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"It's strange, I used to hand over the sign to ask for a meeting, and there was news in a quarter of an hour (half an hour) at most, why is it more than half an hour today, and there is no news that the emperor will summon or not? What the hell is going on? ”

Xing Chong rushed to the palace to give Lu Fatzi eye medicine, wanting to take advantage of the opportunity of today's Xiao Mazi salary fiasco, and take advantage of the true evidence of Lu Fatzi's betrayal of Xiao Mazi that was finally found, and put the catastrophe star and scourge Lu Fatzi to death! Avenge yourself and your innocent and unjust colleagues, subordinates, and minions! But when I arrived at the gate of the palace, I handed over the waist card, and waited for more than half an hour, and the excitement before coming was almost frozen by the cold wind at night, but there was no news in the palace, neither said to summon it, nor did it say no.

Kong Sizhen, who has rarely entered the palace, and Shang Zhixiao, who has basically never entered the palace, forget it, what kind of person is Tuhai, a scholar of Hongwen Academy and a scholar of Manchuria, and the Yellow Banner of Manzhou, Pingyu is as convenient as entering and exiting his own house, and the so-called handing over the card to see is just a routine procedure. Especially at night, as long as he handed over the sign to Kangxi, his confidant, it meant that there must be a big event, Kang Xiaomazi would summon him as soon as possible even if he was with his wife Hesheli, the speed was even faster than during the day, but today there is no accurate letter, Tuhai, who has a strong sixth sense, is inevitably a little suspicious, giving birth to an ominous premonition, and turning in circles in front of Donghua Gate with his hands behind his back, as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

"Tuzhongtang, don't turn around, you can see that the slave's eyes are dizzy." Kong Sizhen complained, and comforted: "Don't worry, maybe the emperor has something important to do, the eunuchs don't dare to go in and disturb, wait patiently for a while, there will be news." Rest assured, our emperor is the first emperor who is diligent in government and loves the people throughout the ages, although we ask to see us at night, as long as the emperor finds time, he will definitely summon us. ”

"I'm not worried about that." Tuhai frowned and said: "My heart beats so fast, I always feel that something is wrong, and my heart is not steady, as if something big is going to happen." ”

"For the New Year, say less unlucky words. You are still a dignified scholar, and you are all in charge of the yellow flag, why are you more timid than us women? Kong Sizhen glanced at Tu Hai and expressed the strongest contempt for Tu Hai's crow's beak.

"It's not that it's unlucky, it's that my feeling has always been accurate." Tu Hai's brows furrowed even tighter, and he didn't dare to finish his words completely - in the seventeenth year of Shunzhi, he also had this unsteady feeling when he first got up, but as soon as it was noon, Shunzhi began to squall, holding on to Arana's case, and almost sent him to the gallows.

"Okay, okay, we have real evidence in hand when we enter the palace this time, what are we afraid of?" Kong Sizhen glanced at her old lover Tu Hai again, and changed the topic: "Let's take this time to think about it again, to see how to make that Lu fat man even worse, it is best to kill that Lu fat man to the Nine Clans before relieving his anger." ”

"Good idea, let's fan the emperor's fire first, and then give Lu Fatzi some crimes of killing his head and stealing his family, the emperor will definitely kill his whole family when he is angry!" Shang Zhixiao applauded.

"Think beautifully." Tu Hai snorted and said, "When we enter the palace this time, I'm afraid it's still a question whether we can kill Fat Lu immediately." We just found out that he was in contact with Mulima and was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and usurping rebellion, and we don't know what rebellious words he and Mulima said. In my opinion, this matter must take some time, first persuade the emperor to remove him from office, find a random crime and put him in prison, and then slowly torture him what he said to Mulima, and then re-investigate the case of Fu Honglie and Yang Guotai, and return the Fu brothers to a clean slate. ”

"Of course it's a method, but it's too slow, and it's hard to guarantee that you won't have too many dreams at night." Kong Sizhen reminded: "Don't forget, the dead fat man has made a meritorious contribution to helping Wu Yingxiong negotiate the salary this time, and Ao Bai also admires this Lu fat man, in case Wu Sangui and Ao Bai interfere, maybe they will turn over this dead fat man." ”

"That's right, it's better to cut this fat man Lu first, and then let out this evil breath first." Shang Zhixiao also hated Fat Lu to the core, and immediately nodded in agreement.

