Chapter 163 Sealed

With a coughing sound, the Great Wu Xuan and the Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, supported by a handsome eunuch, slowly stepped up the jade steps from the side of the hall, slowly turned around, faced the civil and military officials, and sat on the dragon chair.

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! The hundred officials in the mighty hall shouted in unison and knelt on the ground.

Li He knelt down and cursed in his heart that the old man of the emperor would die early.

"Zhongqing is flat and ......" The emperor waved his hand, and the four words were said weakly, but the small voice was still clearly transmitted to the ears of every minister of civil and military affairs because of the unique structure of the Mighty Palace.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers got up in thanks, retreated to the sides of the main hall, and stood with their heads bowed.

Li He was not like everyone else, who trembled and trembled when he first saw the emperor, but secretly looked at the emperor sitting on the dragon chair in the military general train.

Although the emperor still looked black-haired and bearded, and his skin was white and pure, his face was full of exhaustion and sickness, and there was a haggard that could not be concealed between his eyebrows. He looks like he is fifty or sixty years old, but his demeanor and temperament are like those of a terminally ill old man in his seventies or eighties. At this time, he was sitting on the dragon chair with his eyes half-closed, as if he was asleep.

It seems that this emperor Lao'er doesn't have long to live. Li He secretly said in his heart, if this old guy knew that the prince he set up was actually a semi-eunuch, I don't know if he would be so angry that he would burp immediately.

Next, Lin Tianwen, Xiao Han, Weng Yuan and several other commanders, generals and military secretaries of the Northern Expedition respectively stated to the emperor the simple process and achievements of the Northern Expedition.

Then, the eunuchs beside the emperor came out to read the edict that had been prepared. This edict is naturally still "carried by the sky, and the emperor's edict says" Yunyun. After singing praises and talking about the achievements of the Northern Expedition, he began to reward the generals and ministers for their merits.

The generals whose names were read had to come out and shout "The Last General", bow to the ground, and then listen to the male duck's voice to read his reward, thank you, and then return. Then the next one who is read to the name is out of the line, listen to the seal, thank you, and return.

Li He listened in a daze, and when he was about to fall asleep standing up, Li Bu next to him suddenly pushed him lightly and said in a low voice: "Brother Li, it's your turn, call your name......"

Li He, who came back to his senses, immediately heard the male duck shouting, "...... The general Li He ...... immediately went out of the ranks, and according to the "training" he received in front of the Xuanwu Gate before, Li He bowed to the ground in a proper manner, and said loudly: "The last general Li He is here!" ”

The father-in-law who read the edict glanced at Li He when he heard this, and the civil and military ministers in the hall also looked at him one after another when they heard the word "Li He".

Li He was also used to seeing this kind of scene, and he didn't feel anything wrong, and he still hung his head and waited for his reward.

"Ahem, ahem." The eunuch coughed dryly a few times and continued to read: "Li He, the general of Pingyu, joined the army at the age of seventeen, and as a commander, he led the tiger battalion of his subordinates to the north to resist the captives. Killed thousands of enemies, brave and unmatched, and his achievements were remarkable...... "First of all, he made a general list of his military exploits, and then he was rewarded, and Li He naturally didn't care about the string of gold and silver, jewelry, brocade, and silk, and those things were not as much as a drop in the bucket he snatched back from the Hu tribe, and they were far inferior to his business income in various parts of the Xia Kingdom, and they were almost the same as pocket money. Then there is the knighthood of him, in the Great Xia Kingdom, it is very difficult for non-members of the royal family to be knighted, and it is not possible to make great contributions. Like the heroes of this Northern Expedition, only Lin Tianwen and Xiao Han have accumulated their combat achievements and have been promoted to marquis. However, as the first hero of this Northern Expedition, Li He already knew from his grandfather that he was at least a marquis.

Sure enough, Li He heard from the mouth of the eunuch as he wished, "Awarded as the Marquis of Wuwei Town, Fengyi Langxi Province, Tanping Town", "Awarded the rank of General of the Second Grade, and gave the Jade Brocade Belt".

