After receiving the news that Lu Fatzi was transferred to Daxing County, Shuntianfu, Gyeonggi, to serve as the commander of Liupin County, Gan Wenkun, the governor of Yungui in the Qing Dynasty, was startled at first, and almost doubted that his master, Emperor Mazi, was crazy and would make such a painful move to destroy the Great Wall with his relatives and enemies. But after opening Xiao Mazi's second secret decree and seeing Xiao Mazi's secret order to keep an eye on Lu Fatzi and the reaction of Pingxi Wangfu on Lu Fatzi's transfer, Gan Wenkun quickly realized that he had been doing it for a long time in order to further test Lu Fatzi.

To be honest, for Xiao Mazi's tentative move, Gan Wenkun raised his hands in favor - since ancient times, double agents like Lu Fatzi have always been the most effective and dangerous, and if they are used well, they can obtain the enemy's most core secrets that countless ordinary details cannot be accessed at all, and they can also do countless tasks that ordinary details have fundamentally completed; If you don't use it well, it's still light to lose your wife and break your soldiers, and if you can't get Gan Wenkun's old life, you have to lose it in Yungui! Especially when Lu Fatzi controls the local government and the local army in Qujing at the same time, the issue of Lu Fatzi's loyalty is even more crucial.

However, although the method and purpose are very reasonable, but for Xiao Mazi's tentative methods, Gan Wenkun is a little disagreeable, and now that Xiao Mazi and Ao Bai are holding each other down and not daring to offend Wu Sangui to death, Gan Wenkun absolutely does not have the courage to immediately move the Yamen of the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou back to Qujing. At the same time, the current Kangdong Tibetan bandits, Kaili Tusi Arong and Zhencai Tusi Afu are all very fierce, often making trouble and disturbing the Qing army (the book explains that in fact, these bad kinds of troubles are instigated by Wu Sangui, an old bad species), and Gan Wenkun, as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, dare not leave Guiyang City, the capital of Guizhou Province, which is attacked on all sides.

In the face of such a bad situation, Gan Wenkun, who is almost unrelated in Yunnan and Guizhou, is inevitably a little worried, if in the process of testing Lu Fatzi, it is proved that Lu Fatzi is indeed completely loyal to the Qing Dynasty and the imperial court, then this move will inevitably greatly hurt the hearts of loyal ministers, and make those neutral officials in Yunnan and Guizhou even more afraid to be loyal to the imperial court; At the same time, in the process of probing, it is tantamount to giving Wu Sangui a good opportunity to regain control of Qujing's military, government and civil affairs.

Worried and worried, Xiao Mazi's holy decree Gan Wenkun didn't dare not listen, and in desperation, Gan Wenkun had no choice but to send his henchman brother Gan Wenjiong and ask him to personally go to Qujing to submit the order to Lu Fatzi - by the way, monitor Lu Fatzi's reaction to this matter, and secretly spy on the reaction of Pingxi Wangfu to this matter.

When Gan Wenjiong came to Qujing City with the order, the time was already February 15 of the tenth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, and when he successfully saw Lu Fatzi in the backyard of Qujing County, Gan Wenjiong was startled, and he had not seen him for two or three months, Lu Fatman was thinner than last time, his beard was stubbled as if he hadn't been washed and shaved for a few days, and his mouse braids were also a little scattered.

Seeing that Gan Wenjiong was surprised, Xiao Erlang, a henchman of Fat Lu, hurriedly stepped forward to explain, and whispered in Gan Wenjiong's ear: "Don't blame Lord Gan, since the young master of my family learned the news that he was about to be transferred, he has been like this for several days and nights, not eating, drinking, or talking, and even leaving his business behind. ”

"Lord Lu already knows that he is going to be transferred?" Gan Wenjiong was stunned, and then immediately reacted - it must be the news from Wu Sangui's side.

