I am a corrupt official, but they say I am a loyal minister

It's dinner time.

"Lord Lin, shouldn't dinner be Liang Ji's breakfast shop again?" an envoy couldn't help asking.

Today he ate more than a dozen steamed buns and drank a bucket of soy milk. He was already afraid of eating.

"Don't worry, absolutely not!" Lin Beifan smiled slightly: "It's closed, let's go to the restaurant!"

"I'm relieved!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Beifan said with a smile: "Prince Ha Mu, distinguished guests, there are more activities in the evening! Not only are there delicious wines to enjoy, but also singing and dancing performances! In addition, I also invited some beauties to accompany me..."

The eyes of everyone present lit up.

"Wow! There are delicious wines, singing and dancing performances, and beautiful women to accompany you?"

"Master Lin, you know my heart very well! Jie Jie..."

"I knew, Mr. Lin, you will never let me down!"

"I feel much more energetic!"

……

Even Prince Hamu couldn't help showing a smile: "Master Lin, it's too expensive!"

Lin Beifan bowed his head and apologized: "The main reason is that I didn't entertain well before, and I feel ashamed! So I specially arranged a good one for everyone, and hope everyone can forgive me for my previous mistakes!"

"No need to apologize, we understand!"

"Let's go!"

……

So, under the leadership of Lin Beifan, everyone came to a dilapidated restaurant.

I ate big pot rice and drank rice wine mixed with water, but compared with the two meals during the day, I don't know how much better it was.

"Everyone, before eating, let's enjoy the song and dance performance first!"

Lin Beifan clapped his hands, and saw an old man in white leading two things that he didn't know were people or ghosts.

Then, the old man in white picked up a small trumpet and blew vigorously.

The penetrating voice resounded through the restaurant.

Everyone present felt their goosebumps rise, and then they all fell to the ground.

Under the instrument, those two things who didn't know whether they were humans or ghosts jumped up with their feet burning.

The scene was full of eerie atmosphere.

Prince Hamu looked disgusted: "What kind of instrument is this, it seems to be called a soul!"

"This is our country's traditional musical instrument—the suona!" Lin Beifan said with a smile: "As the saying goes, among all kinds of musical instruments, the suona is the king! I don't know what the song suits me when I first hear it, but I'm already in the coffin when I hear it again! So I invited the best suona master , to perform for everyone!"

"Then what is this dance?" Prince Hamu asked again.

"The name of this dance is Calling the Soul. It is the most widely spread traditional dance in our country. Anyone, whether alive or dead, will watch it once! It is mainly for refreshing the mind and giving the soul a home!" Lin Beifan said with a smile: "This The dance is matched with suona, it is a perfect match! After watching it, do you feel more energetic?"

Prince Hamu was dumbfounded: "It's not just spirit, it's just nerves!"

"Yeah!" Everyone nodded in shock.

The little princess sitting next to Lin Beifan pulled Lin Beifan, holding back a smile and asked in a low voice, "Why did you bring the funeral team here?"

"Because it's cheap. It only costs a few taels of silver for a performance. If I don't ask them to invite someone?" Lin Beifan said as a matter of course.

"But, none of them died, is it really okay for you to do this?" the little princess asked.

"What's wrong with letting them enjoy the scenery after death in advance?" Lin Beifan asked back.

"Hmph! If you don't listen to my advice, I don't care about you!"

The little princess turned her head angrily, picked up the food and ate wildly.

After half a stick of incense, the insane funeral performance finally came to an end.

Lin Beifan smiled and said, "Okay, everyone can have dinner!"

"That...Master Lin, where is the beauty?" An envoy couldn't help asking.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Lin Beifan clapped his hands.

A dozen or so bloated, gigantic, and gorgeous old women walked in from the outside.

"Masters, you are finally here, I really made the servants wait for a while!"

"Come on, come on, let's have fun together!"

"Don't take pity on me tonight, okay?"

……

All the people present spurted old blood together.

Prince Hamu opened his mouth in shock: "Master Lin, is this the beauty you mentioned?"

Lin Beifan nodded with a smile: "Of course!"

"But aren't they too fat?"

Lin Beifan smiled and said, "We are great martial artists, fat is our beauty!"

Everyone: "Fuck!"

"But not only fat, but also old..."

Lin Beifan still smiled: "We Dawu respect the old, the older we are, the more popular we are!"

Everyone: "Fuck!"

"Master Lin, why don't you call one?"

Lin Beifan said righteously: "I am not close to women!"

Everyone: "Damn it...".

Chapter 60 Since he is greedy for money, we will bribe him!

In the end, everyone naturally came in good spirits and returned in disappointment.

The little princess ran into the palace excitedly and told the empress about her experience today.

"Sister Empress, let me tell you a very interesting thing!"

"Today, Lin Beifan and I went to receive the envoys of Doro Kingdom. Do you know what Lin Beifan did?"

