The second year of Wuping has passed, and in the blink of an eye, it has reached the third year of Wuping.

Jinyang Royal Street is bustling, and there are crowds of people everywhere. As the de facto political center of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Jinyang has developed commerce and logistics, and its population is never small. It is a true place where all races gather.

Today, on the royal street, gongs and drums are noisy, followed by the noise of a torrent.

A large group of officers and sergeants rushed over and drew two security cordons, prohibiting idlers and others from moving around.

A group of armored and murderous horsemen ran through the street, causing a burst of cheers, and in an instant countless sachets and melons and fruits were thrown on the street.

If you look to both sides, in the embroidery building of the surrounding room, you can also see a few petite girls, who are poking out half of their heads from behind the curtains to look down. Then a few people accidentally stepped out, and suddenly a stick hit the head, and the tolerance shouted: "Don't die? Get back! ”

When the little lady hiding behind the curtain was angry, she suddenly covered her mouth and smiled when she saw this, closed the curtain and disappeared again.

Of course, these small things did not affect the atmosphere at all, and soon, another large number of people and horses rushed from the end of the royal street, and the people on horseback straightened their bodies as straight as javelins.

In front of the team, in the center, in the rear, and even on both sides, there are all kinds of large and small flags, and at the front, the two largest flags are written with the words "king" and "high". The crowd cheered and boiled.

"Who is this? The row is so big. A blonde, blue-eyed merchant from the Western Regions was amazed when he saw this scene. An old man beside him glanced at him with slanted eyes, his eyes were as if he was looking at a hillbilly who had never seen the world, sneered, arched his hand at the generals who came from the horse, and said, "You just came to Daqi, right?" This is General Gao and General Wang from a hundred battles in Jingxiang, returning triumphantly, and leading a group of subordinates to the Son of Heaven. ”

With the proud expression of a Jinyang native on his face, he said: "In this battle, we have defeated the eight states of the enemy country, and we have killed more than 10,000 people!" It has greatly increased the prestige of my Daqi! Obedient...... Hey, since Emperor Shenwu and Emperor Wenxuan, my Daqi has such great martial arts again! The Son of Heaven arranged for them to offer victory in front of the emperor, and after crossing this street, they would go straight to the imperial city to receive the reward! ”

Gao Changgong and Wang Lin, as the supreme commanders of this battle, were in the forefront, and the horses they rode were all imperial war horses, tall and majestic, with brocade red flowers on their foreheads.

Gao Changgong took off the ghost face, his delicate eyebrows and eyes were a few points better than the woman's, and the screams of those big girls and little daughters-in-law could almost tear off the wall, and then countless flowers and sachets were scattered like rain, almost burying him in it.

Some of them were thrown off, and they were thrown to Wang Lin next to him, Wang Lin was not angry, but smiled and said: "The king's demeanor really makes countless people's hearts broken, in comparison, my bad old man is much shabby, hahahaha......"

Gao Changgong put on a ghost face and took off his mask, and he was actually praised and blushed a little, and said embarrassedly: "Where, ha, it's too scary after I put on the mask, and I am afraid of startling the holy car today...... I'm not used to it. ”

Wang Lin looked up and laughed, this Gao Changgong is really interesting. is obviously a peerless commander and fierce general, but he can't let go of his hands and feet in these small things, so he pointed out: "Then you just don't laugh." ”

Then there was another exclamation in front of him, and a team of fat horsemen surrounded the lieutenant and dismounted in front, the lieutenant was an acquaintance of the magnates, the emperor's personal chamberlain, the father-in-law of the road, and the chamberlain standing behind him held a lacquer plate, on which were piled up with several bright yellow silk books: "Your Majesty has a decree, please take the decree from the general and the metropolitan governor!" ”

Gao Changgong, Wang Lin, and a large number of generals under their command hurriedly dismounted from their horses and knelt on one knee to listen to the hadith. Immediately, a group of eunuchs came up with basins of water and towels to wash their hands and faces. "Chen Wang Lin (Gao Changgong) takes the order!"

Father-in-law Lu straightened his waist and recited the holy decree with full of energy, skipping a large number of scenes in front of him, and the core content was as follows: "...... I remember that Brother Wang and the Governor of the Metropolitan are so high, and I don't appreciate the heart of the cold soldiers. The king of Lanling has repeatedly made military exploits, under Luyang, Zheyang, Fengzhou, all of them are broken, it is really the dry city of the country, giving 3,000 acres of imperial fields, 1,000 brocade horses, two mansions, 20 beautiful maids, 15 horses......"

Wang Lin glanced at Gao Changgong vaguely, no one can deny Gao Changgong's talent, this time he is so high, I don't know if it is good or bad for him. His Majesty only rewarded him with property, and did not add official titles, probably with the intention of preserving him.

He didn't think about it anymore, because he soon read his name again, "Wang Lin, the governor of Gyeonggi, since he became a court official, has been dedicated to seeking the country, and has repeatedly made military exploits, and when the army is in danger, he has even sent down Chuzhou, Fuzhou, Anzhou, Suizhou, Shunzhou, and Xiangyang, and blocked the troops of the Southern Dynasty in Gangneung......"

Wang Lin smiled helplessly, the Northern Qi court was quite good at beating back, interpreting Wang Lin's undeclared war as an act of "self-defense". Then I heard, "...... Wang Lin, live up to my expectations, this time to the south, even the battle and victory, the contribution is indispensable, and from now on, he will be promoted to the king of Baling County! Give the king's mansion, give the suburbs of Yecheng a thousand hectares of fertile fields, and fifteen horses......"

