(ps: This book is on the shelves on July 1st, and it is difficult for newcomers, so please leave a monthly pass for the pure wolf.) ）

Seeing that Lu Fatzi was asleep, Xiao Mazi and Suo Etu and others did not wake him up, and quickly got up and left, but Lu Fatzi, who pretended to be drunk, did not dare to move, until Xiao Erlang and Fang Shiyu and others went upstairs to find him, and Lu Fatzi pretended to be drunk and woke up. But at this time, Suo Etu and the little Mazi group had already left, and asked Xiao Erlang and others to hand over a waist card to Lu Fatzi, saying that as long as Lu Fatzi held this waist card, he could go to Suo Etu Mansion located in Shenwu Gate at any time to visit, and the people of Suo Mansion would not stop him, and Suo Etu even rewarded Lu Fatzi's dog legs with ten taels of silver each, saying that it was a reward for Xiao Erlang and others.

"Young master, this Lord Suo is really generous." Xiao Erlang said with a smile: "As soon as you make a move, it will be ten taels of silver per person, and I heard that the small one is your housekeeper, and you will be rewarded with another thirty taels - how much land does this have to be scraped in Qujing?" Young master, how big an official is this Lord Suo, why is he so generous? ”

"This is a fart, when his father, Chief Auxiliary Minister Sony, was alive, I heard that the door to enter the second gate cost a hundred taels - it is all the hard-earned money of our Han people!" Fat Lu snorted disdainfully, stood up, rubbed his still somewhat sore head, and ordered: "Pack up your luggage and go, it's time to go and see Prince Pingxi and Princess Jianning." - Damn, I want to see if the Tartar princess Jianning has ...... Legend so beautiful. ”

"That's right." Xiao Erlang added: "Master Suo also explained, because the young master is the official selected by the prince of Pingxi, and it will be inconvenient for you to meet him, so I hope that the young master will not tell you about this matter." In addition, Master Suo asked the young master to rest assured that no one would know about his meeting with you today. ”

"I know, don't talk nonsense, whether today's matter will be reported to the prince of Pingxi, wait for me to think carefully before making a decision." Fat Lu agreed casually, thinking in his heart, "Suo Etu said that no one will know about Lao Tzu meeting him, it seems that this kid has concluded that Wu Sangui and Aobai's people are not eyeing me." So should I tell Wu Yingxiong about this? ”

Out of the restaurant and then found Shishi Hutong, along the way Lu Fatzi and the others finally did not encounter any accidents, and when they arrived at Wu Yingxiong's Efu Mansion to hand over the famous thorn, after a while, there was a long voice from the middle gate of the Efu Mansion, "Efu Ye has arrived!" ”

"Hey, I'm in Kunming and Guangzhou, it's a dog who ignores buns, and I often don't see people when I lose a smile and send money back, and I just got a little name, and when I arrived in Yanjing City, it became fragrant and sweet yesterday? When I walked there, there were big people rushing to see me, and even Wu Dogbear came to greet me in person. Fat Lu smiled bitterly in his heart, which can be regarded as having a deeper view of the cold state of the world and the warmth and coldness of people.

Muttering, a middle-aged man wearing a white fox skin vest led a group of maids and servants strode out, in his thirties, medium height, white face and slight beard, and his appearance was quite handsome, which was quite similar to Wu Sangui. Lu Fatzi expected that this person must be Wu Yingxiong, so he hurriedly led the dogs to salute, and said: "Lu Yifeng, the lowly 'Western Election Official' of Qujing Zhi County, meets the prince of Pingxi, and the prince is blessed with Jin'an!" ”

Lu Fatzi deliberately said the three words "Western Election Official" very loudly, Wu Yingxiong is not a stupid person, of course, he understands the meaning of Lu Fatzi's words, and Wu Yingxiong is satisfied with Wu Yingxiong stepped forward to support Lu Fatzi, laughed and said: "Lord Lu doesn't have to be polite, please come up quickly, your name, I have already heard like thunder, not only my father has praised you more than once in the letter, and asked you to assist me in handling the Yungui military salary, even the current emperor and the Empress Dowager Lafayette have also mentioned your name in front of me, and your reputation has spread far and wide, It's famous! ”

"The prince has won the award." Lu Fatzi hurriedly saluted again, and said with sincere fear: "Everything in the humble position is given to the humble position by the prince and the prince, and the humble duty does not dare to forget the original!" ”

