Chapter 77 The Little Mermaid is Punished

If Zong Zhengxiao said this to Rong Yin while he was angry, Rong Yin felt that she could still coax him into submission.

But Zong Zhengxiao was smiling now. He was obviously not happy but his smile was so brilliant, which meant that he must be so angry that he was about to explode.

Rong Yin didn't even dare to approach the door. He stood at a distance, swallowed his saliva, and said, "If you swear that you won't hit me, I will open the door for you."

Zong Zhengxiao was still laughing: "Silly Ayin, you are talking nonsense again, why would I hit you?"

Rong Yin said: "No matter what, I won't let you in unless you swear."

There was silence outside the door.

Rong Yin was shocked: "Zong Zheng Xiao, you really want to hit me? At worst I'll let you tease me back. Are you a man if you hit your wife?"

“…”

There was still no movement outside, so Rong Yin waited for a while. Curiosity drove him to slowly approach the door.

He put his ear to the door.

But it was completely silent outside, not even the sound of breathing.

Rong Yin was puzzled and whispered, "Where is the person?"

"Are you looking for me?"

A gloomy voice rang in Rong Yin's ears from behind. In an instant, Rong Yin got goosebumps all over her body and screamed subconsciously.

“Ghost ahhhhhhhh!”

Rong Yin's cry resounded through the sky.

Lu'e looked at Si Xi worriedly: "Really, don't we need to go in and take a look?"

Si Xi shook his head: "The two masters are just playing around, we shouldn't get involved."

Inside the house, Rong Yin closed his eyes and punched and kicked, trying to kill the "ghost", but the "ghost" grabbed his wrist and quickly pulled him into his arms.

"Rong Yin, why don't you try to act crazy and stupid again?"

Rong Yin's body froze for a moment. He opened his eyes and looked at Zong Zheng Xiao, then revealed an expression of sudden enlightenment: "Ah, it turned out to be His Majesty. I was scared to death. I thought there was a ghost in broad daylight. Hahahaha..."

He laughed dryly, and Zong Zheng Xiao just looked at him steadily without saying a word. Gradually, Rong Yin could no longer laugh.

In fact, Rong Yin was indeed frightened by Zong Zheng Xiao just now, but he quickly realized that it was Zong Zheng Xiao's voice. He wanted to take the opportunity to deceive people about what happened just now, but he didn't expect to be discovered by Zong Zheng Xiao.

"The door is closed. Where did you come from?" Rong Yin asked him.

Zong Zhengxiao said: "The window is not locked."

Rong Yin turned his body to look behind Zong Zheng Xiao, and sure enough, he saw that the window was wide open.

Zong Zhengxiao's martial arts skills were so good that he was as light as a swallow and he didn't even notice me climbing through the window.

"That..." Rong Yin retracted her neck and smiled flatteringly at Zong Zheng Xiao, "Your Majesty, you are the man with the broadest mind in the world. You shouldn't care about such a small joke with me."

Zong Zhengxiao stroked Rong Yin's wrist, smiling: "Sometimes I am also very stingy, with a heart as small as the eye of a needle."

Rong Yin chuckled: "Your Majesty, don't belittle yourself~"

Zong Zhengxiao also laughed: "How many beatings do you want?"

Rong Yin's face immediately fell: "Can we not fight?"

"No."

“Woo woo woo…”

After a while, Si Xi and Lu E outside heard Rong Yin's crying.

“Bang!”

“Ouch! It hurts! Zong Zheng Xiao, are you a human being? Be gentle!”

“Bang!”

“It really hurts…”

“Bang!”

"I'm wrong! Stop hitting me! Please!"

“Bang!”

"Your Majesty, my husband, please stop hitting me, it's going to rot..."

“Bang!”

“Woo woo woo…”

I don't have the energy to speak anymore.

After a long time, the noise inside finally died down. Zong Zhengxiao called Si Xi in and asked him to apply the ointment for the swelling.

Si Xi quickly took the medicine and brought it in, keeping his head down the whole time, not daring to look directly at Zong Zheng Xiao and Rong Yin who was in his arms.

With the corner of his eye, he saw Rong Yin lying on Zong Zhengxiao's legs, with her pants pulled down to her knees. The exposed parts were covered by Zong Zhengxiao's sleeves, so Si Xi couldn't see anything.

