The gongs clanged on all sides, and it was obvious that the officers and soldiers in the city had received the news, and soon the brigade of soldiers and horses was about to arrive.

The county lord of Ping'an was shocked for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Lord Song, I have to leave quickly, the arrival of the officers and soldiers is complicated, if you see the identity of the palace guard, you will ask endlessly, I can't stay here for a long time." ”

Song Nan endured the pain in his arm and saluted: "Thank you to the county lord and Miss Qingluan for saving your life, the county lord please think twice, once you return to the palace, I am afraid that you will suffer a lot of hardships, and I can't help for the time being." It's better to come back to the Snow Tower with me, and I will guarantee your safety. ”

The county lord of Ping'an shook his head and said: "I have explained the reason, I will not leave the palace, it is my home, and I can't leave my brother alone." ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "Okay, if you don't thank you, I will definitely fulfill my promise and seek justice for the county lord; Wang Yong immediately sent someone to escort the county lord and the Qingluan girl back to the Qingwang Mansion. ”

The lord of Ping'an County saluted, Qingluan was also blessed, the master and servant supported each other and turned around towards the entrance of Nanjie, and a hundred households with more than a dozen guards hurriedly followed the left and right guards.

On the long street, the lights were sparse, Song Nan stood still, watching the backs of the two gradually disappear in the lights of Yan Shan, and there was an indescribable love in his heart. I secretly made up my mind that I must find out the conspiracy behind King Anhua, fulfill my wish for the lord of Ping'an, and return the Qingwang Mansion to a clear sky.

After a while, the noise was near, the brigade of soldiers and horses of the governor's yamen and the chief soldier's yamen arrived at Cheng'en Street, Jiang Han arranged for people to lead the soldiers and horses to organize a blockade and search for the assassins in the periphery, but An Weixue hurried to check the casualties, when An Weixue saw Song Nan standing in the middle of the street with a straight body, the disappointment on his face flashed, but he quickly changed his smile and came to salute and say hello.

"Hou Ye Song, Xia Guan received a report that there was a thief assassinating Hou Ye on Cheng'en Street, so he hurried here, praying for Hou Ye to be safe along the way, fortunately Hou Ye was really fine, Xia Guan was relieved."

"Thanks to you, I haven't died so easily, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint some people." Song Nan said coldly.

An Weixue coughed dryly and said, "Yes, yes, does Master Hou know the identity of the assassin?" Did your men catch it alive? If there is a living mouth, hand it over to the official to bring back to the yamen, and the official will interrogate his identity and give an explanation to the Hou Ye. ”

"Governor An, it's too late for this official to save his life, but he didn't catch anything alive, but he slaughtered a dozen guys, but unfortunately the dead can't speak, if Governor An wants to investigate, the dead bodies of the assassin crossbowmen on the steps and across the street will be left for you."

An Weixue frowned and said: "I don't have a mouth, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, come here, clean up the corpses on the ground, and see if there are any clues on these people." ”

A group of soldiers stepped forward to sort out the corpses under the steps, and the bodies of more than a dozen Jinyiwei guards had already been carried out by Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao, at this time the corpses of four assassins and the corpses of Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi were left up and down the steps.

"Your Excellency." A hundred households who searched for the body suddenly shouted in horror.

"What's wrong?" An Weixue turned his head and scolded.

The hundred households hurriedly came to An Weixue and whispered a few words in his ear, An Weixue's face changed greatly and exclaimed: "What? The corpse of the palace guard? ”

"Lord Governor, it seems to be Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi of the palace, who seem to have been killed by firearms." Baihu said in a low voice.

An Weixue walked quickly to the corpse and looked at it a few times, the horror on his face was indescribable, and after carefully checking the waist card to confirm it, An Weixue returned to Song Nan's side with a solemn face and said: "Hou Ye Song, there are two guards of the prince of Anhua among the dead corpses, can the Hou Ye know?" ”

Song Nan said: "Yes, I don't know about this, it was a mess when the incident happened, and I didn't have time to identify who was who." ”

An Weixue frowned and said: "Lord Hou, what the lower official means is that two guards of the palace have died, I'm afraid this matter is troublesome, and the prince will be furious, if the prince is angry, how should we respond?" ”

Song Nan stared at An Weixue and sneered a few times, and shouted: "Governor An, it turns out that you are not worried about the safety of this official, the death of the prince's guard is a big deal, the assassination of this official was injured, and the death of fourteen Jinyi Wei brothers under my command is an understatement?" You are afraid that the prince will be angry, who can calm the anger of the official? ”

An Weixue hurriedly said: "Master Hou, I didn't mean that, I mean ......"

