Chapter 1229: Enter the Palace and Face the Saint!
Chapter 1229
Coming out of the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War, Wang Chong did not stay this time, and went straight back to the mansion.
"Chong'er, you're finally back!"
At the door of the Wang family's mansion, the lights were bright, Wang Chong's mother Zhao had been waiting at the door with a few maids, and when she saw Wang Chong's thin appearance, she hugged Wang Chong into her arms and cried with joy. There is no mother in the world who does not love her children, no matter how majestic Wang Chong is outside, whether he is a king or a marquis, in the eyes of a mother, he will always be the child who is a little willful and naughty and needs to take care of himself.
The family was reunited, and the Zhao family didn't ask anything, just made a sumptuous dinner and watched Wang Chong finish eating.
There was nothing to do all night, and after the dinner, Wang Chong returned to his room. The Wang family's mansion is like an invisible barrier, blocking all the ups and downs and court disputes from the courtyard wall. Wang Chong also didn't want to bring the things in the court to his home.
"What the hell is going on?"
In the dead of night, Wang Chong sat alone on the bed, his eyes slightly closed, and his heart rose and fell. Everything started from Khorasan, including the news received by Qixi, the meeting with Ge Shuhan, the people met at the gate of Jingshi City, the things that happened, including the conversation with the uncle, the old housekeeper and Zhang Qiu and Qiong, all the news was in great detail, all from Wang Chong's mind, and every detail was magnified countless times in Wang Chong's mind, and he observed it repeatedly.
In the dark, Wang Chong remembered the three Confucian masters who had succeeded him in Khorasan, and the marks on their wrists.
In an instant, Wang Chong seemed to have something in mind.
"Is that them? Could it be them?"
Wang Chong muttered to himself, vaguely understanding something, but there were still too many doubts in Wang Chong's mind.
"Goo!"
While he was pondering, suddenly, there was a flutter of wings in the night sky, accompanied by the call of owls. Hearing this shout, Wang Chong instantly came back to his senses.
"Come in!"
Wang Chong blinked, sat cross-legged on the bed, and said quietly.
It was quiet outside the room, except for the sound of the night wind blowing, no sound came out, but soon, just when people thought it was empty outside, Wang Chong's door suddenly opened, and a flexible figure suddenly jumped in through the crack in the door.
"I've seen Master Hou!"
Just five or six steps away from Wang Chong, the figure stopped steeply. The figure was tall and burly, with a huge eagle perched on its left shoulder, its body bent and its expression respectful.
"Eagle, did you find anything?"
Wang Zheng suddenly spoke, and broke the identity of the other party in one mouth.
In the middle of the night, it was the eagle who was left in Beijing by Wang Chong to take care of after the Battle of the Southwest.
After Wang Chong went north to be injured, he rarely used the eagle, but this is not to say that the eagle is not important, on the contrary, the eagle has been carrying out a task according to Wang Chong's instructions...... Intelligence Group!
"Master Hou, according to your orders, from the moment you arrived at the Jingshi and appeared at the gate of the city, we have planted a large number of eyeliners, and everything is under surveillance, including those few strange officials. After the Hou Ye left, we sent people to follow those few Wendao petty officials who were disrespectful and looked very strange and secretive. ”
The eagle bowed and said in a deep voice.
"Have you found out where they are staying, and where do they come from?"
Wang Chong asked.
The eagle hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head:
"No! Our people followed it all the way, and it didn't take long for them to lose contact, as if they had vanished out of thin air. These people are the top players I personally trained, and they are very experienced, when the Hou Ye was not there, I used to take them to Beiting and Youzhou for training, and they all successfully completed the task, just a few small officials, and they will not miss at all under normal circumstances, so after getting the news, I have been tracking down, until now, until now, until the time passed, I found their bodies in the moat outside the city!"
"Buzz!"
Hearing the eagle's words, Wang Chong's eyelids jumped and he frowned sharply.
The two petty officials during the day, especially the one who provoked Wang Chong, looked really abnormal, Wang Chong asked the eagle to send someone to follow him, but it was just a test, but he didn't expect this to be the result. If the other party really has no problems, and is really an official of the court, this kind of thing will obviously not happen.
"Where did the last search trail go?"
Wang Chong was silent for a moment, and then suddenly spoke.
"Chengdong!"
The eagle said respectfully.
"Got it, you go down. ”
Wang Chong nodded.
"Master Hou, don't worry, no matter what, I will think of a way to find those two little officials!"
The eagle took Wang Chong's look into his eyes and said solemnly.
Now there is an undercurrent in the court, and there is a huge force that seems to be deliberately targeting Hou Ye, and even arrogant enough to begin to send people, pretending to be officials, and taking the initiative to provoke and insult Wang Chong at the city gate. This has already spread among Wang Chong's subordinates in the capital, and this is also something that Eagle and others absolutely cannot tolerate, whoever dares to deal with Wang Chong is the enemy of all of them.
