Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

What's wrong with me?

Rong Youtang frowned, and touched his lower abdomen in doubt, at first he didn't think much about it, he thought it was because he drank strong alcohol on an empty stomach and felt unwell.

But gradually, a strange feeling in the lower abdomen rushed wildly for a while, and the churning blood gradually rushed towards the vital parts!

Drugged?

Rong Youtang was puzzled, suddenly raised his eyes, looked at You Guanying in disbelief, and asked clearly in his eyes: What did you do?

Tsk, she really looks so handsome, her black and white eyes are clear and watery, even a man is attractive.I really want to hold it down and play with it...

You Guanying rested his elbows on the table, squinted his eyes, leaned over to probe, and asked, smelling alcohol, "Master Rong, is everything okay? Why are you blushing like that? You haven't had a few drinks yet."

Rong Youtang blushed, his eyes were bright, and his lips were moist. He accurately detected two points of complacency and frivolity in the eyes of the culprit. He was so angry that his face was expressionless, and he said indifferently: "The wine in the governor's yamen has a special taste. A cup will make outsiders drunk."

You Guanying was stunned, and then he couldn't hold back. He had been in the officialdom for half his life, and he didn't expect that the other party would directly expose him-according to common sense, don't Beijing officials prefer lip service?Even if he vomits blood with hatred, he will keep calm and steady.

"Drunk?" Qi Zhiyang asked calmly, he glanced sharply at the expressions of You Guanying, Zhu Di and the others, immediately frowned, and "cracked" his glass of wine.

The atmosphere during the banquet changed suddenly, and there was no sound.

"Ah, hehehe." You Guanying smoothed things over with a smile: "Master Rong can't drink too much, can't he? You'll be drunk after two or three drinks! A man must be able to drink, or what will happen in the future?"

Rong Youtang felt hot all over his body, getting hotter and hotter, his collar was so hot that his sweat was sticking to his skin, it was extremely uncomfortable, he really wanted to take off his robe, but his mind was still clear.He said meaningfully: "Your Excellency doesn't know, it's okay for Xiaguan to drink a few more glasses elsewhere, just get drunk and sleep. But this place is different, Xiaguan's drinking capacity is really hard to bear. "

"It's okay, just get drunk and sleep on it! Drinking capacity, everyone can drink it, Mr. Rong is still young, as long as you practice hard, you will become a huge amount in the future." You Guanying smiled, as if generously encouraging, in the words If you have something to say, you can't make a mistake.

An old fox with indiscriminate means!

Rong Youtang's eyes were terrified, and he smiled and said: "It's okay to get drunk and fall asleep in your spare time, but not when you are busy with business. This trip is an important task assigned by His Majesty, how can it be wrong because of drunkenness? Master You has kindly cleaned up the dust and negotiated for us. How can you wantonly get drunk on official business?"

Qi Zhiyang suppressed his anger, restrained and calmly reminded: "Master Rong is the youngest champion in the history of Junior High School. You can't practice drinking for a while. I hope Master You Haihan understands."

Rong Youtang smiled gratefully at his companion, raised his hand to support the table, bent over to caress his abdomen, frowned to endure the strange burning sensation.

"Oh, hahaha." You Guanying secretly scolded the other party for being ungrateful, and with a smirk, he clapped his hands and said: "It's okay, if you can't drink, just drink a few glasses, they are all colleagues, and there is absolutely no intention of forcing them to drink. Alas, you have lived in a place for a long time, and when you see distinguished guests from the capital, you are so happy, and you are worried about the lack of manpower to solve the case. Come, come, eat vegetables, ouch, I don’t know if it suits your taste." He said Standing up in person, he took a small plate of crispy roast lamb with a dagger, and handed it to Rong Youtang. He smiled so much that his cheekbones stood out, and said, "Master Rong, try it? This is a lamb that grew up on the slopes of the river. Very delicious."

governor.As long as His Majesty does not replace him, he will be the tyrant of Hejian Province.

