Wu Lao Han Jian is still a little credited, and promised Lu Fatzi to do what he said, on the afternoon of the Pingxi Palace, Wu Lao Hanjian made the decision to let his granddaughter Wu Xiaosu and Lu Fatzi officially make a marriage, and also held a hurried and not too simple ceremony - but it is a pity that Wu Xiaosu did not show up because he was shy, so what Lu Fatzi saw at the marriage ceremony was in addition to a large number of jackals and hungry tigers in Pingxi Palace, that is, the extremely ugly face of the old man Wu Guogui- If it weren't for the fact that he didn't dare to disobey Wu Laohan's order, no matter how famous Lu Fatzi was, he would be extraordinary, and Wu Guogui would not be willing to give his beloved daughter to such a son-in-law who already had a wife and children.

After the simple ceremony was held, Wu Lao Han Jian generously paid out of his own pocket and held a banquet for his granddaughter's engagement ceremony to entertain the guests - although Wu Lao Han said in the morning that he would give a banquet to the people of Pingxi Wangfu, which was very suspicious of being a favor. And when everyone was about to sit down, Wu Yingqi, who was ordered to investigate the smuggling case of Eight Banners Fushou Paste Seeds, and Ma Bao returned to Wuhua Mountain together.

"Father, find out." As soon as he entered the door, Wu Yingqi immediately shouted loudly: "Those eight Wang Lambs have been recruited, it was Sha Xiangde under Zhu Guozhi who instructed them to smuggle seeds, and they plan to transport them to Shanxi to sell to Fan Yongdou Firm, one pound of seeds and five pounds of gold!" ”

"When I was torturing the confession, Sha Xiangde's turtle son came to ask for someone, and his speech was still ugly, and I cut him with a knife!" Ma Bao roared: "There are also those turtle sons who dare to dig our corners, and I and the second prince first cut off their hands and feet, and then cut off their heads, and all of them are hung on the Yanglin Pass, so that those turtle sons who dare to hit our ideas can see what will happen to digging our corners!" ”

"Kill it, kill it, don't dare to let out half a fart if he is white!" Wu Laohan snorted coldly, and asked again: "Has the source of the seeds been found?" Is there something wrong there? ”

"Yes......." Wu Yingqi hesitated, turned to Xia Guoxiang next to him and said: "Brother-in-law, you should be in charge below, it was your subordinate Mo Zaiti who did it, during the autumn harvest this year, he quietly hid five catties of seeds and sold them to Sha Xiangde at the price of one catty of seeds and one catty of gold." ”

Wu Lao Han didn't speak, a pair of hungry wolf-like eyes just glared at his son-in-law viciously, while Xia Guoxiang was first pale, then his face was full of iron, and he raised his legs and walked out with a loud roar, "Father-in-law, wait a minute, the son-in-law will go and kill his whole family, and come back to ask you for his guilt!" ”

"Humph! You're smart! Wu Laohan snorted coldly, and ordered: "Pass the order, starting from today, the search will be strengthened at the large and small passes in Guizhou, Yunnan, and if there are any more people who carry seeds to pass the customs, they will be killed!" ”

"Order." The Pingxi royal mansion vassals present agreed together. At this time, the guards outside the hall came to report, saying that it was the governor Zhu Guozhi who led the envoy Li Xingyuan and the political envoy Cui Zhiying and others to ask for a meeting, and also explained that the intention was to pass on the decree. ”

The generals of the Pingxi Royal Mansion agreed violently, and hurriedly rushed to the Yin'an Hall with Wu Laohan, while Lu Fatzi did not enter the palace directly because of his special identity, but only entered the apse alone, and peeked into the palace through the crack in the door. When everyone was ready, Wu Laohan immediately ordered to summon him, and after a while, when Zhu Guozhi, Cui Zhiying, Li Xingyuan and other three people entered the main hall, more than 100 Pingxi palace generals present pulled out their waist knives together, and the hall suddenly choked and choked.

