Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Seeing Wu Shigong rushing over with a dozen of his own soldiers, looking menacing, the little girl immediately stopped shouting, trembling with fright.Even the little maid in front of the carriage ran away into the carriage in fright, even forgot to close the curtain, and only knew that she was hugging her young lady.

But when the two of them saw Wu Shigong's thoughtful salute again, the little girl whose face was still a little pale felt a little relieved, she pushed the little maid in her arms away, and said in a trembling voice while sitting: "My family's surname is Ye! "

In fact, it was just a matter of routine for Wu Shigong to ask this little girl's surname.But after hearing the little girl's answer clearly, Wu Shigong's whole body froze, and his bent waist didn't straighten up for a long time.

Wu Shigong's expression immediately became serious, he stared blankly at the little girl, and after a long time, he calmed down and gave an order to the soldiers: "Arrange these two girls in the upper room of the state government office. .Remember! Don't let others know!"

In fact, the soldiers around Wu Shigong had already exchanged glances. From their point of view, Wu Shigong must have coveted the beauty of these two girls, and wanted to come to a golden house to hide her beauty.So when they heard Wu Shigong's order, they were not surprised, so they immediately surrounded the carriage, pulled the horse and walked towards the state office.

But this time Wu Shigong was really wronged, because Wu Shigong was not interested in the little girl in the carriage... Good!There are also reasons why these two girls are pretty, but there is another main reason, that is: the little girl speaks the standard "Mandarin" of the Ming Dynasty.

The "Mandarin" of the Ming Dynasty was not based on Beijing dialect as it is in modern times, but Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown dialect at that time-Fengyang dialect.But now it is not uncommon to hear Fengyang dialect in this Fengyang place. What is strange to Wu Shigong is that the little girl's Fengyang dialect is a specific Fengyang dialect, that is to say, it is the Fengyang dialect used exclusively by the Ming Dynasty royal family.

We can all understand.An imperial court must have a unified official language, otherwise ministers from all corners of the country would not be able to speak together in the imperial court if they spoke a southern dialect and a northern dialect.

When the Ming Dynasty was established, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the Fengyang dialect of his hometown should be used as the court language.But later Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved his capital to Beijing. After more than 300 years of changes, this official dialect has unknowingly become Beijing dialect.In fact, the reason is quite simple. Those ministers not only want to discuss politics in the court, but also live in Beijing. It is indeed very inconvenient to live in Beijing if they speak Fengyang dialect.

But after all, the rule that Fengyang dialect is used as the official language has not been abolished, it is still the rule passed down from the ancestors, so as long as it is the royal family and the children of nobles.More or less still have to learn this dialect.

Of course, Wu Shigong, as a disciple of nobles, also learned this dialect.Although Wu Shigong, like other Guixun disciples, only learned superficially when he was studying at that time, he still has some impressions of some specific terms in this dialect.

The Fengyang dialect, which is the official language, is of course different from the folk Fengyang dialect. Some vulgar words were discarded, and many elegant ones were added.More importantly.The Fengyang dialect spoken by the royal family has some specific vocabulary, and these words are absolutely not allowed to be used by non-royal family members.But just now Wu Shigong heard a few such words from the mouth of the little girl in the carriage.

This is why Wu Shigong went and came back again.It was also the reason why Wu Shigong was so respectful to that little girl.Because Wu Shigong was basically sure that this little girl was a member of the royal family.

But the little girl replied that her surname was "Ye!", which confused Wu Shigong all of a sudden, shouldn't the surname be "Zhu!"?What reason does this little girl have to deceive herself?No matter how daring a military officer is, he would not dare to bully a member of the royal family!

But Wu Shigong's brain is indeed very flexible, he knows that there is no prince entrusted here in Fengyang, and the royal family here is also ordered by the emperor to guard the mausoleum here.And this Shouling is just a euphemism.To be precise, it should be called confinement, which means imprisoning the offending royal family in Fengyang City.

Wu Shigong guessed that this little girl's family was the same, but since she is unwilling to tell the truth now.Wu Shigong was also unwilling to expose her.Just pretending to be confused, Wu Shigong didn't have any curiosity to understand the real reason.Anyway, after Fengyang is recovered, find a chance to send the little girl back to Fengyang City.It's better to avoid this kind of wet hands with flour!

But Wu Shigong's strange behavior also attracted the attention of the officers.Zhou Xun and Zhang Biao walked to Wu Shigong's side, and Zhang Biao asked, "My lord! How should the girl be arranged?"

Wu Shigong thought about it for a while, and said, "Find some women to take good care of her! Don't be stingy about food and clothing." Anyway, this little girl is also a member of the royal family, and there is nothing wrong with spending some money to take good care of her. .

But Zhang Biao immediately showed a knowing expression.He thought that Wu Shigong wanted to find a stable woman to appraise whether the two little girls were virgins or not.

So Zhang Biao immediately agreed: "My lord, this matter is on the villain's shoulders!"

Wu Shigong was right when he thought about it, Tao Xin's hands and feet must not be able to take care of the little girl well, so it's better to entrust this matter to Zhang Biao, who is more prudent.

But since that little girl wants to hide her identity, then don't make a big fuss about taking her in!So Wu Shigong added one more sentence: "Only you two know, it's best not to let others know!"

Hearing Wu Shigong's words, Zhang Biao didn't take it seriously. He thought to himself: "Don't you just want to raise a concubine? I'm very familiar with this business!"

So Zhang Biao immediately patted Wu Shigong's chest and said, "My lord, just be careful! The villain's mouth is very strict. Back then, Brother Zhou...!" Suddenly Zhang Biao remembered that Zhou Xun was still by his side, so he closed his mouth immediately. Shut up and look guiltily at Zhou Xun beside him.

But Zhou Xun was so stupid that he didn't understand what he said, and he asked vigorously, "Uncle Zhang! What's the matter with my father?"

Wu Shigong on the side laughed out loud, waved to these two people, and then walked away with big strides.But after walking a few steps, Wu Shigong also recalled it. It turned out that Zhang Biao thought he coveted the beauty of these two girls!

But at this time, Wu Shigong couldn't bear to go back and explain clearly to Zhang Biao. Anyway, Wu Shigong has always been very free and easy, so misunderstanding is just misunderstanding!But it's also helpless, it's not that the leader wants to engage in corruption, but that there are too many courteous subordinates!

But now Wu Shigong is most concerned about the peasant rebel army in Fengyang. With the change of the war situation, Wu Shigong, who is busy with the war, quickly forgot about these two girls completely. (To be continued..)