scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 82 Eight-faced Avalokitesvara
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With Wu Guogui, Wu Sangui's adopted son and confidant watching, Wang Fuchen said that he would not interfere with Qujing's local government affairs disputes, so he didn't dare to break his promise to get rich, and he didn't intercede for Li Shizu again. He didn't even take a bite of the meal, and walked away after saying goodbye, leaving Wang Fuchen at home to entertain Fatty Lu and his gang of bad guys.As a result, Wang Fuchen inevitably got a little angry, "Damn it, why are you slapping me? Can you blame me for this? Fatty Lu is also very interesting. After losing so much money, he didn't even say a word, and even took the initiative to come here." Ask me if I want to let him go, if Wu Guogui and the other brothers were not present, would this happen?"

Dissatisfaction turned into dissatisfaction. After the banquet started, Wang Fuchen, who was fond of drinking and gambling, quickly put the matter behind him and dragged Wu Guogui, Wang Jing, Fatty Lu and others to eat and drink. Although Fatty Lu was not good at drinking, But I barely drank a few cups. Generally speaking, talking with Wang Fuchen was quite pleasant. Wu Guogui has a calm personality but doesn't like to drink. liquor.On the contrary, Wang Fuchen's deputy, Yunnan Deputy General Wang Jing, and Fatty Lu hit it off right away—a casino fat sheep as straightforward and generous as Fatty Lu was hard to find. He dragged Fatty Lu to drink a lot of wine, and Fatty Lu continued to gamble.

"Brother Lu, come, let's have another bowl." Regardless of Wu Guogui's dissuasion, Wang Jing filled Fatty Lu with another bowl of wine, and said with a smile, "After drinking this bowl, let's set up another table and continue playing Pai Gow. It doesn't matter if you have money, I will lend it to you, anyway, I am not afraid of you running away, I can borrow as much as I want."

"Second brother Wang, brother, I really can't do it." Fatty Lu covered his head and said with a mournful face: "Brother, my drinking capacity is really too bad. On the day of the Chinese New Year last month, brother only drank two drinks. The jug of wine got drunk on the spot and turned over there, making a big ugly. Also, I have to wait a while to play money. Brother, I have to serve the yellow-faced woman and read books when I go back. I will go out of the city tomorrow to inspect the spring plowing and handle Official business, after this period of time is over, brother, I will take a good gamble to pay second brother Wang."

"Is there a book to watch? The yellow-faced woman can't serve that day, so she must go back to serve every night?" Wang Jing, who was already drunk, held Fatty Lu and yelled: "Play with the second brother for two more Time, when it's over, Second Brother invites you to go to the kiln, there are still a few good women in Qujing City."

"Second brother Wang doesn't know something. Brother, I married that yellow-faced woman with a lot of background and a big temper. Brother, I really can't afford to provoke him." Fatty Lu sighed, and finally regretted why he married such a vicious woman back home. .At the end, Fatty Lu took the opportunity to tell another reason for coming here, and said: "As for whether the book is read or not—Second brother Wang, have you ever heard that there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book? Brother, I have studied Western knowledge intensively, and recently found a way to make a fortune, and I am planning to start a business, I wonder if Second Brother Wang is interested in participating in it?"

"Get rich?" Wang Jing's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Brother Lu, what's the way to get rich? Tell me quickly and listen."

"Second Brother Wang, have you ever seen a Western glazed mirror (glass mirror)?" Fatty Lu gestured and said, "Brother, I have seen a glazed mirror as big as half a palm once in the Pingxi Palace and the Imperial Palace. It can be sold for several thousand taels of silver, brother, I consulted Western books, and I know how to make this thing, I want to make it in Qujing, and then transport it to the south of the Yangtze River and sell it in the capital, a lot of money."

The earliest glass mirrors were made by Venetian merchants in the [-]th century with the tin-mercury method. The price was extremely expensive. A small amount of finished products flowed into China, and the price was even more priceless. Wang Jing had to miss such a mirror once, of course. Know the value of this stuff.Hearing Fatty Lu's words now, Wang Jing's eyes widened immediately, and he exclaimed, "Brother Lu, do you really know how to make Western glazed mirrors? Can you make them in Qujing, a place where rabbits don't shit?"

