Yang Ruofang was furious, surrounded by four confidant servants, leading a dozen young servants, strode out of the alley, and shouted: "Zhou Renlin!"

Zhou Renlin, who was lingering outside the courtyard wall, had a dark secret and suddenly turned his head. When he saw the hostile wife, his head was as big as a bucket, and he was anxious and asked in a low voice: "What are you doing here?"

"Ha~"

Yang Ruofang laughed back in anger, and quickly rushed to her husband with all the servants, mockingly said: "You have done something ugly, and you still have the face to ask me?"

Did she know that Mingtang survived the disaster?

Zhou Renlin was in doubt, trying to calm himself down, and shouted: "I don't understand! I don't know what you're talking about. A lady, how decent is she to show her face? Why don't you go home!"

"Hmph, now that you're here, let me meet her anyway. Don't forget, I'm the wife you are marrying!" Yang Ruofang stared at her husband, sad and disappointed, and became more arrogant.

"Don't talk nonsense, go back quickly!" Zhou Renlin was so anxious that he kept urging him.He knew that a birthday banquet was being held inside, and that there were a group of court officials inside. Although their grades were not high, they would definitely make a fool of themselves if they made a big fuss.

Yang Ruofang thinks she is reasonable, she has always been unreasonable and strong, let alone now?

"Since you mean it, what are you doing sneakily? Why don't you take it back? There are still several empty courtyards at home." Yang Ruofang couldn't help sneering, gnashing her teeth.

Zhou Renlin hesitated and pondered, and was a little moved. He had been thinking of a way to get his concubine back, but he was very worried when he observed his wife's expression. He made up his mind and discussed it when he went back, so he persuaded him: "Let's go, let's go back together. What are you talking about?" As he spoke, he wanted to help his wife leave.

"Let go!"

Yang Ruofang struggled hard, angry that her husband always defended and favored Hu Meizi, she pointed at Zhou Renlin's nose with trembling hands, and scolded sharply: "Oh, I'm just talking casually, you really plan to take her home? Bah, what a beauty!" It's yours! Zhou Renlin, I endured it once, I endured it twice, and I'm telling you plainly today, there will never be a third one! As long as I'm here, she won't even try to get in!"

What happened to Rong's mother and son?Su Shi will let her dance around for a while, and sooner or later she will die in my hands.

"What two or three?" Zhou Renlin frowned in doubt, and at the same time couldn't help but think to himself: Yingying doesn't know a man or woman in her belly, I only have three sons in total, and the number of descendants is weak - all of this is Yang Ruofang's fault!She is jealous, but she has no ability to have more children, she only gave birth to two, and they were all disobedient and unfilial sons.

"Why are you pretending to be stupid?" Yang Ruofang sneered, and her shrill voice suddenly sounded in a secluded alley: "Aren't you tired of covering up and sending your servants here several times? Stealing cat!"

Stealing cat?

With a flash of inspiration, Zhou Renlin glanced at the servants who surrounded his wife, and asked majesticly, "Say! Madam, was that long-tongued thing to lure you here?"

The four servants were helpless, although they were Yang Ruofang's dowry maids, since ancient times, women married and obeyed their husbands, and those who were sober-minded would not offend the patriarch in person, they could only pretend to be stupid, with a embarrassed look on their faces, and squeaked.

"Who do you care?" Yang Ruofang scolded, "What kind of man are you if you dare to do something?!"

She has lost her mind, and regardless of her husband's dissuasion, she pushed, pushed and scratched, and rushed out of the siege, ran to the gate of Rong Zhengqing's rented courtyard, kicked hard, imagined the young and beautiful vixen hiding inside, and cursed : "Qin Yingxue! Shameless Hu Meizi, come out!"

Oh--

Zhou Renlin suddenly realized, stunned, almost fell backward in anger, stepped forward a few times, dragged his wife down the steps of the courtyard door, pushed her into the servant's arms without any politeness, tried to lower his voice, and angrily shouted: "Crazy woman, making trouble out of nothing! Do you think your life is too leisurely and stable? Every now and then, you will find an excuse to make a fuss, I am really fed up!" Then he ordered the servants: "What are you still doing in a daze? Take her away quickly! Things that have no shadows are so ugly, you are not afraid of losing face, I still want to be a human being."

