Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

"I bow to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe." Shen Xuan and Lin Jisheng kowtowed and saluted.

"Pingshen." Emperor Chengtian didn't lift his head, wiped the mouth of the Ninth Prince with a handkerchief, and kindly instructed: "Eat slowly, it's noon, and you are not allowed to walk around in the future, you are so hot that you are sweating profusely."

"I'm going to pay my respects to the empress."

——I don’t know when, the Ninth Prince no longer called the Queen affectionately as "Mother Queen", but respectfully called "Queen Empress".

Xiao Jiu grew up gradually.

Emperor Chengtian sighed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and said kindly: "Filial piety is the first, and you know the etiquette and rules. You have done a good job."

"It should have been." Zhao Ze'an said with some regret, "However, my mother wants to rest, so I kowtowed and came to you." One mouthful after another, in a blink of an eye, he finished half a bowl of lotus seed soup, as if he was very hungry .

Emperor Chengtian suddenly felt doubts, kept his expression calm, and asked with a smile: "What did Jiu'er do when he entered the palace?"

"My brother and I went to Qixia Palace to congratulate the second sister's birthday. Concubine Zhuang left a meal, and then my brother was busy. I don't want to sleep, so I greeted the empress, and then came here." Zhao Ze'an said crisply, his white and tender cheeks were hot Hong, reaching out to grab the teapot, Li Deying hurriedly stepped forward to pour tea.

At noon, the sun was scorching hot, and the two palaces were far apart. The child took the initiative to pay his respects, and the queen didn't stay to talk after not seeing each other for more than half a month?She took a rest in the cool air and sent people to me?As long as she opens her mouth to leave a word, Xiao Jiu will definitely obey.

Emperor Chengtian's smile faded, and he frowned slightly, looking at the very young Lao Laizi, he sighed secretly: Fortunately, Xiao Jiu has a real brother, otherwise what would he do once I was old for a hundred years?Who can you beat?

Ugh!

Shen Xuan and Lin Jisheng held the answer sheet in their hands, watching their noses and hearts, waiting for the holy will.

"Father, this is good. Would you like to try the new tricks of the Imperial Dining Room?" Zhao Ze'an was completely unaware of his father's worry, and concentrated on choosing the one he liked from the table full of pastries.

"Okay, okay." Emperor Chengtian took the cake with mixed flavors, and said lovingly, "Jiu'er likes it, so I will take the imperial chef back to the palace."

"But my brother won't give me too much."

Zhao Ze'an was a little distressed, and complained in a low voice: "I can only eat five yuan a day. No matter what, it will add up to five yuan. My brother said that 'things are only three', and five yuan is already an extra concession."

Emperor Chengtian suddenly laughed happily, turned his head and said to Li Deying: "Listen! The third son has that temper, he manages the palace like a military camp, and even his younger brother has express regulations on eating snacks!"

But Li Deying praised: "His Royal Highness King Qing is full of love and care, lest His Highness miss the dinner, this old servant admires it."

Emperor Chengtian said unhappily: "That piece of stubborn charcoal!" After a pause, he turned to persuade: "However, what he said is also right, dinner is the only way to support people, eating too much snacks will damage teeth, be obedient."

"Okay." Zhao Ze'an generously agreed.

The youngest son, the eldest grandson, the lifeblood of the elderly.

Emperor Chengtian loves his youngest son the most.The six or seven grandchildren of the emperor were all raised in the palace outside the palace. The oldest was five years old. He seldom saw each other and had never been raised by his side. Naturally, he lacked a sense of familiarity.

Shen Xuan and Lin Jisheng waited for a long while before finally waiting for the emperor to ask:

"Have the palace examination papers been selected?"

Shen Xuan was of a high rank, and he came out and said: "Your Majesty: I am fortunate that I did not disgrace my life, and the 270 eight answer sheets have been reviewed overnight."

Lin Jisheng, as the chief examiner, then reported: "Your Majesty, these ten shares are the top grades selected by the ministers and others. Please have a look."

"Hmm." Emperor Cheng Tian stretched out his hand, Li Deying hurriedly wiped his hand with a handkerchief, "Bring it up and have a look."

"Yes."

The two of Shen and Lin placed the ten answer sheets neatly on the wide imperial case, and four servants stepped forward to assist them, and they were all laid out in an instant.

