The wedding of Lu Fatzi and Shang Wanyan was held on the eighth day of the first month of March, in this regard, Wu Sangui, who has always been generous, in order to buy people's hearts, and at the same time in order to slap the face of the old rival Shang Lao Han An, not only paid out of his own pocket to bear all the expenses of the wedding, but also vacated a courtyard in the Pingxi Wangfu for Lu Fatzi as a new house, and lent the Diancui Hall of the Pingxi Wangfu to Lu Fatzi as a color hall, which made enough face to love and cherish talents, and also beat the old face of the old opponent Shang Lao Han Jian.

To everyone's surprise, among the wedding guests, there was a shadow of Jingnan Wangfu and Pingnan Wangfu, and the Jingnan Wangfu was a messenger sent by Geng Jingzhong, who sent a congratulatory gift to Lu Fatzi on behalf of Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong's father and son, and said that he still recognized Shang Wanyan's relative, and also admitted that Lu Fatzi's relatives were beating around the corner, giving Lu Fatzi enough face. On the side of Pingnan Wangfu, it was Shang Zhixin who gave Lu Fatzi a generous gift in his personal capacity, saying that no matter what Shang Kexi's other brothers thought of the old Han and Shang Zhixin, Shang Zhixin recognized Shang Wanxin's sister and Lu Fatzi's brother-in-law, which really moved Shang Wanxin, and felt that although Shang Zhixin's eldest brother was a little more vicious and cruel, he still had a little more humanity than other brothers and sisters.

The representative of the man's elders at the wedding was Lu Fatzi's uncle Qin Chuanwu, who had come from Dali - he was also Lu Fatzi's only surviving relative, and the woman's elder representative was Wu Sangui's younger brother Wu Sanmei - he was also specially arranged by Wu Sangui to slap the old man in the face. On the third day after the marriage, because Shang Wanzhen's maiden family no longer recognized her as a daughter, Wu Sangui's original partners Zhang and Chen Yuanyuan took Shang Wanzhen to live in their courtyard for a day, and the right to return to the door as a gift, while Lu Fatzi had to start preparations for Zhang Luo's return to Qujing, and he also had to take time to meet Liu Xuanchu and discuss major matters with him alone - to be precise, it should be to discuss how to do some major things that should be raided by the Qing court.

This master-apprentice secret talk was held in Liu Xuanchu's small courtyard, and after driving away the maid and servant in the study, Liu Xuanchu asked the proud protégé straight to the point: "Yifeng, what are you going to do next?" ”

"To return to the teacher, of course, we are actively preparing." Lu Fatzi replied respectfully: "The first thing to solve is the problem of firearms. The blessing of the master and the second prince, the students have secretly visited the firearms and equipment of the prince's army, and found that the muskets equipped by the prince's army are the same as the muskets of the imperial court, which are relatively advanced arquebuses, but in terms of artillery, they are too bad, not to mention the Hongyi cannons that have been commonly equipped in the Tartar army, and even the Furang machine guns that have been there in the Jiajing period of the previous dynasty are pitiful, and the most equipped artillery is actually the bronze cannon cast during the Hongwu period of the previous dynasty. ”

"Such artillery is heavy and huge, the rate of fire is slow, the firing range is short, and the power is pitifully small, and it will suffer great losses when it comes to the battlefield in the future. Generals such as Ma Bao and Gao Dejie supported the students to build a firearms construction site in Nule Peak, and they also understood this weakness. Lu Fatzi said confidently: "But it doesn't matter, with the student's understanding of Western culture, as long as the student is given enough manpower and a year or two, the student will definitely be able to cast the world's most advanced artillery for the prince, solve the problem of tackling tough problems in the future in one fell swoop, and will never suffer a loss in firing with the Tartar artillery on the battlefield." ”

"Yes, if you can really do this, it will be able to solve the big problem of our loss in artillery, and it will also increase a lot of confidence for the prince." Liu Xuanchu nodded, and asked again: "Then what are you going to do in terms of dealing with the imperial court?" ”

