Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

"Brother Rong is back?" Guo Da greeted with a smile. He had removed his armor, and in the midwinter and lunar months, he was only wearing a jacket, with his left sleeve rolled up high, his elbow was wounded, his right hand was roughly treating the wound for himself, and his face was covered. Don't care mixed with impatience.

"Mr. Guo?" Rong Youtang turned pale in astonishment, hurried over to give his hand, wrapped the wound with a clean white cloth, and said, "Sit down, put your hand on the table, let me see, has the wound been cleaned?"

Guo Dayi said that the big thorn slumped into the armchair, and said casually and familiarly: "It's been cleaned up, it's just a flesh injury, just wrap it up."

"Why did you come here suddenly?" Rong Youtang couldn't help asking curiously.

Guo Da cheerfully said: "I set off earlier than you! I arrived in Hejian two days ago, and I have contacted you for food and grass."

"So that's how it is." When meeting an acquaintance in another country, Rong Youtang happily informed: "The grain and grass in Guanzhou have just arrived, a full two thousand tons! Your Highness said that Guazhou will arrive in a few days, so we don't have to worry about people eating horses and chewing horses. Guo Young master is really powerful! But, your hand...?"

Guo Da's expression changed slightly, and he sighed, "I came here from Hejian Provincial Government, I'm not familiar with life, so I tripped accidentally."

At this time, Zhao Zeyong came out from the couch behind the screen, frowned and said, "I told you not to be careless, the road here is very uneven, you should pay more attention when walking than usual."

"Your Highness?!" Rong Youtang paused for a while even in bandaging the wound. He was dumbfounded at first, and then asked with a joyful smile, "Why are you up, Your Highness?"

——It seems that His Highness went to meet Mr. Guo and went out for several hours. What did they do?

Zhao Zeyong washed his hands, and there was a faint smell of blood wafting out, he said slowly: "Ziyan is here, and he insists on yelling to see this king, he is a monkey, he can't calm down."

"Cousin!" Guo Da exaggeratedly clutched his wound with a pained expression.

Zhao Zeyong snorted softly, and told Rong Youtang: "Wrap him up carefully, and send him to sleep quickly."

"But aren't you about to leave for Shun County at Maoshi? Why don't you sleep, you have to go after sitting for a while." Guo Da said with a yawn that his eyes were black and blue from lack of sleep, apparently he was very tired the past few days up.

"Starting at Maoshi, you can also rest for a few hours, and then get a good night's sleep when you arrive in Shun County at dawn." Zhao Zeyong said softly, "If you are so sleepy, I am worried that you will stumble while riding."

Guo Da groaned, privately in front of Zhao Zeyong, he always regarded himself as a younger brother who needed extra care from his cousin.

"Mr. Guo, there is no room in this inn. How about I make you a floor bed? The bedding is clean. The brothers outside are crowded, so it's not as spacious as your Highness's room." Rong Youtang suggested.

Guo Da nodded indiscriminately, closed his eyes, and his breathing gradually became gentle and long after a while.

Can you fall asleep while sitting?

Rong Youtang was emotional and funny at the same time, moving quickly with his hands, he moved the straw mat, bedding and pillow out of the cabinet, moved the carbon basin, made a simple floor, and went to the outside room to remove it when he was about to wake Guo Da up. The armored Zhao Zeyong patted his cousin on the cheek first: "Xiaoer, go to bed and sleep, don't wake up and call yourself a stiff neck."

"Huh? Oh, oh, oh~" Guo Da opened his eyes in a daze, he didn't care about anything, he took a few strides, rolled his head forward, and lay down on the floor, and even covered him by the way. Quilt, snoring loudly in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Zeyong: "..." This king told you to sleep on the bed.

"Mr. Guo has bags under his eyes." Rong Youtang sighed, and squatted down to help the other party pull the quilt.He was curious why Guo Da didn't come, but now he knew that King Qing had sent him to perform other tasks.

"Your Highness, you should also hurry up and get some sleep, I'm leaving." Rong Youtang was about to go out after speaking, and was still going to squeeze Wei Jie.

But Zhao Zeyong asked: "Aren't you going to sleep?" He knew that the other party had just received the Guanzhou grain escort team.

"Sleep, I'll go to the front to squeeze with Big Brother Wei and the others." Rong Youtang said honestly.

