Zhengyang Gate is the south gate of Changxing City, according to the practice of the Great Wei, whenever there is a triumphant army, it is the most glorious thing to enter from this gate.

When Tianqiwei arrived in front of Zhengyang Gate, the army returning from the battlefield had already finished marching, and nearly 300,000 horses blocked the official road.

Xu Rui didn't want to be in the limelight, and he was not in a hurry to find Xiao and Liu in the crowded army, so he ordered Tianqiwei to follow the army silently, and then sent Cao Siyuan to report the situation to the commander of the army.

But before Cao Siyuan could leave, a black-armored knight came on horseback and shouted loudly: "By the order of the Great Shuai Jun, the Apocalypse Guard entered the Chinese army, and he commanded Xu Rui to enter the city with the Shuai Banner!" ”

As soon as the military order came out, Xu Rui knew that he couldn't dodge, so he handed over the whole army to Zhang Zuofeng to take care of it, and he rode on his war horse and galloped towards Shuai Qi.

Under the handsome banner, a group of generals had already assembled, lined up around Xiao and Liu, each with their chins raised high, looking majestic and high-spirited.

"Hey, stinky boy, you are older than Lao Tzu, let the elders wait for you for nine days, I don't care, if you don't have a hundred boxes of grenades when you go back, Lao Tzu will lead the troops to lift your Tianbao Pavilion!"

As soon as they saw Xu Rui coming on horse, the familiar generals immediately coaxed, and the other generals didn't care whether they knew Xu Rui or not, they all laughed and scolded.

After this battle, Tian Qiwei and Xu Rui have won the trust and respect of most of the generals, not to mention their prestige.

The rules in the army are relatively simple, the strong are respected, the fittest survive, and the old guys don't care who will stand on their side in the future, but at least at this moment, they like this young man who can fight in their hearts.

Xu Rui was taken aback by this situation, and hurriedly said to forgive, the generals were greedy for Xu Rui's firearms, how could they let go of this good opportunity? gossiping, begging Xu Rui for half-truths.

"Shut up whatever you want!"

It wasn't until Liu Yi shouted angrily that everyone suddenly fell silent.

Liu Yi and Xiao Jinwu stood side by side in front of the generals, only glanced at Xu Rui and turned their heads, not even saying a word, but Xu Rui still saw a deep sense of relief in his eyes from that glance.

Xiao Jinwu winked at Xu Rui with a smile, and finally didn't forget to extend a thumbs up to him, seeing Xu Rui smile knowingly.

I haven't seen him for seven months, but fortunately, most of the familiar people are still there, but Xu Rui looked at Liu Yi's back, and it seemed that he was a little older than half a year ago, and his heart suddenly felt a little sour.

At this time, the horn of "woo" sounded, and the Imperial Forest Army, which was standing opposite the Triumphant Army, immediately separated, and at the same time gave the official road to the Triumphant Army, it also revealed the civil and military officials standing behind them.

It is said that there are hundreds of civil and military officials, but in fact, they are still mostly civil officials.

Emperor Hongwei's decree is that all officials above the seventh rank in Beijing should attend, except for those who are personally granted leave by the emperor, the rest of the people shall not be absent.

Hundreds of officials stood on both sides of the official road under the scorching sun early this morning, looking forward to the triumph of the army, and at the head of the hundred officials was Huang Tingzhi, the capital of the cabinet.

As soon as the horn sounded, Huang Tingzhi stood up from the Taishi chair given by the Holy Lord, knelt down slowly, and with his movements, hundreds of officials behind him also knelt down.

Hu Miao, who had just rushed back, stood on the high platform on the side at this time, holding the holy decree and reading it aloud, and under him, hundreds of eunuchs were clapped in a row, standing on both sides of the official road, passing the content of the holy decree one by one, so that the triumphant army blocked on the official road for nearly ten miles knew.

This decree is very long, in addition to the praise and encouragement of Emperor Hongwei, there is also a long list of commendations, according to the meritorious book submitted by the Ministry of War, the meritorious deeds are rewarded, which can be regarded as a great surprise to all the soldiers.

Xu Rui didn't listen carefully, but he still heard the names of several major generals of Tianqiwei, Zhang Zuofeng, Guo Shengbao, and Lin Shaodong were all promoted from the fifth rank to the real Beijing official sequence.

Because Cao Siyuan became a monk halfway, the so-called military rank was only registered in the Ministry of War, and was not included in the official register of the Ministry of Officials, so he was slightly inferior to other generals and only got a position of positive six grades.

Still, compared to a normal promotion, this is also the speed of a rocket.

Only Xu Rui himself did not appear in the holy decree of this reward, so that there was an absurd situation in which all the generals of the Apocalypse Guard were on an equal footing with him, the commander.

