After a polite conversation, I saw Wang Yi, the Duke of Yunguo, slowly sit up, showing a rare serious look on his face.

Seeing this, Xiao Mo naturally understood that the next step was to read out the most official edict with the emperor's jade seal. Xiao Mo also immediately stood up, stroked his robe, and half-knelt down.

At this time, there were not as many rules as in some later dynasties. It is necessary to burn incense and pray before receiving the decree, and to take a bath and change of clothes before receiving the decree. At this point, the ritual had not yet developed to that point.

Seeing this, Wang Yi, the Duke of Yunguo, also slowly took out a roll of golden brocade cloth scrolls from his chest. Although this is not an edict, there is no need to edict the world, and there is no need for the Xiao Mansion to kneel down to receive the decree. But after all, this is an edict issued by the emperor, and all the people present should do it.

Although Old Man Han has a special status, he has not yet reached the point where he does not need to kneel to see His Majesty. This is a holy decree, but it is like seeing His Majesty. Old man Han also needs to kneel to receive orders. Of course, military generals and magnates like Old Man Han usually only need to kneel on one knee to show respect.

Xiao Mo and Old Man Han had already knelt down, and in this hall, who else dared to stand except for Wang Yi, the Duke of Yunguo, who read the holy decree? Naturally, there was no one outside the column, and one by one knelt down on both knees.

Seeing this, Wang Yi, the Duke of Yunguo, slowly unfolded the scroll in his hand, and said loudly with a serious face: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, today Wen Xinnan sincerely serves the country, and solves the difficulties of military expenses with strange strategies, so that the Great Sui can settle in the northwest and drive away foreign races." The emperor's grace is vast, in order to show his encouragement, Wenxin Baron entered the lord Wenxinbo, hereditary third, the official residence from the five products, Lu 1,000 stones, and there is no official position for the time being. Chin this! ”

After Wang Yi, the Duke of Yunguo, finished reading the holy decree, he bent down and handed the holy decree in his hand to Xiao Mo, and whispered in Xiao Mo's ear: "Congratulations to Uncle Wenxin, in the Great Sui, without borrowing the power of the family, just by virtue of his own ability, he can be awarded the title of earl at such an age, and you are the one who is Uncle Wenxin, and I congratulate you here."

In addition, there is another thing that needs to be told to Wen Xinbo, His Majesty does not set up a specific official position, because Wen Xinbo has neither a literary nor a military position, and this official position is really difficult to determine. However, when Wen Xinbo returns from the northwest, we must be officials for a while. Hahaha! It's a great joy. ”

Xiao Mo respectfully accepted the holy decree in Wang Yi's hand, and made a junior salute: "The younger generation should remember the words of the Guogong, thank you here!" ”

It's just that this holy decree is in his hand, but it really makes Xiao Mo's heart a little heavy. Xiao Mo knew that after completing the major military expenditure, with Yang Jian's means of winning people's hearts, it was a certain thing that he would be promoted to a knighthood.

It's just that Xiao Mo didn't expect that Yang Jian would come up with such a hand. Directly give yourself two knights. It is not difficult for any one to increase the number of officials, and some people can even become the prime minister of a country overnight. But the matter of entering the knighthood, in the past dynasties, it was a cautious thing. Not to mention that in the early years of the Great Sui, the title at this time is much more valuable than the title after the Great Sui won the world.

Before, Xiao Mo was a small baron, in the eyes of the people of Luodu and his own people, he was a real magnate, a real baron. But to say that in the eyes of the magnates of Luodu, they are just newcomers who have just stepped into the circle of elites. Not to mention the place at the feet of the Son of Heaven in Daxing City.

But now that Xiao Mo is the earl, it is very different from before, and it can be said that he has squeezed into the middle and upper reaches of the elite circle in an instant.

In the entire city of Luodu, there are also a number of people who can reach the level of an earl, and most of them are very old. A young earl like Xiao Mo is really uncommon. Of course, it can't be compared with Dugu Bai's royal relatives.

Although Xiao Mo was shocked by the strength of this promotion, Xiao Mo himself was still very satisfied with this promotion. For Xiao Mo, this is another great improvement in his own strength. What Xiao Mo needs now is power. It's just that there is no real power official position, which does make this title a little ambiguous.

Compared with Xiao Mo, Old Man Han's complexion was not as good-looking as he imagined. It seems that Xiao Mo's entry this time was a bit unexpected by Old Man Han.

However, there was jubilation in the entire Xiao Mansion, and the head of his own family entered two ranks at one time and was promoted to earl, which was really not exciting for everyone. This means that the entire Xiao Mansion will be qualitatively different from top to bottom.

Although it is said that Xiao Mo's entry into the lord this time, the holy decree from the imperial court is an edict, not an edict, but the local government will definitely report it. Luodu itself, as a companion capital, has a high status, and Luodu is also a lot of powerful people. This kind of news can't be concealed at all, and no one would want to hide such a thing.

Therefore, just one day after Xiao Mo entered the Jue, the entire Luodu learned such a news, which naturally made some people happy and some worried, and more shocked.

And Xiao Mo himself didn't have time to take care of these, not to mention that Xiao Mo was about to leave for the north, and the day after Xiao Mo was knighted, Xiao Mo's family came to visit a lot of people. Among them, the visitor who gave Xiao Mo the most headache was from the Xie family.

The person who came was not Xie Wanqing, the eldest lady of the Xie family, but the housekeeper of the Xie family. This housekeeper didn't come for anything important, and he didn't have much conversation with Xiao Mo. After the courtesy exchange, he handed Xiao Mo a letter.

This letter was written by Xie Wanqing herself. The font is also very beautiful and good-looking, but the content is a bit of a headache for Xiao Mo.

Xie Wanqing invited Xiao Mo to participate in a spring outing, it stands to reason that this is already early summer, and it is really unreasonable to make a name for it.

But there are really a lot of people who participated in this outing, and I don't know how Xie Wanqing did it, but all the powerful families in Luodu have young masters or young ladies to participate. Even the new top card of the four major courtyards agreed to this outing.

Seeing this, Xiao Mo was really helpless, originally auctioned that day, when Xie Wanqing mentioned this, Xiao Mo just politely agreed, and did not think that he really wanted to participate. Xiao Mo wanted to set off for the north as soon as possible, and these things were not in Xiao Mo's plan. But Xie Wanqing did this, in this way, Xiao Mo couldn't agree to it, at this juncture, if Xiao Mo decisively refused, wouldn't it become a sign of arrogance? What will the people of Luodu think of the magnates? Put on a shelf after entering the knighthood? (To be continued.) )