"Got it. ”
Wang Chong waved his hand:
"The slain spy sent someone to meet his family, give them a pension, and try to help them solve any problems in the family. As for the rest, don't startle the snake for the time being, I have my own opinions in my heart. ”
Wang Chong said in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
The eagle quickly left the room, as quietly as he had come, without alarming anyone.
Just in contemplation, the night passed quickly, just at dawn, the drums were noisy, Wang Chong was still meditating in the room, and a maid beside his mother, blushing, immediately broke into Wang Chong's room.
"Young master, someone from the imperial court has come! The old lady said to let you go and see them immediately!"
At the gate of the Wang family's mansion, Wang Chong saw the envoy sent by the imperial court.
"Master Hou, please! Today is your big day, please bathe and change your clothes, and go with us to face the saint! The documents of the Ministry of Rites have been prepared, and when you have seen the saint, you will begin to proclaim the world and officially canonize you as the king of a foreign land!"
At the gate, a brocade-clothed eunuch who looked old was full of joy and couldn't help but say with joy. Behind him, the officials of the Jin Wuwei, the Imperial Forest Army, the City Defense Division, and the Ministry of Rites, as well as the officials of the Honglu Temple, all stood respectfully, all of them came to greet Wang Chong.
The so-called "feudal king and worship marquis", once it comes to the princely level, all the canonization ceremonies need to be transmitted to the world, only after the face of the saint, with the approval of the holy emperor, plus the announcement of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Chong can be regarded as a real foreign king. This is the basic etiquette of the canonization of the princes of the Tang Dynasty.
"There are a few fathers-in-law!"
Wang Chong bathed and changed clothes, changed into a red dress when he was a marquis, and soon boarded the palace sedan chair and headed towards the palace.
It was still early, and the east only showed a little light, but the streets were already crowded with people, and all the people who got the news were waiting on both sides of the street early to welcome them. After staying in the capital for a long time, the people in the capital have long been familiar with the canonization conventions of the princes.
"Look! Young Hou! Young Hou is going to face the Holy Canonization!"
"I also said that the young marquis, now he is a king of a foreign land! I am the first king with a different surname canonized by the Tang Dynasty in Middle-earth!"
"Hahaha, only such heroes are worthy of the title of King of the Exotic! Great hero! This is our real great hero in Middle-earth! Look, everyone!"
......
The crowd gathered on both sides of the street, full of enthusiasm and joy, and the atmosphere was more lively than the festival. What happened at the gate of the city yesterday has already spread like the wind throughout the Beijing Division, and now Wang Chong is simply in the middle of the Beijing Division.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
Just as Wang Chong was riding the palace sedan chair all the way forward, the crowd in front of him suddenly shouted excitedly.
Wang Chong was sitting in the palace sedan chair, and before he could react, he heard a shocking noise in his ears. Boom, in the earth-shattering cheers, a bright firework rushed into the sky, and the fireworks rushed into the sky dozens of meters in the morning light, exploded violently, and turned into 10,000 bright fireworks. Boom, followed by the second fireworks, the third ...... , but in an instant, the sky above Jingshi immediately turned into a sea of brilliant fireworks, attracting the attention of an unknown number of people.
In the shocking sound of fireworks and explosions, there was soon a dense crackling sound of firecrackers. It's not one or two places, but the entire Jingshi, and it's like this in all directions.
"Outlander King!"
"Outlander King!"
The cheers were earth-shattering, Wang Chong sat in the palace sedan chair, and his ears were full of deafening cheers from the people.
"To be so loved by the people, in the past hundred years, I am afraid that there will only be one young marquis in the Tang Dynasty!"
Seeing that the people on both sides of the street got up early and welcomed them, the Jinyi eunuch headed by him turned his head and looked at the palace sedan chair where Wang Chong was riding, with a look of envy.
And Jin Wuwei, who was escorting on both sides, was also full of respect. The great husband's achievements and ambitions are in all directions, and Wang Chong's achievements in the West are exactly what all men and all soldiers dream of in their lives, and in an instant, everyone's waists are more straight.
Wang Chong sat still in the palace sedan chair, all the details fell into his perception, listening to the tidal cheers, Wang Chong let out a long sigh in his heart.
These people in Beijing don't know anything yet, and they are unaware of the impending crisis, but this is precisely what makes them lovely.
The reason why Wang Chong tried his best, fought in the south and the north, and generations of generals followed one after another, throwing their heads and spilling blood, isn't it precisely for this?
All the way forward, in the midst of the earth-shattering cheers of the people, Wang Chong's palace sedan chair passed through the layers of streets and alleys, and finally entered the palace. Boom, as the two huge golden palace doors slammed shut, all sounds were cut out, as if entering from one world to another.
Quietly, Wang Chong sat in the palace sedan chair, his heart rose and fell, and countless thoughts flashed in an instant. Bang, I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, the palace sedan chair shook slightly and stopped abruptly.