Chapter 142

When Song Nan accompanied Zhu Houzhao to shoot arrows in the Wenhua Palace, the British Duke Zhang Mao was discussing the matter with his grandson Zhang Lun.

Zhang Lun, who was dressed in military uniform, had just rushed back from the Fenwu camp, the old man was in a hurry, Zhang Lun thought something was wrong, and galloped back all the way, and he didn't even have time to wipe the sweat beads on his face.

"Sit down and talk." Zhang Mao pointed to the stool opposite.

Zhang Lun sat down according to his words, looked at Zhang Mao Jing and waited for him to speak, he rarely dared to observe the old man directly, and most of the people who talked to Zhang Mao on weekdays were in the house, and he couldn't look carefully, today in the bright sun, the wrinkles on Zhang Mao's face were clearly visible, the roots were crisscrossed like an axe and a knife, and the spots of the old man were also particularly eye-catching, Zhang Lun's first reaction was: The old man is old.

"Lun'er, grandpa asked you to drive Song Nan out of the capital that night, do you have any action?" Zhang Mao squinted his eyes and asked slowly as he looked at the sharp green shoots that emerged after the snow melted in the flower bed.

Zhang Lun was thinking wildly, Zhang Mao's sudden question startled him, and he hurriedly said: "My grandson has already started to do it, and I plan to use the suspicious identity of Song Nan in the Ulzhou Wei military camp to threaten a showdown with Mu Bin, this Song Nan is not a secret post planted in the army by Jinyi Wei at all, but Mu Bin in order to compete with Dongchang, he forcibly turned it into a hundred Jinyi Wei test households; I planned to go to Nanxunfang Jinyi Wei Yamen this afternoon to talk to Mu Bin about this matter, and used this as a threat to ask Mu Bin to transfer Song Nan out of the capital, preferably far away, lest he harass his little sister again. ”

Zhang Mao nodded slowly and said: "The method is not bad, Mu Bin will definitely do it, this matter is not a big deal, but if it is revealed to Fan Heng, Fan Heng will definitely make a big fuss, and Mu Bin must be very jealous." ”

Zhang Lun said: "I think so too, so grandpa agrees with his grandson to do this?" ”

Zhang Mao didn't answer, squinted and looked up at the sun, and said after a long silence: "Don't do it, Song Nan's matter will be put aside for the time being." ”

Zhang Lun was stunned and said, "What is it for?" Could it be that grandpa agreed to associate his sister with Song Nan? ”

Zhang Mao waved his hand and said: "Joke, how could I agree to this matter, but there was a sudden change, and this Song Nan can't move him for the time being." ”

Zhang Lun said: "Why? ”

Zhang Mao said: "Yesterday, when the emperor invited hundreds of civil and military officials to enjoy the snow, the prince asked the emperor in person to grant Song Nan the post of serving in the Zhan Mansion, and the emperor actually agreed, this Song Nan is not simple!" Although the waiter is not a big official, but the prince brought up this matter by name, and we can't move him. ”

Zhang Lun smiled dumbly and said, "What? Song Nan as a prince's attendant? This is also too funny, he is a military attaché, and it is really surprising that the emperor would agree to this. ”

Zhang Mao glanced at Zhang Lun and said, "What's the accident?" Not to mention that this Song Nan was originally a showman and also had a certain amount of knowledge, the prince made this small request in front of the ministers, and the emperor thought that this person was not suitable and would not refuse in person. The emperor's health is getting worse and worse, and sooner or later the Ming Dynasty will be handed over to the prince, wouldn't it embarrass the prince to refute the small request mentioned by the prince in front of the ministers? How will the prince rule over his ministers in the future? The emperor has a deep meaning, a Song Nan is of course irrelevant, but the emperor is thinking about maintaining the face and authority of the prince, I think most of the time in private the emperor will reprimand the prince for this matter, but the appointment is under the order, that is irrevocable. ”

Zhang Lun suddenly scolded himself for being stupid, after all, Jiang Gui's nature is old and strong, and his grandfather looks old, but in fact, he thinks about the problem many times more deeply than he doesn't know how many times.

