Chapter 204

The cold blade approached his throat with a trace of cold air, Song Nan could even feel the outright fear of the blade touching the cold hair, he naturally didn't believe that Zhang Mao would really kill him, but his full confidence disappeared with this Ling Yan knife, and it was too late to hide at this time.

However, it turned out that his judgment was not wrong, and the next moment, the silver light flashed in front of him, Zhang Mao had already put away the knife, and he didn't know when he took out a cotton cloth and slowly wiped the blade.

Between the knife and the knife, the action is as fast as lightning, and the skill is not inferior to the teenager.

If it weren't for the lack of blood on the blade, Song Nan thought that his head had been cut off by this knife, there was an allusion in ancient times to describe the blade as fast and sharp, a knife was cut off, the head was broken, but the dead person could still have time to say: "What a fast knife!" ”。 Thinking of this, Song Nan subconsciously touched his neck.

"The old man's knife has followed me for more than 20 years, and it has not been stained with blood for more than ten years, but there are not 1,000 people who died under this knife, but also 800.

Zhang Mao seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be showing off to Song Nan, and the hand that wiped the blade was gentle and powerful.

Cold sweat broke out from Song Nan's spine, and his underwear was wet and transparent.

"This knife is used to kill Tartars, the old man doesn't want to be stained with the blood of my fellow Ming compatriots, today is cheap for you, the old man brought the wrong knife."

Song Nan couldn't smile bitterly, this step is okay by itself, killing chickens with a knife, it seems that he is not qualified to be killed by this knife in Zhang Mao's eyes.

"Old man......" Song Nan sighed and said: "Next time, my old man brings the right knife, and he will be killed if he comes again." ”

Zhang Mao looked at Song Nan's eyes a little strange, took out the scabbard from the bottom of the warehouse and closed it, gently put it aside, wiped his hands and said, "You are really not afraid of death, and you are still in the mood to say cool words." ”

Song Nan said quietly: "I'm afraid of death, but I'm a responsible person, and I naturally have to bear the consequences for my mistakes." ”

Zhang Mao raised his head and looked at the sky, a line of black dots slowly flew south under the colorful glow, and he was silent for a long time and said: "The old man can marry Xian'er to you, but the old man knows that you are not a wolf ambition, in case the son-in-law of my government is a tiger and wolf, wouldn't it affect the reputation of my government that has been established for generations." ”

Song Nan said: "Old man, why do you think that I, Song Nan, am a wolf's ambition?" I thought to myself that I was harmless to others, and I didn't intend to harm others. ”

"Harmless to people?" Zhang Mao laughed a few times and said: "Pull Wang Yue Fan Heng off the horse with a snap of his fingers, is this still called harmless to people?" It is true that Wang Yue Fan Heng is guilty, but it is a capital crime for Fan Heng to mobilize the whole city of Dongchang to besiege Jinyiwei without authorization, but Wang Yue is not guilty to death, plus for so many years, Wang Yue has been in charge of the inner court, and there is no mistake in the big festival, but he was bewitched by Fan Heng, why is it difficult to escape death? ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Wang Yue? Didn't Beizhen Fusi sentence him to exile to the Nanjing Internal Affairs Office as an errand boy? Who said he died? ”

Zhang Mao looked at Song Nan and said, "You really don't know? ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "What happened to Wang Yue?" ”

Zhang Mao said slowly: "After the verdict, I was escorted to Nanjing, and on the way I was strangled in the willow forest, didn't you do it?" ”

Song Nan exclaimed: "I didn't know about it at all...... I also just heard about this matter, and I swore that I didn't care about it, but I really didn't know it. ”

Zhang Mao frowned and said, "You don't know? That must be a private plot by Liu Jin and others, and even you are in the dark, which seems a little unreasonable. ”

Song Nan bit his lower lip and said, "I think it must be Liu Jin's doing, but what does his matter have to do with me, we are not a party." ”

Zhang Mao smiled: "Oh? According to what you say, you and Liu Jin are gentlemen's friends, right? ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "No, I admit that I did help Liu Jin in this matter, but at the same time, I also helped myself." ”

Zhang Mao shook his head and said, "Do you want to borrow Liu Jin's power to go further?" The old man told you that Liu Jin will be finished sooner or later, or if you are not finished, you will also seek the skin of the tiger, and sooner or later you will suffer from it. ”

Song Nan heard what Zhang Mao said, and said quietly: "Old man, I have a heart-to-heart with you today, although I Song Nan was born poor, but I have never had the idea of relying on others; You have always thought that I, Song Nan, am either befriending the little grandfather of your mansion or ...... The little princess is in love...... It's all about taking advantage of the top, and you will naturally think so this time. I think it's like this for the people you see, and you naturally think it's human nature, but I've long figured it out that it's better to rely on others than on yourself, no one can rely on you, and no one wants to rely on you. ”

"Oh? Do you have such ambitions? ”

"The old man won't believe it, but it doesn't matter, and I don't plan to confess anything, because I don't need to explain my behavior to anyone; Fan Heng wanted to kill me several times, but I looked for an opportunity to kill him to retaliate, but it wasn't for Liu Jin to design him, of course, Liu Jin benefited, and I couldn't help him indirectly. Song Nan said.

"What if Liu Jin wants to kill you in the future?"

Song Nan said without thinking: "He wants to kill me, so I want to kill him, unless I can't fight him, it's because I have no ability, and I have nothing to say if I am killed by him." ”

Zhang Mao laughed loudly, and his voice was loud, so startled that a few egrets flew out of the lotus leaf.

