The road in the palace is very wide, driving and riding horses are barrier-free, and there are many checkpoints guarded by palace guards everywhere along the way, which is the real trouble.

Maybe it's because this is the county lord's carriage, or maybe the king of Anhua is a little hindsight, and the inventory of the carriage is not strict, and the road is unimpeded. The only thing that bothered Song Nan and didn't take it into account in advance was that Song Nan didn't know the way out of the mansion, and took the wrong road several times in the palace with many forks, which almost aroused the suspicion of the guards. Fortunately, Song Nan was in a hurry, and put all the blame on the horse pulling the cart, muttering angrily: "This beast doesn't have long eyes, has a strong temper, and doesn't turn around when he pulls his nose." The county lord and Qingluan who were sitting in the carriage were worried and couldn't cry or laugh.

Soon after, the gate of the palace was in sight, there was the last checkpoint, out of the gate, it was considered to see the sun again, and the birds were flying, Song Nan suppressed his excitement and urged the horse to gallop to the door, in the light, a row of figures suddenly appeared from the shadows, almost scared Song Nan to roll off the front seat of the carriage, it was the king of Anhua with more than ten guards standing at the gate, staring at the carriage one by one.

"Oops!" Song Nan keenly felt that things were in trouble, and King Anhua personally came to the gate of the mansion to intercept him, and it seemed that he was exposed.

Song Nan's heart was in turmoil, at this time, I am afraid that there is only one way to break through the checkpoint, but even if he breaks out of the door, it is unlikely that he can escape, and the guards under King Anhua are many strong in martial arts, even if they are lucky enough to rush out of the mansion, they will inevitably be caught up.

Qingluan, who had been secretly opening the corner of the curtain and peeping out in the carriage, also saw this situation, and hurriedly reported to the county lord of Ping'an, who was nervous, but she still whispered: "Lord Song, don't make a mistake, act when you have the opportunity; It doesn't have to be here to stop you, our plan is thorough, and it shouldn't be discovered. ”

Song Nan smiled bitterly in his heart: It's not strange, no matter how careful the plan is, it is still under the noses of others.

But muttering and muttering, Song Nan still decided to exercise restraint for the time being, there is no way to survive by breaking through, it is better to be prepared, if the situation is not right, he will pull out the fire gun and knock down a few guards, and find an opportunity to hold King Anhua hostage to get out, in short, the dead horse is a live horse doctor.

When the carriage came to the door of the side gate of the palace for carriages to enter and exit, one of the guards stretched out his hand and shouted, "Stay." ”

Song Nan reined in the horses and shrank on the wheels with his head down, one hand pretending to be very cold and went deep into the placket of the sheepskin jacket, holding the handle of a fire gun and keeping his whole body on guard. Qingluan lifted the curtain and probed, "What's the matter?" ”

The guard said: "Is it the county lord of Ping'an in the car?" ”

Qingluan said: "Since you know that it is the county lord, why do you stop it? The county lord went out to watch the lights, and quickly got out of the way. ”

The guard arched his hand and said, "The prince is here, please come forward and speak." ”

As he spoke, King Anhua had already stepped forward, Qingluan called the prince, and quickly rolled up the curtain of the car, and the lord of Ping'an in the car called in a low voice without expression: "Uncle, is there something wrong?" ”

King Anhua smiled and said, "Tong'er, I heard that you went out of the house tonight to watch the lanterns, and my uncle was waiting for you here." ”

The county lord of Ping'an said lightly: "It's just a matter of looking at the lanterns on the night of Shangyuan, it's not a big deal, there is Uncle Lao." ”

King Anhua smiled: "This king is not here to stop you from going out to see the lights, I originally wanted to persuade you not to leave the house, but I think you have been sick for a few days, you must be in a bad mood, and it is good to go out for a walk." No, this king specially ordered his right-hand man to protect you, and tonight you will be able to look at the lights and scatter your minds. ”

