Imperial decree? What imperial edict
Not only was Yan Liqiang a little confused for a moment, but the expressions on the faces of the people around Yan Liqiang, including Lei Sitong, Zhong Hongyan and others, were all frozen at this moment, full of surprise.
Yan Liqiang originally thought that Lei Sitong and the others would know about such a drama on such an occasion. But just by looking at the expressions on the faces of Lei Sitong and others, Yan Liqiang knew that this was a complete accident and no one knew about it. Will someone come to declare some imperial edict at this time? There is only a big hole left in the imperial capital. Where did the imperial edict come from
Hearing that voice, everyone turned around and looked behind them.
The dense and thick crowd was separated from the back. There were only a dozen guards dressed like palace guards, with their chests and bellies raised, surrounding a eunuch wearing a purple robe and holding an imperial edict in both hands. They were squeezing through in eight-character steps. The dense crowd was struggling to come towards Yan Liqiang. The shout just now was probably made by these people.
Lei Sitong just glanced at those people, his thick eyebrows like knives suddenly wrinkled, the light in his majestic tiger eyes flashed twice, and then he immediately ordered, "Come here, pretend to be imperial envoys with these people." Capture that person and take him back for questioning..."
As soon as the governor gave the order, a large group of wolf-like guard generals gathered around them. When the onlookers saw such a scene, they quickly got out of the way in fear. The crowded venue was instantly transformed. A piece of it was cleared.
The old eunuch in purple robe had a calm attitude at first, with a majestic and serious expression on his face, but now he saw a group of soldiers with unkind expressions approaching with knives and guns, and dozens of crossbows clattered around him. He pointed at them all at once, and in the next second he might have crushed more than ten of them into flesh and shot them into hedgehogs. The old eunuch was so frightened that his face suddenly changed. He no longer cared about anything and just pulled them. She yelled with a thin voice, almost crying, "Master Yan, Master Yan, I am a person close to Queen Mother Rong. Qian Yang, Xiao Qianzi, I am here to announce the decree to your Majesty this time..."
"Wait a minute!" Yan Liqiang finally spoke. Not only did he speak, but he also thought about the snake. In just a moment, he understood what kind of imperial edict these people came to declare, what was the content of the imperial edict, and what was the content of the edict. , even Yan Liqiang was startled, but in a flash of thought, Yan Liqiang made a decision, raised his face and winked at Lei Sitong, then separated from the crowd around him with a look of surprise and walked towards those few people. After a few steps, I glanced at the father-in-law's face with wide eyes. Suddenly I was surprised, walked over, grabbed the old eunuch's hand, and said warmly and respectfully, "Ah, it's really money." Father-in-law, Eunuch Qian, why are you here? Get out of the way, get out of the way, and put this guy away..." Yan Li forced the surrounding guards to retreat, and then introduced to everyone, "This Eunuch Qian is the Queen Mother Rong. The people around me have served both His Majesty for a long time and are highly respected..."
Seeing Yan Liqiang acting like this, the surrounding guards stopped and quickly dispersed.
Regarding Yan Liqiang's performance, everyone around him had different expressions. When he heard Yan Liqiang say the title Queen Mother Rong, Lei Sitong looked a little strange. Of course he knew about the affairs of the Jinzhou court. This is something that now makes the governors of various states in the Han Empire scratch their heads. For these frontier officials of the Han Empire, the Jinzhou court, whether they admit it or not, seems to have a lot of troubles and is very difficult. He originally wanted to meet this time. After arriving at Yan Liqiang, they discussed with Yan Liqiang the policies and attitudes of Ganzhou and Qiyun Governor's Office towards the Jinzhou court and agreed on their views. But at this time, Lei Sitong heard that Yan Liqiang had called out the words of Queen Mother Rong and the two His Majesty. He I couldn't help but be surprised, hearing Yan Liqiang's tone, it seemed that he had already acknowledged the Jinzhou court.