"Got it." Without waiting for Xiao Erlang to answer, Fat Lu spoke first, and said weakly: "I already knew about it four or five days ago, and the prince of Pingxi sent someone to inform him." ”

"And what else did they say?" Gan Wenjiong hurriedly asked.

"What else can you say?" Fat Lu smiled bitterly and said, "Ask me to resign from my official position and stay in Yunnan." As long as I can take out the strength of Western studies and make something similar to the Eight Banners Fushou Paste and the Glass Mirror for the prince of Pingxi, I will definitely guarantee me a greater future in the future. ”

"Then what is Lord Lu's plan? And how to answer the prince of Pingxi? Gan Wenjiong asked nervously.

Lu Fatzi's eyes were hollow, he looked up at Fang Liang and didn't say a word, but Zhu Fangdan, the last person in the study and another confidant of Lu Fatzi, opened his mouth and said with an angry face: "Lord Gan, how else can we adults answer?" If our adults are really just for the sake of self-preservation, really just for the sake of coveting glory and wealth, when Ao Xiangye allowed him to patrol the salt road in the world, he would have betrayed the imperial court and failed the grace of the saints, and now he will still covet the broken officials in poor places like Yunnan and Guizhou? ! ”

"Master Lu, Master Zhu, don't worry, if you have something to say, speak slowly." Gan Wenjiong knew that Fat Lu was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything serious, but just changed his way to comfort him: "For this decision of the imperial court, to be honest, the Governor and I are also very surprised, because before this, the Governor has already taken over the prefect of Qujing on the spot, but I didn't know that there was an accident there, and the Ministry decided to send Lord Lu to make up for the lack of Daxing." But it doesn't matter, the magistrate of Jingxian County is the sixth grade, and Lord Lu, you have also been promoted two levels in a row this time, which is already very rare for a donor official. And maybe it's just an excess, and I believe it won't take long to ............. ”

"Lord Gan, you don't need to say it, the lower officials understand." Fat Lu interrupted Gan Wenjiong's talking, and said in a depressed mood: "The lower officials understand everything, you really can't blame Lord Gan for this, let alone dare to blame the Governor, if you want to blame, you can only blame myself, blame myself for being too clean and self-loving." ”

"Blame yourself for being too clean and self-loving?" Gan Wenjiong was a little confused, and he didn't react for a while.

Fat Lu smiled bitterly and said slowly: "If it wasn't for self-love, rejected the temptation of Sigege, and completely offended Sigege, how could there be what happened now?" ”

"Master Lu, have you said it? How could Sigege be such a person? Gan Wenjiong also smiled bitterly, but Gan Wenjiong also knew very well in his heart that this time Xiao Mazi tested Lu Fatzi again, and it was because of Lu Fatzi's nemesis Kong Sizhen fanning the flames in front of Xiao Mazi.

"Isn't Sigege such a person?" Zhu Fangdan laughed loudly and said angrily: "If Sigege is not such a person, then when the owner asked the emperor to decree through the secret post station of the Thirteen Yamen to collect the seeds of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste into the state, why did he disappear along with the people?" Why did the people of the four squares and one party make things difficult for our owners and frame them in every way when we were the owners? Why did Sigege suddenly appear in Qujing City when our owner and Li Shuzu told each other, helping Li Shuzu frame and frame our owner?! At that time, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial court sent Wang Xu and Wang Zongxian, our owner would have been beheaded by the whole house, right?! ”

Gan Wenjiong was speechless, completely speechless, while Fat Lu waved his hand and said weakly: "Master Zhu, don't say it, don't blame Master Gan for this, what's the use of you venting at him?" ”

"Owner, students are not venting." Zhu Fangdan said unconvinced: "The student is just not worth it for you, you are so loyal to the emperor and the court, you tie your head to the belt of your trousers, monitor the prince of Pingxi for the court and the emperor in Qujing, and fight against the illegal vassals under the command of the prince of Pingxi. The students have no intention of venting to Lord Gan, but just hope that Lord Gan and the Governor can speak a few words for you and show your grievances to the emperor and the court! Your hardships! ”

"Don't say it, don't say it." Fat Lu was dying, shook his head painfully and said, "Maybe it was because he didn't do well enough to satisfy the court and the emperor that he ended up in such a situation." ”

"Alas————!" Speaking of this, Fat Lu sighed and muttered: "But it doesn't matter, the family has 600 acres of fertile land and 12 shops. ”

"Master Lu, are you going to resign and return home?" Gan Wenjiong was taken aback - Lu Fatzi's hometown is Dali, Yunnan.

