After noon on the ninth day of the eighth month of the tenth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan, who was touted by later generations of mites as greater than their ancestors and was recognized as the first shameless and greedy official in the Kang Mazi period, finally came to the southern throat of Qujing Mansion at the three-way pass, and at this pass, he saw for the first time the first scourge of the Qing Dynasty and the current prefect of Qujing in Yunnan - Lu Yifeng Lu Fatzi, also known as Lu Sanhao or Lu Caishen.

Different from the mood of the last time he came to Qujing, Zhu Zhongcheng's mood in coming to Qujing this time was obviously much better, because the last time Qujing Mansion greeted Zhu Zhongcheng, it was the people shouting grievances all over the mountains and the rotten eggs and rotten cabbage flying all over the sky, as well as those brave and fierce Yi Miao campfires. And this time, Zhu Zhongcheng was greeted by an orderly team of officials, military and civilians, as well as Lu Yifeng and Lu Fatzi, who was known as the first capable minister of the Qing Dynasty and known as the first God of Wealth in the Qing Dynasty, which felt really good.

"Lu Yifeng, the lowly prefect of Qujing, led the civil and military officials, military and civilian people of Qujing, to welcome the Zhongcheng Lord of this province to come and inspect." When Lu Fatzi led the officials and people of Qujing to salute, Zhu Guozhi took the opportunity to carefully look at this famous direct subordinate, and what made Zhu Zhongcheng overjoyed was that the Fat Lu in front of him looked very much like himself, they were all white and chubby and laughed at a Maitreya Buddha, and their eyes were very small and they all liked to squint, and at first glance they belonged to the type of corrupt officials who like to suck people's fat and ointment - this is also Zhu Zhongcheng's favorite type. Basically, corrupt officials like to pay bribes to bigger corrupt officials, don't they?

"Lord Lu, please get up quickly, and all the adults and fellow villagers, please also get up." Zhu Zhongcheng personally picked up Fat Lu and said pretendedly: "Lord Lu is so polite, he actually ran so far to the three-way pass to greet this official, it is too polite, it is too polite." ”

"Lord Zhongcheng is too modest." Lu Fatzi said even more hypocritically: "Lord Zhongcheng took time out of his busy schedule to inspect Qujing, this is the blessing of the officials and soldiers of Qujing, and the lower officials still have the reason not to welcome twenty miles?" And in order to express his admiration for Lord Zhongcheng, he also specially prepared a thin gift for Lord Zhongcheng, which is not a valuable thing. ”

As soon as Lu Fatzi met, he took the initiative to say that he wanted to give gifts, and Zhu Zhongcheng, the first corrupt official of the Qing Dynasty, naturally smiled so little that his eyes narrowed and he could hardly find it, and hurriedly smiled: "Lord Lu is polite, speaking of which, this official has long admired Lord Lu's great name, recognized by the government and the opposition as the first capable minister of the Qing Dynasty, and the first Qing official of Yunnan and Guizhou. ”

Smiling, Zhu Guozhi couldn't wait to ask: "By the way, Lord Lu, I heard that you have found a huge silver mine for the military and civilians of Nanning in less than a month since you went to Nanning this time, with silver reserves of more than 40 million taels, is this rumor wrong?" ”

"Lord Zhongcheng has won the award, and he is ashamed to be ashamed." Lu Fatzi said modestly: "As for the Nanning silver mine, it's really just a fluke, saying that Lord Zhongcheng may not believe it, but he is actually looking for tin ore in Nanning, but he found a large silver mine by mistake. ”

Of course Zhu Guozhi doesn't believe it - coax the ghost to go! Looking for tin ore has become a silver mine, why don't you say that the Eight Banners Fushou paste is just to beautify the environment?! At that moment, Zhu Guozhi smiled and said: "Lord Lu is modest, he is too modest, I believe that Lord Lu will return to Qujing this time, and he will definitely create a miracle such as Eight Banners Fushou Paste and Nanning Silver Mine for Qujing again. ”

There was a lot of nonsense about such unnutritious nonsense, and Lu Fatzi finally found the conversation and invited Zhu Guozhi's team to get up and go back to Qujing City with him, Zhu Guozhi readily agreed, and then Zhu Guozhi's team and Lu Fatzi's team got up together and went north to return to Qujing City. And on the way, Zhu Zhongcheng, who has been a bureaucrat for many years, still had to go down to the field in person under the guidance of Lu Fatzi to inspect the harvest of the Eight Banners Fushou ointment.

