Rebirth of the Second Young Master of the Ren Family

On the second day when they were on the road, Ren Ren and Lin Zesheng both tacitly decided to ignore the embarrassing things they knew about each other. They talked and laughed along the way. After a few more days of sightseeing, the two finally arrived in Huaguo The largest city in the south - Zezhou City.

When they reached the gate of the city, the two changed to lead horses on foot and entered Zezhou City. Walking on the main road in Zezhou City, Ren Ren lamented that Zezhou deserves to be the most affluent city in the south of China.The tidy bluestone streets are lined with various shops in an orderly manner. Small merchants and hawkers also consciously avoid the center of the road and set up stalls along the corners.

The two led the horses for a walk, and the Zezhou people nodded and greeted the two obviously dressed as outsiders from time to time, friendly and kind.

Ren Ren was secretly surprised that the people of Zezhou were so hospitable. You must know that Bianjing, as the capital of China, has a sense of superiority. They always look down on foreigners. He has never seen Bianjing. People in Beijing are sometimes so friendly to strangers from other places.

When I was feeling silently, what came into my sight was a long line in a relatively empty space on the side of the road. Everyone in the line was waiting with an empty bowl, and the front of the line was a temporary building. There are several large pots in the shed, and several people are standing by the pots and scooping the contents of the pots into the bowls of the people who line up.

When he walked near the porridge shed, several people who maintained order came up to him, and the person who was in charge of holding the spoon just passed the long spoon to the people around him and walked over.When he got closer, he saw clearly that it was a rough man with a beard who was nearly forty years old, and he bowed his hands to Lin Zesheng happily, "Doctor Lin, you are back."

Lin Zesheng returned the gift and introduced the two of them; "Li Zhoushou, this is the youngest son of General Ren. Xiao Ren, this is Master Li, Zezhou Governor."

Ren Ren hurriedly saluted, when he came, he had already been introduced by Lin Zesheng to Li Tan, Li Zhoushou, who had guarded Zezhou area for 20 years.Knowing that this is a parent official from the Zezhou area, he was born as a military general, but he is as careful as a hair, has the talent for an official, and is honest and upright. Zezhou has now become the most affluent treasure land in Huaguo, and he has contributed a lot.

The bent body just now was stopped by the agitated Li Zhoushou, who grabbed his arm and said, "Second Young Master Ren, you don't have to be polite, Old General Ren is my mentor, and Second Young Master saved the soldiers in the army during the march. Brothers, it's too late for me to thank Second Young Master."

Ren Ren was a little uncomfortable with such a straightforward thank you, so he quickly turned his face and pointed to the long line beside him, then changed the subject and said, "What are you doing?"

"These people are victims of disasters in several counties and towns along the coast that were looted by water bandits. They came to Zezhou to seek refuge. I brought people from the yamen to give out porridge." Li Zhoushou explained, he did not agree with Ren Ren's question. Strange, after all, the second young master grew up in Bianjing, and I'm afraid he has never even seen the victims of the disaster, let alone the porridge.

Ren Ren was stunned in place.Of course he knew what a disaster victim was, and he also knew what porridge was, but it was so different from what he remembered, which made him a little uncertain.In my memory, when the ten-year-old victims of Tianwu flooded into Benkyo, they were all in ragged clothes, yellow and emaciated, and looked like walking corpses.Only when the disaster victims rioted against the city gate guards who forbid them to enter, and when they were hungry and robbed the houses of officials and rich people, did they have anger and desire in their eyes, but it was desperate madness.

Compared with the victims in front of us now, except for their tattered clothes, they didn't have much panic in their expressions. They seemed to be calm and safe, and they didn't seem to have experienced any misery. Some children even ran around laughing and playing in the long line.

"Are all the disaster victims like this?" Ren Ren was puzzled why there was so much difference between the disaster victims in the south and those in the north.

Li Zhoushou chuckled, thinking that Ren Ren was curious: "The common people are used to water bandits going to rob houses from time to time. These victims will come to Zezhou City to receive subsidies every time their property and relatives are damaged."

Ren Ren looked at him questioningly, subsidy?

"The property and population of residents in nearby counties and towns are registered in Zezhou City. When the victims come, they only need to check their identities and verify the losses. We will compensate them according to a fixed ratio so that the victims can rebuild their homes."