The county lord of Ping'an was stunned for a moment, and was about to refuse, but the king of Anhua had already turned his head and ordered: "Baoren Baoyi, the safety of the county lord will be handed over to you tonight, you must protect the county lord, let her happily go shopping in the lamp market and return safely, if the county lord has three games and two shorts, you two will come to see you." ”

Baoren and Baoyi arched their hands in unison: "Follow the order of the prince." ”

King Anhua snorted and turned his head, his face full of smiles and said: "Tong'er, have fun tonight, Baoren Baoyi is the most powerful guard under my uncle, and I can rest assured that my uncle will have them; Tonight, it is said that the major yamen and the big families in the city have put lanterns on Cheng'en Street, and they have set up anagrams or something, so you can have a good time, and if my uncle doesn't have something to do at night, he wants to go with you to see it. ”

The lord of Ping'an couldn't refuse, it seemed that his uncle was not discussing, but ordering; Even if he didn't agree to let the two guards follow, the two would still follow him, because it was the prince's order, and King Anhua was monitoring his freedom in the name of protection, and it seemed that since he turned his face last night, his uncle didn't plan to let himself have room for freedom.

"In this case, Tong'er thanks Uncle for his care, Qingluan, let's go."

Qingluan nodded in agreement, and said to Song Nan, who was curled up on the wheel, "Uncle Wang, let's go." "Drop the curtains.

Song Nan vaguely agreed, and was about to urge the horse to start when he lifted the reins and the horsewhip, and suddenly saw King Anhua turn his gaze to himself, and asked lightly: "What is your name, who is driving the car." ”

Song Nan was startled and said vaguely: "Villain...... Wang Da. ”

"Oh, how long have you been working in the house?"

Song Nan stubbornly said, "Four or five...... No...... It's been seven or eight years, the young ones are getting older, and the memory is a little bad, in short, the years are not short. ”

King Anhua smiled faintly and said: "It's also an old man in the house, there are many people watching the lights in the city at night, you have to help take care of the county lord, don't go on a business trip, otherwise this king won't follow you." ”

"Don't worry! The small one must do its best. ”

"Very good, looking for an opportunity, this king wants to get acquainted with these old people in King Qing's mansion, there are not too many old people in our house, they are all loyal subordinates left in the hands of my brother, I still don't know a lot, isn't this the king's? For example, this Wang Da has been in the mansion for seven or eight years, and I don't know each other, isn't this too undeserved. People say that loyal servants are as valuable as gold, and the prosperity of our palace today is inseparable from the contributions of the old people in the palace, don't you say? King Anhua turned his head and smiled at the group of people around him.

"Yes, yes, the prince is a benevolent and righteous person, who can think of this."

"Wang Da, you have a long face, maybe tomorrow the prince will give you a big red envelope, don't you thank the prince?"

Everyone was talking nonsense, how could Song Nan be in the mood to listen to their blind coercion, anxious to leave this Longtan tiger's den, even if there were two guards following, he would not harm himself to get out.

"Thank you for your kindness, that ...... Can the villain go? It's almost time for the first shift, and the light market is about to begin. ”

"Yes, I'm delaying you to look at the lights, let's go." King Anhua smiled and waved his hand, Song Nan was amnesty, shook the reins, the carriage drove out of the side door and out of the palace, the horse's hooves behind him sounded softly, it was Baoren Baoyi's two guards on horseback left and right.

Seeing the carriage of the county lord of Ping'an leave the palace and disappear into the dim streets, the smile on Zhu Ningxiao's face slowly disappeared, replaced by a contemptuous ridicule.

Sun Jingwen, who was standing in the shadow by the door, came up, looked at the place where the vanity of the carriage went, and chuckled: "Lord Wang, there is a big show to watch tonight." ”

Zhu Ningyan smiled and said: "Yes, this king hasn't seen this wonderful drama for a long time, early tomorrow morning, Ningxia Town and even all parts of Daming will get an amazing news, Jinyi Wei Commander, our Ming Dynasty's second-class Yongguan Hou Song Nan somehow turned into a coachman's corpse across Chengen Street Lamp City, hahaha." ”

"The prince's hand is high, and he clearly knows the identity of this Song Nan, but he doesn't poke him, let him think he has escaped safely; As everyone knows, after leaving the palace, it is the time when he dies. Sun Jingwen pointed tall.

