In the face of the surging Shenshu battalion soldiers and horses, the remnants of He Jin had no power to resist, and in just half an hour, the encounter ended with the rebels disarming and surrendering, and several generals and hundreds of rebels who resisted were all killed.

The Shenshu camp entered Ningxia Town, and Song Nan, Jiang Bin, Xu Tai and others met and were all overjoyed. At the beginning of the watch, Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong led the follow-up troops to arrive, and the people of Ningxia Town spontaneously set off fireworks and firecrackers to celebrate the end of the nightmare.

That night, Song Nan set up a banquet in the palace to Yang Yiqing, Zhang Yongjiangbin, Xu Tai and others to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and talked about all the thrills in Ningxia Town, everyone was dumbfounded and sighed, Song Nan is famous for his adventurous liking, this time he was in danger several times in Ningxia Town, and almost lost his life several times, and these things are probably only what he can do.

Song Nan and Qiu Yue came to the bottom of the city to draw salaries, and this rebellion is not known when it will be quelled, but in fact, everyone understands that Song Nan's trip to Ningxia Town actually prompted Zhu Ningxia to act earlier, if Song Nan had not been staring at Zhu Ningyao, Zhu Ningjiao would not have made a hasty move before he was fully prepared, and he would not have been exterminated lightly.

Thinking about this, everyone has some awe of Song Nan in addition to admiration, Song Nan's behavior is actually very extreme, just like Song Nan said, since it is a poisonous sore, sooner or later it will come out, leave it to fester, pus and then slowly heal, it is better to use a knife to directly cut off the poisonous sores, the so-called long pain is not as good as short pain.

Think about it, Song Nan is in Ningxia Town, surrounded by strong enemies, and his life and safety are threatened, but he can make such a bold decision, if it is not for his wisdom and bravery, he can only be described as crazy.

"Lord Song is wise and brave, General Qiu is loyal and fearless, if there are no two adults in the city, we are afraid that we are still looking at the river on the south bank of the West Cliff and sighing, come on, old man tiyì, let's salute Lord Song and General Qiu together." Yang Yiqing raised his glass and raised his glass.

Everyone got up and toasted, Song Nan and Qiu Yue drank it all with smiles on their faces, Qiu Yue's happy face lit up, but he didn't forget to say a few kind words: "It's all Song Houye's well-planned, Xia Guan is just acting on the orders of Hou Ye, and all the credit belongs to Hou Ye." ”

Jiang Bin said with a haha: "You're welcome, how can Lord Song rob you of your credit, saying that Zhu Ningxiao made you a general, didn't you lose your position as a general?" This time, the imperial court may not be able to give you a general. ”

Everyone laughed, and Qiu Yue blushed and said, "Who is a great general who is rare old thieves, have you ever seen a general with only five hundred people under his command?" ”

Everyone laughed again, and Song Nan said with a smile: "General Qiu, the general can't be sealed, but after Lord Yang and I return to Beijing, we will work together to promote you to the post of Ningxia General Army, I only hope that you will guard the border of this important town and serve the court loyally." ”

Qiu Yue was overjoyed, got up from his seat and knelt down to kowtow, Song Nan was busy asking Jiang Bin to pull him up, Qiu Yue was excited, Song Nan spoke, this thing will be done nine times out of ten, he finally made a right choice in this half of his life, although at the beginning of Song Nan's meeting with his small inn, he decided to let himself pretend to join Zhu Ningjiao to accelerate Zhu Ningyao's rebellion, he had hesitated and was afraid, but now it seems that this qiē is worth it, and the rewards will be extremely rich.

"Speaking of credit, there is actually another person who has more credit than us, she should have been invited to the table tonight, but due to the inconvenience of her identity." Song Nan smiled.

