Jing Xingzhi’s Daily Life in Ancient Times - Chapter 81
Because Fang Qichen was awake at that time, he could see Wu Mingrui’s every move when he was taking care of people. After vomiting three times, Fang Qichen was confident that he had not seen the wrong person. Furthermore, Wu Mingrui was originally simple and not a complicated person.
Jing Xingzhi thought about it, looked at Fang Qichen, and said loudly in his heart: ‘You bad old man! Very bad…’
Seeing the young disciples stunned for a moment, Fang Qichen’s sense of accomplishment as a teacher instantly overcame him!
As a disciple, shouldn’t he open his eyes wide and praise the teacher’s foresight and insight with his eyes and body?
In the past, Fang Qichen did not care much “face” in front of others, which made people feel vain.
Because as soon as he accepted his young disciple, he encountered the great pain of relationship between teacher and disciple. Under such circumstances, the young disciple could clearly see his real personality and weakness.
Then, before the little disciple could enjoy the benefits of his status, he started running around to get the real murderer Zhang Mingyu to go to jail. He was very capable at a young age.
After finishing his work with his daughter, he just taught his little disciple for a while when his little daughter got into trouble with him again. His own unreasonable behavior almost caused a big quarrel between him and his little daughter. At that time, it was his little disciple who acted as the mediator, and the relationship between father and daughter not only did not deteriorate but took a further step forward.
Taking a closer look at the past, Fang Qichen discovered that he only helped his disciples academically.
Now that he could shock Jing Xingzhi, even if it was just a small thing, Fang Qichen was very happy.
He thought proudly: ‘Look, there must be something that little naughty guy like you doesn’t know!’
The old man smiled so hard that others couldn’t see his eyes, and even showed a missing tooth with joy: “Why are you shocked? I can tell you everything, there are many things you don’t know!”
“Teacher is amazing!” Jing Xingzhi said after digesting Brother Mingrui’s misfortune, giving the old man a thumbs up with his right hand.
This old man was an important minister in the past, how come he didn’t have the elegance and demeanor of a high official at all, and why did he deliberately vomit on others? Would a powerful minister do this?!
But thinking about the fact that the old man deliberately vomited three times because of Fang Yaojun and wanted to test Wu Mingrui, Jing Xingzhi felt this old man was a bit cute.
Being able to humble himself for the sake of his little daughter might be the time when the old man was most heroic.
Fang Qichen touched his beard and decided to shock the young disciple again. He asked, “Do you know about the Wanshou Festival in October?”
Jing Xingzhi replied, “The whole country celebrates the birthday of the Holy Emperor.”
Jing Xingzhi calculated that October was no more than a month away, and asked, “Teacher, are you thinking about what gift to give?”
Fang Qichen shook his head: “I’ve already prepared the gift. I want you to give it this time.”
Jing Xingzhi was slightly surprised.
“Yes,” Fang Qichen nodded, “It’s not shameful if you go and rub off on your senior brother’s prestige. That woman named Wu is not a good person, and Ning Haibo is not reliable either. If you don’t go to the capital at this time, I’m afraid you will suffer a loss.”
In the eyes of outsiders, the young disciple was a pure scholar and could be called a gentleman. But Fang Qichen knew better that beneath the skin of his young disciple, there was a thick-skinned wisdom and a rather courageous character.
With a personality like this, a young disciple who hated evil so much and very petty, the possibility of getting along with someone who had harmed him was very slim.
The road to the capital was far away, and it was impossible for Fang Qichen to follow him, so he wanted Jing Xingzhi to go early so he could get acquainted with Li Yunxi, get acquainted with each other, and receive some care.
The young disciple himself was not weak in ability and had a smart mind. With Wang Zhuang following him and Li Yunxi taking care of him, he must be safe. With the three carriages traveling together, Fang Qichen was relieved that his young disciple was traveling far away.
