scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 79

Qujing, the key to Yunnan and Guizhou, the throat of Yunnan, the first city at the source of the Pearl River!When Wu Sangui was in charge of Yunnan and Guizhou, Qujing, the four major military regions directly under the Central Government of Yunnan, ranked third, and the number was to aid in the suppression of Youzhen.

At the same time, there is also Liu Wenjin, the commander-in-chief of Qujing, Xundian, Wuding, and Zhanyi, who was personally appointed by Shunzhi in the Qujing Mansion. There is also a commander-in-chief of Luoping, Hou Di, who was also appointed in the last year of Shunzhi and ruled separately from Liu Wenjin. The green camps in their respective places are not under the control of Wu Sangui, but directly under the jurisdiction of the governor of Yunnan—the purpose of which, I believe, does not need to be wordy.

Two armies of different subordinates in one mansion are not considered lively, what is even more lively is the power struggle of the local government. Li Suizu, the prefect of Qujing, is named Suyuan, and his ancestral home is Tieling, Liaodong. Descendants!The current imperial court's son-in-law is Kang and Jieshu!The family is prominent and the backing is strong, even Wu Sangui has to give him three points!When investigating the Rulong case, Li Suizu made Wu Sangui look ashamed, but Wu Sangui has nothing to do with him. This is a clear proof!

Not to mention, in Qujing mansion, near the mansion city, there is also a chieftain of Anmin, the magistrate of Zhanyi, whose official position has been passed down from generation to generation. Both the Qing court and Wu Sangui listened to the propaganda and did not listen to the tune, so naturally they would not pay attention to the local officials in Qujing!
In addition, in Pingyiwei (now Fuyuan County) in Qujing, there is also a Tuxian magistrate named Long Kuo, who is also the patriarch of the local clan and a big local snake. Wu Sangui is quite a headache character!
There are so many intertwined forces in the small Qujing mansion, and so many powerful figures with strong backgrounds, other local officials will be offended, just like the poor Qujing Tongzhi Zhang Gaomo, Mr. Zhang , often dare not even stay in Qujing City, find excuses to hide in the relatively peaceful Malong Prefecture all day long, dare not speak casually and dare not fight for power.And the only seven-rank magistrate in Qujing County, Qujing County Magistrate, also known as Nanning County Magistrate Cheng Fengcheng, didn't even dare to take care of official business. Every day he just danced, studied knowledge, and hoped that Qujing, the king of hell, would be called out as soon as possible.

Of course, it cannot be said that magistrate Cheng did not do one thing. At least Cheng Feng, magistrate of Cheng, sorted out the classics during his tenure and worked out Qujing's first government annals, which can be regarded as leaving a little cultural treasure for future generations. ——At least in later generations, there was a poor and fifth-rate writer named Wu Shilang, who was honored by the county magistrate of Cheng. With the "Qujing Mansion Chronicle" left by him, he found a lot of valuable information and deceived many people. Less characters.

I've talked a lot of nonsense, but let's get down to business. With the arrival of the spring of the seventh year of Kang Mazi, the county magistrate Cheng, who had been useless for several years, finally showed a little spring color on his face. He was smiling all day long, as if he had picked up a few golden Yuan Bao is the same.As for the reason, of course, it is because Cheng County Magistrate is about to be transferred to Anhui to serve as a magistrate. He only needs to wait for a donated official named Lu Yifeng to come back from Beijing, and Cheng County Magistrate can get out of the sea of ​​suffering.Because of this, on February [-], when the dragon raised its head, the county magistrate Cheng, who was always afraid of dealing with his superiors, rarely took the initiative to invite Li Suzu to go out for an outing outside the city, and share black and white glutinous rice with the people who started spring plowing to celebrate the arrival of spring. .

To save face, Li Shizu led a dozen officials, including his co-prefect Zhang Gaomo, and the magistrate of Cheng County around the outside of the city, and even had a small bowl of glutinous rice.But at this moment, trouble came to the door, and a citizen of Sanchakou Fort suddenly ran to Cheng County Magistrate with a pleading for grievances. What's your name? What's the statement of grievance?"

"Back to Master Qingtian." The well-dressed commoner wiped his tears and said, "The villain's name is Luo Leisheng. He is a kind citizen in Sanchakou Village. He sued Ren Xinglai, the big shopkeeper of the herbal medicine shop in the city, to take over The villain's land, please master Qingtian to be the master of the villain."