"What else can I do if I don't resign and return home?" Lu Fatzi's smile became more and more bitter, and said: "Li Shuzu case, I offended the entire Li family, I also offended Prince Kang, and offended Sigege, Tuzhongtang, the entire Dingnan Palace, their protégés are old and relatives are the same year, one person can drown me with a mouthful of spit!" In Yunnan, I can still avoid their revenge for the time being, and wait for the opportunity to make a contribution and show my loyalty to the emperor, but when I arrive in Gyeonggi, it is not easier for them to kill me than to pinch an ant to death? Daxing County, do I dare to go? ”

"Master Lu, what are you talking about?" Gan Wenjiong hurriedly persuaded: "Today, the emperor is a saint and a martial artist, and the candle shines thousands of miles, and you are also at the feet of the Son of Heaven when you arrive in Daxing, how can the emperor sit back and watch you being framed and slandered by others?" Also, the current Shuntian Mansion Yin Ji Zhenjiang has a lot of friendship with my brother, and when the time comes, we will definitely ask him to take more care of you, and we will never let you suffer the slightest grievance. ”

"Lord Gan, you don't need to say it, I have made up my mind." Lu Fatzi shook his head and waved his hand to Xiao Erlang, Xiao Erlang understood, picked up a book from the table, held it in front of Gan Wenjiong with both hands, and said in a choked voice: "Lord Gan, this is the resignation of my young master, please accept it, and transfer it to the governor, we will pack up tonight, and go back to Dali's hometown tomorrow to farm, from now on, my young master will never be an official again." ”

"No, no." Gan Wenjiong was a little anxious, hurriedly waved his hand and did not accept the fold, and said: "Lord Lu, I am also grateful for your help to my brother for more than a year, so I said a word from my heart - have you thought about it, if you resign and return to your hometown in Dali, won't others have more to say?" ”

"Someone else has something to say?" Fat Lu paused for a while, and only came back to his senses after a while, and said with a sneer: "Thank you Lord Gan for your advice, I almost forgot about this, if I resign from my official position and return to my hometown Dali, others will have more to say." - I, Lu Yifeng, have actually been the official of the West from beginning to end, and I am the person of the prince of Pingxi, so I would rather not be this official, but also stay in Yunnan to be a lackey for the prince of Pingxi, and help the prince of Pingxi to fight against the imperial court. ”

Gan Wenjiong stopped talking, which was a tacit acquiescence. At this time, Zhu Fangdan interjected and said: "Dongjia, Lord Gan's words make sense, if you go back to your hometown, those villains do have something to say, so according to the students, you must not go back to your hometown, you can only leave Yunnan and Yungui to clear your grievances." ”

"Where am I going, then?" Fat Lu asked hesitantly.

"Young master, let's go to Guangdong." Xiao Erlang suggested: "Go to the young lady's maiden house, the prince of Pingnan has always recognized you as a brother-in-law, and when you go to Guangzhou, he will definitely not treat you badly." ”

"No, you can't go to Guangdong." Zhu Fangdan became emotional and said: "The prince of Pingnan is also a vassal king, and when you go to Guangdong, others have more to say." Otherwise, if you don't dislike the owner, go back to the student's hometown of Hankou with the student, which is close to Jingzhou, where the Yamen of the Governor of Huguang in Sichuan is located, and the Governor of the three provinces, Cai Yurong, has also had correspondence with you, and has greatly admired you, and has the intention of soliciting. ”