"Of course, the raw materials are available in Qujing, and I know two ways to make glazed mirrors." Fatty Lu nodded seriously, and said, "Second brother Wang, the most troublesome thing about making this kind of mirror is that it takes a long time. Even if all the materials are ready, it will take more than a month. Now that Qujing is plowing in the spring again, brother, I really can’t find people to make this glazed mirror. So brother, I want to invite second brother to partner with you. You can send some manpower and lend me some troops. The craftsmen here, I donate the skills and capital to make this thing, and we share the money we earn.”

"Of course." Fatty Lu added, "Even if it can't be made, I will pay for the craftsmen you lent me, Second Brother Wang, and I won't make it hard for you, Second Brother Wang."

"Then it's settled." As soon as Wang Jing heard about the good news, he slapped the table and said, "I'm in charge of building weapons, and I have craftsmen in my hands. I haven't fought wars for a few years, and raising them for nothing is nothing. Now, you can borrow as much as you want, and we will share the money you earn.”

"Okay, then it's settled. Brother, I don't want too many people. Twenty skilled craftsmen and forty apprentices are enough." Fatty Lu agreed, patted his chest and said, "Up to three months. Second Brother Wang, just wait and see, the money you earn, I guarantee that you can’t close your mouth with a smile. At that time, we will discuss how to expand the scale and make more mirrors to make a fortune.”

"Okay, I believe Brother Lu, I will prepare manpower for you tomorrow, and you can do it whenever you want." Wang Jing was quite straightforward, and immediately agreed to partner with Fatty Lu in this deal.Wang Fuchen, Wu Guogui and others next to him were skeptical, but considering that if this matter is really done, with the slickness of Lu Fatty and Wang Jing, we will definitely not lose our share. When the time comes to expand the production scale, we can still do it. Brazenly adding a share to make a fortune, there is no objection or interference.

"Hehe, mirrors, make Xigong mirrors first, and then silver nitrate mirrors." Fatty Lu smiled happier than Wang Jing - Fatty Lu didn't make glass mirrors for the sake of silver, but set his sights on making silver nitrate mirrors The nitric acid used in mirrors, Yunnan also has a large amount of bile alum, a by-product of copper mining, and sulfuric acid can also be obtained through calcination. These two things plus glycerin and diatomite, which is abundant in Yunnan, are the stuff invented by Nobel. .Since you want to build this thing, you have to find some cover, right?When the finished product is out, are you afraid that Wu Sangui will not obediently invest a lot of money, manpower and material resources to produce this thing?Besides, isn't it a big deal to be able to bundle your own interests with those of the generals in Yunnan?

Fatty Lu, who was not able to drink because of the lively conversation, was finally drunk by the bold and enthusiastic Wang Jing and others, and fell drunk on the wine table on the spot. Wang Fuchen and others laughed and asked the servants to give Fatty Lu Carried it into the back garden, randomly found a room for Fatty Lu to live in, and then continued to drink until late at night.

Poor Fatty Lu has been busy these days, and he was really exhausted. He slept until the sun rose more than three poles the next day, and the bright and warm sunlight shone on his belly through the window. Waking up slowly from sleep.He drank a few more sips of cold water, got drunk, had a headache and was thirsty, and then asked about the time, Fatty Lu jumped out of bed with his bare feet, and shouted repeatedly to Xiao Erlang, who was waiting in the room: "Hurry up, come on!" Quickly help me change my clothes, I have to go to Donghe Township, there are a lot of people growing drugs over there, I have to keep an eye on it, don’t miss this important event.”

"Young Master, don't worry, Master Zhu has already gone." Xiao Erlang explained: "When the hour was not up, Master Zhu came to look for you. Seeing that you were not awake, he first went to Donghe to guide the people there to grow drugs. "

"Oh, it's okay, fortunately this old pervert is still paying attention." Fatty Lu heaved a sigh of relief.Xiao Erlang said again in a low voice: "But young master, don't be too happy too early. Little Gege has also sent someone here, saying that since you like staying out at night, you don't need to go home for the night. Also, little brother Gege's maid also asked Xiao, did you sleep alone last night, master, or did Wang Junmen arrange someone to sleep with you?"

"This little girl, why is she so jealous? Why didn't I see that she still has such a bad habit before?" Fatty Lu complained a little, and hurriedly dressed and prepared to go home to report——annoyed Shang Wanyan, who has a family with the Shang family. The little girl with cruel blood is not a trivial matter.

