Ming Zhongyuan slowly opened the package, and a delicately carved box appeared in front of Zhu Houzhao, Ming Zhongyuan opened the lid, only to see dozens of small rectangular squares appear in front of them, the surface was smooth and tight, and it looked extremely comfortable.

This is the Ming family's toy? Zhu Houzhao frowned, slowly took one out of his hand, and took a closer look.

Hey! Zhu Hou looked at the words on the rectangular square, frowned, and looked at Ming Zhongyuan.

"This is an Arabic numeral invented by the head of the Ming family, ah, no, according to the head of the family, this number has actually been transmitted to our Ming Dynasty decades ago, but no one pays attention to it!" Ming Zhongyuan explained.

Is it? Zhu Houzhao's face was full of doubts, expressing disbelief, and frowned, "Is this thing related to that play?" ”

"Bo Xi?" Ming Zhongyuan was puzzled for a while.

Now, it was Zhu Houzhao's turn to explain to him, "When did the Gubo opera begin, and it is difficult to tell the exact date. According to the "Historical Records" and other relevant written records, the production of Bo Opera was at least before King Yin. The earliest Chinese opera is called 'Liubo', which has six chopsticks and 12 chess pieces, and the chopsticks are a kind of elongated bamboo products. According to "Yan's Family Motto Miscellaneous Arts", it can be seen that Bo opera is divided into big Bo and small Bo. Dabo's method of chess is no longer testable. Xiaobo's gameplay is recorded in detail in the "Ancient Bo Sutra". The method is to sit opposite each other, the chessboard is 12 lanes, and the two ends are water. Place six pieces of a rectangular black and white piece on the board. And two pieces of fish, and put them in the water. Both sides of the game take turns rolling the jan (i.e. dice) to determine the number of moves to move forward according to the size of the throw. When the chess piece reaches the end point, the chess piece is erected and becomes a Xiao Qi (or Xiao Qi). If you become a Xiao's chess, you can enter the water and 'lead the fish' to get funded. Win with six chips. Chess that has not yet become a piece of chess is called loose chess. Xiao Qi can attack the opponent's chess pieces, or it can give up the opportunity to walk and not move, but it is not possible to scatter chess. ”

Speaking of this play, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up.

"After the Han and Wei dynasties, Bo opera underwent fundamental changes. The chess pieces in the game broke away from Joan and played chess independently, developing in the direction of chess, becoming a kind of game. And the Joan of Bo Opera became five wood, that is, five wooden dice, which also independently became a kind of Bo opera utensils, called Zhu Pu. Win or lose by rolling points. In the Tang Dynasty, the dice became an independent game. And from two dice to six dice. According to the "Xishu Ji", Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Guifei threw dice to entertain, and Emperor Tang Ming's battle situation was not good, and only by letting two of the six dice appear at the same time 'four' can defeat turn defeat into victory. So Emperor Tang Minghuang raised the dice and threw them, and on the other hand, he shouted 'heavy four'. The dice stopped, and they weighed exactly four. Emperor Dayue of the Tang Ming Dynasty ordered Gaolishi to paint the four points of the dice red, so until today, the two sides of the dice are red, and the other four sides are black.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the entertainment method of using six dice to synthesize various names to decide the winner was called dice grid at that time. The most perfect entertainment utensils that evolved on the basis of the dice grid are the dominoes (also known as Xuanhe cards, which are still popular in some areas now, such as Pai Gow, Niu Pai, and Tianjiu tiles) produced during the Xuanhe period of Song Hui Zong. Dominoes are made of ivory or elephant bone, and the cube of the dice becomes a cuboid and the six-sided pit of the dice becomes a pit on one side. Dominoes have 21 suits. Each color is made up of a combination of the points of the two dice, so the maximum in the domino is 12 and the minimum is two. There are two or one of each color, for a total of 32 sheets.

In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, at the same time as the dice grid, there was a game called 'leaf play'. There are different theories about the origin of leaf opera. Tang's "The Biography of Princess Tongmao" said, "The Wei's Zhuzong is good for Ye Zi's play." ’”

Ming Zhongyuan smiled and continued to explain, "This card is called mahjong, which is divided into 10,000, tube, strip, east, south, west, north, middle, hair, and white, with a total of 136 cards (17 stacks per person). In addition, there are two dice in this deck. This card is played by four people, with two random dice to be the size, with the highest player as the banker and the other three as the player, and then start playing the game. If the dealer wins, the dealer continues to do the banker, and the player wins, then the next dealer sits in the banker. Wasteland, that is, there is no winning card, then the dealer continues to sit in the village. ”

Subsequently, Ming Zhongyuan will be how to take cards, take cards, play cards, eat bumper cards, touch cards, open kongs, hidden bars, draw cards, win cards, should be explained in detail to the way of the game.

