Chapter 43: A New Errand

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Time turned, when Geng Jimao's father and son's recital to Shi Lang's death was still being sent to the capital, on the fourth day of the first month of November, Lu Fatzi, Xiao Erlang and Shang Wanzhen finally came to Fuzhou City, the base camp of Geng Jimao and his son, under the heavy escort of the Fujian army.

When he arrived at the Jingnan Mansion in Fuzhou, Lu Fatzi was pleasantly surprised to find that his other three dog-legged Liu Zhen, Liu Xu and Shen Xin all escaped to Fuzhou alive. barely escaped smoothly. But at that time, it was dark and Lu Sheng, and the three doglegs couldn't find Lu Fatzi, so they had to rush to Jingnan Wangfu in Fuzhou to meet Lu Fatzi as instructed, and when they came to Fuzhou, the attack on Lu Fatzi and Shang Wanyan had already reached Jingnan Wangfu, so after these three doglegs reported their identities, they were immediately received and settled in Jingnan Wangfu, until today Lu Fatzi arrived in Fuzhou.

Meeting with the loyal doglegs, and finding two old doglegs who survived that night, Lu Fatzi naturally couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately pulled the doglegs to eat, drink, and gamble in Fuzhou, just waiting for Shang Kexi to send another team to escort Shang Wanyan, and then go to Beijing together to meet Kangxi Xiaomazi - don't look at this scene, if you don't leave, Lu Fatzi can't officially serve as the county commander, but Lu Fatzi is not in a hurry.

During this period, Fang Shiyu, who had just joined Lu Fatzi's team, had to be taken by Lu Fatzi into the casino, and his innocent and immaculate soul was also greatly defiled, but it was very good, Fang Shiyu was always a young man's surname, greedy and fun, and the first time he got rid of the shackles of his parents, he followed Lu Fatzi to spend all day drinking and remembering Su Liu, not only did he not have the slightest disgust, but he felt novelty everywhere, and he felt fun everywhere, and soon forgot the earnest teaching of his parents and masters over the years. Worship an unscrupulous mentor like Lu Fatzi as an idol and role model, and the relationship with Lu Fatzi is very close.

On the morning of the tenth day of the first day of November, Lu Fatzi, who was still sleeping in the Shaolin abbot of Fuzhou after the 80s, was suddenly pulled out of the bed by the guards of Jingnan Palace, saying that he was summoned by the prince of Jingnan and asked Lu Fatzi to quickly freshen up and dress up, change into official clothes and go to Jingnan Palace to meet. Lu Fatzi cursed Geng Jingzhong in his heart and didn't know how to pity his subordinates, but he had no choice but to obediently rush back to the post house to change clothes, change into a poor seven-grade sesame official uniform, and follow the guards to Jingnan Wangfu to meet him.

The luxury and magnificence of Jingnan Wangfu are not below Pingxi Wangfu and Pingnan Wangfu, and even surpass them, but Lu Fatzi is not very interested in these, but he honestly followed the guards to Wanghailou where Geng Jingzhong lived. Upstairs and into the main hall, Lu Fatzi saw Geng Jingzhong sitting in the middle at first glance, talking to Zu Zepu, the governor of Fujian, Lu Fatzi had no choice but to step forward and kneel down to say goodbye, and cursed in his heart, "Two dogs, sooner or later, I will kill you!" ”

"Here, get up." For the sake of the incense relationship with Wu Sangui, Zu Zepu, the governor of Fujian, has always had a good attitude towards Lu Fatzi, and casually pointed to the chair next to him and said: "Sit down, wait a while, the prince and the official will discuss some official business." ”

"Lord Xie Butang." Lu Fatzi smiled on his face, quickly got up and sat on the chair with the head down, and when the maid served tea, Lu Fatzi listened attentively to the conversation between Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu, and found that Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu were talking about how to ask for more military salaries for Fujian from the Qing court, and outside the words, it was all about how much salary should be asked, and how much the Qing court would agree, and even a lot of secrets such as Qing court income and expenses, etc., were unscrupulous, as if Lu Fatzi, the seven-grade sesame official, was not around.

