scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 76

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"It's weird, before I handed over the sign to see you, there was no news about seeing or not seeing you within a quarter of an hour (half an hour) at most, why it's been more than half an hour today, and there is no news about whether the emperor will summon you or not? What happened?"

Excitedly ran to the palace to give Fatty Lu eye drops, and wanted to take advantage of Xiao Mazi’s disastrous failure in negotiating wages today, and take advantage of the hard-won truthful evidence that Fatty Lu betrayed Xiao Mazi, so as to make the catastrophe, who is not pleasing to the eye, a disaster. Fatty Lu was put to death!To avenge myself and my colleagues, subordinates, and slaves who died innocently and unjustly!But when I handed over the waist card in front of the gate of the palace, I waited for more than half an hour. The excitement before I came was almost frozen by the cold wind at night, but there was no news from the palace. Summoned, did not say no.

Kong Sizhen, who rarely entered the palace, and Shang Zhixiao, who had almost never been in the palace, were fine. Who was Tu Hai? The so-called handing over the card is just a routine procedure.Especially at night, as long as I, Kangxi's confidant, handed over the sign, it meant that something big would happen. Even if Kang Xiaomazi was having sex with his wife Hesheli, he would summon him immediately, even faster than during the day. Today, however, there is still no confirmation. Tu Hai, who also has a strong sixth sense, is unavoidably suspicious and has an ominous premonition.

"Tutang, don't turn around, I'll make my eyes dizzy." Kong Sizhen complained, and then comforted: "Don't worry, maybe the emperor has something important to do, eunuchs dare not go in to disturb, Wait patiently for a while and there will be news. Don't worry, our emperor is the most diligent and caring emperor in history. Although we are asking to see him at night, as long as the emperor finds time, he will definitely summon us."

"I'm not worried about this." Tuhai said with a frown, "My heart is beating so fast, I always feel that something is wrong, and I feel uneasy, as if something big is about to happen."

"For those who celebrate the new year, don't say any unlucky things. You are still a majestic scholar, and the yellow flag is in charge. How can you be more timid than us women?" Kong Sizhen gave Tu Hai a white look, and expressed the strongest feeling for Tu Hai's crow mouth. despise.

"It's not that I said unlucky words, it's that my feeling has always been accurate." Tuhai frowned even tighter, and didn't dare to finish the sentence completely—the same unreliable feeling when he just woke up in the 17th year of Shunzhi I feel that Shunzhi started to squall just after noon, holding on to Alana's case and almost sending him to the gallows.

"Okay, okay, we have real evidence to enter the palace this time, so what are we so afraid of?" Kong Sizhen gave his old lover Tu Hai another look, and changed the subject: "Let's take this time to think about it, Let's see how to make that Fatty Lu worse, it's best to kill that Fatty Lu to relieve his anger."

"Good idea, let's fan the emperor's fire first, and then give Fatty Lu some crimes of beheading and ransacking the house. When the emperor is angry, he will definitely kill his whole family!" Shang Zhixiao applauded.

"Good idea." Tuhai snorted, and said, "Whether we can kill Fatty Lu immediately when we enter the palace this time is probably still a problem. We just found out that he was in contact with Murima and was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and usurping him. I don't know what rebellious words he and Murima said. Will the emperor immediately order him to be executed? I hope to kill Fatty Lu all over the house? In my opinion, this matter must take some time Zhou Zhang, first persuade the emperor to dismiss him from office, find any crime and put him in prison, and then slowly torture him about what he said to Murima, and then re-investigate the case of Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai, and return Brother Fu's innocence .”

"Of course it's a way, but it's too slow, and it's hard to guarantee that you won't have long nights and dreams." Kong Sizhen reminded: "Don't forget, the dead fat man has done a great job in helping Wu Yingxiong to negotiate salary this time, and Obai also admires this fat man Lu, If Wu Sangui and Aobai intervene, maybe they will turn over this dead fat man Xianyu."

"That's right, it's best to chop off Fatty Lu first, before you get angry." Shang Zhixiao hated Fatty Lu to the core, and immediately nodded in agreement.

"One more thing, Tutang, I must remind you." Kong Sizhen added: "Fu Honglie's case is a hundred times more complicated than you imagined, and it is absolutely impossible to reverse it in a short time. We will agree, so we'd better play it safe and kill Fatty Lu, the scourge first, and then find a way to reverse Fu Honglie's case and return his innocence when there is a turning point in the future."