"One more point, Tuzhongtang, the slave family must remind you." Kong Sizhen added: "Fu Honglie's case is a hundred times more complicated than you think, it is absolutely impossible to turn it over in a short time, and the emperor and the Empress Dowager Lafayette will not agree, so we had better be on the safe side, first kill the scourge of Lu Fatzi, and wait for a turn for the better in the future, and then think of turning Fu Honglie's case over and returning him to his innocence." ”

"It's up to you, it's up to you." Tuhai reluctantly agreed.

"So be it." Kong Sizhen's eyes rolled, and she said with a sneer: "Since we have real evidence to prove that Fat Lu had secret contact with Mu Lima this morning, and then Mu Lima entered the palace to talk secretly with Ao Bai, causing Ao Bai to defect and stand on Wu Sangui's side. Then let's just start a little heavier and directly fabricate some of the content of the secret conversation between Lu Fatzi and Mu Lima, and put him to death! ”

"Good idea, anyway, only the two of them know what Fat Lu and Mu Lima talked about, we can make it up as much as we want." Shang Zhixiao applauded, and said with a smile: "At that time, the emperor can't pass Mu Lima to confront him, right?" Lu Fatzi shouted injustice and denied it, can the emperor and the Empress Dowager Lafayette believe it? ”

"You're a bully." Tu Hai was startled at first, but after thinking about it, Tu Hai felt that this move was feasible - after all, no one could prove that they were lying, right? Thinking of this, Tu Hai nodded and said, "Okay, take advantage of this meeting to discuss it quickly, and see what you can fabricate to kill that damn disaster star Lu Fatzi." ”

Hurry up and discuss, and fabricate several charges for Lu Fatzi that are enough to raid the house and destroy the door and kill the nine clans, and finally a eunuch came out of the Donghua Gate, announcing that Xiao Mazi had summoned him, Tu Hai and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly followed the eunuch into the Donghua Gate, and then passed through the Xiqing Gate, the Huangji Gate, the Ningshou Gate and the Yangxin Gate, all the way to the front of the Yangxin Palace. After the eunuch entered the inner report, Xiao Mazi announced that he would be summoned immediately, Tu Hai, Shang Zhixiao and Kong Sizhen entered the Yangxin Palace, and saw that the old witch of Xiaozhuang was also in the palace, so he quickly knelt down together, kowtowed and said: "Long live the slave to see the emperor, long live the Empress Dowager Lafayette, long live my emperor, long live the Empress Dowager Lafayette." ”

"No courtesy, let's be even." Xiao Mazi hummed in an unkind tone.

"Your Majesty." Tu Hai and the others agreed, and when they stood up together, they rolled their eyes slightly, but suddenly saw Suo Etu and Lu Fatzi wearing eunuch clothes, standing side by side on the side of the Heart Cultivation Palace. Tu Hai, Kong Sizhen, and Shang Zhixiao were taken aback, and Shang Zhixiao exclaimed even more, "Master Suo, Fat Lu, why are you here?" ”

"Daring, what is your name Lu Aiqing? In front of me, how dare you speak rude?! Xiao Mazi snorted very unhappily.

"Damn it!" Shang Zhixiao was startled, and quickly knelt down on his knees and kowtowed. Lu Fatzi arched his hand and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it's not in the way, Weichen does look a little fat, many people call Weichen that, and Weichen is used to it." Please be gracious to the emperor and spare the second prince this time. ”

"For the sake of Lu Aiqing's plea, spare you this time, get up." Xiao Mazi gave Fat Lu a lot of face, and agreed to come down in one bite. Shang Zhixiao stood up again tremblingly, and Tuhai and Kong Sizhen over there looked at each other, and said together that the emperor was eating gunpowder today, why was he so angry? Still spoiling Fat Lu so much?

