hand.
Chapter completed!