Chapter 252: Old Friend Status
The third grandmother's father's mourning hall met the second grandmother, and the grief-stricken third grandmother suddenly found that the second grandmother was born so beautifully, the second grandmother compared the third grandmother, the second grandmother is a fox spirit, and the third grandmother turned out to be a yellow-faced woman - in this way, the fat man Lu who has a corrupt and debauched private life will naturally fall into bad luck, the beautiful third mother who has just lost her father is watching on the side, and the more beautiful second grandmother who is about to be promoted to the main wife is smiling and watching from the side, which one to please and which one to please, Lu Fat Man really doesn't know.
Fortunately, Lu Fatzi's fate is good, Wu Xiaosuo, who looks like a fox spirit and is almost destined to be promoted to the main house, has a good temper, and is definitely not comparable to vinegar jars such as Shang Wanzhen and Lu Yuxuan, knowing that her future husband has an unclear relationship with Yu Yu'er, and Lu Yu'er has obviously shown hostility, Wu Xiaosu still doesn't see any anger or jealousy, just salutes Yu Yu'er lightly, and said softly: "Sister Yu'er, little sister Wu Xiaosuo, please say hello to my sister." Uncle Lin's matter, the little sister already knows, and please Sister Yu'er must be mournful and changeable, and don't cry because of grief, in this way, not only Uncle Lin's spirit in the sky is sad, Xiaofu and ...... Brother Lu will be even more sad. ”
"Will he be sad? Why can't I see it? While quietly twisting the fat on the back of the fat man, Yu Yu'er looked Wu Xiaosu up and down with jealousy, and added sourly in her heart, "Sure enough, it's a fox spirit!" ”
"Of course Brother Lu will be sad." Wu Xiaowu said a little shyly: "Sister Yu'er, haven't you noticed that since you returned to Yuezhou, Brother Lu has been by your side, has been taking care of you, and has been welcoming guests for you, if Brother Lu doesn't care about you and loves you, will he do this?" ”
Lu Yu'er glanced at the fat man viciously, then turned to Wu Xiaowu and snorted: "This is what he should do, but it's you, who are you?" ”
"I ...... I....... Faced with Yu Yu'er's knowingly question, Wu Xiaosu's face turned even redder, and after a while, he said in a voice that was as slight as a mosquito's hum: "I am ...... Brother Lu, not ...... Not Clear...... 's wife, Sister Yu'er, I already know about you and Brother Lu, thank you, if it weren't for you, I might never see Brother Lu again. ”
"You don't mind?" Yu Yu'er asked a little nervously and a little surprised.
"I don't mind at all, that's false." Wu Xiaosuo's pretty face was almost red to the base of his neck, and he whispered: "But I'm also happy for Brother Lu, he can have such a confidante as you, that's his blessing, and it's also my blessing." At the very least, when Xiao Su is not by Brother Lu's side in the future, Xiao Su ...... Xiao Su doesn't have to worry about Brother Lu's diet and daily life...... even if Xiao Su is not there, Brother Lu can eat on time, and wear warm ...... when it's cold. ”
The big vinegar jar Yu Er was dumbfounded, and suddenly had a feeling of shame that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, and the fat man next to her smiled bitterly and said, "Yu Er, did you see it?" Don't talk about you, even the tigress of Wanyan can't be angry in front of Xiao Su, learn a little. ”
"Dead fat!" Lu Yu'er finally caught a chance to vent, and twisted the fat on the fat of Fat Lu's back again, which made Fat Lu grinning and almost screaming. Wu Xiaosu didn't see any anger, but said very gently: "Sister Yu'er, Brother Lu, if you don't mind, Xiaosu has already obtained his father's consent, and I want to join you tonight to wake up for Uncle Lian's soul and talk about grief." ”
"Okay, then there is Sister Lao Xiaosu." Since he and Wu Xiaosu got married, the number of times Lu Fatzi and Wu Xiaosu have met is not enough to count the fingers of one hand, and it is also false to say that he doesn't want to miss it.
