The little county lord led Zhang Yong to the back garden, came to the side of the pavilion, and said to Song Nan, who was lying on the couch watching the stars: "The husband is there, the father-in-law is at his own convenience, and the slave family ordered someone to make some tea and snacks for you." ”

Zhang Yong arched his hand and said, "There is the county lord of Lao." ”

Wan'er on the pavilion saw the little county lord waving to her, and she also got up and whispered to Song Nan: "Master, the slave family will come when you go, you can make your own fan first." ”

Song Nan squinted his eyes and snorted, "Go ahead, you're tired too, so you don't have to accompany me." ”

Wan'er agreed, carried her skirt and quietly descended the steps, and followed the little county lord softly. In the courtyard, only Song Nan was left in the pavilion and Zhang Yong under the pavilion, and the summer insects chirped and chirped, and a few night cicadas tirelessly made a hoarse call.

"How long is Grandpa Zhang going to stand there?" Song Nan said suddenly.

Zhang Yong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly smiled and arched his hand: "It turns out that Hou Ye already knew that our family was here, aren't we afraid of disturbing Hou Ye's dream?" ”

Song Nan sat up and returned the salute, and said coldly: "You have made it difficult for me to sleep, and now I have come to say this kind of thing." ”

Zhang Yong walked up the stairs and said with a smile: "Hey, there's no way, who called you the Marquis of Song, my unique Marquis Song of the Ming Dynasty, naturally I can't be idle." ”

"It's a set of things, Gonggong Zhang is now proud, holding the authority of the inner court, where do you still remember me, the Marquis of Song. Anyway, in the past few months, it is the first time that Father-in-law Zhang has come to my house; The reason is not difficult to guess, in short, it is cold as soon as people leave, and it is also the normal state of life. Song Nan stretched out his hand and pointed to a stone bench, which was a gesture to sit down.

Zhang Yong was going to sit down, but after hearing Song Nan's words, he quickly straightened up and bowed and said, "Master Hou, you have wronged me, are you and Zhang Yong also like everyone else?" I, Zhang Yongyou, didn't come up with Hou Ye's leg today? Am I ungrateful? Hou Ye, but you can inquire about it, if our family has said a word of disrespect to Hou Ye behind his back, and has done something that does not live for Hou Ye, Hou Ye can kick me off this pavilion. ”

Song Nan's face turned slightly pale, and he waved his hand and said: "Where do I have such great ability, I am just a little Jinyi Guard Commander now, what right do I have to dictate to Gonggong Zhang?" What I said just now is just a casual joke, I don't care what your father-in-law wants to say or do. ”

Zhang Yong stepped forward and said: "Our family knows that this period of time is not happy for Hou Ye, because of some things, the emperor is dissatisfied with Hou Ye, and he has taken Hou Ye's military position, and it is normal for Hou Ye to be unhappy." ”

Song Nan squinted at him and said, "Do you know what it's for?" ”

Zhang Yong said in a low voice: "Master Hou, our family is the person next to the emperor, what is it that has been hidden from our family's eyes?" Hou Ye, you can't blame the emperor for being unhappy, this is you Song Hou Ye, if it is someone else, I don't know how many times my head has fallen. ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "You want to tell me?" Don't I know what it is? ”

Zhang Yongyu smiled: "Yes, Hou Ye is the most reasonable person, so he naturally knows the truth in this." If the emperor hadn't been kind to the Hou Ye, how could he let this matter go lightly? The queen mother and a certain minister in the outer court tried their best to attack the Hou Ye on that matter, but the emperor resisted the pressure and did not agree, which shows the status of the Hou Ye in the emperor's mind. ”

Song Nan sighed and was silent.

Zhang Yong said again: "Our family has always told the emperor that the Marquis of Song is a man of temperament, and he does some things casually, but he has no intention of blaspheming the royal family. A young and capable person like Marquis Song, a princess...... Not...... Isn't it reasonable for someone to like Song Houye? There are some things that the Hou Ye can't refuse......"

Song Nan was secretly funny, Zhang Yong actually defended himself for stealing the princess in front of the emperor, this courage is indeed not small, but this is not entirely unreasonable, I think that when Li Tang was a princess, she fell in love with a minister, didn't she force the minister to have an affair with her, and finally forced him to divorce his wife and become a concubine? If the royal princess wants to do something, the courtiers can't refuse, although it is not suitable for Song Nan and Kang Ning, but it also has some truth.

"Sit down and have tea." Song Nan said.

