Chapter 381: Ceremony of Entering the City
After breakfast, Zhang Zhifang and Zhou Rui came to the camp outside the city and respectfully invited Li Bao to enter the city.
Since he is about to enter the city, King Li Bao naturally has to pay attention to his demeanor and demeanor. It was because he asked a few rough men under his command to help sort it out for two quarters of an hour, and he really couldn't find any mistakes himself, so he gave up.
Li Bao specially asked Yi Wuji to lead a white horse, and then found a white robe and cloak. The size of one meter seven or eight, coupled with this white cloak, as well as the excellent genes accumulated by the Tang Li family for hundreds of years, all act on Li Bao's body, and the little fresh meat Li Bao is even more dazzling.
Yi Wuji and other people close to him were stunned by Li Bao's handsomeness, and Zhou Rui was even more direct, "Wow, you are really handsome!" ”
After listening to Zhou Rui's praise, Li Bao was useful, he nodded at Zhou Rui, and then said proudly: "Well, Zhou Jun's envoy will tell the truth like this, and he will have to say more in the future." ”
When Zhou Rui heard this, he immediately said with honey on his lips: "What the king said is that the character of such an honest man has always been telling the truth. ”
Everyone present was so amused by Zhou Rui's straightforward sycophants that they burst out laughing.
Li Bao looked at everyone and laughed, and waved his big hand: "Go, enter the city!" ”
Seeing that Li Bao had already set off, Yi Wuji and the others immediately beckoned the guards of the guards behind them to follow the king as a whole team. Today's entrance to the city was requested by Li Bao, and Yi Wuji and the others also made some preparations the night before.
He asked the soldiers of the pro-guard capital to reorganize their armor and mounts, and this morning Yi Wuji called all the soldiers of the pro-guard capital early, and told them to show their spirit when they entered the city today, after all, they are the personal guards of the king's side, and they must not embarrass the king at such an important juncture.
It was Yi Wuji who gave cruel words to the soldiers of the guards: "Today's entrance to the city is related to the face of the king and the guards, if today's entry into the city is ugly and good, then don't blame him for being unkind!" ”
His Royal Highness King Qin's personal guards are in the entire Weizhou, and even the entire Northwest Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is the most well-paid team, and those who can enter the personal guard capital are the most elite soldiers. Being able to be selected is the most worthy thing for the relatives in the family to boast about, and the personal guards are also the easiest places to be promoted.
Since the establishment of the Qinwei Capital, there have been more than 50 commanders, more than 30 battalion commanders, and seven or eight brigade commanders here. In addition, once the soldiers of the pro-guard capital are transferred out and decentralized, they are in the team, and the starting point is much higher than that of other soldiers. In addition, all the soldiers in the Guardian Capital are the guards of the Shadow Guard, which is an honor that many soldiers in Weizhou dream of.
But once you make a mistake and are kicked out of the city, no matter who it is, it will be a lifelong shame, and the sergeants of the capital are all in good spirits and solemnly waiting for today's ceremony of entering the city.
After the order of Yi Wuji, the head of the guards, was issued, the guards immediately took action, and all of them looked very majestic and mighty, and a hundred people were stunned to burst out of the majesty of a battalion.
Zhang Zhifang and Zhou Rui on the side observed for a while and immediately praised: "This king's personal guards are worthy of being the most elite troops in our Weizhou!" ”
The morning sun rose in the east, Li Bao was dressed in white and white on a white horse to meet the warm and warm sunshine, and rode slowly towards the head of Xiangyang City.
The soldiers of the personal guard capital are even more uniform, and the horse's hooves are 'deed' and the armor is dazzling because of the reflection, which adds a lot of aura to the entire team entering the city.
Zhang Zhifang and Zhou Rui were one horse behind Li Bao, looking at the welcoming phalanx formed by two columns of people outside the Xiangyang City Gate not far away, with smiles on their faces. It seems that those civil officials in Xiangyang are still good, and they have done so well this night, and it may be better if they have more time.
Li Bao looked at the people outside the city, and the smile on his face became more and more stiff, because he found that the panic and dishes on the faces of many people made him a little uncomfortable.
He wanted to smile and wave to them, but he couldn't, and only then did he realize how vain he was, that this ceremony was just an idea on his whim, but he found that his idea had caused a great burden to the people under his rule. Their own subordinates also worked hard, but in order to please themselves, they tossed these devastated people to cater to their vanity.
Li Bao finally understood how terrible it was to be a superior to do what he wanted, Emperor Yizong and the current emperor were both happy and unscrupulous lords, they did not have such a heart as Li Bao, they were born rich and noble, so they were destined not to understand the misery of the untouchables at the bottom.
I can't understand what kind of dignity and price a low-level person has to pay for his livelihood, but Li Bao understands that he is an ordinary fart in his later life, and he can better understand this lonely and helpless mentality.
It was in the sense that he felt that he should no longer behave as a ruthless and ignorant nobleman, and that he wanted to be a true leader, and that he reined in his horse, and then rolled over and dismounted.
Zhang Zhifang and Zhou Rui were frightened by Li Bao's actions, what's wrong with the king?
Yi Wuji and the soldiers in the back were also surprised, what happened to the king?
The officials of Xiangyang City who came to greet His Royal Highness King Qin were also stunned, what happened to His Royal Highness King Qin?
All the people outside the city gate were even more stunned, they saw the majestic and terrifying guards behind His Royal Highness King Qin's shining swords and guns, and their hearts were even more curious, what happened to His Royal Highness King Qin?
