scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 249 The Identity of an Old Friend
The third wife met the second wife at the mourning hall of the third wife's father, and the third wife who was in grief suddenly found that the second wife was so beautiful, the second wife compared the third wife, the second wife was a vixen, and the third wife turned out to be a yellow-faced woman. Come on, Fatty Lu, whose private life is corrupt and dissolute, will naturally be in bad luck. The beautiful third wife who has just lost his father is watching him, and the more beautiful second wife who is about to be promoted to his wife is watching with a soft smile. Which one should he curry favor with? One, Fatty Lu really doesn't know.

Fortunately, Fatty Lu’s fate is good. Wu Xiaotu, who looks like a vixen and is almost destined to be promoted to the main house, has a good temper. He is definitely not comparable to jealous jars like Shang Wanyi and Line Yuxuan. Even though Yu'er has an unclear relationship and Line Yu'er has shown obvious hostility, Wu Xiaotu still shows no signs of anger, let alone jealousy, and just salutes Line Yu'er lightly, saying softly: Sister Yuer, younger sister Wu Xiaotu, send my best regards to my elder sister. My younger sister already knows about Uncle Yu's affairs, so I ask Sister Yu'er to be sympathetic and obedient, and don't cry out of grief because of grief. Zai Tianzhiling is sad, Xiaotu and... Brother Lu will be even more sad."

"He will be sad? Why can't I see it?" Yan Yu'er quietly twisted Fatty Lu's fat back, looked Wu Xiaotu up and down full of jealousy, and added sourly in her heart, "It really is a vixen!"

"Of course Brother Lu will be sad." Wu Xiaotu said rather shyly: "Sister Yu'er, haven't you discovered that since you returned to Yuezhou, Brother Lu has been by your side, always taking care of you, always I'm welcoming you and paying homage to the guests, if Big Brother Lu didn't care about you and love you, would he do this?"

Lan Yu'er gave Fatty Lu a vicious look, then turned to Wu Xiaotu and snorted, "This is what he should do, but you, who are you?"

"I...I...." Facing Ling Yu'er's knowing question, Wu Xiaotu blushed even more, and after a while he said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's snoring: "I am... Brother Lu, I haven't... haven't been through the door... ...'s wife, Sister Yu'er, I already know about you and Brother Lu, thank you, if it weren't for you, I might never see Brother Lu again."

"You don't mind?" Line Yuer asked nervously and surprised.

"I don't mind at all, that's a lie." Wu Xiaotu's pretty face turned red almost to the base of her neck, and said in a low voice, "But I'm also happy for Brother Lu, he can have a confidante like you, that's his Blessing is also my blessing. At the very least, when Xiaotu is not with Brother Lu in the future, Xiaotu... Xiaotu doesn't have to worry about Brother Lu's daily life... Even if Xiaotu is not around, Brother Lu can still eat on time It’s cold and I’m full, dress warmly…”

Yu'er was dumbfounded, and suddenly felt ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to sneak in. Fatty Lu next to him smiled wryly and said, "Yu'er, did you see that? Don't talk about you, it's that tigress of Wanyi who is here. I can't get angry in front of Xiao Tu, so learn from it."

"Fatty man!" Line Yu'er finally caught a chance to vent, and twisted Fatty Lu's fat back hard. The pain caused Fatty Lu to grin his teeth and almost scream out.Wu Xiaotu showed no signs of anger, but said very gently: "Sister Yu'er, Brother Lu, if you don't mind, Xiaotu has already obtained father's permission, and wants to watch uncle Line with you tonight and express our condolences."

"Okay, then there's Sister Lao Xiaotu." Since he got engaged to Wu Xiaotu, the number of times Fatty Lu and Wu Xiaotu have met is not enough to count the fingers of one hand. It would be a lie to say that he doesn't miss him, and he can spend with Wu Xiaotu tonight For one night, Fatty Lu naturally wished for it.

