Not to mention, Lu Fatzi was really put into a prisoner car and escorted to Wuchang City, and the officials, people, and soldiers along the way all knew that Lu Fatzi was because he betrayed the firearms secrets of Pingxi Wangfu to Pingnan Wangfu, so he suddenly changed from a super celebrity in front of Pingxi Wangfu to a prisoner, and suffered such a tragic retribution.

Why did the soldiers and civilians passing by the prisoner cart know about it? There is no way, our Fat Man Lu is too wronged, and he is really too wronged - just like Xiao Erlang, the loyal lackey of Fat Lu, and the three brothers of the Liu family wiped their tears and told passers-by, it was Prince An of the Qing Dynasty who tied up the family of Fat Lu and used the surname of Fat Lu's family as a threat to force Fat Lu to leak the secret of firearms, Fat Lu was really helpless, and Fat Lu did not sell all the secrets, but only sold the formula of the new gunpowder.

In short, it's not our fat man Lu who is damned, but our An Wangye Yue Le! Our fat man Lu is just a victim of being blackmailed by the despicable, shameless, obscene and obscene Prince An Yue Le!

Whether Fat Lu was wronged, whether he was a victim of Prince An's kidnapping, let's not talk about him for the time being, in short, when the news that Fat Lu was arrested by Wu Jun for selling the secrets of the new firearms of Pingxi Wangfu reached Guangzhou, the Pingnan Wangfu exploded all of a sudden! Yue Le suspected that Lu Fatzi was playing a bitter trick, and he also suspected that Shang Kexi's father and son had obtained this priceless secret and concealed the news from him in order to keep it for himself. Shang Lao Han Jian doubted Yue Le on the one hand, and his eldest son Shang Zhixin on the other, and hurriedly played to Kang Mazi to report the situation.

As for our Shang Zhixin Shang Da Shizi, it is even more of a man of action, almost on the day the news reached Guangzhou, the eyeliner that appeared next to the old prince of Pingnan suddenly doubled, the study and bedroom were stolen one after another, and they were turned upside down by thieves of unknown origin, and there was also Prince An, and the eyeliner and fine work that appeared around him also increased several times - the conscience of heaven and earth, Shang Da Shizi can swear to the sky, these eyeliner and fine works that monitor Prince An are really not all sent by themselves - they were sent by themselves, At most, it's only half!

After hearing the news, Zheng Jing of Taiwan and Geng Jingzhong of the Jingnan Wangfu also quickly stepped up their reconnaissance of the Pingnan Wangfu, and happened to catch up with the normal relocation of a camp of the Pingnan Wangfu stationed in Huangpu, and as a result, during the relocation of this army of only 1,000 people, Leng discovered 30 or 40 spies of unknown origin for spy surveillance and spying, but it also saved Shang Lao Han a large amount of counter-espionage expenses -- the conscience of heaven and earth, and this was also the first time in his life that the unfilial son-in-law Lu Fatzi did a good thing of filial piety to his father-in-law.

In order to create signs of the theft of new firearms secrets, Lu Fatzi's brother-in-law Wu Shizong can be regarded as having made a lot of money, just the army escorting Lu Fatzi's prisoner car has reached a huge number of 1,000 people, with heavy knives and guns, and is as vicious as a tiger and as fierce as a wolf. And poor Fat Lu could only sit honestly in the prison car, endure the bumps in the journey and the insults of the people, and only in the dead of night when there was no one else, can he get out of the prison car and move his legs and feet near the prison car.

For such a situation, Lu Fatzi himself was not surprised, he was as willing as a glutton, but a few hardcore lackeys of Lu Fatzi such as Xiao Erlang and others couldn't stand it, when they were about to arrive in Changsha City, taking the opportunity to let off wind in the middle of the night, Xiao Erlang saw that there was no one next to him, so he whispered to Lu Fatzi: "Young master, as for it?" In order to create the illusion that a firearm has been stolen secretly, do you have to wronged yourself like this? The little ones are distressed to look at. ”

"No way, the enemy is too cunning, if you don't act like a trick, how can the enemy be fooled?" Fat Lu replied casually while kicking his fat legs to move his blood.