"Of course, it's a hypocrisy." Lu Fatzi smiled and said: "The student has secretly reported to the teacher before, the Tartar Emperor actually admires the student very much, and wants to keep the student by his side for reuse, but at the request of the student himself, the Tartar Emperor still put the student back to Qujing, in order to use the student to monitor the movements of the prince, and also gave the student the right to fold and play directly, and the emergency report can bypass the local governor and the six departments of the imperial court, and be directly sent to his henchman Suo Etu, and then Suo Etu will directly send it to him or the old witch of the Empress Dowager. ”

"In this case, there is no way for the student to communicate with the Tartar Emperor if he does not communicate secretly, so the student intends to adopt the method of avoiding the important and trivial, while advocating the loyalty of the prince to the Tartar Emperor, while appropriately reporting some important relationships about the transfer of troops, the promotion of generals, and the financial and tax revenues, and at the critical moment, he can also throw some news that the Tartar Emperor likes to him, so as not to make him suspicious of the students." After Lu Fatzi finished speaking, he added: "But the student has to ask the teacher for one thing, if the student has made political achievements in Qujing, and the prince wants to promote and transfer the student, the student is either afraid of others picking peaches, or afraid of losing his achievements before the big things Qujing does." ”

"Of course, once the Nule Peak firearms construction site is successfully completed, of course I will not let you be transferred, and the prince is not so stupid." Liu Xuanchu nodded, and said solemnly: "But you plan to make peace with the Tartar Imperial Court, it's wrong, and it's a big mistake!" ”

"Is it a big mistake to be false and wronged by the imperial court?" Lu Fatzi was a little suspicious that his teacher was old and confused, and said with a wry smile: "But if you report to the Tartar Court that the world in Yunnan and Guizhou is peaceful, can the Tartar Court believe it?" Students can't say to the Tartar court that the prince is preparing to rebel and expel the Tartars all day long, right? ”

"Yes, you should report this to the Tartar court!" Liu Xuanchu's words were astonishing, and he said very seriously: "The old man asked you to have a secret conversation today, just to order you to be sure to report the prince's improper actions to the Tartar court truthfully, and even exaggerate it, exaggerate the prince's strength, exaggerate the prince's ambitions, and exaggerate the prince's resentment towards the Tartar court!" ”

"Teacher, are you crazy?" Fat Lu suspected that he had listened to the fork, and lowered his voice and exclaimed: "If you do this, won't the prince be even more suspicious of the Tartar court?" Also, let the prince know that the student is doing this, and he won't cut the student off? ”

"Why don't you know it'll be fine? You and Suo Etu are one-way contacts, what did you say to the Tartar Emperor, who else knows except you and the Tartar Emperor and Suo Etu? Liu Xuanchu sneered, lowered his voice and said: "As for doing this, causing the prince to be more and more suspicious of the Tartar court - this is also my purpose!" ”

"The purpose of the teacher is ......." Lu Fatzi was not stupid, and quickly guessed Liu Xuanchu's true intentions, "Could it be that he wants to borrow the hand of the Tartar to force the prince to rebel?" ”

"Clever." Liu Xuanchu nodded, and then lowered his voice and said: "I have been following the prince for almost twenty years, and to put it mildly, the master's understanding of the prince is even higher than the prince's own understanding of himself." He is a very uncompetitive person, and he has a little ability to fight, but his ambition and courage are far from enough. To be polite, it is passable and too mixed to say, to put it mildly, that is, the rat's eyes are obedient, a typical slave, not really forced to jump off the wall, and never dare to bite the master! ”

"But there is no way, he is also the last hope of our Han people." Liu Xuanchu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You have also seen Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao, do you think they are worse and hopeless than our prince?" At least that's what the old man thinks, Geng Jimao's own father, Geng Zhongming, was forced to hang himself by the Tartar court because of the shelter of fugitives, and he didn't even dare to let out a fart, he would only bully and bully the common people every day, and he was exorbitant and extravagant, even less successful than our prince. As for Shang Kexi, not to mention, he betrayed the country to seek glory and didn't even want pants - the old man was even sure that if the Tartar Emperor had hemorrhoids that day, he would definitely stick out his tongue to lick the Tartar Emperor's asshole, and he wouldn't even frown. ”

