Yu Xuan, who looks like a beautiful woman but has two soul-destroying mustaches, suddenly took two steps forward, almost standing close to Lu Fatzi's nose, this action can scare our poor innocent little virgin Lu Fatty, staggered back two steps, sat on the ground with a butt, and screamed in despair in his heart, "General Liusan, I really don't have that kind of hobby!" ”

"Plop!" Almost at the same time as Fat Lu's ass sat on the ground, Yu Xuan knelt down on Fat Lu's knees with a plop and blurted out: "Lord Lu, Yu Xuan has something to ask for." ”

It wasn't until he finished saying this sentence that Yu Xuan noticed that Fat Lu was already sitting on the ground, and asked in surprise: "Lord Lu, what's wrong with you?" You okay? ”

"I didn't ...... It's nothing, I've walked a little too much over the mountains these days, and my legs are a little soft. Fat Lu trembled and said, "General Liusan, you said that you have something to ask for, what is the matter?" Saying that, Lu Fatzi's chrysanthemum couldn't help but twitch several times in succession.

Yu Xuan's little face turned red like a woman a few times, and he hesitated for a long time before whispering: "Yu Xuan wants to ask Lord Lu to lend a helping hand to help the Nanning garrison tide over the difficulties and solve the urgent need of the Nanning garrison's serious shortage of food and salary. ”

"That's what happened." Lu Fatzi's little liver, which was so nervous that he almost stopped beating, finally bounced up again, breathed a long sigh of relief, patted his chest and said: "General Lian San said it earlier, he almost scared me to death, I thought it was ......." ”

"What does Master Lu think Yu Xuan is going to do?" Yu Xuan asked in surprise.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Of course, Lu Fatzi didn't dare to say that he was afraid that Yu Xuan, who had the good of Longyang, would court, but he just got up and quickly changed the topic and said: "General Liusan, please get up and say something, there is no need to make such a big salute, Lu Yifeng doesn't dare to be." ”

"No, if Master Lu doesn't agree, Yu Xuan won't get up." Yu Xuan raised his beautiful face and looked at Fat Lu, and said with a stubborn expression: "Lord Lu, you are the first financial talent recognized by me in the Qing Dynasty, and you have served as the magistrate of Qujing for less than three years, so you have reborn the entire Qujing, and by the way, you have also helped the entire Yungui to solve the problem of being unable to self-sufficiency in food and salary." Now that you have come to Nanning, Yu Xuan is cheeky and asks you to show your strengths in Nanning and help our Nanning garrison and the people of Nanning solve this problem. ”

"General Liusan, please get up and say something if you have something." Of course, Fat Lu didn't dare to really talk to Yu Xuan, but just bent over and said, "Don't talk on your knees like this, Lu Yifeng really doesn't dare to be." ”

"Master Lu, if you don't agree, then Yu Xuan won't say anything." Yu Xuan's voice was choked, and he said with tears in his big eyes: "Lord Lu, Yu Xuan doesn't dare to lie to you, the Dingnan Mansion has not paid military salaries and grain to the Nanning garrison for four months, and the little savings before have been fully spent, and the army will soon be unable to support the pot, and if it goes on like this, Yu Xuan really doesn't know what to do." The one who can save our Nanning garrison right now is you, Lord Lu. ”

"General Liusan, you can't help but think too highly of Lu Yifeng, right?" Lu Fatzi smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not an immortal who turns stones into gold, what can I do to help you solve these problems?" In my opinion, you'd better hurry up to the imperial court or the Dingnan Palace, and let them pay you back your military salary, grain and grass. ”

"Lord Lu, if the court is useful, Yu Xuan won't beg you." Yu Xuan finally left tears, sobbing like a woman and said: "Because my father is deeply rooted in the hearts of the army and highly respected in the Guangxi army, since the three years of the Kangxi war Kong Sizhen and Sun Yanling husband and wife in Guangxi, our Lian family has become a thorn in their side, a thorn in the flesh, forcing our Lian family to move to Nanning, not to mention, but also trying to weaken the strength of our Lian family, forcing our Lian family to disarm and cut salaries, and hand over the army in hand. ”

