Chapter Ninety-Six: The Mountain Rain is Coming

(PS: Halloween, there is something at home, so the number of words is less, please forgive friends.) )

Intentionally or unintentionally disseminated by some people, the news that the Mite Tartar Imperial Court sent Qin to Qujing to investigate and deal with the case of Lu Fatzi and Li Shuzu's mutual attack finally spread inside and outside Qujing City and Qujing Mansion.

Hearing this news, the poor people who had been poisoned by Li Shuzu were overjoyed and ran and cheered, because since Li Shuzu took office in the prefect of Qujing during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, he had turned countless Qujing people into motherless children in the field of Coptis chinensis -- they were suffering to the home, but no matter how the poor people prayed to God and worshiped the Buddha and complained up and down, Li Shuzu was as stable as Mount Tai, and he could not be shaken, nor could he be shaken, neither promoted nor demoted, nor transferred, not even a cold, and his conscience was dark but his body was a thief. Let the common people hope that he will go to heaven as soon as possible, and the hope of going to hell is also far away.

Maybe God finally saw the bitterness of the people of Qujing, and the hope of the poor people came, although the new county lord did not look very good, and he was a little exaggerated, and he also liked to encourage the people to plant some strange things, but it was still quite good for the people, not only did he not allow the officials of the Qujing County Yamen to bully the people, but he was also not allowed to bully and mutilate the people of the prefect Yamen, so he fought with the people of the prefect Yamen, and beat the officials of the prefect Yamen all over the ground looking for teeth. There is no arrogance, and he doesn't dare to treat the people so viciously.

In addition, the fire consumption of the new county prince is also very low, which is almost equal to confiscation, and there is no need to stuff silver when he complains to his yamen, especially Ren Xinglai, the brother-in-law of Li Shuzu, the overlord of Qujing Tu, who has just taken office, which makes the people and merchants of Qujing applaud and applaud, and call the heavens to open their eyes. And now, and now, the court that was out of reach in the past finally noticed Qujing, and finally discovered some of the crimes of Li Shuzu, the overlord of Qujing, and sent the minister who was like a mountain of law enforcement and honest as water in the drama to investigate Li Shuzu, can the people of Qujing still applaud? Looking forward to Li Shuzu being brought to justice as soon as possible?

Unlike the poor people who have been brainwashed by the drama commentary, the people in the officialdom of Qujing and Yunnan do not dare to bet casually, and they believe that Li Shuzu will be defeated, because they all know very well that the backers behind Li Shuzu are too tough, there are the emperor's cousin Prince Kang, the Li family of Tieling, and the countless officials of Zhengbaiqi, plus their respective backers and relatives and friends, what a huge force together? Wu Sangui is considered to be a high-ranking and powerful person, and he has not been able to do anything to him after being disgraced by Li Shuzu, not to mention Lu Fatzi, a seven-rank sesame official who has just stepped into his career?

Some people hate Li Shuzu, naturally some people like Li Shuzu, Li Shuzu has been operating in Qujing for many years, and countless Yunnan officials have already formed a community of interests, making a fortune together and enjoying together, of course these people don't want to see Li Shuzu being knocked down by Lu Fatzi, but a few days ago, they were afraid of Wu Sangui and Lin Tianqing behind Lu Fat, so they didn't dare to jump out and join forces with Li Shuzu to clean up Lu Fatzi. And now, the arrival of the minister of the Qin mission also made these people see hope, thinking that as long as this minister of the Qin mission can scare off Wu Sangui and Lin Tianqing, they will immediately pounce together, and devour the officialdom of Lu Fatzi alive, not only to protect the common interests of themselves and Li Shuzu, but also to sell a great favor to Li Shuzu, killing two birds with one stone.

The already complicated situation was further complicated by a piece of news, which also added an important weight to Li Shuzu's side -- this news was, of course, the news that Prince Kang Jieshu had visited his godson-in-law in Yunnan Province. The common people are closed to information and don't understand what this news represents, but the officials in the Yungui officialdom know it, knowing that Jieshu is rolling up his sleeves this time and personally going into battle to cheer for his godson-in-law, Wu Sangui's advantage behind Lu Fatzi will be offset by most of it, and the minister who also came out of the capital is afraid that it will be difficult to uphold justice for Lu Fatzi. And after the party Lu Fatzi heard the news, he was so worried that he didn't sleep for a whole night, knowing that things must be more troublesome and complicated.

