Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 390 Heaven and Earth Shatter

  Liu Jian sat in the duty room, still dizzy.

  Thinking back on these days, the former self is not surprised by honor or disgrace. After all, I have been an official for many years, and I have long been trained to be calm and steady. Although there are worries, it is difficult to disturb my heart.

   It is rumored that Liu Jian is good at judgment, Li Dongyang is good at planning, and Xie Qian is good at debating.

  As the chief assistant of the cabinet, if you want to have a good judgment, you must be absolutely rational and calm.

  But... recently, my heart has been disturbed.

   It can be described as a mess.

  The so-called concern leads to chaos. Sure enough, I still have weaknesses.

  After sighing for a while, he thought that the Liu family had nothing to worry about since then, and that his son had made such a contribution. Even if His Majesty bestowed him an earl, the whole world would definitely not be able to find a fault.

  Li Long is now like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats him, and his son catches him, which in itself is enough to convince the public.

  After the sound of footsteps outside, Liu Jian knew that Fang Jifan had arrived.

   Before Fang Jifan came in, Liu Jian laughed. As soon as Fang Jifan came in, Liu Jian got up and said with a smile, "Jifan, you are here. Come, sit down, and drink tea first."

  Fang Jifan was impolite, and sat down directly. The tea had been prepared a long time ago, and it was just warm.

  Actually...Fang Jifan has always been worried about Liu Gong's overpowering him at the beginning. He is his son's master, so why can't he be called Xiao Liu.

   "Grand Liu..." Fang Jifan smiled, knowing that he was a little hypocritical.

  Liu Jian also smiled at him, with a special taste in his smile.

  Fang Jifan smiled even brighter: "It's really gratifying for Liu Jie to make such a contribution. I wonder when Liu Gong will make wine?"

Liu Jian stroked his beard and said lightly: "The matter of fame and fortune is just a cloud in the sky. Don't take it too seriously. Making wine is too ostentatious, but my son can become a talent. This is a gratifying thing. Speaking of it My son is thanks to Jifan's teaching, this is a great kindness, when he comes back, I will let him personally thank you, the old man has always taught him that to be a man, you must know how to repay kindness, he is a good boy, very honest..."

   Fang Jifan empathized with this point: "Yes, Liu Jie is really a good boy."

"..." Liu Jian always felt that when Fang Jifan called Liu Jie a child, it was very harsh. He coughed: "Jifan, what's the matter in the future, can I discuss it with the old man? You know, the old man is I have always valued you very much, among all the nobles, most of the other children are not in the eyes of the old man, only you... are different."

   These words... are somewhat familiar?

  Fang Jifan seems to have heard of it somewhere, this familiar feeling is very kind.

  Fang Jifan was overjoyed: "Yes, yes, you are lucky to be favored by Mr. Liu."

  Liu Jian actually heard a hint of irony from these words.

  He was a little afraid of Fang Jifan: "Well, come and sit at home when you have time, you are welcome."

   "Okay, okay, I will definitely come here often."

   "Hmm..." In fact, Liu Jian still had a faint uneasiness in his heart. He couldn't figure out where Liu Jie would be sent to die next. Thinking of these, he shuddered!

  He admitted that Fang Jifan did have a discerning eye, but horses sometimes stumbled.

  For the safety of his son, as a father, he can only...

So he gritted his teeth and said, "This old man is not mean to your Fang family. Usually, many censors impeach you, and this old man suppressed you here. You can be sure, there will be no such kind of beheading before playing again in the future." It's okay."

  Fang Jifan quickly shook his head and said: "No, absolutely not, I will guarantee it with the reputation that Fang Jifan has accumulated over the years."

  Liu Jian's eyes burst into flames, and these words were not sincere enough.

   "I can't believe it."

  Fang Jifan was a little speechless. It seemed that Mr. Liu had misunderstood him. Seeing Liu Jian staring at him coldly, as if he wanted to kill someone, Fang Jifan had no choice but to say: "If Fang Jifan dares to kill first and play later, there will be a thunderbolt!"

   But it was so just right, amazing, at this moment, there was a sudden bang, the ground trembled, and the doors and windows slammed.

  Liu Jian's expression changed.

  Heaven...the sky was struck by lightning?

What happened?

  The tea held in Fang Jifan's hand unexpectedly left his hand and landed with a thud.

  Earth...the earth collapsed?

  In the blink of an eye, Fang Jifan had an idea.

   It must have collapsed.

  Fang Jifan was stupefied, and suddenly he remembered something. In the first month of Gengxu in the 14th year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, the land collapsed in Lingqiu County, Datong. Chaoyi County was especially severe. From the 1st to the 17th, there were frequent earthquakes, which toppled the city walls and oars; damaged more than 15,400 government and civilian huts, crushed and killed more than 900 men and women, and many of them died. …

  Lingqiu County collapsed.

As for this historical fact, Fang Jifan actually didn't have much memory in the early days. He just read it from the county annals of Lingqiu County in his previous life. The plague of locusts, and other disasters that directly lead to "human cannibalism" are too numerous to enumerate. This is a dynasty full of disasters, and it has never survived a single day.

