Chapter 0229 - Gambling
Yun Niang smiled slightly, "No, this is absolutely inseparable from King Ning, King Ning must be secretly influencing the development of the situation, to put it more clearly, you and General Zhang are just two chess pieces in the game between King Ning and the emperor, which also shows how strong King Ning's power is in the court, if the emperor wants to check you, it will only check whether you and King Ning have a close relationship."
Lu Fei was not worried when he heard this, and smiled, "So the emperor still gives me face in this little county."
Yun Niang was not optimistic, "The emperor first promoted your official, and then sent someone to check on you, what is the intention, I can't guess for a while, it makes no sense that the emperor will think about you as a county and the high-ranking and powerful King Ning, maybe I'm too stupid, but the emperor must have his intentions in doing this, you have already attracted the attention of the emperor, so at this time, you can't let yourself have a little stain, Ling Dan should not stay in the county government"
Lu Fei still looked uneasy, "Hey, even you can't guess that it's nothing, I'm not afraid of anything, I don't have any deal with King Ning, and I don't know what that old thing wants to do, but Bao Lingdan, I'm done, you don't need to persuade you to do this, I know that you are for my good, but do things from the beginning to the end, although I am not a righteous gentleman, but what I say must be done, just like I do to you, no matter what the world thinks of me, I will take you from" Huancai Immortal Pavilion', Ling Dan is the same, okay, I'm going to meet those two bastards"
Saying that, Lu Fei walked out of the study, Yun Niang didn't say much when she couldn't persuade her, but just followed up and instructed, "Don't be good in front of King Ning in front of them."
Lu Fei smiled and nodded, "Okay, I know, my female Zhuge , I'm going, the wind is Xiaoxiao, Yi Shui is cold, and the strong man is gone."
Yun Niang smiled, "Don't talk nonsense, go ahead, deal with it carefully"
In the flower hall, one tall and one short, the two brocade guards were already waiting impatiently, so they simply walked back and forth in the hall. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As soon as Lu Fei came in, the two of them opened their mouths first, with an aggressive tone, "Susong County, are you busy?" Let's wait, hand over the female bandit leader to us."
Lu Fei smiled disdainfully, swaggered over to the chair, and sat down slowly, "Leave it to you?" Why? What happened to her? ”
If you want to catch Ling Dan, there is no door.
One of the tall men walked quickly to Lu Fei's side and said, "Bold, we are on an errand, there is no need to explain to you, the magistrate, as long as you hand over the people to us, it will be none of your business."
Lu Fei looked sideways, "What if I don't pay it?" ”
The tall man smiled coldly, "You dare to resist the order?" ”
Lu Fei smiled, "I'll take a look at the holy decree."
The tall man pointed to his sleeve, "This is the secret purpose, it's not your turn to see it yet"
Lu Fei spread his hands and stood up with a smile, "That's no, this is Susong County, not Beizhen Fusi, she is just an ordinary person, holding chicken feathers as an arrow, you don't need to scare me"
The two brocade guards were furious, glanced at each other, and each pressed their hands on the handle of the embroidered spring knife at their waists, and the tall man said in a voice, "You are looking for death."
Lu Fei smiled again, "Okay, don't shout, Emperor Lao Tzu has just promoted me to an official, and you want to kill me, what, do you think that the emperor has done something wrong, and think that I should not be promoted, but should die?" Who is this who is resisting the decree, you are obviously working against the emperor Lao Tzu, I will write a letter to him one day, and tell me about the two of you in my three-acre land fox fake tiger power frame, I think the emperor must be very interested in the crime of ruining the emperor's reputation."
The two of them couldn't help but have a red and white face when they heard it, they didn't expect that this little magistrate not only had courage, but also this preemptive calculation, they were really surprised, the hall was silent for a while, and the faces of these two people gradually calmed down, but the frame just now has been put up, and now they are soft, it is too much to lose the famous name of Jinyiwei.
Lu Fei also saw it, and scolded others with a face, so he had to find an excuse to give them a step down, don't really have a holiday with Jinyiwei, so he smiled and said, "Yo, two, what's the matter, angry?" I'm just kidding, don't mind, the people of the small place with poor mountains and bad waters, they can't speak, come, sit, stay in Songzhi County, this is a gift for the two of them."