And in October, which was more than a month later, giving birthday gifts was a good time for the second disciple and the younger disciple to get in touch. Fang Qichen thought of Li Yunxi in the distance with a smile on his face.
Jing Xingzhi became serious: “Thank you, teacher. Are there any rules for me? Giving a gift to the Holy Emperor, no one else can get there even if they squeeze their heads! I want to make no mistake.”
Jing Xingzhi felt that Fang Qichen was his biggest golden finger, leading directly to the sky.
Fang Qichen smiled: “When you first met, you can call him His Majesty. After you got to know him better, he will ask you to change his name to Senior Brother in private. Just change the calling. He is not as fun as you. He’s a very boring person.”
Fang Qichen said that Li Yunxi was boring, but the look on his face was full of warmth, making Jing Xingzhi curious about what kind of person the Master of the World was.
So, Jing Xingzhi asked, “Teacher, what kind of person is senior brother?”
Fang Qichen glanced at Jing Xingzhi and corrected his wrong name: “It’s the second senior brother.”
The second senior brother…
Jing Xingzhi thought of Marshal Tianpeng*, and his handsome face suddenly wrinkled.
[*Mainly known as Zhu Bajie, the pig demon from Journey to the West novel. He is the second disciple accepted by the monk, Tang Sanzang. His title also second senior brother.]
But today the teacher was the most heroic, whatever he said was what he meant.
Even if he only thought of that Second Senior Brother when he saw the emperor in the future, that was no problem!
“Second Senior Brother, what kind of person is he?” Jing Xingzhi suppressed a smile and followed the good example.
Fang Qichen put down the pen in his hand and touched his beard, which was thicker than his hair: “He is a man who like to hear nice things. But what he like most in his heart are those who don’t say nice things. He is a very sober and good emperor.”
Jing Xingzhi touched his nose and asked, “Second senior brother should still be awake now, right?”
When he was young, the emperor could restrain his desires for the sake of his great cause and his ideals. But what should he do if he had been restrained for a long time and got exhausted?! It would be bad if the power of restraint overwhelmed the desire.
Fang Qichen glared at Jing Xingzhi and slapped him with a palm as big as a casserole: “How could you talk like this?”
“Hey! There are no outsiders,” Jing Xingzhi said, looking at Wang Zhuang standing on one side with a smile in his eyes. “Brother Zhuang, don’t you think so?”
Wang Zhuang looked back, thought for a moment, and said resolutely, “Yes.”
The moment he and Jing Xingzhi looked at each other, Wang Zhuang felt as if he had been seen through.
He was asked if there were no outsiders? Come to think of it, Young Master Jing had guessed where he came from.
Wang Zhuang was from the imperial palace, but now he belonged to Fang Qichen. He was definitely not an outsider and would not leak information.
Therefore, there was no trace of guilt in Wang Zhuang’s gaze when he looked at Jing Xingzhi, and his tone after thinking clearly was decisive and direct.
Jing Xingzhi felt relieved. The teacher would definitely give Wang Zhuang to him for use when going out, but Jing Xingzhi was not a real ancient man and had no respect for the emperor. God knew what he might say in private in the future.
After Wang Zhuang made his attitude clear, Jing Xingzhi could take him out with peace of mind.
But after just one question, the two of them thought about it several times.
Only Fang Qichen was very dedicated. He grabbed Jing Xingzhi’s ears and asked the little disciple to sit down obediently.
“You are so brave. I don’t know what you ate to grow so big and daring. Did you accidentally eat leopard gallbladder when you were a child?” Fang Qichen said with a serious face.
Jing Xingzhi shook his head: “No, no. I was joking.”
Leopard was a protected animal and he did not dare to eat or touch them. A mouthful of leopard gallbladder would bring tears to others. Also, the number of leopards was so small in China that it was hard to see one.
“You, go outside and calm down. Just be calm for a while…” Fang Qichen advised.
Jing Xingzhi said obediently, “The more you think about it, the angrier you become?”