Li Shuzu went crazy, Kong Sizhen was arrested, and Lu Fatzi and Li Shuzu's dog-eat-dog finally came to an end. Without Li Shuzu's instructions and Kong Sizhen's instigation behind his back, the witnesses that Li Shuzu and Kong Sizhen jointly recruited also quickly collapsed under the joint interrogation of Wang Xu and Yu Chenglong, and confessed truthfully one by one, admitting that all their accusations against Lu Fatzi were slander and frames, and they were all from Li Shuzu's orders and Kong Sizhen's instigation. In this regard, although the disgraced Kang Wangye gritted his teeth with hatred, he couldn't intervene and exert pressure, so he could only honestly seize the time to arrange his return to Beijing, and didn't want to stay in Yunnan and lose his face.

On July 21, after more than half a month of trial, after presenting a large amount of evidence of Lu Fatzi's innocence and Li Shuzu's guilt of doing evil, Wang Xu asked for the Wang's order banner and announced in public that Lu Fatzi was not guilty, and that Li Shuzu deserved his crimes. The post of prefect of Qujing was temporarily acted by Zhang Gaomo, the same governor. Li Shuozu's subordinates led by Chen Er were all convicted in court, Chen Er and two officials who were involved in the murder case were sentenced to behead the prison marquis, and most of the others were sent to Ningguta to be enslaved by the armored people, and the lightest was eighty canes and three years, which was a great breath of evil for the people of Qujing, who had been poisoned.

In addition, Liu Wenjin and Di Sanpin, the commanders of the two green battalions in Qujing, were arrested for being involved in the case, and were temporarily detained by the Yunnan Governor Yamen, waiting to be released, and Lu Liang garrison Xie Chun and Zhanyi Tuzhizhou An Min who were also involved in the case were suspended pending participation, and An Shiji, the eldest son of An Min, who was in close collusion with Li Shuzu, was arrested and sent to Kunming to await trial. And the fuse of the whole thing, Li Shuzu's brother-in-law Ren Xinglai, because of the accumulation of various crimes, the people's anger was too great, and Wang Xu asked Wang Xu to cut the flag first and then play, and beheaded in the Qujing Law Field, and the whole Qujing Mansion also cheered and boiled.

In addition, the suspicion that Lin Tianqing, the governor of Yunnan, accepted bribes from Lu Fatzi to cover up favoritism was also cleared - this time Lin Tianqing was really wronged, and the case was determined to be falsely accused by Li Shuzu, and Wang Xu identified it and asked the court to reward Lin Tianqing for his law-abiding, which was a small gain. and Li Shuzu's master, Bi Huibin, took the initiative to confess and assist Qin Cha in investigating the case, pardoned the crimes he committed, and acquitted him, which also took a small advantage. The unlucky ones are Kang Wangye Jieshu and Kong Sizhen, Kang Wangye is better, Wang Xu has not found the evidence to take him down directly, so he can only be impeached on the table, and ask Xiao Mazi to deal with it personally - it is estimated that he will have to at least lose the title of prince; Kong Sizhen was convicted of a large number of crimes such as interfering with justice, harboring criminal officials, killing people and destroying mouths, perjury to frame court officials, and leaving his post without permission, and was sentenced to be immediately relieved of all duties, put into a prison car and escorted to the capital to be handed over to the three legal divisions for disposal.

By the way, because he saw the opportunity quickly, seeing that Li Tianzhi and Fang Shiyusheng captured the killer who went to kill and kill people, Zhou Peigong, who knew that the situation was not good, immediately made a decision, and immediately escaped from Qujing with a few secret agents from the Thirteen Yamen, and was finally not served by Wang Xu and Yu Chenglong. And Lu Fatzi still only knows that his name is Zhou Chang, and he doesn't know his name Peigong, so he doesn't take his little role to heart, and he doesn't continue to pursue it, Zhou Peigong escaped a catastrophe again - otherwise, once his crime of continuing to abuse Kong Sizhen with a guilty body is revealed, even no one can save him.