"Young master, Huguang is not as good as Jiangnan." Xiao Erlang made another suggestion, "There is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, with your talents, young master, you are all in demand when you go there!" ”

Xiao Erlang's words are not an exaggeration at all, since Lu Fatzi made a name for himself in Qujing with the Eight Banners Fushou Paste and Glass Mirror, the two money-grabbing weapons, the governors all over the world have dreamed of getting a super talent like Lu Fatzi, so that Fat Lu has created several sources of wealth for himself, basically no matter which province Lu Fatzi has, the governor of that province will visit him as soon as possible, even if he has to ask Fatman Lu to come out of the mountain again and serve under his own office.

After all, there are too few officials in this world who don't love silver, and even if they don't love silver at all, they will hope that the people under their rule will become rich, and add a good reputation for governing the country to their reputation for honesty.

Having said that, although Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang spoke passionately, Lu Fatzi never said a word, until Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang said that there was nothing to say, Lu Fatzi slowly stood up and said slowly: "No, I won't go there, I only go to one place, only when I get to that place, can I tell the emperor, tell the court, and tell the whole world, I, Lu Yifeng, was born in the Qing Dynasty, and when I die, I am also a ghost of the Qing Dynasty!" ”

"Boss, what place are you talking about?" Zhu Fangdan asked curiously.

"Guangxi!" Fat Lu suddenly slapped the table and yelled hysterically: "I won't go there, I will only go to Guangxi!" ”

"Lord Lu, are you crazy?!" Gan Wenjiong was the first to scream in amazement.

"Of course I'm not crazy!" Fat Lu smashed the table and yelled, "Didn't she Kong Si Bitch want my life?" I'll send it to the door and let her kill! I want everyone in the world to know that I, Lu Yifeng, was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty in life and a loyal ghost of the Qing Dynasty in death! It's just that bitch framed me that I left my hometown and took the initiative to send her to the door to kill! Let her hurt! Who has not died in life since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of his sweat! Keep Dan's heart and sweat——! ”

Roaring, Fat Lu grabbed the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table and smashed it again, and finally simply lifted the desk, looking like a crazy demon, so frightened that Gan Wenjiong, Zhu Fangdan and Xiao Erlang were all scattered, and hurriedly pounced on Fat Lu and held down Fat Lu, and comforted him repeatedly, "Young master, young master, calm down." "The owner, you can't do this, even if you are angry, you can't joke with your head." "Master Lu, don't be like this, our brother can't keep you in Qujing, I'm already very sad, if you are still like this, our brother will be even more sad."

"Lord Gan, I've made up my mind." Fat Lu suddenly grabbed Gan Wenjiong's wrist tightly, and said with tears in his eyes: "Please report back to the governor, Qujing Zhixian, I am not right!" Daxingzhi County, I'm not right! Qujing prefect, I'm not even more greedy! I'm going to Guangxi, and I'm going to let the emperor and the governor take a look at it and see what kind of person I, Lu Yifeng, are! Please tell the Governor, tell the emperor, I, Lu Yifeng, have been loyal to the Qing Dynasty! Faithful————! ”

Screaming, Fat Man Lu couldn't help but cry, but Gan Wenjiong was in a hurry, wiping his tears and comforting Fat Man Lu, "Lord Lu, calm down, please calm down, don't be angry, let alone gamble with your net worth and surname!" As you said, Sigege does have some misunderstandings about you, and her heart is not so broad-minded, you really want to go to Guangxi, but I'm afraid that there will really be any danger, you calm down, please calm down. ”

"No!" Fat Lu cried and refused, turned to Xiao Erlang and Zhu Fangdan and asked: "Erlang, Master Zhu, I have already decided, I want to go to Guangxi, you can go with me if you want to, if you don't want to go, I will not force it." You say, do you want to go? ”

