It is also deserved to be Liancheng County Ling Xie Dong Xie Daren's coffee table, I have not seen and never understood the auspicious power of Lu Fatzi's great scourge, seeing that Lu Fatzi used a Wannian tree worth less than ten yuan to change a yellow coat and a jade Ruyi, and saw Lu Fatzi's left and right Fengyuan and Xiao Mazi are in a very good mood, usually the timid Lord Xie does not know where to come from a courage, relying on the goods in his hand, kneeling down, holding the treasures he bought with heavy money in both hands, and boldly said loudly:

"Wechen Xie Dong has heard the emperor's Danqing wonderful pen for a long time, especially likes Dong Qichang's calligraphy, Wechen exhausted his family resources and purchased Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing" authentic handwriting, please the emperor to reward it!"

What disappointed Lord Xie was that he finally mustered up the courage to come up with a limelight, but after the words were spoken, the wise and martial Emperor Kang Mazi not only did not look ecstatic or happy, but his expression was pale, and then his face showed anger. Over there, Wu Yingxiong, Lin Tianqing, Kong Sizhen, the Shang family brothers, the Geng family brothers, Li Tianyu and others were all stunned and stammered, almost suspecting that their ears had heard it wrong. Only Fat Lu was slightly startled, glanced at Xie Dong, and said in his heart: "It turns out that I was bought by this kid again, my luck is not bad, I can get some small lottery this time." ”

"What did you just say?" Xiao Mazi finally spoke, stared at Xie Dong's eyes, and asked with great majesty, "What gift are you going to give to me?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Weichen is ready to offer ......." Master Xie was stared at by Xiao Mazi's eyes, and replied tremblingly: "Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing" is the original handwriting, please receive it from the emperor." ”

After the first New Year's Day and New Year's Day opening ceremony, there was such a big joke, Xiao Mazi almost even had the heart to strangle Xie Dong to death, and wanted to cover up this scandal, but Ao Bai said that he would not let go of this opportunity to beat the water dog - to attack Xiao Mazi's prestige and authority, Ao Zhongtang was very willing to do it. So Ao Shaobao's eyes rolled, and he immediately opened his mouth and shouted: "Bold slave, you dare to take the thief's stolen goods into my emperor, come on, take this dog slave for me!" ”

Ao Shaobao's middle air was full of energy, and his voice was like a loud bell, and he shouted loudly, and everyone in the entire Taihedian Square suddenly heard it clearly, and they all opened their mouths - the thief was presented to the emperor at the New Year's ceremony, and it was exposed on the spot, and such a scandalous thing seems to have never happened for thousands of years. And when Lord Xie Dong Xie heard this, he almost didn't get scared out of his urine, and hurriedly kowtowed desperately, shouting: "Your Majesty, you are wronged!" The treasure offered by Weichen is not a thief, it was bought by Weichen for 4,500 taels of silver in the glaze factory the afternoon before yesterday! Your Majesty, wronged, wronged! ”

"The afternoon before yesterday?" Wu Yingxiong was not stupid, he immediately seized this opportunity to fight back, and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to say, just now Lord Shang Zhixiao Shang said that his authentic painting of Dong Qichang was stolen from the night before yesterday to the early hours of yesterday, and it has been reported in Shuntianfu for record. And this Lord Xie bought it the afternoon before yesterday, and the time is very contradictory, please check it out to the emperor. ”

Hearing Wu Yingxiong's words, this time he finally changed to Kong Sizhen and the monk brothers. Xiao Mazi and Ao Bai both reacted quickly, "Yes, this time is not right." Shang Zhixiao's house is the authentic handiwork of Dong Qichang that was lost between the night before yesterday and the early hours of yesterday, why did this Xie Dong buy it in the Liuli Factory the afternoon before yesterday? ”

Finding this contradiction, Xiao Mazi held the last ray of hope, quickly snatched the gift box in Xie Dong's hand and opened it, took out the copybook and carefully checked it. Over there, Kong Sizhen and the others prayed to God and Buddha in their hearts, "God bless, it must be fake, don't be true, if it is fake, Xie Dong, the dog slave, will die if he dies, and it can't involve Lao Tzu." If it's true, it's a problem. ”

