Xiao Ruxun and Shen Yiyi came to a place dozens of meters away from Zhao Zhigao, Xiao Ruxun jumped off the horse, took the reins from Shen Yiyi's hand, and slowly moved forward with the prisoner sacrifice team.

"The last general, Xiao Ruxun, meet the first assistant!"

In the face of this good old man with the name of Shoufu, Xiao Ruxun has no temper, he knows that this old man treats himself gently, and he also gave himself some help three years ago, and when he himself is unable to protect himself, he can also give himself some necessary support to get through the difficulties, Xiao Ruxun is grateful.

Along the way, Xiao Ruxun felt that he had also received help from many people, and without the help of these people, he would obviously not have been able to get to where he is today.

So he understands that there are also loyal and good people in the civil official group, and holy lotus flowers can also grow in the dirty and smelly quagmire, and the so-called mud without staining is probably the best portrayal of Zhao Zhigao.

Like all White Lotuses, they do not alter the quagmire that raised them, even though they themselves are incompatible with it.

Zhao Zhigao failed to do anything, he didn't have any commendable achievements, it was better to say that he couldn't have any achievements at all, because he didn't have that power at all, in the quagmire, the darker and smellier the more powerful, and the whiter and more fragrant, the more he would be marginalized.

But even so, the White Lotus is still beautiful.

Zhao Zhigao himself may not have felt that way.

"Xiao Zhennan, please hurry up, the old man is ordered by His Majesty to lead the horse for Xiao Zhennan."

After that, Zhao Zhigao trembled forward to lead the horse for Xiao Ruxun, and Xiao Ruxun quickly stopped Zhao Zhigao.

"Shoufu is old and inconvenient, so don't be like this! And how about letting the last general lead the horse with you? ”

Zhao Zhigao wanted to say something, Xiao Ruxun simply said: "Your Majesty is at the noon gate, although the ministers have made meritorious deeds, they don't dare to ride a horse in front of Your Majesty, what does the first assistant think?" ”

Zhao Zhigao thought about it, and saw that Xiao Ruxun had already decided, and he was no longer reluctant, so he spoke: "That is the case, the old man can't stand Xiao Zhennan." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Xiao Ruxun led the horse and asked Zhao Zhigao to go in front, and he was slightly half a position behind Zhao Zhigao.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhigao didn't know what kind of feeling he had in his heart, so he had to move forward silently.

As he walked, he suddenly asked Xiao Ruxun in a relatively low voice, "Xiao Zhennan, what are your plans for the future?" ”

Xiao Ruxun felt strange, so he replied: "Naturally, I am waiting for Your Majesty's arrangement, and Your Majesty will do whatever the last general will do. ”

"It's rare to have a good general, it's rare to have a good general."

Zhao Zhigao smiled: "I don't want Daming to produce such a good general, it's really rare, rare, as long as Xiao Zhennan is here, I will have no worries about the border, and Xiao Zhennan's prestige can be an army of 100,000!" ”

Xiao Ruxun hurriedly said: "The old Shoufu has a good reputation, and the last general is ashamed!" ”

"You deserve it, of course you deserve it, if you don't deserve it, who else deserves it?"

Zhao Zhigao shook his head silently: "You must cherish yourself, even if you are not for your family and future generations, you must cherish yourself for Daming, it is too difficult for Daming to produce a good general, it is not easy." ”

Xiao Ruxun was stunned for a moment.

"Of course, the last general will pay attention to his body, and on the battlefield, the last general will be the commander, so naturally he will not charge at will."

Zhao Zhigao looked at Xiao Ruxun and nodded slightly.

"How can a man live without an adversary? Whether it is on the battlefield or outside the battlefield, you are different from the old decay, the old decay is old, there is no use, and living is also adding to the blockage of others, but you are different, you are still young, and you still have the opportunity to contribute to the country, you must cherish yourself. ”

Xiao Ruxun frowned, feeling strange about Zhao Zhigao's words, but Zhao Zhigao closed his mouth and walked forward without saying a word, which really made Xiao Ruxun a little confused.

Is Zhao Zhigao hinting at himself?

