Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 281 Mind the world

  After listening to Fang Jifan's words, Zhu Xiurong's pretty face suddenly showed surprise.

  She slept lightly at night, first she heard the noise outside, and then she heard the eunuchs on duty outside talking in low voices, so she became worried.

  Although she is in the deep palace, but occasionally, she also knows some things outside the palace.

  Especially for the censor, the father has always been a little 'fearful'. When the censor impeached the Zhang brothers, it also made the palace very unhappy.

  So she thought in her heart that because of the imperial censor's impeachment, her father was so worried that she called the two uncles into the palace and taught them a whole night before the two uncles obediently admitted their mistakes and let the matter go.

  Fang Jifan can never match up with the two uncles.

   Besides, there are so many censors for this impeachment.

  So she was quick to think of such a way, but now seeing Fang Jifan's calm face, she couldn't help saying: "So powerful?"

   "Where, where, it's not powerful at all." Fang Jifan said with a complacent look on his face, "It's all because of His Majesty's wisdom."

  Zhu Xiurong stared at Fang Jifan, and couldn't help saying happily: "You are so humble."

   "..."

  Is there any humility? Fang Jifan tried hard to recall why he always gave people a wrong impression.

  However, it seems that such an impression is not bad.

   "Your Highness, please pay attention to your health. You should go to bed in the middle of the night."

   Zhu Xiurong blushed immediately: "Yes, I shouldn't have summoned you here in the middle of the night, but it surprised you."

   "Nothing." Fang Jifan smiled and said: "His Royal Highness can call the minister to come at any time. The minister... is taking care of his health recently, so it may be more leisurely."

   "Huh? Are you sick?" Zhu Xiurong was slightly stunned.

   No wonder... Looking at this person, I always feel a sense of intimacy.

  Zhu Xiurong realized at this time, perhaps because of the sympathy for each other, he had a brain disease, and Bengong also had a brain disease.

  Fang Jifan couldn't help laughing and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just that we need to raise more, Your Highness also needs to raise more, we strive to get rid of the root cause of the disease as soon as possible."

  Zhu Xiurong nodded and nodded: "Yes, so that my father and queen mother don't worry, speaking of it, my brother envies you very much."

  Fang Jifan was taken aback: "What?"

  Zhu Xiurong looked at Fang Jifan with a pair of clear and bright eyes, and said, "He always said that it would be great if he also had brain disease."

  Looking at such a pair of eyes without impurities, Fang Jifan even felt that his heartbeat slowed down by half a beat, but he still tried his best to raise his face, and said seriously: "This is a disease! It needs to be cured."

But Zhu Xiurong smiled sweetly, thought for a while and said: "I think about it now, it's not bad to have this disease, and it's actually not inconvenient, and you can occasionally chat with me and talk about things outside. , My brother said that plowing the land is the most interesting, I was thinking, how to plow the land, I really want to see it for myself.”

   "..." Fang Jifan smiled slightly: "Did he say that the minister is an official of a thousand households in the village, who is in charge of the cultivated land?"

   "..." Zhu Xiurong said in surprise, "Not really."

   "Then, he must not have told His Highness that I plowed the land well, so His Majesty ordered the minister to garrison the fields."

   "Really?" Zhu Xiurong was surprised: "I didn't expect you to know so many things."

"Not much." Fang Jifan said with emotion: "Whatever is beneficial to the people, I will do what I do. After Nan and Bo, I will do my best to share the worries of your Majesty and comfort the people. Do it, manly man, take the world as his own responsibility, this is a matter of course. I hate those prodigal sons who are idle and do nothing. They don’t know that there are still many people in this world who are hungry, and they don’t know that there are still people in this world. Many people are naked, and these people are no different from animals."

  Zhu Xiurong stared at Fang Jifan, and felt that Fang Jifan was extraordinarily majestic when he spoke the truth, and even his image became taller in his own eyes.

   "Your Highness, do you know why I haven't married yet?" Fang Jifan said with gusto, a little bit reluctant to leave.

  Zhu Xiurong pursed her lips, and said to herself, why are you talking about marrying a wife? He said, "Why?"

Fang Jifan sighed and said: "In ancient times, there was Dayu who controlled the floods, but he couldn't enter through the door. There was also Huo Qubing, the Huns were not destroyed, so why should he call himself home. Although my minister Fang Jifan didn't have the ambition of these two sages, he also had the heart to help the world. How can he be wiped out by a woman? own ambition."

  Zhu Xiurong couldn't help raising her eyebrows and said: "In this way, don't you want to never marry a wife? Isn't the Fang family going to end?"

   "..."

  This little girl, why doesn't she know how to communicate!

  Fang Jifan said with a chuckle: "Naturally, I have this ambition, but my father's order is hard to disobey, and I always urge him again and again. This minister is really in a difficult situation. The so-called loyalty and filial piety can't be both, it's very sad."

  Zhu Xiurong put her fist against her chin, and said with emotion: "You are truly an amazing person."

   "You can't say that either." Fang Jifan shook his head, and said modestly: "There are still two or three men like me in this world."

  Zhu Xiurong blinked, but changed her words: "But I think you are thinner, you should pay attention to your body, so as not to make others miss you."

