scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 31 The Hypocrite
"Fufutai, Fufutai, the general is back."

Shouting, General Yang Guotai of Guangdong Chaozhou Prefecture rushed into the back garden of Chaozhou prefect’s yamen, and then rushed into the prefect’s study on the west side of the back garden. Fu Honglie, the prefect of Chaozhou, yelled: "Master Futai, the general is back, and the general has finished all the errands you asked for! Oh, the weather is so terrible, the general is almost dying of heat."

"It's better to be hot than cold, right? You don't know how to be blessed when you are in the blessing." Fu Honglie put down the scroll in his hand with a smile, and said slowly: "More than 30 years ago, when Emperor Zhu Ming Chongzhen was in power, there was heavy snowfall in Guangdong year after year, and autumn and winter crops Year after year of poor harvests and famine everywhere, if Guangdong was so hot at that time, Emperor Chongzhen would not know how happy he would be. Thanks to our two long-lived Lords Shunzhi and Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Hongfu Qitian, Guangdong has the current weather and four seasons. Spring."

"It's really too hot." Yang Guotai smiled wryly as he shook his handkerchief, sweating as he twisted it.

"Forget it, let's talk about these gossips slowly." Fu Honglie said: "Come on, let's find out about the situation of Pingnan Wang Xiaogege's team. How is it going?"

"Go back to Futai, and the generals have found out clearly." Yang Guotai quickly replied: "Xiao Gege's team arrived at Yunluo yesterday, and it is estimated that they will arrive in Chenghai tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. There are 370 people in the team, and Li Tianzhi's army has a tie There are 310 soldiers in total, 23 of Little Gege's maids, servants and bodyguards, what is Lu Yifeng's West Selector and a team of servants, a total of 28 people."

"Is their protection of Xiao Gege strict?" Fu Honglie asked: "Also, in Li Tianzhi's team, how many insiders did the second prince put in? Have you got in touch?"

"Very strict." Yang Guotai said helplessly: "That kid Li Tianzhi is very meticulous. He divides the soldiers into three teams and takes turns protecting Xiao Gege day and night. Gege’s carriage and sleeping tent. The second prince is not very promising. In total, he has only placed two insiders in this team, a bribed army fire chief, and an ordinary guard. Grid."

"Soldiers are not many, but fine." Fu Honglie said darkly: "Two insiders are enough. At least they can help us find out the work and rest time of these guards and the route of travel."

"So, the master agrees with us?" Yang Guotai asked in surprise.

"Of course I agree." Fu Honglie nodded and said with a smirk, "How could the master miss such a good opportunity?"

"Then how do we do it?" Yang Guotai asked happily: "Shouldn't it be like the last time that the general will lead a group of people pretending to be pirates or Taiwan's Zheng Ni's army, and take them all at night?"

"The master has explained that they cannot act in the territory of Chaozhou Prefecture. It is best to wait until they arrive in Fujian." Fu Honglie shook his head and said, "Master has considered very carefully. Even if there is no leak of news in the territory of Chaozhou Prefecture, it is inevitable in the end." You and I are implicated. But if you do it in Fujian, first, you and I can easily get rid of the relationship after the matter is completed; second, Fujian is the Dingfan of Jingnan King Geng Jimao. Kill Shang Kexi's little daughter, even if the three old dogs don't want dogs to bite dogs, they can't help them, and it will be of great benefit to our master and the long live emperor."

"Then where in Fujian will we attack?" Yang Guotai asked: "Also, our strength in Fujian is relatively weak. If we attack there, it may be difficult to wipe out Li Tianzhi's team of barbarians. Specifically, what should we do? There has to be a surefire plan.”

"Let me think about it." Fu Honglie did not rush to answer, but first took out the map of Fujian, looked at the map for a while, and suddenly said: "Do it at Fengting at the junction of Quanzhou and Putian! This place is separated from Chaozhou by Zhangzhou And Quanzhou, we are not involved in the accident, and it is far away from Fuzhou, Geng Jimao's base camp, so it can prevent Geng Jimao from suddenly intervening! More importantly, this area is the hardest hit area for the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty and Taiwan Zheng's rebellion activities. Even if there is any accident, the crime can be easily pushed to the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty and Taiwan Zheng Ni!"

