"Come, come, ladies and gentlemen, please raise your glass." Wu Yuanming raised his wine glass, shook it to the hundreds of officials and princes who were sitting in the restaurant, and said in a high-sounding and polite voice: "Today, Ying Xiong will invite all the princes, Baylor and adults here, not for anything else, but to thank you for your great help in the last military salary matter. After that, Wu Yuanming drank a full glass of wine, which won the applause of the whole house, and all the officials and dignitaries also drank the wine in the cup one after another, which can be described as full of joy.

The officials and the prince Baylor spoke nicely, and the smiles on their faces were very kind, but they were scolding in their hearts, "! Your Wu family has obtained more than 10 million taels of silver, and it is like sending us away with a table of rotten wine and food? Today, if you Wu Yingxiong don't honor Lao Tzu well, see how Lao Tzu finds trouble with your Wu family. It's no wonder, how could this Wu Yingxiong entertain guests in this restaurant? It's inconvenient to send silver? Could it be that Wu Yingxiong is going to send jewelry? ”

At this time, Wu Yuanming called his family member Wu Lu again, pulled him in front of the officials and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Ying Xiong has a treat today, in addition to thanking you, I also want to ask you for help. Wu Yuanming pointed to Wu Lu and said: "This person's name is Wu Lu, he is a slave of my Wu family, he is very powerful, these days Ying Xiong asked him to set up his own door to do his own business, who knew that this kid actually drummed up a Citi silver trumpet - that is, the silver trumpet opened today, for the sake of the past, Ying Xiong introduced him to the adults, and in the future, please take more care of him." ”

"It should be, it should be, it must be taken care of." The officials and the prince Baylor said politely. The status of merchants in the Qing Dynasty was very underground, and although there was no law expressly prohibiting officials from doing business directly, it was also a shameful thing, so Wu Yuanming pulled out Wu Lu as a shield and borrowed his hand to indirectly operate the silver number. At the same time, these officials are also secretly happy in their hearts, these days the credit of the silver number in Beijing City has collapsed, the silver ticket may depreciate at any time into a piece of waste paper, and the lower-level officials can only send some dazzling and occupy the place of cash and gold jewelry and the like, which is very inconvenient, and it is easy to get into trouble.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the name of the trumpet is Citi Silver, and in the future, if you need silver turnover, you can borrow money from the trumpet; Or if you don't need to spend cash for a while, you can also put it in the small warehouse to ensure your safety. "Wu Lu grew up in the Wu Mansion since he was a child, and he has developed a set of experience in dealing with officials at all levels, and the etiquette is also very appropriate. Wu Lu took out a thick stack of stacked Zhuang tickets, and said with a smile: "Excuse me, the villain has taken the liberty of opening an account for each of you adults in Citibank to facilitate your adults to deposit and withdraw money, and I hope that you will not refuse." As he spoke, Wu Lu called his two brothers and distributed them to the officials according to the names on the banker's ticket.

"Ao Zhongtang, this is yours, you must give the villain a good look." Wu Lu handed over the Zhuang ticket to Ao Bai with both hands, Ao Bai took it and opened it to take a look, and saw that the head of the Zhuang ticket wrote: 'On February 12 of the eighth year of Kangxi, Ao Bai in the middle hall deposited 400,000 taels of silver, and exchanged it with the ticket', and below is the vermilion seal of Citi Silver and the secret flower charge, the number is no more, no less, and it is exactly half of the kickback that Wu Yuanming promised to give Aobai. Ao Bai secretly praised Wu Yingxiong's ingenious methods, hurriedly stuffed the Zhuang ticket into the shoe, and laughed: "Wu's shopkeeper's good means, it seems that the old man can't patronize your money bank." ”

"Yes, Shopkeeper Wu is really careful, it must be very safe and convenient to put the silver in your silver number." Mulima also got a 400,000 taels of banker tickets, and suddenly laughed so hard that his mouth couldn't close them, while Kupilon and Bambulshan quickly put away the banker tickets after just one glance, and when they raised their heads again, their faces were already full of smiles. The officials and the prince Baylor present also all got a similar banker ticket, the amount of pre-deposited silver on the banker ticket varies according to the size of the official position, these people of course understand that this is Wu Yuanming's disguised bribe without a trace, and they are overjoyed, and they are busy talking to Wu Yuanming, and even wish Wu Lu a prosperous business and a wide range of financial resources, and Prince Kang Jieshu, who has obtained five thousand taels of silver, also took the lead in raising a glass and said: "Come, let's make a toast for the prosperity of Wu's shopkeeper's business." ”

