scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 215
"Brother Sanhao, I beg you, brother Yu." With tears in his eyes, Wang Xu begged with tears in his eyes, then kowtowed heavily to Fatty Lu, and said with a choked voice, "Brother Yu is not talented, I know that I am no match for Brother Yu, so Brother Yu..."

"Brother Zizhuan!" Fatty Lu is not stupid, and he will not be forced into a desperate situation, so he hurriedly said loudly: "If brother Zizhuan is only doing it for personal affairs, then even if brother Zizhuan wants the head of the younger brother, the younger brother will not be killed." Immediately offer it with both hands! But if Brother Zizhuan is doing it for official business, please don’t be so respectful. As a minister of the Qing Dynasty, a subordinate of Prince Pingxi, and the parent official of the people of Qujing, if it is related to the interests of the people of the Southwest Daqing and the Pingxi Palace If you make a concession to brother Zizhuan, then the younger brother will be sorry to the king of heaven and earth, and the common people below! Although the younger brother is not talented, he still dare not do it!"

"Three good brothers..." Wang Xu's accumulated thousands of words were all choked up at once, and his voice became even more choked up.All the civil and military personnel in the Pingxi Palace next to him nodded their heads one after another, and their affection for Fatty Lu was revived—what do you call a good colleague?Those who do not sell the interests of the collective are good colleagues!
"Brother Zizhuan, it seems that I guessed it right." Fatty Lu sighed, and asked: "Brother Zizhuan wants my younger brother to make concessions on the issue of military pay and food, please forgive me and let Zizhuan Brother, can you go back to Beijing for a business trip?"

Wang Xu wept, silently nodding in recognition.Fatty Lu sighed again, slowly drew out the sword on his body, put the sword in front of Wang Xu with both hands, and said solemnly: "Brother Zizhuan, you have the grace of saving my life, and you will be reborn if you don't repay this favor. It is injustice; but if the younger brother betrays Pingxi Wangfu to repay brother Zizhuan's great kindness, it will be disloyal! Loyalty is difficult to have both, and I really don't know how to choose, the only way is to ask brother Zizhuan to behead the younger brother, so that the younger brother To repay brother Zizhuan's great favor, there is no need to bear the name of infidelity. Brother Zizhuan, tell me, is it you who will do it, or let the younger brother do it himself?"

"Brother Sanhao, what are you kidding..." Wang Xu asked in shock, "No matter how incompetent Brother Yu is, he wouldn't persecute Brother Yu like this, would he?"

"Brother Zizhuan is wrong, little brother is definitely not joking." Fatty Lu shook his head, and said solemnly: "On the contrary, little brother is very serious. If brother Zizhuan continues to force me to sacrifice Pingxi Palace to repay my great kindness, then little brother can't, I have no choice but to die and apologize to brother Zizhuan."

After all, Fatty Lu really had a horizontal sword in his hand, and he was about to slay himself when he put it on his fat neck, which scared Wang Xu and Line Yuxuan next to him to pale with fright, and everyone in the Pingxi Palace around them also screamed. , hurriedly rushed forward, hurriedly held down Fatty Lu's fat hand, and forcibly snatched away Fatty Lu's sword, Wang Xu burst into tears, "Brother Sanhao, it's brother Yu who is wrong, brother Yu shouldn't For persecuting a virtuous brother like this, Brother Yu has lost the way of being a king! Brother Yu apologizes to you!" Crying, Wang Xu repeatedly kowtowed to Fatty Lu, pleading guilty desperately.

"Brother Zizhuan, I'm the one who's sorry for you." Fatty Lu cried out, "Brother Zizhuan is on an imperial errand, and younger brother is on official duties, so I have to fight against brother Yu for their respective errands. My younger brother is ungrateful, and my younger brother deserves everything." die--!"

Crying and shouting, Fatty Lu returned the salute with all his might, and everyone beside him sighed and admired Wang Xu and Fatty Lu for their loyal servants and gentleman demeanor.Only Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong, Kong Sizhen and others sneered repeatedly, secretly scolding Fatty Lu for being despicable and shameless, being a whore and setting up a memorial arch—suicide in front of so many lackeys of Pingxi Palace, it would be strange if they succeeded in committing suicide.However, because of this, Xiong Cilu inevitably felt a lot of worry, and couldn't help but whispered to his former love rival Zhou Peigong next to him: "Please, this shameless Fatty Lu has a firm attitude and can speak tricks and tricks. What we want to do today If you want to succeed, I’m afraid you have to pass his level first.”