"Master Tu, Sigege, Prince Shang, you entered the palace so late, is there anything wrong?" Xiao Mazi held back his anger and said coldly: "I heard that you seem to be going to join someone? ”

The murderous aura in Xiao Mazi's voice can be heard clearly from three or four miles away, hearing this voice, Tu Hai, Kong Sizhen and Shang Zhixiao are inevitably a little weak and timid, I don't know what happened, but the arrow is on the string, and the situation cannot be hesitated, Tu Hai had to bow his hand hard, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minions want to join forces to participate in Lu Yifeng, Qujing Zhi County, Yunnan, to live up to the grace of the saint, bully the king, and ask the emperor to treat him for the crime he deserves." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has been wronged!" Fat Lu slammed his knees and kowtowed.

"Lu Aiqing, get up, don't talk yet." Xiao Mazi sneered, first asked Lu Fatzi to get up, and then asked: "Master Tu, Sigege, Prince Shang, what evidence do you have for impeaching Lu Aiqing for betraying the grace of God and bullying the king?" ”

"What's wrong with the emperor today? Why are you so smiling and not smiling? Tu Hai was a little panicked in his heart, and he didn't dare to make a sound for a while. Over there, the monk Kong Sizhen Zhixiao also saw that Xiao Mazi was in an unhappy mood, and he was also confused, and he didn't know what was going on, so he didn't dare to speak.

"Why didn't you say it?" Xiao Mazi suddenly raised his voice, slapped the dragon case and shouted: "Say, what evidence do you have?" If you can't come up with real evidence, don't blame me for framing and slandering your colleagues! ”

"Your Majesty, calm your anger." Xiaozhuang finally spoke up, while secretly sighing that his grandson was a little younger and couldn't hold his breath, he asked Kong Sizhen with a gentle attitude: "Si'er, come on, what are you impeaching Lu Yifeng for?" And what evidence is there to prove that he has deceived the king? ”

"Back to Galeries Lafayette, here's the thing." Seeing Xiaozhuang and Yan Yuese, Kong Sizhen breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly added fuel and vinegar and said: "Today, the court is discussing salaries, Ao Zhongtang first resolutely supported the emperor to reduce Yungui's military salary, and then suddenly changed his position, and changed to fully support the increase in Yungui's military salary, the minions felt very strange, and after the dynasty dispersed, they checked this matter, but they didn't know if they didn't check, and they were really shocked when they checked it!" It turned out that before Ao Zhongtang changed his position, he met with General Mulima of Jingxi near Xihuamen, and General Mulima had a secret discussion with Lu Yifeng and Master Lu, who was entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, in a small teahouse for a long time! ”

"Your Majesty, Lafayette, Weichen has been wronged!" Fat Lu shouted injustice again with great grievances.

"Lord Lu, the emperor asked you not to speak first, but to listen to them first." Suo Etu pulled the fat man Lu and gave the fat man a look, and said in his heart, what are you shouting injustice? Your grievances are already clear to the emperor and the empress dowager Lafayette, let them go and frame you with all their might, and by the way, help my poor brother Suo Mintai vent his evil anger - the last time Kong Sizhen instigated him to pretend to be the emperor, the emperor punished him to go to the Zongren Mansion to be imprisoned for three years.

"Oh, and that like that?" Xiaozhuang remained silent, and asked again: "Si'er, then how did you find out about this matter?" Do you know what Lord Lu and Mulima talked about? ”

"Back to Lafayette, it's ......." Kong Sizhen originally wanted to put the credit for finding out this on his head, but considering that he was often in Guangxi, he said that he had set up eyes and ears in the capital to monitor hundreds of officials, not only did no one believe but also attract suspicion, so it was better to honestly return the credit to Tuhai - of course, this thought saved Kong Sizhen himself, and at the same time kicked Tuhai in the ass who was already standing in the crater.