"!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all. The three brothers of Wu Lu finished their errand, hurriedly bowed down and prepared to retreat, and found that Wu Lu still had a Zhuang ticket in his hand that had not been issued, so he stopped Wu Lu and asked: "Shopkeeper Wu, why do you still have a Zhuang ticket in your hand?" Could it be that the prince of the world is having a treat today, and there is anyone who refuses to appreciate the light? Tell the old man his name, and the old man will see who is bigger than the old man's shelf. ”

"Uncle, that's a distant relative of the little nephew, not from the officialdom, he probably suddenly encountered something urgent, so he couldn't come to the banquet." Wu Yuanming knew that the Zhuang ticket was for Yang Qilong, the third prince of fake Zhu, and hurriedly explained to Aobai. At the same time, Wu Yuanming was also a little strange in his heart, with Yang Qilong's behavior, he shouldn't be afraid of contact with court officials? With his intelligence network, it is even more impossible not to know that he is holding a banquet in this Dongxing Building, could it be that he encountered some accident so he couldn't come?

To be the first assistant of the imperial court, it is not possible to have a little bit of wit, Ao Bai naturally did not believe Wu Yuanming's nonsense, and when he wanted to ask again, Kangxi's pretended calm voice suddenly came from the staircase, "It's so lively, I am attached to this Dongxing Building to invite hundreds of officials, why don't you invite me to have a drink together?" Wu Yuanming squinted and saw Kangxi wearing a cyan robe covered with a sauce-colored silk horse coat, with satin soft shoes with mille-feuille soles, and standing in the banquet with a smile on his face. Behind Kangxi, there are Wei Dongting, Cao Yin, Mu Zixu, and Sun Dianchen, four guards wearing civilian clothes and carrying a treasure knife at their waists, in addition to two maids wearing black veils, one should be Su Malagu, and the other is **** with a good figure, but it is the mysterious masked woman.

"Hooray!" Kangxi suddenly appeared, everyone present was shocked, and rushed to leave their seats and bow down, Wu Yuanming had already suffered losses and didn't dare to play tricks anymore, and kowtowed with the officials: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live." ”

"Let's all be flat, I travel in plain clothes today, so don't be too polite." Kangxi seemed to be very reasonable and waved everyone to get up, and after everyone got up, Kangxi suddenly pointed to the Zhuang ticket in Wu Lu's hand that had not had time to be collected, and asked Wu Yuanming curiously: "Wu Qing, if I remember correctly, he should be your house slave, right?" What is he holding in his hand? Can you show it to me? ”

"This ......?" After all, Wu Yuanming was still a little tender, and he didn't practice the ability to collapse Mount Tai in front of him without changing his color, and his forehead 'brushed' down, and his heart said that it was bad, that Zhuang ticket was the 50,000 taels of activity funds he gave to Yang Qilong! Once Kangxi saw it, even if Kangxi didn't know Yang Qilong, he couldn't tell if he had a hundred mouths - after all, the book given to Prince Kang was only 5,000 taels, and who would believe that he would give 50,000 taels of silver to a stranger for nothing? In fact, Wu Yuanming was not the only one who was in a cold sweat, almost everyone in this restaurant was in a cold sweat, and they couldn't wait to return the Zhuang ticket on their body to Wu Yuanming immediately.

"Wu Aiqing, why are you sweating so much? Is it hot? Do you want me to send you a few imperial doctors? Kangxi smiled at the corner of his mouth, and asked Wu Yuanming with great concern. Kong Sizhen, who was wearing a veil next to him, rushed forward and said in a flattering voice: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid are slightly familiar with medicine, if the prince needs to be treated, the slave and maid can serve the prince." After that, Kong Sizhen threw it at Wu Yuanming, and said that his brother in this world is still quite handsome, no wonder the yellow-haired girl doesn't like the emperor likes him.

"Shizi, the emperor is asking you, why don't you answer?" Wei Dongting smiled and looked around at the hundred officials in the restaurant, and said that he would definitely let you spit out the silver you just got in your hand. Mu Zixu, who was next to him who was injured by Wu Yuanming's poisonous trick, also urged impatiently: "Shizi, the emperor wants to see what is in the hands of your minion, do you accept the order?" ”

"Minister...... Minister...... Pick up the order. Wu Yuanming was helpless, so he had to sweat profusely and agree, and made up his mind in his heart that Yang Qilong was not at the scene, and after the matter was revealed, he insisted that Yang Qilong was his minion, and the silver was for Yang Qilong to go to the Northeast to buy ginseng. As for the silver bribing other officials, anyway, the law does not blame the public, and Kangxi does not dare to move more than 100 officials at once, at most, he will confiscate the dirty silver and not blame the past, and let Kangxi take it back and go to Xiuchengde Summer Resort. But although Wu Yuanming's abacus played well, Kong Sizhen's next words made Wu Yuanming almost pee his pants......

