In the summer courtyard, the water sprinkled on the bluestone slab evaporated, with a slight heat; On the gazebo in the backyard of the Song Mansion, Song Nan lay on his back on a soft couch, with his hands behind his head and looking at the stars in the sky. Wan'er, the maidservant girl beside her, was playing a fan beside her, not gently pulling down a watery grape and sending it into Song Nan's mouth. Song Nan chewed slowly, and the sweet and cool juice flowed into his throat, which was indescribably useful.

The little county lord has come to the back garden three times, she is the mother of the Song Mansion, the guests at home are coming, when the master Song Nan does not come forward, her housewife always has to come forward to greet her, but the problem is that Song Nan is not seen, and she can't solve the problem even if she receives it.

This situation has lasted for two days, yesterday one day, first my brother Zhang Lun came to visit Song Nan, the two talked in the study for half an hour, and finally Zhang Lun slammed the door with a red face and a thick neck, and he couldn't shout.

asked Song Nan what happened, Song Nan only said: "Women must not talk much about men's affairs." "The choked little county lord crossed his waist and gave birth to half the weather. Song Nan would never have said this kind of thing before, it seems that something serious has happened.

Not long after, Li Daniu could not bear the coercion of several housewives and told the truth of the matter; In just two months, Jiayuguan, Suzhou, Yongchang, Shandan, Gansu, Liangzhou and other important border towns and guard posts were lost, and more than 70,000 soldiers were lost, including more than a dozen generals including Qiu Yue, died on the battlefield; The court wanted to invite Song Nan out of the mountain to defend against the enemy, but Song Nan was unwilling to take over this mess, and the emperor asked Zhang Lun to be a lobbyist, but Song Nan also rejected him, so he broke up unhappily.

Only then did the little county lord understand what was going on, the husband was not like this before, but with the emperor's order, he immediately went out without saying a word, is it because now his children are reluctant to take risks and lose their previous sharpness? Impossible, absolutely impossible, with the little county lord's understanding of Song Nan, such a thing could not happen to Song Nan.

But as a wife and concubine, it is not a good thing to lead troops to fight, especially after hearing that Chang Ning died in battle, Qiu Yue died in battle, and Xu Guangzuo was frightened and demented, he was even more opposed to going to the northwest to fight. But the problem is that there are waves of people who come to be lobbyists, and Song Nan always refuses to accept them like this, and it is not a matter if they don't meet.

Except for Zhang Lun, most of the people who came yesterday were friends with Song Nan, and even included Jiang Bin Xu Tai and other Song Nan's henchmen, all of whom were rejected by Song Nan, which is still a bit easy to do, they are all their own people, and they won't say anything, at most they just shake their heads and sigh and leave; But tonight are all important ministers of the imperial court, including several cabinet ministers including Yang Tinghe, a cabinet scholar, two scholars in the outer court, and one is Zhang Yong, the eunuch of the inner court. Such a large group of people came to the Song Mansion, it was a big deal, in terms of identity, qualifications, and official positions, all of them were on an equal footing with Song Nan, and no one could be offended.

"Husband, let's go and meet, several adults have been waiting for more than an hour, and it's not a way for you to hide like this. If you don't want to say yes, you have to say no. The little lord shouted as he leaned on the railing.

"Madame, come and see the stars. Poetry clouds: Silver candles and autumn light cold painting screens, light Luo small fans fluttering fireflies.

The night of the heavenly steps is as cool as water, and 02 lies down to see the morning glory Vega. How consistent this scene is, come and look at the stars with me. ”

The little county lord smiled bitterly and sighed: "What is this pain, haven't you offended a large group of people?" also told outsiders that you were not ordered in danger and were unwilling to be loyal to the country; Others say that you are scared and dare not go to the northwest. Ay...... If you don't want to go, say so. ”

Song Nan sat up and scolded angrily: "Women, can you say these words? What kind of person is I, Song Nan? Do you care about these boring reviews? It really doesn't make sense. ”

The little county lord was taken aback, and said aggrievedly: "People are just relaying some words, the rumors outside these days are boiling, I know you are not the reason, but no matter what the reason, don't you just explain it to them?" They come every day, and you don't show up, you don't bother, but I'm annoyed. ”

Song Nan sneered: "They come when they like, and I didn't invite them; With people and birds facing forward, without birds facing backwards, when did I Song Nan become a substitute spare tire? It's beautiful. The emperor wants me to go to the northwest, and I won't go unless he makes a holy decree to force me. ”

"Spare tire? What spare tire? "The little lord doesn't understand the word.

