Aobai Mansion is located in Dongtangzi Hutong, Jinbao Street, in Yanjing Jingcheng, but to Lu Fatzi's expectation, Aobai Mansion is not only not as luxurious and insatiable as he imagined, but also does not cover as much area as he imagined, not to mention that compared with Pingxi Wangfu, Pingnan Wangfu, Jingnan Wangfu, and even compared with Wu Yingxiong's forehead mansion, it is a little inferior. If it weren't for the Aofu plaque hanging high at the gate, Lu Fatzi would almost suspect that Asiha had found a random house to fool himself.

Lu Fatzi is now a little famous, but his fame is obviously not big enough to make Ao Bai open the middle door to greet him in person, but he was led by Asha through the side door into the house, and then entered the inner house through the second gate, and directly led Lu Fatzi to a study full of official documents and books. And at this moment, in this study, there are already seven or eight men in casual clothes, none of whom are wearing official uniforms, or chatting around the charcoal basin with teacups, or shaking their heads with books and official documents, or whispering to each other, making it difficult to tell who is the famous old man in history.

"Master Ao, I didn't disgrace my mission, and I finally brought you Lu Yifeng and Lord Lu." Asiha said with a smile, pushed Lu Yifeng forward again, and said with a smile: "Lord Lu, what are you still doing?" Why don't you hurry up and meet Xiangye Ao and all the adults? Your luck, the adults present don't care which one, just a few words, it's enough for you to eat for the rest of your life. ”

"Who is the old man?" Lu Fatzi wanted to leave a deep impression on Aobai, quickly looked around at everyone present, and quickly fixed his gaze on an old man with a gray beard but no slack in his muscles, and decisively stepped forward to kneel down in front of the old man, kowtowed and said: "Lu Yifeng, Qujing Zhi County, Yunnan, humble position, Yunnan Province, meet the Zhongtang Ao Xiangye, Xiangye Wanfu Jin'an." ”

"Have you seen your true face?" Ao bowed to him, and said that Asiha didn't introduce me just now, how did this big fat man recognize me?

"Back to Xiangye, I live in Yunnan and have never been to the capital, and I am fortunate to see Xiangye for the first time today." Fat Lu, who had made the right bet, replied proudly.

"Then why don't you salute other people, and go directly to the front of the prime minister?" Ao Bai asked curiously.

"Back to Xiangye, when I entered the room, I suddenly saw a golden light covering Xiangye's body, and in an instant, the golden light disappeared and disappeared again, hidden in Xiangye's body." Fat Lu replied respectfully as if he had smeared honey on his mouth: "So I concluded at that time that you are the first pillar of my Qing Dynasty and the first Baturu of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Hey, good boy, what a sweet mouth." Ao Bai laughed out loud, although he didn't appreciate Fat Lu's deliberate praise, he didn't dislike it.

"Hehe, Lord Lu really has a good mouth, no wonder he can move the capital with the body of the seventh grade." Several of the Aobai henchmen present also burst into laughter.

One of the big fat men, who was white and chubby, stood up, walked to Lu Fatman's side to take a closer look, turned around and smiled at Asiha: "Ah Shangshu, in the end, it's still your big face, I sent a housekeeper to wait for Lord Lu Yifeng outside Chaoyang Gate for two days, and in the end I still couldn't invite Lord Lu." Today, Xiangye Ao gave a casual order, it has not been more than two hours, and Lord Lu was brought here by you, speaking of this speed, I really can't help myself. ”

"Isn't your lord Bamburshan?" Fat Lu asked tentatively. Seeing the white fat man nodding with a smile, Lu Fat didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly saluted again: "Humble Lu Yifeng, offended the adult housekeeper for some reason, please punish the adult." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, get up." Bamburshan smiled and waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "The responsibility for this matter is not on you, it is my housekeeper who is rude first, and insists on forcing you to break the rules of the Pingxi Palace. ”

"The class is so magnanimous, it is even more humiliating to be ashamed." Lu Fatzi said tremblingly: "But the national law can't be broken, the family law can't be abolished, as a person in the Pingxi Palace, I don't dare to violate the rules of the Pingxi Palace, and I hope that Lord Ban will investigate it clearly." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I've already said I don't care." Bamburshan laughed and personally came to pick up the fat man Lu, and said, "Lord Lu, you still emphasize the rules of the Pingxi Palace, are you blaming the official for inadvertently breaking the rules of the Pingxi Prince?" Hurry up, hurry up. ”