"That's right, the Master Futai is wise, this is indeed a good place to do it." Yang Guotai said with great joy: "The last general will arrange the manpower, organize the manpower first, and arrange them in this position in advance."

"Don't worry, let me think about it again." Fu Honglie thought hard again, and after a long time of calculation, Fu Honglie suddenly asked again: "General Guotai, if I remember correctly, the information you collected before shows that Shang Zhixin This confidant, Li Tianzhi, seems to have a habit of leading troops - all soldiers in his army who make mistakes will be sent to the kitchen to do chores for a period of time as punishment after being punished according to the military law, is there such a thing?"

"The last general is incompetent, I don't remember clearly." Yang Guotai replied with a mournful face.

"It doesn't matter, I have records here." Fu Honglie was not angry, and went to the bookshelf beside him to search carefully, and quickly took out a book from the middle. After flipping through a few pages, Fu Honglie patted the book and said with great joy: " Well, I remember correctly, Li Tianzhi has this habit of leading troops! Well, there is a way to wipe out this team of more than 300 people!"

"My lord, what's the best way?" Yang Guotai asked impatiently.

"Do you still remember those foreign priests?" Fu Honglie said with a smile: "Oboi was short-sighted and chased away the foreigners in Beijing. Long live the emperor knows that our Qing army cannot buy firearms without the help of these foreigners." , we need us to come forward and take these foreign priests to Guangdong Haosheng to settle down for future use. At that time, a foreign priest gave me a batch of Yangjinhua produced by the East India Company in order to thank me. Yangjinhua is very rare in Middle-earth, but it is the main material for the preparation of Mongolian sweat medicine."

"Using sweat medicine?" Yang Guotai's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "That's right, if we let our insiders inject some sweat medicine into the diet of Li Tianzhi's team, even if we can't pour them all the medicine, it will be much easier for us to do it again... ,etc."

Speaking of this, Yang Guotai scratched his braids, wondering: "Master Futai, although this method is good, but Shang Zhixiao is placed in the two inside lines of Li Tianzhi's team, and they are not cooks. How can he be in the army's kitchen?" The medicine turned over 300 people's Mongolian sweat medicine?"

"Stupid! Forget why I asked Li Tianzhi just now about his habit of leading troops?" Fu Honglie laughed, twisting his mustache and said happily: "It seems that I, Fu Qingtian from Chaozhou, should go to Chenghai to meet Prince Pingnan in person. Little princess, in front of me, Li Tianzhi is too embarrassed to cover up his subordinates, right?"

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It will be November soon, but the land in Guangdong is still scorching hot. The sun is so hot that it is not overwhelmed by the sweltering summer heat. Everyone in the Luda county magistrate's team that drank sand and became larger and larger was sweating profusely, sweating profusely and complaining endlessly, cursing the goddamn weather and the sun.As for our 1.6-meter-high and 190-five-foot Fatty Lu Da County Magistrate, in this kind of weather and under the sun, it is even more painful like hell.

"It's so hot, it's so hot!" Magistrate Lu Da wailed as he wiped the sweat off his head and face, but the handkerchief used to wipe the sweat was soaked for three yuan, and his head was covered with beads of sweat, but still Along with the twitching fat on Lu Da County Magistrate's face, he couldn't stop gushing out.This pain caused the County Magistrate Lu, who always thought he was handsome enough, to make up his mind—in the future, he must take some time to lose weight.

"Master, change to a sweat towel, your handkerchief is already soaked." Xiao Erlang presented a sweat towel very obediently, and said flatteringly: "This sweat towel, the small one is drenched with cold water, young master Wipe your face quickly."

"Okay, okay, Erlang, you're smart." County magistrate Lu Da repeatedly praised him, grabbed the ice sweat towel and wiped it on his fat face, his expression after suffering for half a day finally relaxed a lot.

"Master, what's done?" Taking advantage of the chance that Lu Da County Magistrate's mood improved, Xiao Erlang, who has always been curious about gossip, couldn't wait to ask: "I've been away from Guangzhou for eight days, and I'm about to go to Chaozhou Prefecture now, master, you take my little one away." Is Ge Ge done? The little ones are still waiting to follow you to eat and drink spicy food."

