Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 40 Be Honest

   Facing Zhu Houzhao's slightly displeased face, Fang Jifan calmly took a burden, and then put the burden on the copy in front of Zhu Houzhao.

  Slowly opened, one by one chess pieces fell out.

   "What is this?" Zhu Houzhao's temperament came and went quickly, and now he picked up a chess piece curiously, and when he looked carefully, he saw the words "Dadudu" written in vermilion on it.

Fang Jifan said confidently: "This is military chess, um, arrange troops, and then use chess pieces to fight against each other on this chessboard. Look, Your Highness, there are governors, generals, guerrillas, lieutenants, and thousands of households here." , Baihu, General Banner, Small Banner and soldiers, by the way, there are bombs here... Come, I will teach His Highness how to play chess."

Fang Jifan knew that Zhu Houzhao in history, after he ascended the throne, he awarded himself the post of governor. This was due to his love for military affairs. At this time, he heard that he was arranging troops on a chessboard, so why wouldn't he be very interested? !

What Fang Jifan made is indeed military chess, but the commander is replaced by the governor, and the squad leader, company commander, platoon leader, and battalion commander are replaced by small flags, general flags, hundred households, and thousand households. The method of this military flag is simple and very suitable. A simple-minded guy like Zhu Houzhao simulated the formation of troops.

  Fang Jifan roughly explained the rules, Zhu Houzhao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and then lay on the copybook and said: "Come, come, come, I am familiar with military books, and now I will show you a little color."

  So Fang Jifan and him started to play chess, Zhu Houzhao really forgot about riding a horse, but became more and more interested in this military chess.

It went down until dark, and at noon, it was just a little refreshment to eat, but the more it went down, the more enjoyable it was, especially though Fang Jifan was hanging and beating the whole time, which made him rack his brains and play his best. With the spirit of willing to admit defeat, in a trance, the sun set outside the hall, and Liu Jin lit the lamp for the hall.

   This round, Fang Jifan won again, Fang Jifan pushed the chess piece, showing a bit of tiredness: "Your Highness, it's getting late, and the minister is about to make a move."

   There is no overtime pay, so of course I have to slip when I am on duty.

  Zhu Houzhao said: "No, no, the next game, I thought of a way, come here."

  Fang Jifan has a big head, he can't keep playing this game, so he refused to kill him and said: "We will talk about it tomorrow, Your Highness, take your leave."

   There must be a bottom line for such things, otherwise, according to Zhu Houzhao's temperament, I'm afraid I won't even think about leaving today.

  By the next morning, Fang Jifan was in good spirits, and he arrived at the East Palace again. As soon as he arrived at the gate of Zhan Shifu, there were eunuchs looking forward to him: "Fang Zongqi, you can count yourself here. Your Highness can wait, hurry, hurry..."

  Fang Jifan followed him in, and when he arrived at the side hall, he saw Zhu Houzhao scolding Liu Jin: "If you can't get down, get out!"

In front of him and Liu Jin was the same chess set from yesterday, Liu Jin backed away aggrieved, and Zhu Houzhao waved to Fang Jifan with a smile: "Come on, come on, come on, come on, I finally thought of a way to deal with it! "

  Liu Jin cautiously reminded from the side: "Your Highness, it's getting late, it's time to go to Zuo Chunfang to study, otherwise Yang Shi will read..."

  Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "No, no. Just say that I am sick."

  Fang Jifan shook his head in his heart, this guy is very unreliable, why does he feel like he is cheating his own rhythm, does this young master play chess with you all day long?

   What's more, the one in front of me is the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty. My Fang family's long-term meal ticket was given by your old Zhu family. Your old Zhu family was cheated by you Zhu Houzhao, and our Fang family is finished.

   This is called prosperity for all, loss for all.

  No matter what, we can't continue to be so corrupt. Regarding this point, Fang Jifan has a clear understanding.

  Fang Jifan narrowed his eyes, and he didn't know what was planning in his eyes: "Forget it, I won't let it go."

   "..." Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan in astonishment.

   "I won't play chess anymore." Fang Jifan resolutely refused: "I'm humbled to be on duty."

  Zhu Houzhao was in a hurry: "What do you mean, you are not loyal?"

  Fang Jifan thought to himself, the whole world regards me as a prodigal son, but I, Fang Jifan, am a good young man with ambition. Do you really think I am like you?

  In a short while, Fang Jifan seemed to have an idea, made up his mind, and said, "Your Highness, how about we play a game?"

   "Games?" Zhu Houzhao became energetic again, but most of the games, Zhu Houzhao was interested.

   Fang Jifan said: "Just playing chess, what's the point, there should be a lottery. If you lose, you lose a game, and you will give Your Highness three hundred taels of silver, how about it?"

   "Okay." Zhu Houzhao responded directly, and even his eyes lit up, yes, it is good to have a lot of money in chess: "It is a deal, if I lose, I will give you three hundred taels of silver."

  Fang Jifan looked up at the sky a little arrogantly: "Your Highness, am I short of three hundred taels of silver?"

  Zhu Houzhao scratched his head and couldn't help smiling bitterly: "Then I lost, so..."

   "Then study, lose a game, and memorize an article." Fang Jifan said firmly.

