Chapter 44
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"Capital! Master, we're in the capital! Finally arrived in the capital! β
"Brother Lu, the capital! We're in the capital! It's such a big capital, my eyes are dazzling! β
Outside the Chaoyang Gate of the snow-capped Yanjing City, the frozen canal is impassable for boats, and the land road into Beijing is crowded with people and officials. And in the bustling crowd, there is a small group of people who look crooked melons and cracked dates, slanted eyebrows and crooked eyes are particularly eye-catching, among which a handsome but full of obscene temperament of a young man and a fat, short and black half-sized boy joined hands and jumped and jumped, shouting and shouting at another big fat man sitting in the carriage, white as a pig, "Young master, we have arrived in the capital, and we have finally arrived in the capital." β
"What's it called? Haven't you just been to the capital, what's there to make a fuss about? Two dirt buns. Fat Lu scolded Xiao Erlang and Fang Shiyu disdainfully, turned to Liu Zhen next to him and asked, "What is today?" How many days are left until the Chinese New Year? I don't remember exactly. β
"Back to the young master." Liu Zhen, who had been taken by Xiao Erlang, also changed his name to Lu Fatzi, and replied respectfully: "Today is the eighteenth day of the lunar month, there is no thirty lunar month this year, and there are only eleven days before the New Year." β
"Okay, hurry up along the way, I didn't even go to see the scenery, I finally arrived in the capital ten days ahead of schedule, it's worth it!" Fat Lu nodded with satisfaction,
Looking at the tall and gray city wall of the capital standing in the snow in the distance, Lu Fatzi's heart was also a little fluffy, and he couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "Yanjing City, the crystallization of the Chinese nation's diligence and wisdom, I finally see you!" It's a pity that when I saw you for the first time in my previous life and this life, you had already fallen into the hands of the barbarian Diyi, and my greatest wish was to save you from the hands of the former barbarians, I can do it, I will definitely be able to do it! And before that, this time I came to the capital, I was going to turn you upside down, so that those mites who forcibly occupied you would not be able to ......live in peace! β
"Young master, I used to think that Guangzhou City and Kunming City were big!" Xiao Erlang's shouting interrupted Lu Fatzi's whispering, "But when I arrived at Yanjing, I realized that compared to Yanjing City, Kunming City and Guangzhou City are like children's plays!" Young master, you have to say that you became the prefect of this Yanjing City that day, and you ...... a year. β
"You're here again, aren't you?" Lu Fatzi's goldfish eyes were puffed out, and he said angrily: "If you dare to say another word, I will ask Fang Shiyu to throw you into the ditch by the road!" β
"Don't say the little one, don't say the little one!" Xiao Erlang was taken aback and quickly covered his mouth. Seeing that Lu Fatzi's face slowed down, Xiao Erlang said cautiously: "Young master, in fact, I want to say, young master, if you become the prefect of Yanjing, collect poll tax a year, and conceal it from eight thousand people, isn't it like playing?" The poll tax for three denins of silver is a tael for ten taels, thirty taels for a hundred, and a thousand for ....... β
"Fang Shiyu, throw Xiao Erlang into the ditch for me!" Fat Lu couldn't help but drink.
"Holo." Fang Shiyu happily agreed.
"Young Master spare your life!" Xiao Erlang screamed miserably, and hurriedly went to cover his mouth again. It's a pity that the action was still a little late, Fang Shiyu's fat big hand opened, grabbed Xiao Erlang's belt, and lifted Xiao Erlang to the sky with one hand, so frightened that Xiao Erlang shook his hands and screamed like a pig, "Young master, spare your life!" The little ones don't dare to talk nonsense, they don't dare anymore-! β
"Let him go." Of course, Fat Lu wouldn't really let Fang Shiyu throw Xiao Erlang into the ditch, stop drinking it in time, and knocked Xiao Erlang's head and scolded: "Bastard thing, it's really a dog who can't change eating!" How many times have I taught you, why can't I remember it? Finally, I warn you once, this is the capital, not our Dali Mansion, some words and some things can't be said nonsense, and next time, I will throw you into the Yongding River to feed Wang Ba! β
"Yes, yes, little remember." Xiao Erlang nodded again and again, as if he had really memorized it completely.
