Chang Huaien, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and saw Xu Jin roll the saddle and dismount, hurriedly led the crowd to greet him first, and said, "I have seen the Duke of Yasukuni, our family can look forward to you." ”

"I've seen Yasukuni."

"The lower official greets Grandpa Yasukuni!"

A number of local officials in Datong Mansion also stepped forward to greet Xu Jin, but only the prefect of Datong himself was missing, presumably not in the city at the moment, otherwise he would not dare to snub the high-ranking and powerful Xu Jin, unless he didn't want to mix.

Xu Jin responded one by one with a smile, and after the two sides finished greetings, he asked suspiciously: "Why is Chang Gonggong here?" ”

Chang Huai'en is the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and appears in Datong at this time, which is a bit unusual, Xu Jin has a vague premonition in his heart, Zhu Houxi's kid won't be near the left, right?

Sure enough, I only heard Chang Gonggong reply with a smile: "I don't know anything about Yasukuni, the emperor is inspecting the Xuanfu at the moment, and he will be patrolling Datong every day, and our family is the front station." ”

"What? The emperor is in Xuanfu at the moment, why didn't you say it earlier, our family has been talking nonsense with you here for a long time, hurry up, our family will rush to Xuanfu to ask the emperor for peace. Huang Jin jumped high as if he had been stepped on his tail, and turned around to get back on the horse.

Xu Jin couldn't help crying and laughing, this goods followed his Northern Expedition at the beginning of the year, although he had the title of a supervising army, but in fact, he had been playing soy sauce for more than half a year, and he didn't care about anything, at this time, he was quite active in patting the emperor's ass, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold him and said: "Huang Gonggong is a little restless, listen to Chang Gonggong first, maybe the emperor has already made arrangements?" ”

Other people's face can not be given, but Xu Jin's face must be given, Huang Jin had to stand up again, and asked with a restrained temperament: "Old Chang, does the emperor have any arrangements?" Don't say half and don't say half of the hanging. ”

Chang Huai'en is the eunuch who holds the seal of the eunuch, in other words, he is the boss of the eunuchs, and he is known as the prime minister, but Huang Jin is close to the emperor and does not take the eunuch Chang very seriously, so the tone of his speech is very casual and even a little disrespectful.

Fortunately, this Chang Gonggong's temper seems to be very good, and there is no displeasure, at least on the surface, I saw him nod and said: "The emperor estimates that the Jinggong will pass through Datong in the next few days, so he ordered our family to keep an eye on it, if the Jingguo Gong arrives in Datong, then let you wait in Datong first, you don't have to rush to Xuanfu, and then the emperor will patrol to Datong, and then the monarch and the ministers will meet each other, so as not to run back and forth." ”

As soon as this remark came out, the local officials present were all shocked in their hearts, and they all said that the emperor was very fond of Xu Jin, the Duke of Yasukuni, and it was not false from this point of view, maybe the emperor's patrol this time was to welcome Xu Jin's triumph, but he was afraid that the impact would not be good, so he found a reason to inspect the border defense.

It is said that the last time the Duke of Yasukuni expelled me from the pass, the emperor also personally went out of the city to greet him, and this time in the Northern Expedition, the Duke of Yasukuni not only swept away the Tatars, captured the Tatars, but also subdued the Wara, at the foot of the Yanran Mountain, carved stones for the Ming Dynasty, and even recaptured Dunhuang and Guazhou and other places from the hands of the Turva not long ago.

Xu Jin made a lifelong contribution this time, promoting the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, and it was normal for the emperor's temperament to come to Datong to greet him in triumph.

A group of generals behind Xu Jin all showed surprise at this moment, especially Yu Linsheng's goods, who were transferred off the front line by Xu Jin, and they were all unhappy along the way.

"When did the emperor leave Beijing? Who is with you? Xu Jin asked calmly.

Gonggong Chang couldn't help but secretly admire Xu Jin's favor and humiliation, because throughout the more than 150 years of history of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a precedent for the Son of Heaven to leave Beijing 700 miles to welcome the triumph of the general, and even Xu Da, the first founding general of the Ming Dynasty, did not have this kind of treatment.

"The emperor left Beijing on August 25 and arrived at Xuanfu eight days ago, accompanied by Xia Yan, a scholar from Wenyuan Pavilion University, and Zhai Luan, a scholar from Dongge University." Chang Gonggong replied.

Xu Jin silently calculated the day, he set off to return to Beijing on August 16, that is to say, Jiajing also left Beijing for a patrol soon after receiving the news that he left for Beijing.

Next, Xu Jin entered Datong City surrounded by a group of civil and military officials, and the place where the collapse was naturally prepared, just near the emperor's palace, was a large mansion with five entrances, luxurious and stylish, and it was said to be the property under the name of the king.

This acting king Zhu Junzhu appeared in front, the wedding of Princess Yongfu and Li Dayi was presided over by him on behalf of the clan, and later Li Dayi's identity was pierced by Xu Jin, and the acting king Zhu Junzhu was taken hostage by the demon Tao Tao Zhongwen, thanks to Xu Jin's plan to distract Li Dayi's attention, the sharpshooter Guo Jindiao took the opportunity to shoot Li Dayi and Tao Zhongwen twice in a row, Zhu Junzhu picked up his life, but he was also scared half dead.

In other words, Xu Jin was a lifesaver for the acting king Zhu Junzhu, so the acting king took the initiative to take out the mansion under his name for Xu Jin to live in temporarily.