"Boss, what are you talking about?" Zhu Fangdan said seriously: "Since I, Zhu Fangdan, came to your shogunate, I have been treated by you as a national soldier, of course I will repay him as a national soldier, if you are determined to go to Guangxi, of course I will accompany you, it's a big deal to throw this old life in Guangxi." ”

"Young master, I grew up in your family, although I am your family, but you have always treated me like a brother." Xiao Erlang burst into tears, crying and said, "Young Master, you are going to Guangxi, of course I have to follow, my head has a scar the size of a bowl, what's the big deal?" But I only ask you for one thing, please leave the young lady and the little young master, let the uncle and master take care of them, give us the Lu family ......, and leave a ....... ”

Speaking of which, Xiao Erlang could no longer suppress his sadness, and hugged Lu Fatzi and cried, Zhu Fangdan was also in tears, and Lu Fatzi and Xiao Erlang cried together, at this time, Shang Wanyan's cry also came from outside the study, and soon, the inside and outside of the study cried. Gan Wenjiong never dreamed that things would evolve to this point, standing there at a loss, not knowing whether to dissuade him with all his might, or to agree to Lu Fatzi's suicide on behalf of Gan Wenkun............

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So, under the anger, Lu Fatzi did not listen to Gan Wenjiong's kind persuasion, and Zhang Gaomo, the prefect of Qujing who rushed to the news, resolutely stuffed the resignation excerpt into Gan Wenjiong's excerpt, and decided to leave Qujing the next day and go to Guangxi to take the initiative to send him to death. Originally, Li Tianzhi and the Liu brothers also wanted to go with Lu Fatzi, but they were firmly rejected by Lu Fatzi, and agreed to Lu Fatzi's plea with tears - stay in Yunnan, stay in Qujing to take care of and protect Lu Fatzi's family.

On the 16th day of February, when Lu Fatzi set off to leave Qujing, the whole city of Qujing was in a sensation, and all walks of life boycotted the market together to protest, and countless people poured into Qujing's official road to Luoping, crying to see Lu Fatzi, a rare good dog official, leave Qujing, crying and protesting against the shameless crime of the imperial court to frame Lu Fatzi. The heads of people on both sides of the official road are like ants, the cry is shocking, hundreds of people pull the corner of Lu Fatzi's clothes and are reluctant, kneeling and begging Lu Fatzi to stay, the emotions are excited, the feelings are so intense, almost on the spot that it caused a civil uprising.

Seeing such a scene, Gan Wenjiong was moved, and it was inevitable that he would feel a little pounding his chest - Lu Fatzi is so popular with the people, at the critical moment, if Lu Fatzi sticks to the city, it must be the unity of the army and the people, and everyone is united, even if Wu Sangui has thousands of troops and horses, and ten martial arts, it must be difficult to surpass Qujing! Well, now the people's hearts are completely dispersed!

What made Gan Wenjiong even more unexpected was the speed of the Pingxi Palace's response to this matter, on the day that Lu Fatzi left Qujing, another Western Election Official, Qujing County Cheng Chen Dou, showed Wu Sangui an official document that had been issued a year ago, and forcibly took over the seal of Qujing Zhixian County, and at the same time, Wu Sangui also sent a letter to the Ministry of Officials, asking the Ministry of Officials to make up for the lack of Qujing Zhixian - this is the legendary Western Election.

At the same time, Wu Sangui also asked Zhang Gaomo, the current prefect of Qujing, to fill the vacancy of the prefect of Hengzhou in Hunan and change the post of prefect of Hengzhou and Qujing, while Wu Sangui asked Niu Tianshen, the prefect of Dading, Guizhou, to take over, and the prefect of Dading was replaced by another official from the west. - No way, Qujing is the only state capital in Yunnan that allows the people to plant Baqi Fushou ointment, and it is considered a first-class fertilizer shortage in the country.

