scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 43 New Errand

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Back in time, when Geng Jimao and his son's memorial to Shi Lang's death was still being delivered to the capital, on the fourth day of November, Fatty Lu, Xiao Erlang and Shang Wanyi finally came to the capital under the heavy guard of the Fujian army. When they arrived at Fuzhou City, the base camp of Geng Jimao and his son, they were accompanied by Li Tianzhi's more than forty remnant soldiers and defeated generals, and a new accomplice and running dog of Fatty Lu—someone who was sent by his parents to learn from Fatty Lu. The black fat boy I know is Fang Shiyu's silly boy.

When he arrived at Jingnan Prince's Mansion in Fuzhou, Fatty Lu was pleasantly surprised to find that his other three lackeys, Liu Zhen, Liu Xu and Shen Xin, had escaped to Fuzhou alive. It bought time for Fatty Lu and Monk Wanyan, but these three dog legs were still not the kind of thing that would kill thousands of people, and in the end they were outnumbered and forced to flee for their lives. Fortunately, although the three dog legs were all injured or severely injured But none of them were taken away by God, and they managed to escape from birth with barely a problem.But it was dark at that time, and the three dog legs couldn't find Fatty Lu, so they had to rush to the Jingnan Palace in Fuzhou to meet Fatty Lu as ordered. It was reported to Prince Jingnan's Mansion, so after these three dog legs declared their identities, they were received and settled in Prince Jingnan's Mansion immediately, until Fatty Lu arrived in Fuzhou today.

Meeting with the loyal dog legs, and found two other old dog legs who survived that night, Fatty Lu was naturally overjoyed, and immediately dragged the dog legs to eat, drink, whore and gamble in Fuzhou, and waited for Shang Kexi to come again Send a team over to escort Shang Wanyi, and then go to Beijing together to meet Kangxi Xiaomazi—Don't look at this cutscene, Fatty Lu can't officially become the county magistrate, but Fatty Lu is not in a hurry.

During this period, Fang Shiyu, who had just joined Fatty Lu's team, was unavoidably taken by Fatty Lu to visit the brothel and enter the casino, and his innocent heart was greatly tarnished. After getting rid of the shackles of his parents, he followed Fatty Lu to prostitutes and spend time and nights in Suliu. Not only did he not feel disgusted at all, but he found everything novel and fun everywhere. The unscrupulous teacher worshiped him as an idol and a role model, and his relationship with Fatty Lu became increasingly close.

Nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory. Just after a few good days, on the morning of the tenth day of November, Fatty Lu, who was still sleeping in the Yihong Courtyard in Fuzhou, was suddenly pulled out of his bed by the guards of Jingnan Palace. It was said that Prince Jingnan summoned him and asked Fatty Lu to wash up quickly, change into official clothes, and go to Jingnan Prince's mansion to meet him.Fatty Lu cursed Geng Jingzhong in his heart for not being considerate of his subordinates, but he had no choice but to rush back to the post house to change his clothes, change into the pitiful seventh-rank sesame official uniform, and follow the guards to the Jingnan Palace to meet him.

The luxury and magnificence of the Jingnan Palace is not inferior to that of the Pingxi Palace and the Pingnan Palace, or even worse, but Fatty Lu is not very interested in these, but honestly followed the guards to the Wanghai Tower where Geng Jingzhong lived. .Upstairs and into the main hall, Fatty Lu saw Geng Jingzhong sitting high in the middle, talking to Zu Zepu, the governor of Fujian Province at first sight. But he was cursing, "Two traitors, sooner or later, I will kill you!"

"Come on, get up." Judging from his relationship with Wu Sangui, Fujian Governor Zu Zepu's attitude towards Fatty Lu has always been pretty good, and he pointed to the chair next to him and said: "Sit down, wait a moment Yes, the prince and I have to discuss some business matters."

