It's late at night, the whole city is sleeping, of course, it's not absolute, in the prefect's yamen, Lu Wang and the prefect Deng Fanxi, still drinking wine, playing chess, chatting about life, leisurely, for Deng Fanxi, I really didn't expect this fairy to be so approachable, so kind words, important things in the court, there is nothing that the parents can't talk about, which makes him surprised

It stands to reason that this god king and himself have no deep friendship, so hot is a bit wrong, Deng Fanxi is not without doubts, but when Lu Wang used the strength of wine to tell him the original history of Yanzhou, and took out a 'book of heaven', in fact, it is the history of the Ming Dynasty, turn to that paragraph: Deng Fanxi, the prefect of Yanzhou, who took office not long ago, actively prepared for defense, and at that time there was a shortage of food and salary in the city, and the prefect of Deng persuaded King Lu several times to take out part of the large wealth in the palace to encourage the army and the people to fight the enemy together, but King Lu was unmoved. Governor Deng took out his salary, organized a death squad, and attacked the Qing camp from under the city wall at night, killing more than 1,000 enemies, but in the end, because the Qing soldiers bribed the spies in the city, the city was breached. Deng Zhifu and Senator Wang Weixin, Ziyang Zhixian Hao Fangsheng and Fan Shutai brothers were brutally killed, Yanzhou City and Lu Wangfu houses were burned, property was looted, Lu Wang Zhu Yipai also hanged himself, and his son and younger brother died at the same time, many concubines in the palace committed suicide, and Changshi Yu Qijiao's family of 23 people all committed suicide

"Governor Deng, I, Lu Wang, have always admired a loyal person like you, come and go for a ......," Lu Wang raised his glass.

Deng Fanxi was stunned, it turned out that this was the case, the god king in front of him was not only his own life-saving benefactor, but also the life-saving benefactor of Yanzhou City, and the benefactor of the unstoppable King Lu......

That's why this god king was so respectful to him, so he also let go of his heart and chatted with Lu Wang, who was usually very unaccustomed to dealing with these literati and felt that there was no topic. But today's performance is surprisingly good, there is wine, chess, topics, and time is unconscious!

"God King, the day before the Qing army besieged the city. Hundreds of people came from Nanjing Gongyuan, I heard that it was ordered by you to be here, and now there are arrangements in your rice shop and inn in the north of the city, and some of them are in the post station...... "Deng Fanxi suddenly mentioned this topic!"

Lu Wang sighed, nodded, and calculated that the group of people who had calculated the time was almost here: "Ming'er, I'll go to meet them, and I looked at the time, and it will be half past one in the morning, Governor Deng." I'm a little tired, how about going on tomorrow? ”

Deng Fanxi chuckled and got up: "The god king's skills are superior, Ming'er can let a few more ......."

"My lord, my lord......" Just as Deng Fanxi was about to say goodbye and leave, someone suddenly rushed over, standing at the door panting: "My lord, something is wrong, the Lu Wangfu was looted by robbers." Nearly 100 dead and wounded! ”

"What?" Deng Fanxi was taken aback, "Robbers? Where did the robbers come from. The prince is fine! At the same time, Lu Wang also raised his eyebrows: "Nonsense, not to mention that the city gate is closed, there are 70,000 Qing soldiers outside, and nearly 100,000 Ming troops in the outermost area, and robbers fly in from the sky!" ”

"That's it, where did the robber come from" Deng Fanxi was a little angry!

"Your Excellency. I don't know, just now the royal family ran to the yamen to report, saying that they were robbers, there were hundreds of them, and nearly 100 palace guards were injured and killed. Loot the gold and silver treasures of the palace, and, according to them, probably the officers and soldiers of the city! ”

"Presumptuous!" Before Deng Fanxi could speak, Lu Wang had already angrily slapped the case: "The Yanzhou military camp is so filthy, this king is now in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, I have to rectify it well, lead the way, I want to personally investigate this case!" ”

Deng Fanxi finally breathed a sigh of relief, the news just now scared him terribly, but when he heard that Lu Wang was going to take over, there was nothing better than this, so he hurriedly took Lu Wang to Yamen to meet the informant!

There are really a lot of informants, more than a dozen family members with blue noses and swollen faces, who are making a fuss at the yamen at the moment, playing tricks, coercing them against the robbers, and for the yamen, hehe, I really don't care about it!

It's just that when Lu Wang appeared, as soon as his reputation was reported, these people were intimidated, for a simple reason, in addition to the halo on Lu Wang's head, there was also the fact that they had been beaten by this man's personal guards before!