"Don't dare, Lord Shebran." Lu Fatzi thanked him, and then finally stood up, turned to Ao Bai and asked: "Dare to ask Xiang Ye, Xiang Ye has summoned the lower officials several times, I don't know what to order?" ”

"Sit down and talk." Aobai's attitude was also kind, waving his hand and asking the servant to bring a chair to Lu Fatzi, and let Lu Fatzi sit next to the charcoal basin, and then said slowly: "Lord Lu, I heard that when you came to the capital this time, you did not take the Yangtze River in Hunan, but detoured to the capital from Guangdong. ”

"As expected, it's really for this thing." Fat Lu sneered in his heart, and replied respectfully: "Hui Xiangye, there is indeed such a thing." ”

After that, Lu Fatzi didn't wait for Aobai to speak, took the initiative to pour beans into the bamboo tube, and retold the confessions that had already been memorized, and the Aobai henchmen present were all attentive and listened carefully, constantly asking for specific details, and when Lu Fatzi said that Mu Tianyan offered a letter in the second hall of the Xinghua Prefect's Yamen, including Aobai, who had been quiet, changed his eyes and asked in person: "That letter was really found on Fu Honglie's body?" Do you know what the letter is about? ”

"Back to Xiangye, according to Master Mu Tianyan Mu of Xinghua Mansion, this letter was personally found on Fu Honglie's body when he gave Fu Honglie Master Fu an autopsy." Lu Fatzi replied extremely cunningly: "But whether this is the case or not, because I didn't see it with my own eyes, I dare not guarantee it." As for the content of the letter, Jingnan Wang Shizi, Zu Butang and Liu Zhongcheng did not announce it, and Zu Butang also warned the lowly officials that it was best not to know the content of the letter, otherwise there would be a danger of people falling to the ground, so the lowly officials did not dare to continue to ask. ”

"It seems that the problem is with the letter." Ao Bai nodded secretly, and finally figured out why Kang Xiaomazi was so heavy this time, he killed a first-grade official without blinking, and also destroyed two fourth-grade officials. Thinking about this, Ao Bai asked tentatively: "In that case, do you know the final whereabouts of that letter?" ”

"It was taken away by the three adults of Jingnan Wang Shizi, Zu Butang and Liu Zhongcheng." Fat Lu pretended to be confused and asked with bad intentions: "What?" Didn't these three adults present this letter to you? ”

"Humph!" Ao Bai really hit the plan, although his face did not show it, he snorted coldly in his heart: "These three bastards just present this letter to me!" The three damn bastards didn't even mention a word about this letter on the fold, they must have secretly sent the letter to Kang Xiaomazi to please Kang Xiaomazi! ”

"Ao Zhongtang, it seems that the letter is the key to the whole thing." Bamburshan leaned into Aobai's ear, lowered his voice and said, "What's the matter, do you want to continue to investigate?" Do you want to secretly contact Geng Jingzhong and ask them to report the content of the letter? ”

"Confused!" Ao Bai glanced at Bamburshan, and also lowered his voice and said: "Geng Jingzhong didn't give this letter to the old man, but secretly presented it to the emperor, and the emperor rewarded him with the Fujian sailor, which proves that this letter is very important to the old man and the emperor - you go to Geng Jingzhong now to ask for this letter, isn't it a chance for Geng Jingzhong to sit on the ground and raise the price?" The old man dared to conclude that Geng Jimao and his son definitely had the idea of eating the plaintiff and the defendant this time, waiting for the old man to send it to the door, and then selling the letter at a high price, the old man was not fooled by this! ”

"Humble and confused, Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong's father and son are indeed such people." Bamburshan nodded in agreement, and asked in a low voice, "Then what does Ao Zhongtang plan to do?" ”

Ao Bai thought about it for a while, shook his head decisively and said: "Anyway, Fu Honglie, who was killed in this matter, is a slave of Kong Sizhen's family, and Shi Lang is not a cronie of the old man, so this matter will end here, and I will not investigate it again!" The emperor killed so many people without knowing anything, and he couldn't come up with enough evidence to convince the public afterwards, which was enough to blow his prestige. Hmph, those governors and admirals in other places are enough to make them tremble. ”