"Remember? How many times have you said this? When did you remember it? Lu Fatzi scolded again, jumped out of the carriage, and ordered: "You get on the car, sort out the books and books I put in the carriage, pack them when they should be packed, and enter the city immediately, I will get down and walk, and move my legs and feet." β
Xiao Erlang agreed repeatedly, climbed into the carriage, got into the carriage, and sorted out the books that Lu Fatzi had bought on the road to read and study and threw all over the carriage -- such as "The Biography of Qin Hui", "The Biography of Zhao Gao", "The Honey-bellied Sword Li Linfu", "The Crimes of Yan Song's Father and Son", and "The Records of Lai Junchen" and other useful books that edify the body and mind, inspire and encourage people. Lu Fatzi got out of the car and walked with his back hands, constantly looking left and right, enjoying the winter scenery of the capital.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Brother Liu Zhen asked Fat Lu curiously: "Young Master, the prince of Pingxi asked you to rush to the capital before the Chinese New Year, originally we had enough time, why did you hurry up along the way, you must rush to the capital ten days in advance?" β
"There's no way, when I enter Beijing this time, in addition to seeing Your Majesty as usual, I also have to help the prince of Pingxi do an errand." Lu Fatzi replied casually: "If you want to do a good job, you must do it well and beautifully, if you want to do it well, of course, you must first find out the situation, and then you can prescribe the right medicine." So we had no choice but to hurry up on the road to buy some time after entering Beijing. β
Liu Zhen suddenly realized, and hurriedly slapped his ass, and even said that the young master was smart. Having said that, but Lu Fatzi himself still felt very regretful, in order to hurry, Lu Fatzi missed a great opportunity to find Dai Zi and Gu Yanwu as accomplices and lackeys along the way, and whether there will be a chance to envelop these talents in the future, but it is really impossible to say.
On foot, along the way, Fat Lu had to witness the tragic society of the pre-Qing era, the ragged Han people were yellow-skinned, skinny and bone-skinned, or begging along the road, or doing the heaviest and lowly work, and the corpses of the Han people who were frozen and starved could be seen everywhere in the snowfield; The soldiers and nobles of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Han soldiers who betrayed the country for glory were all freshly dressed and angry, richly dressed, or riding in a car, or on horseback, arrogant, arrogant, scolding, punching and kicking the Han people, and even beating the begging people to the point of bleeding. Fat Lu gritted his teeth and was full of anger in his chest, but he was helpless.
"Brother Lu, isn't this the capital?" In such a scene, even Fang Shiyu, who had a bad mind, couldn't help but ask Fat Lu: "Since this is the capital, how can there be so many Huazi?" It's more than our Zhaoqing. β
"Enclosure, these are the people whose land has been robbed." Fat Lu replied lightly.
"What is a rodeo?" Fang Shiyu asked confusedly.
Fat Lu gritted his teeth, wondering if he should tell Fang Shiyu about the enclosure in this kind of place - this kid is a typical stunned young man, and he can't hold his breath the most. But at this moment, a leather-robed man led a few Goshha to block Lu Fatzi's way, and said politely: "May I ask this lord, but is Lord Lu Yifeng from Qujing Zhi County from Yunnan?" β
"I am, who are you? How do I know my name? Fat Lu asked suspiciously.