"Master Xie Butang." Fatty Lu smiled apologetically, and quickly got up and sat on the lower chair. When serving tea with the maid, Fatty Lu listened attentively to the conversation between Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu , Only then did I find that what Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu were talking about was how to ask for more military pay for Fujian from the Qing court. There are still a lot of secrets such as the revenue and expenditure of the Qing court, which are so unscrupulous, it seems that Fatty Lu, the seventh-rank sesame official, is not around.

"Strange, it doesn't matter that Geng Jingzhong was born with a gold spoon in his mouth. Zu Zepu is definitely not a simple person to get into the position of governor of Fujian. How could he discuss these things with Geng Jingzhong in front of me, an outsider?" Fatty Lu I wondered in my heart, and was very puzzled by the actions of Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu who had no city government.

After thinking about it again, Fatty Lu couldn't help but slapped himself lightly in the bottom of his heart, and cursed secretly, "I'm really an idiot, the old traitor Wu Sangui just sent me to persuade Shang Kexi and his son to form an alliance with him, and to cooperate with him and the Tartar court on military pay." Haggling on the issue, but not asking me to persuade Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong and his son—doesn’t this tell me that Geng Jimao and his son and Wu Sangui’s old traitor have long been allies? Since they are allies, Zu Zepu is also Wu Sangui’s first cousin Brother, how could they not know the reason for my detour to Guangdong and Fujian? Naturally, there is no need to hide it from me about the military salary. Why am I still so stupid? No, in the future, you must think twice about everything in the future, and carefully analyze the background meaning and possibility Sex, otherwise, the old fox and old goblin who can play with these old-fashioned goblins?"

After finally finishing mumbling, Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu finally turned their attention to Fatty Lu. Geng Jingzhong first drank a cup of tea, and then said in a leisurely manner: "Lu Yifeng, in Fuzhou City these days, How are you doing?"

"Back to my son, I had a lot of fun in Fuzhou." Fatty Lu replied with a smile: "Thanks to my lord, as long as I display the signboard of Jingnan Prince's Mansion in the city, everyone will be respectful to me. Take care of everything. Even in the casino, those people in the casino don't dare to cheat, and the humble job has won more than [-] taels of silver in the past few days."

"Just have fun." Seeing Fatty Lu's honest confession, Geng Jingzhong was very satisfied, nodded and said: "Originally, you were sent by Prince Pingxi, and my son and father should take time to meet you, but Recently, this son is too busy, and the father is old and sick, and his health is not good, so it has been delayed until today, you must not pay attention to it."

"My lord, you killed me." Fatty Lu hurriedly saluted, and said respectfully: "Who is a lord? Who are you, my lord? My lord, you can take time out of your busy schedule to meet with me. It's already three lives Fortunately, how dare you care about it?"

"It should." Geng Jingzhong laughed and said: "Although you, Lu Yifeng, are only a small seventh-rank county magistrate, you are now a little famous person. King Pingnan is still happy to be at odds with Prince Pingxi all his life. , our Geng family is his son and daughter's family, and we still couldn't persuade him to turn an enemy into a friend with King Pingxi, but you managed to do it, and made great achievements for Prince Pingxi. Now the big figures in Fujian, Guangdong, and the San Francisco of Yunnan , I’m afraid there aren’t many people who haven’t heard of your name. Maybe you, Lu Yifeng, are number one even in Beijing now.”

"The son of the world is too much for the award. I just do my best and dare not take credit for my humble job." Fatty Lu replied modestly.

"It's useless even if you don't claim the credit." Zu Zepu said slowly: "As far as the governor knows, after hearing the news, Prince Pingxi was very happy and praised you, and is going to wait for you to return to Yunnan. Afterwards, reward reuse. However, what the governor is very curious about is how did you persuade Prince Pingnan? Prince Pingnan, you are not such a talkative and good-tempered person. How did you do it? Is it Pingxi? What kind of benefits did the prince ask you to give to the prince of Pingnan?"