"But, wouldn't it be a loss?" Ren Ren was puzzled. At that time, facing the disaster victims in Bianjing, the imperial court couldn't even afford to give out porridge, but this place can actually compensate the disaster victims for their property losses?

"Of course not." Li Zhoushou stroked his beard and said triumphantly, "Zezhou is the only salt-producing place in Huaguo, and it is also the only source for exporting salt to several inland countries. If the loss is too great, we will sell it. For rich cities, such as Benkyo; or a slight increase in the price of salt sold to neighboring countries is enough to compensate for the victims of the disaster.”

If it was robbed by water bandits, can it be made up in other places or other countries?Although this approach is shameless, Ren Ren thinks it is very effective.After all, Benkyo has a large population, and most of them are from well-to-do families. A slight increase in the price of salt will not have much impact on the people of Benkyo.

Huaguo severely punishes the sale of illegal salt, and the only way for the common people to buy salt from Zezhou.It is even more difficult for several neighboring countries in the north to cross Huaguo to trade with other small countries in the sea, so Zezhou's monopoly is not only Huaguo's salt sales.Therefore, it is really not difficult to find the difference in the price of salt.

"It's not a long-term solution." Ren Ren shook his head and punished others for the crimes of water bandits. Although it can be understood that these innocent people donated money for the victims of the disaster, it is still a bad move to raise the price of salt without authorization.

"So everyone in Zezhou is looking forward to the old general Ren eradicating the water bandits as soon as possible!" Li Zhoushou nodded, patted Ren Ren's shoulder heavily, and said regretfully, "If it weren't for the fact that the position of governor of the state could not be thrown away, I would really I want to go into battle and kill a few more water bandits!"

Facing Li Zhoushou who suddenly became excited again, Lin Zesheng was a little speechless, and hurriedly signaled to Ren Ren to change the subject.Because judging from past experience, don't answer the phone at this time, otherwise he can denounce the crimes of water bandits for three days and three nights without giving up.

Ren Ren's gaze turned, and when he was thinking about how to answer the conversation, his attention was attracted by an old man who was standing at the front of the line.I saw that the old man's complexion was a little blue, his footsteps were sloppy, maybe it was just because of his age to outsiders, but Ren Ren knew it was not.

He walked quickly to the old man's side, observed his face carefully, cupped his hands, and said politely: "This old man, has he been suffering from diarrhea for the past few days, abdominal pain, prone to sweating, and numb limbs when he wakes up in the morning?"

The old man took a few steps back in fear, and when he heard that there was no malice in Ren Ren's words, he nodded happily: "Yes, yes, how did you know?"

Ren Ren smiled slightly, and put his fingers on the old man's pulse.

The old man didn't have any doubts at this moment. Although the young man was dressed simply, he was handsome and had an extraordinary bearing. He must be a doctor with excellent medical skills.

Ren Ren withdrew his hand, and smiled at the nervously expecting old man: "Don't worry, old man, you just accidentally ingested herbs with anti-drug properties on the way, and you can recover with just a few patches of medicine." Just about to prescribe a prescription, suddenly I remembered that I was outdoors, where there was no pen and ink.

"Haha, he is indeed the son of old general Ren, who loves the people like a son!" Li Zhoushou nodded in satisfaction, and hurriedly ordered the people behind him to move the tables and chairs, and go back to the house to get pens and ink.

Seeing this, Ren Ren was disrespectful, and simply sat by the porridge shed, one table and one chair, one person at a time, and started a free clinic for the victims.

The victims who were queuing at the porridge shed were very pleasantly surprised when they saw this. You must know that if the poor people have a problem, most of them can stand up, and they can't think of a doctor.Now seeing this young doctor not only sees the doctor for free, but also prescribes herbs that are common in the mountains, and it doesn't cost money to get the medicine, so naturally flock to him.

After contacting for more than a month, Lin Zesheng could see that Ren Ren was very happy even though he didn't show it on the face. Swallowing back the words that persuaded him to go back to rest, he went to report to Old General Ren first.

Asking the doctor, feeling the pulse, and writing prescriptions one by one, Ren Ren devoted himself to it without noticing the passage of time.When he found that the handwriting on the paper began to be blurred, he realized that it was Youshi (around 18:14). I remembered that when he entered Zezhou, it was still Weishi (around [-]:[-]), and he unknowingly went to the free clinic for two hours in a row?