Yang Ruofang's hairpin was disheveled, she waved away the servant woman who was desperately trying to comfort her, her eyebrows stood upright, she raised her chin and sneered: "There is no wind, no waves, if you are bright and open, why are you sneaking around? Didn't you deny it in every possible way last time when you were in the Jinwu Cangjiao Su family? I caught an adulterer on the spot, and you just said 'drunk sex'! Hmph, haha, hahaha~"

At this time, many curious neighbors had gathered at the two alleys, talking and pointing.

"I dare to swear to God this time: the truth is definitely not what you imagined!" Zhou Renlin was embarrassed and guilty, he wanted to save face, subconsciously turned sideways, and covered his face with his sleeves.

Yang Ruofang said mercilessly: "Your oath is worthless! Save it for Hu Mei, I don't want to listen."

"Alas, alas."

Zhou Renlin was so angry that he lost his temper, and listened carefully for a moment: The people in the courtyard have stopped drinking and chatting loudly, did they notice us?

"Shh, shhh, calm down." Zhou Renlin pulled his wife forcefully, and said softly, "Go home, we have something to talk about—"

"If you want to go, you go, I won't go!"

Yang Ruofang fought with her husband, but unfortunately she lost her strength and was dragged away by force. How could she be willing?Annoyed, she let go of her throat and shouted: "Qin Yingxue! Qin Yingxue! Bastard, come out, and I'll teach you how to behave!"

"Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Zhou Renlin was in a state of embarrassment, his face was ashamed.

however

"Bang" a loud noise

"stop!"

"Don't even think about leaving!"

The courtyard door opened suddenly, Qin Haoliang's wife, Qin Yingxue's mother, Miao Li couldn't bear it anymore, she led two servants and four servants, each of the servants carried a small wooden bucket for watering the flowers.

Miao Ligao stood on the steps of the gate of the courtyard, with one hand on her hips, pointing at Zhou Renlin and his wife in the air, angrily scolding: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous to slander my daughter's reputation with nonsense, none of you want to leave!" After finishing speaking, he waved his hand brazenly and ordered: "splash!"

"Yes!"

The two servants of the Qin family came out in response, picked up the small wooden bucket, condescendingly, and swung it with all their strength. The cold well water splashed all over Zhou Renlin's head. Yang Ruofang was caught off guard and was also splashed all over his face.

"Oh, it's unreasonable to kill our powerless common people!" After Miao Li gave the order to splash people, she immediately pulled out her handkerchief, cried miserably, and said in a loud and angry voice: "Fathers and folks, please comment: The woman's family traveled thousands of miles to Beijing, and it was only a month, and the boat and car were exhausted, and the place was unfamiliar. The little girl hadn't even taken a step in the second door, and for no reason, she was smeared and slandered by these crazy people! As a parent, how can I Forbearance? They are so vicious and sinister, they want to kill the poor stranger, I am dying!" Miao Li rushed down the steps without fear, and under the cover of her family, she ran headfirst into Yang Ruofang!

"Ouch--"

Yang Ruofang was no match at all, she fell back and fell into the servant's arms.

All of a sudden, the two groups of people were pushing and cursing each other.

Zhou Renlin tried his best to stop him, and shouted impatiently: "Misunderstanding! Mrs. Qin, it was really a misunderstanding—"

"Pooh!"

Miao Li is very confident, majestic, with a crackling Nansheng accent, like hot pepper, and swears: "Misunderstanding? The two of you have conflicts, and we have nothing to do with closing your house even if you kill one of them, but why did you make trouble?" My family? Is it easy to be bullied by looking at outsiders? Red lips and white teeth slander my daughter! I want to report to the police, and I will definitely sue you for losing your mind!"

Yang Ruofang's hair was covered with cold water, she wiped off the veil, her face was covered with powder, she was so angry that she managed to calm down a bit: If Qin Yingxue really committed a scandal, how dare she, a helpless outsider, be so rampant?