"It's true! Your Majesty, this is the real Dong Qichang! Aobai's roar shattered the last glimmer of hope for Kong Sizhen and others - in fact, Ao Shaobao, who is not vulgar and not under Lu Fatzi, has no ability to identify cultural relics at all, but the bigger the trouble, the greater the blow to Xiao Mazi's prestige and authority, isn't it? So Ao Shaobao didn't hesitate, just yelled, "Your Majesty, this matter must be investigated in detail, why did Lord Shang lose this authentic painting the night before yesterday?" This dog slave bought it in the Liuli Factory the afternoon before yesterday? Could it be that this thing grew wings and flew to the glass factory by itself? ”

Ao Shaobao's sinister intentions, of course, Xiao Mazi is clear, but it is a pity that this calligraphy is indeed the true handwriting of Dong Qichang, so although Xiao Mazi was trembling with anger, he had nothing to say. In desperation, Xiao Mazi could only shout: "Shang Zhixiao! Shang Zhizhi! Li Tianyu! ”

"The minions are here." The three unlucky eggs came out together, trembling and not daring to walk directly in front of Xiao Mazi, they fell on their knees ten steps away from Xiao Mazi, and crawled down in front of Xiao Mazi on their knees.

"What the hell is going on?" Xiao Mazi threw the calligraphy in front of Shang Zhixiao and the others. Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhixin also recognized at a glance that this calligraphy was indeed the bait they sent to sell to Lu Fatzi cheaply, and under the shock and doubt, the two brothers didn't know how to answer.

"Back to the emperor, maybe the minions are mistaken." After a while, Shang Zhili finally remembered a reason and said: "Maybe this calligraphy was stolen at noon the day before yesterday, and the minions only found it yesterday morning, so they thought it was lost the night before yesterday." ”

"Yes, it must be." Shang Zhixiao nodded desperately. Over there, Li Tianyu couldn't wait to strangle the two waste brothers to death - you two idiots, in order to smash the crime on Lu Fatzi's head, you obviously made it clear when you reported the theft, and you also specifically said that you had admired this calligraphy the night before yesterday, and set the time of theft between the night before yesterday and the early hours of yesterday.

"Are you fools?" Xiao Mazi roared in his heart, knowing that Shang Zhixiao's brother didn't tell the truth, but he hesitated, not knowing whether he should continue to investigate - after all, this is the first New Year's opening ceremony after Xiao Mazi's pro-government, and the bigger this scandal is, the bigger Xiao Mazi's face will be.

At this point, of course, Fat Lu probably guessed the ins and outs of the matter - obviously, this matter was carefully set up by someone for himself, preparing to use this calligraphy to make himself a big ugly, and bear the charge of bullying the king with the gift of stolen goods, and then fall into the well to disgrace his official position and even be killed and his family raided! Among the people who designed themselves, Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhili are two brothers who are willing to run away, Li Tianyu is at least an accomplice, as for the unlucky Liancheng County Ling Xie Dongxie, he must be an unlucky person who was inadvertently involved in this matter, and accidentally bought the authentic works of Dong Qichang that Xiao Erlang sold into the glass factory, and as a result, he was a shield for himself, and the money was not flattering.

Secretly glad that he was lucky and escaped unintentionally, Lu Fatzi quickly weighed the pros and cons, if this matter is investigated in detail and all the truth is found, the unlucky guy Xie Dong will lose his official position and resign, it is certain, and the gang that designed him may also be unlucky - but the surname may be relatively small, Xiao Mazi is not covered by political trade-offs, and it is impossible for Shang Kexi's father and son to turn their faces for such a trivial matter. As for himself, not only can he not make any gains in this matter, but he may have exposed the fact that he stole Dong Qichang's authentic works, what will Xiao Mazi think of himself at that time?

As a courtier, he has good things or Xiao Mazi's favorite things, not only did he not dedicate them to Xiao Mazi, but secretly sold them to fill his pockets. -- Except for one Zhang Tingyu, none of the prime ministers of Xiao Mazi's dynasty had a good death! It's better to be cautious when dealing with this kind of narrow-minded, sweet-mouthed hypocrite and real villain, and build a step when it should be repaired, so what's the matter?

Thinking of this, Fat Lu raised his head decisively and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter is not complicated at all, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, and it is all due to the emperor's blessings." ”

"Is it my blessing?" Xiao Mazi's nose was almost crooked, and he said that Lao Tzu's first opening ceremony after his pro-government made such a big joke, or was Lao Tzu's blessing? Annoyed, Xiao Mazi shouted: "Okay, you say, how simple is this matter?" How is it that my blessing has arrived? ”

"Back to the emperor, it can be explained clearly in two sentences." Lu Fatzi said unhurriedly: "Xie Dong, Lord Xie Jin's dedication to the emperor of Dong Qichang's authentic painting is indeed true. -- But the Dong Qichang notebook they lost was fake. ”

"Is the Dong Qichang poster they lost fake?" Xiao Mazi was stunned, and he didn't understand the sound of Lu Fatzi for a while.

