When they arrived in Dali City, Zhang Shiyan and Duan Zhixian went out of the city together to greet them, Duan Zhixing never thought that he would be able to return to Dali City so soon, and he couldn't help crying with joy. O}M] The other ministers of Dali were also very excited. However, in addition to being excited, they also thanked Yang Yan one after another. If it weren't for Yang Yan, the monarchs and ministers of Dali would not know the Year of the Monkey before they could return to Dali City.

After entering the city, everyone followed Duan Zhixing into the Dali Palace. In fact, before Gao Jianming's rebellion, Duan Zhixing was only the prince, not the Dali Emperor, although he had been in and out of the palace many times before, but since he can remember, every time he entered the palace, he was sincerely afraid and trembling, for fear that his own behavior would be careless, annoy his father, and lose the position of the prince. Of course, Duan Zhixing knew that once he lost the position of the crown prince, he had only a dead end waiting for him. But now it's different, now that he entered this palace as the Emperor of Dali, Gao Jianming was driven away with the scriptures, and he no longer had anything to worry about.

After Gao Jianming's rebellion, although he was not officially proclaimed emperor, Yijing began to live in the palace. As a result, instead of being damaged, the palace has been renovated a lot. The Song army's surprise attack on Dali City was also very smooth, and the military discipline was also very strict, and it did not bring any damage to Dali City, nor did it offend the eunuchs, palace laves, and concubines inside, but only restricted their actions.

Now after Duan Zhixing returned, the Song army released them all to welcome the new emperor Duan Zhixing, and handed them over to the Dali monarchs and ministers to dispose of.

Duan Zhixing led the ministers into the palace, only to see an old eunuch rush to Duan Zhixing to meet him, and said with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have finally come back, the old slave is looking forward to this day." ”

When Duan Zhixing saw it, it turned out to be the former chief eunuch Ning Gonggong, as early as when Emperor Zheng Kang was the chief of the palace, he thought that he was the head of the palace, and he won the trust of Emperor Zheng Kang, and he was red and purple in front of Emperor Zheng Kang, and even important ministers like Gan Hua and Liu Jianhe were polite to him, and if ordinary ministers didn't beat him, the official would not last long.

However, because Duan Zhixing turned out to be the crown prince, this Father-in-law Ning had a good relationship with him, and when he saw that he came out to greet him, Duan Zhixing was surprised and delighted, and pulled up the old eunuch and said: "Father-in-law Ning, it turned out to be you, I didn't expect you to be alive, get up quickly." ”

Gonggong Ning hurriedly knelt down again, and said, "Your Majesty, you call the old slave like this, but you have killed the old slave, and the old slave will never dare to be, and he will never dare to be." ”

Duan Zhixing was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was now the emperor of Dali with the scriptures, and with the scriptures as the masters here, he didn't have to be respectful to Gonggong Ning as before. Straightened his chest and said, "Ning Jizhong, you get up first, and then you will stay by my side and continue to wait for me." ”

Gonggong Ning was overjoyed in his heart and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." He kowtowed to Duan Zhixing again, and then got up.

Liu Jianhe "snorted" and was about to speak, when Gan Hua, who was beside him, gently pulled him and motioned him not to speak. Liu Jianhe was stunned for a moment, and finally stopped.

At this time, Zhixing said: "Ning Jizhong, quickly ask them to arrange a feast, tonight I want to celebrate with all Aiqing, and get drunk." ”

Gonggong Ning agreed, and immediately arranged for someone to go down to prepare, and then Gan Hua said: "Your Majesty, now Yang Juma is still taking care of military affairs in the city, and the banquet should wait for Yang Juma to arrive." ”

Duan Zhixing slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, yes, yes, if it weren't for Prime Minister Gan Cheng's reminder, I would have almost forgotten, and it wouldn't be good if I let Yang Yuma take care of it." In this way, Prime Minister Gan, General Liu, the two of you will invite Yang Juma to come for me, and I will wait in this palace, and we will have a banquet after he comes. ”

Gan Hua and Liu Jianhe said yes and walked out together. When he got outside, Liu Jianhe said angrily: "Ning Jizhong, this eunuch, has been in cahoots with Gao Jianming before, deceived the emperor, and then took refuge in Gao Jianming after Gao Jianming became powerful, and now we have returned to Dali City, and we have come to buy it from Your Majesty, Prime Minister Gan, I was just about to persuade Your Majesty to abolish this eunuch, why do you want to stop me?" ”

Gan Hua waved his hand and said: "Old General Liu, Gao Jianming was powerful at that time, and Ning Jizhong was not the only one who tended to be attached to the flames, if every official who attached to Gao Jianming was punished, I am afraid that there are not many people left in Dali now,?" Now we have just returned to Dali City, and we are waiting for the new, at this time, we should also stabilize the overall situation as the first priority, not to mention that Ning Jizhong has been favored for many years in front of the first emperor, and his power is not small. ”

Liu Jianhe listened to it and felt that although what Gan Hua said made some sense, he still felt that it was a little inappropriate, but what was wrong, he couldn't say it for a while, so he had to sigh and say nothing more.

