Leaving the other guards and family members to wait in the post house, Lu Daxian Ling took Kong Fanlin, Xiao Erlang and Guangzhou Sanhu to set foot on the road to Huizhou overnight. Before leaving, in order to prevent any accidents, Lu Daxian also specially instructed the guards and family members who stayed at the post house, "Remember, if someone comes to inquire about my situation, just say that I have gone to Dongguan to visit relatives, and I will come back in three or five days at most, and then return to Yunnan immediately." ”

"My lord, what if those bastards in Pingnan Wangfu don't believe it?" Luo Kedi, the deputy captain of the guard, said in a deep voice: "I sent people to go around the post house just now, and found a few people who were not good-looking, and they were probably lackeys from the Pingnan Palace. ”

"Believe it or not, it's up to them." Lu Daxian Ling said coldly: "If I go to Huizhou this time, I can smoothly say that Shang Zhixin is on our side, and these rabbit cubs will naturally have Shang Zhixin to clean them up." If you say you don't accept it, you lose anyway, and you don't care if you lose completely. ”

"Understood, please rest assured, my subordinates are waiting for you to come back." Luo Kedi and the other guards clenched their fists and agreed, and Xiao Erlang's gang of family members also told Lu Daxian Ling to be careful - they were still waiting to go to Qujing with Lu Daxian to enjoy happiness, but they didn't want Lu Daxian to have any accidents. Lu Daxian ordered that he was no longer verbose, led the horse out of the post house, rushed out of the city before the gate of the outer city was closed, and rushed to Huizhou overnight.

In order to prevent Shang Lao Han from sending people to intercept and interrogate, Lu Daxian ordered a group of six people to leave Guangzhou and did not dare to rest all the way. Fortunately, the three brothers Shen Xin, Liu Zhen and Liu Xu, who were newly recruited by Lu Daxian Ling, played a big role at this time, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, and took Lu Daxian Ling's special shortcut straight road to gallop, not only shook off the tail sent by Shang Lao Han Jian and Jin Guang, but also greatly accelerated the speed of travel, and in the early morning of the third day, it was also the morning of the seventh day of October in the sixth year of the former Qing Kang Mazi, Lu Daxian Ling and his party of six people finally came to the outside of Huizhou City, where Shang Kexi's eldest son Shang Zhixin was temporarily stationed.

To be honest, because the later Manchu Qing Dynasty's murderous record of Shang Zhixin - although no one knows whether it is true or false, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always been very good at discrediting history, in short, Lu Daxian Ling's impression of Shang Zhixin is not good, and there is a little disgust. However, at least Shang Zhixin rebelled against the Qing Dynasty in history, and he also killed his relatives and forced his hardcore Han Jian father Shang Kexi, so based on this, Lu Da County's impression of him was a hundred times better than his impression of Han Jian's father Shang Kexi. At the same time, Shang Zhixin is currently the only hope for Lu Daxian to get out of the predicament.

Lu Daxian Ling's luck was really average, after arriving in Huizhou City, he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water and ran to the barracks to see Shang Zhixin, but was told by the guard in front of the camp that Shang Zhixin was not in the camp. Get out of here, ramble on again, and take you all down as a fine work! ”

"This general, we are not meticulous." Lu Daxian was sweating profusely, and hurriedly asked Xiao Erlang to take out the official defense guide issued by Wu Sangui, held it in front of Na Zuoling with both hands, and explained: "General, please see, this is the road guide opened to me by the prince of Pingxi, I have an urgent matter to see the prince of Pingnan, please help me and tell me where the eldest prince is." ”

"I'm sorry, I can't read." Na Zuo Ling pushed away the official document and said coldly: "So I can't help you, if you have to see the eldest prince, just wait here by yourself, but stay away from the camp gate, the military camp is heavy, and idlers are not allowed to stay." ”

"If only I had time to wait! I hurried to find Shang Zhixin, Shang Kexi that old man can't be suspicious, maybe the old man sent to monitor me will be in Huizhou soon! "Lu Da County Commander was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he only hated himself Why is it just a seven-pin county order with a sesame mung bean, if the official position is a little higher, these old soldiers dare to treat themselves like this?

