Chapter 242

Song Nan accompanied more than 20 Jinyi guards selected from the Yamen of the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, and the emperor did not need Song Nan to bring more people when he went on patrol, but Song Nan still asked Zhengde to allow him to bring 20 personal guards, of course, it was for the sake of increasing defense, but also for his own safety, almost all of the more than 200 people who accompanied him were Liu Jin's people, in case Liu Jin was not good for himself halfway, wouldn't he have no power to fight back.

Although the number of more than 20 personal guards is small, they are all capable and good at fighting, and they are also equipped with divine weapons, Song Nan is confident that he will retreat in the face of sudden events.

In view of the understanding of the fierceness of the Tartars in the border town, and the nuisance of the Tartars has never stopped, Song Nan has a heart, and went to the Guogong Mansion to meet Zhang Lun before leaving, and under the premise that Zhang Lun swore that he would not leak the news, he informed Zhang Lun of the news and route of the emperor's patrol, and asked him to bring troops to help at any time when necessary.

Zhang Lun was surprised, they didn't know anything about the emperor's secret patrol, even the old man didn't know, Song Nan could tell him the news, that was a great trust in himself. However, Zhang Lun also felt that Song Nan was a little worried, the routes inspected by the emperor were all border towns, and they were all heavily guarded, so how could there be an incident and need his own assistance.

However, after careful consideration, Zhang Lun still decided to accept Song Nan's construction, and mobilized the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Fenwu Battalion and the 3,000 men and horses of the Shenji Battalion under his command to the northern suburbs of the university, thirty miles north of the capital, for the annual summer training in advance. Although this move seemed abrupt, under Zhang Lun's strong demands and justifications, Zhang Mao, the governor of the regiment and battalion, could not refute Zhang Lun's face, and said that training the Beijing camp was also a serious matter, so he agreed.

In the middle of the night on the 10th day of the first month of May, Shi Wenyi opened the gate of the north city in the name of going out of the city on a business trip, and hundreds of soldiers rushed out of the north gate with seven or eight carts and disappeared into the vast night.

At dawn, after a night of running, the emperor's car has left the capital for more than 50 miles, when the morning sun rises, Zhengde pokes his head out of the carriage, his face is full of excitement, like a bird out of the cage as curious.

"Your Majesty, after a night of travel, it's time for us to rest, it's nearly fifty miles away from the capital, let everyone drink water and eat something." Liu Jin rode a horse to report closely.

Zhengde nodded and said, "Okay, I'll also come down and take a walk." ”

Liu Jin ordered to go down, and everyone rested on the spot, drank water and ate dry food.

Song Nan got off the horse, chewed dry food and walked to the emperor's car, and when he passed by a big car with a black roof, he suddenly heard a person shouting in the car: "Song Nan!" ”

Song Nan was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look, and was startled, only to see Princess Corning Zhu Xiufu in the car window masking her face to block the dust with a light veil, and looking at herself with a pair of watery eyes with a smile.

Song Nan hurriedly saluted: "Your Royal Highness Princess, why are you here too?" ”

Zhu Xiufu chuckled: "Accident? Do you like it? ”

Song Nan was speechless, and only listened to Zhu Xiufu say: "I heard that the emperor said that he wanted to go out of Beijing, so he asked the emperor to take me out to see the scenery; But in fact, there is a little secret in this palace, do you want to know? ”

Song Nan looked left and right, and said busily: "Since it's a secret, the princess still doesn't sue me." ”

Zhu Xiufu sneered and said, "You can know this secret, come with your ears." ”

Song Nan looked around and said, "It's not okay." ”

Zhu Xiufu said: "Are you disobedient? ”

Song Nan had no choice but to lean over his face, Zhu Xiufu lifted the light veil on her face and blew hot air in Song Nan's ear and said: "This secret is that the palace knows that you are going to drive with you, so I want to accompany you, and you don't come to me for a few months, are you embarrassed to come to the palace to find me because there are many people in the palace?" Now leave the capital, you don't have to be afraid. ”

Song Nan was startled, only to feel that Zhu Xiufu's wet lips kissed her face, and she hurriedly shrank her head back, stretched out her sleeves and rubbed them on her face, for fear of leaving lipstick marks.

Zhu Xiufu giggled, Song Nan with a pair of beautiful eyes was shocked, and Song Nan hurriedly fled. This trip is extremely dangerous, not only to serve the emperor, but also to guard against the princess, it is really hard.

Zhengde got down from the carriage and walked back and forth on the dusty ground, looking at the rolling mountains and endless fields in the distance, and said happily: "I have long dreamed that there will be this day, and I can finally enjoy my great rivers and mountains, what kind of place is this." ”

Liu Jin didn't know very well, turned his head to ask others, Song Nan just approached, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is still the boundary of Shuntianfu, but you will reach the boundary of Baoding Mansion dozens of miles further." ”

Zhengde said: "I haven't left the Beijing division for a long time, hurry up, the farther away the better." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Don't worry, you have to let the brothers eat enough, and you will go to the north of Baoding Bauhinia Pass tonight." ”

Liu Jin suddenly said: "Is there a mountain in the north of Bauhinia Pass?" ”

Song Nan said: "Indeed, there are continuous mountains and dense forests in the area of Mashuikou. ”

Liu Jin arched his hand at Zhengde and said, "Congratulations to the emperor." ”

Zhengde said: "What? What's the congratulations on this? ”