Standing up and moving the stiff arms, shoulders and neck, Ren Ren said loudly to the people who were still queuing in front of him: "Folks, it's getting late today, let's continue tomorrow. Everyone don't come here tomorrow. Now, I will go to the resettlement center for a free clinic, it’s good for everyone to wait there, and it will save everyone from being exposed to the sun.”

As soon as the words were finished, voices of thanks and admiration came up one after another in the long queue, "This doctor is really a kind person!" "Yes, I'm afraid that we will work hard in the sun!" "It's really good..."

Ren Ren left quickly under the leadership of the people sent by his father, leaving all his sincere gratitude behind.He is a good man?He is accumulating virtue?No, no one knows, he is making atonement...

After the incident was exposed, he coldly faced the insults of the world: cold-blooded and cruel, fond of killing, despicable and shameless... But who knows, for so many days and nights, he never forgot his crimes. The immature body of a child, the hateful eyes of an adult... This scene, following the overwhelming crimson, turned into a nightmare that could not be shaken off, entangled him every night, dragged him into Abi Hell, and refused to let go.

Therefore, he did not escape the end of death. Although that was not his original intention, it was the crime he committed after all, and he was willing to bear it.He, who took countless lives with silver needles, also died under the silver needles, that must be retribution.

When Ren Ren stepped into the governor's mansion in a busy manner, Ren Fengjiang and others had already sat around the dining table and waited for him for a long time.It was only then that Ren Ren realized that everyone was waiting for him to serve dinner, and he bowed a little guilty to apologize to everyone present, but was stopped by Ren Fengjiang.

As early as when Lin Zesheng came back alone, he had already explained to him where Ren Ren was. It was too late for Ren Fengjiang to be happy that his youngest son had such a benevolent heart. What kind of big deal would it be to wait for him to eat later?Busily took the young son's hand lovingly and introduced the people around him: "Ban'er, this is the military supervisor personally appointed by His Majesty—Master Han."

Ren Ren raised his eyes and took a look. He was about the same age as his father, but short in stature, with a pair of small eyes that couldn't be concealed. He looked like a scheming man.Hearing his father's introduction that Xiao Tianhong sent him to supervise the army, he immediately understood that this was the person sent by that person to suppress his father, and he couldn't feel good about him.

Mr. Han hurriedly said politely, with a malicious smile on the corner of his mouth: "I have heard about the name of Second Young Master Ren for a long time, and no one in Benjing knows the name of Second Young Master Ren. I didn't expect Second Young Master Ren to be proficient in medicine when I saw it today. Although he can't be like Old General Ren Like the Second Young Master and the Major General, he will fight on the battlefield, but the medical skills of the Second Young Master will also come in handy."

Does this mean that I only dare to hide in the second line and fiddle with medical skills?Ren Ren could naturally hear the malice in his tone, and saw that his father and elder brother also changed their faces slightly as far as they could see, Lin Zesheng was drinking tea comfortably, without expressing anything.He secretly sighed in his heart: It seems that the disagreement between Master Han, the supervisor, and his father and brother is almost on the surface, otherwise why bother to choke himself with a gun and a stick when they first met?

Picking up the wine glass to pay respects to Lord Han, Ren Ren smiled humbly: "Master Han is too much for the prize. I have been in poor health. I have only become a doctor after a long illness. How can I be proficient? Thank you, Lord Han, for your hard work all the way. The protection is absolutely flawless, if His Majesty knows that your lord is so irresponsible, he will surely be delighted!"

As soon as these words came out, Ren Fengjiang and Ren Feng immediately eased their faces, and there was an unconcealable smile in their eyes. Lin Zesheng was even more straightforward. Thumbs up.It's just that the movement was too big, and he didn't escape Master Han's eyes at all. Lin Zesheng didn't care when he saw the latter's fierce stare, and squinted at him, making Master Han's expression even worse.

Ren Ren cast a cold glance at Mr. Han, whose face was turning red and turning pale. Do you really think I'm young and easy to bully?Even if you are Xiao Tianhong's confidant, so what, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, what troubles can you cause?

