(Subscribe to the collection) Chapter 223

"Your Majesty, we are here, the minister should die, but the princess is fine." Song Nan shouted.

Half an hour later, at the edge of the snow ditch, Zhengde, Liu Jin and a group of accompanying guards poked their heads out, and Song Nan helped Zhu Xiufu to stand below, looking up.

Zhengde breathed a sigh of relief, ordered someone to drop the rope, and pulled Song Nan and Zhu Xiufu up; Liu Jin reprimanded: "Lord Song, you are too disagreeable, how can you let the princess get into danger?" Look, in such a deep ravine, how will you deal with it if something happens to the princess? ”

Zhu Xiufu said with a smile: "Father-in-law Liu, it's not about Lord Song, it's the palace itself that wants to slide down, Lord Song not only didn't let the palace get hurt, but he was injured because he saved the palace's forehead, but you blame him." ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "The slave knows her mistake. ”

Zhu Xiufu pulled her hair and glanced at Song Nan, and said with a smile: "It's really fun." ”

Song Nan said in his heart: It's funny.

After there was no danger, everyone was a little tired from tossing, so they rested in the pavilion at the foot of the mountain, and the accompanying eunuchs put the food warm by the charcoal fire, made tea and water, and ate something to replenish their strength.

Zhengde was very happy and asked Song Nan, "How did you learn this way of playing?" It's the first time I've played with this kind of thing, and it's so refreshing. ”

Song Nan said: "The minister also learned from people, when the minister was in Ulzhou, there were merchants from the Rakshasa country who came to Ulzhou to do business, and after the minister was familiar with him, he told the minister about the customs of the Rakshasa country, and this kind of skiing method was also taught by him to the minister." ”

Zhengde said: "Rakshasa Country? The Northern Barbarians would have fun like this? ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "They are not used to play, the Rakshasa country is cold, and the carriages and horses are difficult to walk, so they use this ski method to walk, and the ministers heard that the merchants of the Rakshasa country said that the soldiers and horses of the Rakshasa country are also equipped with these snowboards, sliding like the wind, it is very convenient to come and go, and they can also slide in the bow and shoot and fight, which is very strong." ”

Zhengde said leisurely: "It's also interesting, if tens of thousands of people slide down the hillside and raid, it will be difficult to resist." ”

Song Nan smiled: "It's not that easy, who would be stupid enough to stand on a low place and let them charge?" Aren't the Tartar cavalry also quite fierce, but didn't my Ming border army beat them to the ground? Therefore, it is in vain to fight wits without strength, and it is in vain to have only weapons and no intelligence. ”

Zhengde nodded and smiled: "That's a good point; Speaking of which, I really envy you, you have fought and seen many things, I can only stay in this palace every day and be depressed, a few days of annual leave, and I have to get up early every day to go to court, it is really boring. ”

Zhengde sighed, his eyes full of sorrow.

Song Nan was speechless, you are the emperor, what else do you want? It's a wonderful; But put yourself in your shoes, under the supervision of such a stubborn civil servant in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is not so easy to be.

Liu Jin suddenly said: "Your Majesty, if you feel depressed, we can go out to patrol the border passes, so that the emperor can not only boost the morale of the soldiers in the border towns, but also enjoy the magnificent scenery of my Daming rivers and mountains, and also relax, isn't it very good." ”

Zhengde's eyes lit up, and he immediately dimmed and said: "I want to, but I'm afraid that the officials of the outer court are coming to advise again, and I can't always use the board to deal with them, right?" ”

Liu Jin said: "If the emperor wants to tour the west or train in the north, the slaves and maids come to give the emperor ideas, and they always teach the cabinet and the people in the outer court not to talk much, and besides, this is a good thing, what reason do they have to stop it?" There have been constant disputes between the border towns and the Tartars, and hasn't Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, been clamoring to increase the defense of the border towns and ask for funds from the household department? The emperor's trip happened to be used as a reason for on-the-spot investigation, didn't it just stop their mouths? ”

Zhengde slapped his thigh and said, "Exactly, I forgot about it; Xiao Jinzi, you go and probe the wind. ”

Liu Jin bowed down and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”

Song Nan was silent, Liu Jin does have some skills, as long as Zhengde wants to do anything, he will go to the pole to make Zhengde satisfied, no wonder Zhengde relies on him a lot. However, this inspection is obviously inappropriate, not to mention the fake public and private, there is some nonsense to play by inspecting the border towns, just the eunuch instigated the emperor to go out of the palace to inspect the border towns, and there will be Wang Zhen in the Chenghua period as a lesson from the past. But Song Nan didn't open his mouth to dissuade him, because Song Nan didn't want Zhengde to be disgusted, these things can only be done by the people who should do them, and he just listened.

"Song Nan, if I travel, you have to accompany me, after all, you have fought and stayed in the border town, I want you to go with me."