"At the beginning, when my father was still in good health, Kong Sizhen and his wife didn't dare to be too nonsense, but later after my father fell ill, they fell into a hole even further. In the seventh year of Kangxi, the imperial court cut the military salary of Guangxi by 450,000 taels, and 300,000 taels were cut out of our army in the first line. ”

"The purpose of their husband and wife is to let our Nanning army collapse, and then take the opportunity to cut off all the military power of our father and son, so that their husband and wife can dominate Guangxi. I know their intentions very well, but I can't stop ...... at all. So Lord Lu, Yu Xuan begs you, please save our Lian family, and also save our brothers in the army in Nanning, otherwise, by next month, the army will not be able to open the pot at all, what will happen, Yu Xuan really can't think about it....... ”

"General Liusan, with all due respect to Lu's bluntness, is the situation of the Nanning garrison really so bad?" Fat General Lu asked suspiciously: "As far as Lu knows, the prince of Pingxi is allowed to extract the toll tax for the convenience of exporting the Eight Banners Fushou ointment, but he is allowed to extract the toll tax with the old general Ma Xiongma, isn't this a small amount?" ”

"There is indeed this matter, if it weren't for this bit of silver from the prince of Pingxi, we would have survived a long time ago." Yu Xuan nodded in acknowledgement, and choked up and said: "But Lord Lu may not know, because our Lian family can only control the waterway between Zhen'an and Nanning, and of the two or three hundred thousand taels of silver that the prince of Pingxi allows us to draw every year, our Lian family can only get 30 percent, and the other 70 percent will be taken away by Ma Zhongcheng and Ma Junmen. ”

"Then you can ask Prince Pingxi for help." Lu Fatzi suggested: "As far as Lu knows, the prince of Pingxi has always been generous in this regard and has never been stingy. If you explain the actual situation in Nanning to him, he shouldn't be a dime, right? ”

"Of course, Yu Xuan asked the prince of Pingxi for help, and the prince also promised to help." Yu Xuan said hesitantly: "Can ...... However, the prince wanted Nanning's army to become the army of Pingxi Palace, and he also wanted to take Qiyu to Kunming, so Yu Xuan didn't dare to agree. ”

"I really can't help it." Lu Fatzi spread his hands and said: "At the beginning, I was able to help Yunnan and Guizhou provinces solve their financial difficulties, but I found this thing by chance, and now the seeds of Eight Banners Fushou Paste have been monopolized by the prince of Pingxi, and the season is not suitable, even if I have seeds, I can't help you?" ”

"Lord Lu, you can." Yu Xuan raised her pretty face again, and her big eyes were full of pleading, "Lord Lu, I just knew that you could, so I came to beg you." Otherwise, Yu Xuan wouldn't dare to open this mouth. ”

"General Liusan, how do you know I can?" Fat Lu asked, scratching his head.

"Master Lu, Yu Xuan must confess to you." A hint of blush suddenly flashed on Yu Xuan's pretty face, and he said a little shyly: "Yu Xuan sent ...... today." The personal soldiers sent to secretly protect Lord Lu reported back, saying that Lord Lu was looking for a strange ore, and was still asking around in the market, Yu Xuan took the liberty of guessing, Lord Lu, you should not be looking for any valuable ore, right? ”

"Covert guards? It's surveillance, right? Fat Lu asked unceremoniously.

