Lu Heng also didn't dare to say more at this time. He had to pay attention to the timing and watch his words. Since this matter did not involve his own life, there was no need for him to make the emperor unhappy and cause trouble for himself. .
Lu Heng, who just lowered his eyebrows, was extremely disapproving of Li Qitian's actions at this time.
The sage is a resourceful person. To say something disrespectful, who can raise the banner of Pang Zhongzheng and successfully sit on the throne, where would be a straw bag? It's just that now, perhaps people have been at the top for a long time, and they don't like to use their brains when doing things, and they prefer to suppress them by means of thunder.
Pang Zhixi seems to be a reckless man, but he is rough and subtle, and he knows how to use it well.
I heard that Qin Yining had returned a long time ago, but Pang Xiao did not return. When Pang Xiao returned to the capital, the situation in the capital was like this. Obviously, this was a scene planned by the two of them, and the sage didn't care. Step into the trap!
The most terrifying thing is that the husband and wife may have already determined the character of the saint and the psychology of the courtiers. Knowing that they are courtiers, no one will stop the angry saint from diving into the trap.
It's so flawless...
What Lu Heng found in his mind was Qin Yining's small face and wise eyebrows.
His heart was sad for a while, this woman did not belong to him after all.
The disappointment and unwillingness in his heart could not be solved, but Lu Heng could only pretend to be calm and not let his thoughts leak out.
In front of the city gate, there are more people than at the beginning. The lively scene is comparable to a temple fair. There are even small vendors who know how to carry their burdens and shuttle through the crowd to sell biscuits, tea eggs and other food. There are still ten years old. little girl with a basket to sell sweet noodle fruit and caramel.
In the early spring, the capital was still very cold. Everyone had been waiting for so long, and they were already hungry. When conditions allowed, they naturally bought and eaten.
At this moment, a fast horse galloped by on the street, and sitting on it was an internal prisoner in an iron-grey round-neck sunflower shirt.
The common people all stared at the direction where the inner prisoner left, only to see that he arrived in front of the city gate, and said a few words to the soldiers guarding the gate, and he was naturally released and went all the way out of the city.
Someone in the crowd guessed.
"Could it be that the palace came out to pass the decree?"
"Most likely."
"But for such a great contribution as the lord, even if the sage doesn't personally greet him, he still arranges a high-ranking official. This only sends a eunuch to call people in. What does that mean?"
"Hey! You don't want to live anymore, you dare to say anything!"
…
Although some people say it, some people persuade them to stop, but it is not one person who has this idea. The topic that has been discussed in the crowd just now is brought up again. The people are eating snacks and exchanging their ideas. Pang Xiao made a contribution and was still treated coldly, 80% of which is the result of his work.
"Hey, someone outside the city saw that the eunuch master went to see the prince."
Someone next to the city gate said loudly.
The news was spread by word of mouth, and soon the onlookers knew that the eunuch really went to pass the holy edict, and it was even more difficult to suppress the speculation and discussion. He scolds those nonsense people, but with so many people present, how can they manage it
In the temporary camp outside the city, Xiong Jinshui saluted Pang Xiao with a smile on his face, "My lord, the sage has ordered you to enter the city immediately and enter the palace to face the sage. The sage has been out for so long, the sage must have missed him."
Pang Xiao smiled, and bowed his hands in the direction of the capital: "This minister follows the order."
Then he turned back and ordered the camp.
Xiong Jinshui did not expect things to go so smoothly, so he could not help but let out a sigh of relief.
The prince returned to Beijing, but he was stationed in front of the city gate and refused to enter the city gate. He must have his own plan. The sage called him back with a word, and arranged for him to be an inner court official to pass the message. This is already indirect. Expressing his dissatisfaction with Pang Xiao's delay in entering the city.
He has a humble status, and he speaks lightly. He doesn't dare to question the sage, and he doesn't dare to talk too much in front of the prince. It is really difficult. What he is most afraid of is that the prince is dissatisfied, and he will be arrested and punished. Not to mention punishment, just After killing him, the sage still won't do anything to the prince, didn't he lose his life in vain
Fortunately, the prince is not an unreasonable person.
Hu Zi and others had already made preparations to pull out the camp, and after hearing the words, they tidy up everything neatly. Soon, Pang Xiao ordered the team to set off.
Seeing him so happy, Xiong Jinshui also had a smile on his face, mounted his horse, and followed Pang Xiao's team to the city gate.
Soon before the city gate, there were already a lot of people who stopped to watch.
Gong Zongqi hurried out to greet him and saluted respectfully, "I'm humble Gong Wen, see your lord!"
Pang Xiao got off his horse, picked up Gong Zongqi, and said with a smile, "It's your kid. I haven't seen you for more than two years. Your kid hasn't changed much."
In the face of such a bold Pang Xiao, Gong Zongqi naturally remembered the days when he was under Pang Xiao, and a sense of joy and admiration emerged spontaneously.
