Chapter 141

During the conversation, Song Nan asked about the prince's lecture, which touched Zhu Houzhao's chatterbox, and he complained repeatedly.

"Don't mention it, my prince's life is worse than yours, every single day every month, I have to be Fu Yu Hanlin Academy's bachelors, every three or five days, the cabinet bachelors will also be entrusted by their father to come to supervise, what 'taste of the scriptures' and 'reading history for reference', it's just annoying, the bachelors are all hateful, and some reprimand me through my father's words, it's really bitter to chew wax."

Song Nan was speechless, the future Emperor Zhengde was so disgusted with reading, but it was unexpected, I am afraid that I am not a good official to be a scholar, because it can be seen that once the prince comes out of the pavilion to give lectures, his temper will not be good, and he will not be comfortable to see anything, and it will inevitably affect the pond fish, so it is better to say that he will cause less trouble in his head.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, I have been rewarded by you for the position of attendant, but I know that I am only shallow in my studies, and I must not know much about lecturing, so it is okay to accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to relax and talk, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should not force me to suffer that sin."

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "How come, there are as many as six attendants, I want you to come to the study, don't you just don't want another hateful guy to come to urge me to lecture, you often come to the palace, let's just talk about interesting things outside the palace." ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "Then I'm much more relieved." ”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Let's go, Xiao Jinzi has arranged archery, you go with me to have fun." ”

The eunuchs put on armor for Zhu Houzhao, came to a courtyard, and saw that a row of arrow targets had been in place, and several guards were standing there with bows and arrows waiting. ”

Everyone held their breath and calmed down, only to see Zhu Houzhao bend his bow and shoot an arrow at the arrow target on the side of the courtyard, and the arrow flew out like a meteor catching the moon.

Zhu Houzhao threw the bow and arrow angrily and said: "Change the bow, this bow and arrow is not usable, and it is obviously aimed at the right point, how can it deviate so much." ”

Liu Jin hurriedly scolded the little eunuch for changing a bow and arrow, Zhu Houzhao bent his bow and shot an arrow again, but it was an empty target, Zhu Houzhao's face couldn't hang up, his face became ugly, and he was a little annoyed and bent the bow and arrow to shoot again, Song Nan hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, slow down." ”

Zhu Houzhao turned his head and said, "What?" ”

Song Nan said: "The lower officials have practiced archery in the Ulzhou military camp, and the archers in the army may not be able to hit the arrows, but they will adjust in time after they shoot in the air, and the archery taboo is impetuous, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is quiet, and the third arrow will be hit." ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "Oh? How much more attention is paid to archery? ”

Song Nan said: "Of course, when the archer in the army shoots the target, he will also draw a portrait of the Tartar on the target to increase the hatred of the Tartar in his heart. ”

Zhu Houzhao waved his head and ordered: "Xiao Jinzi, put a portrait on the target." ”

Liu Jin said: "Who is it?" Tartar's? It's a painter's way to draw it. ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "No, just post Scholar Liu, doesn't the lecture hall have a portrait of him, didn't he scold me today?" I'm going to give him an arrow through the heart. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Zhang Yong came up and said, "Your Highness, this can't be helped, and it's rumored that you have to pay it back?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "Spread out? Which of you is impatient to talk nonsense outside? ”

Everyone was speechless, and Song Nan also rolled his eyes, you can imagine how much this prince hates reading, but he just shoots his portrait, and he doesn't really shoot people, so it's not a big deal.

The little eunuch took Liu Jian's portrait and hung it on the target, Zhu Houzhao pulled the bowstring with all his strength, and Song Nan waved his arm position for him behind him, and shouted softly: "Shoot." ”

As soon as Zhu Houzhao let go, the arrow flew out and hit the bull's-eye with a whoosh, and the arrow was nailed to the right eye of the portrait, shooting a big hole in the right eye of the portrait.

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly: "It really works, I feel angry when I look at him, this arrow is the best arrow I have shot since I practiced archery." ”

Everyone praised one after another, and Liu Jin hurriedly ordered someone to take down the portrait and destroy it, this kind of thing must not be passed on, once it is reported, the group of Wenchen in the court must be fried.

Song Nan applauded and said: "The prince is very smart, and he can be thorough at all, but in the future, it is better to practice archery or get some portraits of Tartars to stick on the target. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "What I said is that Scholar Liu is innocent, he just wants me to learn some ways to govern the country, I was just joking just now, Xiao Yongzi, Ming'er asked the painter to draw dozens of portraits of Tartars for backup." ”

Zhang Yong hurriedly agreed, Zhu Houzhao triumphantly went to check the target of the arrow, Liu Jin quietly approached Song Nan's side and said: "Song Waiter, thank you, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a portrait of the Sunshot Scholars, our heads will not be protected." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "How can Father-in-law Liu be so polite, the prince understands everything, he just needs to guide him properly." ”

Liu Jin picked his big finger and said: "It's still Song Shiyu's eyesight, and I will accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince more in the future." ”

Song Nan was slightly stunned, Liu Jin's words were praised, but Song Nan heard a sour taste.