"Dead fat!" Seeing Lu Fatzi's impatient appearance, Lu Yu'er had to be even more vinegared, but since Wu Xiaosu had already offered to keep the spirit for Lu Guoan, she couldn't refuse, so she could only quickly beckon Wu Xiaosu to sit down on the side, and asked the maid to serve tea and snacks to Wu Xiao'an, but Wu Xiaosu was very disciplined to give Lian Guo'an incense first, and respectfully kowtowed three times, and asked the personal maid to take a white plain flower to wear on her head, and finally sat down to accompany Lu Fatzi and Lu Yu'er to keep a wake for Lian Guoan.
With Wu Xiaosu, who has a temper like a ball of soft leaven noodles, to help, Fat Lu is really quite relaxed - at least when Yu'er cries again, someone can gently help and comfort. It was also at this time that Lu Fatzi knew the latest situation of his son Lu Bangjing, after Lu Bangjing, who was snatched back from Sicheng Wharf by Lu Yu'er, was sent back to Kunming, he was always taken care of by Wu Xiaosuo, and when Wu Xiaosuo left Kunming, he entrusted Lu Bangjing to Hu Guozhu's wife, and he lived freely.
"Is it an opportunity to mention the matter of his son in Wu Laohan, and beg him to bring his son to the front line to meet?" Lu Fatzi pondered in his heart, "Or beg him to hand over his son to his uncle to take care of, so that this suspicious old man can rest assured?" Otherwise, I, who has been a father, don't mind not seeing my son for several years in a row, even if the old man is not suspicious, he will think that I am unkind and have a lower impression of me. ”
"Yifeng Xian's nephew, come out to greet him, my uncle is here with someone to mourn!" In the middle of the calculation, Wu Yingqi's rough shouting suddenly sounded outside the door of the mourning hall, and before Lu Fatzi and Lu Yuer and others got up to greet each other, Wu Yingqi had already led a group of generals to stride into the mourning hall, followed by a team of personal soldiers carrying sacrifices. As soon as he entered the hall, Wu Yingqi shouted loudly: "Yifeng Xian's nephew, niece Lian, don't blame your uncle for coming late, my uncle is delayed on business." Hey, niece Xiaosu, why did you come to Yuezhou too? ”
"Uncle is polite, you can personally come to mourn your nephew's old Taishan, your nephew and Yu'er are already grateful, how can you talk about sooner or later?" Lu Fatzi hurriedly saluted politely, and Yu Yu'er and Wu Xiaosu over there also hurriedly saluted, and Wu Xiaosu also roughly introduced that he was in Yuezhou with Liu Xuanchu's team.
Immediately afterwards, Wu Yingqi asked his soldiers to place the sacrifices in front of the Lingling of the Nation, led more than a dozen generals to drink wine one by one, kowtowed, Lu Fatzi and Lu Yuer returned the salute, and after the toss was over, Lu Fatzi hurriedly asked Xiao Erlang and other henchmen to put on a banquet to thank him, but Wu Yingqi waved his hand and said: "Virtuous nephews don't have to be polite, uncle and these brothers have already used wine and dinner just now, you come to the back hall with me, uncle has something to say to you." ”
Lu Fatzi agreed, and quickly got up and entered the back hall with Wu Yingqi, and Zhao Zhaoyang, Liao Jinzhong, Zhu Wannian and others brought by Wu Yingqi also followed. After entering the back hall, Wu Yingqi suddenly grabbed Lu Fatzi's hand, bowed to the generals on the left and right, and whispered: "Virtuous nephew, my uncle has already discussed with these generals just now, and when the conference is held, my uncle is ready to lead these brothers to support my father and call him emperor, and you are the one who was promoted by your uncle, so you have to stand with your uncle, and you must ask your father to be emperor immediately, and then launch the Northern Expedition." ”
"Uncle, generals, have you all decided?" Lu Fatzi's head was a little dizzy - the teacher Liu Xuanchu wanted his own firm position to oppose Wu Lao Han and immediately become the emperor, but Wu Yingqi, the leader of the official career, wanted to support Wu Lao Han and immediately proclaim himself emperor, who should be listened to?