"But even if the enemy is fooled, what can be?" Xiao Erlang said unconvinced: "It's great to kill Yue Lemangou, kill Shang Kexi Old Han Annihilation, these two guys are often defeated by Young Master, and they are not your opponents at all, Young Master, if you want to deal with them, you can directly kill them on the battlefield, and you can use such a bitter trick to wronged yourself like this?" ”

"You're wrong." Fat Lu shook his head, walked with his hands behind his back, and whispered to Xiao Erlang: "Since ancient times, undefeated famous generals have been more and more careful in their fights, and they will never despise any enemy. And Yue Le monk Lao Han Jian is definitely not as incompetent as you think, the reason why they were defeated by my men before was because they took me lightly, and they suffered a big loss under carelessness, and now they have seen my strength, and when they meet on the battlefield in the future, will they be as careless as before? ”

"Shang Lao Han Jian is a veteran of the battlefield, he has eaten more smoke and dust on the battlefield than I have eaten, and he is experienced and can fight well; Yue Le has the style of a general, not arrogant or impatient, calm and wise, and good at winning people's hearts, both civil and military, is the only enemy I am afraid of on the side of Mangou. Both of them hate me to the bone now, if they are allowed to gain the trust of the Mangou Emperor and be entrusted with the important task of the military state by the Mangou Emperor, then in the future, they will definitely be my mortal enemies and the henchmen of our army! Such enemies, even if I am not afraid of them, if I can get rid of them with the help of the Mangou Emperor, it is tantamount to getting rid of two henchmen, and it will be of endless benefit to us in expelling the Tartars and recovering China in the future. ”

"Really?" Xiao Erlang was suspicious, and asked again: "Young master, do you think you think you think too highly of them?" Since the start of our Yungui army, Yue Le monk Kexi old man annihilated in front of our Yungui army, as if he didn't take advantage of it once? ”

"It's just that they don't have luck, they don't have a chance to play." Lu Fatzi replied lightly: "Yue Le has always been covered by the brilliance of Aobai, and later he was constrained by Tuhai, Chani and Cai Yurong, and he didn't have the opportunity to show his talents alone; Shang Kexi old man was careless as soon as he started the army, and he was captured alive by me. Our luck can't go on like this, and their luck can't go on like this, if we don't get rid of them as soon as possible, and when they show their edge and take charge of themselves, it's not ordinarily difficult for us to eliminate them. ”

"The young master is really far-sighted and far-sighted." Although Xiao Erlang didn't think deeply of Lu Fatzi's words, he still quickly patted a sycophant and flattered: "I believe that as long as the young master sacrifices his bitter plan to succeed, Monk Yue Le will be happy with the old man's head." ”

"The unlucky one will only be Yue Le, Shang Kexi is an old man, and the Mangou Emperor will definitely not touch him casually." Lu Fatzi Yin Yin said: "Now Geng Jingzhong has rebelled, if the Mangou Emperor takes Shang Kexi's old Han annihilation again, then Shang Zhixin will inevitably lose control, like reading power, in order to keep Guangdong, the only nail in the south, the Mangou Emperor should not take the head of Shang Kexi's old Han Annihilation." If my expectations are not bad, Yue Le's luck this time almost landed directly on the head, and the best luck is to be escorted back to the capital, and the Jiaozong Renfu will be imprisoned forever, and another full dog prince will come to Guangdong and the monk Kexi old man will join forces, and strive to maintain the situation in Guangdong from completely collapsing. ”

"Only one Yue Le can be eliminated?" Xiao Erlang scratched his head and said regretfully: "Just to get rid of a Yue Le, it is really not worth it for the young master to suffer so many crimes." ”

"You're wrong again, I did it for two purposes." Xiao Erlang is Lu Fatzi's most loyal lackey, and Lu Fatzi naturally dares to say some things to him, Lu Fatzi said in a low voice: "The first purpose is to disperse Mangou's strength, induce Mangou to draw troops from the Huguang battlefield to Fujian to quell the rebellion, monitor Guangdong, and increase the chances of victory for us to suddenly launch a battle to cross the river." And the second purpose is for my own future. ”

"For the sake of your own future, young master?" Xiao Erlang asked in surprise.

