Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

spa?Go soak in the winter, wash it quickly, and feel comfortable when you think about it.

Rong Youtang was very tempted, looked down at the wet hem, but hesitated.

"Let's go." Zhao Zeyong ordered, and went straight to the west ear room, and said while walking: "In three hours, I will go to the morning court, and then I can go to see Xiaojiu, I don't know if he can get used to living in Qianming Palace. "

never mind!You can't stop the mouths of many people, and those who clear up will clear themselves.

"Should get used to it." Rong Youtang followed up and said, "I heard from His Highness the Ninth Prince that his slingshot skills were actually taught by His Majesty himself."

Zhao Zeyong shook his head and laughed: "It's probably because he pestered the emperor himself to make trouble."

"That also shows that the relationship between father and son is close." Rong Youtang said tentatively.

But Zhao Zeyong didn't answer any more, he walked ahead silently, there was already an eunuch waiting in front of the door of the west ear room, he opened the curtain lightly and steadily, and bowed to greet him.There were several court ladies in the room who were busy preparing to change clothes, clean handkerchiefs, bathing utensils, etc. When they saw King Qing, Qi Qi said crisply: "My maidservant has seen Your Highness."

"Well, let's go." Zhao Zeyong waved his hand as usual, he is used to meditating while taking a bath, and he never likes to be served by maids so as not to affect his thoughts.

"Yes." When the girls passed by Rong Youtang, some of them had a good chat in private, and they all pursed their lips and smiled, with seven points of shyness and three points of teasing, but no mocking or contempt.

The world is going downhill and people's hearts are not old!You people, what is going on in your mind all day? ?

Rong Youtang stood still, returned a look of condemnation and sigh with awe-inspiring righteousness, raised his head and walked in, and took a closer look: this hot spring pool was specially created to imitate the wildness of the mountains and forests: it was in an irregular crescent shape, and the edges were built with bricks of different sizes. The pebbles are patchwork, the water quality is quite clear, and there is a layer of warm mist.There is a screen erected on the shore, behind which there are arhat couches, tables and chairs.

The royal family is the royal family, and the clothing, food, housing and transportation show honor and wealth everywhere.

Rong Youtang secretly sighed.

"Why are you in a daze? Do you want the maid to wash it for you?" King Qing always acted vigorously, and in a blink of an eye, he had already come out from behind the screen, entered the water from the other end of the Crescent Hot Spring, leaned on the smooth stone, closed his eyes and rested.

The water vapor is too thick, and it is difficult to see the other party's face clearly.

"No! I don't need it!" Rong Youtang shook his head firmly.

What are you kidding?You are their king, I am not blessed to be served by a beauty to take a bath.

Rong Youtang slandered, and began to undress.

"You had a good time with them." Prince Qing on the opposite side said calmly, "They didn't dare to say a word in front of this king, but they chatted and laughed with you. Did you hit it off right away?"

Well, the water temperature is okay, moderate.

Rong Youtang stretched out his feet cautiously, and then prepared to enter the water. Unexpectedly, he was startled by King Qing's words, his feet were unstable and his feet slipped.He is afraid of water, and his first reaction is: he is going to drown!After thumping with all his strength for a while, he stepped on the bottom of the pool, straightened up suddenly, shook his head vigorously, and while coughing violently, he hurriedly explained: "No cough cough, I did not cough cough cough Your Majesty, I did not hook and seduce your cough cough maid, I swear!"

Zhao Zeyong: "..."

If not, why are you so panicked?Nearly drowning in the waist-deep soup pool?King Qing, who originally wanted to go over to catch people, leaned against the stone again, and looked at the boy at the other end: he was standing in the pool, with a handkerchief on his shoulders, his hair tied up casually was wet and dripping, his eyebrows and eyes were a little nervous, and his facial features were just right. His skin was white and pink in the mist, and people couldn't help but think... this kid is seventeen, why hasn't he bloomed yet?It's almost indistinguishable!

King Qing suddenly closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing in secret. He was naturally self-disciplined, and he was always busy, closing and opening his eyes were all things to do, so he had no time to be distracted from that aspect.

"Your Highness?"

Wrong, I really didn't seduce your maid!