"It's up to you, you have the final say." Tuhai agreed helplessly.

"Let's do this." Kong Sizhen rolled his eyes and said with a sinister smile: "Since we have real evidence to prove that Fatty Lu secretly contacted Murima this morning, and then Murima went to the palace to have secret talks with Obai, which caused Obai to defect. Standing on Wu Sangui's side. Then we might as well act more aggressively and directly fabricate some secret talks between Fatty Lu and Murima, and put him to death!"

"Good idea, anyway, only the two of them know what Fatty Lu and Murima talked about secretly, we can fabricate it however we want." Shang Zhixiao applauded, and said with a sinister smile: "At that time, the emperor can't send Murima to confront him, right? Lu The fat man complained and denied it, can the emperor and empress dowager Lafayette believe it?"

"You guys are deceiving the emperor." Tu Hai was shocked at first, but after thinking about it, Tu Hai felt that this move was feasible—after all, no one could prove that they were lying, right?Thinking of this, Tu Hai nodded and said, "Okay then, let's discuss it quickly and see what we can fabricate to kill that damn Fatty Lu."

Hurry up and discuss it, and fabricated several charges for Fatty Lu that would be enough to seize the family and kill the nine clans. Finally, a eunuch came out from the Donghua Gate and announced that Xiao Mazi had been summoned. Tuhai and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly followed the eunuch into the Donghua Gate , and then through Xiqing Gate, Huangji Gate, Ningshou Gate and Yangxin Gate, all the way to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.After the eunuch came in to report, Xiao Mazi announced to summon him immediately, and Tu Hai, Shang Zhixiao, and Kong Sizhen entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation again, and seeing the old witch of Xiaozhuang was also in the hall, they knelt down together, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, long live the emperor, Kowtow to the empress dowager Lafayette, long live my emperor, long live, long live the empress dowager Lafayette."

"Excuse me, let's get back down." Xiao Mazi hummed in a bad tone.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tu Hai and the others agreed, and when they stood up together, they rolled their eyes a little, but suddenly saw Suo Etu and Fatty Lu wearing eunuch uniforms, standing side by side at the side of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Tu Hai, Kong Sizhen, and monk Zhixiao were startled, and Shang Zhixiao even screamed, "Master Suo, Fatty Lu, why are you here?"

"Bold, what is your name Lu Aiqing? How dare you speak rudely in front of me?!" Xiao Mazi snorted in extreme displeasure.

"Damn the slave!" Shang Zhixiao was startled, and quickly knelt down on his knees and kowtowed.Fatty Lu cupped his hands, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it's okay. I do grow a little fat. Many people call me that, and I'm used to it. Please forgive me and spare the second prince." This time."

"For the sake of Lu Aiqing's pleading, let me forgive you this time, get up." Xiao Mazi gave Fatty Lu face very much, and agreed immediately.Only then did Shang Zhixiao stand up tremblingly again, while Tu Hai and Kong Sizhen looked at each other, and said together that the emperor had eaten gunpowder today, why are they so angry?Still doting on Fatty Lu so much?
"Master Tu, Si Gege, Prince Shang, what's the matter with you entering the palace so late?" Xiao Mazi held back his anger and said coldly, "I heard that you seem to be joining someone?"

The murderous aura in Xiao Mazi's voice could be heard clearly from three or four miles away. Hearing this voice, Tu Hai, Kong Sizhen and Monk Zhixiao were unavoidably a little guilty and timid. They didn't know what happened. After hesitating, Tu Hai had no choice but to bite the bullet and cup his hands, and said respectfully: "My Majesty, the slaves want to jointly participate in the performance of Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County, Yunnan Province. He has failed the Holy Grace and deceived the King. Please punish him for the crime he deserves."

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!" Fatty Lu knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Lu Aiqing, get up, don't talk yet." With a sneer on his face, Xiao Mazi asked Fatty Lu to get up first, and then asked: "Master Tu, Si Gege, Prince Shang, are you impeaching Lu Aiqing for betraying the grace and deceiving the emperor?" What proof?"

"What's the matter with the emperor today? Why is he smiling like this?" Tu Hai panicked and dared not make a sound for a while.Over there, Kong Sizhen and monk Zhixiao also saw that Xiao Mazi was in a bad mood, and he was also confused. He didn't know what happened, so he didn't dare to speak.