I took the time to ask about the situation of Wang Fuchen, Wu Guogui and others, and learned that they had already gone to the school grounds to count soldiers. Fatty Lu didn't dare to stay in the backyard of Wang Fuchen's mansion for a long time, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and left the room.And the climate in Yunnan is like spring all the year round. Even though it is only mid-February, the garden of Wang Fuchen's mansion is already in full bloom, and the vegetation is lush. Fatty Lu is inevitably a little regretful - such a good place, how good would it be for planting asparagus?

Regrets are regrets, but right now is not the time to appreciate the scenery. Thinking of Shang Wanyi's femininity after returning home, Fatty Lu shudders, and quickly speeds up his pace and goes straight to the gate of the courtyard.But at this moment, several young girls suddenly appeared in the flower path in front of him. Fatty Lu couldn't hold back his pace while running fast, and his fat belly suddenly hit the leading girl in Chinese clothes. Fatty Lu, who weighed nearly [-] pounds, fell to the ground on his back when he bumped into it. He supported the ground with his little hands, and his coquettish voice was a little more sweet than that of Chugu Huangying, "Ah!"

"Little sister, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." Fatty Lu apologized repeatedly, and when he stretched out his hand to pull the girl, Fatty Lu felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer on his chest, and he froze for a moment, and exclaimed in his heart, " Beauty! Beauty! A genuine little beauty! Comparing my wife Shang Wanyi, she is like a firefly comparing to the moon, there is no way to compare!"

I can't blame Fatty Lu for being so rare, but Brother Zhu's virtue. In fact, Fatty Lu is still a gentleman in terms of womanizing—otherwise, Kong Sizhen, who is also a beautiful woman, would not have repeatedly lamented why she couldn't make Fatty Lu fall in love with her.The key point is that the girl in front of me is indeed too charming. She is only fourteen or fifteen years old, her brows are picturesque, her nose is starry, and her cherry lips are not very rosy, but they are the color of cherry blossoms, which is more attractive and charming. Incomparably, her cheeks were so white that they were almost transparent, and all that was revealed was rosy, so tender that water would flow out when pinched.The figure has not yet fully grown, and a pair of slender legs have already made a man's heart itch.Compared with her, the beautiful spring flowers beside her all lost their color.The end is sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon to shame the flowers.

"Miss, are you alright?" Fatty Lu was swallowing his saliva in a daze, several maidservants behind the girl had already screamed and helped her up, and one of the maids shouted at Fatty Lu angrily: "You Why doesn't this man have eyes when he walks? What if he hurts my lady?"

"Xiao Huan, don't do this." The girl stopped the servant girl lightly, then blessed Fatty Lu again, and said softly: "My lord, I'm really sorry, it's the little girl who didn't see you running over and offended you."

"You're so polite, a hundred times more sensible than that little girl Wanyi." Fatty Lu secretly praised, and hurriedly cupped his hands to the girl and said, "Miss, you don't need to be like this. I have something urgent to do, so I walked in a hurry, so I accidentally bumped into you." I fucked you, are you alright?"

"It's okay." The girl smiled sweetly, and Fatty Lu couldn't help but think of a sentence - looking back at Bai Meisheng with a smile, Liugong Fendai has no color.The girl said very politely: "You don't have to worry about it, my little girl was not hit there. If you have something urgent, please do it quickly. My little girl is leaving."

As she said that, the girl hid her little white jade hand that was bruised while sitting on the ground behind her back. Fatty Lu had sharp eyes and hurriedly said, "Miss, are your hands scratched? Is it serious? I'll take you to apply the medicine, my master." With a little medical skill, I can cure you right away."

"—That's strange." Xiao Erlang added behind his back, thinking: "For Master Zhu to see this little beauty, it's likely to be a pulse for half an hour."

"It's okay, I'll go back to my room and get some medicine myself." The girl blushed and said softly and modestly.

"No, I bumped into you accidentally." Fatty Lu hurriedly grabbed the girl's little hand and said, "Let me see, is there any bleeding?"

"No need, my lord, go and do your errands." The girl blushed even more, she quickly dodged, but said shyly in her heart: "This fat man, why did you ask me to hold your hand when we first met?"

"No, if I get any injuries, I will die." Fatty Lu rarely spoke the truth, and felt that if he really hurt such a sensible girl who is more delicate than flowers, it would be a sin big.

"What are you doing?" The sudden roar of the Hedong lion interrupted the tug-of-war between Fatty Lu and the girl. Fatty Lu looked up in shock, only to see his fiancée, Shang Wanyi, who bought the ticket first and got on the bus. When did he show up in the back garden with two maids, and shouted at himself with a livid face: "Fatty, what are you doing?"

