scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 46 Here Comes the Devil
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Seeing that Fatty Lu fell asleep, Xiao Mazi, Suo'etu and others didn't wake him up, and quickly got up and left. Fatty Lu, who pretended to be drunk, didn't dare to move around until Xiao Erlang, Fang Shiyu and others went upstairs After finding himself, Fatty Lu woke up pretending to be drunk.But at this time, Suo'etu and the little pockmarked group had already left, and Xiao Erlang and others handed over a waist card to Fatty Lu, saying that as long as Fatty Lu holds this belt card, he can go to Shenwu at any time. The Suo'etu mansion inside the door paid a visit, and the servants of the Suo'er mansion would not stop them. In addition, Suo'etu actually rewarded Fatty Lu's dog legs with ten taels of silver each, saying that it was tea money for Xiao Erlang and others.

"Master, this Lord Suo is really generous." Xiao Erlang said with a smile: "When you make a move, you will get ten taels of silver per person. I heard that the younger one is your housekeeper, and you will be rewarded another 30 taels—this is small enough. How much land are you scraping in Qujing? Young master, how big is this Lord Suo, and why is he so generous?"

"That's a fart. When his father's chief minister, Sony, was alive, he heard that those who entered the second sect were paid 100 taels—it's all the hard-earned money of our Han people!" Fatty Lu snorted disdainfully, He stood up, rubbed his still aching head, and ordered: "Pack up your luggage and go, it's time to meet Prince Pingxi's son and Princess Jianning. — Damn, I want to see, Princess Tartar Jian Is Ning as beautiful as... in the legend?"

"That's right." Xiao Erlang added: "Lord Suo also explained, because you are an official selected by Prince Pingxi, young master, it would be inconvenient for you to meet him, so I hope you don't tell this matter, young master. In addition Lord Suo reassures you, young master, that no one will know about his meeting with you today."

"Understood, don't talk nonsense, whether to report today's matter to Prince Pingxi, I will make a decision after careful consideration." Fatty Lu agreed casually, thinking in his heart, "Suoetu said that I will not meet with him. Someone knows, it seems that this kid has concluded that Wu Sangui and Aobai's people are not after me. Then, should I tell Wu Yingxiong about this?"

After leaving the restaurant, they found Shishi Alley. Fatty Lu and the others did not encounter any accidents on the way, but after they arrived at Wu Yingxiong's Efu Mansion and handed over the name badge, a moment later, there was a message from the middle gate. Fu Fu's doorman's long shouting voice, "Er Fu Ye is here——!"

"Hey, I was a dog ignoring the buns in Kunming and Guangzhou. I made a smile on my face and gave money back. I often didn't see anyone. I just got a nickname, but when I arrived in Beijing, I became a sweet pastry? Everywhere I go There are important people scrambling to see me, even Wu Gouxiong came to greet me in person." Fatty Lu smiled wryly in his heart, as if he had gained a deeper understanding of the world's fickleness and human feelings.

While muttering, a middle-aged man in a white fox fur vest led a group of maids and servants and strode out. He was in his thirties, of medium height, with a white face and a slight beard, rather handsome, and somewhat similar to Wu Sangui.Fatty Lu expected that this person must be Wu Yingxiong, so he hurriedly led all the idiots forward to salute, and said with a slap in the face, "Lu Yifeng, the low-ranking 'Xianxuan official' Qujing county magistrate, pays homage to Prince Pingxi's son, my son is blessed and safe!"

Fatty Lu deliberately said the words "Xianxuanguan" very loudly. Wu Yingxiong is not a stupid person, so of course he understood what Fatty Lu said. Satisfied, Wu Yingxiong stepped forward to help Fatty Lu, and said with a big smile : "Lord Lu, please don't be too polite, please come up quickly. I have already heard your name like thunder. Not only did the father praise you more than once in the letter, he asked you to help me handle the Yunnan-Guizhou military salary by name and surname. The current Emperor and Empress Dowager Lafayette have also mentioned your name in front of me, and your reputation has spread far and wide!"

"Your Majesty, I'm overwhelmed." Fatty Lu hurriedly saluted again, and said in awe and fear: "Everything about this humble job is given to me by my lord and my son, and I dare not forget my roots!"

