Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

What's in it?

Rong Youtang stood at a secluded corner outside the Hanlin Courtyard, bowed his head, and looked at the small and exquisite jade box over and over again: the jade box was moist and smooth, carved from a piece of sugar sapphire, divided into a body and a cover, connected with a delicate gold buckle, without any carved.

Weigh it, it's not too heavy; shake it, there should be something.

Rong Youtang was very puzzled, observed it for a while, and decided to open it to have a look!

He unscrewed the gold buckle neatly, and was about to open the jade box, but his mind changed, and he couldn't help worrying that this time the Seventh Prince was playing tricks again.So he looked around, put the jade box on the corner of the wall, found a twig a few feet away, carefully opened the lid of the jade box, and then quickly backed away.

With a slight "click", the lid of the box opened.

Rong Youtang held his breath and waited quietly, his whole body on guard:

Very good, there are no snakes or strange things jumping out to scare people.

Rong Youtang let out a breath, threw away the branch, clapped his hands, walked a few steps briskly, looked down, looked closely, but froze instantly!

This, what is this? !

The outside of the jade box is smooth and uncarved, but inside it has a lot of content: the inside of the flipped-up box cover is engraved with a vivid... erotic sex picture?

And at a glance, it is obvious that both parties are men.

Rong Youtang was dumbfounded, and looked down:

A palm-wide drawing book is placed inside the box, and the cover that catches the eye depicts a picture of male-female intercourse in detail and vividly!The painter is highly skilled, vividly expressing the skin color, expression, and muscle uplift of the two men during their intense intercourse, especially the joint of the lower body.

The moaning and panting sound of emotion and joy in the painting seemed to rush towards his face, making Rong Youtang blush!

His heart was beating like a drum, and when he came back to his senses, he quickly took action, walked over, closed the jade box with a "snap", and then stepped back a few steps like a hot hand, looking around in fear like a thief, looking around for fear of being discovered, he couldn't laugh or cry: Sure enough!I just said, what good things can the Seventh Prince give?He deliberately gave me this kind of thing, if colleagues or relatives and friends saw it, how would they discuss it?A dissolute and shameless person who swaggers through the market with a Longyang map in his arms in broad daylight?

At this time, there were conversations and footsteps in front of him suddenly, Rong Youtang complained incessantly, he hurriedly picked up the jade box and hid it in his sleeve, forced himself to walk forward calmly, exchanged greetings with two Hanlins he knew before he was able to leave.

How to do?

Rong Youtang walked home slowly, but on a scorching hot day, he rolled up his sleeves and held the jade box tightly, for fear of dropping his things in the street.

Since he was born, before he was reborn, he focused on studying and taking exams, hoping to have the ability to let his biological mother live a good life; after rebirth, he was busy studying and taking exams, also doing business to earn money, and more importantly, revenge. He was so busy that he had no time to take care of other things. many.Especially lust, he has always ignored it. In some aspects, he "has no desires or desires", so he can do things without distraction.

Until I met King Qing.

Rong Youtang was completely enlightened by King Qing.

what to do?Go back?no.Wouldn't it be embarrassing if the hateful seventh prince shouted it out in public?

throw it away?where?I must never take it home, lest my father think that I have failed my studies, and in order to avoid long nights and dreams, I might as well just throw it away quietly——

Just when Rong Youtang made up his mind after careful consideration, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes behind him, accompanied by King Qing's vigorous question: "Did you just leave?"

Oops!

Rong Youtang froze, with a bitter face, lowered his head and gritted his teeth.

"What's the matter with you?" Zhao Zeyong reined in his horse, looked down at Rong Youtang who was standing still, then dismounted, frowned and sized up the sweaty man with red face, red ears, red forehead, and asked with natural concern: "Uncomfortable heat? But uncomfortable?"

"No." Rong Youtang cheered up and shook his head. Although he was right, he somehow felt very guilty, and asked with a forced smile, "Your Highness is back home after work?"

"En." Zhao Zeyong nodded, his personal guards had already brought a horse closer and handed the reins to Rong Youtang.