"Lord Lu is really the person praised by his father, and he speaks really decently." Wu Yingxiong laughed again, pulled up Lu Fatzi again, and greeted him affectionately: "Quick, go and sit at home, I have already asked someone to arrange a banquet for you to pick up the wind and wash the dust." If you come to the capital this time, don't go to the Yunnan Post House to live, just live in my house, and some servants and retinues also live here, and I will ask someone to make a small courtyard for you alone. ”

"Xie Shizi, thank you Shizi, I really dare not be a lowly position." Fat Lu Zi, who originally expected that he would inevitably live in Wu Yingxiong's house, thanked him repeatedly, and hurriedly asked Xiao Erlang and Liu Zhen and others to carry their luggage and follow the people of Wu Mansion to arrange accommodation, while Fat Lu himself followed Wu Yingxiong and others to eat and drink with a respectful face - if the fat people in the world are like Lu Fatzi, who eats a big meal and two meals in less than two hours, then the Langzhong people in the world have to make money with silver.

was led all the way by Wu Yingxiong into the second gate of Wu Mansion, zigzag for a long while, Lu Fatzi was personally led by Wu Yingxiong into a bright flower pavilion, taking advantage of the servants busy Zhang Luo banquet, Wu Yingxiong introduced Lu Fatzi to the two men behind him, first pointed to one of the forty-year-old men and said: "Lord Lu, let me introduce you, this Mr. Lang Yanshulang is the master of this world's heavy courtesy, a very learned person, and he is acting for the official documents and letters of this world." If there is anything in the capital these days, you can say the same to him as you say to me. ”

"Hello Mr. Lang." Fat Lu saluted, knowing that Wu Yingxiong was introducing himself to his henchmen. Over there, Lang Yanshu smiled and returned the courtesy, and his attitude was quite kind.

"This one is amazing." Wu Yingxiong pointed to another elderly man with gray braids and in his sixties, and said with a smile: "This Lord Lin Tianqing Lin has served as the governor of Huguang, Yunnan and Shaanxi. ”

"It turned out that the parents of the year had arrived, and Lu Yifeng, who was lowly and had a low position, knocked to see Lao Zhongcheng." Lu Fatzi showed a look of surprise and surprise, and hurriedly saluted Lin Tianqing, muttering in his heart, "Lin Tianqing, who has been the governor three times, came to Wu Yingxiong, it seems that this old thing should be the same as Zu Zepu, either Wu Sangui's old acquaintance or Wu Sangui's old friend." ”

"Lord Lu, please hurry up, the old man has been out of office for many years, so dare you deserve such a big gift?" Lin Tianqing smiled and also went to rub the fat man.

"If you can afford it, why can't you afford it?" Wu Yingxiong interjected and smiled: "Lord Lu, don't blame me for not reminding you - although Uncle Lin Shishu has been out of office for several years, but now that the term of office of Yunnan Governor Yuan Maogong has expired and he is about to step down, Jiuqing Kedao is recommending Uncle Lin Shishu and his old man to come out of the mountain again and serve as the governor of Yunnan again. ”

"It turned out that the direct boss of the lower official has arrived?!" Lu Fatzi pretended to be surprised, knelt down again, and saluted respectfully and said: "Humble Lu Yifeng, knock on the governor of this province Lin Zhongcheng, Lord Zhongcheng Wanfu Jin'an - Lord Zhongcheng, you don't need to wear small shoes after being humiliated, right?" ”

"Hahahahaha......." Wu Yingxiong, Lin Tianqing, and Lang Yanshu were all amused by Lu Fatzi, and Lin Tianqing also waved his hand humorously and said: "Lord Lu, please get up, I read that you are respectful to Cheng in this book, and you don't have to wear these little shoes in the future." ”

After that, Lin Tianqing took the lead in laughing, Wu Yingxiong and Lang Yanshu laughed even louder, and Lu Fatzi also smirked with a sincere face. At this time, the people of Wu Mansion had already set up the banquet, Wu Yingxiong invited everyone to sit at the table, but Lin Tianqing naturally sat in the chief, Wu Yingxiong sat in the chairman, Lang Yanshu wanted to give up the seat, but the last seat was snatched by the quick-eyed Lu Fatzi, Lang Yanshu smiled and sat in the second seat. Seeing this scene, Wu Yingxiong couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, and said in his heart: "Liu Xuanchu, Old Man Liu is proud of his talents, and he has been tempered all his life, and when he is on the verge of it, he can still teach such a smooth and well-behaved student as Lu Fatzi, which can be regarded as a miracle." ”