Zhu Houzhao was very interested in the war of soldiers and horses, riding and archery, and asked some frontier things while practicing archery, Song Nan also told him about the battle with the Tartars in Ulzhou, when it came to the important points, Zhu Houzhao opened his eyes and clenched his fists and was nervous, when he heard the battle of the victory in Ulzhou, Zhu Houzhao said enviously: "I didn't expect you and I to be the same age, I don't see the light of day in this palace every day, you have made great achievements in killing the Tartars and galloping on the field, I really envy you." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "The prince is to learn the way of governing the country, we are just reckless, in the future, the prince will govern the Ming Dynasty in an orderly manner and the country will be strong, and the Tartars will not dare to make any changes at that time." ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "No, I will personally lead the army to fight a battle with the Tartars in the future, I heard that the Tatar country has been making a lot of fun in the border towns recently, I hope they will make a lot of trouble, and then I will destroy them in one fell swoop, and the godfather emperor and the ministers will see my ability." ”

Song Nan said: "The prince is ambitious, I believe there will be a day." ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "When the time comes, let's go together, Xiao Jinzi and Xiao Yongzi will go, everyone will make military achievements, and that is called scenery." ”

Liu Jin said with a smile: "The slaves and maids are waiting for this day to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to gallop across the battlefield to kill the Tartars." ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, obviously very yearning, Song Nan thought that he was just a mouthful, but once there was a chance to see this situation, Zhu Houzhao might really go to the addiction himself.

At noon, Zhu Houzhao left Song Nan to eat, saying that he was staying to eat, but it was just a separate meal for the prince, Song Nan and several eunuchs around the prince were just eating at the same table, of course, Song Nan also needed this opportunity to have a good relationship with several personal eunuchs around the prince.

Under the introduction of Liu Jin and Zhang Yong, Song Nan met several other eunuchs at the same table, the fat middle-aged eunuch named Ma Yongcheng, the smiling Gao Feng, the wrinkled Luo Xiang, the capable Wei Bin, the gloomy Qiu Ju, and the lively Gu Dayong.

Song Nan was also very simple, and took out the silver ticket prepared from his arms to present a meeting gift of one hundred taels per person, Song Nan thought very clearly before he came, no matter how much the prince valued him, if he wanted to mix in the East Palace, he had to deal with these guys, and the filial piety of money was inevitable. Eunuchs love money, and they don't have to bother to prepare any gifts, and sometimes naked silver is more useful than anything else.

The eunuchs saw that Song Nan was smart and sensible, and they gradually became warm to Song Nan, and the toasts of toasting and the dishes of the dishes were all enthusiastic, which shows that the words that take people with short hands and eat people with soft mouths and have money can make ghosts grind are unbreakable.

In the afternoon, Zhu Houzhao wanted to take a nap and rest, Song Nan said goodbye and left the palace, Zhu Houzhao told him to enter the palace every Wednesday and Friday every month, this is the day to go out of the pavilion to give lectures, and the attendants naturally have to be present, and at the same time, they can also come to play together in their leisure time on weekdays, Song Nan agreed one by one.

resigned, Liu Jin couldn't see him off because he wanted to serve Zhu Houzhao for a nap, so Zhang Yong sent Song Nan out of the palace instead of him, and walked to a secluded place, Zhang Yong suddenly grabbed Song Nan and asked softly: "Song Shiyu, did the murderer who poisoned you that day have eyebrows?" ”

Song Nan didn't want to reveal that he was investigating the matter, so he said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to find out, the whereabouts of the poisoner are very secretive." ”

Zhang Yong saw that there was no one left and right, so he leaned close to Song Nan's ear and said: "Song Shiyu, I'll tell you the news, several fathers-in-law around our prince also talked about this matter in private, Liu Jin and I both think that this is the ghost of the people from Dongchang, you helped us get out of trouble that day, and the people of Dongchang must hate you very much, and poisoning you is also an act of revenge." ”

Song Nan said: "It's useless to suspect without evidence, I also think it's them, but what's the use?" ”

Zhang Yongdao: "These hateful Dongchang dogs, it's a pity that we can't do anything about them, and I just remind you to guard against them from attacking you again." They are like mad dogs, they won't let go when they bite it, I see that you are a good person, and I have the heart to make friends with you before I say these words to you, and I will never say it to someone else. ”

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "Thank you Father-in-law Zhang, please take care of me in the future." ”

Zhang Yongdao: "Then do you still need to say it?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has treated you well, today is the happiest day for me to meet him, but you should also be careful, some people may be jealous of you because of this, but not everyone is as kind as me. ”

Song Nan was stunned and said, "What? The prince is good to me, but he will also attract jealousy? ”

Zhang Yong smiled: "What do you think? This is the crown prince, the future emperor! Isn't it normal for people around you to compete for favor and eat style? Slow to say it's you, even our family has to beware of the people around the prince, in short, you are careful, let's communicate with each other, if there is any news, our brother and sister will contact us, we are harmless, but if others want to harm us, we can't be arrested. ”

Song Nan nodded slowly, in fact, he also understood that these eunuchs around the prince must not be monolithic, and it is common for them to compete for favor with each other, but what he didn't expect was that Zhang Yong would come to win him over so soon, and it seemed that the contradictions between them were much more intense than he imagined.

Outside Dong'an Gate, the sun reflected in the snow brilliantly dazzling, Song Nan took the horse and said goodbye to Zhang Yong, turned over and galloped along the clean street where the ice and snow were melting.