scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 70

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After tossing and tossing for a long time, the first day of the first month of the seventh year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty finally came.For Fatty Lu, this was destined to be an extremely hard day.

On New Year’s Eve, I accompanied Wu Yingxiong, his wife, monk Wanyi and others to have a New Year’s Eve dinner, gave gifts to Wu Yingxiong’s eldest son, Wu Shifan, who had just turned three years old, and paid New Year’s greetings to Wu Yingxiong, Princess Jianning, Lin Tianqing and Shang Wanyi, and then returned to his own The room accepts New Year's greetings from dog legs.After tossing about these virtual rituals, it was already half past midnight on the first day of the new year.He hurriedly prepared and checked the things for the New Year's greetings when he entered the palace the next day. It was Yin time, and he was confused on the kang for a while. Got up, cursing the perverted etiquette of the Tartar court, while washing and changing clothes, ready to report outside Zhengyang Gate.

Knowing that Fatty Lu is entering the palace for the first time to participate in the New Year's Ceremony, Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing, who are both pretty good to Fatty Lu, have kindly given advice to him. It takes a long time, and the ground is freezing cold in winter. Wearing this pair of knee pads can reduce the risk of arthritis, and at the same time, people can relax.Lin Tianqing sent his personal attendants to send some dried dates to Fatty Lu, and warned Fatty Lu to drink less water and not to eat. He was so hungry that he could use the dried dates hidden in his sleeve to satisfy his hunger.Fatty Lu also sincerely thanked him for picking up.

"Damn it, Kang Xiaomazi's family are so fucking perverted, how did they come up with so many perverted rules?"

For other things like this at the Seventh Grade Sesame Official Booth, someone helped to arrange a good seat when entering the palace to participate in the New Year's Ceremony. No matter how complicated and troublesome the etiquette is, I would be happy, but who is Fatty Lu?At the thought of going into the palace and kneeling for several hours in front of the pockmarked emperor, Fatty Lu became furious!In anger, Fatty Lu suddenly had a plan. He found an excuse to send Erlang and the Liu family brothers out temporarily, and then brought in the gift he was going to give Xiao Mazi, removed the silk silk, opened his trousers and took out the living room. The son poured water on the gift, and still muttered, "My Lord will give you some fertilizer, so that your Qing Dynasty will prosper and prosper for thousands of years...!"

After tidying up and dressing up beautifully, Fatty Lu gave the dog legs a day off, and then personally brought gifts to the gate to meet Wu Yingxiong, Lin Tianqing and others.At the same time, Princess Jianning also came out with Shang Wanyi, and was going to personally lead Shang Wanyi into the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the old witch of Xiaozhuang——Wu Yingxiong also kindly prepared a precious gift for Shang Wanyi out of his own pocket. The righteousness of the world brother.It was only now that Wu Yingxiong, Lin Tianqing and others discovered that Fatty Lu had two gifts, one was a long box wrapped in silk, and the other was a cylinder covered in silk.Lin Tianqing couldn't help asking curiously: "Lord Lu, what is your second gift? Why didn't I hear you mention it before?"

"Senior Hui Lin, please forgive me for making a fool of myself." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "This is a good thing specially prepared by me for the emperor. I plan to surprise the emperor, and the mystery will be revealed at that time."

"Well, it's up to you." Lin Tianqing didn't bother to delve into it, but he kindly warned: "However, this matter is not a joke. It's not a big deal. Today is a special day. If it's something suspected of violating taboos, it's best not to give it away."

"Thank you senior for your guidance. This junior understands that this junior won't make fun of his own head." Fatty Lu replied with a smile.Lin Tianqing thought so, so he didn't say anything else, but he and Fatty Lu got into the sedan chair provided by Wu Yingxiong's mansion, and followed Wu Yingxiong's four-carrying silver sedan chair and Princess Jianning's phoenix chariot, all the way to Zhengyangmen, causing disaster. However, Xiao Erlang, Fang Shiyu, Li Tianzhi and other dog legs accompanied Zhu Fangdan to the streets of the capital to steal chickens and dogs and molested women.

