The officials waiting in the courtyard of the Yunxiao Pavilion looked forward to the stars and the moon and finally looked forward to Song Nan coming downstairs, for some reason, Zhen Guogong's move to the Qinglou to rest was the first time that these fastidious defenders felt right. If you can defeat more than 80,000 rebels with only 8,000 soldiers and horses, you also have the capital to openly come to the Qinglou to sleep with an Oiran in your arms. The young prince in front of him was already like a god in the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in Nanjing, and no one accused him of Meng Lang's improper behavior, because it was all a tiny flaw on the white bi, and it could not hide its scorching light at all.

Song Nan walked down the steps with his hands and said with a smile: "Your Excellency has been waiting for a long time, why did you come here to see me?" Something said in the lobby of the military department, I also wanted to be quiet, and I wanted to sleep well, so I came to this cloud pavilion to rest. ”

Huang Jue rushed forward and said: "Xiaguan and all the lords originally came to congratulate the grandfather of the country on behalf of the millions of people in Nanjing, and the grandfather of the country taught Zhu Chenhao's nearly 100,000 army to be wiped out in ashes, and he was a true god. But Xia Guan and the adults knew that Grandpa Guo was too tired last night, and he came here to have a good rest, so he and the adults didn't dare to disturb, so they all waited quietly for the adults to wake up. Do adults sleep well? ”

The officials suddenly looked ambiguous, Grandpa Guo slept in the boudoir of Shen Yunyan, the top brand of Yunxiao Pavilion, for half a day, and the situation in this can naturally be guessed without saying, Huang Jue asked if he slept well, and everyone began to automatically make up for the work of Grandpa Guo and Shen Yunyan in the room.

Song Nan covered his mouth and coughed a few times, secretly scolding these guys for their obscenity in his heart, and said with a smile: "The rest is not bad, now it is very refreshing; I'm afraid you don't know yet, this Cloud Pavilion was originally my private property, and when I came to Nanjing City the year before last, I bought this property and rested in my own private property, so it's not the same as at home? Naturally sleep very sweetly. ”

The officials were stunned, it turned out that Yunxiao Pavilion was Song Nan's property This fact is true, although there are such rumors secretly, but everyone doesn't believe that the Zhenguo Guild bought a green building to ruin their reputation, so it seems that Zhu Chenhao failed to get Yunxiao Pavilion back then, but it turned out that Song Nan was the owner of Yunxiao Pavilion. So Song Nan came here to sleep, it's not a big deal, in the building of the family's own house, even if the girl in it sleeps next to Grandpa Guo, there is no place for others to speak. No wonder Grandpa Guo came here to rest without bending, it turned out to be his own garden, but there was no need to avoid any suspicion at all.

Song Nan didn't want to gossip more on these matters, waved his hand and said: "Let's go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to talk, our big group of officials are gathered here, and if you know, you will naturally not say anything, and if you don't know, I will lead all the adults to visit the Qinglou collectively." ”

The officials laughed, and some said: "What I said is that it is better to go to the yamen to speak, so as not to be misunderstood." ”

Another official said: "I'm not afraid of shadows, but I'm not afraid of misunderstandings, I'm afraid that the old slave at home will know and not follow, and if I go home and have a big fuss, it will be unbearable." ”

The officials laughed again, and Song Nan laughed and said, "It seems that this adult's life is difficult, and the one in the family is afraid that you will suffer a lot." ”

The official smiled wryly, "Isn't it? It's miserable. ”

Song Nan took the reins of the horse handed over by Zhao Dapeng and said with a smile: "It is a blessing that there is a strong woman in the family, and I dare to guarantee that this lord must be a virtuous person with a reputation in Nanjing." ”

Huang Jue smiled and said, "How did Grandpa Guo know?" Meng Fuzi is the professor of our Nanjing Guozijian, and he is the first erudite and virtuous person in my Nanjing city. ”

Song Nan turned over and laughed: "It's very simple, someone is in charge, if you don't have a strict wife at home, how can you clean yourself and achieve fame?" Don't I know what we do with men? ”

In the midst of laughter, the officials followed Song Nan in a sedan chair and went straight to the yamen of the military department.

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When Song Nan was sleeping soundly in Shen Yunyan's sweet boudoir, the sweeping work of the Battle of Nanjing was going on non-stop, and the Nanjing Navy Division led by Mao 18 did not come in handy during the war, they only patrolled the river in the lower reaches of Meizizhou, and followed Song Nan's instructions to intercept the fish that had broken through the sunken ship. Not to mention, dozens of rebel warships broke through the shipwreck belt and rushed to the river east of Meizizhou. But they are all shattered and on the verge of sinking, and they will sink themselves without Mao XEIGHTEEN attacking.

As a result, the only role of the more than 100 naval warships led by Mao 18 became the ecological protectors of the Yangtze River to salvage the materials and corpses on the river. Seventy or eighty large boats were divided into three teams and lined up on the river, forming three strainers, salvaging all the floating corpses and materials floating down the river, and transporting them to the open space by the river for stacking in empty boats.

The work lasted until the afternoon, and the salvaged corpses piled up more than a dozen small hills at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, at first Mao 18 and the soldiers of the water division were still frowning quite shockingly, but later, they were all numb, looking at the dense corpses, as if they were accustomed to seeing duckweed on the river.

There are not many corpses on the river, and the scattered corpses tumbling in the surging river are no longer a big problem, Mao 18 decided to end the salvage work, and then he has another important task, Song Nan ordered him to open the channel of the wreck belt after the salvage is over, so that the sailor can take the wreck to the parade.