"Your Excellency Lu is indeed the one my father praised, and his speech is really decent." Wu Yingxiong laughed again, pulled Fatty Lu up again, and said affectionately: "Quick, sit at home, I have already arranged a banquet Clean up the dust for you. When you come to the capital this time, don’t live in the Yunnan post house, just live in my house, and the servants and entourage also live here. I will ask someone to make a small courtyard for you alone. "

"Thank you son, thank you son, I really dare not take a humble job." Fatty Lu, who had expected to live in Wu Yingxiong's house, thanked him repeatedly, and quickly asked Xiao Erlang, Liu Zhen and others to carry their luggage, and followed Wu's servants to arrange a residence. Fatty himself respectfully followed Wu Yingxiong and the others to eat and drink—if all the fatty people in the world were like Fatty Lu, eating and drinking twice in less than two hours, then there would be plenty of doctors in the world Money earned.

He was led by Wu Yingxiong all the way into the second gate of the Wu Mansion, and after a tortuous journey for a while, Fatty Lu was led by Wu Yingxiong himself into a bright flower pavilion. Taking advantage of the time when the servants were busy arranging a banquet, Wu Yingxiong introduced Fatty Lu The two men behind him first pointed to a man in their forties and said, "Master Lu, let me introduce you, this Mr. Lang Yanshulang is a master hired by my son with a lot of money, and he is very knowledgeable." , The official documents and letters of this son are all represented by him. If there is anything in the capital these few days, sir, you can tell him the same as you tell me. "

"Hello, Mr. Lang." Fatty Lu saluted, knowing that Wu Yingxiong was introducing his confidant.Over there, Lang Yanshu returned the salute with a smile, and his attitude was quite kind.

"This lord is amazing." Wu Yingxiong pointed to another old man with gray braids who was at least in his sixties, and said with a smile, "This lord Lin Tianqing once served as the third-ranking officer in Huguang, Yunnan and Shaanxi successively. Served as the governor, in the sixth year of Shunzhi, the Qing Dynasty opened the first examination to select scholars, and the number one scholar Liu Zizhuang and the second place Xiong Bolong came from his disciples."

"It turns out that the old parents and officials from the humble position have arrived, and Lu Yifeng from the humble position came to meet the old Zhongcheng." Fatty Lu showed a look of surprise and surprise, and hurriedly saluted Lin Tianqing, muttering in his heart, "Lin Tianqing, the governor who has been governor three times, came here Wu Yingxiong here, it seems that this old thing should be the same as Zu Zepu, either Wu Sangui's old acquaintance or Wu Sangui's old acquaintance."

"Lord Lu, please hurry up, I have been out of office for many years, how dare I accept such a big gift from you?" Lin Tianqing also went to help Fatty Lu with a smile.

"You can afford it, why can't you afford it?" Wu Yingxiong interjected with a smile: "Master Lu, don't blame me for not reminding you——Although Lin Shishu has been out of office for several years, Yuan Maogong, the governor of Yunnan, has expired and is about to step down. They are recommending Lin Shishu to come out of the mountain again and serve as the governor of Yunnan again. If you don’t want to be put on small shoes for punishment, money and food, Mr. Lu, you have to flatter me, Lin Shishu, first."

"It turns out that the immediate superior of the lower official has arrived?!" Fatty Lu pretended to be surprised, knelt down again as if making fun of it, and said respectfully: "The humble Lu Yifeng, I met Lin Zhongcheng, the governor of this province, and Wanfu Jin'an, Mr. Zhongcheng— —Master Zhongcheng, you don’t need to wear small shoes after your humble position?”

"Hahahahahaha..." Wu Yingxiong, Lin Tianqing, and Lang Yanshu all made Fatty Lu laugh heartily, and Lin Tianqing also waved his hands humorously, and said, "Master Lu, please stand up, I think you are very respectful to Ben Zhongcheng." , From now on, you don’t need to wear these little shoes.”

After all, Lin Tianqing took the lead in laughing, Wu Yingxiong and Lang Yanshu laughed even louder, and Fatty Lu followed suit with a simple and honest face.At this time, the servants of the Wu family had already set up the banquet, and Wu Yingxiong invited everyone to the table. As a result, Lin Tianqing naturally took the chair and Wu Yingxiong the chairman. Lang Yanshu wanted to be seated, but the last table was snatched by Lu Fatty, who had a sharp eye and a quick hand. Lang Yanshu smiled and sat down took the second seat.Seeing this scene, Wu Yingxiong couldn't help being a little surprised, and thought: "Liu Xuanchu, old man Liu, is proud of his talents and has a stubborn temper all his life. In the end, he can still teach such a smooth and well-behaved student as Fatty Lu. A miracle."

