If the news of Lu Fatzi's discovery of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine was a thunderbolt that shook the entire Nanning Prefecture at once, and even the entire Guangxi and Liangguang, then the news that Fat Lu was injured by a musket in broad daylight in Nanning City was the second thunderbolt that blew up the entire Nanning Prefecture and the entire Guangxi.

It stands to reason that the assassination of an outgoing county magistrate who has resigned from his official position and is a citizen should not be able to stir up such a big storm, but unfortunately, the Dingnan Wangfu stamp engraved with the murder weapon musket found at the scene of the assassination suddenly made the case confusing and sensitive and dangerous.

Everyone knows that Fat Lu and Kong Sizhen have an endless grudge and hatred; There are still many people who know that Lu Fatzi resigned in a negative mood this time, and there is likely to be the shadow of Kong Sizhen behind him, Lu Fatzi came to Guangxi to join the father and son of Lian Guoan this time, and he also came with the intention of taking the initiative to send it to the door to let Kong Sizhen kill, so he has already explained the aftermath in advance and arranged a way out for the family; More importantly, the military and civilians of Nanning Mansion know that on the day of the discovery of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, Kong Sizhen's house slave Dai Liangchen sent his henchmen and lackeys to coerce the father and son of Lian Guoan to hand over Lu Fatzi, and caught Guilin to vent Kong Sizhen's anger!

In the face of such a complicated background, Lu Fatzi was suddenly attacked by assassins in Nanning City, and the weapons used by the assassins came from the Dingnan Palace, who else could not focus their suspicious eyes on Kong Sizhen Sigege's head? I'm afraid that Kong Sizhen Sigege, who is thousands of miles away in the capital, heard the news, and my first reaction was probably to suspect that his minions were doing bad things with good intentions and did not take his own consent to attack Lu Fatzi, right?

Although because the killer's shooting skills are not enough to pass the test, Lu Fatzi's life is not in danger, but in order to repay Lu Fatzi's kindness in prospecting, the father and son of the Lian family still invested huge manpower and material resources to search for the murderer in the city, Nanning City was also closed for three full days, and after finding nothing, Yu Xuan personally presided over and commanded the Nanning garrison to strictly investigate the size of the Nanning Mansion, and continued to search for the mysterious assassin who killed him. In this way, the secret negotiations between the father and son of the Lian family and the two horses and one gold cannot be inevitably affected, among which Ma Xiong is even better, and it is inconvenient for Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiong Town, who have been stationed in Nanning Mansion for a long time, to show off to the Lian family father and son, and ask the Lian family father and son to give an answer within a time limit.

On the seventh day of the fifth month, the sixth day of Lu Fatzi's assassination, it was just dawn that day, and Yu Xuan, who looked like a beautiful woman, came to visit the small courtyard where Lu Fatzi lived as usual, and asked about Lu Fatzi's injury, Lu Fatzi replied with a smile: "Thank you General Liusan for your concern, it's okay, with Doctor Zhu's wonderful hand, the wounds are already scarring." ”

"Really? Let me see. Yu Xuan was afraid that Lu Fat Man was deceiving himself, so he forced Lu Fat Man to lift his clothes, and saw with his own eyes that Lu Fatzi's wound had indeed begun to scar, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's really scarring, this is the best, if Lord Lu has any three long and two short things in Nanning City, Yu Xuan really doesn't know how to explain to the world." ”

"General Lian San has said it, since Lu Yifeng has come to Guangxi, he has made up his mind to throw his life here." Fat Lu smiled shamelessly and said, "It's just that Lu Yifeng never thought that they would use such a trick." ”

"They have more means than this, and they don't care about that." Yu Xuan, who was deeply affected, sighed, and admonished: "Lord Lu, don't blame Yu Xuan for being wordy, if you go out in the future, you must bring more guards, I have already dispatched fifty of the best soldiers to you to protect your safety." Also, Lord Lu must not eat outside in the future, and they have not used such shameless methods as poisoning food. ”