"It's strange, Geng Jingzhong was born with a golden spoon, even if Zu Zepu can get mixed into the position of governor of Fujian, he is definitely not a simple person, how can he discuss these things with Geng Jingzhong in front of me, an outsider?" Lu Fatzi was puzzled in his heart, and was greatly puzzled by Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu's actions of not having a city government.

After thinking about it, Fat Lu couldn't help but slap himself lightly in the bottom of his heart, and scolded secretly, "I'm really an idiot, Wu Sangui Old Han Jian just sent me to persuade Shang Kexi and his son to form an alliance with him, and cooperate with him to bargain with the Tartar court on the issue of military salaries, but he didn't ask me to persuade Geng Jimao and Geng Jingzhong and his son - doesn't this tell me that Geng Jimao and Wu Sangui have already formed an alliance?" Since they are allies, and Zu Zepu is Wu Sangui's cousin, how could they not know the reason why I made a detour to Guangdong and Fujian, and naturally there is no need to hide it from me about military salaries. Why am I still so stupid? No, in the future, you have to think about everything first, and carefully analyze the background meaning and possible surnames, otherwise the old fox and the old goblin who can play with these old elves? ”

Finally finished muttering, Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu finally shifted their attention to Lu Fatzi, Geng Jingzhong first drank a cup of tea, and then said unhurriedly: "Lu Yifeng, how are you playing in Fuzhou City these days?" ”

"Back to the world, I had a lot of fun in Fuzhou." Fat Lu replied with a smile: "The blessing of the prince, as long as the signboard of the Jingnan Royal Mansion is played in the city, everyone will be respectful and take care of the lowly position. Even in the casino, those people in the casino didn't dare to go out, and they had won more than 20 taels of silver in the past few days. ”

"Just have fun." Seeing that Lu Fatzi explained honestly, Geng Jingzhong was very satisfied, nodded and said: "Originally, you are a person sent by the prince of Pingxi, and this son and father should take the time to meet you once, but recently this son is too busy, and his father is old and sick, and his body is not good, so he has been delayed until today, you must not care." ”

"The prince of the world has killed his humble position." Fat Lu hurriedly saluted and said respectfully: "Who is the lowly position?" Who are you? Shizi Ye, can you take time out of your busy schedule to meet the lowly position, the lowly position is already a blessing for three lives, so what do you dare to care about? ”

"It should." Geng Jingzhong laughed and said: "Although you Lu Yifeng is just a small Qipin county order, but now he is also a well-known person, the king of Pingnan is still happy and the prince of Pingxi has not been harmonious in his life, our Geng family and he are sons and daughters, and we can't persuade him to turn enemies into friends with the king of Pingxi, but you actually did it, and made a great contribution to the prince of Pingxi." Now the big names of Fujian, Guangdong and Yunnan are probably not many who have not heard your name. Maybe, even in Yanjing City now, you Lu Yifeng can be regarded as the number one person. ”

"The prince has won the award, and he just does his best, and he doesn't dare to take credit." Fat Lu replied modestly.

"There is merit, even if you don't take credit, it's useless." Zu Zepu said slowly: "As far as this governor knows, after the prince of Pingxi learned the news, he was very happy and praised you, and he was ready to reward and reuse it after you returned to Yunnan." However, what the Governor is very curious about is, how did you convince the Prince of Pingnan? Prince Pingnan, you are not such a talkative and good-tempered person, how did you do it? Did the prince of Pingxi let you give the prince of Pingnan any benefits? ”

"Please forgive your sins!" Lu Fatzi was not stupid, and hurriedly saluted solemnly and said: "As a subordinate of Pingxi Palace, the second prince personally promoted the official of the Western Election, before getting the permission of the Prince of Pingxi, all the secrets about the Pingxi Palace, I dare not divulge a word and a half!" ”

