Then I heard a running sound in the city, and from the stone city, there were soldiers riding white horses, galloping out of the city in two rows, standing still in front of the formation, holding flags in their hands, and their toes were high, and they were majestic.

In the city, there was a third cannon sound, followed by a guard of honor in brocade clothes and hats, holding all kinds of dazzling ritual weapons in their hands, and clustering a green sedan chair carried by sixteen people, slowly coming from the city.

Qiu Yi saw that this set of ceremonial guards was the regulation of the vassal king, and after seeing the green sedan chair, four strong men with tigers and bears on their backs jointly held a four-clawed golden dragon flag, and wrote "Qin Ming Lingnan King Zheng" A few big words with thick mouths, you know that the person sitting in this sedan chair must be the Lingnan prince himself!

This Lingnan King who wanted to ascend to the throne when he was still a prince, this Lingnan King who has guarded the southern Xinjiang of the Han Dynasty for more than ten years and has a heavy army, and this Lingnan King who makes the current emperor like a fish in his throat but doesn't know where to start, is now in this big sedan chair close at hand!

Qiu Yizhi has been with Zheng Miao and Lin Shuhan for the past few days, talking and talking every day about this Lingnan king, and now he is about to appear in front of his eyes, which makes Qiu Yizhi, who has always been bold, also a little frightened, as if there is endless pressure from the sedan chair that pushes over to him, and he has been overwhelmed, as if he is about to faint.

Such a suffocating feeling, Qiu Yizhi felt it when he forced the "puppet emperor" Zheng Yao to death, and also felt it when Zheng Rong ascended the throne and secretly revealed his murderous intentions, and today it actually appeared again in the green mountains and green waters of Lingnan. This made Qiu Yizhi like a beast encountering a natural enemy, unconsciously clenched the lost Western Regions treasure knife worn on his waist, the hand holding the knife was a little trembling, but his brain was running rapidly, thinking about ten thousand possibilities and ways to deal with it.

But I heard someone in the opposite team shouting loudly: "Qin's order! King Lingnan, here! Then the drums rang out in unison, which was deafening.

Qiu Yizhi stopped listening to a whole set of ceremonial music with bated breath, and suddenly saw the green sedan chair curtain shake, and a tall man wearing a magenta python robe, always around fifty years old, and tall and big, walked out of the sedan chair with trembling legs.

I saw that his face was full of sickness, his steps were staggering, and he stumbled after a few steps, and almost fell to the ground.

Qiu Yizhi couldn't help but be very surprised when he saw such a situation, looking at the sick man in front of him who seemed to be able to blow him down with a gust of wind, he couldn't believe that he was Zheng Gui, the king of Lingnan who made the wise and martial emperor Zheng Rong have trouble sleeping. But this person is dressed up, Qiu Yizhi has seen it many times in Guangyang City, Youyan Road, and on his father-in-law Zheng Rong - it is the color of the vassal king's clothes that is very clear!

After a long time, this person was almost carried to the imperial chariot that Zheng Miao was riding, but he was already tired and sweating, and he gasped loudly for a long time, so he reluctantly knelt down, kowtowed first, and said: "Minister, Zheng Gui, King of Lingnan, waiting for His Royal Highness the Third Prince of Qincha to arrive!" With that, he kowtowed two more times.

According to the Han ritual system, Zheng Miao is the messenger of the Son of Heaven, which is the symbol of Emperor Zheng Rong.

But this Zheng Gui seemed to be extremely weak, and after bowing three times, he seemed to be unable to exert his strength under his feet, and he struggled for a while but still couldn't stand up.

Zheng Miao is a kind and benevolent person, and when he saw the appearance of Zheng Gui, who was also his uncle and elder, he had already softened his heart, and hurriedly straightened up from the seat of the imperial chariot, and said: "King Lingnan is not feeling well, so there is no need to ......."

Before he finished saying the three words "more polite", Qiu Yizhi, who was riding on a horse, hurriedly coughed lightly: "Third brother, don't commit compassion and woman's kindness again." If there is a deficit in the big gift, won't it increase the prestige of the king of Lingnan again? He was obviously a little too sensitive, lest if he slackened himself, he would be crushed by the tense atmosphere here.

Zheng Miao listened to what Qiu Yizhi said, but there was some truth, so he swallowed the next three words into his stomach and changed his words: "Don't force it." Suddenly, the conversation changed and said to the two guards beside Zheng Gui, "Are you two blind, don't you see that your old prince is weak and weak, and you still don't help him complete the big gift?" ”

The two guards followed the King of Lingnan on weekdays, how could they have heard others mention their faces like this, and they were about to have a seizure, but they were frightened by Zheng Miao's noble style and a pair of bright eyes, and hurriedly bent down to help Zheng Gui up, and then protected him and slowly knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Zheng Gui finally completed this set of etiquette under the service of the guards, but it seemed that he had exhausted all the strength of his body, and he could no longer stand up when he lay on the ground.

These soldiers and horses that had just come out of the stone city were all brought out by Zheng Gui, and when they saw that their prince was tired like this, they were all filled with righteous indignation, and even Zheng Miao, who was more than a dozen steps away, seemed to hear their breathing that was getting faster and heavier.

So Zheng Miao hurriedly took out a holy decree with a yellow silk cover from the Ming yellow box beside him, and said loudly: "Holy decree, everyone kneel and listen!" ”

As soon as he said this, it stands to reason that everyone in front of him should kneel down and listen, but the more than 1,000 people in front of him seemed to be indifferent, still holding weapons and ceremonial weapons, standing proudly in place, motionless, as if they did not understand what Zheng Miao said.

