A vigorous and agile sweat horse galloped along the bluestone official road with light steps, its hooves tumbling, its long mane flying, leaving behind the clatter of horse hooves and raising gusts of wind.
The man in black sat majestically on the back of a tall horse, skipping past the long queue of gatekeepers at lightning speed, suddenly pulling the rope, controlling the flying horse, and stopped in front of the huge welcoming team.
Huo Jingchen looked up and saw that the ancient city wall was covered with traces of time. The towering bluestone city wall was impregnable and magnificent, highlighting the prosperity, nobility and turbulent years of Shengjing.
"Old slave, see General Weiyuan!" An old eunuch with silver threads gradually climbing up his hair respectfully saluted Huo Jingchen.
Huo Jingchen turned over nimbly, dismounted from his horse smoothly, and strode forward to help Gao Desheng, who was bowing and saluting.
"Please get up, Eunuch Gao. I'd like to trouble Eunuch Gao to wait for a long time."
"The general is trying to kill me. This is your majesty's favor to the general. Originally, your majesty wanted to welcome the general back to the capital in person, but because Zhao Xiang and others blocked it, he had to send an old slave here to welcome the general on your majesty's behalf. This is the old slave.
It's my honor to be a slave." Gao Desheng expressed the feelings of Emperor Jian'an earnestly.
"Your Majesty is considerate. I would like to express my deepest gratitude for everything being well." Huo Jingchen understood and bowed deeply in the direction of the palace.
"General, hurry up and follow the old slave into the palace to thank me! Your Majesty can't wait any longer!" Gao Desheng interrupted him and urged loudly.
"Okay! Father-in-law, please."
"General, please go first!"
The majestic two hundred soldiers of the Huo family rushed towards the palace along with the welcoming team brought by Huo Jingchen and Gao Desheng.
"Look, Xiaobao! That's General Weiyuan, who annihilated the 80,000 main force in Beidi with only 30,000 Huo's troops, beat the Beidi people to pieces, and moved them back to the depths of the grassland!" A middle-aged man hugged a chubby boy.
His face turned red with excitement and he shouted loudly.
"General Weiyuan is so heroic and domineering, he is indeed our great man in Dasheng!" the tall old man on the side shouted angrily.
"If you ask me, Your Majesty is still wise and powerful! Regardless of the obstruction of many ministers in the imperial court, he sent the young general General Huo, otherwise there would be no great victory in Jingzhou!" A man dressed as a scholar shouted loudly.
"Your Majesty is wise! The general is mighty!"
"Your Majesty is wise! The general is mighty!"
"Your Majesty is wise! The general is mighty!"
The powerful shouts lingered in the sky above Shengjing City, disturbing the birds resting on the eaves, and igniting the passionate pride of the people in Shengjing.
"The general has won the hearts of the people!" Gao Desheng, who was riding a tall white horse, said with a smile as he looked at Huo Jingchen, who was also riding a sweaty horse.
"This is all the result of your majesty's wisdom and martial prowess, and the respect of my people in Dasheng for your majesty." Huo Jingchen cupped his fists, bowed towards the palace, and said seriously.
Gao Desheng's smile gradually deepened, but he said nothing.
At the window edge of Juxiangzhai, the largest restaurant in Shengjing, a man in purple clothes looked intently at the majestic winding procession below. When he stared at the man in black riding a horse in front, a meaningful light flashed in his eyes.
"Master, do we want to silence him?" the black-clothed attendant on the side asked in a low voice, and made a weak gesture at his throat with his broad palm.
"No, Huo Jingchen is not a vegetarian. Since he has come back, let him check it out first. Then wait for the opportunity and give him a big gift." The man in purple raised the corners of his mouth slightly and played with it nonchalantly.
Wearing the wolf tooth jade pendant around her waist.
"yes."
In this room, Huo Jingchen and his party walked through the majestic palace gate, passed through the vast bluestone square, stepped on the carefully carved white marble steps, and slowly walked into the deep palace with red bricks and green tiles.
Huo Jingchen calmly stepped over the eunuchs guarding him on both sides. He looked up and saw a king who looked down upon the world on a gold-lacquered dragon throne under a black gold-plated nanmu plaque with the words "Guotai Minan" written like a frightening dragon.
"My lord, Huo Jingchen pays homage to your majesty. May your majesty be safe." Huo Jingchen lowered his eyebrows and said.
Emperor Jian'an, wearing a yellow robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, hurriedly stepped down the golden dragon stone steps. He eagerly helped Huo Jingchen up, took his hand and said earnestly: "You're fine, no need to be polite, get up quickly."
"Good! Good! Good! You are indeed my mighty general!" Emperor Jian'an patted Huo Jingchen's strong shoulder and shouted with a loud laugh.
Huo Jingchen smiled faintly and remained silent.
"It's okay. I have wronged you this time. I will definitely find out the real culprit! How dare you attack my General Weiyuan! I want to see who wants to kill you!" Emperor Jian'an became more and more angry as he thought about it.
, Shen Sheng assured.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Huo Jingchen thought for a moment and agreed.
"When you come back this time, I plan to make you the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, and you can stay in the capital in the future." Emperor Jian'an looked at Huo Jingchen with a look of relief and said.