Rong Youtang saw that the other party ignored his explanation, and after thinking about it, he suddenly panicked, hurriedly waded forward, and emphasized again: "Those sisters all regarded me as a little eunuch at the beginning. Seeing that I don't understand the palace rules, out of goodwill Only a few words of advice from time to time, they are all loyal."

Zhao Zeyong closed his eyes, and when he heard the sound of water approaching, he suddenly felt inexplicably anxious, so he stopped him in a deep voice: "Don't come here! This king is thinking."

"...Yes." Rong Youtang had no choice but to stop at the concave part of the Crescent Hot Spring. Like the other party, he also found a big rock to lean against, slowly rubbed his bruised and painful knee, and poked his head, but his sight was caught by the undulating stone Blocked, King Qing could not be seen.He thought to himself: Your Highness is angry?Alas, it was also because I was not careful enough to get closer to the young girl next to him.

a moment of silence

"Your mouth is very sweet, sister and sister shouted." Zhao Zeyong snorted softly, admonishing from the standpoint of an elder: "Men should avoid lust. Although women are beautiful, there has been a saying since ancient times: 'Gentle town, hero's tomb', Those who achieve major events must be able to control the lower body. This king hates those who are obsessed with drinking and sex, and if they are caught in the army, they will be dealt with by military law; if they are caught in the government, they will be severely punished!"

Rong Youtang rubbed his knees and thought: It's really not easy for the soldiers in the Northwest. Big men stay in the barracks all year round. When they are resting, do they dare to go to the brothel?

"Why don't you talk?" Zhao Zeyong thought for a while, and asked very dissatisfied: "Could it be that your kid has been enlightened early, and you can't stop it now?"

Rong Youtang hastily denied: "No, Your Highness misunderstood. My father said, cough cough, don't worry about those things, grow your body first, and study hard is the most important thing. After a few years of marriage, it will be, it will be a matter of course. "

Zhao Zeyong nodded in satisfaction: "This king also demands the same from Xiaojiu. According to the rules in the palace, 15 years old began to let the house maids go - but that was the age of fun, immature mind, easy to indulge in love in the house , A good man, ruined just like that."

"Your Highness is right." Rong Youtang was absent-minded, and casually complimented her, but she thought in her heart: Could it be that His Highness Prince Qing... huh?impossible?

Unexpectedly, King Qing seemed to be able to read minds, and immediately asked:

"What are you thinking about?"

"No, I didn't think about anything." Rong Youtang denied it solemnly, but his thoughts were running wild like a wild horse.

"It's not right." Zhao Zeyong commented sharply.

The two of them each occupied a piece of hot spring and soaked comfortably. After a long while, Rong Youtang couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Highness, how did Big Brother Wei and the others enter the palace?"

"The twentieth day of the first lunar month is the anniversary of the death of the queen mother and concubine. They were ordered to send the ceremony to Prince Qing's Mansion and Dingbeihou Mansion to enter the palace. After being inspected by the inner court, they will be transported to the imperial mausoleum together to pay homage."

"Then His Highness the Ninth Highness is—" Rong Youtang immediately stopped speaking when he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.

"That's right, it's also Xiao Jiu's birthday that day." King Qing sighed deeply, and said helplessly, "So, he has never officially given birth since he grew up, so he has to fast on that day to remember his deceased mother, and at most use some plain noodles."

"..." Rong Youtang couldn't help feeling sympathetic.

Her birthday was the anniversary of her mother's death, and it would be uncomfortable for anyone else, and the Ninth Prince would inevitably be considered by some people as "unknown and against his mother".

"His Highness Nine is pure and filial, so he will understand." Rong Youtang could only comfort in this way.

"I don't ask for his understanding." King Qing said calmly, "I only hope that he will be safe and sound, grow up as soon as possible, marry a wife and have children, and spread his branches and leaves. This king will live up to the entrustment of his mother and concubine."

"Ma'am, she—" Rong Youtang couldn't believe it, thinking that His Highness was only fifteen or sixteen years old when the accident happened, right?

Maybe it was because the night was quiet and the soup pool was too relaxing, King Qing's voice was extremely tired: "Dying entrustment. It is really dangerous for a woman to give birth to a child. It really is the gate of hell! The concubine mother asked me to go in and talk, the whole room smelled of blood, her face... …The blood may be running dry, and people will see-"I can't live.King Qing's ending sound gradually weakened, and finally disappeared in the mist of hot spring water.

