Gao Lishi walked down from the golden steps, handed over the holy decree to Zheng Peng, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, congratulations." ”

Zheng Peng came back to his senses, took the holy decree with both hands, and said with a smile: "There is Lao Gao's father-in-law, take some time to get together later." ”

"Hey, hey, okay, let's wait to drink the celebration wine of the waiting master."

Pei Guangting said with a smile: "Congratulations to General Zheng, congratulations to General Zheng." ”

"Tongxi, Tongxi, Pei Shizhong."

Pei Guangting said with a smile: "General Zheng, promoted and promoted, I am overjoyed, this feast of the tail is not saved, I heard that there are many novel dishes in General Zheng's mansion, and the old man has been yearning for a long time." ”

"Yes, yes, yes" Cui Runyang, who was smiling on the side, echoed with a smile: "General Zheng's new residence has long wanted to drink a few glasses of good wine and some festivity, but it's a pity that you went to the Western Regions to perform a mission, and you couldn't drink it last time, so you must have a few drinks this time." ”

"I heard that General Zheng has the best Huadiao wine, presumably the tail feast is indispensable, and I am also cheeky, please General Zheng must send an invitation, otherwise I will never give up."

"What a champion, the emperor is wise, there is no more suitable for General Zheng than the champion."

"Some of your colleagues have passed, and the people will definitely laugh at the mention of eating and drinking in the court." Suddenly, a deep and powerful voice came from the crowd.

When the ministers heard this, they were all a little nervous, and it was Li Chaoyin who spoke, he was the imperial historian of the Imperial History Tower, and that was the chief of the officials, you must know that this old boy is not afraid of the sky and the earth, and even the prince's uncle dares to kill the person, for fear that he will take the opportunity to impeach, you must know that there are many rules in the court, such as non-standard etiquette, private exchange of heads and ears, stealing food, etc., are all within the rules of impeachment, if the impeachment is successful, the light will be reprimanded and punished, and the heavy will be demoted.

Just when everyone was thinking about how to explain, Li Chaoyin's voice changed, and he said with a smile: "When you set up the tail feast, please call the old man." ”

The ministers didn't expect Li Chaoyin to have such a funny side, so they were stunned at first, and soon the Great Pole Hall was full of knowing laughter.

Zheng Peng's promotion to the rank of knight is not only his personal luck, but also the blessing of the Tang Dynasty.

The merger of Tubo into the territory of the Tang Dynasty not only greatly increased the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but also removed the obstacles to westward expansion, which means that the glory of the Tang Dynasty will continue.

After destroying the Tang Dynasty, there is such a large piece of land all of a sudden, which means that there are a large number of official vacancies, and the officials present suddenly have many more opportunities for promotion, even if they can't take their turn, maybe the people of their own family and even future generations will also benefit, and all of this is brought by Zheng Peng, looking at Zheng Peng, everyone has a feeling that the more they look at it, the more pleasing it is to the eye.

When everyone was laughing, Li Linfu turned to Zheng Peng and said: "General Zheng, my brother is right about things and not people, and I can't get used to seeing the criticism behind those people's backs, so I specially proposed to correct the general's name, please don't mind General Zheng." ”

When he spoke, Li Linfu bowed, with a smile on his face, and sincerity in his eyes, especially the tone was particularly sincere, if he didn't know that he was the "ancestor" of the honey-bellied sword, Zheng Peng would have almost believed it.

"Don't mind, don't mind" Zheng Peng said with a smile: "Actually, I haven't been too lazy to say these things, I believe that rumors stop at the wise, but there are always villains behind their backs who say right and wrong, it's good to explain clearly, Li Shilang has a hard conscience, and there are still many places that need Li Shilang to ask for advice in the future, by the way, when the tail is burned, please Li Shilang must come." ”

This Li Linfu, who is really thick-skinned, just said it strictly, as if he swore to himself, and when he saw that he was not in the limelight, he immediately licked his face and stammered, and he sarcastically mocked him to his face as a villain who discussed the rights and wrongs of others, but he pretended not to understand, and he was not moved.

Even dare to say that there is no king's law and that there is no blood, such as murder and bloodlessness, if he really succeeds, he will end up with Zhang Xiaosong if he doesn't get it, Zheng Peng secretly sneered in his heart, don't think that if you say a few good words, you won't hold a grudge? Dream!

Now scolding him a few words is useless, Zheng Peng decided to put it aside first: Don't you like acting, I'll accompany you to act, and then he will be ruthless.

"Definitely, definitely, definitely." Li Linfu was overjoyed in his heart, and said three certainties in a row.