Crowned king! Crowned King!! Everyone around, including Wang Lin herself, was shocked, and then her heart was ecstatic.

Since he returned to the Great Qi, he has been ready to eat and wait for death for the rest of his life, where do you want to have the merit of being crowned king today? Stay there for a while.

Lu Ran waited for him to get up and take the order to continue reading, but when he saw his eyes widening and looking stupid, he couldn't help coughing twice, glanced at him a few times, hid the hand in his sleeve and kept making gestures, and urged in a low voice:

“…… The king of the county should get up and receive the decree and thank you, we still have a bunch of holy decrees to read. Wang Lin hurriedly got up to receive the order and thanked him, which was completely different from his calm and calm appearance before. The holy decree was read one by one, and all the meritorious generals accepted the rewards, and the officials were added to the knighthood, needless to say, the official document of rewarding the soldiers would be calculated and issued by the Ministry of War.

Lu Ran smiled and said: "Your Majesty also said that my victory is a great victory, which is a great joy, and I want to repay it to the people of the world." Please also ask the generals to go around the city, so that the people can see the majesty of the generals! ”

He clapped his hands back, and a large number of neat and tidy eunuchs and palace ladies stepped forward to take the reins of the horses, and they would lead the generals around the city. Such a grand event, since the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty, in addition to the capture of Jianghuai, the conquest of Rouran, Khitan, has never been seen. How can defeating the old enemy Zhou Guo be compared with defeating those barbarians? Since the death of the ancestors, the most prominent martial arts of the Great Qi have fought here!

Under the deliberate publicity of the official, Jinyang was disturbed by this grand event from top to bottom. Calling friends, occupying every street and alley in Jinyang, or restaurants or pavilions, placing a table of wine, warming a few wines, talking about the past generations, talking about the past and the present.

On this day, a good spot on the top of the street is crowded with people, crowded along the street, and get together.

When the family came out, they brought tea and cold soup, called their children and daughters, and watched from the crowd.

Those homeless idlers are crowded around in the crowd, shy to see which little lady is good-looking, taking advantage of the crowd, going up to take advantage of some advantages, and touching it......

There is also a group of Hu businessmen, who are also mixed together in the crowd and point at this scene.

Hu Shang, who had just arrived in Daqi, was just fascinated by the population and the scene of this huge city, and he couldn't say a word as the flow of people was squeezed around.

The officials and officials of each class and the people who can be mobilized have all been drawn out to be on duty. The forbidden army stood facing the street, leaving the crowd behind them.

Today, these soldiers are also dressed as much as possible, armed with knives and guns, and stand from the street to the end of the street.

The public maintained order in the crowd, seeing if any idlers were making too much trouble, and what ninth-rate characters were opening up in the crowd, leaning on and locking them and leaving. Everyone was sweating profusely.

The generals had a headache from the crowd, and their faces were about to stiffen with laughter, but they were happy and proud.

Wang Lin sighed even more: "I didn't expect that I, Wang Lin, would have such a glorious day in Daqi." ”

Several generals ran a few laps of the horse, raised their arms and shouted: "-Wan Sheng!" ”

The crowd was boiling, and the word Wansheng resounded in the sky.

It is facing the Xuande Building in the south of the imperial city. The emperor descended to hundreds of civil and military officials, and the clan of honors and relatives, just on the Xuande Tower, played all the covers in front of the emperor, waiting for these southern expedition soldiers to triumphantly offer victory!

Gao Wei was dressed in a grand Xuanhei Emperor's crown robe, looking at the railing, seeing this lively scene, he smiled:

"Such a lively scene has never been seen in Fenzhou last time."

The ministers behind him said that the emperor was wise and martial, and that without the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, there would never be such a great victory.

Gao Wei just smiled slightly, "In the past, Quan Jing Xuanke Henan, my army was weak, so we could only defend against the vital points, and the Zhou State wanted to encroach on the side plugs, we had no way at all, and now we finally have the strength to fight back." From today, the two countries of Zhou Qi will be strong and weak! ”

In the evening, a group of generals finally arrived at the Xuande Building, and just saw the shadow of the emperor was a group of people hula la and knelt down, "My emperor has a long life!" The emperor stepped forward to help them up one by one, said a few words of encouragement, and then announced that he would hold a banquet in the Xuande Building to reward the soldiers.

During the banquet, the emperor was in a very good mood, and took out Yang Su, He Ruobi, Fan Zigai and other young people with great meritorious service and praised them. Hearing that He Ruobi's wife was in Yecheng, he deliberately gave a grace and was sealed as a five-grade edict, He Ruobi felt that his face was bright, and he faintly overwhelmed his cousin Yang Su. Yang Su sneered coldly, and then stopped looking at him to show off. The relationship between these two cousins is honest, that's it.

The wine was hot, the song and dance were vigorous, and the emperor suddenly said to Gao Changgong: "Brother Wang, as a commander, should put the whole army first, I heard that Brother Wang has repeatedly charged into battle, what if there is an accident?" Gao Changgong didn't think about it, and said: "State affairs are the minister's family affairs, and I only care about killing the enemy on the battlefield, and I can't think about it so much." ”

The cups of several ministers stopped, and said in front of the emperor that this was his family matter, was King Lanling confused or inflated? Gao Changgong immediately reacted to what he said, and cold sweat broke out on his back. The atmosphere suddenly became cold.

Who knew that the emperor did not have any dissatisfied expression, but laughed heartily, and ordered to add some rewards to the king of Lanling left and right, he said: "If all the soldiers and courtiers can think like Brother Wang, why worry about the enemy country will not be destroyed, why worry about the injustice of the world?" This is a reward! ”