Yu Xuanfen's face was even redder, so red that he was almost dripping blood, and he nodded after a while, which was considered to be an acknowledgement, and then lowered his head and choked up and said: "Lord Lu, Yu Xuan knows that he is not doing it right, but Yu Xuan is really in a hurry. Yu Xuan's two elder brothers have already died on the battlefield, the younger brother is young, and the father is old and sick, almost unaccompanied and helpless, Lord Lu, you are the world's first capable minister when you come to Nanning, can Yu Xuan not pin all his hopes on you? ”

Speaking of this, Yu Xuan raised his head again, his little face, which was more beautiful than a woman, turned red, stared at Lu Fatzi and said seriously: "But Lord Lu, please rest assured, if the adults can really help Yu Xuan get through this difficulty, help the Nanning garrison and the people of Nanning through this difficulty, Yu Xuan will definitely have a lot of thanks, and never let Lord Lu work in vain!" ”

"General Liansan has won the award, and Lu is really ashamed of the evaluation of the world's first capable minister." Fat Lu shook his head resolutely, and said: "Besides, Lu Mou came to Nanning this time to take refuge, and he didn't plan to continue to attract attention, let alone attract the envy of others." So General Liusan, I'm very sorry, Lu can't help you, and I really can't help you! ”

Lu Fatzi's words were categorical, like a sharp knife, deeply inserted into Yu Xuan's heart, which was already crying, and the tears on Yu Xuanfen's face suddenly burst out again, and he choked up and asked, "Lord Lu, are you really so ruthless?" ”

"It's not that Lu is ruthless, it's that Lu is really powerless." Fat Lu replied with a wry smile - Fat Lu is really not deceiving Yu Xuan by saying this, tin is not very useful in this era, and the price is not expensive, so even if Fat Lu finds the famous big tin mine and helps Yu Xuan develop it, it will not be able to make much profit.

Yu Xuan stopped talking, but the tears in her beautiful big eyes couldn't stop rolling down, crying so much that she was crying like pear blossoms with rain, tears filling her eyelashes. Lu Fat Man was able to turn a blind eye at first, but later, when he saw the pitiful appearance of Yu Xuan's bowed head and crying, and thought of this weak man who carried such a heavy burden at a young age, he was helpless and bullied, which was really a little pitiful, and the little conscience that Lu Fat Man had left was also a little painful, and he couldn't help but sigh and said: "General Liusan, it's really not Lu who is ruthless, it's that Lu really has no way." ”

Speaking of this, Fat Lu shook his head and said: "During the day today, the kind of ore that Lu is looking for, even if he finds it, the vein is also found, and Lu also helps you mine that mine, and every year it will only help you increase your income by one or two thousand taels of silver, which is still a drop in the bucket, and it will not help." ”

"It's better to earn an extra 120,000 taels of silver than to have 1 or 20,000 taels of silver." Yu Xuan raised his pretty face full of tears, and said excitedly: "Nanning is barren and sparsely populated, and you can't collect so much silver in a year's taxes. ”

Speaking of this, a shrewd look flashed in Yu Xuanmei's eyes, and he said: "And after finding this vein, it is equivalent to letting the brothers in the army see the hope of persevering in Nanning, which can greatly stabilize the morale of the army, reduce the number of deserters and reduce the possibility of mutiny in the army." ”

"Well, since General Lian San doesn't mind that Lu has such a little ability, then Lu will do his best." Lu Fatzi said helplessly: "Tomorrow when Lu arrives at Phoenix Mountain, he will definitely do his best to find this vein, but Lu has said it first, and Lu's grasp is not very great, if you really can't find it, don't blame me." ”

"Master Lu, Yu Xuan believes that you will be able to find it." There is an example of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, and Yu Xuan has absolute confidence in Lu Fatzi. At the end, Yu Xuan asked tentatively: "Lord Lu, do you want Yu Xuan to send some more people to accompany you to find this ore?" Phoenix Mountain is too big there, there are more people, and the hope of finding the vein is greater. ”

"Okay, then it's going to trouble General Liusan." Fat Lu nodded in agreement, and emphasized: "But Lu has to repeat, Lu is not very sure, so General Lian San must not have too much hope." ”

"Lord Lu is humble, Yu Xuan believes that you will not disappoint the Nanning soldiers." Yu Xuan burst into tears and laughed, finally stood up, and said: "Then Lord Lu, please rest first, Yu Xuan will not disturb, tomorrow morning, Yu Xuan will personally take someone to Phoenix Mountain with the adults to explore." ”