As early as on the road, Lin Zesheng mentioned that the supervising army surnamed Han was always relying on Xiao Tianhong's support to point fingers, but due to the king's presence, even though Ren Fengjiang and the others didn't like him, they had nothing to do, His Majesty's face was also hurt No way.

So as soon as Xiao Tianhong sent a man surnamed Han to serve as the supervisor of the army, Ren Fengjiang sent this master Han to escort the food and grass. The set of "soldiers and horses before moving the food and grass" and "grain and grass is the most important thing", "march The grain and grass can only be escorted by someone you can trust in person" and so on. Even Xiao Tianhong couldn't refuse, so Han Jianjun had to follow the grain and grass convoy to leave Bianjing for a few days.

Along the way, there were no army soldiers to boss him around, and coupled with the tight schedule, he was traveling day and night, and transporting grain and grass was indeed an uneasy job. He finally arrived in Zezhou and almost exhausted the master Han who had never left Benjing. .He was holding back his anger and couldn't vent it, and now he was ridiculed by Ren Ren, but in Zezhou, it was Ren Fengjiang's sphere of influence, and he couldn't walk away, so he had to finish his meal with a livid face and get up leave.

Seeing that Supervisor Han had left, the atmosphere in the room returned to normal, and several people ate a few more mouthfuls of food. Ren Fengjiang sighed and said, "Ban'er, I think he dealt with some of his subordinates for my father. I deliberately made things difficult for you because I was unhappy." After much deliberation, he should comfort his son, after all, it was his first time in Zezhou, but he was reprimanded indifferently.

Ren Ren shook his head, put down the chopsticks in his hand and smiled at his father and elder brother: "Father, elder brother, do you think who made things difficult for whom just now? How could I be afraid of him? But how did those people deal with it?" Only then did Ren Ren remember Xiao Tianhong's people who wanted to bring him back to Bianjing on the road.

"The poisoning incident happened to be a topic. The father-in-law was mixed in with the cooking soldiers. He was dragged out and killed under the pretext that he was a spy of a water bandit who infiltrated the army and poisoned him. The poisoning on the way just happened to be easy to explain. , it can also arouse the morale of the soldiers." Ren Fengjiang said lightly.

"The rest of the people were also found out. Those in important positions were all killed, and the others were secretly watching." Ren Feng took a sip of his wine and sneered, "I knew that eunuch was dishonest, and blocked him early in the morning." If you drag your mouth out and kill him directly, it will be troublesome if you make him call out that he is His Majesty's."

Ren Ren nodded, if others heard that the father-in-law said that he was His Majesty, it might cause another disturbance.Thinking of this, I paused, "By the way, I remember that he was carrying a token of His Majesty, if someone finds out..."

"Don't worry," Ren Feng patted his brother's shoulder carelessly. The force was a bit heavy, and the latter's face wrinkled in pain. Lin Zesheng quickly reached out and pulled Ren Ren to his side. It was badly broken.

Ren Feng smiled when he saw this, and showed off his great achievements rather proudly: "With your elder brother and I here, I stole that little token long before he was arrested! How can we leave any clues for him to reverse the case? !"

Ren Ren was relieved, but seeing the elder brother who was shaking his head, he also felt teasing, and looked at his father: "Father, look at elder brother, as a major general, it's better to be a thief. Get out, it really embarrasses our Ren family!" As he spoke, he flexed his fingers and shaved his face, the young boy made this unspeakably cute gesture, which immediately made Ren Fengjiang laugh out loud, and Ren Feng's eyes widened. Raise your hand and hit.

Lin Zesheng took advantage of Ren Feng's sideways movement to chase after Ren Ren and kicked him, and kicked his stool to one side. Ren Feng followed with an unstable center of gravity, and his body happened to be sideways, so he sat down on the ground with the sound of the stool. , and suddenly screamed in pain: "Lin Zesheng you bastard, brother for so many years, you actually played tricks on me!"

But the culprit calmly picked up the veil and wiped his mouth, completely ignored someone's scolding, and dragged Ren Ren, who was dumbfounded, to bid farewell to Ren Fengjiang: "Old General Ren, Xiao Ren and I will leave first." I'm going to rest." After saying that, he dragged the person and walked away leisurely.

Behind them were Ren Feng who was rubbing his buttocks and cursing, and Ren Fengjiang who was stroking his long beard but smiling silently.