"Please forgive me, my lord!" Fatty Lu is not stupid, and he hurriedly saluted solemnly and said: "As a subordinate of the Pingxi Palace, the officials selected by the second prince personally promoted everything about the Pingxi Palace before he received the permission of the Pingxi Palace. Confidential, I dare not reveal a single word!"

"Bold!" Zu Zepu's face changed color, he slapped the table and shouted: "Don't you know that Prince Pingxi is the governor's direct cousin, and his affairs are the governor's family affairs, don't you still want to hide it from the governor? "

"Master Huibutang, I know your relationship with Prince Pingxi, and I respect and love Lord Butang even more." Fatty Lu said in a deep voice: "But still the same sentence, before you get the permission of the prince, you will be regarded as a leader." Just kill, and dare not divulge a single word about the errand of the lord! If the Lord must want to know, or please show the warrant of the lord, or ask the lord to write directly to the lord for inquiries, otherwise, the humble position is to ask the lord. The Lord of the Department hall committed suicide and apologized, and he dared not say a single word!"

"This big fat man is still tight-lipped, the eldest uncle is the right person." Zu Zepu secretly approved in his heart, but hummed: "If you don't want to say it, you don't need to say it. The governor is too lazy to listen, but you will come out later. Don’t beg me for the governor! Also, the governor has to write a letter to ask your lord if all his slaves are like you, and don’t even listen to the governor’s words?”

"You scare the ghosts! With your relationship with the traitorous old Wu Sangui and the fact that you have hooked up so closely with Geng Jingzhong's family, how long can you be tolerated with Kang Xiaomazi's narrow-mindedness?" Fatty Lu's face was terrified, He snorted coldly in his heart, but said in a dignified manner: "It's a death penalty for a lowly post, please punish the Ministry Lord."

"Okay, okay, Master Zu, don't scare Fatty Lu, I can't find such a capable and loyal servant as Fatty Lu." Geng Jingzhong smiled and waved his hand, ending for Zu Zepu tested.At the end, Geng Jingzhong lazily said: "Lu Yifeng, let's not talk nonsense. The main reason for calling you here today is that we want to convey an order for Prince Pingxi. Prince Pingxi contacted us with a carrier pigeon and asked us to tell you, Guangdong You have done a good job on this errand, and there will be great rewards in the future, but you can't stay in Fujian anymore, you have to go to Beijing immediately."

"Going to Beijing right away?" Fatty Lu froze, and quickly said: "But I still have the errand of Prince Pingnan on me, Lord Pingnan wants to accompany his little Gege to Beijing, now Xiaoge will not enter Beijing , when to leave, Prince Pingnan has not yet sent an order, how can the humble official leave at this time?"

"Don't misunderstand Shizi and Zubutang. A humble position does not mean that King Pingnan's Junzhi is greater than Pingxi Wangye's Junzhi." Fatty Lu thought about it, and quickly added: "The main thing is that Pingxi Wang asked just now. Prince Yu Pingnan, I am afraid of offending Prince Pingnan and missing Prince Pingxi's important affairs, so I feel embarrassed."

"Prince Pingnan, I will speak for you." Geng Jingzhong yawned and said, "Prince Pingxi wants you to go to Beijing immediately. It is a big deal. Every year at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the court discusses and discusses financial expenditure plans." This is a critical moment, so you must leave immediately, arrive in Beijing before the end of the year, and then directly report to Prince Pingxi’s son Wu Yingxiong, and follow the orders of Prince Pingxi.”

"I asked you to participate in this matter because Lord Pingxi really appreciates you." Zu Zepu also said: "My Lord Pingxi sent you to Guangdong to prepare for this matter. Now that everything is in place, I only owe Dongfeng. The Lord thinks you You are a talent that can be created, so you are reused and trusted so much, and you are given a chance to participate in this big event. This is a beautiful job. If you do a good job, you will have a bright future in the future. "

"Don't you just ask me to ask for money from Kang Xiaomazi? What kind of good job is this?" Fatty Lu complained in his heart, but he said impassionedly: "I understand, please don't worry, my lord and son. Just go back and pack your luggage, and head to Beijing right away.”

