Amid a sickening sound of fawning, the door was kicked open with a bang.

"Damn it, who can live...!" The person who spoke was Brother Wang, who stood up and was about to throw the wine bottle at the door.

But when he saw the person standing at the door, he immediately froze on the spot. The wine flowed out from the bottle and poured all over him, but he still didn't move.

"Big...! Marshal!" Zhang Huangyan's youngest son, Zhang Wanqi, who is now the director of the examination department in the Ministry of Personnel, stood up with a stiff face.

Li Xiao looked at the people in the room with a cold face. There were people from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Most of them were officials of the fifth or sixth rank who were in charge, and the biggest one was probably the Foreign Minister of the Household Department.

This is a large private room with a ceiling as high as two stories. The floor is covered with Persian carpets, which are soft when you step on them.

There are pictures of various ladies hanging on the walls, some of which are quite nudity, which is really not suitable for children. Judging from these pictures of ladies, this place looks more like a brothel than a restaurant.

But the maids in these paintings are wearing a lot more than the women in the house.

At each table, there were two women wearing gauze clothes.

If you say it's gauze, it's called see-through. Under the light of the huge crystal chandelier, it's not much different from not wearing anything.

It can be seen from their hairtail-like figure that none of these girls is over sixteen years old.

Li Xiao ignored Zhang Wanqi and walked inside the house with his hands behind his back.

These normally dignified court officials were now all disheveled, and some were even topless.

There are pieces of oral sex on the body, and I don’t know which girl left them.

On each table, there was a huge lobster that seemed to weigh at least five kilograms. A large abalone weighing one kilogram was placed there, making people drool just by looking at it.

OK!

I have four dishes and one soup at home, and you have abalone and lobster here. I haven’t eaten Australian lobster and deep-sea abalone yet, and you guys have already eaten it.

When Li Xiao saw this kind of banquet, he felt a little embarrassed.

Look at the drinks!

Moutai! Or the rare Moutai that Li Xiao has only drunk twice. Li Xiao doesn’t know how much it will cost. But I heard Mr. Ao say it will not be less than 500 silver coins.

The salary of the fifth and sixth grade officials is only a few cents, and they cannot afford such a bottle of wine with only two months' salary.

Not to mention the abalone and lobster on the table!

I collect wool from all over the world every day, and when I get it back, it ends up in the bellies of these corrupt officials.

"It's a nice dinner! Who's treating me?" Li Xiao picked up a huge lobster claw and looked at the people in the room. His eyes finally fell on Zhang Wanqi's face.

"Uh...! Let me get back to you, Commander-in-Chief, my colleagues are off work and are having dinner here to relax. Commander-in-Chief, please...!"

"Are you treating me to a treat?" Li Xiao interrupted Zhang Wanqi.

"No..., no! Today is Brother Wang's treat." Without hesitation, Zhang Wanqi betrayed the shirtless household minister next to him.

"Haha! That's right. Officials in the Ministry of Revenue are indeed rich. You are just a fifth-rank official. This bottle of wine should be enough for your salary for three months.

There are one, two, three, four, five, and six here. Counting you, there are six people in total. Six bottles of wine, three hundred and sixty-eight. Your salary for a year and a half is only enough to pay for the wine. I guess the food today is not as good as these ladies.

It’s cheap!”

Li Xiao looked at the member of the Household Department with a gloomy face.

"Uh...! Uh...! I am from Songjiang, and my family has a small amount of money. Today, my colleagues heard that the commander-in-chief is getting married to the chief assistant. I specially set up such a table as a celebration!"

This foreigner was quite clever and immediately pointed the finger at Zhang Wanqi.

Zhang Wanqi is protected by his father Zhang Huangyan, but he... doesn't have such a big head to protect him.

"Oh! So that's it, let me tell you now. The so-called marriage is not a thing?

Since your family has a small amount of money, the imperial court is short of money to build the Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge. I wonder how much Mr. Wang is willing to donate!"

Li Xiao looked at this fat man with great interest. Not many people dared to be clever in front of him.

In the past five or six years, he has been just like this.

"Building the Yangtze River Bridge is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Naturally, the official is willing to donate. The official... the official... the official is willing to donate a thousand silver coins." Yuanwailang knew that what happened today was probably...

Can't be kind anymore.

Just grit your teeth and stamp your feet and donate a thousand silver coins. You can save money and avoid disaster!

Unexpectedly, Li Xiao had no intention of letting him go.

"This bottle of wine costs no less than five hundred Ming Dynasty silver coins. You are willing to spend so many silver coins on a treat, but you are only willing to donate a thousand silver coins for your great deeds that benefit the country and the people.