"Wanyan, why are you here?" Fatty Lu was startled, and quickly withdrew his fat hand.The girl over there was also startled, and when she turned her head and saw Shang Wanyi gnashing her teeth with a blue and black complexion, the girl immediately understood that Shang Wanyi had misunderstood her relationship with Fatty Lu, and her small face immediately turned red to the base of her neck .

"Why am I here?" Shang Wan walked up to Fatty Lu with a smile on her face, suddenly grabbed Fatty Lu's ear, and said with a smile on her face: "Of course I came to see, my family The master didn't come home all night, what good did you do here? Why? Master, why don't you introduce this young lady to me? What should I call her?"

While speaking, Shang Wanyi finally saw the peerless appearance of the girl clearly, and couldn't help screaming in her heart, there is such a beauty in the world?Under jealousy, Shang Wanyi grabbed Fatty Lu's ear with even greater force, and the pain caused Fatty Lu to scream like a pig, "Wanyi, you misunderstood, I don't know her at all, I was just in a hurry to go back to give you an Please, I accidentally knocked her down, and asked her if she was injured."

"Ask her if she's hurt, then why are you holding her hand?" Shang Wanyi, who was burning with jealousy, didn't believe it, and almost pulled Fatty Lu's fat ears off, and said coldly: "Whether a man or a woman can kiss each other, that's it." You don't even understand."

"Ma'am, you really misunderstood." The girl was indeed kind-hearted. Although her face was already blushing to the point of bleeding, she still raised her blood-oozing hand and defended the innocent Fatty Lu: "This lord is Seeing that my hand was bruised, that's why I wanted to see if I should take medicine, it didn't mean anything else."

"Really?" Shang Wanyan was dubious.

"Of course it's true." Shang Wanyan's savagery and jealousy, even the girl's maids couldn't stand it, and said one after another: "Madam, can you be reasonable? It was your master who knocked my family down." Miss, it's fine if you don't apologize, but you still ask my lady like that, what do you mean?"

"Huh!" Shang Wanyi finally realized that she had misunderstood, let go of Fatty Lu's ear with a cold snort, held the girl's little hand and said, "Sister, I'm really sorry, it's all because of my fat man Sensible, pulling your hand randomly, I misunderstood a little, my sister apologized to you. Let my sister see, how is your hand hurt?"

At the end, Shang Wanyan said again: "Sister, don't worry, it's just a small scratch. I'll ask the servant girl to get some medicine for you from that old man surnamed Zhu, and keep it for a long time. By the way, sister, what's your name?" "

"My name is Wu Xiaotu." The girl replied softly, and then said: "Sister, it's okay, such a small injury will heal without medicine."

"Wu Xiaotu?" Fatty Lu was taken aback, and asked curiously: "Miss Wu, since your surname is Wu, why are you in Wang Junmen's house? Who are you?"

"My lord, my daughter's father is Wu Guogui, the commander of the military guards of Lord Pingxi, and Lord Pingxi is my grandfather." Wu Xiaotu replied with a blushing face, "My father was ordered to inspect the military affairs of Youzhen on behalf of my grandfather, and planned to live in Qujing for a while. Just brought me and my mother, and stayed here for a few days."

"So you are Wu Guogui's daughter." Fatty Lu suddenly realized.Shang Wanyan was stunned for a moment, and exclaimed, "You are Wu Guogui's daughter? So, you are the famous Eight-faced Avalokitesvara?"

"That's someone else's yelling, my little girl, how dare you call me that?" Wu Xiaotu blushed again, and asked curiously, "Sister, how do you know me?"

"My mother-in-law mentioned you to me last year, saying that you are the number one beauty in Pingxi Palace, just like I am Pingnan..." Shang Wanyi wanted to say that she was the number one beauty in Pingnan Palace, but seeing it with her own eyes After seeing Wu Xiaotu's appearance, Shang Wanyi, who was really self-satisfied with her beauty, didn't have the face to say so, so she quickly changed the subject and asked, "Sister Xiaotu, why do you call it Eight-faced Guanyin, and what does it mean? "

"Mrs. Hui, Avalokitesvara is our Yunnan dialect, which means the most beautiful." Fatty Lu explained smoothly: "Eight-faced Avalokitesvara, which means that everything is beautiful..." It was only at this moment that Fatty Lu suddenly When I came back to my senses, "Wait, Eight-faced Guanyin?! Didn't Bao Yi say that Eight-faced Guanyin is Wu Sangui's concubine? How did he become his granddaughter?"

