The Yanming of the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 9
This Murong Han is eight feet long, with extraordinary arm length, and a dignified appearance.At this moment, riding on the snow in Yinshan Mountain looks even taller.

King Yan ordered the Minister of Internal Affairs to make a new armor for General Jianwei, which was sent to Liucheng along with Murong Ke.At this moment, the spring day is bright, and the golden armor shines against the spring light, and it also doubles as the breastplate on the chest, which is dazzling.Wearing a scarlet cloak, coupled with the snow-white Yinshan snow, Murong Han is like a heavenly soldier.

The accompanying Murong Ke was behind him, and the horse team behind him was the send-off guard arranged by Liucheng Chengda.

Seeing Uncle Wang coming from a distance, Murong Ba stepped forward to greet him and said: "Your Excellency, welcome Uncle Wang back to the country. Uncle Wang has been wandering abroad for many years and it has been very hard work. His father specially ordered his son to meet Uncle Wang first. My nephew is still young. If there is anything inappropriate, please advise Uncle Wang." After saying that, he bowed his hands and bowed.

At the same time, Gao Xu ordered people to play music. All of a sudden, the rites and music were played together, and the drums were beating, which was very lively.

Seeing that Murong Hanfei dismounted from his horse, helped Murong up and said: "I have heard that there is a new young hero from our Murong royal family, and this sight really lives up to our reputation."

Murong Han took advantage of the situation and squeezed Murong Ba's shoulders with both hands, but suddenly saw Murong Ba's left shoulder flicker, it's not surprising, Murong Han was very suspicious.

But seeing Murong Ke next to him giggled and said: "Uncle Wang's arrow is very powerful, then Ah Liudun has been recuperating in the mansion for many days."

Murong Han carefully stepped forward to check the injury of Murong Ba's left arm, but Murong Ba cupped his hands and said: "If the arrow makes my Uncle Wang return to the country, it will be worth it. It is a great blessing for my Uncle Wang to be like this in Yan Kingdom. "Yan Ba ​​took Murong Han's hand and said: "My father has been waiting in Wende Hall for a long time, and I want to share my filial piety with Uncle Wang, please."

Not long after, the group arrived outside the south gate of Thorn City, and saw that from the city gate order to the guards, they were all dressed in fine clothes, holding sampans, shining in the sunlight.The Zhuque Avenue in the middle has been completely cleaned up, and people from all over the world gathered on both sides of the road, competing to witness this grand occasion.On both sides of the road, the royal city guards lined up on both sides every ten feet.

The people in the crowd whispered, "Having lived for half of my life, even the King of Yan won such a battle when he came back from a victorious battle." Another person said: "Yan Guo won Murong Han, and he won the Great Wall."

The three of them rode tall horses, walked slowly along Suzaku Street, and marched towards the royal city, enjoying the glory of the crowd's attention.

In the king's city, the princes and ministers lined up on both sides, and the officer on duty shouted: "Brother Wang returns to the country, everyone salutes."

In the royal team, Na Murong Ping stepped forward and said to the son: "My son, is this too much?"

"Uncle Wang, this is my father's order, you and I will follow suit." The rest said no more, and then greeted him with cupped hands.Seeing this, Murong Ping had nothing to say, so he just followed suit.

The concubines of King Yan were also waiting in the royal city in splendid attire. In the queue, Concubine Lan and Concubine Gao showed joyful expressions on their faces.They were very happy to see their sons riding tall horses in the royal city.Except for the slightly depressed face after Duan Hou, the rest of the concubines were just doing routine work, showing no expression.

It's just that Mrs. Gongsun's eyes were a little blurred, she only looked at Murong Han's figure from a distance, her gaze was unwilling to leave for a long time, tears were faintly visible in her eye sockets.Seeing this, Concubine Lan comforted her in a low voice: "Sister Gongsun, although Murong Han has returned to the country now, things are different and people are different, so please remember."

"Thank you, Sister Lan. From the moment I stepped into King Yan's Palace, there has been a ruthless separation with Murong Han, and my sister will not lose her sense of proportion." Mrs. Gongsun only said.

The three of them rode their horses to the steps of Wende Hall, got off their horses and waited.I saw that Murong Hao was already standing outside the gate of the palace. When Murong Han came back, he was supported by the servants and walked down the steps.That Murong Han was about to salute, but was quickly stopped by King Yan, who held his hand and went up the steps.As he walked, he said: "You don't need to be too polite, brother is pure in thinking, has made military exploits many times, and is loyal to the country, but he has lived in other countries for a long time and cannot return. It is my fault." But Murong Han was about to bow his hands to apologize, but King Yan continued: " However, Hu Ma is in the north wind, and the tired birds miss the old forest. Today, I have regained my brother in Yan State, just like Guan Zhong is to Qi Huan, and the ovary is to Liu Bang. Heaven loves Yan State, and I will not disappoint my brother." Yan Wang said Come on, the two of them went up the stairs to the main hall.

