Chapter 326: A Midnight Visitor

Chapter 326 (Xie Pengyue's brother's monthly pass.) )

Song Nan sighed: "Lord Yang is really a model for people like us who are officials, and I am extremely admired by the public and forgetting selfishness and forgetting the country and home. ”

Mrs. Yang said with a smile: "My lord is this temper, he has been an official for so many years, and our mother and son are also used to it, and we will never hold him back in official business." This time I was going to go to the northwest with him, but he said that it was dangerous to go to the northwest this time, and he wanted us to stay in the capital. ”

Mrs. Yang got up and saluted again, Song Nan hurriedly waved her hand and said: "Mrs. Yang, don't be like this, Song Nan is embarrassed, I haven't come to visit you in person for more than a month, Lord Yang has no letters since he left Beijing, and there must be no money to bring back to Beijing, Mrs. Yang and Miss Yang's livelihood seems to be a little difficult, this is my fault." ”

Mrs. Yang hurriedly said: "No, no, we will continue to live." ”

Song Nan said: "Don't hide it from me, if you can live on, why do you have to go out to do some soup dumplings to make a living?" Originally, I only planned to visit Mrs. and Miss today, and by the way, I also sent some silver taels to help, but looking at the residence and current situation of Mrs. and Miss, I decided to ask Mrs. and Miss to move, there are still several empty houses in my house, if you don't dislike it, you can go to my house to live, and you can take care of it nearby. ”

Mrs. Yang hurriedly waved her hand and said, "If it doesn't work, how can it be like this?" ”

Song Nan said: "Madame is afraid of other people's gossip?" ”

Mrs. Yang said: "No, how can the slave family worry about this, the slave family just can't trouble Lord Song, if the master knows, he will not be able to agree." ”

Song Nan shook his head and said: "Lord Yang entrusted Mrs. and Miss to me to take care of before leaving, how can I live up to his trust, besides, it is really inappropriate for you to live here, Mrs. Yang should think about it for Miss Yang if she doesn't think about herself." Showing up in the alleys, there are many ruffians on the streets, if none of my brothers can take care of it, it will be a big mistake, and Madame will think twice. ”

Mrs. Yang frowned and was silent, it was naturally a little inappropriate to move into the Song Mansion, but what Song Nan said was also what she was worried about, the last time she was selling soup dumplings at the corner of the street, a few ruffians came to make trouble, if it wasn't for the arrival of Jinyiwei, her daughter would be humiliated; This matter is a piece of heart.

Mrs. Yang still hesitated, and Song Nan arched her hand and said to Yang Qian'er: "Miss Yang, persuade Lingtang, move to my house to live, there are many houses in the backyard of my house, and there are a few sisters at home, you can also talk; I work in the Yamen, and there is no inconvenience in going out early and returning late, and no one will come to disturb me in my house, and I can cope with Ling Zun's trust. ”

Yang Qian'er wrung the corners of her clothes and was silent, and Mrs. Yang said: "Lord Song's kindness, we are not ignorant of lifting, but it is not appropriate to bother like this." ”

Song Nan thought for a while and said: "That's it, the eighteenth day of the lunar month is the period when I marry the little lord of the British government, if Mrs. Yang can stay in my mansion, she can help me Zhang Luo, my mother is weak and afraid that she can't handle it, Mrs. Yang is a shrewd and capable person, how about doing me a favor?" ”

Mrs. Yang didn't know that Song Nan was looking for a reason to live in the Song Mansion without any worries, and when it came to this, if she didn't accept Song Nan's kindness, she didn't know how to lift up, so she nodded and said, "That's the case, the slave family will thank you." ”

Song Nan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It should be my Mrs. Xie, and I have to ask Mrs. Yang to help handle major matters, and I will also write to Lord Yang to inform me of this matter, please rest assured." ”

Mrs. Yang bowed to express her gratitude, Yang Kouer was also happy, she followed her parents around as an official since she was a child, most of the time she grew up in the northwest, and after returning to Beijing, she lived in seclusion with her father in the deserted grave forest of the white paper workshop, with few contacts, and the whole person was as simple and natural as the flowers and plants in the field. But the girl is eager to make friends with people, and she still has the desire to have more people, and when she heard that there are many sisters in the Song Mansion, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, and she actually asked Song Nan about what interesting things were in the Song Mansion without any scheming.

Although Mrs. Yang agreed to Song Nan, she was secretly worried in her heart, she was not worried that Song Nan would have any evil thoughts, people made it clear that they were going to get married on the eighteenth day of the lunar month to reassure themselves, but Mrs. Yang was worried about Yang Ko'er.

A girl who has not been out of the cabinet, mixed in the Song Mansion, will have some tongue, which will have an impact on Kou'er's reputation. But now there is no choice, the New Year is approaching, the market is not peaceful, living outside is not very good for his mother and daughter, worry is worried, and can only be temporary, tell her a little in private, tell her some taboos.

