Devil’s Advent

Because Gao Yi sent away a hundred guards to escort people back to Xueguan, Uncle Zheng had fewer guards, but the problem was not that big. First, there was a sword master by his side. After Tiancheng continued westward and entered the Yan territory, the security was already guaranteed. Under the premise that there was no large number of people ambushing, it would basically not pose any threat to Uncle Zheng.

smooth sailing,

and before the date required by the decree,

Uncle Zheng's team,

Came outside the capital.

The last time I entered Beijing, I was a personal guard of Jingnan Hou.

This time, as early as in Tiantai County outside the capital, people from the Ministry of Rites and the Forbidden Army were waiting early.

Generally speaking, it is the Ministry of War's business for generals abroad to return to Beijing.

For low-level generals, they should quickly report to the Yamen of the Ministry of War according to the date when they enter the capital. Others will think you have no rules.

For high-ranking generals, the Ministry of War will send someone to wait for you, to accompany you to Beijing, and to report in the yamen. In the yamen, unless you are a few big men from the Ministry of War, you can chat and laugh happily with everyone else.

And once the people from the Ministry of Rites are dispatched,

That often means that there is no need for you to go to the Ministry of War, the kind of yamen that is treated rough and rough. They will send someone to your mansion or contact you to complete the formalities.

and you,

Either go directly to the palace to face the saint,

Or it is the ceremony of preparing to enter the city.

Uncle Zheng is the latter, and this ceremonial servant came here to inform Uncle Zheng that there will be a city entry ceremony when he enters Beijing.

As for the imperial guards who accompanied them, one was to act as a defense force, and the other was actually to serve as a guard of honor.

Uncle Zheng himself had to put on the imperial golden armor and the imperial saber. At the same time, the princess had to change into a fancy dress. At the same time, the imperial carriage was already waiting here.

Xu was afraid that there would not be enough jewelry for the princess, so the people from the Ministry of Rituals also brought exquisite clothes and various imperial gifts. These were originally gifts and would not be taken back.

After everything is tidied up,

Uncle Zheng stepped into the imperial carriage and sat with Xiong Liqing. After all, the team still had a long way to go before reaching the gate of the capital.

"Hey, before, Yan Kingdom didn't pay much attention to it."

Recalling the last time I entered Beijing, the etiquette was not so complicated.

In fact, the reason why Yan people have been called Yan barbarians by Gan people and Chu people for hundreds of years is precisely because Yan people don't care about these red tapes.

But now, in the past few years, Dayan has continuously hammered Qian and Chu, and also annexed Jin. As the most powerful empire in the East, it has finally consciously begun to pay attention to its own "decency".

Xiong Liqing said: "The strong are respected, and what the strong do is right and justified. In fact, the etiquette here in Dayan is not as complicated as that in my country of Chu."

"Seeing that you are wearing so many clothes, are you tired?"

"I'm used to it."

"Do you want to lie down and rest?"

Xiong Liqing shook her head and said: "Just sit like this, otherwise you will have to clean up again later, which is troublesome."

Uncle Zheng nodded, leaned against the car wall, and closed his eyes.

"This is Xianggong's second visit to Beijing, right?"

"Yes, I followed Jingnanhou the first time. I was his personal guard, but I also came here in a carriage."

When Xiong Liqing saw her husband say this, there was a clear hint of pride in his tone.

"At that time, Xianggong has already begun to be valued by Lord Hou."

"Forget it. At that time, I was still thinking that in the future, I would also have a big carriage, with red sleeves on the side, and two or three kittens shivering in front of me."

"It's easy, Zhao Cheng."

"The slave is here."

"Come in."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Eunuch Zhao came in stooping and knelt there.

Uncle Zheng opened his eyes, looked at Zhao Cheng, shook his head, and said:

"He's not as smart as I was."

"Uncle, what you said is, how can a slave compare with you, Uncle?"

"Go out."

"Yes, uncle."

Eunuch Zhao went out again.

