Chapter 172: Whitewashing the Peace
"Cheng Zuoyin, all the rebel generals have been counted, and the rebels have been dispersed and assembled. β
Liu also counted and reported all the battle conditions one by one, and at the same time compiled the list of all the rebel generals for follow-up purposes, while all the remaining rebel troops were scattered at the same time, and the number of people was counted as quickly as possible to reorganize into a new Tiger Ben Forbidden Army and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.
The soldiers and horses of the five cities, which were still fighting outside the city, dispersed to eliminate the remnants of the resistance forces that still existed outside Yingdu on a large scale, and at the same time hunted down the soldiers who fled in fear of punishment.
The sound of large-scale fighting inside and outside the city has gradually decreased, from dense to sporadic, and the fierce fighting for nearly a day and night has entered the final period, and the large and small clean-up work is being arranged in an orderly manner.
On the second day, the situation in the entire Yingdu was firmly under the control of Cheng Daxin, Liu Yi, Wang Yin, Shen Wuxing, Li Li, Si Jian and others.
In the city where there was no battle, the conscripts who were pulled by Yuejiao also joined the ranks of cleaning up the battlefield, and a large number of armaments were found and all handed in, and then the miscellaneous servants of the service street began to clean up the traces of battle in the city, and countless civilians also joined them, in order to restore order in the capital as soon as possible and resume the life disturbed by Yuejiao.
It's faster than ever.
The old doctor, who had been tired for several days, was tired and had been squatting in front of the city gate at this time, and the soldiers who followed him said: "Doctor, rest assured! The soldiers in front have reported back, the battle is going very well, and the defeat and death of Yue Jiao have been reported back as soon as possible, and His Highness has returned with a great victory." β
When the doctor heard this, his heart was slightly relieved.
However, when he thought of a daughter's family fighting on the battlefield like her, it was estimated that it was very dangerous, and the old doctor suddenly asked, "By the way, are they ready to eat, medicine, and rest when they come back?"
"It's all right, my lord, you are so good to Your Highness!"
The soldiers assured him again and again.
But he waved his hand and said, "I'm not good to her, who else is good to her? Her only ruthless father is gone, and only a small one is left to raise, and there is such a big mess waiting for her to clean up alone, do you say pitiful?......
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The soldier didn't know how to answer.
Will the dignified king of a country in the future really be pitiful?
"Alas, the most pitiful thing is that if it really hurts, no one will hurt. You say that one of her daughters is no better than a man, and if she hurts her face, even if she becomes a queen in the future, will she have no face to see people? Or if she lacks an arm or a broken leg, what if I can't take it back like some wounded soldiers? Wouldn't that be even worse?"
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The soldier was speechless.
It turned out that his old man was worried about this all day.
The old doctor thought about it, and then asked Xiao Bing to arrange, "I see that it is almost time to come back from Hanshui! By the way, you hurry up and ask someone to boil hot water again, don't wait for everyone to arrive, you can't even drink clean water, and remember, you must boil it." β
"This plague has not been lifted yet, and you can't just give raw water to the returning soldiers!"
"Yes, I'll order someone to prepare Dading boiling water!"
The old doctor waved his hand, and when he raised his shrunken body, he could only see the back of his head, "Alas, you told them to get out of the way, blocking my view!"
There were a lot of ordinary people waiting in front of the city gate, the old man supported the lame Lao Wan, the little four pulled the little five, and the little six and a few of them also wanted to squeeze forward, and when they heard the words, they looked back at the sloppy old man behind them, and scolded, "Phew! Why should I let you, we still want to squeeze forward!"
"Well, do you know who I am?"
When the doctor heard this, he couldn't wait to roll up his sleeves and start fighting.
If it weren't for the few soldiers who followed him in front of him and behind him to accompany Daoqian and report his name, it is estimated that he would be beaten up, and as soon as all the common people heard that he was the hero of the prevention and control of malaria and plague, they immediately looked at him as if they had seen a living immortal, let alone give way, and they knelt down to him and begged him for his blessing, even the old men were no exception.
"Old Immortal, please!"
"Humph!"
The old doctor is responsible for the money, not to mention that he really has a bit of style.
It took a lot of effort to get to the front, but the soldiers who followed him were almost half dead from exhaustion.
Their job is to protect this great hero of the epidemic, which was originally thought to be easy, but now it seems that it is more tiring than going to the battlefield.
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Because of the accident on the way, when they returned to Yingdu, it was already the third day, and what they saw was already a preliminarily cleaned capital, not a battlefield full of corpses, and there were even people who were organizing large-scale conscription to cut down the woods outside the city, burn autumn grass, avoid the spread of the plague, dig corpse pits, and then clean up a plague-free area that can rest for the wounded, and plant mosquito repellent plants such as Qili incense picked all over the place, and the area for the troops to be stationed has also been planned out, quite organized.
After some inspection, even Ruo Ao Ziyan had to admire, and asked, "Who arranged these?"