"Sue Ren Xinglai?" Cheng Feng, the magistrate of Cheng, took a deep breath—this Ren Xinglai is not someone to provoke, he is not only the owner of the largest crude medicine shop in the city, but also the owner of the largest bank in Qujing City , the biggest restaurant owner, the biggest salt shop owner and the brother-in-law of Li Suzu, the prefect of Qujing!At the same time, his pretty sister, Ren Zeyu, was the goddaughter of Prince Kang. She lived in Jieshu's house for half a year, and gave birth to Li Shizu's fat boy only five months after she came back. The apple of the eye.

He glanced timidly at Li Shizu and the others. Li Shizu rolled his eyes upwards, as if he hadn't heard anyone accuse his brother-in-law, while fellow acquaintance Zhang Gaomo and the others looked around, as if they hadn't heard anyone sue Li Shizu. Same as brother-in-law.Cheng Feng secretly complained, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Luo Leisheng, tell the truth about how Ren Xinglai seized your land, and don't lie."

"Master Qingtian, grassroots dare not lie." Luo Leisheng kowtowed, wiped his tears and told what happened. It turned out that Luo Leisheng was an inland citizen who immigrated from the inland when Wu Sangui entered Yunnan. The landlord has more than 50 mu of fertile land in Sanchakou and makes a living by farming.At the beginning of spring a few days ago, Luo Leisheng suddenly found that the position of his land boundary marker had suddenly changed, and more than 20 mu of good fertile land had suddenly become the land of the neighboring Ren Xinglai's family, and Ren Xinglai's family had also planted Gastrodia elata .

Discovering this, Luo Leisheng of course had to go to the Ren family to reason, and the result was natural. Not only did the rich and powerful Ren family not return the land, but the foreman Ren San led his men to beat Luo Leisheng, insisting that the boundary marker had never changed. After passing the position, Luo Leisheng came to Cheng Feng to seek justice with a glimmer of hope.After crying, Luo Leisheng took out some land deeds, wiped his tears and said: "Master Qingtian, please look, this is the land deed that Caomin bought those lands six years ago. It belongs to the grass-roots people, please master the grass-roots people."

After receiving the title deed and looking it over carefully, he found that the title deed was indeed true. Cheng Feng was even more embarrassed, so he had to turn around and ask Li Shizu in a low voice: "Li Futai, what do you think of this?"

"This is a matter of your Qujing County. Why do you ask me?" Li Suizu said coldly, "Sentence as you please. Don't wrong good people, and don't listen to bad people's one-sided words."

"I obey." Cheng Feng frightenedly agreed, and then ordered helplessly: "Come here, bring this Luo Leisheng back to the county government office, and send Ren San to confront him in the county government hall."

The yamen servant agreed, and took Mr. Luo Lei, who was crying and wiping away his tears, to leave first. Here, Cheng Feng also bid farewell to Li Shizu, saying that he would go back to the yamen to try the case first. Feng Mian whispered a few words in the ears of his attendants, and then said: "Well, since this matter has caught up with me, I will follow you to the county government office to take a look at the case. Zhang Tongzhi, you too go together."

Zhang Gaomo and Cheng Feng frightenedly agreed, and the outing celebration ended hastily, Li led the ancestor's sedan chair first, and everyone returned to Qujing City for trial.Sanchakou Village is not too far from Qujing. Not long after Li Suzu, Cheng Feng and others returned to the county government, Ren San, the foreman who came to the medicine field from Ren Xing, was reported to the Qujing County government. In the hall, seats were set up for Li Suzu and Zhang Gaomo, and he himself sat on the magistrate seat and began to try this difficult case.

"My lord, you are wronged!" As soon as he asked about the case, Ren San, the foreman with a thick waist and round shoulders, called out his injustice, and shouted: "Master Qingtian, the surname Luo is talking nonsense. The 20 mu Tian, ​​the one surnamed Luo sold it to us last month, and it was originally our Ren family's land. Lord Qingtian, the one surnamed Luo is making a false accusation, Lord, you want to be the master of our Ren family."

"Master Qingtian, the grass people did not make a false accusation." Luo Leisheng shouted with tears in his eyes, "The grass people have never sold land, and the grass people rely on such a little to support their families, no matter how much money they have, they are reluctant to sell it."

"Ren San, you said that Luo Leisheng had already sold the land to you, what proof do you have?" Cheng Feng asked boldly.