After drinking for three rounds and toasting to each other, Wu Yingxiong had to ask about what happened to Fatty Lu on the road—although the intelligence network of Wu Sangui's family was not as good as that of old man Kang Xiaomaziao, it was not as big as the assassination of Shang Kexi's daughter. Can not detect.Of course, Fatty Lu would not be so stupid as to play tricks in front of Wu Sangui's eldest son and ask for trouble. He confessed honestly in most places, except for the matter involving Shi Lang, which was based on the confession he made in front of Geng Jingzhong. Recruited again.

In the end, Fatty Lu thought again and again, and for the sake of prudence, he still concealed the fact that he met Suo'etu and Xiao Mazi—Wu Yingxiong's wife, Princess Tartar Jianning, is Kang Xiaomazi's aunt, and how many Kang Xiaomazi are hidden in the mansion? Mazi's eyeliner, and Lin Tianqing and Lang Yanshu, two outsiders who don't know the details, were present. If any news leaked, Fatty Lu would have to walk away.So Fatty Lu resolutely concealed the meeting with Suo'etu and Xiao Mazi, and just told the truth about the fact that he ran into Bumbleshan's housekeeper when he went to Beijing today. Still a little dumbfounded.

"What? Scholar Bumbleshan sent someone to pick you up, and you beat him?" Wu Yingxiong asked with wide-eyed eyes.

"The person who greeted the low-ranking person outside the Chaoyang Gate did claim to be the steward of the Bumble Shan Mansion, but it wasn't true. I don't know about this low-ranking job." Fatty Lu said lightly: "The humble job didn't want to do anything, but He said that he had to follow the rules of Prince Pingxi’s mansion, and go to the city to visit you, the son, and then go to Mr. Bumbleshan’s mansion to apologize, but who knew that the butler was threatening and luring him, and he was going to send someone to take the humble job away, forcing the humble job to be broken. According to the rules of the Pingxi Palace, as a last resort, I have no choice but to let the followers do it."

"Why did the senior scholar Ban Burshan invite you to his house? Did the housekeeper say anything?" Wu Yingxiong asked.

"I asked about the humble job, but the butler didn't say anything." Fatty Lu shrugged and replied truthfully: "The butler just asked me to go to Ban Dashi's mansion, and I will know if I go. By the way, listen to the butler In a bad tone, he has been waiting outside the Chaoyang Gate for two days."

"Bumble Shan eats too much to support?" Wu Yingxiong was very surprised, wondering: "Bumble Shan is also a bachelor after all, and he also participates in state affairs. How complicated is the daily business? It is already remarkable that you can remember that the seventh-rank Qujing county magistrate is you. He even sent someone to wait for you outside the Chaoyang Gate for two days just to pick you up to visit his house, did he take the wrong medicine?"

"Nine times out of ten, it has something to do with Shi Lang's matter!" Lin Tianqing had been immersed in the officialdom for decades. He listened and heard the news, and immediately concluded: "The case of Shi Lang's rebellion by the admiral of the Fujian Navy is full of doubts. King Jingnan The eldest son Geng Jingzhong, the governor of Fujian Zu Zepu and the governor Liu Bingzheng, without sufficient evidence, beheaded Shi Lang, a first-rank official, and showed it to the public! The emperor not only did not pursue the matter after the incident, but instead issued an order to reward Geng Jingzhong. Temporarily serving as Admiral of the Navy! How can Ao Zhongtang and the others not be suspicious of such a mysterious matter? And Mr. Lu Yifeng happens to be the person involved in this matter. If Ao Zhongtang and the others want to solve the mystery, they will undoubtedly start with Mr. Lu It's the most direct way!"

"The old guy is not bad. He is indeed an old fox who has been the governor for three terms. He really hit the nail on the head. After all the calculations, this is the only possible reason." Fatty Lu nodded secretly, quite agreeing with Lin Tianqing's judgment.

Wu Yingxiong didn't rush to agree with Lin Tianqing's judgment, but pondered for a while, and suddenly a smile appeared on his handsome face, and said: "If this is the case, that would be great. Master Lu, you don't have to worry, we Pingxi Although the Wang Fu and Ao Zhongtang do not have a deep friendship, they have never had any conflicts or enmity, and this matter is not your fault, I will personally take you to Bumbleshan University Scholars' Mansion to apologize for your sins some other day."

