Lu Fatzi is really not allowed to look at women - otherwise, he would not choose the notorious old man and the youngest daughter as his wife, let alone the ladyboy Yu Xuan as a good friend.

Looking at the leadership, Lu Fatzi's eyes are even more inaccurate - there are really few people in this world who can choose a slave with three surnames like Wu Lao Han as an auxiliary object! Since ancient times, there have been those who choose the faint monarch as the auxiliary object, those who choose the right minister to be the auxiliary object, and even those who choose the female protagonist or even the right eunuch to be the auxiliary object, but the best choice of the three surnames of the domestic slave as the auxiliary object, the rate is really not high.

For example, Lu Fatzi prophesied in front of Wu Lao Han and Hu Guozhu Weng's son-in-law that after Shang Kexi returned to Guangzhou, he would definitely have a conflict with his own son Shang Zhixin - as expected, Shang Kexi returned to Guangzhou under the protection of Yue Le, and immediately fell in love with his own son.

In order to take back the military power in the hands of his son, Shang Lao Han Annihilation, with the support of Yue Le, the general Shu Shu of the Guangzhou mite camp, the general Baiyin Dali and the capital commander Ni Yahan, dismissed more than a dozen of his son's confidants from their military positions in one go, and released Shang Zhidian and other thirteen brothers who were imprisoned by Shang Zhixin, and took over the vacated military posts with them as the core. Shang Zhixin was not to be outdone, and with the support of his half-brother Shang Zhijie, as well as with the support of Wang Guodong, Shen Shangda, Zhang Yongxiang and Zhang Yongxuan and other close confidants, he launched an open contest with Shang Lao Han Annihilation.

After a-for-tat quarrel for a long time, Shang Zhixin, who has not yet officially inherited the prince, is short after all, and he has no courage and determination to completely tear his face with his father, and he does not have the courage to kill his father and stand on his own, leading the Pingnan palace to surrender to the Wu army, and in the end he can only make major concessions, and on the premise of keeping the four absolute cronies such as Wang Guodong, Shen Shangda and the Zhang family brothers, he was forced to agree to the personnel adjustment of Shang Lao Hanjian, and his strength was greatly weakened.

This is not over, but it is still behind Shang Zhixin's thunderstorm, Shang Lao Han has just controlled the Guangzhou army that has been done recently, and immediately threw out the second move that Kang Mazi personally arranged and planned for a long time - to seal Shang Zhidian, the sixth son of Shang Lao Han Jian, as the general of Pingnan, and he was the honorary commander of the entire army in Guangdong, and Shang Zhixin, who was the eldest son, was only crowned as the general of Kou, ranking below Shang Zhidian, and he had to obey the dispatch of the sixth brother in honor. In a fit of rage, Shang Zhixin not only refused to accept Kang Mazi's canonized official position, but also slammed the door on the spot, refusing to even perform the minimum kowtow thanksgiving gift.

The eldest son despised the Kangxi master so much, Shang Lao Han Zhan was naturally furious, if it wasn't for Yue Le's calm pull, Shang Lao Han Zhan was afraid that he would be able to order a large army on the spot to fight with the army loyal to the eldest son. Fortunately, Yue Le persuaded hard, saying that it was the current great enemy, and Guangdong was in crisis, and if there was civil strife at this time, it would inevitably give Wu Lao Han and Zheng Jing an opportunity to take advantage of.

But it's a pity that after a concession and even suffered two big losses, Shang Zhixin also learned to be obedient, and grasped the descendants of the army very tightly, and then did not give Han Jian's Laozi a chance to take advantage of, at the same time, Zu Zeqing, the general soldier of Gaozhou, Guangdong, also jumped out and shared a lot of pressure for Shang Zhixin - Zu Zeqing not only refused Shang Lao Han's order to transfer himself to Chaozhou Mansion, which was far away from the Wu army, but also resolutely refused to go to Guangzhou to meet Shang Lao Hanjian and Yue Le under the pretext of being sick, and at the same time, under the pretext of preventing pirates from harassing him, blocked the large and small passes of Gaozhou Mansion, Put on a resolute attitude of force against Shang Lao Han and Yue Le.