The one who laughed the most and got the most benefits was of course Pingxi Wangfu, who accidentally saved Lu Fatzi, a rare rising star in Pingxi Wangfu, not to mention, and finally knocked down Li Shuzu, a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and got rid of the most stubborn and difficult eyeliner of the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan, and gave Wu Sangui a big breath! At the same time, a large number of civil and military officials in the Qujing Mansion fell because of their involvement in the Li Shuzu case, which freed up a large number of vacant positions for the lackeys of the Pingxi Palace, which had more monks and less porridge, and also provided an opportunity for Wu Sangui to consolidate his control over Yunnan.

Of course, what no one expected was that after a large number of official positions in Qujing Mansion were vacant, there were countless people fighting for each civil and military official vacancy, but no one fought for the position of Qujing Prefect, Wu Sangui originally planned to strike first and immediately dispatch his confidant Feng Su, the prefect of Dali, to take over this important position, but after the order was sent to Feng Su, Feng Su shook his head, and would rather make Wu Sangui unhappy than find an excuse to resign, and quietly said to his cronies: "Transfer to Qujing as a prefect?" I'm crazy! is in the same city with a madman like Lu Yifeng, is he the prefect or am I the prefect? Can I beat him? Even if I don't fight with him, I don't dare to collect the fire and scrape the land, rather than go to Qujing to find myself unhappy, it is better to stay in Dali and be free. ”

So there is no way, in the case that no one dares to take over and does not dare to take over the position of Qujing prefect at all, the post of Qujing prefect has to be temporarily acted by Zhang Gaomo, but it is very good, Zhang Gaomo has always been famous for his honest nest, and he will never dare to take the initiative to provoke Lu Fatzi in the same city with Lu Fatzi, and he is quite respectful to Wu Sangui, so Wu Sangui is not too reluctant to other henchmen, but just started the idea of buying Zhang Gaomo for his own use. However, what everyone didn't expect was that such a situation had only lasted for more than a month, and it didn't take long for the position of the prefect of Qujing to become a sought-after treasure because of a certain situation, so that more people would fight for their heads.

The words are far away, back to the point, the above trial decision was made, Wang Xu and Yu Chenglong were also ready to escort the prisoner back to Beijing, and when he was starting to prepare, Wang Xu took time to talk to Lu Fatzi alone. After the conversation began, Wang Xu said directly to the point: "Sanhao, although you are indeed not at fault in this matter, your methods of doing things are too rough, and your attitude towards your boss is also very problematic, so I hope you must pay more attention to this aspect in the future and try your best to correct your shortcomings." - You won't be so lucky every time you meet me to investigate a case. ”

"Mr. Wang's guidance is that the lower officials will definitely learn a lesson in the future and never make such mistakes again." Fat Lu is submissive, and it is rare to admit his mistake from the bottom of his heart - Fat Lu knows very well that this time things have come to this point, and it is really because of his shit luck. If someone else is replaced to be this Qincha, then with the joint intervention of Kong Sizhen and Jie Shu, then it will be difficult for him to die with Li Shuzu, and if he doesn't do it well, maybe now he will have to swap places with Li Shuzu, and it will be his turn to be put into a prison car and escorted to the capital.

"Of course, I'm not saying that it's wrong for you to fight with corrupt officials, it's just that your methods are wrong, too rough and too unstrategic." Wang Xu was also afraid of hitting Lu Fatzi's confidence too much, so he patted Lu Fatzi on the shoulder and said: "In the future, there will be a corrupt official like Li Shuzu, when you ask for the people's life, remember to send me a letter to explain the situation, of course, I can help in the court, and if I can't help, I can also give you some experience guidance, lest it be like this time, the matter will get bigger and bigger, Li Shuzu has not been brought to justice, and you yourself have almost fallen into it." ”

"Thank you, Lord Commander-in-Chief, Lord Commander-in-Chief, for saving your life, and your subordinates will never forget it." Fat Lu hurriedly thanked him a thousand.

