Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

"A castrate, shameless!"

Zhou Renlin got up suddenly, pointed at Rong Kaiji angrily, and yelled: "Whose child is Mingtang? You and I know each other well, why pretend to be crazy? You are a rascal and rampant thing, dare to kidnap the son of the imperial court official, how many brains do you have?" cut it?"

Rong Kaiji's lips trembled, his face was as white as paper, and he slowly stood up while leaning on an armchair. He was not good at arguing by nature, but at this time, in order to preserve the child's false identity, he could only confront him, insisting: "Master Zhou, you are full of foul language. I don’t know who you are referring to as ‘Mingtang’. Youtang is my adopted son. He is a poor child who was kidnapped and sold from the southern province to the capital. The Buddha showed mercy and bestowed relatives Give me a son—"

"Nonsense!" Zhou Renlin rushed forward, across the desk, almost poked Rong Kaiji's nose with his index finger, his face was livid, and he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Youtang is Mingtang, and no one can fool me! Rong, Ben Guan Nian originally planned to give you a proper reward for the sake of raising him for a few years, but who would have thought that you would be so greedy that you would occupy my son when the eunuch cut off his incense?"

"me……"

Rong Kaiji's chest heaved violently, he was at a loss for words, sad and indignant and helpless.As for the "occupation", even though he had thousands of reasons, he still could not deny it: Youtang is not my biological son, but Zhou Renlin's.

The word "biological" has always been regrettable and worrying for Rong Kaiji. Since his adoption, he has been afraid all the time, lest his son be taken back by the Zhou family.

"Hmph, what else do you have to argue about? Youtang is Mingtang, not some kind of 'Qiu Xiaoyou' sold to you by a kidnapper at all!" Zhou Renlin pressed on every step of the way, proudly and aggressively.

"Youtang is Qiu Xiaoyou!"

Rong Kaiji made a decisive decision, the matter was of great importance, he could not back down, insisting: "Xiao You was sold to the capital from the southern province by a kidnapper, I adopted him, and naturally changed his name and surname."

"Shut up, talk nonsense!"

Zhou Renlin asked aggressively: "My surname is Rong, I want to ask you: How did you abduct Mingtang back then? What about Jinniang? His mother and son walked together, why is only Mingtang left now? Where did his mother go? Jinniang Was it humiliated by you?"

"You—" Rong Kaiji was dumbfounded, stunned by the other party's shamelessness, he had a lot to say, but he didn't know how to refute for a while.

It's unreasonable for a thief to cry out for a thief!

Rong Youtang who rushed to the door of the study room regained his composure, when he heard his biological father's accusation of turning the truth into black and white, he was furious and kicked violently: "Bang", the door of the study room opened wide and creaked back and forth.

"Tang'er?" Rong Kaiji became anxious immediately, got up hurriedly, walked out of the desk, and quickly walked up to him.He didn't want his son to face his biological father at this time, so as not to affect the palace examination a few days later, he wanted to solve it by himself.

"Mingtang?" Zhou Renlin's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously wanted to get closer, but when he glanced at Rong Kaiji's actions, he stopped and stood firmly, majestic and kind, waiting for the bastard to see him.

From the door to the house, there is a distance of more than ten feet.

Rong Youtang strode forward.

Zhou Renlin held his left hand behind his back, and his right hand lightly supported his waist. Seeing the concubine getting closer, he couldn't help showing a gratified smile, and gave him a contemptuous glance——

however

"Father, are you okay? Why do you look so bad?"

Without squinting, Rong Youtang went straight past his biological father, worried about helping his adoptive father, and asked nervously: "What do you feel uncomfortable? Come on, sit down."

Rong Kaiji sat down as he said, his face was snow-white, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his hands and feet were cold. He patted his son's arm and tried his best to smile: "It's okay, maybe it's because of the heat."

"Aren't you resting at noon today? Are you going to move flowers and plants again?" Rong Youtang fanned his adoptive father with a fan.

"I just moved a few pots of orchids that are not suitable for drying for a long time." Rong Kaiji was burning with anxiety, and he was on high alert to guard against Zhou Renlin. After a while, he was worried that the young man would be impulsive, so he urged: "Why are you sweating profusely? Hurry up and wipe it off. There are melon and sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root soup in it, so go and fill your belly."

Zhou Renlin was shocked and lost his mind, his eyes were wide open, and he froze in place. He couldn't believe that the concubine turned a blind eye to him!

"Uncle Shun? Uncle Shun?" Rong Youtang called out.

