Little Dandy, He's a Little Good

At noon that day, Duan Chengju came to pick him up.

Rong Zhuo originally thought that the matter would have to go to court, but he didn't expect it to be resolved so easily.

"Go back directly?" Rong Zhuo asked puzzled.

"Why, are you reluctant to leave?" Yu Jingdu raised his eyebrows.

Rong Zhuo looked around, leaned closer to him and said in a low voice, "Let us go back without even having a trial, will there be doubts over there?"

"Shaodong's family." Duan Chengju said to him: "Yesterday we were arrested together because there was no one in charge in the yamen, and the servants did not dare to make decisions without authorization, for fear of getting into trouble. Someone came to me early this morning and said But we didn't suffer any disadvantages, so we asked if we would like to keep this matter private."

"Why is it private?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"Let Du Xing pay for the money in the flower building, and we will pay for Du Xing's beating." Duan Chengju.

That is to say, the reality is that Duan Chengju paid Hualou money, and Du Xingbai was beaten.

Anyway, the Duan family didn't lack this bit of money, so Du Xing naturally didn't dare to pester him any longer, so the beating would be in vain.

"His Royal Highness Yan Wang is now in Yuzhou, and they must hope that there are as few cases as possible." Yu Jingdu explained to him: "Especially there is a murder case today, and they probably don't care about other things."

Rong Zhuo understood what he said. Yu Jingdu brought him to live in the prison for such a day in order to catch He Chuangui out and kill him. As for Du Xing... he was beaten up, which indirectly led to With He Chuangui's death, I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to the same way as before when he returns to the private barracks.

On the other hand, after Du Xing left the prison, he hurried back to the private barracks without even paying attention to his injuries.

He didn't return last night, for fear that he would be questioned by Guo Zhenbang if he returned late.

But what he didn't expect was that since he stepped into the big camp, everyone's eyes on him were not normal.

At first, he only thought that others saw that he failed, so he looked at him with a strange expression.

When he was near his barracks, his soldiers rushed over, "General, you are back, something serious happened!"

"What?" Du Xing asked blankly, "What happened?"

"Yesterday, General Guo heard that you were put in prison. He was afraid of causing trouble, so he asked General He to bring money to deal with it, and wanted to redeem you..." the soldier said.

"Old He is safe in doing things, I said why he let me out so soon." Du Xing interrupted the soldier.

Du Xing only thought that the big thing he said was that the coach Guo Zhenbang knew about his going to jail, and he didn't take it seriously.

It's not like he has been visiting flower houses for a day or two. It's not that Guo Zhenbang didn't mention it, but he couldn't change the other party so he didn't force it.

He thought to himself that this time he just made a fuss too much, and he would be beaten with military sticks at worst.

"No..." The soldier said anxiously: "General He brought people into the city at night..."

In the middle of his speech, he saw a person coming in a hurry behind Du Xing, who was also chasing several followers behind him.

When Du Xing heard the movement, before he could react, he was kicked hard from behind.

He was beaten up enough by Yu Jingdu yesterday, but today he was kicked like this, and the pain immediately made his eyes glisten.

He turned around and found that the person who came was Zhang Ping, another man from the camp.

Zhang Ping used to be a member of the Beibei Army. After he came to the private barracks, he was equal to Du Xing and both were Guo Zhenbang's lieutenants.

However, Zhang Ping never liked Du Xing, but he had a good affinity with He Chuangui.

The reason why they hit it off is also very simple. When He Chuangui was working in the Yamen, he liked to abuse his power. Zhang Ping was kicked out because he withheld his subordinates' pay in the Northern Garrison Army.In other words, the two of them are the same breed.

Now that He Chuangui died tragically in order to redeem Du Xing, he naturally put this account on Du Xing's head.

Du Xing still didn't know the news of He Chuangui's death. After being kicked by Zhang Ping, he became angry and got up to fight with him.

The guards onlookers didn't dare to step forward to pull, they just watched from the side.

In other words, they are also angry in their hearts, and they are happy to see the success of this fight.

After a cup of tea, Zhang Ping and Du Xing knelt on one knee in the barracks of coach Guo Zhenbang.

Guo Zhenbang's face was extremely ugly, obviously very angry.

He Chuangui's death obviously hit him hard.

