Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

Zhao Zening took a sip of tea, bowed his head in thought, not knowing what he was thinking.

"His Royal Highness?" Zhuo Kai was also very anxious, because Guo Da's order was to "keep an eye on the villagers involved", and Fang Xiaozhen must be one of them. He didn't want to let down Shangfeng's trust just after he came to Beiying on business.

Everyone in the room looked eagerly at Zhao Zening—there was a difference in status, and disrespect to the Eighth Prince was disrespect to His Highness King Qing and the royal family.Who dares to challenge the majesty of the Tian Family?

Just when Rong Youtang was about to go all out, wanted to rush out to search directly, and to make a plea after the event, Zhao Zening finally spoke. He asked Fang Tong: "Are you sure you have found everything inside and outside her house?"

"Hey!" Fang Tongzheng nodded: "His Royal Highness, the two of us, Xiao Zhenniang, Xiao Zhen's grandma, and several military masters searched for a long time together, from the front yard to the backyard pigsty, but we couldn't find it! Fang Eniang slapped her face, she was crying and wanted to run away, so she was locked into the woodshed by her father, and then she probably sneaked away while taking advantage of the chaos!"

Zhao Zening was satisfied with seeing everyone anxious but not daring to disobey him, and finally gave an order mercifully: "Fang Yan's life and death are still uncertain, and his family's eldest daughter can't have any accidents. But my highness rushed to bring witnesses back to the tent to hand over the matter, Brother Rong, why don't you hurry up and take someone to look for it? If you can't find it, you are the only one asking!"

"Yes!" Rong Youtang didn't care too much, turned around, rushed out with Wei Jie, Fang Tong and his wife.

Zhuo Kai naturally wanted to follow, but the eighth prince said leisurely: "Lord Xiao Zhuo, the third brother is investigating this matter in the camp, so I should take these villagers back now, what do you think?"

Me, what am I looking at?

"I would like to follow His Highness's instructions." Zhuo Kai had no choice but to stay.He looked around and asked for instructions: "Go back now? Then please." He bowed and stretched out his hand, and urged the villagers: "Let's go to the camp. His Royal Highness Qing wants to ask questions. Don't worry, just be as honest as before. Just tell the truth, as long as you don’t participate in the fight, I won’t embarrass you.”

The villagers who witnessed the scene had no choice but to follow, all of them with sad faces, tired and tired, and deeply regretted that they should not have slept well and ran out to watch the excitement.

Zhao Zening brushed off his robe, Shi Shiran got up, Zhuo Kai held a torch, carefully and conscientiously, stood by his side to illuminate him, and reminded: "It's not easy to walk in the dark, be careful."

"Hmm." Zhao Zening admired Yu Zhuokai's attitude, and asked, "I heard that you were a former imperial guard? Why hasn't my highness seen it before?"

Zhuo Kai was extremely embarrassed at once, his face was red, his ears were red, he babbled for a long time, and then he said in shame: "Originally, but there was a mistake in the humble job, and he was punished and sent home, and he only entered the palace for a few months."

——In the case of Qiyuan Hall’s flooding, the seventh prince, Zhao Zewu, left his post without permission to attend a private meeting in the middle of the night, and the target was Zhuo Kai!Under the secret game of many forces, although Zhuo Kai was exonerated from serious crimes, he was punished inevitably: he was punished thirty times, dismissed from his post, and never hired as a guard.

Perhaps the Zhuo family was out of luck.Not long after the youngest son had an accident, the eldest son was convicted of molesting the eldest princess with words, was also punished, and sent back to his hometown in despair. With all his strength, he forced his youngest son Zhuo Kai into the northern camp.

After Zhao Zening heard this, he let out a long "oh~", lowered his eyes, and encouraged with a smile: "It's a blessing in disguise. You are loyal at first glance. As long as you work hard in Beiying, you will be rewarded in three days." Brother, rewards and punishments are clear, and I will definitely see your efforts."

Zhuo Kai was moved and grateful, and said in Jiji: "Thank you, Your Highness Eighth Highness. I am dull by nature, I can only be a brash warrior, now I only hope to do something for Beiying, and when the difference goes wrong again, I will be satisfied."