"Back to Lafayette, it was Tuzhongtang who found out about this matter." Kong Sizhen replied truthfully: "In General Mulima's personal army, there is an eyeliner planted in the middle of the picture, so I found out about this matter. ”

Hearing Kong Sizhen's answer, Xiaozhuang immediately frowned, and couldn't help but grit his teeth a little. Xiao Mazi didn't smile more and more, and said: "Master Tu is amazing, even in General Mulima's personal army, he can install eyeliner." Presumably, in the homes of hundreds of officials in the capital, there are all the eyeliner of Tuzhongtang, and they must have found a lot of little-known secrets, right? ”

"Slaves deserve death!" Tu Hai hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed and said: "The slave knows that this move is inappropriate, but for the convenience of running errands, and in order to keep abreast of the situation on the side of Ao Zhongtang, the slave boldly inserted a few internal lines, and the slave confessed his guilt, please forgive the emperor." ”

"Tu Zhongtang, do you know what the crime is to secretly install eyeliner to spy on the officials of the current dynasty without authorization?" Xiao Mazi asked coldly.

"What's wrong with the emperor today?" Tuhai was startled again, and said in his heart that I planted a secret agent next to Mulima to help you deal with Aobai, if you don't commend it, why do you want to punish me? But looking up at Xiao Mazi's majestic face again, Tu Hai swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and finally replied stubbornly: "Returning to the emperor is a capital crime of killing the head." ”

"Your Majesty, the picture hall is also for you." Kong Sizhen saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly pleaded for Tuhai.

"Shut up! I didn't let you speak! Xiao Mazi snorted coldly, and then said to Tuhai: "Okay, I will remember your crime first, and then let's talk, have you found out what Lu Aiqing and Mu Lima said?" ”

"When it comes to the point, if Tuhai and they don't continue, or if they honestly don't know what I talked about with Mulima, Tuhai will have one less crime, and Xiao Mazi's anger may end here." Lu Sanhao moved his kind eyes again, and said in his heart: "No, I have to cheer up Tuhai and Kong Sizhen, it's best to let them fabricate a few charges and plant them on my head, that will have the best effect!" ”

Thinking about this, Lu Fatzi immediately made a decision, broke free from Suo Etu's pull, ran to Tuhai and knelt down, kowtowed and shouted: "Your Majesty, Lafayette, wronged!" Wechen met with General Mulima this morning, but Wechen and General Mulima were just ordinary colleagues, and they drank two cups of tea together in front of the public, and said a few common words, and there were no big rebellious words! Your Majesty, Lafayette, you have to be the master of Weichen, Sigege, the second prince and Tuzhongtang are in the communiqué for personal vendetta! ”

"Speaking in public?" Kong Sizhen grabbed Lu Fatzi's speech and said with a sneer: "But how did Tuzhongtang find out, you asked for a private room alone with General Mulima, and drove away the guests on both sides, and arranged people to guard outside the door and window, not allowing others to approach, and then talking inside?" ”

"You...... How do you know? Fat Lu was taken aback.

"If no one knows, they can't do it unless they do!" Kong Sizhen laughed cruelly and said, "And we also know that you and Mu Lima not only said a lot of rebellious things in the private room, but also said a lot of extremely disrespectful words to the emperor, right?" ”

"Four-grid, slow down." Without waiting for Fat Lu to speak, Suo Etu, who hated Kong Sizhen so much in the past few days, stood up and said with a sneer: "Sigege, what you said doesn't seem right, right?" That's what you just said, right? Mulima arranged for people to monitor the front and back of the teahouse's private room, and no one was allowed to approach, and then the secret conversation started in the private room - in that case, how did your eyeliner overhear the secret conversation between Lord Lu and General Mulima? ”

"What the hell is going on today? Why did Suo Etu also help Fat Lu speak? Kong Sizhen gasped and said in her heart: "No, although because of Suo Mintai's matter, I have been at odds with Suo Etu in the past few days, but this guy is the emperor's number one confidant, and he shouldn't casually intervene to take a stand on this kind of matter." ”

"Your Majesty, Lafayette, this is thanks to the ability of the eyeliner in the picture."