The two of them are worried about how to clean up this face, they can't really kill him with a knife, then it is exactly what Lu Fei said, the emperor's commendation decree has just been issued, and he was killed by Jinyiwei when he turned his head, this is simply slapping the emperor's face, and it is difficult not to die after returning to Beijing, now since Lu Zhixian gave this step, the two of them just got off the donkey and sat pretendingly, but the momentum is no longer as strong as just now.
"Susong County, it's not that we have to embarrass you, it's just that this woman killed the court officials, she doesn't die, how can the emperor serve hundreds of officials, how can he serve the world, and I also look at Lu Zhixian to take care of the overall situation, just now we also saw that you have some friendship with this female bandit leader, as long as you hand her over to me, we shouldn't have seen this matter, how about it" This time it was the short Jinyiwei who opened his mouth, with a very kind attitude, for fear that the words would be too heavy and cause Lu Fei's disgust.
Lu Fei was secretly funny, a group of people who bullied the soft and were afraid of the hard still wanted to shake their prestige here, and came to the wrong place, but he said, "The business of the upper part is the business of the lower officials, according to which you have instructed the lower officials to do it, otherwise, she will be locked up in the county jail first, although my county prison is not your edict, but it is not a problem to lock up a woman, I will explain to the emperor in the future, by the way, I will ask for a favor, maybe the emperor will be happy to exempt her from her crimes, and you will not need to bother, isn't it, it is better to have two sides, why not"
The short man smiled, "What Lu Zhixian said is reasonable, but the two of us came all the way, and what we did was in response to the emperor's order, and it was also for the sake of your future as an adult, leaving a female bandit leader by your side, this, this will inevitably teach the truth, in my opinion, it is most appropriate to leave it to us."
Lu Fei looked at this frame, Yun Niang was right, these two people would never give up lightly, they had to find a way to lead away their ideas, he thought about it and smiled, "The two superiors, the lower officials dare to ask, if she goes with you, do you want to treat her?" ”
The two brocade guards looked at each other, and the tall man said, "Gathering people to make trouble, for one party, and there is a great crime of killing the court officials, I won't hide it from you, when you go out of Beijing, the emperor has a secret decree, the bandit leader is secretly executed on the spot, and the crowd is not punished, but also according to your plan, this is the emperor's grace, my lord, it can be regarded as the emperor helped you to achieve a lifetime of good name, you must not violate the emperor's will"
Lu Fei secretly said that it was not good, this matter was said by Yun Niang again, it seems that Ling Dan is more than lucky, dealing with a Zhang rake almost put his life in, if he disagrees with the emperor, it is not a matter of blinking his head, but in a blink of an eye, he remembered the pair of bloody little feet that he had just held in his arms, and thought of the scene when Ling Dan sacrificed his life to save himself, Lu Fei resolutely did not change his original intention.
Lu Fei arched his hand and said, "Thank you for telling me the truth, I don't have the courage to disobey the holy will, I can hand it over to you, but not now."
The tall man saw that there was a play, turned to one side, and said, "The one who knows the times is Junjie, and Lu Zhixian knows the stakes as well, when will he hand over the people?" ”
Lu Fei smiled, "This matter is not in a hurry, when I return to Beijing after completing other things, I will never stop it."
The two brocade guards couldn't help but glance at each other again, with a hint of surprise on their faces, and the tall man said, "Something else?" What do you think we have to do? ”
Lu Fei stood up, walked over to cover the door, turned around and helped to do everything and said in a chest, "Don't say secret words in front of the Ming people, where is the need to dispatch two Jinyi guards and thousands of households in a small mountain bandit, even if you want to take me, the magistrate, to prison, then there is no need to alarm the two of you, the real purpose of your coming here is not to be a bandit, but to ...... In the "
Lu Fei pretended to be mysterious, but in fact, he didn't know, he was just trying to test according to Yun Niang's guess, so as to take his eyes off Ling Dan.