"Fatty!" Seeing Fatty Lu's impatient look, Yu'er couldn't help being jealous, but since Wu Xiaotu had offered to guard the spirit of Rong Guoan, he couldn't refuse because of reason and reason. He could quickly call Wu Xiaotu to sit aside, and asked the maid to serve Wu Xiaotu tea and snacks, but Wu Xiaotu was very polite first offering incense to Long Guoan, then respectfully kowtowed three times, and then asked the personal maid to bring white plain flowers Wearing it on the head, finally sat down to accompany Fatty Lu and Rong Yu'er to guard the spirit of Rong Guoan.

With the help of Wu Xiaotu, who has a temper like a ball of soft yeast noodles, Fatty Lu is really relieved a lot - at least when Yu'er cries again, someone can gently help and comfort him.It was also at this time that Fatty Lu knew the latest situation of his son Lu Bangjing. After Lu Bangjing was snatched back from Sicheng Wharf by Wan Yuer before, he was taken care of by Wu Xiaotu after he was sent back to Kunming. When Wu Xiaotu left Kunming, he took Lu Bangjing Entrusted to Hu Guozhu's wife, she lived a carefree life.

"Should I find an opportunity to mention my son to the old traitor Wu, and ask him to bring him to the front line to meet him?" Fatty Lu thought to himself, "Or ask him to hand over his son to his uncle to take care of him, so that this suspicious old traitor can take care of his son." An Anxin? Otherwise, as a father, I don't mind not seeing my son for several years, even if the old traitor is not suspicious, he will think that I am heartless and ungrateful, and will lower my impression of me."

"Yifeng virtuous nephew and son-in-law, come out to meet him, uncle has brought people to pay tribute to the funeral!" Suddenly, Wu Yingqi's rude shouts sounded outside the mourning hall. Leading a group of generals strode into the mourning hall, followed by a group of soldiers carrying sacrifices.As soon as he entered the hall, Wu Yingqi yelled loudly: "Yifeng virtuous nephew and niece, don't blame uncle for coming late, uncle is delayed by business. Hey, niece Xiaotu, why did you come to Yuezhou too?"

"Uncle, you are welcome. You can come to pay homage to my nephew and Yu'er in person. My nephew and Yu'er are already very grateful. How about sooner or later?" Fatty Lu hurriedly saluted, and over there, Yu'er and Wu Xiaotu also hurriedly saluted. Wu Xiaotu also roughly introduced that he came to Yuezhou with Liu Xuanchu's team.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Yingqi asked his soldiers to place the sacrifices in front of Ling Guoan Ling, and led more than a dozen generals to drink wine one by one, kowtow and salute. Fatty Lu and Yu'er returned the salute. Fatty Lu hurriedly asked Xiao Erlang to wait for his confidants The soldiers offered a banquet to express their gratitude, but Wu Yingqi waved his hand and said, "Nephew and son-in-law, you are welcome. Uncle and these brothers have already had dinner and wine just now. Come with me to the back hall. Uncle has something to tell you."

Fatty Lu agreed, and quickly got up and went into the back hall with Wu Yingqi. Zhao Zhaoyang, Liao Jinzhong, Zhu Wannian and others brought by Wu Yingqi also followed.After entering the back hall, Wu Yingqi suddenly grabbed Fatty Lu's hand, pouted at the generals on the left and right, and said in a low voice: "Nephew, uncle, I have discussed with these generals just now. When the general meeting is held , Uncle is going to lead these brothers to support father and become emperor together, you were single-handedly promoted by uncle, so you also have to stand with uncle, you must ask father to become emperor immediately, and then launch the Northern Expedition."

