lady, please calm down

At the end of the hour, dignitaries and envoys from various countries were seated on the viewing platform on the east wall of Caizhou.

It is said that this morning, Prince Wanyanan of the Jin Kingdom wanted to claim that he was ill and could not come, but he was coaxed and frightened by Chai Yuanyi and Zhang Hao and half-forced to bring him here.

When several parties came out, the reaction of the people below was also very interesting.

As soon as Jiarou, who was seated first, appeared, a burst of shouts suddenly rang out from under the city wall, mixed with the sporadic shouts of His Highness Chitose. For this reason, Jiarou walked to the wall stacks and waved downwards.

The shouts couldn't help but get louder.

When Zhang Shuye, the representative of the Anfeng Dynasty, appeared on the stage, the atmosphere was obviously not as enthusiastic as when Jiarou was there.

Everyone didn't know what the relationship was between Zhang Shuye, Huaibei, and the King of Chu. Their indifference was only directed at Chai Ji, who was re-established.

However, compared to those behind him, Zhang Shuye’s treatment is pretty good.
"Luo Ruji, Minister of War of the Lin'an Dynasty of the Zhou Dynasty, and Chai Su, the prefect of Lin'an, were specially invited to attend the ceremony"

When the guards on the city wall shouted out the names of these two people, there was a burst of boos below. Speaking of which, the people of Huaibei didn't hate the Lin'an Dynasty.

Mainly because of the farce of the "Northern Expedition" in Lin'an last year. It was really ridiculous. It came in a lively manner, but then left in despair without taking advantage of it.

It's like the neighbor's naughty kid threw a piece of dirt at you. At most, you just feel disgusted and disgusted. Very few people will rise to the stronger emotion of 'hate'.

Now the people in Huaibei have this kind of view of the Lin'an Dynasty. They are cheap, cowardly and idiotic.

Luo Ruji and Chai Su sat upright on the viewing platform. They could not help but tremble slightly when they heard the joking and hooting in the city.

Chai Su was unwilling to accept this embarrassing task, but for this military parade, the King of Chu had made it clear that the Lin'an royal family would send people to participate. If he didn't come, why should Emperor Zhou come?
Their embarrassment was relieved later.

Just because the prince of Xixia who followed the good office and rushed to Cai as a hostage, and the prince of Jin led by Chai Yuanyi showed up, there was a burst of curses below, and the cordon organized by Gou Sheng was even pushed back by the people. ruler.

It can be said that the crowd is excited.

Last year's Battle of Tokyo was the most brutal battle since the formation of the Huaibei army. Caizhou people had a blood feud with these two countries. Only a few greetings in beautiful words could alleviate the anger in their hearts.

The young prince of Xixia was so frightened by this scene that he cried on the spot.

Wanyan An's face turned red with anger. If Chai Yuanyi hadn't restrained him, he would have run to the city wall and scolded the people.

Fortunately, after a brief period of confusion, the appearance of the King of Chu quickly turned the shouts and curses below into cheers. At one point, the overbearing shouts of "Longevity to the King of Chu" rang out from the crowd.
At two o'clock in the morning, the military parade officially began.

The leader was the Guards Regiment, which had made great contributions in the Battle of Tokyo.

As one of the few heavy infantry units in the Huaibei Army, the 1st Guards Regiment pays special attention to the physical fitness of its soldiers when selecting soldiers. They are generally half a head taller than other teams. Their well-proportioned bodies are paired with light gray military uniforms made of woolen materials. He is called "soldier-like", and he is brave and forceful.

As soon as he appeared, the surrounding area was drowned in the screams of the older girl and younger daughter-in-law.

Then came the phalanx of horse troops, baggage, and disabled retired veterans.

The elders of Caizhou did not hesitate to applaud their own soldiers, and there was a continuous stream of applause in the city. There were even merchants who made petals from Caijuan and threw them to the soldiers, which lasted for half an hour.

Yang Youtian, who was also invited to the city wall to watch the ceremony, couldn't help but sigh to Yao Sanbian in distress: "It's extravagant, it's so extravagant."

When Cai Yuan, who was sitting in front of him, heard this, he turned back to Yang Youtian and said with a smile: "It's not like this every day. Since last year, we Huaibei men have been fighting continuously. Today is more extravagant, and the soldiers deserve it."

The people below the city were excited for the soldiers, but many people in the city were waiting for the 'live-fire drill' part of the military parade.
This summer, there were rumors that the Huaibei Army was equipped with larger-caliber thunder cannons, as well as the firecrackers that restrained the cavalry army and ignored heavy armor protection. After Huaibei turned to military production as a whole, it was equipped with at least two regiments.