"Your Majesty, the slave maid still has something to report." Kong Sizhen smiled and said charmingly: "The slave maid found out that there has been a cult that has risen in the north over the years, and it has bewitched the people in the name of Zhong Saburo Xianghui and plotted against them, especially the homeless people whose fields have been encircled, and they are the focus of their enclosures. This cult has developed extremely rapidly, and it is hoped that the emperor and Ao Zhongtang will attach importance to it. ”

"And such a thing?" Kangxi asked in surprise. Because it is related to the national policy of enclosure implemented by Aobai, Aobai, who has not spoken, is also very vigilant about this matter, and took the initiative to ask: "Have you found out who their leader is?" ”

Kangxi was struggling, Kong Sizhen hurriedly threw a charming autumn wave to Aobai, and said with a smile: "Back in the middle hall, I heard that their leader is called Yang Qilong, Yang of Yangliu, rising up, and prosperous business." After that, Kong Sizhen turned to Wu Yuanming and asked in a bright voice: "Shizi, I don't know if you know this Yang Qilong?" If the prince can catch this cult leader, it will be a miracle. ”

"Stinky **!" Wu Yuanming was shocked and angry, and couldn't help but scold in his heart, "Stinky **, do you want to kill Lao Tzu?" Yang Qilong encircled the enclosure refugees, that is, Aobai's sworn enemy, Lao Tzu gave Yang Qilong activity funds, didn't that make Aobai hate Lao Tzu again? However, Wu Yuanming is now a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water, but his emotions calmed down, and replied with a smile: "This young lady who doesn't know what to call is not less than thousands of people with the surname Yang in the world, and I don't know how many people with the same name and surname, this son really doesn't know which Yang Qilong you are talking about." ”

"Hmph, want to prevaricate with the same name and surname?" Kong Sizhen sneered and retreated, whether Wu Yuanming could prevaricate or not was no longer important to Kong Sizhen, as long as the banker ticket of the Citibank Silver Account was made public, it would be difficult for Ao Bai not to be hostile to Wu Yuanming. Kangxi also had the same mentality, and said with a smile: "Ao Zhongtang, since ancient times, there have been cases of inciting fools and fools to rebel under the guise of ghosts and gods, and this matter must not be taken seriously, so let's hand this matter over to Ao Zhongtang's investigation, and we must find out the details of that Zhong Saburo Xianghui." If Yang Qilong really has a bad intention, he will be killed. ”

"The old minister obeys." Ao Bai replied sullenly. Kangxi turned to Wu Lu, who was frightened and motionless, and said, "That minion, I want to see your Zhuang ticket, why don't you take it over?" ”

"Bring it." Before Wu Lu could make a move, Wei Dongting had already rushed up and snatched the Zhuang ticket, first glared at Wu Yuanming viciously, and then held the Zhuang ticket in front of Kangxi with both hands, and said in a whisper: "Master, please see." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, Wu Aiqing, I want to see it." Kangxi smiled and admired Wu Yuanming's forcibly calm expression - for Kangxi, how pleasing it was. However, when Kangxi opened the banker ticket, a smug smile suddenly froze on his ugly pockmarked face......

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Seeing Kangxi's strange expression, Su Malagu hurriedly asked in a low voice and went up to watch with Kong Sizhen, only to see that the Zhuang ticket read: 'On February 12 of the eighth year of Kangxi, Wei Dongting, the commander of the Shanpu Battalion, deposited one tael of silver and redeemed it with the ticket. Seeing this, Kong Sizhen's face under the veil immediately turned iron blue, Kong Sizhen had been staring at Wu Lu just now, it was certain that Wu Lu had not dropped the Zhuang ticket, and couldn't help but whisper: "Impossible!" Is that dog minion lying to me? ”

"You've done a good job!" Kangxi glanced at Kong Sizhen angrily, forced the anger in his heart and asked Wu Yuanming: "Wu Aiqing, what's going on with this Zhuang ticket?" Wei Dongting deposited a tael of silver in the silver account opened by your minion, has Wei Dongting been to the money bank opened by your minion? ”

"The Zhuang ticket for Wei Dongting? Deposit a tael of silver? Wu Yuanming, who was almost desperate, suspected that he had heard it wrong, and the officials and magnates in the restaurant were all relieved, secretly admiring Wu Yingxiong's thoughtfulness. At this time, Wu Yuanming's godfather Yao Qisheng, who had not spoken, spoke: "Back to the emperor, here's the thing, Lord Wei Dongting really didn't go to the silver account opened by the slave of the prince of Pingxi to deposit silver, this Zhuang ticket, in fact, Wu Lu, the minion opened it himself, and was ready to give it to Lord Wei Dongting so that he could save the silver in the Citibank account in the future, which can be regarded as a means for businessmen to attract customers." ”