"Back to the emperor, the truth of the matter should be like this." Lu Fatzi said loudly: "Although Weichen and Master Xie are meeting for the first time and have no friendship, Weichen still has to say a good word for him - he came across this authentic painting of Dong Qichang in the Liuli Factory, and used up his family resources to buy it to the emperor as a gift for the emperor's New Year's ceremony, which is indeed his sincere loyalty to the emperor, and his heart is commendable!" ”

"As for Shang Forehead attached to them, they really planned to present a piece of Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing" script to my emperor, but unfortunately, Shang Forehead attached to their understanding of antique cultural relics is not enough, unfortunately they bought a fake! Unfortunately and fortunately, just last night, the fake was stolen by thieves. ”

"Your Majesty, please think about it." Speaking of this, Lu Fatzi glanced around at everyone present and said loudly: "If it weren't for the emperor's long live Hongfu Qitian, the word thief and the ghost made the gods steal the fakes, and they are still attached to the fakes today, wouldn't it ruin this grand and solemn New Year's ceremony?" Wouldn't they be guilty of deceitful kings by offering fakes?! And things have evolved to this point, the fake was stolen, but the original work appeared in the New Year's ceremony by mistake - it can be seen that there is a providence in the underworld, which is precisely a proof that our emperor is blessed by heaven and blessed by heaven! ”

"My emperor is blessed with heaven, the sky is blessed, long live long live long live." Fortunately, Fat Man Lu also had a more reliable ally at the ceremony, and the old and refined Lin Tianqing first understood Fat Lu's intentions, and was the first to kneel down on his knees and shout long live.

"My emperor is blessed with heaven, the sky blesses, long live, long live, long live!" Lin Tianqingjing, and the other officials were not stupid, after understanding that Lu Fatzi was repairing the steps for Xiao Mazi, most of the officials knelt down on their knees, kowtowed and shouted. All of a sudden, the previous tense and embarrassing atmosphere was swept away.

"Lord Lu......." The most excited was the unlucky man Xie Dongxie, who looked at Fat Lu with tears in his eyes, and cried bitterly in his heart: "Good man! I treat you like this, you still pull me like this, repay grievances with virtue, repay grievances with virtue, good people with virtue. ”

"This fat man Lu is really clever, I can finally end up decently." After understanding that Lu Fatzi was repairing the steps for himself, Xiao Mazi also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I see, I almost wronged Xie Aiqing." Everyone, please get up, Xie Aiqing, Lu Aiqing, please two of you too. ”

"Emperor Xie ......." Xie Dong, who escaped death, shed tears and kowtowed heavily, and then stood up with Fat Lu. Over there, although Kong Sizhen and Monk Zhixiao and others knew that Lu Fatzi was talking nonsense, they considered that if they continued to make trouble, the charge of disrupting the ceremony and plotting against them would be confirmed, and at the same time, it would definitely anger Xiao Mazi and cause endless troubles, so Kong Sizhen and Monk Zhixiao and others had no choice but to knock out their teeth and swallow blood, and obediently close their mouths.

"Xie Aiqing has merit in entering the treasure, and the bounty is as good as you want." After successfully passing the humiliating crisis, Xiao Mazi was also in a much more relaxed mood, generously threw Xie Dong a bone, and asked the eunuch to put away the authentic handiwork, then turned to Lu Fatzi and smiled: "Lu Aiqing, although you have merit in identifying the facts, but I have already rewarded you with things, so I will not reward you anymore." In this way, after a while, the Tiren Pavilion will give a banquet, and I will reward you for sitting at a three-table chief in a yellow coat. ”

"Thank you for the emperor's gift, but Weichen doesn't dare to take credit." Fat Lu thanked him and said: "Weichen only asks the emperor not to forget the real hero of this matter - Shaobao Ao Zhongtang!" When Lord Xie presented Dong Qichang's authentic works, everyone present, only Ao Zhongtang was the first to come out to question it, which is enough to prove that Ao Zhongtang is loyal to the emperor and no one is allowed to deliberately defile the holy scriptures. ”

