scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 81

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Fatty Lu entertained Qujing landlords and gentry at Chenghuang Temple and distributed drug seeds. Of course, his immediate superior, Li Suzu, Li Dazhifu, who had been in charge of Qujing government affairs for many years, knew clearly, but Li Dazhifu did not distribute Fatty Lu for free. He took the matter of Afulong seeds to heart, but focused on the fact that Fatty Lu only charged two points for Huomo.

You must know that Li Dazhi, who is as clean as water, only charges a mere three cents for fire consumption-speaking from conscience, compared with other Qingqing prefects, Li Suzu's charge is really not that high, but Lu Fatty wants Stealing the limelight from the prefect of Li Dazhi, you will only be charged two points if you die. Isn't this a slap in the face of the prefect Li?Annoyed, Li Zhifu had no choice but to add another charge to Fatty Lu in the memorial to impeach Fatty Lu, which would increase the fire consumption and take bribes!

"Bang!" After re-writing the memorial to impeach Fatty Lu, Li Zhifu threw the top-quality Langhao brush made in Kanto on the ground as if venting, gnashing his teeth in his heart, "My surname is Lu, let's read the libretto while riding a donkey, just wait and see! Lin Tianqing and Lao Tzu knew each other when they were in Liaodong, and they were old acquaintances of Lao Tzu's old boss. He must go through Qujing when he takes office in Kunming. At that time, Lao Tzu will pass this memorial to him, and then give him some money, so that he can ask for the king's order Flag, I will cut you down first!"

"Dong Weng, Dong Weng, good news." At this moment, Li Suzu's master Bi Binbin suddenly rushed into Li Suzu's study and shouted happily: "Congratulations Dong Weng, congratulations Dong Weng, Wang Junmen He's back, he's gone to town and home!"

"Haha, Wang Junmen is back, and you don't need to wait for Lin Tianqing to arrive in Qujing, you can kill Fatty Lu!" Li Suzu laughed loudly, jumped up and ordered: "Quick, Master Bi, go prepare a This is an important gift, the servant girl will help the official change his clothes, and go to see Wang Junmen immediately."

"Dong Weng, I'm afraid I have to prepare two gifts." Bi Binbin carefully reminded: "Prince Pingxi's commander of the army, General Wu Guogui, is also here. Prince Pingxi's adoptive son is here to inspect Youzhen's military affairs on behalf of Prince Pingxi, so don't neglect it."

"Wu Guogui? Humph, old dog Wu's son of a bitch!" Li Suzu snorted coldly, and after careful calculation, Li Suzu nodded and said, "Okay then, prepare two gifts, this time to borrow from Wang Junmen Get rid of Fatty Lu by hand, don't let this dog cause trouble!"

Bi Gaobin agreed, Li led his ancestors to change into his official uniform in a hurry, brought two gifts, led Bi Gaobin and a few entourages, and hurried to Wang Fuchen's mansion in Qujing City.When I arrived at the Wangfuchen's mansion, I saw that there were lanterns and festoons in front of Wang Fuchen's mansion, and there was a lot of traffic, and the sergeants and servants were constantly coming and going. Li Suzu and Wang Fuchen had always been on good terms, so he didn't even bother to send the greeting card, so he led Bi Yibin into the Wangfu. None of the servants of Wang Fuchen's family stopped him.

Entering the hall of Wang Fuchen's mansion, the hall is also very lively, a large group of generals Qiu Bazheng is playing dominoes around a big table, there is a lot of shouting and drinking, and the sound of eating and paying. Li Shizu knows that Wang Fuchen is addicted to gambling, He didn't care, just walked quietly behind Wang Fuchen who was sitting in the manor, suddenly put Wang Fuchen on the shoulder, and shouted, "Shuangtian Supreme, kill!"

"Shuangtian Supreme, pass kill!" Wang Fuchen, who was gambling vigorously, subconsciously roared, and lifted the pai gow in front of him, only to see that the two dominoes turned out to be a pair of dominoes, which was a pair of dominoes. Wang Fuchen couldn't help but cursed. But there were cheers, one after another scrambling to call for compensation, Wang Fuchen turned his head to see who had such a crow's mouth while betting, and seeing that it was Li Suzu, Wang Fuchen couldn't help shouting angrily: "Li Futai, you never play this, Calling the ball, my Shuangtian Supreme has been called flying by you, you pay for this bet! You pay!"