"Go back to the master, there is a written proof." Ren San shouted: "The written proof is with our master, you can find out if you ask our master."

"Is there any written evidence?" Cheng Feng doubted the letter, then turned to Li Suizu and said in a low voice: "Li Futai, I have to summon the shopkeeper Ren to the county government for a confrontation. I wonder if the Futai has any objections?"

"Let's pass it on." Li Suzu said coldly, with no expression on his face: "But after Ren Xinglai is heard, if Ren Xinglai really comes up with written evidence, Mr. Cheng, you have to judge the case according to the law and punish this false accusation. Rao Leisheng of a good citizen."

"Of course, of course." Cheng Feng nodded again and again, then turned around and shouted: "Come here, it is said that Ren Xing came to the county government to confront him."

"Your Excellency, there is no need to pass it on." A shout came from the crowd watching the excitement outside the hall. Then, the crowd dispersed, and Li Suzu's brother-in-law Ren Xinglai led a few dog legs into the hall swaggeringly, without kneeling. Standing there, he yelled: "Master Qingtian, Xiaomin just heard a false accusation from a bad man, saying that I took his land by force, so he brought me the paperwork for buying his land, please Master Qingtian, please let Xiaomin make the decision. .”

With that said, Ren Xinglai took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and raised it triumphantly.Cheng Feng had no choice but to ask the yamen servant to take the paper, but when he took a closer look at the paper, Cheng Feng's nose was almost out of breath—the ink on the paper was not even dry, so it was clear that it was written just now!In a fit of rage, Cheng Feng slapped the gavel and shouted: "Be bold and reckless..."

"Chengzhi County, what do you want to do?" Li Suzu interrupted Cheng Feng coldly, and said with a straight face: "Ren Xinglai has already presented evidence, what else do you want to do?"

"Li Futai, please read this written evidence." Cheng Feng suppressed his anger and sent the written evidence to Li Suzu, saying that it's fine if you inform your brother-in-law or let him forge evidence, but this evidence is at least I have to be more serious. If this matter is publicized, will I still be an official?

"Is there something wrong with the handwriting?" Li Shizu pretended to look at the handwriting, and said with a sneer, "Isn't the handwriting clearly written? Luo Leisheng sold the land to Ren Xing on the [-]th day of the first month of this year, and there are fingerprints on it. Is there something wrong?" After finishing speaking, Li Shizu handed the written proof to Zhang Gaomo, "Zhang Tongzhi, do you think there is anything wrong with this written proof?"

Of course, Zhang Gaomo could also see at a glance that the written evidence was false, but he didn't dare to make a sound, he just said in a low voice: "Since Master Futai thinks the written evidence is good, there must be no mistake."

"Master Qingtian, the grass people are wronged, the grass people have never had any fingerprints, let alone sold the land!" Luo Leisheng burst into tears, and Ren Xinglai also yelled wronged, forcing Cheng Feng severely sentenced Luo Leisheng, while the common people outside the hall pointed and pointed and talked a lot, they all hated Ren Xinglai's rampant and domineering to the bone.

At this point in the matter, Cheng Feng is really at a loss what to do, he wants to judge according to Li Suzu's will, I'm sorry for his conscience, don't judge according to Li Suzu's wishes, in case Li Suzu gets angry, I had to walk away without food.Over there, Li Shizu saw Cheng Feng's thoughts, so he said coldly: "Master Cheng, the sentence should be judged in court. The next county magistrate of Qujing will arrive in a few days. You can't pass this case Leave it to the next county magistrate?"

"It's a good idea, to delay the case and leave it to the next unlucky guy to have a headache." Cheng Feng was a little moved, but seeing Li Suzu's cold and murderous face, Cheng Feng died again. , I could only comfort myself secretly—I was leaving anyway, so don’t provoke Li Yanwang, while mentioning the gavel...

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, Mr. Xin County is here." At this moment, there was another commotion in the crowd outside the door, and several big men with thicker waists and rounder arms pushed aside a path, and then, a dusty man covered in dust The big fat man walked into the county office swaggeringly with his hands behind his back, leading a few entourages.Coming to the hall, the ordinary-looking big fat man first looked at the movement in the hall, and then he cupped his hands and said to Cheng Feng: "Master Cheng, isn't he? In Lu Yifeng, I came here to receive the seal by the emperor's order."