Xiao Ruxun hadn't figured it out yet, but the noon gate was already close at hand.

At this time, except for Shi Xing and the officials of the Ministry of War, the rest of the officials said goodbye to Xiao Ruxun one after another, or went to the city to line up, or went to the city gate.

The Ming Dynasty's prisoner sacrifice ceremony has its own set of regulations and grammar, whether it is to establish rules or break the rules are first-class masters, in the absence of many Song Dynasty prisoner sacrifice ceremony scene investigation, they rehearsed their own set of etiquette.

In front of the noon gate, the princes and ministers, civil and military officials, solemn and solemn, stand in shifts, the emperor wears a dragon robe and a gown, takes the public opinion out of the inner palace, when driving, the noon gate rings the bell, when arriving at the Taihe Gate, the golden drum is sounded, and the cymbal song is played.

The emperor arrived in front of the noon gate, along the horse road, the royal tower ascended, under the noon gate, the military department officials led the generals, led the prisoners of war to kneel, and then the military department Shangshu reported to offer the prisoners, the drum music was great, the salute roared, the officials stood solemnly, and celebrated the victory.

The ceremonial officer saluted again, so he brought the captive over and made him kneel on the ground, and the military officer played: "I am ordered to pacify a certain place, and the prisoners I have captured, I would like to offer your majesty, please order." ”

At this time, the emperor issued a decree that the prisoners of war should be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, or the prisoners of war would be released with amnesty, or they would simply be killed.

So what appeared in front of Xiao Ruxun's eyes was a grand scene, the flag fluttered in the crowd, not to mention, the city was full of knives and guns, quite a sense of slaughter, looking at the Wumen City Tower from afar, seeing the yellow cover on it, Xiao Ruxun knew that it was Zhu Yijun had arrived at the Wumen Tower.

The high-ranking officials and nobles accompanied the emperor on the city tower, and the low-ranking civil and military generals stood on both sides of the city tower, accompanied by a large number of soldiers in bright armor, which was a prosperous imperial scene.

Now that the previous procedures have been completed, the back is what the Ministry of War and Xiao Ruxun have to do, Shi Xing gave an order, and his own soldiers released one hundred and sixteen prisoners of war at the level of the leader of the Northern Captivity tribe from the prisoner car, and then escorted them to line up and prepare.

Then, Shi Xing, Xiao Daheng and a group of military officials walked forward together, and came to Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun nodded, looked at the military generals behind him, gave them a look, and a group of generals walked forward with Xiao Ruxun.

The officers of the military department walked on the left, the generals of military merit walked on the right, and behind them were two columns of honest prisoners of war.

Walking to a certain position, Shi Xing and Xiao Ruxun stopped together, and then knelt down together.

Shi Xing cleared his throat.

"Minister! The military department is still in the stone star! Prisoners by order! ”

Immediately after a shout, the soldiers in charge of the salute sang loudly-

"Prisoners!"

"Prisoners!"

"Prisoners!"

All the way to the bottom of the noon gate tower, and then suddenly the drums were loud, the salute was fired, and the ministers stood solemnly to celebrate the hard-won victory.

After the sound of the cannon stopped, the sound of drums also stopped, and Xiao Ruxun heard a sound coming from the side of the Wumen Tower-

"Salute!"

"Salute!"

"Salute!"

The sound goes from far to near, from small to loud, which means that the next process is about to begin.

So Xiao Ruxun got up, waved his hand, and led the soldiers to escort the prisoners of war forward until they reached the bottom of the city gate, and when they looked up and could see Zhu Yijun above, Xiao Ruxun ordered the soldiers to let the prisoners kneel.

More than a hundred captives knelt down obediently and said nothing.

Then Xiao Ruxun saluted the emperor on the upper floor of the city gate, and shouted: "Minister Xiao Ruxun, I was ordered to pacify the entry of Shanxi Datong into Koubei, and the prisoners I have captured, I would like to offer your majesty, please order!" ”

This step could have been done by the squire of the military department, but in order to make Xiao Ruxun more glorious, Zhu Yijun ordered Xiao Ruxun to personally sacrifice the prisoner.

When he got here, Zhu Yijun gave an order again.