The tall Jinyi Wei's face changed, and he stood up and whispered, "What do you know?" ”
This can make Lu Fei down, he doesn't know anything, the ghost knows what the emperor Lao Tzu is thinking in his heart, but when the words are opened, he has to continue acting, he smiled calmly, since it is to change the topic, he has to find a bigger one, and said, "Come for General Zhang"
Hearing this, the two Jinyi guards suddenly glanced at each other again, but there was a relieved expression on their faces, as if their secret had not been broken by Lu Fei.
However, Lu Fei observed his words, and as soon as the words fell, he continued, "This is the first, and the second"
The nerves that had just relaxed were tightened by Lu Fei again, and their expectant eyes stared at him together.
Lu Fei made a mistake this time, and said in his heart: Looking at the expressions of the two of them, Zhang Rake is just a soy sauce maker in their eyes, what more important mission do these two people have? Could it be that Yun Niang is worried, King Ning and the emperor are secretly competing, these two brocade guards are actually here for King Ning, Yun Niang can tell me like this, but I don't dare to talk nonsense, neither of these two parties has a thicker waist than me, don't put me in the fight between your uncles and uncles, but if you want Ling Dan to be safe, it is necessary to pull a bigger one out to top the thunder.
So Lu Fei said, "Second, you are aiming for Ning ......"
Before Lu Fei's words fell, the two brocade guards suddenly stepped forward together, seemingly trying to block Lu Fei's mouth, and said in a panic, "Lu Zhixian, how do you know these things?" Could it be that the emperor also gave you a secret decree? ”
This time it was Lu Fei's turn to be stunned, the secret purpose, what the secret purpose, the ghost only knew what the secret purpose was, but looking at the panicked appearance of these two boys, presumably Yun Niang was right again, the emperor was really in King Chaning, fortunately, he didn't show how close he was to King Ning, otherwise he would have been dealt with by the emperor Lao Tzu by the way.
Just as Lu Fei was thinking about how to continue making it up, he was suddenly shocked in his mind, hey, this is not what I said, you said it yourself, thinking of this, he also pretended to be very solemn, and made a silent gesture, "Low-key, low-key"
The two of them were even more surprised when they heard this, "The emperor is really unfathomable, he has already had subordinates, Lu Zhixian, since this is the case, then the three of you and I are in the same boat, dare to ask what have you found these days?" Can you tell me a word or two?"
Everyone knows that this Lu Fei was appointed by the emperor as Susong Zhixian just after the title of the gold list, and he was summoned to see him separately in private, no one knows what they said between them, only that after that meeting, Lu Fei immediately left Beijing and rushed to Susong to take office.
Lu Fei complained bitterly in his heart, I checked, I checked a fart, and only when I was full would I provoke King Ning, I thought that the rake was just because he secretly made a small report to Zhao Jun's horse, and King Ning made him not a person inside and out, and he was about to lose his life, I was so idle that I didn't care about King Ning's, anyway, it was your royal business, fighting and fighting, and I had a quasi-relationship with my fart, don't delay me to get rich Amitabha.
Lu Fei was racking his brains to say something to make them believe that they had really received the emperor's secret decree, and when he was depressed, the tall brocade guard was anxious, and when he saw him like this, he thought that Lu Fei didn't want to say it, for fear that the credit would be robbed, so he smiled and said, "Lu Zhixian, you are stingy, don't worry, we don't rob you of your credit, it's just that we are new to the road, and we can't find the way to start for a while, so you can't help but give me advice."
Lu Fei is so funny in his heart, where is this, yes, whatever you say is what it is, anyway, with the title of an emperor's secret agent, at least you don't dare to ask me for Ling Dan directly, so he said, "Don't dare, you two are on the top of the ranks, and you are Jinyi Wei Qianhu, my little magistrate is not enough to worry about in front of you, but for the sake of serving the emperor, I can help you find a breakthrough."
The two of them were overjoyed, and immediately took a 180-degree turn in their attitude towards Lu Fei, their eyebrows opened and they smiled, the tall man hurriedly helped Lu Fei to sit down, and the short man asked softly and gently, "I wish to hear Qixiang, if I can make a mistake, I will definitely thank Lord Lu in the future."