"Why are you still talking about so many false courtesies?" Wang Xu picked up the fat man Lu and complained: "I really want to thank him, but we don't have to thank anyone." Also, don't call Master Zongxian the General Constitution, it's too raw, so let's do it, I'm a few years older than you, and in the future, you can call me Brother Zixian, and I'll just call you Sanyoshi. ”

"The lower officials don't dare." Fat Lu is pretended to be modest.

"What don't you dare? That's it. Wang Xu smiled and waved his hand, resolutely rejecting Fat Lu's modesty. After that, Wang Xu put away his smile again and said with a serious face: "But there is one more thing, are you too careless?" ”

"Brother Zizhu, do you mean the matter of A Furong?" Fat Lu asked tentatively.

"Not bad." Wang Xu nodded, and said solemnly: "I am not very familiar with the situation of medicinal materials, I have only heard that the Eight Banners Fushou Paste is very valuable, and now in the capital, one or two Eight Banners Fushou Paste can be sold for more than five taels of silver, and it is often priceless. But I also heard that this kind of thing has never been grown here in Qujing, what if the soil climate is not suitable, the quality of the Baqi Fushou paste planted is not good, or the yield per mu is too small to sell much silver? The common people still expect these acres of land to be shaved, you can't earn silver by planting Eight Banners Fushou Paste with them, they don't have anything to eat, and they can't pay taxes, who will bear the consequences and losses? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Xu paused for a moment, and then said: "There is another point, the price of Eight Banners Fushou Paste is indeed very high now, I heard that it is still rising, but this is because the Eight Banners Fushou Paste is all purchased from the Western foreign feudal countries, and it is rare and expensive, so it is not surprising that the price is high, but after all, Eight Banners Fushou Paste is a medicinal material, not food, even if you grow well in Qujing and produce more, but you can't sell it, isn't it a waste?" ”

Fat Lu was silent, and after thinking for a while, Fat Lu raised his head and said very sincerely: "Brother Zizhu, I can answer these questions of yours, but I don't want to answer them now." So, can you bring twenty horses and twenty riders to Qujing outside the north gate tomorrow morning, and I will give you another answer, and let you see some things with your own eyes? ”

"What do you mean?" Wang Xu was greatly surprised and asked, "Tomorrow I will take twenty horses and twenty riders to the north gate of Qujing, and you will answer these questions for me?" ”

"That's right, there's another point, don't feed fodder to twenty war horses." Fat Lu nodded seriously and said: "There is no basis for words, seeing is believing, Sanhao wants Brother Zizhu to see some things with his own eyes and experience some things with his own eyes, and then answer Brother Zi's questions, so that Brother Zishu will also understand his brother's good intentions, this is no problem, right?" ”

Of course, Wang Xu didn't know what medicine was sold in Lu Fatzi's gourd, but Wang Xu felt that Lu Fatzi would definitely not make fun of himself, so after a little thought, Wang Xu nodded and said: "That's it, anyway, I can only leave to return to the capital at least the day after tomorrow, and I'll see you at the north gate tomorrow morning." ”

"Thank you, Brother Zizhu, for giving me this opportunity to prove it, I believe you will not be disappointed when the time comes." Fat Lu nodded, and said, "There is one more thing, Brother Zizhuo, can you please invite Prince Kang to the scene tomorrow, so that he can also see some things with his own eyes and be a witness?" In this case, you will have one more certificate when you return to the capital. ”

"Miyoshi, you're not kidding, are you?" Wang Xu's eyes widened, and he said with a wry smile: "You probably don't know how much Prince Kang hates you now, right?" Will he help you and me testify? Help you and me as witnesses? ”

"Of course I do." Fat Lu smiled and said: "I can still guess that Prince Kang now has the heart to swallow me and Brother Zizhu alive - but it doesn't matter, as long as Prince Kang still thinks that he is a descendant of the Aixin Jueluo family, he will willingly do this testimony for us, and he will truthfully report to the emperor and the court what he saw and heard tomorrow morning." ”

Wang Xu's eyes widened, staring at the fat man Lu for a long time, and Wang Xu reluctantly said: "Okay, I'll try my best, and try my best to persuade Prince Kang to take a look at the north gate of Qujing tomorrow morning." ”