"Huh?" Zhao Ze'an looked on tiptoe and wondered, "Father, why is there a broken one?"

It turned out that Rong Youtang's extremely untidy answer sheet was being held in Lin Jisheng's hands—it hadn't been reported yet, and they didn't dare to put the case rashly, lest Long Yan be displeased.

"What's broken?" Emperor Chengtian walked towards the desk and asked patiently.

"Here! This one is broken." Zhao Ze'an ran to Lin Jisheng and pointed to Rong Youtang's obviously pasted answer sheet.

"Huh?" Emperor Chengtian turned his head, then turned around, ignoring the opening of the parade booth, first frowned and asked: "What's going on?"

"Report to Your Majesty..."

Shen and Lin took advantage of the situation to explain the accident in detail.In fact, when they found that the Ninth Prince was present, their hearts were half relieved in an instant.

Very good!His Majesty loves his little Highness the most, and Rong Youtang is the trusted playmate of the Ninth Prince, if this fails, then we have nothing to do.

really

After listening carefully to the reason, Zhao Ze'an cried out:

"Oh! The unlucky candidate whose answer sheet was trampled was Brother Rong? He must have been in a panic at the time! The person who caused the trouble didn't even look at his feet when he walked, he was in a panic."

"Fan Jin?" Emperor Chengtian had a great memory, he thought about it, and then asked, "Will you try for the bottom of the list?"

Lin Jisheng replied, "Exactly."

"At that time, I flipped through a few pages. He was nearly sixty years old, and he had been taking exams for half his life. He had perseverance, his essays were written steadily, and his skills were solid, but he was so reckless?" Emperor Chengtian was puzzled.

Shen Xuan thought for a while, and carefully stated his words: "Your Majesty, the minister was on the inspection tour. Fan Jin was indeed as His Highness said at the time. He was flustered. I don't know whether he was nervous or not. Stop apologizing, cry and say 'old man's eyesight' and so on, because the imperial examination is important, the old minister let him go first, and report the truth immediately after the paper is collected."

Emperor Chengtian groaned and remained silent, the memorial was sent to the desk yesterday, but it was classified as gentle, so he hasn't read it yet.

"Your Majesty, Zhili examinee Rong Youtang is the third in the general examination. He has outstanding talent and performed well in the palace examination. Although the examination paper is slightly dirty, it is not his fault. The ministers and others dare not fail to do their duty. It has been pasted properly. Your Majesty, please make a decision." Lin Jisheng said with a serious look.

Zhao Ze'an embraced Emperor Chengtian's arm, looked up to his father sincerely, and begged silently.

a moment

"Open it and have a look." Emperor Chengtian ordered solemnly.

"Yes." Shen and Lin hurriedly spread out the examination papers.

Emperor Chengtian glanced at it, and immediately frowned in displeasure:

The answer sheet was several feet long, torn and twisted with a slanted mark, and the traces of pasting were clearly visible; there was a large fan-shaped piece of black ink in the middle, and the ink-stained part of a page that Rong Youtang urgently wrote was connected to the bottom.

Too obtrusive!

Emperor Chengtian shook his head before reading the content.

Both Shen and Lin saw it, but there was nothing they could do: they were only responsible for selecting the best, and the final ranking was determined by the emperor.

"Father, can I take a look?" Zhao Ze'an asked curiously, but he didn't approach without permission.

"Sure." Emperor Chengtian returned to his senses, and stroked his youngest son's fluffy hair that was a few inches long.

"Thank you, father!" Zhao Ze'an couldn't wait to run over, circled around Kuan Da Yu's case, and finally decided to see Rong Youtang first.

Emperor Chengtian put his hands behind his back, started to look carefully from the desk, and said with great interest: "Let my little Jiu'er also take a look, if you guess one of the top three, there will be a lot of rewards."

"Father, I like the new pair of peacocks in the Garden of Beasts! Can I bring them back to the palace to raise them?" Zhao Ze'an was full of expectations.

"We'll talk about it when you guess right." Emperor Chengtian said majesticly.

"Okay." Zhao Ze'an nodded, lying on the edge of the desk, concentrating on reading each word silently.

Shen and Lin stood with their hands down, answering the emperor's questions at any time.