Speaking of which, because the direct domain of Pingxi Wangfu has an exclusive monopoly on the cultivation of Eight Banners Fushou Paste, Zhu Zhongcheng is really the first time to visit the harvesting process of Eight Banners Fushou Paste - although the people of Qujing Mansion are also allowed to plant Eight Banners Fushou Paste, but in the day when Lu Fatzi left Qujing, Zhu Zhongcheng, who had suffered a lot in Qujing, really didn't dare to come to visit, so when he witnessed the juice harvesting process of Eight Banners Fushou Paste this time, Zhu Zhongcheng inevitably felt surprised everywhere and felt incredible everywhere, I would never have imagined that after these white thick juices were boiled into black ointment, they would be worth more than the silver spent in vain.

"Lord Lu, on a land like this, how many Eight Banners Fushou Paste can be harvested for one acre of land a year?" Zhu Guozhi asked curiously and impatiently: "In the entire Qujing Mansion, how many Eight Banners Fushou Paste can be received?" ”

"Lord Huizhongcheng, this is a fertile field, and one acre of land can probably harvest more than thirty taels." Lu Fatzi explained: "If it is a mountain field or a dry field, it can generally only be collected for about 20 taels. Qujing Mansion planted a total of more than 11,000 acres of Eight Banners Fushou Paste this year, and the fertile fields and thin fields were pulled, and the average acre of land was about 25 taels, and if nothing else, this year Qujing Mansion could probably receive 2,780,000 taels of Eight Banners Fushou Paste. ”

"What about profits? How much more do you earn than growing food? Zhu Zhongcheng asked even more impatiently.

"Not bad, isn't it?" Lu Fatzi pinched his fingers and calculated: "If the land is used to grow grain, an acre of land is usually about eight dollars of silver a year, and the thin field is more than six dollars of silver, which is used to grow Eight Banners Fushou paste, even if the average acre of land is only twenty-five taels, according to the current purchase price of four dollars and one tael of silver, you can also earn ten taels of silver, and the income is more than ten times that of growing grain." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Fatzi paused for a moment, and then said: "But Lord Zhongcheng, you also know that the Eight Banners Fushou Paste really makes a lot of money or trafficking, and the prince buys it at the price of four coins of silver and one tael of Fushou Cream, and last year it was shipped to Guangzhou Port and could be sold for two taels of silver, and when it was shipped to Haiphong Port in Annam, it could be sold for about two taels of silver, and if it was shipped to the capital or Jiangnan, the profits would be even more lucrative, and it could be sold at a price ranging from two or two or five dollars to three taels of silver, and it was really a million profits." ”

Although he had long known about the crazy profiteering of the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, when he heard the crazy profiteering of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste from the mouth of Lu Fatzi, the ancestor of drug trafficking, Zhu Zhongcheng still swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in a lost voice: "So high? That Pingxi prince can't earn millions of taels of silver just by relying on these Eight Banners Fushou Paste a year? ”

"Lord Zhongcheng, what is this?" Lu Fatzi shook his head, as if he still said disdainfully: "The current price has been lowered, if it is changed to the seventh year of Kangxi, the profit of Baqi Fushou paste is crazy, and it can be sold for three taels and eight coins of silver when it is transported to Guangdong, and it is directly five taels of silver and one tael when it is transported to Yanjing!" ”

Zhu Zhongcheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva again, and couldn't help but fantasize in his heart - if the imperial court withdrew the feudal domain and let Wu Sangui roll back to Liaodong, then these Eight Banners Fushou Paste would be purchased and sold by the Yunnan government, and he would not be rich enough to rival the country after he was the governor of Yunnan? Damn Wu Sangui's old thing, why isn't he dead?!