"Boy, you're ......." Ao Bai wanted to scold Fat Lu for pretending to say good things, but after thinking about it, if he accused Fat Lu like this, wouldn't he admit in disguise that he actually wanted to disrupt the ceremony and attack the emperor's authority? Thinking of this, Ao Bai changed his tone and smiled: "You don't wear a high hat for the old man, if it weren't for your cleverness and timely analysis of the truth, the old man would have almost misunderstood Lord Xie." ”

"This fat man Lu is really exquisite, as smooth as a greased glass bullet." Most of the officials present also saw that Lu Fatzi was deliberately saying good things to Aobai, and while they were disdainful, they muttered in their hearts: "I heard that when Wang Xu was arrested, only this Lu Fatzi said good things to him, and left the silver to take care of Wang Xu's family." Although this fat man Lu is a little more slippery, he never falls into the stone wall of the well and pushes everyone at the critical moment, but likes to send charcoal in the snow to pull people, and he is also a friend to make in the officialdom - at least, such a person will not stumble and stab him in the back. ”

"Lu Aiqing reminded me that I almost forgot Ao Zhongtang's credit for this matter." Although he knew that Ao Bai didn't have any good intentions just now, but due to the situation, Xiao Mazi still smiled and said: "Pass the decree, give Ao Shaobao a yellow coat, and reward Ao Shaobao for his loyalty to me." Ao Bai had no choice but to kneel down and thank you.

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Calmed down the turmoil, everyone returned to their respective positions, the ceremony continued, at noon, this New Year's ceremony that was cursed hundreds of times by Lu Fatzi was finally over, Xiao Mazi ordered the body to give a banquet in the Pavilion of Ren, turned back to the Palace of Nourishing Heart to change clothes, including Lu Fatzi, and the civil and military officials, including Lu Fatzi, had a little free time.

"Lord Lu!" As soon as he was able to move freely, Xie Dong couldn't wait to rush to Lu Fatzi, knelt down on Lu Fatzi's knees in front of countless officials, and kowtowed three times with a bang.

"Master Xie, what are you doing here?" Fat Lu pretended to hug Xie Dong and said, "Lord Xie, please hurry up, you are an official at the same level as you, how can you be so gifted?" ”

"Lord Lu, the lower official is sorry for you." Xie Dong burst into tears, choked up and said: "In order to compete with you for a position, Xia Guan didn't have a good face for you, and he was extremely resentful, but you repaid your grievances with virtue, and pulled Xia Guan when Xia Guan was so dangerous, and saved Xia Guan's life." Your kindness, I Xie Dong will never forget, if you send in the future, I Xie Dong will go to the soup and fire, and I will not give up. ”

"With a gesture, Lord Xie, you don't have to be polite, you can't do this." Fat Lu was easy to talk about, and finally pulled up Xie Dong, who was crying, and said in front of the onlookers: "Lord Xie, as the saying goes, it is good to practice in the public door, you and I only need to keep in mind three points - say good things, do good deeds, and have good intentions!" Just keep these three points in mind, even if no one pulls you at the critical moment, God will pull you. ”

"Your Excellency instructs, the lower officials keep it in mind, and never forget ....... Say good things, do good deeds, and have good intentions! Xie Dong wailed and agreed, and the civil and military officials who were watching next to him also nodded, and they had a good impression of Lu Fatzi - a person with such a mind is indeed worth befriending.

Since then, Lu Fatzi's name of saying good things, doing good deeds, and having good intentions has also become famous in the capital, and for a long time before Lu Fatzi's evil face was exposed, the officials in the capital mentioned Lu Fatzi's name, and it must be called - Lu Sanhao! This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Finally calmed Xie Dong, who was crying excitedly, and Lu Fatzi went over to meet Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing, who were watching the excitement from a distance. As soon as they met, Lin Tianqing smiled at Fat Lu and said: "Lord Lu, the old man has to admit that the old man is really too underestimated, not to mention anything else, just with your mind of repaying grievances with virtue, it is very comparable." ”

Lu Fatzi was also polite and modest, and Wu Yingxiong over there smiled and said: "But it's a pity to let go of the real murderer, if it weren't for Yifeng, you were clever and found that the situation was wrong and took a decisive shot at that thing, you would have died today." Pingxi Wangfu has to be implicated a little. ”

"Don't blame the son." Lu Fatzi replied in a low voice: "Originally, I also wanted to find out the real murderer by touching the vine, but tomorrow I will have to discuss the salary, at this time, the Heping Nan Mansion will completely tear the skin, and the prince will enter the palace tomorrow to discuss the salary, and there will be a big trouble." ”

"Yes, this matter is a big problem, and it will not be good for our Pingxi Palace." Wu Yingxiong nodded, agreeing with Fat Lu's approach of calming things down. At this time, Wu Yingxiong saw that the Shang brothers were peeking at them from a distance, so he gave Lu Fatzi a look, left Lin Tianqing in place, and let Lu Fatzi accompany him alone in front of the Shang brothers. The Shang brothers had gloomy faces, and they did not take the initiative to speak to Wu Yingxiong, Lu Fatzi and others.