"Thank you General Liansan for your concern, and Lu Yifeng did it." Fat Lu also knew that the dead ladyboy Yu Xuan was really for his own good, although he didn't need it, he also understood his favor. At the end, Fat Lu looked at Yu Xuan a few more times, and asked tentatively: "General Liusan, your eyes are so dark, and your face is not very good, is something happening, you didn't have a good rest last night?" ”

Yu Xuan did not answer immediately, and after a long silence, Yu Xuan said in a low voice: "Yesterday evening, the Governor and Lord Zhongcheng informed us that they were going to leave Nanning tomorrow, and they also told us that in view of the previous dynasty's eunuchs' mining actions that disturbed the people and hurt the people, and harmed the place, the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine could not be mined for the time being, and it was necessary for them to submit a request to the imperial court before they could decide whether to allow us to mine the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine. ”

"General Liusan, Lord Governor and Lord Zhongcheng are having a showdown with you." Zhu Fangdan interjected and said: "They are making a naked threat, if the old general and the third general do not agree to their conditions, they will ask the court to issue an order to seal the mine, prohibit you from mining, so that you will not be able to get a tael of silver." ”

"I understand, that's why I didn't sleep all night last night." Yu Xuan said with a sad face: "If I don't agree to their conditions, if the imperial court really orders the closure of the mine, then the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine will be like not looking for it." But if I agree, most of the silver mined from the silver mine in Phoenix Mountain will fall into their hands, and the soldiers and people will work in vain, and as a result, others will be cheaper, who will be willing? Caught between a rock and a hard place, I really don't know what to do. ”

"General Liansan doesn't need to be in a hurry, it's too easy." Fat Lu pointed out: "I'll give you an idea, keep them obediently back to the negotiation table, and take the initiative to lower the conditions for the share split." ”

"What's the best thing to pay attention to? Lord Lu, please speak. Yu Xuan hurriedly asked.

"Go and tell them, just say that you also think that the disadvantages of mining are too great, and there are too many miners, which is easy to breed trouble." Lu Fatzi said gloomily: "So you also plan to discuss with Kong Sigege, and ask Kong Sigege to come forward and ask for an order, so that the imperial court can issue an order to prohibit the mining of Phoenix Mountain silver mines." ”

"Master Lu, what are you kidding?" Yu Xuan jumped up in surprise and said in surprise: "Our military and civilians in Nanning are now all counting on this Phoenix Mountain silver mine to solve the problem of money and grain, and you still want me to take the initiative to ask for an order through Kong Sizhen to ask the imperial court to issue an order to prohibit the mining of this silver mine, am I stupid?" If you let the soldiers know, you won't chop me up? ”

"General Liusan, did I ask you to let the military and civilians of Nanning know about this matter?" Lu Fatzi asked very strangely: "If you don't let the soldiers and people of Nanning know, isn't it okay to negotiate with the governor and governor secretly?" Besides, when you negotiated with the governor and the governor, did you let the people know about it? ”

"But what's the point of me doing this?" Yu Xuan was still a little confused.

"It makes a lot of sense." Fat Lu sneered and said: "If you do this, it is tantamount to threatening them in the past, if they continue to be insatiable, you can just change to a thick thigh." Because they all know very well that Kong Sizhen's bitch will never agree to ban the mining of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, and if he doesn't let such a big piece of fat be gnawed on and left for future generations, Kong Sizhen is really stupid - so if you do this, there will only be such a consequence, Kong Sizhen and you will join forces to monopolize the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, and they won't even be able to catch a single hair! ”

"In this way, our insatiable Jin Butang and the even more greedy Ma Zhongcheng have no choice but to obediently sit back at the negotiating table and make concessions. Got it, my third general? ”

Yu Xuan is indeed lacking in black eating black, and after a little tea time, the pretty face that is more beautiful than a woman showed a happy smile, and quickly hugged his fists and said: "Thank you Lord Lu for your advice, Yu Xuan understands, Yu Xuan will give them an answer and force them to make concessions." ”

