Almost at the same time that the news that Hu Guozhu was about to lead a team to Nanning to investigate the assassination of Lu Fatzi reached Nanning, the news of the discovery of a huge silver mine in Phoenix Mountain in Nanning Prefecture finally crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and was sent to Yanjing City, which was thousands of miles away, to Kong Sizhen, the prince of Dingnan, who had not returned to Guangxi for two years, and to Xiong Cijiao, a scholar who was frankly opposite Kong Sigege.

"Am I right?" Holding the urgent express sent by the secret post station of the Thirteen Yamen, Kong Sizhen couldn't believe his eyes, and jumped out of bed without even caring about clothes, and shouted in surprise: "Lu Yifeng found a huge silver mine in Phoenix Mountain, Nanning Mansion? The silver reserves are as high as more than 42 million taels?! I'm not dreaming, am I? There is such a big treasure buried in my domain?! ”

"Hahahaha, I can't think of it, I can't think of it!" Overjoyed, Kong Sizhen couldn't help but praise his rival Lu Fatzi, "I didn't expect that Lu Yifeng's dead fat man really had a set, and when he walked there, he could make a lot of money there!" With this big silver mine, the old lady no longer has to worry about money and food! Unexpected, really unexpected! ”

"Sigege, don't be too happy too soon." Xiong Cixu was not as excited and excited as Kong Sizhen, and hurriedly poured cold water and said: "Sigege, according to the humble position, although Lu Yifeng's discovery of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine is indeed very beneficial to you, it also has endless consequences, and if you are not careful, the consequences may be unimaginable." ”

"And." Speaking of this, Xiong Cixu suddenly remembered something again, and hurriedly asked: "Sigege, if I'm not mistaken, Nanning seems to be the former governor of Guangxi, who has been in charge of the Guangxi Dingfan for many years, right?" That old thing's son Yu Xuan and you have already turned their faces, such a big piece of fat in the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, will he let you get involved easily? ”

"Xuan Yuxuan?" Kong Sizhen'e frowned, and snorted coldly: "He dares!" The three rabbits who are neither male nor female really want to provoke the old lady, and the old lady ordered him to roll to Yulin, so that he can't even catch a single hair! ”

said it beautifully, Kong Sizhen was playing the drum in his heart, he did very inauthentic to the father and son of the Lian family back then, and he had greatly angered the vast majority of the old people in the Guangxi army, if he asked the Lian Guoan father and son to get out of Nanning and give up the Phoenix Mountain silver mine that had just been discovered, the Lian Guoan father and son and the old men of Dingnan Wangfu under their command did not fall out with the genius monster, and they already had a reputation for being stinky all over the street in Guangxi, so it would definitely be ten miles away from the wind and smell, and completely lose the hearts of the army and the people.

"Don't do that!" Xiong Cilu was taken aback, for fear that Kong Sizhen would do something stupid under greed, so he hurriedly dissuaded: "Sigege, if you dare to do this, then you are really finished!" What kind of place is Guangxi, the first important place for the imperial court to restrain the Wu Domain, and the only dagger pointing to the hinterland of the Wu Domain! I am afraid that it is not enough for the imperial court to maintain stability there, and you have done this to provoke the Guangxi mutiny, and even forced the father and son of Lian Guoan to abandon the imperial court and join the Wu domain, then no matter how much the Empress Dowager Lafayette and the emperor favor you, they will definitely not spare you this sin! ”

Kong Sizhen didn't speak with a straight face, just picked up the belly pocket thrown on the ground and put it on himself, Xiong Cilu didn't rush to dress, just picked up the secret report of the thirteen yamen sent by Guangxi and read it carefully, and when he saw the end, Xiong Cilu couldn't help but cry out bitterly, "It's miserable!" Sigege, why are you a slave Dai Liangchen so stupid, you didn't even ask for instructions to send someone to Nanning to arrest Lu Fatzi, and he just rushed to arrest Lu Fatzi on the day Lu Fatzi discovered the silver mine, he really didn't think the matter was too big? Want to give you another bit of trouble? ”

"Dai Liangchen sent someone to arrest Fat Lu?" Kong Sizhen began to be completely carried away by the discovery of silver mines in Guangxi, and he really didn't see this last report, after snatching the report from Xiong Cixu's hand and reading it carefully, Kong Sizhen's absolutely beautiful little face suddenly became whiter than a dead man, and roared hysterically, "Dog minion!" Are you fucking full of shit in your head? If you want to kill and arrest Fat Lu, you still use you to slap your ass? If I could do it, my mother would have done it a long time ago, and I still need to wait for you?! This time, the old lady was miserable by you! The old lady ......, how can the old lady explain to the emperor?! ”

