scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 95 The rain is coming
(PS: Ghost Festival, I have something to do at home, so the number of words is less, please forgive me.)
Under some people's intentional or unintentional dissemination, the news that the imperial court sent imperial envoys to Qujing to investigate and deal with the case of Lu Fatzi and Li Suzu's mutual criticism finally spread inside and outside Qujing City and Qujing Mansion.

Hearing this news, the poor people who had been poisoned by Li Shizu were ecstatic, running and cheering, because since Li Shizu took office as the prefect of Qujing during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, countless Qujing people have been pitted into motherless children in the Coptis chinensis field ——It’s hard to come home, but no matter how the poor people pray to God and worship Buddha, and sue from top to bottom, Li Suizu is as stable as Mount Tai, and he can’t be pulled down or shaken. He doesn't have a single cold or cold, and he has a very bad conscience but a good body. The hope of the common people that he will go to heaven early and go to hell is far away.

Maybe God finally saw the hard life of the people in Qujing, and the hope of the poor people came. Weird things, but it is quite good for the common people. Not only are the officials of the Qujing County Yamen not allowed to bully the people, but also the people in the Zhifu Yamen who are directly above him are not allowed to bully and kill the people. The yamen servants beat them all over the place, without arrogance, and did not dare to treat the common people so viciously.

In addition, Xinxian Taiye’s fire consumption is extremely low, which is almost equivalent to confiscation, and there is no need to pay money when he goes to his yamen to file a complaint, especially Ren Xinglai, the brother-in-law who arrested Qujing local tyrant Li Shizu just after he took office. Let the common people and merchants in Qujing clap their hands and cheer, and call God to open their eyes.But now, and now, the imperial court, which was out of reach in the past, finally noticed Qujing, and finally discovered some of the crimes of Li Suzu, the local tyrant of Qujing, and sent the imperial envoy who was law-enforced like a mountain and as clean as water in the drama to investigate Li Suzu. Can the people of Qujing not applaud?Looking forward to Li Suzu being brought to justice as soon as possible?
Unlike the poor people who have been brainwashed by opera and storytelling, people in Qujing and Yunnan official circles dare not bet casually, so they believe that Li Suzu will definitely lose, because they know very well that the backing behind Li Suzu is too strong , Prince Kang, the emperor's cousin, the Li family of Tieling, and countless officials of Zhengbai Banner, plus their respective backers and friends, what a huge force it is together?Wu Sangui is considered to be a high-ranking official, and Li Shizu made him look ashamed, and he still can't do anything to him, let alone Fatty Lu, a seventh-rank sesame official who has just stepped into his official career?
There are people who hate Li Suzu, so naturally there are people who like Li Suzu. Li Suzu has been operating in Qujing for many years, and he has formed a community of interests with countless Yunnan officials. Being brought down by Fatty Lu, it was only because he was afraid of Wu Sangui and Lin Tianqing who were behind Fatty Lu a few days ago, that's why he didn't dare to jump out and join forces with Li Shizu to deal with Fatty Lu.But now, the arrival of the imperial envoy also made these people see hope, thinking that as long as the imperial envoy can frighten Wu Sangui and Lin Tianqing away, we will immediately rush forward together, and swallow the official two hundred and five of Fatty Lu alive, not only saving us With the common interests of Li Suzu, he sold another huge favor to Li Suzu, killing two birds with one stone.

The already complicated situation became even more complicated because of a piece of news, which also added an important weight to Li Suzu's side-this news, of course, was the news that Prince Kang Jieshu had visited his son-in-law in Yunnan province.The common people are out of information and don't understand what the news means, but the officials, large and small, in the official circles of Yunnan and Guizhou know it well, knowing that this time Jie Shu rolled up his sleeves and went to the battle in person to cheer for his son-in-law, Lu Behind the fat man, Wu Sangui's advantage as a local snake will be offset by more than half, and the imperial envoy who also came from the capital may find it difficult to uphold justice for Lu Fatty.After Fatty Lu, the person involved, heard the news, he was so worried that he didn't fall asleep all night, knowing that things must be more troublesome and complicated.

