Chapter 112 Rong Yin's Identity Revealed

Rong Yin turned around and found a little boy of about seven or eight years old splashing around in the water. It was obvious that he was also a landlubber.

Someone did say a child fell down just now.

Not only this child, there were other people who fell into the water nearby.

Rong Yin was hesitating when he suddenly saw several of his guards coming down, and one of them landed right next to Lu'e.

"I'm fine. Let's save Lu'e and the other people who can't swim first!" Rong Yin saw that all the guards were running towards him, so he quickly reminded them loudly and turned to go towards the little boy.

Rong Yin was the master, so the guards naturally had to obey his orders, and they all started to rescue the people closest to them.

It is easy for a landlubber to lose his mind after falling into the water, and use everyone and objects around him as floats, which will delay rescue. Rong Yin ignored the little boy's struggle, and directly circled his body from behind and swam with him to the riverside.

"Here, here! Get ashore from here!"

Seeing that there were too many people falling into the water, people on the shore had already started organizing a rescue operation.

Rong Yin swam to a place with steps leading into the water. A large group of people ran towards him and surrounded him and the child.

The child was taken away, and someone reached out to pull Rong Yin. Rong Yin was about to hold one of the hands and go ashore, when he suddenly heard a very light "puff" sound. Rong Yin felt a pain in his lower abdomen, and he looked down subconsciously, and saw a dagger stabbed in his abdomen.

Looking up along the direction of the dagger, he saw an evil face smiling at him.

"Go to hell." The man pulled out the dagger and said softly.

"Go to hell." Someone else said.

Rong Yin looked up and found that the people surrounding him all had cruel and ferocious expressions.

Out of the instinct of self-preservation, Rong Yin instantly transformed into a mermaid. He covered the wound with one hand and swung out with the other hand with sharp claws.

But who would have thought that the group of people not only did not avoid them, but also came straight towards them.

In an instant, blood splattered, and several people who were close to it suffered varying degrees of injuries to their chests or abdomens.

Taking advantage of the moment when Rong Yin was unable to retract his claws, the men grabbed his arms, pulled him ashore, and stood behind him, preventing him from going back into the water.

The few people who were just scratched by him fell to the ground and cried out in pain, and his accomplices also began to shout loudly.

"A monster! There's a monster killing people here!"

"Fish monster! The fish monster has become a spirit!"

"Come and see! The fish monster is killing people!"

There were already many people on the shore, and when they shouted, a large group of people quickly gathered around.

Bleeding was still coming out of his abdomen. Perhaps because he had lost too much blood, Rong Yin found that he could not transform into a human form. He could only lie on the ground like a wolf, allowing people to watch him.

"What's going on? There really is a monster!"

"My God, this monster is so beautiful. Its tail is so long, and its scales are shiny."

"Is that the point? The point is that he is a monster and he hurt so many people!"

"Oh, yes, yes, his claws are as sharp as knives!"

"Wait, this face, is he Mr. Rong from the bakery?"

Hearing someone recognize him, Rong Yin, who was enduring the pain and waiting for the guards to come, subconsciously looked up at him.

When he raised his head, the people around him immediately gasped.

It’s nothing, Rong Yin’s face is too impactful.

He was good-looking enough in human form, and now he had the features of a mermaid, giving him a bit of exotic charm. There were a few stains of blood on his snow-white skin, and his watery blue eyes looked over pitifully and helplessly, his pale lips slightly parted, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Everyone who saw his face was shocked and stood there for a moment, not knowing what to do next.

The people outside couldn’t squeeze in, and when they saw the people inside weren’t moving, they anxiously asked what was going on.

Rong Yin took the opportunity to stand up and explained loudly: "I am not a monster! I didn't kill anyone intentionally! They were the first to hurt me! I had to fight back to save my life!"

At this time, the murderer, who was also dazzled by Rong Yin's appearance, also reacted and quickly caught up with the rhythm, "Look at you! You still dare to say you are not a monster! My brothers were so badly injured that they are lying on the ground. You must have done it on purpose!"