On the main hall, a table has been set up, and the top is placed too firmly, and another tripod is placed on it. At this time, chimes, drums, and gongs are placed on both sides.And set Bi, Zhang, Cong.

The two picked up the jue and drank each other.After kneeling behind the table, King Yan looked up to the sky and shouted: "The destiny is manifested, protect me Yan, God has mercy on me, I am Murong Hao."

"Murong Han."

"Live up to the alliance of brothers, the emperor and the queen of land, and the gods and men will learn from each other."

After saying that, kneel down three times and kowtow three times, burn incense and make oaths.

All the ministers shouted long live, and the King of Yan summoned him to pardon the world.

It was night, and all the ministers, envoys and ministers of various ministries were invited to a banquet in Wenchang Hall.

Now that Murong's family has moved to Thorn City for a long time, they have gradually learned the dance and music banquet of the Central Plains.

Those who are happy with the husband, the joy of the sage, can be kind to others.Therefore, in ancient times, the emperors, princes, and high officials did not enjoy music for no reason, and scholars did not go to the qin and se for no reason, so as to calm their hearts and smooth their ambitions, so that the harmony will not dissipate, and the evil will not interfere.

By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a Yuefu, dedicated to dancing and music.At the end of Emperor Huai's Yongjia period, all the musical instruments of the actors and officials disappeared, and they were scattered all over the place.There are also many musicians who have fled from the country of Yan.In addition to the great prosperity of culture and education in Yan State, Taiyue Order has also been set up now, specializing in singing and dancing.

Although since Emperor Wu received Zen, Sima Yan ordered Yousi to create 22 songs, describing his merits and virtues to replace Wei.But now that there is chaos in Lisang and the old scriptures do not exist, most of the musicians are based on the old titles of the Yuefu in the early Han Dynasty.This night, it was "There Are Beautiful Women in the North" by Li Yannian, the former captain of Xie Lv during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"There are beauties in the north, who are peerless and independent. Once you look at the city of Qingren, then you look at the country of Qingren. Would you rather not know the city and the country? Beautiful women are hard to come by."

Accompanied by silk and bamboo wind music, the dancers in the hall danced lightly, and everyone was fascinated by it.

After all, they are from the Xianbei nomadic family, Murong Ping in the hall said with the strength of wine: "I think Yan Wang's concubines are all beautiful." His expression was disrespectful.

The prince said angrily: "Uncle Ping, you are so confused, you are good at talking about concubines, how many heads do you have to cut off?"

Hearing this, Murong Ping sobered up for a while, got up and knelt in the hall, kowtowed his head and apologized: "Your brother, you should die. After drinking a few mouthfuls of yellow soup, you talk nonsense. You should die, you should die." After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands .

The King of Yan was also drunk now, so he said: "I have no evil thoughts in judging my younger brother. I forgive you for your innocence. Then I ask you, among all the concubines, who is the most beautiful?"

King Yan's question made Murong Ping embarrassed, and he refused to respond for a long time, only to hear King Yan say: "Oh, brother Ping, I'm sorry to say that you are not guilty, but it doesn't matter."

"The servant feels that, brother Wang is now in his prime, and this beautiful woman will always be next."

"Haha." Everyone was joking, and everyone in the harem was too shy.The most embarrassing thing is the youngest concubine, Mrs. Gongsun.

I saw Murong Han come out and say: "King Yan, this Yuefu military music is majestic and long, please use your sword dance to help your elegance."

"Okay, I haven't seen Brother Han for ten years, so let's play military music."

I saw the musicians playing the short flute and cymbal songs of the Han Dynasty, such as Jiang Jinjiu, Junma Huang, Lingaotai, etc., listed in the advocacy and multi-order battles.

King Yan took off his sword and handed it to Murong Han, and saw Murong Han swaying the sword edge to the music, dancing with the music, sometimes stabbing powerfully, and sometimes slashing majesticly.It's really the same style as before.

At the moment of the sword dance, Murong Han's eyes met Mrs. Gongsun's, and it was only a flash.Murong Han avoided it, but Mrs. Gongsun's bright eyes stared straight at him, gradually fascinated.

If it wasn't for Concubine Gao's push, I'm afraid that the accumulated tears would overflow and flow out of the eyes.

