Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

Rong Zhuo stared at Yu Jingdu dumbfounded, opened his mouth several times to say something, but held back.

He never imagined that that nosy, annoying spirit was actually "Qingshi"!

"You... agreed not to be angry." Yu Jingdu reminded.

Rong Zhuo took a deep breath and gave him a hard look, "I'm not angry!"

He said he wasn't angry, but he looked at Yu Jingdu as if he was planning to bite someone.

And ever since he found out about this, he didn't want to talk to Yu Jingdu anymore.

"Rong Zhuo..." Yu Jingdu stretched out his hand to touch him, Rong Zhuo rolled on the spot, rolled away along the grass, and lay on the ground motionless.

Yu Jingdu was so amused by his actions that he couldn't help but let out a chuckle, he didn't expect such a smile to completely annoy the boy.

"Are you still laughing?" Rong Zhuo sat up and said angrily, "I'm still angry!"

"Didn't you say you weren't angry?"

This time Rong Zhuo didn't want to talk to him at all, went to untie the rope and got on the horse.

"You don't care about me anymore?" Yu Jingdu asked him.

"You are not in good health and cannot ride a horse, let's go back!" After Rong Zhuo said, he clamped the horse's belly and left Jing Du far behind.

Looking at the young man's back, Yu Jingdu couldn't help but smile.

Xiao Wandan was clearly worried about his health, so he didn't dare to speak harsh words to him, for fear of making him vomit blood again.

Yu Jingdu got up and walked slowly towards Zhuangzi's direction. After walking a few steps, he heard the sound of horseshoes again. He raised his eyes and saw Rong Zhuo turning back again.However, the boy sat on the horse and did not approach him, as if he was just confirming his safety.

"Cough..." Yu Jingdu clenched his fist against his lips and coughed softly.

Rong Zhuo was startled, and then said angrily: "Don't pretend to be sick, I won't accept your trick."

His tone was clearly fierce, but his eyes were extremely tense, obviously he was still concerned about Yu Jingdu's body.

Yu Jingdu saw his expression in his eyes, and felt that his heart was filled with some inexplicable emotion, as if he wished to burst his chest and overflow.

"Your friend..." Yu Jingdu said as he walked forward, "The one named Song Ming'an was removed from the list by Jiang Shaoqing."

Rong Zhuo was taken aback, and then realized that he and Song Mingan did not appear in the buyer list of the underground auction, it was not accidental, obviously Qingshi asked the Banquet King or Jiang Jiyan for help.

"Do you want me to thank you?" Rong Zhuo pouted.

"At that time, I thought it was the best choice not to meet you, so I didn't dare to tell you this. But I don't want you to get involved, so I can only use this roundabout way to keep you away from this matter." Yu Jing Du patiently explained to him, "It won't be like this in the future, I will definitely tell you in advance."

Rong Zhuo was already soft-hearted, but when he said this, his anger eased a bit.

For a long time, he thought that Qingshi didn't care about his friend.

But now it seems that the other party has been protecting him when he didn't know it.

"Then what are you going to tell me in the future?" Rong Zhuo said, "You dare not see me, are you afraid of being seen?"

"I can secretly go to see you." Yu Jingdu said, "No one will find out."

"Then what if I want to see you?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"You can go to Jiang Jiyan, he will bring you to see me."

"That's too obvious. If someone sees it, they may suspect that I am also one of yours." Rong Zhuo frowned and thought for a while, "We can make a secret sign!"

"What code?" Yu Jingdu asked.

"It's the secret signal for the connection." Rong Zhuo said, "For example, when I want to see you, I will put a pot of flowers on the window sill of Xun Huan Building."

Yu Jingdu pretended to think seriously for a while, nodded and said, "OK."

Rong Zhuo was in a good mood when he heard this, but he completely forgot all the previous unhappiness.

"Come on up." Rong Zhuo stretched out a hand towards him, with an expression on his face that an adult doesn't remember a villain's mistakes.

Yu Jingdu stepped forward and raised his hand to hold his hand, but he didn't exert any force, just holding it quietly.

"Have no strength?" Rong Zhuo asked, "You want me...to lift you up?"

Yu Jingdu couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and then took his hand and used his strength to get on the horse's back.

After the two returned to Zhuangzi, Rong Zhuo pestered Yu Jingdu to accompany him to soak in the hot spring.

Because Jiang Jiyan was going to be on duty at Dali Temple, he went to the capital early in the morning. Apart from the guards and servants, there were only the two of them left in the Zhuangzi, so Rong Zhuo was not polite.