They walked out of the courtyard gate of Lizheng's house and camped in the wheat field in the east, but Zhao Zening walked west.

"His Royal Highness, it's over here!" Zhuo Kai hurriedly reminded.

Without warning—

Zhao Zening, who was at the front, smiled strangely, and suddenly quickened his pace and rushed forward: "There seems to be a figure flashing past over there? Is it Fang Xiaozhen? What did Rong Youtang and the others do? They haven't found anyone yet! Let's go, it's important to save people, and then My highness is going to help!"

ah?Yes, it is important to save lives!

Zhuo Kai was already slow to react, but now it was like a swamp, slowly bubbling "Gudu~gudu~", he hurriedly held up a torch to catch up: "His Royal Highness! Wait, be careful!" He subconsciously turned his head while running Greeting: "This is your village, you know each other best, please help find someone together!"

"Oh, oh!"

"okay!"

"The road is familiar, but where is Zhen girl?"

Facing the noble prince, seven or eight villagers were even more confused, stopped thinking, and ran after him like headless chickens, yelling all the way.

Zhao Zening crashed headlong into the pitch-black village, the cold wind whistled in his ears, and icy snowflakes hit his face.The palace rules are strict, and the royal family is the most important. He has never run around like this in the palace. While he is in a good mood, he suddenly has an uncontrollable crazy impulse!

Zhao Zening didn't look at the road carefully at all, relying on the faint light of fire behind him, he ran past one dark farm house after another, those shadows were distorted and deformed, flitting past with claws and claws, like the faces of contempt, contempt, pity and loathing of maids in memory , Penetrating people panic.The whistling wind also gradually changed its tone, and it became a scene where I heard ridicule and sarcasm from childhood to Daming's face: "Tsk, the prince who was born to a girl who crawled on the bed!"

"Wang Cuizhi gave birth to a son and a daughter, didn't he confer Zhaoyi?"

"Hey, the species is a dragon species, but it's a pity that I didn't cast the right fetus and crawled out of the slave girl's stomach."

……

"Already four years old? Haven't you got a name or registered yet?"

"Hey, Wang Cuizhi is Concubine Han's dowry maid, but she shamelessly climbed on the dragon bed and got a big belly. Concubine Han fell ill with anger. If it wasn't for the protection of the empress, she would have fallen by a bowl of medicine long ago, and she was delusional about her mother. It's expensive, bah!"

……

"Hey, I heard that Wang Cuizhi gave birth to a name, and His Majesty bestowed the word 'Ning' on it!"

"What? What Ning?"

"Ning who calms things down!"

"Hahaha, it's not about calming things down. Wang Zhaoyi hugged the eighth prince every day and begged his father to sue his grandma. The ladies are tired of her, and even His Majesty can't bear it. Otherwise, why would he be named 'Ning'? The third prince often took him to play, Yesterday he reprimanded the old eunuch for bullying the young master, the third prince is getting more and more fooled."

……

Zhao Zening trembled all over, shook his head violently, panicked and ran desperately, escaping from the countless twisted ghosts in front of him and the sharp laughter in his ears.The heartbeat is violent, the throat is fishy and sweet, and the body is uncomfortable, but the soul is light and light, and it seems to be able to shed its shell.

"Your Highness Eight! Your Highness Eighth!" Zhuo Kai quickly caught up, terrified, he wanted to stop but didn't dare to do so, so he had to follow closely behind, followed by a bunch of unknown villagers, who all took it for granted and yelled: "Xiaozhen? Come out quickly!"

"Girl Zhen, don't do stupid things."

"Hurry up and go home, your parents are dying of anxiety!"

Zhao Zening didn't see any "flash of figures" at all, it was just another plan.After running for a while, he suddenly stepped on the ground, his body tilted, and he fell heavily into the dry drainage ditch beside the bluestone road!Shouting loudly: "Ah——"

"Your Highness the Eighth Prince!" Zhuo Kai yelled, grabbing Zhao Zening's sleeve, but unfortunately slipped and failed to catch him. He was so frightened that he jumped into the ditch to save others, and together with the villagers, carried the eighth prince back to the camp. cure.

at the same time

Rong Youtang, Wei Jiefang and the others are rushing to Fangjiahe!

