scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 68
Mingzhu inadvertently said that big things would happen wherever he went, Fatty Lu, who was fascinated by the authorities, realized that he seemed to have a little bit of auspicious potential - basically wherever he went, there would be a lot of them Trouble, even if you don't intend to find trouble, trouble will come to you, small things will become major events, major events will become a major event that sensationalize the whole country, good events will become bad events, and bad events will simply become disasters!
In Yunnan, Fatty Lu himself just had a drink with Wu Sangui and Liu Xuanchu, and said a few words about the wine. As a result, those evildoers in Shuixi, who had been hacked by Wu Sangui for hundreds of years in history, did not recover. Miraculously made a comeback in a short period of time, murdered and set fire, tossed half of Yunnan and Guizhou, and at the same time, the remnants of Nanming came out of that virgin forest and began to fight piecemeal on the border of Yunnan, forcing Bian Sanyuan, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and admirals Zhang Guozhu, Li Benshen and other senior officials even made a memorial requesting the imperial court to allocate more food and salaries for the purpose of repression.

In Guangxi, Fatty Lu just talked a few words with Sun Yanling, the admiral of Guangxi, in the boat as usual. As a result, Sun Yanling reported to the court the remnants of the previous Ming Dynasty for rebellion as if he had taken the wrong medicine. It messed up Kang Mazi's plan to defeat the San Francisco, and also made Sun Yanling and Kong Sizhen's husband and wife quarrel, and Kong Sizhen was so angry that he put on more than a dozen green hats on Sun Yanling.

In Guangdong, Fatty Lu jumped up and down after a lot of tossing. Shang Kexi, who had been at odds with Wu Sangui all his life, also lost his nerve. He used the excuse of resisting Taiwan Zheng Jing, and also helped Wu Sangui ask the court for food and pay, and actually controlled most of the military power in Guangdong. Shang Zhixin simply formed an alliance with Wu Sangui in secret to fight against the aggressive Kangxi Xiaomazi, and let Kangmazi truly see the powerful threat of the San Francisco and even the Four Kingdoms joining forces.

It was even more serious when he arrived in Fujian. Fatty Lu, who had already stopped and didn't want to cause trouble, was shocked because of Fu Honglie's initiative to provoke. He brought along Shi Lang, a good naval officer, to get rid of the number one worry for Taiwan's anti-Qing forces.In addition, Xiao Mazi's confidant Kong Sizhen's vicious intention to drive a wedge between San Francisco was also made public, exposing a lot of Xiao Mazi's hostility towards San Francisco, forcing San Francisco to strengthen ties in order to protect themselves.

It doesn’t matter if the disaster is over in the south, after running to the city of Beijing, Fatty Lu’s auspicious aura is like a plug-in to show his power. First, he killed Yue Wumu’s unworthy descendant Yue Shenglong, and by the way, he brought along the old traitor Zhang Yong also ate melons, and then Zhao Liangdong, who was still in Ding You's period, was also beaten for no reason, and he lost hope of coming back without even knowing the reason.At the same time, Li Xu, Nan Huairen, Zhou Peigong, Wang Xu and many other loyal and capable ministers of the Qing Dynasty also became victims of Fatty Lu's auspicious halo-if it wasn't for Xiaozhuang's decisive and full efforts to protect him, Xiao Mazi's two major heroes Kong Sizhen and Suo'etu were almost beheaded and ransacked their homes, making the whole city of Beijing a mess.

What's even more exasperating is that Fatty Lu, the catastrophe of auspiciousness, encountered so many important events. Not only was he not beheaded and ransacked, and the nine clans were exterminated, but he was appointed more and more official positions. The bigger he is, the more he is appreciated and favored by Xiao Mazi, Obai and Pingxi Wangfu. Either he is determined to win over this disaster, or he is determined to reuse this disaster!It can be seen from this that the words of building bridges without roads and corpses, killing people and setting fire to golden belts are really not just nonsense.

There was a lot of gossip, but let’s get down to business. After giving Wang Xu’s family 100 taels of An’an’s silver, Fatty Lu, Lin Tianqing and others went back to Wu Yingxiong’s mansion with their own concerns. When they went to Shihu Hutong, they found that it was Fatty Lu who went there. Something happened—it happened that Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhili were kicked out by Princess Jianning again.Princess Jianning held Shang Wanyi who was crying with one hand, and a horsewhip in the other, and stood at the gate of Wu Yingxiong's mansion and cursed: "Get out! Get out of here! Wanyi wants to live with me, my sister-in-law, so you can't do it!" No one can try to drag her away! If you dare to come here to make trouble with me, next time my mother won't be as simple as whipping her!"