Bambulshan nodded and stepped back respectfully. Ao Bai shifted his gaze back to Fat Lu and sorted out his thoughts a little, and then asked: "Lord Lu, you must be very strange, since Benxiang knows that you made a detour to Guangdong to the north to see Your Majesty, why didn't Benxiang ask you the reason for the detour?" ”

"Yes, why didn't Old Man Ao ask this reason?" Fat Lu has also been secretly analyzing this problem, but seeing that the smile on Ao Bai's face full of horizontal meat does not seem to be fake, Fat Lu quickly came to his senses, and said with a smile on his face: "Back to Xiangye Ao, you don't ask the reason for the humble position, of course, it is Ao Xiangye, you are a holy candle, and you have already known the reason, and you still dare to ask for credit in front of Xiangye?" ”

"Of course I know why." Ao Bai said slowly: "But if you think that you risked your life in front of Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi to persuade them to withdraw their feudal domain, you are very wrong. ”

Speaking of this, Ao Bai suddenly slapped the table heavily, his thick beard stood up, and roared: "You persuaded Monk Wu Sangui to ask for the withdrawal of the feudal domain, not only did it not work, but it was a big sin!" ”

"I persuaded Monk Wu Sangui to ask for the withdrawal of the domain, not only is it useless, but it is also a crime?" Lu Fatzi was stunned for a while, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and he quickly knelt down from his seat, and said tremblingly: "Humble duty should die, humble duty should die, but humble duty really doesn't know where he should die?" ”

"Wronged, isn't it?" Ao Bai is also a character who turns his face faster than turning a book, and he was still angry just now, but he immediately slowed down his face again, and said unhurriedly: "You must feel that you are very wronged, for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, you risked killing your head to persuade Wu Sangui monk Kexi to ask for the withdrawal of the domain, but in the end, you were not only meritorious, but guilty." ”

Fat Lu didn't dare to speak, but just listened carefully, wanting to see what ivory could come out of the mouth of the famous annihilator in history. And Ao Bai didn't disappoint Lu Fatzi, and after a pause, he said: "Or do you think so, Benxiang is a rare fool and stupid person in the world, who can't even distinguish between right and wrong, and is ready to kill you, a loyal minister—if so, then you are even more wrong." ”

"I don't dare." Fat Lu pretended to be in a distraught appearance and kowtowed desperately.

"Let the Essence tell you why." Ao Bai said solemnly: "The three feudatories are to be withdrawn, but it is definitely not such a withdrawal method, and the rash withdrawal of the feudal domain can only lead to endless troubles." You are from Yunnan, I think you have also seen it in Yunnan, Wu Sangui's army is staking ground, most of the soldiers have taken root in Yunnan and become their own children, Guangdong and Fujian are almost the same, and the soldiers of the three feudal domains are about to become Fujianese and Cantonese. In this case, even if you use your bullshit strategy to slowly withdraw the feudal domain, first solve the worries of the soldiers of the three feudal domains, and then withdraw the feudal domain, there is only one result - to force the rebellion against the three feudal domains! ”

"You know why that's happening, isn't it?" Bambulshan came out and interjected: "Lord Lu, let's make an analogy, you are from Yunnan, you married a wife in Yunnan with four seasons and have dozens of acres of land, and you are living well, but the court has an order, and you want to let go of your land and industry, and take your wife and children back to your hometown in Liaodong, where the weather is cold and frozen, and there are six months of a year that is icy and snowy, and you will be convinced for the rest of your life?" What do you think? ”

Fat Lu was completely dumbfounded, although after returning to this era, Fat Lu had found himself brainwashed more than once by the mite suicide note that advocated mite clearing, but until today, Fat Lu found that he was seriously brainwashed by the impression of Ao Bai - the real Ao Bai, what kind of stupid and stupid bull is there? Not to mention anything else, just with this ability to point out the root cause of the rebellion of the three feudatories, Aobai's calm-mindedness and soberness are far above Kangxi's little pockmarks!

