Wu Shigong happened to be free that day, and he rarely frolicked with his family in the inner house.

A group of boys played in the garden under the care of the maid, while the ladies played double-backs and chess-played. And Wu Shigong was dragged to the inner room by a group of his daughters to play games.

The daughters play exactly what they like to play the most. At Xiaojie's instigation, her sisters pestered Wu Shigong to tie pigtails.

Since Wu Shigong saw Mama Qiu set the rules for the inner house, and thought that the women of the Ming Dynasty were about to marry when they were teenagers, Wu Shigong usually gave his daughters a treasure, so he agreed to his daughters' game requests.

So Wu Shigong's head was tied with more than a dozen braids and twist braids, and in the frolicking of their daughters, they had to pull Wu Shigong out to let their mother and aunts see their father like this.

How thick-skinned Wu Shigong is! He grinned and was dragged out of the inner room by his daughters, causing the ladies to tremble.

Xue Yufei said a little crazy: "Look at you, a father, you don't have a straight shape to raise such a group of crazy girls." Hurry up and untie the pigtails on your father's head. ”

Wu Shigong waved his hand indifferently and said, "The family is having fun." It's okay! I don't see any outsiders, so my daughters are happy! ”

Mei Yun, who was sitting at the chess table, hurriedly stood up and wanted to untie Wu Shigong's pigtails and comb his hair.

Wu Shigong hurriedly smiled and stopped: "You play chess well, leave me alone." I'll do it myself. ”

Mei Yun sighed with some grievances: "The slave has already lost three sets!" Sister Manling's chess skills are the highest in the entire inner house! ”

"Oh!?" Wu Shigong was suddenly interested, and then began to brag nonsense, "That's because I didn't come, look at how I clean her up." ”

When Wu Shigong joined the city chess team in modern times, he often went to the Go team next door, so he also learned a few tricks. And today his chess addiction is also coming up. You have to put a few plates with the manling hand.

But Wu Shigong's words stunned the ladies. Li Xin's eyes widened and asked, "Master, do you still know how to play Go?" ”

"Of course!" Wu Shigong became more and more proud, "I'm a genius!" I am proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting! ”

The embroidered bamboo playing Shuanglu on the side immediately punctured Wu Shigong's cowhide: "The young master has never seen him touch the chess pieces since he was a child. Don't listen to the young master's nonsense. ”

"If you haven't seen it, I won't get down?" Wu Shigong is a dead duck and has a hard mouth, "Then today, master, I will let you appreciate the demeanor of the national player." Manling, I'll defeat you later, don't you cry! ”

Wu Shigong's words caused a burst of laughter from the ladies. Zhao Ruya coaxed on the side: "Then the old man has to pay the lottery if he loses!" ”

"Good!" Wu Shigong agreed, "Then you talk about it first, what will you give to me if Manling loses?" ”

Zhao Ruya's eyes rolled and said coquettishly: "The master is a national player." It's not uncommon to win. If you lose to Sister Manling, you have to pay the lottery! Sister Manling, we all support you! ”

Manling also smiled and said, "The slave family will not be soft!" ”

The ladies sang and harmonized to make them invincible. Wu Shigong was in a good mood and agreed without care: "No problem!" After I lose, sir, I promised each of you a request, is that okay? ”

The other ladies didn't fight either. They all helped Manling clean up the chessboard, and they all came to watch Wu Shigong's chess skills. And Wu Shigong also sat down opposite Manling with a smile.

The bell puts a seat on the chessboard. Then put the white basket on Wu Shigong's side. Manling also talked about the rules of Yiqi at this time. Give the superior the right to move first.

But although Wu Shigong knew that the Ming Dynasty would play Go and put it on the seat, he was still waiting for the manling black chess to play first. After waiting for a while, Wu Shigong looked at Manling suspiciously, and saw Manling looking at him with wide eyes and doubts.

Wu Shigong asked strangely, "Why don't you go down?" ”

The ladies who had been waiting for Wu Shigong to make a fool of themselves on the side immediately coaxed the hall. Qiong Niang was more kind, she smiled and said, "Master, you still don't want to play chess." The slave family will help you fix your hair first. ”

"What's wrong?" Wu Shigong is even more strange.

Still embroidered bamboo's heart was straightforward: "Young master, you don't even understand the truth that Bai Zi went first, and you still say that you are a national player." ”

Wu Shigong touched his nose with some embarrassment. I remembered that playing Go in the Ming Dynasty was indeed this rule. But Wu Shigong still argued strongly: "Of course I understand this truth. I'm just a man and a woman. Well, since you let me go first, then I'm welcome. ”

Wu Shigong rolled up the sleeve of his right hand and twisted a white chess piece from the chess basket. Tumbling between his fingers, his right hand slammed into the board in a beautiful arc.