The general soldier of a small place dared to be so rude, and if he wanted to change someone else, Shang Lao Han and Yue Le would have already raised their knives and cut people in the past, but who is Zu Zeqing? Wu Lao Han's cousin! Wuzhou in the north of Gaozhou and Lianzhou in the west are directly controlled by the Wu army, if Shang Lao Hanjian and Yue Le dare to use force to solve the Gaozhou problem, I am afraid that before the soldiers and horses leave Guangzhou, Zu Zeqing has already taken the Gaozhou army to his cousin to eat and drink. Therefore, although Shang Lao Han Jian and Yue Le were already eager to peel Zu Zeqing and cramp in their hearts, in order not to further deteriorate the situation, they could only tolerate Zu Zeqing's arrogant behavior in a reluctant manner, and even sent a messenger to Gaozhou with gifts to visit the 'sick bed' Zu Zongbing.

The power of example is endless, and the general soldier of a place dares to be so arrogant because he is close to Wu Lao Han, and he also forced Han Jian's father and Prince Mangou to keep their voices down. As the prince of the world, Shang Zhixin inevitably regretted his weakness and deception, and also tightened his control over the army of his descendants, and at the same time couldn't help but send secret envoys to communicate with Wu Shizong in Guangxi and Zu Ze in Gaozhou to consolidate friendship and prepare to wait and see the situation on both sides. As a result, the atmosphere in the city of Guangzhou was inevitably even more tense, and the Lao Wang Party and the Shizi Party were tense, and they were almost like enemies to each other.

At this tense moment, a new change occurred, the Pingnan Wangfu made a detailed report, Wu Lao Han made another major personnel adjustment for the eastern front of Guangxi, and Lu Fatzi, who had left the Guangxi battlefield, was canonized as the Guangxi envoy and the general of the President of Guidong, and returned to Guangxi to command the soldiers and horses of Wuzhou, Xunzhou, Yulin and Pingle; The deputy was Geng Juzhong, the general of Jingnan Wangfu, and the general of Jiawuzhou and asked the Marquis of Xingyi to join forces with Lu Fatzi to go south, posing with the intention of strengthening the strength of the Wu army in Guangxi.

"Immediately order troops and go to Wuzhou to fight to the death with that rabbit cub!"

Hearing this news, Shang Lao Han Jian inevitably immediately jumped up and yelled, wanting to personally mention the Guangdong army again, and go to fight to the death with the unfilial son-in-law, and be ashamed! Fortunately, Shang Lao Han finally had a Yue Le by his side who could stop his reckless actions, Yue Le hurriedly grabbed him, "Lord Shang, please calm down, calm down!" At present, the situation in Guangdong is complicated, internal and external troubles are full of dangers, and hastily raising troops for revenge not only does not have much chance of winning, but can also make the already complex and dangerous situation even more complicated and dangerous! ”

To put it mildly, Yue Le finally grabbed Shang Lao Han Jian, and then turned to Xizuo and asked, "How many soldiers and horses did Lu Yifeng's dog thief bring to the south this time?" Roughly where are you now? ”

"Back to the prince, Lu Yifeng's dog thieves brought very few troops this time, only five hundred cavalry." The report replied truthfully: "But the speed of going south is very fast, almost a night and a rush all the way, if nothing else, it may have arrived in Wuzhou City by now." ”

"Such a small number of troops?" Yue Leleng was stunned and wondered: "It's only five hundred cavalry, what can you do?" Wu Sangui's old thief this time, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd? ”

"Lord Wang, will Lu Yifeng's dog thieves draw troops from Guangxi on the spot?" Shang Zhidian, who had recently sprung up in the Pingnan Palace, hurriedly spoke, showing off his knowledge: "Transferring troops from Guangxi on the spot can save marching time and marching food and grass, and it can also keep the army from being too tired. ”

"Although the words are reasonable, but in this way, the combat effectiveness of the Wu Dog army will inevitably be weakened?" Yue Le frowned and said: "The main force of Wu Dog in Guangxi is only more than 10,000 people, during this period of recruitment, the army has probably expanded to about 50,000, although the number is a lot, but the combat effectiveness is obviously insufficient, and the remaining Ma Xiong army Lu Yifeng dog thieves cannot be commanded, even if the army is transferred on the spot and fights alone, it is difficult to form a fatal threat to us?" ”

"Could it be that Wu Gou has no intention of attacking Guangdong, but only intends to strengthen the defense of the eastern front to prevent us from advancing west?" Shang Zhidian put forward another possibility.

