Steel Dynasty - Chapter 529

[Chapter 529: Everyone Meets (Update 1)]

The boat is still floating on the wide Yellow River.

One day after the Qingzhou merchant ship left Chang’an Wharf, King Zhao’s soldiers and horses appeared on the river bank. When the merchant ship passed through a stretch of mountainous area, King Zhao’s soldiers and horses never appeared again.

Now they have been drifting in the river for five days. According to Li San, they can arrive at Qingzhou Pier in two days at most.

These days, they have been staying on the merchant ship. Because they were prepared in advance, there was enough food in the cabin of the merchant ship, which was enough to ensure that they could live on the ship.

But the closer to Qingzhou, the more nervous the officials on the ship became. They were not familiar with King Qi, and they also didn’t know what the outcome would be.

Many people are deliberately getting close to Fiji these days. This Fiji scholar is the father-in-law of King Qi. Maybe he can put in a few good words for himself in front of King Qi.

The boat continued to float in the river, and in the afternoon a group of cavalry suddenly appeared on the river bank. These cavalry were wearing silver breastplates.

After seeing the merchant ship, these cuirassiers pointed at the fleet and gestured for a while, and then a man waved a semaphore on the shore.

Li San on the merchant ship was overjoyed when he saw Semaphore and these cuirassiers, and then asked the secret guards to fight Semaphore back.

After receiving clear information, the cuirassiers began to follow the merchant ships along the river bank towards Qingzhou.

“Fei Zhongshu, Li San sent news. He said that these are the cuirassiers of the Qingzhou Army. They are probably sent by His Highness King Qi to protect us.” The soldiers guarding the stern came over and said to Fiji.

In order to ensure the communication of information on the ship, there will be a person at the stern of each ship who is responsible for delivering messages.

When everyone heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Fiji said: “It seems that His Highness has received news from Chang’an, so he sent these cuirassiers out to protect us.”

The other officials on the ship looked happy, and King Qi’s move made a stone fall in their hearts. , it seems that King Qi attaches great importance to their group.

With the protection of the cuirassiers, the atmosphere on the merchant ship immediately became noisy. People on each merchant ship were talking about Qingzhou with each other, and Xiao Ming’s name was also mentioned frequently.

On the seventh day, the fleet saw Qingzhou Wharf in the distance. Merchant ships lined up along the Qingzhou Wharf along the river bank. They were very surprised by the prosperity of Qingzhou Wharf. In their opinion, the prosperity of Qingzhou Wharf has now surpassed that of Chang’an Wharf. .

Seeing that they were about to arrive in Chang’an, everyone on the merchant ship stood up. Different from the busy discussions yesterday, everyone’s face was solemn. The ship was eerily quiet, and everyone was worried about their own fate.

The pier was getting closer, and now everyone saw the scene on the pier. A young man wearing a blue round-neck gown was standing on the pier.

Beside him were four beauties of outstanding beauty, especially the woman next to the young man who was stunningly beautiful, and beside the five of them were some people dressed as officials.

“It’s Sister Luluo and Sister Aster.” Liuli looked around on the boat, and when she saw Luluo and Aster, she immediately shouted.

The maid in the Bishui Pavilion also looked towards the dock and jumped and screamed with joy after discovering Aster and Pothos.

Liuli entered the cabin directly. Concubine Zhen had been in the cabin these days. Because of Xiao Wenxuan’s death, Concubine Zhen had been crying in tears these days. When she learned that Xiao Ming was on the dock, she finally showed a smile.

Fiji and Luo Quan’s boats were first. When the boat docked at the dock, everyone walked down the sloping wooden plank.

“Dad.” Fei Yue’er shouted excitedly when she saw Fiji, and tears fell down.

Luo Quan and Luo Hong looked at Luo Xin with joy in their eyes.

Putting aside their excitement, Fiji and Luo Quan and his son bowed to Xiao Ming at the same time and said, “See Your Highness.”

“Excuse me, everyone is tired.” Xiao Ming said to the three of Fiji with a smile, and he looked at the group of merchant ships. , these are the only ones who have escaped now.

At this critical moment, the fact that they believed in him so much and fled to Qingzhou was enough to show that these people were all for him, and after his understanding, these officials were basically war-fighting officials in Chang’an.

Many officials contributed their efforts to him in the court.

Luo Quan and Feiji looked at each other, and Feiji said sadly: “Your Highness, the old minister is incompetent, the emperor still went.”

Speaking of this, Luo Quan and Luo Hong looked sad at the same time.

Xiao Ming sighed in his heart and said: “Does this king already know about this? The prince committed regicide and rebelled against the king. King Zhao assisted Zhou in his evil deeds. This king will recover this blood debt for his father.”

“Your Highness.” Luo Quan and Fiji’s eyes suddenly became moist when they heard this, and this assurance moved them deeply.

At this time, more and more ships docked, and Concubine Zhen’s ship also docked at this time. With the support of a group of palace ladies, Concubine Zhen walked down slowly.

Seeing Concubine Zhen, Xiao Ming took a few steps forward, bowed and said: “Mother Concubine.”

“Ming’er.” Seeing Xiao Ming, Concubine Zhen could no longer bear the grief, threw herself into Xiao Ming’s arms and cried bitterly, and The other maids also sobbed softly. As women, they have experienced too much these days.

Xiao Ming gently patted Concubine Zhen on the back. Concubine Zhen’s arrival made him feel completely at ease.

What he fears most is that Concubine Zhen will fall into the hands of King Zhao. In this way, he will be helpless in dealing with King Zhao. After all, in the country of Chongqing, filial piety comes first, and even the first-rank officials have to go home and observe filial piety for three years after their parents die. , this filial piety is the standard by which the world measures a person.

And this matter of rescuing Concubine Zhen was not only for him, but also for the officials in Qingzhou.

“Concubine, my condolences, my father’s heroic spirit in heaven definitely doesn’t want to see my concubine excessively sad,” Xiao Ming said.

Concubine Zhen nodded when she heard this.

At this time, Luluo and Ziyuan stepped forward to help Concubine Zhen walk towards a carriage that would take Concubine Zhen to Prince Qi’s Mansion.

After Concubine Zhen came down ordinary soldiers. At this time, Luo Hong reorganized these soldiers.

Seeing these soldiers, Xiao Ming had a smile on his face. Now that the world is in chaos, what he lacks is soldiers, and this Chang’an rebellion not only brought him some outstanding officials, but also these outstanding generals and soldiers.

After Fiji saluted Xiao Ming, Fei Yue’er immediately started chatting with Fiji, and Luo Quan and Luo Xin also talked about common things.

The remaining officials got off the ship and met Xiao Ming one by one. At the same time, Xiao Ming also introduced Pang Yukun and others to these officials from Chang’an.

After some introductions at the dock, Xiao Ming said to Feiji and Luo Quan: “Everyone, let’s go into the city and discuss it in detail.”

Feiji and Luo Quan nodded. He was about to talk to Xiao Ming about the edict, and Now we need to discuss with Xiao Ming how to deal with the Chang’an rebellion.

(End of chapter)