When he returned to Qujing City, Fat Lu had to hold a banquet and warmly entertain Zhu Guozhi and his entourage with the best wine and the best dishes, while Zhu Zhongcheng, the first corrupt official of the Qing Dynasty, naturally kept lamenting, "It's still good in Qujing, every military and civilian people are very rich." "The wine is good, the food is good, like this wine and food, this official is in Kunming, how many times have you seen it?" It's better to be in Qujing. "Tut, look at this Yellow River carp, it is transported so far away, it is still alive and jumping, such a big deal, even in Yangzhou, which is known as the richest in the world, it is really rare." What the? Not the Yellow River carp? Impossible, in the Bada River in Qujing, there can still be such a big carp? ”

Zhu Zhongcheng kept praising the intentions of good wine, good food and good Qujing, of course Lu Fatzi knew it, when it was time for the banquet, when Lu Fatzi and Zhu Zhongcheng entered the back hall alone to talk secretly, Lu Fatzi immediately asked people to carry in two large boxes and opened them, revealing two boxes full of white flowers and silver, nodded and said to Zhu Guozhi: "Lord Zhongcheng, this is a little local product prepared for you by the humble position, a little meager It's a little bit, and I hope Lord Zhongcheng will not dislike it." ”

After quietly estimating that the two boxes of silver were at least five thousand taels of silver, Zhu Zhongcheng's fatter face than the fat man suddenly burst into laughter, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Lu is polite, polite, this official has always been honest and honest, and his sleeves are clean, so it stands to reason that he will never accept your things, but since it is only a local ......, it will not be an example." ”

"Thank you, Lord Zhongcheng, for the reward." Lu Fatzi nodded and said: "Please rest assured, as long as the lowly post is still in the Qujing prefect, at the end of each year, when the festival is celebrated, the lowly post will definitely honor two boxes of such native products for Lord Zhongcheng to taste for the New Year." As for these two boxes of local products, they are just meeting gifts, meeting gifts. ”

"Lord Lu is polite, polite." Zhu Zhongcheng smiled even more happily, and hurriedly said: "Lord Lu, please rest assured, as long as this official is still in the post of governor of Yunnan, my lord, your position as the prefect of Qujing, it will be a nail on the iron plate - thunder cannot be moved." If there is another person like Li Shuzu who is looking for trouble with Lord Lu, Lord Lu can also talk to the official, and the official will definitely uphold justice for you. ”

"In that case, then the lower official will thank Lord Zhongcheng first." Fat Lu hurriedly saluted respectfully. Zhu Zhongcheng returned the salute while muttering in his heart, "This fat man Lu is very sensible, and he is also generous, why did he make such a big disturbance with Li Shuzu before?" And I heard that Gan Wenkun also had a very unpleasant quarrel with him when he first came to Yungui, and the relationship got better later? Could it be that this fat man Lu has touched a lot of nails, and now he is sensible? If that's the case, it's cheaper for the old man, how much trouble has it saved? ”

Accepting Lu Fatzi's silver, Zhu Zhongcheng, who had a good attitude towards Lu Fatty, smiled even more kindly, and said very kindly: "Lord Lu, although you have risen from the county magistrate of Qujing, and you are extremely familiar with the situation in Qujing, but this official still has to remind you that this autumn harvest is almost over, and you must be very concerned about the collection of taxes and grain, otherwise, it will be difficult for this official to explain to the court when the performance assessment at the end of the year." ”

"Master Xie Zhongcheng instructed." Lu Fatzi replied respectfully: "But please rest assured, Lord Zhongcheng, it's not arrogant, I don't dare to say ten percent of Qujing's money and grain collection this year, and it's still a little sure to collect six or seven percent of it." ”

Speaking of this, Lu Fatzi paused again, and added: "However, please also ask Lord Zhongcheng for forgiveness, there has been too much rain in Qujing this year, and several major rivers such as Badahe, Niulan River and Tuanxue River have flooded, flooding thousands of acres of fertile land, thousands of people have been affected, and two people have drowned. ”

"Lord Lu is really good at laughing, and Qujing Mansion also needs to reduce money and food?" Zhu Guozhi laughed and said: "Who doesn't know the blessing of Lord Tolu, Qujing Mansion is the only state capital in the entire Qing Dynasty that allows the people to plant Eight Banners Fushou Cream, and the common people are so rich?" Not to mention that only 1,000 acres of fertile land have been flooded, even if 3,000 acres of fertile land have been flooded, Lord Lu, you can still transfer some of the surplus commercial taxes, can't you still pay 10%, and you still need to ask for a reduction or exemption? ”

Zhu Guozhi's words couldn't be more true, Qujing was originally the throat of Yungui, with developed commerce and trade, and rich commercial taxes and oil and water - otherwise, Lu Yifeng would not have spent 5,000 taels of silver to buy Qujing Zhixian County, and now there is the cash cow of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, and Lu Fatzi also asked for a reduction and exemption of money and grain taxes, that is, he would be completely shameless.

