Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

The crowd was surging, and Rong Youtang, who was walking briskly, heard the call, raised his head, and saw his adoptive father and housekeeper standing on the shaft of the car and waving from a distance, he smiled, and subconsciously waved: "I'm going to pass—ah! "

While speaking, he stopped briefly, unknowingly blocked the path of the same candidate behind him, and was suddenly bumped into by someone.

"Hmph! A winkless thing."

Rong Youtang staggered, nearly fell, and hurriedly backed away from the side of the road after standing still, knowing that he had made a mistake, he blurted out while turning around: "Sorry, I didn't mean to block the road."

Zhou Mingjie's face was dark, he raised his head proudly, and cast a contemptuous glance at Rong Youtang: "Huh, shameless, those who are shameless are fearless." If I were you, I would be ashamed to death, and dare to come to the exam with the name of male favorite ? !

Seeing that it was Zhou Mingjie, Rong Youtang also lowered his face: "I didn't mean to block the way, and I have already apologized, why did you hurt someone?"

You pushed hard just now, it seems more like intentional.

"What's a fluffy apology?" Although Zhou Mingjie couldn't spare his hands to investigate, for some reason, he firmly believed that his younger brother's successive accidents were related to the little eunuch's male favorite in front of him, so he was very hostile, and said coldly: "If you are a man If you’re not a eunuch, you should act boldly and don’t sneak around behind your back.”

Oh, so it turned out to be for your family.

Rong Youtang smiled lightly, but his tone was cold: "People don't offend me, I don't offend others, and it's not rude to come and go. I don't know who is best at the word sneaking, I will return it as it is!"

In the carriage, Zhou Renlin, who had been paying close attention, was both relieved and anxious, and sighed: What's going on?The two brothers were going to take the exam at the same time, which is an excellent thing, how could they bicker at the gate of the Gongyuan?Oh, really Mingjie, why do you push and push your younger brother?Mingtang is also true, he doesn't know how to respect his elder brother at all...

God bless!

That is definitely my Mingtang, the child has grown up, he looks very much like his uncle, he avoided me, secretly grew up in the alley of Dongsi Hutong!

Zhou Renlin's face was full of smiles, he was so happy that he didn't know what to do, but when he glanced away from the corner of his eye, his face changed drastically - the crowd was bustling, and uncle and nephew Rong Zhengqing stood impressively in the southwest corner!

"Come on!"

"What's your order?"

Zhou Renlin was terrified, and ordered: "Hurry up and bring the eldest son back, go quickly! Just say that I am waiting for him in the carriage, and I am in a hurry to find him!"

A few servants took the lead, hurried up against the crowd, nodded and bowed Zhou Mingjie, who was in a stalemate with Rong Youtang, to leave, waved away the crowd with difficulty, squeezed into the carriage, and the Zhou family left immediately.

Naturally, Rong Kaiji and Li Shun also saw it, and Li Shun shouted on the spot: "Hey? What's the matter with that man? Pushing and shoving!"

"Sigh, even if Tang'er is in the way, you can't push him with all your might, it's too much." Rong Kaiji jumped out of the carriage worriedly, and walked towards his son. Li Shun followed and shouted: "Let's go and meet him For a moment, don't tell the young master to be pushed down."

As the examinees came out, relatives and friends picked up the people and left, so the crowd dispersed quickly, and the gate of the Gongyuan gradually became less crowded.

Dressed in casual clothes, Zhao Zeyong led the crowd out of the alley at the northwest corner of the Gongyuan. Guo Da took a closer look, marveled in awe, shook his head and said, "Fortunately, I don't have to take the imperial examination, otherwise it would be so crowded! Tsk, in the Gongyuan How does it feel to be in a cubicle for nine days?"

Zhao Zeyong reined in his horse and said with a leisurely smile, "If you want to, go in and try it out."

"I'm not going!" Guo Da categorically refused, avoiding like a beast in a flood, and said, "Just ask Brother Rong if it's okay? Why bother asking for trouble." found in.