More than a hundred snow-bright steel knives suddenly appeared in front of him, Li Xingyuan and Cui Zhiying were a little better, but they were so frightened that their faces were like white paper, almost colorless, and Zhu Zhongcheng, who was holding the holy decree in his hand, simply sat on the ground, and the fat on his whole body trembled like sifting chaff, if it wasn't for the guards of the Pingxi Palace, he would definitely turn around and run. In the end, it was Li Xingyuan, who swore not to surrender to Wu Sangui in history, who was a little bolder, and plucked up the courage to ask: "Lord, what does it mean that the lowly rank has entered the palace to announce the decree, and the generals have drawn their swords and wanted to go?" ”

Wu Lao Han hesitated for a moment, and then roared from the bottom of his heart: "The Qing Dynasty was given to the court by this king, Yunnan was earned by this king with his blood and life, Wuhua Mountain is the king's palace, what do the king's subordinates want to do with you?" Don't say that you just pull out a knife, it's just a knife and cut people, as long as this king agrees, it's none of your business! ”

"Oops, Wu Sangui must already know the content of the Holy Decree!" Li Xingyuan was shocked, knowing that Wu Sangui must have known the content of the holy decree in advance, so he would condone his subordinates to be so murderous. But when things came to this point, Li Xingyuan had no way out, so he could only give Cui Zhiying a look, let him pick up Zhu Guozhi with him, and took the opportunity to whisper in Zhu Guozhi's ear: "Zhu Zhongcheng, don't be afraid, we are just passing the decree, and the prince will not even kill the person who passed the decree, right?" ”

Li Xingyuan's words reminded Zhu Guozhi, and at that moment Zhu Guozhi tried to muster up his courage, stood up at the stand of Li Xingyuan and Cui Zhiying, trembled and walked to the middle of the hall, and plucked up his courage and said: "The emperor's holy decree, Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, received the decree." ”

"Read it, this king listens." Wu Laohan sat on the Tuanlong chair without moving, and replied coldly. The Pingxi Wangfu clans present were also motionless, just staring at Zhu Guozhi and the other three murderously.

Seeing that Wu Laohan didn't even follow the minimum etiquette of kneeling and receiving the decree, Zhu Guozhi and the other three were even more frightened, and Li Xingyuan reminded again: "Lord, the holy decree has arrived, should you kneel?" ”

"How many times do you want this king to say it?" Wu Laohan replied viciously: "Yunnan was earned back by this king with blood and life, and he can do whatever the king wants, and others can't control it!" If you love the Divine Decree, you will recite it, and if you don't recite it, you will pull it down! ”

"This old thing wants to rebel?" Zhu Guozhi, Li Xingyuan, and others were all taken aback, and they couldn't decide for a while whether they should continue to announce the decree. Fortunately, Hu Guozhu leaned into Wu Laohan's ear in time and whispered: "Old Taishan, don't completely tear your face with them for the time being, otherwise once Lu Shrimp rescues is unfavorable, the safety of the prince and the two princes and grandsons will be in danger." It is better to first follow the previously agreed plan, first play the banner of the Qing monarch's side, point the spearhead at Aobai, and first do not completely turn the face with the Mangou Emperor, and also lay the groundwork for the peace talks that paralyze the Mangou Emperor in the future. ”

For the sake of his children and grandchildren, Wu Laohan gritted his teeth, finally stood up, and ordered: "Kneel down and accept the order." The people of the Pingxi Wangfu followed the order and knelt down on their knees together, but Wu Lao Hanjian still did not kneel, but shouted: "Still not reciting the holy decree?" ”

Wu Laohan made some concessions, Zhu Guozhi and others did not dare to insist, Zhu Guozhi immediately unfolded the first holy decree, read aloud: "The emperor's holy decree, Wu Sangui, the prince of Pingxi, received the decree: Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, after the minister, the first assistant of the cabinet, the minister of the guard and the Taishi Ao, the king decreed that the Yunnan Eight Banners Fushou paste tax is eight coins of silver for every two ointment taxes, and the original tax quota is abolished. to repay the grace of heaven. Chin this. ”

Wu Laohan didn't speak, a pair of eagle-like eyes just stared at Zhu Guozhi, staring at Zhu Guozhi like falling into an ice cellar, and hurriedly took out the second holy decree in timidity, and read it aloud: "The emperor's holy decree, Wu Sangui, the prince of Pingxi, received the decree: Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said, after the minister of parliament, the first assistant of the cabinet, the minister of the guard and the Taishi Ao, ordered Wu Sangui, the prince of Pingxi, to pay a tribute of 5,000 catties of eight banners of Fushou ointment, for the imperial court to distribute the provincial vassal kings, governors to choose the land for trial. Chin this. ”

The hall was silent, so that even Wu Laohan's heavy wheezing sound could be heard clearly by everyone, and after a long time, Zhu Guozhi said stubbornly: "Lord Wang, you should receive the decree and thank you." ”

"What is the king's will? Why do you want to get the order?! Wu Laohan finally caught the cause of the attack, and roared: "The holy decree is clear, these two holy decrees are the intention of worshipping the thief himself, and the emperor was only coerced by him, so he issued these two holy decrees that poisoned the people of Yungui!" This is an edict to worship the thief and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to order, and this king will never obey the edict! ”

"Soldiers, this king will never obey the edict, and you will not receive these two decrees!" Wu Lao Hanjian turned to the soldiers of the Pingxi Royal Mansion who were present and asked with a roar.