At this moment, he looked at the two people who were fighting, and felt very irritated.

The private barracks he managed so painstakingly thought it was monolithic, but he didn't expect it to become like this overnight.

He Chuangui's death successfully provoked Du Xing and Zhang Ping's internal strife, and their respective subordinates, as well as He Chuangui's subordinates, also entered a state of subtle hostility because of the grievances between Shangguan.

This kind of internal tit-for-tat is taboo in the military.

Guo Zhenbang had always used the closeness and estrangement among several generals to check and balance them, but he did not expect that this stone would fall on his feet in the end.

the other side.

Yu Jingdu was taking a bath with Rong Zhuo in the bathroom.

The dense water vapor steamed up, adding a looming "barrier" to the two bathtubs not far apart.

"This Guo Zhenbang used to be quite capable when he was in the Northern Army. He was good at fighting, but he was not good at leading troops." Yu Jingdu said to Rong Zhuo: "I remember General Chang once said that this person is a general. But he is not handsome. What a general needs is bravery, so that his subordinates are willing to follow you in the charge, but what a handsome man needs is the ability to gather the entire army, plan strategies, and control the overall situation."

Rong Zhuo lay on the edge of the tub and looked at him, "How did he leave the frontier army?"

"He has limited ability and wants to climb higher. In the end, he feels that he has no talent." Yu Jingdu said: "He left the frontier army on his own initiative. Now that he wants to come, maybe he has found this way before leaving. Yes."

"It doesn't seem like a wise move for the prince to find him to command the private barracks." Rong Zhuo said.

"I am a commander with some ability. No one will take the risk of punishing the nine clans to do such an errand." Yu Jingdu said: "The soldiers in this private barracks may have been bewitched, I don't know them Who is behind the scenes? They even thought that they were receiving the royal salary. But these generals all know that the private army camp is a treasonous thing."

In other words, people like Guo Zhenbang did what they knew they couldn't do.

"Guo Zhenbang doesn't know how to be the coach, but he insists on it. The result is that the private army battalion looks monolithic on the outside, but it is actually easy to break through." Yu Jingdu said: "As long as the points that support their balance are smashed, the private army battalion is very easy to break." It will soon be reduced to a plate of loose sand.”

Before Yu Jingdu came to Yuzhou, he had already grasped the crux of the private barracks clearly.

Of course, the reason why things went so smoothly was also due to the fact that the prince, who didn't understand the military at all, insisted on raising a private soldier for himself. In the end, he was just a layman watching the fun.

"Then what should we do next?" Rong Zhuo asked him, "Waiting for them to fight among themselves?"

"It's not enough." Yu Jingdu said: "Let them rest for two days, and then give them a big gift."

When Yu Jingdu said this, his tone was very flat, without the slightest complacency, as if what he was talking about was just a very common thing.And his appearance, in Rong Zhuo's view, reveals a sense of self-confidence.

Rong Zhuo lay on the edge of the barrel, looking at him with unconscious appreciation.

Yu Jingdu turned his head to meet his gaze, and the young man hurriedly looked away, feeling a little embarrassed.

Not long after, Yu Jingdu finished his bath.

When Rong Zhuo heard him coming out of the tub, he didn't dare to look aside, he just crouched his neck to eavesdrop.

After a long while, he reckoned that Yu Jingdu should start getting dressed, so he couldn't help turning his head to take a sneak peek, but he was caught by the other party again.

"If you want to see it, just look at it openly, don't be embarrassed." Yu Jingdu smiled.

"I didn't peek." Rong Zhuo defended weakly.

In fact, even he himself couldn't tell what he was thinking.

He didn't want to take a peek at Yu Jingdu's body, he just couldn't help but look at this person.

Ever since Yu Jingdu helped him in Hualou that day, Rong Zhuo couldn't help but think of that scene, and even paid more attention to Jingdu.Or, earlier, after he dreamed about the other party that night, he started to do this...

There is no reason, just want to look at each other from time to time.

"The water is getting cold." Yu Jingdu reminded.

After hearing this, Rong Zhuo dawdled to get up, but luckily the other party was busy getting dressed and didn't look at him.