Everyone in Chen Chu was also "disappointed". After the phalanx of soldiers, there was a drill by two heavy artillery companies.

On the reserved open space, two small cities with a scale of 1:100 had been built with bricks and stones. After the heavy artillery company entered the site, they quickly fixed the gun positions, cleaned the barrels, filled the ammunition, and put in the projectiles.
The whole process was not kept secret, and it was so nakedly presented in front of the envoys from various countries.

I’m not afraid of others learning from it.

Below, an officer with the title of battalion commander on his arm completed the pre-launch procedures, raised his arms and trotted to Lin Chengfu, the commander of the artillery regiment. He clicked his heels and performed a chest-flattening salute. He said loudly: "Commander, the 1st Heavy Artillery Battalion, 2nd Company, and 3rd Company are ready and ready to fire at any time. Please give instructions!"

Lin Chengfu turned around in a standard manner, raised his head and said to the city wall: "My subordinates are ready, please give instructions from the King of Chu!"

After receiving the signal from King Chu, Lin Chengfu turned around and ran back to the artillery position.
About ten breaths later, among the dozens of sky thunder cannons lined up from south to north, the northernmost sky thunder cannon was the first to roar.

There are thunder cannons placed at the top of Caizhou City, and they were fired continuously last year when resisting the Zhou army's northern invasion.

Therefore, the people of Caizhou who were watching from a distance not only covered their ears, but also proudly warned some onlookers from other places in advance to show that we Caizhou people are well-informed.

But this time, the power of the heavy artillery was even more terrifying than before.

There was only a low sound of wind in the air, and then, a slight tremor on the ground was clearly felt.

This time it was not counted as a salvo, but the artillery line was seen spitting out black smoke one after another from north to south, and suddenly retreated.

The muffled sounds of 'dong, dong, dong' were connected in a line.

Viewed from the perspective of the city wall, it becomes even more spectacular, as if it is not an mundane thing.

The so-called layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

The time intervals between these heavy artillery fires were almost exactly the same. Someone immediately realized that such an operation not only required strict discipline on the part of the artillery, but also meant that the fuse of the Huaibei Sky Thunder Cannon burned extremely stably, so that the time could be controlled like this. So precise.

Since the birth of the Huaibei Sky Thunder Cannon, no court has thought of imitating such a powerful weapon.

But even the Zhou Kingdom has not been able to solve the problems of bombing the chamber and fuses so far.
The Huaibei Army is showing off and threatening.

Both Aodaochong and Chai Su could see clearly that the two cities that were used as targets and had been turned into ruins by the successive bombardments were built to guard against the Xixia capitals, Xingqingfu and Lin'an City.

Faced with such a naked threat, the two of them did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.

Chen Chu, who was sitting in a row with envoys from several countries, looked at a few of them after the sound of cannons stopped, and said with a smile: "My lords, how powerful is this thunder cannon in Huaibei?"

Zhang Chunxiao and Zhang Shuye were the calmest. They had already integrated into the Huaibei system. No matter how powerful the thunder cannon was today, it could not hurt them, so there was no need to be frightened.

However, Zhang Hao, who had adjusted his mentality, hurriedly said: "Great kindness! With the blessing of this artifact, our Five Dynasties Allied Forces will be able to defeat the rebels outside the pass like a tiger with added wings!"

More than ten days ago, Zhang Hao was not so docile. Today, he directly mentioned the "Allied Forces of the Five Dynasties". It seems that he has completely succumbed to the King of Chu.

Ao Daochong knew that this was already similar to the ultimatum of the King of Chu. If he did not agree to send troops again, the coalition forces of the Five Dynasties would probably lose him to the Xixia Dynasty. But by then, would Wanyan Liang be defeated first or be destroyed first? It's hard to say about Xingqing Mansion.

"Da Xia is willing to follow the King of Chu with his tail."

Aodaochong expressed his stance, leaving only Chai Su. Luo Ruji had already been eager to express his loyalty to the King of Chu, but precisely because Chai Su was here, he did not express his stance, so Luo Ruji could only hold back for the time being.

However, Chen Chu did not urge him. He smiled and called Xiao Yi and said, "Go and let me know so that the children can stay away for the time being."

Nowadays, joining the army in Huaibei is no longer a shameful thing. On the contrary, it is still an extremely glorious thing and is also regarded as a way out by many young people.

Therefore, many elders who came to watch the ceremony brought their children to cultivate martial arts in their children from an early age.

Today, the children from Prince Chu's Mansion also came to the city wall. After Xiao Yi informed them one by one, Han Lu, Zhuan Yun and others temporarily took the children away from the princess.

