Unexpectedly, Fang Yu shook his head and said: "Forget it, spending money will make you happier. If you are a prince, what kind of prince will you be if you don't use the money? If you think there is too much gold and silver and are worried that you won't be able to spend it all, I will help you.
Why not? Haha!"
As soon as he said this, Wu Sangui was overjoyed, and a big stone fell to his heart. He thought, if you are willing to accept money, how can it not be easy? All the civil and military officials heard that he openly asked for money at the banquet, and everyone smiled. They all thought about this.
Children are easy to deal with after all.
While everyone was drinking, they were planning in their minds how to give gifts and bribes. The original embarrassment and panic during the dinner was swept away. Everyone sang praises of their merits, boasted and flattered their horses, and left happily.
Wu Yingxiong personally sent Fang Yu back to Anfu Garden and sat down in the hall. Wu Yingxiong presented a brocade box with both hands and said: "Here are some bits and pieces of silver, please Sir Wei, please make do with them. I will wait until you return north."
"My father has other ideas to reward Wei Jue for your hard work."
Fang Yu smiled and said, "You're welcome. When I left the capital, the emperor told me, "Xiao Guizi, everyone says that Wu Sangui is a female minister. Come and see with your own eyes whether he is a loyal minister or a female minister. You
You have to look carefully at me and don’t let your eyes wander.”
I said, "Your Majesty, my servant opened his eyes wide and saw clearly from beginning to end." Haha, little prince, whether he is loyal or a woman, can't he just say it with his mouth?"
Wu Yingxiong couldn't help but secretly get angry: "My father single-handedly laid down the empire of the Qing Dynasty for you. After the important matter was decided, you were ungrateful and came to check whether my father and son were loyal or female. From this point of view, it is not necessarily possible for the princess to marry.
What good intentions are there?"
Wu Yingxiong said: "My father and son are loyal and work for the emperor. Even if they act like dogs or horses, they cannot repay the emperor's kindness."
Fang Yu crossed his legs and said: "Yes, I also know that you are the most loyal. If the emperor cannot trust you, he will not recruit you as his brother-in-law. Little prince, as soon as you become the emperor's brother-in-law, you will be promoted eight times in a row.
Level, it’s really fast.”
Wu Yingxiong said: "That is a great kindness from the Emperor. I am very grateful to Lord Wei for maintaining his dealings."
Fang Yu thought to himself: "I give you a little turtle to do something with. I wonder if you are grateful enough?"
He sent Wu Yingxiong out and opened the brocade box. Inside, there were ten bundles of silver notes, each bundle containing forty pieces of five hundred taels each, totaling two hundred thousand taels of silver.
Fang Yu was surprised and happy, thinking: "He is very generous. Two hundred thousand taels of silver are just for sporadic expenses. If I want to spend a lot of money, wouldn't I need one million or two million?"
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The next day, Wu Yingxiong came to ask the imperial envoy to grant a marriage envoy to the school for a military parade. Fang Yu and Wu Sangui stood side by side on the military parade platform. Two commanders under King Pingx, led by ten assistants, wore helmets and armor, dismounted in front of the stage.
salute.
Immediately, groups of soldiers and horses were performing drills on the stage. After the vassal soldiers had passed, five battalions of brave soldiers and five battalions of volunteer soldiers were newly formed. Each battalion was led by a chief soldier, and they lined up for drills. As expected, the soldiers and horses were strong.
Well trained.
Although Fang Yu didn't understand it at all, he saw that the soldiers were so strong that they couldn't get through one group after another, so he said to Wu Sangui: "Your Majesty, I am really convinced by you today...
I am the commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion, and our Xiaoqi Battalion is the emperor's personal army. I am ashamed to say that if we fight against your subordinates, the Zhongtong Battalion and the Volunteer Battalion, the Xiaoqi Battalion will be severely defeated and have to flee."
Wu Sangui was very proud and said with a smile: "I don't deserve the compliment from Lord Wei. Xiao Wang is from the army and it is his duty to train soldiers."