"Erlang, didn't you notice that I was already climbing too fast? Is the edge too exposed? Lu Fatzi was shocked, and said in a low voice: "As a newcomer who has just joined the Pingxi Royal Mansion for six years, I was not only relied on by the prince as a confidant, but also got the prince's marriage and married my granddaughter Wu Xiaosu to me, in addition, whether in strategic decision-making or battlefield tactics, I have surpassed countless old people in the Pingxi Palace, and my status has faintly surpassed all the prince's sons and nephews, and I am close to the prince's first henchman Hu Guozhu." If this continues, I can't attract envy, and I can't attract gossip? ”

"So young master, you use this trick to destroy your reputation, ask for hardship, and dissolve the hostile jealousy from your colleagues?" Xiao Erlang is not stupid, and he immediately understood the good intentions of Fat Lu.

Lu Fatzi nodded slowly, and said in a dark voice: "Since ancient times, those who have high merit and shock the master, if they want not to attract the suspicion of the king and the jealousy of their colleagues, it is nothing more than to learn from Xiao He to destroy his reputation, learn from Guo Ziyi to cover up with wine, or learn from Shi Shou to hand over the military power, but I also want to learn all of this, not only do I not want to hand over the power of the army, but I also want to get more power and troops from the prince, and I also want to get the opportunity to lead the army alone." But not only has my wish not been fulfilled yet, but it has already attracted the envy of everyone, what should I do? In addition to further gaining the trust of the prince, and at the same time resolving the jealousy and hostility from my colleagues, what else can I do? ”

"That's why young master, you offer this bitter meat trick to the prince?" Xiao Erlang finally came to his senses and said in a low voice: "Young Master, you were escorted back to Wuchang by the prisoner car, and when the pink eye of the prince's subordinates saw it, the anger naturally disappeared, and you will no longer be jealous and hostile to the young master." But the prince understands in his heart that you have been wronged, and he understands that the young master you are thinking about his great cause, and you are willing to suffer such grievances and suffer such hardships, so naturally you will trust the young master more and rest assured. ”

Fat Lu smiled, very satisfied with Xiao Erlang's growth, and said in a low voice: "If you say something from your heart, I will tell you that you have to be clever yourself." But you can also rest assured, when the young master and I fly into the sky one day, I will naturally not treat you, the most loyal brother and the most reliable brother. Alright, it's almost dawn, take me back to the prisoner's car, and don't let the dog-filled Xiaozuo find out. ”

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Whether Lu Fatzi's self-begging behavior is smart or stupid, let's not talk about him, but the only thing that is certain is that although Lu Fatzi was escorted back to Wuchang City in a prisoner car, although he has suffered enough on the road, Yue Le, a monk and an old man in Guangdong, has suffered far more than Lu Fatzi. For no other reason, Kang Mazi forced them to hand over the production secrets of Wu Jun's new firearms, so when Kang Mazi's will was delivered to Guangzhou at a gallop by his henchman Wu Dan, Yue Le and the old man were all dumbfounded, and they were all anxious.

"It's wrong, the old man really didn't get these secrets." Shang Lao Han wiped his sweat and cried with a sad face to defend, "The old man can swear to the sky, to the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, the old man really didn't get Wu Gou's firearms secret!" The old man didn't even have time to let his daughter get in touch with Lu Yifeng's dog thief, Lu Yifeng's dog thief had already been seized by the Wu Dog Army, and he had no chance to get these things! ”

"Lord Wu, Xiao Wang can testify for Old Lord Shang." Yue Le also said to Wu Dan: "The old prince's little Gege is very stubborn, and after finding out that he was deceived by the old prince and returned to Guangdong, he never said a word to the old prince, let alone promised to help the old prince get those firearm secrets from Lu Yifeng's dog thief. ”

"Since you didn't get Wu Gou's firearm secrets, why did Wu Gou's army arrest Lu Yifeng's dog thief?" Wu Dan asked: "If Lu Yifeng's dog thief didn't leak the secret of the firearm to you, then why did the Wu dog army arrest him?" Lu Yifeng's dog thief is a big celebrity in front of Wu Sangui's old thief, Wu Dog's army has no real evidence, will he have the courage to arrest him? ”