"Uncle, all the generals, have you all decided?" Fatty Lu's head was a little dizzy—the teacher Liu Xuanchu wanted to take a firm stand against the old traitor Wu and proclaim himself emperor immediately, but Wu Yingqi, the official career leader, wanted to support the old traitor Wu with a clear-cut stand and declared himself emperor immediately God, who should I listen to?
"We have all decided!" Wu Jun's generals replied in a low voice in unison.Liao Jinzhong also said in a low voice: "Brother Lu, we have discussed it carefully, and we all feel that the Ming Dynasty has been subjugated for many years and the people's hearts have been lost. It is too uneconomical to make the prince kneel and kowtow to others while fighting with the belt, it is better to ask the prince to proclaim the emperor directly, we will fight for the prince and fight for the world, no matter how hard it is, we are willing."

"That's right, we also don't think it's necessary to do anything extra. Anyway, it's killing all the dogs. Instead of taking off your pants and farting against the Qing Dynasty, it's better to support the prince as the emperor." Zhao Zhaoyang echoed, and said: "Brother Lu, we are all vulgar people. People are still sloppy, and it’s not enough to argue with others at the meeting, so we entrust you with this matter. You are the grandson-in-law of the prince, and you are recognized by our Pingxi Palace as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. You rotten Confucian bickering brat who directly claims to be emperor, we will support you behind your back and give you punches."

"Yes, yes." Wu Yingqi nodded his head and said, "Nephew and son-in-law, your eloquence is full of praise from the eldest brother-in-law. I am afraid that there is no one in the world who can win you in words, so uncle tonight In addition to paying tribute to the funeral of the old General Line, I came here to entrust this matter to you, and when the meeting is held, the uncles will come to see you!"

"Uncle, please rest assured, and generals, please rest assured that this matter is on my shoulders. When it comes to the meeting, I will definitely follow my uncle and seniors, and fully support my grandfather as emperor!" Fatty Lu still patted his chest He categorically agreed, and said brazenly: "My nephew dare not lie to my uncle, let alone my seniors. In fact, I have long wanted to support the prince and proclaim him emperor. Our brothers in the Pingxi Palace charged forward, threw their heads and blood, and returned Isn't it just to let the prince be the emperor, we follow the prince to enjoy the fortune, why should they cheapen their old Zhu family for nothing?"

"Brother Yifeng is more knowledgeable. That's right, that's the truth." Zhao Zhaoyang, Liao Jinzhong and the others nodded their heads together, and Wu Yingqi was also overjoyed, knowing that he had such a good nephew and son-in-law to help, and he must be sure of persuading his father to become emperor immediately Increase—the confidence in persuading Dad to make himself the prince naturally increased greatly.

After finalizing this important event, Wu Yingqi, Zhao Zhaoyang and the others did not delay too much and left soon. Naturally, Fatty Lu had to personally send him to the gate of the mourning hall to thank Wu Yingqi and the others for their mourning, but after Wu Yingqi and Zhao Zhaoyang After the people walked away, Fatty Lu became worried. Although he didn't care much about whether the old traitor Wu proclaimed himself emperor, he first agreed to Liu Xuanchu's opposition to the old traitor Wu and proclaimed himself emperor immediately, and now he promised Wu Yingqi to support Wu Yingqi. The old traitor proclaimed himself emperor immediately, but when it comes to the meeting, what should he say?
"Lord Lu, Lord Lu." Another vaguely familiar voice came, pulling Fatty Lu back from the calculation room. When Fatty Lu looked around, he suddenly saw Chen Dou, his deputy in Qujing Mansion, holding a Sacrifice, I don't know when he has already stood near his right side.

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Chen Dou." Fatty Lu was overjoyed to meet his old friend again, he hurriedly bowed to the ground, and said respectfully: "I didn't know my elder brother was coming, so I'm sorry to welcome you. I hope you will forgive me."

"My lord, you're welcome." When he met his colleagues who had gotten along quite happily in the past again, Chen Dou, who was always frowning, rarely showed a smile on his face, and said politely: "The lower official should have come to pay a visit to your lord long ago. The one who kowtows to the coffin is just that the mourning hall has been full of guests a few times, and I don’t like to socialize, so I have been waiting until now. I hope you don’t mind the impoliteness.”