Could it be that I misunderstood my husband?

Wow ~

wow wow wow~

The two alleys are full of people, full of interest, getting closer and closer, and there are at least one or two hundred curious neighbors.

"Don't fight, stop!" Zhou Renlin shouted hoarsely to dissuade him, and pushed his provocative wife behind him, out of sight and out of mind.

Yang Ruofang misunderstood that her husband was protecting her with all his might, and she gradually became sober after being moved. To be precise, she was shocked by the aggressive style of Miao Lazi and Miao Li, who were well-known in their hometown in Southern Province.

The scuffle lasted only for a moment, and soon after hearing the news, Rong Youtang and his party, who were chatting and laughing at a feast, arrived.

"stop!"

It was Rong Zhengqing who took the lead. He walked quickly to the steps of the courtyard gate, pointed at the chief culprit angrily, and cursed: "Zhou Renlin! Master Zhou, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, what can't you say well? Why do you indulge in slavery and commit murder?"

Rong Youtang helped his adoptive father, and then stepped out of the threshold. He stood side by side with his uncle, and said in a loud voice: "Today, my uncle celebrates his birthday, and I sincerely invite many colleagues and uncles to attend. What does Mr. Zhou mean? If you want to drink birthday wine, just let me know , although we are not as famous and rich as your mansion, there are still a few glasses of water and wine, so you don't need to go to war like this."

The people onlookers immediately burst into laughter, overjoyed, like watching a play, with relish.

"Ming——" Zhou Renlin looked up at the concubine who was standing on a high place, and almost blurted out the word "Mingtang".However, the assassination of Rong Huaijin's mother and son involved Zheng Bao, so it was a serious matter. If the second prince was involved, hundreds of lives in the Zhou family would not be enough for the queen and Taifu Han to vent their anger.

Therefore, Zhou Renlin could only bear with it, feeling extremely aggrieved.

"Master Zhou, it's about Qing Yu, a girl in the boudoir. I don't know how you plan to apologize?" Rong Youtang asked straight to the point.

"Tang'er!" Zhou Renlin's face was ashen, glaring, trying to show his father's majesty to suppress the concubine.

"Don't you want to leave?" Rong Youtang's eyes were bright, and he said righteously: "Although Mr. Zhou is of high rank and the Yue family is powerful, can he bully his colleagues and family members as he pleases?"

Rong Kaiji held his son tightly and was vigilant.

"Zhengqing, what exactly do you want to do?" Zhou Renlin had nothing to do with the bastard who was instigated by the eunuch, and instead angrily questioned Rong Zhengqing.

"Zhou Lang, is he...?" Yang Ruofang asked in a trembling voice, she came back to her senses and woke up instantly, her eyes were wide open, she was staring at Rong Zhengqing and Rong Youtang intently, she unconsciously grabbed her husband's sleeves tightly, using force to her joints whitish.

Zhou Renlin waved his wife away irritably. Although he hated it, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to inform him: "Rong Zhengqing, he is Jinniang's younger brother."

"No wonder, it looks familiar." Yang Ruofang muttered to herself.She suddenly recalled the scene 20 years ago when the Rong family traveled thousands of miles to Beijing to find their daughter, and then remembered Rong Huaijin and Zhou Mingtang who were assassinated by Zheng Bao...

Rong Youtang came out of the crowd, and said impassionedly: "Master Zhou, please don't mess with me again and again! My uncle celebrates his birthday with a feast of wine, so I just want to ask: What exactly do you want to do?"

"Who are you?" Yang Ruofang asked sternly. She was flustered and full of doubts, and she never had a good face towards Rong Huaijin's family.

The former mistress and concubine were in the same situation, and looked at each other and hated each other.

Rong Youtang remained expressionless, and said firmly and clearly through the gap between his teeth: "I am Rong Youtang."

"Rong Youtang?!"

Yang Ruofang cried out in shock. She looked at Rong Zhengqing, then at Rong Youtang, and then at her husband suddenly. She was at a loss and asked incredulously, "Are you studying in the Imperial College? Are you my classmate of Hong'er?"

