Chapter 253

At the door of Zhengde's big tent, Song Nan stood with his hands in his hands and looked left and right, seeing Jiang Bin hurrying over, Song Nan greeted him with a smile and bowed his hand.

Although Jiang Bin wanted to hug Song Nan and say a few words that were heartfelt, he also knew that it was inappropriate, so he arched his hand and said, "Lord Song is good, Jiang Bin is polite." ”

Song Nan was stunned for a moment, it was the first time for Jiang Bin to claim to be humble in front of him, but after thinking about it carefully, he was the envoy of the Beizhen Fusi Town, and his official residence was from the third grade, while Jiang Bin was the commander of the same knowledge, and it was the position of the fourth grade, although he was not an official of the system, but in terms of the size of his official position, it was not wrong to call himself a humble position; I didn't think about this on weekdays, but now that I think about it, I have surpassed Jiang Bin's official position in just two years, which is also something to be proud of.

"Are all your brothers settled?" Song Nan smiled.

Jiang Bin said: "I have been taken care of by Lord Meng, and they have all settled down." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Don't thank me, it's all the emperor's grace, come with me, thank the emperor yourself." ”

Jiang Bin nodded yes, and when he saw Song Nan turn around and walk into the tent, he couldn't help but whisper: "What happened just now ......"

Song Nan shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Let's talk about it later, the emperor is no longer strange, don't mention it again after you go in." ”

Jiang Bin hurriedly nodded and followed Song Nan into the tent.

The silk and bamboo in the big tent are pleasant, several dancers are dancing on the carpet, Zhengde sits behind the first case, watching with a smile while drinking, Liu Jin and others stand on one side and wait; Jiang Bin's hands and feet were sweating nervously, and with Song Nan's guidance, he came to the Zhengde seat and kowtowed to thank him, Zhengde seemed to forget the unhappiness of the afternoon, waved his hand and said, "Get up, come here, sit down." ”

Jiang Bin thanked him again, and a eunuch led Jiang Bin to a small desk at the next head, Jiang Bin sat cross-legged on the futon respectfully, and didn't care about eating and drinking casually, looking at Zhengde.

Song Nan whispered a few words in Zhengde's ear, Zhengde nodded, waved his hand, Liu Jin immediately ordered the singing and dancing to stop, and after the musician and dancer left, Zhengde turned to Jiang Bin.

"Jiang Bin, my inspection this time was originally to solve the matter of the armament defense of our border town, and you and other border soldiers have made great contributions to the border defense."

Jiang Bin rolled to the ground and kowtowed and said loudly: "For the sake of my Daming Sheji and the emperor, the minister is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses, and die without regrets." ”

Zhengde smiled: "Get up and speak, since you are the guard of Ulzhou, you can tell me about the defense of Ulzhou, so that I can also know something." ”

Jiang Bin looked at Song Nan, Song Nan looked elsewhere and nodded slightly, Jiang Bin was relieved, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Ulzhou is located at the junction of Xuanfu and Datong, and it is also a nuisance from the Tartars from this area; There is a guard and horse in the city, and there are sixteen forts built in the north of the city, each with a garrison beacon fire to echo each other, although the Tartars come to disturb from time to time, but there is no chance to cross the thunder pond one step. ”

Zhengde nodded and said: "Very good, judging from your style, you are a fierce general, I heard that Song Nan was a soldier under you, right?" ”

Jiang Bin smiled: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, but that was a few years ago, and it can't be regarded as my subordinate, because Lord Song was a Jinyi Wei before he joined the army, and there was another reason for joining my Ulzhou Wei; But when the minister saw Lord Song, he knew that he was not an ordinary person, and he showed his edge in the bag, and later led more than 100 soldiers and horses to win a complete victory against the 700 cavalry of the Tartars, which shows the ability of Lord Song. ”

Zhengde looked at Song Nan and said with a smile: "Song Nan, it seems that people with skills will not be covered up no matter where they are, but your old boss Jiang Bin has already seen it." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "The minister is just a fluke, the real ability is still a border soldier like Master Jiang, they are not afraid of life and death, only then can I have the stability and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty; Today, Lord Jiang broke a strong enemy again, and the minister wanted to give Lord Jiang a glass of wine to show his respect. ”

Zhengde smiled: "Yes, how about I also come to have a drink?" ”

Jiang Bin was grateful, and said continuously: "How dare you do this? How dare you do this. ”

Song Nan raised his glass and said: "Dang, come, do it first as respect." ”

After a glass of wine, the atmosphere quickly became much more harmonious, Zhengde was naturally startled by Jiang Bin in the afternoon, but he soon forgave Jiang Bin, if the border soldiers did not have this kind of tiger and wolf spirit, how could they compare with the fierce and powerful Tartar; In addition, Song Nan then said a lot of Jiang Bin's heroic deeds, and Zhengde, who was already good at martial arts, was interested in Jiang Bin, and asked Jiang Bin to attend the dinner, but also wanted to comfort him, and by the way, he listened to some things about the battle with the Tartars to relieve his boredom.

Jiang Bin gradually let go, and while drinking, he told Zhengde some things about the battle with the Tartars, Jiang Bin fought with the Tartars no less than dozens of times, which year is not at least seven or eight battles, it is rare that he has a good memory, and the details of the past battles are very clear.

The speaker paints the voice, and the listener relishes. Zhengde clenched his fists as if he was in the battle when he heard the tension, and praised the case again when he heard the relief of anger, the emperor's frame was gone, and the liveliness showed the curiosity and liveliness of a sixteen-year-old boy.

