Of course, Song Nan will not tell the officials of Quanzhou the reason why he suddenly came here, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the situation at this moment as a soldier, who knows if Quanzhou has the eyes and ears of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning? Although this place is hundreds of miles away from Jiangxi, Song Nan still doesn't dare to take it lightly.

The reason given by Song Nan is that Jinyiwei made a trip to inspect the beginning of the year, although this reason is quite far-fetched, how can the capital go to Quanzhou for ten days and a half months, counting the days, Zhenguo Gong should set off on the second and third days of the Lunar New Year, and he is still on annual leave, so it is obviously a little unusual to do so. But where will the officials in Quanzhou come to find out Song Nan's true purpose, although the Zhenguo Gong can pull a relationship here, but such an abrupt arrival may also bring trouble. Most officials think that more is better than less, and peace and stability are kings.

Therefore, when they heard that Song Nan was going to leave Quanzhou early tomorrow morning to inspect the Jinyi Guard Yamen in other state capitals, all the officials had regret on their faces, but they breathed a long sigh of relief in their hearts, wishing that Song Nan would leave quickly.

The truth is more complete than they imagined, the next morning when the officials of Quanzhou came to the Jinyi Wei Yamen to Song Nan to practice, they were told that the entourage of the Zhenguo Gong had left last night, and the city gate that came out at the fourth watch was sent away by Qian Kang, a thousand households of the Jinyi Guard, and Qian Qianhu also went with him, and he has not returned yet.

The officials were surprised, and they felt more and more that Zhenguo Gongxing was a little mysterious, and he had clearly said that he would leave this morning, but he secretly left in the middle of the night, as if he was deliberately hiding his whereabouts. Some people said that Zhen Guogong and his hundreds of entourage did not go south at all, but went directly to the sea on two big ships in Quanzhou harbor, but the two ships were cargo ships that transported sea salt from Quanzhou to Beijing, that is to say, Zhen Guogong did not go south at all, but returned to the capital with the ship.

Everyone stared at each other and couldn't figure out the doorway here, so they didn't bother to do that, the practice banquet had been set up, and since the town was gone, the practice banquet set by the minister's money could not be wasted. The prefect of Quanzhou mentioned yì, and everyone still went to the banquet according to etiquette, and wished the town and the prince a safe journey at the banquet. The officials agreed, so they turned around and went to the banquet, and they went home with all their drinks.

Song Nan did play a trick, he didn't plan to delay in Quanzhou, he slept well during the day, and his guards and horses were also rested, he had already decided to set off at night. It was also a smoke for the Quanzhou officials. Bombing, just in case. In the evening, he spread out the map and looked at the way back to the capital, and when he saw that he had to go through so many state capital guards, especially from Nanjing, Song Nan immediately felt that it was difficult to return to Beijing on this trip. King Ning once haunted Nanjing, and there were many officials who had close contacts with King Ning, so did he know that he would not suddenly kill a soldier and solve his hundreds of people in Nanjing? After thinking about it, Song Nan decided to take the sea route, firstly, by surprise, and secondly, to avoid many variables by land, so he ordered Qian Kang to immediately arrange a boat to return to Beijing.

Qian Kang had already been told the reason why Song Nan and his entourage came to Quanzhou, and he was also shocked, but this was the time for him to express his appearance, if he could arrange Song Nan's return to Beijing, he would naturally occupy a place in the Jinyi Guard in the future, and he didn't have to ask to see Song Nan to be familiar, such an opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So Qian Kang tried his best, carefully finalized the details without making mistakes, found two big ships docked in the port, arranged for Song Nan and others to go out of the city overnight, and personally selected a hundred people to accompany the guards.

Although Zhao Dapeng repeatedly said that he did not need to be protected with him, Qian Kang still insisted on accompanying him for protection, and said a lot of reasons. Song Nanyan didn't know that Qian Kang was a manifestation of his strength, and he didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he agreed to his request.

Two big ships carrying a full load of goods and people sailed overnight, because it was a cargo ship transporting salt, and there were no good facilities, everyone could only sleep with the salt bag, Song Nan had a small room, but the walls inside were dirty and scary, filled with a fishy smell, compared to the previous room in Ulzhou, it was not as good, and the matter was urgent, and it could only be done.

All the way to the north, although the speed is not fast, but unimpeded, halfway also only docked at two harbor supplies, delayed only three or four hours, the rest of the time, the two ships are Yang Fan to the north without stopping, seven sunset and moonrise after the moon, finally arrived at the destination of salt transportation Tianjin Port; This is the terminal port of arrival by the southern sea route, and it is also the sea gateway of the capital, where large and small ships will no longer go north, but unload and land in Tianjin, and the goods will be transported to the capital by land.

Seasickness and dizziness of the brocade-clothed guards can finally step on the land, after a little rest, they will get on the horse and rush to the capital, here is only more than a hundred miles away from the capital, and there is no danger of the infiltration of the power of King Ning, all the way to the horse, set off at noon, and in the evening, it has come to the south gate of the capital.

Seeing Yongding Gate towering tall and majestic in the sunset, Song Nan's mood was much better, I don't know when he had regarded Beijing City as his own territory in his heart, where he had absolute power to dominate, and no one could compete with him.