"Sure enough, it's Lord Lu." The middle-aged man showed some joy, and hurriedly said to Lu Fatzi: "The villain Yu Yi is a slave of the Secretarial Academy's University Scholar Ban Bushan Mansion, and at the order of my master, I have been waiting for Lord Lu outside this Chaoyang Gate for two days. β
"Bamburshan? Isn't it Kang Xiaomazi's cousin who followed Aobai? How could he invite me to his house? And sent someone to wait for me outside Chaoyang Gate for two days? By the way, how did Bamburshan know about me, a seven-rank sesame official? Do you know what I look like? Fat Lu was taken aback, and immediately had countless questions. Surprised, Lu Fatzi, who had already cultivated a lot in the city government, hurriedly replied: "It turned out to be the housekeeper, rude, rude, but Xia Guan is just a seven-grade small official, and he has never been in contact with Lord Bamburshan, I don't know how the adult knows the name and appearance of Xia Guan?" β
"On this point, the adults will understand when they see my master." Yu Yi said respectfully: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, the little one has prepared a sedan chair for the adult according to the master's instructions, and the adult will know everything when he goes to my master's mansion." β
"This ......." How deep the water in the capital is, although Lu Fatzi has not drowned, but at least he has heard it, so after a little calculation, Lu Fatzi politely refused: "Please return to Lord Bamburshan, the lower official is a seven-grade official personally promoted by the prince of Pingxi, with the great grace of the prince, after entering Beijing, he should first go to the palace of the prince of Pingxi to meet him, and after the lower official meets the prince, he will get the permission of the prince, and the lower official must come to the door to apologize." β
"To say something offensive to adults, is the seventh-rank official also an official?" Yu Yi seemed to be smiling, and threatened and lured: "My master is a scholar of the Secretarial Academy, the Minister of the Interior of the Guard, and the Minister of the Upper Study, and participates in the discussion of politics. In the same way, my master said casually, my lord, you are ......, I believe that the prince of Pingxi will not give my master this face. β
"You can take off Lao Tzu's black gauze hat with a casual word, right?" Lu Fatzi snorted coldly in his heart, and said politely: "Thank you for the kindness of the housekeeper, but Lu Yifeng is a humble official, and he really doesn't dare to climb high, and he also asks the housekeeper to return to Lord Bambulshan, and the lower officials really dare not trespass, so they must first meet the prince of Pingxi, and then go to the mansion to confess." β
"Lord Lu, don't be embarrassed." That Yu Yi's face changed, and he snorted coldly: "Lord Lu, do you know how many days a prefect has to queue up and how many doors to send if he wants to meet my master?" My master sent me to pick you up, I have already given you a lot of face, if you don't even want this face, what will be the consequences, you should know it in your own heart, right? β
"What the consequences are, of course the lower officials know, but the country has national laws, and the family has family rules, so please respect the rules of the Pingxi Palace." Fat Lu replied in the same cold tone.
In order to receive a seven-pin county order with a sesame mung bean, Yu Yi, who is the second housekeeper of the Ban Bu Shan Mansion, waited here for two days, and he had already held back the fire in his belly, and he also looked at the fat man who saw this seven-pin petty official Lu Fat who had taken the shit luck, this fat man would definitely be flattered, and at least he had to honor himself a few tea money, and his hard work in the past two days was not in vain. But now Fat Lu not only didn't look like he was ready to dig out of his pocket, but he dared to contradict himself like this, in fact, I really didn't know why Bamburshan wanted to pay attention to such a seven-grade sesame official, Yu Yi immediately became angry.
"Master Lu, since you are so shameless, then don't blame us for being polite." Yu Yileng snorted and waved his hand, and a few Goshha behind him immediately came up, looking like they wanted to forcibly take Fat Lu away.
"What do you want to do?" Liu Zhen and the others were taken aback, and hurriedly protected Fat Lu together. Fang Shiyu smiled stupidly at the fat man Lu: "Brother Lu, is this fight going to be fought?" My mother said that if I want to fight, I have to get your consent first. β
"What should I do?" Lu Fatzi quickly calculated in his mind, "Bamburshan is Aobai's lackey, offending him is offending Aobai, but if I follow him, I will immediately offend Wu Sangui again, maybe I will also offend Kang Xiaomazi, it's not good to go, it's not good not to go, what should I do?" β
"Yo ho, the followers of several county yamen, still want to fight with the people of our university scholar's mansion?" Several Goshha of the Bamburshan Mansion didn't give Lu Fat Time to think about it, and one of them sneered, raised his leg and kicked Liu Zhen who was guarding in front of Lu Fat. Liu Zhen and the others didn't dare to fight back, so they had to look back at Lu Fatzi's opinion.
Things have come to this point, and Lu Fatzi has no choice, so he can only grit his teeth and calculate: "No way, let's establish an image of a loyal minister first, no matter what, Lao Tzu has the name of a lackey of Wu Sangui on his back, how can Ao Bai have to give Wu Sangui some face?" Besides, this kid is not authentic to Aobai, so it's a big deal to sell him in front of Aobai to put an end to this trouble. β
Considering this, Fat Lu categorically drank his hands, "Fight!" β
"Good!" Fang Shiyu was overjoyed, screamed up, punched out of the chest, and kicked Liu Zhen's Goshha in the chest, that Goshha didn't even have time to scream, a fart fell out nearly two feet away, and a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out of his mouth. Without waiting for the other Goshha around to scream, Fang Shiyu had already jumped up in the air again, one swept the hall leg in the air, and two more Goshha fell out like a broken kite. Over there, the three brothers of the Liu family rushed up together, punching and kicking the remaining few stunned Goshha, but the three tigers of Guangzhou were also afraid of causing death, so they didn't dare to take out the weapons on their waists, but just beat the enemy with their bare hands. Only Xiao Erlang was more shameless, picked up a wooden stick on the carriage, quietly turned to the back of a Goshha, and then hit him on the head with a stick, learning the heroic style of the little thief on the rivers and lakes to beat the stuffy stick.
