"Lord Wang, my lords, have you all heard it, tell me, what should I do about this matter?" Song Nan sat on the Taishi's chair, picked up the tea made by a personal guard and drank it slowly.

Wang Shouren stepped forward with a solemn face and arched his hand: "This matter should be decided by the Duke of Zhenguo, and I will listen to the dispatch of the Grandpa Guo." ”

A cadre of generals and officials came back to their senses and said one after another: "According to the orders of the Zhenguo Gong, the inferior rank will be handled according to it." ”

Song Nan chuckled and said, "Ganzhou Governor Ma Jiuping Ma Governor, what are your legs shaking?" ”

Everyone looked at Ma Jiuping, and saw that his face was pale, and his legs were like sifting chaff, obviously very frightened. It's okay not to ask, Song Nan asked like this, Ma Jiuping's legs couldn't hold it anymore, Song Nan hurriedly took a stool and stuffed it under his buttocks and asked him to sit down.

Ma Jiuping swallowed and foamed, took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said in a trembling voice: "Grandpa Guo, please forgive the lower official for being rude, the lower official never expected that this matter would actually involve King Ning, so he was frightened in his heart, so that he lost his manners." ”

Song Nan sighed and said: "Don't say that you didn't expect it, even I didn't expect it, I just promised Lord Wang to help him exterminate the bandits, how could I have thought that I would learn about such a hurtful thing, which is unexpected." If what Yang Qing and Li Fu said is true, then ...... Then I'm afraid that Lord Ning is involved in a ...... Not...... It's not supposed to be. ”

Everyone was silent, they knew that Song Nan was avoiding that sensitive word when he used something that shouldn't be, but everyone knew in their hearts that the word Song Nan was going to say was one of the words rebellion, rebellion, and rebellion.

Wang Shouren said quietly: "There is nothing to hide, if this matter is true, what does King Ning want to do?" There must be a great attempt to rebel, this is a great crime of rebellion, just like the rebellion of King Anhua in the past. ”

Wang Mian, the chief soldier of Gannan, said: "Zhenguo Gong, Lord Wang, immediately report this matter to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to decide." Regardless of whether what Yang Qing Li Fu said is true or not, we can't take it lightly. This matter should be investigated by the imperial court. ”

Wang Shouren reprimanded lightly: "General Wang, do you still have a glimmer of hope until now?" What the two bandits said was smooth and reasonable, and it was by no means a lie made up temporarily. You are in Jiangxi, don't you know those rumors in Jiangxi? Besides, if this matter is true, if King Ning wants to make an attempt, he must have a lot of eyes and ears in the capital, and maybe there are also his people among the courtiers. ”

Wang Mian hurriedly said: "The meaning of the humble position is that such a big thing must be investigated, after all, the words of Yang Qing and Li Fu are not credible, this is related to the reputation and life and death of a vassal king, and it should not be hasty." ”

Before Wang Shouren could say more, Song Nan coughed and waved his hand: "What General Wang Mian said is very true, I actually don't believe the words of these two bandits, I have been in the Jinyi Guard for many years, and I can see this kind of prisoner who is dying and slandering." When King Anhua was captured and brought to Beijing, he wanted to accuse someone in the court of being an accomplice on the execution ground, but unfortunately no one would believe such a thing. In this way, the main purpose of my waiting for this time is to suppress the bandits, and now that the bandits have been eliminated and my mission has been completed, I will set off for Beijing early tomorrow morning, and the follow-up matters here will be left to Lord Wang to solve confidently, but I can't control it. ”

Wang Shouren was stunned and said, "Grandpa Guo is leaving?" ”

Song Nan smiled: "The matter is over, is it possible to live here permanently?" Although the scenery of Jiangxi is good, it's not a problem for me to stay here all the time, is it? There's a lot of stuff waiting for me to deal with in the capital. ”

Wang Mian asked, "What about the captured bandits?" ”

Song Nan smiled and asked, "Are you asking these two bandit leaders what to do, there is no way, I have to take them back to Beijing." Although they can't believe their words, but my Jinyiwei has the permission to investigate the rumors, no matter what, this matter must be investigated, otherwise how can I return Ning Wang Qingbai? ”

Wang Mian nodded and said: "This is very true, the rest of the bandits will stay for me to deal with in southern Jiangnan, and the two bandit leaders will be taken to the capital to find out about this matter." ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "That's it." ”

The officials are a little strange, the general soldier of Gannan Wang Mian is usually silent, does not like to be in the limelight, today Wang Shouren is present, it stands to reason that he should not come out to say so much, express so many ideas, his behavior is a little strange, but it is a normal discussion of official business, in fact, it is understandable.