The boy quickly wiped his body dry with a cloth towel, and after taking out the clean pajamas, he was about to put it on.Yu Jingdu did not know when he came behind him, and raised his hand to press the hand that was about to put on his clothes.

"You..." Rong Zhuo reached out his hand to cover the key parts, but felt it was unnecessary.

Yu Jingdu didn't tease him, but his eyes fell on a rash on his heart, "Sure enough, there is another rash."

Hearing this, Rong Zhuo looked down, raised his finger and scratched it.

His skin is too sensitive, and it is easy to live in a place like a cell where there is no sunlight all day long.

This time it was considered good, and the rash didn't grow much.

The last time I was in Dali Temple, it was a miserable one.

"I will never let you go to that kind of place again." Yu Jingdu said with some distress.

Fortunately, he was well prepared and asked the housekeeper to prepare a lot of medicine when he went out, among which Rong Zhuo used it to wipe the rash.

Yu Jingdu took a jar of ointment and planned to apply it on him.

Rong Zhuo grabbed his wrist, "I'll do it myself."

Yu Jingdu didn't force it, and handed him the porcelain jar.

But Rong Zhuo soon realized that he might as well let Yu Jingdu come...

Because the other party backed away after handing him the medicine jar, and kept his eyes on him, watching him dip in the ointment and smear it on his body little by little.This feeling is simply too strange, Rong Zhuo is embarrassed and shy at the same time.

He intentionally turned his back to Yu Jingdu, and if he thought about it, he would leave his ass to Yu Jingdu, which would be even more shameful.

Yu Jingdu was originally only worried about the rash on his body, and had no evil thoughts at all.

But when he noticed that Rong Zhuo's face was getting redder and redder, his attention was distorted.

As a result, Yu Jingdu was so upset that night that he barely fell asleep until the middle of the night.

The same insomniac was Guo Zhenbang, the coach of the private barracks.

He sat alone in the martial arts arena for more than an hour, and he didn't get up until the cold wind gave him a headache.

When he returned to his residence, he saw that the candles in the other barracks were still on, so he knocked on the door of the other barracks.

After a while, the door was opened, and there stood a handsome young man in his thirties.

The young man's name is Ding Bolian, and he is nominally the military advisor of the private barracks.

However, because Guo Zhenbang is good at specialization and they have never encountered a war, Ding Bolian's military division is like a decoration. He never takes the initiative to participate in military affairs on weekdays, and his presence is extremely low.

If this person hadn't been a military advisor handpicked by the prince, Guo Zhenbang might have driven him away long ago.

But tonight, for some reason, Guo Zhenbang suddenly felt a little "shameless to ask", and he planned to have a chat with this military adviser.

"Mr. Ding must have heard about today's events, right?" Guo Zhenbang asked.

Ding Bolian let him into the room, made him another pot of tea, and only then responded.

"Du Xing has never been a promising person. His upper body can't control his lower body. It's not surprising what happened today." Guo Zhenbang said, "He Chuangui, you know that he is brave but not scheming... Zhang Ping agrees with him, but I and He once sought a job in the Northern Garrison Army together. He was expelled from the army only after he withheld his subordinates' pay, such a person..."

He let out a disdainful sneer as he spoke, presumably because he had always looked down on the person he was talking about.

Ding Bolian didn't say anything, just focused on the tea in his cup.

"To be honest, I always feel that today's event is not accidental." Guo Zhenbang said: "What kind of people can lead such a group of soldiers? Even if there is no today's event, I don't know that there will be no other accidents." He said He has been belittling his subordinates all the time, completely forgetting that these people are also his soldiers.

"Mr. Ding, do you have anything to say?" Guo Zhenbang asked him.

"You have always known that some generals in the army are at odds." Ding Bolian pierced.

If it wasn't for Guo Zhenbang to check and balance them, maybe they wouldn't have such a big hatred between each other.

"As for what happened in the past two days, if it wasn't accidental, someone was behind it." Ding Bolian said: "You and I both know that hoarding private soldiers is a big taboo, and this kind of taboo thing will never be seen. It’s also a matter of time.”

Of course Guo Zhenbang knew, and it was precisely because of knowing that he was so panicked.

It is said that wealth and wealth are sought in danger, but how many people who take chestnuts in the fire can escape completely?

After entering the private barracks, he was actually in fear every day.