"Go by yourself." Yu Jingdu refused with some discomfort.

"Didn't the doctor tell you yesterday that you can go take a dip?" Rong Zhuo said, "You go with me."

"I'm a little tired." Yu Jingdu said again.

"Then you rest at the side, can I go soak?" Rong Zhuo tugged at his sleeve, "It's too close to the garden, I dare not go by myself."

Yu Jingdu hesitated for a while, and then reluctantly agreed.

Rong Zhuo went to get a change of clothes, then dragged Yu Jingdu to the backyard.

Now in late autumn, it is the season suitable for soaking in hot springs.

Rong Zhuo didn't shy away from people when he got there, he took off his clothes and went in.

Yu Jingdu found a rock not far away and sat down to accompany him, but he never looked in the boy's direction.

"Qingshi..." Rong Zhuo lay on the edge of the pool and called him, "The water is just right, why don't you come?"

"No." Yu Jingdu subconsciously turned his head and glanced at him, then immediately turned his gaze away again.

I don't know if it's because the temperature here is too high, Yu Jingdu felt that uncomfortable feeling in his heart again, and even his throat was a little dry.

"Soaking in a hot spring is a beautiful thing in the world when it's cold." Rong Zhuo sighed comfortably, "I heard that there seems to be a new hot spring in the capital, and my cousin even said that he will invite Song Mingan and the others to try it some other day. "

Yu Jingdu was startled, "Are you going to take a bath with those dudes?"

"It's not a bath, it's a hot spring." Rong Zhuo corrected.

"You and them..." Yu Jingdu didn't know what to say, he seemed to think it was inappropriate, and swallowed it back.

He glanced at Rong Zhuo, his eyes froze on the young man, and then moved away quickly.

"I'll wait for you outside." After saying that, he got up and walked to the back of the rockery.

"Don't go too far, I'm afraid!" Rong Zhuo shouted to his back.

Yu Jingdu had no choice but to stay where he could see, leaving him a shadow of his back.

Rong Zhuo felt relieved after soaking in the hot spring that day, and originally thought that he would come again tomorrow.

However, when Jiang Jiyan came back in the afternoon, he killed his plan.

"Your father really cares about your son. One day, he sent a servant from your family to Dali Temple to inquire twice." Jiang Jiyan said, "I told him that I detained you for questioning, and asked you to cooperate with this case. But you can’t keep saying that.”

"Then I'll go back today." Rong Zhuo said.

Yu Jingdu on the side lowered his eyes and was noncommittal.

"Qingshi..." Rong Zhuo turned to look at Yu Jingdu, "Don't forget the code."

"What code?" Jiang Jiyan looked puzzled.

Both Rong Zhuo and Yu Jingdu tacitly did not respond, apparently not intending to tell him.

Jiang Jiyan felt dizzy when he saw the expressions of these two people, so he didn't ask any more questions.

That night, he sent a carriage to take Rong Zhuo back to the capital.

After Rong Zhuo left, Yu Jingdu sat in the courtyard all night, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Your Highness..." Jiang Jiyan helped him put on a cloak, "What is your plan?"

"What and how?" Yu Jingdu asked knowingly.

"Young master Rong's matter."

"He already knows that Qingshi is still alive, do I want him to never see me again?" Yu Jingdu said.

Jiang Jiyan raised his eyebrows, thinking that the point of this question was not that they would never meet each other, but that His Highness wanted to see him on his own initiative.

While feeling a little headache, he also felt a little sad for His Highness.

He has noticed the changes in Yu Jingdu in the past two days, even the old illness that Wu Taiyi's medicine doesn't help, but being accompanied by Rong Zhuo is more effective than taking the medicine for several days.

Now as soon as Young Master Rong left, His Highness's eyes immediately darkened.

the other side.

It was late at night when Rong Zhuo returned home.

He thought that Father Rong had already rested, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the yard, Father Rong got a message from the porter and came over in a hurry.

"Father?" Rong Zhuo said, "Why haven't you rested yet?"

"It can be regarded as coming back." Father Rong said.

Rong Zhuo didn't know if he was okay, so he stood obediently and waited for him to speak.

"Is everything okay over there?" Father Rong asked.

"It's all right now." Rong Zhuo said, "Jiang Shaoqing from Dali Temple told me not to mention this matter to others..."