"Whatever the elder brother says, don't kill the younger brother." Fatty Lu quickly waved his hand, and invited again: "Brother Chen Dou, please come inside, Erlang, hurry up, and serve tea to Mr. Chen."

Chen Dou was not too polite, and followed Fatty Lu into the mourning hall. He first went to Lan Guoan's coffin to pay respects, then he bowed to Lan Yu'er and Wu Xiaotu, and finally he tentatively said to Fatty Lu: " My lord, the next official dares to have a private conversation with you for a while, I don't know if it's convenient for you, sir?"

"Brother Chen is too polite, please come to the back hall." Of course, Fatty Lu would not refuse Chen Dou's small request, and soon invited Chen Dou into the back hall where he had a secret talk with Wu Yingqi and others before, leaving the line behind. Yu'er rolled her eyes in the mourning hall, and secretly scolded Fatty Lu, an unfilial son-in-law, who is so heartless that he treats his father-in-law's mourning hall as an away place.

Line Yuer's complaints and murmurs naturally don't need to pay attention to her, just say that after Fatty Lu and Chen Dou came to sit down in the back hall, until Xiao Erlang and others all exited the back hall knowingly, Chen Dou tried to smile at Fatty Lu and said: " Master Lu, the gold is finally shining. When he was in Qujing before, he was famous all over the world for making money, but now he is famous for his martial arts. Not only the people in Qujing know that their Lu Qingtian is on the battlefield Invincible in all battles, I am afraid that among the people in the whole world, no one knows the name of your lord, no one does not know it."

"Brother Chen won the prize, but the younger brother was just lucky enough to win a few small battles. It's just luck, so what is it like to be invincible?" Fatty Lu was hypocritically modest, and finally asked curiously: "Brother Chen, have you always been invincible?" They all cherish their words like gold, and I’m afraid it’s not because of these absurd words that I invited my younger brother to talk in secret today, right?”

"Lord Lu is really straight and quick to speak. Yes, the official has other things this time." Chen Dou nodded and admitted, then cleared his throat and said: "To be honest, the official is here to say goodbye to the lord this time. Tomorrow The next official is about to leave Yuezhou."

"Why are you leaving in such a hurry?" Fatty Lu asked in surprise, "Brother Chen, you've only been in Yuezhou for a few days, why are you leaving in such a hurry? A meeting that concerns the future and destiny of our Pingxi Palace is about to be held. Brother Chen, don't you stay?" Participate next?"

"I won't participate." Chen Dou shook his head and said in a low voice: "Not only will he not participate, the prince also agreed to let me resign from office and go into seclusion and wander around the world. From then on, there will be no such person as Chen Dou in the world."

"Why?" Fatty Lu asked in surprise: "Brother Chen, the lord called you to come to Pianyuan to attend the conference. He obviously attaches great importance to Brother Chen. Why do you want to resign and go back to seclusion?"

Chen Dou was silent, and after a while he said softly, "Lord Lu, can I not answer this question?"

"If brother Chen is unwilling to answer, then younger brother will naturally not ask." Fatty Lu replied helplessly.

"Thank you." Chen Dou thanked him softly, and then said in a low voice: "To tell the truth, my lord, in fact, the prince summoned this official not only to let him participate in this conference, but also to let him do one more thing. But the official refused, the lord knew that the official's heart was ashamed, so he agreed to the official's request to resign and go back to seclusion."

"What...?" Fatty Lu wanted to ask what was the matter, but considering that Chen Dou would definitely not answer, Fatty Lu swallowed the question again, and the back hall fell silent.

After being silent for a long time, Chen Dou stood up and cupped his hands, and said softly: "Master Lu, the officer has finished speaking, if there is nothing else, the officer will leave, and the officer will leave the city tomorrow morning. I won’t come here to bid farewell. My lord, please take care.”

