scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 23 Throwing Watermelon and Picking Sesame Seeds
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"Fuck! So Fang Shiyu has this virtue?!" I realized that this little black fat man who was fatter, shorter and uglier than me was actually the famous Fang Shiyu!Fang Shiyu, the suave and handsome Fang Shiyu in the movie and TV!The contrast was so great that our County Magistrate Lu couldn't believe his ears and eyes. He stared at the little black fat man with wide eyes and shouted: "Are you really Fang Shiyu? Did I recognize the wrong person?"

"I'm Fang Shiyu, what's the matter?" The little black fat man scratched his head and replied, not understanding why County Magistrate Lu was so excited and nervous.

The county magistrate of Lu Da was speechless, unable to recover his senses for a long time. Fang De and Miao Cuihua looked at each other next to him. Excited.After a little calculation, Fang De tentatively asked: "May I ask this gentleman, how did you know the names of Caomin's family? Do you know us?"

"This..." County Magistrate Lu Da also came back to his senses and found that he had revealed some flaws, but County Magistrate Lu Da was not in a hurry, and immediately returned the salute as soon as he rolled his eyes, "Senior Fang, don't need to be humble, the Fang family in Guangdong Intensive study of martial arts, chivalry and righteousness, helping the poor, has long been famous and famous all over the world. Although the younger generation is far away in Yunnan, I often hear the name of Senior Fang, especially Fang Shiyu, the younger son of Senior Fang. Xiao... I have admired him for a long time, but I only regret not being able to meet him. So when I heard Fang Shiyu Fang Xiaoxia's name today, this junior immediately guessed the names of senior and Mrs. Miao."

"Is that true?" Fang De was skeptical, thinking that our Fang family has a little bit of fame, but the fame is only limited to the area around Zhaoqing, and it can't be said that it is famous all over the world. You can hear about our family as far away as Yunnan. The name, I'm afraid it's a bit confusing, right?Thinking of this, Fang De, who had already noticed the identity of Lu Da County Magistrate West Selector during the public grave worship, shuddered secretly, and exclaimed in his heart: "Could it be that our Fang family's secret anti-Qing and Ming-ming incidents have been covered by Wu Sangui?" That dog traitor's running dog has been targeted?"

"Hero Fang, Mrs. Miao, it's better to meet you by chance than to invite you." County Magistrate Lu said affectionately: "Since the younger generation is destined to meet you, then the younger generation would like to do something. How about inviting Senior Fang's family to a restaurant for dinner?" The county magistrate of Lu Da also pointed at the Guangzhou Three Tigers who had gradually stood up, and said casually: "There are also these three strong men. The heroes of Liangshan do not know each other. How about going to drink a glass of water and wine together? Liang Zi just now , let’s dissolve it with a touch of a glass on the wine table.”

"Thank you sir, then we'll be more polite." The Liu family brothers were overjoyed, and quickly agreed—they were disturbed by Fang Shiyu just now, and they didn't even have time to ask for the money for performing arts, and they were worried that they might be hungry today. Now that the county magistrate of Lu Da is voluntarily being taken advantage of, the three brothers still have a reason not to agree.

"Okay, then I'm not too polite." Fang Shiyu immediately cheered again when he heard that someone was offering guests, "I like to eat crispy roast suckling pig, I want three!"

"No problem, I'll order three roasted suckling pigs for Fang Shaoxia alone immediately when we arrive at the restaurant." County magistrate Lu Da, who wanted to draw Fang De's family into his subordinates, agreed with a smile on his face.

Unexpectedly, Fang De suddenly grabbed his son, winked at Fang Shiyu, and then cupped his hands to the county magistrate Lu and said, "Thank you for your kindness, sir, it's just that you misunderstood. It's just for self-defense on the way of doing business and transporting goods, there is no other intention, and it doesn't have such an exaggerated reputation as the gentleman said. As for the invitation from the gentleman, I am very sorry. The old man's family has to go north to Hangzhou to sell silk today, and it is really impossible to make the appointment. Please forgive me, sir. .”