However, Lu Fatzi's purpose was not here, he just shook his head desperately, and said with a sad face: "Lord Zhongcheng, it stands to reason that this is true, but the prefect of Qujing, who only took over at the end of July, has reached the surplus of commercial taxes collected before, and Lord Zhongcheng must also know it." The humble position not only has no surplus to fill, but also has to leave the predecessor with a flood to wipe his ass, which is a bad fact. ”

"Then why doesn't Lord Lu think about it and levy taxes on the Eight Banners Fushou Cream?" Zhu Guozhi hit the snake with the stick, and immediately said: "How big the profit of this Eight Banners Fushou Paste is, Lord Lu knows better than this official, if Lord Lu can go to the court and ask the court to allow you to collect taxes from the people for planting the Eight Banners Fushou Paste in addition to the field tax and Ding tax, then the old man will not only fully support it, but Lord Lu, you will no longer have to worry about the issue of tax collection." ”

"Ha, I believe that at that time, Lord Lu, your political achievements are outstanding, and a feudal platform is not yet captured?"

"Lord Zhongcheng is joking." Zhu Guozhi pushed himself to the cusp of the storm as a bad idea, of course Lu Fatzi shook his head, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Zhongcheng is joking, laughing, Qujing suffered a flood this year, the people have been overwhelmed with suffering, and the suffering is unspeakable, and the lower officials also asked the imperial court to add miscellaneous taxes in addition to the regular taxes. ”

"Lord Lu loves the people like a son, and this official is very pleased." Zhu Guozhi said again: "However, Lord Lu can't just patronize his own private name and forget the court." According to this official, this Eight Banners Fushou Paste is so profitable, not to mention the collection of planting taxes, even the collection of road tariffs, and the common people and merchants can still bear it, and there are still huge profits to be made. And at present, the world is preliminary, there is Geerdan in the north, and there is Zheng Yi in Taiwan in the southeast, who has never been tied, and everything is using money, if Lord Lu can be anxious about what the court is anxious about, think about what the court thinks, and first advocate the anointing tax to reinforce the country and benefit the country and the people, then after a thousand years, Lord Lu will definitely be a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty who will be famous for thousands of years. ”

"Damn, then why don't you be this up-and-coming bird, aren't you afraid of offending Wu Laohan? I want Lao Tzu to be this bird, dreaming! Lu Fatzi scolded in his heart, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhongcheng, such a good thing as opening up financial resources for the imperial court to serve the country loyally, of course, humble duty is unwanted, but Lord Zhongcheng, you also know that this year's Qujing flood is serious, and the people are already overwhelmed, and the lowly position really can't bear to raise taxes on them anymore, let alone dare to spoil the emperor's love for the people for his own private name, and let the emperor and the court be infamy." ”

Saying that, Lu Fatzi hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Besides, Qujing's Eight Banners Fushou Paste is not planted, and the entire Qujing Mansion has only planted more than 11,000 acres of Eight Banners Fushou Paste, compared with the Eight Banners Fushou Paste planted by the prince, it is not even a small thing." - If Lord Zhongcheng can persuade the prince to ask the imperial court to levy a tax increase on the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, then it will be much better for the lowly messenger. ”

"It's because you plant less and the car is small and easy to turn around, so this official asked you to ask the court to raise taxes." Zhu Guozhi was also determined to push out Fat Lu as a shield and a leading bird, and said: "As long as you take the lead here, it will be much easier for the prince's side to do it, you shouldn't understand this truth, right?" ”

