Chapter 781: First Arrival
If it weren't for someone at the city gate who secretly made arrangements to tell the people on the side of their identities and others, there would not have been a cheer when they first entered the city gate, and maybe their situation would be much more difficult than now. Maybe when it comes to meeting the emperor, some people will delay it and hang themselves in this pavilion for a while.
This judgment was actually born as early as after staying in the pavilion, he just felt that things were a little incredible, after all, he now has almost no backers in Beijing, and who would risk offending Gao Yu and other powerful ministers and villains to help this?
And now, the answer has finally emerged - it is the relatives that Ya'er has just recognized, and it is the people of the Hou Di family in the pavilion gate who are secretly exerting their strength, and with the popularity of this family in the forbidden army, it is obviously easy to do this, maybe the city gate over there is under the control of a certain uncle.
Of course, this is not enough to make Sun Tu's mind suffer too much, although it is indeed a great thing that Ya'er can find his relatives many years ago, but he is not shameless enough to think of climbing this family, let alone using Ya'er to achieve his goals. What really stirred his heart was the identity represented behind the Di family - Di Yong, the Marquis of the Pavilion Gate, that is, Ya'er's biological father, but in the previous generation, Di Yong's father, Ya'er's grandfather's name was enough to make Sun Tu reverent-Di Qing!
Ya'er turned out to be Di Qing's granddaughter, the Wuqu star who really killed a ray of light from the vast number of Wenqu stars after the founding of many famous generals in the Great Song Dynasty, the first general in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty who was called General Mian Ni, Di Qing Di Hanchen! The general Di Qing who quickly put down the rebellion of Nong Zhigao in the southwest with his own strength, and went west to fight against Xia, thus opening the first line of the Western Army!
In later generations, there were always people who said that the Northern Song Dynasty had no generals and the Southern Song Dynasty had no phase, which was completely nonsense in Sun Tu's view. The Northern Song Dynasty did not have powerful generals, but it was only because the civilian power was too hot that the military generals were completely suppressed. But even so, there are still many famous generals who have been famous for thousands of years, even if you don't mention Pan Mei and others who followed Zhao Kuangyin to open the country, just the Yang family is a loyal martyr, so they don't let their predecessors specialize in beauty, not to mention that there is a Di Qing in the middle period.
However, in the overall environment of the Great Song Dynasty, even a famous general like Di Qing who has made great achievements in war will hardly have a bright future after all, and finally died of depression due to various suppressions. Sun Tu, who already considered himself a member of the Song generals, was also dissatisfied with this, so he needed to do his best to change, but this did not affect his admiration for Di Qing.
So when he learned that Ya'er actually had such an identity, he was quite surprised. At that moment, Sun Tu stretched out his hand again and gently wiped away the few tears that still remained on Ya'er's face: "Silly girl, why are you crying, this is a great thing, it should be celebrated happily." ”
"Hmm!" Ya'er nodded vigorously, but then glanced at Sun Tu timidly: "Third brother, I will ...... with you from now on" She was actually a little worried that because of the change of her identity, the third brother's attitude towards herself also changed.
"What are you thinking about, in the eyes of the third brother, you will always be the Ya'er who used to take care of me, the most obedient, the gentleest, and my favorite little wife Ya'er. Even if you are the emperor's daughter and a princess, my feelings for you will not change in the slightest. Sun Tu stared at Ya'er's big eyes seriously, and said soft love words, but Ya'er's pretty face suddenly appeared happy and shy, and the previous worry disappeared.
Just when the two of them were affectionate, looking at each other again, as if they wanted to make further movements, another drum beat came from a distance, but it was already the fourth watch. This made Ya'er unconsciously sigh again: "It's been delayed for a while, third brother, I'm ......" She looked at Sun Tu with embarrassment, she wanted to accompany her husband, but she had already told someone when she came before.
Sun Tu leaned over, kissed her on the red lips, and stuffed the piece of jade back into Ya'er's clothes, and then helped her down from the bed: "We can't make others embarrassed, let alone your family." We've met today, and there's still time to stay together, so you can go back first. ”
"Hmm!" Ya'er responded softly again, even if she was reluctant, she could only endure it for the time being, so accompanied by Sun Tu, she left the courtyard, took advantage of the darkness to leave the pavilion, and then got into a carriage without any mark, and hurried away.
Sun Tu stood in the dark, watching Ya'er leave, before he let out a long sigh of relief. Immediately, a strange light flashed in his eyes. I thought that I would go to Bianjing this time to go deep into the enemy position alone, but now it seems that something has changed. Even if he didn't think about taking advantage of the prestige of the Di family in the army, judging from the attitude of one of his uncles at the beginning, things were not simple.