Zhu Houzhao was a little disdainful at first, after all, he knew the history of mahjong tiles very well, but he had never seen such an interesting game, the more he listened, the more excited he became, the more excited he listened, such a fun thing, he had never seen it before, he had not heard of it, played, must play!

Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait to sit down at the table and waved his hand, "Come, come, come, let's play together!" ”

Ming Zhongyuan looked at him with a smile and a smile, at this time, Zhu Houzhao had the appearance of a prince, and he was clearly a gambler who couldn't wait to gamble.

What's more, he is a scholar, how can he do such a gambling thing, although this thing doesn't need to gamble anything, it's just a play, but after all, he can't, especially if there is his own clan uncle Ming Youren next to him, he won't let it!

Ming Zhongyuan looked at Ming Youren in embarrassment, but Ming Youren was there with his nose and eyes raised, obviously, warning him,

Ming Zhongyuan smiled bitterly, faced Zhu Houzhao, and bowed to salute, "Your Highness, you are not familiar with this thing at all, and please ask Your Highness to invite Gao Ming." ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned and squinted at him, "Since you already know the rules, you will definitely be able to play, not to mention, it is better than me, an ignorant person, can play!" ”

"Your Highness, spare me!" Ming Zhongyuan smiled bitterly and waved his hand again and again to refuse.

"It's not cool!" Zhu Houzhao frowned, but he was no longer embarrassed by him, after all, seeing Ming Zhongyuan's face, he was obviously unwilling, and turned his head to look at the eunuchs.

"Your Highness, why don't we play a few games with you?" Liu Jin took a step forward, bowed down and said with a sneer.

Zhu Houzhao sighed lightly, looked at the evasive eyes of the people of the Ming family around him, and had no choice but to nod in response.

Liu Jin turned his head and waved his hand, and in an instant the two eunuchs stepped forward and sat on several sides, waiting for the cards to be opened.

When Ming Zhongyuan saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, just stop persecuting us, he was afraid that the prince would persecute him again, so he hurriedly stepped forward to explain the rules to them.

Fortunately, these eunuchs are all experts in the game, and they have been fighting for favor in front of the prince on weekdays, playing well, and studying the way of playing.

Open and play!

Zhu Houzhao soon became addicted to the game and couldn't extricate himself.

The atmosphere was instantly warm, after all, the game was proven and accessible to everyone.

Shouting is the performance of Zhu Houzhao and others, one by one, red ears and red ears, when touching the cards, shouting again and again, as if afraid that people do not know that they listen to the card, startled, do not know that they have won the card. And after the draw, it was even more shouting, and the level of excitement really could be described as having the feeling of becoming famous all over the world.

The Ming family almost covered their faces and retreated in shame, is this still our Ming prince? It's a gambler, a gambler!

On the contrary, the eunuchs who followed Zhu Houzhao to come, as if they hadn't heard it, looked at Zhu Houzhao with unchanged faces, and with his expression and shouting, they made expressions of surprise, excitement, and excitement, which was extremely cooperative!

Ming Youren was even more dumbfounded when he heard it, looking at this scene in disbelief. Previously, although Zhu Houzhao's behavior was a little unreasonable, as a traditional literati, he saw that he had something to worry about in his eyes, but after knowing that he was the prince, his heart was a little relieved, and he felt that the prince was going to the people to experience the suffering of the people, and he was relieved.

However, today, seeing Zhu Houzhao acting like this, and seeing that after playing the game, he was so out of shape, and the image of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince instantly collapsed in his heart, he couldn't believe that there were so many princes taught by Confucianism, and it was really unexpected!

After Ming Youren was stunned, he shook his head and sighed, turned away, even if he wanted to take care of it, he didn't have to take care of it, he really couldn't get used to it, but it was still out of sight!

Ming Zhongyuan has no choice, he still has to solve the prince's doubts at any time! After all, if he is not familiar with the rules, he will always make such and such mistakes, and he has to let the prince correct it in time!

Therefore, he can only stay by the side, waiting, what a pain!

The members of the Ming family couldn't stand the noise, and retreated for the reason that the prince was preparing a meal.

Not to mention the shouting here, it was a lively scene, but the back kitchen was orderly, and Ming Zhongxin carefully prepared meals for Zhu Houzhao.