"Sigege, don't rush, don't rush." Xiong Cilu hurriedly persuaded and said: "As long as you explain the reason to the emperor for this matter, it is because the capital is too far away from Guangxi, and your order is still on the way, and you didn't have time to send Guangxi to stop Dai Liangchen's gang from doing it, they made their own initiative to arrest Lu Fatzi in order to please you, and you didn't know anything beforehand." The emperor will definitely understand that this matter has nothing to do with you, and he will not hold you responsible. ”

"Yes, yes, I have to hurry up and report to the emperor and explain the reason." Kong Sizhen hurriedly sped up the speed of dressing, and hurriedly said: "I'll enter the palace, the sooner I can show the emperor, the better, otherwise, the two fools Suo Etu and Mingzhu will have more to say in front of the emperor." and Wang Xu, that old idiot also looked at the old lady unpleasantly, but don't let him catch the truth. ”

"Four squares, and slow." Xiong Cixu hurriedly grabbed Kong Sizhen and said: "This matter must not be rushed, we must first consider all the consequences, I haven't finished what I said just now, the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine matter, the impact is definitely not small, whether it will be unfavorable to us is not clear, we have to discuss it before acting!" ”

"You're dizzy? The discovery of such a large silver mine in Phoenix Mountain, how can it be against us? Kong Sizhen glanced at Xiong Cixu, and said angrily: "You don't have enough money falling from the sky to inject such a big fortune?" ”

"You're just dizzy!" Xiong Cixu lost his temper once and said angrily: "How can it be bad for us? Not to mention anything else, just your sworn enemy Lu Yifeng and Lu Fatzi can rely on this Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine to regain the emperor's favor, and our situation in front of the emperor will become more embarrassing than before! ”

Xiong Cizhen's words finally made Kong Sizhen completely calm down from the ecstasy, and Kong Sizhen also remembered that the reason why they were able to prevent Xiao Mazi from using Lu Fatzi again last time was because Xiong Cizhen put forward a hypothesis in front of Xiao Mazi - if Lu Fatzi is really loyal to Xiao Mazi and the Mites Qing court, and if the incident of Eight Banners Fushou Paste is really a coincidence, it is really because Lu Fatzi's gold will shine when he throws it at that corner, then Lu Fatzi will go to Guangxi, He should also do some amazing results in Guangxi to prove his loyalty to Xiao Mazi, otherwise, Xiong Cixu still insists on doubting the position of Lu Fatzi's ass!

Of course, Xiong Cixu's words are strong words, and they can even be said to be dying struggles, but as he grows older, Xiao Mazi, who is almost seventeen years old, has become more and more prominent and suspicious, and it is becoming more and more obvious, not to mention Lu Fatzi, who is already sensitive to his identity and position, even for Mingzhu, Suo Etu, Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cixu, these absolute henchmen are also suspicious, and they will not communicate casually, so Xiong Cixu's dying struggle actually naturally aroused Xiao Mazi's inner resonance at the same time, made Xiao Mazi give up the plan to immediately re-use Lu Fatzi, and decided to observe it for a while.

But now, when Lu Fatzi arrived in Guangxi, he immediately made such a big move as the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, if this news was known to Xiao Mazi, would he reactivate Lu Fatzi's mind and not talk about him, Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cixu would be guilty of jealousy and envy and framing loyal ministers! When the time comes, it will fall out of favor, and if it is heavy, no one can say what the consequences will be.

"Sigege, do you understand the seriousness of the consequences now?" Xiong Cilu saw Kong Sizhen's frightened expression, knowing that she was already frightened, and hurriedly said: "Also, Lu Fatzi made such a big move in the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine this time, whether he was intentional or unintentional, no matter whether the emperor would put him back in Yunnan or not, he would inevitably be reused as a rare capable minister, and he was framed by Sigege again, and refused to leave the office, plus the previous things, Sigege, aren't you more waxy in front of the emperor?" ”

"What wax am I sitting on?" Kong Sizhen asked unconvinced: "The emperor can still cut me down and make him angry because he wants to reuse him?" ”

"Confused!" Xiong Ci stomped his feet and said angrily: "Lu Fatzi resigned and went to Guangxi, originally in order to retreat and advance, forcing us into a dilemma, for this emperor is already seriously dissatisfied with us, if Lu Fatzi deliberately creates an impression to the emperor because we slander and frame, he resolutely refuses to be used by the emperor, then the emperor still hates us to the bone marrow?" Even if the emperor doesn't immediately attack us because he still needs us, and when we are useless in the future, we won't need it, and the emperor won't have to settle the old accounts and new accounts together? By your time, the two of us will be truly dead and have no place to be buried! ”