Rong Youtang was completely silent.

It turned out that His Royal Highness's experience of losing his mother as a teenager was far more unfortunate than imagined.Concubine Shu was suddenly frightened back then, had a dystocia and was on the verge of death, so she must have countless things to explain, but she only had time to entrust the newly born youngest son to the eldest son.

After all, the deep palace is ruthless and has no blood relationship, so who is willing to protect each other sincerely?

In addition, perhaps His Highness is extremely self-disciplined and not close to women because he was mentally stimulated by witnessing women's dystocia and blood collapse when he was young.

"Your Highness, please mourn." Rong Youtang said with difficulty, talking about his mother also brought back his sad past.He said seriously and unquestionably: "My mother also died young, and I have never enjoyed the blessing of a son in my life. I Rong Youtang is ashamed to be a son of man. However, Master Huikong of Hongfa Temple said: Although death is like a lamp going out, The most important is the mundane lamp, the soul and spirit will last forever, and another new lamp will be lit in the past life, and it will never stop!"

Childish and foolish, believe in the nonsense of monks and Taoists.Zhao Zeyong raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but did not interrupt.

"Master Huikong also said that as long as people in the mortal world are devout and pray for the deceased, she will be reincarnated as soon as possible, and in the next life she will be reborn as a person with the five blessings of longevity, wealth, well-being, virtue, and a happy death!"

Zhao Zeyong opened his eyes, looked at the unwavering Rong Youtang, and asked helplessly, "Did that master still tell you to give up some sesame oil money and buy consecration treasures from time to time?"

"How do you know?" Rong Youtang hugged the warm big stone, and said respectfully: "At present, my family donates two taels of sesame oil money to Hongfa Temple every month, and two lamps are enshrined respectively: one is for my father's deceased relatives, and the other is for my family. It's... my family."

That boy is so devout that he almost shines!

Zhao Zeyong frowned disapprovingly, and originally wanted to refute the "weird power and chaos the gods don't say", but after thinking about it, he also considered that the other party's life was rough and his family was ruined—forget it, he missed his relatives so much that he believed those things, It is also pitiful.

So Zhao Zeyong said earnestly: "The dead are long gone, and the living are like husbands. As long as a person lives a lifetime, as long as he strives to do what he does and refuses to do what he can't do, 'look up to the sky, and bow down to others', you will be fine. That's fine, don't worry about 'Lights out, lights on, this life and the next life'."

Alas, you have never experienced it!Did you know that I am a man who died once, and I am born again!Oh, you don't know, because I can't say...

Hey!

Rong Youtang felt very uncomfortable, he patted the stone several times, and said anxiously: "There are! There are! Don't believe me, Master Huikong is an eminent monk, he—"

"Okay, okay." Zhao Zeyong waved his hands with a headache, took a deep breath, and snorted coldly: "According to what you said, this king is a general in this life. He personally beheaded and commanded countless people to kill. His hands are full of blood. In the next life, you will definitely turn into a dog or pig?"

"Uh~"

Rong Youtang was choked, and it took him a long time to turn his head around, and complimented forcefully: "Of course not! You firmly guard the northwest border, keep the enemy soldiers out, defend your home and country, and save the world with your own strength. How many lives have been lost on the border and even in the entire country? You are a great hero! In the next life, the next life—oh, someone with great merit like you must be a god who will go down to the earth to endure calamities, and return to the sky after the end, and be among the immortals!"

King Qing: "..."

Rong Youtang was lying firmly on the rock, his eyes were very sincere.

"You—" Zhao Zeyong wanted to laugh but didn't. He put on a tiger face and feigned anger and said, "You're used to flattering horses!"

Rong Youtang smiled embarrassedly, but was not ready to change.

Who would dislike a flattery?right.

The springs are densely covered, and it seems that the craftsmen laid them deliberately. There is one beside him.

But as he soaked, he suddenly remembered:

It will be twenty in a few days!Why hasn't His Majesty announced the commander of the Northern Suburb Camp?

Thinking of this, Rong Youtang's spirit was shaken, and he asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, now that the Lantern Festival has passed, are you...where in the northwest?"