"It's about to start, don't bother, just make do with this room." Zhao Zeyong didn't know why he said that... When he came back to his senses, the words had already come out of his mouth.

Rong Youtang was a little dazed, looked at the only bed, and then at the small floor bed already occupied by Guo Da, and asked with puzzled eyes: Stay?Where do I sleep then?

"Such a big bed, can't we squeeze you in?" Zhao Zeyong's voice was still calm and majestic, he took off his robe, lay on the outside of the bed, closed his eyes, and said, "There is no way to be particular about the army. In the northwest Every time it was too late to discuss the military situation, Xiaoer would be lazy and just lay down and refused to move, and sometimes, the camp was full of generals sleeping all over the floor."

Oh ~

Rong Youtang feels ashamed - this is a march and a war, a noble such as King Qing can be at peace with the situation, what do I mind?Don't be fussy!

So he nodded: "Thank you, Your Highness, for taking me in."

"Blow the lamp." Zhao Zeyong ordered with his eyes closed.

"Oh." Rong Youtang acted according to his words, and lightly blew out the three oil lamps, leaving only one at the entrance, and the room instantly became dark and gloomy.

Alas, this is really, really... an indescribable feeling—I would actually sleep with the famous King Qing? !

Rong Youtang carefully stepped over the floor, opened the green gauze curtain, slowly took off his coat and boots, and stood in front of the bed, hesitating how to sleep, Zhao Zeyong said: "What are you doing in a daze? Come up."

"Oh!"

Rong Youtang didn't dare to delay any longer, he stepped on the end of the bed and bent over to get in, and habitually went to the side where the pillow was placed—that is, he shared the same long pillow with King Qing.

Is His Highness asleep?He was busy like iron, spinning, and he lay down and fell asleep surprisingly quickly.The same goes for Mr. Guo.

Rong Youtang lay down in slow motion, his whole body pressed against the wall, feeling uncomfortable.He listened for a long time, and after confirming that King Qing was breathing steadily and long, he gently lifted the quilt and went in; after a while of silence, he quietly moved over a little bit, and repeated this again and again until finally the quilt was completely covered.

Hey, Your Highness is in such a good physique, he is surrounded by warmth.

Rong Youtang only had time to sigh vaguely, and then fell into a dreamland.

——This kid finally stopped moving?It can really affect people's rest!

In the dark, Zhao Zeyong opened his eyes, turned his head slightly, and looked to the side of the pillow:

Rong Youtang seemed to be afraid of the cold, curled up sideways, instinctively sought warmth, and squeezed out unconsciously; but in his sleep, he seemed to be in awe, not daring to get too close, and there was a distance of a fist between the two of them.

But it is very close.

Zhao Zeyong's eyesight is extraordinary, he can even see the young man's long and thick eyelashes clearly, and the other party's clear and shallow breath is sweeping against the side of his neck.

It felt very strange.

Zhao Zeyong turned away his eyes and thought seriously.

I was woken up as soon as I closed my eyes again!

At the end of Yinshi, the whole inn started to move, "Boom boom boom~", "Boom boom boom~", the sound could wake up the entire Songyang Town!

"God, kill me." Rong Youtang cried out in pain, with great difficulty, he wanted to open his sore and swollen eyes, but he only opened a crack, and then he lay down slumped back, unconsciously rubbing his cheeks against the warm one beside him... What is this?

Half asleep, half awake, in doubt, someone suddenly said in my ear: "Wake up, go to Shun County to catch up on sleep."

Who, who?

"Still lying down?" the person next to my ear said again.

Zhao Zeyong helplessly pushed away the young man who was close to him, sat on his boots, put on his robe neatly, and when he passed by the floor, he kicked Guo Da by the way: "Xiaoer, it's time to get up late. You just run behind the horse."

Your Highness!It's His Royal Highness King Qing!

Rong Youtang was frightened awake in an instant, and rolled out of bed with a grunt, "Boom~", Wang Xunsheng, who was rinsing his mouth and face, turned his head, frowned and commented: "The sleeping posture is really bad."

"Yes, I'm sorry." Rong Youtang got up awkwardly, hurriedly put on his boots and clothes, and said, "I'll ask the buddy to bring water and breakfast." As he spoke, he ran out like a gust of wind, and the wooden floor sounded clearly Footsteps.

How decent to be in a panic all day long!

