Chapter Twenty-Four: Running to Black Mountain Castle at Night
(Ask for collection)
In the middle of the night, Song Nan woke up sweating profusely, and several big sharks were biting his body, which was a heart-wrenching scene before surfing to death; In the dark, Song Nan sat at the head of the bed, listening to the rustle of leaves outside the window with the cold wind, and gasped for breath.
Dreams are a reaction to reality, although Song Nan does not believe in the interpretation of dreams, but he also understands that in his heart he has actually put everything that is about to come together with the situation of crossing the previous death, in other words, there is a deep fear in his heart.
Song Nan shook his head, got up and wiped his body with a cold towel, calmed down his emotions, and warned himself not to be occupied by panic, panic would bring errors in judgment and affect his design of the whole thing.
Sitting on the quilt, Song Nan carefully went through the matter in his mind, considered all the possibilities, and finally came to a conclusion: with the participation of the Ulzhou Jinyiwei Hundred Households, the risk of this matter has been minimized, Jinyiwei has the right to investigate the rumor, and when the matter is really out of control, this alone can be enough to ensure that he gets out, and he can resolve the matter as a reason for the mistake; As for how Wang Dan will secretly retaliate in the future, that is a later story, and Wang Dan can only knock out his teeth and swallow it down.
As far as he is concerned, no one will believe that he can be the mastermind of the two bigwigs of Jinyiwei and Ulzhouwei in a show, and he has nothing to lose, but he doesn't have to suffer like Jiang Bin and Fang Datong.
Thinking about this section, Song Nan's heart gradually became happy, and he drank a few large sips of herbal tea, lifted the quilt and prepared to sleep for a while, at this moment, he only heard the clattering of horses' hooves outside, which sounded extremely harsh in the quiet night, and then the courtyard door was slammed.
Song Nan's heart tightened, and the body that had just lay down sat up again, thinking in his heart: Could it be that the matter was revealed, and Fang Datong ran to tell the truth? Could it be Wang Dan's person?
The knock on the door alarmed the Song family, the lights in the east and west wings were lit, and Uncle Zhong, who lived in the east side of the courtyard, lit a lantern and came to the courtyard gate, and asked in a low voice: "Who?" What do you knock on in the middle of the night? ”
"We are the subordinates of Lord Jiang Bin of the Thousand Households of Weibei in Ulzhou, and I am ordered by Lord Jiang to ask to see Prince Song of your mansion." There was a low voice outside the door, mixed with the clanging of swords and armor, and the restless snort of war horses.
Uncle Zhong was so frightened that he didn't dare to open the door, so he only said: "Wait a minute, military masters, wait for the old man to inform my son-in-law." ”
"Go quickly, go quickly, military affairs are urgent." The soldiers outside the door said impatiently.
Uncle Zhong sighed, turned around and ran to the main house with a lantern deep and shallow and panting, the door of the main house opened with a bang, Song Nan stood neatly dressed in the candlelight, Uncle Zhong saw it, and hurriedly gasped and said: "It's amazing, Brother Nan, there are a group of officers and soldiers outside the door, saying that they want to see you, eighty percent is nothing good." ”
Mother Song, who was alarmed and got up, had just been helped out of the room by her maidservant Xiao Ping'er, and almost fainted when she heard this, so she hurriedly stepped forward and took Song Nan's hand and said, "My son, what's wrong?" What did you do outside? ”
Song Nan comforted in a low voice: "Mother, don't panic, wait for me to ask for an understanding, Ping'er, help my mother stay here." ”
Uncle Zhong said anxiously: "Brother, what should I do?" ”
Song Nan said: "Open the door." ”
"I can't open it, just in case...... In case ......," Uncle Zhong said, rubbing his hands.
Song Nan said: "Can a small courtyard door block them?" Let's go, it's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. After that, he straightened his clothes and walked out of the main room to the courtyard gate, and Uncle Zhong stomped his feet and carried the lantern to hurry up.
The soldiers outside the courtyard gate were already anxious, and when they were about to knock on the door and shout, they suddenly saw the courtyard door open, and a young man stood inside the door with his chest up, and said quietly: "I'm Song Nan, what are you looking for me in the middle of the night?" ”
A sturdy young soldier stepped forward and arched his hand: "Song Nan, Song Gongzi? ”
Song Nan said: "It's exactly below." ”
"We are the guards and soldiers of Lord Jiang of the North Thousand Households, and I am ordered by Lord Jiang to ask Song Gongzi to rush to Black Mountain Fort with us as soon as possible, and Lord Jiang said that there is something important to discuss."
Song Nan frowned, and scolded secretly in his heart, what the hell is this Jiang Bin, in the middle of the night, he sent people to look for him with great fanfare, which made people panic, and he was not afraid of arousing suspicion, but after thinking about it, it was estimated that there was a mistake in the action of capturing the prisoners, otherwise Jiang Bin would not have come to go to Black Mountain Fort by himself in the middle of the night.