Rong Yin showed the wound on his abdomen: "You were the ones who stabbed me first!"

The murderer: "You hurt yourself, what does it have to do with us? You have no evidence to prove that we hurt you, but there is blood of several of my brothers on your claws!"

Rong Yin deliberately asked in a confusing manner: "Then how can you prove that it was not you who hurt me?"

Passersby looked left and right, not knowing who to believe.

The main thing is that everyone knows Rong Yin. Although he appeared in such a strange form, after passers-by gathered around him, he no longer looked ferocious. Instead, he looked like an innocent person who was wrongly accused.

The passers-by were very conflicted. It was indeed scary to be not of the same kind as them, but they couldn't seem to find a way to get angry at Rong Yin. After all, both sides were injured.

Seeing the bewildered faces of the passers-by, who didn't look like they were being instigated at all, the murderer was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Suddenly, his accomplice indicated that soldiers were coming. The murderer could not wait any longer and suddenly reached out and pushed a bystander towards Rong Yin.

"Monsters can harm people, they must be killed!"

"If this disaster is not resolved, there will be endless troubles in the future!"

"We are taking action to rid the people of harm!"

As they spoke, they raised the weapons on their bodies, either sticks or sharp knives, and rushed towards Rong Yin while shouting.

Rong Yin grabbed the old lady who fell on him and protected her under his body. At the same time, he shouted with a ferocious expression. Yuwei was also ready to fight them to the death.

"boss!"

"master!"

Following two screams, a series of dark shadows rushed over. They blocked the weapon that was about to fall on Rong Yin, and quickly subdued the person holding the weapon.

The ones who took action were the guards who had just arrived.

At this time, the officers and soldiers also arrived and began to evacuate the crowd.

The little monkey and Lu'e ran towards Rong Yin, and seeing that half of his body was covered in blood, Lu'e couldn't hold back her tears.

Lu'e shouted: "The master is injured, send him to the hospital!"

Rong Yin grabbed Lu'e's hand, turned over, and exposed the old lady.

He covered the wound and asked the terrified old lady, "Auntie, are you okay?"

The old lady had not yet recovered from the shock of being suddenly pushed down and nearly hacked to death. She lay there stupidly, with her eyes wide open, like a sculpture.

When the guards picked up Rong Yin, he was dizzy due to excessive blood loss and was on the verge of coma.

Even at this time, he still remembered to instruct: "It is because of me that Auntie is implicated. Remember to take good care of her."

As soon as he finished speaking, Rong Yin's eyes went dark, his head tilted, and he fell on the guard.

Before his consciousness completely disappeared, Rong Yin heard the old lady cry out "Ah", which must be the reaction of his brain.

In fact, when being watched, Rong Yin figured out the real purpose of these evildoers.

If you wanted to kill him, the dagger would not have been stabbed into his abdomen at first, but into his neck.

They stabbed him to force him to take on the form of a mermaid, and they deliberately pounced on him when he attacked just to create momentum.

They wanted to portray him as a vicious and unruly goblin, so that the people would fear and hate him and regard him as an enemy who must be eliminated.

Once his true identity is revealed, everyone will know that the emperor actually raised such a terrible monster. Not only will the people demand his execution, but Zong Zhengxiao's reputation will also be affected.

It just happens to prove that the previous rumor was "true", that the mermaid had bewitched the emperor.

Unfortunately, things did not develop as smoothly as the killers expected. For various reasons, the common people were not really afraid of Rong Yin in mermaid form, and it was useless even if the killers mixed in and fanned the flames.

The arrival of officers and soldiers forced the murderers to urgently change their strategy. They pushed the old lady, who belonged to the people, to his side, wanting to kill them both, and the slogans they shouted seemed to be from the perspective of the people.

If he and the old lady were both dead, both Zong Zhengxiao and the common people would have lost a life. Then the murderers would pretend to be on the side of the common people. If Zong Zhengxiao wanted to avenge him, he would have to kill the "common people" who took action.

Conflicts arose between the emperor and the people, which also achieved the murderers' original goal.