"Invite him to Liangji Breakfast Shop for breakfast, invite him to Liangji Breakfast Shop at noon, and invite him to a bad restaurant to eat big pot rice and drink rice wine mixed with water at night!"

"Oh my god, I spent less than 50 taels in total, and I sent them away!"

"Dinner, I even invited a team of errands to play the suona and dance the soul-calling dance! They have already come out before they die, and almost scared the envoys out of their wits! Hehe..."

"In the end, I invited a group of fat, old and ugly women to accompany me!"

"Sister Empress, do you know how Lin Beifan fooled the envoys? He... He actually said that our Dawu Dynasty regards fat as beauty and old age as respect, and fooled the envoys!"

"I really laughed to death today, giggling..."

The empress was dumbfounded after hearing this: "This Lin Beifan... is so messed up?"

The little princess covered her stomach and laughed: "It's worse than worse, there are still many things I haven't said! Hehe..."

"My God!" The Empress held her forehead tiredly.

She never expected that Lin Beifan would act so recklessly!

How can it be decent to use such a heinous method to treat foreign envoys?

Even if you want to be greedy, don't be so greedy, right?

Anyway, let people have a good meal!

Now she feels sad for the envoys of Doro.

This is no small matter!

If it is not handled properly, it will directly affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and there may be another fight!

And Lin Beifan may be impeached and resigned because of this incident.

"Yunying, help me keep an eye on him, don't let him mess around again!"

"Don't worry, Empress, I will definitely keep an eye on him!"

On the other side, the post house.

Prince Hamu and others have returned with ugly faces.

Originally, when their country lost, they felt unhappy.

It's hard to go abroad for a trip to relax and relieve depression, but was teased by a small official from the other side.

If it wasn't for self-cultivation, they would have lost their temper on the spot.

Prince Hamu has already made up his mind, and when he sees the empress again, he must sue Lin Beifan.

At this moment, a person walked in, cupped his hands and said respectfully: "Your Highness, what you asked me to investigate has already been investigated clearly! Among all the civil and military officials, the greatest difference in power is..."

The other party read out a long list of names and their official positions.

Prince Hamu frowned: "These people are old, treacherous and cunning people! They have been officials for decades, and the city is extremely deep. It is not easy to buy them off!"

The most important purpose of their trip is to negotiate and discuss compensation.

As a defeated country, if they want to lose money, of course, the less they lose, the better.

Therefore, in order to achieve this goal, they plan to bribe one or two important ministers to speak for them.

"Are there any other candidates?" Prince Hamu asked.

"Yes! Xinke No. [-] Scholar, Imperial Supervisor Ye Lin Beifan!"

"It turned out to be him?" Prince Hamu frowned even deeper, feeling a sense of disgust in his heart.

"His Royal Highness, Xinke No. [-] Scholar and Imperial Supervisor Ye Lin Beifan is very much loved by the empress!"

"Since he was the champion of high school, in less than a month, he has been promoted to half a rank! He was rewarded by the empress with a top-quality mansion, tens of thousands of taels of silver, dozens of pieces of silver silk and satin, dozens of altars of palace wine, and daily specials. Ingredients for the imperial dining room, a top-quality carriage, several hard-earned horses..."

Prince Hamu's eyelids twitched.

Too many rewards!

Even if he is a prince, the rewards he has received in this life are not comparable to what Lin Beifan has gained in the past few days!

He was actually compared to a small sixth-rank sesame official!

"With so many rewards, he must be very capable?" Prince Hamu said jealously.

"His Royal Highness, because Lin Beifan has been an official for a short time, his ability has not been fully demonstrated! But the other party is young, and he won three yuan in three years, which is extraordinary in itself!"

"En!" Prince Hamu nodded.

Thinking of yesterday's early court, the other party easily broke his tricks, so he knew that this person was not simple.

"In addition, Lin Beifan has another characteristic, that is, he is greedy for money!"

"Greedy?" The prince was taken aback.

"He is very greedy! According to folk rumors, he has embezzled more than 200 million taels through ransacking his home twice! He also embezzled another 200 million taels from students during his tenure as the Secretary of the Imperial Academy!"

"Through internal information, I learned that the other party received 20 yuan from the Ministry of Accounts as a reception fee! Then, on this day, I only took out less than a hundred taels of silver! I'm afraid he took away the rest!"

Thinking of today's experience, the corner of Prince Hamu's mouth twitched: "It's really greedy, and it's insatiable!"

However, at this moment, he felt that Lin Beifan was so pleasing to the eye.

"We have limited money, so let's choose Lin Beifan!"

"Firstly, this guy is favored by the empress, and his words have weight; secondly, he is very greedy and easy to buy with money; thirdly, he is entertaining us, easy to approach, and he is the best target candidate!"

"As long as you bribe him, it will be very beneficial to the negotiations in a few days!" Prince Hamu said confidently.

"Your Highness said so!"