scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 44

(PS: "Dragon King of the City", ISBN: 1993977, became the Dragon King of the East China Sea. From then on, all the treasures of the sea are mine.)
"The capital city! Young master, we have arrived in the capital city! We have finally arrived in the capital city!"

"Brother Lu, the capital city! We've arrived in the capital city! It's such a big capital city, my eyes are blurred!"

Outside the Chaoyang Gate of the snow-capped city of Beijing, the frozen canals are impassable for boats, and the land roads into Beijing are crowded with civilians and officials traveling from east to west.And among the hustle and bustle of the crowd, there is a small group of people with crooked looks and slanted eyebrows that are particularly eye-catching. Among them is a young man who is handsome but full of wretched temperament and another The fat, short, black and half-sized fellow jumped and jumped together, yelling and yelling at another big fat man sitting on the carriage, who was as fat as a pig, "Master, we have arrived in the capital, and we have finally arrived in the capital."

"What's it called? Didn't you just go to the capital? What's there to make a fuss about? Two bumpkins." Fatty Lu scolded Xiao Erlang and Fang Shiyu disdainfully, then turned to Liu Zhen who was next to him and asked, "What day is it today? How many days until Chinese New Year? I don’t remember clearly.”

"Back to Master." Liu Zhen, who had already been brought under by Xiao Erlang, also changed his address to Fatty Lu, and replied respectfully: "Today is the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there is no thirtyth day of the twelfth lunar month this year. There are only eleven days until the Chinese New Year."

"Okay, I hurried all the way, I didn't even go to see the scenery, I finally arrived in the capital ten days earlier, it was worth it!" Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction,

Looking at the tall and gloomy city walls of the capital towering in the snow field in the distance, Fatty Lu felt his heart throbbing, and couldn't help but muttered in his heart: "Beijing City, the crystallization of the hard work and wisdom of the Chinese nation, I finally saw it." It's your turn! Unfortunately, when I saw you for the first time in this life, you had already fallen into the hands of barbarians. My greatest wish was to save you from the hands of barbarians in the past. I can do it. It can be done! And before that, when I come to the capital this time, I will turn you upside down, and let those mites, Qing and Tartars who have taken you by force have no peace...!"

"Master, I used to think that Guangzhou City and Kunming City were considered big!" Xiao Erlang's yelling interrupted Fatty Lu's muttering, "But when I went to Beijing and saw it, I didn't know it. Compared with the city of Kunming, the city of Kunming and the city of Guangzhou are like children's play games! Young master, you have to say that you became the magistrate of this Beijing city that day, and for a year... "

"You're here again, aren't you?" Fatty Lu's golden eyes bulged, and he said angrily, "If you dare to say one more thing, kicking the dendrobium with fire will consume silver, I will ask Fang Shiyu to throw you into the ditch beside the road!"

"Don't tell the little ones, don't tell the little ones!" Xiao Erlang was shocked, and quickly covered his mouth.Seeing that Fatty Lu's expression slowed down, Xiao Erlang said cautiously again: "Young master, in fact, I want to say that if you become the prefect of Beijing, young master, you will receive a poll tax a year, and you will be paid if you cover up all the money. Isn’t it just for fun? This is a head tax of three taels of silver for a dime, ten taels is three taels of silver, a hundred is 30 taels, and a thousand is....”

"Fang Shiyu, throw Xiao Erlang into the ditch for me!" Fatty Lu couldn't bear it anymore and started drinking.

"Okay." Fang Shiyu happily agreed.

"Master, spare me!" Xiao Erlang screamed, and quickly covered his mouth again.It's a pity that the action was a bit late, Fang Shiyu opened his fat and big hands, grabbed Xiao Erlang's belt, and lifted Xiao Erlang to the sky with one hand, Xiao Erlang shook his hands repeatedly in fright, and screamed like a pig, "Master, spare me, spare me! I don’t dare to talk nonsense anymore, I don’t dare to——!”

"Let him go." Of course, Fatty Lu would not let Fang Shiyu throw Xiao Erlang into the ditch, stop drinking in time, then knocked Xiao Erlang on the head and cursed loudly: "Bastard thing, a dog can't change it!" Eat shit! How many times have I taught you, why can’t I always remember? One last warning, this is the capital, not our Dali Mansion, some words and some things can’t be said nonsense, and next time, I will throw you into the Yongding River Here, hello bastard!"