Halfway through Mao, Fatty Lu and his party arrived at Zhengyang Gate smoothly. Princess Jianning, who had to enter the harem to pay New Year's greetings, took Shang Wanyi to the Xihua Gate to enter the palace. Fatty Lu, Wu Yingxiong and others got off the sedan chair outside Zhengyang Gate, waiting The Ministry of Rituals arranged for a lineup to enter the palace.At this moment, the outside of Zhengyangmen was already full of people. Officials of all sizes kept pouring in from all directions. They gathered outside Zhengyangmen where the wind and snow were blowing. They saluted each other and said auspicious words.

"Yifeng, it's your first time in the capital, don't understand the rules, don't run around." Also taking this opportunity, Wu Yingxiong, who was specially ordered to wear a yellow jacket, told Fatty Lu: "If you don't understand, just ask me or Lin." My lord, there are too many people, don't get separated from us, it will be troublesome if we can't find anyone when we enter the palace."

Fatty Lu nodded his thanks, while Lin Tianqing pulled Fatty Lu to an old man wearing a second-rank official uniform, and said: "Yifeng, this is Mr. Huang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. Hurry up and salute him. This time, thanks to him for giving you A good location has been arranged, and I will give you a chance to show your face."

"Humble Lu Yifeng, send greetings to Mr. Huang." Fatty Lu knew that Huang Ji, the Minister of Rites, was Lin Tianqing's friend, and respected him as an elder, so he gave Huang Ji a thousand salutes honestly.

"Lord Lu, please hurry up. Outside the palace gate, there is no need to be too polite. I have admired your name for a long time. I saw you today. You are indeed a good-looking talent." Huang Ji smiled and helped Fatty Lu, and went up and down by the light of the lantern After sizing up Fatty Lu, he turned his head and smiled at Lin Tianqing, "Old Lin, this Mr. Lu is neither your student nor your old friend. Why do you want me to take care of him like this? Be honest, do you want to recruit this famous Lu?" Your Excellency is your grandson-in-law?"

"Old Huang, you are the Minister of Etiquette, don't teach young people badly." Lin Tianqing and Huang Ji are used to joking, and they don't think it's rebellious. If you suspect that the old man wants to cultivate cronies, how about the old man hand over Yifeng to you and let you recruit him as your son-in-law?"

"Get lost! You want to take advantage of me again, you are a generation ahead of me!" Huang Ji pretended to be angry, then looked at Fatty Lu with a smile and said: "However, if it wasn't for the old man's only unmarried youngest daughter, she has already married her." , this old man will really move his mind.—Master Lu, do you know? Just last night, the emperor took the time to ask the old man if you are going to the palace to pay New Year's greetings today. The emperor treats you so favorably and highly , Gao Sheng is just around the corner."

"Thanks to my son and Senior Lin, and also to Master Huang's favor." Fatty Lu said honestly, "If it wasn't for the grace of Prince Pingxi, Senior Lin's wrong love, and your special favor, Master Huang, then the humble one would this blessing?"

"Can talk, Lao Lin has good eyesight." Huang Ji laughed, and was about to say a few more polite words to Fatty Lu and Lin Tianqing, but there were a few more people coming over there, and the leader gave a blessing to Huang Ji, and said delicately: "My slave, Kong Sizhen, send greetings to Huang Tangguan. And Lord Lin, Lord Lu, I also send you greetings and New Year's greetings."

"Si Gege, you didn't go to the harem to pay New Year's greetings, why did you come to Zhengyangmen?" Lin Tianqing was stunned for a while, and then found that Kong Sizhen was wearing a general's uniform, then he slapped his forehead and suddenly realized: "Look at this old man's memory, Si Gege You are also working as a first-class bodyguard, so you should go to Zhengyang Gate to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to pay New Year greetings to the emperor."