Only the sound of the cannon was heard, and the soldiers were shouting in unison, which shook the surrounding areas. Fang Yu was startled, his knees softened, and he sat down in his chair. His face turned ashen immediately.
Wu Sangui secretly laughed: "You are just a little jester beside the emperor. You use your sweet words to make the little emperor happy. Other than that, what's the point?
A green-mouthed kid who was still young was actually promoted to Viscount, Commander-in-Chief of the Valiant Cavalry, and Minister of Imperial Envoy. This shows that the little emperor is inexplicable and only uses his cronies."
He had never taken Kangxi seriously in the first place, but when he saw Fang Yu's pustular appearance, he was secretly happy. He expected that there was no one in the court, so it was nothing to worry about.
After the military parade was over, Fang Yu took out the emperor's edict, handed it to Wu Sangui, and said, "This is the emperor's edict. Please read it to everyone."
Wu Sangui knelt down and took it, saying
He said: "Is it an edict from the emperor? I should ask the imperial envoy to read it out."
Fang Yu smiled and said, "He recognizes me, but I don't recognize him. I'm blind and can't read, how can I read it?"
Wu Sangui smiled, held the holy edict, and read it loudly to the soldiers. His voice was clear and full of energy, and his words were heard far away. Tens of thousands of soldiers in the square knelt down and listened in silence.
The edict commended King Pingx for his high merit, hard work in royal affairs, guarding the frontiers, and supporting the barbarians. All his officers and soldiers had made great achievements, and each was promoted to one level, with different rewards.
After reading the edict, Wu Sangui kowtowed to the north and shouted: "Thank you for your grace, long live the emperor!"
All the soldiers shouted together: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace! Long live, long live, long live!"
This time Fang Yu was prepared in advance and was not surprised, but the shouting of tens of thousands of soldiers fleeing from the imperial edict made him shake his heart and make him unsteady.
Returning to Prince Pingx's palace, Wu Sangui discussed with him the princess's auspicious date. Fang Yu frowned, feeling very unhappy.
Wu Sangui said: "The fourth day of the next lunar month is an auspicious day. It is auspicious for weddings and weddings. Lord Wei, what do you think of this day?"
Fang Yu thought to himself: "Once the princess marries Wu Yingxiong, I won't be able to act as a fake consort."
He said: "This seems a little too cramped, isn't it? It's no small matter for a princess to get married. My lord, you have to be prepared for everything. To be honest, this princess is very favored by the Queen Mother and the Emperor. What's the matter?
It will be very convenient for us as slaves."
Wu Sangui was stunned and thought: "Are you deliberately making things difficult, or are you extorting bribes?"
He smiled and said: "Yes, yes. It's all under the care of Sir Wei. If there are any shortcomings, please tell me and we will do our best to deal with it. If the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is too urgent, then the tenth gate next month will also be an excellent day.
, There is no conflict with the horoscopes of the princess and the child, and there are no taboos."
Fang Yu said: "Okay! I'll go ask the princess for instructions and see what she says."
When they returned to Anfu Garden, there were many officials from Yunnan waiting to see them. Fang Yu accepted the gifts and sent them away with a few perfunctory words. He remembered that his sworn brother Yang Yizhi had not been seen since he came to Yunnan, so he sent someone
Go tell Wu Yingxiong and ask Yang Yizhi to come over and see him.
Yang Yizhi did not come, but Wu Yingxiong came to see him in person and said, "Master Wei, my father has sent Yang Yizhi to go on an official business trip and has not returned, so he cannot come to serve you."
Fang Yu was so disappointed that he asked, "I wonder where I went? When can I come back?"
Wu Yingxiong's face changed slightly and he said: "He...he is going to Tibet. It's a long journey. This time...I'm afraid Lord Wei won't be able to see him."
Fang Yu saw that he seemed to be hesitating, and thought to himself: "He is not telling the truth, what is he doing?"