Everything, just wait for things to develop......
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Although there was such an episode, the development of things did not change much after all. The imperial court really ignored him in the pavilion for the time being, as Sun Tu expected, and for this reason, he was still in the prison of the Criminal Department despite the fact that a felony like Fang La was still in prison.
It dragged on for more than half a month, and even the Mid-Autumn Festival had passed, and on the 23rd, someone finally sent a message to him, saying that he would be presented to His Majesty at the court meeting two days later. Finally, they were not bold enough to completely erase such a great achievement, and they didn't dare to really leave Sun Tu in the pavilion and couldn't get out.
Early in the morning, Sun Tu put on the military attache uniform that had been prepared, set off from the pavilion post on horseback, and quickly merged into the ranks of officials of the upper court along the long street, and went to the palace along the long imperial road.
This is the first time Sun Tu has participated in the court meeting after crossing to the Great Song Dynasty, so everything seems very fresh in his eyes - for example, along the way, in addition to the officials of the previous dynasty, the number of ordinary people is actually quite a lot, and they chose to go out at this time to do the business of officials, selling breakfast for the officials who are rushing to the court.
This is a situation that Sun Tu can't understand no matter what, because as far as his understanding of ancient times goes, officials should not be high, and the last dynasty is an extremely solemn thing, how can they rush along the road while buying rebellion like people in later generations going to work and school? But the facts are all in front of us.
In fact, except for a few high-ranking officials who have servants at home who will prepare breakfast for them, other officials are really indispensable to people's breakfast. And even more unbelievable Sun Tu was even more behind, when he came to the palace with the flow of people, he saw an amazing scene again, on both sides of the street not far in front of the palace, there were actually countless breakfast stalls, countless officials wearing Zhu Ziqing and green official uniforms just like ordinary people shopping in the market there to choose and buy breakfast to their liking, both took the noodles and ate them in a big gulp, and also sat down and ate wontons and other soups at the small table, which was really lively. It's just that it doesn't look like it should be before the court meeting and in front of the palace.
Can you imagine the adults in front of the Forbidden City in Beijing hundreds of years from now? Can you imagine the appearance of people in front of a certain assembly hall constantly biting on baked cakes and drinking bean juice before the congress began? And all this was actually vividly displayed in front of Sun Tu's eyes, making him once again feel the relaxed atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty, which was very different from other dynasties. Compared with such astonishing information, the fact that a large number of officials could only come on foot to attend the court meeting, and many of them were still wearing vermilion purple official robes, was not at all surprising to Sun Tu.
The Great Song Dynasty may be rich enough, and the officials' fortunes far exceed those of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, but in terms of pomp, the ordinary officials at this time are really not comparable to the descendants of later generations. Especially after entering the braided court, if an official goes out without riding a sedan chair, he must be included in a book if he is seen, let alone a grand court meeting like this.
But this relaxed atmosphere ends here, when the sky gradually brightens, the sun peeks out from under the clouds in the east, the palace bells and drums also rise, and the hundred officials quickly eliminate the breakfast in their hands, and then they lined up in a neat line and came to the palace gate, waiting quietly.
During this period, everyone stood upright, not only did they not hear a cough, but even their standing posture was extremely upright, and they did not dare to slack off in the slightest. And all of this is because there are officials from the Imperial Historical Observatory on the side, they are the most faulty people, as long as there are officials who make any mistakes during this period, they will be directly impeached, and then penalties such as fines will fall on the heads of the unlucky.
Although Sun Tu said that today was the first time to participate in the court meeting, he was already prepared, and he would not really make any mistakes. Especially since he has been in the army for many years, he has long developed the habit of standing like a pine and sitting like a clock.
After waiting for a while, the palace gate finally opened, and then the ministers slowly entered the palace with neat and majestic steps. They are not going to the main hall of the palace Daqing Palace, but the Wende Hall on the west side, the former will only be enabled at the Zhengdan Winter Solstice such a big court meeting, just when passing through the square over there, at a glance, Sun Tu knew that there was enough to accommodate thousands of courtiers, and there were only about 400 people participating in the court meeting today, and the number was obviously small.
Passing through the Daqing Palace Square, passing through a horizontal gate, and then going forward is the Wende Gate, passing through this palace gate, and the rear is two hundred steps of the corridor, leading directly to the Wende Palace, and the hundred officials are also at this time, the civil and military left and right stopped in front of the two pavilion doors in front of this......