There have been so many killings in the three northern provinces and grasslands, and finally a marquis has been sealed, Lao Tzu is also a nobleman this time, and when he goes out, others have to call him "Marquis Li" and "Marquis Wuwei", which is also quite majestic. Li He thought in his heart.

"Emperor Xie, play in the water! Dabble! Sleep after playing! Li He thanked him vaguely and retreated.

Next, Li Bu and other generals were also rewarded in turn, and finally those meritorious generals who did not go to the palace were rewarded. Basically, the low-ranking generals of the Tiger Battalion were promoted several ranks, and the ordinary soldiers were at least become captains, and the soldiers who died in battle also received generous pensions. Li He knew that if there was no grandfather in them, he would definitely not be able to get such a comprehensive result.

In terms of meritorious deeds, the Tiger Battalion deservedly ranked first, followed by the Eagle Cavalry Army of Li Bu and the forward battalions of the other Third Route Army. This time, the Jiangnan Army that received the most titles and promotions was undoubtedly the Jiangnan Army in the Jiangnan provinces, especially in the Qing Dynasty and Lin. It is no wonder that Taishi Li said that after this celebration ceremony, the influence of the Li family in the military and political circles of the Great Xia State will reach a higher level.

Since ancient times, if you have military power, you can grasp political power.

This reward was sealed for more than an hour, and Li He stood drowsy after he received the seal. Looking at the emperor on the dragon chair with his eyes slightly closed, if he hadn't coughed twice from time to time and smacked his mouth, he would have thought that this old guy had fallen asleep.

Finally, I finally got the "Qin this." With the two words, all the ministers lined up again, facing the emperor, and the mountain shouted, "Play in the water!" Play in the water! Somehow, Li He always felt that everyone was secretly yawning when their mouths opened when they were thanking.

"Ahem, ahem." The great Great Wu Xuan and the emperor slightly stretched out their eyelids that were wrinkled like orange peels, coughed twice, and said slowly: "All Aiqing, this time I can completely remove the trouble of the Hu people in the north, and revitalize the national prestige of the Xia Dynasty, all rely on the heroic battles of the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and I ...... "It was another flashy and routine compliment, and Li He cried out loudly in his heart, he would rather fight with the 100,000 army than listen here for half an hour longer, this old guy's half-dead voice is more unbearable than the eunuch's duck sound."

It's really boring, Li He had to think about the girls in the family one by one, thinking about their beauty, their goodness, thinking about it, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile. Looking at the few Wenchen on the other side, they looked strange, are the emperor's words funny? Although the ceremonial officer on the side also saw it, he didn't dare to come forward to accuse, after all, this is the son of the Li family who was just named the Marquis of Wuwei, if he accidentally offended, Li He would be blamed for two sentences at most, but they might not even be able to save their lives.

"Bring the Hu clan sin Khan Cen Yu into the palace! ——" The male duck voice of the eunuch beside the emperor sounded again, startling Li He, who was immersed in the memories of the women.

Cen Yu? Li He's gaze moved to the door of the Mighty Palace, and saw Cen Yu, who was wearing a gray and white robe, walking in under the entrainment of the two Imperial City Yulin Army.

I haven't seen him for a while, and Cen Yu's beard and hair have grown a lot and become much whiter. Although the robe was luxurious, it had obviously not been cleaned for many days, and it looked a little shabby. But on the contrary, his spirit seemed to be very good, and his eyes still shone with a fierce light, like a wild wolf in the grassland. On the opposite side, there are not many people who can look at him, even the military generals, and those generals who have been in Beijing for a long time do not dare to meet his gaze.

However, when Cen Yu saw Li He, his eyes immediately changed. Although the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army all wore cheek guards and helmets on their heads, and most of their faces were covered, they all seemed to be the same. But Li He's eyes are something that Cen Yu will never forget for the rest of his life.

On the bumpy and humiliating road to the capital, in the dark prison of the imperial city, for many nights, he dreamed that the owner of these eyes was rushing to kill on the green grassland and under the blue sky, dyeing his beautiful homeland red with the blood of his clansmen.

The army was wiped out, the people were slaughtered, the cattle and sheep were plundered, and even the daughters were robbed. These eyes are his nightmares.