Rong Yin was still sobbing, poor Jing'er, Si Xi felt distressed just listening to her, but Zong Zheng Xiao was so cruel that he didn't even bother to comfort her.

Si Xi: We dare not say or ask.

He was about to leave when he suddenly heard Zong Zheng Xiao ask Rong Yin, "Do you still want to eat barbecue tonight?"

Rong Yin was crying so hard that she even had hiccups, but she still responded immediately after hearing this: "Yes... yes, yes."

Zong Zhengxiao said to Si Xi, "Prepare the food. He likes fish, so give him more slices."

Rong Yin added: "Pig, hiccup, pork too."

Si Xi almost couldn't hold back his laughter. It turned out that the young master would never forget to eat at any time.

"Yes, I heard from the farm steward that they hunted a deer yesterday, and I asked them to prepare the venison as well."

Zong Zhengxiao nodded, "Well, let's go down."

Si Xi really left this time and didn't forget to close the door.

Zong Zheng Xiao lowered his eyes and looked at Rong Yin who was crying bitterly. A smile suddenly appeared on his originally serious face. This time it was a truly happy smile.

"Does it really hurt that much?"

Rong Yin turned to look at him and said viciously, "You, hiccup, let me beat you up and see!"

Zong Zhengxiao hinted at something and chuckled, "If it hurts so much, why is it so energetic?"

Rong Yin: “…”

"Oh, I understand." Zong Zheng Xiaobei smiled and said, "I didn't realize it before. It turns out that A Yin likes this way of playing. The more painful it is, the more you like it, right?"

"No!" Rong Yin denied. He wanted to stand up and cover Zong Zheng Xiao's mouth, but the place where he was hit hurt when he moved. He struggled for a while and then fell back again.

"Oh, you slandered me, stop talking nonsense." Rong Yin said angrily, "It was because I bumped into you, not because you hit me."

"Really? I don't believe it." Zong Zhengxiao teased him deliberately.

Rong Yin was so angry that he yelled, "Zong Zheng Xiao!"

"Okay, okay, no, no, what Ayin said is right." Zong Zhengxiao held back his laughter.

"I was right in the beginning, it was you who distorted the facts!" Rong Yin clenched his fist and hit him.

Zong Zhengxiao had amused his wife enough before he took up the ointment and opened it, saying, "Alright, stop making a fuss. I'll apply the ointment first. We still have to go eat barbecue later."

Rong Yin snorted: "Then why don't you hurry up!"

"As you command, my little ancestor."

After applying the medicine, Zong Zhengxiao washed his hands, helped Rong Yin dress, and took him to eat barbecue.

Lu'e was a considerate person. Knowing that Rong Yin's buttocks would be painful after being spanked, she laid several layers of soft padding on his chair.

Rong Yin sat there with a hollow look, looking at Lu'e with tears in his eyes: "Lu'e, you are still good to me."

Lu'e was so distressed that she said with red eyes, "Master, what do you want to eat? I will roast it for you."

Speaking of food, Rong Yin immediately became happy, pointing at the venison and saying, "Give me some grilled venison. I haven't eaten it yet, so I wonder if it tastes good."

"good."

While Lu'e was grilling the meat for him, Rong Yin started to prepare the dipping sauce. The servants prepared a lot of ingredients, which was enough for Rong Yin to show off his skills.

Seeing that Rong Yin had finished his plate, Zong Zhengxiao coughed lightly and pushed his plate over.

Rong Yin snorted, as if he was very reluctant, but he still helped Zong Zheng Xiao prepare it obediently, because this was what he had promised Zong Zheng Xiao before.

While Lu'e was roasting the venison, Si Xi was also spreading the other meat on the table. After a while, the meat slices were sizzling on the iron mesh and the aroma was wafting out.

Zong Zhengxiao picked up a piece of fish, dipped it in seasoning, wrapped it with lettuce, and fed it to Rong Yin's mouth.

Speaking of wrapping meat with lettuce, it was Rong Yin who suggested it, saying that it can cool the meat down, enrich the taste, and balance the nutrition, so as to avoid an upset stomach from eating only meat.

"The first bite is yours." Zong Zhengxiao said.

Rong Yin opened his mouth and took a bite. The moment the fragrance spread, his mouth watered and he couldn't help but hold his face and said, "It smells so good."

