(Easter egg at the end of the chapter, King Yong enters Bei'an Mansion, Hu Dabiao is in the limelight!)
On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month of the first year of Jingping, the south gate of Bei'an City was wide open.
Elite soldiers in full armor have now taken over the city defense and are standing at their posts in high spirits.
These soldiers naturally belong to Prince Yong's Mansion.
In the open space outside the city gate, people were kneeling along both sides of the road. It was roughly estimated that there were at least two thousand people.
Those on both sides of the road were senior officers, at least at the Qianhu level, and there were seven or eight commanders.
These people were all senior officials of the Beidi Dusi. They were the first to surrender. Their soldiers had been properly arranged, so they could leave the army and come to Fucheng to greet Zhao Yanxun.
That's right, Zhao Yanxun will be stationed in Bei'an Fucheng today.
Near the suspension bridge, Yan Jianzhang and several commanders were kneeling. They had been kneeling for more than ten minutes.
If it weren't for the pads tied to their knees, they might not be able to endure it at this age.
Finally, the sound of horse hooves came to their ears again.
Everyone looked up and saw that a Tanma was coming, and it was supposed to be sent by Bei'an Prefecture.
"Your Majesty's carriage has passed the water bridge..."
"Your Majesty's carriage has passed the water bridge..."
The visitor loudly announced Zhao Yanxun's location, making everyone present have a clue.
The Electric Water Bridge is only half a mile away from the city. If it were not blocked by trees, the troops arriving at the city gate would have been visible.
About a minute after the two of them got ready, a large group of elite soldiers and horses came over and stood upright along both sides of the road.
The zombies around the city have basically disappeared after being cleaned up yesterday afternoon and this morning.
Through this move, the palace showed its powerful strength to the soldiers and civilians in the city, and made them understand that surrender was the best way out.
Of course, after all the zombies are killed, new ones will appear. In order to ensure the peace around the city today, Cui Xing'an is leading his cavalry around the city to kill the small groups of zombies that appear.
Even though he had experienced a few hours of peace, Yan Jianzhang still felt incredible at this moment that he could really destroy zombies.
"Master Luo, is this how peace is restored in Longyou?"
Laurent nodded and replied: "Yes, Beidi County will be the same!"
Yan Jianzhang sighed and said, "That's great!"
At this moment, he thought of his dead relatives and friends, and the difficult times in the previous two years.
"The prince's carriage is here..."
After Luo Lun's reminder, Yan Jianzhang looked up and saw a large group of people arriving at the official road not far away.
"The man riding Jia in front is His Highness King Yong?" Yan Jianzhang couldn't help but ask.
Luo Lun raised his head and looked carefully before shaking his head and saying, "No... His Highness is coming by car this time!"
Luo Lun was right. The man riding the horse at the front was indeed not Zhao Yanxun, but Hu Dabiao who was in charge of the guards.
At this moment, Hu Dabiao, carrying a steel knife on his waist, wearing brand new armor, with a proud smile on his face, was riding at the front of the team approaching the city.
Behind him were more than twenty soldiers holding various flags, and behind him was a carriage guarded by heavy troops. Zhao Yanxun was sitting in the carriage at the moment.
At this time, he had replaced his thickened clothes and was wearing a red round-necked dragon robe. On the small square table to his left was his Wusha Wing Shan Crown.
When he arrived in Bei'an Fucheng today, he didn't have much business. He just met Luo Lun and Yan Jianzhang. The commanders of the Beidi Dusi and thousands of households would not be summoned by him.
The reason why he did not see these commanders and Qianhu was that Zhao Yanxun planned to meet them together in two days.
He has sent an order to the Imperial Army and the Longwei Prefecture, and all officers with a thousand households and above are to come to Bei'an Prefecture to have an audience. The time is set for the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month.
Just as I was thinking about this, a reminder came from outside the carriage: "Your Majesty, there is a suspension bridge ahead!"
"Um!"
At this moment, Hu Dabiao, who was at the front of the team, had already crossed the suspension bridge on horseback. A foot away in front of him were Luo Lun and Yan Jianzhang, who were already kneeling on the ground.
"The prince said, there is no need for complicated ceremonies, just go directly to the city!" Hu Dabiao conveyed the king's order.
"yes!"
After answering, Yan Jianzhang and Luo Lun stood up and came to both sides of the road.
Then, Hu Dabiao was able to continue moving forward, and the team behind him followed suit.
Still kneeling on the ground, Yan Jianzhang felt uneasy.
I originally wanted to use the grand welcome ceremony to get closer to King Yong, but I didn't know that Zhao Yanxun didn't give him a chance to flatter him.
Hearing the rumble of the carriage approaching, Yan Jianzhang did not dare to look up.