"Lord Lin, I was wrong." Kong Sizhen giggled, pointed at Fatty Lu and said with a coquettish smile, "Thanks to Master Lu, my family has been reduced to a second-class guard."

Fatty Lu shrank his head and didn't dare to speak. Lin Tianqing and Huang Ji had also heard the news that Kong Sizhen suffered a big loss in front of Fatty Lu, and they were too embarrassed to say anything.But Kong Sizhen didn't seem to realize it, and just dragged out the people around him to introduce to Huang Ji and Lin Tianqing. Besides Kong Sizhen's domestic slave Wang Yongnian and others, there were also Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong, two unlucky guys who stared at Lu fiercely. Fatty, as if he wanted to tear Fatty Lu apart—and they couldn't help but hate him. Thanks to Fatty Lu, Shang Wanyi refused to go to Shang Zhili's house for a reunion dinner, but insisted on staying at Wu Yingxiong's house during the Chinese New Year yesterday. The fat faces of Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong were slapped. Shang Zhixiao and Geng Juzhong, who knew they couldn't explain to their father when they got home, naturally hated Fatty Lu as the culprit to the bottom of their bones.

Unexpectedly, Kong Sizhen also had a seventh-rank sesame official in Kong Sizhen's team—Xie Dong, the new county magistrate of Liancheng, Fujian. When introducing him, Kong Sizhen deliberately complained to Huang Ji: "Officer Huang Tang, you are really not To save face, Mr. Xie Dongxie is a protégé of the second prince of King Pingnan. He came to visit you with the name of the second prince. He wanted to ask you to arrange for him to be the first foreign official, but you refused to agree. Whose is it? With such a big face, you can actually compare it to the second prince?"

"This...." Huang Ji was a little embarrassed, so he had to answer: "Si Gege and the second prince are not to be blamed. The key is that Mr. Lin stepped in first, greeted him first, and Huang agreed. So I have no choice but to offend once. The second prince."

"Si Gege, since this Lord Xie wants to be the first one so much, then let him have the lowly position." Fatty Lu, who never cared about the number of places, came out to smooth things over, and said to Kong Sizhen, "Si Gege is so favored by you." Mr. Xie, if you think about it, Mr. Xie is also yours, since Mr. Xie is a four-dimensional person, then the humble position should be given to him in the first place."

"Lord Lu, you really know how to say cheap things." Kong Sizhen said with a stern face and cold snort: "The grand ceremony has long been reported to the emperor, can Master Huang still change it?"

"Then there's no other way." Fatty Lu scratched his head, feeling that he really couldn't understand the thoughts of officials in this era. Isn't it just a position in the team, and there is no real benefit. At most, he can only let Xiao Mazi see him. Is it worth fighting like this?
"Thank you Si Gege for your love, but the etiquette has been established, and I dare not force it for a humble job." The [-]-year-old Liancheng County Magistrate Xie Dong, who is not under Fatty Lu, bowed his hands and saluted, speaking with a Changsha accent, and said viciously. He glared at Fatty Lu.

"You can't force it. Who told you that your master is not as honorable as Lord Lu's master?" Kong Sizhen snorted, then looked at Fatty Lu without smiling and asked: "Master Lu, today you are the most conspicuous among foreign officials." One of them, the emperor will definitely notice you, I don’t know what New Year’s gift you have prepared for the emperor, can you show it to us all to see and see? Huang Tang is so fond of you, don’t embarrass him.”

"The humble official is a poor official. I only prepared a little worthless gift, so I won't take it out and ask Si Gege to have a look." Fatty Lu brightened the long cloth bag he was holding in his hand, and said casually: "The humble official has prepared two for the emperor. The gift, the other one is a bit heavy, I put it in the sedan chair for the time being, and I will bring it into the palace later."