"Cousin, look, Brother Rong—" Guo Dalang laughed, pointing at Rong Zhengqing with his whip.

"what?"

Guo Da's smiling face froze, his eyes widened in surprise, he leaned over on the horse's back, stretched his head and stretched his neck, and asked in surprise, "Who is that? Why does he look so much like Brother Rong?"

Zhao Zeyong saw it too, he couldn't take his eyes off, he was also very puzzled, he stared closely at Rong Zhengqing, frowned and commented: "It's too similar."

"Could it be a relative?" Guo Da was confused, and patted the palm of his left palm with his right hand, wondering: "Brother Rong didn't have a flood in his hometown, unfortunately, his family was destroyed? Adoption, could it be that distant relatives in the hometown come to find the abducted nephew?"

No matter how smart Zhao Zeyong was, he couldn't react at this time. He agreed with his cousin's guess, nodded and said: "Back then, the floods were serious, and there were countless casualties. He was still young, and he was kidnapped thousands of miles away. , the close relatives and distant relatives of the family must not be very clear."

"Oh, what a miserable child." Guo Da sighed.

The rest of the guards also sighed with pity.

"Look at the two of them, they seem to be printed from the same mold. They are probably relatives, probably close relatives." Guo Da is sincerely happy for the little brother: "If they are really relatives, Brother Rong will be very happy to know, his family It's in the south after all."

Zhao Zeyong's smile disappeared, and he immediately frowned and pointed out: "He has settled down in the capital, and the south is only his ancestral home, and his home is in the capital."

Most of the crowd dispersed, and the front yard of the Gongyuan gradually became empty.

Li Shun and Rong Kaiji had already picked up the child, Rong Youtang was helping his adoptive father, the whole family was chatting and laughing, happily walking towards the carriage.

But at this time, Rong Zhengqing's uncle and nephew were stupefied with surprise, and stood in a daze: Rong Yu jumped with joy, Rong Zhengqing wept with joy, and tears glistened.

"Go, go and have a look." Zhao Zeyong controlled the horse and walked slowly, approaching Rong Youtang, and at the same time observing the expressions and movements of Rong Zhengqing and his party - well, it seems that they are really relatives, their excitement and ecstasy do not seem to be fake, it should be an expression of true feelings .

"Ahem, cousin, what if they want to take Brother Rong back to their hometown?" Guo Da was full of anxiety.

Zhao Zeyong didn't even think about it, and immediately made a decision for Rong Youtang: "No matter who the relatives are, it's okay to recognize each other, and it's okay to communicate, but if you want to go back to your hometown, it's absolutely forbidden!"

"Why?" Guo Da seemed to be asking humbly, but in reality he held back a smirk.

King Qing raised his eyebrows and made a firm decision: "He has been adopted, and all the documents are ready. In addition, Rong Lao treats him with the kindness of saving his life and raising him. It is only natural for him to serve his adoptive father filially. He must stay in Beijing!"

"Yes, you are right." Guo Da accepted it as soon as he saw it, and agreed seriously: "His father loves his son very much, as if he was his own. If Brother Rong is taken away by relatives, tsk tsk, the old man is afraid that he will collapse." My cousin will definitely be furious.

"Very true." Zhao Zeyong nodded in agreement, walked forward for a while, dismounted and walked.

At this time, Rong Youtang had already walked a few feet away from the carriage with his adoptive father, he was happy and relaxed, talking about everything, after he complained about not being able to take a bath, he began to complain about not being able to sleep well: "Oh, there are too many mosquitoes in the Gongyuan !"

"Master, you haven't slept well these days?" Li Shun shook his head helplessly: "No way, who told the court not to bring tents?"

Rong Kaiji looked at his son distressedly, and frowned worriedly: "Oh, I was bitten like this by a mosquito! It won't be disfigured, will it?"