"Lord Lu, you came so fast. I thought you would arrive in at least half a month." Cheng Feng was surprised and delighted, and said in his heart that God opened his eyes and came for the dead ghost.Over there, Li Suzu smiled coldly, and said in his heart that he came just in time, just to let you see how powerful I am.

"The spring plowing is about to start. The officials were afraid of delaying the spring plowing, so they traveled fast all the way, but they still walked for a month." Fatty Lu explained casually, and asked Xiao Erlang to take out the official defense document issued by the official department and hand it to Cheng Feng Check it out.Over there, Cheng Feng wished that someone would take the place of the dead ghost, and after a cursory inspection, it was correct and the fingerprints were correct, so he held the seal in front of Fatty Lu, and said respectfully: "Master Lu, this is the seal of the county magistrate of Qujing, please accept it. Write back to the officer."

"So soon?" Fatty Lu was taken aback, but considering that he was in such a hurry to come back to do something important, the sooner he formally took office the better, so he accepted the seal letter without thinking too much, and asked his master Zhu Fangdan to write a letter of acceptance to Cheng Feng Article, signed with seal, officially took office as the magistrate of Qujing County - Qipin.

After receiving the seal letter, the case of Luo Leisheng in the hall naturally had to be resolved by Fatty Lu. At that moment, Fatty Lu quickly changed his official uniform, while Li Shizu and Zhang Gaomo were silent, one sneered and the other scolded Cheng Feng for being treacherous and slipping away faster than anyone else.Also taking this opportunity, Cheng Feng introduced the identities of Li Suzu and Zhang Gaomo to Fatty Lu, vaguely saying that they were hearing the trial, Fatty Lu saluted according to the rules, and then sat on the magistrate's seat in the eyes of countless people and officials. It is the first case since taking office.

"Bang!" With an incomparably majestic slap on the gavel, Fatty Lu shouted in a dignified manner: "The people kneeling in the hall, who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant?"

"Master Qingtian, the plaintiff Luo Leisheng is the plaintiff." Luo Leisheng replied pitifully.

"Master Qingtian, I'm Ren Xinglai, the defendant." Ren Xinglai still didn't kneel, and said proudly: "However, I was falsely accused, and the magistrate Mr. Li is also my brother-in-law."

"No wonder you handed over the seal so quickly." Fatty Lu suddenly realized that he glanced at Cheng Feng, and Cheng Feng shrank his head, not daring to look at Fatty Lu.Fortunately, Fatty Lu is not even afraid of the prince and bachelor, but is he afraid of the prefect of Qujing and his brother-in-law?At that moment, Fatty Lu slapped the gavel again, and shouted: "Bold, when did I ask who your brother-in-law is? You can't answer anything I haven't asked! Also, you didn't wear a melon skin hat in court, which proves that you have no fame." Body, according to the law to kneel down to this official!"

"Brother-in-law..." Ren Xinglai turned his gaze to Li Suzu, Li Suzu was furious and didn't speak, so of course Ren Xinglai didn't kneel.

"Don't kneel? Okay, I will help you." Fatty Lu smiled coldly, and shouted: "Come here, let the unruly stalker Ren Xinglai kneel down!"

All the servants of the Qujing County Yamen were silent, and no one dared to step forward. Ren Xinglai was even more proud, and simply raised his head.At this moment, a fat little black man walked out from Fatty Lu's entourage, stepped forward and pressed his shoulder, and kicked him on the knee again. Ren Xinglai felt two huge forces hitting his hamstring They were almost kicked off on the spot, and they knelt down with a scream.Li Shizu was furious, and he stood up, but the people outside the hall applauded loudly, and Li Shizu, who knew he was wrong, gritted his teeth and sat down again.

"Li Futai, don't blame Fang Shiyu, the servant of the lower official, for being rude." Fatty Lu got cheap and behaved, and said to Li Suzu with a smile: "According to the law of the Qing Dynasty, those without meritorious reputation should not kneel in the hall, so they should be punished for twenty For your sake, my lord, I will record this slap."

"Your Majesty Lu, you are being polite. We are all officials of the imperial court, and we should act according to the law, and we don't need to look at anyone's face." Li Suzu said through gritted teeth.

"Well, with the words of Mr. Li, you can act in accordance with the law." Fatty Lu smiled without showing weakness, then turned to the hall and shouted: "The plaintiff, Luo Leisheng, what grievance do you have to sue? Tell the truth. "

"Master Qingtian, the grassroots are wronged." Seeing that Fatty Lu was so disrespectful to the prefect, Luo Leisheng saw a ray of hope, and quickly told the story of the Ren family's seizure of his land, showing the evidence of the title deed, and showing the wounds on his body .