"Xiao Wang really doesn't understand this." Yue Le almost didn't cry, and replied helplessly: "Xiao Wang has been thinking about it for a while, and he feels that there are only two possibilities, one is that Lu Yifeng's dog thief is playing a bitter trick, deliberately pretending to be arrested by the Wu Dog Army, creating the illusion that the firearm is secretly stolen. The second possibility is that someone pretended to be our messenger under our banner and deceived Wu Gou's firearms secrets from Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, and planted the blame on us. ”

"Lord An, forgive the slave for asking again." Wu Dan asked: "You said that Lu Yifeng's dog thief was playing a bitter meat trick, so why did he use such a bitter meat trick, and what was his purpose?" Or someone deceived Wu Gou's firearms secrets from Lu Yifeng under your banner, so who has the courage to do this? Lu Yifeng's dog thief is so deceitful and shrewd, how can he be easily fooled? ”

"This ......." Yue Le has nothing to say, in fact, Yue Le is also doubting whether the leak of Wu's firearms is true or false, will Shang Kexi and Shang Zhixin, the best father and son, get the secrets of Wu's firearms from Lu Fatzi behind their backs and hide them, intending to swallow these priceless treasures alone?

After hesitating for a long time, Yue Le had no choice but to suggest, "Lord Wu, can you wait a little longer?" After finding out what happened to Lu Yifeng's dog thief after he was escorted back to Wuchang, whether Lu Yifeng's dog thief was playing a bitter trick will naturally be clear? ”

"Lord An has a point." Shang Lao Han raised his hands in approval, "Guard Wu, don't you know how deceitful the old man's unfilial son-in-law is, before Wu Sangui's old thief cut off his head, even the old man is not sure, is he playing a bitter trick?" If it is proved that Wu Gou's firearms secrets have indeed been leaked by Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, then Wu Guard, please rest assured, the old man is digging three feet into the ground in Guangdong, and he will also find out the liar who pretended to be us to deceive Lu Yifeng's dog thieves into the secrets of firearms, and dedicate it to the master with a thousand cuts! ”

Faced with Yue Le's oath of the monk Lao Han Jian, Wu Dan was noncommittal, but said to Shang Lao Han Jian: "Old prince, can you take a step to speak?" ”

"Borrow a step to speak? Of course. Shang Lao Han was stunned at first, and then suddenly woke up, hurriedly agreed, and invited Wu Dan to the back hall, leaving everyone alone to talk to Wu Dan.

"Old prince, the master's dictation." Wu Dan put on a serious expression, and the old man didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said: "The slave is still happy, kneel down to receive the emperor's dictation, long live the emperor, long live long live." ”

"King Pingnan, the emperor asks you." Wu Dan asked in a deep voice: "After Wang Yuele of Anjun came to Guangdong, did he ever express his resentment?" Or is there a disobedience? ”

"Why is the master asking this?" Shang Lao Han Jian first beat a spirit, then quickly kowtowed, and replied honestly: "The slave returned to the master, as far as the slave knows, the king of Anjun is loyal to the master, and he does not dare to harbor grudges. ”

"Good." Wu Dan nodded with satisfaction, and then lowered his voice and said, "Master asks you again, is it possible for King Anjun to monopolize Wu Gou's firearms?" For example, hiding from you, or acting alone, or colluding with your subordinates, under your name, secretly defrauded Wu Gou's firearms secrets from Lu Yifeng's dog thieves? ”

"The master is suspicious of Prince An to this point?" Shang Lao Han Jian hit another spirit, and after hesitating for a moment, the loyal and good slave Shang Lao Han Jian finally kowtowed and said the truth, "Back to the master, the slave is incompetent, Prince An either acted alone, or colluded with the slave's subordinates, and secretly deceived Wu Gou's firearms secrets from Lu Yifeng's dog thief, it is possible, but the slave did not find any signs." In addition, the slave dared to think that with the character of Prince An and his loyalty to his master, he should not have done this. ”

"Sure enough, I'm old and confused." Wu Dan sighed secretly, helplessly took out another holy decree from his arms, held it in his hand and said: "The emperor's secret decree, King Pingnan kneels and listens." ”

"The slave is still happy to accept the order." Shang Lao Han was taken aback and hurriedly kowtowed again.

