The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 421

Xu Tian was not angry at the other party's words. He held up his wine cup, glanced at the Minister of Works' fellow prisoner, and invited him.

"Everyone hasn't eaten yet, right? Let's eat together."

The group, whose mouths were already watering from the delicious food and wine, didn't care about the difference in status when they heard this. They sat down immediately and started eating and drinking.

The guards at the prison gates weren't angry when they saw this; instead, they got into a fight with several prisoners.

The Minister of Works suddenly found himself isolated and helpless.

"Gulu~Gulu~"

The growling of his stomach made him look embarrassed.

"Want some?" Xu Tian asked deliberately, having achieved his goal.

"Do not......"

"Gulu~"

Compared to the Minister of Works, his belly was more honest in replying to Xu Tian.

Having lost face completely, the Minister of Works simply stopped trying to hide it and gave a straightforward and frank answer.

"Yes, I'm hungry. I want to eat good meat and drink fine wine."

"Heh." Xu Tian sneered, raising an eyebrow: "Minister, have you misunderstood something?"

“Yesterday I treated you to a meal out of my own pocket, but you didn’t appreciate it. Now you want to eat, but I’m sorry, I don’t have any money.” Xu Tian shrugged helplessly, which the Minister of Works saw as a provocation. So the Minister of Works gritted his teeth and asked.

"How much do you want?"

"Not much, one hundred taels." Xu Tian extended his index finger and shook it gently, his provocative manner stinging the eyes of the Minister of Works.

"Get out of here!"

"Xu Tian, ​​how can you be so shameless? Other people only need one tael of silver for a meal, but you charged me a hundred taels! You're really ripping me off!"

The Minister of Works was furious. He never expected Xu Tian to be so shameless, raising the price a hundredfold, and he had no reason to refuse, because he was too hungry.

Faced with the choice between wealth and death, he naturally chose the latter.

So, the Minister of Works tried to calm himself down, and after cursing Xu Tian a few times for being shameless and unworthy of being a public servant, he still paid for a meal.

"After you finish eating, release him. Just teach him a lesson and don't let him slow down the project."

Before leaving the prison, Xu Tian gave Qin Xian some instructions.

"As ordered."

After lunch, the Minister of Works suddenly learned that he could leave. Overjoyed, he rushed back to his residence without regard for his appearance, ignoring the stares of passersby.

Back in his own courtyard, the Minister of Works made a rare trip to the backyard.

This time, after being tricked by Xu Tian, ​​he was so angry that he couldn't swallow his anger and sent someone to find some local thugs.

He asked the other party to help him get rid of Xu Tian to avoid mission failure. He also added a request: that the other party at least slow down the construction project, because he knew that Xu Tian's project was related to his life.

Failure to complete the task would be tantamount to disobeying an imperial order, a capital offense.

Xu Tian returned to the construction site. As of today, the foundation of the site has been almost completed, and the workers are already installing wooden planks. In time, they will be able to start building the roof beams.

With a "bang," the burly man in charge of mixing the soil flew to Xu Tian's side in a blur.

"What happened?" Qin was the first to react, and he looked warily toward the door.