"Of course, Taiwan's Zheng Jing may be stronger than the prince in terms of integrity, but Taiwan's civil strife is too serious, and Zheng Jing can't even control Taiwan, let alone oppose the Qing Dynasty and the Han Dynasty to expel the Tartars." Liu Xuanchu's smile became more and more bitter, "It is precisely because these people are worse than the other, so the teacher is dead, counting on their thoughts of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Han Dynasty, and assisting the prince wholeheartedly, hoping that one day he can repent and hold high the banner against the Qing Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, expel the Tartars, and restore our Chinese country." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xuanchu shook his head again and sighed: "Now, you should understand why the teacher wants you to do this, right?" I'm getting old and my health is getting worse and worse, and if I can see this day before I die, I will be satisfied. ”

When Liu Xuanchu sighed, Fat Lu didn't say a word, just silently stared at the old teacher, seeing the lonely expression on Liu Xuanchu's already wrinkled face, as well as the white and black braids, Fat Lu suddenly had a sour nose, nodded and said with a slight choked voice: "The student understands, please rest assured that the teacher will not disappoint the teacher, and will definitely let the teacher see such a day." ”

After that, Fat Lu also wiped the corners of his eyes, and Liu Xuanchu couldn't help laughing: "Why are the eye sockets so shallow?" That's not a good sign. In short, with what you said, I am much more relieved to be a teacher, and it is also God's mercy to receive such a backbone and ambitious student as you in the twilight of my life, which gives me the greatest comfort. But....... ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xuanchu changed his puzzled expression and asked: "But the strange thing about being a teacher is that you are a mess in terms of article writing, why are you so proficient in Western knowledge?" The teacher also saw in the letter of the prince that even the authentic Western priests were amazed and admired by the Western knowledge you mastered, you tell you honestly, where did you learn these things? ”

"Teacher, the student doesn't want to lie to you, so is it okay if the student doesn't say it?" Fat Lu asked rhetorically with hesitation.

"If you don't want to say it or it's inconvenient to say it, of course the teacher won't force you to say it." Liu Xuanchu was very reasonable, and sighed: "Anyway, it is the blessing of our Han people and the blessing of China and China that you can appear among our anti-Qing righteous people, such a pedantic and Western all-rounder." Also, it is also the death knell of the Tartars, the disaster of the mite. ”

"The teacher has won the award." Fat Lu's rare fat face turned red, and he was about to be modest. Liu Xuanchu suddenly made a gesture, signaling Fat Lu not to speak, and said in a low voice: "Someone is coming." ”

"Lord Lu, Lord Lu." Sure enough, the voice of the people of the Pingxi Wangfu sounded in the courtyard, "Lord Lu, I heard that you are here, and Lord Lin, the governor of Lin, sent someone here, saying that there is an urgent matter to find you, and I want you to go to the governor's yamen in Kunming City to see him immediately." ”

"Why is Lin Tianqing in such a hurry to find me?" Lu Fatzi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses, turned to Liu Xuanchu and said: "Teacher, it seems that the incident between the students and Li Shuzu has made a big fuss, and the students have to go to the governor's yamen immediately, so they will leave first." ”

"Be careful." Liu Xuanchu originally wanted to go with Lu Fatzi, but considering his reputation, he labeled himself as a supporter of the hardcore Pingxi Palace, and went to the already unreliable Lin Tianqing Governor's Yamen with Lu Fatzi, for fear that it would arouse suspicion. In desperation, Liu Xuanchu had to advise: "Be careful, Li Shuzu's background is not simple, although you don't lose to him, you still be careful of losing both." If you need to do something for you, just open your mouth and do your best for the teacher. ”

"Thank you to the teacher, but it doesn't matter, the student has already been ambushed by Li Shuzu's side and has chess pieces." Fat Lu thanked him, and said with a smile: "And as long as the student survives in Qujing for half a year, no matter who it is, he will not be able to defeat the student." ”

"Self-confidence is a good thing, but overconfidence is arrogance, and being careful can sail the ship of ten thousand years." Liu Xuanchu smiled and said, "Go quickly, Lin Tianqing is still a little conscientious, he is not bad for you, you also have to respect him." Fat Lu agreed, and then went out in a hurry.