Kong Sizhen's face became more and more ugly, almost turning iron blue, and Xiong Cixu said in horror: "That's not all, I'm more worried about one more point - in case Lu Yifeng, the loyal annihilator and thief, suddenly plays a basket to Yin, under the pretext that because we framed and persecuted, and openly fell to Taiwan's Zheng Rebellious, then the two of us will really be pitted by him into the same role as Qing's father Zhao Gao!" At that time, if the emperor doesn't kill us, there will really be no way to explain it to the people of the world! ”

"Blatantly falling to Taiwan's Zheng rebellion? Is it possible? Kong Sizhen was taken aback and said, "I haven't heard that this fat man Lu has any connection with Taiwan's Zheng Yi?" ”

"I mean just in case." Xiong Ci said with a blushing face: "What I'm most worried about now is this, in case Fat Lu is determined to force us to death, then he will suddenly go to Taiwan Zheng Jing now, plus Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi's gang of people are fueling the fire and falling into the ground, then the emperor can only give an explanation to the people of the world with our heads." ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Cilu shook his head and added, "Of course, this move is also a lose-lose move for Fat Lu, and he shouldn't take a risk until the last moment!" ”

"Then what should we do now, ......?" Kong Sizhen finally panicked - Kong Sizhen finally found out the seriousness of the matter, and once the matter of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine spreads, Lu Fatzi is bound to become famous again, even if the power in his hands can't kill himself, he can use the reputation of the world's No. 1 capable minister to kill himself, and there are also helpers who fall into the well and add fuel to the fire!

"Don't worry, let me think about it." Xiong Cilu said while putting on his clothes: "Fortunately, the news transmission speed of the Thirteen Yamen is much faster than that of ordinary post stations, so the emperor and other people in the court should not know about the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, and we still have some time to act, but it is estimated that there will not be a lot." ”

"You think about it, the old lady doesn't want to die with that fat man." Kong Sizhen urged.

"What are you anxious about? Don't you have to give me a little time to think about it? Xiong retorted angrily.

After putting on his clothes and sitting on the edge of the bed for a long time, Xiong Cilu raised two fingers and said, "I thought about it carefully, and I feel that there are only two ways for us to go at the moment. The first way is to immediately go to the emperor to plead guilty, admit that we have misunderstood Lu Fatzi before, and ask the emperor to put Lu Fatzi back in Yunnan and re-serve as the ...... of Qujing Governor or Qujing Governor. ”

"He's dreaming!" Kong Sizhen was furious and interrupted: "No! Absolutely not! The old lady finally got him out of Yunnan and got out of the shelter of Wu Sangui's old thing, can she let him go back? The old lady would rather let him be a governor in other provinces, and never let him go back to Yunnan to be a magistrate! ”

"Do you think I'm willing to do that?" Xiong Cixu said helplessly: "The problem is, Lu Fatzi is now clear that he won't go except for Yunnan, you really help him to move a governor, and he will definitely not go to office, he will only bite to death and get up there if he falls there, and we transfer him out of Yunnan because we don't trust him, frame him, and continue to force us into a more embarrassing situation." So now, if you want him to be born in peace, the only way to let him go back to Yunnan is to go. ”

Kong Sizhen stopped talking again, Xiong Cixu sighed, and said: "Actually, Sigege, we also made a bit of a fuss before, how can Lu Fatzi still help Wu Sangui to build a country in Yungui?" Can you still help Wu Sangui fight against the million-strong army of the imperial court? As long as we ignore him, when the contradictions between Wu Sangui's old things and the imperial court are completely intensified, and the swords and soldiers meet, his loyalty and goodness will be distinguished, and we don't need to do it at all! We attach so much importance to him, not only help him, but also trap ourselves in it, which is really more than worth the loss, and we make a big fuss. ”

was reminded by Xiong Cixu, Kong Sizhen also realized that he did make a little fuss about the matter of Lu Fatzi - a seven-grade county order the size of a sesame mung bean, and there were many more kings and eight people in Yongding River than this person, why did he just stare at him and bite him? And why did he bite to death and didn't sleep with any Yunnan man except for Lu Fatzi? Thinking of this, Kong Sizhen also suddenly realized that her hatred for Fat Lu was not entirely unforgettable, maybe there was still a little ............