The method is actually very simple, several ships throw down the hook and hook the underwater wreck together, and drag together to open the channel, Mao 18 has long been looking forward to this moment, because once the channel is opened, it means that soon Zhen Guogong will have to put his sailors to use, and the remnants of the enemy attacking Anqing Mansion need their own sailors and horses.

Just when Mao 18 ordered all the warships to march towards the shipwrecks on both sides of Meizizhou, the warships in front came with a flag, saying that something strange had been found. Mao ordered his warship to approach the ship in front of him, and went over from the gangplank to inspect it himself, only to see two corpses lying wet on the deck of the ship, brightly dressed and luxurious, which were the corpses of two women, an old man and a young woman, who were quietly embracing each other.

The corpses recovered are not surprising, Mao Eighteen saw tens of thousands of corpses this morning, but they were all the corpses of rebel soldiers, and the bodies of a pair of women who suddenly appeared together were obviously extremely unusual.

Judging from the clothes and clothing, the two women were obviously not ordinary women, Mao Shibai saw that the old woman's fingers had a different look, and his heart suddenly understood, so under his loud reprimand, the soldier who salvaged the corpse trembled and handed over a huge gem spotted finger; Mao Eighteen had no intention of scolding them, it was common for the soldiers to salvage the corpses and loot some belongings from the corpses. But the finger in front of me is obviously unusual, a huge ruby is inlaid on a gold hoop, and the gold hoop is engraved with a phoenix-shaped pattern, which is a pattern that only noble royal relatives can enjoy.

Mao 18 realized the special identity of these two women, so he immediately ordered the two bodies to be transported to his ship and turned around and sailed towards Nanjing, and he wanted to report the matter to the Duke of Zhenguo.

In the lobby of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Song Nan was arranging to maintain stability in the city of Nanjing, vigorously searching for the remnants of King Ning to prevent them from making trouble, and arranging for the soldiers and horses to march west to attack Anqing Mansion. Faced with the worries of Nanjing officials about Zhu Chenhao's escape to Anqing Mansion, Song Nan didn't care.

Because Song Nan knew that Xu Tai's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the north bank had approached Anqing Mansion and blocked all the passages on the land route, it was obviously impossible for Zhu Chenhao to attack Fengyang Mansion or other state capitals on land from Anqing Mansion. And it is impossible for Zhu Chenhao to turn back and attack Jiujiang Mansion, which has been defeated by Jiang Bin, Wang Yong, Li Daniu and others, although Jiang Bin does not have many soldiers and horses at hand, but the whole Jiangxi has been controlled by Wang Shouren, and Zhu Chenhao will seek his own death when he turns back.

The guards on the south bank, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places have also gathered, this is the situation of encirclement on all sides, no matter where Zhu Chenhao wants to break through, it is useless, he has become a turtle in the urn, just waiting for Song Nan to catch him. If it weren't for that, how could Song Nan sleep peacefully in Shen Yunyan's boudoir on the second floor of Yunxiao Pavilion?

The arrival of the two corpses interrupted everyone's discussion, and even Song Nan felt strange after listening to Mao Shibai's narration, the two women obviously died in the fight last night, but they were neatly dressed and there were no traces of injury, and they died a little inexplicably.

When everyone gathered around the corpse to check, Huang Jue suddenly screamed, everyone looked at him in surprise, Huang Jue looked embarrassed, and said in a trembling voice: "This ...... This deceased is known to the lower officials. ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Oh? Who is it? ”

Huang Jue said: "Grandpa Guo forgives his sins, Zhu Chenhao was interested in befriending the lower officials before, and the lower officials had to make a false relationship with him...... Not...... When Zhu Chenhao came to Nanjing, he brought his family with him, and Xia Guan once went to his Nanjing house as a guest and met this young woman. ”

Song Nan said: "Who is she?" ”

Huang Jue said: "She is Princess Ning Lou, this time Zhu Chenhao attacked Nanjing City, presumably his family members were also with him, how could Lou die in the river, this is incomprehensible." ”

Song Nan frowned and thought for a while, then pointed at the old woman and said, "Then who is this one?" ”

The professor of the Guozijian probed and said: "According to the style and pattern of this ring, it should be a royal thing, it can be seen that this old woman has a noble status, if she is also Zhu Chenhao's family, I am afraid that only Zhu Chenhao's mother, a noble and noble lady, will be rewarded by the royal thing, otherwise who would dare to carry this phoenix wrench?" ”

A word to wake up the person in the dream, this speculation is reasonable, no one has put forward this point of view before, that is because everyone can't believe that Zhu Chenhao's mother and Princess Ning will die on the river, after all, Zhu Chenhao escaped unscathed.

"This is strange, Zhu Chenhao fled, why did his mother and wife die in the river, could it be that there was infighting or rebellion among the rebels?" Someone said so.

Song Nan shook his head and said: "Impossible, these two corpses have no scars, they hugged each other tightly before they died, their clothes were neat and luxurious, and they were all dressed in costumes, who would wear them like this on weekdays?" As far as I can see, they seem to be preparing to die, and I am afraid that they will be born and have no hope of throwing themselves into the river to die. Zhu Chenhao, you are too a failure, your ambition not only buried your own life, but even your wife and mother could not be saved, you still didn't surrender, it was really in vain. ”

Everyone deeply believes that after the defeat of the army, there is no hope in life, and it is not impossible for the female dependents to die by throwing themselves into the river.

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "Order the mother-in-law to tidy up and clean them, use the good coffin to gather good luck on the warship, set off tonight, and when they arrive at Anqing Mansion tomorrow, return the coffin to Zhu Chenhao and let them reunite." ”

In the sigh, Song Nan walked out of the ya, stood on the high steps and looked at it, the street scene was picturesque, peaceful and tranquil, and all of them were bathed in the golden sunset, which was beautiful.