Kong Sizhen is indeed clever, but he can't stand up to having a pig-like ally, at a sensitive moment, Shang Zhixiao actually jumped out and shouted according to the previous discussion: "This is the case, at that time, Tu Zhongtang's eyeliner was clever, and he found an opportunity to jump on the beam of the teahouse and touch it from the beam, and then he heard the rebellious and disrespectful words of Lu Yifeng, a thief!" ”

"Is that so?" Xiao Mazi seemed to be a little suspicious and asked.

"No ......, that's right." Kong Sizhen stubbornly said: "Slaves don't dare to bully the king, that's true." ”

"Enough!" Xiaozhuang couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped his palm on the dragon case, and roared: "Kong Sizhen, Shang Zhixiao, Tuhai, how many of you have eaten leopard gall?" Do you dare to play tricks in front of the mourning family?! When Lu Aiqing had a secret conversation with Mu Lima, Mu Lima also arranged for someone to monitor the beams of the house, how did your eyeliner touch the top of their heads and eavesdrop?! ”

"Lafayette, you know?" Kong Sizhen's pretty face was brushed, and there was no blood.

"Not only did the mourning family know about it for a long time, but they also knew what Lu Aiqing and Mu Lima were doing there." Xiaozhuang said coldly: "Si'er, you have disappointed the mourning family too much, for the sake of personal grudges, do you still want to make mistakes again and again, fabricate some false charges to frame Lu Aiqing, and force the emperor to treat you for the crime of bullying the king?" ”

"Damn it! Damn the minions! Kong Sizhen was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and kowtowed. Shang Zhixiao over there was also a colorless face, silent like a cicada, and he didn't even dare to take a breath of the atmosphere. Over there, Tuhai scolded in his heart, he had already told you to play truthfully, you wanted to fabricate charges, and now you are asking for hardship, right?

"You guys, didn't you say that Lu Aiqing said something disrespectful?" Xiao Mazi was also angry, pointed at Kong Sizhen and the others, and said with a murderous tone: "Then let's tell me to hear it, and see if you are bullying the king, or Lu Aiqing is bullying the king." ”

Kong Sizhen, Tuhai monk Zhixiao didn't even take a breath, he still dared to speak, and Lu Sanhao, who said good things, did good deeds, and had good intentions next to him, started to have a good conscience again, "Kong Sizhen bitch is Xiao Mazi's confidant and confidant, and she plays a major role in Guangxi, Xiao Mazi and the old witch of Xiaozhuang should not be heavy-handed to her; Shang Zhixiao is Shang Kexi's son, and he has to look at the owner's face to beat the dog, and Xiao Mazi is not very likely to clean up his surname, and even if he cleans up this waste, it will not make a big difference. Tie them up together to punish the crime, Xiao Mazi can't be heavy-handed, it is better to separate the guilt of the three of them and let Tu Hai carry it a little heavier, so that Xiao Mazi will attack him more heavily. ”

Thinking of this, Fat Lu immediately took two steps on his knees, and said with his forehead on the ground: "Emperor Qi and Lafayette, Weichen has something to say, please allow the emperor and Lafayette." ”

"Say." For the sake of Lu Fatzi's blood book loyalty, Xiao Mazi agreed.

"Your Majesty." Lu Fatzi kowtowed, and said: "The emperor Lafayette, Sigege and Prince Shang participated in Weichen, Weichen felt that they had actually done nothing wrong, please be gracious to the emperor and spare them this time." ”

"What?" Including the old and slippery Xiaozhuang, they all suspected that their ears had heard it wrong, and after Xiao Mazi was shocked, he was angry and funny, and said: "Lu Yifeng, the filial piety of the monk Kong Sizhen, they slandered and framed you and wanted to put you to death, why did you ask for mercy for them?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Weichen has remembered the teachings of his father and mother since he was a child, said good things, did good deeds, and had good intentions." Fat Lu raised his head and said with a fat face and a holy face: "But Weichen's intercession for the four grids is not to be a good person and sell favors indiscriminately, but to present it according to the truth!" The four-grid monk prince did not insert eyeliner into the home of the court official, impeached Weichen, and also listened to Chen in the middle of the picture, so they were indignant and entered the palace to impeach Weichen. ”