He asked: "I wonder what important business Brother Yang went to Tibet for? How long have you been there?"
Wu Yingxiong said: "It's not an important matter. The Tibetan lama sent someone to send a gift, and my father ordered Yang Yizhi to send the gift back. He left a few days ago."
Fang Yu said: "This is quite unfortunate."
After sending Wu Yingxiong away, Fang Yu thought about it more and more and realized that there was something weird about it. They knew that they had a good relationship with Yang Yizhi, so when they came to Yunnan, they sent Yang Yizhi to accompany him to receive him.
Why didn't he leave so long? As soon as he arrived in Yunnan, Wu Sangui sent Yang Yizhi out, seemingly deliberately preventing him from meeting him. Then he called Zhao Qixian and Zhang Kangnian and ordered them to drink with the guards of Wu Sangui and his son.
Gambling money and trying to find out about Yang Yizhi.
That night he met the princess and said that the wedding date had been set at ten o'clock next month.
The princess said: "I ask you to send Wu Yingxiong to see the King of Hell before the wedding. Otherwise, I will yell at you during the visit and say nothing about marrying him."
Fang Yu was already in a bad mood, but when he heard what she said, he became even more angry and stomped out of the room. The princess grabbed his hand, but he gave her a heavy shake and left the room.
The princess cried and screamed, but he pretended not to hear. After sitting down for a long time, he felt bored and called a dozen guards to play dice and gamble, and then he felt happy. After gambling in the middle of the night, Zhao Qixian and Zhang Kangnian came into the room.
Fang Yu picked up a handful of dice, but before he could throw them, he saw the two of them and said with a smile: "This is the Bad Mansion now.
You have to place your bet and take advantage of it early."
Zhao Qixian said: "My subordinates found out some information about what the deputy general manager ordered."
Fang Yu said: "Okay!" The dice was rolled, the card turned over and he won the Tianmen, and lost the door and the door. He took the hands of the two of them and came to the side room and asked: "What?"
Zhao Qixian said: "I told the deputy general manager: Yang Yizhi did not go to Tibet as expected. It turned out that he committed a crime and was locked up by King Pingx."
Fang Yu frowned and said, "What did you do?"
Yue Qixian said: "My subordinates were drinking with the guards of the palace. They mentioned that they knew this man named Yang and wanted to invite him to drink and gamble with him. One of the guards said: "Do you want to beat Yang Yizhi? You have to go to Heikanzi." I asked him about Hei Kanzi.
Where is Kanzi? The guard next to him scolded him for talking nonsense and being a talker, and told me not to believe him."
Fang Yu pondered: "Hei Kanzi?"
Zhao Qixian said: "We knew there must be something weird among them. After drinking with them for a while, we broke up. When we came back here, we asked people and found out that Heikanzi was the eunuch's place. Only then did we find out that Yang Yizhi was given to Pingx
The king is in jail. What exactly did he commit? I was afraid of arousing suspicion, so I didn’t dare to ask more questions.”
Fang Yu asked: "Where is Heikanzi?"
Zhao Qixian said: "It's about five miles southwest of Wuhua Palace."
Fang Yu nodded and said, "That's right, two eldest brothers, just go outside and play and be the banker for me."
Zhao and Zhang were overjoyed and went straight to gamble. They knew that they would be the banker for him, and if they lost, they would be counted on him. If they won, they would get bonus points. It was a very profitable job.
Fang Yu was depressed and thought: "Brother Yang must have committed a serious crime, otherwise Wu Yingxiong would not have lied to me and said he was sent to Tibet. If it was not a serious crime, he and his son would definitely let him out for my sake."
Wu Yingxiong has already lied. If I go to intercede again, they will definitely fight to the death. They will probably kill him immediately, destroy his body and wipe out his traces. From now on, there will be no evidence of his death. The only way to save him is to do it hard. Even if Wu Sangui is angry, I am not afraid.
He, I'm sorry, he doesn't dare to fall out with me."