"Thank you." Rong Youtang took it.

"If you are not in a hurry to go home, you should go to the palace first and listen." Zhao Zeyong looked a little dignified, obviously something was wrong.

Rong Youtang immediately realized that something was wrong, ignored the jade box, and immediately nodded: "Okay!"

Immediately, a group of people rode back to Prince Qing's Mansion.

"Your Highness, what happened?" Rong Youtang asked impatiently.

"The city gate is on fire." Zhao Zeyong informed.

Rong Youtang was at a loss, and asked blankly: "Who is the pond fish that got hurt? Are you?"

Zhao Zeyong shook his head: "Go in and talk about it in detail." He is tall and straight, has always been vigorous and resolute, and moves like the wind. People who are not familiar with him have to trot to keep up.

It didn't take a while for Rong Youtang to step into the threshold of the study, and he raised his eyes to find that besides Guo Yuan, Wu Sipeng and several familiar generals, his top leader Shangfeng and household member Lu Yifan were also present.

Rong Youtang has a low rank and the least qualifications, so he hurriedly greeted each of them, and then sat with him at the end.

King Qing briefly described the ins and outs.

"It surprised me that!"

It was rare for Wu Sipeng to speak first, and Nian Xu sighed: "It's not surprising that the implementation of the New Deal encounters obstacles. The errands in charge of His Royal Highness and Second Highness have accidents, how can you be blamed?"

Zhao Zeyong sat on the head and said calmly: "At the beginning of the year, the hungry people rioted in Shun County, Hejian Province, and Jiufeng Mountain was a bandit. This king was ordered to quell it. Since it is an suppression of bandits, it is impossible that there will be no bloody casualties. The eldest brother and the second brother blamed it. At that time, the king was 'irritated and violent, causing the people to harbor resentment, thus dissatisfied with the imperial government, and then rejecting the new policy', this king is absolutely speechless."

It turned out that there was trouble with taxation!

Rong Youtang suddenly realized, and then deeply despised: the eldest prince and the second prince did not do their job effectively, and the merchants in their hands rioted and killed the officials. In order to shirk responsibility, they actually joined forces to push the fault to His Highness King Qing?

"If you want to commit a crime, why don't you have excuses?" Guo Yuan's face was sinking like water, and he said coldly: "Today, His Majesty Longyan was furious, and called the ministers of civil and military affairs above the third rank in Beijing to offer advice. However, the new tax policy has always been decided by His Royal Highness and Second Highness. Responsible, outsiders don't know, and the two Highnesses—" Guo Yuan took a deep breath, so as not to criticize the prince.

Yuanwailang Lu Yifan is Guo Yuan's confidant, so he can only comfort at this moment: "Your Excellency, please calm down, today all six books have been taught by His Majesty, the specifics, it is estimated that there will be a conclusion tomorrow morning."

"Your Highness, they will definitely discuss how to shirk their responsibilities all night tonight. Your foundation in the capital is still young, please be careful." Wu Sipeng reminded bluntly.

Zhao Zeyong smiled: "I want to know what they mean. They just want to accuse me of 'cruel and cruel'."

Rong Youtang was so worried that he couldn't help himself, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty decided to send imperial envoys to thoroughly investigate the riots in Guanzhou. What does it have to do with His Highness? Taxation and bandit suppression have nothing to do with each other. They are separated by hundreds of miles. For more than half a year, the merchants only do business for the sake of making money, and they are doing well, so why did they quarrel with officials and cause bloodshed and casualties? There must be a reason."

"Hejian is overall poor, and the folk customs are aggressive. This is what the king has personally seen. The tax increase is for the country's great plan, and the tax money will eventually be used for the people. But in the eyes of the people, it is a struggle with the people. In the early stages of implementation It is inevitable to encounter resentment and resistance, and if the government imposes violent taxes and forces, there will naturally be riots and confrontations." Zhao Zeyong said slowly, and calmly pointed out: "Right now, the Zhou government in all provinces is watching Guanzhou, and the imperial envoys must investigate and find out. Handle it properly."