Wu Shigong's action is quite beautiful. When Wu Shigong visited the Go team, he followed the Go team to learn this action. So much so that when I was playing chess, I inadvertently made this move, and I was beaten by the coach.

This action is called Qi Fusion in Go terms. is a noun translated from Japanese. It was also a move that Chinese players learned from Japanese and Korean players at that time.

First of all, this chess action is quite beautiful. Besides, the meaning of gas! As soon as you hear this word, you can understand that you must have the momentum to overwhelm your opponent in chess. Even if you don't win in chess, you have to scare your opponent to death. Of course, at that time, the Japanese and Korean chess players did not scare the Chinese chess players, but scared the Chinese football team into "Koreanophobia" and "Japanphobia".

And Wu Shigong's qi is also full of strength, that is, let his wives see how chic his chess moves are! However, you must know that the chessboard that is playing chess now is not a modern special competition chessboard, so this chess piece slapped on the chessboard, and immediately shook all the seats on the chessboard and jumped and moved their positions.

And this change made the people in the room stunned at first, and then everyone except Wu Shigong laughed again, Zhao Ruya laughed while taking the opportunity to fall into the well and said: "The master messed up the chessboard, just admit defeat!" No denial! The other ladies immediately laughed and agreed.

Wu Shigong also scolded with a smile: "Just you money fans! Okay, count me out for a set, and move on! ”

Wu Shigong's admission of defeat made the wives and daughters who were watching on the sidelines cheer. But at this moment, a mother-in-law in the inner house took a letter and hurriedly ran into the house, and she said to Wu Shigong Yifu: "Master, a messenger from the capital came from outside the house, and he said that he sent a letter to the lord from the Gongshun Marquis's mansion. ”

Wu Shigong stood up from the chess table, opened the letter and looked at it, and the smile on his face immediately froze. Wu Shigong's face immediately turned pale, and the people in the room saw Wu Shigong's discoloration, and they all put away the smiles on their faces.

Wu Shigong saw that the atmosphere in the room was a little heavy, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile from his face and said, "Don't worry. My mother has passed away. ”

Of course, the mother that Wu Shigong said was not his biological mother, but the wife of Wu Weizhong, who was obedient to Hou. Although in terms of feelings, Wu Shigong and this titular mother have no feelings at all, but now Wu Shigong is about to encounter a major system in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty - Ding Wei.

If Ding is worried, Wu Shigong will have to resign from his official position and return to the capital to keep filial piety for his mother for three years (twenty-seven months to be exact), but at this juncture, it is the time when the Runing Army has just predicted that this winter, when the peasant rebel army is most likely to enter Henan, Wu Shigong is leaving, how can this not make Wu Shigong confused?

So Wu Shigong had no intention of frolicking with his family, and he immediately urgently summoned the senior officials of the Runing Army to discuss how to face this great change.

Of course, all the officials did not want Wu Shigong to leave at this time. Xue Yongli first suggested: "Uncle, you have left the Wu Mansion to join our Xue Mansion, so you may not need to pay attention to Ding Wei's affairs at all." You still have to stay in Runing and pretend to be stupid. ”

Xue Yongli's suggestion has some truth, the Ming Dynasty has been established for so long, and the examples of sons-in-law being officials can be said to be rare. Whether Wu Shigong's identity wants to worry about his mother Ding may also have a quarrel in the Ministry of Rites. Besides, Wu Shigong is not a person with an important official position at all, and it is very likely that after Wu Shigong pretends to be stupid, other officials will also turn their eyes away.

However, Zhang Xuebin disagreed with Xue Yongli's suggestion: "My lord, no matter how you say it, it is also the adult's mother's death." If the court is serious, it will not be a matter of removing officials, but a matter of punishing crimes. Please think twice! ”

We already know that the Ming Dynasty is a world of etiquette, and the most important thing in etiquette is to put filial piety first. If Wu Shigong does not return to the capital to worry about it, in case he is impeached by other officials, and Emperor Chongzhen thinks that Wu Shigong is for the sake of his official position, and if he is dizzy and unfilial, there is a possibility of going to prison or even being executed. So Wu Shigong's pretending to be stupid is completely a gamble. And it's a pointless gamble.

The officials present immediately divided into two factions, but the number of people who still agreed with Zhang Xuebin's opinion was large. But Xue Yongli was worried: "I also know that Mr. Zhang's idea is right. But once my uncle was worried, and now Henan is calm and calm, and the court has no reason to win love. At that time, another Runing garrison was sent, what will happen to the future of the Runing army? What about my uncle's inheritance? ”

Xue Yongli's reasoning is indeed strong, and all the officials can't come up with a good way to deal with it. Wu Shigong was quite annoyed in his heart: "My nominal mother doesn't have any love for her mother, and her death has brought me a lot of trouble." I really don't know what kind of bad luck I'm taking! (To be continued......)