Because he knew that it was too easy to get, everything that he couldn't ask for in the Northern Garrison, he could easily get it in the private barracks.

What happened in the past two days is really not big, but for Guo Zhenbang, a frightened bird, even something big can make him lose his senses.His usual calmness and sophistication could not cover up his guilt and uneasiness after all.

And Yu Jingdu guessed his thoughts thoroughly because he had known his details in advance, so he used these four methods of diverting a thousand catties, and only one death of He Chuangui made Guo Zhenbang lose sleep.

"Who do you think it will be?" Guo Zhenbang asked Ding Bolian.

"The prince is under one person, is there any need to ask?" Ding Bo asked repeatedly.

Guo Zhenbang was startled, he had already guessed in his heart, but he still didn't want to believe it.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence." Guo Zhenbang said.

"Hmm." Ding Bolian didn't know whether he was trying to comfort him, or if he really thought so, "The general really shouldn't bother about this matter anymore, the urgent need in the camp is not limited to this one."

When he mentioned this matter, Guo Zhenbang's face became even more ugly.

Ever since the corruption of money and food for disaster relief was exposed, the food and payment of the private barracks has become a big problem.

In other words, since the underground auction site for reselling tribute under the Prince's hands was taken over last fall, there has been a problem with the food and wages of the private army camp.If it weren't for this, the other party wouldn't have made the idea of ​​disaster relief money and food, but it still fell short.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness was not implicated...

However, the battalion has not paid the military salary for several months, and the soldiers will complain a little bit.

"Military pay is something that can be delayed. Last spring, there was a precedent that it was delayed for several months and then made up together, so this matter can be used to appease the morale of the army." Ding Bolian said: "But the food and grass cannot be delayed. Once the soldiers are hungry , there will be chaos within two days."

Guo Zhenbang got up a little restlessly and took a few steps.

The food and grass in their camp was originally scheduled to be delivered every three months.

Generally speaking, the next batch of food and grass will be delivered when there is only half a month left in the army's food and grass reserves.

But this time, seeing that the food and grass in the army is almost bottomed out, the next batch has not been seen for a long time.

"I asked someone about it, and they said it's not easy to walk in the snow, I'll send someone to pick it up tomorrow." Guo Zhenbang said.

Ding Bolian nodded and said nothing more.

He didn't intend to talk to this reckless man about unnecessary words.

If the other party could listen to what he said, they shouldn't use the method of inciting the generals to check and balance in the first place.

The commander-in-chief of the first army, he couldn't convince the crowd, but he couldn't listen to the persuasion.

It's no wonder that this fellow has been unable to be reused in the Beibei Army for a long time. It's not that he doesn't know a thousand-mile horse, but that this person is not a good horse in the first place.

Only the crown prince, who is conceited and knows nothing about leading troops, would choose a waste like Guo Zhenbang.

While slandering the other party, Ding Bolian also felt worried.

He couldn't help but think, is his life really going to be buried here?

The next morning, Rong Zhuo woke up early.

Probably because he spent a whole day in jail, he cherished it very much after he came back yesterday, and slept soundly at night.

He got up and washed up, but he still didn't see Yu Jingdu.Probably because he was used to living with the other party around him, he felt uneasy when he couldn't see anyone for a while, endured it several times, and asked someone for a few words.

"Going back to Young Master's house, Mr. Qi is practicing guns in the garden!" The servant said to Rong Zhuo: "He said he was afraid of disturbing you by practicing in the yard."

Rong Zhuo nodded when he heard the words, and walked towards the garden after a little hesitation.

They lived in the Duan family's house in Yuzhou.

Yuzhou is not as expensive as the capital, so this house is very spacious, not only has a large garden, but also a single open space in the center of the garden, which is paved with cobblestone floor tiles.

After Rong Zhuo arrived in the garden, he saw a familiar figure from a distance.

Yu Jingdu was holding a wooden stick in his hand, using the stick as a gun, he was dancing with a loud noise.

At this moment, Yu Jingdu was like a sharp knife out of its sheath, showing all its sharpness.

He was only wearing a black singlet at the moment, his thin figure was clearly outlined, and he looked more heroic than usual.It was the first time for Rong Zhuo to watch him practice with a gun, and he couldn't help but stare dumbfounded.