"Why didn't you say it?" Xiao Mazi suddenly raised his voice, and yelled, "Tell me, what evidence do you have? If you can't produce any real evidence, don't blame me for framing you for slandering your colleagues!"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Xiao Zhuang finally spoke out, sighing to himself that his grandson was too young to hold his breath, and asked Kong Sizhen in a gentle manner: "Si Er, tell me, why are you impeaching me?" Lu Yifeng? What evidence proves that he deceived the emperor?"

"Back to Lafayette, the thing is like this." Seeing Xiaozhuang's amiable face, Kong Sizhen was a little relieved, and hurriedly said: "Today, when the court discussed the salary, Ao Zhongtang firmly supported the emperor to reduce the military salary of Yunnan and Guizhou, and then suddenly changed it. The position was changed to fully support the increase of military pay for Yunnan and Guizhou. The servants felt very strange. After the dispersal of the court, they checked the matter, but they didn’t know if they didn’t check it. It was really shocking! It turned out that before Ao Zhongtang changed his position, I met with General Murima of Jingxi near the Xihuamen, and before that, General Murima had a private discussion with Mr. Lu Yifeng, who was entrusted by the emperor, in a small teahouse for a long time !"

"Your Majesty, Lafayette, I've been wronged!" Fatty Lu cried out again with great aggrievedness.

"My lord Lu, the emperor told you not to speak, and listen to them first." Suo'etu pulled Fatty Lu, winked at Fatty Lu, and said to himself, why are you complaining?Your grievances, the emperor and the empress dowager, Lafayette, have long been clear, let them try to frame you, and help my poor brother Suo Mintai vent his anger—the last time Kong Sizhen persuaded him to pretend to be As for the emperor's matter, the emperor fined him to be imprisoned in the clan mansion for three years.

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Xiao Zhuang asked calmly, "Si Er, how did you find out about this matter? Do you know what Master Lu and Murima talked about?"

"Back to Lafayette, it's..." Kong Sizhen originally wanted to put the credit for finding out this matter on himself, but considering that he was often in Guangxi and said that he had set up eyes and ears to monitor all officials in the capital, not only did no one The letter still raised suspicion, and it would be better to honestly give back the credit to Tuhai—of course, this idea saved Kong Sizhen herself, and at the same time kicked Tuhai's ass which was already standing on the crater.

"Back to Lafayette, it was Tutang who found out about this matter." Kong Sizhen replied truthfully: "In General Murima's personal army, there is an eyeliner planted by Tutang, that's why we found out about this matter."

Hearing Kong Sizhen's answer, Xiao Zhuang immediately frowned and couldn't help gnashing his teeth.Xiao Mazi smiled more and more, and said: "Master Tu is amazing, even General Murima's personal army can install eyeliner. Presumably there are eyeliners from Tutang in the homes of all the officials in the capital." , must have found out a lot of little-known secrets, right?"

"This slave deserves to die!" Tu Hai hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed and said, "This slave knows that this is wrong, but for the convenience of running business, and to keep track of the situation at Ao Zhongtang, this slave has boldly placed a few insiders. , the slave is convicted, please forgive me."

"Tutang, do you know what crime it is to secretly plant eyeliner to monitor the officials?" Xiao Mazi asked coldly.

"What happened to the emperor today?" Tu Hai was startled again, and said in his heart that I placed spies beside Murima to help you deal with Oboi. crime?But looking up at Xiao Mazi's majestic face again, Tu Hai swallowed hard, and finally bit the bullet and replied: "Going back to the emperor is a crime of beheading."

"Your Majesty, Tu Hai is also for you." Seeing that the situation was not good, Kong Sizhen hurriedly interceded for Tu Hai.

"Shut up! I didn't let you talk!" Xiao Mazi snorted coldly, and then said to Tuhai: "Okay, I will remember your crime first, and then go on, you found out what Lu Aiqing and Murima said ?”

"The point is, if Tuhai and the others don't continue talking, or if they tell the truth that they don't know what Murima and I talked about, Tuhai will be charged with one less crime, and Xiao Mazi's anger may stop here." Lu San Hao became kind-hearted again, and thought: "No, I need Tu Hai and Kong Sizhen to cheer me up. It's best to let them fabricate a few charges and fall on me, that will work best!"