As for the fact that the old lady was deliberately pushed out by the murderer, the scene was so chaotic at the time that not many people actually saw it.

Then they would make up a story and say that the old lady was killed because she was brave and fearless and took the initiative to kill the monster.

There is no evidence to prove the crime and no one can do anything to them.

It's just a pity that the timely arrival of the guards completely ruined their plan.

But taking a step back, even if the guards did not arrive, Rong Yin was able to protect himself and his aunt, but he would most likely suffer more serious injuries.

Fortunately, the crisis was nipped in the bud, everyone survived, and no more serious consequences were caused.

Rong Yin slept deeply this time, and when he woke up again, he found himself lying in Yin Jiaoyuan's bedroom. The bed curtains were drawn, and he could vaguely see the light of candles coming through. It should be night.

He had regained his human form. He raised his hand and touched it. His clothes had been changed and the wound on his abdomen had been bandaged.

He pursed his dry lips and wanted to call for help, but his throat started to itch as soon as he opened his mouth, and he started coughing uncontrollably.

This incident affected his entire body, and Rong Yin clearly felt as if his wound had burst open.

Rong Yin secretly said bad luck.

The bed curtain was lifted, and Lu'e's face appeared before her eyes.

"The young master has woken up, hurry up and inform His Majesty!"

Rong Yin finally stopped coughing and was helped to sit up by Lu'e, who gave him a glass of warm water.

Rong Yin wiped his mouth and said to Lu'e in a hoarse voice: "The wound has burst open. Is the imperial physician here? Please help me rebandage it."

聽見戎音語氣平靜地說出這種話，綠娥哭得紅腫的眼睛又暈出了淚水，她抽抽搭搭地道：“主子，對不起，要不是為了救我，你也不會受傷。”

“傻瓜，胡說什麽呢，是他們要害我，跟你沒有關系。”戎音摸摸她的頭安撫她。

太醫就守在外間呢，一叫就進來了。

戎音被挪到床邊，太醫解開染血的紗布，重新給他清理血跡和上藥。

看着外翻的血肉，綠娥的眼淚流得更兇了。

戎音趕緊道：“真的沒事，又不疼，綠娥你別……嗷！”

藥粉正好落在傷口處，戎音疼得差點跳起來，但想起剛才的話，他只能拼命壓抑住，蒼白着臉看向綠娥，笑着說：“一般般，也不是很疼。”

這下綠娥的眼淚更是如黃河水決堤，擋都擋不住了。

戎音嘆氣，自己還是保持沉默吧。

傷口包紮好，宗政逍也回來了。

他臉色黑沉如水，太醫和綠娥他們識趣地退了出去，把空間留給他們倆。

戎音靠在床頭，沖宗政逍微微一笑，“陛下，天都黑了，我這是睡了多久啊？”

宗政逍沒有回答，帶着一身冷意坐到戎音面前，盯着他腹部的傷口，眼神陰狠。

戎音緊張地咽了咽口水，伸手去拉宗政逍的衣袖，輕輕搖了搖，“陛下，對不起，怪我自己不小心才受了傷，你不要生我氣，好不好？”

宗政逍輕嘆一口氣，忽然俯身過去，溫柔地将戎音攏進懷裏，聲音哽咽：“阿音，該道歉的是我，我不該不陪着你，讓你一個人面對危險。”

戎音懂了，宗政逍方才是在生自己的氣，氣自己沒有保護好他。

“這是世家的陰謀，無論你在不在，他們都會出手，不要把責任歸咎給自己。”

宗政逍低聲說：“我知道，我就是後悔，如果我在的話，你可能就不會受傷了。”

戎音笑道：“你不在，但你派給我的護衛保護了我，不然現在我可能會傷得更重。”

宗政逍抱住戎音的手臂微微收緊了些，語氣裏染上了恨意，“好幾個落水的都是他們的人，他們吃定了你不會見死不救，在你派護衛去救他們以後，就和岸上的同夥一起設法拖住了護衛們，護衛們又不能對百姓動手，這才耽誤了去救你的時間。”