Zong Zhengxiao picked up the second piece and said, "It's all thanks to the dipping sauce you made."

Rong Yin then smiled happily: "You are good at talking."

Zong Zhengxiao smiled. His stupid merman was easy to coax.

After eating the second piece of meat Zong Zhengxiao fed him, Rong Yin also packed him some venison and said with a meaningful smile, "Eat more."

Zong Zhengxiao took it calmly: "I can give you as much as you want, as long as you can bear it."

Rong Yin: “…”

He silently moved all the venison in front of himself and did not give Zong Zheng Xiao a second piece.

Then he himself suffered.

It was snowing outside in the middle of the night, but because the villa had geothermal heating, it wasn't too cold even without the brazier.

But this temperature, which is just right for others, is torture for Rong Yin.

Because the place where he was hit was still a little painful, he slept on his stomach. Zong Zhengxiao lay on the outside, breathing heavily, and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Rong Yin pulled back the quilt and tugged at his collar. He felt hot all over, as if there was a fire burning inside him.

The key point is that the fire was burning lower and lower. Rong Yin twisted his body and felt a familiar desire rising in his heart.

Rong Yin wanted to cry but had no tears. He thought he was very weak and it would be fine to eat a few more pieces of venison. Who knew that thing was so nutritious.

After holding it in for a while, Rong Yin couldn't stand it anymore.

Zong Zheng Xiao was sleeping on his side facing Rong Yin. There were candles lit in the room, but the light was basically blocked by the bed curtains, which not only affected his sleep, but also made it difficult for Rong Yin to find Zong Zheng Xiao accurately.

Rong Yin crawled over and nudged Zong Zhengxiao with his head, like a little beast in desperate need of help, whining: "Zong Zhengxiao, Your Majesty..."

When Zong Zhengxiao woke up, Rong Yin was already clinging to him like an octopus. When she saw him open his eyes, she leaned over and kissed the corner of his eye.

"Ayin, what's wrong?" Zong Zhengxiao subconsciously grabbed Rong Yin's waist.

Rong Yin said pitifully, "I ate too much venison. I feel uncomfortable. I want to be hugged."

Zong Zhengxiao felt that Rong Yin's little boy had become extremely lively.

He rubbed Rong Yin's waist with his palm, and with his other hand, he held Rong Yin's neck and pressed down. He kissed him on the face to comfort him, and asked, "Do you want to hug me from the front or from the back?"

Rong Yin bit Zong Zhengxiao's lips and said, "I want both."

"But you're still in pain, can you bear it?"

Rong Yin said, "Just go slower."

宗政逍順着他的腰往上，昏暗的光線下，他一雙眼眸暗沉深邃，“你确定要來？中途可不能叫停。”

戎音瞪了他一眼：“你廢話好多，你不來我就去找別人了。”

宗政逍聞言立即翻身将戎音壓在身下，只是顧及着他被打的地方，小心地用雙手護着，沒讓其碰到床榻上。

“你就會說些不切實際的狠話。”宗政逍低頭吻住了戎音脖頸，嘴唇緊接着往下探索，“偏偏我又最吃你這套。”

即便這個所謂的情敵其實并不存在，但還是每次都能把宗政逍刺激得發瘋，恨不得把那個不存在的情敵直接殺了才好。

之後宗政逍也如戎音所要求的那樣，慢條斯理地與他糾纏，耐心得不得了。

可這樣戎音又不适應了，之前宗政逍習慣橫沖直撞，恨不得把人弄死那種，現下溫柔纏綿起來，反倒是無法滿足戎音此刻的需要了。

于是戎音開始求饒，眼淚汪汪地要宗政逍像之前那樣對他。

宗政逍聲音低啞，輕吻戎音的耳朵，道：“不怕疼了？”

戎音哼哼唧唧，眼角挂着淚珠，“不怕了不怕了，老公，求你*點。”