On the other hand, the ordinary soldiers who were far away quietly raised their heads to watch.
Except for Zhao Yanxun's carriage, the neat footsteps of the team attracted the attention of everyone present.
Most of the people present had never seen such a well-disciplined army, so they were all amazed in their hearts.
Soon, Zhao Yanxun's motorcade entered the city, and the troops behind them also entered the city one after another.
After all Yong's troops entered the city, Yan Jianzhang ordered everyone to get up and return to the city one after another.
Unlike the superior officer's sorrow, the soldiers below were very happy.
All the forces in Beidi County have been unified, there is no more fighting against each other, and their survival is guaranteed after submitting to the royal palace, so how can they be unhappy.
Only people in high positions would worry about whether their status would be affected by such changes.
So they were frightened and worried.
Besides, Zhao Yanxun entered Fucheng and his carriage stopped outside Beididusi.
When he got off the carriage, Luo Lun, Yan Jianzhang and Zhang Guangshi were already waiting outside.
"See Your Highness!"
After getting off the carriage, Zhao Yanxun walked up the steps with his hands behind his back, and then said: "Everyone, get up!"
Having a rough understanding of Zhao Yanxun's temperament and watching him walk into the Dusi Gate, Luo Lun led Yan Jianzhang and followed him all the way in.
In fact, after entering the gate, Zhao Yanxun was not in a hurry to walk inside, but took a casual walk inside the Yamen.
After walking for about a dozen steps, Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice: "You are in charge of the Yamen, you are quite impressive!"
These words were particularly terrible in Yan Jianzhang's ears, because the current Dusi Yamen was rebuilt from the Xijing Prince's Palace.
After killing all the people in Xijing's palace, Liu Shili not only emptied the palace, but also directly changed the palace into a government office and brought his family members in to enjoy it.
Luo Lun and the three of them all knew about this, but at the moment they didn't dare to explain it, and they didn't know how to explain it.
Then Zhao Yanxun said: "What? This was originally the palace of Prince Xijing. Yan Qian doesn't want to explain it to Gu?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Jianzhang felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his whole body immediately collapsed to the ground.
"Your Highness, the occupation of Prince Xijing's Mansion was planned by Liu Shili. I... I..."
Saying you don’t know is definitely a lie. Saying you didn’t participate makes it look like you don’t have three hundred taels of silver...
In fact, no matter what Yan Jianzhang says at this moment, it is difficult to get a perfect response. Everything depends on Zhao Yanxun's mentality.
Different from Yan Jianzhang's fear, when Zhao Yanxun directly brought up the matter of Xijing Prince's Mansion, Luo Lun on the side was convinced that Yan Jianzhang was safe.
If you don't want to save his life, then why bother talking about these nonsense? Wouldn't it be easier to just kill him like Zhu Jihong did.
Of course, this is only what bystanders think. As a person involved, it is a normal reaction to be frightened at this moment.
"In the case of King Xijing, even if you are not the mastermind, you can still be called an accessory..."
Upon hearing this, Yan Jianzhang became even more frightened.
"I am guilty... Please punish me, Your Highness!"
At the moment, Yan Jianzhang can only say this, he no longer knows how to defend himself.
The scene was completely silent. When Yan Jianzhang was covered in cold sweat, he heard Zhao Yanxun say: "The King of Xijing is dead, and people cannot be resurrected... After all, you are not the mastermind, and I don't want to cause more killings!"
"Since I asked you to lead your troops to surrender, I will naturally not break your promise, so you should take the blame and perform meritorious service!"
To Zhao Yanxun, it didn't matter whether King Xijing lived or died, after all, he neither knew nor had feelings for these people.
But in Yan Jianzhang's eyes, Zhao Yanxun's willingness to forgive him for killing the clan was an incredible kindness.
Just as Yan Jianzhang burst into tears of gratitude, Zhao Yanxun said in a more serious tone: "I am a frank person. I will explain the matter to you today..."
"The past affairs have been wiped out. Now that you have surrendered to the palace, you should always put the interests of the palace first... I hope you will live up to my trust, and I will live up to your sincerity!"
After hearing these heart-wrenching words, Yan Jianzhang's heart calmed down. At least he no longer had to worry about it and could only do his errands honestly.
At this moment, Yan Jianzhang said fiercely: "Your Highness, I am very grateful for your kindness. From now on... I will be loyal to the king, even to the death!"
Zhao Yanxun nodded, smiled and said: "I'll take it as what you said...get up!"
The moment he stood up, Yan Jianzhang felt like he was reborn.
It was also at this time that he deeply felt how powerful King Yong was in manipulating people's hearts. It was no wonder that he was able to build up the foundation of King Yong's Mansion in these troubled times.