護衛們遲遲不來的時候，戎音就猜到他們肯定是被絆住了，而事實也确實如他想的這樣。

“是我叫護衛們去救人的，你不要怪罪他們。”戎音為護衛求情。

宗政逍道：“應變能力不足，不會嚴懲，但小罰肯定少不了。”

不等戎音繼續求情，宗政逍就轉移了話題，“你從昨天下午昏睡到現在，還受了傷，有沒有餓了？”

他這麽一說，戎音才覺得胃裏空蕩蕩的，确實是該進食了。

不過吃飯之前，他想先解決另一項生理問題。

戎音提出需求後，宗政逍親自把他抱了過去，還給他扶了一下小鳥。

因為負傷，戎音不能吃辛辣的食物，還好禦廚手藝好，清淡的食物也能做得有滋有味。

吃過飯，宗政逍摟着戎音躺在軟榻上，跟戎音講他昏過去以後發生的事情。

戎音先被送往最近的醫館，止了血以後才被接回宮，被他抓傷的那幾個惡徒還躺在醫館裏，已經派人看管起來了。

至于動手的那幾位，更是早就被關進了牢裏，他們說自己只是看見戎音像個妖怪，覺得他肯定是禍害，就想把他給殺了。

之前他們不認識戎音，也跟他沒有私人恩怨，更沒有受誰指使。

他們的話自然是不可信的，宗政逍的人現在還在審問和調查他們背景，都不用想，肯定是世家，準确來說是崔家派他們來的。

現在戎音就是宮裏那個鲛人的消息已經傳遍了全京城，衆人除了震驚，好像也沒有多大的抵觸情緒。

戎音問：“昨天沒有百姓受傷吧？”

宗政逍道：“沒有，你們掉進水裏沒多久，橋上的擁擠就被疏通了，真正受傷的只有你還有那些幾個惡徒。”

戎音聞言松了口氣：“還好沒牽連到無辜的人。”

他跟宗政逍說了自己之前的猜測，不由得感嘆：“不得不說，我的運氣真不錯，即便變成了鲛人形态，百姓們也沒有聽從那些壞人的慫恿，厭惡和傷害我。”

宗政逍道：“阿音你在京城也算是有頭有臉的人物，之前還做了那麽多好事，崔家以為把你說成妖邪就會引起百姓反感，殊不知你的名聲已經抵消了你鲛人的身份給百姓帶來的恐慌。”

戎音笑道：“我這是不是就叫做好人有好報？”

“當然。”宗政逍在戎音額頭上親了一口，“你的善意，是所有人有目共睹的。”

戎音擡起頭看向他，問道：“陛下，你說經過這件事，崔家會放棄诋毀我倆名聲這條路嗎？”

“不會。”宗政逍語氣肯定，“我們名聲不壞的話，他即便有再多計劃都得不到施展，因為百姓不會支持崔家。”

戎音好奇：“那他們下一步會怎麽做？”

宗政逍看着戎音，認真道：“我不知道崔家接下來要做什麽，但阿音你現在的當務之急就是養好身體，崔家那邊有我在，你不用操心，相信我，最後落敗的一定會是崔家。”