Song Nan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to remind you that the Tartars in the border towns are seriously nuisance, and if you don't meet the Tartar soldiers, the emperor should think twice." ”

Zhengde smiled: "I'm afraid that I won't meet the Tartars, I want to fight the Tartars in person, I have read a lot of military books, learned riding and archery and other skills, and never came in handy." ”

Song Nan was speechless, Zhengde really likes to ride and shoot, I remember that when I first entered the womb, I saw Zhengde shooting arrows and hitting targets, putting aside the factors of nonsense, Zhengde is not a coward.

Liu Jin lost no time in sneering: "Lord Song is not afraid of the Tartars, if he is afraid, the emperor does not have to force Lord Song." ”

Song Nan laughed at it, but Zhengde stood up for Song Nan and said: "Nonsense, Song Nan won a big victory with one hundred against seven hundred Tatar cavalry in Ulzhou, will he be afraid?" Xiao Jinzi, when you encounter such a battle, I'm afraid you will be scared to pee your pants. ”

Liu Jin's face was ugly, and he smiled and said: "That's that, the slave and maid don't have that ability, but the slave and the maid are not afraid at all to follow the emperor on patrol, even if they encounter a hundred times the Tartar soldiers, with the emperor's strategy and divine might, isn't it that they are defeated by one enemy and a hundred, maybe the Tartars flee from the wind wherever the emperor reaches." ”

Zhengde Ha Lu Ha Da Yan smiled: "Forgive them and don't dare to fight against me, but if the Tartars really flee from the wind, how can I face them in a confrontation?" ”

Song Nan almost laughed out loud, Zhengde is really a bit ridiculous, but maybe this is the self-confidence of being the lord of the world, this kind of self-confidence is also quite strange.

Liu Jin thought about what Zhengde thought, and immediately thought about countermeasures: "It's no wonder that the emperor is so worried, if this is the case, the slave suggests that we just go out in secret, and don't say hello to the outer court, let's secretly bring some soldiers and horses to catch the Tartars by surprise." ”

Zhengde smiled and applauded: "Good way, good way." ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate." ”

Zhengde said: "What's wrong? ”

Song Nan said: "The emperor's safety is the most important, if you travel secretly, once something happens, how to rescue?" ”

Liu Jin said: "What can happen?" Are the soldiers and horses in the border town vegetarian? Where did Lord Song's sharpness go back then? ”

Song Nan said lightly: "The safety of our courtiers alone can naturally be ignored, this is the emperor, Gonggong Liu, you have to think about it, everything is unpredictable, but no wonder I didn't remind you." ”

Liu Jin was also a little hairy when Song Nan said, sycophants are sycophants, if something really happens, he can't deal with it.

Zhengde laughed and said: "Don't worry too much, that's why I want you to follow me out on patrol, you used to be one as ten, I can be one hundred, we are not alone, the Han generals also brought hundreds, and there are local guards and troops stationed, it will be fine; Unless Song Nan you don't want to go with me. ”

Song Nan hurriedly said: "How can the minister be unwilling to drive, as long as the emperor needs it, the minister will always be by the emperor's side." ”

Zhengde smiled: "Isn't this over, so what else do you say?" Grab a bite to eat, I'm going to go skiing, I haven't had enough of it. ”

Zhengde is tired of this, but Princess Kangning will never ski again, not only Song Nan, but Zhengde will not allow it; When everyone was driving down the hillside and watching Zhengde play, Kang Ning's big watery eyes began to become unscrupulous, and Song Nan's scalp exploded, and he secretly warned himself not to make mistakes.

This is a princess, not an ordinary woman outside, what happened today is unforgivable, if it continues, I don't know what will go wrong. Besides, Song Nan doesn't like Zhu Xiufu's style very much, as a royal princess, she is so bold after only a few meetings with her, which can't help but make Song Nan criticize her conduct.

Moreover, he has been deeply in love debts, especially if he can't bear the little princess, even if the princess is interested in herself, she can't agree, the little princess should be his wife, and if he is not clear with this princess, he is undoubtedly asking for his own death.

Song Nan ignored Zhu Xiufu's affectionate gaze, Zhu Xiufu was slightly annoyed, and soon left angrily, making Zhengde confused. Song Nan was a little worried, according to Zhu Xiufu's style, if he said something too much in front of Zhengde, Zhengde would tear himself alive.

It's easy to wait for Zhengde to be interested, it's already afternoon, Song Nan returned to his house after leaving the palace, just took a hot bath to relax, but there was a commotion outside, Lu Qingli rushed in, woke up Song Nan, who was squinting in the barrel, and said: "The palace has come to reward, let you go to receive the order." ”

Song Nan was a little surprised, why didn't Zhengde directly reward him when he left the palace, but this time he sent someone to reward him. had no time to think about it, Song Nan dried his body and got dressed and came out to receive the reward, but found that it was not the emperor's attendant who passed the decree, but a female official; The hall was filled with bounty of cloth, calligraphy, paintings, and all kinds of gadgets.

Song Nan asked suspiciously, "Is it the emperor's reward?" ”

The female official said with a smile: "Lord Song, take the reward, this is a reward from Her Royal Highness Princess Kangning." ”

Song Nan was like five thunderbolts, standing stiffly in place. Paralyzed, this seems to be endless.