Chapter Forty-Six: The Monarch and the Ministers Held Hands and Looked at Each Other with Tears in Their Eyes
The emperor was looking forward to it in front of the palace, and he was going to go to the city gate, or even to the military camp of Wang Lin of Zhang An, but was stopped by Cui Zheng and the courtiers.
Listening to the shouts and cries from afar, the emperor's tears also flowed, and when the tears were about to dry, he finally saw a group of people walking on the royal street.
Headed by a thin middle-aged scholar, holding high the yellow flag in his hand, the emperor was asked by Wu Ya'er to crown his wife as the lady of Chu, because he was allowed to be in charge of Huainan Road, similar to the festival envoy, so he also gave the festival.
It seems that this is the messenger of the Lady of Chu.
Behind this messenger was a group of ragged and hobbled men......
Seeing these people appear, the emperor ignored Cui Zheng's obstruction, and Cui Zheng and other courtiers hurriedly followed.
When Liu Fan saw the emperor ushering in, he immediately stopped, knelt and bowed under the banner, and the old men behind him also knelt down.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live ....."
Their chanting was interrupted by the Emperor: "You have finally arrived." ”
After the emperor said this, he cried, held Liu Fan's arm, and asked in a stack, "How are the coffins of the first emperor and the first prince?" "Is there a burial?" "Can there be a wilderness of violent corpses" "How many people in Beijing have survived?" ”
Liu Fan only replied that it was too late, and the rest of the words were snatched by the old men behind him, and they knelt down and gathered in front of the emperor, "The first emperor and the first prince were placed in the imperial mausoleum at will", "There is no burial", "The thieves often go to disturb", "The people in Beijing are ten rooms and nine empty." "Look at me and wait, no one is a ghost or a ghost" "Everyone looks forward to the return of His Majesty day and night"
They wept and kowtowed while talking, the emperor cried even more painfully, and the surrounding civil and military officials also wept, Cui Zheng stepped forward to persuade him to stop, "What do you say in the hall?" ”
The civil and military officials have helped these kneeling old men up, and the people have only heard the name, there are many officials here who know these old men, and now they have to cry again when they see each other in the next life.
The emperor did not forget the soldiers and horses standing behind, and asked if these were the warriors who recovered the capital.
Liu Fan responded and called the general to see the driver.
The emperor asked the chamberlain to fetch a big knife: "This is the big knife I used to kill the enemy, give it to you." ”
The general led the soldiers behind him and shouted, "Your Majesty is mighty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." "The sound was like thunder.
The emperor brought his ministers into the palace, looking at the simple palace, and the old men from the capital cried again, Your Majesty suffered, and they were all harmed by thieves.
Everyone seems to have forgotten that when there were no thieves, King Lu lived here.
Came to the main hall, sat on a thick cushion, and first Liu Fan told how Mrs. Chu attacked the capital, how the rebels were, and how the Zhenwu army was, these news The emperor and courtiers had heard more or less, and there was nothing to say about the war, and he soon finished speaking.
"Mrs. Chu and Governor Wudu are really brave and resourceful." After hearing this, the emperor exclaimed, "I thought it would take two years to recover the capital, but I didn't expect the two of them to do it so quickly. ”
Liu Fan said: "There is also the complicity of the Great Xia Guards, such as Jiannan Dao, Lord Han sent a lot of soldiers and horses to assist. ”
After he said this, many ministers in the palace laughed, but some people did not laugh and looked at him twice.
The man was in his forties, wearing the official robe of a military general, his face was a little weak, and there was a chair to sit in the hall, except for the emperor and the new lords in the entire hall, only he could sit, Cui Zheng and Cui Xiangye did not.
is not old enough to give a seat, the world has not yet been peaceful, and there is no merit to the point of giving a seat, so it is because of the body, this person is Xiang Yun, Liu Fan guessed it.
Xiang Yun was seriously injured and was saved by the divine doctor, and now he can get up and walk around, but he still needs to be careful.
The reason why he looked at him was because he only said that Han Xu Jiannan was helping, and he didn't say that the white-robed army Xiang Nan was going to help.