"Wang Junmen, this can't depend on the lower officials. Before I called, you got the card first." Li Suizu shook his head, and asked again: "Wang Junmen, I heard that General Wu Guogui is also here, why? Didn't see anyone?"

"He brought his family here this time, and he plans to stay here for a few days, and now he will settle his family in the back." Wang Fuchen replied casually.

"That's better." Li Suizu was secretly happy, saying that it would be easier to talk without Wu Sangui's confidants by his side.At that moment Li Suzu pulled Wang Fuchen's sleeve and said: "Wang Junmen, take a few steps to talk, brother, I have something to tell you."

"Alright, Wang Jing, you can make a few bankers for me, and change hands." Wang Fuchen, who was full of luck, agreed, and threw the dice to the lieutenant general Wang Jing, and entered the back hall side by side with Li Suizu.Before Li Shizu could speak, Wang Fuchen took the initiative to say: "Suyuan, I just heard that your brother-in-law was arrested. What's the matter? The new county magistrate, Lu Yifeng, doesn't give you face like this?"

"Fuchen, I'm just asking you for help on this matter." Li Suizu wept, and briefly explained the matter of Ren Xinglai's arrest, then said through gritted teeth: "Brother Fuchen, brother, I can see it." , this Lu Yifeng came to Qujing this time, making it clear that the chariots and horses wanted to fight against my brother and me. If this kid is not dealt with, our brothers will not have a comfortable life in Qujing! Zhizhou's old way, let this Fatty Lu die unexpectedly, so as not to embarrass us in front of us."

"Brother Suyuan, it's not that I refuse to help you with this favor." Wang Fuchen said helplessly: "The key is that this Lu Yifeng is registered with the prince. This time I went to Kunming to report on my work, and the prince mentioned it to me alone. His affairs require me to get along well with this Lu Yifeng, not to have conflicts, and to help him when necessary. And the second prince, he even told me alone that Lu Yifeng is a talent he personally selected , want me to show him some face and be nice to this Lu Yifeng. Tell me, am I still ashamed to attack him?"

"What's the origin of this kid? Why do the prince and the second prince value him so much?" Li Suizu took a breath, and managed to put away a little contempt for Fatty Lu.

"I don't know the details, but it is reported that this year the imperial court increased the military pay of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces by 40 taels, and this kid is responsible for it." Wang Fuchen replied casually, and said with a wicked smile: "Also, this kid doesn't know What kind of shit luck did you have to abduct Little Gege from Prince Pingnan's mansion to become his wife? The prince and monk are happy to never deal with it for the rest of their lives. He even dislocated his jaw from laughing when he heard this, and of course he was even more reluctant to let this living treasure die."

"What? That kid's wife is Little Gege from Prince Pingnan's Mansion?" Li Suzu was taken aback again, and said in shock: "I met his wife outside the Qujing County Office that day, and she was very beautiful. Such a beautiful little beauty, that Fatty Lu is so ugly, how can he abduct such a beautiful little Ge Ge?"

"I'm probably blind. No matter how beautiful she is, how can she be as beautiful as Wu Guogui's precious daughter, Bamian Guanyin?" Wang Fuchen snorted disdainfully, and then said, "Well, I'll send someone to call that Lu Yifeng and tell him For the sake of saving face, let your brother-in-law go, and ask him to be more respectful to you, otherwise I won't be able to spare him. If he refuses to give this face, we will discuss how to deal with it slowly. "

Li Shizu was a little unconvinced, but considering that Fatty Lu is now a big celebrity in front of Wu Sangui, Wang Fuchen would definitely not do it if he forced Wang Fuchen to kill him, so it is better to rescue his brother-in-law for now, and there will be opportunities to deal with Fatty Lu in the future.Thinking of this, Li Suzu reluctantly nodded and said, "Well, I'll leave it to Brother Fuchen."

Seeing that Li Suizu had no objection, Wang Fuchen immediately called an attendant and asked him to take his famous assassin to the Qujing County Government to invite Fatty Lu, and said: "Brother Li, I have become addicted to hand games, and I have to play some pai gow. Do you want to go? If you are not interested, then you can wait in the back hall for a while, and when Fatty Lu comes, I will bring him in to see you."