"General Lee, General Lee Tianzhi!" When Lu Daxian was helpless, the Liu family brothers of the Three Tigers of Guangzhou, who were following Lu Daxian Order, suddenly shouted loudly, and kept waving to a general in the barracks, shouting: "General Li, do you remember us?" In February of this year, you recruited soldiers, and you specially tested our fists, feet, knives and guns. ”

"Huh? Is that you? The Guangdong generals who occasionally passed by here turned around and saw the Liu brothers, hurriedly walked over and asked in surprise: "Why are you here again?" Recently, the palace has not posted a notice to recruit soldiers? ”

"The general misunderstood, we have found a job to do, to serve as a servant for this lord, this time I am not here to be a soldier." Liu Zhen saluted, and hurriedly introduced to Lu Daxian Ling: "My lord, this General Li is the same person we told you about General Li Tianzhi Li in the restaurant last time, and he has a very good temper, so if you have something, tell him quickly." ”

"Ha, I didn't think a few of you would really work." Lu Daxian Ling was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to Li Tianzhi, who was wearing a general's uniform: "General Li, the matter is too urgent, I will make a long story short, the next official's name is Lu Yifeng, he is the new Qujing Zhixian, and he came to meet the eldest prince of Pingnan on the order of the prince of Pingxi, the matter is very urgent, I hope the general can tell the whereabouts of the prince of Xiaguan, if it can be introduced, it will be better, and the lower official will be grateful." ”

"The eldest prince has gone to the Yamen of the Huizhou Prefect." Li Tianzhi is indeed a kind-hearted person, and he said directly without the slightest difficulty: "Since more than 20% of the military rations transferred by the Huizhou prefect's yamen yesterday were moldy grain, the eldest prince lost his temper and went to the yamen to find the prefect Zhu Ben to settle the account. ”

After that, Li Tianzhi said kindly: "Seeing that you are in such a hurry, it just so happens that I have a little time now, and the last recruitment of soldiers treated these three strong men badly, so I should compensate them for a favor and lead you to the prefect's yamen." ”

"Thank you, General, General Li is really a kind person." Lu Daxian was overjoyed, and hurriedly took Li Tianzhi's hand and begged: "General Li, the matter is too urgent, please take the lower officials to meet the eldest prince immediately, quickly, quickly." ”

"What's the hurry? It's very close, I can't miss you, wait for me to lead a horse. Li Tianzhi smiled, asked someone to bring a war horse, got on the horse and led Lu Daxian Ling and his party directly to the yamen of the prefect of Huizhou. Lu Daxian Ling is not the kind of pedantic white-eyed wolf, it is rare to meet a kind person like Li Tianzhi, so naturally he has to take out twenty taels of gold sand from Wu Sangui's activity funds to give to Li Tianzhi, and Li Tianzhi does not mention it.

With Li Tianzhi's help, Lu Daxian Ling entered Huizhou City very smoothly, and went directly to the Huizhou Prefect's Yamen, but when he came to the heavily guarded Prefect's Yamen to take a look, Lu Daxian's eyes widened. In the lobby of the prefect's yamen, seven or eight officials wearing official uniforms were pressed to the ground, and more than a dozen Guangdong soldiers were holding wrenches and slapping the buttocks of these officials, but the real officials shrank in the corner of the hall like a flock of injured chickens, shrunk their heads and did not even dare to take a breath of air.

"Fortunately, it seems that the eldest prince has a good temper today - I originally estimated that these guys should have been cut down by the eldest prince." Li Tianzhi shrugged his shoulders and said something that made Lu Daxian Ling jaw-dropping. At the end, Li Tianzhi said again: "You wait here, I'll go in and report to you." ”

Lu Daxian Ling and the others thanked him, Li Tianzhi strode into the ya, and walked to the prefect's seat under the plaque of 'Ming Jing Hanging', nodded to the man sitting in the middle and said a lot, the man didn't know what to say, Li Tianzhi quickly ran back to the hall again, and said to Lu Daxian Ling: "Lord Lu, the eldest prince agrees with you, you come in alone, and the rest of the people are waiting here." ”

"Thank you, General Lee." Lu Daxian was overjoyed, hurriedly thanked him, took the necessary official defense, and ran into the yamen hall of the Huizhou prefect. But when he got closer to the lobby, Lu Daxian Ling couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded - Shang Kexi's eldest son, Shang Zhixin, who was sitting in the middle of the public hall, was not as short, fat and ugly as the Manchu Qing Dynasty preached, but a thin man of medium stature, in his thirties, with a white face and good facial features, although he was not particularly handsome and chic, but in terms of handsome appearance, it was more than enough to surpass our Lu Daxian Ling, and he could be regarded as a mature man with considerable charm.