"You're here again!" County Magistrate Lu couldn't bear it anymore, and smashed the sweat towel on Xiao Erlang's flattering face.However, after expressing this tone, the magistrate of Lu Da county quickly became discouraged again, and couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "Fuck it! In the past eight days, I have only spoken three sentences to her. The first sentence In the first sentence, I asked her to rest, and she said yes; in the second sentence, I asked her if she was hungry and if she wanted to eat, and she said no; in the third sentence, I invited her to enjoy the sea view next to the salt field, She said bah! Just these three sentences, not a word more."

"What? So, in these eight days, little Gege has only said three or four words to you, young master?" Xiao Erlang's face was full of disbelief, and he wondered why the young master's ability to hook up with women has become so bad. ?When I was in Dali Mansion before, the young master hooked up with a married woman, that would be invincible, and there would be no disadvantages.

"I can't help it, girls have thin skins." County Magistrate Lu hummed shamelessly, "I'm obviously in love with me with all my heart, but I'm just too shy to show it."

"Master, are you really so sure?" Xiao Erlang asked with a wry smile, "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

Lu Da County Magistrate's fat face sank, and he was about to ask Xiao Erlang what he meant when a Guangdong soldier came back and reported to Lu Da County Magistrate: "Master Lu, General Li invites you to come over, I have something to discuss with you. .”

"Understood." County magistrate Lu Da agreed casually, then turned his head and glared at Xiao Erlang, and cursed, "I'll come back and settle the score with you." Then he flattered his horse and chased after him.

He patted his horse and caught up with Li Tianzhi who was walking in front. As soon as they met, Li Tianzhi said straight to the point: "Master Lu, if you walk ten miles forward, you will be Chenghai County in Chaozhou Prefecture. The official road to the capital does not pass through Chaozhou Prefecture, so the prefect of Chaozhou Fu Honglie, General Yang Guotai and others have rushed to Chenghai City, ready to meet Little Gege here. Our scouts came to report just now, and these people are already waiting outside the south gate."

"Oh, yes." The County Magistrate Lu said with a smile: "Does General Li mean to let us go faster, so that Mr. Fu and the others don't make them wait? It doesn't matter, you just let the team speed up. Hurry up, those bastards, they won't delay your march."

"Lord Lu, if it was such a trivial matter, I would not have invited you here." Li Tianzhi looked serious, and winked to the left and right, and the soldiers on the left and right dispersed, leaving Li Tianzhi and the county magistrate Lu riding together OK, talk alone.It wasn't until this time that Li Tianzhi lowered his voice and said, "Lord Lu, I have something to tell you, you must calm down and don't yell out—the reason why Shi Ziye sent the last general to protect Xiao Gege to the capital is because Shi Zi Grandpa has received accurate information that someone is trying to harm Xiao Gege."

"Sure enough, I expected it. Shang Zhixin really knew that someone was planning to play Wan Yan." The county magistrate Lu's heart sank, and he pretended to be surprised and asked: "Is there such a thing? General Li, have you heard of it?" Got it wrong? Little Gege is such a gentle and kind little girl, how could someone deliberately target her?"

"It's really inconvenient for me to tell you the details, but the news is likely to be true." Li Tianzhi shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Master Lu, to tell you the truth, I also observed you carefully these days and found that You are indeed a very dedicated adult, and carefully protected Little Gege according to the prince's order, so you dare to tell you these things, and dare to ask you, Lord Lu, one thing."

"General Li, please tell me, I will do my best." The county magistrate Lu replied solemnly.

"Master Lu, if Little Gege encounters any danger in Chaozhou Prefecture." Li Tianzhi said in a very low voice: "Then please take Xiao Gege and run away immediately, leave me alone, and don't let anyone get close to Xiao Gege. I Knowing that your servants are very loyal to you, and there are a few good hands among them, you should be able to do it, please."

"What do you mean by that?" County Magistrate Lu Da was taken aback.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you." Li Tianzhi shook his head with a painful expression, and said in a low voice: "In short, Mr. Lu, everything is up to you. If you are in danger, don't let anyone get close to Xiao Gege. ...... including me people under him."

The magistrate of Lu Da County was tongue-tied and understood the implication of Li Tianzhi's words. After being shocked, the magistrate of Lu Da County lowered his voice and asked: "General Li, if you do this, you will not be afraid of not being able to explain in the future?"

Li Tianzhi was silent, and after a while he said in a low voice: "I lost my parents when I was 12 years old. I grew up in Prince Pingxi's home. The prince's family is my relatives. Among the prince's children, Xiao Gege has the best heart. I don't know how many lives were saved under He Shizi's sword, including many of my brothers and sisters, I can't... revenge for kindness."