It wasn't just Lei Sitong, the surrounding officials from Ganzhou and Qiyun Governor's Mansion and representatives from wealthy families in the northwest states all realized a lot just by looking at Yan Liqiang's attitude and tone. Zhong Hongyan and Zhong Hongzhang looked at each other. After taking a look, both of them had some surprise in their eyes. It's just that as bystanders, everyone didn't speak. Instead, they just stood aside and watched what happened. At the same time, they were curious in their hearts what edict these people were going to preach? Judging from the appearance of these people, they knew the time so accurately. They should have arrived in Qiyun County a long time ago, waiting to appear today.
As for Eunuch Qian, when he saw Yan Liqiang being so respectful to him and talking about His Majesty and Queen Mother Rong, and thinking about the suffering he had suffered all the way to Ganzhou, Eunuch Qian's tears suddenly fell down. He also held Yan Liqiang's hand tightly, and regarded Yan Liqiang as a relative, and said excitedly, "Master Yan is indeed a very loyal minister. What a loyal minister. Seeing Master Yan like this, it is not in vain for our family to bring guards." I have come all the way here to deliver the decree to Master Yan, and I am not afraid of Mr. Yan’s jokes. Now in the Han Empire, thieves and bandits are rampant everywhere. Our family’s journey here has been quite uneven. In order not to delay delivering the decree to Master Yan. , we and these guards disguised themselves as merchants along the way and did not dare to show off, so we arrived in Ganzhou safely... "
"Eunuch Qian and the guards have worked hard. After the decree is announced, I would like to ask Eunuch Qian to rest here for a few more days. When it is time to leave, I will send guards to take you away..."
Hearing Yan Liqiang talk about announcing the decree, Eunuch Qian suddenly remembered something and immediately wiped his tears with his sleeves, "Master Yan, let's not waste time. Let's receive the decree here..."
Yan Liqiang shook his head seriously, "Eunuch Qian has traveled thousands of miles to deliver the imperial edict. How can such a big event as announcing the edict be so hasty? Please wait a moment, Eunuch Qian. After I have people arrange the incense table, I will purify the water." Sa said, please ask the father-in-law to announce the decree again!" After saying that, Yan Liqiang directly ordered the people around him, "Go and prepare the incense table..."
"Master Yan is right, you are right, but we were a little hasty. I didn't expect there was an incense case here..." Eunuch Qian was extremely satisfied with Yan Liqiang's performance. He always felt that this was what an imperial envoy should be like. First in line.
After hearing Yan Liqiang's order, someone around him hurriedly went.
This incense table and other things were originally prepared here today to welcome Yan Liqiang and the others in triumph. Everything is ready-made, and there are also some tribute items, including umbrella covers. All you need to do is carry those things over, and it will look even better. Solemn and solemn.
"Shen Teng, what do you think the boss is doing? Let's work hard to take back the Gulang Grassland, pacify the Black Jie people, and take over such a huge territory. What if the Jinzhou imperial court decrees to send us this time? The officials will come to take it over, or ask the boss to let the Gulang grassland out, what can we do?" Seeing Yan Liqiang talking cordially to the old eunuch, Shi Dafeng frowned slightly and touched him with his elbow. Shen Teng's stomach turned and he said in a low voice, "I think we should take this old eunuch back first and ask clearly what the content of the imperial edict is. If the imperial edict is good for us, we will accept it. If the imperial edict is not good for us, we will pretend that it does not exist. This is happening!"
Shen Teng was also a little confused. According to his opinion, what Shi Dafeng said was the safest thing. But at this time, he didn't know what to say. He was just thinking in his heart, could the boss really care about Jinzhou? Is that court loyal
In fact, it's not just the two of them. There are definitely not a few people around who have this idea at this moment.
In just a moment, the place where the decree was announced had been completely arranged. Everything was just as Yan Liqiang said. The incense table and offerings were arranged facing the north. A little water was symbolically sprinkled around the place. Behind the incense table A merit umbrella prepared for Yan Liqiang today was also placed. The surrounding soldiers cleared the area and specially asked Eunuch Qian to announce the decree...
(End of chapter)