"Your Excellency, I am wronged." Ren Xinglai hurriedly yelled, "Master Qingtian, this Luo Leisheng sold the land to the grassroots last month, but the troublesome Luo Leisheng said that the land deed could not be found, so he wrote a piece of land. The written evidence is the proof, Lord Qingtian, please check it clearly."

"Where is the evidence?" Fatty Lu asked.Over there, Li Suzu hesitated for a moment, and raised the paper in his hand. Li Tianzhi hurried forward, took the paper from Li Suzu, and presented it to Fatty Lu. You trickster, Ren Xing, you really are quite courageous, the ink is not even dry on this document, how dare you say it was written more than half a month ago?"

The people in the hall were in an uproar, cursing at Ren Xinglai one after another, but Ren Xinglai quibbled: "My lord, it has been raining in Qujing for the past few days, and the climate is humid, so the ink is a bit damp."

"Well, I will believe your words for the time being." Fatty Lu smiled and shouted: "Come here, ask Luo Leisheng to submit a fingerprint, and I want to check the fingerprints."

Li Tianzhi, who has rich experience in Gongmen, obeyed the order, and Luo Leisheng quickly sent it up with his fingerprints. Fatty Lu took it over for a little comparison, and immediately laughed again: "Okay, Ren Xing, you really are You are so bold, look for yourself, these two fingerprints, one is the bucket pattern, the other is the skip pattern, even an idiot can see that they are fake, you still want to use them to deceive the official?"

After laughing, Fatty Lu patted the gavel again, and shouted: "Where is the master? Report the Qing law and seize other people's land. What crime should I have? Beating others and causing injury, what crime should I do? What should I do?"

"Return to your lord." Zhu Fangdan also knew that this was Fatty Lu's first case and it was very important, so he replied truthfully: "Forcibly occupying other people's land, with forty rods, one year in prison, and ordered to return the land to the original owner. Beating others and causing injuries, Depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, the penalty ranges from [-] to [-] sticks. For particularly serious cases, you can be imprisoned for half a year to [-] years, and full compensation for soup and medicine. Particularly serious cases may be imprisoned for half a year to five years."

"Very good." Fatty Lu nodded in satisfaction, slapped the gavel again, and shouted: "The book office records that the chief criminal, Ren Xinglai, forcibly occupied other people's land, with a cane of forty, and was imprisoned for one year! Connivance of servants beating others and causing injuries, two canes. 20! Forged documents to defraud the court, [-] sticks, imprisonment for half a year! Combining [-] sticks, imprisonment for one and a half years, compensation of [-] taels of soup and medicine, all land occupied will be returned to the original owner! Three accomplices, bullying others, [-] sticks, imprisonment Half a year!"

After finishing speaking, Fatty Lu grabbed a stick and threw it down, shouting angrily: "The verdict is over, execution! Imprisonment!"

"Good!" The people outside the hall cheered and applauded like thunder.Luo Leisheng was even more surprised and delighted, he kowtowed desperately and shouted: "Master Qingtian! Master Qingtian!"

"Brother-in-law, save me!" Ren Xinglai shouted like a pig.

"Lord Lu, isn't it too reckless for you to judge like this?" Li Suzu was furious, stood up and shouted.

"My lord, there are witnesses and evidence, so what do you think is wrong with the low-ranking sentence?" Lu Yifeng asked without fear.

"You..." Li Suzu was furious, but he couldn't find anything to refute.In desperation, Li Suizu had no choice but to suppress his anger and said: "Lord Lu, I feel that there is something wrong with this case, please speak to Ertang."

"Master Futai, it's really hard to obey such a lowly position." Fatty Lu didn't give any face, and said directly: "The case is very clear and the evidence is very conclusive. If Li Futai thinks that the lowly position is wrong, please Speak clearly in court."

Li Shizu really wanted to tear Fatty Lu apart, but considering that he would definitely not be able to beat Fatty Lu with his old arms and legs, he could only swallow his anger and said: "Master Lu, since the evidence of Ren Xinglai's seizure of land is convincing, then Tell him to give up the land, and pay for the decoction and medicine. It’s just that the sentencing needs to be discussed slowly, how about another day?”