"Hey, hey! Here we come." Li Shun ran into the study in response, followed by the old Zhangtou and his wife, who had been waiting anxiously outside.Li Shun ran up to Rong Kaiji, bent over to look at it, frowned and asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

"It's hot and stuffy." Rong Youtang went to open all the closed doors and windows to get some air.

"I'm fine." Rong Kaiji smiled wryly. He struggled under pressure in the palace for 20 years, his heart and lungs were getting weaker, and he would often attack his heart when he got angry, with chest tightness and shortness of breath.

"Quickly make the heat-relieving tea, if it doesn't work, please ask Dr. Zheng to come and see it." Rong Youtang ordered.

"Hey, let's go!" The old Zhang's family turned around to make tea, and trotted around wearing an apron.

——The entire Rong family surrounded the unwell master, taking good care of Rong Kaiji, no one had time to greet uninvited guests.

Zhou Renlin was embarrassed and confused, his eyes were fixed on the concubine, and he was furious.

After a while, the heat-relieving tea was served.

"Lao Li, go ahead and ask the kitchen to make some light and delicious food. Brother doesn't eat well at school." Rong Kaiji instructed, skimming off the tea foam absently.

Li Shun hesitated, looked at the Rong family father and son, then looked at the rude stranger, and then retreated outside the study, wandering back and forth.

There are only three people left in the study

Zhou Renlin's face couldn't be more ugly. After the doubts, he turned into anger and asked: "Mingtang, don't you even recognize your father? A good trick for the surname Rong! What kind of ecstasy soup did he pour into you? Make you so disrespectful to your father?"

"Right and wrong are fair, and people are free." Rong Kaiji said sonorously and forcefully: "I, Rong Kaiji, have never bewitched or lied to. Youtang is born to be a sensible and good boy!"

Rong Youtang stood beside his adoptive father, his face was expressionless and his eyes were cold.

"Mingtang, say something!"

Zhou Renlin was furious, and the more he thought about it, the more he decided that it was Rong Kaiji's rhetoric and ulterior motives, who maliciously instigated the child to deny his father!Thinking of this, he looked at Rong Kaiji with hatred - Mingtang is my most promising son, how could he be kidnapped and taken by you eunuch for nothing? !

Rong Youtang opened his mouth, looked directly at his biological father, and asked word by word: "Who is Mingtang?"

Zhou Renlin almost fell backward in anger, and said in a huff, "It's you!"

"My name is Rong Youtang, and this is the Rong family."

Rong Youtang was calm and firm, and said indifferently: "You are rude and rude to my father, it is really vulgar, my family does not welcome guests like you, let's go."

"Mingtang, did the eunuch instigate you?" Zhou Renlin was furious, took two steps forward, and said sternly, "You were born as my son, Zhou Renlin, and you didn't leave until you were 13. Could it be that you broke your head? Will you not recognize your father? Where is your mother? Ah? Where is your mother?"

"I have made it clear that Xiao You was a kidnapper who was sold to the capital from southern provinces. His biological father is unknown, his hometown was flooded, and his mother drowned unfortunately." Rong Kaiji refused to give in, fearing that his son would be brought back to the cruel and murderous Zhou family, He stated categorically, "Youtang is my child!"

Rong Youtang hurriedly picked up the heat-relieving tea, handed it to his adoptive father, and comforted him: "Father, calm down, why are you competing with an outsider?"

"outsider?!"

Zhou Renlin screamed in shock, filled with anger and reprimanded: "Mingtang, are you crazy or stupid? Did you really hurt your head?"

"Who is confused?" Rong Youtang sneered, and said with a deep meaning: "My father and son have been living together for three or four years. I don't know how many years have you been missing?"

"You are Mingtang, silly boy!"

Zhou Renlin blushed, his neck was thick, his veins were protruding, and he couldn't understand. He shook his head again and again, and then forced himself to calm down, and persuaded him in a good voice: "Mingtang, go home with father. You are talented, and you are among the top three in the test. If you think about it, you will come home in the palace test." It's not bad either. But becoming an official is not something that can be achieved with good knowledge. You need someone to guide and support you. What's the point of staying here? You have no money and power, and you have the reputation of being an eunuch. People ridicule-"

"Enough!" Rong Youtang stopped drinking, angry at the humiliation of his adoptive father, and said passionately and firmly: "My father treats me with the kindness of saving and raising me, and treats me as if it were his own. He spends a lot of money to send me to school, and has everything I need. Give the best to me, I am doing very well, and I am not going anywhere in this life!"

Rong Kaiji embraced his son, so moved that tears glistened.

"School? What good school can he find for you?"