"I can't explain it to you, you go to sue them, I know that they didn't come voluntarily, the emperor forced them to come, let them go back to sue the emperor, I'm afraid of the Tartars, I don't dare to go to the northwest, tell the emperor to think about the society and the country, and ask Gao Ming." Song Nan waved his hand angrily and lay down again to count the stars.

The little county lord sighed and turned around and walked out of the inner house, and came to the main hall outside, Yang Tinghe and the adults led by him sat silently in the hall drinking tea, and when they saw the little county lord entering, they got up and said, "What's the matter?" Is Song Hou Ye here? ”

The little county lord blessed Fu and said apologetically: "The husband is not well, I really can't see you, the husband brought a word and said, he knows your intentions, but he is really powerless, please reply to the emperor, please be smart." ”

Yang Tinghe was stunned and said, "Lord Song really said that? ”

The little county lord said apologetically: "That's true, my husband said it himself, how dare the concubine laugh." ”

University scholar Fei Hong spread his hands and said: "Come on, let's not be an eyesore here, if you want to do what I want, then you shouldn't come." Without him Song Nan, will there be no one in my Ming Dynasty? If it weren't for the emperor forcing us to invite, who would want to come and touch his cold ass with a hot face; Walked away. ”

Liang Chulu Ji and the others all had bad faces, got up and patted their buttocks and were about to leave.

The little county lord smiled and said, "I'm very sorry, teach you to run for nothing." ”

Yang Tinghe sighed: "Lord Song, what are you doing?" Knowing that it was the emperor who asked him to be ordered by name, isn't this a betrayal of his reputation? Is it impossible to force the emperor to make a decree? ”

Liang Chu said: "This person is this virtue, shameless to face." The emperor decreed, but he still dared not go? But the emperor said that he should take care of his feelings, and he should not be forced to Yunyun; The old man felt that what those people outside said was right, Song Nan was afraid of losing the battle and being afraid of the Tartars. The previous things can only be said to be lucky. Come on, let's go, we still have to find the right candidate, the northwest is in full swing, we can't waste time on him. ”

The little county lord's face fell suddenly, and he crossed his hands on his waist and said coldly: "Scholar Liang, what kind of person is my husband, I can't take your turn to talk more, my husband Junping Liu Liu Liu Qi rebellion, when the king of peace rebelled, you Lord Liang was still a little minion, when will it be your turn to speak?" My husband doesn't have the ability, why do you come here all the time? My Song Mansion didn't invite you to come, you have to go there, like flowers and moons, and send guests for me; See clearly the appearance of this Lord Liang, he is not uncommon to come to our Song Mansion, next time I see him stepping into the door of my Song Mansion, I will beat him out with a broom. ”

Ruhua Ruyue's fat and thick body flashed out from behind, standing in front of Liang Chu like two mountain peaks, and said angrily: "My young lady said, please get out, come back, and break your dog's legs." ”

Liang Chu was startled, and then flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "What a big faction, can you go?" Still here waiting for others to catch up? ”

Yang Tinghe's face was ugly, and he said softly: "Mrs. Song, bother, it's really ...... you do this Hey, don't say anything, take your leave. ”

The little county lord said coldly: "Don't send it." ”

The ministers walked away in an instant, and only one person stood in the corner without moving, that was Zhang Yong, he was a frequent visitor to the Song Mansion, and the little county lord also knew his relationship with Song Nan, so he was polite to him.

"Father-in-law, please also put it, my husband won't see anyone tonight."

Zhang Yong owed a debt and smiled: "Madam, I must see Marquis Song tonight, Madam, you must help me." ”

The little county lord smiled: "He doesn't want to see him, how can I help you?" Just now I said a few words, and he was angry at me. ”

Zhang Yong smiled and said, "Madame, do you know why Marquis Song is like this?" In fact, Marquis Song was worried about the war in his heart, but he was angry with the emperor, so he came up with so many tricks. Do you think, will the Marquis of Song be willing to bear the name of disloyalty and not want to share the emperor's worries? In that case, how will Lord Song gain a foothold in the future? Apparently he didn't think so. ”

The little county lord frowned and said, "The slave family also thinks it's very strange. ”

Zhang Yong smiled and said in a low voice: "Hou Ye Song has been angry a lot during this time, take advantage of this time to be relieved and don't talk about the conditions, is it still Hou Ye Song?" I came tonight to convey the conditions for Marquis Song; You let me see him, I have my own arrangement, is it possible that you really want to make the Emperor angry with the Marquis of Song? At this time, we need to be old, and I am the old man. ”