"This kid is still a little bit of a bad believer." Yue Le glanced at Shang Zhidian, sighed in his heart, and patiently explained: "This is absolutely impossible, if Wu Gou only intends to strengthen the defense of the Eastern Front, then as long as he sends an ordinary general, Lu Yifeng's dog thief's status in Wu Gou's army has risen recently, and he has faintly become the right-hand man of Wu Sangui's old thief, Wu Sangui's old thief will never send such an important assistant to such an innocuous place." ”

"And ......?" Shang Zhidian was still in his original form after all, scratching his head and saying in distress: "Then what is the purpose of Wu Sangui's old thief to send Lu Yifeng's dog thief to Wuzhou Mansion?" ”

"Whatever his intentions are!" Shang Lao Han waved his hand and shouted: "Lord Wang, according to the old man's opinion, since Lu Yifeng's dog thief sent him to the door to kill the old man, then if we don't do it, it will only make the world laugh, Lord Wang, please sit in Guangzhou, and the old man will personally lead an army of 30,000 to fight to the death with that dog mongrel!" ”

"Lord Wang, please stop being angry." Yue Le sighed, and persuaded helplessly: "You are anxious to take revenge on the shame, Xiao Wang understands, but now that the situation in Guangdong is here, don't say 30,000 troops, even if you transfer 10,000 troops out, there will inevitably be a big chaos." ”

"In addition, our Qing court has signed an armistice peace treaty with Wu Gou, Wu Sangui old thief still respects my emperor as the emperor and calls himself a minister, and the emperor also continues to recognize Wu Sangui old thief as a courtier, Chrysostom Yuyan allowed Wu Sangui old thief to be in charge of military and civilian affairs in five provinces and one government, and promised never to offend each other! Lord Wang, if you attack Wuzhou at this time, no matter whether you have a great revenge or not, Wu Sangui's old thief can accuse you of taking the lead in provoking the war again, and the emperor will not let you go! ”

Considering the consequences of re-provoking the war, Shang Lao Han was completely discouraged - Kang Mazi finally used more than 20 million taels of silver to buy a respite from the armistice, and now the rebuilding of the army has just begun, and the soldiers, horses, money, food, and weapons are not yet ready, so he will take the lead in restarting the war.

"And." Yue Le observed his words, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, the person you sent to welcome back the little county lord has already set off, and there will be an echo, you will raise troops to take revenge now, doesn't that make our previous arrangement fall short?" Besides, isn't it more beneficial for us for Lu Yifeng to come to Wuzhou at this time? If Xiao Gege can return to Guangdong with his only son, and we want to recruit him again, wouldn't it be much easier and more convenient? ”

Shang Lao Han Jian had nothing to say anymore, and only after a while did he ask weakly: "Then according to the opinion of Prince An, what should we do now?" ”

"Patience, wait and see." Yue Le replied in a deep voice: "Xiao Wang has a hunch that the old thief Wu Sangui sent Lu Yifeng to Wuzhou at this sensitive moment to face our army head-on, and there must be a major conspiracy behind it!" We must watch his every move, strengthen the interior, and don't let this slippery loach take advantage of it! ”

"That's good, let Miao Zhixiu lead an army of 3,000 to reinforce Fengchuan, and closely monitor Lu Yifeng's every move of the dog thief." Shang Lao Han replied weakly.

"And the Great Prince." Yue Le reminded softly: "Old prince, with all due respect to Xiao Wang, with the surname of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, he will never go back to the black pot again, he will only start from our inside, let us fall into civil strife, he will reap the benefits, his biggest breakthrough may be the eldest prince who has a good relationship with him." ”

"Reasonable!" Shang Laohan's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he beckoned the thirteenth son Shang Zhishu (whose name is right), and whispered in his ear: "From today onwards, you will personally lead fifty capable soldiers, pretend to be ordinary people, divide into groups, and monitor your eldest brother Shang Zhixin at night, once you find out that he is in contact with Wu Gou's people, no matter when, come and report immediately!" In addition, the whole army, the large and small passes in Guangdong, and the city gates in Guangzhou, will all strengthen the inventory and strictly prevent Wu Gou from mixing in! ”

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Shang Lao Han Jian's and Yue Le's vigilance efforts still had a certain effect, at least the secret envoy sent by Shang Zhixin to contact Lu Fatzi was caught by Shang Lao Han Jian's hardcore lackey Miao Zhixiu in Fengchuan. But it's a pity that when the secret envoy was arrested, Shang Zhixin's secret letter to Lu Fatzi was destroyed by the secret envoy in time - chewed into pulp and swallowed into his stomach, Shang Zhixin insisted that the letter was condemning Lu Fatzi's unfilial behavior of capturing his father-in-law, so Shang Lao Han and Yue Le were also helpless to take Shang Zhixin, how to clean up and accuse Shang Zhixin without evidence?