Zhao Zeyong adjusted his breathing, soaked his face in ice water, and calmed down the place where he was overly depressed but was suddenly teased, which was rare and disturbing.

When Rong Youtang packed himself up and returned with breakfast with the innkeeper, the two of them packed up and sat down in the room.

"Brother Rong, what do you have to eat?" Guo Da asked sleepily with green stubble all over his chin.

"Meat buns, millet porridge, fried dough sticks, pancakes." Rong Youtang and the shopkeeper arranged the food together.

"Is there no fried noodles that I love?" Guo Da muttered in a low voice.

"Zhajiang noodles? Sir, please wait a moment, I'll get you the little one right away!" the shopkeeper said in fear.

Zhao Zeyong stopped: "No need, these are enough, you go down."

The shopkeeper wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, and left with hands and feet.

"A quarter of an hour." Zhao Zeyong announced.

Guo Da was solemn for a moment, grabbed the steamed stuffed bun with one hand and fried dough sticks with the other, and said to Rong Youtang with his mouth full: "The time limit is [-] minutes! Eat!"

"Okay." Rong Youtang was not polite, he sat down and ate quickly, anyway, he was used to eating at the same table with these two when he was in Prince Qing's Mansion.

The three men didn't say a word of nonsense, and the wind swept through the clouds. After half a quarter of an hour, they stuffed their food, wiped their mouths, and Shi Shiran began to drink tea.

"I didn't have time to ask you last night, how is the Guanzhou food security team?" Zhao Zeyong asked.

Rong Youtang hurriedly reported his findings briefly.

"Hahaha~" Guo Da burst out laughing, "You're really capable, you came up with such a weird idea!"

"The situation is urgent, and I only want to come up with little tricks that are not of the highest level, which is inferior to your unparalleled ingenuity." Rong Youtang was quite embarrassed.

"No matter what the method is, as long as it can do the job, avoid committing crimes during the process, I only care about the result." Zhao Zeyong said frankly.

Rong Youtang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I dare not commit crimes."

Are you kidding me?You can still beat him to torture and torture him!

After sitting for a quarter of an hour, I had to get on my horse and set off again.

It's hard work fighting.

Rong Youtang's riding skills became more and more sophisticated, following Prince Qing's personal guards, he arrived at the deserted Shunxian County within an hour.

There were several feet of snow on the street, and the pots and pans were thrown away everywhere. The doors and windows of the vendors' houses on both sides were wide open, and the inside was messy, empty and dark.

Looking around, I only saw a few skinny wild cats and dogs at the corner.

It has fallen so far!

Rong Youtang looked at it with a heavy heart.

Fortunately, the bandit suppressing army came, followed by the grain escort team. It was lively and lively, and they trampled the snow in a mess until they stopped at the county government.

"Your Highness, do you think we look like the new county magistrate?" Guo Da cheerfully jumped off his horse, and walked in front of the county government office with his head held high.Among these people, only he dared to joke with King Qing like this.

"Then what are you? Yamen servant?" Zhao Zeyong replied with a smile.

"Hahaha~" Guo Da has the temperament of being crazy and familiar. He is in high spirits and jumps out of the way. He deliberately followed Zhao Zeyong, bowed and smiled flatteringly: "Your Highness, please! Your Highness, carefully check the threshold!"

Zhao Zeyong said slowly: "If you are not serious, you will be fined to go up the mountain alone to suppress the bandits."

Guo Da immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "We are here to suppress the bandits! Your Highness, when will we go to Jiufeng Mountain to kill it?" He actually led people to sneak into Shun County the day before, and he had already found out the location of Jiufeng Mountain. Several entrances and exits, after joining forces with Zhao Zeyong for investigation last night, when he secretly retreated back to Songyang Town by taking a trail, the horseshoe accidentally stepped on a trap in the forest. Although he reacted very quickly, he still scratched his elbow and secretly felt disgraced— —I belong to the Northwest Army. I went back to Beijing to visit relatives. I came out to relax and suppress a bandit on the way. I was injured?

What a shame!

Guo Dajun's face turned black with anger, and he tried his best to hide his elbow injury.

"You take someone to clean the warehouse of the county government first, and then properly store the grain and grass." Zhao Zeyong ordered.