Xiong Liqing said sadly: "So, it was not easy being a husband back then."

"When I first started climbing, I had to be careful, and I had to show my usefulness and please the people above me. Looking back now, I really feel that I was pretty good before."

"What now?"

"Now, I can't bear to be wronged more and more."

"Is your husband proud?"

Uncle Zheng shook his head, and said, "If I still see everyone lying down and being a small boy, then what's the point of my previous struggles?"

"My husband's words are always thought-provoking."

"Actually, I'm looking forward to my next trip to Beijing. It should be different from this time."

At this time,

The voice of the Ministry of Rites walking came from outside:

"Uncle, it's time to come out."

"good."

Zheng Fan took a deep breath, looked at the princess, and said:

"After today's process is completed, it is almost over. In the future, if you don't want to, I won't let you show your face again."

"Your Majesty, are you serious?"

"Even if it's a folk, what normal man would like his wife to show his face outside and rely on his daughter-in-law to make money to support the family?"

"But people feel that they can do something for you, and they are very happy."

"There is always a happier way to live."

Uncle Zheng reached out and touched Xiong Liqing's chin, then stepped out of the carriage.

golden armor,

brave troops,

On both sides, the forbidden army cleared the way;

At the rear is a beautifully decorated carriage.

Under the city gate ahead, a dense crowd can be seen.

After all, Litian City is the land of Jin, but in the territory of Yan State, the people of Yan Land are naturally very enthusiastic and excited about Uncle Hirano. After all, Uncle Hirano is from Yan just like them.

The Marquis of Jingnan has made great achievements, but the taint of self-destruction made him have a bad reputation among the people. On the other hand, Uncle Hirano, who was born in the head of Guizhou and made many military exploits, naturally became the object of praise by the people of Yandi.

What's more, the princess was snatched back from Chu!

The team marched to the gate of the city, and the surrounding people kept cheering.

There are too many people to count.

But Uncle Zheng still misses Xueguan a little at this time, because the soldiers and civilians in Xueguan know how to cooperate with him better, and everyone knows how to follow Uncle Hirano in a uniform manner.

and,

Perhaps when I followed Jingnanhou to Beijing, I once envied Jingnanhou's elegance and independence, and imagined how excited I would be when I encountered a similar situation in the future;

But when he was able to stand in this position, facing such a scene, he felt very calm in his heart.

What you can't get is always in turmoil. When you really get it, that's it, because your vision, along with your status, has already risen.

Minister of Rites Guo You stepped forward holding the imperial decree, and beside him stood a young man in a boa robe.

Should be a prince, such a young prince;

Is it the prince?

"Your Majesty has a purpose."

Uncle Zheng is ready to come down to receive the order.

"Uncle Zhunping received the order on horseback."

Uncle Zheng stopped, cupped his hands and said:

"Thank you Lord Ron."

"Following the emperor's decree, the general of Xuehai Customs into the country, Hirano Bo Zheng Fan, has returned from meritorious service. My heart is very happy. My big swallow is in the era of pioneering, and I need a hero like Hirano Bo to serve as the country's wings. , Only in this way can our Dayan foundation be kept green forever.

I will not be stingy with all the ministers who have made meritorious service. I will give you a guard of honor to enter the capital, and the prince will lead the horse to announce it to the world. "

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Guo You, the Minister of Rites, stepped forward and handed over the imperial decree to Uncle Zheng. At the same time, the fifth prince, Ji Chengwen, stepped forward and reached out to grab the rein around Pixiu's neck.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ji Chengwen smiled and said, "This is what it should be."

immediately,

The team enters Beijing.

Uncle Zheng has always wanted to ask, is this His Highness the Fourth Highness or the Fifth Highness?

Uncle Zheng has seen the eldest, second, third, and sixth children. The seventh child is still a child, and only the fourth and fifth children have not been seen by Uncle Zheng.

But Uncle Zheng noticed that the other party's hand holding the rein had dark marks on his nails, which should be caused by ink lines that are often used.

