In fact, tonight's Yiqiē was a decision made by Song Nan and Yang Yiqing after a secret discussion before the meal, but Zhang Yongzhong needed to work together, so he pulled Zhang Yong to negotiate secretly after the banquet; As for why Zhang Yongzhong should work together, the reason is very simple.

It is inappropriate for Song Nan to personally impeach Liu Jin, just as Song Nan told Zhang Yong, Zhengde once warned the two not to attack each other in front of Song Nan and Liu Jin, the contradiction between Song Nan and Liu Jin has been going on for a long time, and Zhengde is not a deaf and fool, how can he not know? Standing in Zhengde's position, it is really difficult to distinguish which is more important in Song Nan and Liu Jin in his mind, if these two people get into trouble, it is difficult for Zhengde to favor anyone in his attitude.

Zhengde has always looked at the problem simply, he just thinks that Song Nan and Liu Jin are conflicts caused by competing for favor, and it is not a big deal.

If there is a fight between the two, it is obvious that Liu Jin wants to have the absolute upper hand, if it is not for the prohibition of Zhengde, the officials of the outer court under Liu Jin's manipulation may not stop stepping down Song Nan every day; But because Zhengde strictly forbade the two to attack each other, although there was a slight friction between the two in the court, they were generally calm and peaceful.

However, how did Zhengde know that secretly these two people had been thorns in each other's eyes, Song Nan's continuous rise had made Liu Jin very panicked, and when all calculations could not succeed, Liu Jin finally ordered Song Nan to attack in Ningxia Town, and wanted to take his life with a hundred dollars. And Song Nan is certainly not a fuel-efficient lamp, he is also looking for Liu Jin's flaws all the time, and carries out various counter-attack methods.

Before Li Zeng assassinated him, the fight between the two had not involved extreme means such as assassination, and Song Nan did not make up his mind to bring down Liu Jin so quickly. But after that, Song Nan no longer stayed, Liu Jin wanted his own life, and with such a blatant assassination, Song Nan would not bypass him if he said anything.

Originally, Song Nan planned to find an opportunity in Ningxia Town to take Li Zeng's coercion to ask for some confessions, but Li Zeng, Zhou Dong and others were killed by King Anhua, but they extinguished Liu Jin's mouth, Song Nan was willing to take a break, from the moment he caught Zhu Ningyao, Song Nan was already planning to link Zhu Ningyao's rebellion with Liu Jin, as long as this matter can make Zhengde believe, Liu Jin is a dead man.

Of course, this matter is not easy, although Liu Jin hated the dynasty, but no one had to admit that Liu Jin was loyal to Zhengde, Song Nan had witnessed being trapped on the beacon tower in Xinping Fort, Liu Jin himself saved water to let Zhengde drink, and when the Tartar shot arrows, he did not hesitate to use his body to cover Zhengde. Zhengde must also know in his heart that Liu Jin is absolutely loyal. If Song Nan and Liu Jin are weighed at both ends of the scale, leaving aside the factors of credit, and talking about personal feelings alone, Zhengde is closer to Liu Jin.

It is precisely because of this insight that Song Nan must pull Zhang Yong to become a part of his plan, the emperor's trust in the inner court is obviously greater than that of the outer court, and the people outside are not as good as the eunuchs close to the inner court to say a hundred words, Zhang Yong is the old man next to Zhengde, and there was a period of time when Liu Jin was excluded from Zhengde's attendants, and he may not be as close as Liu Jin in Zhengde's mind, but Zhengde often mentions him; After following Song Nan to quell the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, Zhengde immediately promoted him to the position of the head of the Imperial Horse Prison, without even consulting Liu Jin.