"No need, just send dozens of ......." Lu Fatzi wanted to refuse to move the crowd. But at this moment, Yu Xuan suddenly took the initiative to come up, kissed Lu Fat Man Fat Face lightly with his cherry lips, and then ran out of the room with a red face, and Lu Fat Man sat on the ground again, his whole body was trembling, and he screamed in his heart, "Mother! It's over! This dead dragon yang must really take a fancy to me! ”

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Almost at the same moment when Lu Fatzi was secretly kissed by Yu Xuan, in the Heart Nourishing Hall of Yanjing Forbidden City, Xiao Mazi also slapped his palm on the twist and turn of the dragon case in front of him - patted on Gan Wenkun's report that Lu Fatzi resigned from Guangxi and the situation in Qujing was once eroded! When Xiao Mazi raised his head again, Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cixu, who were standing in the Heart Cultivation Palace, were already as earth-colored as both sides, while Suo Etu and Mingzhu were silent, only a little schadenfreude occasionally flashed in their eyes.

Listening to Xiong Cixu's suggestion to test Lu Fatzi and make such a big mess, the anger in Xiao Mazi's heart can be imagined, but Xiao Mazi can't come out in person - after all, Xiong Cixu's bad idea was also implemented with Xiao Mazi's consent, and if it really needs to be investigated, Xiao Mazi is afraid that the responsibility will be greater. After trying to suppress the anger in his chest, Xiao Mazi shouted coldly: "Kong Sizhen, Kong Sigege, Xiong Cixu, Xiong Scholar." ”

"The minions are here." Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cilu knelt down obediently, their foreheads pressed to the ground, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of air.

"Two Aiqing, can I ask you one thing?" Xiao Mazi's voice was unusually cold, and he said, "In the future, can you put your mind on the Aobai party?" Can you stop stabbing others in the back for personal grudges, especially the loyal ministers who don't stab me in the back! I'm please, okay? ”

"Slaves deserve death for their crimes......." Kong Sizhen's voice trembled, and she shouted in her heart that she was wronged - not to mention, Kong Sizhen was really a little wronged this time, this bad idea was made by Xiong Ci and approved by Xiao Mazi, and the relationship with Kong Sizhen is really not very big.

"Sin deserves death? Damn it's Lu Aiqing, right? Xiao Mazi's voice was even colder, "Now that Lu Aiqing has taken the initiative to go to Guangxi to ask you to kill me in order to prove his loyalty to me, can you tell me whether you are going to steam Lu Aiqing or braise it?" ”

"The slave ......, and the slave will never dare." Kong Sizhen said with a sad face: "The slave will send someone to inform the prefectures and governments of Guangxi, and let them do their best to protect Lord Lu Yifeng and Lord Lu, and never let Lord Lu lose a single hair in Guangxi." ”

Kong Sizhen's words are absolutely from the heart, if Fat Lu really has three longs and two shorts in Guangxi, then Kong Sizhen is a yellow mud and a crotch - not is, once the Qujing civil turmoil continues, or once Shang Kexi, Gan Wenkun and Wang Xu and others make a fuss, even Xiao Mazi will not be able to protect Kong Sizhen! And Xiao Mazi also understood Kong Sizhen's thoughts, and immediately snorted coldly: "This is the best, if Lu Aiqing has any three longs and two shorts in Guangxi, I only ask!" ”

"The minions obey." Kong Sizhen kowtowed desperately, and the sweat on his face quickly wet the terrazzo floor of the Heart Cultivation Palace. The main culprit, Xiong Cixu, didn't say a word, just put his forehead on the ground and thought nervously.