"Princess, please be kind." Shang Zhili bowed and bowed, and said with a mournful face: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, Wanyi has to go into the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager Lafayette, you let us put Let her take it away, and none of us can afford to miss this important event."

"Sister-in-law, I'm not leaving." Shang Wanyi was also spoiled by Fatty Lu a lot, crying until Li Hua rained on Princess Jianning's hand and begged, "If I go back now, they will definitely beat me. Scold me, I'm afraid..."

"Sister, don't be afraid, your sister-in-law will make the decision for you." Princess Jianning patted Shang Wanyi's hair to comfort her, then turned to Brother Shang Zhixiao and shouted: "Did you hear that? Sister Wanyi doesn't want to go with you, so get out of here. Sister Wanyi enters the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Empress Dowager, I will take her there, so you don't need to worry about it."

After all, Princess Jianning didn't give Brother Shang Zhixiao a chance to argue, pulled Shang Wanyi back and left, and shouted: "Close the door, anyone who dares to let them in again, I will break their legs!" The servants of the Bian Wu Mansion didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly closed the door. Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhili brothers also hurriedly knocked on the door, begging repeatedly outside, "Princess, please be kind, please be kind! My little sister , little girl, stop making trouble, it's my brothers who are bad, my brothers will apologize to you, apologize to you...!"

"Everyone, go in through the back door." Seeing that the situation was not good at the entrance of the alley, Fatty Lu quickly ordered all the dogs to go home through the back door, so as not to be bumped into by Brother Shang Zhixiao - he was the chief culprit of this incident.Over there, Zhu Fangdan was also afraid that the scandal of his attempted molestation with Shang Wanyi would be exposed, so he quickly nodded in agreement.The seasoned Lin Tianqing was even more afraid of getting involved in these matters, so he naturally agreed.What Fatty Lu and the others didn't expect was that when they turned to the back door, they ran into Wu Yingxiong who also went home by the back door.When the two sneaky people met at the back door, they naturally looked at each other and laughed.

"My lord, why did you leave the front door open and go home through the back door?" Fatty Lu asked jokingly with a smile.

"Isn't it because of your kid's bad idea?" Wu Yingxiong smiled and said: "Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhili, the brothers, have been tricked by you this time. Half of the officials in Beijing know that their sister is because of Kong Sizhen. I got angry with them and moved into my house, the two brothers are so anxious these days that they are about to go to the house, because they are afraid that their father will know about it."

"Come on, keep going for a few more days." Fatty Lu cheered up: "As long as Xiao Gege stays with us for the New Year's Eve and eats the New Year's Eve dinner, these two brothers will be completely finished. Prince Pingnan who lost face will never forgive They, Prince Pingnan, will definitely thank us greatly."

"Your boy's purpose is not just like that, is it?" Wu Yingxiong laughed, and said in a low voice: "If you stay here for one more day, Little Gege from the Pingnan Palace, you will also have a chance to find her to make friends with, right?"

"Thank you for your understanding." Fatty Lu smiled wickedly, and Wu Yingxiong laughed even worse.At the end, Fatty Lu quickly pulled Zhu Fangdan over to introduce him to Wu Yingxiong. Wu Yingxiong had also heard of Zhu Fangdan's name as a genius doctor. Now that Zhu Fangdan was going to go to Fatty Lu's yamen to be a teacher, he was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered his servants to set up a doctor. Not to mention the banquet.

Fatty Lu, Wu Yingxiong and other gangsters were drinking and eating meat at Wu Yingxiong's house, let's not mention him for the time being, but Shang Zhixiao and Monk Zhili had a bad nose at Wu Yingxiong's mansion, and seeing that there was no hope of bringing his sister back to calm the matter, he could only be dejected He returned to Shang Zhili's residence, and Kong Sizhen, Geng Juzhong, and Geng Xinghe brothers had been waiting here for a long time.Seeing Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhili returning dejectedly, Geng Juzhong couldn't help but his heart sank, and quickly asked: "What's the matter? Sister Wanyi still refuses to come back?"