"Master Jiang personally wrote a letter, please Song Gongzi to look at it." The young soldier took out a letterhead from his arms and handed it over, Song Nan took it and quickly opened it, swept his eyes in the firelight, and wrote two lines crookedly on it: Brother Song come quickly, 100,000 urgent! The bottom is stamped with the stamp of a thousand households, and there should be no falsehood.
Song Nan frowned, it seems that there is indeed trouble in catching the prisoner, this matter is the key in the whole matter, and he also promised Fang Datong to meet the prisoner tomorrow morning, if this matter goes wrong, the matter will not be able to continue, and Fang Datong will finally understand that the whole thing is a scam.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Song Nan stretched out his hand and lit the letterhead on the lantern and burned it into ashes, "Wait a moment, I'll say hello to my family." ”
As soon as the young soldier gave up his hand, Song Nan turned around and walked back to the main house, Song Mu and Xiao Ping'er were already looking at him in horror, for fear of hearing something bad.
Song Nan held Song's mother's hand and smiled: "Mother, don't panic, Jiang Qianhu invited me to discuss things, it's no big deal, I'll come when I go." ”
Mother Song panicked: "What is this Lord Jiang discussing with you in the middle of the night?" Isn't it dawning? ”
Song Nan smiled and said, "Mother, didn't you promise me to go to Ulzhou Weizhong for business?" In this case, it is necessary to abide by the rules of others, how to divide the affairs of the army into day and night, this is also a matter of no way, the mother rests at ease, and the child is doing the right thing. ”
Mother Song was suspicious, but fortunately, the soldiers stayed outside the courtyard gate in a proper manner and did not come in to harass people, which somewhat alleviated the panic and believed a little, so she said: "My son is careful, since it is a serious matter, you can go, come back quickly, so as not to worry about the family." ”
Song Nan squeezed her hand and smiled: "Follow my mother's order, it's cold at night, go back to the room quickly." ”
Mother Song nodded, turned her head to Xiao Ping'er and said, "Ping'er went to bring the young master's coat, I just cleaned it up last night, added some cotton lining, and it was cold outside, so let him suppress the wind." ”
Xiao Ping'er agreed, go quickly, and after a while, she hugged a thick cotton cloth and came over to put it on for Song Nan, Song Nan bowed, turned around and walked out quickly, the young soldier pulled a horse, Song Nan turned over and got on the horse, and the group whipped along the alley and galloped out, turning onto the street and going straight out of the east gate of Ulzhou.
Montenegro Fort is more than 60 miles north of Ulzhou, belonging to the outermost part of the Ulzhou Walled Fort defense system, here is the most powerful place for the Tartar to make trouble, the Tartar rangers harass excessively, the Ming army stationed in the Black Mountain Fort has never completely controlled here, and the soldiers on both sides are sometimes killed and wounded, which is why the Ulzhou Guard soldiers talk about the reason for the color change of the Black Mountain Fort; However, if they were sent to Fort Black Mountain, very few of them could come back alive, and most of the prisoners stationed here were prisoners and soldiers who had made mistakes, of course, if you want to capture Tartar prisoners, this place is also an excellent location, and Jiang Bin chose to capture prisoners here is the right choice.
Sixty miles is not a long way, but the road is rough and the road is also a road, even if there are horses to walk, it is not an easy task; Even in later generations, Song Nan often played horseback riding, and his riding skills were passable, but the road was bumpy, coupled with the cold wind like a knife, his face and hands were as cold as an ice cellar, but his body was sweating, and the taste was really uncomfortable.
More than a dozen of Jiang Bin's personal guards were all straight, and they didn't look tired and embarrassed, and they could see that Jiang Bin had a set of military training, and he also brought all his elite with him when he came back to Black Mountain Fort to capture prisoners.
After nearly two hours of rapid travel, when the sky was twilight, the vague shadow of Black Mountain Fort appeared on the hill in the distance.
Everyone slowed down their horses, each with a bow and arrow blade in their hands, their eyes cautiously patrolled around, and they slowly approached the Black Mountain Fort along the grassy slope with a nervous expression, Song Nan looked awe-inspiring, the actions of these soldiers sent a signal that even if they were close to the left of the Black Mountain Fort, it was by no means safe, and it may be that the Tartar rangers made the Ming army suffer a lot.
In the hall of the walled fort, Jiang Bin paced back and forth like a lion with bloodshot eyes, slamming the table and kicking the bench from time to time and scolding, obviously in an extremely manic mood, hearing that Song Nan was falling, Jiang Bin was overjoyed, and hurriedly walked out of the hall.
Song Nan turned off the horse with difficulty, his thighs were extremely sore, and in later generations, he ran to the horse farm to ride a horse to experience the pleasure of galloping, and today he realized that riding a horse is also a chore, and he stood in the saddle for a long time, and then he regained some strength, and Jiang Bin's big voice also sounded in front of him: "Brother Song, you are here, but you are in a hurry." ”