Chapter 448: Into the City
Under the majesty of Gao Wei's emperor, the ministers stopped talking, and Gao Wei was also very satisfied with their submissive and shrinking appearance, so he immediately ordered Han Changluan to lead the honor guard and the forbidden army out of the city to welcome Xiao Yao into Yecheng, and he personally waited for Xiao Yao in this court!
So, Han Changluan immediately changed into neat and luxurious court clothes, then rode on a tall horse, led a neat and majestic forbidden army and a guard of honor holding various flags, ribbons, horns, instruments and other welcome things, followed Han messenger, and went straight to the south gate of Yecheng!
And Xiao Yao, who had been waiting outside the city for two hours, finally saw a soldier wearing strong armor and holding spears and swords come out of Yecheng, lined up on both sides of the city gate, playing a role in blocking and intimidating idle people! And a guard of honor wearing colorful brocade clothes and holding various victory flags and ribbons also came out and stood in front of the soldiers in two rows, making the whole scene look very solemn and grand!
And inside and outside the entire city gate, it is now crowded with the people of Qi who are watching the excitement, everyone is curious, why such a large group of people suddenly rushed out of the palace and went straight to the outside of the city, not only there is an honor guard to welcome, but also the forbidden army has restricted the flow of people on the scene, traffic control, what kind of person is this waiting team outside the city, so that the people of the palace are so nervous and important!
At this time, Xiao Yao had also changed into a set of Huali brocade clothes designed by himself, combined with the characteristics of the costumes of this era, and added the fashion elements of later generations, riding a war horse, looking radiant and magnificent, standing in front of the mission, waiting for the people of Qi to welcome him into the capital of Qi with the most solemn ceremony!
"General Xiao, the one in front is our Great Qi General, General Han Changluan Han! He is His Majesty's most trusted minister, and now His Majesty has asked him to greet General Xiao, which shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to this armistice and peace talks with General Xiao! A messenger who accompanied Xiao Yao pointed to Han Changluan who had been made from the city gate and introduced it to Xiao Yao.
"He is Han Changluan? Pot-bellied, thin-skinned and tender-fleshed, looking so white, you know at a glance that he is a master of flattery and sycophancy! Xiao Yao secretly commented and smiled.
So, Xiao Yao rode a horse, led the team of the mission, greeted him, and said loudly in a neutral voice while saluting: "I am General Chen Guoweilie, Xuzhou Assassin Xiao Yao, I have seen General Han!" ”
"What, he, he's the demon who kills people without blinking, Xiao Shilang of Chen State!" The onlookers, including the unwitting guard of honor of the forbidden army, were all stunned by Xiao Yao's self-introduction, and the army was stunned to look at Xiao Yao, who was riding on the back of a tall horse, with a proud and confident expression.
"General Xiao is polite! I am the king of Changli County of the Great Qi Kingdom, and the general Han Changluan, following the will of His Majesty of my Great Qi, led the honor guard and the forbidden army to welcome General Xiao into the city! General Xiao is really a talent, young and promising! But that voice just now, but let everyone know that you, Xiao Shilang, have come to Yecheng, which really makes us a little embarrassed! You must know that we have not officially signed an armistice and peace treaty yet, everyone thinks that Chen Qi and the two countries are still at war, but now you are telling everyone that you have come to Yecheng in person, which will cause General Xiao a lot of trouble! Han Changluan was a little dissatisfied with Xiao Yao's arrogant and domineering approach, so he warned Xiao Yao in a tactful tone not to be so arrogant and domineering in Yecheng, because there are many people in Qi who want his life!
"Haha, no way! This time I came to Yecheng, I, Xiao Yao, did not come as a private person, but came here to negotiate a truce and peace with you on behalf of our Da Chen, so I must tell the private person with great fanfare that I, Xiao Yao, are here! If you come quietly, enter Yecheng silently, and finally leave Yecheng in a low-key manner, isn't that telling the world that the soldiers of our Great Chen Kingdom are all timid and afraid of things, and they dare not admit their identity as Chen Guo in front of other people? Xiao Yao said fearlessly.
"General Xiao is really brave and good at fighting, brave and fearless, worthy of being a hero and a young man! But let's enter the city as soon as possible, just now our Majesty was still discussing with the ministers, saying that he was not sure if General Xiao dared to come to Yecheng in person! I didn't expect General Xiao to come to Yecheng so suddenly! Because General Xiao came suddenly, we weren't ready for a while, so now Your Majesty is still waiting for General Xiao in the court! Han Changluan said a little anxiously.
Because he saw that the onlookers began to become restless, some people pointed at Xiao Yao, some people immediately turned around and left, wanting to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, and some people looked at Xiao Yao with murderous eyes, if he hadn't come here in advance with a heavily armed forbidden army to maintain order on the scene, I'm afraid these people would have rushed up to Xiao Yao's disadvantage, after all, Xiao Yao had killed a lot of their Qi soldiers!
"Haha, don't worry! I came to your Qi Kingdom on behalf of the Chen Kingdom, how could I enter the city in such a hurry? We should have a grand ceremony to prove that I, Xiao Yao, have come to Yecheng, and I also wish that our Chen and Qi countries can smoothly negotiate armistice and peace talks, so that the two countries can return to peace, and let the people live a war-free life again! Xiao Yao said loudly, not caring at all about the Qi people present, most of them were eager to hack him to death!
Xiao Yao ordered the accompanying civil officials, under the sharp eyes of the people of Qi State, to recite aloud the documents of his envoy to Qi State, and then burned incense and paper, and then lit a large string of firecrackers, and finally handed over the documents of the two countries to Han Changluan with his own hands.
The reason why Xiao Yao wants to make so many moves with great fanfare and bravado is actually to tell the world that he Xiao Yao came to Yecheng in person, and when everyone knows that he is coming to Yecheng, it will make Gao Wei have to increase his efforts to protect his safety, after all, it was Gao Wei who invited Xiao Yao to come to Yecheng, if Xiao Yao had any accidents in Yecheng, then Gao Wei would definitely not be able to get out of it!
"General Xiao, this is our Great Qi's Jingshi Ye City, I believe you are here for the first time, how about it, do you think this is okay compared to your Jinling City, right?" Han Changluan smiled while getting closer to Xiao Yao.
"Yecheng is a thousand-year-old city, naturally much larger than Jinling City, and it is also much more neat and magnificent!" Xiao Yao said truthfully, after all, Yecheng was the capital of the strongest Qi State among the three kingdoms of Chen, Zhou and Qi, so the scale is naturally much larger and cleaner than the war-torn Jinling City, the streets of Yecheng are neat and symmetrical, the structure is rigorous, and the partitions are obvious.
"Then General Xiao is going to stay in Yecheng for a while longer, and have a good experience of our Daqi's customs and customs! Anyway, now that our two countries are ready for an official truce, General Xiao doesn't need to rush back! Han Changluan said intentionally or unintentionally.
"No problem! Anyway, if the two sides cease fighting, it is natural to open trade with each other and promote exchanges! Anyway, my forward brigade has matured after so many battles, and now I don't need to command it personally! Even if I want to stay in Qi for a year or two, it's no problem! But looking at the eyes of the people of your Qi country, it seems that they want to eat me, haha, this time is going to trouble General Han to protect me a lot! Xiao Yao also replied intentionally or unintentionally.