The night is low, on the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the sound of firecrackers is in the ears, the fireworks are brilliant and flying, and the whole city of Beijing is like a fairyland on earth, and it is beautiful.

In stark contrast to the bustle outside, the atmosphere at the family banquet in the Song Mansion was solemn, from Song's mother to the maidservants who were standing, with a melancholy expression on their faces, and it was difficult to smile.

Song Nan deliberately said some jokes to liven up the atmosphere, but unfortunately everyone didn't appreciate it, except for Lu Qingli, who laughed heartlessly, everyone else remained silent.

Song Nan put down his chopsticks and sighed: "I'm just going out to do errands, and I don't have to send them to death, why are I crying and mourning?" This is not the first time. ”

"Bah, what are you saying, what are you saying about sending death or not sending you to death, do you want your mother-in-law to be even more unhappy?" Ye Fanggu hurriedly glanced at Song Nan.

Sure enough, Song's mother's eyes were red, and tears came out, and the girls hurriedly got up and gathered around to greet and comfort, and helped Song's mother wipe her tears with a handkerchief, Song Nan rolled her eyes and was speechless.

Mother Song wiped away her tears and said: "Son, don't blame the mother for being long-winded, the family depends on you alone, you go back, you can't risk your own life; Mother is not confused, what kind of big event do you want to go in person? It's certainly not a good thing. Last time you drove to the border town, almost lost your life, this time you went to Ningxia Town is a partial courtyard, I heard that across the mountain is the Tartar barracks, so how can my mother rest assured. ”

Song Nan smiled bitterly, and said busily: "Mother relax, this time I am not fighting with the Tartars, but dealing with the internal affairs of the Jinyi Guard Yamen, there will be no danger, and my mother goes into the incense every day to worship the Buddha to protect her son, how can I have an accident?" Isn't this just that a bodhisattva is incompetent? ”

Mother Song burst into tears and laughed, and said: "You are not allowed to say bad things about the Bodhisattva, my mother knows that you have to go, and you can't stop it, after all, you are eating the emperor's money and being an official of the Ming Dynasty." Mother just can't rest assured. ”

Ye Fanggu said softly: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, Song Nan is escorted by the guards here, and he is only dealing with the officials of the Ming Dynasty, there will be no danger, you are like this, Song Nan is not at ease on the road." ”

The little county lord also said with red eyes: "Yes, mother-in-law, don't worry about your husband, he will take care of himself, he will leave early tomorrow morning, let's talk about some happy things, let him eat a good meal of wine and good food with peace of mind, and I don't know what coarse grains to eat when I get to the northwest." ”

Mother Song sighed, nodded and said, "That's it, eat wine and food, my son will eat more." ”

Song Nan smiled and nodded, all the wives and concubines, you have chopsticks and I have chopsticks, and the plates in front of Song Nan are piled up, Song Nan doesn't say much, he munches his head, drinks until the cup is dry, and enjoys the food to the fullest.

In order not to delay things, Song Nan didn't dare to continue drinking, wiped his mouth and looked up, and saw that the dishes in front of everyone were empty, they all looked at themselves quietly, and their hearts were excited, and they burped again.

Everyone couldn't help laughing, Dai Su'er handed over a cloth towel to wipe Song Nan's mouth, and Lu Qingli suddenly said, "Big brother, Miss Kou'er has something to ask you." ”

Song Nan wiped the oil stains on her mouth, took a cup of tea brought by Wan'er, looked at Yang Ko'er, an innocent girl who had been sitting silently in the corner, and nodded, "Miss Ko'er, there is something to do, but please tell me." Your parents are far away in the northwest, so they treat this place as their home, and don't be restrained. ”

Yang Ko'er said softly: "Yes, Ko'er wants to ask, is Song Gongzi going to Ningxia Town in the northwest this time?" ”

Song Nan said: "Yes." ”

Yang Kouer said: "I don't know if I can see my father and mother." ”

Song Nan said: "I can definitely see that although the Trilateral General Government is in Lingzhou, I have not only been from Lingzhou, but it also seems that Ling Zun is now in Ningxia Town, you just don't ask, I am also about to ask you, but if there is anything I want to bring to Ling Zun and Ling Tang, or what I want to take with me." ”

Yang Kouer said: "There is indeed something to trouble the son, I ...... Do I want to go to the northwest with my son to meet my father? I miss them so much. ”

Song Nan hurriedly waved his hand and said: "If it doesn't work, it can't be done, it's all good to bring words and things, but it's not possible to bring people; This time, I had to travel day and night, all on horseback, but there was no big car for you to sit on. Besides, the situation in the northwest is unstable, you ......" Song Nan suddenly stopped, he couldn't say the danger in the northwest, otherwise his family's worries would be even worse. In fact, Yang Yiqing was attacked several times in Ningxia Town, and more than a dozen of her brocade-clothed guards died inexplicably, and no one could guarantee her safety.

"I don't have to ride a car, I can ride a horse." Yang Ko'er bit her lower lip and blushed.