"It would be great if she was willing to come back." Shang Zhixiao said angrily: "We cried and made noises without saying three words when we met, refused to leave no matter what, and caused us to be whipped by Princess Jianning again. "

"Brother Zhixiao, you can't go on like this." Geng Juzhong panicked and said, "The day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve. If Sister Wanyi insists on not coming back, she will still spend New Year's Eve with Wu Yingxiong. When we return to Fuzhou, Guangzhou, what will happen?" Explain to the father? The father asks the reason why the younger sister is angry, how should we answer?"

"How do I know how to answer?" Shang Zhixiao said angrily, "At worst, let's answer truthfully. We got too close to Si GeGe, and angered that stinky girl, Wan Yan, so she got angry and moved into Wu Yingxiong's house."

"Si Gege, this matter is entirely up to you." Geng Juzhong turned his finger on Kong Sizhen, and condemned: "If you hadn't sent Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai to assassinate Miss Wanyi and wanted to tarnish her innocence, things would have come to this One step?"

"You can't rely on me." Kong Sizhen, who also felt that riding a tiger, replied angrily: "Go and ask Shang Zhixiao yourself, does he dare to rely on me?"

"Brother Zhixiao, what do you mean?" Geng Juzhong was a little confused, and turned to Shang Zhixiao to ask - he didn't know that Kong Sizhen sent someone to assassinate Shang Wanyi, which was actually Shang Zhixiao's idea and request.

Of course, Shang Zhixiao didn't dare to explain to Geng Juzhong, but kept a sullen face and didn't speak. After a long time, Shang Zhixiao suddenly slapped the table and roared: "It's because of Lu Yifeng, the disaster star. Will it become like this?"

"That's right, it's all because of Lu Yifeng's misfortune!" Kong Sizhen finally found an outlet, slapped the table and shouted angrily: "If it wasn't for this scourge that caused misfortune everywhere, the matter would have ended in Fujian, how could it have happened?" At this point, we are all helpless and helpless! If this scourge is not eliminated, we will never have peace!"

Kong Sizhen's words came from the bottom of his heart, and he also regretted why he let Fatty Lu, a scourge, live. If he had known that Fatty Lu could make things go to this extent, Kong Sizhen would have sacrificed himself. Once, at that time, no matter what I said at that time, the scourge of Fatty Lu would be cut into pieces!
"Sigege, why don't you just use your people from the Thirteenth Yamen to arrest that fat man Lu and chop him up!" Shang Zhixiao was also in a hurry, and slammed the table again and shouted: "Even if you go back and get scolded by the old man, chop this guy up!" The scourge can also vent evil spirits!"

"You think I don't want to?" Kong Sizhen rolled Shang Zhixiao's eyes, and said bitterly: "If it was before, I would have chopped up Fatty Lu a long time ago, and I don't even need to give Wu Sangui that old thing, measure that old thing And I won’t turn against me because of a seventh-rank official who is as big as a sesame seed and mung bean! But now, the reputation of this fat man has already risen, not only the princes of San Francisco know him, even the emperor and Ao Zhongtang have personally met him , and the emperor still values ​​him and loves him so much, how dare I do this?"

"Then can't we find a reason to deal with him?" Shang Zhixiao roared: "Find any accusation and give him a solid case, but still can't deal with this Zhima official? No, it is best to find a crime of beheading and ransacking the house, and put that scourge The Nine Clans of the Nine Clans have been wiped out!"

"That kid is more slippery than a loach. If you want to arrest him for crimes, go ahead and dream!" Kong Sizhen gave Shang Zhixiao another look, and said to himself that the old lady had tried to arrest that fat man last time at Suo'etu's house. In the end, I was almost cheated by that fat man!
"Sigege, Brother Zhixiao, I just heard a piece of news by chance, which may be useful to you." Geng Juzhong, who was standing on the same front as the monk Zhixiao, suddenly said, "The thing is like this, the new county magistrate of Liancheng, Fujian is mine. Doorman, he also went to Beijing to see His Majesty a few days ago as usual, and he has already received his seal. The first day of the new year is the day when officials in Beijing enter the palace to pay New Year greetings to the emperor. In order to make a good impression on the emperor, he went to the Ministry of Rites Going out of the way, I want to ask the Ministry of Rites to arrange a good position for him - that is, the front line where the foreign officials line up to pay New Year's greetings, the position where the emperor and the empress dowager Lafayette can see at a glance. It also cost 2000 taels of silver , but the people from the Ministry of Rites told him that the best position had already been assigned to someone else by the Minister of Rites, Huang Ji, and he could only occupy the second place."