"Bold!" Zu Zepu's face changed color, and he slapped the table and shouted: "Don't you know that the prince of Pingxi is the cousin of the governor, and his affairs are the family affairs of the governor, do you still want to hide it from the governor?" ”

"Lord Huibutang, the humble position is to know your kinship with the prince of Pingxi, and even more respect for Lord Ministry." Fat Lu said in a deep voice: "But it's still the same sentence, without the permission of the prince, even if you are killed, you don't dare to divulge a word about the prince's envoy!" If you must want to know, please show the warrant of the prince, or ask the lord of the ministry to write directly to the prince to inquire, otherwise, the humble position is to apologize to the lord of the ministry, and he does not dare to say a word! ”

"This big fat man's mouth is still tight, and the eldest uncle is the right person." Zu Zepu secretly praised in his heart, but he hummed: "If you don't want to say it, you don't need to say it, this governor is too lazy to listen, but if something happens to you in the future, don't come to ask this governor!" Besides, the Governor must write a letter to your lord to ask if all his minions are like you, and they don't even listen to the Governor's words? ”

"Scare the ghosts! With your kinship with Wu Sangui and the old Han An, and with Geng Jingzhong's family so closely, how long can Kang Xiaomazi's careful eyes tolerate you? Lu Fatzi's face was terrified, he snorted coldly in his heart, and said in a decent manner: "The crime of despicable capital crime, please punish the minister." ”

"Okay, okay, Master Zu, don't scare Fat Lu, I can't find a capable and loyal slave like Fat Lu." Geng Jingzhong smiled and waved his hand, ending the temptation for Zu Zepu. At the end, Geng Jingzhong said lazily: "Lu Yifeng, don't talk nonsense, I called you here today, mainly because we want to convey an order for Prince Pingxi." The prince of Pingxi contacted us with carrier pigeons, asking us to tell you that you have done a good job on this errand in Guangdong, and there will be a heavy reward in the future, but you can't stay in Fujian, you have to go to Beijing immediately. ”

"Coming to Beijing right away?" Lu Fatzi was stunned, and hurriedly said: "But the lowly position is still burdened with the envoy of the prince of Pingnan, the prince of Pingnan wants to accompany his Xiao Gege into Beijing with the humble position, now Xiao Gege can't enter Beijing, when to leave, the prince of Pingnan has not yet come to give an order, how can the lowly post leave at this time?" ”

"Don't misunderstand the prince and the ancestral hall, the humble position does not have the meaning of the Jun will of the King of Pingnan to be greater than the Jun will of the Prince of Pingxi." Lu Fatzi thought for a moment, and hurriedly added: "The main reason is that the prince of Pingxi has just asked the prince of Pingnan, and he is afraid of offending the king of Pingnan and mistaking the big thing of the prince of Pingxi, so he feels embarrassed." ”

"Lord Pingnan, I'll say it for you." Geng Jingzhong yawned and said, "The prince of Pingxi wants you to enter Beijing immediately, there is a big matter. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, it is a critical time for the imperial court to discuss and discuss the financial expenditure plan, so you must leave immediately, rush to Yanjing before the end of the year, and then report directly to Wu Yingxiong, the prince of Pingxi, and obey the dispatch of the prince of Pingxi. ”

"I asked you to participate in this matter because Prince Pingxi really appreciates you." Zu Zepu also said: "The prince of Pingxi sent you to Guangdong to prepare for this matter, and now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." The prince thinks that you are a talent that can be created, so he reuses and trusts you so much, and gives you a chance to participate in this big event. This is a beautiful difference, and if you do a good job, you will have a bright future in the future. ”

"Isn't it just for me to ask for money from Kang Xiaomazi? What kind of beauty difference is this? Lu Fatzi complained bitterly in his heart, and said impassionedly: "I understand the humble position, please rest assured that the lord of the ministry and the prince of the world will go back to pack up and rush to Yanjing immediately." ”

