The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 68

[68. Chapter 68 Knows everything]

It was the day when Qian Yue, together with Guizhou’s Chief Military Officer Cao Kai and Lieutenant Commander Yang Youfa, led thousands of troops to encircle and suppress them. However, Qian Yue was the new governor after all and was not familiar with the situation in Guizhou, so he had to divide his troops into three. Road, claiming to be the Central Army, the chief military officer Cao Kai and the lieutenant officer Yang Youfa were divided into two roads.

The so-called Zhongguan was an eunuch. This eunuch was eager to get credit and actually ordered the right army to march quickly. He was ambushed and defeated.

When the commander-in-chief Cao Kai learned that Zhongguan was surrounded, he immediately rushed to help, but the rebels waited for work and defeated them in one fell swoop. Cao Kai died in the battle.

When the news came, Qian Yue was heartbroken. He was a civil servant and had never even seen a war. When he was in Henan and Shandong, his greatest political achievement was to wipe out a group of more than 200 bandits. What happened in Guizhou, he really don’t know.

What’s more, the rebels were familiar with geography, were elusive, and united dozens of mountain villages to win consecutive battles. Qian Yue immediately decided to withdraw his troops and return to Guiyang Mansion.

It’s just… I can’t get away anymore.

There were shouts of killing everywhere, and the rebels came from nowhere and launched a general attack.

Qian Yue’s face was livid and his body was trembling. The sight of being besieged on all sides, as well as the shouts and wailings that broke through the sky, made him feel chilly.

He turned pale and finally sighed. Several secretaries and military attachés in the account looked at him, hoping that Governor Qian would make an idea whether to break out of the encirclement.

Qian Yue looked at these people with shame, tears bursting from his eyes, and said with tears in his eyes: “Get the pen and ink.”

The secret friend quickly took out the pen and ink and said in a low voice: “Sir, withdraw. The rebel encirclement has not been completed yet. Lead a group of loyal guards, cross the mountain stream, and then return to Guiyang lightly. Here… there is also Deputy General Qi leading the troops…”

Qian Yue sighed and shook his head: “Now we have been defeated, and we can only die. Even if I’m lucky enough to be alive, I won’t be able to see His Majesty and my elders…” He sighed, and wrote solemnly: “I, Qian Yuewan, have died, and now Milu, the daughter of the chieftain of Yunnan and the wife of Longchang, the local judge of Guizhou, is causing trouble. We raised more than 10,000 troops and connected with the villages to incite the native people of Zhanyi Prefecture and Pu’an Prefecture to rebel. The old ministers followed the law and marched to suppress the enemy. They marched all the way, but encountered a heavy rain. This time, we lost the weather. We were arrogant and rashly went deep, and we lost the advantage of the land. The army collapsed, and both the commander-in-chief Cao Kai and the lieutenant-general Yang Youfa were killed in the battle. I dare not live alone, but I ask your majesty to forgive me for the sin of death. I am a scholar, and I have no power to tie a chicken. I dare not lose my integrity. Died under thousands of swords from the rebels as an apology for his crime…”

He cried bitterly as he wrote. The memorial was already stained with tears. At the end of the writing, he couldn’t even hold the pen, so he sealed the memorial. He tremblingly went to cover it with fire paint, handed it over to his friend, and said: “You and several gentlemen were all hired by me. At first you advised me to be cautious, but I regret not listening to you. Now, the army has been defeated like a mountain.” However, since I am the governor, I should stay here. In the name of complete loyalty, gentlemen, please take this memorial with you. I will order the guards to send you to escape as much as possible. Say goodbye here and return. Please take care!”

The curtainmen looked at each other and put away the memorial, showing a look of reluctance.

Qian Yue bowed solemnly to them: “Gentlemen, go quickly, there is no time.”

“Hey!” The secret friend who received the memorial stamped his feet, and finally bowed deeply to Qian Yue: “Sir, see you later.”

Qian Yue was afraid. It was so powerful that he was trembling, but he still took a deep breath, as if he wanted to appear more courageous before he died.

…………

Shouninghou Mansion.

The two Zhang brothers were shivering from the cold. Although they ate the hot porridge, they found that their body temperature had completely disappeared in an instant. Zhang Yanling curled up and looked at the empty brazier on the ground: “Brother, I think we should buy some coal to burn!”

Zhang Heling’s face turned blue from the cold, but he was angry: “Buy his coal named Fang? Even I, Zhang Heling, If you don’t eat porridge in this life, you will freeze and starve to death, and you will never buy half a pound of coal from their Fang family. Winter will pass soon, don’t make any noise!”

Zhang Yanling shuddered: “But brother, it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival now…”

Zhang Heling immediately started to show his teeth and get angry.