Li Shizu regarded himself as noble, so naturally he didn't want to chat with a group of veterans, and expressed his willingness to stay in the back hall to drink tea and wait. There were more than double the number of gamblers at the table than before. Wang Jing, who took the place of Wang Fuchen as the banker, had a red face and piles of cash in front of him. It was obvious that he was very lucky and had already won a lot.Without further ado, Wang Fuchen went up and put the money in front of Wang Jing, and exclaimed excitedly, "Brother Wang Jing, let me take advantage of your luck to form a partnership and kill ten of them!"

"It's easy to say." Wang Jing, who was on the top of his head, greeted: "Quick, it's time to place a bet, and I've decided to leave."

"I bet 100 taels." A fat white man took the lead in betting 100 taels of silver on the Tianmen position.Wang Jing smiled and said, "Brother, you are so unlucky that you lost more than 200 taels, how dare you bet so big?"

"If you don't focus on the key points, how can you make money?" The fat man asked in an authentic Yunnan accent, unconvinced.

"Yes, yes, I don't care about the main point, how can I get it back?" The big winner Wang Jing laughed, and hurriedly called people to place bets. Everyone also saw that the fat man's luck was outrageous, and they didn't dare to die with him. Wang Jing took the opportunity to throw out the dice and distribute the Pai Gow.The fat white man didn't turn over the pai gow after holding the pai gow, he just groped slowly with his fat palm, and Wang Jing's hand was not very good, he was a little nervous because he killed the left family and compensated the right family with a pair of small cards. The Tianmen position, couldn't wait to ask: "Fatty, what card?"

"Fuck it, it's lame again!" The fat white man screamed, and threw the unopened dominoes into the pile of dominoes.Both Wang Jing and Wang Fuchen laughed, and couldn't wait to receive the 100 taels of silver and divide them among their hands.The fat white man took out a few more banknotes from his body, threw them on the table, and shouted: "I bet 300 taels, I don't believe it, it's still a lame ten!"

300 taels of silver is not a small amount, it is already higher than the annual salary of Wang Jing and Wang Fuchen, and even more equivalent to the annual salary of twenty ordinary soldiers. It is definitely the biggest bet on this gambling table so far.At present, both Wang Jing and Wang Fuchen's eyes were shining, and they couldn't wait to call everyone to bet, and they rolled the dice to deal the cards. After the fat man got the bid, he still fumbled nervously until Wang Jing, who was extremely lucky, showed a pair of miscellaneous nines. Cai screamed like a pig but showed his miscellaneous look, and held the 300 taels of silver in front of Wang Fuchen and Wang Jing.

After such a few hands, the fat man won ten taels in one hand, and the other ones either threw cards in a fit of anger, or showed cards that were lower than Wang Jing's, and lost more than 1000 taels in one breath, moaning and sighing constantly.Wang Fuchen and Wang Jing laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. They were very fond of this fat sheep, and after winning another 200 taels of silver from this fat man, Wang Jing asked with a smile: "This brother, is your face tight? What's the name, general or guerrilla, are you interested in my account? I'll give you an upgrade."

"Get out!" Wang Fuchen yelled and pushed Wang Jing away, and said with a smile, "This brother is under that general's account? Come to my central army, and I will give you two promotions."

"Back to the military gate, the humble position is not a military officer, but a civilian position." The fat man put the 200 taels of silver notes on the Tianmen seat to place a bet, and said with a mournful face, "The humble position is called Lu Yifeng, and he is the county magistrate of Qujing who just took office."

"You are Lu Yifeng? I sent someone to look for you just now, why did you come here first?" Wang Fuchen was taken aback.Over there, Wang Jing greeted with bright eyes: "So it's Mr. Lu, I'm Wang Jing, Deputy General of Yunnan, from now on we'll be doing business for the prince in a city, so we can get together more when we have free time."

"Of course." Fatty Lu nodded naively, and greeted again: "Wang Junmen, casinos are not big or small, and betting is a big deal. The humble job brought 2000 taels of silver today, and there is still capital to pay off. I will show you off again and again." .”

"Yes, this is a good brother." Wang Jing smiled, and quickly threw the dice. Over there, Wang Fuchen was also a gambling addict, so he quickly put other things behind him and turned his attention to the gambling table. above.

This time, Fatty Lu lost again. In anger, Fatty Lu bet all the remaining 400 taels, and after the dominoes were dealt, Wang Jing, the banker, got a small set of cards and almost lost. Fatty Lu laughed loudly while touching the cards, "Okay, I will win this one..." After laughing here, Fatty Lu couldn't laugh anymore, and murmured in despair: "No way, it's another crappy one!" ten?"