"It's impossible to go too far, the little girl is cowardly, she's in the dark, she must still be nearby!" Rong Youtang pointed out that someone has to make a decision at a time like this.

"How can it be that it's not, it's not hanging, medicine or something?" Fang Tong lowered his voice vaguely.

Rong Youtang said frankly: "The whole village has almost moved, and it's only to the western suburbs. The villagers drove the ox carts and mule carts, and went back and forth ten times a day, and even the stone troughs, stone piers and wooden piers were not left behind. , The beams and bricks of the house are still theirs, and they will also be moved away—the little girl ran away from home angrily, how could she hang herself with a strip of cloth? Yes, locked at night."

Wei Jie was even more straightforward: "That's why she can only throw herself into the river. A fourteen-year-old girl should not dare to cut her wrists and hit the wall, it's painful and bloody."

"Quick!" Rong Youtang ran with all his strength, ran out of the village in one breath, ran into the wheat field, and followed Fang Tong's family to take a small path and run towards the river!

They rummaged through Fang Xiaozhen's house to no avail, and then searched around again before expanding the search area. They were all out of breath, but their lives were at stake, and no one dared to stop to rest.

Half a quarter of an hour later, they ran to the river and looked around. It was dark and no one was there. They had been missing for more than an hour, and the heavy snow was falling, enough to cover the skinny girl's footprints.

Wei Jie was a cavalryman from the Northwest Frontier Battalion, and he has rich experience in actual combat investigation. He searched for a while with a torch, and then waved: "Follow me!"

Everyone hurriedly followed.

They searched as they walked. Fortunately, it was still cold and the thick ice layer on the river had not yet melted, so they could tell if anyone had thrown themselves into the river.

Not long after, when we came to a sheltered river bend with bushes, Wei Jie stopped suddenly, and was about to raise his hand to tell everyone to be quiet, Rong Youtang held his breath and approached intently, but Fang Tong's wife shouted excitedly: "Girl Zhen? Is it you?" Auntie has been looking for you for a long time—ah! Oh! Don’t jump, don’t jump! Ah! She jumped into the river! Save her! My God!”

Wei Jie and other personal guards didn't care much, they put the torch into Rong Youtang's hand, took off his coat and boots while running, and went down to save people without saying a word.

"Oh, stop shouting!" Fang Tong stopped angrily, but he knew that his daughter-in-law shouted just now in surprise, so he couldn't blame him, he could only stop her.

"Brother Wei, be careful!" Rong Youtang ran in such a hurry that he almost fell and slid down the steep slope of the river bank, lying on his stomach by the river, holding up two torches to illuminate the water, and shouted worriedly: "Be careful, if the water is too If Shen is too urgent, come up first and find a way!"

——If you are washed away by the rapids under the ice, wouldn't you be close to death?

Rong Youtang didn't know how to swim, and after drowning, he was extremely afraid of water, suffering and anxious, looking down, the ice surface by the river was slippery, he almost fell into it, hurriedly supported his elbows firmly.

"Don't worry, this is a bend in the river. The water is not urgent. It's at most one person deep!" Fang Tong informed after him, and said nervously, "Those two heroes are tall and mighty, and they can definitely stand up and breathe!"

Rong Youtang was relieved a little, and handed the torch to Fang Tong's wife: "Sister-in-law, hold it up to illuminate it." Then he also followed the example of the other two guards, using stones to clear the ice from the river so that the people below could come out. One was drenched in ice water.

In fact, the rescue process was very short, but the people on the water were worried and anxious and felt that it was a long time.

not for a while

With a sound of "crash", Wei Jie slipped Fang Xiaozhen's back collar, wiped his face vigorously, and at the same time put the drowning person face down and put his belly on his companion's shoulders, urging: "Hurry up, it's choking!" Another The personal guard skillfully held down Fang Xiaozhen's lower back, and while walking to the shore, he exerted force on his shoulders and palms at the same time, controlling a large amount of ice water in Fang Xiaozhen's abdomen.