After three rounds of drinking and toasting each other, Wu Yingxiong had to ask about what happened on Lu Fatzi's road - although the intelligence network of Wu Sangui's family was not as good as that of the old man Kang Xiaomaziao, it was not even impossible to detect such a big thing as the assassination of Shang Kexi's daughter. Of course, Lu Fatzi would not be stupid enough to play tricks in front of Wu Sangui's eldest son to ask for trouble, and he confessed honestly in the general place, but he concealed the incident involving Shi Lang, and confessed again according to the confession he confessed in front of Geng Jingzhong.

In the end, Lu Fatzi thought about it again and again, and for the sake of prudence, he still concealed his meeting with Suo Etu and Xiao Mazi - Wu Yingxiong's wife, Princess Tartar, Jianning is Kang Xiaomazi's aunt, and I don't know how many Kang Xiaomazi's eyeliner are hidden in the house, and there are also Lin Tianqing and Lang Yanshu, two outsiders who don't know the details, are present, in case a little news is leaked, Lu Fatzi himself will have to go without eating. Therefore, Lu Fatzi decisively concealed the meeting with Suo Etu and Xiao Mazi, and just told the truth about the fact that he went to Beijing today and bumped into the good housekeeper of Bambur, but Rao is so, after hearing this, Wu Yingxiong and Lin Tianqing and others are still a little dumbfounded.

"What? The Bamburshan University Scholar sent someone to pick you up from the house, and you beat you up? Wu Yingxiong asked with wide eyes.

"The person who greeted the lowly outside the Chaoyang Gate is indeed the butler who claims to be the housekeeper of the Bamburshan Mansion, but it is not true, and I don't know this lowly position." Lu Fatzi said lightly: "Originally, I didn't want to do it, but I only said that I had to follow the rules of Pingxi Palace, go to the city to meet you, and then go to the mansion of Lord Bamburshan to apologize. ”

"Then why did the Scholar of Bamburshan invite you to his house? Did the housekeeper say yes? Wu Yingxiong asked.

"I asked, but the butler didn't say." Fat Lu shrugged his shoulders and replied truthfully: "That housekeeper just asked me to go to the Scholar's Mansion of Ban University, and I just knew if I went." By the way, listening to the tone of the housekeeper, he has been waiting outside Chaoyang Gate for two days. ”

"Bamble eats too much?" Wu Yingxiong was puzzled: "Bambul is also a university scholar, and he also participates in national politics, so how many official affairs are there?" You are already very remarkable, and you even sent someone to wait for you outside Chaoyang Gate for two days, in order to take you to his house to visit, he took the wrong medicine, right? ”

"Ten have** has something to do with Shi Lang!" Lin Tianqing has been immersed in the officialdom for decades, and when he heard the words, he immediately concluded: "The case of Shi Lang, the commander of the Fujian Navy Division, is full of suspicions, Geng Jingzhong, the prince of Jingnan, Zu Zepu, the governor of Fujian, and Liu Bingzheng, the governor of Fujian, cut off Shi Lang before playing without playing the evidence, and beheaded Shi Lang, a member of the first grade, to show the public!" Afterwards, the emperor not only did not pursue it, but issued an order to commend and even let Geng Jingzhong temporarily serve as the commander of the navy! Such a mysterious thing, can Ao Zhongtang still not be suspicious? And Lord Lu Yifeng happens to be the party to this matter, if they want to uncover the mystery, starting with Lord Lu is undoubtedly the most direct way! ”

"The old guy is not bad, he is worthy of being an old fox who has been the governor for three terms, and he really hit the nail on the head, and if you calculate it, it can only be this reason. Lu Fatzi nodded secretly, quite agreeing with Lin Tianqing's judgment.