The two found Yang Yan and explained their intentions. Yang Yan knew that this matter could not be shirked, so he had to take Chen Liang, Ling Xiang and the commanders of other armies to the banquet together.

Anyway, Dali's treasury is still there, and there is also Gao's family background, so in order to please Duan Zhixing, Ning Gonggong spared no cost to make this banquet very rich, and he was busy, every procedure was personally checked, only the hall in the red oil wax was estimated to be hundreds of sticks, illuminated as daylight, the tableware used during the banquet were gold bottles and jade plates, tooth chopsticks and porcelain plates, very luxurious. All kinds of fine wine aging, the delicacies of the mountains and seas are like flowing water, thirty-six maiko are arranged during the banquet, singing and dancing in turn, there are all kinds of fireworks and firecrackers outside the hall, only half a day, this Ning Gonggong can be arranged like this, and it is not easy.

This banquet was celebrated from the afternoon when the lamp was held until the second watch passed, and Yang Yan also led the people of the Great Song Dynasty to bid farewell to Duan Zhixing. Gonggong Ning knew that Duan Zhixing's ability to return to Dali City this time was entirely due to Song Jun. Especially the Yang Horse in front of him, who didn't look amazing, was the commander of the Song Army this time, so he didn't dare to slack off, and when he saw them say goodbye, he hurriedly sent them out of the Dali Palace in person, and they were respectful all the way, and they never even straightened their waists. When they arrived at the palace gate, they ordered someone to lead Yang Yan and them to the residence to rest.

Most of the men and horses of the Song army were stationed outside the city, only Zhang Shiyan's Ma Junsi Zhongjun was stationed in the city, and the other commanders went out of the city to rest in the barracks, Yang Yan and Chen Liang, Ling Xiang, Huang Mingxia, Zhang Shiyan and others followed the people arranged by Ning Gonggong to their own residences.

Yang Yan originally thought that what he had arranged for himself was an ordinary pavilion, but who knew that after arriving, it turned out to be a very luxurious mansion, even if all the four or five thousand people from the left army of the Ma Jun Division were loaded into it. As soon as Yang Yan asked the person who led the way, he knew that this was the mansion of Gao Jianming. As early as during the banquet, Gonggong Ning sent someone to prepare the original Gao Jianming's mansion as a low place for Yang Yan and others to rest. Gao Jianming's family members were all imprisoned, and the mansion was empty for a few days, but now it has been cleaned.

Chen Liang frowned and said to Yang Yan: "I just returned to Dali City, although it is also appropriate to celebrate, but this banquet is too luxurious." What's more, now Gao Jianming and the Jiaozhi people have not yet retreated, and Dali still has a lot of lost land that has not yet been recovered. If it is said that the monarch is greedy for Hengle, but none of the ministers came out to stop it, Dali has just returned to the country, and I am afraid that Dali will also cheer up in the long run. ”

Yang Yan didn't think so in his heart, but he was now more mature than before, knowing that these were the internal affairs of other countries, and he was just sending troops to aid Dali, and he was not Dali's courtiers, as long as Dali's monarchs and ministers did not embarrass themselves in the military, he didn't care what he did about other things, and said with a smile: "Brother Tongfu, the affairs of other countries have their own ministers to worry about, so why should we be in a hurry, and a Dali that does nothing is not good for our Da Song." ”

Chen Liang nodded with a wry smile and said, "Zihao is right. ”

Yang Yan smiled again and said, "It's not too early for the scriptures, let's all go and rest." ”

After the banquet was dispersed, Duan Zhixing was also drunk, although he still understood in his heart, but his feet were a little floating, supported by two little eunuchs, accompanied by Gonggong Ning, he entered the palace to rest. After entering the dormitory, the layout is very different from the main hall outside. The candlelight is soft and the sandalwood is fragrant.

Duan Zhixing fell headlong on the bed, only to feel that the clouds were soft, like falling clouds and mist, very comfortable. He said vaguely: "You all stand down, I'm going to rest." ”

I saw that Gonggong Ning clapped his hands lightly, and five beautiful women walked in from the outside, all of them with high temples, lightly applied lead, dressed in colorful yarn, radiant, standing in a row in front of the bed, kneeling on the ground for Duan Zhixing, Yingying Yanyan said: "See Your Majesty." ”

Duan Zhixing was stunned for a moment, suddenly turned over and sat up from the bed again, and suddenly woke up a little bit, but he didn't understand it for a while, and asked Ning Gonggong: "Jizhong, this is ......"

Gonggong Ning smiled and said: "Your Majesty is now the monarch of Dali, if you are about to rest in peace, then no one can sleep." It's just that in this hurry, the old slave only found these five women, but seeing that their appearance is quite passable, they can still serve His Majesty's bed, I don't know which one His Majesty likes, and tell her to wait for His Majesty to rest tonight. ”