"Xiong Zhongtang worried too much. According to his humble opinion, although Fatty Lu was scary in the past." Zhou Peigong replied with a sneer, "But today, there is nothing to worry about!"

"How do you know?" Xiong Cilu asked in surprise.

"Haven't Zhongtang noticed?" Zhou Peigong replied with a smirk: "This Fatty Lu is extremely smooth. In order not to attract envy, he deliberately behaves like a man with his tail between his legs and treats his colleagues servilely. Obviously, he is afraid that his status will rise too fast and arouse the envy of his colleagues. Hostile. Although this move is treacherous and effective, it also brings a bad result, that is, we dare not argue with our colleagues in front of our colleagues, let alone offend our colleagues and offend our superiors. The reason why we were helpless against him last time was because Wu Sangui was under the command of the old thief , there is no capable person standing on our side, so he was lucky enough to succeed. But this time, is he as lucky as last time?"

Xiong Cilu lowered his head in thought, and soon grinned grinningly, "Mr. Peigong is right. I heard that Fatty Lu was picked up by Wu Yingqi himself. Now Wu Yingqi has also stood by our side. I want to see, he Do you have the guts to fight to the end with his benefactor in official career, the only son of the old thief Wu Sangui?" Zhou Peigong laughed even more ferociously in a low voice, looking forward to the expression on Lu Fatty's ugly and fat face when he found Wu Yingqi standing on our side Wonderful.

At this time, two guards of the Pingxi Palace finally came out from the Xingyuan gate of the old traitor Wu, announcing that the old traitor Wu was promoted to the palace for discussion. Make a good line, form a line, line up to the Xingyuan like a hundred officials entering the court, and stand in line in the lobby of the original governor's yamen of the three provinces of the Qing Dynasty.As soon as everyone stood still, the old traitor Wu immediately entered the lobby from the back hall under Hu Guozhu and Lu Xia's close confidantes. Everyone dared not neglect, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison: "My lord, thousand years old, thousand years old, thousand years old! Chitose."

"Officials, please stand up."

The traitorous old Wu is quite sensible, even when the situation is very good, he still didn't call out such presumptuous words as "All Your Honors", and Ye Bilong, Wang Xu and other old-fashioned people were quite comfortable listening to them, and thanked them happily. After getting up, old traitor Wu asked someone to arrange seats for Ye Bilong and Wang Xu, and the meeting in Pingxi Palace was officially started.

Just like the last reception banquet, Wang Xu stood up again and, as an imperial envoy, asked Old Traitor Wu for supplementary negotiations on the armistice peace treaty. Concession, and at the same time showed the annual income accounts of the Qing court, proving that the Qing court was indeed unable to pay such a huge amount of money and food.However, before the traitor Wu could speak, Fatty Lu was the first to stand up, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, please interrupt me, I have a question I want to ask the Tang official."

The old traitor Wu who specially called Fatty Lu to attend this meeting immediately nodded in agreement, and then Fatty Lu turned to Wang Xu and asked, "Excuse me, Wang Tangguan, why didn't you show the income account of the Qing court's internal treasury? As we all know, the Qing court has expressly stipulated that customs lijin, mining tax and Huangzhuang land rent revenues are all directly collected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and not included in the treasury revenue. This is not a very small amount, Mr. Wang Why only show the treasury revenue and not count the internal treasury revenue?"

Wang Xu was silent, knowing that his only confidant and friend had still not shown mercy to his subordinates, but Xiong Cilu immediately stood up and said sharply: "Bold Lu Yifeng! You dare to fight me because you still have the face to call yourself a minister of the Qing Dynasty." Long live my emperor's idea of ​​caring for my own money (private house money), what are your intentions?"

"Xiong Zhongtang, the income from the internal treasury is indeed the emperor's personal money." Fatty Lu asked slowly: "But as far as I know, the emperor also took out a lot of money from the internal treasury when Oboi's traitors made trouble this time. A small amount of silver was given to the traitors of Oboi as military expenses. On the cannons seized by our army from the traitors of Oboi, the words "supervised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs" were also engraved. Isn't this an ironclad proof that the emperor took out the silver from the internal treasury to make firearms for Oboi? ?Since Aobai traitors can use the emperor's internal treasury money, and our Lord Pingxi loyally serves the master and eradicates traitors for the country, why is it not worthy of the emperor's own money to reward him?"