After Zhao Zeyong finished washing, he threw the handkerchief on the stone, left the soup pool, disappeared behind the screen in a few steps, and went to find clean clothes.

The broad shoulders and long legs, well-proportioned and strong, tall and healthy figure are really enviable!

Rong Youtang was ashamed of himself, stepped on the spring a few times, got up in a hurry, wiped off the water and walked towards the shore——I realized after walking halfway:...Did those sisters prepare a change of clothes for me?

King Qing's movements were always fast, and in a moment he spoke behind the screen that separated the water mist: "Still soaking? The skin is wrinkled."

"Oh!" Rong Youtang hurriedly responded, "I've finished washing!"

Forget it, don't worry about it, wear it first, and then change it when you go back.

So Rong Youtang endured, put on the dirty clothes and trousers again, and hurried around the screen.

Zhao Zeyong raised his eyes and wondered, "Is there something clean that you don't want to wear?" As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the washstand next to him—a set of clothes hung neatly on it.

"..." Rong Youtang said awkwardly, "I don't know, I thought there wasn't."

"The ones who can work in the bathroom are at least the second-class maids, so how can you do without winks." Zhao Zeyong ordered lightly: "Hurry up and change, I have something to tell you."

"Okay." Rong Youtang didn't have time to think about it, so he hurried over to change it. When he got it in his hand, he found that the outer robe was a sapphire blue cotton robe for the servant, while the inner underwear was made of silk with cotton on the inside. Knowledge is a good thing - new?Whose example is this?

Zhao Zeyong was the most impatient of waiting. He raised his eyes, and when he was about to say "Is there anything you can do quickly", he saw that the other party was only wearing a pair of underpants, with a slender neck, beautiful shoulders and back, thin and unobtrusive, There are two faint waists, the underpants are very close-fitting, the legs are straight, and the bare feet seem to feel cold, and the jade-white round toes are slightly curled up.

Therefore, he delayed for a moment before saying: "Is there anything you can do quickly? Move quickly! People like you will be late when they arrive at the barracks."

"Sorry." Rong Youtang hurriedly stopped looking curiously, put on his clothes without stopping, and quickly walked up to King Qing: "Your Highness, what do you want to tell me?"

Zhao Zeyong took a sip of tea slowly, and then said with a serious expression: "This king has been fighting in the Northwest for more than ten years. I don't know how many battles, big and small. After defeating the Meng Rong last year, as long as we persist in raising troops and training them, we will be able to fight in the past two years." You can rest and recuperate.”

Rong Youtang's heart hung high: So, you don't need to go back to the northwest for the time being?

"However," Zhao Zeyong changed his voice: "The world is unpredictable. There will be unresolved conflicts of interest between the two countries, which will break out one day. The imperial father's order should come down in the next few days. If the king follows the order Returning to the northwest, Xiao Jiu will live with his father in Qianming Palace. The matter of the Imperial College has been arranged, and then you can go to the Dingbeihou Mansion to find Ziyu, and he will help you."

"Your Highness—" Rong Youtang was grateful and at a loss, and said nervously: "Since there has been no war in the northwest for the past two years, you can stay in the capital, accompany His Highness Ninth, honor His Majesty, and Mrs. Guo and so on."

"It doesn't matter what you say about this matter, it's useless for me to think about it, and it's only what my father says."

"Then find a way to make His Majesty feel that you must stay in the capital!" Rong Youtang said eagerly, for fear that King Qing would return to the northwest.He fought against injustice, and felt that the emperor was eccentric and cruel!He has so many princes, who are properly placed in the capital and pampered, but he makes King Qing work like a cow and horse, and is exposed to the wind and sun in the frontier fortress. He is completely different from other fair-faced princes with thin skin and tender flesh!

"Oh? What can you do?" Zhao Zeyong took the time to ask, looking at Rong Youtang and thinking: Is the rabbit impatient?Jump up as if to bite.

At the critical moment, Rong Youtang went all out and spoke very fast: "I heard that the area of ​​Shun County in Hejian Province was plagued by locusts last year, because the local county magistrate was corrupt, withholding relief food, and disregarding the three-year tax exemption decree issued by the imperial court. , secretly searched for people’s fat and people’s anointing, which led to riots. After bloodbathing the rich households in the government, they became bandits and took over the mountains as kings. .”