"Very good, you go, I won't send you with Zubutang." Geng Jingzhong nodded with satisfaction, and said casually: "After arriving in the capital, you can take the time to go to my brother Geng Xinghe's house, my second brother Geng Juzhong will also arrive in Yanjing at that time, you can discuss what to do, if you can get a little more military salary for Fujian, this son will not be able to treat you in the future." ”

"Obedience." Lu Fatzi agreed, and said cautiously: "But there are two things, the lowly duty has to tell the prince and the lord of the ministry, one is that the luggage and property of the lowly lord have been lost that night, and the coil he carried with him is no longer enough to arrive in Yanjing, I hope that the prince or the lord of the ministry can lend the lowly lord a little coil." The second is that he hopes to visit Xiao Gege, the king of Pingnan, again, to explain the reason and say goodbye to her. ”

"Cheng, for your sake of serving the lord faithfully, I will reward you with five hundred taels of silver for King Pingxi, and you don't have to pay it back." Geng Jingzhong was quite generous, agreed, and said: "Come on, lead Master Lu to meet Shang Xiaogege, and then lead him to the tent to pay five hundred taels of silver." ”

Geng Jingzhong's guards came out to agree, Lu Fat Man saluted and left, looking at the back of Lu Fat Man leaving with his fat flesh trembling, Geng Jingzhong smiled, turned his head to Zu Zepu and said: "Zu Butang, did your cousin take the wrong medicine, and actually arranged for this Lu Fat Man to do such an errand that offended the court?" Doesn't he know that this fat man Lu is likely to have been targeted by the imperial court because of his persuasion, and now he is still arranged to do such an errand, does he really want this fat man to be beheaded by the imperial court in the future? ”

"It should be Wang Shirong's ghost." Zu Zepu sneered and said: "According to the information I have, this fat man Lu offended Wang Shirong for Liu Xuanchu as soon as he entered the Pingxi Palace, Wang Shirong is notoriously cautious, can he still watch him at ease?" ”

"Prince Pingxi is such a smart person, will he let Wang Shirong come?" Geng Jingzhong asked curiously: "Even if the prince of Pingxi is deceived by Wang Shirong for a while, can Liu Xuanchu not care?" ”

"Why bother?" Zu Zepu laughed again and said in a low voice: "Do you think that cousin of my prince really can't see Wang Shirong's careful eyes?" He just wanted to gamble to kill this fat man's retreat, so that he couldn't betray the Pingxi Palace! Shizi, you need to learn more from my cousin's methods. ”

"High! It's really high! It seems that this son has to learn more from the old prince of Pingxi! Looking at the sea upstairs, there was a sinister laughter............

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Let's not care about how Geng Jingzhong and Zu Zepu calculated Lu Da Fat behind their backs, just said that after Lu Fat Man was led to the small building where Shang Wanzhen was, the guards of the palace did not dare to go upstairs, but just let the maid pass through, and after a while, the maid came down to pass the word, saying that Lu Fatzi was allowed to go upstairs, and Lu Fatzi carefully stepped on the poor floor, touched this very elegant and clean small building like a thief, and quietly touched the door of Shang Wantian's room, and looked at it, but saw Shang Wanzhen sitting alone at the table, Gazing at a table full of food.

"Little county lord, little county lord." Lu Fatzi shouted softly in a voice like a thief: "Xiaguan Lu Yifeng, meet the little county lord." ”

Hearing Fat Lu's voice, Shang Wanyan's cold pretty face showed some joy, and then quickly straightened her face and hummed, "Come in." ”

"Pierce." Fat Lu agreed, entered the door and bowed his hand to Shang Wanyan, and said with a flattering face: "Humble Lu Yifeng, please say hello to the little county lord." ”

"Master Lu, you haven't learned etiquette in officialdom?" Shang Wanyan said with a straight face: "You are a seven-rank county order, when you see Bengege, you should kneel and kowtow, right?" ”

"Is there such a courtesy?" Fat Lu really doesn't know much about this, so it's inevitable that he will be a little confused.

"Why not?" The expression on Shang Wanyan's face became more and more cold.