"But Qujing just caught up with the flood this year, if not, there is no need for Lord Zhongcheng to speak, and the humble post would have asked the court to raise taxes a long time ago." Lu Fatzi said trickily: "Also, this year, Qujing has had several civil uprisings, Diao Min took the opportunity to rob the paste seedlings, and also destroyed a considerable number of Eight Banners Fushou Paste Paste Field, and the people who planted the paste suffered heavy losses. ”

"What about the imperial court?" Zhu Guozhi finally started a fire and said angrily: "The Eight Banners Fushou Paste is so profitable, but the imperial court can't levy a penny of taxes, how can you be at ease as an official of the imperial court?" ”

"Of course, humiliation is uneasy." Lu Fatzi continued to play tricks and said: "In fact, as early as the eighth year of Kangxi, when the imperial court decreed that the Eight Banners Fushou Paste should be tax-free throughout the country, the lowly post already felt that it was inappropriate. It's just that the situation in Qujing this year is really special, and it is a natural disaster and [***], it is really inconvenient to increase taxes, or wait for next year, wait for next year's Eight Banners Fushou Paste to be harvested normally, and then negotiate this matter with Lord Zhongcheng? ”

"By next year, the daylilies will be cold!" Zhu Guozhi was furious, stood up and shouted: "Lu Yifeng, this official is your constitution, if this official orders you to collect taxes on the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, what will you do?" ”

"Then please issue a constitutional decree to Lord Zhongcheng." Lu Fatzi stretched out his fat hand without showing weakness and said: "If Lord Zhongcheng explicitly issued a decree to let the lowly post collect the Eight Banners Fushou Paste and increase the tax, then the lowly post must obey the order." ”

"You ......." Zhu Guozhi was speechless.

If Zhu Guozhi had the courage to make this constitutional decree, it would be good if Wu Sangui and Ao Bai hooked up with male thieves and female prostitutes in the eighth year of Kangxi, in order to curry favor with each other, Ao Bai forced Xiao Mazi to promulgate the holy decree Eight Banners Fushou Paste was tax-free nationwide. Although Ao Bai never dreamed that the Eight Banners Fushou Paste would still sell so well after expanding its production dozens of times, and the price would be so strong, and now he has repented of his intestines, but the decree of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste Tax Exemption has not been abolished, and Ao Bai and Xiao Mazi are also playing the idea of taxation, and they do not plan to completely turn their faces with Wu Sangui, so Xiao Mazi's order to Zhu Guozhi is also trying to collect taxes, Zhu Guozhi neither dares to disobey Xiao Mazi's order, let alone offend Wu Sangui, so he started the idea of letting Lu Fatzi be the first bird, Now Fat Man Lu insisted that Qujing had many natural disasters this year, and he refused to agree, which was tantamount to kicking the ball back to Zhu Guozhi, how dare Zhu Guozhi directly order Fat Man Lu to tax Eight Banners Fushou Paste - didn't that offend Wu Sangui to his grandmother's house?

Looking at Zhu Guozhi's angry purple and fat face, Fat Lu suddenly laughed, lowered his voice and said: "Lord Zhongcheng, your intentions are understandable, isn't it just that you are afraid of offending the prince, and you don't dare to go directly to the next place and dare not directly go to the court to ask for a tax on the Eight Banners Fushou Anointment?" In fact, I think that this is not a problem, as long as the adults handle it properly, this problem will not be a problem. ”

"What do you mean?" Zhu Guozhi asked with a blushing face.

"Lord Zhongcheng seems to have forgotten that there is a direct boss above us." Lu Fatzi laughed and said, "If our Governor makes a constitutional decree to let us tax or not to tax, then we won't have any problems?" ”

"You mean, kick the ball to the Governor?" Zhu Guozhi quickly understood what Lu Fatzi meant.

