Ming Dynasty: My Father Zhang Juzheng

Chapter 12 Li Banxian shows off his eloquence again

Li Banxian's witty remarks made Zheng Guotai laugh continuously.

Zhang Yunxiu felt like he was being scratched by a cat. He interrupted the two of them, picked up a pen, wrote a word, and handed it to Li Banxian.

Li Banxian took it and looked at it. It was a big "日" character.

He studied it for a moment and exclaimed, "Great, this character '日' is great."

"Why?"

Li Banxian stood up and walked out of the house. Several people followed him out without knowing what was going on.

Li Banxian smiled and pointed to the sky. Zhang Yunxiu looked up.

"what happened?"

"What's in the sky?" asked Li Banxian.

Zhang Fu, who had not spoken a word, smiled and answered first: "The moon!"

"That's right." Li Banxian slapped his thigh and picked up the word "sun" in his hand and gestured, "Look, this word 'sun' and the word 'moon' are intertwined together to form a word 'bright'."

"In our Ming Dynasty, is there any word more precious than this?"

Everyone was stunned.

Li Banxian continued to talk to himself vividly: "Your Excellency is destined to be a prince, and now you have the word 'Ming' to protect you. You will surely be a prince for generations and live as long as the Ming Dynasty."

"Could it be that he is richer than us, the royal family?" Zheng Guotai swallowed.

"It's different. Everyone has his own way to become rich and noble." Li Banxian shook his head and walked back into the house.

Several people followed closely behind.

Everyone took their positions. Zhang Yunxiu already believed this half-immortal to about 70%, but Zhang Fu felt something was odd.

So he suddenly had an idea, picked up a pen, wrote a big "日" on the paper, and handed it over.

"Great, brother is also testing the word '日'." Han San couldn't help but exclaimed.

Zhang Fu looked at Li Banxian with a smug look on his face. He wanted to see if the old Taoist could make up another story.

As I was thinking about it, a cold wind suddenly blew outside the house and the candlelight inside the house flickered.

Li Banxian glanced at the "words" in his hand, then looked at Zhang Fu, shook his head, and sighed: "It's time, it's fate. If it's destined, it will happen. If it's not destined, don't force it."

"What do you belong to?"

"I was born in the year of the dog." Zhang Fu answered. Seeing that he was being unfaithful, he frowned and asked, "What's my zodiac sign? What does it have to do with you?"

"You're not a good word."

"Well, our young master's prediction is a good word, but our prediction is not a good word?" Zhang Fu slammed the table and grabbed Li Banxian by the collar.

Zhang Yunxiu signaled him to stay calm and let Li Banxian continue speaking.

"Tell me, if you don't explain the reason today, I'll let you know how powerful your Master Zhang is!" Zhang Fu let go of his hand angrily.

Li Banxian straightened his clothes, pointed at Zhang Yunxiu, looked at Zhang Fu and said, "When this noble man was fortune-telling just now, the moon was bright and the sky was clear. But when you wrote the word 'sun', a gust of cold wind blew.'

"Go out and take a look now. Is the moon still full?"

Zhang Fu ran out and looked up. Sure enough, he saw that the moon was only half broken and vaguely covered by clouds.

"what!"

He felt like he was hit in the chest and fell to the ground.

Everyone ran out together and looked at the waning moon. Li Banxian said slowly, "The moon is eclipsed by the heavenly dog, and you are born in the year of the dog. It's the time and the fate."

"Isn't it just a total lunar eclipse? What's the point of a dog eating the moon?" Zhang Yunxiu muttered in a low voice.

At this time, Zhang Fu stood up from the ground and asked again: "Banxian, is there anything wrong with our single word '日'?"

Li Banxian thought about it for a while and said with a smile: "Fortunately, this area is dry and there is no water, otherwise your tears would turn into tears and that would be very bad."

Zhang Fu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.

Li Banxian started to show off again: "If it is a single 'day', it can't be said to be too good, but it's not too bad either, but look at the sky?"

"What's going on in the sky?" "Has the full moon shrunk into a tiny dot? What does '日' + the upper stroke mean?"

"Bai!" Zhang Fu blurted out, laughing: "So, I will also be a royal relative in the future?"