It seems that your loyalty to the court is only worth a thousand silver coins." Li Xiao threw away the lobster claws in his hand!

"Bang!" The huge lobster claws knocked over the plate, and the dishes inside spilled all over the floor.

"Commander, please calm down. Commander, please calm down. Your Majesty... Your Majesty is willing to donate 10,000 silver coins to atone for your sin." Mr. Yuanwailang was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Everyone knows that this commander is moody. He was so angry that he was shot on the spot today, and no one said a word to him.

Judging from the appearance of the first assistant master, there is a 100% chance that he cannot be counted on. Simply! The bleeding will be severe this time!

As long as I can keep the job of Hubu, ten thousand silver coins are nothing. In fact, tonight's meal is just white paper.

When the day comes, as long as the accountant takes the white note to the account department, the account will be transferred immediately.

Shunfeng seafood is so expensive, who would actually use their own money to treat guests to dinner? Whoever eats here is not spending public money.

"Oh, ten thousand. Didn't you say that your family has a small amount of money? I'm afraid I can't get rid of ten thousand silver coins!

Everyone has a clear idea of ​​what kind of official the minister of household affairs is. You can only spend so much money on a job like wearing pants.

I didn’t expect that you are still an upright official. Someone, please seal the accounting room here for me. Bring me the account books!”

Li Xiao gave an order, and immediately the guards rushed out like wolves and tigers. After a while, a thin old guy with a three-part beard came back.

That old guy still has a ledger in his hand!

Li Xiao snatched the account book with his hands and saw the name of this Yuanwailang as soon as he turned two pages.

"I didn't expect that such an official, who is as clear as water and as clear as a mirror, eats and drinks all day long from the public accounts of the Accounts Department.

The Hubu is very rich! Someone, please invite Ai Shangshu from the Hubu. I would like to ask him how he managed this family."

"Commander, have mercy on me! Commander, have mercy on me! Have mercy on me!" Yuanwailang knelt on the ground, kowtowing as if pounding garlic.

He finally knew that things were going to be bad today.

"Spare your life? Okay, God is kind to you. I am not a person who is easy to kill. You just need to give me a reason not to kill you."

Say it!" Li Xiao patted Yuan Wailang on the head.

"Commander, I am willing to donate all my family property to forgive him." Yuan Wailang almost collapsed.

"Okay! All the family property, since you are so sincere, then I will let you go. However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be spared.

How about punishing you... to reclaim wasteland in the Western Regions?"

"Go to the Western Regions to reclaim wasteland! Commander, please have mercy on me! Have mercy on me!" Yuanwailang wailed in pain and knelt on the ground again, kowtowing.

"Pull out! Pull out! Kneel at the door!" Li Xiao waved his hand impatiently.

"Your boss's name is Mr. Wu?" Li Xiao looked at the accountant who had collapsed into a puddle of mud.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" The accountant nodded hurriedly.

"Let the guy look for him and find him. Just tell a man named Li Xiao to look for him! If he doesn't come, I will burn down his Shunfeng Restaurant." Li Xiao gestured around with his hand.

"Some guys have already gone to look for me, and they should be on their way by now. I'm just a cashier, please forgive me," the cashier said hurriedly.

"There are only a few questions, and you can leave after asking them. If you don't tell the truth..., then you should find someone first, and now go and ask your family to prepare the coffin."

"I tell the truth, tell the truth!"

"Just tell the truth! Let me ask you, who are the majority of people who come here to eat?"

"They are all...all...all adults from various yamen. On weekdays, they pay the bills here when they eat.

At the end of every month, the little old man would go to the Account Department with his account books and white slips. The people in the Account Department would summarize these white slips and transfer them directly to us in the bank."

Being so frightened by Li Xiao, the cashier almost peed. He knelt on the ground and scooped up Shunfeng Seafood.

"Oh, what about today's meal?" Li Xiao pointed to the banquets around him.

"Yeah... that's the case too!" After the accountant said it, Zhang Wanqi's expression immediately changed. He knew that things today might be difficult to resolve.

I want my servant to go out and inform my family, but the handsome guard is guarding the door and no one can get out!

He was anxious, but there was nothing he could do. His face could not reveal his guilty conscience, and Zhang Wanqi was in a mess.

"Oh!" Li Xiao nodded.

I glanced at everyone here!

"Big! Handsome...!" Mr. Wu appeared at the door.

"Oh! Fifth Master, I haven't seen you for a while. I didn't expect the business to be so big. Your name is such a coincidence. No matter who sees you, they must call you Fifth Master.

Come in! Your restaurant is your territory, don’t stand outside anymore." Li Xiao waved to the Fifth Master.

There were beads of sweat all over Mr. Wu’s forehead!
To be continued...