After a brief questioning, Lu Wang and Deng Fanxi were silent, and all the arrows pointed to the officers and soldiers in the city, because at this special moment, although the robbers in Shandong sounded Maduo, it was impossible to come in, and those people obviously spoke with a local accent in Shandong, so the biggest suspicion was the officers and soldiers, of course, it was not excluded that the bandit team sneaked in before the Qing army besieged the city!

The palace was patronized by robbers, this is definitely not a trivial matter, and the military and political departments in the city are absolutely inseparable, and the royal anger is really cut directly, so although Deng Fanxi has Lu Wang's lesson, he still rushed towards the palace in a hurry to comfort the lord.

As for Lu Wang, of course, he went to investigate the case, and now the Ming army and horses are under his control, and Jean also said that he must investigate to the end, so after seeing Deng Fanxi leaving the yamen in a hurry, he also quickly went to the north of the city, and wanted to gather the officers and soldiers of the whole city to investigate one by one.

In the North Gate Tower, several bonfires were rising, Xu Wenjue and Qi Jianlong were roasting the fire and eating roasted sweet potatoes, chatting casually, and seeing Lu Wang walking in, the two hurriedly stood up.

Without Qi Jianlong's eyes, several other henchmen hurriedly walked out, and Lu Wang looked at the two and smiled slightly: "It's done?" ”

"It's done!" Xu Wenjue couldn't hide his joy: "At least this number" said and compared a finger, Lu Wang frowned: "One million? How is it possible, the dignified palace ......"

"Big brother!" Xu Wenjue stopped Lu Wang and flew a wink, Lu Wang's mouth opened wide: "Nima! That's pretty much it"! As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Qi Jianlong: "Let your brothers keep their mouths shut!" ”

"Don't worry, this is the crime of killing the head if you poke it out, the brothers are not so stupid!" Qi saw the dragon hugging his fists to show loyalty!

"It's better to be like this," Lu Wang nodded lightly, "Go back and pass a message to your brothers, three hundred taels of silver each, and wait until three days later, after I defeat the Qing army, I will transfer you out of here, otherwise there will suddenly be such more silver on hand, which will easily arouse the suspicion of others!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang", Qi Jianlong said and suddenly knelt down on one knee: "I want to follow the prince to kill thieves and make contributions......"

Lu Wang sighed, looked at Qi Jianlong who was kneeling on the ground, his face changed back and forth, Qi Jianlong on the ground bowed his head and was silent, but his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He felt an invisible aura that weighed him down, but he was more worried about it!

Kill somebody to do away with a witness! Lu Wang's casual remark about them leaving this place made Qi Jianlong immediately think of this, and immediately became nervous. Seeing his demeanor and suddenly saying that he wanted to follow him to fight in the north and south, Lu Wang also knew what he meant instantly, but he didn't expect this person to be so delicate and sensitive.

"For your brother's sake. Then I'll give you one more chance for the Qi family", Lu Wang said lightly, Qi Jianlong, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately exhaled a long breath, and unconsciously cold sweat overflowed on his body, dangerous, dangerous! In fact, how did he know that Lu Wang had never thought about killing people and killing people, but it would be good to take the opportunity to take a look!

"Thank you for your cultivation!" Qi Jianlong was grateful.

"Alright, let's go. We have to investigate the case," Lu Wang said lightly, and the three of them had a smile on their faces!

"Mahan and the others are gone, right?" The three of Lu Wan chatted quietly as they walked!

"We were at camp ten minutes ago!" Xu Wenjue smiled slightly!

The next thing, everything went according to plan, Deng Fanxi was still working as a comfort man in the palace, Qi Jianlong ordered the officers and soldiers of the whole city to gather for a strict investigation, and the god king Lu Wang took Xu Wenjue to drive the whole city to search and arrest.

Adjacent to the gate of an abandoned courtyard near the palace, Xu Wenjue looked around cautiously, opened the courtyard door and walked in with Lu Wang. Then Rwan looked at the hill piled up in the yard and smiled!

"Big brother. It's out! Xu Wenjue rubbed his hands excitedly!

"Look at your little bit of interest" Lu Wang waved his hand, put away these small hills, and the courtyard was immediately empty: "You haven't seen Li Zicheng's treasure house, that's what you call it!" ”

"Hey, big brother is definitely the richest person in Daming now!" Xu Wenjue grinned and said!

Lu Wang smiled bitterly: "No, if you say that the poorest person in Daming is me, it is true." Xu Wenjue was stunned for a moment and then nodded slightly, understanding what Lu Wang meant, there were hundreds of thousands of Ming officers and soldiers, and the food and drink were all his, and the military salary was also paid by him. Chongzhen is directly burdened, otherwise he wouldn't have to worry about collecting money everywhere!