Lu Qingli helped testify: "I prove that Kou'er's equestrian skills are excellent, and Kou'er grew up in the northwest when she was a child." ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said, "No, it's still not possible, I'm going to handle the case, but I can't take care of you." ”

Yang Kouer said: "I don't need you to take care of it, I will take care of myself, laundry and cooking, feeding horses and saddles, setting up tents, I will do these things, I learned from my father when I was a child." I'm just a person who doesn't dare to go on the road, follow you, I won't be afraid, you can rest assured that I will never drag you down. ”

Song Nan touched her chin and was silent, and Song's mother said: "My son, Miss Yang is also strange and pitiful, my father and mother are so far away, I can't see them during the New Year, and it is reasonable to want to take a look, so you will take her on a trip, she is not like Miss Jiao, she can ride a horse and work, and maybe she can take care of your daily life." ”

Lu Qingli also pleaded: "Big brother, take her to see her father, and you don't need to take care of her, Lord Yang must also want to see Kou'er." ”

Song Nan frowned and reprimanded: "What is it mixed with?" ”

Lu Qingli pouted and was silent, Song Nan thought for a while and said, "It's not that I don't want to take you there, you can't stand the pain along the way, what's the use of being able to ride a horse?" The bumps on the road can make you tumble, the cold wind on a horse can freeze you into popsicles, and even if you go? When Lord Yang's official business is in a hurry, you will distract him if you go, and it is impossible for you to stay there. ”

Yang Ko'er said quietly: "Song Gongzi said that these Ko'er know that I am ready, I will only go to see my father and mother once, stay with them for a few days and do my filial piety, I will follow you when you come back." ”

Song Nan frowned and didn't answer, and Yang Qian'er added: "If you don't take me, I'll go by myself." ”

"Then how can it be done, your father and mother ask me to take care of you."

"I'm not from the Song Mansion, if I want to leave, can't I order someone to tie me up?" Yang Kouer said.

Song Nan was completely speechless, in that case, it was better to take her directly, she went alone, that was the real danger, thinking of this, Song Nan reluctantly agreed to take Yang Ko'er with her, Lu Qingli jumped up and high-fived Yang Ko'er, smiling.

Song Nan was speechless, and sat on the chair on the side to drink tea, and saw that Yang Ko'er and the little county lord Dai Su'er and others were talking about scum, and promised to bring them back what Ningxia Five Treasures when they came back, what red, yellow, white, blue, black and other things, Song Nan listened to it, and suddenly understood a little in his heart, it seems that Yang Ko'er has already bribed the ladies, no wonder none of them spoke against it.

The charcoal fire in the backyard hall was warm, Song Nan stood by the table and looked at the mountains of things and opened his mouth wide, this is a wife and three concubines packed up for themselves, one for each person, and together they became a small mountain, and after dinner, the maids all carried it to the hall and cleaned it up. Although Song Nan tried not to favor one over the other, he couldn't take such a large number of things with him, wouldn't he be tired to death.

"Ahem, I'm going to ride a horse lightly, not in a carriage to enjoy the mountains and rivers, what is this? So what? What's the use of these things? Song Nanti asked with a large string of tinkling things.

"How is it useless? This is a furnace, and if you ride on a horse and burn charcoal on your chest, you will not be afraid of the wind and cold; That's a urinal, I heard Kou'er say, it's so cold over there, if you don't care about it, you will ...... It's going to freeze. Lu Qingli said with a red face.

The girls looked at Lu Qingli strangely, and the little county lord asked puzzledly: "What will freeze to death." ”

Lu Qingli stomped his feet and said, "That's it...... That's it...... That's the thing. ”

"What's that?" Dai Su'er had already understood, and Wu pretended to be puzzled to ask to the end.

Lu Qingli blushed and shouted: "You know, it's the thing that pees, No, that's it." With that, he reached out and pointed at Song Nan's crotch.

Song Nan laughed early, and all the women also laughed, and the little county lord just understood, and said to himself: "So that's the case, you have to take it, it's a big deal if it's frozen." ”

Song Nan couldn't hold back his laughter hard, and mercilessly threw these things aside and said, "I really convinced you, according to your meaning, the men in the northwest are all eunuchs?" Monkey business. Anyway, what did you and Yang Kouer talk about? ”

After a ruthless streamlining and bargaining, all the things were finally condensed into two dozen packages, even so, the things in it were already everything, and the women forced Song Nan to wear the cotton hat and leather hat that he rushed to prepare this afternoon, Song Nan put on a cage with both sleeves, like a sheep herd in the northwest, and the women finally realized that some things were really not suitable, so they compromised.

After more than an hour, the second watch had already been knocked outside, Song Nan finally got impatient, took off these things on his body and asked, "Are you going to toss around like this all night?" Ming'er, I'm going to go far away, the Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, are you going to waste it like this? ”

The girls blushed and remained silent, Song Nan stretched out his claws and kept opening and closing: "Lord hurts you one by one tonight, come on, little sheep." ”

Dai Su'er took a sip and said, "Who is rare." ”

turned around and walked out, Song Nan didn't stop him, Dai Su'er said that he couldn't eat grapes and said that it was sour, Ye Fanggu also followed out, Song Nan didn't follow, hugged him behind and said, "Don't run." ”

Ye Fanggu twisted her body and said angrily: "You will come to my room later, why don't you go to accompany the little county lord first?" ”

Song Nan said shamelessly: "If you don't run around tonight, what about a three flights?" Whoever goes, I'm in a hurry. ”