"Not as much as possible, but definitely." Lu Fatzi said seriously: "Brother Zizhu, for your good, for my good, for the good of the people of Qujing, for the sake of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and for the good of Prince Kang, please ask him to go to the north gate of Qujing tomorrow morning." Brother Zizhu can even tell the prince that if the prince can go to the north gate of Qujing, maybe after returning to the capital to play truthfully, he can still make a consequence and reduce the crime by one degree. ”

"So amazing?" Wang Xu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll do my best to persuade the prince, whether it will be up to him or not." ”

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The next day, it was also the 22nd day of July in the seventh year of Kang Mazi in the Great Qing Dynasty, which was destined to be recorded forever in the annals of the former Qing Dynasty. At two o'clock in the morning, under the joint instigation of Wang Xu and Yu Chenglong, Prince Kang, who had planned to leave for Beijing on this day, finally couldn't resist his curiosity, and at the same time had a little intention of pleasing Wang Xu and Yu Chenglong to let them open the net, Prince Kang finally came to the north gate of Qujing with Wang Xu and Yu Chenglong, and also brought twenty riders and twenty war horses that had not been fed with forage as required, and met Lu Fatzi outside the city gate as promised.

What made King Kang, Wang Xu, and Yu Chenglong even more puzzled was that outside the north gate of Qujing, there were also Wang Fuchen, father and son, the chief soldier of the right town of Pingxi Palace, and Wang Jing, the deputy general, Wu Sanmei and Hu Guozhu, the core backbone of Pingxi Palace, and several officials and generals from Pingnan Palace, Jingnan Palace, and even Ma Daning, the representative and nephew of Guangxi veteran Ma Xiong, who were also invited by Lu Fatzi with rhetoric. In addition to this, there are two piles of ordinary horse material and a pile of hibiscus flowers outside the city gate.

"Lord Kang, General Wu, General Wang, and all the adults and generals." Lu Fatzi was not polite, hugged a square fist, and said straight to the point: "Xiaguan Lu Yifeng invited you to come today, not for anything else, but to let you see what kind of miracle the Eight Banners Fushou Paste promoted and planted by Xiaguan in Qujing is, so that you can have a number in your hearts." ”

"Lord Lu, what are you going to make us think?" Ma Daning, the nephew of Ma Xiong, Kong Sizhen's sworn enemy in Guangxi, asked curiously.

"General Ma asked well." Fat Lu nodded, turned around, pointed to the various objects present, and said loudly: "Everyone, please see, here are twenty war horses that have not been fed forage this morning, as well as two piles of ordinary horse feed, and a pile of medicinal materials for boiling Eight Banners Fushou Ointment. Please see clearly, the essence parts of these medicinal materials used to boil the Eight Banners Fushou Paste have been taken out, and the remaining husks, leaves, stems and medicinal roots can no longer be boiled. Guys, do you see clearly? ”

"See clearly." Wang Xu was the first to nod, and the others also nodded, and King Kang looked at it carefully for a long time, and finally said, "See clearly, what are you going to do?" ”

"Lord Wang, dare to ask." Lu Fatzi asked: "If the twenty war horses brought by Wang Zongxian set off together, ran together at the fastest speed to Jiaoshui Pass, which was eighteen miles away, and then ran back from Jiaoshui Pass, a total of thirty-six miles - will these twenty war horses run in a similar time?" ”

Prince Kang is a horse lover, took a closer look at the twenty war horses provided by Wang Xu, nodded and said: "Almost, such a distance, excluding the speed of the horse and the skill of the rider, the fastest horse and the slowest horse will definitely not exceed a pillar of incense time after completing this distance." ”

"Good." Fat Lu nodded in satisfaction, turned around and waved his hand to Li Tianzhi's team of officials behind him, and the group of officials immediately acted according to the agreement, stuffed Ah Furong with leaves and roots into the guillotine that had been prepared for a long time, finely turned into horse material, and mixed it into one of the two piles of horse material, stirring and mixing.

