Huo Guang led the army of the Southern Expedition to Chang'an, and it took only ten days to be less than 100 miles away from Chang'an. As the distance from Chang'an gets closer and closer, Huo Guang feels that something is more and more wrong, it stands to reason that there are already a large number of tourists outside Chang'an City in spring, even if there should be a lot of people on this official road in normal times.

Could it be because he knew that his army returned to Chang'an today, and these people did not appear on the official road? Or is the matter between Zhuang Qingzhai and Zhang Tang so serious? Huo Guang couldn't help but think about it now.

Seeing that Chang'an City was already close at hand, Huo Guang and the others, who had already ridden to the front of the team, could already vaguely see the outline of the tall city tower of Chang'an City.

"Report ...... General, five miles ahead, there are all the lords of the DPRK and the Central Government to greet you. A scout Pegasus came to report, Huo Guang immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Order the whole army to slow down." ”

Five miles further away from the Suzaku Gate of Chang'an City is only ten miles, when Wei Qing and Huo Qu were sick and returned from a great victory against the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had gone out of the city to greet each other. It is also a great honor to let the ministers of the DPRK and China go out of the city for ten miles to greet them, but after all, Rong En is a line behind. Thinking of the turmoil in the court, Emperor Wu of Han may not be in a good mood, and Huo Guang feels that it is reasonable.

Considering that there were ministers of the DPRK and China in front of them, the speed of the team slowed down a lot, and it was almost ten minutes of dusk when they reached Chang'an, ten miles away. From a distance, Huo Guang saw that in the open space next to the official road, there were many cars and horses gathering and waving flags, and there were no less than 100 courtiers dressed in costume in the center of the official road.

Huo Guang swept over in a flash, Wei Qing, Shang Qiucheng, Sang Hongyang, and Du Zhou were all standing in the forefront, silently counting in their hearts, except for Zhuang Qing, Zhai and Zhang Tang, the three princes and nine kings of the court, and the officials above a thousand stones were all present.

When he was still a hundred feet away from everyone, Huo Guang grabbed the reins, then turned over and dismounted and walked towards the courtiers on foot. Seeing Huo Guang turn over and dismount, several generals behind him also dismounted, and then some of his own soldiers came up to lead the standing horse and followed behind.

"Welcome General Pingnan's triumphant return!" Under the leadership of Wei Qing, the courtiers bowed down to Huo Guang in unison, regardless of the official position at this moment, it was just a congratulatory to the soldiers who returned from victory.

"Thanks to Your Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, and the dedication of all the princes in the court, Huo Guang is ashamed to be ashamed!" For this kind of courtesy, Huo Guang didn't take it seriously, and immediately returned the salute to the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and he played with his waist lower, and the generals behind him naturally followed Huo Guang to return the salute.

The two sides saluted each other, and Huo Guang took the initiative to step forward and approach everyone, walked to a distance of one zhang away, and saluted Wei Qing again, saying, "I've seen the general." ”

Wei Qing accepted this gift calmly, then looked at Huo Guang with satisfaction, nodded and said, "It's good, it's good to come back!" ”

"Hehe, the general is too modest. General Pingnan's southern expedition was less than a year old, and he destroyed Nanyue, Dongyue and Jilan, and added nine southeastern counties to my Han Dynasty, which is a great achievement in opening up the territory and expanding the territory! Daxing ordered Shangqiu Chengcheng to stand beside Wei Qing, and saw that Wei Qing was just like an elder looking at his nephew, so he said to the side.

For Wei Qing just said a homely sentence, Huo Guang still felt warm in his heart, in Huo Guang's opinion, only this sentence was worth a compliment of tens of millions of words.

"Yes, yes, General Pingnan's victorious army, tens of thousands of strong troops, such a mighty army is enough to sweep the world!" A discordant voice rang out from the crowd. This person praised Huo Guang on the surface, but just this sentence made the whole atmosphere extremely solidified.

"Oh, this one is so raw? I don't know who you are? Huo Guang's usual voice sounded, and he asked an official in his early forties in the crowd.

"Yang Ping, the left supervisor of the lower official court, has seen General Pingnan." This middle-aged official looked neither humble nor arrogant.

"Daxing Order, isn't it time to go and see Your Majesty?" Huo Guang unexpectedly did not go to compete with this person named Yang Ping, but ignored this person, and asked Shang Qiucheng with a normal face, but Yang Ping was slightly embarrassed for a moment.

"Hehe, General Pingnan, please go first, Your Majesty has already set up a banquet for the general in Weiyang Palace, and I will arrive later." Shang Qiucheng said with a smile.

"Why is that?" Huo Guang felt a little confused.

"Your Majesty has specially given the general to use the imperial road to cross the horse across Chang'an, such an honor is still unique to my Han Dynasty!" Shang Qiucheng said to Huo Guang with envy.

The ministers of the DPRK and China knew about this in advance, and they didn't show any surprise, but Huo Guang and the soldiers of the Southern Expedition were excited, using the royal road and crossing Chang'an, which was indeed an unprecedented honor. That royal way can only be used by the Son of Heaven, even if the prince uses it, he will be impeached by the imperial history, used by ordinary officials or ordinary people, and the light one will be dismissed and exiled, and the heavy one will be killed.