As soon as Fatty Lu showed the long cloth bag, Kong Sizhen immediately recognized it. It was long, wide and thick, and it was definitely the gift box that he used to hold Dong Qichang's authentic works!Under the secret joy in his heart, Kong Sizhen didn't ask Fatty Lu to open the gift box, but smiled coquettishly: "Your Majesty Lu, you are being polite, who doesn't know that you are from a wealthy businessman in Yunnan, with a rich family fortune, and you can give gifts to the emperor, and you can also take worthless things Prevarication? Forget it, since you don’t tell me, then I won’t ask any more questions.”

"Master Xie, what gift did you prepare for the emperor?" Seeing Kong Sizhen pestering Fatty Lu, Lin Tianqing, who was somewhat caring for Fatty Lu, deliberately changed the subject, turned to Xie Dong, the seventh-rank county magistrate in Kong Sizhen's team, and asked with a smile: " Sir Xie, if you want to occupy the top spot among foreign officials so much, do you want to give the emperor something good to make a big splash and make a big splash at the New Year's Ceremony?"

"Back to Mrs. Lin, how dare you have such thoughts in a lowly position?" Xie Dong also knew that he was robbed of the limelight by Fatty Lu, and it was all because Lin Tianqing, an old man, took Huang Ji's door for Fatty Lu, so he didn't have a good opinion of Lin Tianqing. , just brightened a long satin-wrapped box with a smirk, and said: "The humble job is just a coincidence, I accidentally came across a treasure, and I am going to dedicate it to the emperor, long live, just a little bit of heart."

"Oh, can you open our eyes?" Lin Tianqing asked curiously.

"Back to Mrs. Lin, I'm going to give you a pass." Xie Dong said with a smug smile: "Lucky, this gift came so coincidentally that even the master of the family didn't report it. He was planning to give the emperor Long Live a surprise. Not showing off for now."

"Heh, your gift came by coincidence? Can it be a coincidence to have Master Lu's congratulatory gift?" Lin Tianqing sneered, and said to himself that no matter how lucky you are, you will be lucky to have Lu Yifeng - you can buy Dong Qichang's for two taels of silver. Authentic!
"Stop talking, Ao Zhongtang is here." At this time, Huang Ji interrupted everyone's chatting, and ordered: "The time is coming, all adults, please prepare everything that should be prepared, and enter the palace immediately. " Lin Tianqing and Fatty Lu first agreed, and bid farewell to Kong Sizhen, Monk Zhixiao and others, and went back to join Wu Yingxiong and others.

"Zhang Wanqiang, do you bring the words to me?" Seeing the backs of Fatty Lu and Lin Tianqing leaving, Kong Sizhen smiled darkly, turned to Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhili and asked, "And Li Tianyu, everything that needs to be explained Have you explained?"

"Don't worry Si Gege, Eunuch Zhang has sent someone to pass on the message just now, and he has already told the emperor the news." Shang Zhili replied in a very low voice: "And when the time comes, if the emperor can't remember, Eunuch Zhang will remind you Your Majesty."

"Let's explain to Li Tianyu." Shang Zhixiao said with a smirk: "Probably because the governor of Yunnan saw his envoy fly away and hated Lin Tianqing to the bone. Li Tianyu agreed without even confiscating the money. At the New Year's Ceremony, he slapped the old Lin Tianqing severely."

"Very good." Kong Sizhen nodded in satisfaction, smiled ferociously at Fatty Lu's back, and said in his heart: "Fatty man, just wait and see! Is it easy to take advantage of my mother's advantage? On the New Year's Ceremony, present the stolen goods to the emperor. Even being exposed on the spot, let's see how you die!"