"We've all decided!" The generals of the Wu army replied in a low voice in unison. Liao Jinzhong also lowered his voice and said: "Brother Lu, we have discussed it carefully, and we all feel that the former Ming Dynasty has been in the country for many years, and the people's hearts have been lost, even if the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty is played, there will not be many people supporting it, and we are born and die to tie our heads to the waistband of our trousers to fight the country, and we have to wronged the prince to kowtow to others, it is really not cost-effective, it is better to ask the prince to be the emperor directly, we fight for the prince to fight for the world, no matter how hard we work, we are willing." ”
"That's right, we don't think we need to do it too much, anyway, it's killing all dogs, instead of taking off our pants and farting against the Qing Dynasty, it's better to directly support the prince as the emperor." Zhao Zhaoyang echoed and said: "Brother Lu, we are all rough people, and we are sloppy in cutting people, and it is not good to quarrel with people at the conference, so we will ask you for this matter." You are the grandson-in-law of the prince, and you are the recognized all-round talent of civil and military affairs in our Pingxi Palace, when the time comes, you will come forward to fight with those rotten Confucians who oppose the prince directly calling the emperor, and we will support you behind your back and give you a fist. ”
"Yes, yes." Wu Yingqi nodded his head and said: "Virtuous nephew, your eloquence, that is the eldest brother-in-law is full of praise, saying that there is probably no one in the world who can beat you in lip service, so my uncle came here tonight in addition to mourning the old general, and I also entrust this matter to you, and when it comes to the conference, the uncles will look at you!" ”
"Please rest assured, uncle, and please rest assured, this matter is on me, and when it comes to the conference, I will definitely follow my uncle and my predecessors, and fully support my grandfather as emperor!" Although he was in great difficulty, Lu Fatzi still patted his chest and agreed categorically, and said shamelessly: "My nephew doesn't dare to deceive my uncle, let alone my predecessors, in fact, I have long wanted to support the prince to claim the emperor and ascend the throne. ”
"It's still Brother Yifeng who has insight, that's right, that's the truth." Zhao Zhaoyang, Liao Jinzhong and others nodded together, Wu Yingqi was also overjoyed, knowing that with such a good niece and son-in-law to help, the certainty of persuading his father to become the emperor immediately must have increased greatly - the certainty of persuading his father to make himself the prince naturally increased greatly.
After finalizing this important event, Wu Yingqi and Zhao Zhaoyang and others did not delay too much, and soon said goodbye and left, Lu Fatzi naturally had to personally send it to the door of the mourning hall, and repeatedly thanked Wu Yingqi and others for their mourning, but after Wu Yingqi and Zhao Zhaoyang and others went away, Lu Fatzi was worried, although he did not care very much about whether Wu Laohan was called emperor, but he first promised Liu Xuanchu to oppose Wu Laohan to call himself emperor immediately, and now he promised Wu Yingqi to support Wu Laohan to call himself emperor immediately, and waited until the conference. How can I speak?
"Lord Lu, Lord Lu." Another vaguely familiar voice came, pulling Lu Fatzi back from the calculation room, and when Lu Fatzi looked left and right, he suddenly saw that his deputy Chen Dou in Qujing Mansion was holding a sacrifice, and he didn't know when he had stood near his right side.