"My son is studying in the Imperial College and has many classmates, I wonder who Madam is referring to?" Rong Kaiji took up the conversation.

"It's unreasonable, it's too deceitful!" Rong Zhengqing was furious. When facing Zhou Renlin, even if he didn't say a word, as long as he appeared, he would definitely have the upper hand.

Zhou Renlin has no excuse for bullying his master and destroying his ancestors and disappointing Rong Huaijin.

"Your Zhou family is going too far. You ran to my door wantonly, making trouble for no reason, swearing and swearing. Why don't you go to the government to open my eyes and see how you usually bully others."

"Uncle calm down, there's no need to ruin your body because of that kind of anger." Rong Youtang persuaded.

At this time, Rong Yu and Qin Haoliang rushed out. Qin Haoliang was furious, and walked like the wind, and walked straight to Zhou Renlin, with cold eyes, and scolded sharply: "Master Zhou, I have only been in Beijing for more than a month, and you and I have no friendship." , I didn’t even say hello, I never offended you, why are you spitting blood and insulting my little girl for no reason today?”

Rong Yu also chimed in and scolded: "Sister Qin is crying like she's crying, you guys are acting recklessly, there's no law for you!"

"Misunderstanding, Brother Qin, it's really a misunderstanding." Zhou Renlin explained feebly, unable to argue.

"Humph, although my family is small, we abide by the law and are not afraid of your high-ranking princes." As a father, Qin Haoliang stood shoulder to shoulder with his wife Miao Li and shouted: "If you don't figure it out today, you will never give up. !"

"Master Qin, please calm down, you have something to say." Zhou Renlin was devastated, and had to deal with the aftermath of his wife for the umpteenth time.

After Yang Ruofang saw Rong Zhengqing, she knew that her servant must have misunderstood her, but unfortunately she couldn't get off the horse.Her face was very ugly, and she was in a stalemate for a while, before she reluctantly said under her husband's explicit hint: "It was just a misunderstanding, and I will apologize to Miss Qin later to suppress the shock."

"roll!"

Miao Li's face suddenly changed, she was trembling with anger, and scolded her head and face: "Who cares about making an apology? Another day, your daughter will be blocked by people at the door and insulted' cheap hoof, foxy son', then you will have to accept the apology generously with a smile! For the price, how much is your girl able to scold Hu Mei's hoof? I'm going to throw money at your house and scold you back!"

clap clap clap!

"Shut up, you shut up." Yang Ruofang seemed to have received several loud slaps in the face, her face turned blue and red, she was at a loss for words, and she was completely defeated in arguing.

The crowd at both ends of the alleys was filled with applause, high-fives and applause. Some even hid in the crowd and cheered: "Mrs. Qin, you don't have to sell everything, we will chip in to help you get back!"

"I'll give you ten papers!"

"I'll pay fifteen cents!"

"Folks help me, I'll give you [-] cents!"

……

Rong Youtang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he almost didn't hold back his face, but it was hot at noon, and seeing the siege and crowding became more and more intense, he was extremely restless, he quickly raised his hand, and said loudly: "Thank you, dear folks, for upholding justice, but please don't It's crowded, be careful!"

As he said that, he hurried over, pulled out a crying child from the crowd, put it in an open space, and urged seriously: "Everyone, step back, don't hurt yourself."

Revenge is revenge, but we cannot ignore the overall situation. If there is an accident where people gather to stampede their lives, the consequences will be disastrous.

Rong Youtang said while maintaining order and appeasing the excited neighbors.

Many imperial court officials present could not stand idly by because of emotion and reason.Rong Zhengqing, Qin Haoliang and others knew the horror of the anger of the crowd, so they had to put aside their personal disputes for the time being, and went around to persuade the onlookers to retreat.

Yang Ruofang's heart was beating wildly, and she couldn't help following Rong Youtang, turning around, turning around, turning around again——

Rong Youtang?

Who does he look like...?

like who?

"Okay, okay! We will never give in to the rich and powerful, everyone, go home and enjoy the cool air." Rong Youtang tried hard to persuade the woman who was so outraged by righteous indignation.