Rong Youtang extremely disliked the other party's greasy philistine aura, but imperial envoys should put the overall situation first and should not be mixed with too many personal likes and dislikes.He collected himself, got up, took the plate of roast lamb, and put it aside, not wanting to eat a piece.

After taking that kind of medicine, he actually sat still?He is not uncomfortable?

You Guanying was very puzzled, and quietly observed Rong Youtang: his face was red, his neck and hands were also red, it was obvious that the effect of the medicine had taken effect, but he didn't look like he was burning with hunger and thirst... Could it be that the medicine was not enough?

"Master You," Qi Zhiyang shook Shang Fangjian, and asked again: "May I ask how many traders involved in the incident were captured? Are their deaths counted among the 43 people?"

Rong Youtang forced himself to ignore the discomfort, turned lust into anger, pretended to be drunk, and immediately asked: "Could it be that thousands of people died?"

"how is this possible?!"

You Guanying flatly denied it.During the banquet, he drank the most, stunned, stared at his swollen eyes, shook his head with a horrified smile: "If hundreds of people die, I should ask His Majesty to send a large army to rescue, not just two imperial envoy."

"How about the casualties?" Qi Zhiyang asked in a deep voice, holding Shang Fang sword tightly, completely ignoring the beautiful maids on his left and right.The general was most impatient with beating around the bush. He questioned several times to no avail. He inevitably thought the truth was getting worse and worse, and his anger was looming.

"Guanzhou can be called a prosperous place in Hejian. Didn't Lord You go down to inspect it in person? Could it be that the casualties haven't been calculated yet?" Rong Youtang asked in surprise.His lower abdomen became tighter and tighter, and somewhere felt uncomfortable, restless, and his heart palpitations were indescribable. He couldn't help but think of when he was pressed on the table by King Qing...he was thinking wildly!Rong Youtang punched himself hard in his heart.

"Well, Hejian is no different than other places. There are especially many natural and man-made disasters!" You Guanying put down his wine glass, talked about him from left to right, and poured out bitter water: "The incident in Guanzhou happened last month. As soon as I received the notice, I will take the last Quickly rushed to investigate, and was busy for three days and three nights. Before it was over, I received news that Guazhou had discovered the hideout of water bandits! The official had to arrange for the magistrate and others to deal with it properly, and hurriedly took away nineteen daredevils. Fight against the government mob, and prepare to interrogate yourself. But who knows? After destroying the water bandit dens in Guazhou and returning, they committed suicide in fear of crime, and died of illness. Of course, most of them died of serious injuries. You go to the streets of Guanzhou In the riots that day, the rebels murdered wildly, half the street was stained red with blood, and the three officials who died heroically were injured with sticks and knives, and their bodies were not evenly assembled when they were buried!" At the end, You Guanying choked up, raised his sleeves to cover his eyes, and his shoulders trembled.

"My lord, my condolences." Zhu Di hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him: "You have tried your best, and no one expected the traitor to be so lawless."

"Damn the traitor, how dare you go against the new policy of the imperial court? The people all over the world abide by the rules, and they jumped out to gather crowds to make trouble! You have neglected his duty, and he has failed His Majesty's high expectations of Long En, and failed to detect the accident early." You Guanying Sobbing, tears streaming down my face, blaming myself extremely.

——You are still covering up, justifying yourself inside and outside the words, making excuses and complaining.

The real casualties are unimaginable.

Rong Youtang panicked in his heart: You Guanying revealed that 43 people died, and most of the [-] "dead of serious injuries" involved vendors were not counted.

Well, at least 62 people died.

Street melee, 62 lives, including innocent people passing by!After His Majesty knew about it, he might be furious...

"So, Master You knows that 62 people died?" Qi Zhiyang gasped in shock.On the way, they kept trying to find out about the Guanzhou Rebellion, but they found little inside information, presumably the local government had issued a gag order.