"Very good, you go, Zubutang and I will not send you off." Geng Jingzhong nodded in satisfaction, and said casually: "After you arrive in the capital, you can take time to visit my brother Geng Xinghe's house, my second brother Geng Juzhong will also arrive in Beijing at that time, you can discuss what to do, if you can get a little more military pay for Fujian, I will not treat you badly in the future."

"I will obey." Fatty Lu agreed, and said cautiously: "But there are two things, I have to tell the prince and the minister. It is not enough to arrive in Beijing, and I hope that the prince or the minister can lend me some money. Second, I hope to visit Pingnan Wang Xiaogege again, explain the reason and say goodbye to her."

"Success, for the sake of your loyal servant, I will reward you with 500 taels of silver for King Pingxi, and you don't have to pay it back." Geng Jingzhong was quite generous, and he agreed, and then said: "Come here, take Master Lu to meet Shang Little Gege, and then lead him to the accounting room to pay 500 taels of silver."

Geng Jingzhong's bodyguards came out to agree, and Fatty Lu saluted and said goodbye. Looking at the back of Fatty Lu who was trembling and leaving, Geng Jingzhong smiled, turned his head and said to Zu Zepu: "Zubutang, your prince's cousin Brother, did he take the wrong medicine, and actually arranged for Fatty Lu to do such an errand that offended the court? Didn't he know that Fatty Lu was probably targeted by the court because of his persuasion, and now he is still arranged to go With such an errand, do you really want this fat man to be ransacked by the court?"

"It should be Wang Shirong's fault." Zu Zepu sneered and said, "According to what I know, this Fatty Lu offended Wang Shirong because of Liu Xuanchu when he first entered the Pingxi Palace. comfortable?"

"Prince Pingxi is such a smart person, would he let Wang Shirong do whatever he wants?" Geng Jingzhong asked curiously, "Even if Pingxi was deceived by Wang Shirong for a while, can Liu Xuanchu ignore it?"

"Why do you care?" Zu Zepu laughed again, and said in a low voice: "You think my cousin Wang Shirong really can't see Wang Shirong's narrow-mindedness? He just wants to bet on Fatty Lu's retreat, so that he can't do anything Betrayed Prince Pingxi's mansion! My son, you have to learn more about my cousin's tricks."

"High! It's really high! It seems that this son has to learn more from the old prince Pingxi!" From Wanghai Tower, there was a sinister and sinister laugh...

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We don't need to worry about how Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu calculated Fatty Lu behind his back. We just said that after Fatty Lu was led to the small building where Shang Wanyi was, the guards of the palace did not dare to go upstairs, but just asked the maid to report. After a while, the servant girl came down to pass the word, saying that Fatty Lu was allowed to go upstairs, and then Fatty Lu stepped on the poor floor carefully, touched this very elegant and clean small building like a thief, and then quietly touched the room where Shang Wanyi was staying. In front of the door, I looked around and saw Shang Wanyan sitting alone at the table, staring at the table full of food in a daze.

"Little princess, little princess." Fatty Lu shouted softly in a voice like a thief: "My subordinate, Lu Yifeng, pay my respects to the little princess."

Hearing Fatty Lu's voice, Shang Wanyi's icy pretty face showed some joy, then she quickly straightened her face and hummed, "Come in."

"Take it." Fatty Lu agreed, entered the door and bowed his hands to Shang Wanyan, and said flatteringly: "The humble Lu Yifeng, please greet the little princess."

"Master Lu, you haven't learned etiquette in the officialdom?" Shang Wanyan said with a straight face, "You are a seventh-rank county magistrate. When you see Ben Gege, you should kneel and kowtow, right?"

"Is there such etiquette?" Fatty Lu really doesn't understand these things very well, so he is inevitably a little confused.