"Young master, this is a letter sent by Lin Zhongcheng just now, the person who came is riding a six-hundred-mile fast horse, it must be urgent."

Xiao Erlang ran into Lu Fatzi's study, and held a letter in front of Lu Fatzi with both hands, Lu Fatzi didn't dare to slack off, and quickly took the letter and opened it, but saw that the letter was written by Lin Tianqing himself, and the content was to warn Lu Fatzi, directly pointing out that Jieshu's southward trip to Yunnan Province was an excuse, and in fact, it must be for Li Shuzu and Lu Fatzi to fight, the purpose is to deter the Pingxi Wangfu behind Lu Fatzi and him Lin Tianqing himself, and it cannot be ruled out that Jieshu used his status as a prince to coerce Qincha and force Qincha to make a decision in favor of Li Shuizu. Fat Lu must be careful.

In addition, Lin Tianqing also pointed out a clear path for Lu Fatzi, suggesting that Lu Fatzi beat Li Shuzu for a time difference, and took advantage of the opportunity of the minister of the Qin Mission to go from Jian Xian to Yunnan by car, and preemptively confirmed Li Shuzu's crime before Jieshu arrived in Qujing, so that the sooner the Qin Cha closed the case, the better, so that Lu Fatzi had a glimmer of hope for victory. Otherwise, the longer the case drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for Fat Lu!

"The owner, Lin Zhongcheng's guidance is the best policy." After reading the letter, Zhu Fangdan immediately said: "Only by letting Lord Qincha close the case before Prince Kang arrives in Qujing, then you will have a chance of winning." ”

"Of course I know this, but I know too well the virtues of those Beijing officials who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard wall." Fat Lu pressed his temples with his thumbs in both hands, and thought hard about countermeasures, "But, what method should I use to close the case as soon as possible?" Also, what kind of fame is this cha doing, why is he unwilling to announce his name and official position, and how can I do what I like? ”

"Boss, the student has an idea." Zhu Fangdan said: "Since you took office, the best way to punish the bullies and clean up the unjust prison has won the support of the people, and the best way is to organize and mobilize the people, and on the day that the Qin Cha arrived in Qujing, he gave him a dismount, stopped the horse and stopped the sedan chair to sue Li Shuzu, created public opinion pressure, forced the Qin Cha to express his position on the spot, and then tried other ways to do what he liked, so that the minister of the Qin Cha would stand on the side of the owner." ”

"Although it's a good method, I have already used this method to deal with Lin Tianqing last time." Lu Fatzi muttered: "Li Shuzu is not a stupid person, he should not be prepared for countermeasures, and he also has an advantage, he is the prefect, as long as he finds the traces of Qincha, he can rush to the Shengjing Pass to meet Qincha before me, and create a preconceived impression." As for me, without the permission of his Li Shuzu, I can't leave Qujing County casually, and I can only see Qincha at Jiaoshui Pass at the earliest, which is very disadvantageous. ”

Zhu Fangdan frowned, and he was also very troubled by this unfavorable factor. At this time, Xiao Erlang suddenly said cautiously: "Young Master, have you finished reading Lin Zhongcheng's letter?" Lin Zhongcheng's messenger said, Lin Zhongcheng asks you to return the letter in its original state after reading this letter, and the messenger will take it back to Kunming and return it to him. ”

"Give him back the letter?" Fat Lu was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and sneered: "It's worthy of being an old fox, I'm afraid that I will be raided this time, and copying out this letter will be bad for him." ”

"Proprietor, make a copy of this letter and leave a copy." Zhu Fangdan said in a gloomy voice: "Lest this old thing fall on both sides of the wall and fall into the well when the situation is not good." ”

"No need." Fat Lu shook his head, handed the letter to Xiao Erlang, asked him to return the messenger, and said: "Old man Lin is good to me, it is already interesting enough to give me such guidance, if you yin him again, I will also be sorry for my conscience." ”