Zhang Yong saw that Song Nan's feelings had eased a lot, and his heart was also a lot calmer, so he leaned over and sat on the stone bench and leaned his neck and said, "Master Hou, don't think I'm verbose, do you plan to just ignore it and live a quiet life?" It's all fried outside, can you sit still? ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Are you also a lobbyist?" If you want to say these things, please leave. ”

Zhang Yong sighed: "What are you angry with the emperor? Is it true that the emperor really wants to invite you in person? Our family knows that Hou Ye is not happy, but now that life and death are over, Hou Ye I is famous, but he can't end up with a reputation that doesn't care about the overall situation and doesn't know the general situation. Although Hou Ye doesn't care about these gossips, it is not good after all. ”

Song Nan said: "Father-in-law Zhang, you don't understand, I can't go on this errand." ”

Zhang Yong was stunned and said, "Why is that?" ”

Song Nan said quietly: "Let me tell you, I am indeed very unhappy with the behavior of the imperial court in employing people in front of the front instead of facing backward, but it will never be to the point of ignoring the overall situation." You may not believe it, but I decided to refuse this time because I was not sure of victory, but it is not hypocritical. This time the Tartars were vigorous and well-prepared, if they were not sure of victory, as long as the leaders lost another battle and lost a large part of Shaanxi, things would be out of control. I refused because I was not the best candidate, and the court should choose someone who could turn the tide. ”

Zhang Yong was stunned for a while, and muttered: "Marquis Song is not sure, who else in the court can be competent?" Changning died in battle, Dingguo Gong was defeated, and those who could fight in the DPRK and China were basically in the northwest battlefield; Are the generals of Xuanfu Datong better at fighting in the northwest than the local generals in the northwest? Do you want to let the marquis of the regimental battalion lead the army? It's not that our family is behind them, it's no wonder that they can win the battle, except for the British Duke who has two brushes, everyone else will only pay lip service. You won the championship in the Beijing camp competition. ”

Song Nan spread his hands and said: "I can't do this, I can't do this uncertain thing myself; Even if there is a chance of winning, I can gamble, but the problem is that I feel that the odds of winning are less than one percent; If you bite the bullet, the results will be even worse. ”

Zhang Yongmu was stunned for a long time, and said dumbfoundedly: "Could it be that this time it is my Ming Tribulation?" No one can cure the tartars? This morning, the emperor was clamoring for a personal expedition to return to Tartar in person, but was persuaded to stop by a minister, and if I told the emperor this, the emperor would probably really lead the army himself. ”

Song Nan was stunned and said, "If the emperor goes up, the Ming Dynasty will be over." The emperor doesn't know how to fight. That defeat is captured by the Tartars...... Ming Dynasty ......"

"yes, what can I do? Tartar is really so powerful, even the Hou Ye said so, it seems that it is really powerful. Zhang Yong stomped his feet and rubbed his hands, his anxious attitude overflowing.

Song Nan lifted his feet and shook on the wooden frame on the edge of the couch, looking comfortable, Zhang Yong's anxiety didn't seem to affect him; Zhang Yong looked at the six roads, and seemed to see some clues from Song Nan's demeanor, and his eyes rolled and he said in a low voice: "Since the Marquis of Song has said so, it seems that it is hopeless to defeat the Tartars; Since it is impossible to defeat the Tartars, it seems that there is only one way to negotiate peace; Our family will go back and convey the words of the Marquis of Song to the emperor, so that the emperor can prepare to negotiate peace with the Tartars. ”

When Zhang Yong said this, he got up and was about to leave, but Song Nan patted the wooden handrail and shouted, "Negotiate peace? What kind of hellish idea did you come up with, negotiate peace with the Tartars, and you can think of it. If you want to die, go to the recital, but don't get involved with me, if you don't be hung by the emperor on the flagpole of the noon gate early tomorrow morning, I won't be surnamed Song. ”

Zhang Yong cried and said with a sad face: "This can't be done, that's not possible, is it possible to let the Tartars take the northwest?" Or let the emperor drive the expedition in person? Hey, I'm dignified, and no one is available at a critical time, it's really sad, the emperor must be sad and dead. ”

Song Nan chirped: "Don't play in front of me with your tricks." When I say not sure that you will win the battle, I don't mean that you will not have the opportunity to win the battle. In fact, if the emperor can promise me a few conditions, I am willing to take another risk, whether it succeeds or not, that is the number of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhang Yongxi said: "I know that there is nothing that can stump the Hou Ye, so our family will go back to the emperor, but I don't know what are the conditions?" ”

Song Nan put on his shoes and said: "I will enter the palace with you to face the saint, if the emperor agrees to these conditions, I will lead the army to the expedition, if not, I will come back to sleep; Please ask the emperor to choose another master. ”

Zhang Yong was overjoyed and said: "Okay, that's it; Oh, Master Hou, don't move, our family is waiting for you to wear shoes and socks, you are my master, I can please move your master, and our family is also faceless. Anyway, how many ministers came to see you, but they didn't even see your face. Just now, Liang Chu Feihong made a disrespectful remark, and was kicked out by Mrs. Zun. ”

Song Nan was stunned: "My wife is picking up someone?" ”

"Isn't that right? The two fat girls waved brooms to drive people away, hey, Scholar Liang is really pitiful. ”

Song Nan was speechless, the little county lord has been a wife for many years, although he is much more stable, but after all, he has a hot temper, and he actually ordered the maid to wave a broom to drive the cabinet scholar out, it's really ridiculous, hmm...... There is also some relief.