"Yes, yes, I remember it, little one." Xiao Erlang nodded repeatedly, as if he had really remembered it completely.

"Remember? How many times have you said this? When did you remember it?" Fatty Lu cursed again, jumped off the carriage, and ordered, "Get in the carriage and sort out the books I put in the carriage. Tidy up, pack it when it’s time to pack, and I’m going to the city soon, I’ll come down for a walk and exercise my legs.”

Xiao Erlang agreed repeatedly, climbed into the carriage and got into the carriage, and sorted out the books that Fatty Lu bought on the way for reading and study references and threw them all over the carriage—such as "The Biography of Qin Hui", "The Biography of Zhao Gao", "Li Linfu", Beneficial books such as "Yan Song's Father and Son's Crime Record" and "Lai Junchen's Little Notes" are beneficial for cultivating the body and mind and encouraging people.Fatty Lu got out of the car and walked with his hands behind his back, constantly looking around and admiring the winter scenery of the capital.

Taking this opportunity, Brother Liu Zhen curiously asked Fatty Lu: "Master, Prince Pingxi asked you to arrive in the capital before the Chinese New Year. Originally, we had plenty of time. Why did you hurry along the way? You must be ten days in advance." How about rushing to the capital in the next day?"

"I can't help it. When I come to Beijing this time, in addition to seeing your Majesty as usual, I also have to help Prince Pingxi with an errand." Fatty Lu replied casually: "If you want to do an errand, you must do it well. If we want to do it well, of course we must find out the situation first, and then we can prescribe the right medicine. So we have no choice but to hurry up on the road and buy some time after we enter Beijing."

Liu Zhen suddenly realized, and hurriedly flattered him, even saying that the young master is brilliant.Having said that, Fatty Lu himself still feels very regretful. In order to hurry, Fatty Lu missed a great opportunity to find Dai Zi and Gu Yanwu as accomplices and lackeys. Will there be any chance to win over these talents in the future? I really can't tell.

During the walk, along the way, Fatty Lu had to witness with his own eyes the tragic society of the former Qing Dynasty. The Han people in ragged clothes were all yellow and skinny, skinny, begging along the road, or doing the heaviest and most humble jobs. The corpses of frozen and starved Han people can be seen everywhere in the snow field; while the soldiers and nobles of the Qing Dynasty Eight Banners and the traitors who betrayed the country and seek glory are all angry and expensive, riding in cars or riding horses, with their toes high. Angry and arrogant, he yelled at the Han people, punched and kicked them, and even beat the beggars to the point of bleeding.Fatty Lu gritted his teeth and his chest was full of anger, but he was helpless.

"Brother Lu, isn't this the capital city?" Even Fang Shiyu, who has a bad mind, couldn't understand such a situation, and couldn't help asking Fatty Lu: "Since this is the capital city, why are there so many beggars? We have more in Zhaoqing.”

"Land enclosure, these are people whose land has been robbed." Fatty Lu replied lightly.

"What is enclosure?" Fang Shiyu asked confusedly.

Fatty Lu gritted his teeth, wondering whether he should tell Fang Shiyu about the land enclosure in this kind of place—this kid is a typical stunned young man, the most impatient.But at this moment, a man in a leather robe led a few goshhas to stop Fatty Lu, and said politely, "Excuse me, my lord, is this Mr. Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County from Yunnan?"

"I am, who are you? How do you know my name?" Fatty Lu asked suspiciously.

"Sure enough, it's Mr. Lu." The middle-aged man showed some joy, and hurriedly greeted Fatty Lu and said, "Young man Yu Yi is a slave in the house of Bumbleshan, a senior scholar of the Academy of Secretaries. I have been waiting for Sir Lu outside Chaoyang Gate for two days, my master wants to invite you to come to our house to have a talk, I hope you will not refuse."

"Bumbleshan? Isn't that the cousin of Kang Xiaomazi who is hanging out with Oboi? How could he invite me to his house? He also sent someone to wait for me outside Chaoyang Gate for two days? By the way, how did Bumbleshan know I am a seventh-rank sesame official? Do you know what I look like?" Fatty Lu was taken aback, and he had countless questions.Surprised, Fatty Lu, who had already cultivated quite a lot in the city government, quickly replied slickly: "It turned out to be the steward Yu, rude, rude, but the official is just a seventh-rank official, and has never had any contact with Mr. Bumbleshan. I don’t know how my lord knows the name and appearance of the next official?”