Xiang Nan's one is not a help, it is a transaction, and Huainan Dao gave it to him.
Liu Fan's face did not change his color, and he didn't say a word.
The emperor said: "Lord Han, I have already rewarded it, but the thieves seized Hedong Road and cut off the capital, and I have not been able to reward Mrs. Chu. ”
Liu Fan said: "Mrs. Chu Guo entered Beijing to investigate the remnants of the rebels and repair the palace, at this time, I respectfully ask Your Majesty to return to Beijing, and it is not too late to reward you after returning to Beijing." ”
He took out the petition he wrote named after Mrs. Chu State, and read it vividly and vividly about the sadness of His Majesty's absence in the capital over the years, the people of the world like a flock of young birds, the joy of finally recovering the capital, and the expectation of how the world will return to the prosperous era after His Majesty returns to Beijing.
The emperor and the court shed tears again.
"With Mrs. Chu in the capital, I feel at ease." The emperor said, Mrs. Chu can do whatever she wants, after all, Huainan Dao is raised so well, the capital will not have to worry in the future, and will not worry about it in the future, just ask about the past, what did the thief do after occupying the capital, how is the palace, how are the princes and nobles in the city......
Liu Fan didn't know about this, after all, he had just entered the capital with Mrs. Chu Guo, and the words were taken over by the masters of the capital clan in the palace.
When it comes to the past and the personnel of the capital, the topic can't stop.
Most of the officials are from the capital, and everything these old men say can bring back their memories, a bridge, a tree, a wine shop, and even the emperor remembers the people he met when he was a child, and he was taken out of the palace by the first emperor to travel to the place.....
"The maiko that Your Majesty saw when he was a child, Aunt Nangong, is still alive." An old man said, stretched out his hand and gestured, "She has set up a big flower shop and accepted a lot of disciples, and her hair is gray, but she is not as good as a girl when she dances." ”
The emperor's eyes lit up when he listened: "Sure enough, he deserves to be praised by his father as a dancing fairy." ”
"But after she took in the apprentices, she rarely danced in front of people." One official lamented, "It's hard to find a lot of money." ”
Some officials couldn't help but say: "When Your Majesty returns to the court, Nangong Lady will inevitably sacrifice it with a dance." ”
The old man who spoke before hid his face and cried: "Your Majesty, after the thief entered Beijing, he summoned Nangong Niangzi to dance, but Nangong Niangzi was unwilling to be a thief, so she broke her legs. ”
The emperor and the officials were taken aback, and immediately burst into tears, and the palace began to scold the thieves together.
Crying and laughing for a while, until twilight fell, the emperor simply asked people to send food and wine to the palace, Linzhou has not had a banquet for a long time, and learned that the capital was recovered and wanted to celebrate, but the ensuing Ankang Mountain occupied the east of the river and endangered Linzhou, so that everyone had no intention of celebrating.
Today, people come to the capital, just a small celebration.
Sad and happy, almost all the people in the hall were drunk, the hall was full of people, even the emperor drank too much, only two or three people were not drunk, Prime Minister Cui Zheng was majestic and not drunk, Xiang Yun was injured and did not drink, Liu Fan was not drunk, but he also lay down, tired and sleepy and unloaded his heavy responsibilities, and fell asleep after a few glasses of wine.
Liu Fan slept until dawn, got up and found himself living in the palace.
"Mr. Liu, don't panic." The chamberlain who served him smiled and said, "Cui Xiangye, Governor Xiang lives here, Your Majesty is not informal, and now it is an extraordinary time." ”
The palace, Liu Fan really didn't panic, after all, he lived in a real palace in the capital.
As the chamberlain said, don't be informal.
Liu Fan washed up and changed into new clothes, swept away the hard work of the journey, and asked refreshedly: "When will Your Majesty summon you?" ”
The chamberlain asked, "What did Mr. Liu do when he saw His Majesty?" ”
"Of course, it's a matter of returning to Beijing." Liu Fan said, "Mrs. Chu has recovered the capital, Your Majesty should return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”
The waiter said: "This, Mr. Liu should see Cui Xiangye first, and see what Cui Xiangye says, Your Majesty can't be the master alone." ”
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