In such gatherings, the common people are easily incited, from watching the excitement with relish to spitting, and even pushing and bumping, the reason why even they themselves cannot figure out afterwards.It can only be said that the atmosphere dictated it, and the impulse caused trouble.

"Who are you?" Yang Ruofang asked in a panic.

Rong Youtang's side profile flashed in her mind, and the answer was ready to come out, but in desperation, the truth seemed to be covered with a layer of tulle, dancing briskly on tiptoe, she stretched out her hand desperately, but she couldn't pull the tulle off no matter what!

"I'm Rong Youtang." Rong Youtang turned around, stood still, and said forcefully.

"This is Rong's nephew." Rong Zhengqing raised his head proudly.

Rong Kaiji worriedly approached and called: "Youtang, come here."

"No, it's not." Yang Ruofang shook her head in denial. Intuitively, she was anxious and impatient for no reason.

"You can't do this!" Zhou Renlin also denied it, knowing that the person in front of him was the bastard Mingtang.

Rong Youtang reminded indifferently: "Master Zhou has been entangled so hard, does it mean that he really wants to go to court to solve it?"

"You are not allowed to report to the official!"

Zhou Renlin hastily dissuaded him, leaned closer and whispered: "Mingtang, don't be so angry, tell outsiders to laugh at our family."

Mingtang? !

Yang Ruofang, who was close to her side, opened her eyes wide as if struck by lightning. In the blink of an eye, she figured everything out!

Rong Youtang stared directly at Yang Ruofang with cold eyes.

"you you--"

Yang Ruofang was so terrified that she couldn't believe it, but the silhouette of the person in front of her looked like the old Rong Huaijin!She looked like a ghost, extremely terrified, grabbed her husband's arm, tied her tongue, and asked stammeringly, "Zhou, Zhou Lang, is he, is he...?"

Rong Youtang took a step closer, Yang Ruofang couldn't help dragging her husband back, and asked sternly, "What do you want to do?"

Rong Youtang didn't speak, and took another step closer, his eyes bursting with rage.

"Stop! What on earth are you trying to do?" Yang Ruofang scolded sharply, she had to face the fact: yes, he is Mingtang.When he tortured his mother and son before, he also looked at me with this look.

"Calm down, you can sit down and say whatever you want, okay?" Zhou Renlin's face turned pale, and he had thousands of words, but it was not appropriate to confide them in public.

Across the abyss created by the grievances between the two generations and the murder of his mother, Rong Youtang has nothing to say to the couple in front of him!Just when he couldn't control himself and wanted to take a step closer, Rong Kaiji and Rong Zhengqing jointly pulled him back: "Tang'er, come, Dad has something to tell you." Rong Kaiji coaxed him.

"Youtang, don't be as knowledgeable as a villain." Rong Zhengqing comforted him, turning a blind eye to Zhou Renlin's helpless and angry questioning eyes.

rattling room

From outside the alley came the beaming gong, gong, gong, mingled with the resounding sound of announcing the good news from the officials: "Where is Mr. Rong, the new champion?"

"boom blah blah"

"Where is Mr. Rong Youtang, the new champion?"

……

There was no sound, everyone was stunned and couldn't react for a while, especially Zhou Renlin and his wife.

Jiang Bai, the steward of Rong's Cloth Village, was full of red faces. He asked all the way, ran as fast as he could, and hurriedly squeezed into the encirclement, panting and sweating profusely from the heat. When he saw Rong Youtang, his eyes lit up, and he rushed over and shouted: "Master, great joy, Congratulations! You are the No. [-] scholar in high school!"

Turning his head and seeing Rong Kaiji next to him, he rushed over again and said excitedly: "Congratulations, master, congratulations, master, our young master is the number one in high school! The number one!"

wow——

The onlookers shouted loudly and retreated to both sides of Anfeng Lane, allowing the officials who announced the good news to enter.

Rong Youtang was dumbfounded, unable to believe: I won the first prize? !

"No. [-] scholar? Seriously?" Rong Kaiji gasped, ecstatic.