After Murong Han danced, he bowed deeply to thank King Yan on the throne, all the courtiers, and all the concubines in the direction of Mrs. Gongsun.

Only late at night, the banquet is enough.

The next day when he went to the court, Murong Hao sent his servants to issue an edict: he wanted to make Murong Han the governor of Pingzhou and the Duke of Liaodong.The ministers sighed, and Murong Ping took the lead and said: "My king wants to make brother Han the Duke of Liaodong, how can my country of Yan deal with itself? Besides, my country of Yan only has one place in Pingzhou, and there is no other place to make it here."

Mu Yugen also followed closely: "Before the king of Yan, he stopped the Duke of Liaodong. Is this seal too much?"

Han Huan stepped forward and said: "If my country of Yan asked for the title of King Yan but failed, how strange is it that I have regained the Duke of Liaodong?"

This Han Huan was originally an opponent of the self-proclaimed Duke of Liaodong in the period of the previous kings, and was demoted to Xinchang Ling.

"Father, my son has something to report, do you want to shield the left and right?" The eldest son Murong Jun also stepped forward.

"Jun'er, this is a state matter, there is no need to whisper, just speak up." Murong Hao said.

"Father, it is true, but this matter concerns my Murong face, so..."

"Just say it." King Yan was a little sullen.

"Father, have you ever forgotten that the one who rebelled first, Murong Ren used this title to occupy Liaodong. My son worried that this title would make others feel uneasy." Murong Jun kowtowed, "Uncle Wang used to guard Liaodong, and those who rebelled before, There are quite a few places in Goguryeo, and if someone uses this...my son made a mistake, I hope the father will make amends."

Hearing this, I saw Murong Han knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty the King of Yan, my minister Murong Han, I only wish to be a soldier of the Yan Kingdom, and I have nothing else to ask for."

There was a moment of silence in the court hall, but what the son said was an old scar of the Yan Kingdom.This king fights against the barbarians, but he still cedes the land to stand on his own. In this troubled world, who knows the difference.Although the Yan Lords of the two generations were both canonized by the Jin Dynasty, there are great families in the middle of the country, especially the Liaodong gentry.Some people still think that Xianbei Murong usurped Liaodong.

Seeing that none of the ministers spoke, Murong Han straightened up slowly and said: "The former king has enshrined his minister as Jianwei General, and I am no longer afraid. If you want to reward him now, you can just be a general, and there is nothing else you can ask for." .”

"This..." King Yan hesitated, the imperial edict had already been promulgated, but he wanted to take it back, it was really a joke.

Sili Yangyu stepped forward and said: "King Yan, Murong Han's proposal is very good, so I suddenly awarded the reward, fearing that the ministers will not accept it. At the beginning of the feudal general, it will not be too late to confer him again when he makes great achievements."

Feng Yi also followed up and said: "The dukes and princes originally intended to be rewarded only after great achievements have been made. Now I am named a general. I hope that General Murong Han will make great contributions to the country of Yan. Why do we, the country of Yan, cherish such a mere title."

"Since that's the case, Brother Han has wronged you and condescended to the title of General Jianwei."

"The minister leads the decree to thank you." Murong Han bowed.

"My king Shengming" the ministers responded.

Although this Murong Yan Kingdom only lives in a corner, the rules and regulations in the palace are all closer to Zhongzhou.

The harem of King Yan is not as complicated as the Central Plains Dynasty.There are not so many madams, Zhaoyi, Jieyu, Ronghua, beauties and so on.But apart from the Queen Duan, there are also several concubines, concubines, and wives. In addition to years of wars, more and more tribes have been surrendered, either for marriage or surrender, and the number of people in the inner court has also increased. How lively.

It was a warm spring day, and with Murong Han returning to the country, the concubines and concubines in the inner court also walked around a lot. The Queen Duan called everyone to hold a garden party today.

After sitting at the banquet, the queen was the first to speak, "Now our country of Yan is gaining momentum, and now that brother Han has returned to our country, our country of Yan is prosperous."

Everyone said: "Sister Duan's assistance in managing the harem is indispensable, so that King Yan can concentrate on government affairs without distractions."

That Queen Duan changed the topic, "Everyone in my harem should serve the King of Yan first, and not confine him to the palace latitude." During the banquet, Queen Duan looked at Concubine Lan, "Fortunately, my sister has a son like this, My country of Yan has another capable minister."

Concubine Lan leaned over in fear and said: "My sister is too famous, my son is just lucky, my son will definitely do my best to help King Yan, brother filial piety."