"Emiang?" Wu Xiaotu was a little surprised by Shang Wanyi's address for her mother, and asked, "Sister, are you Manchurian?"

"No, I'm Han." Shang Wanyi explained: "My name is Shang Wanyi, and I'm the youngest daughter of Prince Pingnan, so I call my mother Erniang."

"Shang Wanyan? Little Gege from Pingnan Palace?!" Wu Xiaotu and her maids were startled, and the two maids simply laughed out loud. Although Wu Xiaotu was very polite and didn't smile face to face, she still held her red. Turning his face, he took a sneak peek at Fatty Lu, as if wondering how a person like Fatty Lu could deceive Shang Wanyi, who was also outstanding in appearance and status, and elope to Yunnan with her?
"That's right, I'm Little Gege from the Pingnan Palace." Shang Wanyi also understood the reason why Wu Xiaotu and others reacted abnormally - he must have heard the legend about himself and Fatty Lu!Embarrassed, Shang Wanyan had no choice but to nod with a slightly red face, reluctantly admitting her identity.

"It turns out that my sister is Xiao Gege from the Pingnan Palace, and Xiaotu is rude." Wu Xiaotu blessed Shang Wanxuan, then saluted Fatty Lu, and said with a smile: "Master Lu, Xiaotu has also heard about it a long time ago. My name has been given to you. Grandpa has been praising you every day, and he has prepared everything for you in Kunming. If you are free, please take Sister Wanyi to Kunming. Grandpa said, you have to give it to me personally. You officiate."

This time it was Shang Wanyi whose face was blushing almost to the point of bleeding, quickly let go of Wu Xiaotu, grabbed Fatty Lu by the ear, and said goodbye with a blushing face: "Sister Xiaotu, this is not the place, I still have a bill to settle with." Forget about this fat man, you can come to my sister’s house some other day, and my sister will have a good chat with you, so I’ll take my leave first.”

"Sister, please go slowly, Master Lu, please also go slowly. My little sister is going to greet my mother first." Wu Xiaotu saluted, and hurried away with a few maidservants. There was a burst of silver bell laughter that had been suppressed for a long time.

"Why are you still staring blankly?" Of course Shang Wanyi knew what that laughter represented, and angrily grabbed Fatty Lu's ear, and said murderously: "Why don't you leave soon? When I get home, my old lady will be with you again." Calculate!"

"Mistake! Mistake!" Facing Shang Wanyi's terrifying threat, Fatty Lu not only didn't take it seriously, but sighed secretly in his heart, "Thousands of calculations, but the only thing that missed the Eight-faced Avalokitesvara It may be that the coat mites falsify history! If I had known that Bamian Guanyin was so beautiful, and she was the granddaughter of Wu Sangui, I should have asked a teacher to match me! ——Young, rich, handsome, and only in high school like me A good man who fights, volunteers to be his grandson-in-law for old man Wu, how can he not agree?"

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Note: Many friends must be surprised, isn't the famous Eight-faced Guanyin the concubine of Wu Sangui?How did she become Wu Sangui's granddaughter?In fact, the Eight-faced Avalokitesvara in history is the daughter of Wu Sangui's adoptive son Wu Guogui, who married another Wu Sangui's confidant Guo Zhuangtu as his daughter-in-law.After Wu Sangui died of illness, the Yunnan-Guizhou army fought on their own, and was defeated by the Qing army one by one. Kunming was besieged in September because of the lack of food.

At this time, Cai Yurong's old traitor's retribution came, Liu Yi's concubine-Sisi Guanyin!Xiao Mazi was sent to Beijing by the Qing army to present it to Xiao Mazi. Xiao Mazi was shocked by her beauty and asked: "How many people look like you?" When the news spread to Yunnan, the old traitor Cai, who had only been the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou for a few days, immediately hanged the eight-faced Guanyin who was two months pregnant, but Xiao Mazi still arrested the old traitor Cai and his family and sent them to Heilongjiang to serve as an army.

The above are accurately recorded in historical materials such as "Ping Wu Lu", "Wear and See Ou Lu", "A Brief History of San Francisco" and "Drafts of Qing History. Biography of Cai Yurong". Falling on the head of Wu Sangui who almost overthrew Xiaomazi, adding makeup to their master—of course, Wu Sangui deserved what he deserved, and he could have the same fate as Lu Wende, the Great Wall of the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted the invasion of foreign races. Wu Sangui can also laugh.

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