Liu Jin said: "Didn't the emperor always want to hunt tigers, leopards, bears and deer in person? The mountains and dense forests can just let the emperor show his might, we can stay for a few days after we arrive at Mashuikou, hunting, visiting the landscape, the emperor has come out, and you can't always rush along the way, it's too boring. ”

Zhengde stroked his palms and smiled: "Yes, yes, yes, good idea, Xiao Jinzi, you really know my thoughts." Song Nan, are there birds and beasts on the mountain? ”

Song Nan said: "There are many, but the mountains and forests are dense, and the roads are difficult to walk, so I am afraid it is difficult to hunt." ”

Liu Jin frowned and said: "Lord Song, you are familiar with the place, why don't you take someone to make a front stop for the emperor, find out the way into the mountain, see where it is convenient for hunting, and it is convenient for the emperor to act when the car arrives." ”

Zhengde said: "Why do you need Song Nan to go for such things, I still want Song Nan to accompany you to talk." ”

Liu Jin said: "Your Majesty, how can the people brought in the capital be familiar with the terrain as Lord Song, and it is only for a day, so that the emperor can hunt happily." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's good for the minister to go to the front station, there is no one who is more familiar with this road than the minister, and the minister is willing to go." ”

Zhengde spread his hands and said: "Okay, I still want you to tell me about the things in Ulzhou, after the boundary of Baoding is Ulzhou, I actually want to slaughter a few Tartars." ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "The Tartars want the emperor to go out, the emperor's tour is to boost morale, but it is not to fight with the Tartars, we only bring such a few people, we can't take risks." ”

Zhengde was slightly disappointed and said, "So, I don't have a chance to fight with the Tartars?" ”

Liu Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to Lord Song's nonsense, if we encounter a Tartar, we will kill them, and the slave maid will be the first to lead the horse and kill the emperor." ”

Zhengde said: "Okay, it's decided." ”

Song Nan sighed slightly in his heart, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister will take the first step and wait for the holy car at Mashuikou." ”

Zhengde said: "Be careful on the road, if you encounter a tiger or leopard, you have to keep it for me, don't shoot it out." ”

Song Nan smiled: "Got it." ”

Song Nan knew that Liu Jin deliberately transferred himself away from Zhengde's side, and this time Zhengde named him to accompany him, Liu Jin failed to obstruct it, and he was very unwilling.

Driving in the palace can certainly enhance the relationship, but once out of the capital, it is very different, the advantage of driving outside is that the emperor has nothing to rely on, can only rely on the people around him, the ministers are not there, the only thing the emperor can rely on is the attendants around him, in this case, the relationship between the monarch and the minister will advance by leaps and bounds, Liu Jinyan can not understand; To transfer away from yourself is to not give yourself such a chance.

But Song Nan didn't want to look at Liu Jin's face beside Zhengde, he was more worried about whether he would encounter Tartar soldiers after crossing the Mashan Pass, only Song Nan knew that this patrol route was actually very dangerous, and the only thing Song Nan could do was to stay vigilant and try not to let Zhengde's trip go wrong; Exploring the way forward can also probe the situation on the front line in Ulju and respond according to the situation.

Song Nan took more than 20 horses to gallop to the west, and at noon, he found a shady place to rest, drink water and eat, Song Nan suddenly remembered something, looked around, and saw Dai Su'er leaning under the tree and resting with his eyes closed.

Originally, Dai Suer was sitting in a cart with a few palace maids, Song Nan wanted to leave the army, of course, he couldn't leave Dai Su'er by Zhengde and Liu Jin's side, Liu Jin couldn't do anything, and he couldn't let Dai Su'er stay here to take risks, so he asked Dai Su'er to ride away with him in the clothes of the flag school; But after galloping all morning, he forgot whether Dai Su'er could eat the bumps on the horse's back.

"Damn, I should have left you in the group." Song Nan looked at Dai Su'er's pale face and said softly.

Dai Su'er was startled by the sound of words in her ears, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that it was Song Nan, so she sighed and said, "It's okay, it's just a little tired." ”

Song Nan grabbed her hand to check, a red mark was drawn from the reins on her little hand, Dai Su'er retracted her hand and said, "Really, I really don't care." ”

Song Nan said: "I shouldn't have taken you out. ”

Dai Su'er lowered her head and said, "I'm useless, am I?" ”

Song Nan didn't answer, but only asked, "You...... The thighs should be very painful, people who don't ride horses often only need to ride for an hour or two before their legs are sore, and I actually forgot about this stubble, damn it. ”

Dai Su'er's face turned crimson, Song Nan was right, her two inner thighs were already in unbearable pain, but she was embarrassed to say it.

"Don't get in the way, the slave family still insists on living."

Song Nan shook his head and said: "This is not a matter of whether you can hold on, if you ride for half a day, you will not be able to walk at night, then I will have to order someone to send you back to Beijing." ”

Dai Su'er hurriedly said: "No, I'm not leaving." ”

Song Nan said: "From now on, you can't ride a horse." ”

Dai Su'er said, "Then how can I keep up with you?" ”

Song Nan thought for a while and said: "If you don't think I'm abrupt, sit in front of me when I get back, sitting on my side won't aggravate the injury, and it will be relieved when I get to the place to rest for a while in the afternoon." ”

Dai Su'er thought about it, blushed and nodded.

Song Nan said: "I don't want to take advantage of you, don't misunderstand me." ”

Dai Su'er said in a low voice: "Who...... Who misunderstood you, you are a decent man and a gentleman. ”

Song Nan smiled, handed over the kettle and dry food and said, "Drink water, eat a full stomach, we are about to hit the road." ”

Dai Suer took the kettle and dry food and chewed silently.