You Guanying turned a deaf ear and slapped the table in grief and indignation. Apart from "bang bang bang", he seemed to be drunk madly, and said sadly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I have neglected my duty. How could I, I, have failed to detect the sinister intentions of the troublesome people earlier? ?”

"My lord, my lord, please take care of yourself."

"As the governor of a province, you are busy from morning till night, how can you only focus on Guanzhou every day? There are so many states and counties in Hejian."

Steward Qiu and Master Zhu took turns to comfort them, and they sang and harmonized with each other, with a tacit understanding.

Rong Qi and the eight guards watched coldly.

"Old Ji doesn't know what's going on. I trust him and recommend him to be the prefect of Guanzhou. Why did such a big mistake happen?" You Guanying frowned helplessly.

Master Zhu sighed: "Master Ji's Gaotang fell ill one after another, and he went to the provincial capital to ask for famous doctors several times, and he was extremely busy."

Hmph, it's not enough to try to get rid of the relationship, you still want to push all the responsibilities to the lower state capital?Rong Youtang couldn't help sneering in his heart.But in spite of his anger, he gradually became unable to sit still, his breathing and heartbeat became abnormal, and he was too embarrassed to speak about something. Fortunately, he was wearing a loose and long double-breasted vest, which barely covered it.

At this moment, the Qingli maids on both sides are still softly persuading the wine and food:

"My lord, please use it."

"My lord, I give you—" the maid took out a fragrant silk handkerchief, trying to wipe the sweat from the temples of the handsome imperial envoy, but was mercilessly waved away.

"No need!" Rong Youtang turned his head to hide, and waved away the opponent's silk handkerchief, he couldn't stand their approaching step by step.

"Oh..." The maid exclaimed in a delicate voice, although she was unharmed, she stepped back two steps, at a loss, suddenly knelt down with a "plop", and she was about to cry: "My lord, please calm down, my lord, forgive me."

I didn't care much about you, why are you kneeling?Which one of you gave me the medicine?Master Xiao Rong gritted his teeth angrily, and said firmly: "Get up."

The woman just cried, and quickly turned into two crying side by side, as if she was about to be dragged out and beheaded by Rong Youtang's orders.

"What do you mean?" Rong Youtang raised his eyebrows.He was suffering physically and mentally, clenched his cuffs with both fists, his face was flushed, and he was dripping with sweat.

The host, You Guanying, looked limp and drunk, leaning on the back of the chair chattering endlessly, pleading loyalty to Emperor Chengtian with sobs.Butler Qiu and Master Zhu took the time to train a few words: "Qiuyue, Qiuyu, how do you serve them?"

"Master Rong, please calm down, the little girls in the country don't understand the rules, don't be angry, the villain will definitely teach them a lesson."

Qi Zhiyang got up suddenly, and said indifferently: "Master You is drunk, you can send him to rest, we can talk about it another day."

The atmosphere was awkward and stagnant, and it was difficult to continue the banquet.

"Yes." Zhu Di obeyed helplessly, and ordered the servants to help the "overwhelmed" governor back to the house.

You Guanying used alcohol to pretend to be crazy, and she was slippery from beginning to end, which made people hate and bored but couldn't tear her face and curse.With his tongue out, he danced and struggled and shouted: "Let go, let go! I still have to entertain imperial envoys, and still, I have to talk about business..." He shouted all the way and was dragged out of the flower hall, and gradually drifted away.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! The governor has a low drinking capacity, please forgive me, the imperial envoy." The butler nodded and bowed to make amends.

"Go down." Qi Zhiyang waved his hands and looked away in disgust.

After a while, only the imperial envoy, four maids, and two servants were left in the flower hall.

Rong Youtang's shirt was wet with sweat, and the parts that he couldn't talk about became more and more uncomfortable, and he felt a little dazed from the pain, trying to sit upright with a straight face.In the flower hall, many candles were lit up and down at random, and the evening wind penetrated the light gauze curtain, blowing the candles swaying and spotty, dazzled Rong Youtang.