Rong Youtang touched the mosquito bag on his face, and said cheerfully: "Hahaha, everyone in the same exam was bitten. To keep the exam room quiet, the examiner is not allowed to slap the mosquitoes, but can only wave away! When I sleep on my stomach at night, I want to take clothes Cover your head, but the examiner doesn't allow it, saying that you must be frank, to the greatest extent."

Li Shun shook his head when he heard this, and grinned: "Really... If there are weaker candidates, how can they survive?"

"I really can't bear it." Rong Youtang told sympathetically, "There is one in the cubicle opposite me. It was only the third day of the exam, and he fell ill and passed out. The examiner ordered someone to carry him out."

"Why? Is it a chronic illness or a sudden illness?" Rong Kaiji asked in surprise.

"He caught a cold at night, fell ill with cold, and had a fever and cough." Rong Youtang said, they had already walked to the carriage, and Li Shun put the examination burden into the carriage, and ran to untie the reins tied to the tree pole.

"Father, please slow down." Rong Youtang was about to help his adoptive father into the carriage, when he suddenly heard an excited and choked affectionate call from the right: "Mingtang, uncle is late!" Rong Zhengqing's eyes were red and swollen, and he was crying Lapel, rush to approach.

Rong Xing also had hot eyes, and called happily: "Brother Mingtang, we finally meet!"

Time stood still.

Rong Youtang was at a loss, turned his head, turned around, and stared blankly at the strangers running towards him on the left—the next moment, he saw King Qing who was walking from the right almost at the same time.

Finished!

It was as if the invisible nine-day thunder had descended. After "crackling" and brightening lightning, the thunder roared a few times, instantly split Rong Youtang's face pale, and he stood stiffly like a fool.

"Mingtang, my poor nephew, my uncle is late!" Rong Zhengqing hurriedly approached, hugged his nephew, burst into tears with excitement, and said, "Zhou Renlin, that bastard who bullied teachers and destroyed our ancestors, has brought misery to us." The Rong family, if you don’t take this revenge, you won’t be a human being! Fortunately, God blesses you to survive, and uncle will definitely take care of you."

Rong Xing was elated, but he was too embarrassed to hug like an uncle. He tried to get close to him, incoherently excited, scrambling to say: "Cousin, I'm Rong Xing, this is fourth uncle, no! This is our uncle, oh no! This is you My little uncle, my fourth uncle, you must have never seen it, right? Grandpa and grandma would be so happy if they knew you were still alive—ah, bah, bah, bah, bah!" Rong Xing was a little embarrassed, but still happy appearance.

"Don't be afraid, Mingtang. Today is different. That bastard Zhou Renlin doesn't dare to do anything to you." Rong Zhengqing was relieved with a gentle expression, and he stretched out his hand to straighten his nephew's collar and skirt, in an intimate and natural way, as if this action had been repeated hundreds or thousands of times. all over.

Uncles, nephews and nephews, the three of them are next to each other.Rong Youtang and Rong Zhengqing were almost [-]% similar, the only difference was that Rong Zhengqing had more fine lines on his face and a darker complexion, and he and his cousin Rong Yu were also [-]% to [-]% similar.

The blood relationship is wonderful. Apart from their appearance, they stand together very harmoniously, no matter how you look at them, they are relatives.

"You, you——" Rong Kaiji was caught off guard, dumbfounded, he looked at King Qing and his party, then at Rong Zhengqing and his party, his eyes darkened, and suddenly realized: his son is in danger, and he might be taken away!

After being stunned for a moment, Rong Youtang began to panic, almost desperate, and stared at King Qing in extreme fear: Zhao Zeyong was smiling, and strode closer, ready to host a simple recognition ceremony for the bewildered people—— But after hearing "Zhou Mingtang, Zhou Renlin", his smile froze, his doubts turned into astonishment, and then his face was full of unbelievable, unbelievable, and then he flew into a rage... Finally, his face was expressionless.