Xiong Cilu was speechless, and Hu Guozhu, who was standing next to the old traitor Wu, also laughed, and asked: "Xiong Zhongtang, are you trying to imply that my emperor Kangxi is stupid and would rather give his own money to the traitors of the chaotic country? Also refuse to use it to reward meritorious soldiers?"

"I, I didn't say that." Xiong Cilu was taken aback, and quickly defended himself.

"I didn't say you said that, I just asked you if you think so?" Hu Guozhu smiled, and said: "Besides, since the founding of our dynasty, whenever the country's needs were insufficient, two generations of kings had taken out the internal treasury The treasury lends money to the national treasury. Now that Mr. Wang insists that he has no money, Mr. Lu asks Mr. Wang to show the account of the internal treasury, why not?"

Xiong Cilu's face turned red and blue, speechless.Wang Xu bowed his hands to Fatty Lu and Hu Guozhu, and said sincerely: "General Jinwu, Master Lu, it's not that the lower officials are unwilling to show the accounts of the internal treasury, but the lower officials are not in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, nor did they accept the accounts when they left. I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inform, saying that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can provide money to fill this vacancy, and did not provide the relevant accounts for the subordinates. So I am very sorry, Master Lu asked the subordinates to show the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the subordinates are really helpless."

"My lord, did Mingzhu Mingzhongtang, who is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, have told you that the internal treasury cannot advance this money for the imperial court?" Fatty Lu asked calmly.

"This...." Wang Xu hesitated for a while, and finally answered honestly, "Not at all."

"It goes without saying." The old traitor Wu finally opened his mouth, waving his hands and said, "Since you don't even know, Mr. Wang, whether the Qing court can pay this money, then for the sake of the people in the five southwestern provinces, for the sake of the people in the five southwestern provinces." For the sake of the emperor's prestige and dignity, the Qing warriors who died on the battlefield of the rebellion, this king really cannot agree to your request, a grace period or a reduction in the number."

"My lord..." Wang Xu begged.The old traitor Wu raised his eyes to the beams of the house, and replied coldly: "I have decided my loneliness, and Wang Shangshu doesn't need to mention it."

Wang Xu lowered his head feebly, feeling like a knife was twisting his heart, but at this moment, Xia Guoxiang, the second son-in-law of the old traitor Wu, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Father-in-law, according to my son-in-law, the problem of comforting the people in the Southwest, the death of soldiers The issue of pensions and the emperor's prestige are of course extremely important, but the actual situation of the court still needs to be considered, and please father-in-law think twice."

As soon as Xia Guoxiang said this, the whole room changed color, and Wang Xu was even more surprised and delighted, saying that he never thought that the son-in-law of the old man Wu would take the wrong medicine and stand by us.Hu Guozhu was furious, and shouted: "Brother-in-law, father-in-law has already said that there is no need to discuss it again, what do you want to do?"

"Brother Guozhu, I know that you are thinking about the Pingxi Palace, but why not?" Xia Guoxiang said with a smile on his face: "I don't know if Guozhu has ever thought about it, if the court really can't afford this military salary We have no choice but to refuse to pay money and food, so what can we do?"

"Here is the peace treaty, the ink is still wet, who dares to refuse to pay?" Hu Guozhu pointed at the peace treaty in front of old traitor Wu, and said angrily: "Whoever dares to tear up this peace treaty will break the trust of the world!"

"But the court can't get it out, so what can we do?" Xia Guoxiang asked calmly.At this time, eight or nine important civil and military officials of the Pingxi Palace suddenly stood up behind Xia Guoxiang, clasped their fists together and said, "My lord, General Xia's words are reasonable, my lord, please think carefully."

"My lord, what General Xia said makes sense. Instead of driving the court to a dead end, it's better to take a step back." Ma Bao, the most beloved general of the old traitor Wu, yelled the loudest, waving his arms and yelling loudly: "Anyway, the court I don't intend to renege on the debt, so what's the difference between earlier and later? Since the court can't afford so much money and food now, what's the point of giving a little delay for a year or two?"

"Yes, yes, General Ma is right." Several important confidantes of the old traitor Wu echoed loudly.