In a trance, there was a flash in the corner of the flower hall, and the figure of King Qing appeared? !

The tall and straight King Qing was dressed in the prince's uniform, calm and reliable, and said in a low voice: "Come here, this king has something to tell you."

Your Highness, what's the matter?

Rong Youtang moved his lips in a murmur, as if obsessed with ghosts, completely irrational, he couldn't help standing up while supporting the table.

It was late at night, "huh" a gust of cool evening wind blew and hit Rong Youtang's sweaty back, causing him to tremble suddenly!

Ok?

Rong Youtang's eyes were wide open, his nails dug into his palm, and he looked intently:

It turned out that there was a four-season peace silk lantern with a white marble base and copper pillars embedded in the opposite corner. It was slender and elegant, but it was not lit, and it was hidden between the curtains in the corner.When the wind blows, the lights and shadows of the items in the flower hall gather and intertwine, ever-changing.

Hahaha, I actually had hallucinations!

If His Highness finds out, he will probably scold me seriously: Didn't sleep well?What are you doing behind my back?Daydreaming.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, the number one scholar at this time was obviously not right: his exposed skin was flushed, his head was sweating profusely, his hands were on the table, he was sometimes in a trance, and sometimes he smiled happily.

"Brother Rong? Brother Rong?" Seeing this, Qi Zhiyang had already stepped forward and yelled several times, but was shocked to find that the other party was unconscious!

"Brother Rong?" Qi Zhiyang slightly raised his voice, bent over and probed to observe the other person's expression, not daring to slap his hands indiscriminately.

"Master Rong?"

"Are you okay?"

"What do you think, my lord?" The eight guards asked eagerly, and they were also frightened.After all, we have worked together and have a harmonious relationship, so we naturally hope that we will come and return together, and return safely and triumphantly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the two servants smeared oil on the soles of their feet and slipped to report; the four maids panicked and dared not say anything, looked at each other for a while, and then quietly left.

Immediately, only the imperial envoy was left in the flower hall, which was funny and absurd.

"Brother Rong? Rong Youtang?" Qi Zhiyang called out eagerly, gritted his teeth, and pinched the opponent hard.

"Ah!" Rong Youtang yelled in pain, his soul returned to his place, he supported the table, raised his head and asked, "Brother Qi?"

"Are you OK?"

"Where is Master Rong uncomfortable?"

"That bastard..." Huang Li, the youngest guard, almost stopped scolding You Guanying, and suggested, "General Qi, let's go hire a doctor?"

But Rong Youtang frowned and waved his hands, and murmured: "No. If it leaks out, it may be rumored. The world will think that the imperial envoy will have a quarrel with the governor when he arrives." Moreover, it was obvious that I was the only one who was drugged, and my companions were fine. , it is even more difficult to spread the word, I don't want to bear the reputation of "greedy and lustful".

"But...can you bear it?" Qi Zhiyang asked cryptically.

"It's, it's okay." Rong Youtang nodded in embarrassment, he bent down to cover up his embarrassment, gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Tomorrow morning we will go to Guanzhou!"

"Okay." Qi Zhiyang was disgusted, and said with a dark face: "Tonight, there is really enough trouble!"

After a while, Zhu Di hurried back after hearing the news, bit the bullet, bowed his hands humbly and said: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. Mr. You just came back from capturing the bandits in Guazhou a few days ago. He was exhausted and wanted to entertain you adults, but Faintly drunk—"

"We have official duties, so it's inconvenient to drink too much, let's stop here for the banquet." Qi Zhiyang interrupted coldly.

The nails dug into the palm of the hand, causing sharp pain, Rong Youtang tried his best to stay awake, and smiled: "Master Zhu, thank you for your hospitality."