"That'...... All right. The maid of Jingnan Wangfu was present, and Lu Fatzi had no choice but to kneel down obediently and see the salute again, and cursed in his heart: "Little girl, remember for me!" One day, I want you to kneel at my feet, and I will stand in front of you - help you open the meat ring! -- Insert a sentence, how to open a meat ring, please imagine for yourself.

"That's right, remember it later." Finally saw Lu Fatzi kneeling down to him with a reluctant face, Shang Wanyan's heart was happy, first taught Lu Fatzi a lesson, and then instructed the maid who followed up: "You all go out, I have some official affairs in Pingnan Palace, and I want to explain to Lord Lu." ”

"Yes." The maids agreed and went out together, and one of them closed the door obediently. Fat Lu looked back and saw that he was secretly happy in his heart, but his ears hurt, and he was picked up by Shang Wanyan. Shang Wanyan's face seemed to be smiling, and she lowered her voice and scolded: "Dead fat man, it's been five days since you arrived in Fuzhou, and you only remember to say hello to Bengege now, is it too easy to be in Fuzhou City, and you forgot about Bengege?" ”

"What about that!" Lu Fatzi hurriedly quibbled, "In fact, the lowly position is said to be thinking about the little county lord every night, but the lowly position is really low, and he has been rejected several times when he went to the Jingnan Palace, so he couldn't come to the little county lord to say goodbye, so he could only stay alone in the empty room, thinking about you Xiao Gege, and crying to death several times." ”

"You lie to the ghost!" Shang Wanyan was furious, smacked the fat ears of the fat man Lu, blushed and said angrily: "Do you think Ben Gege really doesn't know? Li Tianzhi has already reported to Bengege, you have been drinking in Fuzhou for the past few days, and you are still going to ...... every night Go to that dirty place! ”

"Little county lord, it turns out that you can also send eyeliner?" Lu Fatzi was startled, and quickly explained: "Little county lord Mingjian, it's true that I did this, but I was also forced to have no choice, because after arriving in Fuzhou, I have been stared at by the people of the Jingnan palace and the imperial court, and I have to pretend to be a waste - little county lord, you don't want me to show off in the forest, the wind will destroy it, right?" Also, I can swear to God, although I entered those places, I definitely didn't mess around, I am a true gentleman who does not sit still. ”

"Really?" Shang Wanyan asked suspiciously.

"I swear to God!" Fat Lu pressed Shang Wanyan's tender little hand that was holding his ear, and said solemnly: "My body and mind already belong to you, the little county lord, and I will definitely guard you like a jade before I am qualified to ask the prince for marriage!" ”

"Phew!" Shang Wanzhen was ashamed, grabbed Lu Fatzi's ear, broke free from Lu Fatman's clutches, and said with a red face: "Then you will wait to beat you for the rest of your life!" ”

"Whether it will be a bachelor for the rest of my life, I don't know yet." Fat Lu said with a sad face: "But what the lowly job only knows is that the lowly job now has to be beaten for a while." ”

"What's wrong?" Shang Wanyan asked curiously with a blushing face.

"The prince of Pingxi flew a pigeon and passed the book, so that I must rush to the capital before the end of the year, and there is another errand." Fat Lu said dejectedly: "So I have to leave today, this time I came to see the little county lord, I came to say goodbye and say goodbye to the little county lord." ”

Shang Wanyan stopped talking, there were faint tears flashing in her eyes, and she said in a low voice after a while: "You promised my father that you would always send me to the capital." ”

"But this is the order of the prince of Pingxi." Fat Lu said helplessly: "No matter what, I am still a subordinate of the prince of Pingxi, and I am still the official of the western election selected by the Pingxi Palace. ”

Shang Wanzhen was silent again, and after a long time, Shang Wanyan turned around and said in an extremely cold voice: "Then you go, if such a big thing happens, it is estimated that my father and Eniang will not let me go to the capital, I don't need you to accompany me, you can go by yourself." ”

"Little county lord, I ......." Fat Lu was a little anxious.

