Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong happened to be free that day, and it was rare for him to play with his family in the inner house.

A group of boys are playing around in the garden under the care of the maidservants, while the wives play Shuanglu and chess.And Wu Shigong was dragged by a group of his daughters to the inner room to play games.

The daughters are playing their favorite play house.Under Xiaojie's instigation, her younger sisters pestered Wu Shigong to make pigtails.

Ever since Wu Shigong saw Mother Qiu making rules for the inner house, and thought that girls in the Ming Dynasty were about to get married when they were teenagers, Wu Shigong was always very precious to his daughters, so he agreed to their wishes game requirements.

So on Wu Shigong's head, there were more than a dozen braids and braids tied into the sky. While the daughters were playing, they wanted to pull Wu Shigong out to let their mother and aunts see his father's appearance.

How thick-skinned Wu Shigong is!He was dragged out of the inner room by his daughters with a smile, causing the wives to tremble.

Xue Yufei said a little bit weirdly: "Look at you, as a father, you don't have a proper shape, and you have raised such a group of crazy girls. Hurry up and untie the pigtails on your father's head."

Wu Shigong waved his hand indifferently, and said: "It's a family having fun. It's okay! I don't see any outsiders, let the daughters be happy!"

Mei Yun, who was sitting at the chess table, stood up quickly to untie Wu Shigong's braid and comb his hair.

Wu Shigong quickly stopped with a smile and said, "Play chess well and leave me alone. I will do it myself."

Mei Yun sighed sadly: "Your servant has already lost three games! Sister Manling's chess skills are the highest in the entire inner house!"

"Oh!?" Wu Shigong suddenly became interested, and then began to brag, "That's because I didn't come, let's see how I deal with her, master."

When Wu Shigong joined the city's chess team in modern times, he often visited the neighboring Go team, so he also learned a few Sanshou moves.And today his chess addiction also came up.It is necessary to play a few games with Manling.

But what Wu Shigong said shocked the wives.Li Xin widened her eyes and asked, "Master, do you know how to play Go?"

"Of course!" Wu Shigong became more and more complacent, "I'm a genius! I'm proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting!"

The embroidered bamboo playing Shuanglu on the side immediately pierced Wu Shigong's cowhide: "The young master has never seen him touch a chess piece since he was a child. Don't listen to the young master's nonsense."

"If you haven't seen it, it means I don't know how to play?" Wu Shigong is still stubborn, "Then today, master, I will let you have a taste of the demeanor of the national players. Manling, I will beat you later, how can you?" Don't cry!"

Wu Shigong's words caused the wives to laugh again.Zhao Ruya booed from the side: "Then the master will pay a lottery if he loses!"

"Okay!" Wu Shigong agreed straight away, "Then tell me first, what will you give me, Master, if Manling loses?"

Zhao Ruya rolled her eyes, and said softly: "The master is a national player. It's not surprising to win. You only have to pay the lottery if you lose to Sister Manling! Sister Manling, we all support you!"

Man Ling also said with a smile: "My family will not be soft!"

The singing and harmony of the ladies put them in an invincible position.Wu Shigong was in a good mood, and he agreed without hesitation: "No problem! Master, after I lose, I will promise each of you a request. Is this okay?"

The other wives, Shuanglu, stopped fighting.They all helped Manling tidy up the chessboard, and they all came to watch Wu Shigong's chess skills.And Wu Shigong also smiled and sat opposite to Manling.

Manling put a seat on the chessboard.Then put the white chess basket on Wu Shigong's side.At this time, Manling also talked about the rules of chess.Give the superior the power to move ahead.

But although Wu Shigong knew that the Ming Dynasty would play Go, he was still waiting for Manling Black to play first.After waiting for a while, Wu Shigong looked at Man Ling suspiciously, and saw Man Ling staring at him suspiciously with wide-eyed eyes.

Wu Shigong asked strangely: "Why don't you come down?"

The wives who had been waiting for Wu Shigong to make a fool of themselves immediately roared with laughter.Qiong Niang was more kind, she said with a smile: "Master, you should stop playing chess. I will help you with your hair first."

"What's the matter?" Wu Shigong was even more surprised.

It was still Xiuzhu who spoke bluntly: "Young master, you don't even understand the reason why Baizi plays first, and you still say you are a national player."

Wu Shigong touched his nose in embarrassment.I remembered that this was indeed the rule of playing Go in the Ming Dynasty.But Wu Shigong still insisted: "Of course I understand the truth. I'm just a man giving way to a woman. Well, since you let me go first, then I will not be polite."