An hour later, Emperor Chengtian finished reading, paced back and forth around the neatly arranged nine answer sheets, pondered for a long time, and first took out the answer sheet of "Jiangzhou Le Shang Deng Kui".Then, the answer sheet of "Xu Lingyun, Shepherd of Shaozhou" was drawn out.

Shen Xuan went over to take a look: This year's top three are most likely from the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River where the style of writing is prevalent!

After reading it, Lin Jisheng quickly dug out the files of Deng Kui and Xu Lingyun, and spread them out next to the answer sheets for the emperor to learn more about the candidates.

Emperor Chengtian hasn't read Rong Youtang's answer sheet yet.

Zhao Ze'an is very busy!

The palace examination answer sheet was more than eight feet long, with a total of three questions, densely packed. Rong Youtang quoted the scriptures, analyzed them carefully, swayed freely, and wrote sharply.

The Ninth Prince was young and didn't understand a lot. He had a serious face, and his mouth was dry after reading silently. He ran to the side to drink water several times.

"Jiu'er, are you watching?" Emperor Chengtian asked with a smile.

"Soon." Zhao Ze'an moved to the end of the case, and said, "There are still a few lines left in 'The Way of Being an Official'."

"How?" Emperor Chengtian approached, jokingly reminded: "This person is your playmate, but the imperial examination is definitely not a trifle, and you must not judge the top three because of personal friendship, otherwise it will be unfair to the rest of the candidates."

Zhao Ze'an was dumbfounded, and said anxiously: "Father, I admire Brother Rong, but the premise is that he is talented and capable! Otherwise, how could his answer sheet be sent to the imperial study?"

"It's good that you know." Emperor Chengtian nodded in satisfaction, took the tea offered by Li Deying, drank a few sips, calmed down, and began to objectively read Rong Youtang's answer sheet.

Shen Xuan quietly observed:

Emperor Chengtian laid his hands behind his back leisurely at first, stood upright, and looked down to watch;

After a quarter of an hour, he moved to read, bending slightly;

Two quarters of an hour later, he no longer held his hands behind his back, and leaned on the edge of the desk with his right hand, with great interest.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor and his son huddled together at the end of the case.

Emperor Chengtian asked helplessly: "Xiao Jiuer, haven't you seen it yet?"

"It's coming soon." Zhao Ze'an didn't lift his head, staring at the lines "Relying on the truth, managing the world for the people", read slowly and silently for a long while, then let out a long breath, stepped aside, and said, "There are so many words! I'm dazzled. Father, have you already seen these?" Said he hurried to the side, ready to look at the other nine copies.

"Little boy, you have just recovered from a serious injury, so it is not suitable for prolonged labor." Emperor Chengtian smiled fondly, and waved his hand casually: "Wait for Xiaojiu to close his eyes and rest for a while, don't get tired."

"Yes." Li Deying hurried forward, invited the little prince to the Luohan couch in a good voice, wiped his face and hands, and urged him to close his eyes and take a nap.

Emperor Chengtian stopped for a long time when he saw the end, thinking silently.

Li Deying can be described as the person who knows the emperor best.He kept silent, and directed the little servant to move the chair, and Emperor Chengtian sat down silently.

The two of Shen and Lin hung their hearts and waited intently.

"Alas~" Zhao Ze'an leaned on the couch, held a small tea clock in his hand, closed his eyes, and sighed seriously: "The imperial examination is really not easy, and you have to pass three assignments in one day!"

Li Deying smiled and said nothing, and personally took the round fan and gently shook the wind, serving the golden and precious little prince meticulously.

Take a nap for about two quarters of an hour

"Father, are you optimistic?" Zhao Ze'an returned to the desk.

Emperor Chengtian was dignified and solemn, no longer talking and laughing lovingly before, and nodded slightly.

"But I haven't finished it yet." Zhao Ze'an hurried to the remaining nine answer sheets in a hurry.

"Okay, it will take you an hour to look at one copy, and ten copies will be enough for you to look at it for two days." Emperor Chengtian said leisurely, he sat upright, and picked up the small page that Rong Youtang added, "Scholars should take the knowledge of tools as the First," he brushed his fingers and curled his lips.

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Ze'an scratched his forehead angrily.