"No!" Ma Bao was the first to jump up, brandishing a bright saber and shouting: "Never take the order!" ”

"No! Never get it! "It's about Ronghua, and Wu Laohan takes the lead, and the soldiers of Pingxi Wangfu naturally roared like thunder, brandishing their sabers and shouting rhythmically, "Don't get the order!" Don't get it! Don't get it! Not Receiving the Decree——! ”

In the roar of thunder, Zhu Guozhi, Li Xingyuan and others were all as pale as earth, and their legs trembled, for fear that these sword-wielding Wu Sangui army jackals, tigers and leopards would go berserk, hack them to death with knives, and sacrifice their heads to the flag. But fortunately, considering that he wanted to gain time to prepare for war and rescue his children and grandchildren, Wu Lao Hanjian did not immediately do the thing, but just raised his hands and pressed down, and the roaring sound in the hall immediately stopped.

"Did you hear it, this is the answer of this king, and the Yungui soldiers to worship the thief!" Wu Lao Han pointed at Zhu Guozhi and roared viciously: "Give this king the emperor truthfully, from today on, this king will not receive any holy decree ordered by the thief!" None of them! From today on, this king has only one will, and that is to lead the army to serve the king! On the side of the Qing monarch, kill the national thief! ”

"Qingjun side!" Hu Guozhu jumped out, raised his arms and shouted: "Worship the thief, bully the king, cause chaos to the dynasty, and oppress and poison our Yungui soldiers and civilians!" We must follow closely under the banner of the prince, raise troops to serve the king, and clear the king's side! Qingjun side! ”

"Qingjun's side ——!" Ma Bao took the lead again, raised his sword to the sky and roared - no way, the country is easy to change, and his surname is difficult to change, in history, he and Hu Guozhu joined forces to force the hesitant Wu Laohan to rebel against this thief ship.

"Kill Aobai, Qingjun side!" Wu Yingqi also roared, and then the generals of Wu Sangui's army roared in unison again, "Kill Aobai, Qingjun side!" Kill Aobai, Qingjun's side! Kill and worship, Qingjun side——! ”

In the thunderous shout, Wu Lao Hanjian pointed at Zhu Guozhi and the other three, raised his eight-character eyebrows upward, and shouted: "Did you hear it?" This is the answer that this king and Yungui soldiers gave to Ao Bai and annihilate the thief! After going back, I will play the truth to this king, and ask the emperor to issue a holy decree, let this king lead his troops to serve the king, cut off the thief for him, and kill Aobai! Do you understand? ”

The hall was full of murderous generals of the Wu army, and Zhu Guozhi and others dared to refute half a sentence, but they all nodded their heads like chickens pecking rice, saying that they would definitely do so. Wu Sangui shouted: "Get out of me if you understand!" By the way, think about your position, in the future, whether to follow this king Qingjun to kill Aobai, or to bury Aobai's thief! ”

"Guo Zhuangtu, send these three adults back to the Yamen, and by the way, take over the city defense of the six gates of Kunming, and then arrange two hundred troops for each adult Yamen to protect them, so as to prevent the henchmen of the Ao Bai and the thieves from harming the three adults!"

"Hu Guozhu, arrange manpower to sew a big flag on the side of the Qing Jun overnight, and tomorrow morning, give me this big flag to tree on Wuhua Mountain!"

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In order to paralyze the Qing court to implement the two-step plan of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty and destroying the Manchurians, Wu Laohan knew that Xiao Mazi and Aobai were trying to isolate their vicious intentions, and still pretended to be a plan, on the one hand, they rectified the army and prepared for war frantically, on the other hand, they played the banner of the Qing monarch's side, pointed the finger at the most innocent Aobai, and used it as an excuse to categorically reject the tax increase of the Eight Banners Fushou Cream.

At the same time, Wu Lao Han, who was a bitch and set up an archway, at the suggestion of Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu, wrote his crooked reasoning into the capital, and asked Xiao Mazi to promulgate a decree to allow the Yunnan-Guizhou army to go north to King Qin! At the same time, Xiao Mazi was asked to allow Wu Laohan to take charge of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces alone, appoint and dismiss officials, restrain the green camp, concentrate the manpower and material resources of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and fight to the death with the annihilation of the ministers.