"The sin of the Hu clan Cen Yu, don't kneel yet!" The eunuch fox on the jade step scolded pretendiously.

The two guards holding Cen Yu immediately wanted to push him to his knees, but they didn't want this Hu clan's great sweat to be quite strong, and as soon as they wrestled their arms, they broke the two apart. The two guards were so frightened that they hurriedly used their grapplers to restrain him, and they used their knees to bend his legs and force him to kneel.

Cen Yu gritted his teeth, stared at his eyes and refused to kneel, his body was like a flagpole standing in place, his legs straight. The bloodshot eyes looked at the emperor on the dragon chair, and his heart trembled, and a chill rushed to his spinal cord.

"Yikes! Cen Yu suddenly screamed, knocked the two guards away with his shoulders, and stumbled forward two steps himself, almost falling to the ground.

Cen Yu was also a famous warrior among the Hu clan, and his martial arts were not low, but he never resisted when he was imprisoned, and those guards thought he was just a powerless old guy. At this moment, Cen Yu suddenly broke free, and the two Yulin Army guards were shocked, and pulled out their sabers with a sonorous sound. Several imperial guards in the palace also immediately rushed up, blocking between him and the emperor.

Cen Yu's mind turned straight, he refused to kneel to the Emperor of Xia because of his status as the Great Khan of the Hu Clan, but now it seems that unless he is willing to die on this mighty hall immediately, this kneeling is still inevitable.

Death is not terrible, and Cen Yu has never been afraid of death. But can he die now? No, the Hu clan was enslaved by the Xia people when he was the Great Khan, his daughter was also captured by the tiger demon, and many clansmen were taken to the Xia country as hostages, he couldn't leave them to die by himself, he had to take his own responsibility.

After thinking about it, Cen Yu suddenly looked back at Li He in the military general train, and knelt down on one knee in front of Li He before the two Yulin Army guards and three imperial guards restrained him, and shouted a nonsense in his mouth.

Everyone in the hall was stunned, and everyone, including Li He, couldn't understand what was going on with this Great Khan of the Hu clan, who refused to kneel just now, but now he suddenly took the initiative to kneel, but the object of kneeling was not the emperor.

The emperor on the jade stairs also straightened his body with a slight frown, and asked, "What did he mean by what he just said?" ”

Zhou Yugui, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Hu language that Cen Yu just said is to the effect that the men of the Hu clan only bow their noble heads to capable warriors. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of civil and military affairs in the hall couldn't help but talk about it.

The emperor's brow furrowed even deeper: "What does he mean is that I don't have the ability?" ”

Li He's heart had already been scolded: his grandmother's! This damn ghost guy is still going to sow discord and assassinate Lao Tzu at this time, and he is not afraid that if he really succeeds in framing Lao Tzu at that time, your daughter should be a widow.

Li He really couldn't understand how Cen Yu recognized himself by so many generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army, wearing the same ceremonial armor, and most of his face was covered by the helmet. Could it be that he, like Xiangxiang, has a soft spot for the smell of his body?

The two guards of the Yulin Army and several imperial guards were also at a loss, looking at the emperor in a daze, waiting for his order.

Taishi Li's face still looked like an ancient well, but Su Hong, a scholar who had been paying attention to him next to him, clearly saw the look he gave him, and immediately came out and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this Hu people are an uncivilized nation, and they only know that it was the Marquis of Wuwei who conquered them, but they don't know that the Marquis of Wuwei was recruited by the order of the emperor, and they don't know the emperor's prestige. Therefore, the ministers asked for a discussion and sent officials to the grassland to educate the Hu barbarians, give the grace of our emperor Haohao, and promote the prestige of our emperor. Make them submit to our court, and dare not be half-hearted. ”

When Li He heard this, he immediately came out of the box salute and said: "The last general's achievements are all due to the emperor's wise leadership. Cen Yu is a barbarian, just a puppet, who does not know the virtue of our emperor, so he will make the stupid act of invading our dynasty in the south, and finally ended up like this, which is caused by his dullness. These sycophants are also easy for him.

