On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there were very few people in the Jinyi Guard's yamen, and several officials on duty were sitting in the hall with wine and food, eating, drinking, and chatting, and seeing Song Nan coming in in with a few flag schools in a hurry, he was so frightened that he quickly stood up, knocked over the wine jug, and made the wine dripping but didn't dare to move.

Song Nan didn't care, and ordered repeatedly: "Quickly send someone to invite Hou Zhenfu and Sun Zhenfu to come to the yamen." ”

Several officials hurriedly carried away the messy table, and at the same time ordered the flag school to quickly invite the two adults to come.

Song Nan sat in the hall, the little flag official Wen Songzhang took out the secret letter from the close-fitting leather bag without waiting for the order, Song Nan took it and looked at the fire paint seal as usual, he wanted to open it immediately, thought about it and waved his hand and instructed the guards around him: "These people have worked hard all the way, you take them to the post house to settle down and rest, and each person will pay ten taels of silver on the account, and arrange their food and drink." ”

The guards nodded in agreement, Wen Songzhang took a few Ningxia Town Flag Schools to kowtow and thank them for their rewards, Song Nan carefully opened the lacquer seal and took out the secret letter and read it carefully, and the two thick eyebrows gradually wrinkled, twisted into a pimple.

Several officials in the hall stood beside them, and when they saw the solemn face of the commander, they did not dare to speak, and the hall was quiet and silent. Song Nan got up and paced in front of the hall, like an irritable leopard, although he didn't speak, he knew the anxiety in his heart.

Half an hour later, Sun Xuan and Hou Dabiao arrived before and after, followed by Wang Yong, who had been promoted to the position of commander of Jinyi Guard, this commander was just a fictitious title, Wang Yong's main responsibility was Song Nan's personal guard Qianhu, but I don't know how he got the news and rushed here.

"Commander, what's going on?" Sun Xuan and Hou Dabiao hurriedly asked.

Song Nan waved his hand silently, beckoned a few people to sit down, stretched out his hand and took out the secret letter in his sleeve and said: "Look at this secret letter, this is an urgent letter sent by the Yamen of the Thousand Households in Ningxia Town, and I happened to meet the flag school who delivered the letter on the street." ”

Sun Xuan and Hou Dabiao took the secret letter and read it carefully, and their faces changed color at the same time, and they were shocked.

Song Nan said: "What do you think? ”

Sun Xuan frowned and stroked his beard and thought for a while: "There is such a thing, it is extremely bold and reckless, and I am thinking about it, is it related to our investigation of Lord Yang Yiqing's attack?" Is it Jiang Han's secret hand? ”

Hou Dabiao said: "It doesn't matter who he is, this matter must be thoroughly investigated, my courage is turned upside down, my lord, I ask for someone to take someone to Ningxia Town to investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

Song Nan looked up to the sky and thought for a while and said: "It's necessary to go, Lord Yang Yiqing wrote a letter a year ago, although he didn't say it directly, but I can see that Lord Yang's official business is in crisis, and I will go to this matter personally." In this way, Hou Dabiao and Wang Yong and I went to Ningxia Town to investigate this matter, and before the fifteenth day of the first month, the affairs of the yamen will be presided over by Sun Zhenfu, and this matter cannot be delayed, and we will leave early tomorrow morning. ”

Sun Xuan hurriedly said: "The adults don't have to go in person, the New Year, the adults are also in charge of the camp, these two stalls have to be in charge of the adults, and the humble and Hou Zhenfu will go together, maybe things are not as bad as imagined." ”

Song Nan shook his head and said: "No, I have an ominous premonition, this matter may be worse than we imagined, this is by no means a simple incident, the person who dares to take my Jinyi Wei Yamen can be smaller?" There must be something to hide, and maybe someone to support it, in short, I don't think it's easy. By the way, in order to prevent changes, the news of our departure this time cannot be disclosed, and try to avoid extraneous branches. ”

Sun Xuan said: "Then how can you ensure that it will not be leaked?" If the adults of the first seven dynasties do not go to the court, the emperor will definitely ask the reason. ”

Song Nan said: "I will send someone into the palace to ask for provincial leave, so I said that I will go to my hometown in Ulzhou to ask for a half-month vacation, and then I can prevaricate." ”

Sun Xuan nodded and said, "Good way, so that you can go with the personal guards justifiably, and you won't be suspicious." ”

Song Nan nodded and ordered: "Wang Yong, immediately gather the fire guards to prepare for departure, Hou Dabiao will also choose more than 100 capable brothers to accompany him, after I set off, you can take someone to pretend to go out of the south gate to handle the case, and then we will meet in the West Thirty Shop." ”

Sun Xuan hurriedly said: "It's a little less to bring only two hundred people, why not bring more people." ”

Song Nan said: "Aren't Ningxia, Yansui, and Gansu all have my Jinyi Wei Thousand Household Yamen?" When needed, you can mobilize them to listen to it, and try not to arouse suspicion. ”

Everyone nodded yes, and Song Nan instructed everyone to turn around and get ready, and he rode back to the mansion quickly.

Lunch time has passed, everyone in the Song Mansion is waiting for the anxiety, the little county lord has sent several waves of people to the Guogong Mansion to ask Song Nan whether to turn around, learned that Song Nan will return at noon, and is even more anxious, seeing Song Nan enter the door, the family suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, Song Nan hurriedly apologized, the family put on the wine and food reunion and ate the first hearty lunch of the New Year, Song Nan was going to leave tomorrow, felt guilty, and toasted everyone a few glasses, and said some jokes to make everyone happy.