The reason why Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu asked Wu Lao Han to do this was just to supplement the details of Lu Fatzi's two-step army against the Qing Dynasty, and their purpose was just to paralyze Xiao Mazi and Ao Bai, so that they would think that Wu Lao Han Jian's appetite was only in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, preparing to split the land in Yunnan and Guizhou, and read Li as the king, and did not have a plan to go north to oppose the Qing Dynasty, so as to induce the main labor division of the Mite Qing Dynasty to go south for a decisive battle and lay the foundation for the next step of the Northern Expedition plan. Moreover, according to the estimation of Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu, Xiao Mazi and Ao Bai Zhongji's possible surnames are very large, even if they see through this plan, the temptation to extinguish Wu Sangui's army in Yunnan and Guizhou to avoid the expansion of war is also very great for Xiao Mazi and Aobai.

Since the slogan of the Qing monarch was directly shouted to Zhu Guozhi and others, the work of rectifying the interior and eliminating dissidents naturally seemed urgent, and on the evening of the same day, the high-level officials of the Pingxi Royal Mansion held a confidential meeting again to discuss the plan to completely control Yungui by force. Because this plan will inevitably involve the transfer and dispatch of Wu Sangui's main army, Lu Fatzi, who is still shallow at present, is naturally not qualified to participate, so he has to return to Qujing overnight according to Wu Laohan's order, and stand by while rectifying the Qujing Green Battalion.

After going to Wu Laohan to resign, Liu Xuanchu, who was the chief staff of Wu Laohan's shogunate, took time out of his busy schedule to have a secret conversation with Lu Fatzi, and after leaving aside others, Liu Xuanchu said to Lu Fatzi: "Yifeng, our wish has finally been achieved, and the prince has come to this point, and there is no possibility of turning back." Counting up, your credit is actually greater than anyone else's, helping to achieve the long-cherished wish of the teacher, and the teacher is not grateful, so I will give you a courtesy to thank you. ”

Saying that, Liu Xuanchu actually knelt down on Lu Fatzi's knees, so frightened that Lu Fatzi hurriedly returned the salute, and said in a loud voice: "Teacher, you must not kill students, what virtue can students have, dare to be such a great gift as a teacher?" ”

"You don't need to be humble." Liu Xuanchu said solemnly: "If it weren't for you to create so many advanced firearms for the prince, how much confidence would the prince have had to prosper the Han Dynasty?" If it weren't for the Eight Banners Fushou Paste you made for the prince, the prince would have such a powerful financial resource to expand his armaments, and how determined he would be to break with the dog? Without you, whether the teacher can live to see this day is probably also a big question. ”

"The teacher has won the award, the award has passed, and the student really doesn't dare to be it." Fat Lu was humble.

"Don't gossip, time is urgent, and the teacher is going to see the prince soon." Liu Xuanchu hurriedly said: "When you go back to Qujing this time, you have only one instruction as a teacher, and that is the problem of Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. Although Guizhou Governor Li Benshen is our man, and Gan Wenkun can't command him at all, after Gan Wenkun receives the news, he will inevitably try to escape from Yungui, and we are really not too sure whether we can capture him alive. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xuanchu lowered his voice and instructed in a low voice: "If you want to make achievements in the military, first of all, you have to convince everyone first, and the great achievement of capturing Gan Wenkun alive is undoubtedly an ideal opportunity for you to advance to the next level and establish your prestige." Taking advantage of Gan Wenkun's current trust in you, and striving to get this credit first, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to your future under the prince's account, understand? ”

"The students understand, thank you for your advice." Lu Fatzi agreed in his heart, and as soon as it opened, he would capture a hardcore man at the level of a governor, which would naturally be of great benefit to boosting morale and establishing prestige.

"Hurry up." Liu Xuanchu patted Lu Fatzi on the shoulder, and admonished: "You must act quickly, the prince has taken over the defense of Kunming City, and put the governor, the feudal platform and the Zhentai under house arrest." If nothing else, it is likely that the prince will order the closure of the Yungui Pass tonight, and if Gan Wenkun receives the news, he will not throw himself into the net. ”

"Students understand, please rest assured." Fat Lu nodded again.

"Good boy, take care." Liu Xuanchu picked up Lu Fatzi, hugged this proud protégé excitedly, and said emotionally: "Good boy, it is an honor to have a student like you, and it is also the pride of being a teacher." ”

(To be continued)