“你別後悔。”說完，宗政逍狠狠堵住了戎音的*，讓他再也說不出拒絕的話來，然後便不再忍耐，爆發出了全部的力量。

戎音哭得厲害，兩條腿亂蹬，被宗政逍抽空抓着狠狠控制住了。

後期戎音哭得差點暈過去，指甲都快把宗政逍的後背撓成大花毯子了，宗政逍全程高速度進攻，硬是打得戎音丢盔卸甲，沒有絲毫防守之力。

屋裏的動靜響了大半宿，外面守夜的四喜嘆氣：小主子傷還沒好呢，陛下真是太亂來了。

戎音第二天沒能下得了床，吃飯都是宗政逍親自端過去喂的，後面幾天，他要去哪兒要做什麽基本都是由宗政逍抱着。

不是矯情，也不是秀恩愛，主要是真的疼到不方便走路了。

兩人在溫泉山莊度過了最冷的那半個多月，等戎音屁屁痊愈了，才坐上馬車回宮。

小艾同學如今已經是成年大狗了，許久沒見到兩個爸爸，興奮得直往他們身上撲，恨不得要直接跳進兩人懷裏。

戎音摸摸它的狗頭，道：“你長得太快了，爸爸已經抱不動你了。”

“汪汪！”小艾同學聽不懂爸爸在說什麽，叫了兩聲又往他身上撲，最終還是宗政逍将戎音拯救了出來。

“小艾同學，站好。”宗政逍語氣也不嚴厲，就是冷了一下臉，小艾同學還是比較怵他的，乖乖就跑他面前立正了。

戎音啧啧稱奇：“這就是帝王威嚴嗎？連狗都怕你。”

宗政逍看他：“你看，狗都怕我，就你不怕。”

戎音好笑：“我跟你躺一個被窩的，我為什麽會怕你？而且你希望我怕你嗎？”

宗政逍搖頭，“我希望阿音你愛我。”

“那不就得了。”戎音牽着他的手往前走，“有得就有失，陛下，要放平心态。”

宗政逍眉眼柔和：“是，多謝戎先生教導。”

除夕過後，又是一年新春。

去年收獲的玉米挑出适合的種子以後，剩下的都被戎音拿來制成澱粉做奶油去了。

玉米種植面積擴大，今年收獲後就能宣告天下大晟得此良種，順便把種子分發下去了。

至于肥料，都不用宗政逍多管，它的作用去年百姓們有目共睹，豐收的村民自願宣傳起了肥料的好處，自己家有什麽親朋好友，離得近的直接跑過去告訴他們，離得近的直接跑過去告訴他們，離得遠的哪怕花錢也得送封信告知。

收到消息的人都去問村長，村長又去向上面的官員打聽真僞。

宗政逍已經把堆肥方法和肥料的作用都一層層傳遞下去了，各地方官員剛收到命令，還在考慮該怎麽宣傳呢，百姓就先找上門來，說他們要用肥料。

離京城越近，這種現象就越明顯。

要知道事關百姓的命根子——土地和莊稼，哪怕只是有一丁點變動，他們都很難接受，更別說要給自己的地用上一種陌生的肥料。

萬一這東西不僅沒用還起反作用，那百姓們一年的辛苦就白費了。

所以如果換做以前，接到這種要求普及肥料的命令，官員們都是很頭疼的。

但誰也沒想到，這次百姓們居然主動要求改變，這怎麽能讓官員們不高興，不花時間金錢就能完成任務，再沒比這更輕松的活兒了。

至于離京城遠的，因為消息還沒傳過來，推廣肥料時确實收到了些阻礙，但随着時間的推移，大家見證了這東西有多好，自然不用官府催，自己就用上了。

六月，莊稼茁壯成長，想到秋季糧食滿倉的畫面，即便是大熱的天，村民和佃戶們幹起活來照舊精神奕奕，臉上都挂着喜悅的笑容。

李楚巡查完莊子回到家，正準備去跟李家主彙報情況，卻聽下人說，這會兒家主在姨娘院裏，怕是不方便見他。

聞言，李楚笑了笑，轉身去了主母那邊。

今天日頭盛，李楚到時，他母親正喝着冰鎮果茶，見他來了，還喚他過去，說給他也備了一份。

李母笑道：“不知道那奶茶店的果茶有什麽秘方，同樣的材料，偏生我們自家做出來的就沒有那個味道，真是叫人欲罷不能。”

李楚勸她：“母親，冰飲雖解暑，但你身子不好，不宜多喝。”