After lunch, Song Nan sat in the back hall drinking tea, thinking about how to speak, he had only been back to Beijing for more than a month, and he was going to go far away, or to go to Ningxia Town, a place where birds don't, and he felt sorry for his wives and concubines.

The little county lord drank a few glasses of wine and went to the room to sleep soundly, Lu Qingli ran to the back garden to be intoxicated with her firearms research, Ye Fanggu and Dai Su'er sat in the hall, Dai Su'er was embroidering a small belly pocket in her hand, Ye Fanggu sat next to her and pointed out, this is the clothes of the child who is about to be born in the summer, the two talked softly and said, from time to time to express their opinions.

"Something is wrong with my husband today, I feel like I have something on my mind when I come back from a trip in the morning, what's wrong with my husband?" Dai Su'er was as careful as a hair, saw the strange look of Song Nan's expression, stopped what she was doing and asked.

Ye Fanggu covered her mouth and smiled: "In my opinion, I must have seen someone's beautiful young lady on the street, thinking about how to get into the house." ”

Song Nan rolled her eyes and said, "Aunt Fang has been a lot of sharp teeth recently, it seems that she has not trained her husband enough, and she will teach you a good lesson for her husband tonight." ”

As soon as Ye Fanggu heard this lesson, her face immediately turned crimson, and she said: "The dog's mouth can't spit out ivory, Su'er has to take care of him, he listens to you the most, and if you don't care about him, he will fly." ”

Dai Su'er pursed her lips and smiled: "The slave family can't take care of it, the slave family is inconvenient now, but Sister Fang's body is refreshing, and the idea is to let the husband obey." ”

Ye Fanggu chirped: "Okay, you, the two husbands and wives teamed up to bully me." ”

Song Nan smiled: "It's like you're an outsider, Su'er is right, you have a good body, ask for training, ask for acceptance, but unfortunately I don't know who accepted whom." ”

Ye Fanggu's face was flushed, and Dai Su'er added fuel to the fire and said: "There is a poem that says: Twenty-eight beautiful people are like crisps, and the sword at the waist slashes the fool, and the head of the person is not seen in the light, and the brain of the king is dry in secret." Why didn't Sister Fang take out the sword at her waist and cut off the fool in front of her? ”

Song Nan opened his eyes and smiled: "Yes, yes, beg!" ”

Ye Fanggu couldn't hold back any longer, and reached out to Dai Su'er's mouth, and the two girls made a mess. Song Nan smiled and watched the two girls laughing, hating that she had so many troublesome things to do, in fact, what she longed for the most was this kind of home life surrounded by red sleeves and beauty.

"Ahem...... Not...... That ......" Song Nan said with a sigh of relief.

"What? Slurred? Could it be that you really fell in love with someone's woman, and you can't come to confess? Ye Fanggu said.

"Don't talk nonsense, but I do have something to discuss with you."

"Oh? What's up? The slave family said that there was something. Dai Su'er put down the work in her hand, and her fair hands were crossed on her lower abdomen, which was the standard posture for her to listen to Song Nan talk about business, and she was very educated.

"That's it, tomorrow...... I need to go out tomorrow. Song Nan said.

"What's so strange about that? From the second year of junior high school, I knew that you would be busy going to banquets everywhere, so what is there to say. Ye Fanggu said.

Dai Su'er said quietly: "Husband is going to go far away? ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "Yes, it's far, far away, and it will take more than half a month to come back when I go to Ningxia Town to do business." ”

"Huh? So far? It's only been a few days since An's birthday, and I'm going out again; The emperor still doesn't let people live? Really. Ye Fanggu said angrily.

"In fact, it was not sent by the emperor, but I decided to go by myself, and I still want to avoid people in the name of visiting relatives in Ulzhou."

"Huh? What the hell is going on. ”

Song Nan said slowly: "It's a big deal, and it may be a big thing; In the yamen of the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households to which I belong in Ningxia Town, 18 flag schools were killed in a row in the first six or seven days, and they died silently and without a trace. I have to deal with this immediately. ”

"Huh?" The two women were shocked again.

Dai Su'er said in a low voice: "This matter is handled by the local officials, or the officials of the pacification department can handle it, why do you want to go out in person?" ”

Song Nan said: "Because this matter is not only a matter of my Jinyi Wei Yamen, it is likely to involve major events, I won't say much about the specific reasons, I just feel ashamed of you because I have to leave home again, especially Su'er, who is pregnant, but I can't accompany me at home." ”

The two girls were silent for a long time, and they also knew that this matter was irretrievable if Song Nan had already decided, Ye Fanggu smiled and said: "Go and go, we can also end up clean, the province is like a big horse monkey every night, scurrying around in the backyard and rooms, making everyone unable to live in peace." ”

Dai Su'er sneered and said: "We don't care, where do you want to say some good things about your mother and the little county lord, the little county lord doesn't know where to learn some rumors, saying that you and the old man have turned their faces, and they are very worried, and they are often stunned these days; You should have spent more time with her. ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "It's not a problem for my mother, I will explain to her here the little county lord, I actually don't want to do this, but I am helpless, I am like a canopy in the officialdom, but I am helpless." ”

Ye Fanggu looked at Song Nan lovingly for a while and said, "Do you want to leave tomorrow?" The slave prepares your outfit for you. ”

Dai Su'er also got up and said, "The slave family will also go." ”

Song Nan looked at the backs of the two girls going out, sighed in her heart, drank up the residual tea in the cup, got up and walked to the back, lifted the curtain and entered the room, the little county lord was sleeping sweetly with red wine on his face, Song Nan leaned over, kissed her little cheek gently, and then sat aside, waiting for the little county lord to wake up.