"Your Majesty, Lafayette, please think about it." Lu Fatzi said very seriously: "If the monks and princes of Sigege learned that the officials of the imperial court had abnormal behaviors and misdeeds, instead of truthfully stating to the emperor and Lafayette or stopping them in time, they turned a deaf ear and turned a blind eye, wouldn't they be living up to the grace of the saint and dereliction of duty?" Therefore, Wechen dared to believe that the prince of Sigege Monk did not do anything wrong, although there were also untruths in their recitals, but Wechen firmly believed that this must not be from their original intention. Please ask the emperor to investigate, and please see that their essence is to be loyal to the emperor, and spare them this time. ”

"There is also Tuzhongtang, Weichen also dared to ask the emperor for grace, forgive him this time." Lu Sanhao is indeed a rare good person, and in the end, he didn't forget to ask for favors for the culprit Tu Hai.

After Lu Fatzi finished speaking, there was silence in the Heart Cultivation Palace, everyone's thoughts were complicated, Xiao Mazi nodded again and again, and admired Lu Fatzi's selflessness and impartiality; Xiaozhuang nodded slightly, and was also very satisfied with Lu Fatzi's knowledge of the overall situation; Suo Etu, who hates Kong Sizhen so much that his eggs hurt, although he thinks that Lu Fatzi is a bit of a woman's kindness, he also thinks that Lu Fatzi is a friend to make - at least, this kind of friend who likes to send charcoal in the snow is 10,000 times better than the kind of friend who likes to fall into the stone wall and push everyone down, right? Only Tu Hai is face is as pale as earth, and he knows that Lu Fatzi's so-called plea is just trying to make himself even worse.

At the same time, Tu Hai was also secretly strange - in this world, how can there be such a fat man with a honey-bellied sword and a heart like a snake and scorpion? As a whole person, saying a good word is more vicious than saying 10,000 bad words?

The most complicated expression is the filial piety of the monk Kong Sizhen, seeing the holy expression on the face of the fat man, the filial piety of the monk Kong Sizhen has an urge to pounce and kiss it! Excited, Kong Sizhen was the first to sell her old lover Tuhai unceremoniously, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, Lafayette, the slave is guilty, the slave should not listen to the words of others, wronged Lu Yifeng Lord Lu, the slave deserves death!" ”

"The minions are also convicted." Shang Zhixiao finally became a little smarter, and quickly kowtowed, learning from Kong Sizhen to shirk responsibility, "The slave should not be instigated by Tuhai and follow him into the palace to slander Lord Lu, the slaves don't know the truth, they listened to the words of one side, and asked the emperor to treat the slaves as they deserve." ”

"Just be convicted." Xiao Mazi snorted coldly, and said in his heart that you are still smart, and this time it will be much easier for me to punish crimes. At the end, Xiao Mazi snorted at Tu Hai: "Tu Hai, what else do you have to say now?" ”

"The slave has nothing to say, please ask the emperor to punish the crime." Tu Hai reluctantly agreed-Kong Sizhen and Shang Zhixiao, two wolf-hearted allies, have already sold themselves, and if they want to shirk it, they will inevitably join forces and pit themselves to death. It's better to honestly admit the guilt, at least you can keep your head and official position - framing a seven-grade sesame official will not kill your head and rob your family, right?