King Anhua sneered: "This king is not a person who is afraid of things, although his status is not low, but this king will not be ambiguous, he disguised himself as a thief to enter the palace, this king disposed of him as a thief, and the one in the capital can't blame me, because this is Song Nan's own stupidity." But after all, he is a member of the imperial court, and his death in the palace will also cause some people's dissatisfaction and suspicion, which is not good for me. ”

Sun Jingwen said in a low voice: "The prince is called a god and a man of heaven, Li Zeng wants to do it, and the prince will borrow his knife to kill this guy, and then this qiē will have nothing to do with the palace; The subordinates were very curious, after Song Nan was killed tonight, he didn't know what reason he would use to prevaricate in the past. ”

King Anhua chirped: "What other reason can it be?" It's just that the Tartars mixed into the city, took advantage of the Shangyuan night to make trouble, and killed the Marquis of Song by mistake, I don't know how many times such old-fashioned excuses have been used, what can the court do except reprimand Jiang Han and Li Zeng? ”

Sun Jingwen covered his mouth and snickered: "Yes, yes, this reason is unpleasant, just now Song Nan was pretending to be quite similar, his subordinates hid on the side and couldn't help laughing, all of them were insightful, he also claimed to be Wang Da in a matter, and said that he had been in the house for five or six or seven eight years, hahaha, he was really happy to die." ”

King Anhua couldn't help but smile, and walked to the mansion with his hands down, Sun Jingwen followed and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, my subordinates feel that there is still something to be done in this matter." Hasn't that Jiang Han always been tough? We have not been able to win him over to the prince, and this matter is not conducive to the prince's affairs. That being the case, after Song Nan was killed tonight, the prince simply played a book, saying that this Jiang Han was very incompetent, and often let the Tartars infiltrate the city, and even he was brought down. Maybe if we change to a general soldier, we can win it over and get twice the result with half the effort in major events. ”

King Anhua frowned and thought about it: "There is a future, this matter is very good, Jingwen, you are the brains of this king, this king is very important to you, plan for this king, and you will not be able to benefit in the future." ”

Sun Jingwen hurriedly bowed deeply, and said with twelve points of sincerity in his words: "Jingwen is willing to bow and do his best for the prince before and after the saddle." ”

King Anhua patted him on the shoulder and said, "This king understands your heart, you go and do something for me right now." ”

Sun Jingwen said: "The prince commands." ”

King Anhua whispered in Sun Jingwen's ear: "You went to deal with the Ma Po in the West Building for me, although she came to report that the real Wang Da was sleeping in the room, this Wang Da who drove the car was a Xibei goods, and he was originally going to reward her, but after Song Nan died tonight, this Ma Po is the one who knows that Song Nan went out of our palace, in case this woman is not strict in her mouth, I am afraid that there will be trouble." You brought someone to deal with her unconsciously, and no one can know about this matter except for my henchmen. ”

Sun Jingwen nodded and said, "What the prince said is right, I'll do it now." ”

King Anhua said: "Also, you go and inform He Jin, the person he arranged to report to Li Zeng's side will also be dealt with quickly, with Li Zeng's shrewdness, he will definitely find something strange after tonight, and he can't let him know that we are killing Song Nan with his hand." ”

"Yes, the subordinates will immediately inform Commander He; But if you want to say that, there are still people who will understand this in hindsight. ”

"This king understands who you are referring to, this woman eats inside and outside and colludes with outsiders to deal with this king, how can this king tolerate her; If she is lucky enough not to die tonight, the king will also imprison her when she returns to the palace, and she will not think of leaving the palace half a step from now on; Her two handmaidens are not allowed to stay, and the king will dispose of them all, in short, before the big thing starts, any unfavorable factors for the king must be removed, no matter who he is. ”

"Lord Mingjian, my subordinates will do things here."