With a few "wow", Fang Xiaozhen was carried, head down, vomiting heavily, coughing violently, water flowing from all seven orifices, and began to cry after waking up - it was extremely dark and cold tonight, and the heart of a young girl who had just opened her heart was frozen to pieces Broken: That Master Han always gave cakes to eat, and even smiled and praised, "You braided your hair yourself? What a skillful girl."

girl!He praised me as a diligent and skillful girl.

When her parents inexplicably asked about the embarrassing thing, Fang Xiaozhen blushed so much that she didn't dare to look up, she was timid and shy, and her voice of denial was so small that she huddled in her throat. She heard everything as if she was separated by a thick veil, and she could only hear "" Since the raw rice is cooked, Master Han must accept Dani!".

Everything that followed was beyond imagination!She was pushed by her parents to Lord Han, even in her arms. Lord Han was astonished and couldn't believe it, then he was unbelievable, contemptuously chuckled, and even became furious. He swung her away forcefully, argued with her parents, and finally struck her. fight.

For some reason, her parents scolded her for "shameless, hooking up with men, and beating her to death".

I'd rather die!

So she escaped from the firewood house, ran to the bend of the river, and used stones to dig a big hole in the ice. She was hesitant to die, but when Fang and his wife persuaded her, she suddenly developed great courage, closed her eyes and jumped jump!

The three of them went ashore, Rong Youtang hurriedly responded, and put the sober Fang Xiaozhen on the ground, someone took off his half-dry coat and handed it to her.

"Little girl, the most important thing is to be alive." Rong Youtang was half-drenched, shivering from the cold, and coaxed him with a pleasant face: "Isn't it cold to jump into the river? Is it uncomfortable to choke on the water? Hurry up and cook some thick ginger soup. Lest the cold go to your bones."

Fang Xiaozhen wept silently. When she was drowning, she was extremely frightened and hoped that someone would save her, but she didn't want to go home at all after landing.

"Girl Zhen, why are you so stupid? If we don't come to rescue you, you will really die!" There was only one woman present, and Fang chatted with his daughter-in-law, supporting the thin and frail girl, and said sadly: "Your parents Confused, I advised them not to do that at the time. Sigh, what is Master Han's identity? What are our identities? In the end, we got into a fight, and your father was injured so badly that he almost died—"

"What, what?" Although Fang Xiaozhen hated her, she never thought of her father's death. She raised her head hastily: "Ma'am, what happened to my father? Didn't Lord Han return to the city later?"

Rong Youtang gave Fang Tong a look, and the latter stopped his daughter-in-law in time, and rushed to say: "Hey, the quarrel has started, and bumps and bumps are inevitable. Don't worry, girl Zhen, no one will dare to beat you again, Your Highness Prince Qing Call your mother for questioning."

"Let's go back first." Rong Youtang said patiently: "Xiaozhen, your grandma and younger brothers and sisters were so anxious that they cried. It is not brave to die, but it is great to live. You have not broken the law, you are upright, what are you afraid of?"

"That's right! Your parents are confused, we all understand in our hearts, you are a good boy." Fang Tong's wife sighed, and the others tried to persuade her.

Fang Xiaozhen felt much better, her teeth chattered from the cold, and she kept sobbing. After she got over her aggrieved anger, she looked around: "Oh, it's so dark, it's so scary!"How did I escape?

"Let's go, we'll take you back. Your grandma is 70 years old this year, right?" Rong Youtang distracted the other party's attention.

"78." Fang Xiaozhen's voice was like a mosquito.

"I can't tell! When I passed by your house the day before yesterday, I saw her embroidering a quilt cover. She has sharp ears and eyes, and she moves very quickly." Rong Youtang praised.

"It's not embroidery, it's mending." Fang Xiaozhen explained shyly.Most of the girls in the village have a good impression of Rong Youtang: he is handsome, smiles, and is friendly—it's a pity that he is from the city, and he is still studying in a big academy.

Successfully rescued people and went home.

It was cold and tiring, but worth it.

However, when Rong Youtang and others left Fang Xiaozhen in the care of the main family for a while, and were about to return to the camp, they bumped into Guo Da and the others on the way: "Where is Fang Xiaozhen?" Guo Da asked.

"At Lizheng's house." Rong Youtang replied.

"Is she all right?"

"I fell into the river. But I was rescued by Big Brother Wei and Brother Chen in time, so there is no serious problem."