Rong Youtang was thoughtful, His Highness's implication was: the new policy must be right, and the fault can only be due to the negligence of the officials below when implementing it.

"Of course, the specific reasons for the riots will only be known after investigation, and I don't think the people will fight against the government by force for no reason." Zhao Zeyong said calmly.

"In this way, shouldn't His Royal Highness in charge of Hejian Province be the imperial envoy?" Lu Yifan asked wonderingly, thinking to himself: It would be convenient for him to whitewash the peace when he goes down by himself.

Zhao Zeyong shook his head, but said nothing.

"Your Majesty's holy candle, I believe there must be a clear decision." Guo Yuan sighed.

"This is a big matter. It's not easy to be an imperial envoy this time. There are many sides to attack. No matter what the investigation results are, it is all thankless." Wu Sipeng shook his head.

"For the country, the public and the people, not to please anyone." Zhao Zeyong said solemnly, then frowned, and regretted: "It's a pity that this king has important tasks at present, so I can't request an order to go to Guanzhou for investigation."

Rong Youtang looked at King Qing with a smile: "Others avoid it and regard it as a scourge, but you want to go there?"

Everyone discussed for less than half an hour before they dispersed.

"My lords, please." Rong Youtang bowed to invite, ready to leave with the Shangfeng and deepen their friendship by the way.Unexpectedly, King Qing came from behind to persuade him to stay: "Lord Xiaorong."

Rong Youtang stopped, and smiled embarrassedly at Guo and Lu: "Sorry."

Guo Yuan said calmly, "No problem."

"Your Highness has something else to explain, Xiao Rong, you should go back quickly." Lu Yifan urged kindly.

"Yes."

Rong Youtang had no choice but to bite the bullet and return to the study, he walked over the threshold slowly, stood at the door and asked, "What orders does Your Highness have?"

"Come here." Zhao Zeyong said without looking back.Standing in front of the huge Beiying survey and planning map, he wrote a few words from time to time to indicate the progress of the construction supervision.

"What's the matter?" Rong Youtang folded his hands and sleeves without knowing it, and squeezed the jade box tightly.

Zhao Zeyong had already seen everything in his eyes, and asked straight to the point: "What is hidden in the sleeve? I was in a panic when I saw it on the street. At first, this king thought you were unwell due to the heat."

God!Buddha!

Rong Youtang was punctured on the spot, hesitated to speak, didn't know how to speak, touched his nose, squeaked.

"Take it out and have a look." Zhao Zeyong turned around and raised his eyebrows strangely.

"I, I... But this is not a good thing." Rong Youtang earnestly discussed: "Your Highness, I will deal with it, can you just stop watching?"

"No."

Zhao Zeyong strongly vetoed it, put down his pen, strode towards the door, and asked dignifiedly as he walked, "What are you hiding? Even the king can't see it?"

Rong Youtang immediately looked as if a catastrophe was imminent, and instinctively hid with his hands behind his back, explaining nervously: "Your Highness, listen to me first—wait!"

However, Prince Qing had already been aroused with [-] points of curiosity and worry, fearing that the other party was young and inexperienced, and would not be able to handle the troubles he encountered.Then he held his shoulder and twisted it, then flicked his elbow numbness with his fingers, and in the blink of an eye, he took away the things smoothly.

"Your Highness, listen to me—" When Rong Youtang came back to his senses, the jade box had been taken away by King Qing!Whenever he thinks of the erotic pictures drawn in the box, his face becomes hot, and he hastily reached out to snatch it: "Your Highness, return it to me first!"

Zhao Zeyong held up the high jade box with his left hand, and blocked the person who was eager to snatch it with his right hand. With a tiger face, he asked seriously: "What is it? Are you so anxious?"

"It's not a good thing, don't look at it!" Rong Youtang was so distressed that he really couldn't tell the content.

"It's not a good thing, why do you cherish and hide it?" Zhao Zeyong asked again.