"Crap!" Wang Jing and Wang Fuchen laughed wildly together, and hurriedly took away the last 400 taels in front of Fatty Lu.Fatty Lu cursed at his luck and was about to throw the unrevealed cards into the pile of cards. He never thought that a hand suddenly stretched out from the side and snatched the cards from Fatty Lu's hand. Fatty Lu was shocked and turned his head to look , but saw that a middle-aged man in his forties appeared in front of him, with a very dignified appearance, Fatty Lu hurriedly asked: "This general, dare to ask your name."

"Wu Guogui, the commander of the guards in front of the prince, Zhang Jing." The middle-aged man replied with a smile.He touched Fatty Lu's cards again, and found that it was a pair of Shuangtian Supremes that couldn't be bigger. Wu Guogui threw the cards into the pile of dominoes and messed them up. This luck is really bad, don't gamble, save some money to support your little Gege."

"General Wu taught me the lesson. I don't dare to gamble after losing my humble job." Fatty Lu apologized, and heaved a sigh of relief inwardly—if Wu Guogui showed the Shuangtian Supreme, Fatty Lu deliberately left a good impression on Wang Fuchen and others His wishful thinking is about to go to waste.

"I heard that you arrested the magistrate's brother-in-law on the first day you took office. Is there such a thing?" Wu Guogui refused to let Fatty Lu go. It's really not small, even the immediate boss doesn't give face, you don't want to be the county magistrate?"

"Back to General Wu, it's not that I offend my superiors on purpose, I don't dare to violate the king's law." Fatty Lu said eloquently: "That Ren Xing came to forge documents and seize the people's land. For the kindness of knowing you, I am sorry for the common people in Qujing, and I am sorry for the generals present and the brothers in the army. So I have no choice but to bite the bullet and arrest him."

"Master Lu, why are you sorry for us if you don't arrest Ren Xing?" Deputy General Wang Jing, who had a good impression of Fatty Lu, asked curiously while counting the money.

"General Wang, do you know the price of the salt you eat?" Fatty Lu asked back, and then said: "As far as my brother knows, the salt used in the Qujing army is all bought from the salt company from Ren Xing. The price is I won't talk about him four times as much as the other salt numbers. What's even more annoying is that Ren Xinglai is still mixing lime in the salt you eat. Brother, if I don't deal with him, General Wang and the brothers will not eat for nothing. So many years of white ashes? Also, instead of letting Ren Xinglai earn money with salt mixed with ash and rice mixed with bran, it is better to save it, add a pair of shoes and some pocket money for the brothers in the team, and do better by the way Isn’t food a good thing?”

"That's right, that's right." Wang Jingben was at odds with Li Shizu, and when he heard what Fatty Lu said, he was the first to chime in: "Brother Lu, you'd better kill that Ren Xinglai in front of him." In the prison, give the brothers a good breath of evil."

"Yes, kill that bastard." The other generals present all agreed, and they were also very dissatisfied with Ren Xinglai's control of the army's salt and rice supply.Wang Fuchen had a fever on his face, and he was embarrassed to ask Fatty Lu to let him go.Wu Guogui smiled and said, "So, are you determined to severely punish that Ren Xing?"

"Back to General Wu, I don't dare to make rash claims." Fatty Lu replied respectfully, then turned to Wang Fuchen and said even more respectfully: "Wang Junmen, I have heard about it a long time ago, and Li Suzu and Lifutai are your close friends. Therefore, even though I have enough evidence to decapitate Ren Xinglai and ransack his home, I still dare not make my own claim. I am here to ask you for instructions to see if you think that I should report the evidence of Ren Xinglai's crime truthfully. Please court the court Should he be punished severely? Or should he be acquitted and let him continue to provide salt and rice to the brothers in the army?"

"This..." Wang Fuchen was a little dumbfounded, thinking that you boy asked me in front of so many generals, if I said that he was not guilty, would I still lead soldiers?
"Wang Junmen, why are you being polite to this kind of scum?" Wang Jing yelled dissatisfiedly, "Should I keep him and let the brothers continue to eat salt mixed with lime? Rice mixed with bran?" The other generals nodded one after another. Neither was in favor of the acquittal of Ren Xinglai.