"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Chen Dou." When the old friends reunited, Lu Fatzi was overjoyed, quickly bowed to the ground, and said respectfully: "The little brother doesn't know that the elder brother has arrived, and he has missed the distance, so I hope to forgive my sins." ”
"Your Excellency, you're welcome." When he re-met with his colleagues who had gotten along fairly happily in the past, Chen Dou, who was always sad, rarely showed a smile on his face, and said politely: "Originally, Xia Guan should have come over a long time ago to visit the adults and kowtow to the old general's spiritual position, but Xia Guan came to the mourning hall a few times, and there were guests in front of him, and Xia Guan didn't like to socialize, so he waited until now." If you are rude, I hope you don't mind. ”
"What kind of words does the elder brother say, don't kill the younger brother." Fat Lu hurriedly waved his hand, and invited again: "Brother Chen Dou, please come inside, Erlang, hurry, serve tea to Lord Chen." ”
Chen Dou was not polite, and followed Lu Fatzi into the mourning hall, first went to the spiritual seat of Lian Guoan to pay courtesy, and then paid courtesy to Lu Yu'er and Wu Xiaosuo, and finally said tentatively to Lu Fatzi: "Lord Lu, the lower official is bold, I want to talk to you alone for a while, I don't know if it is convenient for you?" ”
"Brother Chen is too polite, please come back to the court." Of course, Lu Fatzi would not refuse Chen Dou's small request, and soon invited Chen Dou into the back hall where he had a secret conversation with Wu Yingqi and others before, leaving Yu Yu'er to roll his eyes in the mourning hall, secretly scolding Fatzi Lu, an unfilial son-in-law, for being wolf-hearted and dog-hearted, and actually treating the mourning hall of his father-in-law as a meeting.
After Lu Yu'er complained and muttered, she naturally didn't have to pay attention to her, just said that after Lu Fatzi and Chen Dou came to the back hall to sit down, it was not until Xiao Erlang and others all withdrew from the back hall that Chen Dou tried to squeeze out some smiles to Lu Fatzi, and said: "Lord Lu, the gold is finally shining, when I was in Qujing before, the adults were only famous all over the world in the name of making money, but now they are shocking China with the name of martial arts, not only the people of Qujing know that their Lu Qingtian is invincible on the battlefield, I am afraid that among the people in the world, the name of the adult is also known." , no one knows. ”
"Brother Chen has won the award, and the younger brother is just lucky to have won a few small battles, and he is just lucky, so what can he talk about being invincible?" Fat Lu was pretended to be modest, and asked curiously at the end: "Brother Chen, you have always cherished your words, and today you invited your little brother to talk secretly, I'm afraid it's not to say these few words of praise, right?" ”
"Lord Lu is really straightforward and fast-talking, yes, Xia Guan does have other things to do this time." Chen Dou nodded in acknowledgement, cleared his throat and said, "Don't hide it, Xiaguan is here to say goodbye to the adults this time, and Xiaguan will leave Yuezhou tomorrow." ”
"Why are you in a hurry to leave?" Fat Lu asked in surprise: "Brother Chen, you have only been in Yuezhou for a few days, why are you in a hurry to leave?" The conference that is related to the future and fate of our Pingxi Royal Mansion is about to be held, Brother Chen, don't you stay and participate? ”
"Not really." Chen Dou shook his head and said in a low voice: "And not only did he not participate, but the prince also promised me to resign and go into hiding, wandering the world, and from now on, there will be no more Chen Dou in the world." ”
"Why?" Lu Fatzi asked in surprise: "Brother Chen, the prince named you to come to Biyuan to participate in the conference, obviously he attaches great importance to Brother Chen, why do you still want to resign and go into hiding?" ”
Chen Dou was silent, and only after a while did he say softly: "Lord Lu, can I not answer this question?" ”
"If Brother Chen is unwilling to answer, then the younger brother will naturally not ask." Fat Lu replied helplessly.
"Thank you." Chen Dou thanked him softly, and said in a low voice: "Don't hide it, in fact, the prince summoned the lower officials this time, not only to let the lower officials participate in this conference, but also to let the lower officials do one more thing, but the lower officials refused, and the prince understood that the lower officials were already dead, so he agreed to the lower officials' request to resign and go into hiding." ”
"What......?" Fat Lu wanted to ask what was going on, but considering that Chen Dou would definitely not answer, Fat Lu swallowed the question back into his stomach, and the back hall was quiet.
