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Chapter 495
Jinling City is not as colorful as it was in later generations, and it still has some of the beauty of the water town, which is not too strong. There are not so many flower boat wine shops on the Qinhuai River, which is famous in later generations, and the fireworks women holding pipa and singing are also afraid.
They hid in their boudoir despite the cold wind. When it comes to Jinling, apart from the ancient capital, what people think of most are the women whose beautiful names are spread all over the world.
The first thing Liu Ling thought of when he arrived at Jinling was the beauties who had left their names in history, such as the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai. The moment Liu Ling entered Jinling, a strange question suddenly popped up in his mind. Is it because of Jinling?
Is it because of the capital city of the Six Dynasties that there were so many romances on the Qinhuai River, or is it because the powdery smell on the Qinhuai River is so attractive that so many emperors lingered here?
Liu Ling didn't need to ask Ji Wuming where Nie She was. Liu Ling knew where Mr. Nie was.
The carriage of the Supervisory Council entered Jinling under the escort of eight hundred cavalry. The Han army guarding Jinling was a general under Zhaoxian. Zhaoxian now commands the navy, and the army is marching south to show off its power in Wuyue. His Highness the King of Han is coming to Jinling.
As soon as the news was reported to General Jinling's mansion, General Jinling began to prepare to welcome the King of Han.
It can be said that General Jinling is a veteran under Liu Ling's command, and he is also the one Liu Ling likes more.
Wang Xiaoniu.
A year ago, Liu Ling transferred Wang Xiaoniu back from Yingzhou, but Zhaoxian sent him there because of the lack of manpower. After Zhaoxian captured Jinling, Wang Xiaoniu was left here to guard him. Now, Liu Ling was removed from the prison car by Liu Ling
The young man rescued has become a fourth-level general.
Along with Wang Xiaoniu, Liu Ling was greeted at the gate of Jinling City by Liu Ling's thirteenth brother, King Zhao Liu Zhuan.
King Zhao was an idler who had no interest in government affairs. When he was in Taiyuan, he stayed far away from the loyalty of the power struggle. He only drank and had fun with a group of princes' children and hung out in brothels, but he gained a reputation as a generous man. All the brothel girls in Taiyuan City were
I like to associate with King Zhao, because His Highness King Zhao is not only rich in money but also passionate. He never looks down on brothel girls. He spends a lot of money and is also a royal prince. Such a status is always favored by beauties.
King Zhao traveled all the way from Luoyang to Jinling because of the beauties on the Qinhuai River.
Seeing Tiqi guarding the carriage from a distance, Wang Xiaoniu lifted his robe and knelt down. Behind him were a group of civil and military officials from Jinling. Among them were many former ministers of the Tang Dynasty. These people still needed them to assist the Han Dynasty.
The army stabilizes the situation. The territory of the Han Dynasty is getting wider and wider now, and even if all the officials in the court are sent out, it will not be enough. It is an inevitable method to keep the talented people and continue to appoint them.
And since Jinling lost its status as the capital, there was no need for so many trivial official positions. As for the royal family members of the Southern Tang Dynasty, there were only a few capable people among them. Wang Xiaoniu was a rough man, but not a fool. He was in charge
After Jinling, some of the Southern Tang royal family members with extremely bad influence were slaughtered, and then they listened to the opinions of the people and selected talented people to serve as Jinling County Governor. In fact, Liu Ling originally had a candidate for Jinling County Governor in mind, but later because of
Liu Ling gave up the idea when other places needed him. He originally wanted to transfer Zhuo Qingzhan to the south of the Yangtze River, but because the Chu State was destroyed, Liu Ling had to send him to Wu'an, the original capital of the Chu State, as a military envoy.
In this era, courtiers did not always have to kneel down when meeting the king. But Wang Xiaoniu took the lead to kneel down, and the generals of the Han army also knelt down immediately. Even if the surrender of the Southern Tang Dynasty did not want to kneel, they had to kneel down. And listen.
