The twenty-third day of July in the eighth year of Hongwu is the day when Emperor Hongwu returns to his hometown.

On this day, the central capital city was empty, and the people of Fengyang and Linhuai counties poured out their nests. Not to mention those old folks who worship Zhu Yuanzhang crazily, even those immigrants from Shanxi and Jiangnan, who doesn't look forward to seeing this legendary emperor who was born and raised, is that round or flat?

It is no exaggeration that on this day, at least hundreds of thousands of people came out to greet the holy car of Emperor Hongwu, from the gate of the central capital to dozens of miles away, and on both sides of the official road were crowds of people who helped the old and the young.

The 20,000 officers and soldiers of the four guards of Fengyang all put on new military uniforms, standing on both sides of the official road with three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, with bright armor and neat military appearance.

The officers wore phoenix-winged helmets with red tassels on their heads, wore gold or silver mountain armor according to their ranks, stepped on shiny cowhide combat boots, and put their hands on the sabers with sharkskin scabbards and golden hoop hilts around their waists.

At three o'clock, the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Guard, who was the forerunner of the holy car, arrived, and the cavalry in full armor, riding tall horses, lined up in a neat formation, and a column drove past the eyes of the people.

People were stunned to find that even the steps of the horses' hooves were neatly aligned, and the official road with the new loess sprinkled with water shook and trembled, and also made people's hearts involuntarily tremble.

After the Tiger Cavalry, there were the officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Four Guards wearing the same exquisite armor, and they did not go straight through, but lined up on the inside of the Fengyang Guard's cordon, setting up a second cordon.

Then there is the majestic and gorgeous emperor's honor guard. What dragon flags are twelve, divided into left and right; The Beidou Banner is in the front, and the leopard tail is in the back.

There are two tigers and leopards, and six elephants, which are divided into left and right.

What door flags, sun flags, moon flags and other cloth flags sixty-four; The five star flags of wood, fire, earth, gold and water, the five mountain flags, the bear flag, the Luan flag and the twenty-eight su flags, each with six lines, a total of hundreds of faces......

And each flag is guarded by five armorers, one holding the flag and four holding bows and crossbows.

This was followed by the emperor's five kinds of chariots, which are the so-called five chariots, namely jade chariots, golden chariots, elephant chariots, leather chariots, and wooden chariots.

Five chariots are parallel, and Zhu Yuanzhang is on the jade chariot in the middle, which is the so-called 'jade chariot'. And with the yellow umbrella cover on the roof of the car, it is the so-called 'Son of Heaven Yu Yuyu, Yin Hua Canopy'.

As for the countless fans, golden melons, golden knots, candle cages, green dragons and white tigers, class swords, stirrup canes and other things in the back, they are all in the hands of the school captain, so there is no need to repeat them one by one.

How can ordinary people understand these various and diverse ceremonial guards? They all looked at each other, but they were reluctant to blink. This is probably the only time in their lives that they have ever seen the emperor's guard of honor.

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Shen Liuniang was also in the crowd, but she didn't come to see the excitement. She's here to sue the royal court.

Originally, she still had some expectations for the Hong brothers, after all, the life-saving benefactor Han Zhixian said that they could help her.

But she followed Hong Jiaban around Fengyang County for a month, and played Pan Jinlian for them for a month, Hong Jiaban didn't dare to enter the middle capital for half a step.

Obviously, they were frightened by what happened to Hong Hao Hongji.

Especially after knowing that it was Mingjiao who invited them, she couldn't understand the feelings of the brothers who didn't want to cause trouble anymore, and she never blamed them.

But there was no news of these five goods after returning to Linhuai, and she also went to Jinqiaokan to look for them once, and found that they had already moved without greeting them. If Zhang Hu asked Zhang Hu and didn't say anything, she would inevitably be disappointed.

At this time, she happened to learn that Emperor Hongwu was returning to his hometown, so she decided to come by herself.

Seeing that the holy car arrived in front of her, Shen Liuniang suddenly rushed out of the crowd, and quickly broke through the first line of defense while the soldiers of Fengyang Zhongwei did not react.

However, when she wanted to take advantage of the situation to rush through the second cordon, she was suddenly pressed to the ground with lightning speed, and then covered with a big quilt and a bundle of ropes, so that she couldn't move, couldn't make a sound, and was dragged away silently......

The whole set of actions flowed smoothly, from Shen Liuniang rushing out to being rolled up and taken away, a total of no more than five breaths.

The crowd didn't make any waves about this, even the people who were close at hand, they didn't see what she was doing, and thought she was crazy......

Where Shen Liuniang disappeared, a white cloth with blood-red injustice written on it left behind.

The officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Left Guard, who were handling the scene, hurriedly picked it up and handed it over to their commander.

The commander of the Jinwu Left Guard is called Li Qi, who is the eldest son of Li Shanchang......

As the eldest son of the Korean duke, he naturally cherishes feathers, so he didn't look at it, so he handed the white cloth to Ding Bin on the side. He laughed softly: "It seems that you are too comfortable in Fengyang, and your reaction is a lot slower." ”

"Hmph, let's change positions the same." Ding Bin took the white cloth with blood characters, unfolded it, and stuffed it back to Li Qidao:

"It's your cousin's fugitive slave, and you two will do it."

"It's like we're not brothers." Li Qi had no choice but to take it and stuff it into his sleeve, as if nothing happened.

"I'm with you, but he's not." Ding Bin snorted again, and seemed to look down on Han Gong's eldest nephew.

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Zhu Yuanzhang, who was surrounded by thousands of riders, couldn't see this little episode at all.

He was wearing a dragon robe, standing on the royal chariot, with a spring breeze on his face, and frequently beckoned to his father and fellow villagers.

The fathers and villagers also shouted long live with the mountains, one after another. In the continuous sound of long live, the people looked at the dust and danced, and worshiped the founder of the Ming Dynasty devoutly.

Li Shanchang was dressed in a grand court dress and was allowed to board the imperial chariot. He restrained all his arrogance and domineering, stood beside Zhu Yuanzhang respectfully, and carefully praised the emperor.

Just like he's done for the past twenty years.

"Every time I go back to my hometown, my hometown changes a lot. This time I came back, it was very different from the four years of Hongwu, and I really had the posture of the capital of a country. Zhu Yuanzhang waved to the villagers and said with emotion: "Lao Li, you have made great contributions." ”

"The superior praised it. Fengyang can change with each passing day, thanks to the grace of the emperor, Ze is born. Li Shanchang smiled modestly:

"Over the years, I have returned to my hometown three times. The first time was in April of the twelfth year of the dragon and phoenix, when the emperor was buried in the imperial tomb on the eve of the founding of the country. The second time was in February of the fourth year of Hongwu, in order to review and approve the layout plan of the Central Capital. Even if the old minister worked a little hard, it was only after the second time, and he didn't dare to be greedy for the merits of the sky. ”

"Oh, hahahaha!" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing, hugged Li Shanchang's shoulders and said, "You old Li, why are you still so good at talking?" No wonder we like you the most! ”

"The old minister also likes to be on the throne the most." Li Shanchang smiled honestly, and said without being suspicious of the flesh: "I haven't been able to see the top position all these years, and the old minister really can't eat well and sleep well, and it's like lovesickness." ”

"Hahaha! If you can speak, you can say more. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the mound on his right, suddenly remembered something, and laughed again: "If Mr. Liu has half of you who can speak, we won't be annoyed by looking at him." ”

"Hehe, Mr. Liu is an immortal, and Lao Chen is a mortal." Li Shanchang's heart shrank.

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