After a while, Yu Jingdu made a closing gesture before looking at Rong Zhuo.

Rong Zhuo hurriedly restrained his mind, and subconsciously made a swallowing movement.

When he came back to his senses, he realized that his heart was beating a little fast. As for why it was so fast, he didn't dare to think about it.

"Why do you wake up so early?" Yu Jingdu walked towards him and asked.

"Do you...do you practice every morning?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"No." Yu Jingdu said: "I didn't practice much when I was on my way. It was cold in the post house. I woke up too early for fear that you would wake up from the cold."

Rong Zhuo's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he felt a little embarrassed to look at him.

But Yu Jingdu seemed to be okay, as if the ambiguous words with a certain meaning were not what he intended to say.

"I'm going to take a shower, you go back and wait for me, and I'll have breakfast with you later." Yu Jingdu said and handed the stick in Rong Zhuo's hand.

There was still residual warmth from Yu Jingdu's hand on the wooden stick, and when he touched it, Rong Zhuo had the illusion of holding hands with him.

When Rong Zhuo looked at the stick, he realized that the stick was ordinary and had nothing special about it.

But for some reason, when Yu Jingdu held it in his hand and danced it just now, it was as if a blade had been born on it, extremely sharp.

Until breakfast, Rong Zhuo was still in a daze.

He had never seen Yu Jingdu like this before, and he had to say that he was quite handsome like this.

"In two days, the shopkeepers of several commercial firms in the city will go to the Yuzhou camp to reward the army. I will ask shopkeeper Duan to make arrangements and bring me along with them." Yu Jingdu sent out the servants who served him, and served him the porridge himself. , "I reckon I'll be back before dark."

Rong Zhuo was startled, "Aren't you taking me?"

"I won't take you with me." Yu Jingdu said, "The people in the barracks are rough, I'm afraid you won't get used to them."

For some reason, Rong Zhuo was a little disappointed.

This man obviously said earlier that he would take him with him wherever he went.

The young man didn't even realize that he was relying on Jing Du more now than before.

"Is there anything you want to do when you go to Daying?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

"Go to someone to borrow some soldiers and give gifts to the private barracks." Yu Jingdu said.

Rong Zhuo responded, and stopped talking.

Yu Jingdu observed his expression, and saw that he seemed a little unhappy.

"Do you want to go with me?" Yu Jingdu asked him.

"Can I go?" Rong Zhuo's eyes lit up.

"It's fine." Yu Jingdu said without principle: "If you want to go, let's go together."

Rong Zhuo was very happy when he heard this, and the smile returned to his face immediately.

"If I take you with me, there is no need to hurry back." Yu Jingdu said, "Maybe we can stay in the camp for a day."

Rong Zhuo's heart moved when he heard this, and he couldn't help but take a deep look at him.

On the day of departure, Yu Jingdu started rummaging through boxes and cabinets early in the morning to help Rong Zhuo find clothes.

Rong Zhuo sat on the sidelines and watched him pick up one piece of clothes and put them down again. He repeated this several times, but he didn't seem to be satisfied.

"Is there any dress code in the barracks?" Rong Zhuo asked puzzled.

"No." Yu Jingdu finally picked out a gray one from Rong Zhuo's clothes, and held it in front of Rong Zhuo for a moment.

Then he shook his head, "It's still too eye-catching."

Rong Zhuo looked at the dusty robe, but didn't understand the relationship between the clothes and being eye-catching.

"It's black." Yu Jingdu finally picked out a black robe as if he had compromised.

Rong Zhuo took the clothes and put them on, but found that Yu Jingdu had been staring at him and frowning.

"Is this also okay?" Rong Zhuo asked him.

Yu Jingdu's eyes fell on the young man's pretty face, and he thought it wasn't about the clothes, even if the little dude was wearing a piece of cloth, he would be eye-catching.

Now he regrets bringing Rong Zhuo with him again.

He knew the rough guys in the barracks best, and he couldn't help teasing and teasing the pretty boys.

This kind of teasing is not necessarily out of malice, it is a bit similar to the mood of adults when they see cute children.

But Yu Jingdu can't accept someone teasing Rong Zhuo, he is not willing to tease his little dandy himself!

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