Zheng Guotai frowned. As a royal relative, he naturally didn't want others to share it.

Li Banxian smiled and shook his head: "Look carefully, it's not clear where the stroke should be added. If it is added inside, the horizontal stroke will be '目' and the vertical stroke will be '田'. Only if it is added firmly at the top, it will be half of the character '皇'."

Zhang Fu licked his lips and asked, "Then how can we add it to the top?"

"Well, follow me closely and be loyal to me. If I become successful in the future, I guarantee you will be able to achieve success too." Li Banxian pointed at Zhang Yunxiu and said.

"Yes! If we follow you, you will be able to rise to great heights." Zhang Fu nodded.

Zhang Yunxiu smiled at him, then he and Li Banxian moved inside.

Han San, who had been watching for a long time, had already been itching to do something. As soon as they sat down, he picked up a pen and wrote the word "Master" and handed it to Li Banxian.

Li Banxian picked it up and glanced at Han San.

Said: "Your handwriting is not bad, it's a pity."

Han San was delighted when he heard the first half, but the word "pity" immediately cut short his joy, and he hurriedly asked, "What's a pity?"

"Look around you, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing?" Han San rolled his eyes and looked around.

"People! They are all nobles!" Li Banxian glared at him and said, "When there is no noble, your word 'Master' is naturally the master who can make the decision. But once there is a noble, 'Master' + 'People' becomes the word 'Live'."

“That’s why I said it’s a pity.”

"Okay, that's good too. It would be great if we could follow a noble person!" Han San glanced at Zhang Yunxiu, then looked at Li Banxian, and said, "In this life, I only regret that I didn't follow the right noble person, which is why I have wasted so much time here. If a noble person can help me, this life will be worth it."

Li Banxian talked for a long time and felt his throat smoking. He picked up a cup of tea and gulped it down his throat. He asked Han San, "What's your zodiac sign?"

"I am an ox."

"It's good to be born in the Year of the Ox. Oxen are capable and loyal," Li Banxian said, and then he turned his head to look at Zhang Yunxiu and said, "My dear, this man will definitely be a great help to you in the future. I hope you will not let him down."

Zhang Yunxiu believed it about 70% in his heart, and seeing that Han San was smart, he naturally wanted to promote him.

"Thank you sir for your guidance."

"If you have any command from the young master, Han San will go through fire and water without hesitation!" Han San's knees softened and he knelt down to say to Zhang Yunxiu.

Zhang Fu felt a little jealous, but because Zhang Yunxiu was there, he had to grit his teeth and bear it.

Then the few people exchanged the silver and walked out of the hut.

At this time, the sky had completely darkened. Zheng Guotai hooked his arm around Zhang Yunxiu's shoulders and smiled mysteriously: "Let's go. It's time for us two brothers to have some fun."

By the time Zheng Guotai returned home, it was already morning of the next day.

Because he was not married yet and his parents doted on him, it was common for him not to go home for several days.

He never thought that his son was captured by the Eastern Depot and then released.

He tiptoed into the house and was suddenly interrupted by a roar. "You bastard! You just hang out all day long. Sooner or later, you will squander my family fortune."

Looking back, I saw that the owner of the voice was about forty years old, tall, thin, with prominent cheekbones and a pair of sharp eyes.

He was wearing a green Taoist robe with wide sleeves and black boots, and he looked intimidating without even getting angry.

It was Zheng Guotai’s father, Zheng Chengxian.

Seeing that he was discovered, Zheng Guotai laughed and pretended to walk inside.

Zheng Chengxian grabbed his son by the collar and shouted angrily, "You bastard, you are almost twenty years old and you don't have a proper job. You just eat, drink, gamble and have sex all day long."

"Do you have to piss me off to death before you'll be satisfied?"

"Dad, who said I only know how to eat, drink, gamble and have sex? We made friends with a big shot last night."

"Hmph, I'm afraid he's just your bad friend!" Zheng Chengxian's face was full of disdain.

"Who said that? He is a noble man who can help our Yufeng become a real phoenix!" After Zheng Guotai said this, he pried open his father's hand, walked into the room as if no one was around, and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)