Zhou Renlin was a little guilty, and didn't dare to look directly at the concubine's eyes full of condemnation and sarcasm. Without thinking about it, he comforted him: "If the imperial court has given you a quota, I was going to send you to the Imperial College from the beginning, but it has age requirements and stipulates that students You must be at least 15 years old, what can you do as a father?"

"Isn't your son enlightened at an early age? At the age of 15, he was sent to the Imperial College to learn the thousand-character script and hundreds of surnames? It's really interesting." Rong Kaiji hit the nail on the head, mercilessly puncturing the other party's high-sounding explanation.

Rong Youtang's face was as cold as ice, and the painful experiences that he had endured in the Zhou family in his past and present lives rushed to the front of his mind, and his mind was filled with strange things, which made him want to yell.

"Mingtang, why did you become like this?" Zhou Renlin frowned, restless on the spot like a trapped animal, and after a long while, he tried his best to lower his voice, apologizing, and said with difficulty: "You, did you misunderstand something? Sigh, Every family has its own difficulty in reciting scriptures. After your mother and child had an accident, I felt so uncomfortable. I couldn't sleep at night, and I couldn't sleep or eat. But you also know that Yang Ruofang..." Zhou Renlin paused in embarrassment, and coaxed softly: " I will explain this matter to you later. Mingtang, I can't write two characters of "Zhou" in one stroke. I don't blame you for being deceived by traitors at a young age, but now that you are grown up and sensible, why do you still consider a thief as your father? What? If you don’t repent, I’m going to start a family law!”

"Ha~"

Rong Youtang shook his head slowly, smiled pitifully, admiring his biological father who still wore the mask of a sanctimonious hypocrite.

"Mingtang!" Zhou Renlin was ridiculed by his son, furious and irrational. He strode closer, grabbed his arm with his hands, dragged it hard, and reprimanded him: "A disobedient and unfilial son was instigated by a traitor so that his father didn't even recognize him." Go, follow me back, I will teach you a lesson!"

"What do you want to do?" Rong Kaiji immediately stopped him.

"Let go!" Rong Youtang was extremely angry, he made a violent move, turned sideways and dodged away like a beast in a flood.

Zhou Renlin gasped for breath, gnashed his teeth angrily, pointed at the concubine, and was speechless for a long time.

"Hmph, Mr. Zhou, I think you are really confused." Rong Youtang smiled angrily, spit out the words through his teeth, and proposed clearly: "A mother and child are missing in your family? Don't worry, don't worry, it's very serious. It’s easy to handle! Does the yamen know about it? The case of disappearance in the capital is under their control, hurry up and report it to the officials, the government will send people to investigate.”

Reporter?

Zhou Renlin turned pale with shock, and blurted out: "You can't report to the official!"

"Why? Isn't someone in your family missing?" Rong Youtang's eyes were burning. He knew his biological father well, but he knew that the other party was greedy for wealth and honor, covetous for life and afraid of death. Ping Nanhou, lest he lose his power and wealth.

Across the large desk, the biological father confronts the adoptive father and son.

"Mingtang!" Zhou Renlin was at a loss for words and patted the table heavily.

"Oh, your missing son's name is Mingtang?" Rong Youtang laughed suddenly, but his fingertips kept trembling, his palms were covered with cold sweat, he was extremely nervous and agitated, his smile was uglier than crying, he raised his head, and spoke quickly Quickly asked: "Two members of your family are missing, at least two lives, why didn't you report to the authorities? Do you know the reason for their disappearance?"

It was related to the assassination case of Zheng Bao back then. Zhou Renlin immediately regained his composure.

——He deceived his teacher and exterminated his ancestors, betrayed his faith, betrayed and deceived his infatuated lover, my mother and son were assassinated by his wife, in the past and present, two lives, blood feud, in his mind, it was just a "mere family affair"!

"Ha, hahaha~"

Rong Youtang couldn't help laughing, even laughed out loud, his eyes were red and swollen, bursting out with intense hatred, his whole body was tense, and he was stiff.

"Tang'er? Tang'er?" Seeing his son's abnormal expression, Rong Kaiji hurriedly sat down, pinching the tiger's mouth and pinching the person again, and comforted him distressedly: "Don't be afraid, even if you fight my old man Fate, no one can take you away!"

Zhou Renlin glared at the concubine angrily, and wanted to scold him severely, but he hesitated to speak out several times, because he was really worried that the trouble would get into the ears of his wife, and then it would not end.

"Oh, don't tell me you don't know how to get to the Yamen of the City Guard?" Rong Youtang asked again, he couldn't control his trembling fingers, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Forget it, if you do a good deed every day, why don't I report it to the official for you?" Your missing son is called Zhou Mingtang, what is his mother’s name? Tell me quickly, I’ll write the petition for you, find a lawyer to transcribe it later, and submit it to the government overnight. The trial has begun."