"King Pingnan is still happy to listen to the order." Wu Dan said: "I order you to take down the king of Anjun Yue Le immediately, put it into the prisoner car and hand it over to the first-class guard Wu Dan to escort to the capital, if the king of Anjun and his comrades resist, you can kill him immediately!" Chin this! ”

"What?" Shang Lao Han Jian almost couldn't believe his ears, lowered his voice and exclaimed, "Lord Wu, the master is too hasty to make a conclusion, right?" Now whether the secrets of the firearms on Wu Gou's side have been leaked, and whether they were obtained and concealed by King Anjun are still inconclusive, how can King Anjun be taken down now? ”

"Old prince, you don't know the situation." Wu Dan shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Prince An's son-in-law, Prince Chahar Prince Burni has rebelled, there is evidence that Prince An has colluded with Burnny before, and also wants to ask Wu Sangui to raise troops together, if the emperor doesn't take down Prince An quickly, not only will the situation be more difficult to clean up, but you will also have to suffer from him." ”

"And." Wu Dan looked at the stammering old man and reminded: "Old prince, you haven't thanked you yet." ”

"Slave ......, thank you." Shang Lao Han Jian finally came back to his senses, and after kowtowing, Shang Lao Han Jian immediately jumped up and rushed back to the hall quickly, Wu Dan hurriedly followed for fear of an accident, and at the same time touched the third holy decree in his arms - the holy decree ordering the accompanying warriors to immediately execute Shang Lao Han Jian! But fortunately, after Shang Lao Han rushed into the hall, he immediately shouted: "Someone! ”

"In!" A few palace guards came in outside the door, and they hugged their fists together and agreed.

"Take down Lord An!" Shang Laohan pointed at Yue Le.

"Old prince, what did you say?" Yue Le almost didn't jump. The guards also looked at each other, suspecting that they had misheard the order, but Shang Lao Han roared angrily: "What are you still doing? Take! ”

"Piercing!" Several guards finally agreed, and pounced on Yue Le to the ground together, Yue Le was so frightened that he shouted: "Old prince, are you crazy? Why are you taking me? ”

"Why take you, you know in your own heart." Shang Lao Han said with a hideous expression: "Lord An, it seems that the old man is really blind, your courage is indeed not small, and you dare to collude with Wu Sangui's old thief and Burnie dog thief to rebel?" ”

"Me? Conspiracy? Yue Le almost fainted in fright, and shouted, "Old prince, are you crazy? I don't share the sky with Wu Sangui's old thief, how can I collude with him to rebel? And Burney, I haven't seen him for at least two years, how can I collude with him to rebel? ”

"Lord An, in this case, you better wait until you return to the capital and go to the Criminal Department and the Zongren Mansion to tell it." Wu Dan stood up and kindly persuaded: "Lord An, if you are smart, I think you should hand over Wu Gou's firearms secrets quickly, you know very well how important that thing is to the master, as long as you are willing to hand it over, I believe that the master will pardon you from death for the sake of the same sect." ”

"I didn't, I didn't!" Yue Le struggled desperately, and shouted with a crying voice: "Old prince, Lord Wu, heaven and earth are proof, I really didn't have a secret of Wu Gou's firearms!" This is Wu Gou's trick, it's Lu Yifeng's trick of the dog thief! I was wronged, wronged! ”

"Lord An, it's useless for you to shout grievances." Wu Dan shook his head and reminded again: "Lord An, you'd better not struggle, and don't mess around, otherwise, the old prince has received an order and can cut you first and then play." ”

"Chop first, then play?" Yue Leru was struck by lightning, and then suddenly woke up, crying and wailing heartbreakingly, "Lu Yifeng, you dog thief, you are going to kill me!" Where the hell did this king provoke you, how could you use such a poisonous trick to frame me? Dog thief, you thief, thief! ”

It's useless to cry like this, with an unlucky son-in-law like Burnie, and a superb enemy like Lu Fatzi, Yue Le can't be washed away by jumping into the Yellow River no matter how much he shouts injustices - but there is no way, the general of the clan with military power is suspected of attempting rebellion, no matter how mediocre the emperor is, he will not take it lightly, let alone Kang Mazi, who is not even at ease with his son. Therefore, our unlucky Prince An could only be helplessly taken down by the guards, and then put into the prisoner car, and Wu Dan was escorted to the capital for trial.