Ruo Aozi Yong, who followed him, replied: "Liu Duwei and Cheng Zuoyin of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division presided, and Wang Yin also led hundreds of civil and military officials to assist. β
"Well, Cheng Zuo Yin, Wang Yin and others have always been extremely safe. Ruo Ao Ziyan nodded, but he was perceptive and instantly noticed the strange origin of this Liu Duwei who was promoted out of thin air, so he asked, "It's just that when did the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division produce a Liu Duwei, Ben Shuai actually doesn't know?"
He who can see everything can also be perceived.
Being by Ruo Ao Ziyan's side for so long and experiencing so much, even if he just frowned, Qi Huang could understand what he wanted to do.
If Ruo Ao Ziyan is allowed to check by himself, although he must not be able to find out anything, even if he will not doubt Liu Yi's true details, and he will not let a person he does not trust stay in the important military position of Yingdu for a long time, just when Ruo Ao Ziyan wants to send someone to find Liu Yi over, and Ashin has already gone out to find someone first.
So when Liu Yi came to their chariot, his waist was covered with blood-stained swords, and he was full of anger, first saluted Ruo Ao Ziyan with a military salute, and then saluted to Mi Huang, at this time there was still confiscated blood in his dark eyes, and said solemnly: "Report to the horse and His Highness, Liu Yi will live up to the grace of Ling Yin! Complete the mission entrusted by His Highness, lead the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the five cities to successfully recover Yingdu, outflank the back road of Yuejiao from the rear, kill 5,000 enemies, and capture more than 50,000 rebels!!"
"He's a go-getter!"
This kind of record, as a brand-new general commanding for the first time, is already very good, Ruo Ziyan immediately praised Liu Yi, but he was late in speaking, "But this does not live up to Ling Yin Tixi, where to start? In the past, Ben Shuai had never seen this captain from his father......
With Liu Yi's identity, where is it possible to enter Ruo Ao's eyes.
Wang Yin's heart was like a mirror, and he handed over beautiful words in a timely manner, "I don't know that Liu Duwei was chosen by Ling Yin, so naturally it will not be a bad one." Then he stepped forward and briefly whispered before and after Ling Yin was promoted in order to hold Yue Jiao hostage in Beijing and replace Situ Nan.
Qi Da also knew about this, nodded to him and explained in a low voice, "Childe, at that time, Ling Yin originally wanted me and Yao Jun to protect the safety of the Jingshi, but he was jealous of the eldest prince...... So I changed to this Liu Yi later. β
If Ao Ziyan heard this, he patted Liu Yi on the shoulder and praised it.
"Good!
Liu Yi didn't dare to take credit, looked in the direction of Wang Yin and clenched his fists and said, "This battle can be so smooth, and it is not Liu Yi's work to destroy the rebels and Yingdu in one fell swoop, if there is no Wang Yin, Dr. Li and other adults in the city to support him, it is impossible for Liu Yi to succeed easily, let alone echo with His Royal Highness, successfully recover Yingdu, and kill the rebel minister by surprise!"
The sedan chair carries people.
Liu also complimented each other with Wang Yin and others.
But Ruo Ziyan didn't mind, but visited all the wounded barracks and resettlement areas outside the city, and took them with him, and from then on to the end Mi Huang did not add much words, but he felt that it was just an unintentional move at that time, but this time he was very glad that Liu Yi, the son of a poor family, was chosen at that time.
In this world, some people, even if they are born noble, may not be able to rise to the top, and some people may be able to climb step by step with just a ladder handed by others.
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Ruo Ziyan and Mi Huang walked in the forefront, listening to the successive reports from civil and military officials at all levels, and then later Liu also reported the casualties of the two armies in this count, and Huo Dao died in battle, and Ah Yuan died in battle...... There were many names of soldiers she had never seen before who were densely listed on a long scroll of bamboo slips, but she knew that with the current military system, all the soldiers recorded on them were regular soldiers, and a large number of dead miscellaneous workers, engineers, slaves, and conscripts would not appear on these lists.
If you compare it by the number of people, it will be multiplied by three.
The casualty rate is always the saddest topic, and it is not only a heavy number, because whether it is the rebels or our army, it is actually the Chu people under their rule.
At this time, even Ruo Ao Ziyan showed a heavy color.
"Your Highness, donkey, the casualties of my Dachu this time are still being counted, these are just rough numbers. "Cheng Da Xin Dao.
"Hmm!"
Ruo Ao Ziyan silently exchanged a look with Mi Huang, and they both understood that there was still a specific time for the casualties on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition, and all the Chu States had not yet been counted.
Added together, the investment of the Chu State in the war this year can be said to be equivalent to the sum of the troops, manpower, material resources, and financial resources invested by Chu Yong in the war in the past three years, and the property, food, armament, and even population captured from the Yong State are only afraid that they will also be folded on this.
Along the way, the last thing is to visit the fallen soldiers to soothe the hearts of the army.