"Your Majesty, you can't do that! I have so little qualifications, how can I take on such an important responsibility?"
"What's more, Beidi is still eyeing him and Jingzhou is unstable. How can I have the face to stay in the capital?" Upon hearing this, Huo Jingchen hurriedly refused.
"What's wrong! If you have made great achievements, you should be heavily rewarded. If the meritorious officials are not rewarded, how can I govern the world!" Emperor Jian'an was not happy and said loudly.
If Prime Minister Zhao was here, he would probably roll his eyes again. When he asked Emperor Jian'an for rewards for newly promoted officials, why didn't he see him being so generous? A left minister of the Ministry of War actually gave it away so easily!
"Your Majesty, think twice. I care about Jingzhou wholeheartedly. I forgive you for not obeying your order."
Seeing Huo Jingchen's stubborn eyebrows that seemed familiar to him, Emperor Jian'an knew that there was nothing he could do to him, so he sighed.
"That's all, you can go if you want!"
"It's been a long time since I had dinner with you, so please stay here today! I'll report on my duties later."
At this time, Gao Desheng, who had been waiting for a long time, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, let's let General Huo wash up first. This boat is so tiring, General Huo's appearance is not neat, so as not to bump into the saint."
"Where did the collision come from? But you are right, everything is fine. You should go and wash up first!" Emperor Jian'an retorted subconsciously, but after all he felt sorry for Huo Jingchen and ordered him warmly.
"I obey." Huo Jingchen respectfully agreed, and then followed Gao Desheng to the back room.
By the time Huo Jingchen finished debriefing, the sky had gradually darkened. The dark sky was silent, and the clear light fell all over the ground, taking care of the dark shadows of passers-by who returned late.
Emperor Jian'an therefore strongly invited Huo Jingchen to stay in the palace for a night, but Huo Jingchen refused because his parents had not spoken to each other for a long time, otherwise he would have to stay in the palace tonight.
"Your Majesty has been talking about the general. When the general is free, he might as well come to the palace to visit your majesty." Gao Desheng said with a low smile as he saw Huo Jingchen out of the palace.
"Definitely, father-in-law, please come back!" Huo Jingchen agreed, smiling and waving to Gao Desheng.
Looking at the tall figure receding in front of him, Gao Desheng glanced at the bright and glorious Dasheng Palace, sighed, and walked back slowly.
The dark night sky is dotted with sparkling stars, like a Milky Way paved with fine quicksand, lying on the dark blue sky. The boundless earth has fallen asleep.
Except for the gentle evening breeze of autumn night blowing in waves, except for the occasional barking of a dog, and except for the dim warm yellow bean light reflected in the windows on both sides of the street, the desolate street is silent.
Silent.
Huo Jingchen led his soldiers on tall horses and galloped through the city of Shengjing. With firm eyes and a smile on his face, he galloped past low buildings one after another and stopped in front of a magnificent mansion.
Looking up, I saw a majestic and magnificent mansion standing in front of me, lifelike. Two domineering and powerful stone lions guarded the huge house. On the black nanmu plaque hanging on the top of the red-painted door, there was an elegant and handsome inscription engraved on it.
The "Huo Guogong Mansion" is a three-pointer.
With a crash, Huo Jingchen turned over handsomely, landed smoothly, and strode towards the gate of Duke Huo's Mansion.
The soldiers on the side stood with solemn expressions, motionless, waiting for orders.
"The eldest son is back! The eldest son is back!" The young man who had been waiting in front of the door for a long time immediately beamed with joy when he saw the familiar figure, and hurriedly ran into the courtyard of the deep house, shouting as he ran.
A large group of waiting Huo family members who were tired from waiting at the gate for a long time and went to rest on the stone table in the large courtyard were overjoyed when they heard this. They immediately stood up and hurried to the gate.
A burst of hurried footsteps got closer and closer. Huo Jingchen felt a familiar breath, stopped and stood quietly, staring in the direction of the door expectantly.
Sure enough, a group of people headed by a beautiful woman suddenly appeared at the gate.
When she saw Huo Jingchen, whom she had not seen for a long time, Mrs. Huo's eyes lit up and her eyes turned slightly red. She threw away the hand of the maid in green who was holding her and trotted towards him in a hurry.
"Brother Chen, my son! You are finally back." Mrs. Huo looked at her son with tearful eyes, and her delicate hands couldn't help but gently caress Huo Jingchen's tired brows.
Huo Jingchen immediately caught his mother who was running towards him and said gently: "Mom, the child is back. The child is unfilial and makes mother worried." He knelt down to apologize.
Mrs. Huo quickly stopped her son from kneeling down and said anxiously: "What are you doing! Get up quickly."
"That's right! Brother, you finally came back, so don't be so polite." Huo Jingyan, who had been secretly looking forward to being reunited with his eldest brother for a long time, interrupted the two of them, fearing that his mother would burst into tears again and flood the golden mountain.
"Yes, Auntie, please stop crying. It's a good thing that big brother is back!" Huo Yunyao, a girl in pink clothes, hurriedly approached and held Mrs. Huo's arm and comforted her sweetly.
After all, she was worried about being rude at the gate. Mrs. Huo calmed down and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. She barely suppressed the surging emotions in her heart and smiled through her tears. Her eyes looked gently at the person she had been separated from for a long time.