"Do you know why you're guilty?" Ao Bai admired the surprised look on Lu Fatzi's face very much, and said with a smile: "It's ridiculous that our emperor, knowing that you have done such a beautiful thing, even praised you and praised you, but it is also your luck, now that the emperor is in power, the prime minister has to respect his national policy." Before you changed the emperor's personal government, you did such a thing, destroying the prime minister's plan to withdraw the feudal domain, and the prime minister was about to take down your head and appease the hearts of the three feudal kings. ”

"Damn, I have another lesson, before Lao Tzu is in a high position, it is better to talk less about the fundamental matters related to mite clearing, so as not to inadvertently attract a catastrophe of killing." Fat Lu shivered and taught himself another lesson - sometimes, even if you guess the other person's heart, you do it, and in the end it may backfire.

Thinking in his heart, Fat Lu desperately begged for mercy, and even said that he deserved to die for his humble duties, and asked Xiangye Ao to spare his life. Fortunately, Ao Bai really didn't mean to kill Lu Fatzi, but said lightly: "Get up, no matter what, you are also out of loyalty to my Qing Dynasty, you did something wrong, and your heart is right." If it weren't for your loyalty, I wouldn't have bothered to see you, and I would have cut you down with a knife. ”

"Xie Xiangye." Fat Lu wiped his sweat, and then stood up tremblingly.

"Lu Yifeng, the prime minister called you here today, and there is one more thing." Seeing that Lu Fatzi had been convinced by himself, Ao Bai also turned his words to the topic, stared at Lu Fatzi and said: "I hope that you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and give up Wu Sangui to come to the side of the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister will definitely not treat you badly." ”

"Why did Ao Bai come to dig me too? When did I become so sought-after? Lu Fatzi was surprised again, he really couldn't understand why Ao Bai also attached so much importance to himself, and in surprise, Lu Fatzi asked tentatively: "Ao Xiangye, how can he be a lowly person, how can he be worthy of your attention so much?" ”

"Benxiang, as long as you do one thing, tell Benxiang the military salary hole cards of the three feudatories!" Ao Bai said categorically: "The prime minister knows that Wu Sangui has ordered you to assist Wu Yingxiong and negotiate with the imperial court about next year's Yungui military salary allocation at the upcoming pre-imperial financial meeting. Thanks to the blessing of our emperor, after the pro-government, Wu Sangui was cut and released, forcing Wu Sangui to fight back, and united with the three feudatories to ask for a salary! Otherwise, no one can predict what the consequences will be! ”

Speaking of this, Ao Bai paused for a moment, and said very seriously: "Although these situations are caused by our emperor, but this prime minister, as the auxiliary minister of the former emperor Tuogu, and the current head of the imperial court, must wipe this ass for the emperor, so the prime minister can't let the three feudatories get out of control, nor can he let the imperial court suffer too much loss, and I hope you can assist the prime minister, not only to appease Wu Sangui and the three feudatories, but also not to let their lions open their mouths and take too much silver from the imperial court, so that the treasury is unsustainable and stretched." ”

"You can rest assured, after the matter is completed, the prime minister will not be able to treat you badly." Looking at the appearance of Lu Fatzi's stammering mouth, Ao Bai added: "The prime minister will give you the flag, enter the yellow flag of the original phase, and reward you with an errand for patrolling the salt road with two Huai, which is the fourth grade!" ”

"Damn, is this old boy really worshipping?" Lu Fatzi exclaimed like a pig in his heart, "For Mites Qing, what kind of annihilation minister is this old thing, it is simply a real loyal minister and capable minister!" ”

At this time, because he saw that Lu Fatzi's eyes were wide open and he didn't speak for a long time, Bamburshan thought that Lu Fatzi was hesitating, so he came up and patted Lu Fatzi on the shoulder and said: "Lord Lu, like the current emperor and King Pingxi, Ao Xiangye is also full of expectations for you, thinking that you are a real loyal and capable minister - otherwise, you persuade Monk Wu Sangui to ask for the withdrawal of the domain, if it weren't for his own amazingness, his head would have fallen to the ground." Tell me yourself, Pingxi Prince and Ao Xiangye, who can know more about people? Compared with the current emperor and Ao Xiangye, who trusts and reuses you Han people more? ”

"What is this kid talking about?" Fat Lu was confused, and he really couldn't understand what Ban Bushan meant by saying this--In the mite Qing drama, Aobai engaged in ethnic discrimination much more than Kang Xiaomazi.

