"Your Excellency, my name is... Zhang Qi."
Fang Zhiyi nodded, repeated it once, and turned to another person: "What about you?"
The man also quickly replied: "Liu Mang."
Fang Zhiyi was stunned for a moment: "Rogue?"
Liu Mang smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, my family is poor, my parents are not well educated, and I was born during the busy farming season, so..."
Fang Zhiyi nodded in understanding: "Just now I heard that you seemed to have some insightful ideas..."
Zhang Qi's face sank. Sure enough, he'd heard it! Although the prefect in front of him was nothing, his status was still there. If he tried to pursue it, he'd be dead! His legs went weak and he knelt down.
"grown ups..."
Liu Mang also reacted and immediately knelt down: "Sir, I'm such a jerk! Please forgive us this time!"
Watching the two men kowtow, Fang Zhiyi's expression remained unchanged: "Hey, why bother? I'm asking sincerely."
The two of them looked up at Fang Zhiyi in confusion.
Fang Zhiyi said, "I know myself. I might be okay at studying, but being an official... I'm not cut out for it."
The two servants were filled with fear. "You're even scarier when you say that! Are you planning to resign just because you heard us complain a few times?"
Fang Zhiyi squatted down and looked at the people in front of him: "Tell me, besides studying, are there any other interesting things to do?"
Zhang Qi was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Sir, do you mean to have some fun?"
Fang Zhiyi was a little embarrassed: "You guys know that besides studying, I don't know much about other things..."
Zhang Qi breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest, "Sir! I can't say anything else, but I can handle this fun!"
"And me!" Liu Mang also reacted.
"Then, let's go?" Fang Zhiyi stood up, looking a little excited.
Zhang Qi quickly stood up and said, "Let's go!" He felt the joy of escaping death, as well as surprise. He was surprised that this nerdy adult did not get angry after listening to what he and Liu Mang said, but instead changed.
That day, Fang Zhiyi went to several places, from cockfighting to listening to music. Zhang Qi played the role of a lackey. Whenever Fang Zhiyi showed up, he would immediately put his hands on his hips and drive people away to make room for Fang Zhiyi. At first, he was hesitant, but seeing that Fang Zhiyi seemed to have no objection to such things, he became more bold.
"Get out of the way! Don't block our uncle!"
There were no short videos, no internet, no newspapers or television in those days. Fang Zhiyi was a prefect who stayed at home all day long. It could be said that very few people knew him. But seeing his attire and the arrogance of his two lackeys, many people just silently made way for him.
They visited the cricket market and watched cockfighting. At Zhang Qi's instigation, Fang Zhiyi placed a bet and won. He happily gave all the money to the two lackeys. Zhang Qi and Liu Mang were very happy.
But when they arrived at the place where they were going to listen to the music, Zhang Qi's face became a little hesitant.
Fang Zhiyi asked knowingly, "It looks good up ahead. Let's go!"
"Master, the cost of living here is quite high..." Zhang Qi whispered. He knew that Fang Zhiyi didn't have much money and relied on that little salary. The ones who really had money were Old Master Fang and Uncle Fang.
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