"Master, this is a letter sent by Lin Zhongcheng just now. The person who came is riding a fast horse of six hundred miles. It must be urgent."

Xiao Erlang ran into Fatty Lu's study and held a letter in front of Fatty Lu with both hands. Fatty Lu didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly took the letter and opened it, only to find that the letter was written by Lin Tianqing himself, and the content was to warn Fatty Lu, directly pointing out that Jieshu’s trip to Yunnan Province this time is an excuse, but in fact it must be because of the fight between Li Suzu and Lu Fatty. The purpose is to deter the Pingxi Palace behind Fatty Lu and Lin Tianqing himself. It cannot be ruled out that Jieshu uses the prince’s status. Coercing the imperial envoy and forcing the imperial envoy to make a decision in favor of Li Suzu, Fatty Lu must be careful.

In addition, Lin Tianqing also pointed out a bright way for Fatty Lu, suggesting that Fatty Lu beat Li Suzu with a time difference, and took advantage of the opportunity of the imperial envoy to go from Jian to Yunnan in a light car, and seized Li Suzu before Jie Shu arrived in Qujing The sooner the imperial envoy closes the case, the better, so that Fatty Lu has a glimmer of hope of victory.Otherwise, the longer the case drags on, the worse it will be for Fatty Lu!

"Boss, Lin Zhongcheng's advice is the best policy." After reading the letter, Zhu Fangdan immediately said: "Only by closing the case with the Imperial Envoy before Prince Kang arrives in Qujing, will you have a chance of winning."

"Of course I know this. I am too aware of the virtues of those Beijing officials who bully the weak and fear the weak." Fatty Lu pressed his thumbs on his temples, thinking hard about countermeasures, "But, what method should I use to get this imperial envoy to close the case as soon as possible? ? Also, what is this imperial envoy up to, and why he refuses to announce his name and official position, so how can I choose what he likes?"

"Boss, the student has an idea." Zhu Fangdan said: "Boss, since you took office, you have won the hearts of the people by punishing bullies and clearing up unjust prisons. The best way is to organize and mobilize the people and give them to the imperial envoy on the day he arrives in Qujing. A dismounting, blocking horses and sedan chairs to accuse Li Suzu, creating pressure from public opinion, forcing the imperial envoy to express his position on the spot to deal with Li Suzu, and then find other ways to do what he likes, let the imperial envoy stand on your side."

"Although it is a good method, I have already used this method to deal with Lin Tianqing last time." Fatty Lu pondered: "Li Suzu is not an idiot, so he should not fail to prepare countermeasures, and he has another advantage, he is the magistrate , as long as you find traces of the imperial envoy, you can rush to Shengjingguan to meet the imperial envoy before me, and create a preconceived impression. As for me, without his Li Suzu's permission, I can't leave Qujing County casually. Seeing the imperial envoy is a great disadvantage."

Zhu Fangdan frowned, feeling very troubled by this unfavorable factor.At this time, Xiao Erlang suddenly said cautiously: "Master, have you read Lin Zhongcheng's letter? Lin Zhongcheng's messenger said that after Lin Zhongcheng asked you to read this letter, please return the letter as it is, and the messenger will take it back to Kunming and return it." give him."

"Return the letter to him?" Fatty Lu was startled for a while, then came to his senses, and sneered, "As expected of an old fox, I'm afraid that my home will be ransacked by mistake this time. Copying out this letter will be bad for him."

"Boss, make a copy of this letter and keep the copy." Zhu Fangdan said sternly, "Don't let this old thing fall on both sides of the wall and throw us into trouble when the situation is not good."

"No need." Fatty Lu shook his head, handed the letter to Xiao Erlang, asked him to return the messenger, and said, "Old man Lin is very kind to me, and it's very interesting to give me such advice. I'm sorry for my conscience."

