vhost:

server {
        listen *:8080;

        location / {
                root   /var/www/default/pub;
                index index.php;

                # if file exists return it right away
                if (-f $request_filename) {
                        break;
                }

                if (!-e $request_filename) {
                        rewrite ^(.+)$ /index.php$1 last;
                        break;
                }

        }
        # serve static files directly
         location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|html)$ {
         access_log off;
         expires max;
  }

  location ~* \.php$ {
    # By all means use a different server for the fcgi processes if you need to
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;
    include /usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi_params;
  }

  location ~ /\.ht {
    deny  all;
  }
}

http://192.168.135.128/index.php loads just fine...

http://192.168.135.128/public_/html/index.php downloads...