Looking at the Mo Sheng woman who was silently crying beside Huo Dao, the Si Jian who brought them to Huo Dao's side, almost gritted his teeth to prevent himself from crying too loudly, in this operation, it was Huo Dao who was the first to rush into Ruoao Yuejiao's Chinese army, dragging down the pace of Yuejiao's Chinese army, and winning the most critical victory for this war.
Huo Dao, a thousand generals of Huangyu Wei, enlisted in the army at the age of 25, died in the battle of Phoenix Mountain at the age of 29, completed the task, was awarded a first-class meritorious service, and was posthumously awarded General Zuo Guang!
Mi Huang walked to Huo Dao's side, half-squatted down, gently held Huo Dao's right hand, which had been closed forever, looked at the bride who was crying for him beside him, and said softly: "Huo Dao, he always told us that he wanted to marry a daughter-in-law in Yingdu and settle a home." You're his bride, aren't you?"
"Your Highness......"
The woman cried bitterly and nodded, "I am!"
"If there is an afterlife, I think he will still want you to be his bride, but his life is always on the most dangerous battlefield, and many times, he is looking forward to returning to Yingdu and returning to you, so please don't blame him for leaving you. β
The woman spoke a little shyly, but she shook her head vigorously and looked around at Zhou Zaotou with admiration: "No, I'm proud of him! He died in the place he longed for the most, and he won honor and respect for our family!"
"Well, I'm proud of him too!"
Mi Huang nodded heavily, but no one knew how sad she was in her heart after comforting the relatives of the fallen soldiers, no matter how many times, she couldn't get used to the parting of life and death on the battlefield, which meant that many fresh lives could never wake up again.
Not far from Huo Dao was Ah Yuan's corpse.
This somewhat rebellious soldier was the most disobedient soldier in the scouts, only because all his family had died by the sword of the authorities, and he was thrown into the barracks as a slave, but he loved his country no more than anyone else, so he hated it so clearly.
Enlisted in the army at the age of 15, transferred to Huang Yuwei at the age of 20, died at the age of 23, dedicated all his loyalty to her with the best years of his life, and dedicated his most precious life to the battle to recover Yingdu with his own blood.
And many more.
Yes, the name of the phoenix is called.
Yes, I can't name it.
In this world, only sorrow can not be distinguished between high and low, no need to distinguish between high and low, this war brought indelible scars to the Chu people, perhaps greater than the Chu Yong War.
Because there has never been a war in the Chu State, even these nobles who are in the high-walled guards are all involved, at this time, tears are hidden deep in everyone's eyes, and the eyes are so red that they are like bloodshot, as if they only need to close their eyes slightly, and blood and tears will easily flow down.
Cheng Daxin, Shen Wuxing, and even Wang Yin, Li Lao, Zhao Hou and others, who thought that their family was also implicated this time, wept silently.
Pan Chongyao looked at the calm waves of the river.
I sighed for a long time for this rare calm.
Ruo Ao Ziyong, Si Jian and their eyes were red, and they yelled: "These guys are obviously shouting that they want to win and drink together, but what about them?!"
"What about people?!"
The loud sound of sorrow made her steps extremely heavy.
This is not the first time that Mi Huang has experienced sacrifice, in the three years of Chu Yong's battlefield, there will be no fewer people who have died than this time, but they all died to resist the invaders, and this time, they died under the butcher's knife of their own ambitions.
Mi Huang looked at the people who were still alive with deep sorrow, and bowed again to thank him: "On behalf of the Great Chu royal family, I once again thank you for recovering Yingdu with your lives!"
Countless words of thanks can't get back those dead lives.
But she could only thank.
Take it to heart!
Liu Yi looked at the pain in her eyes, and her eyes were slightly sour.
But when he thought of Xiao Lizi's death, the death of so many subordinates who followed him, and the armor on his body, he raised his neck and said loudly: "Your Highness, on the battlefield, death is never inevitable!
"Liu Yi never dares to forget!"
"So even if the people are gone, their heroic souls are still there, and they will always live in the hearts of our Great Chu people, and they will live forever in another way, so please don't be sad with your horses. β
"I can't wait to live up to Da Chu!"
"A good sentence lives up to the great Chu!"
Wang Yin and the others high-fived him and praised him, "If my Dachu can have a few more loyal soldiers like Liu Duwei, why can't this battle be settled as soon as possible!"
Only those who have shed tears know how fierce the tears will be when they come, and they can't be stopped, and when they heard this, their eyes were already red, and the tears suddenly rushed out of their eyes, and they raised their heads to stop their tears, and said again and again: "Okay!
Ruo Ao Ziyan took the silk handkerchief handed over by someone and said softly: "Okay, don't cry...... Now that we have experienced this fiasco, we should remember the pain of this defeat and never make the same mistakes as we do today in the future......"
Yes, in the future, she will never repeat the mistakes of today!
Mi Huang lifted the veil and wiped away his tears.
Swear from the bottom of your heart.
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By dusk, the army had been scattered and stationed within twenty miles outside the city, and began to set up camp, and the great sacrifice, Bu Yin, Wang Yin and others invited Mi Huang and Ruo Ao Ziyan to climb the Tongque Platform together.