It is worth mentioning here that at this moment, Zhu Junzhu, the acting king, is not in Datong City, and he and Zhang Sheng, the prefect of Datong, both went to Xuanfu to accompany him!

Xu Jin was not hypocritical, so he temporarily lived in the mansion provided by the king, pushed away most of the unnecessary entertainment, read and wrote every day, and occasionally chanted a few beautiful poems of later generations, which made Bing Niu'er's beautiful eyes shine, and the days were rare and leisurely.

As for Huang Jin's goods, he couldn't stay in Datong for one night, so he slipped out of the city early in the morning, and hurried to Xuanfu with a whip, for fear that he would not be able to reach the emperor's dragon fart if he went late.

On September 15 of the sixth year of Jiajing, Jiajing finally "patrolled" outside Datong City, and the pomp was quite large, Jinyiwei, Tengxiangwei, Yulinwei, Jin Wuwei, as well as Dongchang Fanzi who was sneaking in secret, plus the accompanying Beijing officials, local officials and nobles, etc., there were at least 20,000 or 30,000 people.

Xu Jin and Chang Huaien led the crowd out of the city half a day in advance to wait for the drive. The first to arrive was a team of Tengxiang Guard cavalry, followed by the spear-lined Yulin Guard infantry, and then a team of Jinyi Guards wearing flying fish suits, and the leader of this team of Jinyi Guards was Han Dajie.

It is said that Han Dajie was almost killed by Lu Bing, and hid in the Xu Mansion with serious injuries, but fortunately Xie Xiaowan rescued him, so he picked up his life, and later the emperor ordered Lu Bing to be executed, and there was also a credit for Han Dajie's personal testimony, and now Lao Han has been promoted, serving as the commander of Jinyiwei, the nominal third-in-command of Jinyiwei, of course, the real power is still not as good as Jinyiwei's north-south pacification.

"Han Dajie see Grandpa Yasukuni!" Han Dajie took three steps and made two steps to Xu Jin, and greeted him respectfully.

Xu Jin smiled and said, "No courtesy, old Han, it looks like you have been promoted, congratulations!" ”

Han Dajie grinned: "Thanks to the blessing of the grandfather of the country, his subordinates have indeed been promoted to a higher level, if it wasn't for the rescue of the Duchess of the country, the subordinates are now cold, and the grace of saving lives will never dare to forget!" As he spoke, he looked grateful.

"That's Lao Han, your life should not be extinguished, the so-called catastrophe will be blessed if you don't die!" Xu Jin smiled and diverted the topic: "Where is the emperor?" ”

Han Dajie looked whole and said: "Come on, there is still Lixu!" ”

As soon as Han Dajie finished speaking, he saw that the official road in the distance was dusty again, and rows of colorful flags came into view, and the noisy drums were faintly heard.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

"The emperor is here!"

At this moment, both sides of the official road have been crowded with ordinary people watching the excitement, and when they saw the Ming and Huanglong Banners from afar, they suddenly boiled, and they stretched their necks one by one and waited for it.

In ancient times, ordinary people almost all their lives guarded their own acres and threes of land to live, some people have never even left the village, not to mention the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that even the parents and officials of this county have not had the opportunity to see, and now they have the opportunity to see today, naturally they are flocking to it, and they can't wait to see the face of the sky.

Finally, the honor guard of the Son of Heaven is getting closer and closer, a luxurious royal chariot carried by thirty-six people is particularly eye-catching, guarded by a team of brightly armored Jinwu guards in the middle, under the apricot yellow Luo umbrella cover, a handsome young man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe is sitting on the side, looking solemn and majestic, it is the current Zi Jiajing is undoubted, and Huang Jin is slumping his waist, standing next to the former fan.

"Long live my emperor, long live long live, long live, long live!" Xu Jin led the crowd to kneel in the dust, and the old surnames around him also knelt down with the black pressure.

Jiajing sat on the imperial chariot, raised his hand and said, "Everyone, talk about the family!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Everyone bowed again before standing up, and as soon as Xu Jin raised his head, he met Jiajing's eager gaze, only to see the latter beckoning and saying, "Xu Qing's family came forward to speak." ”

Under the envious eyes of the officials, Xu Jin calmly walked to the imperial chariot, knelt down again and saluted: "Minister Xu Jin, see my emperor!" ”

"No courtesy, well, Xu Qing's family come up and sit down, you and I are so convenient for the two of you and the minister to get together."

As soon as these words came out, Xia Yan, Zhai Luan, Dai Wang and others, who were riding horses next to the imperial chariot, all changed color slightly, Xu Jin was also startled, how could the emperor and the imperial chariot be able to sit casually, and hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't dare!" ”

Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes and said, "I asked you to come up, why don't you dare, don't talk nonsense." ”

Rub, you kid have to roast your country's public shelf on the fire!

In desperation, Xu Jin had no choice but to board the imperial chariot under the gaze of a group of envious and jealous eyes, but he didn't dare to sit down, just standing next to Jiajing like Huang Jin, so as not to be beaten by the entourage of civil officials whose eyes were as red as rabbits.

Xue Bingxin saw that her man was standing cautiously beside the emperor, and he was a pair with Huang Gonggong who was hovering on the other side, she was angry and funny, and pursed her lips and whispered: "Look at that guy's appearance, just go into the palace and wait for the emperor!" ”

Cen Lan next to her snickered: "Sister Xin'er, is she willing?" ”

Xue Bingxin's face turned red and gave Cen Lan a white look, and then the imperial chariot was raised again and walked towards the city gate amid the sound of drums.