His eyes were cold, and he exuded an aura of repelling people thousands of miles away.

Rong Youtang was flustered, his face was ashen, and he wanted to say countless things: Your Highness, don't be angry, just listen to my explanation, I have difficulties, I really didn't deliberately deceive——

"You are Zhou Mingtang?" Zhao Zeyong asked coldly, "Not Qiu Xiaoyou?"

Rong Youtang couldn't explain it, or rather, he didn't want to keep concealing it for a long time.

He gently pushed Rong Zhengqing away, and fell to his knees.

This kneeling represents an admission of guilt.

Zhao Zeyong suddenly closed his eyes, clenched his fists, his knuckles creaked, he was furious, his face was livid, he even forgot to breathe, and stared at Rong Youtang.

"Brother Rong, you—" Guo Da was dumbfounded, and after a long while, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to set up a guard circle to disperse the curious onlookers.

No place to be self-contained.

Today I finally really understand what it means to be ashamed and feel guilty.

Rong Youtang bowed his head and knelt limply. His head seemed to weigh a thousand catties and he couldn't lift it up. Facing the familiar people in front of him facelessly, he tremblingly said: "Your Highness, I have ulterior motives and concealed everything intentionally. It has nothing to do with others. I beg Your Highness to punish me, I deserve death!" After finishing speaking, he kowtowed heavily.

Rong Kaiji had already knelt down afterward, with tears streaming down his face, hugged his son tightly, and sincerely stated: "The son does not teach, it is the father's fault. Your Highness, it is all because of the villain's inability to teach the son, please punish! Youtang is innocent, he is Good boy, it's a pity that the Zhou family didn't cherish it, trampled on it in every possible way, and even murdered him in the end. He was lucky enough to escape. In order to save his life, he couldn't and didn't want to be a member of the Zhou family anymore, so he changed his name and surname and concealed his background. "

"Your Highness, it's none of my father's business. I decided everything on my own and insisted on revenge. He doesn't even know what I did outside!" Rong Youtang walked a few steps on his knees, stood in front of his adoptive father, raised his head, and looked up at Qing Qing. Wang, sorry to explain.

Twilight is everywhere, the sky is bright red in the sunset, and there are shrill birds singing in the lush trees around.

"Zhou Mingtang, you are so courageous." Zhao Zeyong said in a strong tone. He stood up straight and looked down indifferently. He couldn't believe that the other party was deliberately deceiving himself from the very beginning!

Rong Youtang shook his head resolutely, and explained eagerly: "Your Highness, I used to be Zhou Mingtang because I couldn't choose, but, but after the accident that year, I am no longer Zhou Mingtang. I swear that I will never be Zhou Mingtang again in this life! Never possible! "

"If I didn't meet you today, how long are you going to hide it?" Zhao Zeyong asked, his hands behind his back, his fists clenched behind his back, his muscles and bones protruding, his chest heaving violently, obviously furious.

Rong Kaiji was trembling, and hurriedly stated: "Your Highness, Youtang wanted to reveal his identity early in the morning, he felt so guilty and uncomfortable—"

"Shut up, this king didn't ask you!" Zhao Zeyong scolded angrily, in extreme shock and disappointment, he waved his hand and ordered: "Come here, please forgive me—"

"No!" Rong Youtang flew to protect his adoptive father, choked up and begged: "Your Highness, my father really doesn't know anything, it's all my own idea, he is just an irrelevant old man, please forgive him!"

Xu Huai and Qin Haoliang recognized King Qing at a glance, they only hated being careless and found out too late, and they only cared about finding their nephew for their friends.But who knows?Zhengqing's nephew actually concealed his life experience from King Qing?They took it for granted that King Qing must know about it.

Rong Zhengqing hurriedly pulled his relatives and friends to kneel down. He quickly realized that his appearance had accidentally damaged his nephew, so he said sadly: "His Royal Highness Qing, please calm down. The nephew of the official has suffered a tragic fate. He is still young. Revenge Sincerely, I didn't intend to conceal it, I beg you to have a lot, forgive me—"

"Shut up!" Zhao Zeyong stopped, wanting to tie up and gag all the idlers in front of him and imprison them!At this moment, he only wanted to question Rong Youtang alone.

