Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Three days later, Kangxi and his entourage will arrive in Fuzhou.

Early in the morning, Wu Xingzuo led officials of all ranks in Fujian to wait at the South Gate Wharf in Fuzhou, anxiously awaiting the arrival of Emperor Kangxi.

They lined up in neat rows, their expressions solemn, their hearts filled with awe for the emperor.

At the same time, two days ago, Wei Xiaobao had learned through a telegram sent by Captain Zhang that Princess Jianning and Shuangshuang were also traveling with Kangxi and were expected to arrive at noon today.

He was secretly happy in his heart, thinking that he could finally see Princess Jianning and Shuangshuang again.

At this moment, Wei Xiaobao was extremely rich and in a particularly good mood.

Thanks to the efforts of Zhu Youli and others, this operation to seize the sea gang was quite fruitful.

In total, they confiscated the homes of Hai Gang leader Rao Lixiang and eleven other core members of the gang, as well as the residences of twenty-seven gentry responsible for selling stolen goods.

What is shocking is that this operation seized a total of more than 210 million taels of silver, more than 60 million taels of gold, and countless priceless antiques.

In addition, under the pressure of Wei Xiaobao, officials in Fujian voluntarily handed over a total of more than 13 million taels of bribes in order to reduce their guilt.

According to Wu Xingzuo's interrogation results, over the years, the Hai Gang actually distributed more than 36 million taels of stolen silver to Prince Kang, more than 15 million taels to Yao Qisheng, more than 50 million taels of silver to the Zheng family of Dongzhou Island, and also distributed 15 million taels to officials at all levels in Fujian!

The whereabouts of such a huge amount of wealth is truly shocking, and it also allows the world to see the seriousness of official corruption.

Wei Xiaobao looked at the amount of stolen silver that Prince Kang and Yao Qisheng had received with reluctance, and sighed inwardly: "Now that Kangxi is here, it will be difficult to collect the money..."

But think about it, when you are a guest at someone's home, you should leave some soup for the host before eating meat, otherwise it will look really ugly.

The wealthy Wei Xiaobao sent Shuang'er and Lingzhao to arrange for a large private room to be booked in Yuefulou, the largest restaurant in Fuzhou, to welcome Kangxi, Jianning and Shuangshuang.

At noon, the sun was shining brightly. Wei Xiaobao, wearing a gorgeous robe and a tall hat, went to the dock with Zhu Youli to greet the emperor and others. They rode on horses, chatting and laughing all the way, and were in a particularly happy mood.

When they arrived at the dock, the Fujian officials on the dock saw Wei Xiaobao and showed fear, as if they saw the god of plague, and hurriedly kept their distance from him.

Only the governor Wu Xingzuo came forward, respectfully performed the teacher-student salute, and then asked in a low voice: "Teacher, do you know when the emperor will arrive?"

Wei Xiaobao smiled and answered confidently, "Soon, we'll be there in a quarter of an hour!"

However, when the Fujian officials heard this, they secretly sneered in their hearts and were full of doubts about Wei Xiaobao's words. They all muttered in their hearts: "We have been waiting here for a whole morning, and you said you were coming soon. Are you a god? Can you predict the future?"

"Shh, keep your voice down. Lord Wei is not someone you can easily mess with. He is ruthless and ruthless. Don't let him hear you." Another official reminded softly.

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Wei Xiaobao's spiritual awareness can reach a thousand meters, and his hearing is so sharp that he can clearly hear the discussions of these officials even though they are far away.

He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a sly smile. He glanced at the group of Fujian officials, his eyes flashing with a cunning light.

When the officials felt Wei Xiaobao's gaze, they were immediately terrified and quickly turned their backs to Wei Xiaobao, fearing that he would remember their faces. They knew Wei Xiaobao's power and methods, and were worried that they would be retaliated against in the future.

After a while, at the dock.

"Big guy, big guy..." A childish voice came from the front. A small red dot was seen flying in the air, treading on the water like a dragonfly, and then leaping up a hundred feet. Everyone was so shocked that they thought it was Nezha appearing.

In a trance, the little red dot was already in sight and was riding on Wei Xiaobao's head.

It turned out that the red dot was actually a three-year-old girl. Her agile figure amazed everyone.

The little girl reached out to grab the braid on Wei Xiaobao's head. As she did so, the braid and the hat fell off and were caught in the little girl's hand.

"Shuangshuang, stop making trouble and put the hat on daddy quickly." In order to avoid being conspicuous, Wei Xiaobao came to Hua Xia wearing a hat with a fake braid.

"Haha, the big guy has fake braids!" Shuangshuang thought it was funny and swung the fake braid hat back and forth in her hand, refusing to give it back to Wei Xiaobao.

In the Qing Dynasty, since the first year of Shunzhi (1644), in order to quickly achieve rule over the Han people, Dorgon forcibly issued the "Hair-Cutting Order", forcing Han men to follow the example of the Manchus, shave the hair on their foreheads, and leave a braid at the back of their heads. Anyone who dared to disobey the order would be beheaded.

Therefore, throughout the Qing Dynasty, except for monks who had to shave their heads, all men had to wear a long rat-tail braid.

Both of them were extremely curious about the tall man in front of them who had no braids but short hair.

She took the fake braid in her hand and played with it, and sometimes stretched out her little hand to scratch Wei Xiaobao's head. Before long, Wei Xiaobao's hair became messy, like a fried chicken.

The officials were secretly delighted when they saw this. Lord Wei was wearing a fake braid! This was great news.

They couldn't wait to know how Wei Xiaobao would respond when Emperor Kangxi arrived.

After all, fake braids can be a big or small matter.

To put it more seriously, this means that Wei Xiaobao may be a remnant of the Ming Dynasty who deliberately did not keep his queue to show his disloyalty to the court, and the crime he committed was enough to make him a traitor and beheaded;

To put it mildly, he also needs to provide relevant proof to the local government, such as his braid was accidentally burned by a candle.

At this time, eighteen landing craft arrived at the dock one after another.

Kangxi saw Wei Xiaobao's unique look at first sight and almost couldn't help laughing out loud, but he still tried hard to hold back his laughter, and he felt extremely happy in his heart.

Although Kangxi was in casual clothes, Wu Xingzuo, the governor of Fujian, recognized the emperor. When he saw Kangxi, he trembled, knelt down and saluted, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I, the governor of Fujian, Wu Xingzuo, pay my respects to you. Long live the emperor!"

Following Wu Xingzuo's move, other Fujian officials also knelt down and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor!"

"My dear ministers, please don't be so formal. This is not the court. There is no need to be so restrained." Kangxi smiled and waved his hand.