The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1722

[1722. Chapter 1638 The Gentleman Fang Jifan]

This is the crux of the problem.

Emperor Hongzhi said: “I understand, this Qi Zhiyuan is too calm, too calm. Doesn’t he look like a person who sued the Duke of Wei for rebellion?”

Fang Jifan nodded like a chicken pecking rice: “Your Majesty, I am here. I think, if someone wants to accuse Erchen of treason, the matter is serious. No matter whether they have real evidence or not, they will be panicked at this moment because… even if they have real evidence, there are too many variables in it. If you are not careful, it may lead to a new rebellion in the court, and suing for rebellion is a big deal. Either Wei Guogong dies or Qi Zhiyuan dies. Once he rebels, he will die without a burial place. It can be said that he is polite and courteous, and he seems to have everything under control when entertaining guests today. Your Majesty, this calmness is a good thing, but now that I think about it, this calmness is too much, and it seems a bit too much. It’s too strong.”

Emperor Hongzhi kept nodding and said: “Yes, yes, Jifan, Jifan, you are right. This shows that his goal is not to convince the court to believe Duke Wei at all. The government is planning to rebel, but the question is, what means does he have left?”

Fang Jifan suppressed his blush: “Your Majesty…Based on my many years of experience in being retaliated against, of course, the reason why I was so hated was because of it. Erchen is loyal to His Majesty, and for the sake of the world and the people, he has offended many people. He has been ill for a long time, and he is quite happy. There may be a reason why Qi Zhiyuan is like this. “

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Fang Jifan and said, “

Sure enough… this trip is right.

If he didn’t come, how could he see this abnormality clearly?

Fang Jifan immediately blurted out, word by word: “Kill… imperial… messenger!”

Emperor Hongzhi was shocked.

He widened his eyes and shook his head: “How is this possible? How dare he have such courage.”

“Would a person who dared to accuse Wei Guogong of treason have no courage?”

Emperor Hongzhi: “…”

This is really not true. No way to refute!

Fang Jifan added: “Besides, once the imperial envoy is killed, who will doubt that this person is the one who did it? The first thing people think of is to cover up the evidence of the crime. And in Nanjing, which has been run by the Duke of Wei for more than a hundred years, then …Is the crime of treason confirmed?”

Emperor Hongzhi’s face became serious.

He took a deep look at Fang Jifan: “What do you think…”

“Your Majesty, no matter what, it is better to be just in case. Even if this is just the conjecture of the minister, it doesn’t count, but your Majesty is a man of gold. In order to take precautions, Erchen suggested that it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. “

Emperor Hongzhi still didn’t believe it.

He has been growing up in the palace since he was a child, and everyone he meets respects him. Every one of them shows great respect to the emperor, even the emperor’s envoy. His current status is that of an imperial envoy. , as if the emperor were here in person, would a mere Qi Zhiyuan dare to do such a thing?

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said, “Jifan, how dare he…”

“Your Majesty, what I fear most about this matter is what happens. If Your Majesty doesn’t leave, my son and minister will be offended.” Fang Jifan He was anxious, he didn’t want to die, and when things came to a head, he and the emperor could no longer tolerate lingering here.

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: “If we go out like this, aren’t we going to alert the enemy?”

Fang Jifan said: “You can pretend to be a clerk in the store and go out through the back door. If you want to come here, you will be watched, but… they must not have thought that Tangtang The imperial envoy will change into ordinary people’s clothes. This is their territory after all. No one knows how many enemies will come by then. Your Majesty, it’s getting dark now. It’s no time to delay.”

“This is the best we can do. It’s just… we have a lot of people…”

“If you want to sneak out, the fewer people the better. I suggest that it is better to let Eunuch Xiao stay here temporarily. With him and the guards here, it will be okay if nothing happens, but If something happens, you can also see who the other party is… It would be great if these thieves can be captured.”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said, “Will Xiao Banban be in danger?”

Fang Jifan said, “Eunuch Xiao. He has always been smart, I think he will be fine.”

To a certain extent, Emperor Hongzhi still didn’t believe this.

After all, this is a person’s subjective impression.

Even if it was Qi Zhiyuan, he felt there was something wrong, but in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi, Qi Zhiyuan was also a polite person. Could such a kind and polite person be so crazy?

But Fang Jifan kept urging, but Emperor Hongzhi had no choice. He trusted Fang Jifan very much.

Not long after, Fang Jifan prepared several sets of uniforms for handymen, and then Emperor Hongzhi summoned Xiao Jing.

As soon as Xiao Jing saw Emperor Hongzhi and Fang Jifan put on the clothes of handymen, he immediately became happy and said with a smile: “Your Majesty, Duke of Qi, you… this is…”

To be honest, he had never seen Emperor Hongzhi and Fang Jifan. Fang Jifan is wearing such short clothes, well…it looks funny.

Fang Jifan said unceremoniously: “Your Majesty and I went out for a walk. In order to avoid making a big fuss, I put on clothes like this and took only seven or eight guards with me. Eunuch Xiao, you are also tired. Your Majesty feels sorry for you, so you can sleep here.” Next, we won’t be back until midnight.”