Wu Yingxiong did not rush to agree with Lin Tianqing's judgment, but first pondered for a moment, and a smile suddenly appeared on his still handsome face, and said, "If this is the case, it would be great." Lord Lu, you don't have to worry, although we don't have a deep friendship between Pingxi Wangfu and Aozhongtang, they have never had conflicts and grudges, and it's not your fault for this matter, I'll personally take you to the Scholar's Mansion of Banburshan University another day to apologize. ”

"Thank you for the prince, that humble position can be relieved." Fat Lu said that his mouth was like honey, and he was snorting coldly in his heart, "Boy, looking at your smiling appearance, eighty percent is the idea to use this matter to sow discord, so that Kang Xiaomazi and Old Man Ao will fight to the death, right?" - Laughing so deceitfully, the city is shallower than me, you deserve to be beheaded by Kang Mazi in history! ”

"For the eldest princess of Heshuo Kechun, I-!" At this moment, the long shouting voice of the servants of the Wu Mansion suddenly sounded outside the flower hall. Hearing this voice, Fat Lu was first overjoyed, knowing that he could finally see with his own eyes what the yellow-faced woman Gege Jianning looked like in history, and then he was fat-faced and bitter, knowing that he had to follow the rules and salute a Tartar woman.

"Congratulations to the eldest princess of Heshuo Kechun." I didn't want to return, but I was under the eaves and had to bow my head, and Lu Fatzi finally obediently followed Lin Tianqing and Lang Yanshu to get up and salute the door of the flower hall. Immediately afterwards, a woman dressed in a standard mite dress walked in surrounded by a large group of maids, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, medium height, a little short and fat, thick and dark skin, small eyes and a big mouth, bucket waist and legs, although not particularly ugly, but definitely not beautiful. In a big disappointment, Fat Lu inevitably admired Wu Yingxiong and Lord Wei a little - they both have a good appetite!

"Princess, didn't you say she was unwell? Why are you out and walking around again? Wu Yingxiong's attitude towards Jianning was not bad, and he went up and shook Jianning's hand very kindly and asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm just greedy at noon, I ate three catties of mutton more than usual, a little bit of food, and now it's much better." Princess Jianning replied with a smile, and said: "Efu, I came to tell you, I want to go to the palace, maybe spend the night in the palace, and I won't come back tonight." ”

"What's wrong? Want to enter the palace? Wu Yingxiong asked casually.

"Sister Kong Sizhen is back." Princess Jianning said happily: "You also know that Sister Kong Sizhen and I grew up together, like sisters. She has been away from Beijing for more than a year, and I have always missed her, and now she has finally returned to Beijing once, and she has also brought me a letter, so I want to meet her and meet the Empress Dowager casually. ”

"Alright, you can go." Wu Yingxiong agreed with a smile, and instructed uneasily: "Gege, it's no problem for you to spend the night in the palace, but if Sigege invites you to spend the night in the pavilion where she stays, you must not agree!" ”

"Why?" Princess Jianning asked curiously.

"I don't imagine Sun Yanling wearing a green hat on his head!" Wu Yingxiong roared in his heart, and said vaguely: "The main thing is that it is inconvenient, you are the eldest princess of Heshuo Kechun, and every move must be in accordance with royal etiquette, and you can't make trouble for her." ”

"Okay, I remember, then I'll go." Princess Jianning agreed, and then led the maids away, not even bothering to look at Lu Fatzi and the others who were kneeling on the ground.

"Get up, princess is this temper, and people who are not familiar with it are not very willing to speak." It wasn't until Princess Jianning walked away that Wu Yingxiong greeted Lin Tianqing, Lu Fatzi and the others. As a result, Lin Tianqing and Lang Yanshu quickly stood up, while Lu Fatzi continued to kneel there on one knee and move, his body still trembling a little. Wu Yingxiong Daqi pulled the fat man Lu over and said, "Lord Lu, what's wrong with you?" Leg cramps? ”

"Hole...... Kong Sizhen, here! Fat Lu's fat face was pale, his lips trembled, and he said tremblingly: "She is here, this time the matter is in trouble." ”

Seeing that Fat Lu was afraid of Kong Sizhen like this, Wu Yingxiong, Lang Yanshu and Lin Tianqing immediately said in unison in their hearts: "Yes!" I'm afraid of being like this, Bacheng is another man who is targeted by Kong Sizhen! ”

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Fat Lu really scared Kong Sizhen to the bones, not only afraid of Kong Sizhen's appetite for all ages, but also afraid of Kong Sizhen's viciousness and deceit! But what Fat Lu didn't know was that Kong Sizhen, who he was most afraid of, not only hated him to the bone right now, but even the reason for returning to the capital this time was caused by the scourge of Fat Lu!

The root of the matter is, of course, in the incident of Fu Honglie's assassination of Shang Wanzhen, in order to provoke the infighting among the three feudatories and Shang Zhixin, who was not pleasing to the eye, Kong Sizhen ordered Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai to assist Shang Zhixiao in acting, preparing to assassinate Shang Wanzhen and blame Lu Fatzi, creating the illusion that Lu Fatzi killed Shang Wanzhen.

