Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

"Coo coo coo" a few times, the pigeon raised its neck and chirped, it struggled lively in Rong Youtang's hand, and kicked its legs happily.

"Of course it was sent by His Royal Highness." Wei Jie told straightforwardly.

Rong Youtang clasped the pigeon in both hands, eager to read the letter, but he was too embarrassed to show his impatience, so he rolled his eyes with a smile, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "So it's Your Highness."

"Open the letter quickly, I'll take the pigeons down and feed them something to eat." Wei Jie urged.

"Yeah." Rong Youtang bowed his head, smiling brightly, gently untied the paper tube tied to the pigeon's legs, touched the pigeon intimately, and praised without hesitation: "Good pigeon! It's hard for you, it flew all the way here , go down and eat and drink enough to rest and nourish your spirit."

Wei Jie took the pigeon, caressed and comforted it, and reminded: "Then I'm going back to the house. Brother Rong, you should rest early, and don't forget to inspect the disaster-stricken Yi County tomorrow."

"Okay, got it." Rong Youtang held the paper tube in his palm, the more anxious he became, the more he pretended to be calm, afraid of being teased by his friends, the reason even he couldn't figure out.

After following King Qing for a long time, how can Wei Jie not understand?In fact, he should be one of the first group of people to notice.

"Let's go, go to bed." Wei Jie yawned and closed the study door wisely.

"Go." Rong Youtang smiled and watched him off.

The door was closed with a creak.

Haha!

Rong Youtang immediately sat down, leaning on his elbows, smiling broadly, put the small paper roll on the table, looked at it over and over for a while, carefully opened and peeled off the waterproof thin oil paper, held his breath, unfolded the roll, and stared intently:

I saw King Qing's familiar handwriting came into view: "Your Excellency Xiaorong——"

Rong Youtang was instantly overjoyed and radiant, but just after reading the first few words, there was a "knock knock" knock on the study door, and his confidant Zhang Dong reported, "My lord? Zhang Dong is asking to see you."

"Come in." Startled, Rong Youtang quickly sat up straight, and quickly opened the drawer to put away the letter.

Zhang Dong has a round face, dark complexion, tall, thin and flexible. He has been promoted to be a butler. Apart from being grateful and grateful, he feels a great responsibility and is trembling. Outside, and verbally changed "young master" to "adult".

"Be careful, put it there. No, no, no, don't get too close, carefully hinder the adults from coming in and out, and move away." Zhang Dong commanded the two companions behind him, changed to a red-burning smoker cage, and gradually Take it away cold.

Rong Youtang sat upright, with his back straight, buried his head in reading the official documents submitted by several county government offices below, and glanced at the three busy servants from time to time.

After a while, after changing the smoked cage and hot tea, Zhang Dong held a small lacquer plate, bowed and said with concern: "My lord, the night is still long, and the kitchen has made almond soup, can you use some?"

"I'm not hungry at night, don't do it next time, accumulating food before going to bed is not good for the spleen and stomach." Rong Youtang gently warned.

"Don't worry!" Zhang Dong hurriedly explained: "There is only half a cup, just a few mouthfuls. You have a lot of business, so it's better to pad your stomach. If you work on an empty stomach until midnight, wouldn't your spleen and stomach be starved?"

I miss the letter deeply, and I am so curious as to scratch my heart.Rong Youtang took a deep breath and said, "That's fine, let's put it on hold for now, it will be empty later."

"Yes." Zhang Dong was happy, and put the stew pot on the smoker cage next to the desk to warm it up, and quickly tidied up the bed in the room for occasional naps.Because he became a housekeeper at a young age and lacked experience, he became a bit nagging and said endlessly:

"Oh, I've searched all the cloth shops in Xizhou City, but I couldn't find the materials and styles of mattresses and curtains that you usually use at home! I've wronged you, bear with it for a while, and when the ice and snow melt and the canals are unblocked, go to The letter asks the master to send some by boat, especially summer clothes, shoes and socks, the ones sold here are not as good as those sold in our cloth shop."

Sincerely, Mrs. Xiao Rong... In just a few words, Rong Youtang has endless aftertaste, pondering carefully, as if drinking the best tea before the rain, with a lingering fragrance in his mouth, he didn't care to listen to what the boy said.

"In addition to clothes, shoes and socks," Zhang Dong tidied up the room, went out to check the smoker cage and window cracks, and said, "There is also a shortage of porridge, pickles and stewed dry goods that you usually eat. People here are fond of frying and roasting sour Spicy, it’s too far away from our capital city, if you eat it suddenly, your throat will be hot, how can your spleen and stomach bear it!”

"It's a small matter, you can figure it out." After a pause, Rong Youtang looked up, thinking about it, and reminded solemnly: "You can ask your family to send some items, but in moderation. I am the prefect of Xizhou now. How can the requirements for basic necessities of life be the same as those at home? Do as the Romans do, we have to take the initiative to integrate into this place. In addition, the natural capital is the richest and most prosperous in the world. Don’t always talk about “the capital and the capital”, let alone compare the capital with the place. Remember Yet?"

