Outside, the autumn rain was pouring down.

Inside the house, under the flickering candlelight, an old man and a young man were communicating, thinking, and summing up.

This is the inheritance of life, from a gray-haired old man to a vigorous teenager.

It is also a kind of transfer of power, from the founding emperor to his successor......

……

Since the return of the eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yuanzhang's whole life has gradually become brisk

It was in this kind of brisk time that it was impossible to feel that it had passed, and Lan Yu returned.

The twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, August 13.

Lan Yu led the soldiers of all the troops and arrived outside the Hongwu Gate.

Most of the sergeants who went to the southwest this time were drawn from Shaanxi and Gansu, which was the territory guarded by Lanyu, and most of them returned there as soon as the battle was over.

The people who followed Lan Yu into Beijing to face the saint were basically Lan Yu's righteous sons or henchmen.

Of course, there is also the Sichuan Commander Qu Neng, this time, he also made great contributions in the process of quelling the chaos.

Outside the Hongwu Gate.

Knock knock!

Drums thunder and thunder, flags hunting.

On both sides of the gatehouse, there are two neat columns of soldiers, and the iron armor on their bodies shines in the warm autumn sun.

On the high platform, it was Zhu Yuanzhang in a black martial arts uniform, calm and relaxed, looking at the world.

"Minister, Lan Yu!"

"Minister, Cao Zhen!"

"Minister, Blue Ocean!"

"Minister, Qu Neng!"

"Minister,......

"Meet the emperor, long live the emperor! Banzai! Hooray!! ”

With the sound of roaring and the sound of iron armor colliding, a group of soldiers who returned from the Western Expedition knelt on one knee in unison.

"Get up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and said: "The southwest rebellion has always been a problem in our hearts, and now that we have returned victorious, we are happy in our hearts. ”

"Emperor Xie!"

The soldiers shouted in unison.

Lan Yu and the others stood up, their faces were all happy, especially Lan Yu's righteous sons, their mouths were almost grinning, and they secretly looked at Lan Yu's eyes, full of pride and pride.

"Proclaim the decree!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Holy Decree!"

Li Yuanming, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, held the yellow holy decree in his hand, took a step forward, and read aloud: "All the soldiers who fight the Tang soldiers, cover their bones, send the remains back to their hometowns, give a stone for the funeral, and give the children or the old parents, all of them will be paid!" The general was killed, and his son was hereditary plus one rank! ”

"The sergeant is disabled in battle, and it is difficult to prepare for the army, so he can build a house outside the palace wall to live in, and he will be able to live during the day and patrol the police at night."

"Chin this!"

Li Yuanming's voice fell, and Lan Yu and the others were completely stunned.

That's it?

It is said that it is good to talk about meritorious deeds, but only the dead and disabled soldiers are rewarded, what about them? What about General Lan's?

The joy at the beginning was thrown out of the clouds in an instant.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the high platform, took in the expressions of the generals below, a smile flashed in his eyes, and regardless of the stunned generals, he stood up and said with a smile: "We have prepared a celebration banquet in the Wuying Hall to wash the dust for you!" ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Lan Yu and the others had no choice but to bow down again.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's departure guard of honor, Lan Yu's group of righteous sons hurriedly surrounded him.

"Father, what's going on?"

"Yes, we have made great contributions in the southwest, capturing Yuelu's father and son, the emperor said that it is good to reward meritorious deeds, but we didn't even mention it, what does this mean?"

"Let's forget about a few of us, but my father works hard and has no reward at all, which is not normal!"

"Could it be that there is a non-long-eyed civil servant in the court who impeached his father?"

Lan Yu's big hand was raised suddenly, causing the righteous sons to stop talking for a moment, and then said slowly: "Go to the banquet first, tonight, the old place, let's talk about it in detail!" ”

All the righteous sons understood and couldn't help nodding.

Wuying Palace.

In addition to being the place where the Son of Heaven works, it is also a place where the Son of Heaven rewards the generals.

At the banquet, Lan Yu and the others forced a smile, a table of good wine and good food, and after eating it, their mouths were completely tasteless, and they only hoped to end this celebration banquet quickly so that they could enter the next small gathering......

……

Night.

Qinhuai River, here has been a gentle township since ancient times.

The spring breeze of brocade rust ten miles comes, and thousands of households open near the river, which refers to this place.

In this era of monotonous entertainment, drinking flower wine is the favorite entertainment of many dignitaries, especially those who are born in martial arts.

Qin Huaihe's fame is largely supported by these women, their status is low, they are difficult to get rid of the music for life, and the men who come here to have fun have no equal status.

The painting boats on the Qinhuai River are lined up one after another and the lights are brilliant.

On a nine-zhang long painting boat, the old bustard led the bustards to wait by the door with a smile on their faces.

Soon.

One ride in a gorgeous sedan chair came noisily.

The servants lifted the sedan curtain, and Lan Yu and a group of Huaixi disciples, as well as his righteous sons, got out of the sedan chair one by one.

All the bustards cheered and ran to their friends.

"General Lan, the slave family has prepared a banquet, just waiting for you to come!"

The old bustard twisted his body, walked on Lan Yu with a smile, and patted him lightly.