Zhu Di squeezed out an embarrassed dry smile, and said vaguely: "Master Rong, you are polite, the younger one is just running errands."

I'm afraid it's not just running errands, you have to do it, right?Otherwise, why would You Guanying reuse you?Delicate in all directions, want to please both sides?There are no doors!

The aphrodisiac was indeed ordered by Zhu Di to arrange for the maid to order it, and he knew the dosage and efficacy well.Seeing Zhuangyuan Lang's cheeks and neck flushed from the torment of lust at this moment, he was also afraid of accidents and felt uneasy.

Qi Zhiyang said forcefully: "Since Mr. You is drunk and the banquet is over, I won't bother you."

Rong Youtang was in a daze, but he still nodded politely: "Don't bother me any more, let's just leave it here." I hope that I will have the opportunity to invite you back in the future, so that you can also have a grand feast!

Afterwards, Qi Zhiyang and the head of the imperial guard teamed up to hold Rong Youtang's arm, and directly took him away in the air.

"No, no, adults wait a moment! Master You has arranged a guest room, please come with the little one." Zhu Di was dumbfounded again, and hurriedly chased after him to persuade him to stay.

In order to take care of the overall situation, Qi Zhiyang endured the humiliation, without looking sideways, and said casually: "What a coincidence, we have already booked an inn, and what we use is the imperial court's money, so we must not waste it."

nonsense!I picked you up as soon as you got out of the ferry, traveling together all the way, when did you book the inn?

"That's right, don't waste it." Rong Youtang subconsciously chimed in, feeling extremely irritable.

A group of people insisted on leaving, and the master book and housekeeper were so angry that they stayed to no avail.

in two quarters of an hour

The imperial envoy and his party checked into the inn and still asked for four adjacent rooms.

Rong Youtang breathed heavily, sat on the head of the bed, bent one knee, covered his waist with a quilt, bowed his head and meditated: nothing, the aphrodisiac is actually nothing.

"Brother Rong, you, are you okay?" Qi Zhiyang couldn't help, he deliberately stood three meters away from the couch, and said with relief: "Be patient, the doctor will be here soon. Don't worry, Xiaoshan and the others understand it, and it will be done properly Yes, it will not affect our official business and your official reputation."

for a while

"En." Rong Youtang vaguely responded, his eyes were red with discomfort, and he was on the verge of collapse.

Qi Zhiyang saw that the other party was motionless, as if there was nothing he could do. He pondered for a long time before embarrassingly reminding him: "Try it with your hands? Just get it out."

Rong Youtang raised his head, his eyes were bright, he was dazed, and he didn't say a word.

"Didn't you do it yourself?" Qi Zhiyang's mouth twitched, and he quickly explained: "I'm sorry! I thought you were young, and you studied hard and won the first prize. The family will not distract you." This is also normal. Son discipline is particularly strict.

Unexpectedly

The person who was tortured to the point of deliriousness by the drug actually nodded his head honestly!

"You—" Qi Zhiyang was dumbfounded, even though he was mature and sophisticated, he was speechless at this moment.

Without any warning, Rong Youtang suddenly got down to business: "The surname You is too guilty, I doubt he will stop us from going to Guanzhou tomorrow morning."

Qi Zhiyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, wiped his face vigorously, and agreed: "Probably yes. That guy's methods are low, and he is probably insidious. The nineteen traders involved died for no reason. Who is he fooling? I crawled out of the dead on the battlefield Yes, human life can be said to be fragile and fragile, and it can be said to be hard - if they were seriously injured, it would be very difficult to survive the day, how could they all die when they were brought back to the governor's office?"

"Exactly!" Rong Youtang was extremely indignant, and impassioned out of control: "I suspect that they died unexpectedly!"

"Alright, calm down, don't get excited." Qi Zhiyang suppressed a smile, rubbing his palms and pacing back and forth.