As soon as he heard the word 'heavy thanks', Lu Fei also became excited, and it may have been an unprecedented move to draw money from Jinyiwei's hand.
Lu Fei listened to the snickering joy in his heart, beckoned to the two, and motioned for them to come over.
The two brocade guards were overjoyed and stretched their necks together.
Lu Fei whispered into their ears, "I heard that every year before the winter solstice, millions of taels of silver are secretly escorted from Susong to the two capitals."
When the two heard this, they looked at each other in surprise, and they exclaimed in unison, "King Ning's bribe!" ”
As soon as the words came out, the two of them hurriedly covered their mouths at the same time and looked at Lu Fei together.
Lu Fei nodded, "Yes, do you know who is escorting this silver for him?" ”
The two brocade guards shook their heads together, they had been ordered by the emperor very early to secretly investigate the officials in the court who were close to King Ning, and they also learned that King Ning was vigorously wooing some of the officials in the court through bribery and coercion, but they couldn't find any evidence, this Lu Fei had just arrived in Susong for a month and found out about it, it seems that the emperor's look at each other is not a hasty move, this is a big man.
Lu Fei said softly, "It's General Zhang of the Anqing Mansion Battalion Army."
The tall man hurriedly said, "Lu Zhixian has real evidence, General Zhang is not an ordinary person, he has 3,000 battalion troops in his hands, if he is mistaken, the emperor will only ask you and me to return General Zhang's innocence, this is not a joke."
Lu Fei smiled, "I still don't understand this, the reason why I have been delaying this matter to the emperor is because the evidence in my hand is insufficient, and I am afraid that I will lift a stone and hit my own foot, and throw a mouse bogey."
The two of them couldn't help but be a little disappointed when they heard this, and after talking for a long time, where was the breakthrough, this kid obviously wanted to use them as guns.
The short Jinyi Wei thought for a moment and said, "Then what do you mean by this?" What if we go and find out? ”
Lu Fei said with a smile, "It's different now, the two superiors, you forgot, the emperor has a clear will to pass on to General Zhang Shen, presumably as soon as the will is conveyed, what will happen to him Zhang Shen, you should also know in your hearts, right?" ”
The short man thought about it and nodded, "A few days ago, more than 20 Beijing officials and more than 10 Jiangnan magistrates went up to impeach General Zhang, and I heard that a total of his ten crimes were involved, and the emperor was furious when he heard it, and asked the cabinet to draft a decree on the same day, but as for what was written in the holy decree, we don't know, does this have anything to do with him helping King Ning escort the silver?" ”
Lu Fei slapped his thigh, stood up and said, "Of course there is, you can imagine, even if the emperor approves the excerpts of so many officials and wants to deal with General Zhang, you see that no emperor in this dynasty has beheaded the main general in the front-line army, this is to prevent the instability of the army, so the meaning of the holy decree is at best to ask you to bring General Zhang back to the capital and hand it over to the Criminal Department for trial, is what I said reasonable?" ”
The two thought for a moment and nodded.
Lu Fei was secretly overjoyed and continued, "Then think about it again, if General Zhang enters Beijing, will you be able to intervene in this case?" ”
The two thought for a moment and shook their heads.
Lu Fei snorted, "That's it, if you want to find out how General Zhang helped King Ning secretly escort the silver, then you have to do it before he enters Beijing, and we will interrogate him first, in this way, isn't the credit still ours?" Oh no, it should be yours."
The two of them were stunned, and suddenly they all laughed out loud together, and the tall man smiled, "Lu Zhixian is really insightful, wonderful!" But the benefits are all for us to occupy, Lu Zhixian, what benefits can you get from it? "The two of them are not stupid, who does the thankless work.
Lu Fei smiled slightly, "Of course I won't help you in vain, everyone knows that General Zhang's army moved and disrupted my recruitment plan and made me lose credibility among the people, can I just swallow this breath, no, not only can't, I have to return it tenfold, so that he will never think about turning over in front of the emperor"
The three of them laughed in unison.