Although Kong Sizhen's abacus played well, it was a pity that the final result greatly exceeded her expectations, her two loyal lackeys Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai both died in Fujian, and her purpose and plan were even exposed to the front of the three feudatories, forcing Kang Xiaomazi to lose his pawn to protect the car, and ordered to kill Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai, with more than 300 people, in order to calm the anger of the three feudatories. Kong Sizhen herself was also implicated, and was secretly reprimanded by Kang Xiaomazi, even if she was secretly reprimanded, she was also charged with lax governance and arson as an evil on the surface, and was demoted by the official to a second-class guard, and the title of He Shuogege was also demoted to Doroggege. And what made Kong Sizhen even more unexpected was that because of this incident, Shi Lang, a famous man she had admired for a long time, also lost his surname and was executed by an inexplicable beheading, which made her master lose a good general.

After suffering so many losses in one go, such a big loss, the fierceness of anger in Kong Sizhen's chest can be imagined. After careful investigation, Kong Sizhen immediately found that these things were not only suspicious, but also more or less related to Lu Fatzi, and Kong Sizhen, who was looking forward to getting Lu Fatzi to bed and tasting the taste of Yunnan men, immediately pointed the finger at Lu Fatzi, and swore to find out the truth, and clean up this Fat Lu who made himself suffer a dumb loss, and was ashamed!

At this time, the pre-imperial financial meeting for calculating the salaries of the three feudal clans was about to be held, and the Guangxi army must also send envoys to Beijing to participate in the negotiation of military salaries according to the rules, Kong Sizhen immediately volunteered and came to the capital in person, one of the purposes was to find Lu Fatzi to settle accounts, and the other was to re-investigate the cause of death of Fu Honglie and others to find out the real culprit behind the scenes!

Relying on the supplies and fast horses provided by the post stations along the way, Kong Sizhen, who set off later, happened to arrive in the capital on the same day as Lu Fatzi, but after entering Beijing, Kong Sizhen did not enter the palace immediately, but came directly to Tuhai Mansion at the invitation of his old friend Tuhai, a first-class light car lieutenant and a scholar of Hongwen Academy.

As soon as he entered the door, Kong Sizhen, who has always attached importance to appearance, didn't even do the routine dressing up, and immediately shouted at Tu Hai: "Tu Zhongtang, you are still Fu Honglie's friend of eight worships, and you joined forces to eliminate the friendship of the thief Hao Shaoqi, he died so unclear, the whole family was beheaded, you were in the study, and you didn't say a word?" A friend like yours is really hard to make! ”

"Sigege, you think I don't want to talk?" Tu Hai frowned and said: "When the emperor ordered the execution of Fu Honglie's brothers' family, I originally planned to persuade him to the death, but the emperor insisted that Fu Honglie was plotting against usurpation, intending to provoke the emperor and the three feudal lords and ministers to turn against him, and the crime should be destroyed, and even Ao Zhongtang's questions were refuted by the emperor, how can I speak?" ”

"Then you won't quietly ask afterwards, why did the emperor give such a heavy hand?" Kong Sizhen asked angrily.

"I asked, but the emperor didn't pay attention to my words at all." Tu Hai spread his hands helplessly, and said: "Si Gege, you are the emperor's confidant and confidant, and you are secretly in charge of half of the thirteen yamen for him, it is more convenient for you to ask him directly about these words, but before that, I want to introduce a person." ”

"Who?" Kong Sizhen looked left and right. Tu Hai clapped his palms, and a young man immediately turned out in the back hall, twenty-five or six years old, with good facial features, fair skin, thick and black eyebrows, very separated, handsome and unusual, knelt down on Kong Sizhen's knees, kowtowed respectfully and said: "Zhou Chang, the classic of the lowly cabinet, knock on the four grids, and Gege Wanfu Jin'an." ”

"Sigege, I'll introduce you." Tu Hai pointed to the young man and said: "His name is Zhou Chang, and he was recommended to me by Wu Dan, the general of Zhenwu, and after I entered the upper study, I rewarded him with an errand for the cabinet (secretary), a very resourceful person." In the Fu Honglie case and Shi Lang case this time, he found several major suspicious points among the few clues I have! I have invited you here today just to let you hear his high opinions, which may help you find out the truth. ”