Wu Shigong rolled up the sleeve of his right hand, and picked up a white chess piece from the chess basket.It rolled between the fingers, and then drew a beautiful arc with its right hand, and slapped it heavily towards the chessboard.

Wu Shigong's action is very beautiful.When Wu Shigong was on the Go team, he learned this move from the Go team.So much so that I accidentally made this move when playing chess, and was knocked violently by the coach.

In terms of Go, this action is called Qihe.is a noun translated from Japanese.It was also a movement that Chinese chess players learned from Japanese and Korean chess players at that time.

First of all, this chess movement is quite beautiful.Besides, Qihe means!This word can be understood as soon as you hear it, it means that you must have the momentum to overwhelm your opponent in chess.Even if you can't beat you in chess, you should scare your opponent to death.Of course, at that time, the Japanese and Korean chess players did not frighten the Chinese chess players in the end, but scared the Chinese football team into "Korea-phobia" and "Japanese-phobia".

And Wu Shigong's Qihe is also full of strength, just to let his wives see how chic his chess moves are!But you must know that the chessboard on which we are playing chess is not a modern game board, so when the chess piece landed on the chessboard, it immediately shook all the seats on the chessboard and moved them.

And this turn of events caused the people in the room to be shocked at first, and then everyone except Wu Shigong laughed wildly again, Zhao Ruya took the opportunity to add insult to injury while laughing and said: "The master messed up the chessboard, so he just surrendered." Don't deny it!" The other wives immediately echoed with a smile.

Wu Shigong also scolded with a smile: "Just you money fans! Well, count me as a loser, let's move on!"

Wu Shigong's surrender made the wives and daughters who were watching on the sidelines cheer.But at this moment, a woman in the inner house hurried into the house with a letter, and she told Wu Shigong Yifu: "Master, there is a messenger from the capital outside the house. Said that he sent a letter to the master from Gongshunhou's mansion."

Wu Shigong stood up from the chess table, opened the letter and saw that the smile on his face froze immediately.Wu Shigong's face immediately turned livid, and the people in the room saw Wu Shigong's pale face, and all the smiles on their faces were put away.

Seeing the heavy atmosphere in the room, Wu Shigong forced a smile on his face and said, "Don't worry. My mother passed away."

The mother Wu Shigong mentioned was of course not his biological mother, but the wife of Wu Weizhong, Marquis of Gongshun.Although in terms of relationship, Wu Shigong has no relationship with this nominal mother at all, but now Wu Shigong has to meet Ding You, a major system in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

If Ding You said it, Wu Shigong would have to resign from his official position and return to the capital to mourn for his mother for three years (27 months to be precise). Maybe when he entered Henan, Wu Shigong was about to leave. Why didn't this make Wu Shigong mess up?

So Wu Shigong didn't want to play around with his family anymore, he immediately summoned the senior officials of the Runing Army to discuss how to deal with this big change.

Of course all the officials were unwilling to leave Wu Shigong at this time.Xue Yongli first suggested: "Grandpa, you came out of the Wu residence to join our Xue residence, so maybe you don't need to pay attention to Ding You's matter at all. You should stay in Runing and pretend to be an idiot."

Xue Yongli's suggestion made some sense. The Ming Dynasty had been established for so long, and there were very few cases of a son-in-law becoming an official.Whether Wu Shigong's identity should worry about his mother, Ding You, may have to be debated 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.

But Zhang Xuebin disagreed with Xue Yongli's suggestion: "My lord, no matter how you say it, it's my lord's mother who passed away. If the court takes it seriously, it's not a matter of dismissing officials, but a matter of punishment. Please think again, lord!"

We already know that the Ming Dynasty was governed by etiquette and law, among which the most important thing in etiquette is that all goodness and filial piety come first.If Wu Shigong did not return to the capital Dingyou, if he was impeached by other officials, and Emperor Chongzhen thought that Wu Shigong was unfilial for the sake of his official position, he might be imprisoned or even executed.So Wu Shigong's act of pretending to be stupid is completely a gamble.And it's a pointless gamble.

The officials present were immediately divided into two factions, but most of them agreed with Zhang Xuebin's opinion.But Xue Yongli worried again: "I also know that Mr. Zhang's idea is reasonable. But once my uncle Ding You, and now Henan is calm, the court definitely has no reason to rob love. At that time, another Ru Ning was sent to guard, What about the future of the Runing Army? What about my uncle's foundation?"

Xue Yongli's reasoning is indeed strong, and all the officials can't come up with a good way to deal with it.Wu Shigong was quite annoyed in his heart: "My mother in name doesn't have any maternal love for me, and her death has brought me a lot of trouble. I really don't know what kind of bad luck I have!" (To be continued..)