Just as Emperor Chengtian was about to open his mouth, the imperial servant suddenly entered, bowed and said:

"Report to Your Majesty: Your Highness King Qing is asking to see you."

Is my brother coming to pick me up after work?Zhao Ze'an turned his head to look around.

"Xuan." Emperor Chengtian spoke in a flat tone.

In a blink of an eye, Zhao Zeyong strode forward, speaking even more evenly: "I see my father."

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Father." After Zhao Zeyong stood still, he frowned and asked his younger brother: "Didn't you be asked to wait in Qixia Palace? Why did you come here to disturb Father's handling of state affairs?"

Zhao Ze'an murmured: "I'm here to pay my respects to my father, I didn't make trouble."

"Yong'er," Emperor Chengtian reminded majesticly, "Xiao Jiu is not a lieutenant in the army, please be gentle and don't bluff him."

"Yes." Zhao Zeyong agreed, with a rigid face, without a word of soft words.

"Hmph." Emperor Chengtian glanced at the majestic third son of the emperor, still dissatisfied with his cold and hard style, shook his hand to answer the paper, and said slowly: "I am currently selecting Jinshi."

Zhao Zeyong looked all ears.

"Look at this one." Emperor Chengtian nodded Rong Youtang's chin to answer the paper, and a few lines including his name and place of origin were folded and covered up.

"Yes."

Zhao Zeyong stepped forward, seemingly casually, looking at ten lines at a glance, looking quickly, expressionless: Well, this is his handwriting.That little cunning, who studies hard and earnestly, and knows how to figure out the holy meaning, his ranking should not be bad.

"How?" Emperor Chengtian asked, his eyes fixed.

Zhao Zeyong frowned, pointed at the cracked and ink-stained part of the answer sheet and said, "Father, this examinee's paper is so unclean."

"Brother, I know the reason!" Zhao Ze'an squeezed between his father and brother, raised his face, and clacked and explained.

Emperor Chengtian dusted off the answer sheet again, and said helplessly, "It's indeed unsightly, but it's not this person's fault."

"Fan Jin?" Zhao Zeyong shook his head and commented, "Too impatient and reckless."

"Hmm." Emperor Chengtian agreed.

Shen Xuan and Lin Jisheng coincided with each other and immediately put Fan Jin at the bottom of the top three list!

"There is something to say, well-founded, and some knowledge." Zhao Zeyong commented on Rong Youtang's answer.

"Isn't this person a regular visitor to your house?" Emperor Chengtian seemed interested, and asked: "According to the records, he is currently in Beiying, serving you?"

Zhao Zeyong nodded calmly: "Yes."

"Father, Brother Rong has been assigned to the kitchen. According to him, he is mainly responsible for buying vegetables and managing the three meals a day for the soldiers." Zhao Ze'an sincerely said: "It sounds so boring, it is far better to accompany me to the back of the palace Catching crickets is fun."

Zhao Zeyong raised his eyebrows, sternly admonishing his younger brother: "There are no 'fun' jobs in the world, you have to do things down-to-earth.

"Buying vegetables? Three meals a day?" Emperor Chengtian smiled and asked, "How is he doing?"

Zhao Zeyong replied: "The time is still short, everything in the kitchen is normal now, and I haven't found anything wrong yet."

"Why did you send him to the kitchen?" Emperor Chengtian recalled Rong Youtang's fair and handsome appearance, and it was hard to imagine him being busy in the kitchen.

"The kitchen is also an important place in the army." Zhao Zeyong pointed out solemnly, and said bluntly: "Although he is down-to-earth, diligent and quick-witted, but he is very young and lacks tempering. How can I feel relieved to entrust him with important tasks?"

Emperor Chengtian said in a calm manner: "An outstanding student of the Imperial College, the third in this subject, was sent by you to be a cook."

Zhao Zeyong was tall and straight, and he didn't feel that his actions were inappropriate. He said sternly, "Even if you are talented, you have to know how to do things! The kitchen is complicated and trivial, and it's not easy to manage. It's just a test of his ability."

Emperor Chengtian didn't say anything more.

Looking at the sky, Zhao Zeyong said bluntly: "It's getting late, does the emperor have any orders?"

"In a hurry?"

"Father takes care of everything every day, please take good care of the dragon's body, and my son should not disturb too much."