To everyone's surprise, the white-robed prince, who had been in the spotlight, came to a common person on the side of the road so easily and casually, thinking that they stretched out their hands.
It was a young man, his face was a little pale, and he was holding colored silks of unclear colors in his hands, and it could be seen that the color of these silks was not very good, and this man was holding a little girl of five or six years old in his other hand.
The little girl looks very cute, with a pink little face, and a little face that is blushing when the breeze blows. However, her face was full of horror at this time, looking at the noble man like a god, she suddenly stretched out her big white hand to herself, and she looked timidly at her father beside her.
When the pale-faced man looked at Li Bao with a kind smile on his face, he didn't know what to say, he muttered: "Grass people...... See The King. ”
His voice was low and muttered with muttering, because many people didn't hear what he was saying. But Li Bao didn't care, he still stretched out his hand to the little girl.
The pale father didn't know what to do at this time, but he could clearly feel the murderous aura around him, so he seemed to be frightened, and then he suddenly put his daughter's little hand on Li Bao's hand, and then quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Bao again.
Li Bao held the little girl's hand, then gently took her little hand, and then asked with a smile: "Little lady, can you tell me what your name is?" ”
The little girl obviously didn't feel Li Bao's nobility and respectful status, and she said in a milky voice: "My name is Jiu Niang." ”
"Oh, Jiu Niang? Why the name? ”
"Aya said that I was like a bird in a tree, chirping all day long, so I was named Jiu Niang."
"Oh, that's the case, how old is Jiu Niang this year, what about your aunt?"
"I'm five years old, A-Niang doesn't know where to go, Aya said she went away." After speaking, Xiao Jiuniang also turned her head to look at her father, who bowed his head.
Li Bao looked at the man, his body was trembling uncontrollably, and he immediately understood what was going on.
Li Bao continued to ask Xiang Jiuniang: "Have you eaten?" Wearing so little, is it cold or not? ”
Jiu Niang listened to Li Bao's words, she immediately looked at her father, and found that she couldn't find an answer from her father, so she whispered: "Jiu Niang hasn't eaten yet, and Aya hasn't eaten either, but he said that when he finished greeting the king, he would go home to Jiu Niang to cook." ”
Hearing this, Li Bao's self-blame in his heart became even heavier, "Look, this is the sin you created." For the sake of selfishness, but so many people have labored, be vigilant! ”
Li Bao couldn't help but hug Jiu Niang, then kissed her little face, turned around, and said to Zhou Rui: "Commander Zhou, quickly disperse these people, today's entrance to the city is like this." He also immediately ordered the officials of the Xiangyang Prefecture to hurry up and help the people who had been robbed in the city. Do it now! ”
Li Bao's words were quiet and powerful, and most of the people present could hear them, and they couldn't hear that there were still people whispering. After a while, they all boiled, this His Royal Highness the King of Qin is really a good person, he has us little people in his heart.
"In the past, I heard that this Li Bao Dawang is virtuous, full of love, it seems that the rumors are true. We are blessed, Xiangyang is blessed! ”
Many people's praise was heard in Li Bao's ears, but it was like a whipping of him. He felt even more uncomfortable.
Although Zhou Rui didn't know what Li Bao was thinking, after Li Bao issued the order, he also saw the reaction of the people, so he no longer hesitated, and immediately got on his horse and galloped towards the city gate, where were the officials at all levels in Xiangyang preparing to greet Li Bao.
After Zhou Rui conveyed Li Bao's order, he then called his own personal guard and asked him to quickly put the people outside the city gate back without any further delay.
The sergeants who heard the order immediately took action, and the civil officials did not dare to hesitate, they immediately called their servants to go back to the city according to the instructions of His Royal Highness the King of Qin.
The man who had been bowing his head saw that Li Bao was still holding his daughter, he was scared, but in the end he still mustered up the courage and said to Li Bao: "The king forgives her sins, Jiu Niang's body is very dirty, the king still put her down and stained your clean clothes." ”
"It's okay, Lone likes Jiu Niang very much, what's your name? What do you do in the city? ”
The pale-faced man, after listening to Li Bao's words, the panic on his face was much less, and then he said lightly: "King Hui, a certain name is Qin Bin, and he is an apprentice of a library. ”
"Oh. Qin Bin has a good name, since you are an apprentice in the library, you must also know the words, if you follow Gu to the house as an account room, and Jiu Niang Gu sees that she is very fateful, why not ask her to follow Gu's daughter as a personal maid? ”
When Qin Bin heard this, the surprise in his heart almost made him faint, this is really pie in the sky, he immediately knelt down in front of Li Bao, and said loudly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, ...... Wang"
As he spoke, tears flowed from his eyes, and his voice turned into a cry.
When Li Bao saw him like this, he immediately said to Qin Bin: "Okay, get up quickly, don't cry, Gu is here today to bring stability and peace to Xiangyang, and your good days are still ahead." ”
Many years later, Qin Bin, who was in his old age, would still talk to his children and grandchildren about the early morning of April in the third year of Guangqi, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, who was as gentle as jade and kind.
"Emperor Shenwu at that time was really a good person, he took a fancy to your A-Niang at a glance, so he also saw so-and-so, it is precisely because of your A-Niang and the wise Shenwu Emperor that our Qin family can prosper. You must keep in mind that without Emperor Shenwu, there would be no prosperity and well-being for us civilians, nor would there be the prestige of our Tang Dynasty! ”