戎音将臉埋進宗政逍懷裏，明白他是真的關心自己，也沒有跟他争辯，點頭答應了以後就留在宮裏養傷。

馬上就要到炎熱的夏季了，正巧戎音也能執行自己之前早就規劃好的避暑計劃了。

因為戎音受傷，再加上有關他身份的流言鬧得沸沸揚揚，幾家店鋪都被宗政逍命令停業休息幾天，免得世家趁機去找麻煩。

店鋪不開門，小猴子不用去店裏幹活，就帶着手底下那些兄弟，走街串巷打聽消息。

之前傷害戎音的那批人大多都是街上的混混，或者是普通人家裏不學無術的兒孫。

現在他們有些還在醫館裏，有些則被關了起來，可他們始終不肯承認自己是被別人指使的，這讓官府那邊也很難辦。

小猴子他們想幫幫戎音，就回歸了老本行，專往人堆裏鑽，希望能找到點有用的線索，好治那些壞人的罪，給戎音報仇。

其實當知道戎音就是那個傳說中養在宮裏、全大晟僅此一只的鲛人時，小猴子說驚訝也不是很驚訝，因為他覺得戎音長得這樣好看，的确很符合傳說裏鲛人的樣子。

而且戎音平時跟陛下關心很好，大家都以為他是拿錢財買來的門路，沒想到戎音本來就是宗政逍的人。

小猴子也沒生氣戎音瞞着他，戎音身份特殊，想要正常在外面行走，裝作普通人确實是最好的辦法。

而且戎音平時在他面前根本沒怎麽遮掩，只要他認真觀察，肯定能發現端倪，是他自己遲鈍，才到現在才知道真相。

這天小猴子正在街上逛着呢，身後突然有人拍了一下他的背，他扭頭一看，原來是那天被壞人推出去用來陷害戎音的那個大娘。

那天受戎音囑咐，是小猴子親自送大娘去的醫館，大夫檢查完，說她沒事，給她開了一副安神的湯藥後，便讓小猴子把人送回家了。

那湯藥的錢，還是宗政逍那邊一起付的。

“大娘，你找我有事嗎？”小猴子問。

大娘把小猴子拉到街邊，小聲問他：“你跟戎老板認識，對吧？”

小猴子點頭，“我是他店裏的管事。”

說完，又補充了一句：“他很信任的管事。”

大娘眼睛一亮，道：“那我沒找錯人。”

說着，她把手裏的一籃子雞蛋塞給小猴子，笑眯眯道：“我都聽說了，戎老板可是宮裏的貴人，那天要不是他，我可能真的會受傷，他可是我的恩人，我見他流了好多血，肯定需要補補，大娘我家裏窮，買不起人參什麽的，但這雞蛋也是補身體的好東西，你們店鋪關門了，我也不能進宮見他，所以得勞煩你幫我把雞蛋送給他，替我向他說聲感謝。”

看穿着，大娘也不是什麽富貴人家，雞蛋對于百姓來說，确實是不可多得的好補品。

這滿滿一籃子雞蛋，不知大娘攢了多久，如今一點兒也不吝啬地全拿了出來，由此可見她是真心感謝戎音。

但小猴子哪能收下這麽貴重的東西，他連忙把籃子塞回去，勸道：“大娘，我們老板說了，您是受他牽連，他才覺得愧對您呢，又怎麽好意思接受您的道歉，雞蛋您就拿回去吧，把自己身體養得健健康康的，我們老板見了才不會憂心。”

大娘不接，還把手背了過去，“大娘我不懂你們說的這些亂七八糟的，反正我就是感謝戎老板，這雞蛋你不交給他，就随便拿去扔了吧。”

說完，大娘轉身就跑，一邊跑還一邊道：“就這麽說定了，不許再追過來了！”

Although the old lady looked old, she was very agile. In just a few steps, she hid in the crowd and disappeared quickly. The little monkey carrying the egg couldn't catch up with her at all.

The little monkey had no choice but to find a store manager who could contact Rong Yin and ask him to help deliver the eggs.

After receiving the basket of eggs, Rong Yin was a little amused, "It was obviously me who caused her trouble, but now I have become her benefactor."

Zong Zheng Xiao smiled and said, "Take it. Don't let them down."

Rong Yin nodded, accepted the egg, and then prepared a gift and asked the little monkey to pass it to the old lady.

The gifts contained snacks such as bread, biscuits and small cakes from Rongyin store, as well as some seafood sent by Ji Xie. They were not too expensive, about the same as a basket of eggs, so the old lady was not afraid to accept them.

After Rong Yin's shop closed for a month, the first people to be unable to bear it were the customers.

When they couldn't find Rong Yin, they went to find the little monkey and asked when the business would reopen.

I used to have access to the food in Rongyin store every day and I didn’t feel dissatisfied. But now that I haven’t been able to taste it for a long time, the glutton in my stomach is not happy anymore.