At this point in the calculation, Fatty Lu made a decisive decision, broke away from Suo'ertu's pull, ran to Tuhai and knelt down, kowtowed and shouted: "Your Majesty, Lafayette, I am wronged! I met General Murima this morning. However, Wei Chen and General Murima are just ordinary colleagues. They drank two cups of tea together in the public, and said a few homely words, and did not have any outrageous words! Your Majesty, Lafayette, you have to give Wei Chen Make the decision, Si Gege, Second Prince, Tutang and the others are avenging their own private revenge!"

"Speaking in front of a large crowd?" Kong Sizhen caught Fatty Lu's speech problems, and said with a sneer, "But how did Tutang find out? You asked for a private room with General Murima alone, and even drove away the guests on both sides. And you arranged guards outside the door and windows to prevent others from approaching, and then you talked inside?"

"You... how do you know?" Fatty Lu was taken aback.

"If you want people not to know, you have to do nothing!" Kong Sizhen grinned and said, "And we also know that you and Murima not only said a lot of outrageous things in the private room, but also said a lot of things that were extremely disrespectful to the emperor." words, right?"

"Si Gege, wait a minute." Before Fatty Lu could speak, Suo'etu, who hated Kong Sizhen so much these days, stood up and said with a sly smile: "Si Gege, what you said seems wrong? You just said that Did you say that? Murima arranged human surveillance around the private room of the teahouse to prevent others from approaching, and then started the secret conversation in the private room—in this case, how did your eyeliners overhear Mr. Lu? In secret talks with General Murima?"

"What the hell happened today? Why did Suo'etu help Fatty Lu?" Kong Sizhen took a breath and said to himself, "No, although because of Suo Mintai, I have been with Suo'etu in the past few days. I don’t want to deal with it, but this guy is the emperor’s number one confidant, so he shouldn’t casually interrupt to express his position on this kind of matter.”

"Your Majesty, Lafayette, thanks to Tutang's eyeliner."

Kong Sizhen was really clever, but he couldn't stand having an ally like a pig. At a sensitive moment, Shang Zhixiao actually jumped out, and shouted according to the previous discussion: "The situation is like this. At that time, the eyeliner in Tutang had an idea and jumped into the teahouse looking for an opportunity. I touched the beams of the house, and only then did I hear the traitorous and disrespectful words of the traitor Lu Yifeng!"

"Is that so?" Xiao Mazi asked suspiciously.

"No... that's right." Kong Sizhen said bravely, "Slaves dare not bully the king, that's true."

"Enough!" Xiao Zhuang couldn't bear it any longer, he also slapped the dragon table with his palm, and roared: "Kong Sizhen, Shang Zhixiao, Tu Hai, you guys have eaten the guts of a leopard? How dare you play tricks in front of Aijia?! When Lu Aiqing and Murima had a secret talk, Murima also arranged people on the beams to monitor, how did your eyeliner touch their heads to eavesdrop?!"

"Lafayette, you know?" Kong Sizhen's pretty face turned pale.

"The Ai family not only knew about it a long time ago, but also knew what Lu Aiqing and Murima did there." Xiaozhuang said coldly: "Si Er, you have disappointed the Ai family so much. Do you want to make mistakes again and again, fabricate some false charges to frame Lu Aiqing, and force the emperor to punish you for the crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"Damn the slave! Die the slave!" Kong Sizhen was so frightened that she knelt down and kowtowed.Over there, Shang Zhixiao's face was also pale, and he was as silent as a cicada, not even daring to speak out.Over there, Tu Hai yelled in his heart, he told you to answer the truth, but you are going to fabricate the charges, are you asking for trouble now?

"You guys, didn't you say that Lu Aiqing said something rebellious and disrespectful?" Xiao Mazi was also impatient, pointing at Kong Sizhen and the other three, and said with a murderous tone: "Then tell me all about it, and see if it's you who deceived the emperor. It's still Lu Aiqing who deceives the king."