The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.
It should have been a grand and solemn war sacrifice ceremony, because everything was in a hurry, and everything was simple.
Mi Huang, Ruo Ao Ziyan, was surrounded by Liu Yi and them and sent to the bronze bird platform at the north city gate.
The steps of the century-old city tower piled up with loess at the feet.
As the crowd moved, the dust stirred.
One step, one step.
She walked up the stairs at her feet.
Every victory on the battlefield means that countless people have left their bodies on the battlefield where they forgot to die, on the Tongque Terrace, the Great Priest, Bu Yin, they have returned silently, watching their arrival.
On the stage, with the black as the bottom, the flag of the king of Chu painted with gold by the fire phoenix, the flag is waving, and the re-floating in the sky of Yingdu represents the re-establishment of the rule of the room here, but the black phoenix flag fluttering together with the golden Ruo Ao military flag, Mi Huang and Ruo Ao Ziyan stood under the fluttering big Chu flag together, looking up at the banner of hunting and flying.
At this moment, no one knows what they are thinking at this moment.
The two just looked at each other in silence, their eyes dark and deep, like the dark tide of a river.
Silently took the golden cup raised by the palace maid, and the sake swayed slightly in the cup, reflecting the red sun in the sky that was gradually fading, and it seemed that as long as darkness fell completely, it would be completely engulfed, and the blood of the remnant sun was reflected in their respective wine bottles.
Rise.
They looked at the person opposite them.
Who is the red sun of the thin West Mountain?
For a time, the bells and drums rang out in unison, the musicians played mourning music first, the singers sang mourning songs, and the witches danced in unison to pay tribute to the dead.
The great priest ascended the altar, burned incense with clean hands, and played the heaven and earth, the temple, the shrine, the Yuedu, the mountains and rivers, the palace and the shrine within ten miles of Beijing, first for the death of the king of Chu to sing a mournful tribute, and then for all the soldiers who died on the battlefield to send condolences, ask them to rest in peace, and finally for her and Ruo Ao Ziyan to sing the hymn of "Great Chu is invincible".
Then after the great sacrifice read out all the sacrifices, Mi Huang raised the golden jue in his hand, and shouted towards the sky of Dachu: "May my Dachu no longer have the cold wind and the moon, and the bones will not be cold!" May my Dachu stay away from war and sorrow from now on, regain the glory and tranquility of the past, and drink this cup!"
Ruo Ao Ziyan also looked at her, held up the golden jue, and said loudly to the civil and military officials: "For the eternal glory of my Great Chu, I will continue to open up the past and open up the future from now on, and drink this cup together!"
"Cheers!"
The civil and military officials raised their glasses loudly: "Cheers!"
Hearing this, Mi Huang, who was standing on the high platform, quietly looked at all the dead soldiers and people under the city tower.
In the bottom of my heart, I said.
My heroes of Dachu!
May you rest in peace!
Your heroic soul will never be gone, and your ambition will always remain in my heart!
I will continue, to walk the rest of your life that you have not finished, to protect the home country that you cannot continue to protect.
She and Ruo Ao Ziyan each drank the wine in their glasses.
The taste of each is in my heart.
Countless ceremonial flowers flew high in the blue sky and white day with the singing of the ceremonial officials, blooming the most beautiful and white ceremonial flowers, just like those heroes who were sleeping for a long time, blooming at the best moment of their lives.
Countless soldiers took off their helmets, clamped them under their armpits, saluted the military, and stood in front of the rows of fallen martyrs, the doctor ordered that there were witches to hold the torches high, and after sending them the last memorial service, the torches were dropped, and the huge fire pit, the mountain of corpses as high as a mountain was burned, and the dry firewood below began to burn little by little, and black smoke billowed out.
The fire is a furnace, and the bones are brass, and blood and tears are fried in it.
After a long time, everyone followed the thick black smoke that went straight up to the sky before slowly retracting their gaze, and Wang Yin, who was a rite Yin, stepped forward to respectfully invite them back to the palace, but Ruo Ao Ziyan, who had already returned to her heart, looked at her, and she said clearly, "Wang Yin, first set up the Ruo Ao Clan's mansion, and the lonely and the horse must first worship Ling Yin, who died in vain!"
Wang Yin smiled and praised at the right time when he heard this, "Your Highness's heart, so that Yin will definitely dare to conceive in the sky!"
When the Huang Huang and the others walked down the Tongque Platform again, the entire Yingdu, who had been in mourning, suddenly burst into thousands of cheers.
Everyone was calling her name.
The cheering crowd almost crushed their honor guards, and they continued to rush forward, if the old doctor had not been protected by a few soldiers, a handful of old bones would have been squeezed apart long ago, and many people were shouting "Everyone, go forward!"
Even though a large number of soldiers and horses from the Five Cities also stepped forward to help, the government soldiers who stopped at the front to rectify the order had already been washed into a piece of sand by the crowd, and some soldiers even raised their arms and shouted together, if it weren't for the fact that they were not trying to avoid colliding with Mihuang, they would be a hundred times more enthusiastic and a thousand times more enthusiastic.