Fortunately, after Lu Daxian Ling arrived in this era, it was not the first time that he found that he had been brainwashed and deceived by the braided play braided book, and he was used to it, so he was not surprised for too much time, and quickly came back to his senses and bowed and said: "Xiaguan Qujing Zhixian Lu Yifeng, meet the prince of Pingnan, the prince of Wanfu Jin'an." ”

"I'll talk about you later, but stand aside." Shang Zhixin waved his hand, impatiently pushed Lu Daxian Commander aside, slapped the table again, and shouted: "Okay, stop fighting, bring Zhu Ben to Lao Tzu!" ”

"Piercing!" The torture soldiers in the hall agreed neatly, stopped the torture together, and dragged an official whose buttocks had been beaten to a bloody point in front of Shang Zhixin. The official howled and cried, endured the pain in his thighs, struggled to kowtow to Shang Zhixin desperately, and cried and said: "The prince of the world spares his life, spares his life!" Recruit lowly positions, recruit anything from humble positions! The 5,000 stone military rations sent by the imperial court to the prince of the world, more than 400 stone were indeed poorly kept, and they were accidentally drenched in rain and rotten. ”

"Fuck you, when Lao Tzu doesn't know how to count?" Shang Zhixin was furious, grabbed the pen holder on the public case and smashed it on the head of the unlucky Huizhou prefect Zhu Ben, and roared: "Five thousand stone grain, a total of one thousand one hundred and ninety-three stone four buckets and three liters, and the remaining good grain is also mixed with at least 20% of the chaff and rice bran!" You only admitted four hundred stones to Lao Tzu, and you are two when Lao Tzu is two?! ”

"This kid is very careful, he even remembers a few buckets and liters so clearly." Lu Daxian Ling secretly cheered up, and said in his heart that this Shang Zhixin is rough on the outside and fine on the inside, and it doesn't seem that he is an easy master to deal with, so I have to be more careful. Damn, why is Lao Tzu's life so bitter, and how come the people he meets are more difficult than the other? In history, Kang Xiaomazi encountered opponents who were more stupid than the other? God, you don't have long eyes!

"Lord Shizi, you are wronged!" Zhu Ben cried and said: "The lowly swear to the sky, in the hands of the lowly position, it is more than 400 stones!" Other moldy grains are sent to the hands of lowly officials, and that's it! As for the chaff and rice bran in the military rations, it was like this when it was delivered! Please Mingjian, even if you kill the humble position, you don't dare to play such tricks in front of you! ”

"Lord Shizi, Lord Futai, what he said is all the truth!" The other officials in the hall also cried and cried out bitterly, "In front of you, how many heads do we have, dare to deduct and embezzle your military rations?" It's really been mixed with chaff and rice bran when it was sent, and the moldy grain in our Huizhou Mansion is recognized by us, and the punishment can be doubled, but the other grains don't dare to admit it if they kill the lowly officials! ”

Crying and shouting, several unlucky local officials in Huizhou kowtowed desperately, swearing that they were just poor storage and caused more than 400 stone of military food to rot, and the rest was someone else's responsibility. And Shang Zhixin observed his words and looks, and saw that these unlucky people were crying and talking sincerely, not like a fake, so he waved his hand again and shouted: "Okay, Lao Tzu believes in you once, and I will also give you a chance, the moldy more than 400 stone military food in your hands will be doubled to Lao Tzu's military camp within one day!" Also, find out the official documents transporting this batch of military rations, Lao Tzu wants to check them one by one, find out who dares to let Lao Tzu's sons eat rice bran, and Lao Tzu wants his whole family to go to the underworld to eat ghost bran! ”

"Thank you, thank you." A few unlucky people who were beaten by Shang Zhixin and their butts bloomed like amnesty, and they quickly kowtowed to Shang Zhixin desperately, and thanked Shang Zhixin with tears in tears.