It wasn't until Li Tianzhi and the others finished their mission that Lu Fatzi said, "Lord Wang, my lords, do you believe it or not?" Divide these twenty war horses into two teams, ten of them eat horse material mixed with Eight Banners Fushou plaster residue, and the other ten war horses eat horse material without drug residue, and then let them set off for horse racing together. ”

"And this?" Wu Sanmei was the first to move, and said, "Lord Lu, you give it a try, let's see what kind of magic effect the dregs of this Eight Banners Fushou Paste have?" ”

"So amazing?" Eight Banners is based on riding and archery, and when he heard Lu Fatzi's words, of course the good prince of Eight Banners did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered: "Lord Lu, you try to show us quickly." ”

The other officials and generals also widened their eyes and pricked up their ears, wanting to see with their own eyes whether Fat Lu was bragging - after all, the cavalry in this year is too important, and the cavalry's war horse, that is the most important thing!

"Please wait and see." Fat Lu agreed, took ten red cloths, tied them around the necks of ten war horses, let these ten war horses eat horse feed mixed with medicinal residues, and let the other ten war horses without red cloth eat ordinary forage without medicinal residues. After a while, after the horses had digested and absorbed the medicine for a while, Lu Fatzi immediately ordered twenty riders to get on their horses and rush to Jiaoshuiguan to race horses, while the officials present drank tea and waited on the makeshift medicine stall outside the city gate.

Seeing that the twenty war horses set off at the same time and left in the dust, Jieshu, Wang Xu, Wu Sanmei and others all waited patiently. After nearly an hour, the first war horse rushed back first, the war horse with a red cloth tied around its neck, the second war horse also rushed back, it was still a war horse with a red cloth around its neck, and then the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth ......, all of which were war horses with red cloth around their necks, and there were no war horses with red cloth around their necks, but none of the war horses could move back first from beginning to end.

By the time the tenth war horse with a red cloth tied around its neck ran back to the same place, Jie Shu, Wang Xu, Wu Sanmei and the others were already staring at each other, and they couldn't imagine that just the dregs of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste had such a miraculous effect! And Wang Fuchen and Ma Daning and other leading troops couldn't wait to pull Lu Fatzi's sleeve, and said almost pleadingly: "Lord Lu, can you give me some medicine scum?" Even if you spend money to buy it! We want as much as we want! ”

"Lord Lu, you are the uncle of our Pingnan Palace, don't cheap others with this kind of good thing, right?" The representative of the Pingnan Palace's Mansion also grabbed Lu Fatzi's sleeve and said eloquently: "This year, the Eight Banners Fushou plaster residue produced in Qujing must be left for us at least half, right?" The younger one will go back and report to the eldest prince and ask him to buy these dregs from you. ”

Hu Guozhu was too lazy to pull the sleeve of the fat man, but he was nervous in his heart, "The treasure that grows on the land of Yunnan, we can't say anything cheaper than others, go back and ask the prince to collect all these dregs, and the Sichuan horses, Yunnan horses, Tibetan horses and Guizhou horses in our army can not be afraid of the northern war horses." Damn, how could this bastard Lu Fatzi do such an experiment in front of the people of the imperial court, what if the imperial court issued an order and required all the dregs to be handed over to the imperial court? But it doesn't matter, we can grow it ourselves next year, even if it is used as horse feed, it is ...... cost-effective. ”

After nearly a pillar of incense, finally a war horse with no red cloth around its neck ran back sweatingly, and before he could get off the horse, the knight immediately shouted loudly: "Lord Lu, your medicine dregs are amazing, my riding skills are good, and I can't beat a war horse that has eaten this kind of medicine dregs." Can you give us some of this kind of dregs? ”

"Wang Zongxian, now you should understand why the lower officials want to encourage the people to use a variety of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, right?" Fat Lu asked the stunned Wang Xu, "Mr. Wang, have you ever heard of Thomas in the Western Lang. The name Siddenham (the founder of modern clinical medicine)? ”

"Nope." Wang Xu came back to his senses after a long time and shook his head honestly.