After being silent for a long time, Chen Dou got up and arched his hand, and said softly: "Lord Lu, the words of the lower official have been finished, if there is nothing else, then the lower official will leave, and tomorrow will be tomorrow, and the lower official will leave the city, so he will not come here to resign." Please take care, sir. ”
"Brother Chen, please take care too." Lu Fatzi got up helplessly and returned the salute, and took Chen Dou's hand and said: "Brother Chen, my brother knows that you don't love silver, but I also know that you have no long things, and you live entirely on money, after resigning, I am only afraid that it will be difficult to sustain in terms of money, if Brother Tai does not dislike it, the younger brother wants to ......." ”
"Thank you, Brother Lu, but don't need to." Chen Dou shook his head and said in a low voice: "The prince also wants to give me a thousand taels of silver, but I also refused, I have some savings in Qujing in the past few years, and I don't want to marry a wife and have children, I am alone, and it is enough to think about it." ”
"Brother Chen, what the hell are you doing here?" Fat Lu took Chen Dou's hand very strangely and asked: "The ancients said: There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest. Brother Chen, you are not too old, why don't you want to pass on the incense and leave a trace of blood? ”
Chen Dou fell silent again, and only after a while did he whisper: "Bearing a deep hatred of the sea of blood, but unable to be ashamed, my father has been wronged through the ages, but he has nowhere to extend, he can't defend himself, and he will come to the Nine Springs in the future, and he will have no face to meet his parents and ancestors. ”
"Brother Chen, I don't understand what you're saying." Fat Lu asked suspiciously: "Since you have a deep blood feud on you, then revenge is it, no matter who this enemy is, the prince is so good to you, I don't believe that he will shield the enemy who favors you!" Your father has been wronged through the ages, so you can wash away his grievances, why do you say that there is nowhere to go and you can't defend yourself? ”
"I can't wash it up, I can't defend it." Chen Dou shook his head again and again, and said in a low voice: "My father's grievances are too wide, not only involving the prince and the prince's father, but even the former Ming Zhuanglie Emperor, even the prince does not dare to overturn the case for his father." Moreover, the witness evidence of that year had already been destroyed and destroyed by Mangou, and the father also did something inappropriate, which was a complete mess, and no matter how he argued, he could not be cleared up. ”
Fat Lu's eyes widened, and he looked Chen Dou up and down, really couldn't figure out what kind of grievance Chen Dou was and what his identity was. Fortunately, Chen Dou didn't seem to want Fat Lu to be confused forever, and said in a low voice: "Lord Lu, can Chen Dou ask you for something?" ”
"Brother Chen, please say, junior brother do his best." Fat Lu hurriedly replied.
"Lord Lu, if there is one day in the future, you will recover Liaodong for the prince and conquer Jianzhou." Chen Dou said slowly: "Or in the future, on the battlefield, Lord Lu, among the enemies, you have met a Han Annihilation Banner man named Yuan Wenbi, please don't pardon him, please kill him for Chen Dou." Chen Dou is incompetent, Wen can't be Anbang, and Wu can't set the country, so he can only ask Brother Lu. ”
"Yuan Wenbi?!" Fat Lu paused for a moment and blurted out, "Brother Chen, I finally know who you are!" You are....... ”
"My lord, please don't say it." Chen Dou hurriedly interrupted, and said in a deep voice: "In the Pingxi Palace, only the prince and you know my identity, the prince has promised to keep it secret for me, Chen Dou is presumptuous, I want to ask the adults to keep it secret for Chen Dou, Chen Dou really doesn't want the ancestral parents to be ashamed of Chen Dou anymore." ”
Lu Fatzi was stunned for a while, and then nodded solemnly, then clenched Chen Dou's hand hard, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, if the juniors can catch Yuan Wenbi on the battlefield in the future, the juniors will definitely cut him with a thousand knives and execute Ling Chi, so as to vent this evil breath for the seniors!" ”
"That being the case, then Chen Dou thanked the adults on behalf of his father." Chen Dou knelt down on his knees and was about to kowtow to Fat Lu to thank him.