What puzzled Shang Lao Hanjian and Yue Le was that when it was only more than two days away from Guangzhou by water, Lu Fatzi never sent a secret envoy to Guangzhou, and at the same time, Shang Zhixin's initiative to seek contact with Lu Fatzi can also prove that Lu Fatzi's envoy did not see Shang Zhixin and established a communication channel with Shang Zhixin. But Shang Lao Han and Yue Le were also frightened by Lu Fatzi's deceitfulness and viciousness, and they didn't dare to relax at all from beginning to end, but they just desperately strengthened the investigation and search, and didn't give Lu Fatzi's meticulous work the slightest chance to blend into Guangzhou.

The hard work paid off, on March 28, the twelfth year of Kang Mazi, the big fish was finally caught, and the fish was so big that Shang Lao Han and Yue Le were a little incredulous - Shang Lao Han Jian, who closely monitored the movements of Wuzhou, was a hardcore lackey Miao Zhixiu, who was checking the passing ships on the Pearl River waterway, and caught Lu Fatzi's deputy, the second prince of Jingnan Palace, Geng Juzhong, who disguised himself as an ordinary businessman and tried to go south to Guangzhou from a wooden boat that went downstream!

What shocked Shang Lao Han and Yue Le even more was still to come, Miao Zhixiu learned from Geng Juzhong's interrogation that Geng Juzhong was not the messenger sent by Lu Fatzi to contact Shang Zhixin, but Geng Juzhong carried Wu Jun up and down, disguised himself as a wood dealer, and escaped from Guangxi to Guangzhou, the purpose of which was to surrender to the Qing court!

Shocked to shocked, such a fat fish was sent to the door by itself, and it was naturally impossible for Shang Lao Han and Yue Le not to meet in person. A day later, when Geng Juzhong was escorted back to Guangzhou City and escorted into the Pingnan Palace, Shang Lao Han Jian and Yue Le immediately joined forces to meet them, and after meeting, Geng Juzhong did not hesitate, and immediately knelt down on his knees in front of Shang Lao Han Jian, wailing and crying, "Uncle, the little nephew finally saw you, and the little nephew thought that he would never see you again in this life." Uncle, the little nephew knows that he is wrong, and I beg my uncle to forgive the little nephew for the sake of the generational friendship between our Shang Geng and Geng families! ”

Crying and shouting, Geng Juzhong kowtowed desperately, kept slapping himself, desperately scolding himself for not being a thing, being blinded by lard, he would surrender to Wu Gou, and helped Wu Gou do countless evils, and was guilty of the heavens, the earth, and the monk Lao Han of the Qing Dynasty, and begged Shang Lao Han to be on the sake of the friendship between Geng Shang and the two families for generations, and also for the sake of his own lost way to return, spare his own life, and say a few more good words for himself in the Kang Mazi and Mites Qing court, and give himself a chance to make meritorious contributions. I regret what I have done in the past, and I am heartbroken.

Seeing Geng Juzhong's crying pear blossom and rain appearance, Shang Lao Han Jian and Yue Le were both suspicious, and after Yue Le muttered a few words in Shang Lao Han's ear, Shang Lao Han Jian then spoke: "Virtuous nephew, get up, don't cry, since you are lost and know that you can change your mistakes, then as long as you really change your past and can change your past, then for the sake of Shang Geng's two family friends, the old man will naturally have a lot of good words in front of the saint, please see the saint for the sake of your atonement for your sins, and forgive your previous sins." ”

"Uncle Xie, Uncle Xie." Geng Juzhong kowtowed again and again, and it wasn't until Shang Lao Han repeatedly called a halt that Geng Juzhong stood up with tears in his eyes and peeked at Yue Le tremblingly.

"Second Prince, do you know who I am?" Yue Le asked with a smile.

"Could it be that the adult is Prince An, Prince An?" Geng Juzhong asked cautiously tentatively.

"Yes, I'm Yue Le." Yue Le smiled and nodded, and corrected with a smile: "However, this king has been demoted to the king of the county by the emperor because of his ineffective fighting. ”

"Sure enough, it's Prince An, the criminal minister Geng Juzhong, please say hello to the prince." Geng Juzhong hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said flatteringly: "Lord An, the criminal minister has admired your name for a long time, Lu Yifeng and Lu Brother ......, oh no, Lu Yifeng's dog thief has said more than once in front of the criminal minister that among the kings of the Qing Dynasty, the only person he is afraid of and afraid of is you." ”