"Of course." Lu Fatzi said confidently: "Lord Zhongcheng, you can't afford to offend the prince, and you can't afford to offend the prince, so why do we still want to offend the prince, why don't we go to find someone who can afford to offend the prince?" ”

"What's more." Fat Lu suddenly softened his breath again, and said in a low voice with a smile: "If Lord Zhongcheng forces his humble position to death, Lord Zhongcheng will also go there to find filial piety of five thousand taels of silver a year?" If the trouble is not good, Qujing will continue to make a big mess next year, and the prince will take the opportunity to take back the planting rights of the Eight Banners Fushou Paste of the Qujing people, so isn't Lord Zhongcheng losing even more? ”

Zhu Guozhi began to be moved, Lu Fatzi is the most generous of the first-level officials in the Yunnan prefect, and the name of being good at collecting money is even more famous in the world, if he really wants to force him to death in order to please the imperial court, then he will lose a lot, rather than forcing him into a corner, it is better to take a step back for the time being, and in the future, he can borrow his hand to get more and better. Thinking about this, Zhu Guozhi showed a smile and said: "Lord Lu is really a young hero and a Tai Chi master, but there is some truth in his words, we can't afford to offend the prince, why do we have to offend him, just change someone who dares to offend him?" ”

"Thank you Lord Zhongcheng for your love, Lord Zhongcheng's great kindness, humble duty is unforgettable, and there will be a good reward in the future." Fat Lu's mouth was like honey.

"It's good that you know, this official let you go this time, but it really saved your life." Zhu Zhongcheng was also polite, accepted Lu Fatzi's thanks in a big way, and reminded Lu Fatzi not to forget his great kindness. At the end, Zhu Zhongcheng asked again: "You are an expert, there is one more thing I have to ask your opinion, if the imperial court intends to tax the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, how much do you think it is more appropriate?" ”

"Why does Lord Zhongcheng ask about this?" Lu Fatzi asked a little strangely: "The tax amount is set by the imperial court, why would Lord Zhongcheng ask for the opinion of the lowly office?" ”

"You don't know." Zhu Guozhi sighed and explained: "The Eight Banners Fushou Paste is a new thing, there is no precedent to learn from, Yunnan is too far away from the capital, the emperor and the court only know that the Eight Banners Fushou Paste is very profitable, but how much windfall profits, the emperor and the court are not clear, so the emperor and the court handed over the issue of the agreed tax amount to me and Gan Butang, let us agree on the tax amount according to the actual situation, and then report it to the court for ruling." ”

"After doing it for a long time, it turns out that Xiao Mazi can't tell how much tax should be charged for the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, if Wu Lao Hanjian hears the news, he will be happy to die." Fat Lu was overjoyed. However, the purpose of Lu Fatzi's return to Qujing this time is to force Wu Laohan to rebel, which is extremely beneficial to Wu Laohan, but it will definitely lead to the news that the contradiction between Wu Laohan and Xiao Mazi will be eased, and Lu Fatzi will naturally rot to death in his stomach.

Under the pretext that he also needed to calculate and analyze the tax amount of Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, after sending Zhu Guozhi back to Xingyuan to rest, Lu Fatzi hurriedly returned to his study, and in the study, Zhu Fangdan, the unscrupulous master under Lu Fatzi, had also been waiting here for a long time. As soon as they met, Lu Fatzi immediately ordered: "Master Zhu, immediately draft a secret letter for me to impeach Zhu Guozhi, the governor of Yunnan, for being greedy and humble, and being too humble to the prince of Pingxi, and suspected of betraying the court in exchange for the favor and reward of the prince." ”

"Boss, you're going to impeach your boss again?" Zhu Fangdan was stunned and blurted out: "The student heard in the back of the hall just now, although this Governor Zhu is a little greedy, he still has a good attitude towards you, even when he was angry, he still listened to your opinion and didn't force you hard?" Why do you want to bring him down? ”

"No, I didn't mean to bring him down, this man will be of great use in the future." Fat Lu shook his head and said: "I just want Emperor Mazi to be suspicious of him, worried that the tax amount he set is too low and cheaper for the prince, and take back the right to agree on the tax amount of the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, so that I will have the opportunity to make the next plan, and lest this shameless old man really accept the bribes of the prince and set the tax on the Eight Banners Fushou Paste cheaper than the tax on planting sweet potatoes." ”

"That's a good idea." Zhu Fangdan said worriedly: "But the owner, don't blame me for being too talkative, you have such an idea, in case the prince knows about it in the future, it will not be good for you." ”

"That's right, that's right." Lu Fatzi nodded vigorously, and said with a smile: "That's why I only impeached Zhu Guozhi for being greedy and humble to the prince, these are all facts, our suspicious Mazi Emperor will naturally be suspicious when he sees it, right?" ”

(To be continued)