Chapter 54 The Family
Xu Haifeng followed Fang Lingtian and others to the main campus, which was already crowded. However, the grandstand in the south head was exclusively for the royal family and high-ranking officials. Those who could occupy a place there were all powerful figures of the dynasty.
However, the seats are limited, so it is naturally impossible to accommodate all people. However, with the power of the Fang family, it is easy to bring Xu Haifeng and the other four. What's more, even if Fang Lingtian doesn't care about him, the Black Flag Army will not be missed at this ceremony.
This grand ceremony was held to celebrate the decisive victory over the Caesars when His Majesty the Emperor personally fought for the decisive victory over the Caesars. Although it had been nearly three months since the capture of Lin'an City, the transportation in ancient times was inconvenient. If the news was spread to various prefectures and counties, various places would prepare gifts and celebration programs, and also hold a grand military parade. Etiquette soldiers were drawn from the various legions and to the capital. Three months was already extremely urgent.
Fortunately, this great victory was one of the few victorys in the battles against foreign races in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. Not only did it achieve countless spoils, but it also expanded its territory for more than a thousand miles. On the surface, it was a prosperous dynasty with prosperous fortunes and overwhelming power in the world. Officials from all over the country took it personally and strictly supervised it. Finally, all preparations were completed in this short time, so that the ceremony could be opened smoothly as planned.
As soon as Fang Lingtian arrived, it immediately caused a sensation, and most of the officials in the southern head came to see him. If we talk about official positions alone, although Fang Lingtian's position as Minister of War was also the best, there were many people at the same level as him. However, Fang Lingtian's other identity was the head of the Fang family. In the Han Dynasty, this identity was much more effective and glorious than that of Minister of War. In the world, except for Emperor Xian of Han, there were only a few people who could compete with him.
Fang Lingtian took Xu Haifeng's hand and introduced him one by one. Xu Haifeng listened to the names of many officials such as Shangshu, Assistant Minister, but he did not remember any of them. Instead, everyone flattered Fang Lingtian's newly accepted son, and chanted hymns.
After dealing with it for a while, Fang Lingtian left his brother, Qin Yong and others to continue chatting with them, while he took Xu Haifeng to the high platform, which became much quieter. The people who could get here had a noble status and a higher level. Min Zhitang and Gu Daoyan were there.
"Soldiers, you're late." A strong voice came from above. Xu Haifeng looked up and saw an old man with white hair and beard, looking at them with a smile on his face.
Fang Lingtian pointed to the old man on the stage and said to Xu Haifeng: "Feng'er, this is Su Dongshun, the Minister of Works of this dynasty. He is also the head of the Su family and the craftsman in charge of the world. My sword is knocked out from him."
Su Dongshun's eyes swept over the Break Sword on Xu Haifeng's waist, and his eyelids shook unknownly, and asked, "Ling Tian, is this your newly acquired son Xu Haifeng? You even gave him Bubble, aren't you afraid that Xiang Ming will come back and be anxious with you?"
Fang Lingtian smiled slightly and said, "Xiang Ming and him are as close as brothers, and they will never object to me passing this sword to Feng'er."
When Xu Haifeng heard this, he realized that Xiang Ming had also made the idea of playing this sword, but when they heard it, it seemed that Fang Lingtian was reluctant to give it to him. Now it was actually passed on to him. This favor is really great.
Su Dongshun sneered and said, "I don't care about your housework, but you, the soldier, come so late every time, what's the reason?"
Fang Lingtian also laughed and said, "I am not like you, a thug. You have nothing to do all day and have a lot of free time. Look, isn't Tang Laoer not here either?"
"Who is old and ill, saying bad things about me behind my back, let's see how I punish him for raping." Another slightly old voice sounded behind me.
Su Dongshun shook his head and said, "Either you don't come or appear together. You two are really worthy of being in-laws."
Xu Haifeng came back with Fang Lingtian and saw a short and fat old man slowly walking up the steps. Following him was a peerless beauty with outstanding temperament and demeanor. Xu Haifeng certainly would not forget that peerless face that could be comparable to Lin Wanxian. The person who came was Tang Rouer.
Fang Lingtian held Xu Haifeng's hand tightened, and Xu Haifeng woke up immediately. He turned his eyes reluctantly.
"Feng'er, I haven't seen Mr. Tang Zonghan Tang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."
"Yes, I've seen Mr. Tang." Xu Haifeng bowed and looked at him. He saw that this old man was very fat and had an average appearance. Unexpectedly, he had five beautiful daughters with charming appearance. Xu Haifeng guessed maliciously in his heart, not knowing if it was his species.
Tang Zonghan held Xu Haifeng, looked at it, nodded and praised: "I guess I am Xu Haifeng, the commander of the Black Flag Army. Okay, it's true that he is a handsome talent, not bad, not bad."
Xu Haifeng smiled awkwardly, unable to speak. He still knew that his appearance was really unrelated to the word "Handsome". What a talent, this old man was just talking lies with the eyes. Sure enough, out of the corner of his eyes, he immediately caught the smile that disappeared from the moment he saw Tang Rouer's face.