"It turns out that the godfather had long expected that this might happen, so he deliberately gave Wei Dongting a bank ticket to prevent it." Wu Yuanming was so happy that he almost rushed up to hug Yao Qisheng - but if Wu Yuanming knew about Yang Qilong, Yao Qisheng deliberately leaked it to Kong Sizhen, Wu Yuanming might not be so excited. And Kangxi knew that he had been tricked by Wu Yuanming again, and forced a smile and said: "So that's the case, but Wu Aiqing's minions are too stingy to make a move, and they only save one or two silver for Xiao Weizi, and those who know may say that Wu Aiqing's minions don't want to be charged with bribery, if you don't know, you may say that you will be called Huazi." Hahaha...... Ha....... ”

"Back to the emperor, here's the thing." Kangxi was already smiling, but the vicious Wu Yuanming sprinkled a handful of salt on his injured heart, Wu Yuanming smiled and said: "Originally, the minister wanted this slave to save two taels of silver for Lord Wei, but Shi Jianmei, Weichen's concubine, was resolutely opposed, and only allowed to save one or two taels of silver for Lord Wei - it was said that Lord Wei was only ...... This bit of silver. Weichen is a person who is afraid of his wife, so he has no choice but to listen to his wife. ”

"What did you say?" Wei Dongting could endure such a shameful humiliation, and subconsciously touched the steel knife on his waist, not wanting to worship and Kangxi but shouted at the same time: "Wei Dongting, the prince of Pingxi is right in front of you, do you have a part to speak?" "Kangxi and Ao worship the monarch and ministers can speak in unison, which can be regarded as a great spectacle of the court.

"The slave is guilty." Wei Dongting retreated like a defeated rooster. Kangxi shoved the Zhuang ticket into Wei Dongting's hand, and said with a forced smile: "Since it is a banquet for the prince of Pingxi, you Aiqing will have fun, I still have some excerpts to be approved, so I will leave first." Wu Yuanming hurriedly knelt down with the hundred officials, and sang respectfully: "The ministers send the emperor off." ”

Rushing out of the Dongxing Building, there were already strong donkeys and Hao Laosi downstairs with hundreds of good warriors to greet the marquis, at this time the sky was already dark, the donkey didn't see the anger on Kangxi's face, and asked Kangxi with a smirk: "Master, the minions have been waiting for a long time, and they want to take the dog official who accepted Wu Yingxiong's bribe?" ”

"Take your mother's dog's head!" Kangxi slapped the donkey in the face, strode into the small sedan chair that had been prepared, and shouted: "Get up!" The four sedan chair men dressed as warriors of the Shanpu Battalion hurriedly lifted the sedan chair and galloped away from Dongxing Tower, followed by Wei Dongting, Kong Sizhen and others hurriedly rode horses to follow. Kong Sizhen was afraid that Kangxi would find her to settle accounts after the autumn, so she hurriedly leaned over to the sedan chair and whispered: "Master, this is all the slave's mistake, and the slave will send someone to chop up the Wu Sangui guard who spread the false news, and give the master anger." ”

"Idiot, it turns out that you got the news in Wu Sangui's guard." Kangxi said angrily: "Wu Sangui's guards who can stay in Beijing City, aren't the people who Wu Sangui fed with silver and took his family as hostages?" Wu Yingxiong's godfather called Hanako is better than a ghost, you actually developed a dark line from there, no wonder you were played like this by the old Hanako! ”

"The slave knows that she is wrong, the slave and the maid really underestimate that old man called Hanako." Kong Sizhen's voice was choked, and he was able to win the sympathy of men. Kangxi knew that this woman wanted to seduce herself to bed again, so she immediately remembered something and hurriedly asked: "By the way, when you left the palace today, you said that you could get Zhaohui out of the house tonight for the night, have you arranged it?" ”

"Master rest assured, nothing goes wrong." Kong Sizhen smiled proudly: "Extrapolating by the hour, Miss Zhaohui should have been taken out of the mansion by the slave maid pretending to be Wu Yingxiong's subordinates, and the master will wait and see." ”

"If there is another mistake this time, be careful of your head!" Kangxi said angrily. Kong Sizhen replied with great confidence: "Master, the slave dares to take the head as a guarantee, and this time it will definitely not be wrong." ”

"That's good." Kangxi snorted coldly and leaned on the back of the sedan chair, thinking of the moving appearance of Hui'er's little girl, and the moving scene of the little girl undressing herself in Shoukang Palace that day, a smile gradually climbed up the corners of Kangxi's mouth. Proud, Kangxi couldn't help but say in his heart: "Wu Yingxiong, you win one game today, but next, you don't want to win again." Don't you want to compete with me for Hui'er? It doesn't matter, when she turns into a ruined willow, you can take it as you like. ”