"That is to say, since Song Nan has entered the East Palace, he is already the prince's person, if we move Song Nan at this time, it will be regarded as going against the prince, and this thing really can't be done."

Zhang Mao nodded and said: "It's good that you understand, the prince is the future king, it is really unwise to annoy the prince, judging from the fact that the prince named Song Nan as an attendant, there may be a personal relationship between the prince and Song Nan, this Song Nan, the old man is a little interested in him, this time he is lucky, he just happened to save him, otherwise he would not want to come to the capital as an official in this life." ”

Zhang Lun frowned and said, "Grandpa, I unceremoniously reprimanded Song Nan that night, do you think he will arrange us in front of the prince?" ”

Zhang Mao smiled and said: "I hope he is like this, so that his death time will come, Xun Qi is the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, how can the prince not know this?" Why did the emperor hand over the key departments such as the military governor's office in the capital camp to the hands of his relatives? It's not enough to trust us, if Song Nan is a smart person, he won't think about how to slander us, but should keep a low profile, otherwise, the prince will definitely kick him out of the East Palace to show favor to us. In addition, it is not clear what the relationship between the prince and this Song Nan is, the prince has no longevity, maybe Song Nan's rhetoric confuses him for a while, and after a long time, he may abandon him like a shoe, and it is not too late to move him when the time comes. ”

Zhang Lun wanted to inform Zhang Mao of Song Nan's departure from the palace for the crown prince, but he immediately suppressed his thoughts, saying this, the old man must blame himself for not telling him about it in time, or it will attract a scolding. So he asked, "What about the girl?" Since she couldn't move Song Nan for a while, she couldn't always be grounded at home, Liu said that she hadn't eaten several meals, and all the meals sent in were brought out intact. ”

Zhang Mao sighed and patted the handrail and said: "The family is unfortunate, it's okay, doesn't she respect you very much, you go and persuade her, say some good things to coax her, it seems that the marriage with the Dingguo Mansion must be handled, in case this girl is confused by Song Nan and does something immoral, then it will be troublesome." ”

Zhang Lun said: "He dares, if Song Nan dares to do this, I will dismantle him if he wants to offend the prince." ”

Zhang Mao shook his head and said: "It's not Song Nan I'm worried, in fact, looking at Chen'er's appearance, I think it's Chen'er's wishful thinking, according to Song Nan's actions, he shouldn't understand that there is no possibility between him and Cheng'er, and what is good for him to annoy our Guogong Mansion?" ”

Zhang Lun said: "I'm going to talk to Song Nan and warn him not to have a bad idea." ”

Zhang Mao nodded and said, "It's okay, you can go, grandpa is thinking about something here, so don't come and disturb it." ”

……

Song Nan went out of the palace and returned to Zhengnanfang, and as soon as he entered the gate of Jinyiwei, Li Daniu greeted him and said in Song Nan's ear: "Brother Nan, at noon, the black tiger of the Hongyun Gambling House sent a letter, saying that Meng Xiaosi had appeared. ”

Song Nanxi said: "Really? You didn't do it. ”

Li Daniu said: "Didn't you say that this matter would not be known to the yamen?" How can I take someone to do it, I took the time to go back and call Miss Ye, Miss Ye went to the gambling house to stare at it, and told me to wait for you to come back and ask you to show me. ”

Song Nan turned over and said, "You come with me, don't let that guy run away." ”

Li Daniu hurriedly pulled a horse in the courtyard and followed Song Nan out of the yamen, the two of them galloped to their own Yipin duck shop on the fork street, changed out of the clothes and blades of the brocade guard, and walked to the Hongyun Casino in the east of Yongdingmen Avenue Bridge with only two pieces of men's clothes.

"What about people?" Song Nan asked.

"It's been more than an hour since I went in, and I went in to see it once, and I'm gambling." Ye Fanggu said.

