According to Kangxi's intention, he gave Wu Yingxiong a sweet date by giving him a stick. After beating Wu Yingxiong, it was time to appease him and extort another sum of money. Now that Wu Yingxiong has bowed his head and surrendered, it seems that he can appease Wu Yingxiong and extort money. Ke Xiangyan promised Fang Yi that he would scare Wu Yingxiong as much as possible. It would be best if Wu Yingxiong felt uneasy and fled back to Yunnan to persuade Wu Sangui to rebel. Kangxi's meaning was opposite to Fang Yi's. Who should Xiang Yan listen to? Of course I listened to Fang Yi. How could it be possible for Wu Yingxiong to pass so easily?
Xiang Yan said with a smile: "Little prince, please get up. Alas, you are making things too difficult for us two. The emperor is saintly and wise. He knows who is loyal and who is traitorous. Why do we need to talk around here? Who dares to be there? Are you talking nonsense? But don’t worry, young prince. King Pingxi has made great contributions to the court, and the emperor actually trusts King Pingxi. As long as the young prince goes out of his way to defend himself, I think the emperor can understand the loyalty of your father and son. "
Wu Yingxiong said: "Yes, yes. After I have suffered a setback in my humble position, I would like to ask my two father-in-laws to uphold justice and confess to the humble father and son in front of the emperor. The Wu family is full of people, and they all rely on the two father-in-laws to help save their lives." Wei Xiaobao He said: "Young prince, I have an idea. Although it is not 100% sure, it can probably exonerate your father and son. It is just too troublesome." Wu Yingxiong was overjoyed and said: "It's all up to my father-in-law to rescue me."
Wei Xiaobao said: "Are these assassins really not sent by you?" Wu Yingxiong said: "Definitely not. How could a humble position do such a heinous thing and deserve death?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, I have made you a friend. I believe you this time. If the assassin is sent by you and is found out in the future, he will trick me to death. I will accompany you to kill everyone."
Wu Yingxiong said: "My father-in-law is safe, I can rest assured that this will never happen." Wei Xiaobao said: "Then in your opinion, who sent these rebels?" Wu Yingxiong said in a deep voice: "Wei ministers, father and son, have many enemies. , for the moment, it’s really hard to be sure.” Wei Xiaobao said: “If you want me to confess in front of the Emperor, I have to find an enemy to confess, so that the Emperor can believe me!”
Wu Yingxiong said: "Yes, yes! My father conquered the world for the Qing Dynasty and wiped out a lot of rebels. These rebellious remnants all hated my father very much. For example, Li Chuang's remnants, the former Ming Tang kings and Gui Wang's remnants Well, the remnants of the Yunnan Mu family, they have hatred in their hearts and can do anything to commit rebellion."
Wei Xiaobao nodded and said: "What about Li Chuang Yu Ni, the remaining members of the Mu family in Yunnan, what are the martial arts skills of these people? You teach me a few moves, and I will show them to the emperor, saying that I saw it with my own eyes last night, The assassin used this kind of trick. It is genuine and cannot be mistaken." Xiang Yan said anxiously: "Xiaobao, don't talk nonsense. Manager Duo and Deputy Manager Rui didn't recognize the assassin's trick, but you did. Are you trying to say that General Manager Duo and Deputy General Manager Rui are just losers?" Wei Xiaobao pondered: "This..."
Wu Yingxiong took out two large envelopes from his sleeves and brought them with him, handed them to Wei Xiaobao and Xiang Yan respectively: "As long as the two father-in-laws confess a few words to the humble father and son in front of the emperor, the wise emperor will definitely believe what the father-in-law says. The two father-in-laws It is not easy to repay a great kindness. However, you must show some respect in front of the Chief Duo, Deputy Chief Rui and all the imperial guards. It is a small thing here, I would like to ask the two father-in-laws to transfer it to the humble officials. When the emperor asked, everyone With a few words of help, Wei Chen and his son can be cleared of their injustice."
Wei Xiaobao took it and said with a smile: "Do you want me to do a favor for you? This errand is not difficult to handle! The young prince asked me to ask you something. There is an official from Yunnan who came to Beijing. His name is Lu Yifeng. Yes, is there such a person?"
In order to complete the plan promised to Fang Yi to force Wu Sangui to rebel, Xiang Yan actually did not want to accept Wu Yingxiong's gift, but planned to continue to scare Wu Yingxiong and try to get Wu Sangui to rebel as soon as possible. But Wei Xiaobao had already accepted Wu Yingxiong's gift, and Xiang Yan did not dare to offend Wei Xiaobao, so he had no choice but to accept Wu Yingxiong's gift.
Wu Yingxiong said: "Lu Yifeng is the magistrate of Qujing County in Yunnan Province under the new committee. He is currently in Beijing, waiting to see the Holy One." Wei Xiaobao said: "The Emperor asked me to ask you about Lu Yifeng who bullied good people in a restaurant a few days ago and allowed evil servants to beat him. Man, I wonder if your temper has improved since you came here?"
Wu Yingxiong was taken aback and said hurriedly: "I have to teach him a lesson because of my humble position." He greeted Wei Xiaobao and said: "My father-in-law, please report to the emperor and say: 'The humble minister Wu Sangui does not know people well and recommends people improperly. Please punish me. . This Lu Yifeng will be dismissed from his post immediately and will never be used again. Please appoint someone with talents from the Ministry of Personnel." Wei Xiaobao said: "There is no need to punish him so severely, right?" Wu Yingxiong said: "Lu Yifeng is so bold and reckless. Heaven will listen. It’s really a crime that cannot be punished.”
Wei Xiaobao picked up his baggage, said goodbye to Xiang Yan and went out. Wu Yingxiong sent the two of them out of the house respectfully. On the way, the two opened the envelope and saw a thick stack of five hundred taels of banknotes. After Xiang Yan counted the amount, he said: "Wu Yingxiong gave me one hundred thousand taels of silver. Xiaobao, how much did you receive?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I am also one hundred thousand taels." Xiang Yan looked out of the corner of his eye, and the two of them The thickness of the banknotes were all about the same. They were all 500 taels each, so the amounts should be about the same.
Wei Xiaobao said: "How about we add two to one to make five, each of us accepts 50,000 taels first, and then gives the remaining 50,000 taels to the emperor?" Xiang Yan said: "What are you going to tell the emperor?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Just say that Wu Yingxiong gave each of us 10,000 taels of silver, and also took out 80,000 taels, and asked us to share it with the guards in the palace who contributed last night." Xiang Yan said: "Why should we give 80,000 taels to the guards? It would be great to give those 80,000 taels to the little princess and Miss Fang." Wei Xiaobao said: "Then what do you think we should say in front of the emperor?" Xiang Yan said: "Just say that Wu Yingxiong gave each of us 10,000 taels of silver, and asked us to Speak well of him in front of the emperor. There is no need to say anything else." Wei Xiaobao remained speechless.