Yang Yiqing nodded and said, "The old man knows who it is, is it the Ping'an County Lord of Qingwang Mansion?" ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "Yes, in a sense, she saved my life; Although I was identified by Zhu Ningxiao in the palace, before that, if it wasn't for her, I would have been found out by the palace guards; As long as he looks at his face, Zhu Ningxiao has no scruples. Zhu Ningxiao borrowed a knife to kill people unsuccessfully, and it was she and the maidservant beside him who helped me kill Ye Baoren and Ye Baoyi, two guards, otherwise I might not have survived on the night of Shangyuan. ”

Everyone thought back to the situation that night, and they all sweated, Zhu Ningxiao was a little indecisive, if he didn't have to borrow a knife to kill someone, Lord Song would have worried about his life in the palace, if Lord Song was killed, then I don't know what the situation was now.

"Lord Song, there is a sentence I must remind the lord, this time against the king of the rebellion, I am afraid that the Qing Mansion will not be able to get rid of it, although this Ping'an county lord has helped the adult, but after returning to Beijing, I hope that the lord will not excuse the Qing Wangfu in the court, so as not to be called by the villain, causing some unnecessary trouble." Zhang Yong said slowly.

Song Nan was stunned for a moment and asked, "What did Zhu Ningxiao's rebellion do to Qingwangfu?" Could it be that the Qingwang Mansion will also be implicated? ”

Zhang Yong nodded and said: "Of course they will be implicated, King Qingjing and his family are probably implicated, and this kind of thing must not excuse them." Otherwise, he will be burned. ”

Song Nan said anxiously: "Is it reasonable? ”

Yang Yiqing said: "What Gonggong Zhang said is that there are many internal affairs of the royal family, and it is difficult to predict what the emperor thinks in his heart; Besides, Lord Song, don't forget, Zhu Ningxiao applied for an increase in the number of guards in the name of Qingwangfu, and he also launched a rebellion in Ningxia Town, and many things before this were also under the banner of Qingwangfu, how did everyone in Qingwangfu escape? ”

Song Nan picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it dry, didn't speak, frowned and thought about countermeasures, he understood what Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing meant, the royal vassal king was in turmoil, Zhengde would definitely kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, and punish all the Qingwang and his lineage; When it comes to coveting the orthodox throne, anyone who says good things to them may suffer unpredictable results, these Song Nan are very clear, but how can Song Nan watch the county lord of Ping'an being implicated?

"Lord Song, don't be anxious first, the excerpt of the music can mention that the county lord of Qingwangfu is well aware of the righteousness to assist in quelling the rebellion, I don't think the emperor will give any heavy punishment, maybe things won't be so bad, just act when you return to Beijing. If you really don't succeed, you can do your best, but adults must not get burned because of this. "Zhang Yongdao.

Song Nan slowly shook his head and said: "You know what I am as a person, if you have kindness, you will repay it, and if you have revenge, I will not sit idly by, if I can't do this, how can I be convincing in the future?" ”

Everyone was silent, Qiu Yue, Zhang Yong and others, who didn't know much about Song Nan, didn't understand why Song Nan was so persistent in taking risks for a down-and-out county lord, and couldn't help but think in their hearts, could it be that there was any special relationship between Song Nan and the county lord?

It is said that although the county lord of Ping'an is outstanding, and now he is also single, but after all, he is a widow who has been married, with the identity of Lord Song, there are many stunning women in the world, and taking concubines to fill the house is a matter of one sentence, why take the risk of provoking this county lord? Isn't this asking for trouble for yourself?

But Jiang Bin, Hou Dabiao, Wang Yong and others, who know Song Nan very well, know that Lord Song is a person who values promise and righteousness, and since the lord of Ping'an is kind to Lord Song, Lord Song will not abandon him; If it weren't for Lord Song being such a person, how could his own group of people be dead set on him and be willing to follow him to life and death.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, Song Nan raised his glass and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, drink, let's celebrate today's banquet, and we'll talk about other things later, there is wine today, I'm drunk today, I'm worried tomorrow, I'm worried about tomorrow, this wine is a good wine, the Cordyceps wine treasured by the palace, there are only three jars left, all of which I moved here." ”

Everyone packed up their thoughts, drank happily, and drank until the second watch, and then the excitement dispersed.