It was dark, and after dinner, the Changning County official post where the soldiers and horses were stationed was quietly dark and pressing, and the lights in the east courtyard where Song Nan lived had long been extinguished, it seemed that Zhen Guogong was tired and went to bed early, except for the dark shadows of the guards walking gently in the courtyard, there was no light.

By the window of the wing room in the east courtyard, three figures stood quietly in the dark, and one of them said in a low voice: "Zhen Guogong, why do you think that some of my subordinate officials will collude with King Ning?" ”

Song Nan stretched out two fingers and gently opened the curtain to look at the firewood room opposite, and said without looking back: "Lord Wang, I don't just rely on intuition, I have sufficient certainty. ”

Wang Shouren coughed in a low voice and said: "According to the official, you are intuitive, you have been dating them for less than two days, and you haven't said a few words, the official has been with them for several years, and these people are people who are extremely reliable after being screened by the official, is it better for the adults to watch the flowers in the past two days?" ”

Song Nan put down the curtains, motioned to Wang Yong, who was standing on the side, to take his place, turned around, his eyes were shining in the dark night, and he said in a gentle tone: "Lord Wang, there is a poem called: I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain." Maybe it's because you're so familiar that you can't tell some of the differences in your expressions and movements. Maybe I'm new to the city, but I can see that. Of course, this is all false, let's talk about some real reasons, you and I both know that King Ning has been operating in Jiangxi for many years, and his ears, eyes, hands and feet are everywhere, but you tell me that his hands and feet can't reach into the land of southern Jiangxi, of course I don't believe this. ”

"Of course, it's not that I don't believe your Lord Wang's words, I say this based on common sense analysis, just imagine, how could King Ning leave this virgin land to which Lord Wang belongs...... Not...... Undeveloped? Perhaps something on the surface confuses Wang's eyes, but Wang naturally believes that this is a clean place, and it is Wang's emotions and self-esteem that are at fault. ”

"Emotions and self-esteem?" Wang Shouren said.

"Yes, as the governor of Gannan, you naturally hope that your subordinates are all honest and good officials, in fact, you subconsciously understand that Gannan has the hands and feet of King Ning, otherwise why would you choose these seven or eight officials to see me? You can call them all together. ”

Wang Shouren was speechless, as if he had been seen through by Song Nan.

Song Nan chuckled: "This kind of behavior doesn't know how to explain it with the hearts of adults. I knew in my heart that my subordinates had King Ning's hands and feet, but he forcibly ignored them and didn't want to believe this, can it be called a difficult thing to know and do? ”

Wang Shouren smacked his lips and sighed: "Knowledge and action are different, it is true, what Zhen Guogong said is very true, it seems that my learning is not yet difficult, and in the future, this mental learning will be perfected in the realm, and it is necessary to add the principle of the unity of knowledge and action." ”

Song Nan was taken aback, and then he realized that the psychology advocated by Wang Shouren at this time had not yet been the unity of knowledge and action, and his random mention may be the cause of Wang Shouren's advocacy in the future, wouldn't this become a confused account?

The two of them muttered and spoke, the three watches outside knocked, it was already late at night, but there was still no movement before the firewood room opposite, Wang Shouren was a little proud in his heart, Zhenguo Gong thought that there must be Ning Wang's eyes and ears among the officials he carried, so he squatted here overnight, but the fact taught this Zhenguo Gong to be speechless. Wang Shouren hurriedly suppressed this feeling, and secretly blamed himself for having some competition with the young man in front of him, he was a great Confucian in the world, and if outsiders knew about such a state of mind, wouldn't he laugh off his big teeth? It seems that I still need to have more experience in my mood and self-cultivation.

In the silence, the sound of the three watches and three drums was also beaten, and the long and boring waiting made Wang Shouren almost fall asleep, and Wang Shouren finally couldn't help but speak: "Zhen Guogong, the old man wants to go back to the room to rest......"

"Shhhh......h

Wang Shouren was startled, stood up from the chair, Wang Yong got out of the way in time, Wang Shouren squinted his eyes and looked out from the gap in the curtain, only to see that under the dim light of the faint wind lamp, at the hanging door of the outer courtyard of the post house, a ghostly figure was quietly approaching the firewood room, although the figure was blurred, but the things in his hands were known at a glance, it was a shining steel knife.

"This ......," Wang Shouren wanted to ask what this man was doing with a knife.

Song Nan didn't answer him, waved his hand and whispered to Wang Yong: "As soon as he entered the door of the firewood room, he took him down and taught him irrefutable." ”

Wang Yong agreed in a low voice, and walked lightly to the door, and after a while, the sound of the rope sounded at the door, which was the brisk footsteps of a team of guards.

Wang Shouren didn't dare to breathe, his eyes were staring at the blurred black shadow, carefully distinguishing from the figure and movements of his walking, and finally exclaimed in a low voice: "Is it him?" How can it be? It's also unbelievable. ”