"Thank you, my son, I can feel at ease in that lowly position." Fatty Lu seemed to have honey on his mouth, but he snorted coldly in his heart, "Boy, look at your smirk, it's likely that you are trying to use this to sow discord and make Kang Xiao Mazi and old man Ao are fighting to the death, right?—Smile so treacherously, the city is shallower than me, you deserve to be beheaded by Kang Mazi in history!"

"For Princess Heshuo Kechun -!" At this moment, the voice of Wu's servant shouting suddenly sounded outside the flower hall.Hearing this voice, Fatty Lu was overjoyed at first, knowing that he could finally see with his own eyes what kind of yellow-faced woman Gege Jianning, the historical Tartar, looked like, and then he was sad because he knew that he had to follow the rules , saluted a Tartar woman.

"Welcome to Princess Heshuokechun." He didn't want to return, but he had to bow his head under the eaves. In the end, Fatty Lu obediently followed Lin Tianqing and Lang Yanshu to get up, and bowed to the entrance of the flower hall.Immediately afterwards, a woman wearing a standard dress came in surrounded by a large group of maidservants. She was 27 or [-] years old, with a medium build, short and fat, with thick and dark skin, small eyes and big mouth, and a bucket waist ring. Shaped legs, although not particularly ugly, are definitely not beautiful either.Disappointed, Fatty Lu inevitably had some admiration for Wu Yingxiong and Lord Wei—both of them have a good appetite!
"Princess, didn't you say that you are unwell? Why are you out and about again?" Wu Yingxiong's attitude towards Jianning was not bad, and he went up to hold Jianning's hand very kindly and asked with concern.

"Thank you Efu for your concern. I was just greedy at noon. I ate three catties of boiled mutton more than usual. I had a bit of food accumulation. Now I am much better." Princess Jianning replied with a smile, and said: "Efu, I came to say something to you , I want to go to the palace, maybe stay overnight in the palace, and I won’t be back tonight.”

"What happened? Are you going to enter the palace?" Wu Yingxiong asked casually.

"Sister Kong Sizhen is back." Princess Jianning said happily: "You also know that Sister Kong Sizhen and I grew up together and are as close as sisters. She has been away from Beijing for more than a year, and I have always missed her. , Now she finally went back to Beijing and brought me a letter, so I want to go and meet her, and pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

"Okay, you can go." Wu Yingxiong agreed with a smile, but said uneasy: "Gege, it's fine for you to spend the night in the palace, but if Si Gege invites you to spend the night in the hotel where she is staying - you must be sure." Don't agree!"

"Why?" Princess Jianning asked curiously.

"I don't imagine Sun Yanling, who wears green hats all over his head!" Wu Yingxiong roared in his heart, but said vaguely: "The main reason is that it is inconvenient. You are the princess Heshuokechun, and you have to follow royal etiquette in every move, you can't trouble her."

"Okay, I'll remember, then I'm leaving." Princess Jianning agreed, and then led all the maids away, not even bothering to look at Fatty Lu and others who were kneeling on the ground.

"Get up, the princess has such a temper, people who are not familiar with her are not very willing to talk." It was not until Princess Jianning walked away that Wu Yingxiong greeted Lin Tianqing, Fatty Lu and others.As a result, Lin Tianqing and Lang Yanshu stood up quickly, while Fatty Lu continued to kneel on one knee, his body still shaking a little.Wu Ying and Xiong Daqi went over to pull Fatty Lu and said, "Lord Lu, what's wrong with you? Are you having leg cramps?"

"Kong...Kong Sizhen, here we come!" Fatty Lu said with a pale face and trembling lips, "She's here, this time things are troublesome."

Seeing that Fatty Lu was so afraid of Kong Sizhen, Wu Yingxiong, Lang Yanshu, and Lin Tianqing immediately said in unison in their hearts: "Yes! If you are so afraid, it is probably a man who is being targeted by Kong Sizhen again!"

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Fatty Lu was indeed afraid of Kong Sizhen to the bottom of his heart. He was afraid of Kong Sizhen's appetite for all ages, and even more afraid of Kong Sizhen's viciousness and treachery!But what Fatty Lu didn't know was that Kong Sizhen, whom he feared the most, not only hated him to the bottom of his heart, but even the reason for returning to the capital this time was caused by Fatty Lu!
The root of the matter is of course the assassination of Shang Wanyi by Fu Honglie. In order to provoke internal strife in San Francisco and Shang Zhixin, who was not pleasing to the eye, Kong Sizhen ordered Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai to assist Shang Zhixiao in his actions, preparing to assassinate Shang Wanyi and set the blame On Fatty Lu, he created the illusion that Fatty Lu raped and murdered Shang Wanyi, killing two birds with one stone, destroying Shang's faith and turning San Francisco against each other, and benefiting the master fisherman behind Kong Sizhen.