Obviously, Liu Jin's recent actions have made Zhengde very dissatisfied, first Gu Dayong's matter, and then he asked for Zhu Ningxiao to increase the number of troops in Qingwangfu, and then Zhu Ningxiao began to rebel, these two things hit Liu Jin very hard; Under the advantages of the other, Zhang Yong's status in Zhengde's mind must have improved, and this counterinsurgency sent him to supervise the army is proof of this, so Song Nan chose to let Zhang Yong blow the wind to Zhengde.

It is foreseeable that after Zhu Ningxiao's rebellion, Liu Jin must have used some method to exonerate himself and win Zhengde's forgiveness, otherwise I am afraid that the news of Zhu Ningxiao's incident will reach the capital, and Liu Jin should have been arrested a long time ago, in fact, Liu Jin is still staying in the inner court safely, and Zhengde has no intention of punishing Liu Jin, obviously because Zhengde does not believe in Liu Jin from the bottom of his heart that Liu Jin will collude with Zhu Ningxiao to rebel.

Let Zhang Yong stay in Anhua Wang to return to Beijing, and personally dedicate Zhu Ningxiao to Zhengde, this is an ingenious arrangement of Song Nan, giving people the feeling that Zhang Yong took Zhu Ningxiao in this counterinsurgency and made the first contribution, and at the moment of offering Zhu Ningyao, Zhengde's trust in Zhang Yong will definitely reach a peak; At that time, if Zhang Yong could say something, it would undoubtedly be extremely effective.

Of course, these are not enough, so Song Nan arranged follow-up means, Zhengde is an emotional person, so he has to use this to make a fuss, and he must solve Liu Jin's matter quickly, once Zhengde calms down, it will be difficult to do.

Of course, Song Nan will not bother his neck and blindly ignore Liu Jin in order to bring down Liu Jin, the emperor's first reaction determines the follow-up action of this matter, if the emperor does not react at the beginning, Song Nan will immediately stop the matter and let everyone retreat, Zhang Yong only used rumors and rumors to prevaricate the past, as long as Liu Jin does not know about it, there will be no sequelae.

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Early the next morning, Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong first escorted Zhu Ningxiao and other important prisoners back to Beijing, while the Shenshu Battalion and the rebel army stayed in Ningxia Town for three days, and successively pacified some of the rebels near Pingyu City and Shizui Cottage Fort, and stabilized the situation in an all-round way.

During this period, Qiu Yue also completed the matter of collecting the remnants, and after such a toss, only two guards and horses were left in Ningxia Sanwei, for the safety of this important town, Song Nan asked Peng Yue to lead the original guards and horses to be stationed here temporarily to help stabilize the situation in Ningxia Town; Because there seemed to be Tartar soldiers in the north of the Helan Pass and outside the Great Wall Pass in the east, these were all places that had to be guarded against.

On February 12, when Yiqiē quieted down, soldiers and horses from all over the country returned to the garrison one after another, and Song Nan also led the Shenshu battalion to prepare to leave Ningxia Town and return to Beijing. In the evening of the day before leaving, the county lord of Ping'an sent someone to invite Song Nan to the west building for a banquet, and Song Nan also wanted to say goodbye to the county lord of Ping'an, so after sunset, he walked slowly from the heart hall to the west building alone.

It was a sunny day, and as the day turned into February, the temperature of the day also rose, and the snow on the side of the road almost melted, and both sides of the road were wet, with traces of melting snow and ice, revealing the grass stems and soil below. The palace has also been cleaned up in the past few days, and many houses and trees were destroyed during the attack on the palace that day, and now these messes have been cleaned up, and all of them have returned to peace.

In front of the round gate of the West Building, two maidservants were standing there, and when they saw Song Nan coming, they hurriedly greeted and gave a salute, Song Nan knew one of them, it was the pretty maid Qingluan beside the lord of Ping'an.

Under the guidance of Qingluan, Song Nan stepped into the West Building, and the maids and mothers-in-law in the hall all bowed their heads and saluted on the side, Song Nan looked at it deliberately, none of these people were old faces, and understood that the maids and mother-in-law in the West Building had probably been replaced.