Liu Jin and the others rolled their eyes on the side, this Jiang Bin boasted so much, how could he pierce the truth of the three Tartar soldiers with one shot? Could it be that the tartars are all papier-mâché? Obviously bragging. But Zhengde was happy to hear it, and Liu Jin was not easy to interrupt, so it was easy to find a pause, Liu Jin hurriedly leaned over and said in Zhengde's ear: "Your Majesty, rest early, it's already the second watch." ”

Zhengde was stunned and said: "It's so fast, it's actually the second watch, okay, let's disperse today, Jiang Bin, I am allowed to drive with you during my stay in Ulzhou, you need to be on call." ”

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In Song Nan's tent, Jiang Binxiong hugged Song Nan and slapped him again and again, laughing: "Brother Song, I miss my brother." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "There are many people around the emperor, and they don't dare to talk to you more, don't be surprised." ”

Jiang Bin said: "Strange? Am I, Jiang Bin, a person who doesn't understand the rules? I almost broke things in the afternoon when I acted recklessly, don't you know that you are secretly circling? The emperor finally didn't blame me, and I didn't have time to thank him. ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about this, can you still drink?" Let's do it again? ”

Jiang Bin said: "Can I still drink you?" However, the emperor can drink the banquet, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to drink secretly here. ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "God knows that you know and I know, is it possible that Lord Jiang wants to go to the informant?" ”

Jiang Bin laughed, hammered Song Nan, sat on the ground, took off his armor, and looked very casual; Song Nan ordered someone to bring wine and food and put them on the ground, Jiang Bin's big eyes stared at Dai Su'er who was pouring wine on the side and smacked his tongue and said, "Brother, you are not a small blessing." ”

Song Nan said: "How do you say it? ”

"You got your hands on Aunt Fang's thorny rose, and now you have such a beautiful concubine, and all the beauties in the world have been collected by you."

Dai Su'er's face turned red, this Jiang Bin spoke vulgarly, regardless of his presence, obviously regarded himself as a subordinate.

Song Nan said with a smile: "Lord Jiang is still so open-mouthed, she is not my concubine, and Miss Dai is innocent between me." ”

Jiang Bin waved his hand and said, "Don't let me, should I be a three-year-old child?" Like a brother, such a character and ability, he should have a beautiful wife and a beautiful concubine, and he will not ask you for it when he is a brother, what are you afraid of? ”

Song Nan smiled silently, and after raising his glass and drinking together, he asked, "Let's go back to Ulzhou." ”

Jiang Bin sighed and said: "That's it, Qi Wende, the commander of the Ulzhou Wei, is not very in charge of things, and the big and small affairs of the Wei Li are all decided by me." ”

Song Nan said: "Isn't that unsatisfactory?" I'm afraid I'm going to step on it and shake it three times in Ulzhou. ”

Jiang Bin looked at Song Nan in a daze and said: "I really don't hide it from my brother, I was quite satisfied before, I always said that if one day I can take charge of Ulzhou Wei and be a border general, I will be satisfied, but when I really get to this point, I want to go up in my heart; After all, we are just military generals of the guard, and our status is always not high, when my brother sees you in the capital, I am really greedy, if I can enter the Beijing to command the Beijing camp or go further, it will be good. ”

Song Nan laughed, and Jiang Bin said, "Am I not greedy enough?" The brother who provoked laughed. ”

Song Nan said: "That's not it, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, people go to high places, and the water falls low, this is also human nature." ”

Jiang Bin laughed at himself: "I'm just talking, it's not easy to have such an opportunity, and a small fight won't make a big contribution." ”

Song Nan said: "It seems that you want the Tartars to invade in a big way." ”

Jiang Bin puffed up his eyes and said, "Don't say it, I really have such thoughts sometimes." ”

Song Nan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't talk nonsense, you should be somewhere else?" This is the emperor's camp. ”

Jiang Bin stuck out his tongue and quickly stuffed a piece of meat to gag his mouth.

"Lord Jiang, Tartar has been having a lot of fun lately, isn't it? Judging by your behavior today, it seems that the battle is fierce. ”

Jiang Bin said: "Don't mention it, you don't know, it's not the Tartar rangers who come to disturb now, this year, they are all Tartar soldiers from the eastern Tatar country, and they are several times stronger than the previous rangers; Last year, more than 140 soldiers were killed in battle, and it was a headache. ”

Song Nan said suspiciously: "The Tartar of the Tatar Kingdom? ”

Jiang Bin said: "Yes, it is also a Tartar, in the past, the tribes within the Tatar Kingdom were not in harmony, and they fought against each other, I am afraid that they are unable to offend my Ming Dynasty; Now it is said that there is a little Tatar prince who proclaimed himself 'Dayan Khan' and led his troops to defeat the Watt Thorn and unify the Tatar tribes. ”

Song Nan didn't know these things at all, and he couldn't touch these things in Jinyiwei, and his attention was not on it at all, if Jiang Bin hadn't said it, Song Nan would have thought that all Tartars were called Tartars, so he knew that there was also the name of the Tatar Kingdom.

Song Nan frowned and said, "According to what you say, the emperor's timing of this border patrol seems to be bad, and he may encounter trouble." ”

Jiang Bin said disapprerovingly: "That's not afraid, our soldiers and horses are more than enough to deal with the Tartars, and the emperor is not going to the border, it shouldn't be a big deal; Besides, how did the Tartars know that the emperor was patrolling the border? ”

Jiang Bin's words obviously couldn't put Song Nan at ease, for some reason, he always felt that this trip would be very unsmooth, but Zhengde decided not to return to Beijing and continue to inspect the border towns, all he could do was to be careful.