Song Nan instructed Huang Hui to bring someone to move for Mrs. Yang Zhang Luo, because he would only go home tomorrow to live, so he set the moving day for tomorrow, and ordered someone to go home and order in advance to clear out the idle courtyard to prepare.

It was already evening when he returned to the yamen, Song Nan was determined not to go back tonight, the husband was not sluggish, and it would be difficult for the house to be stable in the future, since he could not be ruthlessly beaten and scolded as Sun Xuan said, it was still necessary to give some color to the cold war day. Although before dark, Mother Song sent someone to ask, Ye Fanggu also asked Li Xiaomei, who was good friends with her, to send food, and Dai Su'er also sent Wan'er to deliver snacks, Song Nan was unmoved and sent home.

After dark, Wang Yong asked people to set up a charcoal fire in Song Nan's spacious public house, put a pot of donkey meat on the charcoal fire and stewed it, and the two of them ate and drank in the public house with a gourd of spirits, and the guards spread a roll on the table in the public house next door, which was Song Nan's bed tonight.

The two ate and drank for a while, the new Beizhen Fusi envoy Hou Dabiao and deputy envoy Zheng Da also heard the news and rushed over, Song Nan beckoned them to sit down, these two people were also prepared, they had already heard the gossip that the commander had been kicked out of the house, these two guys still didn't believe it, and ordered someone to prick up their ears to inquire, and sure enough, Song Nan lived in a public house, and the two of them came together with wine and food to get together.

Except for Li Daniu, who went to Huizhou on a business trip, and Wan Zhi, the commander of the Han general on duty in the palace, who did not arrive, several of them here are Song Nan's desperate lackeys, Hou Dabiao and Zheng Da's attitude towards Song Nan can be described as 'treating them as if they were parents again', if it weren't for Song Nan, they would probably still be nesting in Zhengnanfang in front of the hundred households and the chief flag officer who don't know what year and month they can be promoted. Song Nan fell from the sky like the savior of their fate, and after hugging his thigh, he soared all the way like a rocket, and they never dreamed that they could have today's scenery.

There have been a lot fewer opportunities to drink together like this recently, they are all independent characters, and they can't easily get together on weekdays, everyone is happy to drink, and they have also drunk a lot, and at the second watch, Song Nan's tongue is also big, and everyone is also drunk and got up to say goodbye, so that Song Nan can rest early.

Song Nan staggered to the bedroom next door and fell asleep, and when he was sleeping sweetly, he heard Wang Yong shouting outside the door: "My lord, my lord, have you fallen asleep?" ”

Song Nan got up in a hurry, but fortunately, he didn't take off his clothes except shoes and socks, and lit the lamp and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Yong said in a low voice: "Someone asks to see? ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Who will come to see the third watch in the middle of the night?" It's not dawn yet. ”

Wang Yong said: "It was Wan Zhi who came out of the palace, and he went to the adult's mansion to pounce on the air, and then he rushed to the yamen." ”

Song Nan was taken aback, Wan Zhi was the commander of the Han general, and he was basically on duty in the palace at night, and it was common to see Song Nan during the day, and there must be something strange when he came in the middle of the night, so he shouted: "Let him come in and talk." ”

Only then did Wang Yong dare to push open the door without latching, and a cold air rushed in from the door, and the cold Song Nan shivered, only to see Wan Zhi in full armor, and came in behind Wang Yong, and there was a person in black clothes behind him, with a cloak on his head, and his face was so black that he couldn't see clearly.

"In the middle of the night, the third watch disturbed the commander to make the adults rest, and he confessed his duties." Wan Zhi bowed his head and said.

Song Nan waved his hand, stared at the person behind him and asked, "Who is this?" ”

The hooded man slowly took off the black cloak on his head, and his true face was slowly revealed under the light, Song Nan was startled and exclaimed, "Father-in-law Zhang?!" ”

The person who came was the eunuch Zhang Yong, the head of the imperial prison, Song Nan had not seen him in the palace and the emperor for a long time, since the impeachment of the Eight Tigers in the outer court, the relationship between Song Nan and Liu Jin has deteriorated, and the relationship between Song Nan and other eunuchs in the inner court has become increasingly estranged.

"Lord Song, it is our family, fortunately, Lord Song still remembers our family." Zhang Yong's face was much haggard, almost a different person than the little Yongzi who was still by the prince's side before, his cheeks were sunken, his skin and flesh were loose, and he was a lot older.

Song Nan had a round in his mind, and there must be something not simple happening in his heart, otherwise how could Zhang Yong follow Wan Zhi to see him in his yamen in the middle of the night.

"Father-in-law Zhang, please sit down, Wang Yong, get some tea to warm up Father-in-law Zhang." Song Nan commanded.