"Brother Chen, please take care too." Fatty Lu stood up helplessly to return the salute, and then took Chen Dou's hand and said, "Brother Chen, brother knows that you don't love money, but I also know that you have nothing to live on and live on your salary." After resigning from office, I'm afraid that money will be difficult to sustain, if brother doesn't dislike it, younger brother thinks..."

"Thank you, Brother Lu, but there's no need." Chen Dou shook his head and said in a low voice: "The prince also wanted to give me a thousand taels of silver, but I also refused. I have some savings in Qujing these years, and I don't want to marry a wife and have children. , alone, thinking about it is enough."

"Brother Chen, what the hell are you doing?" Fatty Lu took Chen Dou's hand in a very strange way and asked: "An ancient saying goes: There are three unfilial acts, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. Brother Chen, you are not too old, why are you so old?" Don't want to pass on the incense and leave a trace of blood?"

Chen Dou fell silent again, and after a while he said in a low voice: "He has a deep hatred of blood, but he is unable to avenge his shame. His father has suffered a strange injustice through the ages, but he has nowhere to avenge, and he cannot justify it. He will be under the Nine Springs, and he will have no face to meet his parents and ancestors. So far, what qualifications do you have to marry a wife and have children, and pass on incense?"

"Brother Chen, I don't understand what you're saying." Fatty Lu asked suspiciously: "Since you have blood and deep hatred on your body, it's just a matter of revenge. No matter who the enemy is, I don't believe that the prince is so kind to you. Cover up your enemies! Your father has suffered a strange injustice through the ages, so you just need to clean up his grievances, why do you say that there is nowhere to avenge, and there is no way to justify?"

"I can't wash it away, I can't justify it." Chen Dou shook his head again and again, and said in a low voice: "My father's grievances involve too much, not only the prince and his father, but also the former Emperor Zhuanglie of the Ming Dynasty. My lord, I dare not reverse the case for my father. Besides, the evidence of the witnesses back then has long been destroyed by Man Gou, and my father also did something wrong. It is a bad debt, no matter how you defend it, it cannot be cleared."

Fatty Lu's eyes widened, and he looked Chen Dou up and down, but he really couldn't figure out what kind of grievance Chen Dou was and what his identity was.Fortunately, Chen Dou didn't seem to want Fatty Lu to be confused forever, and said in a low voice: "Lord Lu, can Chen Dou ask you something?"

"Brother Chen, please tell me, I will do my best." Fatty Lu quickly replied.

"Lord Lu, if one day in the future, you restore Liaodong and conquer Jianzhou for the prince." Chen Dou said slowly: "Maybe in the future, on the battlefield, you, Lord Lu, will meet a traitor named Yuan Wenbi among the enemies." Bannerman, please don’t pardon him, please kill him for Chen Dou. Chen Dou is incompetent, literature cannot stabilize the country, and martial arts cannot rule the country, so I have to ask Brother Lu.”

"Yuan Wenbi?!" Fatty Lu was stunned, and blurted out: "Brother Chen, I finally know who you are! You are..."

"My lord, please don't say it." Chen Dou hurriedly interrupted, and said in a deep voice: "In Pingxi Palace, only the prince and you know my identity. The prince has promised to keep it secret for me. Chen Dou takes the liberty to ask My lord also kept it a secret for Chen Dou, Chen Dou really didn't want his grandparents to be ashamed for Chen Dou again."

Fatty Lu was stunned for a while, then nodded seriously, and then he squeezed Chen Dou's hand tightly, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, senior, if this junior can catch the traitor Yuan Wenbi on the battlefield in the future, this junior will definitely cut him into pieces." , Ling Chi executed, out of anger for the senior!"

"In that case, then Chen Dou will thank you on behalf of your father." Chen Dou knelt down on both knees, and was about to kowtow to Fatty Lu.