"Your Majesty, what should I do now?" Suo Etu gloated at Kong Sizhen, turned to Xiao Mazi, and asked cautiously: "Since it has been proved that Lu Yifeng is loyal to the emperor, how does the emperor plan to deal with Lu Yifeng?" ”

"Let's wait a while." Xiao Mazi said helplessly: "Although it has been proved that Lu Aiqing is loyal to me, but he still can't be encouraged and supported to resign in anger, otherwise, once other officials follow suit, they will resign in anger because they are not satisfied with their official positions, how should I deal with it?" Let him stay in Guangxi for a while first, and then continue to see the situation. ”

"Emperor Shengming, that's the truth." Suo Etu knew that Xiao Mazi must have regretted his intestines, so he hurriedly patted Xiao Mazi and repaired the steps and said: "A talented and arrogant minister like Lu Yifeng, no matter how loyal he is to the emperor, he must suppress it, polish his edges and corners, and better serve the emperor in the future." ”

Suo Etu's steps are well repaired, the height and width are just right to cut the mind of Xiao Mazi, and Xiao Mazi quickly showed a smile and said: "It makes sense, a capable minister like Lu Aiqing should let him hone more so that he can use it in the future, it's too smooth sailing, and it's not good for him." ”

"What the emperor said is extremely true, Lu Yifeng is indeed the first capable minister of the Qing Dynasty!" Xiong Cixu, who had not spoken, suddenly opened his mouth and said loudly: "And Lu Yifeng is not only the first capable minister of the Qing Dynasty, but also the first smart person of the Qing Dynasty. How many of these thoughtful minds can there be in the world? ”

"Xiong Aiqing, what do you think about it?" Xiao Mazi laughed angrily, and asked with a smile: "Xiong college student wants to say that Lu Aiqing is the first minister of the Qing Dynasty and the first scourge of the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Xiao Mazi's hideous smile, even Suo Etu and Mingzhu, who have nothing to do with themselves, trembled, but the person concerned, Xiong Cixu, was not afraid, but said loudly: "Back to the emperor, Weichen doesn't dare to claim to be high-minded, but there are some words, the emperor asked Weichen to say, Weichen has to say!" The emperor didn't let Weichen say, even if he chopped Weichen, Weichen would have to vomit it quickly! ”

"Good!" Xiao Mazi nodded, and said with a cruel smile: "Then Scholar Xiong, please speak, I listen to you!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Xiong Cishu kowtowed heavily, raised his head and said: "Weichen thinks that Lu Yifeng's so-called resignation and relocation to Guangxi seems to be a self-defeating move, but in fact it is an extremely clever plan to retreat!" As soon as this plan came out, he was completely invincible, no matter how suspicious the emperor was about him, he was completely helpless! ”

"Lu Yifeng knows very well that if he resigns and stays in Yunnan, then he will completely confirm his previous crime of bullying the king, and even Wu Fan will not be able to protect his safety! If he does what he will do and really takes office in Daxing, then he will not only be easily exposed at the feet of the Son of Heaven, but he will also be unable to return to Yunnan, thousands of miles away, at a critical moment, which is also extremely dangerous! ”

"Maybe the emperor wants to ask, why didn't Lu Yifeng go to other provinces, but went to Guangxi to throw himself into the net? Weichen believes that this is precisely his most clever and shrewd point, because no matter what other provinces he goes, the emperor will be beyond his reach, and he will still be full of suspicion of him! Only when he arrived in Guangxi, he was the safest! ”

"Guangxi is the location of the Dingnan Palace, and Sigege is not with him, this is well known, if he has any accident in Guangxi, the first thing to be suspected is Sigege, so Sigege not only does not dare to touch a single hair of him, on the contrary, he can only desperately protect his safety, so as not to be suspected of killing the minister on his back!"