Of course, just eating the civil power of Qujing can not satisfy the greedy appetite of the Pingxi Palace, and the control of the Qujing Green Camp has also been coveted by Pingxi for a long time, just two days after Lu Fatzi's resignation, Wu Sangui asked the outgoing Yunnan Governor Lin Tianqing and Yunnan Governor Zhang Guozhu to go down together, appointing Kong Fanlin, the former Pingxi Palace's guards, and Luo Kedi as the thousand commanders of the Yunnan Green Battalion, half of Lu Fatzi's cousin Qin Yong and henchman Li Tianzhi, and stirred up the Qujing Green Camp carefully built by Lu Fatzi from the iron plate into a mess.

These are not counted, what is even more infuriating is that Gan Wenjiong also found out that the soldiers of the right town of Pingxi Wangfu stationed in Qujing were still spreading rumors among the people, saying that the Qing Dynasty had accepted bribes from corrupt officials, so they deliberately drove away Lu Fatzi, and prepared to exchange some corrupt officials who had sent silver to Qujing to fish and meat the people, and also prepared to take back the biggest privilege obtained by the people of Qujing under the blessing of Lu Fatzi - the only private planting right of Eight Banners Fushou Paste in the country, so as to make huge profits!

The result is very natural, in the case of the people of Qujing who are already angry, such rumors naturally completely stabbed Qujing's hornet's nest, hundreds of people took to the streets, went to the prefect's yamen to make trouble and demonstrate, stopped horses and sedan chairs to complain for Lu Fatzi, and the Panyuan strike became more and more intense, making the whole Qujing City a chicken, flying and jumping, a big mess, and the scolding and resentment of Xiao Mazi and Mites Qing were even more overwhelming, and some people even shouted the slogan of beating all non-Western election officials out of Yunnan!

After Gan Wenjiong sent the news back to Guiyang, Gan Wenkun was furious, and even ordered the master to write on the spot, and wrote a stinking scolding Kong Sizhen, the first sentence of the opening sentence is - impeachment of the second-class guard, the first-class lady Kong Sizhen took revenge, causing Qujing to be civil and military, and once erosive!

However, halfway through the writing of the recital, Gan Wenkun suddenly ordered the master to stop writing and personally tore the recital to pieces, and Gan Wenkun's son Gan Guocheng next to him was a little puzzled, and hurriedly asked: "Father, why did you tear this recital again?" ”

"I was just." Gan Wenkun said helplessly: "Kong Sizhen and his group dare to do this, they must have been instructed by the emperor, and my impeachment of Kong Sizhen is tantamount to slapping the emperor in the face, accusing the emperor of ineffective governance in disguise, and provoking a popular uprising." This kind of fold is handed over, not only will it not work, on the contrary, for the sake of face, the emperor really ordered Lu Yifeng to never be used. ”

"That makes sense, so what should we do?" Gan Guocheng asked.

"There are two twists and turns of light and dark." Gan Wenkun groaned and said: "The first song is to ask for the life of the people of Qujing, and ask the imperial court to recall Lu Yifeng to re-serve as the prefect of Qujing, or take over as the prefect of Qujing on the spot. The second piece of music folded and reported Qujing's current situation, Lu Yifeng's decision and Wu Sangui's reaction to the emperor truthfully, the more detailed the better, but there must not be a word on it to accuse Kong Sizhen's gang. ”

"There must not be a word to accuse Kong Sizhen's gang?" Gan Guocheng was a little confused.

"Stupid!" Gan Wenkun scolded, gritted his teeth and said: "There is not a word to condemn that bitch, it is the biggest condemnation to her, the emperor will understand better than anyone else who is deliberately destroying the situation in Yungui!" ”

Speaking of this, Gan Wenkun slapped the table again and roared: "Kong Si bitch, Lao Tzu and Lu Yifeng tied their heads to the waistband of their pants in Yungui, and fought to the death with Wu Sangui's old thing, and you are still stabbing knives in the back!" Now that you have done a good job, Lao Tzu wants to see, how are you going to explain to the emperor this time? How to explain to the imperial court?! ”

(To be continued)