Rong Youtang said respectfully: "Yes." But his eyes were half-focused on the side:

"General Guo is really brave and bold, and he is really a tiger!" Han Ruhai smiled kindly and complimented him, then turned his voice and invited him: "Yes, I am ordered to go to Jiufeng Mountain to explore the road, I wonder if General Guo would dare to come with you Go?" Guo Er heard that he was also a good general in the Northwest, so if he was invited to go with him, he would be able to return safely!

Zhao Zeyong went straight to the lobby of the county government office, followed by a group of people.

"General Han is too famous." Guo Da smiled and clasped his fists back, but his mouth was tight: "I brought my brothers and came here just to raise food and grass, and I wanted to visit the bandits' lair. However, the commander did not order, and Guo did not." Dare to make a claim." Spreading his hands regretfully, Dian Dian'er ran to Zhao Zeyong's side, and asked respectfully, "Your Highness, I will wait for your order."

Han Ruhai: "..." Pretentious and hypocritical, who doesn't know that you two are cousins? !

"Let's lead the army to set off first, and run across the river to raise food and grass. It's really hard work before dawn." Zhao Zeyong walked forward quickly with his hands behind his hands, and ordered: "You guys rest for a long time. Ziyan, take me with you in the afternoon. People go to inspect the surrounding areas of Shun County, and hand in detailed defense maps at night."

Guo Da said forcefully: "The general obeys orders!" Then he said helplessly to Han Ruhai: "Military orders must not be disobeyed. But General Han, don't worry, since we are suppressing bandits together, we will always have a chance to fight side by side. You should hurry up and explore the way." , don't waste time."

"...Farewell!" Han Ruhai gritted his teeth and cupped his fists, looking at King Qing's indifferent back with hatred, and set off to Jiufeng Mountain with a fat body that was reluctant to shake.

The soldiers tidied up the hall of the county yamen swiftly, and invited King Qing to sit down.

"Ahahahahaha~" Guo Da laughed so much that he rolled from the grand teacher's chair to the ground, slapped his thigh, and said with joy: "Cousin, look at Han Ruhai's body, no matter what, he is also a general. He was in Yuanshui Daying. Don't you need to train? Tsk, I heard that he took people to another place to eat and drink last night, if they were in the northwest, they would be pulled out on the spot and beat them hard!"

Zhao Zeyong squeezed the center of his brows wearily, and said in a deep voice: "Remember everything first, I don't have time to pay attention right now. Go to the back and find a place to catch up on sleep, so don't miss your afternoon errands."

"Don't worry, you won't miss it." Guo Da stood up, patted his jersey, and approached very close mysteriously, asking in a low voice, "Hey, cousin, did you sleep with Brother Rong last night? How do you feel?"

Zhao Zeyong immediately shot the knife in the eye, feeling a little uncomfortable, and said with a straight face: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's just a matter of time, and your kid has been squeezed into the bed for a while."

Guo Da immediately retorted: "You said it all, I was just hanging on. Brother Rong was invited by you personally, can it be the same?"

"Wan Tao!" Zhao Zeyong simply put his cousin aside and ordered his subordinates: "You bring 50 people to guard the county government and several main city gates, and cooperate with General Guo to inspect in the afternoon."

"Yes! However, if there are 50 people, is it better to have two rounds or three rounds? Please advise, Your Highness."

Zhao Zeyong taught his subordinates patiently and conscientiously, his handsome face blushed slightly, for some reason.

"Okay, you're busy, I'm going to bed." Guo Da resentfully walked to the backyard, thinking: Something is wrong!Cousin guards himself like... ahem, pure-hearted and ascetic, not close to women.For so many years, the ancestor tried every means but failed to get Grandson Jin to accept even a beautiful woman.Could it be——in fact, he likes men?Oops, it's over!

Guo Da had a downcast expression, and he was very preoccupied. When he met Rong Youtang, who was directing the transportation of grain and grass, he felt mixed emotions in his heart, and stopped to watch silently.

"Be careful where you step." Rong Youtang told everyone carefully: "I turned around just now. This county government office was burned, but it didn't collapse. Don't go to the east, so as not to collapse and accidentally injure you." When he turned his head, he saw Guo Da stood there in a daze, hurriedly went over and asked concerned: "Mr. Guo, can't you find a place to rest? There is a courtyard on the right ahead, probably where the former county magistrate's family lived. May I accompany you to find a room?"