Song Nan said angrily: "Hugh has to say it again, such a vicious incident happened in your Ningxia Town, you have to give me a satisfactory explanation, my brother Jinyiwei can't die in vain, if this matter can't give me a satisfactory result, don't blame me Song Nan for not being emotional." Is this still the town of Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty? Where tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are stationed, such things happen on the street, which is the incompetence of the chief officer. ”

An Weixue's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly said: "Hou Ye is angry, what this official means is that Ye Baoren Ye Baoyi is the favorite general under the prince, and the scars on their bodies are killed under firearms, and this official knows that this kind of firearms is only available to you Jinyi Guard's personal guard battalion, this matter must be explained clearly, right?" ”

Song Nan shouted: "You mean that my people killed the prince's people?" If I want to say that, I would like to ask you, why did the royal guards appear at the scene of the assassination of me? Could it be that this matter has something to do with the palace? If this is the case, even the king of Anhua may not be able to bear the responsibility of assassinating and assassinating the officials of the imperial court. ”

An Weixue waved his hand again and again and said: "Hou Ye misunderstood, how could Xia Guan mean this, how could the prince be involved in this matter, Hou Ye was at the scene, so Xia Guan came to ask what the reason was." ”

Song Nan said: "How do I know that they will die here, the firearms are not long-sighted, and I don't know if they shot them indiscriminately, and besides, my Jinyi Wei brothers were attacked and killed and injured more than ten people first, and the firecrackers equipped with their bodies disappeared without a trace, maybe the assassin thief snatched the firecrackers and shot two guards." ”

"Yes, it makes sense as soon as you say this, the lower officials guessed that it must have been two palace guards who came to the lantern market to watch the lanterns, and they must have wanted to assist in the arrest of the assassins at the time of the incident, but unexpectedly they took the firearms of your subordinates for the assassins and shot them, so the explanation of the matter is clear, what does the Hou Ye think?"

Song Nan said coldly: "It's your business to make up the story, this official is in a very bad mood now, you governor yamen wants to investigate this matter, and my Jinyiwei will not stand idly by, and I don't have time to stand here and talk nonsense, so I leave." ”

An Weixue arched his hand embarrassedly and said: "Hou Ye was frightened, he should have gone back to settle down and send Hou Ye off." Once there is progress in the matter, the lower officials will immediately go to see the Hou Ye to return. ”

Song Nan snorted, waved his hand and walked quickly.

An Weixue twisted his beard and squinted at Song Nan's back, and muttered: "Now you know that Ningxia Town is not a place for you to go wild, if I were you, I would take someone to leave Ningxia Town early tomorrow morning, and I would never be here again." ”

The horse's hooves beside him were obtained, Jiang Han came with more than a dozen guards, and when he saw An Weixue standing and pondering, he asked loudly, "What about Lord Song?" ”

An Weixue turned his head and glanced at Jiang Han, and said indifferently: "Let's go." It's time to look back at the Snow Tower. ”

Jiang Han said angrily: "How can you let him go? There are hundreds of dead and wounded tonight, and you have to ask Lord Song to explain the reason. ”

An Weixue sneered: "Why don't you go to Guanxue Tower yourself to ask Lord Song's confession?" You still look compassionate and compassionate, look at what has become of our Ningxia Town under the command of your Jiang Zongbing? Don't worry, if you don't go to Song Nan this time, Song Nan will probably find you trouble. ”

Jiang Han said angrily: "What does this matter to me? Who knows what enemies he has infiltrated Ningxia Town? As soon as he came, our Ningxia Town was in a mess, what do you have to do with me Jiang Han? ”

An Weixue didn't want to say much to him, so he waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to carry the bodies of the two palace guards and leave. Jiang Han shouted, "Where are you going?" Isn't the site surveyed? Don't you look for witnesses to ask for confessions? ”

An Weixue turned over and said, "This official has to wipe your buttocks, do you know who the two dead bodies on the stretcher are?" Do you know Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi under King Anhua? They also died in this fight, you wait, not only Song Nan, but the prince will probably have to talk to you. ”

Jiang Han was stunned, sitting on horseback and watching An Weixue go away with people, he really couldn't figure it out in his heart, obviously saying that the assassin assassinated Song Nan and Li Zeng, the eunuch of the town army, and others, how did the guards of the palace come out again, it was really a mess.