Coming to the boudoir of the county lord of Ping'an on the third floor, Song Nan was dressed outside the door, coughed, and heard the sound of yo pu's clothes inside, and after a while, the curtain was opened, revealing the beautiful face of the lord of Ping'an.

Song Nan bowed and said, "Hello county lord, you are polite." ”

The county lord of Ping'an pursed his lips and smiled, Fu Fu stretched out his hand and said, "Lord Song can come to the banquet in his busy schedule, and the slave family is grateful." ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "It's my honor to be able to go to the county lord's hall." ”

The county lord of Ping'an said: "Let's not be polite, let's come into the house." ”

Song Nan raised his feet and entered the house, and felt a warm fragrance coming to his face, the charcoal in the house was vigorous, the cigarette in the mouth of the copper crane was curling, there were cups and saucers of wine and food on the table, and the room illuminated by bright red candles was full of joy.

"Sit down and have a hot cup of tea." The county lord of Ping'an pointed to the steaming teacup.

Song Nan looked carefully at the teacup this time before holding it, lest he drank the county lord's tea like the last two times, and saw the county lord of Ping'an standing still, just about to speak, when he suddenly saw the county lord Ju Yingying bowed down and said: "Thank you Lord Song for saving my Qingwang Mansion, uncle, he did his own evil and almost destroyed my Qingwang Mansion, if it weren't for you, the consequences would be unimaginable, please accept Fengtong's worship." ”

Song Nan hurriedly got up and said, "Don't be like this, isn't this killing me?" You save me first, I should thank you, thank you for the county lord's deep understanding of righteousness, Song Nan almost died here, fortunately the county lord helped, please accept my worship. ”

The county lord of Ping'an had already gotten up, and when he saw Song Nan bowing down, he was busy and half-squatting and bowing his head to return the salute, the two of you and I didn't finish bowing, Song Nan couldn't help but smile and said: "What are we doing here, it's like worshipping heaven and earth......

The county lord of Ping'an Tengdi's face was crimson, his head was silent, and Song Nan hurriedly said, "Damn...... I said the wrong thing, I mean ......"

The county lord of Ping'an said in a low voice: "No need to explain, I understand, come, sit down and drink at the bar." ”

The two sat down again, because they were a little embarrassed, Song Nan didn't dare to talk more, and the atmosphere was a little cold for a while, but seeing that the county lord of Ping'an drank two glasses of wine and his face flushed, he put down his chopsticks and broke the silence and said, "Is Lord Song going back to Beijing tomorrow?" ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "Yes, although I have been in Ningxia Town for just over a month, I didn't expect so many things to happen, it's really unpredictable." ”

The county lord of Ping'an smiled and said, "Does Lord Song regret coming here?" ”

Song Nan asked, "How do you say this?" ”

The lord of Ping'an said: "Here Lord Song has experienced several dangers, and almost gave away his life, if you die here, wouldn't it be that the intestines of regret are green, you only need to spend the New Year in the capital in a safe and quiet way." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Where is there a comfortable and pure place in the world, people like me, where people are in trouble, where there is trouble, where there is half a point of purity all year round." ”

"Lord Song is an important minister of the imperial court, and the celebrities around the emperor naturally have no leisure, isn't this the life that Lord Song yearns for?"

Song Nan raised his glass and said, "Longing for this kind of life, am I sick?" ”

"And what kind of life do you most aspire to live?"

Song Nan thought for a while and said: "If you have to describe it, as far as I am concerned, I hope to sleep until I wake up naturally, count the money until my hands cramp, indulge in the mountains and rivers during the day, have green clothes holding inkstones and books by my side, and red sleeves add fragrance to accompany reading, then it will be fine." ”

The county lord of Ping'an sneered and said, "It turns out that Lord Song is a layman. This wish is too vulgar and too small. ”

"I have a big wish."

"What is it?"

"I want peace in the world." Song Nan is a serious way.