Having said that, Fatty Lu was still very unhappy, and he also understood the truth that in the officialdom, there are absolutely no permanent friends, only permanent interests.At the same time, Fatty Lu also fell into deep worry. Even Lin Tianqing, who had a good relationship with him, was ready to put an end to his relationship. How to treat yourself, that is conceivable,
"I'm afraid he's a dick, he doesn't have diamonds, so he won't take this porcelain job." Fatty Lu comforted himself again and said, "Fortunately, I'm better at chess, and I've placed an insider next to Li Suzu, Kong Si bitch No matter what kind of bad idea that little boy with the surname Zhou gives Li Suzu, I will receive the news within a day at the latest, knowing both friends and enemies, why should I be afraid of him?"

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Fatty Lu is still slightly underestimating the enemy and being careless. In the previous battle, Fatty Lu was able to completely gain the upper hand and kill Li Shizu's various counterattack methods. Although Zu couldn't figure it out, Kong Sizhen, who was in charge of the intelligence force south of the Yangtze River for Xiao Mazi and who was born in the [-]th Yamen, arrived in Qujing. All of Zu's plans were sold to Fatty Lu!Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for Li Suizu to lose so miserably in the matter of the chieftain of the An family making trouble on purpose!

Having come to this conclusion, although Kong Sizhen and Li Shizu will not be able to find out who the traitor is for a while, they have greatly strengthened their secrecy, especially at the critical moment of formulating plans to deal with Fatty Lu and discussing important information. Kong Sizhen did not allow any unreliable people to be present, and Bi Gaobin, who was bought by Fatty Lu, was no exception.So what Fatty Lu never expected was that while he was discussing Lin Tianqing's letter with Zhu Fangdan, his enemies, with the support of Kong Sizhen's intelligence network, knew who the imperial envoy Xiao Mazi sent this time was, and to where.

"What? The imperial envoy is Yu Chenglong?" Hearing this terrible name, Li Suizu was paralyzed with fright on the spot, and screamed palely: "This old man is a ruthless character who can't be invaded by water, fire, or oil. He When he was a county magistrate in Hecheng, Guangdong, he was also known as Erbaiwu not afraid of death. None of his superiors were afraid of him. I heard that even Prince Pingnan wanted to let him get three points. He was an imperial envoy to investigate this case. Isn't it dead?"

"Si Gege, could it be a mistake?" Zhou Peigong also asked in fear: "Didn't Yu Chenglong be promoted to the prefect of Hezhou, Sichuan? Why did he become an imperial envoy again?"

"Look at you, this Yu Chenglong is not the Yu Chenglong you are afraid of." Kong Sizhen smiled charmingly, and said with a coquettish smile: "This Yu Chenglong is younger than Jackie Chan, he is the brother of Yu Chenglong in Hezhou, a member of the Han army with a yellow banner, at the end of last year He was recommended by Wang Xu, the censor of Zuodu, and became a censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This time he came to Yunnan, and it was his first time to go out of Beijing for business."

"Ah, it's not Yu Chenglong from Hezhou?!" Li Suizu was surprised and delighted, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Slave is scared to death, thank God, if it's Jackie Chan from Hezhou who came here, then the matter will be as simple as possible." The trouble is serious, that old man is difficult to deal with and understands the sentiments of the people, he likes to go deep into the people, and when he hears those unscrupulous people slander and slander the slave, the slave will be miserable."

"You should be thankful." Kong Sizhen gave Li Shizu a white look, and said, "I was always worried that if the emperor sent Wang Xu to be the imperial envoy this time, then you are truly doomed! That old bastard is even worse." It's easy to deal with, even if Prince Kang stepped forward and joined hands with Ben Gege to put pressure on him, he would never be able to shake him in the slightest!"

"Si Gege, how much do you know about Xiao Yu Jackie Chan?" Zhou Peigong asked delicately: "What kind of person is he? Which side might he lean toward?"

"I've never seen it before." Kong Sizhen shook his head and said helplessly: "This guy only entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate in November last year. What kind of person is he. But this guy is a bannerman, so he should be biased towards us."