……

Zhu Ningyao, the king of Anhua, was drinking with his subordinates in the Cunxin Palace, they were waiting for the news of Song Nan's attack and death, but what they never expected was that what they were waiting for was the two bloody corpses of Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi, and Zhu Ningyao, who was already drunk, couldn't suppress the churning in his chest the moment he saw the corpse, and spit out a lot of dirt with a wow.

"Song Nan, Song Nan, if this king doesn't break your body into ten thousand pieces, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart." Zhu Ningxiao drew his sword and slashed a valuable table with a bang, and the people standing next to him were silent, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

"The prince is angry, it's not good to be angry, it's not good to be angry, and big things are important; Although Song Nan escaped by chance, he was in my Ningxia Town, and he was the meat on the prince's case; It's nice to be able to kill him tonight, but wouldn't it be more relieving for him to kill him alive in public today? Sun Jingwen stepped forward cautiously.

Zhu Ningxiao sat down dejectedly, gasped for a while, calmed down a little with anger in his heart, and nodded: "What Jingwen said is that this king is a little out of shape; This matter is the fault of this king, and it is better to know that this is better than to be in the palace. slaughtered Song Nan for a hundred, and now he actually let him get out. Ye Baoren Ye Baoyi was incompetent, lived up to the expectations of this king, and boasted of martial arts on weekdays, but died at the hands of Song Nan, and he deserved to die. ”

Everyone looked at each other and thought: Everyone is dead, and it is inevitable that they will be scolded by the prince.

Sun Jingwen said: "The prince doesn't have to blame himself, the prince is just thinking about big things, Song Nan's companions who escaped in place of Li Laoba know that Song Nan has fallen into the palace, of course we don't want to take this risk to kill Song Nan Because in that case, we will have to be forced to act in advance, which will be quite damaging to the big thing." Song Nan is indeed not an easy person, and it is also surprising that Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi's ability did not kill him. But his subordinates thought that this matter was not necessarily a bad thing, and with Song Nan's shrewdness, he would definitely find out that the person who assassinated him last night was Li Zeng's person; Liu Jin asked Li Zeng to end up with Song Nan here, how could this Song Nan give up? Let them make trouble, the prince only needs to actively prepare for major events. When they are ready, these people are all ghosts under the sword of the prince. ”

Zhu Ningyan thought for a while and said, "What did An Weixue say when he sent the corpse here?" ”

Sun Jingwen said: "This guy is very cunning, the prince can't believe him too much, when he sent the corpse, he said that Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi saw the chaos in the long street and rose up to arrest the assassin, but they were killed by the assassin who seized the firearm of Jinyiwei; He said that the matter would be announced tomorrow, and the governor Yamen would come forward to give him a generous compassionate commendation, praising Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi for their righteous and courageous actions. ”

Zhu Ningxiao nodded slightly: "This can be said in the past, but Song Nan must be very clear in his heart, the situation at that time is probably only known to him, he must understand that the king wants to take his life, but it doesn't matter, he has no evidence and can't help me, he has to do something before he returns to Beijing, and he can't let him get out and talk nonsense after returning to Beijing." ”

"Lord Mingjian. But Song Nan is afraid that this person will not leave Ningxia Town lightly, and his subordinates always feel that this person is not good, and seems to be suspicious of something, otherwise how could he be stupid enough to break into the palace. ”

Zhu Ningxiao sneered: "The slut must have learned about this matter, they didn't come back, or ran away with Song Nan, this king hopes that she will run away with Song Nan, so that after finding out, this king can justifiably slaughter Song Nan, and this king will give him a charge of abducting the county lord, and it will be easy to kill him." ”

Sun Jingwen said in a low voice: "It's a pity that the county lord has already returned to the house. ”，

Zhu Ningyan was extremely disappointed, and suddenly got up and said: "This slut who eats inside and crawls outside dares to come back, how can this king spare her, this king will go to let her understand one thing, this Qingwang Mansion is no longer her Qingwang Mansion, but this king's." She is against this king, because she doesn't want to have a peaceful birthday. Jingwen, this king knows that you are very interested in her, rest assured, this king will not kill her, this king just wants to give her a heavy punishment, you are loyal to me to achieve great things, in the future I will give her to you as a concubine, and I will fulfill your wish. ”

Sun Jingwen's eyes lit up, and he knelt down and kowtowed like pounding garlic.