Guo Da looked carefully at Rong Youtang's eyebrows and eyes, sighed, and said quite understandingly: "It's no wonder he is, I also think you are very beautiful." After speaking, he turned away and walked away.

Rong Youtang: "..."

pretty?That's not the way to describe a man.

Rong Youtang also sighed, and continued to work on his own work—trying to live a beautiful life, so that everyone knows what it means to "be careful not to look like a person!"

"Thanks for your hard work." Rong Youtang praised frequently, and then apologized: "I hardly slept last night. Now that I have arrived in Shun County, please move to Li's house next door to rest. We will hold a banquet in the evening and formally welcome you all. At that time, His Highness Prince Qing May attend."

Everyone in Guanzhou suddenly became excited: they spent money, energy, and took great risks to run this trip, just to get the recognition and praise of the imperial court!That's a golden signboard!

Rong Youtang scanned without showing any trace:

Among the dozen or so well-dressed and wealthy businessmen, only the one who was familiar with the rat and fish meat last night lowered his head. Although there was a smile on his face, he couldn't see clearly.

"Everyone, let's talk tonight." Rong Youtang bid farewell politely, watched everyone leave, and stared at the middle-aged man walking away with his back slightly bent.

"Brother Rong, what are you going to do next?" Wei Jie asked enthusiastically.

"Come on, let's go in and inspect the grain!" Rong Youtang said confidently.

The two then returned to the warehouse.

Rong Youtang didn't know martial arts, but he put a dagger in his boot, he pulled out the dagger, stabbed the neatly packed sacks one by one, and took a closer look at the rice grains that leaked out.

"It's all rice?" Wei Jie was speechless, and said with emotion: "This is rare. The best military rations are brown rice and millet, and there is no way it is rice. After all, the demand for military rations is so great."

Rong Youtang raised his palm: "Look, these bags are all new rice."

Wei Jie picked up a few grains of rice, chewed them dryly for a while, and said, "It's very fragrant."

"It should have been born this year. It's really kind and rare." Rong Youtang sighed.

The two searched together, and after less than half an hour, Rong Youtang smiled clearly, and tapped the pile in front of him with a dagger: "The He family's, Chen Mi, have been stored for about two or three years."

Wei Jie immediately asked, "Is that the one from last night?"

"That's right. He is He Zhongxiong, the young shopkeeper of the He family who is in charge of running the business outside." Rong Youtang introduced, and then asked worriedly: "Brother Wei, he won't run away, right?"

Wei Jie quickly shook his head: "That's impossible! Your Highness didn't say anything, how dare they leave?"

"That's fine."

"However, what's wrong with this old rice?" Wei Jie asked curiously, thinking: it must not be poisonous, right?Are you courting death?

Rong Youtang stuffed the rice grains back into the sack, and explained carefully: "If something goes wrong, there must be something wrong. First of all, the scene at the banquet last night showed that He Zhongxiong was guilty. In fact, even if he has eaten or even likes to eat rat fish, it is nothing. The blame is that he deliberately concealed it; secondly, when I said just now that His Highness might attend the reception banquet in the evening, the rest of the people were very happy and beat around the bush to inquire about His Highness's preferences. As far as Guanzhou is concerned, food is actually a drop in the bucket, so everyone offers the best to win a good impression from the imperial court."

After a pause, Rong Youtang stuffed the dagger back into the boot, and continued: "Especially the He family. According to the documents handed over by the Tong Zhi in Guanzhou, the He family made its fortune relying on the Yanhe River to move food, silk, and medicinal materials from north to south. Of the [-] tans of rice, the He family contributed [-] tans of rice due to their strong financial resources, and there was a lot of bleeding, and a small half of it was mixed with old rice? This is very unreasonable."

Wei Jie nodded thoughtfully.

"There must be a reason." Rong Youtang said cautiously: "Of course, it may also be that his family has difficulties. Therefore, before checking, I dare not speak falsely, so as not to wrong good people."

They discussed as they walked, but when they reached the second gate, they bumped into a hurried guard who was overjoyed when he saw Rong Youtang, and lowered his voice anxiously: "Your Highness has been too tired these days, so busy that he forgot to eat and sleep! Now Suffering from the wind and cold, developing a high fever, but still refusing to rest, Doctor Chen is persuading me. Xiaorong, General Guo told you to hurry over there!"