To Tu Hai's surprise, Xiao Mazi's attack this time was a hundred times more serious than he imagined! Xiao Mazi snorted: "Okay, leave the waist card and the flower feather on the top of the palace, and go to the prison to squat by yourself, as well as your family, you don't have to worry, I will arrange for them to be sent to the prison to reunite with you." ”

"What?" Tu Hai almost didn't jump up, and asked with a faceless scream: "Your Majesty, even the family members of the slaves have to go to the prison?" ”

"Zhulian is full of doors?" Kong Sizhen, Shang Zhixiao and Suo Etu were also taken aback, saying that they didn't expect Xiao Mazi to attack Tuhai's whole family. Over there, the fat man Lu was also taken aback, and quickly raised his head, trembling and begging: "The emperor is gracious, and he ...... in the middle of the picture." ”

"Shut up!" Xiao Mazi showed some displeasure to Fat Lu for the first time tonight, and then turned to Tuhai and said, "I seem to have said it very clearly, right?" Do you want to repeat it? ”

"Slave ......, obey the order." Tu Hai's knees were weak and he couldn't kneel. After kowtowing, Tu Hai's hands trembled, he took off the top of his head, handed it to Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch, and slowly stood up, and stumbled out of the Heart Cultivation Hall under the supervision of Cao Yin and Wolf Qin. When he was about to leave the hall, Tu Hai suddenly turned around and said with a choked voice: "Your Majesty, the slave really doesn't know what happened, even if the slave misunderstands Lord Lu and wrongs him, he won't receive such a big crime, right?" ”

"What you did, you know in your heart." Xiao Mazi said majestically: "The big annihilation is like loyalty, the mouth is honey belly sword, these two charges are enough to kill you ten heads!" ”

"Xiao Mazi is talking about me?" Fat Lu was startled.

"The minion doesn't understand, the minion really doesn't understand." Tu Hai finally shed tears, but seeing Xiao Mazi and Xiaozhuang's iron-hearted expressions, Tu Hai knew that he was powerless no matter how he defended, so he had to cry silently and stumbled to report to the heavenly prison with the imperial guards.

"You two." After Tu Hai was escorted away, Xiao Mazi pointed to the filial piety of the monk Kong Sizhen again, and said lightly: "I sentenced you to a year of fine, are you convinced?" ”

"Slaves and others are willing to accept their guilt." Kong Sizhen and Shang Zhixiao kowtowed together in fear, and at the same time felt miserable in their hearts, Tu Hai is the third ranked bachelor in the court, how can you say that the fall will fall?

"Lu Aiqing, you have made a great contribution to me today, what do I reward you?" Xiao Mazi turned to Lu Fatzi again, hesitated, and said in his heart What should I reward, the yellow coat has already been rewarded once, and I can't reward the one-eyed flower feather, right?

"Your Majesty, Weichen has the courage to ask for three graces." Fat Lu was not polite, and immediately opened his mouth to ask for three wishes.

"Three graces?" Xiao Mazi was slightly displeased, and said that this fat man Lu has a really big appetite, and he wants three graces when he opens his mouth. But for the sake of Lu Fatzi's loyalty, Xiao Mazi still nodded and said, "Okay, you come and listen." ”

"Your Majesty." Lu Fatzi saluted, respectfully and solemnly said: "The first grace that Wechen wants to ask for is to ask the emperor to let Wechen return to Qujing as soon as possible to officially take office - today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and spring plowing is about to begin. As soon as he thought of this, Weichen returned to his heart like an arrow and asked the emperor for permission. ”

"What a courtier." Xiao Mazi and Xiaozhuang were greatly moved, Xiao Mazi immediately nodded and said: "Okay, I can promise you, after tonight, you can go back to Yunnan at any time to officially take office, and I will give you ten best fast horses, so that you can return to Qujing as soon as possible and organize the people to carry out spring ploughing." ”

"Your Majesty." Lu Fatzi saluted and said: "The second grace that Weichen wants to ask for is to ask the emperor to pardon Suo Mintaisuo, the younger brother of Lord Suo Etuso, Suo Gongzi is young, and occasionally makes a mistake, this is human nature, Weichen is brave and wants to ask the emperor to exempt him from the three-year prison sentence." ”

"Lord Lu......." Suo Etu was very moved, and said in his heart that my brother treated you like this, and you still treated him like this, you are a friend of the righteous Bo Yuntian, I have made up my mind!

"Okay." Xiao Mazi was also a little moved, nodded, and said, "Okay, for your sake, I gave you this grace and forgave Suo Mintai." Suo Etu, you can go to the Zongren Mansion in a while and take Suo Mintai home. ”

"Your Majesty." Suo Etu shed tears, kowtowed three times to Xiao Mazi, and arched his hand to Lu Fatzi, all grateful, speechless.