"Remember, no matter what concessions they make, you don't agree to their terms." Lu Fatzi pointed out again: "Because even if you agree to their conditions, they can't swallow this Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine alone, there are many people who are more qualified to swallow the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine than them, and there are even more people who covet this silver mine, but because of the road, they don't have time to react now." ”

"Therefore, now you only need to delay the time to wait for the price and sell, the longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it will be for you, when you hold the Phoenix Mountain silver mine in your hand, whoever has the thickest thighs, who offers the most favorable conditions, you will hold whose thighs and he will join forces to mine this silver mine, your losses will be the smallest, and the benefits will be the most."

Yu Xuan opened his mouth again, and only after a while did he smile and said, "Lord Lu, it's a pity that you seem to have made up your mind that you don't want to be an official, otherwise, in the future, you will be a governor and governor, it will definitely be the same as playing." ”

"That's not necessarily, maybe I suddenly want to be an official again that day, and I'll have to ask General Lian San for more help when the time comes." Lu Fatzi also laughed, and said: "General Liansan, if I guess correctly, after you threaten Jin Butang and Ma Zhongcheng, they are likely to remind you that your Lian family has a bad relationship with Kong Sizhen, and when the time comes, you can immediately reverse and remind them, saying that you still have my card, if you hand me over to Kong Sizhen, will Kong Sizhen consider making more concessions?" ”

Yu Xuan's eyes widened again, but Fat Lu didn't give him a chance to refute at all, and waved his hand arbitrarily and said, "General Xuan doesn't have to be polite, you just told them like this, gave them a warning, and you didn't really plan to do this." Okay, you go get busy, you don't have to accompany me with this injury number. ”

Yu Xuan hesitated for a long time, but finally didn't insist anymore and left. After discussing with Lu Guoan for a long time with Lu Fatzi's guidance, Yu Xuan gave a reply to Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiongzhen - if you want to close the mine casually, the father and son of the Lian family really want to contact Kong Sizhen, and ask Kong Sizhen to come forward and ask for the mine to be closed, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the previous Ming Dynasty, and make the heavens angry and resentful in order to mine the silver mine, and the people will not be able to live in peace.

The result was the same as Lu Fatzi's prediction, after getting the extremely tough reply of the Lianjia father and son, Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiongzhen panicked - they are not stupid, they know very well that if they really close the mine and ban the mine, it will not benefit them at all, but will completely offend the Lianjia father and son and the Nanning army and people, and cheapen the descendants in vain, and at the same time, Kong Sizhen can also get reaction time to take the opportunity to intervene, completely exclude them from the interest group mining Phoenix Mountain silver mine, and completely lose to grandma's family. Therefore, Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiongzhen immediately changed their tone and offered to make concessions to assist the father and son of the Lian family in mining this huge silver mine.

At the moment of the strong enemy, Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiong Town's concessions are very large, not only agreeing to allocate 30,000 stone of grain and 10,000 taels of silver as mining funds, but also do not need to repay Yu Xuan at all, let alone pay interest, at the same time, Jin Guangzu also agreed to reduce the required dry shares to two percent, and Ma Xiong Town to one and a half.

In this way, Yu Xuan's confidence in Lu Fatzi's guidance naturally increased, and he bit the price he negotiated with his father, and only gave Jin Guangzu a dry share and Ma Xiongzhen half a dry share, and at the same time, in turn, the lion opened his mouth and asked Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiongzhen to allocate 50,000 stone grain and 50,000 taels of silver for the Nanning military and civilians to exploit the Phoenix Mountain silver mine.