It was also at this time that Wu Dan, who saw that Shang Lao Han Zhan really had no intention of rebelling, told Shang Lao Han Zhan the truth, "Old prince, the master still has a will, Yue Le's envoy will be replaced by Belle Leer Jin, Le Belle is now in Ganzhou City, after I send the news to Ganzhou, he will immediately go south to Guangzhou, take over Yue Le and join you to command the Guangdong army, I hope you can work together to be loyal to the country." ”

"Lebel is in the city of Ganzhou?" Shang Lao Han was frightened into a cold sweat, and said in his heart that Lebel definitely didn't come alone, right? In order to prevent Wu Sangui's old thief from entering Jiangxi, the master has deployed heavy troops in Jiangxi, if I refuse to accept the order, will Le Belle take the Jiangxi army into Guangdong?

Also scared out of a cold sweat was Shang Zhixin, the precious son of Shang Lao Han Annihilation, after seeing that Yue Le was only a little bit suspected of monopolizing Wu Jun's firearms secrets and rebellion, he immediately changed from a prince to a prisoner, Shang Zhi's confidence couldn't help but beat the drum - if you talk about suspicion, whether it is swallowing firearms secrets or rebellion, your own suspicion is much greater than Yue Le's, if Wu Jun's side also has a discordant plan against him that day, wouldn't the old man have skinned himself and sent it to the Mangou Emperor as a human skin lantern?

Although he was dizzy and was put into a prison car and escorted out of Guangdong, Yue Le still had such a glimmer of hope, thinking that if this matter was really a bitter trick of Lu Fatzi, then after Lu Fatzi was escorted into Wuchang City, as long as he saw how Wu Lao Han dealt with Lu Fatzi, his grievances would naturally be washed away - after all, Wu Lao Han would not really kill such a powerful lackey as Lu Fatzi, right? If Wu Laohan didn't kill this right-hand man, the truth that Lu Fatzi framed himself with bitter tricks and set off chaos in the southeast would naturally be revealed to the world.

Hope is hope, but after finally hearing the situation of Lu Fatzi being escorted to Wuchang City on the way north, Yue Le finally despaired, and cried again, "Lu Yifeng dog thief, you really put me to death!" This time, I really can't tell if I have a hundred mouths, and I will never be able to wash it when I jump into the Yellow River! ”

Yue Le is desperate, after the events that happened after Lu Fatzi was escorted back to Wuchang City were reported to Guangzhou, Shang Lao Han's father and son and Leerjin, who succeeded Yue Le in charge of the Guangdong Manchurian Army, were completely dizzy, father and son colleagues were all trembling, suspicious of each other, and wary of each other as if they were facing a great enemy, and the morale and fighting spirit that had been maintained barely were completely collapsed, and they were just on guard against each other, preventing the other party from suddenly attacking themselves, completely forgetting that there was such a major enemy as Geng Jingzhong in the north, not to mention the counterattack on Chaozhou, Zhangzhou restrained Geng Jingzhong, Geng Jingzhong did not divide his troops to fight Guangdong, and all units of the Qing army in Guangdong had to shout Amitabha.

After Geng Jingzhong got rid of the threat of the southern line, he was also able to concentrate on going north, and the important towns in southern Zhejiang, such as Wenzhou, Chuzhou and Taizhou, which were caught off guard, fell one after another, and Zheng Jing's sailors frequently attacked along the coast of Zhejiang, containing the attack and harassment, Jinhua was in an emergency, Ningbo was in an emergency, Shaoxing was in an emergency, southern Zhejiang was in an emergency, and the whole Zhejiang was in an emergency! Kang Mazi, who was red-eyed, had only one choice left, to send troops down the river from the only Huguang battlefield with sufficient troops to extinguish Geng Jingzhong's rebellious fire!

(To be continued)