"Why not?" Shang Wanyan's face became colder and colder.

"Then... alright." Fatty Lu had no choice but to kneel down obediently to pay respects again while the maid of Jingnan Palace was present, cursing in his heart: "Little girl, remember! One day, I want you too Kneel at my feet like this, and I will stand in front of you—help you break the meat ban!”——Cut in a word, how to break the meat ban, everyone please imagine for yourself.

"That's right, I'll remember it from now on." Finally seeing Fatty Lu knelt down to her with a face full of reluctance, Shang Wanyi was overjoyed, first she taught Fatty Lu a lesson, and then told the maid who followed: " You all go out, I have some official affairs in the Pingnan Palace, and I need to explain to Lord Lu."

"Yes." All the maids agreed and went out together, and one of the maids closed the door obediently.When Fatty Lu looked back, he was secretly happy, but his ears hurt, and Shang Wanyan picked him up.Shang Wan's pink face was half a smile, and she cursed in a low voice: "Damn fat man, it's been five days since I arrived in Fuzhou, and I just now think of paying my respects to Ben Gege, isn't it too carefree in Fuzhou city, and I forgot about Ben Gege?" gone?"

"That's possible!" Fatty Lu quickly quibbled, "Actually, I have been thinking about you, little princess, day and night. It's just that I have a low position, and I have been rejected several times to ask for an interview with Prince Jingnan. That's why I couldn't come. Greetings to the little princess, I can only stay in the empty room alone, I miss you little Gege, and I cried to death several times."

"You lie to the ghost!" Shang Wanyan was furious, and grabbed Fatty Lu's fat ear, blushing and said angrily: "You think Ben Gege really doesn't know? Li Tianzhi has already reported to Ben Gege, you In the past few days, I have been spending time and drinking in Fuzhou, and going to... going to that kind of dirty place every night!"

"Little princess, so you can also send eyeliner?" Fatty Lu was taken aback, and quickly explained: "Little princess Mingjian, it is true that I did this, but I was also forced to do nothing, because after arriving in Fuzhou , I have been stared at by people from the Jingnan Palace and the imperial court, so I have to pretend to be a bit of a waste——Little Princess, you don’t want me to be beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it? Also, I can swear to God, Although I entered those places, I definitely did not mess around, I am a true gentleman who can sit still."

"Really?" Shang Wanyan asked doubtfully.

"I swear to God!" Fatty Lu pressed Shang Wanyi's tender little hand that was holding his ear, and said solemnly: "My body and mind already belong to you, little princess. , will defend you like a jade!"

"Bah!" Shang Wanyan was ashamed, grabbed Fatty Lu's ears, and broke free from Fatty Lu's claws, blushing and said: "Then you just wait to be a bachelor for the rest of your life!"

"Whether I will be single for the rest of my life, I don't know yet." Fatty Lu said with a sad face: "But all I know is that now I have to be single for a while."

"What's wrong?" Shang Wanyan asked curiously with a blushing face.

"Prince Pingxi sent me a letter from Feige, telling me to go to the capital before the end of the year, and I have other errands." Fatty Lu said dejectedly: "So I have to leave today. Farewell and farewell."

Shang Wanyan stopped talking, with tears still shining in her eyes, and after a long while she said in a low voice of grievance: "You promised to my father, you will send me to the capital all the time."

"But this is the order of Prince Pingxi." Fatty Lu said helplessly: "No matter what, I am still a subordinate of Prince Pingxi, and I am still the official selected by the Prince Pingxi's mansion."

Shang Wanyi was silent again, and after a long time, Shang Wanyi turned around and said in an extremely cold voice: "Then you go, since such a big incident happened, I guess my father and Er Niang will not let me go to the capital either." , I don’t need you to accompany me, you can go by yourself.”

"Little princess, I..." Fatty Lu was a little anxious.

"Let's go!" Shang Wanyan raised her voice and shouted, "Come on, send Master Lu downstairs, I'm tired and need to rest."