However, Song Nan soon found that the situation up and down the city tower was a little strange, the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp guarding the city gate were at least more than doubled, and there were only a thousand households here when they were on duty before, but the soldiers above and below the city were only hundreds, all of them were very lazy, and now, the soldiers above and below the city were densely turned, standing in the cold wind one by one, fully armed, looking like they were facing a great enemy, and the city gate was also tightly closed.

Song Nan was puzzled in his heart, and ordered Zhao Dapeng to step forward and call the door, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp at the head of the city had already seen the appearance of this group of cavalry, and the archers nervously held the bow and arrows as if they were ordered to shoot at any time.

"Daming Town Guogong, the deputy governor of the regiment and battalion, Lord Song, returned to Beijing, and the marquis of that battalion was on duty? Hurry up and open the gates. Zhao Dapeng shouted with his neck raised.

A thousand households in Jingying received the report and asked suspiciously: "Zhenguo Gong?" Which town is the prince? ”

Zhao Dapeng reprimanded: "How many Zhenguo dukes are there in the Ming Dynasty? It's inexplicable. ”

The thousand households scratched their heads and said, "Didn't Song Nan, the Duke of Zhenguo, die at the hands of the rebels of King Ning, Jiangxi?" How can there be another town? ”

Zhao Dapeng was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "You fucking looking for death, don't you curse my family to die?" Which battalion are you from? What is the last name and what is it called? ”

Song Nan frowned, knowing that something was wrong, so he urged him to take off the waist card, took a bow and arrow to tie the waist card and shot it at the head of the city, and shouted in a deep voice: "I am the prince of the town, Song Nan, I am limited to you to open the city gate within a stick of incense, otherwise military law will be engaged." If you don't know who I am, go and report it to the British Governor or your boss at once. If I'm not mistaken, you should be the subordinates of the Marquis Jiao of Zhenwei Camp, and call Jiao Zhengtai to see me. ”

Although the thousand households guarding the city gate did not know Song Nan's appearance, they did not know the waist card and the python robe of the four-clawed golden dragon worn by the people under the city, and they didn't have time to reply, so they immediately ordered to open the city gate, not to mention a stick of incense, and they didn't even hesitate for more than a dozen breaths; He opened the gates of the city, and stood behind the gates of the gates and pleaded guilty.

Song Nan had no time to talk to him, so he only asked, "Why do you say that I have died at the hands of the rebels?" ”

The thousand households said: "Zhenguo Gong is angry, this is the news from above, saying that there are rebels in Jiangxi, and your old man was killed by the rebels in Jiangxi. ”

Song Nan was shocked, who is the so-called Jiangxi rebels? Could it be that in the past few days since he returned to Beijing, King Ning has turned back? Needless to say, this is someone spreading rumors to shake the morale of the army. There must be chaos in the court, and I am afraid that there will be chaos in my house, and some doorways have actually created this rumor.

"Zhao Dapeng, immediately send someone to my house to deliver a letter, saying that I have returned to Beijing and entered the palace. In addition, I sent someone to the British government to report the letter, and asked the British government to enter the palace to meet me with me. ”

Zhao Dapeng agreed, quickly ordered someone to do it, at the same time, all the guards got on the horse, several people galloped along Yongdingmen Street to the inner city, when the horse's hooves galloped, the mouth shouted: "Song Nan, the prince of Zhenguo, returns to Beijing!" Idlers avoid! Zhenguo Gong Song Nan returned to Beijing and the idlers avoided it! ”

The empty Yongdingmen street was deserted, so shouting, but suddenly appeared countless heads, rumors in the capital these days, the news that Song Nan died in Jiangxi is like a scoop of ice water poured on everyone's heads, the death of the Zhenguo Gong who was regarded as the spine of the imperial court by the people of the Ming Dynasty cast an ominous shadow on their hearts, but suddenly heard that the Zhenguo Gong returned unharmed, and the people came out to watch.

But seeing the Zhenguo Gong in a python robe riding a big black horse with a straight waist and going to the inner city under the escort of many personal guards, many people have seen Song Nan, except for the slightly haggard face, who else is not Zhenguo Gong?

"It's really Zhen Guogong, I've seen him, I went to eat the roast duck shop that his family opened on the fork street of Yongdingmen Street, and Zhen Guogong also greeted me in person, that's right, thick eyebrows and thin lips, straight nose and square mouth, isn't he who he is?"

"Oh, God forbid, it turned out to be a rumor, saying that King Ning rebelled, and he was about to take Nanjing City, and he was worried about who in the court could quell this rebellion, as soon as Zhenguo Gong came back, then King Ning would not be able to grow a rabbit's tail."

"Yes, yes, now it's okay, we don't have to hang our hearts. Long live Zhenguo Gong! ”

"Shhhhh Can you shout long live? It's okay if you want to die, isn't this licking trouble for Zhenguogong? ”

"What I'm saying is that my excited mouth is leaking, why don't we shout that Zhen Guogong will be healthy forever?"

"It's good to mention yì. Come, shout together. ”

"Zhen Guogong will always be healthy, Zhen Guogong will always be healthy!"

In the boiling sound of "forever healthy" all the way, Song Nan ran into the Zhengyang Gate of the inner city, ran into the Daming Gate, and went straight into the palace.