"About this point, your lord will understand when you see my master." Na Yu Yi said respectfully: "Please rest assured, my lord, I have prepared a car and sedan chair for my lord according to my master's instructions. When my lord goes to my master's mansion, I will do whatever I want." We all know."

"This..." Fatty Lu has never been in the water of the capital, but at least he has heard of it, so after a little calculation, Fatty Lu politely refused: "Please report to Mr. Bumbleshan, the housekeeper, the next official is It is a seventh-rank official handpicked by the Prince of Pingxi, and he owes the great favor of the prince. After entering the capital, he should first go to the residence of the Prince of Pingxi to meet him.

"If you want to offend your lord, is a seventh-rank official an official?" Yu Yi smiled, threatening and luring: "My master is a bachelor of the secretarial academy, a minister of the guards and a minister of the study, and participates in the discussion of politics. "My lord, it's like playing around. For the same reason, if my master says anything casually, my lord, you... I believe that Prince Pingxi will not give my master this face."

"You can take off my black hat with just one sentence, right?" Fatty Lu snorted coldly in his heart, and said politely, "Thank you for your kindness, Butler Yu, but Lu Yifeng is a humble official, and he really doesn't dare to climb high. Please also tell Butler Yu to report to Bumble My lord Shan, I really don't dare to presume to overstep, I must first pay homage to Prince Pingxi's son, and then go to the mansion to accept the crime."

"Lord Lu, don't be shameless." Yu Yi's face changed, and he snorted coldly: "Master Lu, do you know how many days a magistrate would have to line up and pay respects to my master if he wanted to see my master?" ? My master sent me to pick you up, already giving you great face, if you don't even want this face, you should know what the consequences will be, right?"

"Of course the lower officials know what the consequences will be, but the state owns the state's laws, and the family has its own rules. Steward Yu, please respect the rules of Pingxi Palace." Fatty Lu replied in the same cold tone.

Yu Yi, the second steward of Bumble Shan Mansion, waited here for two days in order to pick up a Qipin county magistrate who was as big as a sesame seed and mung bean. After the luck of the seventh-rank junior official Lu Fatty, this fat man will definitely be flattered, at least he has to honor himself with a few tea money, and his hard work these two days is not in vain.But now Fatty Lu not only didn't look like he was going to pay for it, but he dared to contradict himself like this. In fact, he really didn't know why Bumbleshan valued such a seventh-rank sesame official, Yu Yi immediately became angry.

"Lord Lu, since you are so shameless, don't blame us for being rude." Yu Yi snorted coldly and waved his hand, and the Geshhas behind him immediately rushed up, looking like they wanted to give Fatty Lu a favor. Forcibly carried away.

"What do you want to do?" Liu Zhen and the others were taken aback, and hurriedly protected Fatty Lu together.Fang Shiyu smiled stupidly at Fatty Lu: "Brother Lu, is this a fight or not? Mother said that if I want to fight, I need your permission first."

"What should I do?" Fatty Lu was thinking quickly, "Bumbleshan is Oboi's lackey, offending him is offending Oboi, but if I follow him, I will offend Wu Sangui immediately, and maybe I will also give Kang Xiaomazi Offended, it's not good to go here, it's not good not to go, what should I do?"

"Yo ho, some servants of the county government office, still want to fight with people from our university scholar's mansion?" Geshha from the Bumbleshan mansion didn't give time to Fatty Lu, one of them sneered and raised his leg Just go kick Liu Zhen who is guarding in front of Fatty Lu.Liu Zhen and others didn't dare to fight back, so they had to look back at Fatty Lu's opinion.

When the matter came to this point, Fatty Lu had no choice but to grit his teeth and think: "There is no way, let's establish an image of a loyal minister first, no matter what, I carry the name of Wu Sangui's lackey, and Oboi will have to do it anyway." Do you want to give Wu Sangui some face? Besides, this boy Bumbleshan is not honest with Oboi, at worst he will be sold in front of Oboi to prevent future troubles."

Thinking of this, Fatty Lu slapped his hand decisively, "Hit!"

