The situation in Jianye Capital was just as Duan Canghai guessed, the Black Knife Battalion entered Beijing to defend the Imperial City, but the Yulin Battalion, which originally defended the Imperial City, was transferred out of the capital and stationed fifteen miles north of the city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Martial law was imposed in the city that night.

Even if it is a border city, it will not be easy to impose martial law until the moment of tension, let alone the capital of an empire, martial law indicates that there will be earth-shattering events.

The Black Knife Battalion guarded the Imperial City, while the gates of the outer city of Jianye City were guarded by the Tiger God Battalion, and the Tiger God Battalion even pulled out a part of its troops to patrol the streets and alleys of the capital with the Kyoto Prefecture officials.

For Jianye City, such a dignified atmosphere has not appeared for many years.

On the day of the funeral of the Marquis of Jinyi, martial law in the city was still in place, and there were not many officials in Beijing who came to see him off, but the people who passed the street spontaneously mourned silently on both sides of the road.

According to the status of the Marquis of Jinyi Qijing and his merits to the empire, the scene of the funeral procession was a little shabby.

The burial place of Qijing is located on the bank of Zhongshan in the east of the capital, there is a vast cemetery here, known as the "Loyal Tomb", the founding king of the Great Chu specially let people build this "Loyal Tomb", in order to bury the loyal ministers and good generals who have made great contributions to the empire, and can be sent to the "Loyal Tomb" for burial after death, which is the supreme glory.

Qijing is the pillar of Dachu, and it naturally has a place in Zhongling.

Starting from the capital, it takes one day to arrive at Zhongling, and it takes at least three days before and after the burial.

The third old lady also went with the team this time, but neither the fifth nor the sixth master appeared.

When the team set off from the Jinyi Marquis's Mansion, the number of people was not too much, but about two hundred, but all the way to the east gate, there were more people behind the team, most of them were the people of the capital who respected Qijing, and when they arrived at the east gate, the team had nearly a thousand people, like a long dragon walking around.

Although the capital is under martial law, all gates are closed, but when the procession arrives at the east gate, the east gate is immediately open, and every few steps on both sides is an armored soldier holding a spear, and when the procession passes, the soldiers on both sides kneel with spears in their arms, as a sign of mourning for this famous general of the empire.

Yang Ning saw it in his eyes, and knew in his heart that Qi Jing had an extraordinary status in the hearts of the soldiers of the Chu State.

The east gate was not far ahead, and Yang Ning saw a large group of people gathered under the door, and when the team approached, a large group of people had quickly greeted him.

When the first one was dressed in black armor, tall, less than forty years old, when walking, the dragon walked and the tiger walked, majestic, and he was a good man.

Manager Qiu raised his hand and signaled the team to stop, only to see the black-armored man step forward quickly, suddenly knelt on the ground, took off his helmet, and all the soldiers behind him also knelt on the ground in unison, and at the same time took off his helmet, put the helmet on the side, and kowtowed to Qijing's coffin with the man in black armor.

Chief Manager Qiu had already approached Yang Ning's side at this time, and said in a low voice: "Shizi, this is the commander of the Tiger God Battalion, Xue Lingfeng, and the general's old subordinate. ”

Before the funeral, Gu Qinghan had already carefully taught Yang Ning all the etiquette to be encountered on the way, and Yang Ning remembered it in his heart and knew that he should come forward to return the salute at this time.

Accompanied by Manager Qiu, he stepped forward, but saw Xue Lingfeng's expression solemn, his eyes slightly reddened, and he kept kowtowing, but at this time, his forehead had cracked open, and blood flowed out.