Song Nan said: "Can there be accomplices?" ”

Ye Fanggu said: "I don't know what to do, I'm afraid of startling the snake, so I didn't dare to do it, I want to wait for him to come out and take it." ”

Song Nan nodded and praised: "Well done, take him in the gambling house in broad daylight, the news will definitely leak, it will arouse the vigilance of the people behind the scenes, you and Da Niu are guarding outside, I will go in, take a look at the goods, and then ask the black tiger if he has a party." ”

Ye Fanggu and Li Daniu agreed, and Song Nan pressed the small cloth hat on his head to the tip of his eyebrows, lowered his head and walked towards the Hongyun Gambling House.

The gambling house was full of people, a few tables were crowded with people, the snow outside was cold and biting, but here it was suffocating, and the stench of gamblers made people almost want to vomit.

I came back and pretended to be a middle-aged mustache, this time it was a young man in Tsing Yi, and the two big men in the door didn't know Song Nan again, and said angrily: "This brother, first exchange cash for chips, and there is no credit here." ”

Song Nan stretched out his hand and took out a silver ingot from his waist and shook it: "Don't worry, the silver is there, where is your boss Black Tiger?" ”

The two big men said: "The silver exchange is in the small window of the counter, and the tiger master is gambling with others." ”

Song Nan said: "Call him over." ”

A big man glared and said, "What to do?" ”

Song Nan stuffed the silver ingots into his hand and said, "If you ask one more question, this silver will not be yours." ”

The two big men were overjoyed, and hurriedly closed their mouths and rushed to the innermost table to pull the black tiger out, the black tiger didn't know why, and was pulled by the two, and scolded and shouted: "What are you two dogs doing?" Lao Tzu just drew a good deck of cards......"

"This lord wants to see you." A big man said.

"Fuck it, the king of heaven can't call me." The black tiger's mouth was frizzy, his eyes looked at Song Nan who was standing at the door, and he suddenly recognized Song Nan from between his eyebrows, opened his mouth wide and said wide-eyed: "Oh...... You...... You are...... Song ......"

Song Nan waved his hand and said, "The Black Tiger boss is good." ”

"Good. Why are you here, come inside and drink tea. The black tiger reacted, looked back at the gamblers, and saw that no one was paying attention, so he quickly bent down and pouted his ass and invited Song Nan into the compartment, and personally poured tea for Song Nan with a dirty black tea cup.

Song Nan waved his hand and said, "Don't be busy, who is that guy?" ”

Heihu said in a low voice: "That's Meng Xiaosi alone, just now I was gambling with him at the same table, I don't know if this guy is his wife ran away with someone, he is proud of the casino, and he won a lot today." ”

After that, he leaned over to the window and pointed to the back of a man in a black cotton jacket and said, "Look, it's that guy." ”

Song Nan leaned in to take a look, and saw a lewd-looking guy wearing a black cotton jacket and a cotton hat shouting with a smile, it seemed that he was in the spring breeze.

"Are there any comrades?" Song Nan asked while observing.

"I didn't see it, I didn't see any people who came that night, just this Meng Xiaosi alone."

Song Nan nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Black Tiger said: "You always want to arrest people here? Do you want to call someone for help? ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "No, I'll wait for him to come out and then take him, there are many people here, which will inevitably cause panic, and it will also have an impact on the business of your gambling house, how about it, the master can take care of you." ”

The black tiger said again and again: "You are my own son, and you take care of the younger one than my father." ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, don't disturb him, let him have a good time, I'll wait for him outside." ”

The black tiger hurriedly said: "Bring a pot of tea out of the house to drink?" Why don't you bring some snacks out of the bowl to eat? ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Why is there so much nonsense? Give me some spirits. ”

The black tiger nodded and said, "Yes, yes, you go slowly." ”

Song Nan walked out of the gambling hall and hurriedly exhaled a few breaths of fresh air, which was so stinky that he was almost stunned.