When it was announced that His Royal Highness the King of Han was coming to Jinling, the people spontaneously flocked to both sides of the street to watch. Especially the brothel girls in Jinling City, whose business was slow these days, crowded at the windows to get a look at the King of Han.
After getting off the black carriage of the Supervisory Council, Liu Ling rubbed his sore brows. When he saw the courtiers kneeling on the ground, Liu Ling recognized Wang Xiaoniu at the first sight. It was not because Wang Xiaoniu was kneeling at the front that it was easy to recognize him.
, but because his buttocks are the highest, clearly standing out from the crowd.
"Brother Chen has met Brother Ninth!"
Liu Ling's thirteenth younger brother Liu Zhuan bowed and said.
Liu Ling's brothers, in addition to Liu Yan, the king of Chu who grew flowers and birds in the northwest, was the thirteenth brother Liu Zhuan who hung around brothels and wine shops all day long. It's no wonder that Liu Yan and Liu Zhuan, one raised birds and the other walked them.
The "bird" has nothing to do, and Liu Ling, the king of Han, is too strong. They have long learned how to survive, not to endure, but to completely give up that unrealistic desire. Now that the Han Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful, and its territory is becoming more and more vast, they
The two princes of the Han Dynasty were also very proud. Liu Yan, who was in the northwest a while ago, even wrote to Liu Ling and wanted to come to the south of the Yangtze River to see the scenery of the water town.
Liu Ling was quite generous to his two younger brothers, especially Liu Zhuan, who did a lot of ridiculous things. Because there was no big mistake, Liu Ling always accommodated him.
"I bow to the King of Han, long live the King of Han!"
"Long live the King of Han!"
Liu Ling frowned and shouted long live to a prince. These people can really shout. Especially those civil servants who are full of etiquette and ancestral rules. They shout louder than those soldiers with rough voices. Among them, the Southern Tang Dynasty
The surrendering ministers shouted the loudest, and besides Wang Xiaoniu, they also had the highest buttocks. On one side of the road were civil servants, and on the other side were military generals. The generals knelt on one knee and performed a grand military salute. Only Wang Xiaoniu had his buttocks raised.
His face was pressed to the ground.
Liu Ling first said to Liu Zhuan: "Okay, my brothers don't have so many rules. Your eleventh brother will come to Jinling later, so you can stay here longer and wait for him."
"My brother obeys the order."
Hearing Wenwushan shout long live, Liu Zhuan also deliberately changed his tone.
Liu Ling would not care about these things, nor would he reveal Liu Zhuan's little thoughts. He just smiled, and then asked the civil and military officials to stand up and speak. The generals of the Han army were full of respect for Liu Ling and were loyal to him.
Geng Geng. Liu Ling established the country with force, so he was naturally much kinder to those generals than those who surrendered to the Southern Tang Dynasty.
After standing up, the generals of the Han army held their fists across their chests and shouted in unison: "The King of Han is mighty!"
Liu Ling returned the military salute: "The great man is mighty!"
Wang Xiaoniu got up and came over with a playful smile: "My subordinates knew that the prince was coming, and they were so happy that they didn't sleep well for several days. They didn't want to eat or drink anymore. They just kept calculating how long it would take for the prince to arrive all day long.
.My lord, take a look, this subordinate has lost a lot of weight these days."
Liu Ling looked at Wang Xiaoniu's slightly bulging belly and said with a smile: "She has indeed lost weight, so thin that she has become bulging."
Wang Xiaoniu's face turned red and he said, "That's because I feel so happy after seeing the prince."
Liu Ling smiled and said: "I hate slanderous ministers the most."
Wang Xiaoniu said seriously: "It's better to have a slanderous minister by your side. I have begged you many times, so I'd better ask you to return to your side and become a soldier."
Liu Ling said: "The dignified fourth-grade Jinling General, why not become my personal soldier?"
Wang Xiaoniu said: "Why don't the prince just agree to this?"
Liu Ling shook his head and said, "You can just live happily in Jinling and be your general."
When the people who were watching saw Liu Ling get out of the car, they all knelt down together with the civil and military officials. The ladies and brothel girls who were standing upstairs hiding behind the windows were all pointing secretly, with excited faces.