The threat was not successful, but was threatened, and in a fit of anger, Ma Xiongzhen didn't even bother to cover up the fake cover-up, and directly said straight to the point, don't think that you guys can eat the Phoenix Mountain silver mine if you hug Kong Sizhen's thick legs, Kong Sizhen's bitch heart is only afraid that it is darker than us! Yu Xuan replied coldly: Kong Sizhen's heart may be darker, but if we send her sworn enemy Lu Fatzi with both hands, Kong Sigege may let Yicheng again, so that the military and civilians of Nanning can get more benefits, but Jin Butang and Ma Zhongcheng may not even be able to get Yicheng.

Guangxi is no different from other provinces, it is the location of the Dingnan Palace, Kong Sizhen has a considerable degree of autonomy, and the father and son of the Lianjia family who hold the silver mine of Phoenix Mountain are the de facto vassals of Kong Sizhen, if Kong Sizhen is determined to swallow this silver mine alone, Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiongzhen really can't intervene, so after Yu Xuan said it to this point, no matter how high and powerful Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiongzhen are, they have to weigh the consequences of a complete face-just like Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian, Who among the governors of these provinces ate leopard gall and dared to go to Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao to grab fat in the bowl?

"Jin Butang, Ma Zhongcheng, have you thought it through?" Seeing the embarrassed looks on Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiongzhen's faces, Yu Xuan, who had been bullied enough by them these days, was very happy, and couldn't help but say triumphantly: "It's not that Yu Xuan is arrogant, I think you also know very well that with such a big piece of fat in the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, can Si Gege sit idly by?" When she intervenes, will you still have your share? How dark Sigege's heart is and how big his appetite is, the two adults must know better than Yu Xuan, right? ”

"Yu Xuanxian's nephew, Gao, I really caught the key point of my uncles." Ma Xiongzhen looked at Yu Xuan suspiciously, and asked: "Yu Xuanxian's nephew, this style of acting is not like your usual behavior, could it be that some master gave Yu Xuanxian's nephew any guidance?" However, don't blame the uncle for not reminding you, be careful of being sold, and help others count the money. ”

"Nephew Yu Xuanxian, have you ever heard of the allusion of seeking skin with a tiger?" Jin Guangzu also asked suspiciously: "Nephew Yu Xuanxian, could it be that the people of Sigege have already contacted you, right?" Uncle can remind you, how Sigege's personality is obvious to all, she dares to use you today to exclude us, and tomorrow she dares to kick you out of Nanning, so that you will be like us, and you will not be able to get anything. ”

"Two uncles, you have to remind me." Yu Xuan replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Yu Xuan also knows very well that cooperating with Sigege is equivalent to seeking skin with the tiger, so Yu Xuan asked the two uncles to intervene and cooperate with Yu Xuan to fight against Sigege's insatiable appetite." If it weren't for that, Yu Xuan would have agreed with his father's proposal a long time ago, and would only cooperate with Sigege. ”

"It's good that my nephew understands this." Jin Guangzu said lightly: "In the face of the threat of Sigege, we will benefit both if we cooperate, and if we divide it, we will lose both, so Yu Xuanxian's nephew, should we reconsider the issue of the division of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine?" ”

"Uncle Jin, the little nephew has given in to the limit." Yu Xuan was already full of confidence, and said politely: "Presumably, the two uncles also know very well how big the appetite of those big people in the capital is, plus Guangxi is the Dingnan Palace, Sigege must also stretch out a hand and give it to the two uncles and these people, and then the rest, Yu Xuan can make a living, it is already very difficult." ”

Jin Guangzu and Ma Xiongzhen were silent together, and after exchanging a few glances with each other, Ma Xiongzhen coughed and said: "Nephew Yu Xuanxian, let's do this, you go back and discuss with the old general, my uncle plans to go to the neighboring Taiping Mansion to inspect it, and he will not be in Guilin for the time being." And your Uncle Jin also plans to go back to Qinzhou to see the situation over there, I heard that the sea smuggling in Qinzhou is very rampant, Jin Butang has to go to see it, and he will not return to Guangzhou for the time being. Consult with your father for another day, and then come back and give us an answer. ”

"Also, nephew Yu Xuanxian, I bother you to tell the old general, without your Uncle Ma and your Uncle Jin to support you, you can't fight four grids!" Ma Xiongzhen added nakedly.