Gong Zongqi's face turned red with excitement, and grinned, "Your Highness still remembers me."
"That's natural. My brother, why don't you remember?"
The common people not far away heard the conversation between the two, and someone whispered:
"Your Highness is indeed a benevolent and righteous man."
"My lord has no air at all."
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As usual, Pang Xiao would not deliberately go to talk to the people on the side of the road, but at this time, he would have turned on his horse and went directly into the city.
But today, he smiled and greeted the people on the roadside.
When the people saw this, they felt that a big pie fell from the sky and hit them on the head. For a while, they were dizzy with joy, some bowed their hands, some saluted, some kowtowed, some praised, some grateful , and there are words of excitement that can't be uttered.
The excited expressions of the people were mixed with the cheerful voices, and the enthusiasm was about to warm the early spring into the midsummer.
Pang Xiao smiled and bowed his hands to these commoners, and even responded to some audible greetings, answering some audible questions such as "How is the South?" "Is life hard?" "Will Nanyan raise troops?" The family's thieves have not been caught" such a problem.
Qin Yining returned to Beijing in plain clothes, and the palace was few, so he bought new people again. The news that all the family members of the Qin family and the old lady of the palace were killed by bandits on the way to the south had already spread.
For the sake of the country and the people, the great heroes guarded the south so that they could all live and work in peace and contentment, but their mother, elders, wife and family all lost their lives.
Many people felt sympathy and sympathy for such a tragedy. Comparing the suffering of Pang Xiao, they felt pity and admiration in their hearts, so there were people who greeted and comforted Pang Xiao.
Pang Xiao walked a few steps to the city gate with the people, and was about to stop to answer the questions of the common people. Seeing that he was so easygoing, the common people took courage, and more people talked to Pang Xiao.
Xiong Jinshui followed Hu Zi and led the horse behind Pang Xiao, sweating on his forehead in a hurry.
He was still too happy.
In Xiong Jinshui's heart, there was a little person who was crying frantically: "My servant, I beg you, my lord, please enter the palace quickly. The saint has been waiting for so long, I'm afraid he is not going to show his dragon power!" The slaves can't bear it!
However, this time, Pang Xiao didn't understand Xiong Jinshui's inner mourning at all, and still greeted the common people amiably.
As soon as Pang Xiao came back, the people all rushed to the gate of the city. The hero in their hearts was really like a god in the sky, and the style around him was even more powerful than the Angry-eyed King Kong in the temple. He spoke to them in such a gentle and unpretentious manner.
The common people who have been listening to the storytelling for a while, full of fantasies, can't be more excited when they see the great hero up close.
Pang Xiao was surrounded by the people, and even the reprimands of the soldiers and horses of the five cities were of no use.
Just after entering the city gate and walking a hundred paces forward, Pang Xiao's team walked for more than an hour!
Gong Zongqi, Xiong Jinshui, and Wucheng Soldiers and Masi were all about to cry.
The biggest problem is that there are a lot of people in the city who hurried to this side when they heard that the hero had entered the city.
There is enough chaos in front of the city gate, but I don't know how many people will come!
Seeing that there were many people, Pang Xiao was also afraid that if someone accidentally fell, he would be trampled on, so he said loudly: "Everyone, don't crowd, pay attention to safety, but don't fall."
When Pang Xiao spoke, someone in the crowd responded immediately, and the crowded people were embarrassed and pushed hard.
Qin Yining was sitting at the window on the second floor of the teahouse at the moment, smiling at the crowded crowd at the gate of the city.
Bingtang also clicked her tongue: "It's been more than an hour, and the prince has only gone so far. How long does it take to get to the palace?"
Qin Yining smiled helplessly, "The people are too enthusiastic, and he can't do anything about it."
Qin Yining nodded to Tang Xiu who was behind him.
Tang Xiu nodded immediately and quietly retreated.
Soon, another voice came from the crowd.
"A great hero like Wang Ye is so good, he sacrificed his own family to protect our Great Zhou Dynasty, how come we are the only idiots to welcome him, why didn't the court arrange for someone to come here!"
Bringing up this topic again, those people who have been in close contact with Pang Xiao and talked to Pang Xiao are the most indignant in their hearts.
As the voice said, their hearts were also dissatisfied that Pang Xiao was treated so coldly.
More people complained.
In the hearts of the common people, Pang Xiao is a hero and a famous general.
If the emperor is a wise ruler, he should treat the famous generals with courtesy as Huaben or Mr. Storyteller said. If he can greet him in person, it will be more in line with everyone's imagination.
Regardless of whether this kind of imagination is reasonable or not, most people think this way.
Some people say what they think, and there are more complaints.
In the imperial study, Li Qitian had waited for two hours before anyone came, and he slapped the table fiercely in anger.
"That dog servant Xiong Jinshui is getting less and less able to do things, it takes so much effort to pass an oral order!"