However, Xu Rui didn't care, firstly, he knew that the Holy Lord would definitely reward the main generals of this battle in the future, and secondly, he really didn't want to be too conspicuous, and he wished to find a separate opportunity to receive a secret decree.

Just thinking about his thoughts, the sound of the horn of "woo woo" suddenly changed, and a large number of royal forest troops poured out of the Zhengyang Gate, and all the generals were stunned, even the first assistant Huang Tingzhi, who was kneeling on the ground, looked back in astonishment.

As soon as the Imperial Forest Army went out, they immediately dispersed, guarding the various passes, and then the bright yellow huge dragon slowly appeared, and everyone realized that it was the Holy Lord himself.

Xiao Jinwu was the first to react, and hurriedly pulled Liu Yi next to him to dismount, and the generals jumped off their horses in a similar way, kneeling on the ground and shouting: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Emperor Hongwei stood on top of the high dragon sword, his face was full of red light, he had been on the throne for 17 years, this was the first time he greeted the triumphant division that fought against the Southern Dynasty, how could he not be happy?

Standing alone, all living beings worship the ground, when the whole land is only standing alone, I don't know how the Hongwei Emperor is excited?

"All the generals are flat!"

Emperor Hongwei shouted, and the surrounding eunuchs immediately passed his holy decree to the whole army.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

A group of generals thanked them on their behalf, and then under the command of Lingqi, the whole army slowly got up, and only the hundred officials who went out of the city to greet them were still kneeling on the ground.

"Good, good!"

Emperor Hongwei looked at his mighty army, and his interest was even greater, and the triumphant soldiers and civil and military officials all looked at the emperor, waiting for the next will.

However, Emperor Hongwei's gaze only swept over the generals, and he suddenly said something that stunned the hundred officials.

"Where is Xu Rui?"

Emperor Hongwei didn't ask the commander or the first assistant, but asked a minor official from the fifth rank in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, which was obviously inconsistent with the etiquette system.

Xu Rui was originally kneeling and saluting indiscriminately, thinking about his thoughts, but he didn't expect Emperor Hongwei to call himself in front of everyone, and he was suddenly a little confused.

"What's going on? Answer quickly! ”

A few feet away, Liu Yi let out a low snort and glanced at him dissatisfied.

Xu Rui came back to his senses, hurriedly rushed out a few steps, hugged his fists and said: "The last general of the Apocalypse Guard will command Xu Rui, meet my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Although he was reluctant in his heart, how could Xu Rui make Emperor Hongwei unable to step down in front of so many people? After saying long live in his mouth, he will kneel down and kowtow.

But before he could really kneel, he heard Wang Shun say in a deep voice under the dragon: "Xu Rui, the Holy Lord asked you to come forward!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar again.

Xu Rui was slightly stunned, and had to take a big stride towards the dragon.

Along the way, he noticed Huang Tingzhi's eyes narrowed slightly, his expressionless appearance, and he also caught a glimpse of the prince who was on the side of the dragon with a gloomy face, and King Yu, who was standing far away in the prince's pile, unable to hide his anxiety.

Xu Rui suddenly felt happy in his heart, and said secretly: "The more you think about being low-key, the more you don't let people live in peace, now it's okay, as soon as the master comes back, he will be pushed out by you as a shield, and if he doesn't get back the original, the master won't be surnamed Xu!" ”

Thinking of this, Xu Rui's heart was relieved, and all the cautious thoughts before were left behind, and his pace became more and more brisk.

It wasn't until Xu Rui stopped under the dragon that Emperor Hongwei looked at him fixedly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a malicious smile.

Xu Rui pursed his lips, he was under the eaves and had to bow his head, he comforted himself while preparing to kowtow.

"You come up!"

At this moment, Emperor Hongwei suddenly said again.

The princes around him suddenly looked at Emperor Hongwei in disbelief, and the prince's face was even more ugly.

You must know that the dragon has always been only allowed to be ridden by the emperor, and even the prince is considered arrogant, but now Emperor Hongwei has let Xu Rui go to the dragon in front of so many people, how can this make everyone not surprised?

At this time, Xu Rui also let go, isn't it the dragon? Master, I'm still on it today!

Muttering to himself, Xu Rui immediately strode onto the dragon bowl, Emperor Hongwei smiled faintly, looked him up and down, and an inexplicable light burst out of his eyes.

"Boy, you're back, it's good to be back, it's good to be back!"

opened his mouth, but Emperor Hongwei only said such a sentence.

Xu Rui was stunned on the spot, he thought that Emperor Hongwei would say something big if he asked him to go to the dragon, but he didn't expect it to be just a chatter?

Seeing Xu Rui deflated, Emperor Hongwei suddenly laughed, grabbed Xu Rui's wrist and said, "Let's go, let's go home!" ”

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