Only then did Uncle Zheng realize that he should be the one who likes to do carpentry.

The team walked on the royal road in the capital, on both sides and upstairs on both sides, there were people vying to wait and see. There were huge crowds of people, and it was extremely lively.

When the team marched to Yuqian Street, there was a team of imperial guards in front of them who were ready. The leader stood on a platform in a yellow robe.

It was the prince Ji Chenglang.

From a long distance, Uncle Zheng saw the crown prince, and he could clearly feel that the crown prince had lost weight, and his energy and energy were also very sluggish.

He was clearly wearing a yellow robe that was higher than the rest of the princes, but it gave people the feeling that his thin body could no longer support the clothes.

This prince, in the past few years, first experienced the annihilation of his mother clan, then the permanent shelving of his marriage with the princess, and the death of his mother. With this series of blows, it is very impressive that he can continue to stand there Incredible.

In fact, if things go well, the crown prince's uncle is the Marquis of Jingnan, the crown prince's Taishan is the Marquis of Zhenbei, and the crown prince himself sits in the East Palace and has a national status.

But Uncle Zheng knew that the more likely he was to go smoothly, the less likely he would be to go smoothly.

after all,

It is impossible for any emperor to sit back and watch an heir of this level exist while he is on the throne.

To put it bluntly, if it is true, with the power of the crown prince, he can really go directly to Qingjun's side or play "Xuanwumen". If you support yourself, and you are still the crown prince of the country, and you promise to the officials a moderate policy in the future, then Yanhuang may become the overlord at any time.

The prince standing on the stage, with his hands behind his back, seemed to be blown off the stage by the wind at any moment, but he still said loudly:

"Your Majesty ordered that Uncle Pingye listen to the announcement."

Receiving the decree on horseback is a kind of honor, even in Qianguo, when a meritorious minister enters the capital, in order to show his courtesy, he naturally has to avoid kneeling, otherwise he will kneel all the way to announce the decree, too. spoil the atmosphere.

Uncle Zheng cupped his hands and said:

"I respectfully invite Sheng An."

The crown prince clasped his fists and pointed towards the palace:

"Saint Boon."

immediately,

The prince faced Zheng Fan,

road:

"Uncle Hirano has made meritorious service for the country, and ordered the crown prince to pick him up and go straight to the gate of the palace."

It means, let the prince lead the way for Uncle Zheng.

"Sir, thank you Lord Long En."

Next,

The prince rode on the horse and walked in front, and Uncle Zheng rode a brave man and followed behind.

The prince led the horse in the front, and the prince led the horse in the back. This honor is unprecedented.

When entering the city, Emperor Yan said in his decree that he wanted "a thousand pieces of gold to buy horse bones", and he did indeed arrange it this way.

Maybe Hirano Uncle Hirano's entry into the city this time is not as exaggerated as the sixth prince's wedding last time, but the standard is obviously higher.

In the next few years, whenever people in the capital mentioned Uncle Hirano, they had to mention the scenery when Uncle Hirano entered Beijing today.

As for the fifth prince, it was considered a business trip at this time, he stopped leading the horse, and retreated to the carriage behind him instead.

In the carriage, the fourth prince was sitting there peeling peanuts to eat. Seeing the fifth child coming up, he said with a smile:

"Are your legs okay?"

"But I'm exhausted." Lao Wu took off his boots directly.

The fourth prince waved his hand in distaste.

"Oh, that Pixiu's breath has been blowing on my back, making my brother feel like I'm in a steamer, and I'm almost not cooked."

"Hehe, okay, anyway, you will leave Beijing with Zheng Fan for Jin soon, so it's not wrong to establish a good relationship with him first."

"Fourth brother, we are princes."

"Then you say, if there is a hailstorm in the sky, if one must be killed, let the emperor choose, who will die?"

"Wow, fourth brother, my brother knows that you feel uncomfortable because you didn't get the errand in Nanwangcheng, but there's no need to be so blunt and sarcastic about me, right?"