In fact, in the past when the weather was freezing, the Zhang family still had to burn charcoal. No matter how frugal they were, they couldn’t freeze to death.

But now, several cents worth of anthracite coal has begun to appear on the market, and Zhang Heling feels like a complete fool when he spends ten times the price to buy charcoal. He used to think that the price of charcoal was acceptable, but now he feels that it is because of those people. The profiteer selling charcoal pressed his IQ to the ground and rubbed it vigorously.

Therefore, now I am reluctant to buy charcoal, and even less able to buy anthracite…

Just stay with it.

The colder the weather gets, the more Zhang Heling feels that life cannot go on. Even when he sees Fang’s table and Fang’s chairs, which are meant to be arty, and the square calligraphy and painting on the wall, he feels hateful. stand up.

“Master, Master…” The steward of the mansion hurriedly ran over: “Master, look at the Di’s newspaper, the Di’s newspaper…”

The steward of the Zhang family actually has a lot of money, but he cannot show his wealth in front of the Master. Otherwise, he would have to be beaten to death by the two masters, so the steward wore a shirt full of patches, but happily held a newspaper in his hand: “Master, look, Fang Jifan has been impeached.”

Zhang Heling heard this. , overjoyed, cheered up, and quickly grabbed the newspaper from his residence to read it, his eyes suddenly lit up: “Zhang Fen, the censor of Beizhili Kedao in the Metropolitan Procuratorate… scolded the successor of Fang for insulting the minister Qian… Qian, he slandered and insulted What are you calling Qian?”

The steward said with a smile: “Qian Yue.”

Zhang Heling said, then gave a high-five and became excited: “This Zhang Fen is good, sir, I like him, he speaks up, this is a good scolding. I’m so happy, sir, I’m so happy now.”

The steward said with a smile, “Isn’t it? The response to this memorial has been very enthusiastic, which makes the world miserable… Kufang has succeeded the vassal for a long time, and Zhang Fen, the censor, stands up. This is a sign that the wall is falling. Master, I see, Fang Jifan is about to die.” He squinted: “Governor Qian Yue served in the Metropolitan Procuratorate before taking office as governor of Henan, Shandong, and Guizhou. More than ten years, sir, do you understand?”

Zhang Heling scratched his head: “What do you understand?”

The manager couldn’t help but worry about Zhang Heling’s IQ: “Oh, sir, he has been in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for more than ten years. Now there are countless people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who are all his old subordinates. Let’s say the Ducha Yuan in Beizhili. Shi, at first, he was just a junior censor under him, and it was his recommendation that led him to be promoted to the position of censor.”

“Oh.” Zhang Heling seemed to have begun to understand: “You mean, Fang Jifan insulted me. For this money…Qian Yue? So, the censors in the Imperial Palace got angry and started to make a fuss, and they had to scold Fang Jifan to death? “

Is this the reason? “The steward said happily: “That Fang Jifan, who was scolded so badly, he must be…” The steward stroked his goatee, shook his head, and said with a beaming expression: “He must be so ashamed that he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl in and vomit three liters of blood. , I will be angry to death. “

“Ha ha. “Zhang Heling crossed his hands and laughed, and suddenly felt a breath of bad breath coming out of his heart. He said happily: “Yes, he still has the nerve to go out to meet people? This shameless prodigal must be ashamed…” At this point, the smile on his face gradually solidified. Zhang Heling’s IQ was actually not low, but he suddenly said: “Is it difficult to be ashamed? This person named Fang is so shameless and shameless. How does he know how to write the word “shame”? “

The steward was stunned for a moment…

The Fang brothers also stared at each other.

There was an indescribable embarrassment in the hall.

First of all, Fang Jifan is a scumbag, this is certain.

A scumbag has long been If he has a bad reputation, will he care about a few polite scoldings from others?

If he curses a few words, he will be filled with grief, anger, and shame.

So…

it seems…the so-called impeachment memorial, for some people , it’s simply murderous, but for that thick-skinned guy…it doesn’t seem to hurt,

“You dog-like thing, get out!” Zhang Heling was furious and kicked the damn steward away: “Your monthly payment will be deducted. Get out of here!” “

The steward was so busy that he just put his tail between his legs and left in despair.

“Brother, please calm down, maybe Fang Jifan still needs some dignity? ” Zhang Yanling comforted her unconfidently.

“How about… we also curse?

“Brother, why don’t you speak?

“

Zhang

Heling took a long breath, suppressed his blush, and then said: “Save your energy, speak less, and say more. The yang energy in your body will be dispersed, and it will be stored in your body, and you will be warm.” “

…” Zhang Yanling looked at her brother with admiration. He knew everything.

………

(End of this chapter)