He was originally afraid that Rong's father would chase after him and ask him where he was going for the past two days. Although Jiang Jiyan made up an excuse for him, Rong Zhuo felt that the excuse was quite perfunctory and did not stand up to scrutiny.But unexpectedly, Father Rong didn't say anything more about this matter, which saved him from making up nonsense.

"Father, are you okay?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"Let's talk in the study."

After he finished speaking, he took Rong Zhuo to the study.

"The news came from Qizhou that your grandfather is not well, so let your uncle and your mother go back." Rong father said.

Hearing this, Rong Zhuo remembered the day when Rong's mother was crying in the house, and wondered if what happened that day was related to his grandfather's illness?

"For my father, I thought that you haven't been to Qizhou for many years. This time, I followed your mother and the others to visit your grandfather." Rong father said.

"Father, aren't you going?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"I won't go." Rong Fu said: "There are too many things in court, I can't leave."

"Then... when shall we go there?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"Let's go at noon tomorrow."

"So anxious?" Rong Zhuo was surprised.

"It's not too urgent, your grandfather's illness doesn't wait for anyone." Father Rong said.

Rong Zhuo thought about it, the ancient society did not need the modern society after all, and there were no high-speed trains and airplanes, and traveling by horse-drawn carriage would take a lot of time, so even if they set off tomorrow, they don't know how long it would take to get to Qizhou.

"It takes less than half a month to go from the capital to Qizhou. I asked Jindouzi to pack all your things for you. You can see what you want to bring." Rongfu said.

Rong Zhuo nodded hurriedly, planning to say goodbye to a few friends before leaving.

It was getting late that night, so he could only sleep first.

Early the next morning, he asked Jindouzi to deliver a letter to Zhou Feng, and by the way, helped him to report to Guozixue for leave.

He himself went to Xun Huan Lou and explained a few words to Qing Yu.

"I have already greeted Sister Hua, she will take care of you." Rong Zhuo said: "If you encounter any problems, you can go to Zhou Feng, although he is from a good background, he has no family background at all. He is also decent, and will not easily look down on anyone."

Qing Yu hurriedly nodded upon hearing this.

Rong Zhuo walked to the window, remembering the secret message he had left with Yu Jingdu.

But he was leaving at noon today, and it was obviously too late to say goodbye to the other party.

It will take at least a month for him to go back and forth, and if he stays there for a while, the time will be even more difficult to say.

Rong Zhuo didn't dare to delay too long, and went back after seeing Qingyu.

Mother Rong didn't know whether she was reluctant to part with her father because she was about to travel far away, or she was worried about her old father's body, her eyes were red, obviously she had just cried.

"His father..."

"Don't say too much, with Zhuo'er accompanying you, I have nothing to worry about along the way." Father Rong reached out to pat the back of Mother Rong's hand as he spoke.

Mother Rong looked at Father Rong, as if she had something to say, but she swallowed it under the other's gaze.

Rong Zhuo looked at the couple with a thoughtful expression.

After a while, Duan's carriage arrived at the door.

Duan Zheng and Father Duan were also traveling together this time, so a carriage from Duan's mansion was arranged on the way.

Now, in addition to the Duan family father and son and the Rong family mother and son, they also brought four guards from the Duan mansion and Jin Douzi with them.

"Zhaoer..." Rong's father called Rong Zhuo aside, and handed him a bundle, "This time as a father, I can't follow you to Qizhou, so I specially wrote a letter to my family, and put it in this bundle. You must be good." Take it to Qizhou for your grandfather.”

"Yes, father." Rong Zhuo hurriedly obediently agreed.

"It must be kept properly, and it must not be lost by negligence." Father Rong repeatedly urged.

Rong Zhuo looked at the baggage in his hand, and suddenly an outrageous thought flashed through his mind.

Doesn't his father care too much about this burden?It seemed that what was contained here was not a letter to my grandfather, but something else terrible.

"Remember, you must keep it safe." Father Rong said again.

Rong Zhuo nodded repeatedly, and the other party was relieved.

"Good life to take care of your mother." Father Rong reached out and rubbed his head with a rare intimacy.

Rong Zhuo couldn't help but smiled at him, Father Rong also smiled when he saw this, but the smile was a bit forced.

In fact, Rong Zhuo forgot to ask his father about something last night, and that was about his reading...

But looking at it today, Father Rong didn't say a word about this matter, as if he didn't care about it.

On the way, Rong Zhuo and Duan Zheng shared a carriage.

Rong's mother followed Duan's father, and the siblings rode together.

"Xiao Zhuo, why don't you just follow us to Qizhou instead of studying in Guozi Academy?" Duan Zheng asked curiously.