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rode a fast horse and left Wuhua Mountain, and it didn't take much time for Lu Fatzi to enter Kunming City smoothly, and then came all the way to the governor's yamen. As soon as he arrived at the yamen, Lu Fatzi saw Cui Zhiying, the political envoy of Yunnan, and saw Lu Fatzi, a few days ago, Cui Zhiying, who was still a long and affectionate Lu man, immediately gave full play to his expertise in wall grass, shrank his head, didn't even say hello, got into the sedan chair and climbed away, as if he was afraid that he would be caught in some bad luck. However, Fat Lu didn't bother to pay attention to him, stepped forward and handed over the thorn, and went directly into the governor's yamen.

"Yifeng, the situation is not good." When he saw Lin Tianqing in the second hall of the governor's yamen, Lin Tianqing immediately said to Lu Fatzi: "Yifeng, the matter between you and Li Shuzu has completely made a big fuss, and the old man has completely fallen into it this time, you have to be mentally prepared for the trouble to the court." ”

"What? Bian Butang's door, Uncle Lin, you didn't get through? Lu Fatzi asked curiously, "Isn't Bian Butang your friend uncle?" Why don't you even give this face? ”

"The old man is also strange about this." Lin Tianqing said confusedly: "It stands to reason that with the friendship between the old man and Bian Sanyuan, Li Shuzu is obviously slandered and framed, and the old man asked him to solve this case in Yungui, he has no reason not to agree to the old man's request, and he should not give the old man this face." But what is very strange is that Bian Sanyuan has just sent an urgent report with an urgent report of 600 li, telling the old man that he has decided to report the case to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to send a minister to investigate. ”

"What excuse?" Fat Lu asked.

"Please recuse yourself according to law." Lin Tianqing handed the official document sent by Bian Sanyuan Kuaima to Lu Fatzi, frowned and said: "According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, those who have grievances and holidays with the person under investigation and those who have blood relatives must be avoided. Bian Sanyuan used the excuse that he had an old grudge with Li Shuzu, and also used the excuse that he had been friends with the old man for many years, and they were like brothers and sisters, and the relationship was not shallow, so he implored the imperial court to allow him to avoid the case and sent another minister to investigate the case. ”

"What old grudges did Bian Sanyuan and Li Shuzu have?" Lu Fatzi was surprised: "Don't be the excuse that when Bian Sanyuan came to Qujing, Li Shuzu didn't go out of the city to greet him, right?" ”

"It's pretty much the same." Lin Tianqing said with a wry smile: "In the second year of Kangxi, Bian Sanyuan took Li Shuzu to rebuild the Qujing city wall, and there were about twenty taels of silver in and out of the account. ”

"Damn, there's no excuse to make excuses, right?" Fat Lu scolded and asked, "Uncle Lin, in your opinion, why did Bian Butang refuse to help this time this time?" Do you not want to be involved in this whirlpool, or are you afraid of Prince Kang behind Li Shuzu? ”

"The old man is not sure about this." Lin Tianqing groaned: "It stands to reason that Bian Sanyuan doesn't need to be too jealous of Prince Kang, who has no name and power? Could it be that Li Shuzu used silver to get through Bian Sanyuan's door? Or is someone putting pressure on Bian Sanyuan again? Also, Li Shuzu's wife has already gone north to Beijing for activities, and Bian Sanyuan dragged on and did not close the case, didn't he buy time for Li Shuzu and his wife? ”