"Well......" The emperor smiled when he said it, and he frequently bowed his head: "Cen Yu is stupid, and I don't care about it." But this etiquette still has to be taken, let him kneel well. ”

Li He and Su Hong both retreated from the train, and the two Yulin Army guards immediately stepped forward to set up Cen Yu and face him towards the emperor, and one of the imperial guards stepped forward and kicked him on his knees.

With two crisp bone crackling sounds and screams, Cen Yu finally knelt on the ground with a painful face.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and began his grand remarks again, it was nothing more than how good the Xia State was to the Hu people, and the Hu people did not think about reciprocating but invaded or something, basically saying that the Hu people were wrong, and it was natural for the Xia State to beat them, and it was the destiny of the heavens. Then educate Cen Yu well, so that he can understand the grace of the Xia Dynasty. However, Cen Yu was already in pain and was unconscious, and he couldn't hear half of the ten sentences translated by the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Li He has always been the most disgusted by these words, what reason, isn't it all an excuse? It's not all about winning the king and defeating the robber, and the weak eating the strong. But he also knew that these words were necessary. However, this Emperor Xuanhe seems to be the best at saying these words.

The emperor continued to mutter slowly, Li He continued to wander, and the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army next to him were all tired, but fortunately, they couldn't see clearly because of the "bird's butt helmet". And Wen Chen on the other side seemed to be used to it, either squinting his eyes in a daze or looking straight ahead in a daze, looking as if he was listening attentively and as if he was standing to recuperate.

I don't know how long it took, anyway, when Li He was about to fall asleep, Li Bu next to him suddenly touched him, came back to his senses, and found that Cen Yu was no longer in the palace, and the emperor was supported by two eunuchs, and slowly walked down the jade steps, and the civil and military ministers on both sides were standing respectfully with their heads bowed.

When the emperor walked to the door of the main hall, the prince and King Tengling and other royal children followed, and then Li Taishi, Zhou Taifu and Gao Mu Taibao, and the ministers followed the emperor out of the mighty hall in the order they had just entered the palace.

At this time, Li He knew that the part of the reward for the celebration ceremony had been completed, and he was going to the altar in the western suburbs to worship the sky.

This time out of the Xuanwu Gate, the civil and military ministers did not need to be divided into two roads, and they all followed the emperor out by another avenue. However, the emperor sat on the sedan chair as soon as he stepped down the high steps of the mighty hall.

When he was about to arrive at the Xuanwu Gate, the emperor got on a golden and gorgeous eight-horse carriage, three imperial guards drove a master, hundreds of cavalrymen in sonorous gold armor carried spears to protect the surroundings, and outside the imperial city, hundreds of soldiers of the silver armor Yulin Army were also ready.

As for other ministers and generals, they can also take the carriage on the carriage, the horse on horseback, and the guards and retinues waiting outside the Xuanwu Gate.

Li He saw an old man following next to the prince, who was the old guy who was injured by Xiangxiang at the beginning, and hurriedly lowered his head slightly so as not to be recognized by him.

But a lot of times in the world, the more you worry about getting things done, the more things will come to you. The prince actually took the old man beside him, rode straight to Li He and Li Bu, and walked side by side with them.

"This is General Lee, right? Oh, it's time to change your name to Wuwei Hou. The prince said to Li He with a smile on his face.

I can't help but admit that this prince does seem to be a lot more mature than he was at the beginning. Whether it is words or demeanor, it is more temperamental. But I don't know if it's because of the psychological effect, Li He always feels that his voice seems to be deliberately rough, and the beard on his face looks like it's glued, this guy's bird eggs won't be repaired, right?

"The last general, Li He, has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." Li He saluted on his horse.

Then Li Bu also met with the prince, and the prince introduced the old man next to them for them, saying that the grandmaster of what sect was called Gou Sheng.

Hearing this name, Li He almost didn't laugh, this old guy is still called "Dog Sheng"? Why didn't his grandmother call it "Erdan" directly?

However, this Gou Sheng kept staring at Li He suspiciously, as if he wanted to see through his "chicken ass helmet", and he could see that his heart was furious.