"When he is safe in Guangxi, he has more choice, and if the emperor falls for his plan, it will be better for him to return to Yunnan to take office. If the emperor is angry and decides to never use him, then he doesn't have to worry too much, and when the limelight passes, he can still return to Yunnan, receive the reward in front of Wu Fan, and enjoy his glory and wealth! ”

"Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the emperor is determined to kill him, then thousands of miles away, when the emperor's holy decree is still being passed on the road, he will have plenty of time to get out calmly, or flee back to Yunnan and disappear, or fake his death to get out, and he will still be safe and sound! Therefore, Weichen thinks that Lu Yifeng's move is really clever, and there is no flaw! ”

Speaking of this loudly in one breath, Xiong Cixu kowtowed his head again and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen's words are finished, you want to kill or chop, and please ask the emperor to take care of himself!" But in any case, Weichen and Sigege insisted on doubting that this Lu Yifeng was definitely not as simple as it seemed, and he would never be really loyal to the emperor! ”

"Scholar Xiong, don't pull the slave family." Kong Sizhen panicked, and hurriedly cleared up the relationship with great unrighteousness: "After this incident, the slave family has also believed that Lord Lu Yifeng and Lord Lu are indeed loyal to the emperor, and there is no longer the slightest doubt about him. ”

Xiong Cixu glanced at Kong Sizhen and did not speak. Mingzhu over there smiled and said: "Scholar Xiong, when Lord Lu was an official, you doubted him, and now that he has resigned, you are still doubting him, so what is he going to do to believe that he is really loyal to the emperor and the court?" Could it be that if you really want Lord Lu to kill himself in front of you, do you believe that he is really a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty? ”

Xiong Cilu was a little speechless, but after his eyes rolled, Xiong Cixu, who was extremely fast, immediately said: "Ming Zhongtang has said it, of course Xiong Cixu doesn't dare to let Lord Lu show his loyalty!" Xiong Cixu just felt that if Lord Lu was really loyal to the emperor and the imperial court, and the things he did in Yunnan before were purely accidental, then with Lord Lu's talent, when he arrived in Guangxi, he should also make some achievements for Guangxi, instead of traveling all day long, waiting for the emperor's decree to let him return to Yunnan to take office! ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Cixu's heart had been sorted out, and he hurriedly said: "Since he has been in Yunnan for three years, Master Lu, he can inadvertently help Wu Fan solve financial problems, so when he arrives in Guangxi, should he also do something big in Guangxi?" Help Guangxi get better like Yunnan? Only in this way can Xiong Cixu dare to believe that Lord Lu is indeed loyal to the emperor, and the affairs of Yunnan are indeed only because his talent is too outstanding, and he inadvertently let Wu Fan pick up a big bargain, instead of being loyal to him, and deliberately help Wu Fan get rid of the shackles of the court! ”

Although Xiong Cixu's words are completely forceful, there is no reason in them - at least Xiao Mazi thinks that if Lu Fatzi really has such outstanding talent, then he should not only help Wu Sangui inadvertently, but also make every effort to help himself solve some financial problems in Guangxi. So Xiao Mazi quickly leaned back to the dragon chair and muttered in his heart: "Xiong Cixu's suspicion of Lu Aiqing is not completely unreasonable, if Lu Aiqing really serves me wholeheartedly, then in Guangxi, he should also do something for me." ”

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"Ahh At the same time, in the city of Nanning, Guangxi, Fat Lu suddenly sneezed heavily, put down the "Nanning Mansion Chronicles" in his hand, rubbed his nose and muttered: "Damn, who is talking bad about me behind my back." Calculating the time, Gan Wenkun's report should also be sent to Xiao Mazi in the next two days, what decision will Xiao Mazi take when he sees my report of resignation to Guangxi? ”

Thinking about it, Lu Fatzi inadvertently turned his gaze to the book of "Nanning Mansion Chronicles" in front of him, and a bigger question came to his mind, "If I remember correctly, the big tin mine in Guangxi seems to have been mined in the Ming Dynasty, why did I search through the "Nanning Mansion Chronicles" and didn't find any record of tin mining here?" Am I misremembering? If I really made a mistake, then how can I explain to the father and son of the Lian family and the Nanning army? ”

"God forbid, I hope I'm not mistaken, otherwise, if I lose face, not to mention, the plan to buy the army of the Lian family will be completely ruined."

(To be continued)