"Brother Xiao, today the Pingxi Mansion will let you go." Wu Yingxiong sneered and whispered to the Shang family brothers: "If you still want to engage in infighting in the nest, the Pingxi Royal Mansion will accompany you to the end - but after you return to Guangdong, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain to the prince of Pingnan, right?" ”

"Brother Ying Xiong, what did you say?" Shang Zhixiao smiled and asked, "Why can't the little brother hear clearly?" ”

"Second prince, you are a smart person, that thing appeared in Liulichang, don't you still understand the kindness of the prince of Pingxi?" Lu Fatzi took the opportunity to deceive Jinhua, and said with a sneer: "If the prince didn't let his humble position destroy the physical evidence, but sent all the human and physical evidence to the emperor - the second prince, the crime of deliberately disrupting the New Year's ceremony, it seems that you can't afford it alone, right?" ”

"You already knew?" Shang Zhili was a waste, and his face turned pale with fright when he was bluffed by Fat Lu, and he couldn't help but ask.

"If I didn't know, why would I let Yifeng transfer that thing? Leave it for today and let Yifeng come to his death? Wu Yingxiong struck the snake with the stick, and asked with a sneer--as if all this had been arranged by him.

"Second Prince, Shang Efu, do you know who betrayed you?" Fat Lu asked with a smile.

"Who?!" Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhili were bluffed by Wu Yingxiong and Lu Fatzi, and their faces changed greatly, and they asked in unison.

"Who? Who else but the one who set you up? Fat Lu replied with a smile.

"The one for us?" Shang Zhixiao and Shang Zhili's brothers' faces changed at the same time, and they subconsciously peeked together to see Kong Sizhen in a man's uniform in the distance - Kong Sizhen was also peeking at this side.

"Sure enough, it's her!" Wu Yingxiong and Lu Fatzi nodded in their hearts at the same time, and they already understood that the real mastermind behind this matter was Kong Sizhen.

After understanding this, Wu Yingxiong lowered his voice and said: "Brother Zhixiao, I know the reason why you are so close to her, but why did she get so close to you and give you such a big trap, don't you understand?" Is it worth sacrificing your Pingnan Mansion and Jingnan Mansion to please her? Even if you think it's worth it, have you ever thought about it, how can you explain to your father when you return to Guangzhou and Fuzhou? Even if you become the son of the world, don't you worry that you won't survive the day your father abdicates? ”

Wu Yingxiong just hit Shang Zhixiao's heart this time, Geng Juzhong also counted, Shang Zhixiao once took charge of the military power in Guangdong on behalf of his father, but it is a pity that his ability is not as good as his brother Shang Zhixin, so he was wiped down by Shang Kexi himself - this time Shang Zhixiao even if he sacrificed the Pingnan Wangfu and the entire three feudatories, and replaced him with the prince of the Pingnan Wangfu canonized by the imperial court, after returning to Guangzhou, can he really sit firmly?

"That's all I have to say, Brother Zhixiao and Brother Zhili, please think twice." Wu Yingxiong observed his words and said lightly: "Yifeng, let's go." ”

"Wait." Shang Zhixiao made up his mind, hurriedly stopped Wu Yingxiong, and whispered to Wu Yingxiong: "Brother Yingxiong, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the younger brother plans to go to the house with Brother Juzhong tonight to pay New Year's greetings, I wonder if Brother Ying Xiong will have time tonight?" ”

After that, Shang Zhixiao hurriedly added, "Of course, we won't bring irrelevant people." ”

"Brother filial piety and brother Juzhong are coming, and the younger brother is waiting for him." Wu Yingxiong smiled and said: "As for the irrelevant person, Brother Zhixiao, rest assured, since the seventeenth year of Shunzhi, she has never had the face to enter my door. ”

(To be continued)