Kong Sizhen hurriedly shook his head again, trying to get this thought out of his mind, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What about the second way?" And how to get there? ”

"The second way?" Xiong Ci's paint-like eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce light, and he said extremely coldly: "The second way, of course, is to Lu Yifeng's life!" ”

"Kill him?" Kong Sizhen was startled, and hurriedly said: "You'd better not fight this idea, the emperor has issued an order, and we are not allowed to touch Lu Yifeng's hair, unless you want to resist the decree and bully the monarch and exterminate the nine clans, it is best not to fight this idea." ”

"Of course we didn't do it." Xiong Cixu's tone became more and more gloomy, "I have a way to make the emperor issue an edict and ask for his dog's life!" ”

"Let the emperor directly ask for his life?" Kong Sizhen's eyes lit up, and her already frustrated mood became a little excited, and she said, "Say it quickly, why do you want his life?" ”

"Don't rush yet, listen to me slowly." Xiong Cilu stood up, turned around in circles with his hands behind his back in the bedroom, and said while sorting out his thoughts: "First of all, although there is no evidence, what I can be sure of is that Lu Yifeng resigned and went to Guangxi to join the father and son of Lian Guoan, in addition to forcing us into an embarrassing dilemma, there is also an important purpose to facilitate the return to Yunnan at any time - from Nanning to Yunnan, it only takes three days at most to change horses and people all the way, which is very beneficial to his improvisation!" ”

"Second, Lu Yifeng definitely doesn't know what the emperor's attitude is towards him, and he can't tell how much the emperor has mastered his crimes, so for a thief like him, his current mind should be to fight wolves with a hemp pole - two fears! Not only does he want to continue to play the image of the great annihilation, but he is also afraid that the crime will be suddenly exposed and he will be beheaded by the emperor! The slightest stir may turn into a frightened bird, revealing flaws and exposing evil faces under the chaos. ”

"Third,...... Sigege, I have to say a few words to you, you did too inauthentic to the father and son of Lian Guoan a few years ago, Lian Guoan took the initiative to go to the court and return the actual control of Guangxi Dingfan to you, not only did you not repay his great kindness, but because he was jealous of his deep military heart, and because he was afraid that he relied on the old man and said that your style was not right, and he lost the face of the prince of Dingnan, he forced him out of Guilin and sent him to Nanning, which was poor and bad, to suffer and suffer, and he was the first to take him to cut his salary, such a favor will be avenged. Whoever else will hate you to the bone...... ”

"What are you doing with all this uselessness?" Kong Sizhen interrupted angrily: "To be serious, how can you let the emperor directly kill that fat man Lu?" ”

"What are you anxious about? Hear me out. Xiong Cixu retorted even more unceremoniously, and said: "In view of what you have done to the father and son of Lian Guoan, I think that the father and son of Lian Guoan are likely to give Wu Sangui both hands of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine to Wu Sangui now, and will never give it to you again!" At the same time, Wu Sangui's old thing is also an insatiable old hungry wolf, Yunnan's neighboring Nanning Mansion suddenly discovered such a big treasure, can he not salivate? Can you reach out for a piece of the pie? ”

Kong Sizhen's face changed greatly, and she just wanted to speak, but Xiong Cixu hurriedly said: "Sigege, don't interrupt me, I haven't finished talking yet!" I think that with the hatred of Guoan's father and son for you, as well as the greed of Wu Sangui's old things, in the matter of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, they are likely to hook up with each other and join forces to squeeze you out of the mining profits of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine, so that you can't get a silver or two! ”

"Sigege, please think about it." Xiong Cilu suddenly laughed again, and said in a low voice: "In this case, if we preemptively report to the emperor and say that your eyeline reconnaissance in the south has learned that Wu Sangui's old thing has long known the situation of the Phoenix Mountain silver mine, and he wants to make a profit but has never had a chance, so he deliberately sent Lu Yifeng as a special envoy to contact the Lian family father and son, and used the Phoenix Mountain silver mine as a bait to induce the Lian Guoan father and son to betray the imperial court and the Dingnan Palace, and take refuge in the Pingxi Palace!" And Wu Sangui's old thing not only got the Phoenix Mountain silver mine, but also got the most brave and warlike national security army in the Guangxi army! ”

"Tell me, what will the emperor think when he hears such a report? Will you be so angry, will you want to cut Lu Yifeng Ling Chi one by one?! ”

Kong Sizhen's beautiful eyes lit up again, and after thinking about it for a long time, Kong Sizhen asked in a hoarse voice: "Will the emperor believe it?" ”