"Commander Xue, please get up, please get up!" Chief Manager Qiu stepped forward to support Xue Lingfeng, "The commander's intentions, the general Quanxia knows, and he will definitely be comforted." ”

Yang Ning had already saluted Xue Lingfeng and a group of soldiers at this time, Xue Lingfeng got up, did not look at Manager Xue, walked in front of Yang Ning, he was tall, much taller than Yang Ning, looked at Yang Ning condescendingly, groaned slightly, and said: "Shizi, I was a subordinate of the general, the general's kindness to me, I will not forget it in this life, if there is any difficulty in the future, even if you come to me, as long as you can do it, you will never dare to refuse!" ”

Yang Ning arched his hand and said, "Xue ..... Uncle Xue, father..... My father passed away, and there should be a lot of trouble for Uncle Xue in the future, and the little nephew is here to thank you in advance! ”

Xue Lingfeng's eyes showed a slight look of surprise, as if he was surprised that Yang Ning could be so decent, his eyes showed a hint of relief, nodded slightly, and without saying much, he dodged to the side, got out of the way, and said in a deep voice: "Send the general!" He knelt on one knee again, and all the soldiers on the edge of the city returned on one knee, looking solemn and solemn.

Manager Qiu was about to get the team back on his way, but he heard a voice from behind: "Wait! The sound was loud, and then the sound of horses' hooves was heard, and everyone turned around, only to see that the crowd behind had dodged a road, and soon a few flying horses came, Yang Ning looked over, and saw that the first person was dressed in a light yellow brocade robe, wearing a crown and hat, and a long beard fluttering under his chin.

"It's the King of Huainan!" Mr. Qiu lost his voice and said, "Shizi, ..... quickly Hurry up and meet the king of Huainan. ”

Yang Ning was stunned, although he was not clear about the system of the Chu State, he knew that the prince was much higher than the marquis, and he didn't want a Huainan king to suddenly appear at this moment.

King Huainan is also in his early forties, with a luxurious temperament, after dismounting, he has already snatched the carriage pulling the coffin quickly, and when he got to the side of the coffin, he suddenly fell on the coffin, tears flowed out instantly, and said sadly: "Heaven is unfair, you are a hero in Jinyi for half your life, invincible on the battlefield, and now ..... Now that my soul has returned to Jiuquan, my Great Chu pillar has collapsed, and this king's heart is like a knife twisted ......! ”

The funeral procession was already sad, at this time the king of Huainan cried, and many people immediately cried, that is, the soldiers who were kneeling on both sides also raised their hands to wipe their tears at this time.

Yang Ning was stunned for a moment, secretly thinking about where this King of Huainan was sacred, seeing that he was sincere, it seemed that he was really sad that Qi Jing had passed away, and the appeal was also very strong, but why Gu Qinghan had never mentioned this King of Huainan, and he had never seen the King of Huainan go to the Marquis of Jinyi Mansion to worship.

The king of Huainan looked sad, suddenly took two steps back, and was about to kneel, but Manager Qiu was already beside him at this time, hurriedly grabbed him, and said: "Lord, lord, can't do it, can't do it, this ..... This is not in accordance with etiquette! ”

King Huainan said: "How can you not do it? Is it because this king is a prince that he can't kneel down and worship the Marquis of Jinyi? The Marquis of Jinyi has made great contributions to my Great Chu, and the people of the Great Chu are all exchanged for the blood of the Marquis of Jinyi with countless soldiers, don't say that this kneeling is to exchange the life of the king for the Marquis of Jinyi, and the king has no words. Pushing away Manager Qiu, he really knelt down.

At this time, a whisper could be heard all around, and many people showed admiration on their faces.

King Huainan kowtowed a few times in a row, and then he was helped up, turned his head and saw Yang Ning standing aside, walked over, stretched out his hand to hold Yang Ning's hand, and said gently: "This is naturally the son of Jinyi?" ”

Manager Qiu hurriedly said: "Exactly! Glancing at Yang Ning, Yang Ning said, "Qi Ning has seen the prince!" He was about to kneel, but the king of Huainan stopped him and said, "No need, this king just came to see off the Marquis of Jinyi for the last time, and he can't let him go lonely." ”

His words didn't seem to be inappropriate, but Yang Ning faintly felt that there was something in his words, and secretly thought that the number of people at today's funeral was not small, and many people along the way were worshipping on the roadside.

This King of Huainan said that he would not let the Marquis of Jinyi go coldly, and there was something strange in his words.