At this moment, those cheers and clamours are like a long-suppressed dark tide rushing through the calm river, and everyone is enjoying the sound of cheering for one person.
"Your Highnessββ"
"Long live Your Highnessββ"
"Your Highness, thank you for your returnββ"
There were countless dirty hands stretched out in front of their eyes through the thick arms of those soldiers, and some people even asked Mi Huang to touch their hands, "Your Highness, please give us your blessings and peace!
"We are willing to be your subjects forever!"
"Loved to you. β
Even the civil and military officials knelt down in front of them under Pan Chong's acting leadership, shouting in unison: "Long live my king!"
Ruo Ao Ziyan watched this scene.
The shock in the eyes is simply impossible to ignore!
So many tattered clothes, covered in blood, the original tired, timid, scared, confused, and aggrieved figures abandoned all panic and anxiety at this time, and they were all calling the name of the same person, but that person's name was not his, so many outstretched hands, but not to him.
He had dreamed of a great victory over the North, but that was all he wanted.
It's not even too much.
Ruo Ao Ziyan slowly turned her head and looked sideways at the smiling woman beside her, she had already strode forward, shaking hands tightly with those lowly commoners and the inferior soldiers covered in blood.
Xiao Huanglin, as the guard of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, stood in the front row, and the excitement when he held those hands will probably not be forgotten for the rest of his life, his heart beat faster, his breath was short, and he wanted to show off to everyone around him at this moment.
The old doctor is not willing to be left behind.
yelled at Mi Huang, who was still far away from him, and the little soldier who wanted to help him escort him pick him up and shout for him: "Girl, this way! I'm here!"
When Mi Huang quickly walked in front of him, all the soldiers made way for her, she rushed forward and gave the old doctor a big hug, "Old doctor, it's good that you're okay!"
"Huh...... Of course I'm fine, this body, it's not a problem to live to be a hundred years old!" The old doctor, who was already in his nineties, snorted proudly, and the white hair on his face was flying, "It's just that I have waited for you for two days and two nights, and I haven't slept endlessly, and finally see that you don't have missing arms or legs, so I don't have to bother!"
"Good work!"
Hearing this, Mi Huang's heart warmed, and he let go of the tired old man.
"If you think I'm hard, then you can wait for the plague to be gone, and make me a big official, so that you can watch me live like a carp every day!"
The old man has always followed the old doctor smartly, and when he saw this, he smacked his lips with envy: "This old man has a really big face, and he wants to be a big official if he wants to be a big official!
Lao Wan and the others also looked at it curiously.
Xiao Bing turned back with honor and said: "Our doctor is a hero in the treatment of the plague, this time to treat the plague, His Royal Highness gave him the privilege of cutting first and then playing, if it is successful, it is normal to be a big official!"
At this moment, all the figures retreated in Ruo Ao Ziyan's ears, Ruo Ao Ziyan, who was standing in the distance, looked at the woman who left him, just looking at the laughter in her eyes, the endless light, I felt that it was dazzling, perhaps, there is really a kind of person in this world, no matter how weak she looks, but as long as you get close, it is like a flame, and there will be infinite power emanating.
For the first time, a strange emotion called jealousy came into existence in his heart, like the most poisonous snake in the world gnawing at his heart little by little, making his heart extremely uncomfortable, and even needed to hold the sword on his waist tightly to curb the desire to destroy.
He, how could Ao Ziyan be jealous?
In his cognition, jealousy is a garbage emotion that only stupid, inferior, and incompetent people have.
He was just amazed, surprised at what had happened to her during his absence, and he felt compelled to know all about it right away!
Yang Wei, who had been following behind Ruo Ao Ziyan, looked at the old master who had followed him for three years at this moment, and couldn't help but recall that back then, the fifteen-year-old young woman was as immature as a fledgling, standing in front of the barracks, obviously with a pair of eyes that the future was unknown, shaking her thin shoulders in fear, looking at these tall soldiers, but step by step firmly into the period.
After all these years of following and fighting on the battlefield, he has long forgotten what makes her gaze more and more unwavering.
Or was it then that she had expected today.
So boldly took the first step in her life.
Mi, Huang.
So many natural disasters, big wars, civil strife...... Which time was not a disaster on the verge of despair for the entire Chu people? But if it weren't for the phoenix of Chu who was reborn again and again in the flames, at this moment, the entire Chu country seemed to be constantly reborn with her.
And she may be the real phoenix in the eyes of the Chu people.
At this moment, no one cheered because they had returned from the great victory of the Northern Expedition, thinking that although the declaration of war on her had succeeded in restoring the son respected by the Ruo Ao clan, he frowned slightly, could he really keep a firm grip on her all the time?......
At this moment, Yang Wei looked at the son, who was silent at this time, and he didn't even notice his slight gaffe, at the smiling woman who was looking at him, and the countless fiery eyes behind her.
Yang Wei only thought of two words: people's heart.