Emperor Chengtian's face softened a little, and he said with a straight face: "My father and son, there is no need to be so alien. Could it be that you don't want to stay for dinner?"

"Don't dare." Zhao Zeyong bowed his head helplessly.

"Father, I haven't finished watching yet, so what about the peacock?" Zhao Ze'an couldn't help reminding.

Emperor Chengtian smiled meaningfully: "You don't need to read too much, you can take the peacock home and raise it for fun."

The next morning

It coincided with Rong Zhengqing's birthday, he first came to Beijing, with few relatives and friends, Rong Youtang and his son naturally went to celebrate his birthday.

Living in the capital is not easy.Uncle and nephew Rong Zhengqing, Xu Huai, and Qin Haoliang, the three families are friends, and temporarily rent a single courtyard to live in.

Among them, Qin Haoliang took office together with his wife and children. He has two sons and a daughter. His daughter is sixteen years old and is beautiful and graceful.

"Uncle, brother, you're here!" Rong Yu beamed, ran down the door steps, and rushed to help Rong Kaiji who got out of the carriage - he had changed his words and no longer called Rong Youtang "cousin".

"Brother Yu, where's fourth uncle?" Rong Youtang asked with a smile, he changed his mind, turned around to receive the birthday gift from the carriage from the housekeeper, and the servant beside Rong Yu hurriedly took over.

"To take a rest today, my fourth uncle invited a few colleagues, and the uncles are drinking tea inside." Rong Yu spoke quickly, obviously with a southern accent.

"Uncle, please slow down." Rong Yu respectfully supported Rong Kaiji.

"Good boy." Rong Kaiji looked at it carefully for a long while, and said with a smile, "It's much stronger again. It's just that the water and soil are not acclimatizing. Eat more carefully, stay longer, and make sure you grow into a strong boy!"

Rong Xing smiled embarrassedly: "Thank you uncle for your concern, it's all because of my poor health, which makes the elders worry about it."

"Don't be like that, just relax, have you decided on the academy?" Rong Kaiji asked with concern, trying his best to greet his new relatives, chatting while walking.

But Rong Youtang stopped, and glanced at the alley in doubt: No one, why do I feel that someone is peeping?

"Master, what's the matter?" Li Shun looked around in confusion.

"It's nothing." Rong Youtang shook his head, frowned and stepped into the courtyard.

Although the house is small, it is very neat and tidy. Apart from Xu Huai, Qin Haoliang and Rong's family, there are seven or eight colleagues who were invited by Rong Zhengqing in the living room, which is quite lively.

"Youtang, come!"

With a happy face, Rong Zhengqing proudly pushed his nephew in front of the guests, and introduced him happily: "Everyone, this is Rong's long-lost nephew."

"Yo? Not bad, not bad, a good-looking talent."

"I heard that your nephew is studying in the Imperial College?"

"Hey, the third place in this exam is the one in front of you!"

……

Rong Youtang bowed his hands humbly and answered one by one. He was used to such occasions, and he handled them with ease, being generous and decent. During the banquet, everyone praised him for being harmonious and lively. Believe it in the ears of Zhou Renlin.

what? !

Zhou Renlin was dumbfounded, as if falling into an ice cave: I haven't seen you for a few days, is Zhengqing lost his mind and gone crazy?Youtang is obviously his nephew, how did he become a nephew?

What's going on?

Being an official in the same dynasty, Zhou Renlin paid a lot of attention. He knew that Rong Zhengqing was celebrating his birthday today, so he deliberately took the opportunity of visiting the bookstore and ordered his servants to stay on the street outside. He found this place quietly.

Zhou Renlin wandered anxiously outside the courtyard wall, unable to figure out what to do. He could only guess that his concubine, uncle and nephew felt resentful and made nonsense in anger.

However, the mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

At the corner of the alley, inside a small sedan chair.

"Ha ha."

"I just said, there is no cat in the world that doesn't steal!"

Yang Ruofang's face was livid, and she couldn't stop sneering, and said sarcastically, "It's strange that he's been restless all day long, and sure enough there's another woman out there! Mrs. Su is pregnant and can't serve her. He can't help it for a while."

"Madam calm down, maybe the boys made a mistake." The confidant persuaded.