.
"Look, His Highness the King of Han is so young. Legend has it that the King of Han is a tall man with a height of two feet, with tiger eyes, thick beard, and a beard. It turns out that they are all fake. The King of Han looks so handsome!"
"Are you crazy? No matter how handsome the King of Han is, you can only hide here and watch secretly?"
"You still say I'm a nymphomaniac, why is your little face so red?"
"That...that's frozen!"
"Is it cold? Come on, sister, touch it and see if it's cold or hot?"
"Look, the King of Han is so majestic. All civil and military officials knelt to receive the King of Han. Even when the emperor of the Tang Dynasty went on tour, we didn't see so many people kneeling down."
"You still said! Now that we are all the subjects of the Han Dynasty, be careful that trouble comes from your mouth!"
Liu Ling said something to the civil and military officials at the city gate, and then comforted the people. Without stopping at the city gate, he got on the black carriage of the Overwatch Council, and went straight to the Jinling Palace under the escort of Tiqi.
Go. Long after the shadow of the carriage disappeared, the red-faced women were still standing at the window looking into the distance.
There were Han soldiers on guard along the road, and the carriage did not stop again until it reached the entrance of the palace. After Liu Ling got off the bus, he whispered a few words to Zhao Da, and then went directly into the palace. Zhao Da waited at the door and followed him.
All the officials who came were stopped by him.
"The King of Han invites all of you to return to the Yamen and perform your duties. The King of Han will host a banquet tomorrow, so be sure to come."
Everyone only thought that the King of Han was tired from the long journey, so he did not meet them today, but they did not know that Liu Ling entered the palace to find someone to reminisce and chat with. The civil and military officials dispersed, and everyone whispered about their impressions of the King of Han. Wang Xiaoniu personally decorated the palace
Guards, and then waited outside the palace.
After Liu Ling entered the palace, he looked up and walked towards the tallest building.
After measuring the height of the hall, Liu Ling finally had no choice but to ask someone to bring a tall ladder and climbed up. Sure enough, he saw Nie She lying on the roof in a daze.
"Aren't you tired of lying on the roof like this every day?"
Liu Ling walked over and sat down next to Nie She and asked.
Nie She looked at Liu Ling and nodded: "I'm sorry!"
"Trouble? Then you won't do something else?"
Nie She thought for a while and then said: "Let's change one thing? If I could think of what else to do, I would have stopped doing this thing of climbing the wall every day. I find that now I am too lazy to even think about it. I watch it every day.
I stared at the sky in a daze, but actually I didn't think about anything. For so many days, I only thought about two questions, but I didn't think of the answer."
Liu Ling picked up the wine bottle next to him and took a sip: "Tell me, maybe I can give you the answer."
Nie She started to do it, looked at Liu Ling and asked seriously: "First question, why don't you ascend the throne?"
Liu Ling smiled and said, "If I tell you, will you keep it a secret for me?"
Nie She nodded, and Liu Ling said seriously: "I won't tell you either."
Nie She was dumbfounded. He was neither angry nor anxious but continued to ask: "Second question, where are you going in the future?"
Liu Ling looked at Nie She as if he were a monster, then he sighed and said, "I really can't imagine that if you stay with me for a longer time, you will forget all about your sword skills."
?You think about my things all day long, but you never think about your own things?"
"What can I do?"
"For example, find a girl to carry on the family line."
Liu Ling smiled proudly: "I have a son."
Nie She smiled and said, "Congratulations, but you still didn't answer my question."
Liu Ling thought for a while, looked at Nie She and said: "I won't tell you the answer to the first question, because you have already thought about it. The second question... I won't tell you either, but... I will allow you in the future.
Be my neighbor."
Nie She frowned: "Doesn't that mean you only have to climb on the roof to watch the clouds during the day and the stars at night? I just can't imagine where you would set the capital. How high will that hall be?"
Liu Ling smiled and said lightly: "Maybe, it's not high at all." (To be continued)