"Okay, I've agreed to both of them." Xiao Mazi smiled and said, "Let's talk about the third grace you want, I believe that you should ask for a grace for yourself this time, right?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Weichen's third grace is still for others." Lu Fatzi was a little twisted, and said with a red face: "Weichen is brave, the third grace is to ask the emperor to spare the former Zuodu Yushi Wang Xuwang and exempt him from prison. ”

"Did Wang Xu's family beg you?" Xiao Mazi was a little surprised.

"Back to the emperor, no." Lu Fatzi shook his head and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this grace is made by Weichen himself, and he asks for it for Lord Wang, and Weichen thinks that no matter whether the stolen money found in Lord Wang's house is the result of his corruption and bribery, he can be forgiven this time by virtue of Lord Wang's loyalty to the emperor." ”

"Not necessarily, taking bribes is a felony." Xiao Mazi nodded in his heart, deliberately making things difficult on his lips.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to pay out of his own pocket to pay the atonement for the king." Lu Fatzi kowtowed and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, in fact, Weichen and Lord Wang have just met, and they only have a few faces, and they also hate corrupt officials very much. But when Lord Wang was arrested, Wei Chen happened to be at his home, and saw that his wife and children were all wearing patches of torn clothes, living in a broken earth house with leaky wind, eating miscellaneous grains and pickles, and the sedan chair was also the cheapest bamboo sedan chair, and saw that Lord Wang couldn't even afford a piece of good ink in order to prepare New Year's gifts for the emperor....... ”

Speaking of this, Fat Lu burst into tears again, choked up and said: "Weichen shed tears at that time, and decided that Lord Wang was a good official, a clean official, even if he really did something wrong, it was reasonable. Therefore, Weichen's greatest wish is to ask the emperor for mercy, spare him this time, and allow him to make meritorious contributions and be a ...... again. Didn't the Criminal Department and the Shuntian Mansion copy out the property worth 7,000 taels of silver from Lord Wang's house? Wechen was willing to take out 7,000 taels of silver himself, hand it over to the treasury, hand it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and exchange the ...... for the release of Lord Wang from prison and the reunion with his family. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Fatzi was already in tears and couldn't cry, and Xiao Mazi and Xiaozhuang and others who were present were all moved, and they were full of emotion in their hearts - if there are a few more good courtiers like Lu Yifeng, why don't the Qing Dynasty have a solid foundation for generations? After wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Xiaozhuang choked up and said: "Your Majesty, the mourning family has to admit that the mourning family had misjudged Lu Aiqing before. The mourners also interceded for him, and you rewarded him with this grace. ”

"Grandmother, it's not that I'm ruthless, it's just that Wang Xu's case has been decided in the Three Law Divisions, and it's a greedy ......." Xiao Mazi was a little embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, can you make a will?" Lu Fatzi pleaded: "Allowing corrupt officials to pay silver to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and reduce their crimes as appropriate, so that they can not only be extrajudicial to meritorious officials, but also make up for the deficit of the state treasury and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and increase revenue for the state." Wechen heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is empty every year. ”

"This can't be done, as soon as this precedent is set, corrupt officials and corrupt officials have no scruples, and they will inevitably be greedy and corrupt officials everywhere." Xiao Mazi was quite calm, and finally didn't listen to Lu Fatzi's bad idea, but said: "Then let's do it, for the sake of Lu Aiqing's face, I will give a special order, let Wang Xu go home first to be punished, and after the verdict is down, I will be extrajudicial and pardon his crimes." ”

"Your Majesty." Fat Lu wiped his tears and thanked him, but he was disappointed in his heart, "Damn, Xiao Mazi is not fooled, he is much smarter than his grandson Hongli!" But it doesn't matter, you can save 7,000 taels of silver again, Uncle Ben, the name of Lu Sanhao, should be resounding in the capital again, right? ”

(To be continued)