Zheng Miao was a little uneasy when he saw this, but his city was deep, and he was originally an extremely calm and calm person, so he calmed down and raised his voice again: "Holy decree!" Everyone knelt down and listened!! ”

Of course, the troops would not be frightened by Zheng Miao's slightly raised tone, and they were still as deaf as Fang Cai.

Zheng Miao didn't speak anymore, and stood silently on the imperial chariot without moving, but her eyes kept scanning the group of unruly Lingnan troops in front of her, and the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing for a while.

Zheng Gui, who was still prostrate on the ground to receive the order, barely stood up and said to the two guards who were still standing next to him: "Won't your feet be bent?" Why don't you kneel down for me and want to be a rebel and thief? ”

The two guards listened to King Lingnan's order and glanced at Zheng Miao fiercely, but they had no choice but to take two steps back, bend their knees, and kneel on the ground. These two people are Zheng Gui's most trusted and personal guards. The officers and soldiers of the Lingnan Army knelt both of them, and they had no reason to hold on, so they had to kneel to the ground one after another.

Zheng Miao was slightly relieved when he saw such a scene, but the rigorous and solemn expression on his face did not dare to relax in the slightest, and tried to calm down his mood, and then calmly unfolded the holy decree and read: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and said, ......" Although his eyes looked at the holy decree, his eyes kept secretly observing the movements on the other side.

In this way, Zheng Miao absentmindedly recited this holy decree that came here from over the mountains and mountains, reciting this word, but he had forgotten the previous word, and kept chanting the word "Qin this" before he breathed a sigh of relief, and carefully put the holy decree into the box again.

Zheng Gui was still lying on the ground and was about to kowtow to thank him, when Zheng Miao suddenly jumped down from the imperial chariot and strode to Zheng Gui. Just when everyone was stunned by Zheng Miao's sudden action, they saw him half-squatting beside Zheng Gui again, bending down to personally help Zheng Gui up, while not forgetting to say: "Uncle, please get up quickly, please get up quickly, how can the little nephew bear this look!" ”

Zheng Gui used Zheng Miao's strength to reluctantly stand up straight, raised his eyes to look at the nephew beside him who had never met but was a close relative, and an extremely complicated expression suddenly flashed across his face.

Zheng Miao hurriedly said again: "Second prince, didn't you see that your father was sick?" Don't hurry up and help! ”

When Zheng Yu heard this, he hurriedly got up from the ground, stumbled to the side of his father Zheng Gui, and hugged Zheng Gui hard.

Lingnan King Zheng Gui finally stood firm, then smiled bitterly, and said to Zheng Miao: "The old man is also a person who never admits defeat, and he is sick like this today, which really makes my nephew laugh!" ”

Zheng Miao held Zheng Gui on the one hand, and replied on the other hand: "Uncle Wang is sick like this, why don't you ask someone to report it, the little nephew will come in and read it out, why bother Uncle Wang to pick it up in person?" ”

"It should be, it should be. Monarchs and ministers are divided, as it should be. Zheng Gui replied.

Zheng Miao said again: "Uncle has received the holy decree, but my father still has a few words to say to my uncle. The wind is strong here, and the uncle is weak and weak, so he is afraid that he will catch the wind and cold again. I don't know where it is convenient for our uncle and nephew to speak? ”

Zheng Gui gasped and said: "I will be recuperating in the side hall of the city, if the Third Highness does not blame the king for being rude, can you come to the side of my sickbed to talk?" ”

"That's nature. The little nephew is the younger generation of the uncle, so he can't say that he is taking care of him by the side, even if Wen Xi tastes the medicine, he is also full of it. Saying that, Zheng Miao turned her head again and beckoned Qiu Yizhi and the others, "What are you doing in a daze?" Why don't you hurry up and escort the Lingnan prince back to the city? ”

Qiu Yizhi listened to this order, his spirit suddenly perked up, and he thought: The third brother has actually exercised so well in the center of the court in the past two years, and between three words, not only did he push the boat down the river so that his servants could enter the city and station, but also there was no loss in the number of etiquette, no wonder the emperor intended to let him inherit the throne.

But although this Zheng Gui was seriously ill, his thinking was not a little confused, and he only heard him tremble and say: "Is there still one less person to call for guards in my city?" The people and horses of the three highnesses, I think it's better to stay outside the city, and this king will send someone to give birth to a reward. Zheng Miao's order has been pushed back.

When Qiu Yizhi behind him heard this, he hurriedly ordered: "Ji Ming, what kind of golden branches and jade leaves are the Third Highness, the golden body of the Lingnan prince is afraid that the Third Highness will be crushed, why don't you go and help change your hand?" ”

Wei Chi Jiming is still a little girl, she doesn't know the deep meaning of the words of these people who are full of organs, and she really doesn't want to take care of the old man in front of her, so she has to refuse. However, before she could speak, she saw Qiu Yizhi staring at herself with extremely serious eyes, so she had no choice but to stick out her tongue, lean forward, gently squeeze Zheng Miao away with her shoulder, and reach out to support Lingnan King Zheng Gui.

Zheng Gui is also a member of the royal family, and he is also a vassal king who guards the south, his body is extremely noble, how can he allow others to easily blaspheme, he was just about to shake off Wei Chi Jiming's hands, but he felt that between the seemingly slender hands of this little girl, there seemed to be endless strength, and he actually made himself a dignified man unable to move.

Zheng Gui hurriedly looked Wei Chi Jiming up and down, and saw that although she was a woman, she was wearing a neat and extremely strong suit, but he couldn't guess her details, so he asked, "Dare to ask who this girl is?" ”

Zheng Miao, who was empty-handed, replied: "Yu Chi Jiming is the daughter of Yu Chi Lianghong. Martial arts are not inferior to my father, but I don't understand the rules, so I learned etiquette on my side. I don't know what the uncle has to say? ”