Kong Sizhen and Monk Tuhai's filial piety didn't even take a breath, so they dared to speak. Lu Sanhao, who was next to him who said good things, did good deeds, and had a good heart, activated his conscience again, "Kong Sizhen bitch is Xiao Mazi's confidant. Guangxi plays a very important role, Xiao Mazi and the old witch of Xiaozhuang should not hit her hard; Shang Zhixiao is Shang Kexi's son, beating a dog depends on the owner's face, it is unlikely that Xiao Mazi will punish him severely, and even if Cleaning up this trash won't do much good. Xiao Mazi won't be able to hit him hard if they are tied together to punish him. It's better to separate the responsibility of the three of them and let Tu Hai carry a heavier burden, so that Xiao Mazi can hit him harder. "

Thinking of this, Fatty Lu immediately took two steps on his knees, and said with his forehead on the ground: "I would like to report to the Emperor and Lafayette, I have something to say, please allow the Emperor and Lafayette."

"Say." For the sake of Fatty Lu's letter of loyalty, Xiao Mazi readily agreed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fatty Lu kowtowed, and said again: "My Majesty, Lafayette, Si Gege and Prince Shang participated in the performance. I feel that they have done nothing wrong. Please forgive them this time. "

"What?" Xiao Zhuang, including the treacherous and treacherous, suspected that his ears had heard it wrong. After Xiao Mazi was shocked, he was annoyed and funny, and said: "Lu Yifeng, Monk Kong Sizhen's filial piety, they slandered and framed you, and they want to set you up. You are dying, why did you plead for them instead?"

"Back to the emperor, I have always remembered the teachings of my parents since I was a child, say good things, do good deeds, and have good intentions." Fatty Lu raised his head, and said with a holy face: "But it is not that I am pleading for Si Gege and the others. A good person who behaves indiscriminately and sells human favors, but presents the truth! The Sigege monk and the princes did not put eyeliner in the court official's house to impeach the humble official. They also listened to the Chen Zou in the picture hall, and then they went to the palace to participate in the impeachment of the humble official. .”

"Your Majesty, Lafayette, please think about it." Fatty Lu said very seriously: "If Monk Sigege and the others learn that the court officials have acted abnormally or have misbehavior, should they report the truth to the Emperor and Lafayette or report it in time? Stop it, but turn a deaf ear and turn a blind eye. Wouldn't it be a failure to live up to the grace and neglect of duty? Therefore, Wei Chen dared to think that Prince Sigege did not do anything wrong. I firmly believe that this must not have come from their original intentions. Please the emperor check clearly, and also please see that their essence is to be loyal to the emperor, please forgive them this time."

"There is also Tutang, and this humble official also dares to ask the emperor for grace, please forgive him this time." Lu Sanhao is indeed a rare kind person, and in the end he did not forget to ask the culprit Tuhai for favor.

After Fatty Lu finished speaking, there was silence in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and everyone had complicated thoughts. Xiao Mazi nodded repeatedly, admiring Fatty Lu's selflessness and outspokenness; Xiaozhuang nodded slightly, and was also very satisfied with Fatty Lu's understanding of the general situation; Suo'etu, who hates Kong Sizhen so much, thinks that Fatty Lu is a bit of a woman, but he also thinks that Fatty Lu is a good friend-at least, this kind of friend who likes to give charcoal in a timely manner is worse than the kind who likes to fall into a well and a stone wall A friend recommended by everyone is ten thousand times better, right?Only Tu Hai's face was ashen, and he knew that Fatty Lu's so-called intercession was just to make himself worse.

At the same time, Tu Hai was secretly wondering—how could there be such a fat man with a sweet belly and a heart like a snake in this world?Putting people together, saying one good thing is more sinister than saying ten thousand bad things?
Monk Kong Sizhen's filial piety had the most complicated expression. Seeing Fatty Lu's holy expression, Monk Kong Sizhen's filial piety had the urge to pounce on him and kiss him!Excited, Kong Sizhen was the first to sell her old lover Tu Hai unceremoniously, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, Lafayette, this slave is convicted, and this slave should not listen to other people's one-sided words and wronged Lu Yifeng and Lord Lu. The slave deserves death!"

"The slave is also convicted." Shang Zhixiao finally got a little smarter, kowtowed quickly, and imitated Kong Sizhen to shirk his guilt, "The slave shouldn't be instigated by Tu Hai to follow him into the palace to slander Lord Lu, the slaves don't know the truth, listen to it In one-sided words, please the emperor punish the slaves for the crimes they deserve."

"It's good to know the crime." Xiao Mazi snorted coldly, thinking that you are still smart, and it will be much easier for me to punish you this time.At the end, Xiao Mazi snorted at Tu Hai: "Tu Hai, what else do you have to say now?"