This time, the magistrate of Lu County was silent, and Li Tianzhi said softly, "Please, from now on, you can approach Xiao Gege's carriage without my permission. You'd better bring a reliable person to keep watch Beside Little Gege." After finishing speaking, Li Tianzhi flattered his horse and ran away from the side of County Magistrate Lu without looking back.

"Brothers of the Shang family, you are really cruel and ruthless." The county magistrate Lu sighed secretly, and then added in his heart, "No, I am still too soft-hearted. This is the way of the world. Bridges and roads are built without corpses. Belt! If I want to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and expel the Tartars, I must learn from the ruthlessness of the Shang brothers, who are more ruthless and more poisonous than their methods!"

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Gritting his teeth to give himself enough energy, the county magistrate Lu quickly summoned his lackeys and asked them to drive behind Shang Wanyi's carriage. With my own permission, I am not allowed to leave without authorization, so as not to find the lackey when the incident happens suddenly.However, this time, County Magistrate Lu became more or less self-aware, and with Li Tianzhi's permission to approach Shang Wanyi's carriage at will, he didn't even take the opportunity to get in front of Shang Wanyi to make love to him, but followed Shang Wanyi honestly. The ashes and sand in Yan's carriage also surprised Xiao Erlang and other dog legs.

"Lord Lu, Ge Ge wants to ask you something." Unexpectedly, the county magistrate Lu, who was thinking about something, did not provoke Shang Wanyi, but Shang Wanyi's personal maid, Qiuyue, peeked out from the carriage window. He came out and waved to the county magistrate Lu and said, "Master Lu, come to the window, Gege has something to ask you."

"Huh? The little girl finally couldn't hold back her spring heart?" The county magistrate Lu was overjoyed. He quickly put down his worries and patted his horse forward. He leaned in front of the window and asked, "Princess princess, what are your orders?"

Shang Wanyan still had that icy look on her face, sitting in the carriage without moving. She just turned her pretty side face to County Magistrate Lu and asked coldly, "Who told you to come behind my carriage? I It seems that Li Tianzhi gave an order that you are only allowed to follow behind my team and not to approach my carriage."

"Damn girl, you obviously want to find an excuse to talk to me, so what are you pretending to do?" County Magistrate Lu shamelessly smiled inwardly, and replied with an apologetic smile on his face: "Go back to the princess, it was General Li who asked the officer to follow your carriage. From behind, General Li said, the people of Chaozhou Prefecture are living in poverty, and thieves are rampant, and they are afraid that some thieves will suddenly appear on the road, which will frighten you, the princess, so I asked the little one to follow behind your carriage, ready to protect you at any time."

"Who are you lying to?" Shang Wanyan suddenly sneered, and said, "Who is Fu Honglie, the magistrate of Chaozhou, I don't know yet? He is the most famous Fu Qingtian in Guangdong. If you don’t close your doors at night and don’t pick up lost things on the road, how many households in Chaozhou have offered him longevity tablets. Under his rule, the thieves are rampant, and the people are in dire straits?”

"Yes, yes, yes." The county magistrate of Lu Da also knew that Fu Honglie's official reputation in Guangdong was very good, so he hurriedly echoed: "The princess is right. After returning to Qujing to take office in the future, the next official will definitely learn from Mr. Fu. Manage Qujing County so that the doors are not closed at night, and the roads are not picked up. Please rest assured, my majesty, the officials will definitely follow your orders."

"How you manage Qujing is your business, it has nothing to do with me, and I didn't tell you to do anything." Shang Wanyi turned her face away and said, "I just want you to stay away from me, I don't want to see you."

"Why?" The county magistrate of Lu Da, whose kindness was not rewarded, wept.

"I hate fat people." Shang Wanyan replied coldly, and the curtains on the windows of the carriage were quickly lowered by the maid.

"Am I really so fat that I'm so jealous?" Fatty Lu thought aggrievedly, "I'm less than two hundred catties. In the 21st century, I should be considered a handsome, slim and fit guy, right? At least, I’m better than that fat, fifth-rate writer in the 21st century who claims to be Wu Laolang and smokes two yuan and five packs of low-quality cigarettes all day long, right?”

(End of this chapter)