Zhou Renlin was so angry that he lost his temper. He slapped the table again and said angrily, "I said it's just a family matter. What are you doing to make the city stormy? Is it plausible?"

"Tell me, when did they disappear? Where did they disappear? Are there any colleagues or related witnesses? Are there any enemies?" Rong Youtang asked a series of questions, grabbed the white paper, and was about to dip the pen into ink to write, but his hands were shaking. It's outrageous, it can't be aimed at the inkstone at all, and the ink splashes over half of the Tao inkstone.

"how could I know?"

Zhou Renlin subconsciously shirked responsibility and argued: "I am usually busy with official duties and entertainment, I go out early and come back late every day, and earn money for your children. I am so tired, and now I am still disobeyed by you like this, alas~"

"Bang" a loud noise

Rong Youtang couldn't bear it anymore, he punched the table hard, knocked the teacup over, lost his mind, and angrily threw the ink-soaked Langhao pen at his biological father, growling and asking: "You still think you have no fault at all?!"

"Oh——" Zhou Renlin hid his face and backed away, but he couldn't dodge in time. The smoky green silk robe was splashed with a bunch of ink spots, which was very conspicuous.

"Tang'er, calm down, calm down!" Rong Kaiji didn't stop the pen, and hurried to persuade him.

Zhou Renlin resented, taking the bastard who lost control of his anger, and said confidently: "What's wrong with me? A bold and rebellious son, dare to accuse father, where have you read all your books?"

"Where did all the books go? You have to ask yourself first!"

Rong Youtang trembled violently, his mind was spinning fast, he articulated clearly, and said loudly: "I, Rong Youtang, am upright and frank, worthy of all the sage books I have read. What about you? There is a god standing three feet above your head, and you can sleep at night." Are you still safe? Beware of wronged souls taking your life."

"Nizi, you are an unfilial son." Zhou Renlin's eyes dodged and wandered, not daring to look directly at the bastard of Xiao Si's mentor's family.

"Zhou Mingtang's mother and son, are they missing or dead? How did they die? Accident or murder? Are there any suspects?" Rong Youtang approached step by step. He was no longer the short, thin, powerless Zhou Mingtang before, and he was even worse than Zhou Renlin. He raised his head halfway up, looked down and asked questions.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhou Renlin backed away in embarrassment, he clearly realized: Mingtang is no longer the child who was easy to handle in the past.

When the sword was on the verge of breaking out, with a sweep of his gaze, Zhou Renlin found the Tao Yan beside him. Now he had seen many good things. He just looked at it, touched it, thought for a while, and immediately raised an issue: "This is the Tao Yan? Where did you get it? Did King Qing send it?"

Rong Youtang looked at Tao Yan, gradually regained his composure, and said coldly: "You are really strange, trespassing on people's houses for no reason, full of nonsense."

"Mingtang!"

"If you don't leave as soon as possible, I will report to the police immediately."

"Mingtang!" Zhou Renlin was in shock, looking carefully at the son who had become very strange in front of him. He firmly believed that he was Mingtang in front of him.

"You're not leaving, are you?" Rong Youtang nodded, and raised his voice, "Uncle Shun? Uncle Shun?"

"Hey!" Li Shun rushed into the study in response, and hurriedly asked, "What's the young master's order?"

"Report to the officials immediately!" Rong Youtang was firm, pointed at Zhou Renlin clearly, and said forcefully, "Turn this person to the yamen—"

"Don't report to the officer! I'll go, can't I go?" Zhou Renlin backed away in a hurry, and slowly retreated to the door, still unwillingly picked up his loving father's face, and solemnly ordered: "The palace exam is coming soon, you must prepare well, and you must do your best. Go, strive for high school, and shine on the lintel of the Zhou family, so as to live up to the years of hard work your mother and I have raised—"

"roll!"

Rong Youtang couldn't bear it again, and roared: "Who did you say was hard-working in raising?" He was angry and wanted to chase, but unfortunately, his adoptive father and the housekeeper jointly stopped him.

"Ah, ah, naughty son, unfilial and naughty son." Zhou Renlin muttered in a low voice. After all, he was guilty, turned his head and ran away in a hurry, and quickly ran out of the courtyard gate.

The Rong family was in a mess for a while.

Old Zhangtou quickly closed the door and locked it tightly. Old Zhang's family had already prepared dinner, rubbed their aprons in panic, and stared with concern outside the study.