"He has won the award, but this king also feels the same way, in the Wu Dog Army, the only person this king is afraid and afraid of, that is, him." Yue Le smiled humbly, and asked again: "Second prince, you came back this time anyway, there is a little bit that this king is very strange, Wu Sangui is a dog thief who treats you well, and also asks you to the court to be named the Marquis of Xingyi, why do you want to leave him and surrender to us?" ”

"Back to the prince, Wu Sangui is a dog thief, he is unfair!" Geng Juzhong shouted angrily, "They are all the second princes who surrendered, he asked for the title of Shunqing Gong for Shang Zhixiao and Shang brother, and it was only Hou who asked me to be crowned, but the guilty minister was angry, and the guilty minister hated his foolish behavior at the beginning, so he resolutely returned anyway." ”

"Is that really it?" Yue Le asked, "Just for these things, you're going to do it anyway?" ”

Geng Juzhong hesitated for a moment, and finally said with a twist: "Prince An Mingjian, there are indeed some other reasons for the return of the guilty minister anyway. Wu Sangui is an old thief, he uses people for cronyism, he only likes to promote his cronies and nephews, and he doesn't look down on us generals at all, except for using some money and food to support, he doesn't give any other power, not only the criminal minister, but also the uncle's second prince and Sun Yanling, General Sun's brothers, and now they are extremely regretful, regretting that they believed in Lu Yifeng's nonsense of the dog thief, and the lard was blindfolded and did something wrong. ”

"There's one more thing that the sinner can't be angry about." Geng Juzhong added in a low voice, "Lu Yifeng, that dog thief, when he arrived in Fujian five years ago, he was just a newly appointed magistrate, and when he saw the criminal minister, he only kowtowed and did not speak, but now Wu Sangui's old thief let him ride on the head of the criminal minister, and commanded the criminal minister, calling the criminal minister back and forth like driving a slave, the more the criminal minister thought about it, the more troublesome he became, so he resolutely returned anyway." ”

"Is that so?" Yue Le pondered in his heart, and said in his heart that it was true that Wu Sangui's old thief liked nepotism, but his sons, nieces, sons-in-law and cronies were all angry, either heroic and good at fighting or resourceful, and gathered stars, among which there were many pillars of civil and military skills, why not use these reliable talents and reuse an unreliable straw bag that surrendered? Could it be that Geng Juzhong, this straw bag, is really surrendering anyway?

"Uncle, lord, if you don't believe in the guilty minister, the criminal has a way to prove his sincerity anyway." Geng Juzhong suddenly spoke again and took the initiative to speak.

"And how are you going to prove it?" Yue Le asked suspiciously.

"The criminal can lead the way for you and help you break through Wuzhou City!" Geng Juzhong's words were astonishing, "There are only three or four thousand troops in Wuzhou City now, and the troops drawn from all over Guangxi by Lu Yifeng's dog thieves and Wu Shizong's thieves will take a while to reach Wuzhou, which is the emptiest time." Therefore, when the criminal ministers left Wuzhou, they had already made an appointment with several old departments of the year, as long as your uncle and your army came to the city, they would immediately open the city gate and dedicate this Guangxi gateway to the prince. ”

"Are you sure?" Shang Lao Han asked in surprise: "Wuzhou is in Guangxi, you are a general from Fujian, how can there be your old department in Wuzhou City?" ”

"Uncle didn't know that the little nephew was confused for a while, and after leading the Fujian army to surrender to Wugou, the Fujian troops and the troops in other places were scattered and reorganized." Geng Juzhong explained: "So in the city of Wuzhou, there are not only Fujian soldiers and Guangxi soldiers, but also uncle, your old Guangdong soldiers and horses, but Wuzhou is close to Guangdong, Wu Gou is afraid that the Guangdong soldiers will miss their hometown and family, and there will be a phenomenon of fleeing, so Guangdong soldiers are the least, and Fujian soldiers and Guangxi soldiers are the least." ”

"Lord An, this is a good opportunity." Shang Kexi was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned to Yue Le and suggested: "Taking advantage of this good opportunity, let's find an excuse to explain to the imperial court, and let Ju Zhongxian's nephew lead the way and take back Wuzhou City." When the time comes, as long as we can capture Lu Yifeng's dog thief alive, or kill this dog thief on the battlefield, and remove this big trouble for our master, we will have a great sin, and the emperor can forgive us. ”

Yue Le didn't answer, a pair of eyes like electric eagles, just staring at Geng Juzhong, under the gaze of these two sharp eyes, although Geng Juzhong could still maintain his calm expression and his expression remained unchanged, but a pair of stubby and fat legs still couldn't help but tremble slightly............

(To be continued)