Chapter 877: Coaxing the Child Expert
Zhu Houzhao waited for two days, Zhang Yanling had no news at all, and he began to realize that he might have been fooled...... In the past, Zhang Yanling dragged him out of the palace, and he also used this trick. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the third day, after waiting all day, and still not hearing from him, he was sure that he had been deceived.
"I'm the prince, you dare to lie to me, see how I clean you up!"
Zhu Houzhao was very angry, but the consequences were not serious!
The bear child didn't want to tell the emperor's father and the queen's mother about Zhang Yanling taking him out of the palace, in the words that Shen Xi taught him before, this was a typical harm to others and not to himself, and he also wanted to continue to blackmail Zhang Yanling with this matter.
But without Shen Xi's advice, just with Zhu Houzhao's little head, he couldn't think of a way to "deal with" Zhang Yanling.
But the bear child refuses to admit defeat, even if he can't think of it, he has to think hard until he comes up with it. He pondered: "Mr. Shen is just a nose, a mouth, two eyes and a head, why can he come up with a good idea, but I can't?" β
Zhu Houzhao sat cross-legged on the ground, as if he was in a trance, saying that he was thinking about a problem, but his head was a mess, and all he thought of was to pour a basin of water on Zhang Yanling's head, or splash ink on his face......
In the end, they were all denied one by one.
As he grew older, Zhu Houzhao realized that the things he had done before were too naΓ―ve compared to the conspiracy methods that Shen Xi had taught him.
Just when Zhu Houzhao was about to cover his head with a brocade quilt and think about it, Shen Mingyou entered the dormitory and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Prince......"
"Hongu is sick today, don't go to class, go talk to the gentleman outside!" Zhu Houzhao's voice came from under the brocade quilt spread out on the carpet.
Shen Mingyou said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it is Mr. Jin who is here today, and he brought a letter from Mr. Shen from the south, as well as some gadgets. β
"Huh!?" Zhu Houzhao immediately got out of the quilt, stood up and looked at Shen Mingyou with burning eyes, his expression was bright, "Is this true?" β
Shen Mingyou hurriedly saluted: "Your Highness, how dare the old slave deceive you?" β
Zhu Houzhao was excited, it was rare for Shen Xi to send him a letter, maybe it was some kind of "trick", and the gadgets sent by Shen Xi were as interesting as checkers and cards, and they could make him happy for a while.
Jin Gui has the lowest status among the nine East Palace speakers, he took over the position of Shen Xi before, and even those old lecturers turned a blind eye to Xiong Zi's skipping class, let alone a new lecturer like him. In front of the prince, Jin Gui has always been humble and respectful, and he did not dare to put on the slightest stand of the prince's teacher.
"Where are the good things that Mr. Shen asked you to send?" As soon as Zhu Houzhao came out of the apse, he said with a full breath.
Jin Gui hurriedly asked people to move the box into the main hall, Zhu Houzhao wanted to lift the box, but found that it was very heavy, he blinked at Jin Gui and asked, "Mr. Jin, what is inside?" β
Jin Gui hadn't opened the box before, but when he entered the palace gate, the things he brought were opened by the Imperial Forest Army and checked one by one.
Jin Gui replied respectfully: "Back to Your Highness, it's books and paper. β
"Huh?"
Zhu Houzhao was originally excited, but suddenly became excited, "Thousands of miles to send books to the palace?" Are there fewer books in the palace? You guys, help carry it down! β
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be disappointed, he still wanted to pretend to be sick, but now that he has shown up, he has to go to class obediently, but he still returned to the dormitory by urinating half an hour in advance, and he didn't plan to go out to class again in the afternoon.
Back in the dormitory, the bear child opened the box, but saw that there were indeed some "books" inside, but most of the books were very small books, which were not the same as the books he had seen before...... Zhu Houzhao casually flipped through a few pages, and unconsciously indulged in it.
At this time, Shen Mingyou came in and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's time to eat." β
"What kind of meal to eat, wait for the main palace to read this page first...... Well, there's nothing else to have, what is it? Zhu Hou took care of a comic book of "Yang Jiajiang", and then thought that there were not only comic books in the box, but also some folded papers, and a few new decks of cards.
He picked up a stack of papers, and saw that there were colorful figures printed on it, as if they were Guan Gong, and each painting was similar, only slightly different. He looked at Shen Mingyou curiously and asked, "How do you play this?" β
Shen Mingyou was literate after all, and he understood what was going on at a glance from the "manual" written by Shen Xi.
"Your Highness, do you think that's ......?"
Shen Mingyou folded the piece of paper in his hand, folded it slightly, and then let go, the picture quickly turned over, and Guan Gong on the picture seemed to come to life, wielding a big knife, his body turned with it, and made various chopping movements, which were vivid.
Zhu Houzhao was excited and said, "It's so interesting, you give it to me, I'll play it myself." β
Zhu Houzhao took it in his hand and fiddled with it by himself, feeling that Guan Gong was alive.
After playing for a while, he put it aside and took out stacks of papers, each of which was a portrait of a connected character or a small event, and finally he looked at the instructions written by Shen Xi himself, and suddenly said: "It turns out that this thing is called a cartoon, hey, it's so interesting." β
At this time, Shen Mingyou took out the good things under the comic strips and "cartoons", but they were drawn and cut out of sheepskin one by one, strung with threads, and there were not only characters on the sheepskin, but also mountains, water bridges, horses, and houses, each of which was lifelike, Zhu Houzhao asked puzzledly: "What is this?" β
Shen Ming was a little surprised, because he had seen this thing before, there were artists in Ninghua County who had performed in the past, and he introduced with a smile: "Your Highness, this is a shadow puppet show." β
Zhu Houzhao blinked curiously: "What is shadow puppetry?" β
Shen Ming explained with a smile: "But it's interesting, it's to find someone to pick up this shadow puppet, play it behind a blank paper, and use a candle to illuminate it behind...... The old slave couldn't say clearly for a while, but before entering the palace, the old slave used to ......"