"It's the lower official who makes it difficult for the general constitution, this name is not well-known in the Qing Dynasty, but it is famous in the West, and it is the first miracle doctor in the West now." Lu Fatzi said seriously: "He has such a famous saying: I can't help but sing the praises of the great God, the maker of all things, which brings comfort to people's distress Eight Banners Fushou Cream, whether it is from the number of diseases it can control, or from the efficiency of its ability to eliminate diseases, there is no medicine as valuable as Eight Banners Fushou Cream!" ”

"God is the god that the priests of the South believe in, and he is also the greatest god in the West, which is equivalent to our Lao Tzu Rulai of the Qing Dynasty." Lu Fatzi said unhurriedly: "Wang Zongxian, the first divine doctor in the West compared the Eight Banners Fushou Paste to the first elixir given by the Immortal Buddha to the living beings in the world, and now you have seen with your own eyes that the dregs of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste alone have such a miraculous effect, you should understand how important and magical this Eight Banners Fushou Paste should be, right?" You should also understand how popular Eight Banners Fushou Paste is in the West, right? ”

"You contacted the Western sales channel?" Wang Xu finally understood what Fat Lu meant.

Fat Lu nodded, and replied honestly: "Don't dare to deceive Lord Zongxian, Xia Guan has already sent people to Guangdong to get in touch with Western businessmen, and they have made a promise that as long as Qu Jing can grow Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, they will buy as many as they want, and the price is ridiculously high, now you should know why Xia Guan is so confident, right?" ”

"Understood." Wang Xu nodded, and asked again: "From the current point of view, what is the output of Eight Banners Fushou Paste in Qujing?" ”

"The emperor Hongfu looks very good, better than what Xia Guan estimated before." Lu Fatzi answered this question vaguely, and suddenly called Wang Xu and Jie Shu, and said: "Lord Kang, Wang Zongxian, there is a matter of despicability, please return to the capital, you must truthfully report to the emperor what you have seen and heard today, please The emperor must promulgate a strict decree to strictly control the sales scope of the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, only let us Qing Banner people use and smoke this extraordinary Eight Banners Fushou Cream, and sell it in the West in exchange for silver for our Qing Dynasty financial circulation, and must not let ordinary people use it at will!" If not, ordinary people are strong and strong, and their bodies are as light as swallows, and one is ten, then I will be in danger! ”

"Dog Han Jel!" The Han people present, including Wu Sanmei, all spewed fire in their eyes, scolding Lu Fatzi for not being a thing, betraying the country for glory, and forgetting his ancestors!

"Of course." Jie Shu said with ecstasy on his face: "After returning to Beijing, this king will definitely truthfully present the emperor, please ask the emperor to strictly control, and only allow our banner people to use this Eight Banners Fushou ointment!" Also, your Eight Banners Fushou Paste is boiled, remember to send a little to this king, let this king try it. ”

"Don't worry, the prince will obey his orders." Fat Lu respectfully agreed, and said with a smile: "Let's tell you a joke, after the prince used the Eight Banners Fushou ointment, in some aspects of the bed, if he can't immediately see the effect and show his might, he is willing to ask the prince for the crime of lying in vain." ”

"Get out! This king is used to strengthen the body and prolong life, but I don't want to use it in that regard! "Jie Shu rarely made a joke with Lu Fatzi, but his heart itched - if the Eight Banners Fushou Paste is indeed effective in that regard, Prince Kang can also consider marrying a few more side Fujin.

"Okay then." Wang Xu nodded seriously and said: "After returning to Beijing, I will definitely truthfully explain to the emperor the miraculous effect of the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, as well as what I have seen and heard today, and I also ask the emperor to strictly control it, and only allow the soldiers of the Eight Banners to use it." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang, thank you, Lord Chief." Fat Lu thanked him respectfully, and snorted coldly in his heart - once these things are addicted, you little pockmarks can control it.

After getting up, looking back at Wu Sanmei, Hu Guozhu, Wang Fuchen, Ma Daning and others who were breathing fire in their eyes, Lu Fatzi smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart: "I'm for your good, what are you anxious about?" Haven't you heard of hype marketing? If I don't stir up so much, how can I sell Baqi Fushou Paste to mites at a high price? ”

(To be continued)