Having said that, Fat Lu is still very unhappy in his heart, and he understands a truth even more, in officialdom, there are absolutely no permanent friends, only eternal interests. At the same time, Lu Fatzi also fell into deep worry, even Lin Tianqing, who has kindness and old relations with him, is ready to dissociate himself, what will those wall grasses in Yungui's officialdom think of themselves, and how they will treat themselves when the situation is not good, that is conceivable,

"I'm afraid that he is [***], there is no diamond, and he will not take this porcelain job." Lu Fatzi comforted himself in his heart again: "Fortunately, I am a good chess player, and I have already installed an inside line next to Li Shuzu, no matter what kind of bad idea the little white face surnamed Zhou gave Li Shuzu, I will receive the news in one day at the latest, I know myself and the other, what am I afraid of him doing?" ”

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Lu Fatzi is still a little lighter and careless, the previous battle Lu Fatzi was able to completely gain the upper hand, and strangled Li Shuzu's various counterattack methods, mainly relying on the bribed Li Shuzu's master Bi Huibin to leak the news, although Li Shuzu was puzzled, but Kong Sizhen, who was in charge of the intelligence forces south of the Yangtze River for Xiao Mazi and was born in the Thirteen Yamen, arrived in Qujing, and came to the correct conclusion after a little research - Li Shuzu had a traitor around him, and sold Li Shuzu's plan to Lu Fatzi! Otherwise, if Anjia Tusi deliberately made trouble, Li Shuzu would never have lost so badly!

Having come to this conclusion, although Kong Sizhen and Li Shuzu couldn't figure out who the traitor was for a while, they still greatly strengthened the secrecy force, especially at the critical moment when making a plan to clean up Lu Fatzi and discussing important information, the female spy leader Kong Sizhen did not allow any unreliable people to be present, and Bi Pengbin, who was bribed by Lu Fatzi, was no exception. So what Lu Fatzi couldn't imagine was that at the same time that he and Zhu Fangdan were discussing Lin Tianqing's letter, his enemies, with the support of Kong Sizhen's intelligence network, knew who Xiao Mazi was and where he was this time.

"What? Is Chin Cha Yu Jackie Chan? Hearing this terrible name, Li Shuzu was paralyzed with fright on the spot, and screamed with a blank face: "This old thing is a ruthless character who is invulnerable to fire and water, oil and salt, when he was the magistrate of Hecheng, Guangdong, he was also famous for not being afraid of death, none of his bosses were not afraid of him, I heard that even the prince of Pingnan wanted to give him three points, he was this Qin to investigate this case, I am not dead?" ”

"Four grids, could you be mistaken?" Zhou Peigong also asked in horror: "Didn't Yu Chenglong be promoted to the governor of Hezhou, Sichuan?" Why did you become a minister again? ”

"Look at you like this, this Yu Jackie Chan is not that you are afraid of that Yu Jackie Chan." Kong Sizhen smiled charmingly, and said with a smile: "This Yu Jackie Chan is smaller than Jackie Chan, he is the brother of Yu Jackie Chan in Hezhou, the Han Army is inlaid with the yellow flag, at the end of last year, he was recommended by Wang Xu, the imperial history of the left capital, and entered the Imperial Procuratorate as an imperial history. ”

"Ah, isn't that Yu Jackie Chan in Hezhou?!" Li Shuzu was surprised and delighted, completely relieved, and said: "I'm scared of the slave to death, thank God, if it is the old Yu Jackie Chan in Hezhou, then the matter will be in big trouble, that old thing is difficult and understands the people's feelings, and likes to go deep into the people. ”

"You should be thankful." Kong Sizhen glanced at Li Shuzu and said, "Originally, I was always worried that if the emperor sent Wang Xu to be this Qin messenger this time, then you would really die!" That old thing is even more difficult to deal with, even if Prince Kang comes forward and joins forces with Ben Gege to exert pressure, he will not want to shake him in the slightest! ”

"Si Gege, how much do you know about this less than Jackie Chan?" Zhou Peigong asked finely: "What kind of person is he?" Which side might you be leaning into? ”

"I've never seen it." Kong Sizhen shook her head and said helplessly: "This guy only entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate in November last year, and he has never been on a few Chen, and he has never handled any cases, so I can't tell what kind of person he is." But this guy is a flag man, so I think he should be biased towards us. ”

"Sigege, you can't underestimate the enemy, you just said, this guy was personally promoted by Wang Xu's old thing." Zhou Peigong reminded: "People gather by like, although Wang Xu's old thing rarely promotes people, but as long as he is promoted, there is no one who is not difficult." Governor Li's official reputation in Qujing is really too bad, if this guy is the same kind of person as Wang Xu and his brother Yu Chenglong, then our affairs will be difficult. ”

"And what do you think should be done?" Kong Sizhen asked rhetorically.