Although Song Nan drank a lot, he didn't fall asleep after the banquet dispersed, and there was a serious thing in his heart, which he couldn't explain because of the many people at the banquet; After the banquet dispersed, Song Nan left Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong, and asked them to follow him to the warm pavilion of the Cunxin Palace.

After sitting down, Song Nan arched his hand and said to the two: "Two adults, there is one thing I have to say to the two of you, but this matter is serious, and I deliberately left the two to discuss how to deal with it." ”

Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong saw Song Nan's solemnity, and they both cheered up, but when they saw Song Nan reach out and take out a brocade box from the table, open it in front of the two of them, and saw a stack of papers inside; Song Nan took out these papers and put them in front of the two of them and said: "This is what I found in the dark room of Zhu Ningyao's study, these papers are all letters of allegiance written by officials who are willing to follow the rebel king, and they are all pressed with their own handprints; After returning to Beijing, there was a trial and conviction by a division, and this is all ironclad evidence. ”

Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong each looked at these allegiance letters, and Yang Yiqing said: "With these, the officials who did not show up this time cannot be denied, is there anything strange in them?" ”

Song Nan said: "If you look carefully, a few of them are not officials from Ningxia Town, but officials in the imperial court, although the official position is not big, but it makes me very uneasy. ”

Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong carefully checked one by one, and Zhang Yong suddenly shouted: "Isn't this Lu Jianqian the head of the Armament Department of the Ministry of War?" and this Ma Chengye, if I remember correctly, he should be the chief treasurer of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies; Oops, why is he there? ”

Yang Yiqing looked at it and was also startled: "Zhang Cai, the left waiter of the ministry!" How can this guy have anything to do with the rebel king? ”

Zhang Yong frowned and said: "If I remember correctly, the university scholar Jiao Fang is a scholar in the Ministry of Officials, and Zhang Cai was recommended by Gonggong Liu to join the Ministry of Officials, how did he get together with Zhu Ningyao?" It's unlikely, isn't it? ”

Zhang Yong stopped in shock, looked at Song Nan and Yang Yiqing with wide eyes, shook his head and said, "No, never." ”

Song Nan was silent, reached out at the bottom of the brocade box, and took out a thin wooden board, a thin account book appeared in front of everyone under the wooden board, Song Nan took out the account book and threw it in front of Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong and said, "The two of you will take a look at this account book again." ”

Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yongtou met together and carefully looked at the account book one by one, under the light of the candle, the expressions on the faces of the two changed drastically, and beads of sweat slowly seeped out.

"Do you understand? I wondered where the hundreds of thousands of stone of grain and the large quantities of armor, bows, swords, and some firearms hoarded in the palace came from, but as soon as this account book appeared, I understood everything. It turned out that four or five years ago, someone in the treasury of the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army of the Military Department of the Ministry of War secretly sold the imperial court's military supplies to Zhu Ningyao, which means that they had long been Zhu Ningyao's pawns. Judging from the accounts of these money and silver exchanges, Zhu Ningxiao attracted many officials and used money and silver to pave the way for them to find good positions. Zhang Cai accepted 10,000 taels of silver from Zhu Ningyao, although he did not indicate what he had done, but it was certain that he promoted the official for Zhu Ningyao. ”

Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing were speechless, speechless in surprise.

"And the most important record, I don't know if you two have seen it." Song Nan reached out and took the account book to quickly flip over the last dozen pages, pointed to a record and said, "Look." ”

Yang Yiqing read slowly: "Zhengde entered Beijing in August of the second year, and 20,000 yuan of silver was released, and it was done. ”

Zhang Yongdao: "It doesn't say where the flowers are?" ”

Song Nan sneered: "He didn't say it, but I know it clearly, because I met Zhu Ningxiao and his party in Xiangshan in August last year, and I know who he went to see and what he did." ”

Yang Yiqing said slowly: "Liu Jin." ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "It's him, it was at that time that he gave Liu Jin 20,000 taels of silver to increase the number of troops for the Qing Palace, isn't this account right?" ”

There was silence in the room, and the sound of a heartbeat seemed audible.