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With the arrival of Chen Shizheng, the Qingxin New Year Ceremony, which Fatty Lu hated, also officially began. First, they entered the palace according to the schedule arranged by the Ministry of Rites, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, entered the Gate of Supreme Harmony, and stood in line in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. .As a result, just as Lin Tianqing boasted, Huang Ji really arranged for Fatty Lu the best position among foreign officials. Excluding the previous prince, Baylor, and Beijing officials above the fifth rank, there are more than [-] foreign officials in Beijing next. Although there are many fifth- and sixth-rank officials such as magistrates and prefects, except for an elderly magistrate who was placed at the top of the queue, Fatty Lu, a seventh-rank sesame official, stood at the first place in the first row, just in line with Xiao Mazi's The dragon chairs faced each other, making the faces of the prefects and prefects in the team all respectful, and they all said that Fatty Lu must be an extremely tough backer.

Standing in the cold and windy morning in the snow and ice waiting for Xiaomazi, of course it doesn’t taste good, but what makes Fatty Lu feel even more uncomfortable is the boredom, it’s fine to not make loud noises or walk around casually, and the person standing next to him still doesn’t match his eyes Xie Dong, the county magistrate of Liancheng, made Fatty Lu have no one to whisper to, so he could only stand there dumbfounded, cursing the eighteenth generation of ancestors and the thirteenth generation of descendants of the Aixinjueluo family madly in his heart.

At three o'clock in the morning, the ritual, music, bells and drums rang together, and Xiao Mazi climbed to the top of the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and sat facing south, accepting the worship of all officials and the curse of Fatty Lu, followed by the ceremony of opening the pen and seal, waiting for Xiao Mazi to dance like a dancer After a lot of tossing, all the officials came up to congratulate, and another official who didn't know what to call recited the New Year's greetings written by Xiao Mazi, and then waited for the jerk official with a male duck voice (in the language of Lu Fatzi) to shake his head It took more than an hour to finish reading, and then Xiao Mazi gave a wishful purse to the children of the Prince of the Eight Banners......

After Fatty Lu No.20 cursed the [-]th generation ancestors and [-]th generation descendants of the Aixinjueluo family one by one three times, the main show finally started, and all the civil and military officials came forward according to their shifts to kowtow and salute Xiao Mazi.But it is a pity that Fatty Lu is not qualified to stand on the first shift, not even Lin Tianqing who is specially allowed to wear second-rank official uniforms. The first shift is Shang Shutang headed by Oboi, Wu Yingxiong, Shang Zhili and Geng Xinghe are protons of feudal princes.

Although he was afraid of Xiao Mazi, Aobai gave Xiao Mazi a lot of face. He gave him a golden jade screen carved with eight banners entering the customs, at least worth ten thousand taels of silver. He also gave Aobai a jade ruyi.Wu Yingxiong sent a plaque with the word "Fu" spelled out of pearls, and Xiao Mazi returned a jade wishfull as usual, and most of the other senior officials did the same. When it came to Brother Shang Zhixiao and Brother Zhixin, the two brothers gave the fat man a pair of inlaid plaques. Xiao Mazi also thanked the eunuch for picking up the emerald jade horse of Ye Mingzhu, and when he was about to reward the jade as he wished, Xiao Mazi suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help smiling and asked: "You two Shang Aiqing, I heard that you are not today?" Is it the authentic work of Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi's Pipa Journey" that you intend to present to me? What's the matter, have you changed your mind temporarily?"

Shang Zhixiao and Monk Zhili didn't speak, Xiao Mazi hurriedly laughed again: "Don't worry about it, you two lovers, I don't mean to force you to hand over your treasures, but I have heard the name of Dong Qichang's masterpiece for a long time, and I want to see it Knowledge. If you like it too, just keep it for yourself, I won't care about it."

"Going back to the emperor, it's not that this slave is reluctant to part with this authentic work." Shang Zhixiao knelt down on his knees, and said with a mournful face: "Actually, this slave intends to present this authentic Dong Qichang painting to the emperor. The house was stolen, and this authentic painting of Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi on the Pipa" was stolen by thieves!"