Since he took office in Qujing for eight years, this is the first time that Li Shizu has spoken to his subordinates in such a pleasant manner. Ever begged yourself?But it is a pity that Fatty Lu, who will soon be nicknamed the two hundred and five county magistrates, does not accept this at all. He just sneered and said: "Li Futai, the facts of this case are clear, and my sentencing is all in accordance with the laws of the Qing Dynasty. Yes, if Master Futai thinks something is wrong, please correct me in court. If not, I will have someone execute me."

Li Suzu was even more furious, but he really couldn't find anything to refute Fatty Lu, he could only stare at Fatty Lu viciously, and said to himself, I want to see if you have the guts to hit my brother-in-law!But it's a pity that Fatty Lu didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately shouted: "Since the lord of Futai has no objection, then I will enforce the law according to the law! Come here, drag the two criminals down, and punish them in court." !"

At the end, Fatty Lu pointed at Li Tianzhi and shouted viciously: "Li Tianzhi, from now on, you will be the head of the government office in Qujing County. You go to supervise the implementation, but those who are ineffective in their duties and perfunctory will be dismissed on the spot! By the way! Tell the entire county government officials that from today onwards, I will pay out of my own pocket, and their salaries will be doubled, and those who don't want this job can get out at any time!"

"Cover." Li Tianzhi agreed with a dark smile, pointed at a few yamen servants casually, and ordered them to drag Ren Xinglai and Ren San down to beat them.The yamen servants didn't dare to be negligent, so they hurriedly apologized to Ren Xing, dragged him down and beat him up, every time Ren Xing came to beat him, he screamed like a pig, and the people outside the hall also cheered. Su Zu's expression became even uglier.

"Lord Lu, it really is the new official who set the fire three times, and it burned so badly." While the attention of the people outside the hall was distracted, Li Shizu gritted his teeth and gave Fatty Lu a grim smile, and said, "But Lord Lu must not have listened." As I said, in Luoping prefecture in Qujing mansion, the post of sixth-rank magistrate has been vacant for more than a year, and no one has dared to take it up to now! Why, Lord Lu doesn’t want to inquire about it?”

"Li Futai, I'm really sorry." Fatty Lu said with a smile: "The lower official is the magistrate of Qujing County, and Luoping Prefecture is not under the jurisdiction of the lower official, so the matter there is really not very interesting for the lower official."

"Really? Then let's read the libretto while riding a donkey, we'll see!" Li Shizu flicked his sleeves, ignored his brother-in-law's wailing for help, and rushed out of the lobby without looking back.

"The tip of the needle is against the wheat awn, and the tip of the needle is against the awn of wheat." Zhang Gaomo, the prefect, murmured, shaking his head, and muttered, "This time, Qujing Mansion is more lively." middle.On the other hand, Cheng Feng didn't even dare to take a breath, and almost retracted his head into his collar.

"Boss, aren't you being too reckless?" Zhu Fangdan whispered into Fatty Lu's ear, "You just took office, and you immediately disrespected your boss, how can you be an official in the future?"

"Stupid, if I give in, I won't be able to live my life in the future." Fatty Lu sneered in a low voice and said, "It's not like you don't know how strong Li Suzu's backing is. If I give in, he will He will push his nose to his face, and ride on my head to shit and pee! Now this case happens to be related to his brother-in-law, and the reasoning is all on our side. I don’t want to hurry up and make a big deal out of it, and make him ashamed , beat his arrogance, I will stop being the county magistrate in the future, and just lift the toilet for Li Suzu."

"However, Li Suzu is a local snake, and the backing is strong. Will both sides suffer?" Zhu Fangdan was still a little worried.

"He has a backer, so don't I have a backer?" Fatty Lu sneered, and then said in a low voice: "And don't forget, I still have a yellow jacket in my hand. This is my trump card to deal with him. Tell Xiao Erlang and the others , let them not shake it out, save a big surprise for Li Suzu."

"There are two other things. One is that you go and prepare a notice to post for me immediately, so that the common people can complain about their grievances and revenge. First, collect the evidence against Li Suzu. The second is that you will go to Comfort the complaining Luo Leisheng, if he wants to thank us, you can let him take out half of the land, plant that thing, and then wait to make a fortune."

Note: Li Suzu had a good relationship with Wang Fuchen. Historically, it was not until May of the 11th year of Kang Mazi that he fought with Wang Jing, the deputy general of Yunnan who succeeded Wang Fuchen, and was demoted together. There is no record of his whereabouts.

(End of this chapter)