Zhang Dong was stunned, scratched his head, and explained anxiously: "Master, I have no other meaning, I, I am not looking down on Xizhou." In a moment of impatience, he is still used to addressing him as "Master".

"I know you mean no harm."

Rong Youtang comforted him, and took the opportunity to make a point: "But it is inevitable that some people will misunderstand us and think that we are arrogant. You are very smart, otherwise the master will not name you to take care of this small family, but you need to pay attention to your words."

"Yes!" Zhang Dong bowed, and promised sincerely: "Thank you for your teaching, young master, I will remember it, and I must think it through my head first when I speak in the future."

Rong Youtang smiled: "Why are you afraid? Just correct it. Go on."

Zhang Dong obeyed his orders and resigned, and hurried back to the small warehouse to check the shortage of items to be replenished.

With a "creak", the door of the study was opened again.

call!

Rong Youtang let out a sigh of relief, endured the extreme discomfort, opened the drawer, unfolded the scroll again, smiled, and silently read the letter from King Qing:

"Master Xiao Rong: I have been away for a long time, and I haven't seen the current situation. Xizhou is very cold and wet. Are you safe? I have traveled thousands of miles to the post, and the journey is exhausting. Remember to take care of your health. In addition, it is important to deal with the disaster situation, but don't be overly anxious and think deeply. Fang Yiyuan, you should strive for victory while maintaining stability. In addition, all the plum wine you donated has been moved to the side of the Moon Pavilion, but a jar was accidentally damaged when the soil was hidden. It is a pity. There is nothing wrong in Beijing, so don’t worry about it. I wish Chunan."

Oh, it turns out that His Royal Highness has transferred all the plum wine from my garden to the Moon Lake Huxin Pavilion in Wangfu!Rong Youtang suddenly realized, and his imagination was full of imagination, imagining a series of scenes of transporting storage and accidentally damaging the wine jar, his mind was full of joy.

Word by word, repeated silently, cherish the exception.

After a long time, Rong Youtang muttered silently: "It's nothing if you break a jar. Your Highness, don't regret it. When the plums come down this year, I will brew dozens of jars for you!"

I read the palm-sized letter about dozens of times, and it wasn't until the anxiety and excitement eased that Rong Youtang wrote back to the letter, full of joy, and wrote earnestly:

"His Royal Highness King Qing-"

Tsk, not right!

Rong Youtang crossed it out with one stroke, and wrote a new line:

"His Royal Highness King Qing personally sent: It's been a long time since I left, but I'm always thinking about it, and I'm thinking about it—"

Too, too... It's not dignified, it's not right!

Rong Youtang crossed it out again, and started a new line, but after writing a paragraph, he was still not satisfied, so he crossed it out.

Write again, draw again; write again, draw again.

Writing, scribbling, adding, deleting, and modifying, because the carrier pigeons carry limited weight, Rong Youtang racked his brains to consider every word, solemnly, and enjoyed it.

Concentrate on answering the letter at the desk, unknowingly until late at night.

The book is not satisfactory.

Rong Youtang was very regretful, he put down his pen and waited for the ink to dry, only to see that the palm-sized letter was densely packed with small letters, and it was written on the top of the letter "Mr. Zhao San Gongzi".

The bright candle flame suddenly moved, and a lantern was lit with a "snap", causing Rong Youtang, who was in a good mood, to smile happily. He looked around inside and outside the study room, and finally stared at the grand teacher's chair opposite, recalling King Qing's upright sitting posture, deep and deep voice said:

"Master Xiaorong?"

Rest assured, Your Highness, I am safe and sound.

Being alone, Rong Youtang temporarily let go of all worries, and enjoyed himself for a long time.In the end, he went back to the house to rest contentedly, silently played with the white jade pendant that never left his body, and slept sweetly and soundly.

In the early morning of the next day, the wind and snow were blowing.

The sky was light blue, and various sounds gradually came from outside the door.

"...Are you awake?"

"Don't call him...tired...sleep more..."

Its daybreak?

Rong Youtang rubbed his eyes, opened them a little, sat up sleepily, hugged the quilt in a daze, for a while, began to think about today's business.

Half an hour later, a group of chariots and horses gathered at the gate of the Xizhou Yamen, which was very lively.

In the vestibule

"Yi County is remote and remote, and the mountain roads are narrow and difficult to walk. It takes three or four hours to get there, and at least one night's rest is required. I'm not good at riding a horse, so I want to take a sedan chair." Zhang Bao shrank his neck from the cold, holding a stove with his hands and a stove with two feet .

"I don't know how to ride a lowly job, so I have to take a sedan chair." The judge Qiu Xiaohuai sighed, and said calmly and persuasively: "Master Rong is a good horseman, and the speed from the capital to Renxizhou is really admirable."

"Yes." Wan Bin sighed, unable to hide his melancholy.

