The middle-aged man was in a dilemma, not knowing how to continue the scene, and subconsciously looked at the minister next to him who was dressed as a civil servant and had a sinister expression.
The gloomy-looking minister raised his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, with a wandering expression, as if he didn't see the middle-aged man's eyes.
When the middle-aged man saw this, his face looked ugly, but he held back his temper and gritted his teeth and said:
"One hundred taels of gold!"
Upon hearing this, Minister Yinjie raised his eyes to look at the middle-aged man, shook his head slowly, and whispered:
"I, Li Lian, have said before that the grand master is leading the troops outside, and maintaining stability in the court is the first priority. I asked Lord Wei to stop doing these unnecessary things. Your Excellency did not listen. Now that all officials are here, it is a difficult situation to get off..."
"Just tell me if there is any way!" Wei Zhongli interrupted impatiently.
"I have to add money, five hundred taels of gold!" Li Lian said with a smile.
"You stupid corrupt official, I'll give it to you later!" Zhong Li gritted his teeth with a look of pain on his face.
Hearing this, Li Lian slowly shook his head, stretched out his right hand, and said with a smile:
"The rule of Tingwei is to collect money first and then do things... always leave some proof!"
Hearing this, Zhong Li almost went crazy, but had no idea what to do. With a livid face, he took off the gold seal from his waist and stuffed it into Li Lian's hand.
"The Golden Seal of the Guard, I'll give it to you first!"
Li Lian took the golden seal calmly and said softly:
"Wait a moment longer, and the rescuers will arrive!"
"What?" Zhong Li said blankly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of rapid horse hooves resounded in everyone's ears.
Zhongli followed the sound and saw several elite cavalrymen wearing silver armor, silver helmets with white feathers, and brocade robes and capes behind them, galloping towards them.
Several knights, with superb riding skills and impressive aura, looked like they were military masters who had been conquered on the battlefield. This attire made the surrounding forbidden troops dare not stop them, and they all moved out of the way without the need for an order from the general.
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The knight galloped over Xiao Cheng's carriage, and suddenly reined in the horse in front of the crowd of officials. The strong horse made a long neigh, which was extremely frightening.
The leading knight stood on his horse, looked around, with an unruly look on his face, showed the jade talisman in his hand, and said coldly:
"The grand master has returned to the capital. The carriage has arrived and all the officials are waiting for him!"
The officials, who had been wearing wooden carvings just now, immediately reacted and quickly straightened their clothes.
Zhong Li twitched the corner of his mouth, gritted his teeth and said to Li Lian:
"The person you are talking about rescuing the siege is the Grand Master?"
"When the Grand Master comes back, this situation will be solved... I will send someone to get five hundred taels of gold after the court is over!" Li Lian shrugged, and then put the Weiwei's golden seal in his arms in front of Zhong Li.
"Give me back my gold seal!" Zhong Li was so angry that he stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Lian's sleeve tightly.
"Why? Didn't I give you a way to get out of the situation?"
"You relied on your well-informed knowledge and knowledge that the Grand Master was coming back today to defraud me of my money!"
Li Lian pulled back his sleeves calmly and whispered:
"It's all about making money. You and I love each other, so how can we lie... Hush, the Grand Master has arrived!"
Zhong Li listened to the sound of horse hooves gradually becoming clearer in his ears, glared at Li Lian fiercely, and backed away unwillingly.
"Da da da", there was a crisp sound of horse hooves, and the sound of golden swords accompanied by the collision of soldiers and armors sounded at the end of the royal road.
Everyone present looked together, and saw from a distance, a team of extremely elite men and horses, all wearing silver armor, holding lances, long swords on their waists, and white feathers on their heads. All knights in brocade robes were facing towards them.
Come here.
This team of elite cavalry has a neat military appearance, and the terrifying killing energy around them is condensed and undissipated, and their power is astonishing. Just taking a look at it from a distance makes people feel that their chest is extremely depressed. Although there are only more than a hundred people, it seems that they are facing thousands of people.