"The boss is on the side of Nanwang City, relying on Cong Qianren's meritorious service, he stood up again."

In fact, the fourth prince has been working on this matter.

Of the seven princes of Emperor Yan, the eldest is considered to be one who can really know how to fight, and the fourth is actually also considered, because the mother of the fourth, the Sanshi Deng family, is a family that relies on military merits.

But the Deng family escaped from the Ma Tia family, but they were on the bank of the Wangjiang River, burning their family heritage and reputation to the torch.

The fourth prince originally thought that he had already married the boss of the barbarian princess, so he would have no chance to lead troops abroad. Who knew that the barbarian envoy suddenly lowered his status, and at the same time, the sixth child worked up and down, and finally the boss did something against the pillar in the court hall. He made the gesture that he would die if he didn't let him lead the army to serve the country, but he really forcibly took the job in Nanwangcheng from his own hands.

"Is it our eldest brother or not? Hehe, I said, fourth brother, listen to my younger brother's persuasion, let's stop thinking about what we have and what we don't have now, and hurry up and seize this opportunity to sell it to Xiaoliu. After all, it's my brother. It breaks the bones and tendons."

The fourth prince's face was gloomy.

some words,

he can't say,

Because when the third child plotted against Zheng Fan, he actually contributed to the flames behind the scenes, and finally caused the third child to completely collapse.

The Fourth Prince didn't know whether Zheng Fan knew about this matter.

The fifth child continued while rubbing his feet:

"Phew, brother, I'm thinking about it anyway. It's not easy to fight for this position, and I don't want to fight for it. Although the Ministry of Industry is hard, I finally have something to do, brother. It's better to go out and see the world, than to be imprisoned all the time." In this capital."

"You can take it easy." The fourth prince perfunctory casually, "But Xiao Liu, can you let us go?"

"So what if you can let it go, so what if you can't let it go? At least the second child still occupies a position in the Eastern Palace. Although it is so desolate now, the country seems to be in a precarious state, but the second child at least still has a chance.

Not to mention Xiao Liu, the boss is already standing behind him.

What else can we do? "

"Fifth brother, I don't accept it."

"Don't accept it, hold back."

The fifth prince put on the boots again, and continued: "Why don't you change into the python robe, maybe the emperor father will pass on the banquet later."

"I've brought it, it's too hot, I'm sweating, I'll wear it later."

"By the way, don't just eat peanuts, what about the vegetables I told you to bring?"

"Later, father will invite you to a banquet. We will sit with you. What do you want me to bring with you?"

"You didn't bring it?"

"forget."

"You... well, Zheng Fan and we are of the same generation. When we go to the banquet, the emperor will definitely use Zheng Fan to beat us up, saying that we are so useless and do not want to make progress. When the time comes, we will just kowtow to apologize. Care to eat?"

"Yes, I will send someone to buy some food."

...

Uncle Zheng's team came to the gate of the palace.

The team stopped at this moment.

The white-haired Dazong was standing in front of the palace gate, holding an imperial edict in his hand.

The prince turned his head, looked at Uncle Zheng, and said:

"This is for the princess to confer."

This was the first sentence the prince said to Uncle Zheng along the way.

The canonization of the princess cannot be an official, but Zongzheng, the patriarch of the Ji family.

More than 800 years ago, the Marquis of Yan and Marquis Chu were all subjects of Da Xiazi, and they were ordered to open the border. Although the two countries were still at war not long ago, they are like two neighbors. As for getting angry at a child who came to play in your house, it would be too shameful.

Therefore, letting Dazong come to proclaim the decree and canonization represents a kind of family connection between the Ji family and the Xiong family.

"Princess Xiong Liqing of the Chu Kingdom accepts the order."

Xiong Liqing stepped out of the carriage, and she knelt down slowly on the ground in a gorgeous attire.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said..."