"How could I 'preserve and hide'?!" Rong Youtang couldn't laugh or cry, in desperation, he grabbed King Qing's shoulder, raised his face, stretched out his hands to fight for it, and secretly scolded the Seventh Prince.

"Are you making trouble again?" Zhao Zeyong easily stopped the other party, pretending to be angry:

"Be careful that this king will tie you up!"

As soon as the words fell, both of them were stunned:

Rong Youtang panted and stopped, and hurriedly restrained himself, for fear that King Qing would really make a move.In terms of force, he is no match at all; Zhao Zeyong inexplicably thought of overlapping gauze curtains, transparent black robes, and red soft ropes... He resolutely abandoned the thought of being disrespectful, and walked to the desk with the jade box, ready to solve the immediate matter first.

"You've grown up." Zhao Zeyong put the jade box on the table, and scolded him with a straight face, "You've only been out as an official for a few days? You just hid things that even the king can't see!"

Rong Youtang stood at the door, almost scratching his ears and cheeks in anxiety.He was sure that he would not be able to take back the jade box. Seeing that King Qing was about to open the lid, he gritted his teeth and said loudly, "It was given to me by His Highness the Seventh Prince in the evening. I don't want it. Please help me deal with it! It's getting late, Your Highness, I'm going home." After finishing speaking, he turned and left the study without waiting for the other party's permission, and left in a hurry.

"You—" Zhao Zeyong frowned, then shook his head and laughed:

The goddamn thing, getting bolder and more spoiled.

However, this thing is a gift from Lao Qi?

According to the embarrassment and embarrassment of the other party, Zhao Zeyong guessed it [-]% right in an instant.

He pressed the jade box, pondered for a moment, and unscrewed the gold buckle.

With a sound of "click", the jade box opened.

Although he was prepared, Zhao Zeyong still froze in astonishment, with a complex and unpredictable expression. He paused, picked up the drawing book, and flipped through a few pages: Longyang Eighteen Styles.

The two men on each page are in different environments, such as pavilions, pavilions, rockery and stone tables, grasslands in the forest, etc., and the clothes and accessories are not repeated.What is commendable is that although they are having intercourse, they are not completely naked, but are covered up, without any ugly appearance of licentiousness, obsession with carnal desires, but with pity and attachment, which is quite harmonious and beautiful.

With a "snap", Zhao Zeyong closed the painting book again, threw it back into the jade box, and snapped the lid of the box with his fingers.

With a sound of "boom", Zhao Zeyong raised his fist and slammed the table, thinking:

Lao Qi really needs to clean up!How can you give something like this to someone?What is the system?

It's really outrageous!

However, Zhao Zeyong was very sure: Rong Youtang at most looked at the lid and cover of the box, and he would not turn over the rest.

——Rong Kaiji is strict, let alone young master Rong, not even a housemaid, not even a young girl!The only old woman who cooks in the family is a woman.

It is said that during business and entertainment, Rong Kaiji was worried that the child would be taken to a romantic place to learn bad things, so he often accompanied him, and under heavy protection, his son was young and ignorant in terms of lust, which can be called timid.

After Zhao Zeyong finished laughing, he opened the jade box again, and threw the offensive erotic painting into the stove where the tea was boiled in warm water. Flames and green smoke burst out in an instant, and it was burned to ashes; Painting on the inside of the lid.

Best to destroy.

Some things can be learned without a teacher when they are thick, so there is no need to study hard.

next day

The morning court had lasted for almost two hours, and the ministers were so hungry that their chests stuck to their backs, and they were miserable.

According to the law, officials of the fifth rank and above in Beijing are eligible to participate in the early court. Rong Youtang is currently at the sixth rank, and if he is on the top rank, he will go directly to the household department to get busy, and he will skip the early court.

There are low white marble railings around the small platform, on which five-clawed dragons of different shapes are carved; behind the dragon chair is a gorgeous screen of nine pure gold inlaid with gemstones, and on both sides there are imperial servants and guards lined up with goose wings, surrounded by faceless. Emperor Chengtian with an expression.