"It's so good. Today I heard that at the welcoming ceremony yesterday, Ke'er, Ba'er is so majestic, everyone bows to him."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone fell silent, and those who didn't know the details were full of suspicion and fear.

Concubine Na Lan and Concubine Gao knelt down, and Concubine Gao said: "Sister Miao Zan, my sister is very frightened. This welcome ceremony was originally discussed by the court, and I don't know." Meddling in political affairs is an ancestral system, how dare my sister violate the prohibition."

Mrs. Gongsun, who was the youngest next to her, stepped forward and persuaded: "My sister is of noble birth. The Duan family and the Murong family have been friends for several generations. The Murong family's success in this city of thorns is largely due to the Duan family. Besides, the former king, the current king, mother and concubine are all from the family. Mrs. Duan, my generation of Han people, Hu Di, was able to live in this troubled world, it is a fluke, how dare I look at the brightness of the bright moon, my generation is just the light of fireflies."

"Sister, where do you say that?" Queen Duan was quite proud, and then she turned her face and said, "I know that Murong Han knew Mrs. Gongsun before he left for another country. Now that Murong Han has returned to Yan Kingdom, sister, don't lose your sense of proportion."

"It's all rumors that don't exist, sister, don't take it to heart, we all want to assist King Yan." Mrs. Gongsun hurriedly bowed down.

"In that case, all concubines, please get up quickly." Duan Hou asked the maid to quickly help the three concubines up, but their bodies did not move.

Suddenly, a servant girl rushed over and whispered in the ear of the queen. It was obvious that the queen's body was already weak. She braced herself up and said to everyone, "Spring is short, everyone should return home as soon as possible." Puzzled, he didn't say much, and left in a hurry.

Concubine Na Lan returned to her bedroom, only to see Murong Ba had been waiting here for a long time.Na Murong Ba said: "Mother doesn't know, she rebelled at that time." Seeing Concubine Lan pouring water, the water didn't come out of the glass but she didn't know it.

"Mother, this time my father ordered me to go out with Gao Bi and lead a team to march into Lingzhi City alone. Do you have any orders from my concubine?" Murong Ba said to his mother.

"Flesh and blood, there are your uncles and aunts in this department, you just need to garrison troops to help in the battle, this is really..." Lan Shuyi finally said, "It's a hot potato, don't worry about it."

"My son understands, what mother said is true." She cupped her hands and said goodbye to Concubine Lan.

After that period, she hastily entered her palace, at this moment she was packing up her clothes and preparing to go straight to King Yan's bedroom in Wangcheng, only to see her son Murong Jun standing at the gate of the palace.

"Jun'er, the empress has something important to do, please get out of the way quickly." Duan Hou's face showed displeasure.

"Mother thinks deeply, this trip is absolutely unacceptable." Murong Jun hurriedly blocked his mother's way.

"Your uncle and uncle are all in Lingzhi City. If the army of Yan Kingdom is approaching, I'm afraid..."

"Plop," Murong Jun knelt down in front of his mother.

"Earlier today, the father had already reported urgently. He was furious, and neither the left nor the right dared to speak." Murong Jun raised his head slowly, "I only heard what the father said, the poor duanbu was bullied by Shi Zhao, desperate, so he kindly took him in. He didn't intend to annex his tribe, but now he returns and rebels, which is tolerable." Murong Jun stood up slowly, "I did hear the words from many ministers in the court: Duan has always been an untrustworthy villain, and he has made an alliance with Liu Yue , but killed him, abandoned his righteousness and used his whole flesh and blood, recognized Shi Le as the father of the thief, and lured them into rebellion, over and over again.

When Duan Hou heard this, he was shocked: "Jun'er, please quickly persuade your father, your father and the leader of the Duan tribe are both uncles and brothers, this brother and sister is killing each other..."

"Don't talk too much after this paragraph." Murong Jun said angrily, "Forgive me for being disrespectful. As usual, when my father went to war, I was always the supervisor of the country. Now that's the end, it doesn't matter to me to let Murong Ke stay behind as the supervisor of the country." Arrangement, if the future mother wants to say this, the big thing is in danger."

But he saw that Empress had her mother's country in her heart and wanted to highlight the palace gate, but she saw that Murong Jun said sternly: "The gates of Duanhou Palace are closed on the left and right. It is not my order. You must not open it lightly. Anyone who violates it will be executed immediately."

Both the left and the right are afraid of the power of the son, and they all agree with each other.

Duan Hou just sat slumped on the ground, listening to the footsteps of his son Murong Jun gradually leaving.My natal family is running out of time...

(End of this chapter)