When the incident happened suddenly, not only Wang Xu, Ye Bilong and others were surprised and delighted, but the traitor Wu also felt a little caught off guard. He never thought that there were so many people in his account who supported the grace period. Fearing that the military pay and food will not be available, the traitor Wu will inevitably be a little shaken-is it too stubborn to force Mangou to strictly perform the peace agreement at the risk of not getting a penny?If you can't get the military pay and food, how can you solve your financial problems in the coming year?

"Father-in-law is clear, my son-in-law is definitely not speaking for others." Xia Guoxiang took a step forward and said loudly: "My son-in-law is just thinking about the thousands of soldiers and people in the Pingxi Palace. All of them paid a huge price. The money and food for the army and horses were exhausted, and the common people went bankrupt. They couldn’t get rid of the pot. They all counted on the money and food for the army to improve people’s livelihood and rebuild the Southwest. Now that the imperial court has promised to pay the money and food for the army, why bother to pay the deadline? If something goes wrong because of this problem, father-in-law, how will you explain to the Pingxi Palace? How will our Pingxi Palace explain to the people in the southwest?"

"Yeah, what General Xia said is so right, take a step back and open up the sea and the sky." A dozen or so important cronies and confidants of the old traitor Wu agreed, and there were also a group of civil and military officials of the Pingxi Palace who were not bribed by the Qing court. Xia Guoping was moved by people's fallacies, and worried that the traitor Wu would really not get the important money, so he couldn't help but echoed a few words casually.

Seeing this scene, the well-known old traitor Wu was unavoidably shaken, and couldn't help but turn his eyes to Hu Guozhu and Lu Fatty and other hawk cronies. Unfortunately, Hu Guozhu, Lu Fatty and the others were all frowning, wanting to speak He stopped, not daring to open his mouth to stop him.Seeing this, Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong and others couldn't help but feel very happy, and thought: "Fatty Lu, aren't you eloquent? Why don't you argue? Are you afraid of offending your colleagues and offending so many old thieves Wu Sangui?" Dear friend?"

"What's wrong with the fat man?" Kong Sizhen, who hadn't spoken all this time, was also a little surprised and wondered, "Supposedly, it should be easy for the fat man to refute the fallacies of Xia Guoxiang and his gang, why don't you speak now? Could it be that the fat man is too You're a weakling, don't you dare offend so many colleagues at the same time?"

"Yifeng, what's the matter with you?" Old man Wu couldn't hold his breath, and couldn't help asking: "Usually, at this time, you are the one who talks the most - no one else even has a chance to interrupt, why don't you talk today? Say, what's your opinion?"

"Going back to grandfather, grandson-in-law is really in trouble." Fatty Lu was still so glib, and replied: "Sun-son-in-law thinks that the words of second uncle and General Ma are reasonable, but also worried about grandfather's words. He has already said that there is no need to discuss this matter again. If you agree with the second uncle and General Ma, it is against your grandfather's order, so the son-in-law really doesn't know how to choose, so he can only make his own decision! Besides, the son-in-law knows that his grandfather is wise, far-sighted, and thoughtful. I will definitely be able to make the right choice and lead my Pingxi Palace to a glorious future. My grandson-in-law dare not show off in front of his grandfather because of his stupid thinking."

"Sycophant! Slippery loach!" Everyone present, including the two insiders, Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong, cursed secretly in their hearts.Old traitor Wu was also angry and funny, and scolded with a smile: "Bastard boy, grandfather wants you to give advice, not to flatter you!"

"Back to grandfather, grandson-in-law is really not flattering." Fatty Lu quickly knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Although grandson-in-law insisted that the court strictly fulfill the peace agreement, after listening to the words of second uncle, General Ma and the seniors, grandson-in-law He also felt that it was very reasonable, he was in a dilemma, and hesitant to make a decision. But the son-in-law immediately realized that with the wisdom and thoroughness of his grandfather's thinking, as long as the decision is made, it must be right. If you do according to your grandfather's instructions, you will surely suddenly realize your grandfather's brilliance in the future."

"This fat man is so slippery." Everyone yelled in their hearts, Xia Guoxiang, Ma Bao and others were complacent, very satisfied with Lu Fatty's words and opinions, while Xiong Cilu, Zhou Peigong and others laughed inwardly, understanding Fatty Lu said that he would not offend so many colleagues and so many cronies of the old traitor Wu—but it was not surprising, at the speed at which Fatty Lu climbed under the tent of the old traitor Wu, it was too late to try to be a man with his tail between his legs. How dare you offend so many people?