"Okay!" Fang Shiyu was overjoyed, and with a loud cry, he went up, and punched Liu Zhen's Goshha in the chest. Far away, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.Not waiting for the other Goshhas around to scream out, Fang Shiyu jumped into the air again, one swept his legs in the air, and two more Goshhas fell out like kites with broken strings.Over there, the three brothers of the Liu family rushed up together, punching and kicking the few remaining Goshhas who were stunned, but the Guangzhou Sanhu were also afraid of killing people, so they didn't dare to take out the weapons at their waists, and just beat the enemy with bare hands.Only Xiao Erlang was more shameless, so he picked up a wooden stick on the carriage, quietly turned it behind a Ghoshha, and then slammed it on his head, imitating the heroic style of the little thieves in the world. .

"Happy! Cool!" In the melee, the silly boy Fang Shiyu became more and more courageous, his two arms and two legs were like four iron bars. With a random swing, a Goshha fell far away, and with a random punch, he One Goshha vomited blood, but before the spectators even had time to make a tight circle, the seven or eight Goshha brought by Yu Yi fell to the ground, rolling and screaming.

"Shiyu, that's enough." Fatty Lu is also afraid of killing people in this kind of public place - Fatty Lu is not afraid of his back, so seeing several Goshhas all fell to the ground, Fatty Lu immediately stopped drinking and planned to continue Fatty Lu who was chasing after him.

"You... you guys, you are so courageous." In the blink of an eye, the dog's legs were beaten and rolled all over the ground, Yu Yi's face turned pale with fright, but his mouth was still alive, and he pointed at Fatty Lu and the others tremblingly and said: " You wait, wait, my master, I will definitely not let you go."

"Go back and tell your master." Fatty Lu said slowly: "I appreciate his kindness, but the rules of the Pingxi Palace cannot be broken, and the rules of the Qing Dynasty must not be broken. Although I am only a seventh-rank sesame official, I should I dare not violate the rule of paying respects to whomever I meet first, and I will go to his house another day to plead guilty to him face to face."

"Wait, wait for me!" Yu Yi pointed at Fatty Lu and bluffed a few more times, seeing Fang Shiyu rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward, Yu Yi screamed in fright, and ran away quickly, rolling all over the place The old Geshha also got up, staggered and ran with his head in his arms.

"Okay!" Cheers and applause erupted from the crowd watching the excitement, full of praise for the skills of Fatty Lu's lackeys.

"Young Master, what happened?" It was at this moment that Xiao Erlang and other dog legs asked Fatty Lu in a daze, "What the hell are you doing in that class? Why did you invite you like this? "

"How do I know?" Fatty Lu was also at a loss. After a little calculation, Fatty Lu analyzed: "If there is no accident, it is likely to be related to Shi Lang and Fu Honglie. You guys should be careful." , if someone deliberately approaches you these days, you have to be on guard and keep your mouth shut—especially you, Erlang, you idiot!"

"Young master, sometimes you can't control your mouth." Xiao Erlang said with a mournful face: "But about those things about you, young master, you are very tight-lipped. Last time in Fuzhou, someone spent 50 taels of silver and A beautiful girl buys a small one and opens her mouth, but the small one doesn't talk nonsense."

"This is the best. This is my master butler." Fatty Lu smiled, still trusting Erlang's loyalty.

After Bumbleshan's trouble with the housekeeper, Fatty Lu was afraid of another accident on the road, so he gave up his plan to enjoy the scenery while walking, and let the dogs walk into the city faster.Fortunately, from here until he paid the city entrance tax and entered Chaoyang Gate, Fatty Lu did not encounter any accidents, and spent another [-] Wen to find out from the city gate guards that the residence of Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong was outside Xuanwu Gate. Shishi Hutong, and then inquired all the way to find the way.

I believe there is no need to be wordy about the prosperity of Beijing City. Anyway, Fatty Lu and his dog legs and other bumpkins are walking on the street. It is inevitable that they will be dazzled, lose sight of the other, and cannot find the south, east, north, south, and north. If there are not often kind people pointing out the way It is certain that Fatty Lu and his gang of bumpkins can't find Wu Yingxiong in three or two months.But when they were about to find Xuanwumen after crossing half of Beijing, Fatty Lu and the others were stopped by a handsome young man.

"Dare to ask this gentleman, but Mr. Lu Yifeng from Yunnan?" The young man aged [-] or [-] was also very polite, and bowed to Fatty Lu.

"Did I bump into that door today? Why is it the first time I came to the capital, and there are people there who know me?" Fatty Lu was confused, but he didn't reach out to hit the smiling face. Fatty Lu had no choice but to salute and said: "I am here It's Lu Yifeng, I don't know my brother's name?"