"It seems that I'm looking away, you're really a character." Zhang Mao didn't know whether to praise or sarcastically.

Song Nan said: "Don't dare to be a character, work hard to survive, and go all out; I have a large group of relatives and friends around me, I live for myself and for them, I can take away my gold and silver property, but I must not touch a single hair of me and the people around me, whoever moves me will fight with him to the end, this is me Song Nan. ”

Zhang Mao nodded slightly: "That's right, this is a bit heroic; Song Nan, the old man doesn't beat around the bush, since you and your wife have come to this point, the old man doesn't want to show off his ugliness, although you are not the best candidate to choose a son-in-law in the old man's mind, but the old man can't help but give you a chance to prove himself. You boasted in front of Lun'er that you would be knighted within two years, and the old man would allow you to make an appointment for two years. ”

Song Nan got up and arched his hand and said, "Thank you Grandpa Guo for your success, I am grateful." ”

Zhang Mao snorted and said, "Don't be happy too early, who wouldn't brag?" But if you can't, you will have to come to me and die. Those who tarnish the reputation of our government will either make amends or pay the price with their lives. The old man is not joking with you. ”

Although Song Nan was not half sure, he had to bite the bullet and pat his chest to make a guarantee.

The atmosphere on the boat eased a lot, and Song Nan knew that Zhang Mao had no choice but to choose himself, if he couldn't fulfill his promise, he wouldn't want to marry the little county lord, and Zhang Mao wouldn't tell you anything.

"Since you said that everything depends on yourself, then the old man doesn't want to change your ambitions, and he originally wanted to help you, but it seems that it's okay."

Zhang Mao secretly looked at Song Nan's face to see if Song Nan was disappointed because of this sentence, Song Nan did have a calm face and no regrets.

"But...... The old man doesn't want to see you step into the quagmire, you can come and ask for some advice, whether you want to talk about the old man's mood, and whether you listen to yourself or not. Zhang Mao said slowly.

Song Nanxi said: "It's enough to have the guidance of Grandpa Guo, thank you first." ”

Zhang Mao smiled, paddled the oars to the depths of the lotus leaf, reached out and plucked a lotus pod, this time he chewed the bitter lotus seed heart inside.

"Grandpa Guo, I don't know how you feel today? If the mood is not bad, the younger generation has something to ask. Song Nan asked with a smile.

"You might as well climb along the pole, okay, you're in a pretty good mood today, can you ask?"

"The younger generation wants to know Lu Dao, is it good or bad for Liu Jin to be in charge of the inner court, and is it good or bad for the imperial court?"

Zhang Mao smiled and asked, "What do you say?" ”

Song Nan scratched his head and said, "I don't care, as long as it doesn't bring disaster to the country and the people, whoever is in charge of the inner court can do it." ”

Zhang Mao smiled slightly: "You know the answer, why do you need to ask me?" ”

Song Nan said: "You think so too? ”

Zhang Mao said: "It doesn't matter who the old man is in the inner court, everything is in the hands of the emperor; The old man is by no means unbiased, in the old man's opinion, Liu Jin is not as good as Wang Yue, but whoever the power of the inner court falls into the hands of the emperor is all in the emperor's hands, Liu Jin may be able to be powerful for a while, but he will immediately become a water dog when the emperor says a word. But the emperor is young, and this is a variable. ”

Song Nan nodded silently, but listened to Zhang Mao continue: "The new emperor is on the throne, change the heavens and the earth, Liu Jin will definitely be in the limelight for a while, but you need to know that Li Dongyang is not a vegetarian, who doesn't want to say anything?" The more noisy Liu Jin is, the more fierce the dispute between the inner and outer courts will be, the calm is only temporary, and the storm will come in an instant. ”

Song Nan exclaimed: "Does the old man see any signs?" ”

Zhang Mao laughed and said, "Do you want to trick me?" The beauty of thought; The old man only told you that you are just an ant in it, and you will be easily crushed by others, and it seems that you are proud, but in fact, the danger is around you; Liu Jin's hands are too long, and the more unscrupulous he is, the more he will incur the dissatisfaction of others, and you have been classified as Liu Jin's party, if Liu Jin is finished, you will also be finished, the old man's advice to you is not to become the target of public criticism, unless you are sure that you can turn the danger into a disaster. ”

Song Nan smacked his lips and said, "I'm classified as Liu Jin's party?" It's my grandfather who thinks so. ”

Zhang Mao reprimanded: "Ignorant boy, don't you think everyone else has eyes? Not only you, but even our country's government was almost pulled in by you, don't think that you will be grateful to you for giving a credit to the old man Lun'er, almost making people think that Lun'er is colluding with you to help Liu Jin, although my government is not afraid of others, but in the affairs of the inner and outer courts, my British government and other marquis are neutral, this is the general principle. ”

Song Nan was depressed and speechless, and the credit was still counted, so how to reason.

"There are some things that Lun'er will tell you, you have to deal with it yourself, and also, if there are any rumors between you and Xian'er, then our agreement will be null and void, and the old man will never tolerate you ruining the reputation of our government, understand?" Zhang Mao's voice was cold, and Song Nan heard the murderous aura in it, so he had to agree repeatedly.

Zhang Mao turned the bow of the boat, the two of them went all the way, swinging out of the lotus leaf waterway, the water pavilion has been lit up, Song Nan looked from afar, by the railing of the water pavilion, a slender and slender figure was leaning there and looking this way, and his heart suddenly became hot.

It was the little lord waiting for his return by the railing.