"Where did you hear that?" Zhao Zeyong remained expressionless.

"Returning to Your Highness, my family opened a cloth shop, and I often went out to collect leather. When receiving the goods, I heard the people who fled Shun County and went to relatives in the suburbs of Beijing." Rong Youtang told the truth, and said angrily: "It is said that the court They sent people to suppress the bandits, but they all returned in vain, and those soldiers are still eating and eating, people hate and hate God!" After a pause, he said: "I dare to guess, the palace is not peaceful recently, and the banditry has not been eliminated. There are unscrupulous generals in the court—or, in other words, there is a lack of people who can and dare to do things in the court. Therefore, His Majesty will not let you return to the northwest in the near future."

Zhao Zeyong smiled appreciatively, but shook his head and said, "Your boy sometimes makes me think...with your background, age, and experience, you shouldn't know so much."

In other words: I feel like you're a spy on assignment.

Ahem, your intuition is correct, but I am not a spy, I am born again, and my real age is older than this body.Moreover, people who have died once have a different perspective on the problem, and the whole pattern of the whole person is also very different.

"The book contains the principles of sages and sages. If you read a lot, you will understand it." Rong Youtang said cheekily: "Xiaosheng devoted himself to the imperial examinations, determined to become an official, raised his eyebrows and honored his family, and died after devoting himself to death."

"Hmph." Zhao Zeyong didn't comment, got up straight away, put on his outer robe, and went back to the room to rest.

Rong Youtang touched his nose guiltily, followed quietly, until lying on the bed, he also "hummed" silently, and said in his heart: I know, you are testing tonight!

It's a pity that you don't believe in ghosts and gods, no matter how powerful you are, you can't find out that I am reborn!Hahaha~

Rong Youtang had fun, laughed for a while, and then began to panic: Although he can't find out my rebirth, he may find out my real identity.What to do then?Most likely will be beheaded...

He fell asleep in a daze of fear, and not long after, he was suddenly shaken continuously, and someone whispered anxiously in his ear: "Wake up, your Highness has sent an urgent message...the military order is like a mountain...you will be beheaded if you are late... ..."

Behead?Behead!Am I exposed?

Rong Youtang was so frightened that he rolled to the foot of the bed, panting heavily, clutching the quilt tightly, staring at the person who came—

However, the other party is a familiar servant.

"My lord, get dressed and go out with Your Highness, the team will start immediately! There is an imperial decree to suppress the bandits within half a month, but it takes half the time to go back and forth. Hejian Province is not close."

Oh, it turned out to be bandits.

How unreasonable!King Qing must have known that His Majesty would send him to suppress the bandits, but last night he purposely said that he was going back to the Northwest just to tease me!

Rong Youtang got up angry mixed with being tempted and teased, quickly dressed neatly, followed Wei Jie out of the palace in a hurry.

They each led their horses and walked quickly.

When approaching the gate of the palace, Wei Jie finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Brother Rong..." The tall and mighty soldier hesitated to speak at this time, struggling in a difficult situation, and said cautiously: "Your Highness really values ​​you, and he set out to suppress the bandits, and even brought you with him."

How could Rong Youtang not hear it?He tightened his cloak tightly, and said helplessly, "Brother Wei, don't worry, I won't be the man's favourite. Besides, His Highness doesn't have broken sleeves either."

"I didn't mean that!" Wei Jie shook his head in a hurry, his head flushed in an instant, he was extremely embarrassed, and he said frankly: "I, I just heard that you, you have a close relationship with His Highness recently, and, in the middle of the night, you two Let's take a shower together...soak in the hot spring." He abruptly replaced the "mandarin duck bath".

"Last night? Your Highness is just sorry that I don't have hot water to take a bath."

After leaving the palace gate, Rong Youtang straightened the saddle a bit, got on the horse, his movements were brisk and natural, and he asked, "Brother Wei, where are we going?"

There is nothing unusual about people, not like that.

Wei Jie, a rough man, calmed down, got on his horse, and replied, "Go to the south gate."

"it is good."

Wei Jie said happily: "Your Highness received news from your hometown Lingzhou the day before yesterday, and I must be satisfied with asking you to suppress bandits together today. Brother Rong, from now on, you and I will work together for His Highness—"

"What?!" Rong Youtang yelled, and fell from the horse.