"Senior, you must not do this." Fatty Lu hurriedly supported Chen Dou, and said in a low voice: "Senior's integrity is so respectful, and this junior admires it very much. I have also heard about the grievances and sufferings of the senior family. Please rest assured, senior. Those who are black are black, and those who are white are white. When the younger generation conquers Beijing one day, the younger generation will definitely try their best to collect evidence and strive to restore the innocence of the senior family."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Chen Dou shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Man Gou tried his best to smear my father and exalt my father's enemies for the sake of their country forever. Either became a traitor or died for the country. Even a person like the prince can't tell who was right and who was wrong. Chen Dou has already died to avenge his father. If his son is killed, then Chen Dou will be satisfied."

"My lord can't tell who was right and who was wrong at that time?" Fatty Lu asked in surprise.

"My lord was in Phi Island at that time, not at the scene." Chen Dou shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Besides, lord's parents and uncles are all from Chen Dou's enemy faction. If the case is reversed, lord's family will inevitably be involved, so even Knowing that my father has been wronged, I'm afraid he will just rot in his stomach, and he will never slap his own parents and uncle."

Fatty Lu is silent, and Fatty Lu also knows that Traitor Wu joined Chen Dou's father when he was 15 years old, and did not leave until Chen Dou's father was killed. In addition to gilding the old traitor Wu, maybe there is also the purpose of letting the old traitor Wu act as an eyeliner-such a scandal, how can the old traitor Wu admit it himself?Recognizing Chen Dou's identity but refusing to do harm, I'm afraid it was also a good deed discovered by old man Wu with his conscience.

"Master Lu, if there is nothing else, then Chen Dou will leave." Seeing that Fatty Lu had nothing to say, Chen Dou offered to leave again.

"Senior..." Fatty Lu's voice was choked with sobs, but when the words came to his lips, Fatty Lu's heart suddenly moved again, and he said hastily: "Senior, wait a minute, this junior suddenly remembered something, and entrusting senior to do it is the most appropriate!"

"Master Lu, please tell me, Chen Dou will do his best." Chen Dou agreed generously.

"Senior, this junior would like to invite you to meet the prince again." Fatty Lu said in a low voice, "Please do your best to persuade the prince not to rush to become emperor, but to learn from Zhou Wenwang, Li Yuan and Zhu Yuanzhang. It will not be too late to proclaim the emperor. At that time, with the country and the army in hand, it will be easy to proclaim the emperor again. Don't rush for a while, not only will you lose popular popularity, but you will also be the laughingstock of the ages."

"In that case, why don't you just go and tell the prince? Why do you want me to go?" Chen Dou asked strangely.

"Because the words come from the mouth of the senior, the effect is the best." Fatty Lu said in a low voice: "There are three reasons. One is that the senior has a special status, and he is considered to be a person of the same generation as the prince. The words he said carry enough weight. Second, Senior has resigned from office and went back to seclusion, he has no desires or demands, so the prince will naturally not suspect that senior has selfish intentions, and understands that senior is confiding his heart, so it is easy to accept."

"The most important thing is the third reason. Except for the old thief Shang Kexi, I am afraid that there is no one who knows more about the injustice of senior father. For the sake of the people's righteousness, Man Gou did not hesitate to turn black and white and frame senior father— —If the barbarians can have such scheming, why can't the prince follow suit, first occupying the title of righteousness, and then proclaiming himself emperor and enthroning after the overall situation is settled?"

"Okay then." Chen Dou replied: "Anyway, I'm going to leave, and I don't care if it suits the prince's mind and appetite. I will go to see the prince immediately, and urge him to play the banner of anti-Qing and Fuming first, and then plot. proclaim oneself emperor."

"Then please." Fatty Lu cupped his hands and emphasized: "Senior, please try your best to make the prince make up his mind in advance, otherwise, you will talk to each other at the meeting, and with our prince's indecisive temper, I am afraid that you want to make a final decision." This is going to be a big deal.”

(End of this chapter)