Unlike the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces and the soldiers of the Southern Expedition who thought that this was an honor, Huo Guang's heart was tight. Compared with the emperor personally going out of the city to greet him, although this crossing of Chang'an on the royal road is also a manifestation of grace, the final result of a low-key and a high-profile is completely different. First of all, Yang Ping's inexplicable sentence of heart-wrenching, and then the unprecedented honor of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Guang didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?

"Since that's the case, then Huo Guang will take the first step!" Huo Guang knew that since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had made a will, he had to go to cross Chang'an by crossing the imperial road.

Bidding farewell to everyone, Huo Guang turned over and rode forward again with his generals and subordinates. This time, Huo Guang did not deliberately slow down, the clatter of the hooves of tens of thousands of horses, the clatter of armor, and the smoke and dust raised made the Southern Expedition army rush past the courtiers like a torrent of steel.

These Southern Expeditionary Troops have slaughtered several cities, slaughtered hundreds of tribes in the mountains and forests of Nanyue, and each of them has no less than ten lives, and the bloody atmosphere on the battlefield makes those ministers who are not very firm in their minds afraid, only Wei Qing alone watched more than 20,000 troops roll by, and nodded with satisfaction.

"How about the Great Nong Order, what about this General Pingnan's army?" After Huo Guang's army left, the man named Yang Ping spoke up again, and this time he asked Sang Hongyang who was standing in front of him directly.

"What are you still doing? Stand here and eat dirt? Go back to Weiyang Palace to drink! Before Sang Hongyang could answer, Wei Qing shouted at the top of his voice. He is the great general of Sima, and his status is still above the three dukes, and naturally no one dares to say anything as soon as he speaks, and they all board the carriages or horses and go back to Chang'an City.

"Your Majesty, do you want to kill that guy named Yang Ping? Even a small official with a thousand stones dares to be yin and yang in front of the king!" As soon as Huo Guang's team crossed the courtiers, Shangguan Ji beat his horse and came to Huo Guang's side and whispered. Just now, the discerning people could see that the left eunuch named Yang Ping was deliberately targeting Huo Guang.

"Leave him alone, just a pawn. Do you know why I ignored him just now? No matter what I say just now, I will be seen as a high-flying man. Now he can't be moved, his death is just as some people wish, so not only can't you kill him, but you have to send someone to protect him secretly, you go and arrange it! Huo Guang not only did not agree with Shangguan Ji's suggestion, but asked Shangguan Ji to send someone to protect Yang Ping. However, Shangguan Ji was not a fool, but he quickly understood, and he retreated after receiving the order.

"Fu Lihou, I'm going to work hard for you tonight. Take the soldiers to Shanglin Yuan to station, you must restrain the brothers, it is estimated that Your Majesty will come to Shanglin Yuan tomorrow to reward you, and you must not go wrong tonight. Huo Guang rode in front, and seeing that the Vermilion Bird Gate of Chang'an City was getting tighter and tighter, he stepped up to continue to arrange matters in the army.

On the way back to Chang'an, Huo Guang received an order to temporarily place the Southern Expeditionary Army in Shanglin Yuan, which was also in line with the usual practice, but the scene just now made Huo Guang have to be careful, after all, Shanglin Yuan is a royal garden, but to restrain his soldiers, there must be no mistakes.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, the last general will not let anyone use our southern expeditionary army! Please be careful tonight, too. Lu Bode is worthy of being the person selected by Huo Qu to assist Huo Guang, and he has already seen that it is unusual without Huo Guang pointing it out.

"Alright, let's leave it at that!" Huo Guang said as he turned his horse's head and took the twelve guards and Huo Tang towards the Suzaku Gate. However, when turning the horse's head, Huo Guang turned to Huo Tang and nodded, only to see Huo Tang say a few words to Huo Shiyi beside him, and when Huo Guang appeared outside the Vermilion Bird Gate after a while, there were nine more war horses with cloth behind him in addition to the twelve guards.

"Dismount" Huo Guang gave an order, and got off his horse in front of countless people and soldiers watching at the Vermilion Bird Gate.

When he arrived at the Vermilion Bird Gate, Huo Guang found that the entire Chang'an City was gathered on both sides of the imperial road because of him. The soldiers on both sides guarded the royal road, and used human walls to block the onlookers on both sides of the royal road. In the original plan, Huo Guang should gallop across the royal road with one person and one horse, and finally enter the Weiyang Palace to enjoy the banquet of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which was recorded in history in the congratulations of the Manchu Dynasty.

But when Huo Guang stepped on the imperial road, he went against the will of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he did not cross the horse across Chang'an, but led nine war horses that were tied together, and bundles of strange cloths, along the royal road to Weiyang Palace. The onlookers who were supposed to shout Wansheng were already confused, and they could only whisper and discuss why General Pingnan got off the war horse, and what were the nine war horses refuting?

Questions, curiosity, and incomprehension not only surround the people of Chang'an who are watching, but also the ministers of the court and the central government who have returned to Chang'an one after another, and the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who has been waiting for Huo Guang to return in Weiyang Palace........

Huo Guang walked for a long time, and when he saw the eaves of the main hall of Weiyang Palace, the last rays of the sunset also disappeared under the eaves.

"Your Majesty, you really surprised me a lot....... I'm afraid these extraordinary honors were originally reserved for my brother, right? Huo Guang stepped on the royal road step by step, and his eyes looked through the high-walled palace, as if he saw Emperor Wu of Han sitting on the main hall of Weiyang Palace, smiling at the moment.