Guo Da slapped his forehead fiercely: "That's good! Let's go, go back and report the letter!" After talking about Rong Youtang, he turned around and asked, "You also went into the water to save people? Your clothes are wet."

"I don't know how to swim, so I just meet up on the shore." Rong Youtang replied, running again, the cold wind really broke the bones.

Guo Da informed: "Teacher Han is here, and Fang Eniang asked the Han family to pay for her daughter's life and her husband's life—"

"Fang Yan is dead?!" Rong Youtang was shocked.

Guo Da smiled wryly: "I'm not dead. But she said that the injury like that must be curable, it's no different from death."

Rong Youtang was speechless.

"Hey? Why are you separated from His Highness the Eighth Prince? He broke his left arm in a fall and will have to be raised for several months."

Rong Youtang ran until his eyes stared, thinking that there was something wrong with his ears, he asked intermittently: "Bone, broken? His Highness Eighth asked us to find Fang Xiaozhen. He brought the witness certificate back to the tent."

Guo Dan wondered: "Is that so? This matter is adjourned! We have to go back and deal with Fang Eniang first."

Rong Youtang's heart sank suddenly: This matter has been postponed.It seems that it must be explained clearly. After all, the prince fell and was injured, and it was a fracture, which is considered a serious injury.

When they returned to the tent, they heard:

"It's ridiculous! The stone warehouse has guards on duty day and night, and people come and go. I used cakes to coax the children out of good intentions. If I touch your daughter with a finger, I will be destroyed!" Han Rukun was so angry that his seven orifices smoked, his face livid.

Fang Eniang immediately grabbed the words: "You yourself said 'coax' the child! Didn't you coax my daughter? Otherwise, why would she spend so much time combing her hair to find you every day? Now she is so ashamed to run away from home, I don't know Is it dead or alive, most likely looking for death. Oh, my big girl, why are you so stupid, you know death when you are bullied—"

"Xiaozhen is not dead!" Rong Youtang couldn't take it anymore, frowned and went in, interrupting loudly: "Auntie, why are you cursing your daughter to die with red lips and white teeth? She is fine and is at home."

Rong Youtang quickly glanced at the tent: King Qing sat at the head, and on the left was an expressionless old man with white eyebrows, who must be Taifu Han.On the right is the eighth prince with blood on his head and face and his left arm hanging. Witnesses stood in a row and waited.Fang Eniang sat on her knees, Han Rukun glared at her.

What happened to His Highness the Eighth Prince?Accidentally fell on a slippery road in the dark?

Rong Youtang bowed his head, and together with Wei Jie and others, formally replied to Zhao Zeyong:

"Report to Your Highness: Fang Xiaozhen has been successfully retrieved, and she is being taken care of by Lizheng's family for the time being. She is fine, she was beaten and scolded by her parents, and she left because she couldn't think about it for a while."

Fang Eniang was startled and stunned, she was covered in mud and dusty all over.

Zhao Zeyong nodded in satisfaction: "It's fine." He looked at the wet and dripping people, looked at Rong Youtang with blue lips, and urged with concern: "Go down and clean up first."

"Yes." Wei Jie and the others agreed. They are now working in Beiying, and they are huddled in the nearby empty room waiting to be demolished. They have all the bedding and clothes.Rong Youtang did not, but he was familiar with most of the personal guards, so he spontaneously followed and prepared to borrow a set of dry clothes to wear.

Zhao Zeyong watched off with a frown, resisting the right hand that wanted to be stretched out: Where are you going?Obviously there are clothes and pants in the back tent.It's a pity that it's not suitable. I know you will definitely avoid it.

Han Rukun knelt angrily: "Your Highness, I dare to swear to the heavens, even if I sue the imperial court, I will never change my words: I, Han Rukun, did not bully Fang Xiaozhen! This tricky woman is unreasonable at all. Fortunately, Fang Xiaozhen did not die, otherwise I would die if I jumped into the Yellow River!" Unclear! I beg Your Highness to summon her, and you will know when she confronts her, and I beg you to uphold justice!"

Fang Eniang's eyes rolled and rolled, she couldn't get off the stage, she just cried and howled.