"Don't talk." Rong Youtang told the relatives of the grandfather's family that although they met for the first time, they felt quite familiar in their bones, and they felt very cordial when getting along.He resolutely made a firm plea: "Your Highness, I am ashamed of my trust in you. I deserve to die, and I deserve to die. Please don't hurt your family."

So far, all you can think about is your family? !You don't think about it, you don't think about it...

Zhao Zeyong was so angry that he was on the verge of losing his mind.He has swept across the battlefield for more than ten years, and he is powerful in all directions in the northwest. He was awarded the title of Prince and titled "Qing" for his convincing military exploits.Emperor Chengtian once sighed in private and said: It is a great fortune to have a son like this.

Now he was deceived and deceived by his favorite and cronies!

This taste is really unbearable.

"Come here! Come here!" Zhao Zeyong ordered one after another, and all the guards came out in response, but all of them secretly looked at Guo Da and asked for help with their eyes: General Guo, what should I do?His Highness seemed to be out of control.

Rong Youtang didn't justify his begging for mercy at all, and bowed his head again, facing shame, waiting for King Qing to deal with him.

"Your Highness, calm down, calm down." Guo Da's head was as big as a bucket, he grew up so big, the second time he saw his cousin so angry, the last time was when his aunt Concubine Shu died in childbirth.

"How to appease the anger? How to appease the anger?!" Zhao Zeyong frowned, pointing at Rong Youtang angrily: "Xiao Er, look at him, look at him! This, this brazen bastard!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Guo Da tried his best to appease him, convincingly agreeing: "That's right, he is really daring and completely confused."

Rong Youtang couldn't help raising his face, staring at King Qing, he wanted to confide in his heart, but due to the occasion, he couldn't say it.

Zhao Zeyong suppressed the thought of "he might have been slandered and wronged by villains" countless times, because Rong Youtang completely lost his former glory: his face was full of guilt and fear, his eyes were full of tears, and he was completely lacking in his usual bright and shrewd expression. Dazed and straight.

All this is true.

He is actually Zhou Renlin's son, but he deliberately conceals his identity. It is not only my king's trust that has been deceived.

Zhao Zeyong faced the facts and had to accept the truth. He wanted to order an arrest, but his raised hand slowly dropped, his anger turned into deep disappointment, his face sank like water, he turned around, and walked away quickly without saying a word.

"Hey? Cousin, wait for me." Guo Da ignored Rong Youtang, and together with all the guards, hurriedly followed, swarming forward, and galloped away in a blink of an eye.

It is like a gust of wind: when it comes, it is warm and windy, and when it leaves, it is a cold north wind.

Rong Youtang was so cold that he was shivering, and tears finally welled up in his eyes. He walked on his knees and chased for a few steps, choked up and shouted: "Your Highness! Your Highness!"

I'm sorry that I failed your trust and affection.But I really didn't hide it on purpose. If I had known today, I would have confessed everything!

However, without ifs, the facts are deceitful.

Rong Youtang fell ill after taking a bath at home, his face was flushed with fever, and he was groggy and dazed.

"Let's go out and talk." Rong Kaiji put down the curtain, lowered his voice, and stretched out his hand to invite everyone to sit in the living room.

long time

"In fact, the child has always had a heart problem, and today it completely came out." Rong Kaiji sighed deeply.

"It's all my fault for being reckless and ruining Tang'er's affairs." Rong Zhengqing was guilty and remorseful, Rong Yu sat quietly by his side, not daring to say a word, refilling tea for the elders from time to time, respectfully calling Rong Kaiji "Uncle".

"It's a bad thing, but it's also a good thing." Rong Kaiji said solemnly: "There is no impenetrable wall in the world, we can't hide it forever."

