The officials waiting in the courtyard of Yunxiao Pavilion were looking forward to Song Nan coming downstairs like the stars and the moon. For some reason, for the first time, the Zhen Guo Gong went to the brothel to rest, which made these picky defenders feel that it was natural for the first time. . ~If you can defeat more than 80,000 rebels with only 8,000 soldiers and horses, you can afford to come to a brothel and sleep with the oiran in your arms. The young prince in front of him was already like a god in the hearts of Nanjing's soldiers and civilians. No one criticized his inappropriate behavior, because they were all tiny flaws on the white jade, which could not cover up its dazzling light. Song Nan walked down the steps with his hands folded and said with a smile: "My lords, you have been waiting for a long time. Why are you here to see me? If you have something to do, just tell me in the lobby of the Ministry of War. I also want to be quiet and have a good sleep, so I came here. Resting in the Yunxiao Pavilion." Huang Jue rushed forward and cupped his hands and said, "Xiaoguan and all of you are here to congratulate the Duke on behalf of the millions of people in Nanjing. While talking and laughing, the Duke of Guo taught Zhu Chenhao's nearly 100,000 troops. He was really a god. However, the official and your lords knew that the Duke was very tired last night and came here to have a good rest, so they did not dare to disturb you, so they all waited quietly below for your lord to wake up. Come on. Did you sleep well, sir?" All the officials suddenly looked confused. The Duke had been sleeping in the boudoir of Shen Yunyan, the leader of Yunxiao Pavilion, for a long time. It was easy to guess what happened. Huang Jue asked if he had slept well. Okay, everyone started to think about what the Duke and Shen Yunyan were doing in the room. Song Nan covered her mouth and coughed several times, cursing the wretchedness of these guys in her heart, and said with a smile: "I had a good rest, I feel very refreshed now; I'm afraid you adults don't know yet, this Yunxiao Pavilion is originally My private property, I bought it when I came to Nanjing the year before last. I rested in my own private property. I naturally slept very sweetly. " All the officials were shocked. It turned out that Yunxiao Pavilion belonged to the Song Dynasty. The matter of Nan's property is true. Although there are such rumors secretly, everyone does not believe that the Zhenguo Guild bought a brothel to ruin its reputation. From this, it seems that Zhu Chenhao was not able to conquer Yunxiao Pavilion even though he was hard-pressed. I got it, but it turned out that it was because Song Nan was the master of Yunxiao Pavilion. So it's not a big deal that Song Nan comes to sleep here. In his own building, the girl inside has no business talking to anyone even if the prince of the country sleeps next to her. No wonder the Duke came here to rest without hesitation. It turned out to be his own garden, so there was no need to avoid any suspicion. Song Nan didn't want to talk too much about these matters, and waved his hands and said: "Let's go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to talk. We have a large group of officials gathered here. Those who know will naturally not say anything. Those who don't know will just treat me as Song. You all are visiting the brothel together." The officials laughed, and one said: "It's better to go to the Yamen to talk, so as not to be misunderstood." Another official said: "If you are upright, you are not afraid of slanted shadows, but you are not afraid of misunderstandings. , I'm afraid that the old slave at home will not obey if he finds out. If he goes home and makes a fuss, it will be too much." The officials laughed again, and Song Nan laughed and said: "It seems that this gentleman's life is going to be bad. It's been a hard life, I'm afraid the person at home has made you suffer a lot." The official smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't it? It's miserable." Song Nan took the horse rein from Zhao Dapeng and said with a smile. "It's a blessing to have a fierce woman in your family. I can guarantee that this gentleman must be a famous and virtuous person in Nanjing." Huang Jue smiled and said: "How did the Duke know about it? Master Meng is a professor at our Imperial College in Nanjing. , He is the most knowledgeable and virtuous man in Nanjing." Song Nan turned on his horse and laughed: "It's very simple, if there is someone to take care of it, how can we be men and achieve fame if we don't have a strict wife at home? Aren't you aware of this problem?" Amidst the laughter, the officials followed Song Nan on horses and sedans and headed straight to the Yamen of the Ministry of War. While Song Nan was sleeping soundly in Shen Yunyan's sweet and sweet boudoir, the finishing work of the Battle of Nanjing was going on non-stop. The Nanjing Navy led by Mao Shiba was not of great use during the battle. They He only patrolled the river downstream of Meizizhou, following Song Nan's instructions to intercept fish that slipped through the wreckage zone. Not to mention, dozens of rebel warships broke through the sunken shipwreck zone and rushed to the river east of Meizizhou. But they are all in pieces and on the verge of sinking. They will sink on their own without Mao Shiba's attack. Since then, the only role of the hundreds of naval warships led by Mao Shiba has been to protect the Yangtze River ecology in salvaging materials and corpses from the river. Seventy or eighty large boats were divided into three teams and lined up on the river, forming three filters. They salvaged all the floating corpses and materials floating down the river, and transported them to the open space by the river in empty boats for stacking. This work lasted until the afternoon. The salvaged corpses were piled up on more than a dozen hills at the mouth of the Qinhuai River. At the beginning, Mao Shiba and the navy?The soldiers were still stunned and frowning, which was quite shocking. Later, they all became numb. Looking at the densely packed corpses, it was as if they were accustomed to seeing duckweed on the river. There were not many corpses left on the river, and the scattered corpses tumbling in the surging river were no longer serious. Mao Shiba decided to end the salvage work. Next, he had another important task. Song Nan ordered him to end the salvage work. Afterwards, the channel of the sunken ship was opened to facilitate the navy to move upstream through the sunken ship. The method is actually very simple. Several ships can throw hooks at the same