"What to do, the slave can't say it now, you have to grasp his surname and temperament to prescribe the right medicine." Zhou Peigong groaned: "But since this is the first time that Jackie Chan has handled a bad investigation case, then the lack of experience is certain, we should grasp his weakness and set up a preconceived impression for him first." ”

"How?" Kong Sizhen continued to ask.

Zhou Peigong didn't rush to answer, and after thinking for a long time, Zhou Peigong raised two fingers, "The slave thinks that you can take two steps." The first step, Sigege, your people must keep an eye on Jackie Chan and grasp his whereabouts in Guizhou, and then Governor Li, you go to organize a group of reliable people, pretending to be people who shout grievances, which is equivalent to Jackie Chan as soon as he arrives at the victory level, Lord Li, while you greet him, let these people go to Yu Jackie Chan to stop the horse and shout grievances, sue Lu Fatty, and let Yu Jackie Chan have the preconceived impression that Fat Lu is rampant. ”

"Okay, Mr. Zhou's clever plan, the official will arrange someone to do it immediately." Li Shuzu was overjoyed to agree.

"You can't organize people in Qujing County." Zhou Peigong warned: "It is best to organize from a place where Xuanwei Luoping, a fat man like Lu Fat, cannot reach out at present, or borrow some local soldiers from Yunnan from Wang Jizhen, and pretend to be ordinary people to complain in front of Yu Chengchan." Otherwise, once Lu Fatzi is alerted and formulates countermeasures, it will be self-defeating. ”

"To do this, you have to be reliable, not too much." Kong Sizhen also warned: "And from today on, the people who do these things for you must be gathered and monitored by my people, so as not to let them come into contact with the outside world, so as not to leak secrets!" The old lady also obeyed you, the last time Yi'an's toast made trouble, it was clear that someone leaked the secret, so that Lu Fatzi was prepared in advance, and set up a trap for you to jump, you idiot even suspected that Lu Fatzi would be unpredictable, it was simply stupid! ”

"Yes, yes, the four-grid lesson is yes." Li Shuzu's face was flushed, and he nodded and said, "The slaves will strictly discipline their subordinates in the future, and don't let them come blindly in Hulai." ”

"I hope so." Kong Sizhen snorted coldly, then turned to Zhou Peigong and asked, "Peigong, how should you take the second step?" ”

"The second step is a word - drag!" Zhou Peigong said gloomily: "It means that after Jackie Chan arrives, he must be temporarily stabilized, surrounded by various means, cut off his channels of communication with the outside world, so that he cannot contact those poor ghosts in Qujing Mansion, if possible, it is best to make him unable to contact Lu Fatzi." If this step is successful, we can buy him in and let him make a decision directly in our favor; If you retreat, you can buy time, and when Kang Wangye's team arrives in Qujing, we will have a better chance of winning. ”

"In a word, the longer it drags on, the better." Zhou Peigong's voice became more and more gloomy, "The longer it drags on, the better it will be for us!" As long as you can delay Prince Kang to Qujing and cheer for Lord Li, then a person like Jackie Chan who has just entered the official career, even if he is full of ambition and dissatisfied with what Lord Li did in Qujing, has to weigh the consequences of offending Prince Kang. At the same time, with Prince Kang in charge, the old thing of Wu Sangui, the backer behind Lu Fatzi, will not weigh the consequences of continuing to make things bigger, and maybe he will have the idea of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, abandoning the pawn and protecting the car! ”

"At that time, if Fat Lu is no longer cut by a thousand knives and exterminated his family, there will really be no heavenly reason!"

(To be continued)