"Yes." The maid outside the door agreed, pushed the door in, and made an invitation gesture to Fatty Lu.Fatty Lu was in a hurry, and when he turned his head to look at Shang Wanyi, he saw that Shang Wanyi had already moved to the back room, and he didn't know if he had really gone to rest.Fatty Lu had no choice but to say loudly, "Young princess, the officer is leaving. Please rest assured, the officer will definitely come to greet you in the future."

There was no sound in the back room, and Fatty Lu couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to go downstairs dejectedly under the guidance of the maid, and was going to follow the guards to the account room to collect travel expenses.But after going downstairs, Fatty Lu bumped into another even more dejected hapless guy - Li Tianzhi, a general of the Pingnan Palace.

"Master Lu, are you also here to greet Little Gege?" Li Tianzhi forced a smile to greet Fatty Lu.

"No." Fatty Lu shook his head and replied with a mournful face: "I'm here to bid farewell to Little Gege. I just received a letter from Prince Pingxi Feige, asking me to arrive in the capital before the Chinese New Year. I have other errands to do, so I can't help it." , I really can’t go to Beijing with Little Gege.”

"Ah." Li Tianzhi was startled, then sighed, and said weakly: "Business is important, Mr. Lu, you go, anyway, after such a big incident happened this time, Gege should not be able to go to the capital. There is no need for Mr. Lu." You accompany."

"Unlucky guy, you're getting angry at both ends." Seeing Li Tianzhi's decadent appearance, Fatty Lu inevitably felt a little sympathetic—in any case, Li Tianzhi is still very kind, and when dealing with Fatty Lu, he was quite worthy of Lu Fatty's.Unable to bear it in his heart, Fatty Lu pulled Li Tianzhi aside, and said in a low voice: "General Li, you don't need to do this. You are responsible for this matter. I really can't blame you. I believe that when you return to Pingnan Palace, Pingnan Prince I won't do anything to you either. At least, Prince Pingnan has to protect you, right?"

"Thank you for your kind words, my lord. I hope so." Li Tianzhi sighed again, and said softly, "This time, there will be too many generals. If you can keep your head, the generals will be satisfied."

"No, no." Fatty Lu comforted repeatedly, but considering the ruthlessness of Shang Kexi's murderous monk Zhixin, Fatty Lu couldn't help but worry about Li Tianzhi's head, so he hurriedly said: "Please, please!" Little Gege, she is a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, has a good heart, and is very much loved by Prince Pingnan, as long as she intercedes for you, your head will definitely be saved."

"Thank you for your guidance." Li Tianzhi nodded, and said with a blushing face: "To tell you the truth, in fact, the end of the day has come to pay respects to Princess every day, just to find an opportunity to intercede with Princess, and beg her to keep the head of the general. Kill the last general, the last general is willing to accept any punishment."

"Smart, but don't open your mouth today, that girl is in a bad mood today." Fatty Lu made another move. Speaking of this, Fatty Lu had an idea, and hurriedly said: "General Li, if you are going to be punished because of this Dismissed from the army and driven out of the Pingnan Palace, if you don't dislike it, you can come and join me, I will definitely not treat you badly, as long as I still have a bowl of rice to eat, I will give you half a bowl!"

"Thank you, Master Lu." Li Tianzhi said gratefully: "If there is such a day, the general will definitely go to you, Master Lu. You are a person who does great things, and the general will follow you, maybe it will be more promising."

"Okay, let's make a deal!" Fatty Lu happily patted Li Tianzhi on the shoulder, somewhat looking forward to it.But what Fatty Lu didn't know was that right on top of his head at this moment, there was a pair of clear and beautiful eyes watching him with tears...

"Fatty, you want to run away after taking advantage of my mother? Wait for my mother, this trip to the capital, my mother must go! When I arrive in the capital, I will settle the old and new accounts with you!"

(End of this chapter)