"Don't fucking nonsense, why don't you raise food for Lao Tzu?" Shang Zhixin's eyes widened, so frightened that several unlucky officials almost peed their crotch, hurriedly covered their buttocks, and led the secretary of the government to rush out of the lobby to raise food. Shang Zhixin cursed again, and then pointed to Lu Daxian Order, and ordered: "You, follow Lao Tzu to the back hall." ”

After that, Shang Zhixin got up and walked to the back hall without looking back, Lu Daxian Ling didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed, and Li Tianzhi followed with a large group of Shang Zhixin's personal soldiers, and quickly guarded the intersections everywhere, so as not to overhear the conversation between Shang Zhixin and Lu Daxian Ling.

Entering the back hall, Shang Zhixin sat down in the center in a big way, and did not let Lu Daxian Ling sit down, just asked the soldiers to bring a cup of tea, and slowly tasted a few sips, then raised his head, squinted at Lu Daxian Ling standing in front of him, and suddenly said with a cruel smile: "You are Lu Yifeng?" It's not a small courage, this son originally planned to settle accounts with you when he returned to Guangzhou City, but I didn't expect you to dare to come to the door to send him to death? ”

"Lord Shizi, do you know the humble position?" Lu Daxian asked with some surprise.

"Nonsense." Shang Zhixin sneered, "Lao Tzu not only knows that there is such a number one person as you, but also knows that three days ago, on the night of the third day of the tenth lunar month, you met with Lao Tzu's father and strongly persuaded your father to go to the court and take the initiative to request the withdrawal of the domain. ”

"It turns out that this kid also has eyeliner in his Han Zhan Laozi's house." Lu Daxian Ling suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "The prince is really smart, he is like a god, and he admires him humbly." ”

"Don't talk about these nice things, I'm tired of hearing them for a long time." Shang Zhixin waved his hand contemptuously, and said with a cruel smile: "The surname is Lu, your courage is indeed not small, just persuade my immortal father to take the initiative to ask for the withdrawal of the domain, and even dare to run to Lao Tzu to send him to death?" You say, if Lao Tzu's old immortal father really listened to your proposition and agreed to take the initiative to request the withdrawal of the feudal domain, then Lao Tzu saw the throne in his hand, and wouldn't he be blown away by you? You said yourself, how should Lao Tzu clean you up in order to eliminate this hatred in your heart? ”

In the face of the notoriously brutal Shang Zhixin's sneering threat, our Lu Daxian Ling was not afraid, and the fat face that was about to drip oil showed a happy smile, and asked unhurriedly: "What the prince said is not bad, and it is indeed possible to lose the throne of the prince of the prince of the world." However, there is a very strange thing about the lower officials, among the several local officials that the prince just beats, some of them are local officials with higher positions than the lowly officials, which means that the prince wants to kill the lowly officials as if they were pinching an ant to death - in this case, why didn't the prince do it immediately? ”

"Lao Tzu has a habit." Shang Zhixin's smile became more and more hideous, and he said slowly: "Before the killing, I liked to listen to the crying and begging voice of the person who was about to be killed, but now Lao Tzu has not heard your crying and begging for mercy, how can I be willing to chop you like this?" ”

"Not necessarily, right?" Lu Daxian Ling also smiled more and more happily, and said word by word: "Lord Shizi, you are a person who is extremely smart and meticulous, and you will be like your old and confused father, who thinks that the humble official of the West and the special envoy of the Prince of Pingxi is sincerely persuading him to take the initiative to go to the table and ask the court to allow the three feudatories to withdraw from the domain?" ”

Shang Zhixin put away his cruel smile, tilted his head and looked at Lu Daxian Ling for a long time, and finally showed some smiles, nodded and said: "Good boy, he is worthy of being sent by Wu Sangui, he really has the courage and knowledge, and he dares to scold Lao Tzu in front of Lao Tzu - however, Lao Tzu likes you to bring a seed and a handle like this!" Let's say, Wu Sangui, that old boy, what is the real purpose of sending you to Guangdong? ”

To find out what happened next, see the next chapter, "The Showdown".

Note: Li Tianzhi, a historical figure, Shang Zhixin forced Shang Kexi to death after the Guangzhou general soldiers, once killed the Guangdong rebel general Wang Guodong who betrayed Shang Zhixin and took refuge in Xiao Mazi, prevented Shang Zhixin's brother Shang Zhixiao from seizing power and surrendering to Qing ambitions, and finally killed more than 100 Guangdong soldiers by Kang Xiaomazi in Gongbei Building (now Yanjing Road, Guangzhou).