"My surname is Cao." The young man answered vaguely, then clasped his hands and said, "I wonder if your lord is free? My master has prepared some water and wine, and I would like to invite you to have a drink together."

"Another one to invite me?" Fatty Lu was dumbfounded.

"Master, what's the matter today?" Xiao Erlang also tugged on Fatty Lu's sleeve, and muttered in a low voice: "When we were in Kunming and Guangzhou, we were giving money and smiling faces, and we didn't pay much attention to us. How come there are so many people vying to invite you to dinner, young master, just after arriving in the capital?"

"How do I know?" Fatty Lu glared at Xiao Erlang, then turned his head to the young man surnamed Cao and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but Lu Yifeng has just entered Beijing, so it should be..."

"According to the rule, we should go to see Prince Pingxi first, right?" The young man surnamed Cao interrupted Fatty Lu, pointed to a restaurant not far from the road, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, I won't delay you much Please look, my lord, my master has already set up a banquet in this restaurant."

"This..." Fatty Lu hesitated again, gritted his teeth and said, "Then, what is the name of your master?"

"Mr. will know when you go." The young man surnamed Cao said with a smile: "Master Lu, don't worry, my master has no malicious intentions, but I have admired your name for a long time, so I would like to invite you to have a drink and have a chat, sir."

"Brother Lu, why is someone inviting you like this again?" Fang Shiyu intervened and asked, "Brother Lu, do you want me to beat him away?" As he spoke, Fang Shiyu couldn't wait to rub his fists.

"Damn it, it's a blessing or a curse. It's a disaster that can't be avoided. Go and see!" Fatty Lu gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand to stop Fang Shiyu, and said, "Brother Cao, please lead the way."

"Okay, sir." The young man surnamed Cao was overjoyed, and hurried forward to lead the way, leading Fatty Lu and his party to the restaurant, and said: "Master Lu, my master has already prepared for your honorable servant downstairs." Waiting for a banquet at the same table, invite them to eat downstairs, and you go upstairs to drink with my master."

"No!" Xiao Erlang quit, rushing to say: "What is my young master's identity, how can he be alone with you people of unknown origin? I must accompany him up."

"Don't worry, brother, it's okay for me to stay as a hostage, right?" The guard surnamed Cao smiled slightly and said, "Your young master goes upstairs, and I will stay and drink with you. If your young master has any accidents, you can come to me." Is it okay to settle accounts?"

"Master, what should we do?" Xiao Erlang turned to Fatty Lu and asked.

Fatty Lu remained calm, his eyes rolled around, and he found that the lobby of the restaurant was full of guests, many of whom were strong men with thick waists and round arms. Although they were drinking and eating meat, they kept stealing eyes to this side, Fatty Lu thought in his heart Could not help but be more curious.After hesitating for a while, Fatty Lu ordered in a low voice: "Then you guys eat here, I'll come as soon as I go."

Leaving Xiao Erlang, Fang Shiyu and others drinking and eating meat downstairs, Fatty Lu asked the young man surnamed Cao to lead the way, strode up to the second floor of the restaurant, and was led by the young man surnamed Cao to the door of a private room.The young man surnamed Cao stopped in his tracks, made an invitation gesture, and said with a smile: "Master Lu please, my master is inside."

Fatty Lu nodded, and when he opened the door and entered, he saw that a table of banquets had already been set up in the private room. There were two people sitting beside the table, and two other young men stood with their hands behind their backs.Before Fatty Lu took a closer look at the faces of these people, someone stood up at the table, cupped his hands and said to Fatty Lu with a smile: "Master Lu, I have known you for a long time, please sit down."

"Thank you." Fatty Lu bowed his hand in return, and looked carefully at the person who was saluting him. He found that he was in his 30s, with a strong physique and ordinary appearance, and his clothes were quite noble.When he looked at the person sitting at the table again, Fatty Lu couldn't help being stunned again - the person sitting next to the wine table turned out to be a short child of thirteen or fourteen years old!

Originally, with Fatty Lu's knowledge and knowledge, a half-grown child who is less than five feet tall can't scare him. The key point is that this half-grown child is not only quite short and ugly - his face is also full of pockmarks !
If you want to know what will happen next, please read the next chapter, "Super Powerful Version of Da Qing Zhong Liang Fatty Lu"!
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