Chapter 456 sages

The footsteps are swirling and the voices are hustle and hustle.

The local three giant soldiers, governors and middle officials in Ningxia Town are all the main officials. Now there is Zhou Dong, the imperial minister sent by the imperial court to verify the tax rate set by Tianmu, and has made up a lot of cards.

A large group of people gathered four people and went straight into the back hall. Jiang Feng and other local Jinyiwei officials looked nervously, but they seemed to turn a blind eye to Song Nan still snoring porridge in the west. Even Hou Dabiao and Wang Yong did not get up and sat beside Song Nan to drink porridge, as if it was just ordinary people who came to meet ordinary people. , not a member of the town.

The four officials muttered a little because Song Nan did not welcome him out of the back hall. Now they saw Song Nan sitting in the back hall and eating porridge. They had no intention of getting up to meet each other. They didn't even raise their eyelids. They looked at each other and saw their displeasure in each other's eyes.

But they were unhappy. The four were not stupid enough to turn their faces immediately. An Wei was born as a civil official and acted more smoothly. He took a few steps to the hall, arched his hand, smiled, and said, "Marquis Song..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he stepped forward the four tall brocade guards next to the hall, stretched out his big hand like a fan and stopped him like an iron gate and shouted, "My adult is having breakfast, and no one can disturb him!"

An Weixue was stunned and his face changed color. As the governor of the town, he was actually called a useless person and was stopped outside the hall. Song Nan's shelf was too big. The faces of the three people in the rear also sank. Even if Song Nan's official position is bigger than these people, they are not belonging to Song Nan. How can they be so insulted?

Jiang Han, the general, bumped up angrily. Even if he wanted to turn his face, he stepped forward to argue, but An Weixue pulled him and signaled him not to be reckless. Jiang Han's ugly face was silent, and his eyes stared at Song Nan in the hall with anger.

After drinking the porridge at the bottom of the bowl, Song Nanxi finally raised her head from the porridge bowl. Wang Yong handed over a cloth towel and asked Song Nan to wipe her mouth and face. Song Nan wiped it and asked, "Didn't you say that several adults in this town are coming to visit? Where are they?"

Wang Yong said, "A few adults are waiting outside the door."

Song Nan looked out of the hall in surprise and pestle the four people in the yard at the entrance of the hall. His face was extremely ugly. He hurriedly said, "Oh, why did you do this? Why did you let several adults stand outside the hall? Why didn't you sit without inviting them in? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Wang Yong suppressed his laughter and said in a deep voice, "Yes, it's the dereliction of duty of a humble position. I can't bear to disturb the sweetness of millet porridge."

Song Nanqi walked to the door and scolded, "No matter how delicious millet porridge is, you can't neglect your adults. How many military and political affairs do you have? Aren't you wasting their time?"

Wang Yong sued repeatedly. Song Nan came to the entrance of the hall with a smile on her face and bowed her hand and said, "Oh, my lords are rude. I'm really sorry to sue you. Please come quickly."

Jiang Han, Li Zeng and others despised them. Obviously, they turned a blind eye, but they said that their subordinates were rude, and the performance was too fake. However, Song Nan had greeted each other with a smile, and several people were slightly better, so they saluted them one after another. Song Nan ordered people to serve tea and water and let the four people into the hall.

After sitting down, they introduced their identities to each other and found that the greetings were over. An Weixue said, "I was shocked to hear that Lord Song came to this town. We only got the news early this morning. Well, we quickly informed several adults to come to visit together. The marquis did not say hello in advance, so we could also go out of the city to welcome the big People, now it seems that we are ignorant.

Li Zeng, the eunuch of the town army, smiled and said, "Yes, the adult is a distinguished guest from the capital. Our Ningxia town is a remote town. The adult came, but we landlords did not know it at all. It was indeed a mistake not to meet the adults."

Song Nan laughed and said, "It's polite. It was late when I entered the city yesterday, so I didn't disturb you. I planned to visit you one by one today, but I didn't expect you to arrive first."

Li Zeng smiled and said, "How dare the marquis go to visit us? The marquis is an official. He is not only the commander of Jinyiwei, but also recently led the admiral of Shenshu Camp. Although our family congratulates here is late, we also want to congratulate him. Lord Song, congratulations."

When everyone heard the words, they bowed their hands and congratulated. Song Nan waved their hands and thanked them, "Thank you very much. The more you dare, the more you dare to pressure and have a great responsibility, like a thorn on your back."

Zhou Dong interrupted with a smile and said, "Master, this is a happy trouble. I still can't think of such pressure and troubles."

Everyone laughed, and the previous awkward atmosphere suddenly became much easier. Next, Song Nan talked and laughed with the officials, which made Jiang Han and others suddenly feel that the arrogant Song Nan in front of them and the approachable, humorous Song Nan in front of them were simply different.

"Marquis Song, you are a big celebrity in front of the emperor. You are busy with important office. How can you come to our Ningxia Town? Did you come to the public by order?" He talked and laughed. The first one who couldn't calm down was Zhou Dong, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. The three giants of Ningxia Town had not yet asked questions, but he, an outsider, asked first.

Before Song Nan spoke, she heard Hou Dabiao say coldly, "Lord Zhou, the reason why you came here is not what Lord Zhou can ask."

Zhou Dong blushed with shame. Although he was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and a member of the fourth-grade court, among the three judicial organs of the Ming Dynasty, Dali Temple was ranked as a dispensable organ after the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Fusi Zhao Prison in Beizhen. Otherwise, he would not have been sent by Liu Jin to Ningxia Town to measure the tax rate. It's a matter. In Beijing, he often dealt with Hou Dabiao. In some cases, Dali Temple wanted to grab the right to judge with Fusi of Beizhen, or jointly try some cases. There were many frictions between the two sides, and Hou Dabiao also showed Zhou Dong a lot. Although he met Hou Dabiao in another town today, he did not give him the same face.