However, no one expected that when a few little ones passed behind the main stage, Mian'er suddenly broke away from Zhuan Yun's hand, ducked through the gap in the stage and rushed to Jia Rou. He raised his head and said: "Mother, Zhuan Yun Aunt Yun took me to eat some fruit, mother, do you want to eat it?"

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There was silence all around, and everyone looked at the little girl in front of Jiarou who looked like her.

The eldest princess of Qi has never been married, so where did she get her daughter?
Jiarou was also frightened and at a loss.

Zhuan Yun was also frightened. After she hurried around, she hugged Mian'er and left.

But then, Mian'er refused. Today, she had been following the eldest lady, and it was not until just now that she saw her mother in beautiful clothes sitting in the most conspicuous position on the stage.

He happily came to talk to his mother, but her mother ignored him!

Now Aunt Zhuan Yun was unreasonable and picked her up and walked away. The little girl didn't understand anything. Just that her mother ignored her was enough to make her heartbroken. But when she saw that she was no longer struggling in Zhuan Yun's arms, Chao Jia Rou stretched out her little arms and cried: "Mother, give me a hug. Mother, give me a hug."

This time, it couldn't help but attract more people's attention.

Some people looked confused.

Some people are thoughtful.

Many high-level people in Huaibei already know about the matter between the eldest princess and the King of Chu, but there is a huge difference between knowing it in private and being seen out in public!

Not to mention, there were many envoys from various countries present at this time.

In the distance, Mao'er and Caihua, who were sitting at the woman's seat, stood up at the same time and walked over, as if to resolve the awkward moment. Jia Rou froze in her seat, her face turning red uncontrollably. Seeing Mian'er crying so sadly, she wanted to hug her little cotton-padded jacket, but in the current situation, she couldn't even do this simplest action.

There was silence on the auditorium where hundreds of people were sitting, except for Mian'er's loud and increasingly sad cry.

Zhuan Yun stumbled out with the little girl in her arms, but had to pass through many officials and envoys. This was a great torture for her.

"Zhuan Yun, I'm so panicked!"

In the silence, a familiar calm voice came.

Zhuan Yun raised his head and looked at Chen Chu who spoke.

Feeling that he had caused a big disaster, tears were already welling up in Zhuan Yun's eyes, and he was about to kneel down subconsciously, but Chen Chu said: "Get up, don't scare Mian'er!"

While he was talking, Chen Chu reached out and took Mian'er from Zhuan Yun's arms. As soon as he entered his father's arms, Mian'er reached out and hugged his father's neck. He cried even more aggrieved, sobbed and said: "Dad, mother, mother. Ignore Mian'er."

Chen Chu tipped Mian'er in his arms and whispered in his daughter's ear: "Mom is playing a game with you. She is holding back her words. Whoever speaks first loses."

"It's not fun. Mian'er doesn't want to talk to mother."

Mian'er, with tears in his eyes, looked at his mother hesitantly.

In this situation, no matter how stupid you are, you can still see what is going on with this child.

At this time, Mao'er and Cai Hua also rushed over. Chen Chu then looked at Zhuan Yun, who was trembling with fear, and scolded: "You are reckless, I will fine you half a month's salary!"

When Zhuan Yun heard this, the tears that had been swirling in his eyes finally fell down, and he said in a tearful voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty."

Ayu, who was watching from a distance, breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Zhuan Yun came from her dowry girl, but Chen Chu told Mao'er and Cai Hua the result of the punishment.

Even if this matter is revealed, otherwise, with Cai Hua's temperament, Zhuan Yun will definitely suffer a lot if he makes a big mistake today.

Cai Hua could certainly see what Chen Chu meant. When she saw Zhuan Yun crying in front of so many people, she said angrily: "Stop crying here, don't go down yet!"

Zhuan Yun quickly saluted and retreated carefully.

Mao'er also knew that everyone was looking at his family at this time, and couldn't help but reach out to take Mian'er from the official's arms, but Chen Chu looked at the little girl who was hugging his neck tightly and refused to let go. He said: "Forget it, you go back and sit down, and let Mian'er follow me."

Mao'er hesitated for a moment, but still took Cai Hua away obediently.

Below, it seems that some drill content has been added, and the sergeant is quickly preparing.

On the city wall, although many officials did not dare to stare at the King of Chu and his daughter all the time, they all looked at this place with their ears raised and their heads tilted to the side.

Everyone in the world loves gossip.

But Chen Chu was not affected at all. He only held his daughter and whispered in Mian'er's ear. After a while, Mian'er was amused and giggled.

Jia Rou, who was sitting in the main seat above, knew she shouldn't look over, but couldn't help it.