   "Missing..." Fang Jifan's heart twitched, his mouth was dry from bragging, and suddenly he felt that everything was worth it.

  Zhu Xiurong smiled like a flower, and her star-like eyes slightly arched: "I am concerned about your safety, what do you think... what is it like to marry a wife?"

"What?"

  Fang Jifan was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath: "I dare not say this, for fear that His Majesty will kill me."

   "..." Seeing that Fang Jifan hesitated to speak, Zhu Xiurong said obediently: "Well, it's getting late, and seeing that you're fine, I feel at ease. Go back to sleep."

  Fang Jifan didn't have the cheek to want to stay here, after all, he didn't want Zhu Xiurong's reputation either.

  He bowed deeply to Zhu Xiurong, and said loudly on purpose: "Your Highness, does your head still hurt now?"

  Zhu Xiurong cleared his throat and said, "Uncle Xinjian performed the surgery well, and the pain is no longer there."

   "Then, please take good care of your highness, and when you have any headaches, send your ministers to see you again."

   After finishing speaking, Fang Jifan turned around, but wanted to turn around and take another look at this little girl, but felt that we were people with lofty aspirations, the Huns were not destroyed, and why we were at home, so we had to walk away.

  At this moment, Zhu Xiurong behind him said, "Uncle Xinjian."

  Fang Jifan's heart skipped a beat, he turned around quickly, and saw Xiao Nizi smiling at him with white teeth: "Beware of my brother, he likes to mess around, don't hang out with him, don't drag you down."

"Yeah, I got it!"

  He still felt this concern.

  Fang Jifan was in a good mood. Although he was reluctant to give up, he still stepped out of the pavilion firmly, but he didn't know if there was a woman behind him staring deeply at his back.

  There was no moon outside, but the north wind was howling, and snow flakes fell in the sky at some point, but Fang Jifan felt that his heart was quite warm.

  Just as she was about to go down the white marble steps, behind her, Nanny Liu took a coir raincoat and chased after her: "Uncle Xinjian, Your Royal Highness wants you to be careful of the wind and snow."

"Oh." Fang Jifan allowed Mammy Liu to put on a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat like a fan sun hat. Fang Jifan thought to himself that he should have researched a perfume, and that the young master should pay attention to his personal image. .

  Thinking, he walked into the snow under the night and left the palace all the way.

  ...

   Jinzhou City.

  The siege for several days in a row put the entire city of Jinzhou into the most tense state.

  Countless soldiers and civilians took turns defending each gate, and under the city, more and more stone cannons were set up by the Tatars, and countless stones drew arcs in the sky, destroying the city wall!

  The heavy snowfall for several days made the soldiers on the city face flushed with cold, and ice had condensed on the aisle of the city wall, and they would slip and fall if they were not careful.

  Many iron cannons were pulled to the top of the city and began to fight back.

  As the guns rumbled, the city began to gain momentum.

  The swarming Tatars flew to the city without stopping, while the Tatars on horseback bent their bows and set arrows and shot randomly towards the top of the city.

So much so that the defenders on the city did not dare to show their heads, and the archers on the city also shot at an angle of elevation. Every moment, someone was shot and fell down. The roar of the iron cannon, and the boulders in the city , making everyone tremble.

  Below the city...

  The Tatars could only set up yurts one by one in the snow field. They wore all kinds of cowhide and sheepskin clothes, and wrapped themselves tightly, leaving only a pair of eyes and a mouth, breathing white gas.

  After all, they still didn't find food nearby, so they became restless and restless like hungry wolves who couldn't find food.

   Immediately afterwards, they began to scrape away layers of snow, looking for caves, and found the voles in the caves, then set up a bonfire, and began to eat happily.

  Of course, relying on these very few wild animals, we can only make tooth sacrifices.

   It was time of last resort, and they started killing horses.

  When the Tatars go out on an expedition, they often drive the herd of horses to act together. During long-distance raids, they can constantly replace the horses to ensure that the horses are kept in the best condition. Once it is a last resort, they will start to kill the horses.

   But for the Tatars, killing horses is a sad thing, because for them, these horses are their partners.

   Therefore, during the slaughter, many people's eyes were red, and they turned towards Jinzhou City with hatred. Finally, after a special wizard prayed to the sky, someone took a big axe and chopped off the horse's head.

These horses were finally disassembled and thrown into iron pots. Horse meat and snow water gathered in the iron pots, and the smell of meat wafted out. Hungry Tatars gathered in groups of three or four, In this cold wind, with a voice of resentment, a ballad was sung.

  In the brightly lit tent, the little prince anxiously paced back and forth with his hands behind his back!

  Obviously, he was full of anticipation and hoped that Daming's reinforcements would come to help. If so, even if it was Duoyanwei, who is also a Mongolian, he would not care.

  A Tatar is like a knife. This knife has been sharpened for too long, and it needs to find a flesh and blood body to vent its killing intent.

  ...

  Many students left messages for Tiger today, all of which are words of support, encouragement and concern. Thank you everyone. I also thank my classmate Jiuduyiyi for becoming the seventh leader of this book. Thanks to all book friends for their support, Wahaha.

  (end of this chapter)