The corners of Lan Yu's mouth hooked, and said, "Lead the way!" ”

Under the leadership of the old bustard, Lan Yu and his party came to a richly decorated private room on the second floor of the painting boat.

Lan Yu and the righteous sons sat down one by one.

The kiln sisters were holding enamel basins and running their own friends: "Master wipe his face!" ”

Lan Yu and Yizi each picked up a towel soaked in perfume soaked in the petals from the basin in front of them to wipe their faces, and did not forget to touch the kiln sisters.

After wiping, Lan Yu and Yizi each took out a treasure bill from their sleeves and pasted it on Sister Yao's chest.

The eyes of the kiln sisters lit up: "Thank you, master!" ”

The righteous sons are up and down, provoking all the kiln sisters to exclaim!

Behind Lan Yu, there was a beautiful young lady, gently helping Lan Yu pinch her neck and shoulders.

Lan Yu gently patted the back of the young lady's hand and said to the old bustard: "Bustard's mother, let's discuss something first, you take the sisters out, when the time comes, call you to come, you come again." ”

The old bustard hurriedly smiled and said: "Okay, bustards, go back to the room first, cheer up, and have fun with you later!" ”

The kiln sisters pretended to be reluctant, coquettishly warmed up, and then left.

Lan Yu stopped the bustard again: "Bustard's mother, did we call the wine we asked you to fight?" ”

The old bustard replied with a smile: "According to General Lan's orders, someone has been sent to call, and the entire ten altars have been placed there!" ”

Lan Yu nodded with satisfaction and said, "There is a bustard's mother, you go and ask someone to send the boat to the middle of the river and go down the river!" ”

The old bustard hurriedly replied, "Okay." ”

Lan Yu waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go." ”

The old bustard withdrew.

Lan Yu glanced at the righteous sons and Huaixi disciples, and said, "Everyone, this is a good wine, it is brewed by one of our very important people, come, taste it!" ”

Smelling the wine, everyone's eyes lit up.

"Drink!"

The righteous sons poured wine into their bowls one after another, and after touching the wine, they poured it into their throats.

"Uh......"

The liquor entered the throat, instantly making Lan Yu and the others blush, and their muscles were violent.

"Damn it, good wine!"

Lan Yu and the others bared their teeth and praised loudly.

"Fuck this is a good drink, what kind of wine is that you just drank in Wuying Palace!"

"That's it!"

"Come on, let's have a drink!"

It didn't take long.

The group drank so much that their faces were red and their necks were thick, and their vulgar words were repeated.

A righteous son slammed the table and shouted: "The emperor is not fair at all, we worked hard, and there was no reward at all, so we only put on a bullshit celebration banquet?" ”

"That's it!"

Another righteous son chimed in: "If it weren't for our father's bloody battle, and several of our brothers died in battle, would the southwest be pacified so quickly?" is so contrived, the emperor is so understated? ”

"Humph!"

Another man snorted heavily and said, "In my opinion, someone stabbed our father in the back!" ”

"If you let us know who it is, we'll go and hack him now!"

"Liu Ji's stinky old man is dead, who else will there be? Liu Sanwu? Or Qian Tang? These stinky old Confucians are traitors and thieves, and they can't get along with our Huaixi children! A Huaixi kid spoke out angrily.

Bang!

Lan Yu slapped the table, stood up drunk, and said loudly: "Let's not see what kind of rotten Confucian, who is the emperor?" They're rotten people who talk like a! ”

"It's the emperor! The emperor wants to cross the river and demolish the bridge, unload the mill and kill the donkey! ”

"Huh?! You're right?! ”

Lan Yu slapped the table again, his face was full of anger, and he roared louder and louder: "Our brothers, give up your life to help him lay down the country and protect the country, but it's good, the country is in hand, the world is peaceful, he!" ”

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of the palace: "He's going to kick us aside and treat us as a scourge!" Let's help him conquer the world, can't we enjoy it?! ”

"That's it!"

A nominal son should be he: "According to me, our father has the greatest credit, so he should be the Taishi, located above the Duke of Song and Ying Guogong!" ”

"Haha, that's right!"

Lan Yu laughed: "Shouldn't I be a Grand Master?!" ”

"Yes, Father is right!"

"Otherwise, let's go into the palace tomorrow to reason with the emperor!"

"Okay, I'm afraid of him! It's a big deal to let the emperor kill us all, and see who will protect the country for him! ”

"Haha, well said! Drinking......"

……

It wasn't until late at night that the nine-zhang-long painting boat slowly docked.

Lan Yu and his party drank so badly that they climbed into the sedan chair and dispersed......

Return to the Blue House.

Lan Yu got off the sedan chair, he was already stumbling, and the girl in the house hurriedly helped him up, wanting to send him into the room.

At this moment, the butler hurried forward.

"Sir! Cao Guogong has just come to the door in person and sent you a letter, saying that the situation is urgent, and as soon as you return, you will open it in person. ”

"Li Jinglong?"

Hearing this, Lan Yu's brows furrowed sharply, and she took the letter from the butler's hand.

Open it and take a look.

Lan Yu's originally sloppy eyes gradually condensed, and the wine suddenly woke up by three points.

"Go, prepare the sedan chair, let's go out!"

(End of chapter)