"Father, aren't we going to Quanzhou Shaolin Temple...?" Fang Shiyu was in a hurry, but Fang De interrupted him with his eyes.At that moment, Fang De bowed his hand to County Magistrate Lu again, said "Farewell", and then pulled his son and wife and turned around to leave. Please stay."

"Don't touch my son!" Miao Cuihua suddenly slashed on the wrist of the county magistrate Lu Da with a knife, opened the fat hand of the county magistrate Lu, and cursed coldly, "You traitor!" After cursing, Miao Cuihua Fang Shiyu pulled Fang Shiyu and Fang De strode away, but Fang Shiyu was a little unconvinced, "Father, mother, I'm hungry, I want to eat roast suckling pig..."

"Silly son, if you want to eat roast suckling pig, I bought it for you. Don't eat that man's, be careful that you will spoil your stomach..."

"Damn, what are you talking about?" Kong Fanlin was unhappy when he heard Miao Cuihua's words, and stepped forward two steps to give chase.The county magistrate of Lu Da hurriedly stopped him, and said in a low voice: "Don't chase, you can't beat them if you catch up." Kong Fanlin carefully thought about Fang Shiyu's martial arts just now, shivered, and finally retreated embarrassingly.

"Strange, why did that mature woman and married wife Miao Cuihua call me a traitor?" County magistrate Lu Da was a little puzzled, and after careful recollection, magistrate Lu Da county suddenly realized, "By the way, when we were in the grave, Kong Fanlin, an idiot, mentioned I am an official in the selection process for the West, so Miao Cuihua's family will of course think that I am a traitor. Fuck, this is a troublesome time, and I am afraid that the possibility of taking Fang Shiyu here as a dog's leg is unlikely."

"Sir, Fang Daxia's family has already left, do you still invite us to dinner?" Liu Zhen asked timidly—although the Guangzhou Three Tigers are third-rate characters in terms of character and martial arts, but the county magistrate Lu really wants to treat people It is Fang De's family, and the Guangzhou Sanhu can still see it with enough eyesight.

"Haha, of course please." Fortunately, County Magistrate Lu is not a stingy and snobbish villain. Although he encountered some setbacks in trying to subdue Fang Shiyu as a dog's leg, he still laughed and pulled Guangzhou away. Sanhu held his hand and said with a smile: "Let's go, you guys lead the way, go to the best restaurant in Guangzhou, and have a good drink."

"Thank you sir, then we will not be polite." Liu Zhen was overjoyed, took out his empty purse, and said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, sir, the three of us actually have no money in our bodies, even our chests are broken. The stone slabs used by the big stone are all on credit at the quarry, and I planned to ask for some money to pay back the debt, but Fang Shaoxia made such a fuss, and I don’t know how to repay the debt on the quarry.”

"Haha, it's a trivial matter, Erlang, give five taels of silver to pay back the debts of Liu Zhuang men." Lu Da County magistrate magnanimously waved his hand, pulled Liu Zhen and others away, and said with a smile: "Don't say these things are unpleasant. Let’s go drink first.” The Liu family brothers thanked them a lot, hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way, and led Lu Da County Magistrate and his party all the way to Yunxianglou, the best restaurant in Guangzhou.

After entering the restaurant, four tables were ordered for a good banquet, and the county magistrate Lu and his party began to eat and drink.During this period, the magistrate of Lu Da County and the three tigers of Guangzhou had to ask each other about their identities. I changed it, and introduced myself that the three brothers are from Huaxian County, Guangzhou. They practiced martial arts since childhood. So he ran into the rivers and lakes alone, but his luck was too bad, he never had a chance to develop, and he was often too poor to have overnight rice, so none of the three brothers got a daughter-in-law until now. Finally, today they met the county magistrate and Fang Shiyu's family.