The emperor is really spoiled by Zheng Peng, not only does he not allow Zheng Peng to resign, but he also gives him the title of champion, which shows Zheng Peng's status in the emperor's heart.

Seeing that what was said below, Li Longji coughed dryly, waited for all the civil and military officials to calm down, and then said, "Zhongqing, is there anything else to start?" ”

None of the ministers spoke, and after half a sound, Li Longji waved his sleeves: "Retreat." ”

Finally about to retire from the court, first a ritual, when exiting the Taiji Palace, Zheng Peng, who was surrounded by hundreds of civil and military officials, had to deal with the congratulations of the ministers, and made many promises to make a grand roasted tail banquet to invite those ministers, and then he got out.

From the Taiji Hall to the Suzaku Gate, it took half an hour to get into the carriage.

At this time, the sun was high in the middle, and it was time to eat, so Zheng Peng decided to go home to eat first.

On the way home, Cardinal saw Zheng Peng a little bored and raised the curtain of the carriage to look outside, rode his horse closer, and said respectfully: "Congratulations to my uncle." ”

As soon as Zheng Peng came out of the Vermilion Bird Gate, the cardinal saw the holy decree in his hand and knew that the reward had been awarded, and those ministers who surrounded Zheng Peng said a word, and from the conversation, I heard that Zheng Peng worshiped General Yunlu and General Feng, so he was taken aback at first, and then admired Zheng Peng.

The champion of the Western Han Dynasty, Hou Huo Quai, is the idol of many martial artists, Zheng Peng can be named the champion Hou, which can reflect his merits, and it can also be seen that the emperor values him, and the cardinal respects Zheng Peng from the bottom of his heart, and secretly admires Lu Shulai in his heart.

On the same day, Lu Shu married Zheng Peng, although Zheng Peng's reputation is very high, but the most talked about in the world is "marrying", you must know that Boling Cui's family is a famous family that has been inherited for thousands of years, and Lu Shu is from the main house, a veritable famous lady, Zheng Peng is just a small military attaché, at that time, the cardinal was very worthless for his own miss, thinking that Zheng Peng was using the kindness of the young lady to deceive her, and now it seems that he has lost his eyes.

General Yunlu, who is less than thirty years old, is a champion candidate, both civil and military, looking at the world, it is simply a unique existence.

"You're welcome, the credit has a share of the cardinal girl, and if the cardinal girl wants something, just ask." Zheng Peng thought that the cardinal was hinting at benefits, and said generously on the spot.

Ordered to become his personal guard, Cardinal had a very general attitude at first, but he was conscientious in protecting it, especially when he was fighting in the area of Namu Lake, he solved the crisis for Zheng Peng many times, and Zheng Peng valued her very much.

"Put my uncle in danger and almost caused a big disaster, but fortunately, my uncle is magnanimous, and the cardinal dare not say anything." When the cardinal spoke, his face still had the look of an afterlife.

If Zheng Peng really had an accident, the cardinal would have no face to go back to Chang'an to see Lushu, and wiping his neck and committing suicide was the last way out.

Zheng Peng looked at the cardinal with a serious face, waved his hand and said: "Old things, don't mention it, the cardinal girl doesn't have to blame herself, I have made it clear to Lushu and them, things can't be controlled by one person, and at that time, the cardinal girl also did her duty as a guard, blocking the front with her flesh and blood." ”

"Thank you, uncle" Cardinal glanced at Zheng Peng, hesitated, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, dare to ask, you don't seem to be very happy." ”

After getting into the carriage, Zheng Peng lost his smiling face, and looked at the holy decree with a frown from time to time, as if he was not very satisfied.

It can't be that the official is not promoted enough, right?

Of course Zheng Peng was not happy, he wanted to get out of the officialdom, he was happy to be at ease, he didn't know how to speak, he didn't expect someone to impeach him, there were still a lot of people, he was very "cooperative", and took the initiative to resign, but he didn't expect Li Longji to disagree, and he also sealed a champion.

At first, Zheng Peng was quite happy, and he felt that he was also among the famous generals, but he turned to think about it later, with such a domineering title, what are the difficult bones and dangerous tasks in the future, who will he not send?

If you want to take the crown, bear its weight first, seal the champion, and don't think about being idle in the future, there is really a war, you are definitely the target of the enemy's attention and full assassination, how dangerous, it is better to reward some more gold and silver treasures, grange mansions or something, that is more realistic.

There are no outsiders here, Zheng Peng said directly: "The emperor is too picky, he has made such great military exploits, even if he is promoted to an official or a knight, he will not be rewarded with gold and silver goods, mansions and fields, etc., it is not worth it." ”