"Really? Then don't regret it." The old traitor Wu was even more angry and funny. He turned to Xia Guoxiang and asked, "My son-in-law, in your opinion, how much concession should this old man make?"

"Thank you father-in-law, then the son-in-law will just say it." Xia Guoxiang was overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed to speak, but Wang Shirong beside him suddenly said loudly: "My lord, wait a minute, the student has something to say."

"Say." Finally, a resolute lackey came out, and the old traitor Wu, who actually didn't want to give in to the murderer and enemy, was also very happy.

"My lord, in the student's opinion, the payment deadline can be compromised appropriately." Wang Shirong is not a good person, and deliberately said: "But on the issue of the number and the issue of prisoners of war, the students think that the lord must not make any concessions."

"Speaking of the issue of prisoners of war, I am about to report to the prince." Xiong Cilu hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands and said, "To the prince, according to the peace agreement signed between Ye Zhongtang and General Jinwu, my Qing court will pay 500 million yuan. After the two grains of silver, the prince immediately released all the prisoners of war of our army. Therefore, our Qing court plans to pay 500 million taels of silver to redeem the prisoners of war, compensate the prince for the 3000 million taels of military pay and 500 million military rations, and then pay as scheduled through negotiation. Please be kind allow."

"This is absolutely impossible." Old man Wu is no fool, and immediately refused, "Unless all the military pay and food are paid, this old man will never release a prisoner."

"But there is no agreement in the peace agreement?" Xiong Cilu said with a surprise, and said with a smile: "Please take a closer look at the peace agreement, is there any agreement in the peace agreement that all military salaries must be paid in full before the prince can release the prisoners of war? Is it just It says that the Qing court will immediately release all prisoners of war as long as the ransom of 500 million taels of silver is paid?"

The old man Wu was stunned, and quickly picked up the agreement to take a closer look. Fatty Lu, Hu Guozhu, and Fang Xueshi also looked at each other, only to realize that they did not take this into consideration at the time, which gave Xiong Cilu a loophole to take advantage of.Then before the old traitor Wu's angry eyes turned to him, Fatty Lu stood up and said loudly: "Xiong Zhongtang, there is no agreement in the peace treaty that all the military pay and rations must be paid before releasing all the prisoners of war, but there is still no agreement in the peace treaty, when will we Accept your ransom for prisoners of war! If you want to play tricks, we can still do the same, and we will not accept the ransom of 3000 million taels of silver until you pay the 500 million taels of silver military pay and 500 million shi of grain."

"That's right." Hu Guozhu, who was afraid of taking responsibility, quickly echoed, "Since you are irrational, we can also say that there is no agreement on when to pay the ransom in the peace agreement, and you are required to pay the military pay first, and then pay the ransom."

"Guozhu, Nephew Yifeng, you two are playing rascals." Xia Guoxiang said quickly, smiling, "Since you didn't think twice when you signed the peace treaty, it's better to make the mistake now and collect the ransom first and let the captured one go." The soldiers of the Eight Banners, let them go back to reunite with their families, in this way, it not only shows the broad mind of our Pingxi Palace, but also wins the hearts of the world, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

After all, Xia Guoxiang, who was afraid that he would not be able to restrain Hu Guozhu and Fatty Lu, turned his head quickly, and smiled at Wu Yingqi, "Ying Qi, do you think so?"

"Yes, Second Prince, your status in Pingxi Palace is second only to Pingxi Prince, you should also say something." Xiong Cilu also turned his gaze to Wu Yingqi, and said with a smile: "Please tell me, Second Prince, whether you should support him or not." General Jin Wu and Master Lu messing around?"

"What do you want me to say?" Wu Yingqi finally spoke, strode up to Xiong Cilu, smiled at Xiong Cilu, and said, "In my opinion, brother-in-law and Yifeng are too weak. If it were me, it would have been a long time ago." That's it-!"

As he said that, Wu Yingqi suddenly swung his fist as big as a vinegar jar, and hit Xiong Cilu's face like lightning on the bridge of the nose with a flattering smile. Called, "Second Prince, what are you doing?"

The incident happened suddenly, including the traitor Wu, who jumped up and shouted angrily, "Ying Qi, are you crazy? What are you doing?"

