"Xiaguan Song Nan see the prince of Qingding." Song Nan leaned over to say hello to the young prince in front of the lord of Ping'an.

King Qing has a purple and gold crown on his head, and the brocade robe on his body is also luxurious, but he can obviously feel that there is a problem with intelligence, because the faces of mentally handicapped people are always somewhat similar, and the ears, eyes, nose and mouth seem to be gathered together, which looks very incongruous.

"You...... Who are you? Song Nan's humble attitude seemed to interest King Qing.

"Xiaguan Song Nan, I'm from the capital." Song Nan smiled.

"Beijing...... What kind of place is the capital. King Qing asked curiously.

"The capital is where the emperor lives, and there are many people living there." Song Nan couldn't explain the definition of the capital in detail, so he could only answer in a child's tone as much as possible.

"Your Majesty? Who is the Emperor? King Qing asked with his misty little eyes.

Everyone couldn't cry or laugh, and Zhu Ningxiao, the king of Anhua, shouted coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, doesn't the county lord take the prince down?" ”

The county lord of Ping'an glanced at Song Nan, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Follow my uncle's order, Kexin will retire." Brother, go back with my sister. ”

Zhu Taixun, the king of Qingding, was so frightened by Zhu Ningxiao's scolding that he flattened his mouth, and when he heard the words, he hurriedly took the hand of the county lord of Ping'an and was about to flee; Song Nan bowed and saluted: "Congratulations to Lord Qing." ”

Where did Zhu Taixun know any etiquette, and pulled the hand of the county lord of Ping'an to his back, and the county lord of Ping'an said in a low voice: "I'm sorry Lord Song, the prince...... The prince is still young and rude. ”

Song Nan bowed down and didn't answer, watching the county lord of Ping'an and the little prince disappear behind the curtain surrounded by several maidservants, and Zhu Ningxiao's cold voice came from his ears: "Lord Song, King Qing, you have also seen it, can you enjoy your face and enter the table this time?" This large group of people is hungry, and the food is cold. ”

Song Nan turned around and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, thank you for your success, after returning to the capital this time, I can hand over to the emperor, otherwise the emperor will blame me for my poor manners; I have delayed your meal, and in order to apologize, how about I punish myself with three glasses first? ”

Zhu Ningxiao's face turned pale, and he said with a smile: "This is just like words, come on, pour the cold dishes, and tell the kitchen to reheat the hot dishes, come on, Lord Song, let's go to the table." ”

The banquet restarted, and Song Nan quickly integrated into the banquet perfectly, and in addition to staggering, he also followed the officials at the banquet to gossip about the officialdom with great interest, and said some vulgar and unbearable yellow jokes to help the fun, and soon became a piece.

Zhu Ningyan also seemed to forget the unhappiness just now, and Song Nan called him a brother and a brother, and the hearty laughter filled the room, not like someone who had just met, but like a close friend who had reunited after a long absence.

At the second watch, the banquet was over, the guests and hosts were all drunk and smoked, and there were several people at the banquet staring at each other and shouting five and six fist orders, but King Anhua pulled Song Nan to the wooden chair next to the fireplace and said: "Lord Song, how about we sit over there and drink tea and drink?" I have a lot of good tea here, does Lord Song like to drink Biluochun or Maojian melon slices? ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Xiaguan is not very particular about the tea ceremony, the prince's good tea is still kept to entertain distinguished guests, and it is better to drink it for me: cow chewing peony flowers." ”

King Anhua smiled and said, "Lord Song is so funny, aren't you a distinguished guest?" Lord Song is not a distinguished guest, who can still be called a distinguished guest? Ordinary people don't have the face to drink my good tea. ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "The prince raises love, and the lower officials are respectful, so it is better to obey their orders." ”

King Anhua nodded, pulled Song Nan to get up and walked towards the fireplace, the two of them were together, and the few people who were making noise on the table suddenly died down, and seven or eight guests got up and walked over to bow down and say goodbye.

The servants quickly cleaned up the mess of the banquet and retreated, there were only a few people left in the huge storage hall, Song Nan stared around with his eyes, in addition to Wang Yong and Wan Zhi who were sitting on the side, among the guests who stayed were Sun Jingwen and the other two Wei Xue professors Meng Bin and Shi Lianji; Obviously, these three people must be frequent visitors to the palace, or the staff of the palace, and when they entered the Qingwang Mansion, they were not the housekeepers who welcomed the guests, but Sun Jingwen welcomed the guests, which shows that they are the henchmen of the king of Anhua; However, An Weixue didn't know when he would leave and left, so that Song Nan couldn't figure out the relationship between An Weixue and the prince for a while.

The fragrant tea is brewed, and the green and lovely tea leaves rise and fall in the azure porcelain cup, just like Song Nan is a little nervous, as the old saying goes, the courtesy must be asked for by others, and the king of Anhua is so attentive to himself, obviously he has other plans.

"How's the tea?" Zhu Ningxiao saw Song Nan take a sip of tea and asked with a smile.

"The fragrance is delicious, the entrance is sweet, and drinking good tea after drinking is indeed a pleasure in the world." Song Nan said with a smile.