"Senior, you must not do this." Lu Fatzi hurriedly hugged Chen Dou, and said in a low voice: "The integrity of the seniors, the younger generations admire it very much, the grievances and sufferings of the predecessors' families, the younger generations have also heard of it, please rest assured that the seniors are black, and the white ones are white, and when the juniors conquer Yanjing one day, the juniors will definitely try their best to collect evidence and strive to return the innocence of the seniors." ”
"I'm afraid it's going to be difficult." Chen Dou shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "For the sake of their country, Mangou desperately smeared his father and raised his father's enemies, all the evidence has been destroyed, the party at that time was either a Han Dynasty or a martyr, even a party like the prince, he can't tell who was right and who was wrong in the end, Chen Dou has also died to avenge his father's heart, and he only hopes to borrow the hand of an adult to kill the enemy's son, then Chen Dou will be satisfied." ”
"The prince can't tell who is right and who is wrong at that time?" Fat Lu asked in surprise.
"The prince was in Phi Dao at the time, not at the scene." Chen Dou shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Besides, the prince's parents and uncles are both Chen Dou's enemy factions, and if the case is overturned, the prince's family will not escape being involved, so even if the prince knows that his father has been wronged, I am afraid that he will only rot in his stomach, and he will definitely not slap his parents and uncle." ”
Lu Fatzi was silent, and Lu Fatzi also knew that Wu Laohan's annihilation was under the account of Chen Dou's father who was invested when he was fifteen years old, and he didn't leave until Chen Dou's father was killed, and Wu Laohan's father, Wu Xiang, deliberately sent Wu Laohan's annihilation to a hostile faction. recognized Chen Dou's identity but refused to do harm, but I am afraid that it was also a good deed discovered by Wu Laohan's conscience.
"Lord Lu, if there is nothing else, then Chen Dou will leave." Seeing that Lu Fatzi had nothing to say, Chen Dou offered to say goodbye again.
"Senior......." Fat Lu's voice was choked, but when the words came to his mouth, Fat Lu suddenly moved in his heart again, and hurriedly said: "The seniors are slow, the juniors suddenly remembered something, and entrusted the seniors to do it, which is the most appropriate!" ”
"Lord Lu, please say, Chen Dou will do his best." Chen Dou generously agreed.
"Senior, junior wants to invite you to see the prince again." Lu Fatzi lowered his voice and said: "Please try your best to persuade the prince not to be in a hurry to become the emperor, to learn from King Wen of Zhou, learn from Li Yuan and Zhu Yuanzhang, first play the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and wait until the overall situation is settled before becoming the emperor." At that time, the army of the country is in hand, and it is easy to call the emperor as easy as a hand, and there is no need to rush for a while, not only losing the popularity of the people, but also falling into the laughing stock of the ages. ”
"In this case, you just go and say to the prince? Why do you want me to go? Chen Dou asked very strangely.
"Because when these words come out of the mouths of their seniors, the effect is the best." Lu Fatzi said in a low voice: "There are three reasons, one is that the seniors have a special identity, and they are considered to be people of the same generation as the prince, and the weight of the words they say is enough. The second is that the predecessors have resigned and gone into hiding, and they have no desires or desires, so the prince will naturally not suspect that the predecessors have selfish intentions, and understand that the predecessors are confiding in their hearts and are easy to believe. ”
"The most critical reason is the third reason, the unjust case of the predecessor's father, except for the old thief who is still happy, I am afraid that there is no one in the world who knows better than the prince. For the sake of the people's righteousness, Mangou did not hesitate to reverse black and white, and framed his predecessor's father - the barbarian Mangou can still have such a scheming, why can't the prince follow suit, first occupy the name of righteousness, and then wait until the overall situation is settled, and then call the emperor to ascend the throne? ”
"Okay then." Chen Dou replied: "Anyway, I'm the one who is leaving, and I don't care if it suits the prince's mind and appetite, I will immediately go to see the prince and strongly persuade him to first raise the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and then try to become the emperor." ”
"Then please." Fat Lu arched his hand and emphasized: "Please do your best to urge the prince to make up his mind in advance, otherwise, when you come to the conference, you will say a word, with our prince's indecisive temper, I am afraid that if you want to finalize this matter, you will have to go to great length." ”
(To be continued)