In her body, there is the heart of the people of Da Chu.
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As if thinking of it, Mi Huang suddenly looked back at Ruo Ao Ziyan who was behind him, and a smile suddenly bloomed in his eyes.
She walked back a few quick steps, a pair of small hands quickly placed on his large hands, then turned, waved to the soldiers and civilians in the city, and then pressed down, motioning for them to be quiet for a moment and listen to her.
"Everyone, please be quiet, I know you are as excited as I am at this moment!
"So at this moment, please allow me to report another great news to you, and at the same time introduce a hero of my great Chu!"
"My husband!"
"Ruo Ao Ziyan!"
As her voice fell, all eyes were on her.
With her gaze, the whole city focused all their eyes on Ruo Ao Ziyan alone, and at this moment, Ruo Ao Ziyan's face was a little hot.
Huang looked up at him, met his scrutinizing gaze, tough and with a huge smile, and once again held his large hand tightly.
At this moment, he once again felt the long-lost warmth that made him nostalgic and even fascinated returned to his long-lost body: "He has created a feat that my Great Chu has never had! He successfully defeated the allied forces of the Jin, Chen, Wei, and Song Kingdoms, and washed away the shame of King Wen and the two generations of kings who went north! For the first time, he proved to the people of the Central Plains that the blood in the bones of my Jingnan Chu people is the most noble, and at the same time he defended the peace of my northern border of Great Chu and even the entire Great Chu!"
"And send him this day's cheer!"
"Without his bravery and wisdom, all of us Chu people would be in the depths of civil war and foreign war, and there will never be a day of peace!"
The thunderous applause and his name were suddenly shouted out of his throat.
It's all sound.
All pleased the ears and hearts of men.
Ruo Ziyan held Qi Huang's hand tightly, and he was unprecedentedly sure that this was really the wife he wanted, even if he knew that she was most likely just whitewashing his peace with her for the entire Great Chu at the moment, but he suddenly hoped that she would continue to whitewash it.
At this moment, even Ruo Ao Liubu behind him cheered for the two of them together!
Zida also pressed the sword with one hand and shouted with the other.
Shocking Wind and Yang Wei looked at each other and smiled.
The river is the craziest scream.
"Long live the Queen!
"Long live the Queen!
"Long live Da Chu!
The soldiers rushed up like a tide, they gathered around Mi Huang and Ruo Ao Ziyan, happily waving their war halberds and roaring, and the two phoenix flags, above their heads, fluttered fiercely.
At this moment, countless people witnessed this historic moment, watching them cry and laugh for the rest of their lives.
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It should have been an exciting and happy moment.
But it was interrupted by a voice.
"Wait!"
When Mi Huang and Ruo Ao Ziyan walked down the Tongque Terrace and prepared to officially enter the city, an old man kneeling under the city tower wearing a Da Yan uniform, holding high the city gate ban order flag in his hand to block their way, "Before entering the city, the North City Gate Da Yan has a word!"
"Otherwise, you won't be allowed to enter the city!"
The eyes of the guards swept over the phoenix.
She raised her hand.
The team entering the city stopped, and the city gate Da Yan landed on the ground at the same time, crawling towards Mihuang step by step, and then crawled to Pan Chong, who was sitting firmly on the chariot behind him, and laughed lightly: "Master Pan, you and I used to be ministers of the same palace, and we haven't seen you for many years, it seems that you are too old to walk! Unlike me, you can't walk without legs; although you have legs, I think it's useless to have these legs!"
Mane Fist's words were deeply mocking.
Immediately attracted onlookers and whispers from the common people at the city gate.
"Who is this man?"
"How dare you mock the emperor of the dynasty?"
Mi Huang had never seen anyone in Da Chu show such a disdainful gaze at Pan Chong, and it was from the lowest city gate at the foot of the Yingdu King City.
Pan Chong didn't mind stepping forward at all and introduced, "Your Highness, this is the fist that was relegated to the city gate when King Wen was twice relegated. β
"Oh, he is the loyal minister of the ancestor of King Wen recorded in "Chu Qi"?"
Mi Huang was slightly surprised, and looked at the boss's legs as if they had been ripped off in the history books, leaving only two thighs without feet, crawling on the ground with difficulty.
She had passed by the city gate several times in the past, but she hadn't noticed that the old man who had been sitting in a cloak turned out to have a lot of background.
Then she frowned at the sound of his long, smug words.
"When the old man admonished King Wen twice, once persuaded the king not to do unrighteous deeds to cook Cai Hou, and once persuaded the king to defeat the country of Ba since he had no face to attack the imperial kingdom and come back to atone for his crimes, both times King Wen was very angry, but both times he finally listened to the old man's words, and finally died because of the battle with the imperial kingdom on the way back, so the old slave apologized for his own feet, and guarded the gate of Yingdu for the king here. This Shou is three generations, and now King Mu. This time Yue Jiao usurped power and treason, the old man wanted to drag his crippled legs to crawl to the king, but he didn't expect that before anyone climbed to the Zhu Palace, he learned the news that the king had already known that he was guilty and self-judged!"