Although Kong Sizhen's plan was well planned, it is a pity that the final result was far beyond her expectations. Even if her two loyal lackeys, Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai, both died in Fujian, her purpose and plan were even exposed to San Francisco. Forcing Kang Xiaomazi to abandon his pawn to save the car, he ordered to kill more than 300 family members of Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai, so as to calm the anger of San Francisco.Kong Sizhen herself was also implicated, and it was okay to be secretly reprimanded by Kang Xiaomazi, and she was also charged with lax rule and slavery, and was demoted to a second-class guard by the official. The title was also lowered to Dorogege.What made Kong Sizhen even more unexpected was that because of this incident, Shi Lang, a man she had admired for a long time, also lost his life because of this incident, and was inexplicably chopped up and executed, causing her master to lose a good navy general.

Having suffered so much in one go, such a big loss, one can imagine the fierce anger in Kong Sizhen's chest.After careful investigation, Kong Sizhen immediately found that these things were not only full of doubts, but also more or less related to Fatty Lu. Kong Sizhen, who was looking forward to getting Fatty Lu to bed and taste the taste of a Yunnan man, immediately pointed the finger at him. Fatty Lu swore to find out the truth, and to deal with Fatty Lu, who made him suffer from being dumb, would be a complete shame!
At this time, the financial meeting before the imperial court to calculate the military pay of the San Francisco was about to be held. According to the rules, the Guangxi army had to send envoys to Beijing to participate in the negotiation of the military pay. Kong Sizhen immediately volunteered and came to the capital in person. One of the purposes was to settle the score with Lu Fatty. Another thing is to re-investigate the cause of death of Fu Honglie and others, and find out the real culprit behind the scenes!
Relying on the supplies and fast horses provided by the post stations along the way, Kong Sizhen, who set off later, arrived in the capital on the same day as Lu Fatty. Invited by a letter from Tu Hai, a scholar of the college, came directly to Tu Hai's residence.

As soon as he entered the door, Kong Sizhen, who always paid attention to his appearance, didn't even do the routine dressing up, and immediately furiously said to Tuhai: "Tutang, thanks to the friendship of Fu Honglie's eight worship friends, and the friendship of Hao Yaoqi, who joined hands to wipe out the rebellion , He died so inexplicably, and his whole family was beheaded, and you didn't say a word in the upper study? A friend like you is really unbearable!"

"Si Gege, do you think I don't want to talk?" Tuhai frowned and said, "When the emperor ordered the execution of Fu Honglie's family, I originally planned to persuade Fu Honglie to die, but the emperor insisted that Fu Honglie was rebellious and usurped. Your Majesty has turned against the rulers and ministers of the San Francisco, and the crime is to destroy the family, and even Ao Zhongtang's questions have been refuted by the Emperor, how can I speak?"

"Then you won't ask quietly afterwards, why did the emperor hit such a heavy hand?" Kong Sizhen asked angrily.

"I asked, but the emperor simply ignored my words." Tuhai spread his hands helplessly, and said again: "Si Gege, you are the emperor's confidant and confidant, and you secretly manage half of the thirteen yamen for him. It is more convenient to ask him directly, but before that, I have to introduce someone."

"Who is it?" Kong Sizhen looked around.Tu Hai clapped his palms, and a young man, 25 or [-] years old, had good facial features, fair skin, thick and dark eyebrows, parted widely, handsome and unusually handsome, at the age of [-] or [-] years old. Kneeling down, kowtow respectfully and said: "Zhou Chang, the classic book of the humble cabinet, kowtow to Sigege, Gege Wanfu Jinan."

"Si Gege, let me introduce you." Tuhai pointed to the young man and said, "His name is Zhou Chang, and he was recommended to me by General Zhenwu Wu Dan as an aide. After I entered the upper study, I rewarded him with a cabinet. Enshrine (secretary) errand, a very resourceful person. This time, in the Fu Honglie case and the Shi Lang case, he found several major doubts among the few clues I have! I invite you to come today. I want you to listen to his opinions, which may help you find out the truth."

(End of this chapter)