"Lord Lu, you probably don't know yet." Bamburshan's unintentional words explained the mystery to Lu Fatzi, "Now the emperor has decided to let Mo Luo, who is in the red flag, be the governor of Shanxi (Shanxi, Shaanxi), and Ao Xiangye persuaded him bitterly, saying that we are only good at arching and horse riding and archery, not good at governing places, and resolutely oppose this appointment, but the emperor just doesn't listen, and we must appoint Mo Luo to become the first local governor since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, setting this precedent." Based on this, do you think that Ao Xiangye is better to you Han people, or is the emperor better to you Han people? ”

"Huh? Seems so. Lu Fatzi was shocked, and quickly thought about it in his heart, "Yuan Maogong in Yunnan, Cao Shenji in Guizhou, Jin Guangzu in Guangdong, Lu Xingzu in Liangguang, Liu Dou in Gansu and Jia Hanfu ......in Shaanxi, hey, when Old Man Ao was in power, it seems that he did not appoint a Manchu or Mongolian local governor, what is going on?" Could it be that Kang Xiaomazi is actually the culprit who really discriminates against the Han people? ! ”

"How?" Ao Bai's words interrupted Lu Fatzi's nervous calculations, and Ao Bai stared at Lu Fatzi and asked, "Lord Lu, have you thought about it?" Are you interested in coming under the banner of this picture? ”

Fat Lu came back to his senses, and after hesitating for a moment, Fat Lu got up and saluted Ao, and said respectfully: "Ao Xiangye, dare to ask, if your slave under your banner or in the mansion is bought by someone with money and official position, and you are betrayed in exchange for glory and wealth - such a slave, even if he has the ability, no matter how big the role he plays, Ao Xiangye, can you afford him?" ”

Lu Fatzi's trick worked for Shang Zhixin, and it was also useful for Aobai, who was silent for a long time, and then said: "In this way, my appearance really underestimates you?" ”

"Xiangye Ao, you didn't underestimate the lowly position, on the contrary, you also made the lowly position very flattered!" Lu Fatzi said categorically: "But loyalty, filial piety and benevolence are the foundation of life, loyalty comes first, and I don't want to make Ao Xiangye look down on his humble duties!" ”

"Lord Lu, there is another sentence, good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose the lord to serve." Bamburshan interjected.

"Master Ban, if these two sentences are disloyal and unfilial, it is reasonable." Fat Lu said calmly: "Then when the regent (Dolgon) was in power, why didn't Xiangye Ao give up the emperor and vote for the regent?" Although he does not dare to compare with Ao Xiangye, Ao Xiangye is unwilling to sell his lord to seek glory, and his humble position is very respectful. ”

When Huang Taiji died of illness, Dolgon was determined to usurp the throne, and the old department of Huang Taiji either betrayed the lord for glory, or dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, it was Ao Bai who carried a knife to make a big fuss about the political meeting, which prevented Dolgon's ambition to seize the throne head-on, and then Ao Bai was twice forced into a desperate situation by Dolgon, Ao Bai never succumbed to the rebellion, and betrayed his master in exchange for glory and wealth. Treat others with oneself, Lu Fatzi's loyalty to seek glory is also in line with Aobai's appetite.

"Lu Yifeng, it would be good if you met Wu Sangui before you met him." After sighing secretly in his heart, Ao Bai finally spoke, waved his hand to Lu Fatzi and said: "A gentleman doesn't take away people's ambitions, and his true appearance doesn't force you, you can go." But remember, as long as you change your mind, you can always come back to your true nature. ”

"Xie Ao Zhongtang is considerate, and the lower officials keep it in mind." Fat Lu saluted and thanked him, but he was gritting his teeth in his heart, "This worship must be eliminated!" ”

Note: Some readers and friends mentioned the issue of Kang Mazi's title in the book review area, and here is an explanation that Kangxi had smallpox before he ascended the throne, leaving a pockmarked face, but some people wanted to cover him up, so it was not reflected in his works and film and television, but facts are facts, and no matter how beautified they are, they can't be changed. As for calling Kang Mazi or Xiao Mazi, it's like calling the protagonist Lu Fatzi, it's just a name.

(Another: This book is on the shelves in the early hours of Friday morning, please keep a monthly pass for new and old friends who like this book.) ）