"Three strong men, since you have been practicing martial arts since you were young, you must have good skills." The county magistrate Lu asked curiously: "In this case, why didn't the three strong men join the army? Although the salary of the soldiers is not high, why? It's better than being hungry and full on the rivers and lakes, right?"

"My lord, it's not that we don't want to join the army." Liu Xu said with a mournful face, "To tell you the truth, our three brothers came to Guangzhou this year because we heard that the eldest prince of Pingnan Palace was recruiting soldiers, and came here to join the army to find a way out."

"Then it was not selected? The recruiting general has so little eyesight?" County magistrate Lu was a little surprised. Although the magistrate Lu couldn't tell whether the martial arts of the three brothers of the Liu family were high or low, the county magistrate Lu couldn't tell, but the three brothers were full of lumps and southerners. A rare tall man, no matter which army he is in, he should be a sought-after item.

"It's not that the recruiting generals look down on us, it's that Prince Pingnan and the court have not allowed the eldest prince to recruit troops." The cousin of the Liu brothers, Shen Xin, also wept, and explained: "When we were going to join the army, our three brothers Whether it is running with weight or bow, arrow, sword and gun, we have all passed the test. General Li Tianzhi, who is next to the prince, also praised our three brothers for their good skills, and planned to let us enter the barracks as a fire chief. But the prince gave an order, saying that it was the court. The Guangdong army is not allowed to expand its army, so this year the eldest prince recruited none of the [-] elite soldiers, and sent them all home."

"Since the people around the eldest prince appreciate you so much, why don't you leave the three brothers alone?" The county magistrate Lu asked alone: ​​"It shouldn't be a big problem for the eldest prince to recruit three or four more soldiers, right? Ask for that general surnamed Zhang?"

"My lord, we are almost starving to death. How could we not ask that General Li?" Liu Zhen said helplessly, "But that general named Li Tianzhi said that the imperial court is keeping a close eye on the prince's army. One or the other will not do, because of the eldest prince and the prince, they have quarreled countless times, so he dare not provoke the prince to get angry again, and told us to go home and wait to see if there is a chance in the future."

The county magistrate Lu stopped talking, thinking in his mind, "Based on this, Shang Zhixin's ambitious rebel boy did have a lot of conflicts with his traitor father Shang Kexi in targeting the army. Shang Zhixin wants to strengthen his strength. , Shang Kexi, the old traitor is afraid that the Tartar court will be suspicious, so he forbids his son to expand the army - can I take advantage of such a contradiction?"

"Lord Lu." When the county magistrate Lu was contemplating, brothers Liu Zhen, Liu Xu and their cousin Shen Xin discussed in a low voice, then they all left the table and knelt down together, kowtowing to the county magistrate Lu and said: "My lord, You know the situation, the little ones really have nowhere to go, please be merciful and take us in. Anyway, you are about to become a county magistrate, and the only thing you need is people, so bring us three brothers , Lord Payer, you can watch it, just take care of food and housing, and our three brothers will definitely go up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​fire for you, and repay your great kindness."

"Fuck! I wanted to use Fang Shiyu to be my dog's leg, but why did these three unknown pawns sell Dali pills?" Lu Da county magistrate smiled wryly. After a little calculation, he was actually seriously short of people, especially The County Magistrate Lu, who lacked some skills, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Get up, since you want to go with me, then I will accept you, and the pay is the same as that of my other servants. From now on, the three of you just need to be obedient , Be loyal to me, and I will never treat you badly."

"Thank you sir, thank you sir." The three brothers were overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed together to express their thanks, unable to restrain their joy.But what even the county magistrate Lu did not expect was that the three tigers in Guangzhou that he accidentally discovered with his conscience had become his three right-hand men on the road to anti-Qing, helping him to do countless unscrupulous and immoral things, and Becoming one of the three honorable members of the Manchu court's huge reward list for claiming their lives is a later story, so let's put it aside for the time being.

(End of this chapter)