"Four gege, don't underestimate the enemy. As you said just now, this guy was personally promoted by that old man Wang Xu." Zhou Peigong reminded: "People flock together. Although that old man Wang Xu seldom promotes people, as long as he There is no one who is not difficult to be promoted. Li Zhifu's official reputation in Qujing is really bad. If this guy is the same type of person as Wang Xu and his elder brother Yu Chenglong, then our Things will be difficult."

"Then what do you think should be done?" Kong Sizhen asked back.

"The servant can't tell me exactly what to do now. You have to master his personality and temper in order to prescribe the right medicine." Zhou Peigong pondered, "But since this is the first time this Xiaoyu Jackie Chan has been working on a case investigation, it is certain that he is inexperienced. We should grasp his weakness and give him a preconceived impression first."

"How to do it specifically?" Kong Sizhen continued to ask.

Zhou Peigong didn't answer in a hurry. After thinking hard for a long time, Zhou Peigong raised two fingers, "I feel that we can take two steps. The first step, Sigege, your people must keep an eye on Jackie Chan and grasp his position." The whereabouts of Guizhou, and then Li Zhifu, you go to organize a group of reliable people, pretending to be grievances and grievances. It means that when Jackie Chan arrives at Shengjingguan, Mr. Li, while you are welcoming him, let these people come to Jackie Chan to stop the horse and cry for grievances , accusing Fatty Lu of being tricky, let Yu Chenglong have a preconceived impression that Fatty Lu is rampant and lawless."

"Okay, Mr. Zhou has a great plan, I will arrange someone to do it right away." Li Suzu agreed with great joy.

"You can't organize people in Qujing County." Zhou Peigong warned: "It's better to organize from places where Fatty Lu in Xuanwei and Luoping can't reach at present, or borrow some local soldiers from Yunnan from Wang Jizhen and pretend to be people in Yu Sue in front of Jackie Chan. Otherwise, once Fatty Lu is alerted and formulates countermeasures, it might be self-defeating."

"You must be reliable in doing this, not too many." Kong Sizhen also warned: "And from today onwards, the people who do these things for you must gather together and be monitored by my people to prevent them from contacting the outside world. So as not to leak the secrets! My old lady has convinced you too. The last time I got involved with Yi’an’s chieftain, it was clear that someone leaked the secrets, so that Fatty Lu was prepared in advance, and a trap was set up for you to jump. You fool still doubt Fatty Lu. Being able to predict the future is simply stupid!"

"Yes, yes, Si Gege taught you the right lesson." Li Suzu blushed, nodded and bowed and said, "I will strictly discipline my subordinates in the future, so that they will not be fooled around."

"I hope so." Kong Sizhen snorted coldly, then turned to Zhou Peigong and asked, "Peigong, how should you take the second step?"

"The second step is one word - procrastination!" Zhou Peigong said darkly: "It means that after Jackie Chan arrives, we must temporarily stabilize him, use various means to surround him, and cut off his communication channels with the outside world." , so that he can't get in touch with those unruly people in Qujing Mansion. If possible, it's best to keep him out of contact with Fatty Lu. If this step is successful, we can buy him in and let him directly make a decision that is beneficial to us If we retreat, we can buy time, and when Prince Kang's team arrives in Qujing, we will have a better chance of winning."

"In a word, the longer the time is delayed, the better." Zhou Peigong's voice became more and more gloomy, "the longer the delay, the better for us! As long as it can be delayed until Lord Kang arrives in Qujing and cheers for Mr. Li, then a young man like Jackie Chan People who enter the official career, even if they are full of ambitions and are dissatisfied with Master Li's actions in Qujing, they still have to weigh the consequences of offending Lord Kang. At the same time, with Lord Kang in charge, Old Man Wu Sangui, the backer behind Fatty Lu, will not If you don't weigh the consequences of continuing to make things worse, you may have the idea of ​​killing the donkey and abandoning the pawn to save the cart!"

"At that time, if Fatty Lu is not hacked into pieces, his family is exterminated and his house is ransacked, it will really be unreasonable!"

(End of this chapter)