"Oops, it's been tricked!" Hearing Shang Zhixiao's words, Wu Yingxiong's head exploded with a bang, and he immediately guessed why Fatty Lu could buy Dong Qichang's original work for two taels of silver. ——This is a big pit dug and waiting for the Pingxi Palace to jump!

"Stolen?!" Xiao Mazi was stunned, and couldn't help but get a little angry, and shouted: "Where is Shuntian Mansion?"

"The servant is here." Standing on the second shift, Li Tianyu, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, stepped out quickly, trotted to Shang Zhixiao, knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said, "Return to the emperor, yesterday afternoon, the servants of Shang'e's family have arrived at the servant's door." I reported the case to the yamen, and the slaves have already found out the approximate whereabouts of the stolen goods, and within three days, the slaves will definitely recover the stolen goods as they are, and bring to justice the people who stole the treasure, sold the stolen goods, and bought the stolen goods!"

"That's good." Xiao Mazi suppressed his anger, and snorted, "Then I will give you three days to commit robbery in the Efu mansion. These thieves must not be forgiven lightly, and must be severely punished according to the law!"

"Cover." Li Tianyu respectfully agreed.Over there, Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing from the second shift turned pale, and wanted to tell Fatty Lu to throw away the copybook quickly, but they had no chance.

After this small incident, the grand ceremony continued. Civil and military officials came forward one by one to say auspicious words for the new year, and presented Xiao Mazi with valuable treasures, including some priceless things. A little thing was left behind.But Kong Sizhen, the Shang family brothers, Li Tianyu and others laughed secretly, peeping at Wu Yingxiong's and Lin Tianqing's ashen-faced expressions continuously, and they felt delighted.

Finally, under the winks of Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing, as well as the sneers of Kong Sizhen, the Shang brothers, the Geng brothers, Tu Hai and Li Tianyu, etc., the foreign officials were ushered in by officials from the Ministry of Rites. , the old magistrate took the lead, knelt down to Xiao Mazi, kowtowed and said: "My ministers and others wish my emperor a happy new year, long live long live long live long live."

"Everyone, love you." Xiao Mazi, who also felt a little tired, waved lazily, but his eyes caught sight of Fatty Lu, who was the first in the front row. What gift do you offer me?"

"My humble minister, Lu Yifeng, wish my emperor long live and a happy new year." Over there, Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing were almost like ants on the hot pot, and Fatty Lu was still acting weird here. When everyone else stood up, Fatty Lu Still lying there, he chanted aloud alone: ​​"May my emperor have smooth sailing, two dragons soar, three suns prosper, four seasons be safe, five blessings come to the door, six and six are smooth, seven stars shine brightly, all directions come to court, nine and nine are concentric, perfect, Baifu Guzhen, one emperor through the ages, long live long live long live!"

"Huh? The Ministry of Rites has arranged such a congratulatory speech? Why didn't we know?" Most of the people present were taken aback, while Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing wanted to strangle Fatty Lu to death—the fact that you gave the emperor New Year's greetings with stolen goods is about to be exposed. Alright, what else do you want to show off?Are you afraid that the emperor will not notice you?
"Haha, God open your eyes, this fat man is looking for his own death!" Kong Sizhen and the others felt very happy, knowing that it would be difficult for Xiao Mazi not to notice Fatty Lu this time.

"Ha, Lu Aiqing." Sure enough, Xiao Mazi smiled and asked, "Did you think of this congratulatory message, or did the Ministry of Rites arrange it for you?"

"Back to the emperor, this is the wish of my minister." Fatty Lu respectfully replied: "This is also the common wish of all colleagues present, what I think in my heart, so I can't help but read it out, and I hope the emperor will forgive me."

"The congratulatory message is good. I pardon you for your innocence. Get up." Xiao Mazi waved his hand generously, and then asked with a smile: "Lu Aiqing, you always like to surprise me. Surprise, are there any other surprises?"