"Big brother, you don't need to be like this, after all, with a population of hundreds of thousands, you can't bear it for a long time!" Xu Wenjue was worried about Lu Wang: "How much does it make the court out!" ”

"This is inevitable, it's just that the treasury is now empty, there is no money and no food, and the great tomorrow disasters are continuous, the people lose their income, they can't afford to pay taxes, and they can't recover without a buffer of two or three years, so I'll hold on for a while!"

Overnight, King Lu's mansion was robbed, the palace was almost looted, the guards were killed six people, including several brothers of King Lu and nearly 100 people were injured, the incident after a short period of fermentation, immediately the whole city was a sensation!

Some people say that it is haunted, some people say that it is a robber, some people say that it was done by officers and soldiers, and some people are directed and acted by the palace itself, and there is another theory, but no one dares to say it!

After the investigation of the God King himself, there was no clue about this matter, which made the incident even more confusing, because everyone knew the origin of the God King, but if he couldn't even find out, it would be really puzzling, but the God King swore before resting: "It was not the officers and soldiers in the city who did it!" Some people maliciously planted false accusations, officers and soldiers shed blood and desperately starved to resist the Qing army to protect their homeland, and there were even people who splashed dirty water, this kind of person is shameful! As a result, the limelight of public opinion began to deviate.

Deng Fanxi and Qi Jianlong didn't sleep all night, their eyes were red, and their faces were tired, and the tortured King Lu asked him to write an excerpt overnight, to play the imperial court, but the Qing army couldn't get out of the siege, and wanted to ask Lu Wang to help send it out, but because of his bad face, he asked Deng Fanxi to ask Lu Wang for help!

Who knows, Lu Wang, who had been busy all night, also slept, and now there are only these two bigwigs in the city with sad faces, more than half an hour ago, colleagues from all walks of life have almost leveled the threshold of the yamen, all for this matter, and after finally sending it away, the two decided to whisper!

"General Qi, then Xu Wenjue was with you last night?" Deng Fanxi asked tentatively.

Qi Jianlong frowned: "Don't leave an inch, what does the prefect mean by this, could it be that he doubts Xu ...... Ah, are you a skeptic? ”

Shhh Shhh, Deng Fanxi suddenly panicked, and made Qi Jianlong whisper: "Don't you think General Qi thinks it's strange, this happened to the God King as soon as he entered the city, it's too much of a coincidence, and the whole city can't find a clue, this thing is too weird, to put it bluntly, it's too magical, this is not something ordinary people can do."

"My lord thinks too much", Qi Jianlong disagreed: "According to the people of the Lu Wangfu, there are hundreds of people who go in, and the God King can enter the city with only two people, and those people ......"

"Maybe those people are all tricks, General Qi, have forgotten the methods of the god king, so much grain and rice can be in and out with a wave ......of your hand," Deng Fanxi continued his reasoning

However, he was immediately denied by Qi Jianlong: "Since the prefect also knows the methods of the God King, then why does he have to do any tricks, just take it away without knowing it, is it so troublesome to use?"

"That's what I said, but maybe the God King did it on purpose, otherwise the silver suddenly disappeared, wouldn't it be clear that the God King did it!" Deng Fanxi nodded and shook his head: "I always feel that this place is full of strangeness, I can't figure it out!" ”

"Adults don't have to worry about this matter, you should think more about how we can deal with the aftermath, once King Lu's excerpt enters Beijing, it is you and I who are responsible", Qi saw the sadness on Long's face, indicating that his mood was very heavy!

"Haha, the old man is not worried about this" Deng Fanxi suddenly laughed: "At the time of the incident, the Qing army was besieging the city, General Qi was on duty all night in the city, and the old man and the god king were discussing the battle situation in the yamen. ”

"What the adults said makes sense", Qi Jianlong nodded!

"Moreover, this government thinks that this matter may not be the palace talking and singing itself", Deng Fanxi snorted coldly!

"Oh, could it be that adults also think this is suspicious? Anyway, I think so, King Nalu is ruthless, there is a shortage of rice and food in the city, we repeatedly came to the door to ask for help and he ignored it, and later, the God King's people came to ask for money, and he was still blasted out of the city, thinking that after this incident, the emperor or the God King would trouble him, and he acted such a play first...... "Qi Jianlong's analysis is the head!"

Deng Fanxi nodded while listening: "It's very likely, but it's very likely to be the revenge of the god king's rejection, hey, this is a fairy fight, we mortals can't intervene, let them go, anyway, this time fortunately, with the god king on the side, we shouldn't be able to suffer......" (to be continued......)