Wu Shigong was free that day, and he had a rare opportunity to play with his family at home.
A group of boys were playing in the garden under the supervision of the maid and mother-in-law, while the ladies played Shuanglu and chess. Wu Shigong was dragged into the inner room by his daughters to play games.
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The daughters were playing their favorite game of house. Under Xiaojie's instigation, her sisters insisted on giving Wu Shigong pigtails.
Ever since Wu Shigong saw Aunt Qiu setting rules for the inner house, and thought that women in the Ming Dynasty would get married in their teens, Wu Shigong always treated his daughters very dearly, so he agreed to them.
Game requirements.
So Wu Shigong had a sky-high braid on his head, and there were more than a dozen braids. During the playfulness of the daughters, they had to pull Wu Shigong out to show their mother and aunts what their father looked like.
How thick-skinned Wu Shigong is! He was dragged out of the inner room by his daughters with a smile on his face, causing the ladies to tremble.
Xue Yufei said a little weirdly: "Look at you, as a father, you are not upright and you have raised such a group of crazy girls. Please untie the pigtails on your father's head."
Wu Shigong waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "We are just having fun as a family. It's okay! We don't see any outsiders, so our daughters can be happy!"
Mei Yun, who was sitting at the chess table, quickly stood up to untie Wu Shigong's pigtails and comb her hair.
Wu Shigong quickly stopped him with a smile: "You play chess well and leave me alone. I will do it myself."
Mei Yun sighed sadly: "I have lost three games! Sister Manling's chess skills are the best in the entire inner house!"
"Oh!?" Wu Shigong became interested all of a sudden, and then started to boast, "That's because I didn't come, let's see how I deal with her."
When Wu Shigong joined the city chess team in modern times, he often visited the Go team next door, so he also learned a few Sanshou moves. Today, his chess addiction has also come up. He will play a few games with Manling Shou.
But Wu Shigong's words shocked the ladies. Li Xin widened her eyes and asked, "Sir, do you know how to play Go?"
"Of course!" Wu Shigong boasted more and more proudly, "I am a talented person! I am proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting!"
Xiuzhu, who was playing Shuanglu on the side, immediately pierced Wu Shigong's skin: "Since the young master was a child, I have never seen him touch the chess pieces. You should not listen to the young master's nonsense."
"You haven't seen it, so I don't know how to play?" Wu Shigong said stubbornly, "Then today I will let you experience the style of the national players. Man Ling, I will beat you to a big defeat later, you can
Don’t cry!”
Wu Shigong's words caused another burst of laughter from the ladies. Zhao Ruya shouted from the side: "Then I will have to pay a bonus if I lose!"
"Okay!" Wu Shigong agreed, "Then tell me first, what will you give me if Manling loses?"
Zhao Ruya rolled her eyes and said sweetly: "Master is a national player. It's not surprising if he wins. You only have to pay the jackpot if you lose to Sister Manling! Sister Manling, we all support you!"
Man Ling also smiled and said: "The slave family will not be lenient!"
The ladies' singing put them in an invincible position. Wu Shigong was in a good mood and agreed nonchalantly: "No problem! Master, after I lose, I will grant each of you a request. Is that all right?"
The other ladies Shuang Lu stopped playing. They all helped Man Ling clean up the chess board and came to watch Wu Shi Gong's chess skills. Wu Shi Gong also smiled and sat down opposite Man Ling.
Manling placed a seat on the chessboard, and then placed the white chess basket on Wu Shigong's side. At this time, Manling also talked about the rules of Yiqi, giving the superior player the right to move first.
Although Wu Shigong knew that he would have to play Go tomorrow, he was still waiting for Manling to play the black chess first. After waiting for a long time, Wu Shigong looked at Manling in confusion, and saw Manling's eyes widening.
Looking at himself doubtfully.
Wu Shigong asked strangely: "Why don't you get off?"
The ladies who had been waiting for Wu Shigong to make a fool of himself immediately burst into laughter. Qiong Niang was kinder, she said with a smile: "Master, you'd better stop playing chess. Let me help you fix your hair first."
"What's wrong?" Wu Shigong was even more surprised.
Xiuzhu was still straightforward: "Young master, you don't even understand the principle of Bai Zi playing first, and you still say that you are a national player."
Wu Shigong touched his nose with some embarrassment. He remembered that this was the rule for playing Go in the Ming Dynasty. But Wu Shigong still argued: "Of course I understand this. I'm just a man giving way to a woman. Okay, since you let me
If you get off first, I won't be polite."
Wu Shigong rolled up the sleeve of his right hand and picked up a white chess piece from the chess basket. He rolled it between his fingers, then drew a beautiful arc with his right hand and slapped it hard towards the chess board.