"Rejoice! Refreshing! In the melee, the silly boy Fang Shiyu became more and more courageous, his two arms and two legs were like four iron rods, and a Goshha fell out of the distance with a casual punch, and a Goshha spit blood from his mouth, and as a result, the people around him didn't even have time to surround the circle, and the seven or eight Goshha brought by Yu Yi had already fallen to the ground and rolled and screamed.
"Shiyu, that's enough." Fat Lu was also afraid of making trouble in such a public occasion - Fat Lu was not afraid of it behind his back, so when he saw several Goshha all fall to the ground, Fat Lu immediately drank Fat Lu, who was going to continue to chase and beat.
"You...... You guys, so bold. In the blink of an eye, the dog's legs were beaten and rolled all over the ground, Yu Yi was so frightened that his face was like earth, but he was still a duck with a dead mouth, and he trembled and pointed at Lu Fatzi and the others and said: "You wait, wait, my master, I will definitely not let you go." β
"Go back and tell your master." Lu Fatzi said slowly: "His kindness, I understand it, but the rules of the Pingxi Palace, and the rules of the Qing Dynasty cannot be broken, although I am only a seven-grade sesame official, but I dare not violate the rule of who to meet first and then who to meet, I will go to his house another day and ask him in person." β
"Wait, you wait for me!" Yu Yi pointed at Lu Fatzi and bluffed a few more words, and when he saw Fang Shiyu rolling up his sleeves and stepping forward, Yu Yi screamed in fright, and hurriedly ran away, and Goshha, who was rolling all over the ground, also got up, stumbled and ran with his head in his hands.
"Good!" There was a cheer and applause among the people who watched the excitement around, and they were full of praise for the skills of Lu Fatzi's lackeys.
"Young Master, what's going on?" It was also at this moment that Xiao Erlang waited for the dog's leg to ask Fat Lu in confusion: "What kind of adult is that class, what is it doing?" Why do you want to do this? β
"How do I know?" Fat Lu was also confused, and after a little calculation, Fat Lu analyzed: "If nothing else, there is a good chance that it has something to do with Shi Lang and Fu Honglie, you guys be careful, if someone deliberately approaches you these days, you have to be on guard, and you must be strict with your mouth - especially you, Erlang, you idiot!" β
"Young master, sometimes the little ones can't control their mouths." Xiao Erlang said with a sad face: "But about the young master, those things about you, the small one is very tight-mouthed, last time in Fuzhou, someone spent fifty taels of silver and a beautiful girl to buy a small open mouth, and the small one didn't talk nonsense." β
"This is the best, this is the young master, my big butler." Fat Lu smiled, he still trusted Erlang's loyalty very much.
After the trouble of Bambul's good housekeeper, Lu Fatzi was afraid that there would be another accident on the road, so he gave up the plan to enjoy the scenery while walking, and asked the dogs to speed up their pace into the city. Fortunately, from here until he paid the entrance tax and entered Chaoyang Gate, Lu Fatzi did not encounter any accidents, and spent 20 yuan to inquire from the city gate defenders that Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong's residence was in Shishi Hutong outside Xuanwu Gate, so he inquired all the way to find the past.
I believe that the prosperity of Yanjing City does not need to be wordy, anyway, Lu Fatzi and his dog-legged buns walked on the street, dazzling, taking care of one or the other, and it was inevitable that they could not find the southeast and northwest, if it were not for the frequent well-wishers to point out the way, it would be certain that Lu Fatzi's gang of dirt buns would not be able to find Wu Yingxiong for three or two months. But just when they were about to find Xuanwu Gate after passing through half of Yanjing City, Lu Fatzi and the others were blocked by a handsome young man.
"Dare to ask this gentleman, but Lu Yifeng from Yunnan, Lord Lu?" The seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man was also very polite, and bowed to Fat Lu.