Song Nan stared at Hou Dabiao and said, "How do you talk?" Lord Zhou is an imperial envoy. Although he has no right to ask me about anything, he can't be so rude.

Hou Dabiao nodded and said, "Your Excellency's lesson is."

Song Nan turned his head and smiled, "Since Lord Zhou cares so much about my purpose here, it's actually not a secret."

Zhou Dong said quickly, "No, no, the subordinate just asked casually, thinking that maybe he could help in official business, but he didn't want to spy on any secrets of the adult."

Song Nan smiled and said, "I know Lord Zhou's kindness. I'm not here to do things according to the order, but some things inside the government need to be dealt with, so I have come all the way here."

Jiang Han asked in a low voice, "Oh? What kind of big event needs to be dealt with in person by the marquis? The Jinyiwei brothers of Jinyiwei Qianhu in Ningxia Town have always been fine and capable. They have also helped me catch a lot of plotting barbish spies in Ningxia Town. But if they want to say anything big, they haven't heard any big mistakes.

Song Nan smiled and said, "Mr. Jiang's evaluation of my Jinyiwei government. Thank you very much. Jiang Qianhu reported to me last night that Jiang General Bing usually took good care of our brother in Jinyiwei. I thanked him first. I'm actually here for one thing. In fact, you have known about it for a long time. It's for the attack on the town's post house by Lord Yang Yiqing, the chief of the three sides. Several months have passed since this matter. When the emperor heard about it, he was very angry and ordered me to investigate the matter strictly, but there has been no progress. The emperor asked me once a year ago, but I was speechless and felt that I had betrayed the emperor's trust. During the annual leave, I also thought about this in my heart. It was hard to eat and sleep. I originally planned to visit my family in my hometown in Weizhou, but I came to our Ningxia Town.

The crowd suddenly fell silent. They thought that Song Nan would prevaricate, and they did not intend to ask, but Song Nan suddenly came to investigate Yang Yiqing's attack, which was unexpected. But in fact, the four officials all know in their hearts that Song Nan came here for those things, and they actually knew it well whether they asked or not.

An Weixue sighed repeatedly: "It turned out that the marquis Song, who shocked this matter, came in person. Under the rule of our Ningxia town, we and other local officials could not absolve themselves from the blame. To be honest, the subordinate, Jiang Zongbing and Eunuch Li were deeply humiliated by this matter and actively investigated the matter, but the thief was really cunning and unrewd. The feet didn't find a clue.

Li Zeng, the eunuch of the town army, said, "Yes, yes, the governor and the commander-in-chief have issued a strict order to find out this matter, and this matter must be found out."

Song Nan said lightly, "It's a big deal, but the good thing is that Lord Yang is safe and sound. As long as there is a reasonable explanation, the emperor will not say anything. But I heard that the explanation given by the general's mansion and the governor's office is that the Taran spies sneaked into the city to assassinate Lord Yang, which is a little nonsense. Although Song Nan is young, I am naturally not as good as those present in terms of experience, but I can also see that this is a fabricated reason. Is it possible that there is no clue at the general's mansion and the governor's office?

An Weixue was ashamed and coughed dryly and said, "This... This matter has always been personally investigated by the General's Office. In fact, my governor's government has not participated in it, and the statement given by the Governor's Office is also based on the conclusion of the General's Office."

Jiang Han looked at An Weixue contemptuously and turned his horse legs to each other. Unexpectedly, he did not hesitate to shirk his responsibility in front of outsiders. He was really an asshole. Seeing Song Nan's eyes looking at him, Jiang Han straightened his chest and said, "Marquis Song, this is the only possibility of this matter, otherwise it is difficult to explain Lord Yang. The incident of being attacked. The adult must not believe that there will be spies in Ningxia Town, but in fact, no matter how strict the investigation is, there are fish that leaks the net.

Song Nan shook her head and said, "I don't believe that there are spies in the city, or there may be thousands of details in the capital, but the question is, where did your conclusion come from? Did you see the evil deeds with your own eyes, or do you have solid evidence?

Jiang Han said disapprovingly, "That's not true. Zhou Ang, the commander in charge of investigating this matter, reported to me like this. How can I believe the words of my brothers? Moreover, half a month ago, there was a bloody case in the city, and more than a dozen people suddenly died in the wilderness. Some people claimed to have seen the murderer holding a machete in his hand, shaped like a sarcisan soldier killing with a sword. Isn't this just proof of the bold behavior of the Tatar spies in the city? Lord Yang's attack must also be theirs.

Song Nan said slowly, "Well, is all this also estimated? The perpetrator was not arrested, isn't it?

Jiang Han said, "Lord Song, this is actually not a big deal. Lord Yang has not been damaged at all, and there is no chaos in the city. We are stationed in Ningxia Town and shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting tens of thousands of turts in the northeast and west. How can we focus on these little things? If adults have time, they can go to investigate in detail, but they are not interested in inferiority.

Song Nan smiled and said, "If Lord Yang was killed under your jurisdiction, would you think it was still a small matter?"

Jiang Han said coldly, "We who lead troops to guard the border are not carrying their heads. If Lord Yang is unfortunately killed, it is also fate. If I, Jiang Han, are punished by the court for this, I will be helpless; Lord Yang doesn't have to stay in Ningxia Town. He is a noble official. He should stay in the three-sided general government of Guyuan. I have to come. What can I do?

An Weixue hurriedly said, "Mr. Jiang, you can't say that. Lord Song, Jiang Zongbing is straightforward. He doesn't speak very well, but he is by no means rude. Please don't blame him.