The short Jinyi guard on the side laughed a few times, but his face suddenly changed, and he said, "But the holy decree is not announced, and he is not robbed of his military power, just by the three of you and me, it seems that the trial will not move."
This sentence hit Lu Fei's heart, he laughed, then his face changed suddenly, and he said in a deep voice, "Isn't the holy decree in your hands?" It's not up to you to decide when to take him, I don't think it's too late, I'll do it tomorrow."
The two brocade guards thought about it, walked away and whispered to discuss it, and came back to Lu Fei and said, "Lu Zhixian is reasonable, there is a holy purpose, there is no need to be afraid that he will not be subdued, as long as he really helped King Ning transport the silver, with our Jinyi Wei's means, we are not afraid to ask the truth, we will go back and prepare with Zhou Gonggong, and go to General Zhang Shen to announce the decree as soon as dawn."
Lu Fei stood up and arched his hand, "Okay, the top job is clean and neat, and he deserves to be the best in the brocade guard, but before that, I have to add a charge to General Zhang first."
The two of them asked, "What is the crime?" ”
Lu Fei snorted, "Assassinate local officials"
The two thought for a moment and asked, "Are you saying that the person who came to assassinate you tonight was sent by General Zhang?" ”
Lu Fei said, "Who else can there be besides him, if you don't believe it, I'll show it to you now, by the way, dare to ask the names of the two superiors."
The tall man said, "Yang Shu, this is my brother, Yang Lin, Lu Zhixian, you and I are of one heart and one mind, why don't we call each other brothers in private in the future?"
Lu Fei arched his hand, "It's easy to say, I can be called a brother and brother with the famous Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and the lower official has climbed high."
Yang Shu, Yang Lin smiled and said, "Brother Lu, you are highly valued by the emperor, and you will rise step by step in the future, and you will enter the phase, I am afraid that our brother will still rely on Brother Lu to support you, haha"
Lu Fei was relieved this time, Ling Dan's was not in any danger now, and he also pushed General Zhang Shen to the Ghost Gate, killing two birds with one stone, no, it should be three birds with one stone, in front of these two people, he showed that his mind and King Ning were not all the way, presumably they would also report to the emperor truthfully, and it was much more useful to get close to the emperor than to curry favor with a vassal king.
Lu Fei laughed and arched his hand, "Borrow two auspicious words, please, try that group of killers now, so that you can know who this Zhang Counselor is, and whether he should be dealt with or not."
The two of them said in unison, "Brother Lu, please"
The east is already white, and the day is dawning.
Lu Fei changed into an official uniform and ordered to beat the drum and ascend to the court, thinking that he hadn't been promoted to the court in person for a few days, and he was inexplicably excited for a while.
The two classes of officials in the lobby are staggering with water and fire sticks, and from time to time they burp with wine, making the hall full of alcohol, and someone has already found Zhao Bantou and Master Li, and the two heard that the county master was assassinated last night, and they were so shocked that most of the wine had woken up, and they washed their faces with cold water, so they stood in the lobby with spirit.
The two brocade guards were accompanied by Li Shun at the back of the hall, drinking tea and listening to Lu Fei's trial.
Lu Fei slapped the shocked wood, "Bring it up"
After a while, seven killers who were tied up by the five flowers were brought to the hall one by one, some could only be carried up, and one was still bleeding from both eyes.
Zhao Bantou pressed the killers and asked them to kneel in front of Lu Fei, but these people stood up straight in a dead pig posture that was not afraid of boiling water, and they didn't even want to look at Lu Fei.
Lu Fei didn't care, he knew that these people were all soldiers under Zhang Rake, who had been on the battlefield and played with their lives, and did they still care about the prestige of scaring the people in the lobby.
Lu Fei waved his hand at Zhao Bantou and motioned to follow them.
Lu Fei walked down the lobby and walked back and forth in front of the killers, "It seems that you are all bloody men, presumably if I ask you who called you here, you must not say it, right?" ”
The killers didn't say a word, and they all turned their heads to look elsewhere.
Lu Fei snorted lightly, squatted down in front of the injured killer lying on the ground, and said with a smile, "I have long seen that you are the head of these people, and I can also see that you don't want to die."