Suddenly, a figure flashed into the back kitchen.

"CITIC!" The figure shouted softly.

However, Ming Zhongxin was engrossed in making the meal, as if he hadn't heard it, and continued the work at hand, without stopping for a moment.

The person frowned, stepped forward, and nudged Ming Zhongxin.

Ming Zhongxin frowned, slowly turned his head, and looked at the person who came.

Indeed, with the strength of his divine sense, how could he not know that someone had come, but he was just concentrating on making meals and not caring for him!

At this time, I was unhappy when I saw him disturbing my work, but when I thought about it, something must have happened, so I didn't think it was wrong.

"Brother Shi, what's the matter?" Ming Zhongxin wiped his hands on his apron and turned around and asked.

Yes, the person who came was Shi Wenyi. Do you not know what is the matter with him?

Shi Wenyi frowned, and instead of answering, he asked, "CITIC, what does the prince mean by coming?" ”

Ming Zhongxin replied softly, "It's just a light meal I made when I came to the house!" ”

"Light meal?" Shi Wenyi smiled bitterly, "CITIC, it would be nice if it was so simple!" ”

"What? Is there anything else that can't be done? Ming Zhongxin asked in amazement.

Shi Wenyi looked at Ming Zhongxin with a puzzled face, "Zhongxin, don't you fool me, don't you know what happened to the prince?" For what? ”

Ming Zhongxin sighed lightly, "Brother Shi, explain everything clearly, is this really good?" Aren't you tired? ”

Shi Wenyi understood in an instant, Ming Zhongxin really knew it, too, how could a smart person like Ming Zhongxin not know the stakes? Why remind yourself?

But he just couldn't help it!

"CITIC, the prince is here, the stakes are very high, although it is to strengthen your momentum, but it has also attracted more hatred values for you, I hope you will be vigilant!"

"Hmm!" Ming Zhongxin nodded, indicating that he understood his kindness.

"Don't take it seriously, in fact, the prince's coming here is good for you, it's obvious!" Shi Wenyi had no choice but to continue to explain, "However, the identity of the prince is too sensitive, at this time, the capital is unstable, foreign enemies are around, and the prince is here to take an extremely unforeseen risk, therefore, his actions affect the minds of an extremely large number of people, their eyes are not only focused on the prince, but more on you, just because, you are the most direct reason why the prince came to the Ming Mansion!" ”

Ming Zhongxin nodded slowly, he had expected this, and he was also grateful to the prince Zhu Houzhao for taking such a big risk to come to the Ming Mansion to help him, although this behavior was a bit naïve, and he didn't need it at all, but it didn't prevent him from receiving Zhu Houzhao's love and heart! Therefore, he willingly went to the kitchen and cooked this meal for Zhu Houzhao.

Shi Wenyi softened his tone slightly, "You are a little reckless, in fact, the prince's heart when he comes to the Ming Mansion, as long as he is seen by someone who cares, after all, the prince will immediately understand if he maintains your heart, and then, let the prince return to the palace immediately, but you leave him here to eat, isn't this a helper?" What's more, if those Maitreya thieves who want to target you must be watching you at any time and see this situation again, then they will inevitably move their minds again, just because, knowing that the prince is in your house, they will inevitably take action, kill two birds with one stone, and pull you and the prince off the horse together, even if they can't help you, but if the prince's safety is disturbed, then, if someone does something for you in front of Your Majesty, and adds fuel to the fire, then, if Your Majesty has a problem with you, then your previous efforts will be in vain! ”

"Moreover, I believe that Your Majesty's intention to read you as the Prince's companion will also be shaken, and by then, you will really not be human inside and out! Your advantages will be lost! Therefore, although the prince's behavior is beneficial to you, it also hides an extremely huge risk, and if you are not careful, you may really lose everything! ”

Ming Zhongxin smiled, didn't speak, just looked at him.

Shi Wenyi stomped his feet, "CITIC!" I believe that you are a wise man, how can you not know these things, how can you not know? Rather, what exactly do you plan to do? ”

"Brother Shi, who asked you to come to persuade you?" Ming Zhongxin saw that Shi Wenyi was anxious, and asked slowly.

"Ahh Shi Wenyi was stunned and looked at Ming Zhongxin.

"You also know that I am a smart man, although I don't know the way above the court, but one thing I know is that even if I let the prince go back immediately, he will inevitably face some attacks, so why should I care what they think? I'll just be myself! ”

As soon as Shi Wenyi heard it, he knew that he had his own calculations, and he didn't take his words to heart at all.