Regarding the matter of the princess coming to the Kingdom of Yan, the imperial decree was full of praise, and did not regard the princess as a captive or a show off. This kind of grandeur, the Emperor Yan did not lack.

Happiness is naturally happiness. After all, this is a matter of long face, but when doing things, you have to have a pattern.

"Therefore, give Xiong Liqing the title of Princess Zhaode of Dayan, enfeoff the land of Cang County, and build the Princess Mansion, hereby."

Princess Zhaode has a good name, much nicer than "Princess Guiyi".

Of course, what caught Uncle Zheng's attention more was the princess's fief, Cang County, which was very poor and dilapidated, with almost no population.

Because Cang County is just south of Xueguan, it is the closest county to Xueguan that originally belonged to Chengguo.

Emperor Yan chose Cang County as the fief of the princess, but in fact, he gave Cang County to Uncle Zheng, the princess's husband, in a disguised form.

It can be regarded as handing over the local governance power of Xuehai Customs to Zheng Fan.

"Sir, thank you Lord Long En, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Xiong Liqing accepted the order.

Dazong said kindly:

"Girl, get up."

immediately,

Dazong looked directly at Zheng Fan,

From the hand of the attendant, another imperial decree was received:

"Da Yanxue Customs General and General Cheng Guo Bo Hirano Bo Zheng Fan received the order."

This time, you were not told not to dismount, so Uncle Zheng knelt down to receive the order in a proper manner.

"Following the imperial decree of Chengyun, I will give you a marriage today. Princess Zhaode will marry Hirano Bo Zheng Fan. I hope you and the others will respect each other as guests and have a good relationship for a hundred years."

It's a process.

Although Uncle Zheng hasn't done anything yet,

But in the eyes of outsiders,

Uncle Zheng and the princess should have done what they should do.

However, the princess had just been conferred in Dayan, so she had to go through a new certification process, complete the formalities, and marry Uncle Hirano.

at the same time,

This also means that Uncle Zheng already has a long name in front of him, and another prefix has to be added:

Zheng Fan, General of Yanxue Customs, General of Chengguo and Uncle Hirano, Consort of Great Yan.

Zheng Fan felt that no matter how hard he worked, he could catch up with Longma.

"Sir, thank you Lord Long En."

And here when the decree was announced,

there,

behind the line,

Wei Zhonghe took the initiative to walk into Uncle Zheng's team, and came to the white robe.

"I have seen Master Sword Saint, and I invite you to come with the miscellaneous family. I have my own entertainment."

In fact, only Zheng Fan and Xiong Liqing will be able to enter the palace later, and everyone else will be placed.

But Juggernaut is different from other people, not only can he not be placed casually, but also has to be watched by someone specially.

This is what it should mean, and the Juggernaut did not refuse.

who called

Does he have a criminal record for regicide?

After both Zheng Fan and Xiong Liqing received the order and stood up, Da Zong stepped aside and said:

"Go to the palace, His Majesty is waiting for you."

At this time,

At the gate of the palace, Ji Chengjue's figure appeared there, behind him, there were two horses, and in his hand, he also held a will.

Dazong smiled and said: "It should be the order of the Zhun Palace to ride horses."

Uncle Zheng smiled at Dazong, and then took Xiong Liqing's hand and walked in. At this time, the crown prince, Dazong, and other officials and eunuchs who were waiting outside the palace gate were also preparing to enter the palace together .

At the same time, the big guys are also ready to accept the last order of horse riding in the palace today, and they are ready to kneel down after walking a few steps.

Who knew that Ji Chengjue was just holding on to the will like this, and didn't let it go, until Uncle Zheng walked up to him with the princess, Ji Chengjue still didn't rush to announce the decree.

Just when everyone was a little doubtful,

Ji Chengjue looked at Zheng Fan,

Spit out two very crisp words;

immediately,

Uncle Zheng also looked at the sixth prince, and responded with two equally crisp words,

For a moment, everyone inside and outside the palace gate was stunned.

"brute."

"Bitch."

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