At this moment, all the patriarchs of the three major families arrived, and even Min Zhitang and others couldn't sit still, so they stood up to say hello. The three of them seemed to be in water in such an occasion, and they were versatile.
Xu Haifeng suddenly discovered that the three clan leaders had all served as a minister, and no one cared about the further position of the Three Dukes. After thinking about it, he immediately understood the truth. The three families were already in power. If they wanted to seek the position of the Three Dukes, they were afraid that the first one to arouse suspicion would be His Majesty the Emperor.
"General, we are here." A thunderous shout sounded from behind Xu Haifeng, attracting everyone's attention.
Xu Haifeng didn't even need to look back to know that there was only one person who spoke in this voice, that was the fierce general Qin Yong. Seeing that he had become the center of attention, he was extremely embarrassed and turned around and shouted in a low voice: "Shut up your crow's mouth and don't speak."
Qin Yong was stunned and opened his mouth wide and was about to answer, but suddenly he thought of Xu Haifeng's explanation, so he had to swallow the words he said immediately, but this expression was quite funny.
"What a brave man. Is this General Qin Yong who is the stimulating Caesar?" Tang Zonghan praised when he saw Qin Yong's burly figure.
Qin Yong whined twice, and smirked with a wide mouth and smiled silly.
Seeing that he did not answer Tang Zonghan's words, Xu Haifeng was shocked and quickly scolded: "Why are you mute, why don't you talk again?"
Qin Yong said aggrievedly: "Didn't the general ask me to shut up?"
Xu Haifeng's lips trembled twice, and he was about to scold him again, but he heard Fang Lingde from behind: "Sujing, Your Majesty is here."
Sure enough, on the platform, a eunuch shouted loudly with a rooster-like voice: "The Emperor is here."
The audience suddenly became quiet. After a moment, a team of eunuchs and palace maids appeared from the backstage in honor, and the Emperor Xian of Han was followed.
Emperor Xian of Han came to his seat and just as he sat firmly on his butt, he heard a rush of voices in the college yard: "Long live the emperor."
"The family of all the ministers is peaceful." Emperor Xian of Han smiled and said, "Let's start."
"Yes." The eunuch general manager who was carrying him responded and raised his hand to signal. Suddenly, the soldiers who had been prepared on the protruding tower in the east of the schoolyard rang the bronze bell on the top of the tower.
"Dong...Dong...Dong..." The three long bells sounded, representing the official beginning of the grand ceremony.
The troops who had been waiting outside the city for a long time opened into the city gate one after another. The first one was the Sky Eagle Legion, one of the five major empire corps stationed in the West for many years. All of them were sky blue uniforms and special shawls on the military robe, which seemed to fly one by one. They lined up in neat rows, and were proud to enter the city. This victory was the victory achieved on the Western Front. The Sky Eagle Legion fought against the Caesars for many years on the Western Front and made great contributions. Therefore, it won the glory of the first entry into the city and won extremely high applause.
Following closely behind was the city guards that were very familiar to the people of the capital. However, the city guards were more than the Sky Eagle Legion in terms of momentum, personnel quality and clothing. However, this was a local army after all, and the people of the capital also gave great cheers without hesitation.
Next was the Red Ocean Legion with red as the flag among the five legions. They still rode tall horses as always. The Red Ocean was the only full cavalry unit in the Han Empire, and its combat effectiveness was known as the first in the empire. In this battle, the Five Thousand Erlang led by Kazu Ming performed outstandingly, winning a very high reputation for the Red Army, and making the Red Ocean firmly established the throne of the head of the five legions.
Then there was the Gray Wolf Legion, which was also stationed in the north and the Green Kirin Legion, which dominated the water. These five legions were separated by some miscellaneous troops from other local troops, and because of this, the uniqueness of the five legions further highlighted.
The troops entering the city gradually decreased, and in the end there were only two troops, namely Xu Haifeng's Black Flag Army and the Imperial Army Huanglong Legion. According to convention, the Yellow Dragon Legion, which guards the royal family, is always the finale, so the Black Flag Army becomes the second-last team to appear.
Zhebo carried the Kaitian bow on his back and followed the butt of the Qilin Legion in front into the capital.
The people at the gate were shouting joy when they suddenly saw a black flag, black-clothed and black-clothed troops entering the city gate. Unlike other troops, their queues were not perfect, but such loose formations gave people an extremely powerful feeling. The people who were approaching suddenly felt chills all over, their hearts were beating faster, and their hands were at a loss, and cold sweats were on their foreheads.
This is true for these people who stayed in the distance. The soldiers behind the Qilin Legion complained even more. They suddenly felt a murderous aura surged from behind. Fortunately, they were veterans on the battlefield who had experienced many battles, and they dared not escape due to the strict laws in the army, otherwise they would have collapsed. The Huanglong Legion, who finally entered the city, had his tail hanging from afar. These imperial guards had seen the skills of the Black Flag Army under Lin'an City, and they dared not steal the limelight from these madmen. Moreover, at this moment, the Black Flag Army seemed murderous, so of course they could hide as far as they could.
Chapter completed!