"Did I hit that sect today? Why did everyone know me when I first came to the capital? Lu Fatzi was full of confusion, but he stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, and Lu Fatzi had no choice but to return the salute and said: "It's Lu Yifeng below, I don't know the name of the little brother?" β
"Under the surname Cao." The young man replied vaguely, and then arched his hand and said, "I wonder if the adults are free?" My master has prepared a little water and wine, and wants to invite the adults to have a drink. β
"Another one to invite me?" Fat Lu was dumbfounded.
"Young Master, what's wrong today?" Xiao Erlang also tugged at Lu Fatzi's sleeve and muttered in a low voice: "When we were in Kunming and Guangzhou before, we were sending silver and accompanying smiling faces, and few of us paid attention to us, why did so many people rush to invite the young master to dinner?" β
"How do I know?" Fat Lu glared at Xiao Erlang, then turned back to the young man surnamed Cao and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but Lu Yifeng has just entered Beijing, so he should ...... as usual." β
"As usual, I want to go and meet the prince of Pingxi first, right?" The young man surnamed Cao interrupted Lu Fatzi's words, pointed to a restaurant not far from the road, and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, I can't delay you for much time, please see, my master has already set up a banquet on top of this restaurant." β
"This ......." Fat Lu hesitated again, gritted his teeth and said, "Then may I ask, what is the surname of your master?" β
"Sir will find out when he goes." The young man surnamed Cao smiled and said: "Please rest assured, Lord Lu, my master has no malice, but he really admires your name for a long time, so I want to invite you to have a drink and talk freely, sir." β
"Brother Lu, why did someone invite you like this?" Fang Shiyu interjected and asked, "Brother Lu, do you want me to beat him away?" Saying that, Fang Shiyu couldn't wait to get up.
"Damn, it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, go and see!" Fat Lu gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand to stop Fang Shiyu, and said, "Little Brother Cao, then please lead the way." β
"Yes, sir, please." The young man surnamed Cao was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to lead the way, leading Lu Fatzi and his party to the restaurant, and said: "Lord Lu, my master has prepared a first-class banquet for your servants downstairs, invite them to eat downstairs, and you go upstairs to drink with my master." β
"No way!" Xiao Erlang stopped doing it, and hurriedly said: "What is the identity of my young master, how can he be alone with you people of unknown origin?" I had to go up with him. β
"Don't worry, brother, it's okay for me to stay as a hostage, right?" The guard surnamed Cao smiled slightly and said, "Your young master went upstairs, I stayed to drink with you, if your young master has any accidents, you can always settle accounts with me, right?" β
"Young Master, what should I do?" Xiao Erlang turned to Fat Lu and asked.
Fat Lu was silent, his eyes rolled wildly, and he found that the hall of the restaurant was full of guests, many of whom were strong men with thick waists and round arms, although they were drinking and eating meat, they kept peeking at this side, and Fat Lu couldn't help but be more curious. After hesitating for a moment, Fat Lu commanded in a low voice: "Then you can eat here, I will come when I go." β
Leaving Xiao Erlang, Fang Shiyu and others downstairs to drink and eat meat, Lu Fatzi asked the young man surnamed Cao to lead the way, strode up to the second floor of the restaurant, and was led to the door of a private room by the young man surnamed Cao. The young man surnamed Cao stopped, made an inviting gesture, and said with a smile: "Lord Lu, please, my master is inside." β
Fat Lu nodded, and when he pushed the door in, he saw that a table of wine had been set up in the private room, with two people sitting at the table and two young men standing with their hands behind their backs. Without waiting for Fat Lu to take a closer look at the faces of these people, a person at the table stood up and smiled at Fat Lu: "Lord Lu, I have admired the name for a long time, please take a seat." β
"Thank you." Fat Lu returned the salute, took a closer look at the person who saluted him, and found that he was in his thirties, with a strong physique, ordinary appearance, and quite noble clothes. When he looked at the person sitting at the table again, Fat Lu couldn't help but feel a sigh of reliefβthe person sitting next to the wine table turned out to be a short child of thirteen or fourteen years old!
Originally, with our Lu Fatzi's knowledge, a half-grown child who is less than five feet tall naturally can't scare him, the key is that this half-old child is not only quite short and ugly - his face is full of pockmarks!
If you want to know what will happen next, please see the next chapter, "Super Qing Zhongliang Lu Fat Man"!