The ten-mile long pavilion near Yuetaifang in the west of Bianliang, Tokyo, the honor guard to welcome Xiao Tang and his party is five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, and the forbidden army generals are lined up in clear clothes and armor, and even the musicians of the ceremonial band are gathered early, just waiting for Xiao Tang to lead the army to arrive here.

It was already a moment, and the inner belly steward of Xiao Tang's mansion in Bianjing, and the big and small officials got the news of the fast horse, and they all gathered around the long pavilion, which can also be said to be a gathering of nobles, and they had already arranged their own affairs nearby, and the high color shed was mostly lined with musicians who were good at playing various musical instruments of silk, bamboo, and Zhongxin, although Xiao Tang and other people and horses had not arrived for the time being, everyone urged and greeted, and it was noisy and lively.

Those who were waiting for Xiao Tang were not only Shi Xiu, Yang Xu, Zheng Tianshou, Hou Jian, and Yan Qing, Le He, Shi Qian, and other confidants in Xiao Mansion who returned to Bianjing, but also Wang Huan, Han Cunbao, Zhang Kai, Xu Jing, Yang Wen and most of the ten jiedu figures also gathered here, but although most of them were friendly with Xiao Tang, a late student, they could make these people who were also respected in the army come to the Qing Palace and respectfully greet them, but it was because of the natural god general Liu Fa.

In addition to the good generals of the Great Song Dynasty and the Jiaozhi border, most of the people in the Ten Sections were recruited to join the army, or accumulated military merits and were promoted to the next place, and the place where the battle was fought was the northwest frontier court, which was the most fierce in the Song Dynasty. Tong Guan falsely reported his military exploits, and even the above table of Liu Fa was defeated and lost his division, Wang Huan, Han Cunbao and others have more or less heard some rumors, although most of them are now idle in Bianjing with a false name and no real power, but the country's cadres will be persecuted and killed, and then think of Mei Dalang Mei Zhan, a close friend for many years, has already been disgraced, and returned to the township, Wang Huan and others are also hostile and indignant, even if it is difficult to compete with Tong Guan, Gao Yu and other powerful ministers in the court, but at least at this moment, Wang Huan and others must also express their attitude.

Shi Xiu, Yang Xu and other generals in Xiao Mansion and Wang Huan, Han Cunbao and other military generals were in Bianjing and occasionally interacted with each other, and they were also very familiar with each other. The rest of the companions sent by the ministry were busy, walking around from time to time, exploring Xiao Tang's chariot and fast horses, shuttling back and forth, constantly reporting the news of Xiao Tang's imminent arrival.

At last a fast horse came galloping and shouted to the crowd, "Report! The men and horses led by Xiao Jieshuai and Liu Jingluo have arrived here! ”

Shi Xiu, Yan Qing, Wang Huan, Han Cunbao and others all got up after hearing this, dressed up slightly, and stepped forward. Tie called Zile and then went to instruct the musician to make all kinds of music play, and the inside and outside of the ten-mile long pavilion suddenly became lively again.

After a while, everyone saw the distant sun-reflecting flag fluttering in the wind, a group of soldiers and horses with swords and guns and a bright sun rushing towards them, the prestige and momentum were mighty and majestic, and the army and health were also like tigers and horses like dragons.

This time, Xiao Tang first went to the border court as a deputy envoy to supervise the army, although he made great achievements, but the troops he commanded successively suffered heavy casualties. The troops of the Western Army, the Xizhou Command Envoy, and the soldiers and horses of the Hedong Jingnan Army successively bid farewell to Xiao Tang, and after each returned to the original jurisdiction, the 4,000 soldiers who were originally drawn from the Bianliang Forbidden Army in Tokyo only survived more than 1,300 people, together with the chain of horses and iron cavalry under the command of Hu Yanzhuo, the soldiers and horses who returned to their hometowns after the war in Chenzhou Han Tao and Yingzhou Peng Xi were also known to be worth about 3,000, but all the soldiers in the army were majestic, and the spirit, energy, and spirit that had been fought in the sea of blood in the corpse mountain were far from other Bianjing forbidden troops. In fact, many of the subordinates have been reduced to the slaves of the high and weak soldiers.

Shi Xiu, Yan Qing, Wang Huan, Han Cunbao and others saw Xiao Tang galloping out on his horse, wearing a suit of strong armor, riding a red fire and red horse with a thousand miles of neighing wind, and the robe was fluttering in the strong wind, and that kind of spirit was fierce. And Liu Fa, the general of the Western Army, also took advantage of the sedan chair set up by the four military guards to walk side by side with Xiao Tang, and walked straight in the direction of the ten-mile long pavilion.