"Let's go!" Shang Wanzhen raised her voice and shouted, "Come on, send Master Lu downstairs, I'm tired and want to rest." ”

"Yes." The maid outside the door agreed, pushed the door in, and made an inviting gesture to Fat Lu. Lu Fatzi was in a hurry, and when he turned to look at Shang Wanyan, he saw that Shang Wanyan had already moved to the back room, and he didn't know if he had really gone to rest. Fat Lu had no choice but to say loudly, "Little county lord, then the lower official has taken his leave, please rest assured, the lower official will definitely come to greet you in the future." ”

There was no sound in the back room, and the fat man couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to go downstairs with his head down dejectedly under the guidance of the maid, ready to follow the guards to the tent to collect the travel expenses. But after coming downstairs, Fat Lu bumped into an even more depressed unlucky guy - Li Tianzhi, a general of the Pingnan Palace.

"Lord Lu, are you also here to say hello to Xiao Gege?" Li Tianzhi pretended to smile and greeted Fat Lu.

"It's not." Lu Fatzi shook his head and replied with a sad face: "I came to bid farewell to Xiao Gege, and I just received a letter from the prince of Pingxi, asking me to arrive in the capital before the New Year, and I have other errands to do, so there is no way, I really can't accompany Xiao Gege into Beijing together." ”

"Ahh Li Tianzhi was stunned at first, then sighed, and said weakly: "Business is important, Lord Lu, you can go, anyway, if there is such a big thing this time, Gege should not be able to go to the capital, and there is no need for you to accompany you, Lord Lu." ”

"Unlucky guy, angry at both ends." Seeing Li Tianzhi's decadent appearance, Lu Fatzi inevitably felt some sympathy - no matter what, Li Tianzhi is still very kind, and when dealing with Lu Fatzi, he is quite worthy of Lu Fatzi. Unable to bear it, Fat Lu pulled Li Tianzhi aside and said in a low voice: "General Li, you don't need to be like this, you are involved in this matter, I really can't blame you, I believe that when you return to the Pingnan Palace, the Prince of Pingnan will not do anything to you." At least, the prince of Pingnan will always have to protect you, right? ”

"Thank you, my lord, I hope so." Li Tianzhi sighed again and said softly: "This time, the last general doesn't expect more, if he can save his head, the last general will be satisfied." ”

"No, no." Lu Fatzi comforted him repeatedly, but considering Shang Kexi's ruthlessness in killing people like hemp monk Zhixin, Fatman Lu couldn't help but be a little worried about Li Tianzhi's head, and hurriedly said: "Please ask Xiao Gege more, she is a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, she has a good heart, and she is very favored by the prince of Pingnan, as long as she helps you intercede, your head will definitely be saved." ”

"Thank you for your advice." Li Tianzhi nodded, and said with a red face: "Don't hide it from your lord, in fact, the last general has come to ask Gege every day for the past few days, just to find an opportunity to intercede with Gege, begging her to keep the last general's head, as long as she doesn't kill the last general, the last general is willing to accept any punishment." ”

"Clever, but don't speak today, that girl is in a bad mood today." Speaking of this, Lu Fatzi had an idea, and hurriedly said: "General Li, if you are expelled from the army and driven out of the Pingnan Mansion because of this incident, if you don't dislike it, you can come to me, I will definitely not treat you badly, as long as I still have a bowl of rice to eat, I will definitely give you half a bowl!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Lu." Li Tianzhi said gratefully: "If there is really that day, the last general will definitely go to you, Lord Lu, you are a person who does great things, and the last general will follow you, maybe it will be more promising." ”

"Okay, let's make a decision!" Fat Lu happily patted Li Tianzhi on the shoulder, and he had some expectation in his heart. But what Fat Lu didn't know was that at this moment, above his head, there was a pair of clear beautiful eyes, staring at him with teary eyes............

"Dead fatty, take advantage of the old lady and want to run? Wait for the old lady, this trip to the capital, the old lady must go! When I arrive in the capital, I will find your old account and new account to settle together! ”