The golden screen and all kinds of precious stones shone brightly, making the emperor's face somber.

"Cough, cough, cough."

For some reason, the eldest prince suddenly started to cough, and hurriedly raised his fist to cover it up. He said in deep pain: "Father, my son and minister are ordered to assist you in implementing the New Deal. You want to share your worries and serve the country. How could such an accident happen?" Cough cough cough... Hejian was not in charge of the son-in-law, but Brother Xiang said that the official duties were heavy and he could not support him, so the son-in-law had to take over. It has only been half a month, and it has not had time to find out the situation. The other provinces under the management of the son-in-law Everything went relatively smoothly, and all the commercial taxes of the previous season have been transferred to the national treasury, please look into it clearly."

The implication is: Hejian is the mess of the second child, he couldn't clean it up, so he just gave it to me temporarily.

"Brother, is he healthy?" The second prince asked with concern, but his eyes and tone were completely opposite.

"It's okay." Although the eldest prince was haggard, he was very patient and explained: "Last night, I stayed up all night and was busy looking through the Hejian files. I guess I caught a cold."

"Really? Please take care of your health." The second prince managed to maintain his composure and endured his anger to remind: "Father appointed you and me to be jointly responsible for implementing the New Deal, Zhili and [-] provinces, and I am in charge of Zhili and eight of them! You are in charge of the six provinces in the Southwest, and you offered to share the heavy responsibilities, so you handed over Hejian to you. When Hejian was in my hands, it has been safe and sound. Why did there be a bad accident between officials and businessmen that resulted in bloodshed and casualties within half a month? Woolen cloth?"

"We're all safe and sound?" The eldest prince wondered, "But last night when we checked a large number of files, Brother Wei clearly saw that there were two precedents of small-scale conflicts between officials and businessmen during tax collection in Guanzhou last month."

How can it be?Those two reports were clearly detained by me!

The second prince was stunned, and then sneered in his heart: It's strange that you stayed up all night last night, so it turned out that you racked your brains to investigate the reasons for shirking responsibility!

"There is such a thing?" The second prince was astonished, and said wryly: "Hejian Prefecture is so bold, how dare to conceal such important news?"

The civil and military officials stood in a row, and the princes stood alone in a row.King Qing was solemn and dignified, standing firmly like a pine.

"I haven't concealed it—" The eldest prince was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but the emperor on the dragon chair said coldly: "The matter has already happened, and the most urgent task is to appoint effective imperial envoys to investigate and solve it as soon as possible."

"Yes." The eldest prince was a little startled, and hurriedly bowed his head.

"What the father said is very true." The second prince was secretly proud, and said earnestly:

"Because of my father's trust, my son-in-law is responsible for supervising the implementation of the new business tax policy. Now that something has happened, my son-in-law should have gone to Guanzhou to investigate in person. He has no choice but to bear the taxes of many provinces. He can't be separated. I am ashamed."

Emperor Chengtian nodded indifferently, and said in a calm manner: "It is really not appropriate for you to leave Beijing, lest the delivery of official duties be unclear and make mistakes."

As soon as this remark came out, it was like a loud slap in the face, "slapping" on the faces of the two people who were arguing endlessly.

The eldest prince and the second prince showed embarrassment, and shut up resentfully.

"Isn't there a suitable candidate for imperial envoy in the civil and military court?" Emperor Chengtian looked at the officials majesticly.

Everyone present knew that it was not easy to be an imperial envoy in Guanzhou.

It is obvious: the two princes shirk each other, and the emperor is eager to solve the problem and learn the truth.

All in all, whoever goes will be unlucky.

Marquis Pingnan came out, confidently said: "Your Majesty, the old minister would like to recommend a suitable candidate!"

"Who? Let's hear it." Emperor Chengtian rested his hands on his knees, taking the time to ask.

"Han Rukun." Ping Nanhou said.

Taifu Han immediately squinted his eyes; the eldest prince didn't move, and he glanced sideways at Pingnanhou from the corner of his eye.