"Back to the emperor, I don't dare to boast." Fatty Lu said respectfully: "But I can guarantee with my head that one of the two New Year gifts that I presented to the emperor today is far more valuable than the gifts of your colleagues." In fact, even adding up all other gifts, it is not as honorable as this gift from Wei Chenjin!"

"Oh, what kind of gift is that?" Xiao Mazi asked curiously.The civil and military officials over there peeked at each other, thinking that Fatty Lu really dared to brag, a gift is more noble than all our gifts combined, it seems that He's Bi is not of such value, right?

"Back to the emperor, it's this gift." Fatty Lu picked up the cylindrical object placed under his feet, deliberately showing off, seeing the curious eyes of all the civil and military officials around him, then pulled up the corner of the silk silk, and said loudly: "Please, Your Majesty. Look - Evergreen!"

After finishing speaking, Fatty Lu pulled the silk silk, revealing a small wooden barrel tightly tied with three iron hoops, and the green Evergreen planted in the barrel, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, my humble minister has no gold and no shells. There is a pot of emerald grass and an iron hoop and a bucket of Evergreen to present to my emperor! May the Qing Dynasty prosper and prosper for thousands of years!"

"Wan Nianqing!" All the officials present, including the frightened Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing, all exclaimed, feeling extremely regretful in their hearts—why didn't we expect such a lucky start?

"Good! What an iron hoop and a bucket of Evergreen!" Xiao Mazi stood up, pushed Zhang Wanqiang away with a happy face, and said loudly, "I will pick it up in person if it is such an auspicious grass!"

After all, Xiao Mazi really walked down the steps of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Under the envious eyes of civil and military officials, he personally took the Wannianqing offered by Lu Fatzi with both hands, brought it to his face to admire it carefully, and lowered his head to smell the faint smell. Tangy fragrance.After a long time, Xiao Mazi said loudly: "It's so fragrant, so auspicious! I also thought that the gift that Lu Aiqing gave is the first among today's congratulatory gifts!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All civil and military officials knelt down together and shouted long live.Of course, Fatty Lu had no choice but to kneel down, sneering triumphantly in his heart, "Can it not be fragrant? Lord, I just watered it with fresh fertilizer this morning!"

"Come here, reward Lu Aiqing with a jade handle and a yellow mandarin jacket!" On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when he came across such a lucky winner, Xiao Mazi was overjoyed and awarded the rewards, and said loudly: "Then the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Iron Man! Take a bucket of perennial green as an example, and all provinces will contribute every year!"

"Zunzhi, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the officials shouted again, and at the same time they all cursed in their hearts - if I knew that a long live evergreen that is not worth ten cents can be exchanged for a yellow jacket, I should too Offer such auspiciousness!

"I'm convinced, my old lady is convinced, this Fatty Lu really has a lot of tricks." Kong Sizhen's mood is even more complicated, at the same time, he is envious, jealous, and a little bit sad-such an outstanding man, why does he like to be with me? Do it right?

Feeling sad, Kong Sizhen still didn't forget the disgusting Fatty Lu, and raised his head to wink at Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch next to Xiao Mazi. Zhang Wanqiang understood, and reminded him in a drooping voice: "Your Majesty, Mr. Lu said that he would present two pieces." Presents, there is one more thing you haven't seen yet."

"Oh." Xiao Mazi came back to his senses, and smiled at Fatty Lu: "Lu Aiqing, what about your second gift?"

"Your Majesty, here." Fatty Lu opened the long package, took out the exquisite long box that Kong Sizhen specially ordered from it, and raised his hands above his head.

"What kind of treasure?" Xiao Mazi curiously opened the wooden box, but saw that the wooden box with the bottom of Huang Ling contained a beautiful silver bong and a jade box.Xiao Mazi picked up the pipe in one hand and the jade box in the other, and asked suspiciously, "Lu Aiqing, what is this?"