Zhao Zeyong slapped the table violently, shaking the teacup three times, and reprimanded:

"Mr. Fang! What is the truth? You will find out after Fang Xiaozhen is summoned. You keep accusing the man of defilement of your daughter. What evidence do you have? The stone warehouse is guarded by the king. There is a military order that outsiders are not allowed to enter without permission. How did Fang Xiaozhen enter?" must go?"

"This, this..." Fang Eniang slumped on the ground, squeaked, and cried again for a while: "There is no wind without waves, only God knows the truth! The women only know that he beats people because of his power and power, and almost beats people." I was the head of the family, so many people watched with open eyes, how could he be wronged?" He slapped the ground and his chest as he spoke.

Han Rukun scolded: "Who will do it first? Who will stop me from leaving? Who will force me to take Fang Xiaozhen home? There are so many people watching, how can you be wronged?!"

Fang Eniang turned a deaf ear and just howled.

Zhao Zeyong ordered solemnly: "Quiet! Mrs. Fang, do you really think that this king can't cure your crime?"

……

Rong Youtang changed into dry clothes, and when he hurried back, he saw Fang Tong, his wife and Fang Xiaozhen appearing in the tent!

Rong Youtang rolled up his too long sleeves and trousers, and walked in wondering.

"Are you telling the truth? Don't lie!" Zhao Zeyong softened his expression slightly.

Fang Tong's daughter-in-law said embarrassingly: "Women and mother-in-law help Xiaozhen change her clothes, and I looked at it specially, and she is still a pure and innocent girl! If you beat me to death, don't dare to chew this, and you will go to hell if you ruin your innocent reputation."

Zhao Zeyong nodded, and asked again: "Fang Xiaozhen, what do you say?"

Anyone who seeks death and is rescued can always look down on many things.

Away from Fang Eniang, who was furious, Fang Xiaozhen didn't braid her hair, her hair was simply tied behind her head, and she didn't look at Han Rukun on the left half of her eyes, and said softly but firmly: "Master Han has never bullied me. My younger brother went to ask for pastries, he gave them to my younger brother twice, once he asked Lord Jun to pass them to me, and the last time...it was dark, he went back to the city, passed by my house, and gave me half a bag of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes." Fang Xiaozhen His eyes were empty and silent, as if he had really forgotten himself who was waiting by the wall every evening, and calmly said: "It's all my fault that I didn't make it clear, the family members misunderstood, father was hurt so badly, please forgive my mother After begging Queen Qing, Fang Xiaozhen turned around, bowed her head and walked on her knees, moved in front of Han Rukun, gritted her teeth and knocked down heavily: "I beg Master Han to spare my mother."

Han Rukun closed his eyes and kept a cold face. He didn't want to see Fang Yan's family again in his life.

"His Royal Highness King Qing, please be merciful! Lord Han, please be merciful!" Fang Xiaozhen kowtowed non-stop, while her mother huddled aside and cried, muttering about asking the Han family to pay for the medicine.

Rong Youtang held his breath, wanting to pull the little girl up and send her home.

Zhao Zeyong made a final decision: "This matter is purely a misunderstanding. But the Fang family made a fuss before finding out the facts, wronged others, and the party who was at fault shall bear the main responsibility!"

Fang Eniang burst into tears immediately, grabbed her daughter and beat her, but Zhao Zeyong ordered her to tie her up and gag her.

Why in the world is there such a mother?Rong Youtang hurriedly pulled Fang Xiaozhen away and stood behind her, very angry and incomprehensible.

Gradually, everyone looked at Han Feihong: this is a veteran of the two dynasties, an important official with great power, Han Rukun's father, and the head of the Han family.He is wearing a purple dress and a bird feather hat. He has deep nasolabial folds on each cheek, his beard and hair are white, and he clasped his hands.

Since it is in Beiying territory, King Qing must take care of it to the end.In this case, both parties generally choose to go private.

Zhao Zeyong asked the unlucky man seriously:

"Han Rukun, the truth has been found out, what are you going to do?"

Han Rukun was about to speak, but his father, who had been watching quietly, raised his hand to stop him. Taifu Han sighed, stood up, and wanted to kneel down.