The news of the great victory of the Southern Barbarians reached the imperial capital, and the whole country was shaken.

Even Yin Falcon, who served as the deputy commander of the three armies, did not expect that the war would be fought so smoothly and won so easily, not to mention the imperial capital thousands of miles away, many people thought that this was a protracted battle and could not end too quickly.

But in just a few months, the battle was won, and both the Southern and Western armies were defeated.

The most important thing is that Ye Yunyang only used 300,000 troops, and it is said that the casualty rate is pitiful, not even one-tenth.

The people spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate the victory.

Coupled with the conquest of the Southern Mountain Thieves at the beginning of the year, this is the second big victory of the year, something that has not happened in decades.

Since Liu Qi ascended the throne, he has mainly focused on recuperation, most of which have been against the Qin people on the border, and rarely launched large-scale wars.

Facts have proved that this approach is correct, and in terms of current national strength, the Great Han has surpassed the Great Qin.

It is precisely because of the strong national strength that the emperor has the confidence to fight the two battles of Nanshan and Nanban, although the two opponents are not strong, but it is located in the extreme south, and it is not easy for the Han army to run thousands of miles, and it will consume countless money and food.

But the current situation is that both battles have been won, but the treasury of the Han is still full.

A while ago, there was a drought in the Central Plains, and the emperor asked for a loan for disaster relief without thinking, and the household department did not have any difficulty in taking out the disaster relief money, and because of the timely response, the disaster situation was well controlled.

This is all thanks to Ye Yunyang, if it is replaced by other generals, let alone two battles, even if it is only one, it will definitely toss the treasury clean.

The emperor expressed his please, seeing that the winter festival was approaching, he temporarily decided to lead the civil and military officials to the temple to pay respects on the day of the winter festival.

According to the custom of previous years, there will be two large-scale sacrificial activities every year, one is the Spring Festival and the other is the Midyear Festival.

All the officials knew the emperor's intentions, how could the two great victories not sacrifice to heaven and earth and the gods, so no one objected.

The crown prince suggested: "Father, Yun Yang said that Mengtu, the king of the Western Barbarians, had surrendered and was now confined in the camp, why don't you send someone to take him over and participate in the winter festival together?"

The emperor's eyes lit up: "This suggestion is good! Recalling last winter's festival, the barbarian king Meng Huo came to the imperial capital with his two sons with a shy face and empty hands, and opened his mouth with my lion, and the scene at that time is vivid. But today, only a year later, Meng Huo died, Meng Tu became a prisoner, Meng Zhun obeyed the words of the Great Han, and he really should let Meng Tu come to his hometown to visit again, and see if he dares to be arrogant in front of me!"

The crown prince smiled and said, "Since my father agrees, the minister will arrange this matter." ”

He decided to send Feiyi to Nanban, take Meng Tu back, and after participating in the sacrificial ceremony, he casually named him a marquis, don't think about returning to Nanban in the future, and stay in the imperial capital honestly for the rest of his life.

Zheng Zhiyuan returned to Nanban first and brought the prince's handwritten letter to Ye Yunyang.

After reading the letter, he raised his head and asked, "Who is Mo Haizhi?"

In the prince's letter, it was mentioned that a person named Mo Haizhi was responsible for bringing Meng Tu back to the imperial capital.

Zheng Zhiyuan shook his head: "I haven't heard of it, since it is the person arranged by the prince, it should be trustworthy." ”

Ye Yunyang felt as if he had heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he went to find Liu Yuying, the person next to her father, she should not be a stranger.

Hearing Mo Haizhi's three words, the little girl's reaction was a little big, and she glared and said, "Father actually sent him over, isn't he dizzy!"

Ye Yunyang asked: "What do you mean, this guy is unreliable?"

The little girl said: "It's not that it's unreliable, but it's extremely unreliable! He is a complete gentleman, relying on his sister to be his father's favorite concubine, and he acts nonsense all day long, and his father is very indulgent to him because of the face of his favorite concubine." This annoying guy, because of the name of the prince's brother-in-law, almost no one dares to mess with him in the imperial capital, and those who have been bullied by him will also choose to swallow their anger. ”

Liu Yuying has always had no good impression of Mo Haizhi, especially one thing that made her very angry, once the prince held a family banquet, Mo Haizhi was one of the invited guests, Liu Yuying casually called him uncle out of politeness, but this guy remembered it and went around proclaiming that he was the uncle of the county lord of Yuying.

In fact, he has no blood relationship with Liu Yuying, his sister is the prince's side concubine, and Liu Yuying is from the prince's concubine.

Liu Yuying's mother concubine is modest and not good at competing for favor, so the side concubine has the opportunity to jump up and down, and even a group of relatives are stained, Mo Haizhi is one of them.

After listening to her explanation, Ye Yunyang frowned: "How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince send such a good person, although Meng Tu is not a big man, he is also the highest status among the captives, since he was brought back to participate in the sacrificial ceremony, it shows that the emperor attaches great importance to him, in case Mo Haizhi has some accidents on the road, how can the prince explain to the emperor?"

Liu Yuying nodded: "Who said it wasn't! It must be the side concubine blowing the pillow wind to her father, she has always hoped that her father will promote the surname Mo, but he has no size merit, how to promote? ”

Ye Yunyang shrugged his shoulders, thinking that the prince was a person who couldn't rub sand in his eyes, but he didn't expect to make the mistake that all men in the world would make, and let him be nepotistic after blowing the pillow wind.