"See what His Royal Highness Prince Qing means, that you don't want to pursue it?" Rong Zhengqing asked humbly, the two sides had already discussed in depth, so he was extremely grateful and respectful to Rong Kaiji.

Rong Kaiji shook his head, worried: "It's hard to say. Tang'er was wrong about this matter. Several nobles helped a lot, especially His Highness Prince Qing. Alas, there are thousands of mistakes. Discourage the child."

"Brother, you have done well enough, we are uncles—" Rong Zhengqing smiled wryly, and said in shame: "Compared to you, I really have no face to call myself 'uncle'."

"Hey, what shame is there? His Royal Highness King Qing has the right and reason to pursue it, and we will not be able to get it right then." Rong Kaiji lamented: "My child has studied hard for many years, and I don't know how he did in the exam? Ruozhong I have to prepare for the imperial examination quickly, but what should I do now?"

Rong Zhengqing had mixed feelings in his heart, and said solemnly: "Brother, Tang'er is destined to be with you, and he is destined to be a father and son. In the future, the child's glory, fame and career are all due to your contribution. We can only congratulate him. However, the age of the parents Already high, I hope you—"

Rong Kaiji raised his hand to interrupt, and said kindly: "As long as the child is willing and safety is ensured, why should I stop it? It would be very good to have more relatives who treat him sincerely."

Rong Zhengqing's heart fell to the ground, he bowed his hands in gratitude, and Rong Kaiji hurriedly helped him up.

At this time, the old Zhang's family suddenly rushed in, and she clasped her hands and said eagerly:

"Master, the young master is awake, he said he is going to Prince Qing's Mansion!"

Rong Kaiji got up in a hurry and led the crowd to have a look.

Rong Youtang was only wearing underwear, barefoot, and was rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find things. When he looked up and saw his adoptive father, he asked nervously, "Father, where is my dagger?"

"It's fine, what are you looking for for a dagger?" Rong Kaiji was startled.

Rong Youtang's cheeks were flushed, but her lips were snow white, her lips were chapped and peeled, her eyes were black and blue, and she was tired and haggard.He sadly said: "It was a gift from His Royal Highness King Qing, what face do I have?"

"You, are you going to return it?" Rong Kaiji asked cautiously.

Rong Youtang nodded, and smiled wryly: "Repay it, I deserve it." In case His Highness thinks that I have cheated both trust and wealth, it is completely despicable and shameless.

"Okay." Rong Kaiji also felt that it should be returned. He took out the dagger from the gap in the bookshelf, handed it over and asked, "What about the previous rewards? All of them are still sealed in the warehouse."

"It's all paid off."

"Row."

Rong Zhengqing said with concern: "You are still sick, if you have anything to do, just say it, and uncle will help you."

"Cousin, you're not wearing shoes." Rong Yu took the opportunity to remind.

Rong Youtang expressed his feelings: "No matter if I'm barefoot or wearing shoes, I can't stand in Prince Qing's Mansion anymore."

After a while, everyone worked together to load the items into the carriage.

"You are so ill, why don't you send it back? After you calm down and think it over, I will ask His Highness to see you in two days." Rong Kaiji tried to persuade him repeatedly.

Rong Youtang said sternly: "Dare to act bravely, delay will only aggravate the conflict, if you don't even have the attitude of making up for it, Your Highness will be extremely disappointed."

"Okay, let's go." Rong Kaiji compromised.

"Together." Rong Zhengqing did his part.

"I'm going too!" Rong Yu followed closely behind.

Everyone rushed to go, including Lao Zhang and his wife.

Rong Youtang declined and explained for a long while before finally holding Lao Zhang and his wife down, while the others insisted on following.

So, Li Shun drove the car, Rong Youtang sat with his adoptive father, Rong Zhengqing's uncle and nephew were next to each other, and they hurried to Prince Qing's mansion in the dark with anxiety all the way.