   Bang Dang, outside, a newly installed glass window was shaken and shattered.

  Hearing the shattering sound of glass, Fang Jifan's face was very ugly...

  Even the capital felt the tremor. It is conceivable that Lingqiu County, which is two hundred kilometers away, is four hundred miles away, and now... what kind of tragedy it has encountered.

   In addition, there may be a large wave of aftershocks, and the damage from the aftershocks may be even more terrifying. It is said that the river broke its embankment directly, and countless fertile fields, people and animals were drowned.

   Not only that, after the natural disaster, it was a man-made disaster. Because the disaster was urgent, the imperial court was unable to dispatch it in time, and the food price began to soar... What happened later can be described as terrible.

  Liu Jian's face became serious: "I have something to do, Uncle Xinjian, please come back."

  Fang Jifan also said sullenly: "It seems to come from the West..."

  Liu Jian ignored him, the land collapsed, and no matter where the land collapsed, as the chief assistant scholar of the cabinet, he must immediately convene people to discuss the matter.

  In short, he now has no other thoughts at all, and directly issued an order to evict the guest.

Fang Jifan couldn't help feeling a little regretful. At that time, the records of the landslide in the county annals were indeed vague, and because there were too many disasters, he couldn't remember it at all. How could he have thought that... the landslide came so suddenly, and it happened right beside him. .

  So Fang Jifan hurried out of the Meridian Gate with a heavy heart!

   And outside the Meridian Gate, Zhu Houzhao was still there.

  He also seemed to feel the aftermath of the underground, and his face turned pale with fright. The ancients have always been instinctively afraid of such "heaven and earth breaking".

Originally, he was waiting for Fang Jifan here, and he wanted to discuss the matter of Lord Zhen Guo. He must have some unruly intentions towards his sister.

  Unexpectedly, the ground trembled suddenly, he almost shook, and Liu Jin beside him was stunned. The **** is most afraid of such things, and he is timid, so he hurriedly pulled Zhu Houzhao: "Your Highness, run away, run away, the earth is collapsing."

  Zhu Houzhao did not escape. Looking at the tower of the Meridian Gate, he couldn't help but beat his chest and fell to his feet: "Father, emperor, mother, grandmother, sister, and Fang Jifan are all inside..."

   When the wave of land collapse passed and everything returned to calm, Zhu Houzhao wanted to rush in and see if anything happened.

  At this time, Fang Jifan just came out.

  When Zhu Houzhao saw Fang Jifan, he said anxiously: "Old Fang, are you all right, and the palace is all right?"

   "This is just the aftermath of the landslide, nothing will happen." Fang Jifan said: "What is Your Highness still doing here?"

   "I... I was thinking about the Duke of Zhen. Since I became the Duke of Zhen, we should build the Duke of Zhen's mansion in Xishan. In the eyes of others, it doesn't matter whether we are justified or not, but we ourselves..."

  Duke of the Town...Duke of the Town...

  Zhen Guo…

  The word Zhen Guo pierced into Fang Jifan's heart in this flash...

  Fang Jifan opened his eyes suddenly, and said: "Your Highness, you reminded me well, what the hell, I was born in the world to suppress evil!"

   "Suppress... Suppress evil? What, what do you mean..." Zhu Houzhao still had a terrified expression on his face. He was a little scared, but he was not afraid of anything else, except for such unknowable things, he was in awe.

  Fang Jifan looked at Liu Jin and said, "Liu Jin, go to the Hanlin Academy and call back all the disciples I'm on duty, and tell them that if I don't get to Xishan within an hour, I will treat it as if I don't have five disciples!"

   "Go...to Xishan...what are you going to Xishan for?" Zhu Houzhao tugged on Fang Jifan with a puzzled expression on his face.

  Fang Jifan said solemnly: "This landslide came from the west. Something must have happened to the west. The sky collapsed and the earth shattered, countless people and animals were killed and injured. Roads were cut off everywhere, and the river flooded back. We have to save people. It has become a **** on earth..."

  Zhu Houzhao's teeth chattered. In the capital, he was like a frightened bird. He would rather face a dozen Tatars, but he was instinctively afraid of this unknown earth collapse.

  So he said with a pale face: "You...you are crazy, who knows if there will be earthquakes, don't run around."

Fang Jifan laughed disapprovingly and said, "I, Fang Jifan, have done so many good deeds. I am a virtuous person. The so-called virtuous person has his own protection from heaven. If the earth collapses, what can I do! , that should also shock those despicable and shameless villains to death, Liu Jin is still alive, so what am I afraid of?"

  At this moment, his mind was filled with only one thought, saving people.

  If he is a person of this era, he may not know how to save him at all, but after all, he has been a human being in two lives. In the last life, if he remembers correctly, if the sky falls and the earth falls, he will go to save him.

   After all... he is really a good guy.

   Liu Jin looked at Fang Jifan resentfully, muttering, hunched over, but did not dare to make a sound.

  (end of this chapter)