"What use is this to us?" Shang Zhixiao asked angrily.

"Who is the first foreign official?" Kong Sizhen was much more shrewd than Shang Zhixiao, and immediately asked, "Could it be the one who harmed Fatty Lu?"

"It's him." Geng Juzhong nodded, and said: "My disciple casually inquired, wanting to see who is so powerful that he can even go through the door of the Ministry of Rites, and finally found out that it is Lu Yifeng."

After all, Geng Juzhong also lowered his voice and said: "Si Gege, brother filial piety, think about it, the position of Fatty Lu will be so prominent at that time, the emperor and the empress dowager will definitely notice him, if at that time, Fatty Lu's behavior or Something went wrong with the congratulatory gift, it ruined the New Year's ceremony, no matter how much the emperor values ​​him and favors him, can he still get away with a disrespectful crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"Wonderful!" Shang Zhixiao slapped his thigh and said through gritted teeth: "If he is charged with such a crime on the first day of the new year, even if he is not beheaded and ransacked, at least he will be dismissed from office! As long as this kid loses his official position, we want to kill him." Isn't he the same as crushing an ant to death?"

"This is indeed a good idea. Fatty Lu is an official in the West. If something happens to him at the New Year's Ceremony, Wu Sangui and Wu Yingxiong will be implicated. By the way, you can also hit Wu Sangui's old man who sends elections everywhere. The arrogance of the Western election officials!" Kong Sizhen nodded, and said through gritted teeth: "Besides, with that old bastard Wu Sangui's narrow-mindedness, Fatty Lu made such a big shame on him, no matter what, he has to kill Fatty Lu's family to vent his anger. You can let out a big breath of anger!"

"That's right, that's right, it's time to deal with this fat man." Shang Zhili is a waste of no idea, and he had no grievances with Fatty Lu, but at this moment, being said by the second brother and his girlfriend, he couldn't help but interjected. : "Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch next to the emperor, and I have a good relationship. I will go to his door. When the time comes, I will let Zhang Gong use the old method in the palace to punish this fat man—let him stand in front of a solid floor tile. At that time, even if he breaks his head, the brick will not make a sound!"

"Idiot!" Shang Zhixiao and Kong Sizhen turned their faces and scolded at the same time, "There are so many people in the grand ceremony, no one can hear him kowtow, who will care?"

"Then..., what should we do then?" Shang Zhili wept.

"It would be great if I could know what gift Fatty Lu is going to give." Geng Juzhong said darkly: "Take some tricks on his gift, and then find a way to reveal it on the spot, then he won't be afraid of anything. .”

"Wait, don't talk yet." Kong Sizhen suddenly raised a finger, signaling Shang Zhixiao and others to shut up temporarily.After recalling it for a while, Kong Sizhen pondered again and said: "Today, the eyeliner of the thirteen yamen came to report that Lu Yifeng and Lin Tianqing went to Liulichang. You like calligraphy and painting, and you want to do what you like, and give the emperor such a gift?"

"It's possible, what does Si Gege plan to do?" Shang Zhixiao asked impatiently.

"What should I do?" Kong Sizhen grinned grimly, and said, "The emperor has always liked Dong Qichang's calligraphy. I spent a lot of effort and finally got an authentic copy of Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing". For the emperor, since I have caught up with this matter, I will simply take it out as a favor, and give it to Fatty Lu to the emperor!"

"Si Gege, are you crazy?" Shang Zhixiao said angrily, "If you use such a priceless treasure as a favor for that scourge, wouldn't it make him more favored?"

"What are you in a hurry for? Listen to me." Kong Sizhen gave Shang Zhixiao a coquettish look, beckoned everyone to come to him, and said in a low voice, "This matter will take a few steps. Go to visit Eunuch Zhang, and ask Eunuch Zhang to find an opportunity to let the emperor know before the first day of the new year, and tell the emperor that your second elder brother is going to present Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing" to the emperor when he enters the palace. Then on the afternoon of New Year's Eve , Second Prince, you go to Shuntian Mansion to report the crime, and say that this painting has been stolen..."

(End of this chapter)