  Zhu Houzhao hesitated, looking a little unhappy.

  Fang Jifan narrowed his eyes, and casually took out his trump card: "Could it be that your highness is afraid to come?"

  Zhu Houzhao suddenly said angrily: "Who said you dare not?"

  Obviously, Zhu Houzhao didn't notice the flash of success in Fang Jifan's eyes!

Now, Fang Jifan is gradually liking the life of being on duty. He wakes up early every morning and rushes to Zhan Shifu. Sometimes Zhu Houzhao needs to go to Zuochunfang to study, but he always looks lazy and occasionally pretends to be sick. The rest Most of the time, he hangs out with Fang Jifan, playing chess and reading books.

Zhu Houzhao is a child who wants to save face. Although this kind of person is a bit rebellious, he is at least willing to gamble and admit defeat. As long as he loses the game, he will read the book obediently. Sometimes even Fang Jifan has to admit that the genes of the old Zhu family In fact, it's not bad. This Zhu Houzhao's memory is actually quite good. Zhu Houzhao is anxious to continue playing chess and win a game. His memory is amazing, and when he works hard, even Fang Jifan can't help himself.

  ...

  Woke up early this morning, Fang Jifan was dressed by Xiao Xiangxiang, and was about to tease Xiao Xiangxiang for a routine, but Deng Jian said: "Young master, the master ordered, the young master will go to duty later."

   "Why?" Fang Jifan said angrily.

  Deng Jian said: "Master, Uncle... Uncle said, recently, you have been honest, and you seem to be showing signs of illness. Don't worry, Master, just ask the doctor in the mansion to take the pulse, just take the pulse."

   Could it be that I have become a little more normal, which makes people suspicious?

  Fang Jifan said angrily: "My young master is normal."

   As he said, he kicked Deng Jian's **** directly. Who knew that this kick was too powerful, and Deng Jian fell to the ground directly.

  Fang Jifan's heart skipped a beat. He really didn't mean it. He was about to step forward and inquire about Deng Jian's injury, but when he thought about it, he tried his best to hold back and laughed out loud.

   "It's like a dog, so easy to kick."

  Deng Jian rolled on the ground, hurriedly stood up, and said with an apologetic smile: "Yes, yes, the young master kicked well, very good. Young master..." He had tears in his eyes again.

  Fang Jifan said impatiently: "What's the matter?"

"Actually..." Deng Jian wiped away his tears and said: "Actually, the villain has always known that the young master's brain disease is cured, even kicking the villain's **** is so smooth, not as unfamiliar as before, the villain is from the bottom of his heart." happy."

   "..."

  Fang Jifan stared at Deng Jian for a long time, then knocked Deng Jian's head with his fan bone: "Crazy!"

   As he spoke, he walked away: "I'm on duty, let that dog doctor get out."

But as soon as he arrived at the door, he almost bumped into Fang Jinglong who was about to come in. Fang Jinglong hurriedly supported Fang Jifan: "My son, did you bump into you? Be careful, don't bump into anything. Walk slowly, Doctor Sun wants to Come on, just take your pulse, haha... this is just a routine pulse."

  Fang Jifan was stopped by him, a little helpless, so he went back to his room and sat down, with a foolish look: "What kind of pulse, that doctor, I hate it when I see it!"

  Fang Jinglong nodded with a smile: "Yeah, I hate it, I hate it, don't be angry, it's not for your own good?"

  Fang Jinglong thought of something again at this time, and said: "Son, I heard that you have paid 500,000 taels of precious notes to the account a few days ago. This is not a small amount, a full 50,000 taels of cash."

   "Yeah." Fang Jifan continued to play his role as the prodigal son, and admitted it lightly.

I saw Fang Jinglong rubbing his hands, and said in his mouth: "My son is getting older, it is right to spend some money, besides, our family has a great career, um... um... How much do you have left? Being a father means that you With so much money in hand, I'm afraid it's not safe, and when it's time to use the money in the future, just go directly to the account to pay, why bother to carry so much money."

   "It's a flower!" Fang Jifan looked at Fang Jinglong and spread his hands.

   "Spent?" Fang Jinglong's eyes widened: "Fifty thousand taels of silver, is it gone?"

  Fang Jifan said: "Let me do the math. I gave His Royal Highness a little pocket money, which is 30,000 taels. I played chess with him and lost some more, and..."

  Fang Jinglong's body trembled a little, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

After all, the Fang family gained some wealth, and he pointed to taking another sum of money to buy some land, so he checked the family account excitedly every day, and saw that Fang Jifan took out such a large amount of money , I still hope to come back today, the five hundred thousand taels of treasure is fifty thousand taels of silver... Now, it's gone, and it's all given away.

Fang Jinglong's burly body suddenly became weak, and two lines of tears fell from the corners of his eyes. His face showed pain, and he said with pain in his heart: "The prodigal... This is the prodigal son... my father... the ancestors and the ancestors Ah...I, Fang Jinglong...Fang Jinglong...I'm sorry for you...God..."

  Fang Jifan saw Fang Jinglong's heart-piercing wailing, and knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly ran away, and ran away in a hurry.

  (end of this chapter)