"Since I said goodbye to Liu Jingluo, I haven't thought about it often, and I heard that Liu Jingluo was fighting with Brother Cha, the king of Fan, in addition to framing, like sitting on pins and needles, I asked Xiao Fu for letters again and again, and entrusted Xiao Tang Xiaoyou to take care of Liu Jingluo, and finally met again in Bianjing today!"

Wang Huanzheng said, when Xiao Tang turned over and dismounted, he and the people from the Western Army in the Ten Sections and other Jiedu envoys who admired Liu Fawei's name bowed their heads. Xiao Tang stepped aside sideways, and only when Wang Huan, Han Cunbao and the others got up did he say: "Your seniors have a heart, and you should have entered the Beijing Master Visit, but you don't want to meet your seniors here again." ”

In the ten knots, he still had an old temper, and he rolled his eyes again when he heard Xiao Tang say, and said: "Boy, do you think that it will be too big for you to become a knotty envoy with our elder brothers, and you will still get an important position in the Privy Council, and you still want a few of us to go out of Beijing to welcome you?" If it weren't for the fact that Liu Jingluo, the natural god general, returned to Beijing, but it wasn't you, the kid should come to visit our brother first? ”

"What Zhang Jieshuai said is, but it was the younger generation who got the light of Liu Jingluo."

Xiao Tang smiled and nodded, and said again. And Liu Fa saw that some of the current old subordinates and a group of people saluted him, he sighed and said: "Although Wang Jieshuai and Han Jieshuai used to obey orders in front of my tent back then, but now you have achieved fame. ”

Han Cunbao's face showed anger when he heard this, and said: "Why did Liu Jingluo lose his army to Brother Cha, the king of Nabo, and how was he coerced by Tong Xuanshuai to take the risk of sending troops, some time ago, there were letters and exchanges in the Xiao brothers' mansion, and the generals and others also had a general idea of the reason. Liu Jingluo became famous in the Biansai campaign, and he was a veteran who made great contributions to the country, but he was wronged and humiliated, how could he be indifferent to the generals? Kai and Brother Xiao fought side by side against the Xia Army, his temperament Liu Jingluo is naturally very clear, and no matter how much the general takes some favors from the last general, he must not let Liu Jingluo be framed by rape, not only succumbing to the hero! ”

Xiao Tang sighed when he heard the words on the side, Shijiedu are all veterans of the previous dynasty, and now they only have a false name and no real power, even if Yang Wen who inherited the Bianjing Tianbo Mansion only inherited the name of the Yang family's generals, the only one who still has some political energy is Han Cunbao, the nephew of Han Zhongyan, the old lady of the former dynasty, and the court officials, most of them are from the Han family in Xiangzhou, and they can go to Zheng Juzhong and other powerful ministers who can break hands with Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, but even Han Cunbao can rely on the Han family. When he violated the taboo of the ministers, even Gao Yu said that he dared to kill him, and now Tong Guan is bent on cutting off Liu Fa's way to make a comeback in the Western Army, and how can he keep Liu Fa only by virtue of his own career and life are also in the hands of the eunuchs?

It's just that on such an occasion, Xiao Tang held back the doubts in his heart and didn't say anything, and walked over to Yang Xu, Shi Xiu, Yan Qing and other henchmen in the mansion, and said, "The matter of Bianjing and Hebei is ...... I also know that Sanlang, Xiaoyi, and Yang Xu brothers have worked hard these days, and now they will settle Liu Jingluo first, take care of him and wash the dust, as for other matters...... When we get to the house, we will consider it in the long run. ”

"The matter of settling Liu Jinglue is handled by the younger brother and the Lehe brothers, and there is no need for the elder brother to worry about ......"

Yan Qingzheng was talking, and then his eyes went to the side of the honor guards who greeted him, and said: "But my brother is afraid that there is something else to do, so I have to go back to the mansion later to meet with a few sisters-in-law and many brothers." ”

Yan Qing's voice fell, Xiao Tang saw a person flashing out of the honor guard on the side of the ten-mile long pavilion, but it was the eunuch in the city, the person paced in front of Xiao Tang, and said to him in a tone that was neither yin nor yang: "Congratulations to Xiao Jieshuai on his great victory, our family is a ministry servant under the management of Yang Tiju of the Ministry of Internal Servants, and the official family also knows that Xiao Jieshuai has returned to Beijing today, so he ordered our family to come to Xuan Xiao Jieshuai to enter the palace to meet him." ”