"I don't know either." Rong Zhuo said, "Anyway, I asked Jindouzi to help me to apply for leave, but my father never mentioned it, so he probably doesn't count on me."

"Actually, it's nothing if you don't study. There are so many people in the world, and it's not the only way to study. Besides, I don't think you want to be an official. Didn't you say that you want to learn business from my father?" Duan Zheng said: "My father If I knew your plan, I would be very happy."

Rong Zhuo smiled and said, "Cousin, we can work together in the future."

"Do business together?" Duan Zheng asked.

"Yes, otherwise it would be boring for me to be alone." Rong Zhuo said with a smile, "And you have many friends and connections, when the time comes, you will be the boss, and I will help you."

Duan Zheng was amused by him, "I don't want to be your boss, it's not bad if you are my boss."

"In the future, we will be free after we have established our careers. Don't you have a girl you like in the Xun Huan Tower?" Rong Zhuo said: "I will redeem her later, and we will keep her with Qing Yu."

"Then I still have to ask my uncle to go out and help with the government documents?" Duan Zheng said: "You are not an official."

"I know other officials." Rong Zhuo smiled mysteriously, "When the time comes, let him help with the paperwork to redeem people."

"Do you know other officials?" Duan Zheng asked, "Who?"

"I'll tell you later." Rong Zhuo said.

Rong Zhuo looked careless, but his mouth was still very strict.

And he knew Duan Zheng's temperament was too lively, once something was told to him, it would probably spread all over the capital.

The carriage drove slowly all the way out of the capital.

Rong Zhuo lay down by the window and watched for a while, then became sleepy.

He leaned on Duan Zheng and took a nap, but was woken up by the sound of crackling rain.

"Why is there such a heavy rain?" Rong Zhuo wanted to lift the curtain of the car to take a look outside, when the rain splashed in immediately.

"You got cold from the rain." Duan Zheng pulled him back, "Autumn rain is the coldest."

"What should they do?" Rong Zhuo called out Jin Douzi's name outside the carriage.

"Young master, don't worry, we are looking for a place to shelter from the rain." Jin Douzi who was sitting outside the car said to him.

The rain came too fast and without warning.

Everyone was caught off guard and was caught in the water.

Fortunately, the coachman had some experience and remembered the nearby roads, so he took everyone to find a small farmyard and temporarily settled down.

The small courtyard seemed to be deserted, with no people living in it, and the inside and outside of the house were empty.

The coachmen parked the carriage in the awning, and then everyone entered the house.

"It looks like the rain won't stop for a while, we're probably going to spend the night here tonight," Father Duan said.

"How far are we from the capital?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"It's less than two hours' journey." Father Duan said, "If I had known that I should start tomorrow, I wouldn't have to go through such a hassle."

Rong Zhuo glanced at him, thinking that his uncle didn't seem to care much about his father's body, as if he was not in a hurry to go back.

"Clean up the house, I'll send someone to boil some hot water." Father Duan said again.

Rong Zhuo helped Jindouzi and the others to tidy up the house, but this farmhouse only has two bedrooms, so it is obviously impossible for so many of them to live there.

Duan Zheng has been looking forward to the rain stopping soon, thinking that maybe he can find a decent place to stay before dark.

Unexpectedly, the rain did not stop until nightfall.

After eating some dry food and drinking some water, everyone prepared to rest.

Since there were only two bedrooms and they were not big, Duan's father arranged one for Rong's mother, and the other for Duan Zheng and Rong Zhuo, and he planned to spend the night in the outer room with the guards.

Rong Zhuo and Duan Zheng couldn't refuse, so they could only obey him.

"Xiao Zhuo, what are you looking at?" Duan Zheng asked.

Rong Zhuo opened the bag that Rong's father gave him, rummaged inside for a while, and took out a letter wrapped in oiled paper, "This is from my father to grandpa, let me keep it safe, I think it's better to carry it with you." It's safer to take it with you." He said as he stuffed the letter into his pocket, and then put the burden under his head.

There is no quilt on the bed in this room, only the thin blanket brought by Rong Zhuo and the others, after falling asleep at night, it is very cold.

Rong Zhuo squinted for a while and couldn't take it anymore, wrapped the blanket around his body and got up.

"What are you doing?" Duan Zheng also woke up, pulled him back and asked.

"It's uncomfortable to sleep on this bed, and there's still a musty smell in the room, I'll go outside to get some air." Rong Zhuo said.