The information he has is insufficient, no matter how clever Lu Fatzi is and how experienced Lin Tianqing is in officialdom, there is no way to analyze the reason why Bian Sanyuan suddenly helped Li Shuzu so much. In desperation, Lin Tianqing had to ask: "Yifeng, it seems that this matter is destined to cause trouble in the imperial court, we can't sit still, the old man is ready to impeach Li Shuzu for slandering his boss, you have to write a recital immediately, explain the original situation, and send it directly to the emperor through your channels, only if the emperor is on our side, the backer behind Li Shuzu can't turn over the storm." ”

"Of course, when the little nephew returns to the Pingxi Palace, he will immediately ask the master to draft a piece of music and hand it to the emperor." Lu Fatzi said confidently: "Uncle Lin, please rest assured, Li Shuzu's family has long been outdated, and the so-called backer Prince Kang has not held real power, as long as the uncle and the little nephew play together, he will be guaranteed that Li Shuzu will die even more miserably!" ”

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When his recital and Lin Tianqing's recital were sent to the capital, the second recital modified by Li Shuizu under the guidance of Zhou Peigong had also been sent to the capital at the same time, and was directly sent to the hands of Prince Jie Shu of Mite Qingkang by Li Shuozu's wife, Ren Zeyu, and cried to Jie Shu about how Lu Fatzi was rampant and domineering in Qujing, how perverse, and asked Jie Shu to help with the activity. severely punish Lu Fatzi, a great rebel who has no king, no father and no boss.

Although Li Shuzu has helped him raise his son for a few years in vain, Jie Shu has never put Lu Fat in his eyes, but Li Shuzu even bit Lin Tianqing this time, and Jie Shu, who knew that Lin Tianqing had deep connections in the court, still wanted to retreat a little, and there were a lot of prevarications in his words, not wanting to get involved in this case. But at this time, Jie Shu suddenly noticed this sentence in Li Shuzu's recital - after Lu Yifeng returned to Yunnan, he always boasted to others, saying that his counter-plan was played between applause, and his contempt for the king was overflowing. If you commit such a rebellious offense, you may be defiled if you don't punish it!

"Yu'er, after Lu Yifeng returned to Yunnan, he really bragged to people everywhere, saying that the emperor had fallen for his counter-plot?" Jie Shu pointed to the text and asked Ren Zeyu seriously: "To be honest, don't talk nonsense!" ”

"Said it, said it." Ren Zeyu, who was almost desperate, saw that the turning point had come, and hurriedly said: "My daughter doesn't dare to lie, after that fat man Lu arrived in Yunnan, he bragged to people every day, how the emperor fell for him, he was blinded, and said countless disrespectful words to the emperor, as well as disrespectful words to your godfather." Godfather, you must make decisions for your daughter. ”

In fact, in terms of age alone, Ren Zeyu is still seven years older than Jieshu - but Jieshu is a big person, isn't it? So Ren Zeyu not only called a godfather affectionately, but also pulled out the cheap son that Li Shuzu gave to Jie Shu, knelt in front of Jie Shu, cried, made trouble and hanged himself, and begged Jie Shu to come forward to clean up Lu Fat. And after thinking carefully for a long time, Jie Shu finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I'll send this recital directly to the emperor for you, if Lu Fatzi really deceived the emperor in the matter of salary, then you just wait to see a good show!" ”

It stands to reason that there is basically no Qing official who provoked Lu Fatzi, the first scourge of the Qing Dynasty, who is not unlucky, but the situation that Li Shuzu reported under the guidance of Zhou Peigong was too vicious, which greatly surprised Lu Fatzi in advance. Then was Fat Lu killed by surprise? Or is our poor Jieshu Wang Ye following in the footsteps of his predecessors, and being illuminated by the auspicious aura of Fat Lu, regretting his green intestines and moldy pants?

If you want to know what will happen next, please see the next chapter, "Three Good Things"!

(To be continued)