"I have nothing to say, my majesty, please punish me." Tu Hai agreed helplessly—the two wolf-hearted allies, Kong Sizhen and Monk Zhixiao, had already sold themselves out. Pit to death.It's better to accept the crime honestly, at least you can keep your head and official position - framing a seventh-rank sesame official, you won't be beheaded and ransacked, right?

To Tuhai's surprise, Xiao Mazi's attacks this time were a hundred times more serious than he had imagined!Xiao Mazi snorted, "Okay, leave the palace badge and the flower feather on top, and go squat in the sky prison by yourself, and your family, don't worry, I will arrange for them to be sent to the sky prison reunited with you."

"What?" Tu Hai almost didn't jump up, and asked with a pale face, "Your Majesty, even the slave's family members are going to be sent to the prison?"

"The whole family is full of trees?" Kong Sizhen, Shang Zhixiao and Suo'etu were also taken aback, they never thought that Xiao Mazi would attack Tuhai's family.Fatty Lu over there was also taken aback, quickly raised his head, and begged tremblingly: "The emperor is merciful, I will help him..."

"Shut up!" Xiao Mazi showed some displeasure to Fatty Lu for the first time tonight, then turned to Tuhai and said, "I seem to have made it very clear, right? Do you want me to repeat it?"

"Slave..., follow the order." Tu Hai's knees softened, and he knelt down weakly.After kowtowing, Tu Hai shook his hands, took off his headband, handed it to Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch, stood up slowly, and stumbled out of Yangxin under the watchful eyes of Cao Yin and Lang Tan. temple.When he was about to leave the palace, Tu Hai suddenly turned his head and said with a choked voice: "Your Majesty, this servant really doesn't know what happened, even if this servant misunderstood Lord Lu and wronged him, it would not be possible to receive such a big sin?"

"You know what you have done." Xiao Mazi said majesticly: "The two crimes of treachery and loyalty, honey and sword, these two crimes are enough to kill ten of your heads!"

"Xiao Mazi is talking about me?" Fatty Lu was shocked.

"I don't understand, I really don't understand." Tu Hai finally shed tears, but seeing the hard-hearted expressions of Xiao Mazi and Xiao Zhuang, Tu Hai knew that no matter how he defended himself, he was helpless, so he could only shed tears silently , stumbled and followed the imperial guards to report to the prison.

"You two." After Tu Hai was escorted away, Xiao Mazi pointed to the filial piety of Monk Kong Sizhen, and said indifferently: "I sentenced you to a one-year fine, are you convinced?"

"The slaves are willing to accept the crime." Kong Sizhen and the monk Zhixiao kowtowed together in fear, and at the same time felt miserable, Tu Hai is the third-ranked academician in the imperial court, how can you say that if you collapse, you will collapse?
"Lu Aiqing, you have made great contributions to me today, what should I reward you for?" Xiao Mazi turned to Fatty Lu again, hesitating, thinking what to reward, the yellow jacket has already been rewarded once, and one-eyed flower feathers cannot be rewarded Bar?
"Your Majesty, I have the guts to ask for three favors." Fatty Lu was not polite, and immediately opened his mouth to ask for three wishes.

"Three Graces?" Xiao Mazi was slightly displeased, thinking that Fatty Lu had a really big appetite, and he wanted three Graces.But for the sake of Fatty Lu's loyalty, Xiao Mazi still nodded and said, "Well, let's hear it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fatty Lu saluted, and said respectfully and solemnly: "The first favor I want to ask for is to ask the emperor to let me return to Qujing as soon as possible to officially take office--today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. It’s about to start, if I’m late, I’m afraid I’ve missed organizing Qujing’s people to start spring plowing and land reclamation. When I think of this, I’m ready to go home, and I ask the emperor for permission.”

"Good minister." Both Xiao Mazi and Xiaozhuang were greatly moved, and Xiao Mazi immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I can promise you that after tonight, you can return to Yunnan to officially take office at any time, and I will give you ten more best horses." Good fast horse, let you return to Qujing as quickly as possible, and organize the people to start spring plowing."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fatty Lu saluted, and then said: "The second favor I want to ask for is to ask the emperor to pardon Lord Suo Etu Suo's younger brother, Mr. Suo Mintai Suo. Mr. Suo was young and occasionally made a mistake. , This is human nature, this humble minister has the courage to ask the emperor to spare him the sentence of three years of confinement."