Duan Zheng couldn't lie down after hearing the words, so he got up with Rong Zhuo.

There was silence in the courtyard, except for two guards on duty.

Probably because of the rain just now, the night tonight is surprisingly good.

The sky is full of stars, as if they were sprinkled by someone, they are dazzling.

"It's been a long time since I saw the stars." Rong Zhuo said.

"You scholars like to be so sour, what's so good about the stars?" Duan Zheng laughed.

Rong Zhuo didn't argue with him, just glanced around the courtyard, and finally walked to the carriage in the canopy and sat down, wrapped in a blanket to watch the stars.

"Cousin, how long has it been since you saw grandpa?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"It's been several years." Duan Zheng said: "My father often goes to Qizhou, but the road is far away, I don't want to follow."

"When was the last time uncle went?" Rong Zhuo asked.

"Less than half a year." Duan Zheng said.

"The last time uncle came back, did he mention that grandpa was not in good health?" Rong Zhuo asked again.

"No, what are you asking this for?"

Rong Zhuo smiled, "It's nothing, I just always feel that something is wrong."

"Why didn't I notice it?" Duan Zheng was puzzled.

"I remember my mother cried a few days ago, I don't know if it was because of this." Rong Zhuo said, "If it was because of grandpa, why didn't you leave in a hurry and dragged it until today?"

"Maybe he was waiting for my dad to come with him?" Duan Zheng said, "He was busy a few days ago."

"That's also possible." Rong Zhuo said: "I just always feel that something is wrong. My uncle and my mother never mentioned anything about grandpa. I don't think my uncle seems to be in a hurry."

Duan Zheng was aware of the problem when he said that.

"Could it be that we went to Qizhou not for grandpa?" Duan Zheng asked.

"Who knows?" Rong Zhuo felt a little cold, so he shrank back into the carriage.

There are floor mats in the car, and it is quite comfortable to sit on.

Rong Zhuo motioned for Duan Zheng to go in and sit down, then lifted the car curtain and tied it.

The two sat in the carriage, looking through the open curtain, they happened to be able to see the stars.

"Did you hear the sound of horseshoes?" Rong Zhuo asked suddenly.

"No." Duan Zheng said and listened, with a dazed expression.

At this time, the two guards who were watching the night in the courtyard seemed to have heard the movement, and walked a few steps towards the outside of the door.

At this moment, two muffled sounds came suddenly, as if something heavy fell to the ground.

Duan Zheng was about to ask, but Rong Zhuo covered his mouth.

At the same time, two dark figures suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

Heiying was probably attracted by the two guards before, so he didn't expect that there were two teenagers sitting in the carriage in the shed.

They walked silently across the garden and headed straight for the bedroom at the back.

Duan Zheng was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe out, he was completely dumbfounded.

But Rong Zhuo was surprisingly calm...

Perhaps it was the last experience in Jiangfu that allowed him to accumulate some experience.

Or maybe he had already sensed something was wrong today, so he was not so surprised by such an accident now.

Seeing the two black shadows heading straight to the bedroom, they presumably wanted money or killed them.

As soon as Rong Zhuo thought of the muffled sound just now, he knew that the guard probably had more or less bad luck.

Duan Zheng squeezed his hand tremblingly, what does that mean?

Rong Zhuo frowned, his thoughts turned sharply...

Now Rong's mother, Father Duan, Jin Douzi, and several other guards are all in the house.

But they are all asleep at the moment, so they may not be able to take precautions.

So once a few of them are allowed to enter the house, the people in the house must be in a bad situation.

"Wait for the two of them to come out in a while, then go in and wake up Uncle and the others." Rong Zhuo whispered in his ear.

"What about you?" Duan Zheng asked nervously.

Rong Zhuo squeezed his hand, but didn't make a sound.

A moment later, a horse neighed, breaking the suffocating silence.

The two people who had just entered the room came out immediately after hearing the words, and saw a thin figure galloping away...

"Chasing!" One of them said briefly.

The two immediately ignored the people in the room and hurriedly chased them out.

Their horse stopped not far away, and the two of them called the horse back with a whistle, and then quickly turned on the horse, chasing the sound of the previous horse's hooves.

When the sound of the horse's hooves gradually subsided, there was a sudden rustling in the grass by the roadside.

Afterwards, Rong Zhuo crawled out from inside clutching his arms.

But he didn't crawl out because he was hurt by the fall, but because he was too scared and his legs were weak...

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Yu Jingdu: Let's practice your legs next time, it's okay to have weak legs all the time