You are a slave who looks down on others! Yun Zhen cursed in his heart, and the smile on his face did not diminish at all. After the triumphal music was played, he said again: "Your Majesty has given General Nian the honor of riding a horse in the Forbidden City.
General Nian and other generals please enter the Yangxin Hall immediately to see the Holy Master."
"Yes, I want to see the emperor immediately." When he said this, Nian Gengyao looked a little gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He looked back at Yue Zhongqi, who was still saluting the ministers one by one, and shouted: "
Mount your horse and follow me into the palace."
"Yes." Yue Zhongqi agreed helplessly, glanced at the officials apologetically, got on his horse, and followed Nian Gengyao to whip the horse towards the palace. After walking a short distance, he saw Nian Gengyao hurriedly reining in the horse.
After tying the rope, he couldn't control his momentum and almost got knocked down. He quickly got off his horse and said, "General, what happened?"
Nian Gengyao didn't say a word. He followed his gaze and saw a clerk kneeling tremblingly on the ground. There was a small bucket of water next to him. However, when he was sprinkling water to clean the street just now, he forgot to put the bucket in.
Taking it back, it happened to block Nian Gengyao's way.
"What did you do? Why don't you hurry up and take the bucket down?" Yun Zhen also saw this scene and hurried up to point at the little official and yelled at him.
"You deserve to die, villain! Take it down now, villain." Just as the clerk was about to carry the bucket, he heard Nian Gengyao say: "No need, just leave it there."
The clerk looked at him blankly, how would the horse cross the barrel if he didn't take it down? Although the street was quite spacious, with guardrails on both sides, and there were people walking along the street looking at each other, and civil and military officials crowded here, what was left
The road can only be passed by one horse.
Nian Gengyao looked at the junior official with cold eyes and said: "This general is guarding the northwest under the orders of the emperor. Now he has put down the rebellion and has been ordered to return to the capital. However, you, a junior official, deliberately blocked my way. If you are at the border, you will be in trouble."
Your crime deserves to be beheaded."
As soon as he heard this, the clerk was frightened and said quickly: "General, please spare my life. I was just negligent for a moment, not intentional." Afraid that Nian Gengyao wouldn't believe it, he added: "After I saw the street clean, the water was like this."
There was still some leftover, so I took it home to use when I went back later, so I forgot to move it down."
Nian Gengyao frowned immediately after hearing this, and was very puzzled by his words. Nian Gengyao was a cowardly general who was proficient in writing and poetry, so his appearance was not as fierce as that of ordinary generals and warriors, only his eyes were more ordinary.
People are much sharper and can be intimidating to others. "What is there to take home with water? It's not gold, silver or jewelry."
Yun Zhen hurriedly explained: "I don't know that General Nian returned to the capital for the first time. It has not rained in the capital for several months and the water source is in short supply. The water used now is transported back from hundreds of miles away. If it were not to welcome General Nian's triumphant return to the capital,
, The emperor is not willing to sprinkle water to clean the streets, no wonder this little official is greedy. Don’t worry, General Nian, I will deal with him later."
Nian Gengyao smiled disdainfully, stared at the clerk and said, "What a useless thing, water, huh!"
Before everyone could understand the meaning of the snort, Nian Gengyao raised his whip and slapped the horse hard on the buttocks. The horse was in pain and raised its front hooves to run, but Nian Gengyao held him tightly.
The reins and the feet are more like iron pliers
It was clamped on its belly and was not allowed to run. It neighed in pain, raised its front hooves randomly, and kicked the bucket just in time, knocking the small half bucket of water to the ground. Under the hot and pitiful eyes of countless people, it
The ground slowly became wet.
"You need to transport the water yourself, there is no water for you here!" After throwing these words, Nian Gengyao sneered and left, and the remaining soldiers also galloped away, leaving behind a group of ministers with ashen faces.
"Arrogant! Too arrogant!" Finally, someone was the first to speak. It was a governor. Among the people, although his official position was not the highest, his qualifications were very old. He was also a Jinshi in the 21st year of Kangxi. Those
Meet the Governor
They all called them "Sir" politely, but now Nian Gengyao turned a blind eye. They waited here for a long time, but Nian Gengyao didn't say a word to them since he arrived. Such arrogance is really
Never seen.
The old man's words started, followed by a series of accusations. Someone said angrily: "Not only is he arrogant, he is simply arrogant. He thinks that winning a battle is great. Humph, after all, he is not a martial artist."
"And that water, knowing that water is scarce in the capital, yet deliberately spilling it." Someone shook his head repeatedly.
"If we hadn't cleared the street beforehand, he would have run so fast and would have kicked up dust all over our heads and faces!" Another person complained. He was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that Yinzhen summoned them to the capital to welcome Nian Gengyao. No one would be like this.
Everyone will be dissatisfied, let alone those who are from official positions to feudal officials, or even to princes and nobles.
The people who were watching also had a bad impression of Nian Gengyao because he kicked over the bucket of water. Today, the emperor even reduced the ice supply to the water supply, but this general who had just arrived in the capital was even more arrogant than the emperor.
Yun Zhen looked at everyone complaining with cold eyes, without any intention of trying to persuade them. In fact, the more Nian Gengyao went too far, the happier he became, and he was already looking forward to the lively scene in the morning tomorrow.
Because Yinzhen had a decree to give Nian Gengyao a forbidden horse, so when he arrived at the palace gate, Nian Gengyao did not dismount his horse and drove his horse straight inside.
It was so majestic and proud to whip up the whip and drive the horse amidst the taboos. And Nian Gengyao became the first official in the Yongzheng Dynasty to enjoy such an honor.
As for the officers such as Yue Zhongqi who came with Nian Gengyao, they could only be envious. They all stopped their horses dozens of feet away from the palace gate and entered on foot. As for Luo Bu Zang Danjin, he was also removed from the prison car and changed into a prisoner.
He tied his hands with a rope and led him inside.
"My servant sends greetings to General Nian, good luck to General Nian!" After entering the palace gate, an unfamiliar eunuch rushed out, ran up to Nian Gengyao's horse, and gave him a flattering blow.
"Where did you come from, little eunuch?" Nian Gengyao pulled the reins and asked with a little displeasure. Today, as soon as he entered the capital, he encountered two people blocking his way. It seems that the people in the capital are better than those in Sichuan.
In the north of Shaanxi, people are still disobedient, even the eunuchs in the palace are like this. I think he has been in the northwest for many years, and no one with an open mind would dare to block his way, unless he is impatient with life.
The flattery on the young eunuch's face became more and more intense, and he said flatteringly: "As for General Hui Nian, I am here to lead General Nian's horse on the emperor's order."
"I see, then get up." After hearing what the little eunuch said, Nian Gengyao's expression improved a lot. He asked how could there be such a blind slave in this palace. It turned out that he was here on the order of the emperor. It seemed that
The emperor really valued himself. Not only did he give him a horse in the Forbidden City, he also specially asked someone to hold the horse for him. However... it would have been more honorable if the person holding the horse was Sixi or Su Peisheng.