Liu Yuying could think that Mo Haizhi would definitely go around publicizing that he was the uncle of the county lord of Yuying, and when she thought of this, she was angry and said: "Don't notify me when that guy comes, let him hurry up and return to the imperial capital with Meng Tu, I really don't want to see him!"

"Okay, since it's such a person, I don't need to see him, so let Uncle Yin deal with him. Ye Yunyang said.

In the afternoon of the same day, a medium-sized flying wing landed in the Han army camp.

There were a total of four people on the wings, and in addition to the pilot, there was also a master and two servants.

The master of the three is Mo Haizhi, with a thief's obscene appearance, triangular eyes, pointed chin, a pair of thief eyes, head held high, and an arrogant look.

He was the first to step down from the flying wing, and Yin Falcon stepped forward and asked, "Is it Lord Mo Haizhi, the official of the East Palace?"

Mo Haizhi pointed his nostrils at him and said, "This official is Lord Mo, who are you?"

Yin Falcon frowned, the official of the East Palace is only from the seventh rank, as a general of Nanshan, the official residence is from the fourth grade, plus he has a knighthood, he is despised by a small officer.

In line with the idea that those who don't know are innocent, he didn't get angry, but was as polite as just now: "This will be Yin Falcon, the deputy marshal of the three armies, who is the general of Nanshan, and has the honor to make military achievements and was named a townsman by His Majesty." ”

He thought that after this introduction, the other party would put away his arrogance.

I never thought that Mo Haizhi not only did not restrain himself at all, but said uncontrollably: "It's just a little countryman, what is there to show off?" Do you know who this official is, my sister is the prince's favorite concubine, and even the lord of Yuying County has to respectfully call me uncle when he sees me!"

Sure enough, Liu Yuying guessed correctly, this guy didn't forget to publicize this matter everywhere.

He looked down on Yin Falcon, and Yin Falcon looked down on him, a guy who relied on nepotism, as a soldier, glory was fought with a knife and a gun with real skills.

"It turned out to be the prince's brother-in-law, disrespectful. Yin Falcon's tone was not nutritious, but with a bit of disdain.

Mo Haizhi snorted: "What about Ye Yunyang, isn't he the commander of the three armies, why didn't he come to greet this official?"

Yin Falcon frowned and said, "Ye Shuai is busy with military affairs and can't spare time, so he sent this deputy marshal to pick you up, let's go, complete the delivery of the prisoners as soon as possible, and I have a lot of things to deal with." ”

Mo Haizhi was a little angry: "If Ye Yunyang doesn't come, forget it, isn't the county lord of Yuying in the army, why didn't he come to greet this official?"

Yin Falcon sneered, it's too late for people to hide from you, greet you? You really think of yourself as the prince's brother-in-law, but you are just the younger brother of the side concubine, whether your sister has a chance to become a concubine in this life is unknown.

Liu Yuying's mother concubine is a martial artist, but the side concubine is an ordinary person, the martial artist's mandate is higher than that of ordinary people, and it is difficult for the side concubine to have a chance to survive until the concubine dies of old age, so it is difficult to have a chance to turn positive.

"Why, if no one greets you, Master Mo doesn't plan to complete the task assigned by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Yin Falcon sneered.

Mo Haizhi's eyes widened: "This official is on behalf of His Royal Highness the Prince, Ye Yunyang should come forward to greet him, this is the least etiquette." If he doesn't come out, the official will return empty-handed, and then the crown prince and the emperor will blame him, and the matter will be big. ”

Yin Falcon had a very meaningful smile on his face, it was obvious that the other party was a fox and a fake tiger, how could the emperor blame Ye Yunyang for this little thing, when he had not yet made great achievements, he fought with Wang Bingjian in the imperial history, you must know that Wang Bingjian is the emperor's hair, but the emperor still faced Ye Yunyang in the end.

You are a small East Palace officer, and the commander of the three armies came out to greet you to give you face, and it is natural that you don't come out to greet you, but it is just an errand to escort prisoners, and you really use chicken feathers as arrows.

Of course, Yin Falcon would not be anxious with this kind of person, but said jokingly: "Okay, I will go and ask Coach Ye to come over, and ask Master Mo to stay for a while." ”

With that, he turned and left.

A few minutes later, he told Ye Yunyang in detail.

Ye Yunyang smiled instead, and said: "The surname Mo is very interesting, he openly argues with me, he must feel that he is very hard backstage." ”

"An arrogant man who doesn't know the height of the sky, when I think of his face, I panic with hatred. Yin Falcon said: "You don't have to go out, I want to see if he dares to go back to the imperial capital empty-handed to resume his life, delaying the major affairs of His Majesty the Emperor, not to mention that he is only the younger brother of the crown prince's side concubine, even the younger brother of the queen's mother, and he can't eat and walk around." ”

Ye Yunyang stood up, shook his head and said, "I would like to meet this Mo Haizhi for a while to see how he is arrogant in front of me." Uncle Yin, go get busy, leave this matter to me, don't worry, the surname Mo will definitely not have good fruits to eat. ”

Yin Falcon frowned, no one in his heart could make Ye Yunyang suffer, but he could be completely relieved, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you have to tell me how to fix him afterwards." ”