"One Rong family, another Su family, how many concubines does Zhou Renlin plan to take?!" Yang Ruofang gripped the silk handkerchief tightly, gnashing her teeth in hatred, and asked angrily, "What's the name of this lowly hoof?"

"Ma'am, that woman's name is Qin Yingxue. Her father has just made up for the seventh-rank vacancy in the household department. The adults came to this alley quietly several times, and the younger one saw him go in twice, and it took him a long time to come out. If you are open and aboveboard, why do you always find him?" How about an excuse to dismiss the younger ones?" The servant was spitting wildly, eager to claim credit.There are many servants in the Zhou family, most of them are the eyes and ears of the mistress.

"You have done a good job, and you will be rewarded later." After Yang Ruofang finished speaking, she endured for a while, but found that she had no patience at all!So he ignored the obstruction and insisted on getting off the sedan chair.

"Go! Follow me to meet the new aunt!

Yang Ruofang walked towards her husband aggressively with more than a dozen people, ready to question her.

at the same time

Today, a group of nine guards under the Department of Defense changed their fierce and fierce appearance of patrolling the streets with knives. They were beaming, bang bang bang, beating the gong vigorously.

"Hey, is the ranking released?"

"Who? No. [-] pick, who is it?"

"Hey, big brother, who is the champion?" The people along the way asked enthusiastically, and quickly surrounded a large group of people.

The officer yelled: "Follow us to Qingyun Inn and you will know."

After a while, the Annunciation Team stopped in front of Qingyun Inn and shouted: "

"Jianke's top spot, Jiangzhou Le Shang Deng Kui; Jinke's second place, Shaozhou Muen Xu Lingyun. Please come out quickly to receive the good news!"

Hundreds of people surrounded the entrance of the inn, discussing loudly, tiptoeing desperately, competing to witness the elegant demeanor of the second place.

Soon, Deng Kui and Xu Lingyun, who happened to be staying at the Qingyun Inn, came out with hair fluttering on their feet, their eyes straightened, and their expressions were in a daze. I didn't bother to reward the official messenger for the good news.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper of the inn had been prepared and generously donated, and gave money for running errands one by one.

"Where is the champion?"

"I'm so anxious! Which one is the champion?"

"Big brother, can you tell me a little bit?" Hundreds of onlookers asked eagerly, the release of rankings has always been popular among ordinary people.

The head of the official post was majestic, held up the red lacquered tray with air, let go of his throat and shouted: "Let's go! Go to Dongdajie and deliver the happy news to Zhuangyuan Lang."

Not long after, all the officials stopped in front of Rong's cloth village.

"Hey! Hey hey! It stopped at our door!"

The steward Jiang Bai yelled, the staff were in a hurry, but they didn't dare to ask rashly, they were afraid of making a joke, so they held their breath and waited and watched anxiously: I saw that the chief official picked up the happy news, Shi Shiran opened it, and read in cadence: "The number one scholar in this discipline : Rong Youtang, East City of Zhili. Rong Youtang, is your son?”

All of a sudden, there was a sensation among the public, and there was a sudden burst of enthusiastic and excited discussions, and there were all kinds of movements.

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes!" Jiang Bai was overjoyed, nodded his head like a rat, and said incoherently: "Rong Youtang? Rong Youtang? That's right, our young master's name is Rong Youtang."

"Quickly invite the number one scholar to come out to receive the good news." The official urged.Sending happy news is a fat job, and you can get rewards.

"But, but our master and young master have gone out to visit relatives!"

"Oh?"

In a hurry, his boss and his son were not there, Jiang Bai hurriedly urged his assistants to make a reward, smiling from ear to ear, and quickly handed it over to the officials.

"Are you leaving relatives?" The chief official weighed the weight of the red seal, showed a satisfied smile, and scanned Rong's Cloth House carefully. The companions exchanged a look, and then asked, "Is it far?"

"It's not far, it's in Anfeng Lane, Xicheng, our young master went to drink birthday wine." Jiang Bai informed.

"Life is a great joy. This newspaper stipulates that Zhuangyuan Lang will take it over with his own hands. We must run for a while." The leader official said righteously, and urged: "Lead the way."

"Hey, good! This way, please."

Jiang Bai was overjoyed and led hundreds of people to the west city to look for Rong Youtang.