自從娘家出事，又被丈夫厭棄後，李母因着心情抑郁，經常半月一大病三天一小病，直到發現李家主有除掉他們母子倆的心思，她才不得不振作起來。

只是到底當初落下了病根子，而且也到了年紀，即便細心療養，總歸是無法恢複如初了。

李母還是笑吟吟的：“怕什麽，為娘的都到這把年紀了，與其為了茍延殘喘忌諱這忌諱哪，不如活得肆意些，省得到死了都憋屈着。”

說完，她往外看了一眼，接着道：“更何況有些人怕是要死在我前面，我哪怕只比他們晚死一刻鐘，也是我贏了。”

知道母親是個執拗的人，也有自己的想法，李楚便不再多勸，而是順勢轉了個話題。

“聽說他連續在姨娘那兒歇了一個月？”

李母唇角上揚：“是呢，姨娘好手段，哄得他心潮澎湃，拼了老命也想再生個李傲出來。”

李母這話裏沒有任何嫉妒，有的只有嘲笑和幸災樂禍。

從李家主厭棄她和兒子那一刻起，她對他就再沒了任何感情。

李傲死後，李家主發現自己只有李楚這一個兒子了，也才想起來李傲的生母是自己的發妻，那段時間常到李母院裏來。

只不過李母對他始終不鹹不淡，他受不了冷落，很快又回歸到了小妾們的溫柔鄉中。

因為李傲的死，小妾們覺得姨娘沒了驕傲的資本，也不再怕她，紛紛使起手段争寵，倒也真将李家主對姨娘的寵愛分去了幾分。

但姨娘也不是好惹的，她借着自己病了的由頭将李家主叫過去，說自己這些日子夜夜夢見李傲，李傲說他的魂魄游離在外，只有母親懷孕才能重新轉世投胎，繼續做他們的兒子。

李家主愛子心切，特意帶着姨娘去了趟佛寺，問高僧姨娘的夢是否為真？

那高僧不知是收了姨娘的錢，還是覺得順着香客的話說才能有好處，總之最後他告訴兩人，李傲的魂魄确實還未入地府，而李傲與兩人有緣分，如果他們能及時懷孕，李傲有很大可能會投到姨娘肚子裏。

這些話都是姨娘身邊的丫鬟跑來告訴李母的，現下李府隐隐有李楚當家做主的趨勢，下人們最是會見風使舵，自然知道以後該跟誰才會有好處。

李母聽完丫鬟的話後連連笑了好幾聲，她笑李家主和姨娘蠢得可以，居然真信了那僧人的鬼話。

不過即便李家主有心，可他到底是老了，給不了姨娘想要的幸福。

于是這時就到李楚母子倆出場了，他們利用丫鬟，将一些好東西送到了姨娘手裏，好幫助李家主能夜夜做新郎。

姨娘深知這些藥的危害，但為了自己的未來考慮，她還是狠下心，将藥放進了飯菜裏。

李傲和他母親不愧是母子倆，都是只顧自己，不顧別人的貨色。

李家主在不知不覺中吃完藥後，還以為真是姨娘熬給他喝的大補湯起了作用，日日抱着人颠鸾倒鳳，不知天地為何物。

這即便是鐵打的身子也禁不住那麽折騰，更何況如今的李家主還只是塊爛木頭。

李楚喝了口果茶，消去身體的暑氣，這才道：“光生個李傲怎麽能行，現在府裏還是太冷清了，多幾個孩子熱鬧熱鬧才好呢。”

李母笑道：“我兒說的有道理，不過姨娘一個人再能生，一年也只能得一個孩子，還是要給其他妾室一個機會。”

于是乎，在母子倆的幫助下，沒過幾天，李家主就被另外的妾室勾了過去。

Because all the concubines used the same medicine, the head of the Li family did not notice anything wrong. He thought that he was still as vigorous as ever in his old age, so he had more fun.

Li Chu also found time with great difficulty to tell the head of the Li family that most of the good farmland of their Li family had been transferred to relatives with other surnames, and that fertilizers had been used on these lands, and the crops were growing very well.

Upon receiving this good news, the head of the Li family was delighted. He knew that with his eldest son around, the family would not fall, so he devoted himself to having a child.

As Li Chu watched the power of the Li family gradually being taken into his hands, the gloom between his brows seemed to dissipate a little.

Just at this time, the servant brought news that Rong Yin had gone to Qingqiu Pavilion to look for Miss Ningyue again.