"Hehehe, do you know why the mouth is so cold? That's because of the difference in water quality. ”

"Oh? What kind of water does the prince use? Song Nan actually didn't want to talk to King Anhua about any tea at all, but this was all a cutscene, just like foreplay before entering the port, just to pave the way for the upcoming topic. Song Nan was not very interested in these scenes on the official face, but now he has long been used to it.

"It uses ice water melted by the thousand-year-old snow on the highest peak of Helan Mountain, do you know? This king has a special snow picking team of 50 people, a round trip every month, get back more than a dozen snow bricks, after melting to get a bucket of water, this king drinks tea can be used for this millennium snow water. In comparison, this cup of tea, although the tea is expensive, it is not as expensive as the tea. Zhu Ningxiao's eyes were blazing and he smiled.

Song Nan didn't hide his surprise, and he didn't mind letting Zhu Ningxiao satisfy his vanity, because Song Nan fully understood how difficult it was to get the snow water on the top of Helan Mountain, and fifty people collected the buried snow from the top of the mountain, and it was a big problem to climb and transport it back and forth, and maybe some people would even pay the price of their lives in the process.

Power and wealth will bring a qiē, this is the rule of this world, even the most unreasonable demand, will be satisfied.

Zhu Ningxiao was very satisfied with Song Nan's reaction, he had already investigated Song Nan's back. Jing, this person started from Ulzhou, born in a reckless and poor people, although he was able to enter the house by some luck and means, but what is the great wealth, what is the real noble family, this person may not have seen it. Just because of the person who coaxed the emperor in the palace who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun to be happy, Zhu Ningyan didn't pay attention to it at all, even if Song Nan was in an important position and his reputation spread all over the Ming Dynasty, Song Nan was still nothing in Zhu Ningyao's eyes.

It was only because of the particularity of Song Nan's identity that he suddenly appeared in Ningxia Town, which made Zhu Ningxiao feel a little bad, and Jinyiwei's methods were pervasive, as evidenced by the fact that several secret agents dug up in his palace more than 20 days ago. Zhu Ningxiao has reason to believe, and at the same time, he is also a little weak-hearted, he thinks that Song Nan must have smelled something here, and it is not as simple as simply coming here to investigate the case of Yang Yiqing's attack.

Song Nan drank the tea to the bottom in one gulp, and muttered in his mouth: "This water can't be wasted, not a drop can be made, water is much more expensive than tea." ”

Zhu Ningxiao looked at Song Nan with a little disdain and said with a smile: "Although Lord Song drinks, if there is no king, he will order someone to carry the snow back again, even if he comes to my Ningxia Town, how can he make Lord Song feel comfortable." ”

Song Nan thanked him and said: "The prince is so kind to the lower officials, the lower officials are really flattered, as soon as the lower officials came, the prince ordered someone to arrange a place for the lower officials, and also equipped the servants who served, and the lower officials were grateful." ”

Zhu Ningxiao waved his hand and said, "What is that, can Guanxue Building still live in people?" ”

"I can live, I can live, it's much more comfortable than my house in the capital. The prince took me like this, I really don't know what to say, the lower officials can only say that when the prince enters Beijing in the future, he must let the lower officials fulfill the friendship of the landlord, otherwise the lower officials will not be at ease. ”

"Lord Song is too polite, this king will go to the capital, and then he will disturb Lord Song. In fact, this king originally planned to invite Lord Song to a banquet at noon today, but he had no choice but to get out of it due to mundane affairs, so he asked Governor An to receive Lord Song and his party on his behalf. Lord Song is also hard, just when the New Year is the time of the Song Lord has no time to take a vacation to spend the festival with his family, in terms of diligence in official affairs, how many officials in my Ming Dynasty can compare? This is probably also the reason why Lord Song was able to become a high and powerful person at a young age. The reason why my Ming Dynasty can prosper and prosper for thousands of generations is precisely because of the loyalty of courtiers like Lord Song. ”

Song Nan's face turned red and said: "The prince has a good reputation, and the lower officials are embarrassed." In fact, this will come to Ningxia is really a last resort, the emperor asked several times about the case of the attack on Lord Yang, the general system of the three sides, since the governor of the town Yamen and the general army Yamen could not find out the reason, I Jinyiwei had to take over. The prince should have known that the emperor attached great importance to the rectification of the border towns, so he was very indignant at the attack on Lord Yang, the chief official of the trilateral system, and the lower officials had to rush to Ningxia Town to investigate the matter thoroughly. ”

Zhu Ningxiao nodded slightly and said: "I see, this king has also heard about this matter, this king has always turned a deaf ear to things outside the window, and lived his own pure life, and this king is also extremely indignant when such a thing happens in the city; I've recently asked about it, and when I think about it, it's not that complicated. Does the investigation result given by Jiang Han mean that the Tartar spies infiltrated the city? ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "The prince is clairvoyant, that's exactly what they said. ”

Zhu Ningxiao said: "Being in a border town, this is probably their best excuse, but this king doesn't see it that way." ”

Song Nan was stunned and asked, "Does the prince also think this is an excuse?" ”

"The word 'also' means that you Lord Song also don't believe it, this kind of trick can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, this king knows the thoughts of these people, in fact, if you dig deeper, it is inseparable from the relationship with King Qing's Mansion."

Song Nan was stunned again, looking at Zhu Ningxiao's smiling and peaceful face, not knowing why he said this.