"Why isn't it "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing"?!" Kong Sizhen, the Shang brothers, the Geng brothers, Wu Yingxiong, Li Tianyu, Lin Tianqing and others were dumbfounded, and then both Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a big stone in their hearts When it finally landed, Kong Sizhen, monk Zhixiao and the others almost shouted, "Where's our "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing" sticker? Where did it go? It's a good thing worth several thousand taels!"

"Return to the emperor, these are smoking guns and Eight Banners drug ointment." Fatty Lu said seriously: "When I was studying Western literature, I accidentally discovered that if this drug is used to smoke, it can cultivate the body and strengthen the body. , prevent all diseases, keep away from medicine stones, and also have magical effects such as beautifying and beautifying, refreshing and analgesic, strengthening the brain and nourishing the marrow, etc. Western dignitaries, nobles, scholars and wise men are all proud of taking this drug, which is extremely precious. Although in the Qing Dynasty there were drugs handed down from Western vassal states, most of them were used as medicine stones, and few were used for inhalation. The humble minister has the courage to present such a fetish to the emperor, just to ask the emperor to give it a try and raise dragons Tens of thousands of years."

"Afurong, I have read about it in ancient books, it is indeed a rare and good medicine, but it has so many effects when used for inhalation, I have never heard of it before." Xiao Mazi nodded and asked curiously Said: "But Lu Aiqing, why do you call A Furong the Eight Banners Fushou Gao?"

"Returning to the emperor, how can such a noble elixir be passed down to the world and let ordinary people use it?" Fatty Lu said respectfully, "That's why I dared to change the name of this medicine to Baqi Fushou Ointment, just to hope that the world will remember this. It is precious and cannot be abused by the people. It can only be enjoyed exclusively by us in the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Help our soldiers in the Eight Banners to be strong and strong, skilled in bows and horses, victorious in every battle, and rule the country for thousands of years!"

"So that's how it is." Xiao Mazi nodded thoughtfully, and after a while, Xiao Mazi said: "Then I will let someone try it first, and if it really has such an effect, then I will issue a decree and formally release this medicine." Name it Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, and list it as a special item for my Eight Banners soldiers."

"Thank you, Lord Long En." Fatty Lu kowtowed, and then kindly suggested: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Empress Dowager Lafayette suffered from migraines, and Ao Zhongtang had many old injuries. Sleep, and ask them to take two mouthfuls of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, if it doesn't work, I will accept the crime of deceiving the king with big words."

"What else?" Xiao Mazi became more and more interested, looked up at Aobai who was not far away and said with a smile, "Ao Zhongtang, did you hear that? Are you interested in trying?"

"I do have a lot of old wounds on my body, if this medicine really has such a miraculous effect, I really want to try it." Aobai nodded, then smiled at Fatty Lu: "Master Lu, send me some as well some other day, If it is really so effective, this old man must be rewarded heavily."

"Obey, I'll remember this humble job." Fatty Lu agreed straight away - to send Eight Banners medicines to people like Aobai, this is a great thing that Fatty Lu couldn't wish for.

"Damn, why didn't this fat man give away "Bai Juyi's Pipa"? Where did that copybook go?" Seeing Fatty Lu's right and left, Kong Sizhen and others were inevitably even more jealous, and it was extremely strange—the "Bai Juyi" by Dong Qichang "Pipa Xing", where did it go?

"Your Majesty, I also have a noble gift for my emperor." Seeing Fatty Lu talking in front of Xiao Mazi, Liancheng County Magistrate Xie Dong standing next to Lu Fatty finally couldn't hold back, and saw Xiao Mazi's mood again. Very good, so I bravely held up the gift box in my hand and said loudly: "My minister Xie Dong has heard about the emperor's wonderful brushwork for a long time, and he especially likes Dong Qichang's calligraphy. I have exhausted all my family resources and bought the authentic work of Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing". receive!"

(End of this chapter)