Rong Youtang bowed his head in thought for a long time, and said solemnly: "The land bandits and Yanhe water bandits, but it doesn't matter, we have a lot of people, and we can probably pass safely with bright swords."

"Tomorrow morning, go to the ferry to find a boat. If you can't do it, you can ride a horse. Anyway, you will arrive in Guanzhou tomorrow." Qi Zhiyang said seriously.

"The surname You covers the sky with one hand, a veritable toubob." Rong Youtang gasped for breath, lay down slowly, curled up, and muttered, "I guess: the governor shifted the responsibility to the state government, and the state government probably shifted the responsibility Give it to bandits and water bandits, and finally catch a few bandits and deal with it.”

"Hmph." Qi Zhiyang said coldly: "Decisions made by the imperial court often change when they are distributed to local governments, or even deteriorate! This leads to complaints everywhere, and people's lives are in dire straits."

"It's hard for a strong dragon to overwhelm a snake." Rong Youtang sighed: "If they jumped the wall in a hurry, they might be so mad that we also 'accidentally died'." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help it anymore, frowning in pain, his hands trembling in Under the quilt, I instinctively looked down.

"Dare to murder the imperial envoy? If you find out, you will lose your head—" Qi Zhiyang glanced away, stopped discussing abruptly, turned around hastily, and said as he walked, "Fuck you, I'm going out, call if you have something to do."

Rong Youtang stiffened his neck, his eyes were straightened, and he was speechless.He curled up sideways, gritted his teeth, and suddenly pulled up the quilt to cover himself from head to toe!

The darkness effectively relieved his embarrassment and shame.

Two quarters of an hour later, the imperial guards invited the doctor.

After being busy until late at night, they were exhausted and fell asleep.

next morning

It can be said that Rong Youtang got up angrily, dressed and put on shoes, washed and had breakfast like a gust of wind, his companions didn't mention a word, they all acted as if nothing had happened, fearing that the young man's face would not be able to hold back.

At the right time, they rushed to the ferry of Yanhe, and accidentally saw the people from the governor's yamen.

Zhu Di hurriedly greeted her, and after saluting respectfully, she asked with concern:

"How did the two adults rest last night? Master You wanted to go to Guanzhou together, but he was busy with official business, so he ordered the villain to come and take orders."

"Oh?" Rong Youtang approached two steps with his hands behind his back: "Your order?"

"Yes." Judy held her breath and bowed her head.

"Since that's the case, it's not good to live up to Mr. You's kindness." Rong Youtang smiled and nodded.

Qi Zhiyang asked: "Is the boat ready?"

"Yes."

Rong and Qi looked at each other, and Qi Zhiyang said slowly: "Lead the way."

"Please come with the little one." Judy secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed to invite her.

In a short while, a group of ten imperial envoys and more than twenty people from the governor's yamen boarded a boat and set off for Guanzhou along the waterway.

at the same time

A dangerous shoal in the middle reaches of the Yanhe River, with jagged rocks on the left bank and a three-foot-high cliff on the right bank, close to the deep forested mountains.

On the top of the cliff, dozens of strong men surrounded a thin old man with gray beard and hair, closely monitoring the river.

"Mr. He, you should step back." Qiu Bao stepped forward to remind him worriedly.

"It doesn't matter." He Shuo stood on the edge of the cliff, staring at the rushing river below, and said sadly: "My son will die with no regrets, bloody hatred, how can the old man back down?"

"Don't worry, Mr. He, everything has been arranged, and I promise it will be beautiful." Qiu Bao was eager to try, and said excitedly: "Brothers have never seen imperial envoys, nor Shang Fang's sword, and they are curious. The young master died tragically. , we must avenge him!"

"Before Zhongxiong died, he identified clearly: when he went to Shun County with food at the beginning of the year, it was Rong Youtang, under the command of King Qing, who designed to induce a confession. Rong, who is meddling in his own business, deserves to be hacked to death!" He Shuo hated, His face twisted.