Lu Fatzi had already instructed Yu Xuan, saying that the longer this matter dragged on, the more beneficial it would be for the father and son of the Lu family, and now Ma Xiongzhen and Jin Guangzu took the initiative to extend the negotiation time, of course Yu Xuan couldn't ask for it, so he hurriedly gave his hand and said: "Thank you two uncles for your advice, Yu Xuan remembers, then Yu Xuan has resigned." ”

The two of them nodded, and asked people to send Yu Xuan out of the door, but Yu Xuan just walked out of the back hall gate with his front foot, and one person rushed in when he came out of the back door, but it was Han Zhang, the prefect of Nanning, holding an official document in his hand, wiping the sweat on his face and saying: "Jin Butang, Ma Zhongcheng, General Liusan, Xia Guan Ke has been waiting outside for a long time." ”

"What's wrong? In a hurry? Jin Guangzu asked suspiciously.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I just received the six-hundred-mile expedited." Han Zhang didn't have time to salute, he immediately raised the official document in his hand and said: "Because the predecessor of Lu Yifeng, the county governor of Qujing, who was born in Pingxi, was assassinated in Nanning and almost died, the prince of Pingxi was very angry and decided to send Hu Guozhu, the general of the palace, to lead a team to Nanning to investigate the assassination of Lord Lu, not to mention that he was about to arrive in Nanning. At the same time, the prince of Pingxi urgently informed the lower officials with 600 miles and asked the lower officials to provide assistance. ”

"Send Hu Guozhu here to investigate the assassination of Lu Yifeng?" Ma Xiongzhen was stunned, and said suspiciously: "An outgoing magistrate was assassinated in Nanning, can he let Hu Guozhu, the eldest son-in-law of the prince of Pingxi, come forward in person?" Isn't it too much of a fuss? ”

"Nephew Yu Xuanxian, you come back!" Jin Guangzu's face turned white, and he quickly got up to greet him and asked Yu Xuan to come back and discuss again. It's a pity that Yu Xuan is not stupid at all, he ran out of the courtyard gate without waiting for Jin Guangzu to speak, and left Jin Guangzu's line with a smoke, and Jin Guangzu's entourage couldn't catch up.

"It's over!" Jin Guangzu sat back on the chair and screamed in his heart: "Why did that old thing Wu Sangui reach out so quickly? With his money and support, the Lian family is even more fearless, and whether my 10% dry stock can be kept is a big problem this time. ”

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"Stupid!"

After Yu Xuan happily ran home to introduce the negotiation process to Lu Fatzi, Lu Fatzi was not happy and angry, and slapped the table and shouted at Yu Xuan: "Stupid! Who told you to do this amazingly? They are local officials in Guangxi, even if the prince of Pingxi wants to meddle in the Phoenix Mountain silver mine, how can he pass their pass, only if they join forces with the prince of Pingxi, can Kong Sizhen be completely excluded from the distribution of interests in the Phoenix Mountain silver mine! Jin Guangzu, they called you, you couldn't even pretend to hear it, and did things so desperately, what if they joined forces with Kong Sizhen? ”

"I ......, I ......." Yu Xuan was a little aggrieved, and said in a low voice: "I was bullied by them too badly a few days ago, and I finally saw them being frightened and discouraged, so I ...... and ......." ”

"Stupid words!" Lu Fatzi scolded mercilessly: "Don't say that you have been wronged, for the sake of political interests, even if you kill your father and enemy, you can join forces and cooperate, this is the smart way!" Quick, taking advantage of the fact that it hasn't been long in time, hurry up and go back and renegotiate with them, just say that you just heard the news that they told you to go back, and then encourage them to join forces with you to start negotiations with Pingxi Wangfu to cooperate in the development of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, so that Kong Sizhen's bitch can be completely excluded, and your Lian family can also get the most benefits from the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine! ”

(To be continued)