"We guarantee it with our heads, won't the emperor believe it?" Xiong Ci said with a cruel smile: "We guarantee to the emperor with our net worth and surname, guarantee that the Thirteen Yamen will find that this information is absolutely correct, and beg the emperor to send someone south to arrest Lu Yifeng and escort him back to the capital for interrogation, can the emperor believe it?" ”

"Are you crazy?" Kong Sizhen exclaimed, "In front of the emperor, he guaranteed that Lu Fatzi was guilty with his net worth and surname?" If we arrest Fat Lu back to the capital and can't find any evidence, won't we be completely finished? ”

"What are you anxious about? Asking the emperor to arrest Fat Lu is only the first step in my plan. Xiong Cilu's smile was even more hideous, and he said slowly: "After this decree comes, we will immediately let out the wind and let the eyes of the Pingxi Palace's in the capital know that we have asked the emperor for approval to arrest Lu Yifeng back to the capital to punish the crime!" Then, the Pingxi Royal Mansion will inevitably send the news to Lu Yifeng before the Qincha at all costs, and at that time, Lu Yifeng will not have to flee back to Yunnan obediently and escape back to Wu Sangui's wing to seek refuge? Haven't our lies become the truth? ”

Kong Sizhen was greatly moved, and slowly sat back on the side of the bed and thought about it for a long time, Kong Sizhen hesitated and said: "But if something goes wrong in the middle, for example, the news of the Pingxi Royal Mansion can't be sent to Lu Fatzi first, or Lu Fatzi sees through our strategy and deliberately captures him and lets Qincha escort him back to the capital, then what should we do?" ”

"One more point." Kong Sizhen also added: "What if Fat Lu is really not Wu Sangui's person? Then if we use these means to deal with him, won't we really become Qin Hui and Zhao Gao? ”

"Come on, my four-square." Xiong Cilu sneered and said, "If Fat Lu is really not Wu Sangui's old thing, you can't keep him!" You don't want to think about it, with his ability and means, if he really gets the emperor's heavy use, it will not be easy to surpass us in the future? When he surpasses us, do you still expect to repay our grievances with virtue like the national security of the United States and let us go? ”

Kong Sizhen's body was shocked, and his heart began to beat violently, and Xiong Cixu said with a cruel smile: "As for the other two assumptions you said, this is not a problem, doesn't that kid Li Xu hate Fat Lu more than us?" This time, the envoy instigated the emperor to let him do it, can't it? If we fanned the flames and lit the fire in front of Li Xu again, it was really impossible to send people to do it on the road, so do we have to worry that Lu Yifeng will be able to reach the capital alive? At that time, there will be no proof of death, and Wu Sangui and Lian Guoan have joined forces to mine the Phoenix Mountain silver mine, do we still have to worry about any troubles? ”

Kong Sizhen hesitated even more, and didn't say a word after thinking about a pillar of incense for a long time, Xiong Ci observed his words and looks, and said lightly: "Sigege, if you don't want to take this risk, then let's use the first move, take the initiative to ask the emperor to ask for guilt in front of the emperor, admit that he misunderstood Lu Yifeng before, and ask the emperor to put him back in Yunnan, put him back in Qujing, and ignore him in the future." As for whether there will be a chance to expose the true face of his rebellious ministers and thieves in the future, bring him to justice, and cut him with a thousand knives, the lower officials are really not sure. ”

Kong Sizhen was a little tempted, and almost wanted to stop there, so he would give up, and let Lu Fatzi fend for himself in Yunnan from now on, but at this time, Kong Sizhen suddenly recalled such a picture - every time Lu Fatzi looked at his eyes, not only did he not have any feelings and **, but also hatred and contempt, that kind of look was even more hateful than Wu Yingxiong's eyes when Kong Sizhen failed to seduce Wu Yingxiong! Thinking of this, Kong Sizhen's heart ached for no reason............

"Bang!" Kong Sizhen patted the side of the bed, gritted his teeth and said: "That's it, fight with him Lu Fat to the death!" ”

"Okay, without further ado, let's enter the palace immediately!" Xiong Cilu breathed a sigh of relief, but at this moment, Kong Sizhen pounced on him like a tigress, and tore his clothes as soon as he hugged Xiong Cixu, Xiong Cilu smiled bitterly: "Sigege, will you talk about it when you come back?" It's not early, and if it's too late, I'm afraid the palace gate will be closed. ”

"Lady doesn't care! The old lady is interested now, and she will enter the palace after she finishes it! ”

"Okay, okay, ouch, Sigege, don't bite!"

"Lady doesn't care! The old lady is going to bite you to death————! ”

(To be continued)