At this moment, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and then I heard a shrill voice say: "Wait, wait, there is a decree in the holy, there is a decree in the holy!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Ning thought that these people would really pick the time, when the Jinyi Marquis Mansion stopped, whether it was the King of Huainan or the palace, there was no one in sight, and now the mourning team is going to go out of the city, but the will of the King of Huainan and the emperor is rushing to the back.

"Hey, that's Gonggong Fan in the palace!" When Chief Manager Qiu saw the visitor, he hurriedly said to Yang Ning: "Prince, Gonggong Fan is the chief supervisor of ceremonies. ”

Father-in-law Fan was nearly fifty years old, slightly chubby, but his face was kind, and his eyes looked like they were squinting, and when he got closer, Yang Ning found that this Father-in-law Fan was born with a pair of small eyes.

Behind Father-in-law Fan, there were four or five attendant eunuchs, and when he saw King Huainan beside him, Father-in-law Fan suddenly smiled and bowed forward: "I've seen the prince!" ”

King Huainan said lightly: "Gonggong Fan came in time, if it was a little later, the Marquis of Jinyi would have already left the city, and if he could catch up with the will of the saint at the last moment, the Marquis of Jinyi would be relieved if he knew about it." ”

Yang Ning listened to his tone full of ridicule, and was a little surprised in his heart, secretly thinking that the courage of this King of Huainan was really not small, and he actually mocked the emperor in front of the chief eunuch, but he didn't know that he already had a grudge against the emperor, and he still had to be upset for the Marquis of Jinyi.

Gonggong Fan still smiled and said, "The Marquis of Jinyi is a hero of the Great Chu, and the Holy Lord will never forget the Marquis of Jinyi." coughed, and then said in a sharp voice: "There is a decree in the saint, and the son of Jinyi will receive the decree!" ”

Yang Ning had never seen such a scene, and Gu Qinghan didn't expect that the emperor's will would be issued at this time, so Yang Ning really didn't know what kind of rules he had for receiving the decree for a while.

Seeing that Yang Ning was a little stunned, Gonggong Fan smiled and said: "The prince doesn't need to think about it, this is not a mansion, don't bother, just kneel down and accept the order." ”

Yang Ning was on fire in his heart, secretly thinking that it was really not easy to mix in this era, and the prince he was now pretending to be a noble son could be regarded as a noble status, but it didn't take long, he knelt back and forth for three days, and he couldn't even stand his knees, but at this time, he was helpless in front of everyone.

However, thinking that this holy decree is coming, there should be some rewards, the Jinyi Marquis Mansion is a little stretched thin in terms of money, the tax money on the Jiangling side has not been delivered for a long time, Gu Qinghan is still worried about the silver money for the past two days, at this time, if the palace rewards it, it can be regarded as timely rain, which can solve the current urgency of the Jinyi Marquis Mansion.

Before Gonggong Fan could read the holy decree, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and Yang Ning realized that the king of Huainan had already ridden away with his men.

"Fengtian carries ......!" Gonggong Fan opened the holy decree and read it out, Yang Ning didn't care about those gorgeous words, but he concentrated his mind, wanting to know how much reward could be given in this palace, only listening to Gonggong Fan like a monk chanting scriptures, rambling for a long time, first praising Qi Jing's achievements, and then expressing the same sorrow for Qi Jing's death, chattering for a long time, waiting for Gonggong Fan to close the holy decree, and did not hear a word of reward.

"Son, you mourn and change, the Marquis of Jinyi has passed away, and the whole country is sad, you also have to take care of your health." Gonggong Fan rolled up the holy decree and sent it over, Yang Ning took it easily, then got up, and scolded secretly in his heart: "Sad, sad, I am sad that your mother pulled her head, such a big court, such a great meritorious general passed away, a holy decree is all bullshit, there is nothing real, this is the real sorrow." ”

He was annoyed, but he couldn't show it, and was about to thank him, when he suddenly found that a pair of eyes behind Fan Gonggong were staring at his face, and he looked over, only to see that several other eunuchs behind Fan Gonggong were all lowering their hands and bowing their heads, only one eunuch raised his head slightly, and a pair of eyes were sweeping his face.

Yang Ning was thinking about how this dead eunuch could not understand the rules so much, and when he saw the man's face, he was stunned at first, and then his heart was cold.