The army is as large as thousands of horses.
The cavalry in front of us is called the White Feather Army, which is the bodyguard of Grand Master Wang Xiao. The number of the entire army is only two hundred, but they are all formed by masters in the army selected by Wang Xiao personally.
Those who join the White Feather Army are all graciously supported by Grand Master Wang Xiao. They have plenty of rice and meat every day. They hire skilled craftsmen to forge armors and weapons, and also provide elixirs and medicine books for practice. Even the horses under them are not from Tiannan.
It was a pony, but a BMW that Wang Xiaohua paid a huge price for and picked out from the Western Regions.
In the past few years, the White Feather Army has made great achievements in conquering the north and south. Although its number is small, it has become a famous and powerful army in the world.
Nenglao Bai Yujun personally escorted him, so there was no need to guess the identity of the person in front of him.
It was Wang Xiao, the Grand Master who had been in charge of the military and political affairs of Yun State for more than 20 years and had great power in both the government and the public.
Wang Xiao's carriage drove straight towards him and did not stop until he was in front of the crowd of officials.
The carriage door opened wide, and Taishi Wang Xiao walked straight out of the carriage.
"Your Majesty, I would like to welcome the Grand Master!" All the officials were extremely respectful and knelt down on the ground. The sound of shouts from the mountains was loud. Compared with how they treated Xiao Cheng before, at this time, they were more like how officials should treat a king.
appearance.
Xiao Cheng, who was sitting in a jade chariot, looked at Wang Xiao carefully through the car window.
He looks to be about forty or fifty years old, slightly thin in stature, square in appearance, and calm in temperament. In addition, what is even more impressive is his pair of deep and lively eyes.
At a glance, there is no overlap in the images of Wang Xiao and Xiao Cheng's imagined usurper of power. Instead, they are the kind of images that make people very easy to like.
Wang Xiao glanced at the kneeling officials, without moving his expression. Instead, he went straight to Xiao Cheng's carriage, bowed and said in a deep voice:
"After the death of the late emperor, everyone in the government and the public mourned. His Highness went to Ganye Temple to fast and pray for the late emperor. His filial piety moved the heavens. However, the country cannot be without a king for a day. I would like to ask Your Highness to put the country and the dynasty as the most important thing and enthrone as a great treasure.
Chao Zuna!"
This sentence was the fixed procedure before Emperor Yun's accession to the throne.
As soon as Wang Xiao said this, the attendants in the palace relaxed a little, and quickly followed the procedure, replacing Xiao Cheng, and said loudly:
"I don't have enough talent and virtue to dare to shoulder the responsibility of the society..."
Before the waiter finished speaking, Wang Xiao suddenly fell to his knees and said loudly:
"My lord, please pay homage to Your Majesty!"
Upon seeing this, a group of civil and military ministers did not hesitate and shouted:
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
When the palace attendant saw this, he couldn't help but feel bitter on his face.
I'm asking for my life, but I don't do it according to etiquette!
Xiao Cheng looked at Wang Xiao who was kneeling on the ground quietly through the slightly opened jade car door, with deep eyes.
Look, compared to the officials blocking the door and forcing him to bow his head and submit, Wang Xiao's move is truly brilliant.
He did not follow the complicated and hypocritical etiquette, and directly led hundreds of officials to force Xiao Cheng to ascend the throne. On the first hand, he did not give up an excuse to intimidate the young master, and it was irresponsible that he did not follow the etiquette. Secondly, he also let Xiao Cheng know that this
All the ministers in the court were already following his lead.
The palace attendant had a grimace on his face and hesitated again and again, so he had no choice but to follow the original process and continue the procedure.
After being blocked in front of the palace by hundreds of officials for several hours, the jade chariot moved slowly, and drove into the palace as officials knelt to see him off.
Sitting in the jade chariot, Xiao Cheng looked through the car window at the faces of the officials passing by, his eyes extremely cold.