"So the old man has been waiting here for His Highness!"
"Wait until today!"
The old city gate, which had been in a cloak and had been slumped all her life, stared at her and Ruo Ao Ziyan beside her, like a ghost.
Mi Huang frowned deeply.
Even if the person in front of him is a loyal minister and celebrity in the history books of the Chu State, his attitude still makes Mi Huang feel a little unhappy, especially the same military advice has just happened to her, so at this time, Mi Huang doesn't think that the military advice is something worth showing off, and he even ridiculed her teacher for having legs but not worthy of it.
"What are you waiting for?"
Mi Huang looked down at the old man whose legs had been cut off, and saw that he was trying to climb to her feet again, which caused Ruo Ao Ziyan to frown, and someone immediately stepped forward to separate the people.
The other party said loudly: "The old minister was originally waiting for His Highness here to advise His Highness to calm down the rebellion of the Ruo Ao Zi clan no matter what, otherwise he will follow King Wen and refuse His Highness to enter the city, but His Highness has already done it, and he has done a good job without the advice of the old minister." β
"But!"
"As the city gate, what does the military flag of the rebel clan that is now planted on the imperial capital of my Chu State mean?"
The fist suddenly stretched out a short sword from under his sleeve, pointed at the golden phoenix flag flying above the city and asked loudly.
Everyone immediately looked back at the golden flags flying at the head of the city.
This arrangement was made by Wang Yin to please Ruo Ao Ziyan, even if everyone noticed this later, they unanimously acquiesced that this was acquiesced by Mi Huang, and Mi Huang knew that it was to appease Ruo Ao Ziyan, and deliberately ignored the Chu people who restored the peace of Great Chu.
No one wants to break this rare "peace"!
So all silent.
Ruo Ao Ziyan's face sank suddenly, and he said in a cold voice: "The royal family and I, Ruo Ao, have already had the "Double Ao Covenant", if you are the doctor of King Wen, how can you not know it?
"Although the "Double Ao Covenant" was established by King Wu, if Ao Yuejiao and Ruo Ao Zike unilaterally tore up the covenant and killed the monarch and usurped power, it is already equivalent to the invalidation of the covenant, and all crimes can be punished more than ten times for the nine clans!"
"Now His Royal Highness will set up the military flag of my Great Chu clan at the head of the imperial capital, and also stand side by side with the royal flag, in no particular order, regardless of dignity or inferiority. Could it be that His Highness wants to tell the people of Great Chu that killing the monarch and treason is not only innocent but also has great merit, and even wants to share my Great Chu with the clan of the Great Chu who are messing with me?"
"If this is the case, then His Highness is not worthy of being called Lonely!"
"Your Highness's behavior is not as good as the king, the king still knows that once he dies, he apologizes to my ancestors and ancestors of Great Chu, but His Royal Highness has no clear rewards and punishments, and continues to appoint rebellious ministers to govern Great Chu, losing the country's capital and losing the prestige!
When the words fell, all the soldiers behind her immediately drew their swords and shouted: "Presumptuous!"
"You dare to mock the king at the city gate, and someone will take him down!" Ruo Ao Ziyan was even more furious.
In front of the subjects of Yingdu, he held his sword and loudly accused Mi Huang of making a mistake, and Mi Huang's face was naturally not good, as if he had been slapped in public.
Wang Yin was the first to run out and admit that he had neglected a small detail in a hurry, "Your Highness, it's all the fault of the micro-ministers, I will order someone to replace it!"
Behind him, there was already a celebrant who quickly rushed up to the city and shouted, "Quick! Quickly take down all the Golden Phoenix Banners!"
Some soldiers acted rudely and accidentally tore up Ruo Ao's military flag in a hurry, which caused the anger of the generals of Ruo Ao's six divisions: "Why do you want to withdraw the flag?"
"It was His Highness who personally promised to share the Great Chu with my Ruo Ao clan!"
"We all heard it with our own earsββ"
Ruo Ziyan also saw the torn flag, like his handsome face was torn apart, and looked at Mi Huang with a deep look and waited for her to speak.
Shen Wuxing, who was standing in the back, secretly high-fived himself and said: "Sure enough, as my grandfather once said, I dare to say what others dare not say, I am so bold! As Xianyin (the doctor of the Chu State who is in charge of admonishment), I should learn from him!"
If Ao Ziyong glared, the meaning was clear: "It's not big enough?"
Hearing the words in front of him, the fist had already made a big fuss, and he exhaled loudly, and a mouthful of spit even spit on the hem of Qi Huang's clothes: "When did my Da Chu come out with a traitorous king like you who steals peace? Sure enough, it's a woman, how can you deserve the throne?"
"Cut yourself before it's too late!"
He yelled and shouted for a while, and some ministers stepped forward to reason with him: "Boxing, you blocked the city gate and did not allow King Wen to enter the city, and forced King Wen to change the route to attack the imperial kingdom to atone for the defeat of the Ba Kingdom, and finally caused King Wen to die violently on the way back to the city after the deed!"