"I've already left, I'm fine, calm down, ah." Rong Kaiji handed over the hot handkerchief distressedly.

"I'm fine, how about you? Do you want to call a doctor?" Rong Youtang was overly excited, trembling uncontrollably, wiping his face and hands with a handkerchief tremblingly.

"Old problem, just take it easy and it will be fine, there is no need to ask a doctor." Rong Kaiji sat face to face with his son.

Father and son comfort each other for a while

Rong Kaiji endured it for several years, and finally erupted, burst into tears, and choked with sobs: "Tang'er, if your biological father is reliable, I have no position to fight for. Zhou Renlin scolded me for occupying the child, it is indeed my fault, but Mrs. Zhou is like that She is ruthless, her natal family is powerful, and has already sent people to assassinate you twice, how can I rest assured that you will go back?"

"Father, it's all my fault that I've caused you to be insulted." Rong Youtang felt extremely guilty and felt extremely uncomfortable.

"What's it to be scolded? I really picked up a good child for nothing, and now I'm enjoying my son's blessings, living a rich and leisurely life, and the neighbors are so envious." Rong Kaiji sighed and sighed: "Tanger, Don't be like this, Dad really doesn't care at all, but sympathizes with Master Zhou, he has not fulfilled his father's responsibility, he has ignored you for more than ten years, and he will regret it for the rest of his life!"

"I can't bear to look back on the past." Rong Youtang said sadly: "I can't be a father and son with him. He came to meet him because he thought I might be successful and saved face for him. Moreover, he absolutely kept this trip from Yang Ruofang , nine out of ten will tell me to find a reason to go back to Zhou's house after winning the middle school. Hmph, dreaming!"

After discussing for a while

Rong Youtang took a long breath, pulled himself together, took out the gift from Lu Nan, explained a few words happily, and tried to divert his adoptive father's attention.

"Alas!"

Rong Kaiji left Zhou's family aside, overjoyed, took the gift, looked at it carefully, and asked in amazement: "Master Lu really accepted you as a disciple? He is the Imperial Academy sacrifice wine! At the teacher appreciation banquet that day, I felt that he was modest and generous, with extraordinary bearing , People who are truly talented are often unhurried."

"Really." Rong Youtang nodded with a smile, and said angrily, "Hey, it's too hasty to say it: Master gave the gift before the apprenticeship ceremony was given!"

"It's really not right." Rong Kaiji knew it well, and tried his best to cooperate with his son, pretending to be excited, and happily arranged: "There is a set rule for the apprenticeship ceremony, it's not difficult, prepare it tonight, and you will send it to Lord Lu tomorrow morning Go. Be a teacher for a day, and be a father for life. I hope that from now on, there will be one more noble person in this world who is willing to support you."

Tears welled up in Rong Youtang's eyes, and he swore secretly:

One day, I, Rong Youtang, will realize my lifelong ambition and let my family live a carefree life!

In a blink of an eye, the first day of July arrived.

At the end of Yinshi, a large group of people had gathered on the wide platform outside Wenhe Hall, led by officials from the Ministry of Rites, to wait for the imperial examination.

The 270 eight tributes selected by the Enke Society lined up neatly according to their rankings. They all stood up straight, tried their best to show their energy, and were extremely nervous.

The audience was silent.

This was Rong Youtang's second time entering the palace, and he couldn't hide his excitement.

With vermilion walls and bright yellow tiles, the palace is tall and majestic, in order. There are 81 brass door nails on the heavy palace gate.

Rong Youtang's posture was upright, quietly observing the surroundings, paying attention to the side passage from time to time: when the ministers go to the Golden Palace for the morning court, they will pass by there.

A quarter of an hour later, Rong Youtang really heard the sound of footsteps behind him, the palace was deep and silent, and the movement of shoes and robes rubbing against each other was very clear.

Although the officials of the Ministry of Rites repeatedly ordered the tributes to behave, they could not control their instincts: at this moment, although they did not dare to move their bodies, their eyes turned to the passing civil and military officials.

Zhao Zeyong was dressed in a prince's robe, wearing a crown on his head. He was naturally noble and mighty without anger. When he passed the tributes waiting for the palace examination, he glanced at Rong Youtang in a natural and casual manner.

Rong Youtang's eyes couldn't help showing a smile - but in the next moment, the seventh prince who had been grounded and the eighth prince who had recovered from his bone injury came into view: Zhao Zewu was yawning, listless, dragging the soles of his shoes, walking side by side with his brother Zhao Zewen; Zhao Zening noticed Rong Youtang keenly, he was generous, smiled friendly, and encouraged him kindly: "Brother Rong, work harder!"