Chapter 166: Night Guest
Chapter 166
As Song Nan had predicted before, Fang Datong didn't have any hardcore friends in the capital, and if there were any close contacts, I was afraid that only the family members of his father-in-law, Tan Shilang, had a good relationship with him.
Tan Shilang originally served in the Ministry of Officials and has been a minister for more than four years, but he has been mixed in the officialdom of the capital for decades, and he is somewhat powerful, and Fang Datong's position of Jinyi Wei Baihu was originally the result of Tan Shilang's efforts in the back; The most correct thing Fang Datong did in his life was to marry Tan Shilang's daughter.
In the first few months after returning to the capital, Fang Datong was an honest errand and enjoyed the joy of family, and stayed in Ulzhou for three years, and he must have a little thirst for family affection; However, soon after, he relapsed, and the silver he got from Ulzhou was itching in his pocket, and he was always ready to move, so he secretly found an outdated fan in the capital.
After going back and forth, this matter was noticed by his wife Tan, and told his father and brother that Tan Shilang ordered his two sons who served in the Beijing camp to run to catch the traitor, and caught Fang Datong in bed.
Tan is a scheming person, originally Fang Datong relied on the momentum of his mother's family to have today, and he didn't pay attention to Fang Datong at home on weekdays, this time Fang Datong was outside the palace, which made Tan very angry, and dared to be so nonsense under his nose, Fang Datong has not been against the sky in Ulzhou for three years; So the Tan family sent a servant to visit Ulzhou and found out all the things about Fang Datong's support of several concubines in Ulzhou.
This time the world was turned upside down, and the Tan family did not go back to his parents' house at all, but swept Fang Datong out of the house, Fang Datong begged for permission in every way, and was scolded by the Tan family brothers and the Tan family, and he was not allowed to enter the house again.
Fang Datong had no choice but to rent a small house outside, pitiful like a frosted wild dog, the money in his pocket was also swept away, and he had no money to go away.
The flag schools who inquired about this matter dug up all these things like gophers, Fang Datong had no friends of his own in Beijing, and he was ridiculed in the yamen because of this matter, plus he had no real power and no money, and few people were willing to associate with him.
Song Nan looked at Fang Datong's life trajectory in Beijing and couldn't help but sigh a little, Fang Datong is actually a capable person, but it's a pity that he doesn't seek progress, he only wants to be happy, and he is to blame for ending up like this.
He could have pulled him, but this person was not right, and he actually threatened him with the identity of Ye Fanggu and Lu Qingli, and he couldn't tolerate him in the end.
Since Fang Datong has no confidants and friends in Beijing, he may have told the Tan family father and son about this matter, but it has become impossible because of his bad relationship with the Tan family, so in the capital, only Fang Datong may know about it; But this does not mean that Song Nan can get rid of it, Song Nan is waiting for the news of Ulzhou to arrive, Jiang Bin will immediately help find out if there is someone in Ulzhou City who keeps Fang Datong's secret after receiving his letter, and he can find out how to do it after both times he has checked it clearly.
In the days of waiting for Jiang Bin's letter, Song Nan went to find Fang Datong several times, and he really wanted to hear the words of repentance and apology from Fang Datong's mouth, so that he could convince himself to let Fang Datong go, after all, the experience in Ulzhou was not a friend of life and death, and it could be regarded as staying in the same boat.
However, Song Nan was completely disappointed, and every time Fang Datong not only urged Song Nan to hurry up and do things for him, but also threatened to make the matter public from time to time, forcing Song Nan to hurry up and find a position for him; What made Song Nan even more intolerable was that Fang Datong threatened to inform Dongchang Fanzi of this matter, because the entanglement between Song Nan and Dongchang was well known, and once Dongchang knew about it, Song Nan would basically have no way to live, Fang Datong knew this, so such a threat was to make Song Nan even more frightened.
Song Nan had to pretend to move up and down in order to stabilize Fang Datong's heart, and at the same time anxiously waited for the news from Ulzhou, seven or eight days, which can be called a year.
In the middle of the night on February 20, there was a knock on the door of the Song family, and the people of the Song family, who had already fallen asleep, did not know what was going on, and the servants in the front yard got dressed up, opened the small door and looked at the outside, and were suddenly startled, only to see five or six soldiers outside the door leading horses and standing at the door, led by a black-faced tower-like man who slapped the door knocker viciously.
How dare the servants open the door, and hurriedly sent the news back to the inner house, Song Nan was sleeping soundly with Ye Fanggu and Lu Qingli in his arms, and quickly got up when he heard this, Ye Lu's second daughter also got dressed and got up, took a blade and hid it in the big house, thinking that something had happened.
Song Nan looked out from the crack in the door, and was overjoyed, it was not the soldiers and horses in the capital who came, but Jiang Bin himself, Jiang Bin stood outside the door and stomped his feet and rubbed his hands with a cold and unbearable touch, and the door couldn't be opened for a long time, and he was a little anxious.
Song Nan hurriedly ordered people to open, Jiang Bin saw Song Nan at a glance under the lights, and his anxiety swept away, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled and stepped forward and hugged him: "Brother Song, let's meet again." ”
Song Nan also laughed, and the two hammered each other's shoulders, and their joy was beyond words.
"Lord Jiang, have you just arrived?"
"Isn't it, I've been running on horseback for three days and three nights, and I'm almost exhausted, and I haven't eaten yet."