"Vice General Wang, don't pay attention to the words of a humble official who say something unpleasant." Fatty Lu said to Wang Jing very seriously: "As we all know, Wang Junmen is a person who is very righteous, and he told the brothers in the army Loyalty, even more loyal to friends! Li Zhifu is Wang Junmen's confidant and friend. If Wang Junmen ignores his good friend's brother-in-law for a little trivial matter, how can he explain to Li Futai? So as long as Wang Junmen A word from Junmen, the next official will never make things difficult for Wang Junmen, and immediately give Ren Xinglai bail pending trial, and then gradually make big things smaller and smaller."

Fatty Lu said that he said it better than anyone else, but in fact he blocked Wang Fuchen into a dead end—for the sake of friends, Wang Fuchen asked Fatty Lu to let Ren Xinglai go, but how did Wang Fuchen tell his colleagues? The generals under his command who have lived and died together for many years explain?How can I convince the public in the future?So Wang Fuchen was inevitably even more embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer.

"This Fatty Lu is really very cunning." Wu Guogui smiled secretly in his heart, and said with a smile on his mouth: "Wang Junmen, I think Lu Zhixian's words are reasonable. Just wait for it, let Ren Xing come."

Wang Jing and the other generals stopped talking, but they all snorted coldly in their hearts, waiting for Wang Fuchen's reaction.Wang Fuchen had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Master Lu, what you said is wrong. As the county magistrate of Qujing, since you found that Ren Xinglai was running amok and bullying the market, you should be punished severely. How can you think about it?" Perfunctory and prevarication, helping the prisoner to make a big problem into a small, small matter?"

"But, Wang Junmen, how do you explain to Li Futai?" Fatty Lu was also full of embarrassment, "If you and Li Futai, Wang Junmen, turn against each other because of this trivial matter, then you will die from this humble job. "

"His brother-in-law violated the king's law, and you still want to blame me for not saving him?" Wang Fuchen snorted, "Besides, you are a civil servant in Luzhi County, and I, Wang Fuchen, am a general. I have no right to interfere with your case. Why should he blame me?" head?"

"Since this is the case, Wang Junmen insists on righteousness and extermination of relatives..." Fatty Lu made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "The humble position has to be respectful rather than obedient, please rest assured, the humble position will definitely let Ren Xinglai get what he deserves punish!"

Forcing Wang Fuchen to make concessions, Fatty Lu, who knew that Wang Fuchen would be Wu Sangui's important assistant against the Qing Dynasty, would not be too offended by offending Wang Fuchen. Relatives? After the subordinate officials searched Ren Xinglai’s business according to law, in order not to affect the use of salt and food in the army, the humble staff will ask the governor’s office to agree to transfer his business as soon as possible, and the money sold will be handed over to the state treasury. If the relatives can take over, then everything will be easy to handle.”

"Mother, although this fat man is a little bit two hundred and five, he is still sensible, so don't forget to give it to me if there is any benefit." Wang Fuchen was very satisfied, and said vaguely: "Ren Xinglai has not been convicted yet, let's talk about this matter slowly. .”

After this turmoil, it was getting late, and the banquet at Wang Fuchen's house was ready. Wang Fuchen invited Lu Fatty, Wu Guogui and others to the table, and Lu Fatty and others thanked them.Also taking this opportunity, Fatty Lu thanked Wu Guogui in a low voice: "Thank you, General Wu, without your help, it would be really difficult for me to pass today's level. Originally, I was not afraid that Wang Junmen would force you to release me, but I was worried It hurt the harmony and missed the important matter of the prince."

"You don't need to thank me, go thank the prince and your teacher, I am following orders." Wu Guogui said with a smile: "This time the prince sent me to Qujing, in addition to inspecting the military affairs of Qujing for the prince as usual, I also have an errand. Let me help you in front of me—the conflict between you and Li Suzu on the first day you took office, the lord and your teacher already knew about it the next day. The lord also asked me to tell you, Li Suzu is a bastard, the lord I have long disliked him, if you can overthrow him, the prince will be very happy."

"Follow your orders, please rest assured, the general and the prince." Fatty Lu respectfully agreed - don't kill Li Suzu, a hardcore traitor, under his nose, Fatty Lu dare not let go of many important things, even if Wu Sangui didn't have this Fatty Lu will try his best to make Li Suzu never stand up again.

(End of this chapter)