"Master Lu..." Suo'etu was very moved, and said in his heart that my brother treated you like this, and you still treat him like this, you are a friend who is so righteous, I will give it up!
"Okay." Xiao Mazi was also a little moved, nodded, and said, "Okay, for your sake, I will give you this grace to pardon Suo Mintai. Suo'etu, you can go there in a while Clan mansion, take Suo Mintai home."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Suo'etu shed tears, kowtowed three times to Xiao Mazi, and then bowed to Fatty Lu, expressing all gratitude without words.

"Okay, I have agreed to both of these graces." Xiao Mazi smiled and said, "Tell me the third grace you want. I believe that you should ask for a grace for yourself this time, right?"

"Back to the emperor, the third kindness of this minister is for others." Fatty Lu was a little embarrassed, and said with a blushing face: "My minister is bold, the third kindness is to ask the emperor to spare the former Zuodu Censor Lord Wang Xu, spare him the prison sentence."

"Wang Xu's family begged you?" Xiao Mazi was a little surprised.

"Return to the emperor, no." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this favor is my own decision and I begged for Mr. Wang. I believe that it doesn't matter whether the stolen money found in Mr. Wang's house is the result of his corruption or not. , just relying on Lord Wang's loyalty to the emperor, he can be forgiven this time."

"That's not necessarily true. Taking bribes is a felony." Xiao Mazi nodded inwardly, making things difficult on purpose.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to pay the redemption money for Lord Wang out of my own pocket." Fatty Lu kowtowed, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, in fact, I have just met Lord Wang with only a few encounters, and I hate corrupt officials very much. But when Mr. Wang was arrested, Weichen happened to be at his home and saw his wife, children, and children all wearing patched and patched clothes, living in a dilapidated earthen house with air leaks on all sides, eating coarse grains and pickled vegetables, and the sedan chair was the most expensive. A cheap bamboo sedan chair, and I saw that Mr. Wang couldn’t even afford a piece of good ink in order to prepare a New Year’s gift for the emperor..."

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu shed tears again, choked up and said: "The minister shed tears at that time, and he believed that Mr. Wang is a good and upright official. Even if he really did something wrong, it is justified. So Weichen The biggest wish of the minister is to ask the emperor to forgive him this time, to allow him to perform his crimes and make meritorious service, and to be a new man... Didn't the Ministry of punishment and the Shuntian Mansion steal 7000 taels of silver from Mr. Wang's house? Is this minister willing to take it himself? Pay 7000 taels of silver, hand it over to the national treasury, hand it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and exchange for Lord Wang to be released from prison and reunite with his family..."

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu was already in tears, sobbing choked up, but Xiao Mazi, Xiaozhuang and others present were all moved, and their hearts were full of emotions-if there were more good officials like Lu Yifeng, why would the Qing Dynasty not worry about it? The foundation is eternal, for thousands of years?After wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Xiao Zhuang choked up and said: "Your Majesty, Aijia has to admit that Aijia had misjudged Lu Aiqing before. Aijia also begged for him, so you should reward him for this kindness. "

"Grandmother, it's not that I'm cruel, it's just that Wang Xu's case has already been settled in the Tribunal, and he's corrupt..." Xiao Mazi was a little embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, can you make a decree?" Fatty Lu begged, "Allow corrupt Mexican officials to pay the crime of silver bills to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and reduce or exempt crimes as appropriate. The deficit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs increases the income of the country. I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in deficit every year."

"This is impossible. Once this precedent is set, corrupt officials will lose their scruples, and corrupt officials will inevitably run rampant." Xiao Mazi was still calm, and finally didn't listen to Fatty Lu's bad idea, but said: "Let's do it, see For Lu Aiqing's sake, I will give Wang Xu a special order to let Wang Xu go home first to face the crime, and after the verdict is delivered, I will pardon his crimes with extrajudicial grace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fatty Lu wiped his tears and thanked him, but he was very disappointed in his heart, "Damn it, Xiao Mazi is not fooled, he is much smarter than his grandson Hongli! But it doesn't matter, I can save another 7000 taels of silver, my lord." The name of Lu Sanhao should be resounding in the capital again, right?"

(End of this chapter)