time to hook the sunken ship and drag it together to open the channel. Mao Shiba has been looking forward to this moment for a long time, because once the channel is opened, it means that the government will soon He had to put his navy to use. What the remnants of the enemy attacking Anqing Mansion needed were his navy troops and horses. Just when Mao Shiba ordered all the warships to march to the shipwrecks on both sides of Meizi Island, a flag was sent from the warship in front, saying that something strange had been discovered. Mao Shiba ordered his warship to approach the ship in front, and went from the gangplank to inspect it in person. He saw two corpses lying naked on the deck of the ship. They were dressed in bright and luxurious clothes. They were an old man and a young man. The bodies of the women embracing each other. The corpses recovered were not surprising. Mao Shiba had seen tens of thousands of corpses this morning, but they were all corpses of rebel soldiers. The corpses of a pair of women hugging each other suddenly appeared. Clearly extremely unusual. Judging from the clothes, the two women were obviously not ordinary women. When Mao Shiba saw that the old woman's fingers had a different look, he immediately understood. So under his loud scolding, the soldiers who salvaged the body trembled and exchanged words with each other. A huge jewel-spotted finger appeared; Mao Shiba had no intention of scolding them. It was normal for the soldiers to salvage the corpse and search for some property on the corpse. But the spotted finger in front of me is obviously unusual. A huge ruby ??is set in a gold hoop, and the gold hoop is engraved with a phoenix-shaped pattern, which is a decoration that can only be enjoyed by noble relatives of the emperor. Mao Shiba realized the special status of the two women, so he immediately ordered the two bodies to be transported to his ship and turned around towards Nanjing. He wanted to report the matter to the Duke of Zhen. In the lobby of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Song Nan was making arrangements to maintain stability in the city of Nanjing, vigorously hunt down the remaining members of King Ning's party to prevent them from causing rebellion, and arrange for troops to march westward to attack Anqing Mansion. Faced with the concerns of Nanjing officials about Zhu Chenhao's escape to Anqing Mansion, Song Nan was indifferent. 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 land routes. If Zhu Chenhao wanted to attack Fengyang Mansion or other state capitals on land from Anqing Mansion, it would obviously be impossible. of. And it is impossible for Zhu Chenhao to turn back and attack Jiujiang Prefecture, which has been captured by Jiang Bin, Wang Yong, Li Daniu and others. Although Jiang Bin does not have many troops at hand, the whole of Jiangxi is already controlled by Wang Shouren. Zhu Chenhao must turn around on his own. Seeking death. The soldiers and horses of the guards in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places on the south bank have also gathered. This is the situation of encirclement from all sides. No matter where Zhu Chenhao wants to break out of the encirclement, it is useless. He has become a turtle in the urn, just waiting for Song Nan to catch him. If not, how could Song Nan sleep peacefully in Shen Yunyan's boudoir on the second floor of Yunxiao Pavilion? The arrival of two corpses interrupted everyone's deliberations. Even Song Nan felt strange after listening to Mao Shiba's account. The two women had obviously died in the fighting last night, but their clothes were neat and there were no signs of injury. The death was somewhat inexplicable. When everyone gathered around the body to check, Huang Jue suddenly screamed. Everyone looked at him in surprise. Huang Jue looked embarrassed and said with a trembling voice: "This the deceased was acquainted with the lower officials." Song Nan frowned and said. "Oh? Who is he?" Huang Jue said: "My lord, please forgive me. Before, Zhu Chenhao deliberately made friends with Xiaguan, and Xiaguan had to make excuses with him Well when Zhu Chenhao came to Nanjing He brought his family here. Xiaguan once visited his house in Nanjing and met this young woman. "Song Nan said: "Who is she?" Huang Jue said: "She is Princess Ning Lou. When Zhu Chenhao attacked Nanjing City, his family members must have accompanied him. How could the Lou family die in the river is beyond explanation. Song Nan frowned and thought for a while, then pointed at the old woman and said, "Then. Who is this one?" The professor from the Imperial College looked over and said, "Judging from the style and pattern of this ring, it should be a royal item. It shows that this old woman has a distinguished status. If she is also a member of Zhu Chenhao's family, , I am afraid that only a noble lady like Zhu Chenhao's mother will be rewarded with royal things, otherwise who would dare to wear this phoenix pattern to wake up the dreamer? This speculation is reasonable and has been done before. No one raised this point of view, because everyone could not believe that Zhu Chenhao's mother and Princess Ning would die on the river. After all, Zhu Chenhao escaped unscathed. "This is strange, Zhu Chenhao escaped"Why did his mother and wife die in the river? Is there internal strife or rebellion among the rebels? Someone said. Song Nan shook his head and said, "Impossible. The two corpses had no scars. They hugged each other tightly before they died. They were neatly and luxuriously dressed. Who would dress like this on weekdays?" From what I saw, they looked like they were preparing to die. I'm afraid they threw themselves into the river because they realized there was no hope of life. Zhu Chenhao, you have failed as a human being. Not only did your ambition cost you your own life, but you also couldn't save your wife and mother. You still haven't surrendered. You are really in vain. "Everyone deeply believed that after the defeat, there was no hope for life, and it was not impossible for the female family members to throw themselves into the river and die." Song Nan waved his hands and said: "I ordered my mother-in-law to clean them up, use a good coffin to collect their good luck, and board the warship. The army will set off tonight. When they arrive at Anqing Mansion tomorrow, return the coffin to Zhu Chenhao and let them reunite. " Amidst the sighs, Song Nan quickly walked out of the Yamen, stood on the high steps and stared at the streets. The street scene was picturesque, peaceful and tranquil, and everything was bathed in the golden sunset. It was so beautiful.