——Before the vacancy of the prefect of Xizhou, Wan Bin tried his best to fill the vacancy. Unexpectedly, with the emperor's decree, the official hat fell on the head of the young Rong Youtang!How can he not be resentful?

Zhang Bao was listless, holding a cup of boiling tea in a daze, and said weakly: "It's snowing so much today, it's too difficult to inspect the disaster-stricken counties, why not another day?"

Wan Bin didn't need to go out, he was in charge of staying in the town, and slowly proposed: "In that case, Zhang Bao, why don't you go and persuade Sir Rong?"

"Ah." Zhang Baochang sighed, smiled wryly, and laughed at himself: "Even the magistrate can't persuade him, what is a lowly position? Mr. Rong punished his lowly salary as soon as we met."

Wan Bin stiffened his neck, lowered his voice, and said with relief, "It's not that I can't persuade you, but I didn't dare to persuade you at all! The new official takes office... cough cough, we can only go along, otherwise it's likely to happen." You will end up reprimanded and fined!"

"Ah." Zhang Bao was feeling very sad.

Qiu Xiaohuai drank the tea quietly, only occasionally nodding in agreement.

"Huh?" Zhang Bao looked around in confusion, knowingly asking, "Where did Cui Wenshi go?"

Wan Bin suddenly lowered his face, and said with a smirk: "Where else can he be? He arrived at the yamen early in the morning, so he must be serving Lord Rong in the back yamen."

"Oh~" Zhang Baozuo suddenly realized, and said meaningfully: "It's still Wenshi who is filial and pious! In the past, before you arrived at the Yamen, he would make tea early and wait for you, and even a lowly official can enjoy a cup of tea. Please allow adults to come , he was so busy that he had no time to spare."

Wan Bin's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he didn't say a word.

Zhang Bao took a sideways look at Zhizhou, and said, "Xiao Huai and I have to sit in a sedan chair, but Aragon Shi is good at riding. Later, he will be able to serve Master Rong."

"Hehe." Wan Bin twitched the corner of his mouth perfunctorily.

So, Zhang Bao was satisfied, and thought to himself: Cui, I told you to watch Lao Tzu's jokes that day, and sooner or later you will cry!

After two cups of tea, Rong Youtang was full of energy and appeared radiantly. Besides the eight guards behind him, there was also Cui Wenshi who insisted on helping to hold the cloak.

Wan Bin and others hurriedly got up to greet them, saluted and said hello.

"It's early, my lords, so there's no need to be polite in daily life." Rong Youtang asked with a smile, "Have you eaten breakfast?"

"I've used it." All the subordinates nodded one after another, and Wan Bin asked with concern: "I don't know if you sleep soundly or eat well? The food customs in Xizhou and Beijing are very different. I can find two suitable cooks for you." .”

"Thank you for your concern. I think the hot and sour dishes are appetizing and have a special taste." Rong Youtang praised him. He was young and energetic. He only drank a cup of tea, then got up and said, "It's getting late, Yi County is remote. My lord, Lord Qiu and Lord Cui took the initiative to invite Ying to go on inspection, so we should set off earlier to avoid being stopped by the wind and snow."

"Yes."

Walking to the gate of the yamen, Rong Youtang got on his horse, and with a heroic appearance, he turned his head and told the colleagues in the sedan chair: "Don't be in a hurry, drive slowly, I will ride faster on horseback, go and check first, when the time comes in Yixian County Yamen Convergence. Master Wan, you handle your daily business properly."

"Yes."

"My lord, please be careful."

Rong Youtang nodded, and then led the crowd to gallop into the wind and snow without fear.

A few days later · Beijing

"The fourteenth day of the first lunar month!"

Song Shen reminded him that he was holding a box to feast on, watching the game between King Qing and King Rui, and asked expectantly, "Your Highness, do you want to enjoy lanterns in the palace during the Lantern Festival?"

King Rui's voice was clearer and clearer, and he replied: "Yes, they are located in the Imperial Garden as usual."

"Great!" Song Shen held his breath, leaned forward and pleaded: "Your Highness, can you take me to view the lanterns tomorrow night? I can't go alone."

King Rui nodded happily: "It's good to go for a walk."

Holding a chess piece, King Qing was secretly surprised: the fourth brother was brought to life by the noisy Cao Shangfei.

"Your Highness King Qing," Song Shen asked with a smile, "Are you going to watch the lanterns too?"

Before King Qing could answer, King Rui turned his head to look at Song Shen and said, "Even if Third Brother is not very interested, I still want to show Ninth Brother."

"No." King Qing nodded.

"So that's it!" Song Shen was happy in his heart, and smiled even more happily.

Night Kunhe Miyauchi

"Prince, this is our last good chance, you must be steady." The queen's tone was heavy, her eyes were dim, and she was almost skinny.

The second prince was full of unwillingness, and said resolutely: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, everything has been arranged properly, I hope everything goes well tomorrow night!"