Not to be outdone, Li Lao retorted: "Today you are so pressing, the old man sees that you can't see the peace of the king, you can't see the peace of Dachu, and you have to provoke domestic disputes!"
"In order to avoid disputes, do you have to lose power and betray the country?"
"Uncle Li, I forgot about you, an old ghost, why do you want to have a good future in front of this cowardly and incompetent king?"
When Li Lao heard this, his face was like a pig's liver, and he gritted his teeth and pointed to the big man on the ground who had been down all his life and said: "Fist, do you think that everyone is just applauding like you? You say that these things are just to slander the king and fulfill your reputation as a loyal minister, and his heart is extremely vicious! Your Highness is deeply loved by the people, and you are the only one who is here to insult and deliberately slander!"
When the words fell, he begged that the man be killed immediately in order to set the record straight.
Ruo Ao Ziyan had already shouted: "Don't stop Ben Shuai's stinky mouth and twist his tongue to set the record straight!"
His words fell, a large number of soldiers rushed up with halberds, and after a burst of armor crashing and crowding, there were huge disputes one after another, "If you have the ability, kill the old man, and the old man will go down to the Jiuquan to tell me the ancestors of Da Chu, in the future, will my Da Chu be surnamed Qi or Shi Ruoao?"
When the guards heard the news, they were going to kill him.
Mi Huang suddenly got up and turned around and shouted: "Stop it!"
Suddenly, a short sword was thrown at her from the crowd: "Die, incompetent king!"
Ruo Ao Ziyan immediately pulled her into his arms, and then caught the flying short sword with a thunderous backhand and threw it back, piercing the heart of the fist with great precision.
The boss suddenly covered his bleeding chest, and suddenly landed weakly on the ground with his upper body, let people drag him away like a dead dog, and struggled to crawl back, crawled in front of her, grabbed her and scolded: "The king of lost power, my great Chu will die......"
There was a commotion from the crowd.
"Da Yu is dead!"
Ruo Ao Ziyan looked at the blood donation all over the ground with a gloomy face and said: "Come on, don't clean up this place!" At the same time, the city gate guards on duty were punished, and the city gate guards quickly led people to drive away all the civilians who were watching, and the wild dogs also brought clean water with the servant street, washing the blood under the city tower over and over again.
The evening breeze blew on her body, her body was cold, and she was sent to the carriage in a daze, cutting off all the gradually disappointed eyes around her, and the sound of pointing and pointing.
At this time, she wanted to rush out and question Pan Chong.
As ridiculed by the dead city gate, Pan Chong was just a bystander and let it happen as a bystander, just like every time in the past.
She couldn't help but want to ask out loud: Why didn't she refute it? Why didn't the teacher question her about Ruo Ao's clan, but a city gate with no legs? Why did she strongly demand that she and Ruo Ao Ziyan truce their troops and give up power? Isn't the dignity of the country and the rule of law important? Even if she was defeated and died, she at least tried!
At this moment, she was very suspicious that she was wrong to follow Pan Chong's suggestion to suspend the army and cede power.
This is not a concession at all, it is a loss of power!
She felt that she couldn't even tell who was a loyal minister or a traitor? Is Pan Chong counted like this? Is it counted as Li Lao, who defends her? or is it a dead fist?......
After a long time, outside the carriage, Pan Chong stepped forward to ask her and Ruo Ao Ziyan to bury the fist, "Ziyan, although the fist is rude and insults the king, the teacher still asks you to bury him, don't let Ruo Ao's clan suffer attacks because of him, and let His Royal Highness bear the accusations of future generations!"
Otherwise, the history books thousands of years later will surely add another stroke to his bold military advice today. β
"Then let's bury it with a doctor's gift!"
Ruo Ziyan agreed to this with a bad face, but when he thought that he insulted Ruo Ao as a "rebel clan" in front of the whole Ying, he wanted to pull out his bones and throw him into the prison department, so that he could taste the taste of pulling out his tongue, but he was already dead.
Pan Chong looked back at the body of Mane Fist hastily covered by a roll of hemp mats, and sighed, "Back then, I was in the same dynasty as him, and now I am the master of a country, and I am relied on by the emperor to stand for three dynasties, but he has been ruined all his life, guarding the city gate, and in the end no one is sent to his end!"
"People's experiences are really different. β
The old slave arranged for the good man to collect the body and tidy up his clothes, while he helped Pan Chong to get into the car, "Taishi get in the car!"
"Well, he's right, my legs are really useless. β
Pan Chong patted his old cold legs, climbed into the towering chariot tremblingly, and gasped, "Over the years, whenever I travel, I have been given chariots and horses by the king to show respect, but I am even more bad at walking, alas, ......"
"That's why he scolded me, right......"
The old slave was only slightly stunned when he heard this, and then looked at the old man in front of him with a smile, "But I know that the Taishi is not really the person he said he was." β
"He doesn't understand Taishi. β
"But the Taishi understands him!"
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