"Han Rukun?" Emperor Chengtian smiled, and then asked Taifu Han: "But the son of Aiqing?"

"Return to Your Majesty: Rukun is the son of a dog." Taifu Han came out, calmly, and lowered his head, saying: "Thanks to Yang Hou's wrong love, but the child is stupid, and it is really difficult to take on the heavy responsibility."

"Hey, Tai Tuo is too modest." Marquis Pingnan smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Mr. Xiao Han is smart, intelligent, hard-working and motivated. In addition, he has been trained in Beiying for a long time and has added skills. He is indeed a young talent. Therefore, the old minister hereby recommends it to His Majesty."

"Yong'er," Emperor Chengtian became more interested, and turned to ask the third son, "Han Rukun works under your command, how is he?"

King Qing went out, bowed and cupped his hands and said, "Return to Father Emperor: Han Rukun is in charge of contacting, verifying and distributing military supplies. It is currently operating normally, and my ministers have not yet learned of its inadequacies."

"No." Emperor Chengtian nodded.

Taifu Han remained calm, and said modestly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and His Royal Highness King Qing for your appreciation. But 'a son is like a father', although my son is diligent and honest, but because of his young age and lack of experience, he dare not miss important court affairs."

"Hmm." Emperor Chengtian was noncommittal.

Taifu Han then said sincerely: "Your Majesty, the old minister also has a candidate, and the younger one is more suitable."

"Who does the Taifu recommend?" Emperor Chengtian's decree was slightly curved.

"Xin Ke Scholars, Zhou Mingjie." Han Feihong said.

Pingnanhou's eyes were fixed, and he gritted his teeth in hatred.Zhou Renlin, who was hidden among the civil servants, lowered his eyebrows and looked down, thinking angrily: You are prevaricating and fighting, why do you involve my son?

"Oh?" Emperor Chengtian's smile deepened.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Mingjie's bravery and fearlessness were obvious to all at the Flower Hunting Competition at the Jinshi Banquet. He is very majestic like his grandfather. After Yang Hou, he must be able to suppress Guanzhou, which has a fierce folk customs."

Zhou Renlin, who was absent from the Jinshi Banquet due to illness, suddenly felt his ears burn: Mingjie is from Wen, and he should not have the rough and majestic appearance of a general.Taifu Han's swearing is really euphemistic!

"Hehehe," Emperor Chengtian seldom laughed, and said slowly, "Okay, there are currently two candidates for imperial envoy. Do you have other candidates? It must be confirmed within today. The people are suspicious and terrified."

King Qing pondered for a long time, then came out and asked: "Father, there is one person for my son and minister."

Emperor Chengtian raised his eyebrows in surprise, and asked, "Let's hear it."

"At the beginning of the year, my son was ordered to go to Hejian to suppress the bandits, and he led several subordinates. Among them, Qi Zhiyang, the current general of the Northern Camp, is brave and resourceful, steady and flexible. He was in the Qianfeng Camp and rushed to Hejian to prepare Grain, traveled to the provincial capital, Guanzhou, Guazhou and other places, and successfully completed the task."

Emperor Chengtian was startled, and then nodded: "I have the impression that he is the orphan of Qi Hai, who was transferred to Beijing from Guan Zhongping."

"Exactly." As soon as King Qing finished speaking, Marquis Pingnan looked suddenly enlightened, and hurriedly came out and said, "Your Majesty, fortunately His Highness King Qing reminded me that this old minister thought of the most suitable candidate!"

"Who?"

"Guo Da, General Guo." Ping Nanhou said impassionedly:

"General Guo accompanied His Royal Highness King Qing to suppress the bandits at the beginning of the year. As his deputy, he must have a good understanding of the people's customs in Hejian. Besides, Rong Youtang, the champion of the new division, is also a member of his entourage. Wouldn't it be foolproof to send the two of them to Guanzhou to quell the chaos?"

"The city gate is on fire." King Qing informed.

"Who is the pond fish that got hurt?" Rong Youtang asked sympathetically.