"Father, my son, please look at something, and you will understand." Wu Yingqi replied loudly, raised his hand and clapped twice, and two guards of the old Wu traitor outside the door immediately carried into a large box with a seal.When Wu Yingqi tore off the seal and smashed the copper lock and opened it, a box full of gold, silver and jewelry was immediately revealed!
"Father, you should understand by now why there are so many dogs who speak for the court today, right?" Wu Yingqi played with two hundred and five tempers, and shouted without restraint: "Because these dogs who eat and crawl around are all taken away." I bought these things! These things were given by the dog thief Xiong Cilu!"

"What?" Old Traitor Wu turned pale with shock.Xia Guoxiang and Wu Junzhong, civil and military, who had been speaking for Xiong Cilu before, all had purple faces. They never thought that Wu Yingqi, who is usually the most greedy, found his conscience at this fatal moment and turned against him!

"Father, this is the list!" Wu Yingqi took out another stack of papers from his arms, held it up over his head, and said loudly: "Since my child pretended to be tricked, and after accepting bribes from the little man Xiong Zilu, I sent someone to secretly Keep an eye on this bastard, he has bribed those people under your command, father, king, how much he bribed, and when he bribed, let people record clearly, father, please look at it!"

"Bang!" Xia Guoxiang fell to the ground first, foaming at the mouth.A dozen Wu Jun civil and military officials who had ghosts in their hearts also quickly knelt down, with their foreheads on the ground, and their bodies were dripping with cold sweat, not even daring to take a breath!
"Boom!" The old man Wu overturned the book case in front of him, pointed at Wang Xu with a livid face and yelled, "Son Wang Xu, this is your name for the rest of your life? This is your sincerity in negotiating?!"

Wang Xu's face turned blue, first turned blue, then turned white, and finally turned purple. Suddenly he raised his leg and kicked viciously on Xiong Cilu's lower abdomen who had just got up, causing Xiong Cilu to fall again. Chaotian, then knelt down to the old traitor Wu, and said loudly: "My lord, the matter has come to an end, I have nothing to say, let the lord handle it! But I can swear to the sky, this matter is all thanks to the bear." Behind the back of the subordinate officials, the subordinate officials did not know in advance!"

"Grandfather, my son-in-law is willing to be your guarantor for Lord Wang!" Fatty Lu hurriedly knelt beside Wang Xu, and said loudly, "My son-in-law would like to swear on the head of his master, that with the character of Lord Wang, he would never commit such a dirty and dirty act." All the dirty things are done by the villain Xiong Cilu alone. Grandpa, please don't blame others for the fault of the villain, and miss the peace agreement."

"Father-in-law, what Yifeng said is justified, please think twice." Hu Guozhu also hurriedly stood up, "My son-in-law also believes that with Mr. Wang's character and demeanor, he would never do such a despicable and shameless thing. Anger for the crime of a villain, and missed the important event of the peace agreement!"

"Second Prince, please say something." Fatty Lu turned his head and cupped his hands to Wu Yingqi and said, "Second Prince, please prove whether Mr. Wang has participated in this matter?"

"I..." Wu Yingqi's poor brain pondered for a long time, finally came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Father, Yifeng is right, Wang Xu is still very honest, he didn't do this, and Xiong Cilu is very special." Told me not to let Wang Xu know. Oh, yes, Xiong Cilu also told him that the eldest brother-in-law, Yifeng and Mr. Wang Shirong are all loyal to your father, and it is absolutely impossible for him to bribe you, so I am not allowed. Let them know."

"Don't let them know?" Kong Sizhen finally came to his senses, and sneered in his heart: "Fatty man, no wonder he acted so badly just now, so he dug a hole long ago and waited for Xiong Cilu to jump! Let Wu Yingqi, the [-], be a cannonball Zhizi offends people, and you hide behind and pretend to be a good person, thanks to you for figuring out such a vile idea."

Hearing Wu Yingqi's words, old man Wu's treacherous blackened face finally softened, and he said coldly: "He is smart, he bought my beloved son-in-law and grandson-in-law, as well as my king's confidant counselor, I want to die! Come here, beat Xiong Cilu out of Wuchang City with a stick, and don't let him dirty the ground of this king!"

"Father, there are countless jewels beside Xiong Cilu! They are all ready to be given away after you get them." Wu Yingqi was shocked and hurriedly reminded.

"You are rewarded!" The old man Wu, who knew his son's money-greedy temper, yelled, "You took the man there yourself, copied all his luggage, and rewarded you no matter how much you found! The old man wants to see it. Who, with that face, came to this old man to get these things back!"

(End of this chapter)