Speaking of the past, Shen Mingyou couldn't help but feel sad, when he first watched the shadow puppet show, he was still the "second master" who was lazy and lazy when he first entered the county, and he changed his method every day to try how to deceive the trust of the old lady, and then how to get more money from Shen Mingjun's tea shop to go out to eat, drink and have fun.
Seven or eight years have passed, and my wife has seen it, but things are not people.
Zhu Houzhao didn't know what Shen Mingyou was thinking, he was not interested in shadow puppetry at the moment, he had comic books in his hands, as well as "cartoons", plus those cards, as well as glass balls and some small handicrafts, which was enough for him to play for ten days and half a month. As for the bound books at the bottom of the box, Zhu Houzhao opened them and saw that they were densely packed with words, so he threw them aside without even looking at them.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Okay, Gonggong Zhang, go back and study what that shadow puppet show is going on, and let people show it to the palace." The eunuchs in the palace you call as you like, huh...... You go down first, this palace is not hungry, and I will call you when I am hungry! β
Zhu Houzhao drove Shen Mingyou out of the door, and began to "retreat and cultivate" by himself, holding the comic book given to him by Shen Xi, which looked at it for several days.
In the past few days, the prince suddenly became a diligent and studious student, and went to the front hall every day to attend classes, and the lecturer of the East Palace felt very surprised, but he didn't know that in fact, the bear child was holding a book in front of him, and a comic book was placed behind.
Shen Ming is a caring person, he knows that in order to gain the trust of the prince, he must know how to do what he likes, he found more than ten eunuchs, and practiced the shadow puppet show a little, although he is not as skilled as those artists who go south and north, but fortunately, he is a smart person to teach, and the shadow puppet show is quite methodical.
Shen Mingyou carefully studied the shadow puppet repertoire written by Shen Xi, a total of two folds, the first fold is the story of "The Legend of the White Snake", the story itself has twists and turns, but after all, the conditions are limited, and there are not many scenes involved, including some famous bridges such as the broken bridge meeting, the alliance, and the crying sacrifice to Leifeng Tower.
Shen Mingyou indulged in it, regarded himself as Xu Xian, and Qian was the white lady, the two met from afar, but in the end, they had no fate.
"No wonder the tea shop business was so good at the beginning, it turns out that my nephew wrote that this is a must, doesn't that mean that the stories that were popular in Ninghua County and Tingzhou Mansion in the past were all written by him?"
Shen Mingyou asked a few eunuchs to rehearse the shadow puppet show almost to the end, and began to invite Zhu Houzhao to enjoy it.
Although Shen Mingyou's rehearsed shadow puppet show was very clumsy, it couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the audience, not only did Zhu Hou take care of the novelty, but he kept clapping his hands and applauding, and even those eunuchs who had seen the market were fascinated.
The day after the shadow puppet performance, Zhu Houzhao called himself Fahai and took a tea bowl every day to "collect demons" in the courtyard. At his age, he is ignorant of love, but the fighting method between Fahai and the White Lady is his favorite, and he doesn't want to be a woman, so he worships Fahai so much.
"Wu Na monster, escape, come into the old man's copper pot!" Zhu Houzhao shouted at the eunuchs, and the eunuchs were about to pretend to be dead and lay motionless on the ground.
Soon, Shen Mingyou arranged the second fold of the play "Journey to the West", but after watching it, Zhu Houzhao no longer took the tea bowl to collect the monsters, but took a stick to go out to fight the monsters.
"Wu Na monster, Hugh escaped, my old grandson is here!"
β¦β¦
No matter how fun things are, there is a day when they are tired of playing, and after less than a month, Zhu Houzhao has already been excited, and has been thinking: "When will Mr. Shen send good things into the palace again?" These days go by so fast! β
On this day, he passed by the back of the Chufang Palace, and saw Shen Mingyou holding a book, squatting in the corner of the wall to read, so focused that he didn't even notice when he walked to his side, and immediately shouted: "What are you looking at?" β
Shen Mingyou was so frightened that he hurriedly got up and saluted Zhu Houzhao, saying "damn it".
"What is this?"
Zhu Houzhao snatched the books and felt a little familiar, as if they were the books at the bottom of the box that Shen Xi gave him.
Shen Mingyou said hesitantly: "Back to Your Highness, it's to say this." β
"What is Ben?"
Zhu Houzhao took it in his hand and looked at it, but he was not interested in anything that had words but no drawings, and for him, the more words he read, the more headaches he had.
Shen Mingyou said: "Your Highness, it's a story, and it's a coherent story in this book, similar to the comic book you saw before." β
"Oh. That's fine, you go about it, I'm going to see, what does this mean. β
Zhu Houzhao took the book and went into the room, and then he didn't come out again until dinner in the evening, he took the book in front of the candle flame until midnight, and he felt that he was not happy, and he still stared at the next day's class, looking intently.
Shen Mingyou was very anxious, and hurriedly persuaded him during lunch: "Prince, take care of your body." β
Zhu Houzhao was listless and eating, with a book in his hand, he yawned and said, "It's really enjoyable...... This martial arts novel written by Mr. Shen is really good! (To be continued.) )