Chapter 76 Smell

Fengri City, Dongcheng Restaurant.

Today is a rare holiday, and all the officials, large and small, in the yamen can rest leisurely except for the necessary stay-at-home ones.

As the Population Department that coordinates all the population-related affairs of the Forty-Three Cities within the jurisdiction of Fengri City, it is rare for all staff to take a rest.

And today is the thank-you banquet for Zhan Wenlin Zhang Luo, the chief officer.

Ten days ago, Zhan Wenlin's mother-in-law passed away in his hometown. Many people in the yamen knew the news, including Zhan Wenlin's boss and colleagues.

It is a custom in Jingxi to thank guests, and it is usually selected within one month after the old man is buried.

The boss's thank-you banquet was held yesterday, and one table is enough. Today, Zhan Wenlin filled two tables, all of whom were colleagues from the Population Department.

"My lord, Zhao Chongwu said that he was not feeling well today, so he went back first. You haven't been back to the office before, so you can't meet him, so ask me to apologize to you."

Zhan Wenlin's title is the sixth grade, so his subordinates call him an adult.

"Hehe, Bantou Zhao is not coming? It's okay, next time I'll treat him to a drink. Sit down, the food and drink will be served soon."

After being polite for a while, everyone in the wing room sat down tacitly, with two tables of seventeen people.

Zhan Wenlin sat in the middle of the main table at the top, with Yang Kaishi, the adjutant on the left, and Wang Da, the team leader on the right, who was the one who helped another team leader Zhao Chongwu to make amends just now.

"Before the old man in the family passed away, everyone's thoughts will be remembered in the family's heart. I will prepare a little wine to express my gratitude. I will do it first!" do. It's just the small cup they use, a cup of Wuqian wine.

Zhan Wenlin made a toast here, and the rest of the people also got up and drank their wine glasses in one gulp, and then the atmosphere became lively.

Unlike other departments of the Yamen, the Population Department does not have direct law enforcement power, only management power, so the benefits are not rich, and it belongs to a place with relatively clear water. However, although the water is clear, the people who work there are much simpler than other places. Because there are few interest entanglements, most situations can be dealt with calmly.

After drinking, the chatterbox opened up, and tomorrow is the rest period, these people are not afraid of drinking too much and making trouble, instead they chatted with Jiu Jin about some sensitive topics that are rarely mentioned on weekdays.

"There's been a lot of news about the Black Flag Camp recently, have you heard of it?"

"Yes, Xuanqingwei must have turned the sky upside down, right? All the ranks above the small banner officer have been raised by half a rank out of thin air. How many people will be jealous of this?"

"It's more than that. Although the Black Flag Camp is the internal establishment of Xuanqing Guard, its scope of authority is clearly divided into "internal" and "external". In my opinion, this Black Flag Camp can be regarded as the Xuanqing Guard. My Xuan Qingwei."

"Haha, this statement is very good, Xuan Qingwei in Xuanqingwei, tsk tsk, brilliant! It should be clear!"

"And wow, I heard that the Black Flag Camp in Licheng, which has been set up as a model, has been stealing the limelight recently. They have set up a kind of cabinet in their jurisdiction, and everyone can post papers in it, which can be directly reported to Face to face with the Headquarters of the Black Flag Battalion! Does doing this count as exceeding authority?"

"Hush! Be careful! It's better not to say such things. And it's not called a pleading paper, it's a "report letter". I can’t believe it if I can see them one by one.”

The topic naturally slipped to Licheng Heiqiying. Not only among these people is the Black Flag Camp a topic of conversation, in fact, in all places within the jurisdiction of Fengri City, whether it's officials or noble businessmen, the Black Flag Camp in Licheng is a topic of conversation in private.

"That's not clear. But when it comes to Mr. Shen, I still admire him. Who would dare to fight against the Li family? In the end, not only did the Li family be slaughtered, Up to now, nothing has happened, but I have been promoted and made a fortune."

When it came to the matter of the Li family, several people present had extremely unnatural expressions and sweat on their foreheads. At the beginning, the Li family spread money among the officials and people in Fengri City, even the Qingshui places like the Population Department, which were rarely visited, were taken care of. Ying obviously didn't go into details, and all the officials who received money from the Li family were not affected.

In this way, many officials in Fengri City still have good intentions towards the Black Flag Camp in Licheng.

"Okay, don't talk about the matter of the Black Flag Camp. They are often unreasonable. And now that the Black Flag Camp is in the limelight again, it is easy to cause trouble. Let's have a drink!" Zhan Wenlin interrupted with a smile The discussion was getting louder and louder, and he felt that it was inappropriate to talk about Xuan Qingwei in the restaurant.

Moreover, the waiter serving wine in the restaurant has been in the wing room, talking about so many sensitive topics in front of this outsider, it's not good.

"My lord said, drink and drink!"

"Yes, yes, drink!"

"I suggest, how about we enforce the drinking order? One poem per person, if you can't compose it or if it is outdated, you will be fined three glasses of wine, how about it?"

"good!"

A group of people agreed that this kind of entertainment using poetry as a drinking order is very popular in many places. For a while, the room was full of enthusiasm, and poems of different heights came out one after another. Drink red face.

"Man, go get two more jugs of wine." Zhan Wenlin saw that the wine in the jug was about to run out, and ordered the restaurant staff who were serving in the wing room to serve the wine again.

"Good sir."

The drinking party continued into the night. These drunk population officials came out of the restaurant with their shoulders crossed, their faces red and their ears red, and they staggered as they walked.

Both Zhan Wenlin and Yang Kaishi had family servants driving to pick them up, and they had already been waiting downstairs for a long time. The rest of the people could only go to the house to shake together, and a few who got drunk had to murmur whether they should go to the Flower House for a change of play.

As soon as these drunken officials walked away, the shop assistant who had been serving them in the wing room turned around and came out from the back door of the restaurant, and walked quickly into a dark alley.

At a corner of the alley stood a tall and strong man.

"Brother Feilong."

"How? Did you find anything?"

"Yes! I followed your instructions and carefully smelled the scents on each of them while I was pouring wine, and it turned out that among the seventeen people, five of them had the scent of pan-spirit stones in different shades. "

"Five?! Are you sure?"

"Of course! Brother Feilong, it's not that you don't know that my black dog's nose is famous for its spirit. I have one of Baimei Pan, so I am very familiar with the fragrance of Panling Stone. As long as it is attached to It won't disperse within three to five days, and it's useless to take a bath and change clothes. But this kind of smell can't be smelled by ordinary people, but I can smell it, it can't be wrong!"

"Who are they?"

"Chief officer Zhan Wenlin, deputy officer Yang Kaishi, and a team leader named, yes, Wang Da, and the other two are Cheng Xu and Wang Jingci."