Song Nan hurriedly ordered the preparation of wine and food, and Jiang Bin waved his hand and asked his brothers to unload a long box on horseback and carry it to the hall.
Song Nan saw that the box was heavy, and said suspiciously: "Master Jiang, you can come as soon as you come, why bother to bring gifts again." ”
Jiang Bin said with a smile: "You can not bring other gifts, this gift must be brought, you don't think that this is gold and silver treasure, but it is not much worse than gold and silver treasure." ”
The maidservant served hot tea, let a few soldiers drink tea to warm their bodies, and served some snacks for them to fill their stomachs, and stirred the brazier, and the hall was warmed up in a short time.
Song Nan invited Jiang Bin into the small hall to drink tea and talk alone, Jiang Bin stretched out his hand and rubbed it on the brazier, and praised: "Brother Song will enjoy it, look at this house, how big the style is, the maid is a small maid and a big house, this is the style of a big family." ”
Song Nan smiled and said: "You are not the same, I heard Da Niu say last time, you changed to a big mansion, and you lived a beautiful life, but you came to me." ”
Jiang Bin smiled and said, "Each other." ”
The two laughed for a while, and Jiang Bin suddenly said in a low voice: "Brother Song is not authentic, the thorny rose was hidden by your golden house, and I was told today that I know, and I should be punished." ”
Song Nan arched his hand and said: "Make amends, I really can't bear to see their sisters being arrested and tortured, I admit how you say how to punish me, I didn't tell you this matter for your sake, after all, this is not a good thing, if it weren't for the threat of this matter, I would like to hide it from you for a few more years." ”
Jiang Bin smiled: "Aren't you called to meet yet?" ”
Song Nan smiled: "Obey." ”
Ye Fanggu and Lu Qingli had been waiting behind the curtain next to the hall for a long time, and when they heard the words, they all came out to say hello to Jiang Bin, Jiang Bin had a lot of rules, and he returned the salute at a loss, and sighed: "I didn't expect to meet here when I didn't expect to meet again." ”
Ye Fanggu smiled: "Lord Jiang can hide my sister's identity for me, Aunt Fang has thanked me here." ”
Jiang Bin said: "It should be, I am friends with your husband in life and death, his business is my business, my money is his money, and his wife is ......"
Song Nan hurriedly said: "Master Jiang......." ”
Jiang Bin said with a smile: "...... It's still his, don't worry, friends and wives can't be played, my Lao Jiang is not a bastard. ”
Song Nan laughed, Ye Fanggu and Lu Qingli blushed, secretly disgusted that this Jiang Bin is still so vulgar, what a wife, what is not to be played, it is still the same as in Ulzhou.
Song Nan said with a smile: "Aunt Fang, Master Jiang is here, we have been hiding from him for so many days, he is angry, how about asking Aunt Fang to go to the kitchen to fry a good fried foie gras to make amends?" ”
Ye Fanggu Yingying bowed and said: "That's natural, the slave family will go here, and Master Jiang will sit down for a while." ”
Jiang Bin smiled and said: "Brother Song is very shrewd, such a big thing will be prevaricated with a plate of fried foie gras, and I plan to knock you out for 180,000 taels of silver." ”
Song Nan chuckled and said, "Are you the old dog when I am?" There are huge thousands of furniture, is it tens of thousands of taels when you knock it casually? 180,000 you might as well slaughter me and sell meat." ”
The two of them laughed.
After a while, the wine and food were put on the table, Song Nan and Jiang Bin pushed the cups and changed the glasses, Ye Fanggu and Lu Qingli accompanied them, Jiang Bin thought that he was hungry, and he kept eating for a while before wiping his stomach and sighing.
Song Nan raised his glass to toast, the two poured a glass of wine, Jiang Bin smacked his lips and said: "Brother Song, I know everything in your letter, Fang Datong doesn't want to live anymore." ”
Song Nan told Jiang Bin about Fang Datong's behavior in the past few days, and said: "I didn't want to do this, after all, I used to work in Ulzhou, but this guy threatened me even more, knowing that I had a grudge with Dongchang, and threatened to report this matter to Dongchang, and I was forced to do so." ”
Jiang Bin waved his hand and said: "You don't have to explain, I absolutely support you in this matter, you still save face for him, if it were me, I would have hacked him alive in the restaurant at that time; I've done everything you told me, because I don't know what you're doing, so I don't dare to do it easily. ”
Song Nan said: "Have you checked it out?" Who did he contact when he went to Ulzhou, and did he have any explanations? ”
Jiang Bin didn't answer, got up and came to the entrance of the hall, and shouted to a group of soldiers who were eating and drinking in the main hall: "Carry it here." ”
Several soldiers put down their cups and chopsticks, and carried the big wooden box in, and after putting it down, Jiang Bin waved his hand to call all the soldiers to leave, and turned to Song Nan and said, "Do you want the two ladies to avoid it, I'm afraid of scaring them." ”
Song Nan glanced at Ye Fanggu and Lu Qingli, and when she saw that the two of them didn't mean to move, she said, "No, it's not Miss Jiao, I can't scare them." ”
Jiang Bin patted his head and said, "I forgot, your two ladies are people who dare to kill people with knives, so they are naturally fearless." ”
After that, he pulled out the saber on his waist and struck twice, cut the lock of the wooden box and the rope that tied it, stretched out his foot and kicked it, and the box fell apart with a bang.
Everyone looked inside, Lu Qingli was so frightened that she shrank behind Ye Fanggu with a scream, and Song Nan was also frightened.