Bang bang bang, the gong sounded to clear the way, and a group of officials came forward with spring breeze on their faces. The leader took out the happy news from the red lacquered tray, unfolded it, and read loudly: "Chengtian's 52 Enke Palace Examination First-class Scholars and No. [-] Scholar, Zhili Dongcheng Candidate, Rong You Tang. Please receive the good news from the number one scholar."

"Zhuangyuan Lang, take it!"

"Get the good news soon!"

"Oh my mother, the number one scholar is really young and promising!"

……

The onlookers eagerly urged, cheered and discussed, wishing they could go up by themselves.

Zhou Renlin couldn't help but smile, he swung his arms and waved his wife away, and said lovingly, "Son, hurry up and receive the good news."

However, all the joys around have nothing to do with Yang Ruofang.She was like falling into an ice cave, but she was dripping with cold sweat on a hot day, her face was distorted with fear and hatred, and she watched intently: Under the reminder of her adoptive father and uncle, Rong Youtang came back to her senses, and hurriedly knelt down according to the rules to receive the happy news of the number one scholar hand-picked by the emperor : "Student Rong Youtang, thank Your Majesty."

The good news is that the vermilion hard bottom, the gold powder pavilion style, is upright and clear.

Ten years of cold window, once high school!

Rong Youtang's heart was surging, holding the happy news fondly, holding his breath, looking over and over again.

Rong Kaiji was naturally close and close, and Zhou Renlin approached with forgetfulness, anxiously poking his head.

"Father, look, the champion is happy!" Rong Youtang raised his head happily and shouted happily.

"My son is doing well!" Rong Kaiji smiled from ear to ear.

"Good boy—" Zhou Renlin didn't finish his sentence, and watched Rong Youtang stuff the happy news into Rong Kaiji's arms, and said gratefully and filially: "Father, take a look."

"Okay, okay!" Rong Kaiji hurriedly held it steady, held it in both hands, opened it carefully, looked at it for a long time, wept with joy, choked up and said: "The emperor has paid off, my son has finally survived!"

Rong Youtang supported his adoptive father, relying on him.

"Look, too, the child is in high school." Rong Kaiji raised his sleeves, pressed his eyes, and took the initiative to solemnly convey the good news to the eager Rong Zhengqing.

"Oh, thank you, brother, thank you very much." Rong Zhengqing gratefully took it, held it up, and admired it with Xu Huai, Qin Haoliang and all his colleagues.

Do not! Do not!

Rong Youtang is Zhou Mingtang, he is my son, and I am the father of the number one scholar!

Zhou Renlin was extremely aggrieved, filled with remorse, and shouted in vain:

"Zhengqing, you can't do this, why do you do it?"

In fact, Rong Youtang has been secretly paying attention to his biological father.Difficult to move forward, gritted his teeth and worked hard. In countless assumptions, he thought he would be proud, but he didn't.

Rong Youtang's mind was blank and empty, he was at a loss, his heart was fluttering, and his whole body was in a trance.

"Master Zhou, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand?" Rong Zhengqing let go of his hatred freely, high-spirited, and took the time to say: "Please stand back, don't push my champion nephew."

"What nephew? Zhengqing, you can't do this." Zhou Renlin begged bitterly.Back then, he coveted power and wealth, betrayed his trust, and failed his mentor's family. For twenty years, he evaded, flinched, and deceived himself and others. Today, he has suffered a lot.

"Why, are you finished? It's unreasonable!"

Rong Zhengqing waved his hands unceremoniously: "Let's go, let's go, if you make trouble again, I will report it to the police immediately."

"You can't do this, you can't." Zhou Renlin shook his head unacceptably.

The concubine who was the champion of high school was close at hand, and should belong to his glorious face, but because he was afraid of Ping Nanhou, he didn't dare to recognize him. He was so angry that Zhou Renlin's eyes turned black.

At this time, Yang Ruofang, who had been watching and pondering for a long time, moved. She made a decisive decision and walked quickly to her husband to celebrate the king: Zhou Renlin is greedy for power and wealth, and is cold-blooded and selfish.The king said that he would teach him a lesson he will never forget.

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