Wu Shigong's move was quite beautiful. When Wu Shigong was visiting the Go team, he learned this move from the Go team. Later, when he was playing chess, he also accidentally made this move, and was shocked by the coach.
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In Go terminology, this action is called Qihe. It is a term translated from Japanese. It was also an action that Chinese chess players learned from Japanese and Korean chess players at that time.
First of all, this chess move is quite beautiful. Besides, Qihe means! You can understand this word as soon as you hear it. It means that you need to have the momentum to overwhelm your opponent in chess. Even if you can't beat you in chess, you still have to scare your opponent to death.
Of course, the Japanese and Korean chess players at that time did not scare the Chinese chess players, but frightened the Chinese football team into "Korean phobia" and "Japanese phobia".
And Wu Shigong's Qihe is also very energetic, just to let his wives see how cool and unrestrained his chess moves are! But you must know that the chessboard on which chess is played is not a modern game board, so
The chess piece was photographed on the chessboard, and immediately made all the seats on the chessboard jump and move.
This incident caused everyone in the room to be shocked at first, and then everyone except Wu Shigong burst into laughter again. While Zhao Ruya was laughing, she took the opportunity to add insult to injury and said: "If you mess up the chessboard, you have given up."
!No denying!" The other ladies immediately laughed and agreed.
Wu Shigong also laughed and scolded: "It's just you money fans! Okay, let me lose the game, let's move on!"
Wu Shigong's surrender made the wives and daughters who were watching cheer for joy. But at this moment, a woman in the inner house hurried into the house with a letter, and she told Wu Shigong Yifu:
: "Master, a messenger from the capital came outside the house. He said he was sending a message to the master from Gongshun Hou Mansion."
Wu Shigong stood up from the chess table, opened the letter, and the smile on his face immediately solidified. Wu Shigong's face immediately turned livid. People in the room saw Wu Shigong's loss of expression, and they all put away the smiles on their faces.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a little heavy, Wu Shigong forced a smile on his face and said, "Don't worry. My mother has passed away."
Of course the mother Wu Shigong mentioned was not his biological mother, but the wife of the obedient Marquis Wu Weizhong. Although emotionally speaking, Wu Shigong had no relationship at all with this nominal mother, but now Wu Shigong was about to encounter the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.
A major system of China——Ding You.
If Ding You succeeds, Wu Shigong will have to resign from his official position and return to the capital to observe mourning for his mother for three years (twenty-seven months to be precise). But at this juncture, it was Runing Jun who had just predicted that this winter, the peasants would rebel.
When the army was most likely to enter Henan, Wu Shigong was about to leave. Why didn't this make Wu Shigong confused?
So Wu Shigong no longer wanted to play around with his family. He immediately urgently summoned senior officials of the Runing Army to discuss how to face this big change.
Of course, all the officials did not want Wu Shigong to leave at this time. Xue Yongli first suggested: "Uncle, you left the Wu Mansion to marry into our Xue Mansion, so maybe you don't need to worry about Ding You at all. You should stay in Runing.
You can just pretend to be stupid."
Xue Yongli's suggestion makes some sense. The Ming Dynasty has been established for so long, and the examples of sons-in-law becoming officials can be said to be rare. Whether Wu Shigong's identity should worry about his mother Ding, this may also require a lot of quarrel in the Ministry of Rites. Besides,
Wu Shigong is not a person with an important official position at all. It is very likely that after Wu Shigong pretends to be stupid, other officials will open their eyes and close their eyes.
However, Zhang Xuebin disagreed with Xue Yongli's suggestion: "My lord, no matter what, your mother has passed away. If the court is serious, it will not be a matter of removal from office, but a matter of punishment. Please think again, sir!"
We already know that the Ming Dynasty was a world of etiquette, among which the most important etiquette was filial piety. If Wu Shigong did not return to the capital, Ding You, in case he was impeached by other officials, and Emperor Chongzhen thought that Wu Shigong was unfilial because of his official position.
, there is a possibility of being jailed or even executed. Therefore, Wu Shigong's act of pretending to be stupid is completely a gamble. And it is a meaningless gamble.
The officials present immediately divided into two groups, but there were still many people who agreed with Zhang Xuebin's opinion. However, Xue Yongli was worried again: "I also know that Mr. Zhang's idea is right. But once my uncle is worried, Henan is now calm again, and the court has decided
There is no reason to seize love. At that time, another Runing guard is sent. What will happen to the future of the Runing army? What will happen to my uncle's foundation?"
Xue Yongli's theory was indeed strong, and all the officials could not come up with a good way to deal with it. Wu Shigong was quite annoyed in his heart: "My nominal mother has no maternal love for me, and her death was
I have brought big trouble to myself. I really don’t know what bad luck I have brought!” (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!