“This…” Xiao Jing was indeed sleepy. He was tired from riding the horse all the way and his body couldn’t bear it, but…

he glanced at Emperor Hongzhi resentfully, as if to say, Your Majesty wants to leave this slave again?

“Your Majesty, this is in the middle of the night, and you are not in the capital. Outside…”

Emperor Hongzhi said: “I am just going out for a walk. If you want to go, you can go with me.”

Xiao Jing thought for a while: “Slave .

I feel a little unwell…”

Emperor Hongzhi didn’t take it to heart. In his opinion, Fang Jifan was a bit unfounded: “If that’s the case, then we should rest early.”

Xiao Jing did not dare to disobey and quickly agreed.

Emperor Hongzhi, Fang Jifan and others went out through the back door. This back door was just a small firewood door, and it was adjacent to a firewood shed. It was dirty with sewage flowing across it. Moreover, the sky was already dark, and there was a bright moon in the sky. When you walked out of the back door, you It is a big river. This is the Qinhuai River. Looking from upstream, we can see the lights on the Qinhuai River slowly rising. Although it is not the late Ming Dynasty, the ten miles of Qinhuai are already quite impressive. The flower boats While cruising on the river, countless fireworks were reflected on the river. In the distance, there were occasional drinkers making noisy noises, women playing and singing, and even bohemian high-rollers buying and selling money.

Fang Jifan exhaled. What a peaceful and prosperous age it was. The scenery of Jiangnan was probably concentrated in this river, in this flower boat, in this song and dance of birds and endless laughter.

So much so that… Fang Jifan had the illusion at this moment that in such a peaceful world, maybe… he was just worrying too much.

Could it be that he has developed paranoia after his assassination?

After leaving here, he found that there was nowhere to go, so Fang Jifan simply grabbed a guard’s lantern on the river bank, shook it, and sent a signal to the flower boat on the river.

The flower boat thought it had a benefactor, so it quickly sent a small boat. A turtle slave rocking the boat came ashore, and when he got closer, he saw Emperor Hongzhi and Fang Jifan dressed up as a handyman. He was immediately disappointed and cursed: “So who are you?” You are a poor guy, this is what you can get up to…”

Halfway through his curse, Fang Jifan raised his hand and slapped him in the face, making stars appear in his eyes.

The turtle slave was so angry that he covered his cheeks and wanted to call someone. Fang Jifan casually took out a few banknotes from his sleeves, slapped his face, and shouted: “You are like a dog, don’t you know who I, Xiao Jing, am?” ? If you dare to stop me from boarding the ship, believe it or not, I will smash your money to death!”

The turtle slave was confused, and he quickly took off pieces of paper from his face and took a look at them in the dim light. , the eyes were straightened, this… this is a hundred taels of banknotes, this… this move… is hundreds of taels of silver… hundreds of taels of silver, enough for an ordinary person to eat, drink and have sex for more than ten years . God knows, which prince and grandson is bored and deliberately wears such clothes to go out at night. Today’s high-ranking kings and grandsons all like this style.

At this time, Fang Jifan slapped him again: “You bitch, do you accept it?”

The turtle slave was beaten, and his body suddenly softened and he fell to the ground: “I accept it, accept it, Grandpa Xiao, I have accepted it.”

Fang Jifan just said Satisfied.

He dislikes fighting and killing the most. He will never use other means to solve problems that can be solved with money.

So he first asked the turtle slave to bring the boat closer to the shore, and then led Emperor Hongzhi and several imperial guards to board the boat. They boarded the small boat and connected it to the flower boat. They only boarded the deck of the flower boat and just landed. The turtle slave took the lead, and after a short while, countless warblers and swallows came out together.

A fat fish has arrived.

Some of these countless beauties made me feel pity for them, some were slim and graceful, and some seemed to be angry and happy. They all greeted me: “I’ve met Grandpa Xiao.”

Fang Jifan glanced at Emperor Hongzhi, who had an unnatural look on his face.

Fang Jifan laughed and said: “Hahahaha, it’s good, it’s good, but what I hate most is women. What kind of person am I, Xiao Jing? I hate these vulgar fans like you.” “Very well, don’t come close to me. If you come close to me, I will be angry. And you, please don’t come closer. I will feel sick when I smell your body fragrance. Bah… take it, take it.”

He took it from his sleeve .

I took out a large amount of money and didn’t bother to count it. The time I had to count it was enough to earn back ten times the amount of money.

So, this large amount of treasure money was scattered on the deck.

When everyone saw it, they all exclaimed. At first, they felt disgusted when they heard Fang Jifan speak so annoyingly. In a blink of an eye, everyone was smiling and fighting for the treasure notes that landed on the ground.

Fang Jifan put his hands behind his back and said, “Find me some men!”

As Fang Jifan spoke, he glanced at Emperor Hongzhi from the corner of his eye, and when he saw His Majesty’s face, he began to relax slightly.

…………

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(End of chapter)