But compared to just now, she felt much more comfortable at this moment. She didn't dare to recognize Mian'er in front of all the officials in the world. After all, she was not married yet, and Mian'er was born during the period of his father's filial piety. She was worried, There are too many things to be afraid of.

Fortunately, Mian'er's father is not afraid!
Since he dared to carry Mian'er over in public, he was telling everyone that Mian'er was the daughter of his King of Chu. Whoever dared to force Lai Lai would depend on the temper of the King of Chu!
For a moment, Jiarou's eyes were slightly moist, and a relieved smile appeared on her beautiful face.

Next to her, Chai Yuanyi quietly watched the good show, but she was very envious of Jia Rou. In Chai Yuanyi's understanding, Jia Rou was probably the same as her, who committed herself to the King of Chu in order to protect herself.

But at least, King Chu's attitude just now actually provided solid protection for Jiarou and her daughter, and he did not pretend to be deaf and dumb for the so-called 'reputation'.

There is an interlude at the top of the city, and the lower part is also ready.

At first glance, they saw more than two hundred soldiers carrying firecrackers on their shoulders. Just when everyone thought it was a firecracker drill, they suddenly heard a chaotic cry.

However, a group of prisoners wearing prison uniforms and shackled hands and feet were escorted out of the east gate of Caizhou.

"Master Chai, Master On, there is an old friend of yours below, do you want to go down and talk?"

Chen Chu hugged Mian'er and turned his head towards the two of them, smiling warmly.

The two of them were reminded and quickly looked closely. Below, the person being dragged forward crying by the sergeant was none other than the former favorite minister of His Majesty, the Minister of Dali Temple, Wan Qixi!
The man next to him was Ren Dejing, the commander-in-chief of the Xixia Jianing Army, who had been captured and detained for more than a year!
"Two gentlemen, here, the second person on the left is Liu Shuping, our former Qinfeng Road manager. He escaped from the battle in Tokyo last year and died in rebellion along with his two sons and one nephew."

Chen Chu enthusiastically introduced the two of them, then sighed and said regretfully: "It's a pity that Wanyan Mouyan was killed by a farmer and his son when he fled westward, and he was unable to be escorted back and sentenced to death. By the way, Ren De After all, Jing and Wan Qixi were once subordinates of Zhou and Xia. You two can take their heads back later and present them to the two emperors. This will fulfill your duty as king and minister."

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Neither of them said a word. Instead, Mian'er, who was nestled in Chen Chu's arms, looked up and asked Chen Chu, "Dad, what a head it is."

"The first level?"

Chen Chu chuckled, raised his hand and ruffled Mian'er's loose bun, "The first one is your puppy head, hahaha."

"Keke, Mian'er has a little dog's head, and daddy has a big dog's head~"

"Hahaha"

In the eerie silence, the laughter of the father and daughter sounded particularly inconsistent.

Not long after, the soldiers below had tied Ren Dejing, Wan Qixi, Liu Shuping, their accomplices, and some of the prisoners from last year, a total of more than a hundred people, to the temporarily erected pillars.

After receiving the instruction from the King of Chu at the top of the city that "execution is ready", the soldiers below raised their guns and aimed at the prisoners thirty steps away amid the sound of "prepare".

Chen Chu raised his hand to cover Mian'er's eyes. After a few breaths, the sound of beans popping suddenly sounded.

There was thick smoke below. When the smoke cleared, Chen Chu looked at Chai Su and said seriously: "Master Chai, do you think that shooting is more civilized and humane than beheading? If you were given a choice, would you rather be killed? Beheaded or shot?"

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humane? civilization? Chai Su looked down at Wan Qixi, who had half of his head blown off by a gunshot. He held back the turmoil in his stomach and finally said: "Civilization! The Huaibei Army is the division of civilization! Our country is willing to send people to Tiance Mansion, and we are willing to send troops. Follow the civilized master to destroy Wanyan Liang."

At early noon, the military parade ended.

The host, Chen Jingyan, was hosting a banquet in the city. Chai Yuanyi took advantage of the chaos when everyone got up and left the city. She saw the opportunity and came to Chai Su's side. She just called out "Uncle Fourteen" and her eyes turned red.

Chai Su was a member of the royal family and the Zongzheng of the Zhou Dynasty. He was also Chai Ji's cousin and Chai Yuanyi's fourteenth uncle.

Chai Yuanyi and Chai Su may not be very close, but the latter is the only adult relative she has seen besides her father during the fifteen years of her captivity.

Chai Yuanyi, who is quite tolerant, couldn't restrain her emotions when she saw her relatives under such circumstances.

Chai Su obviously knew who Chai Yuanyi was, but he didn't know whether it was because he wanted to avoid King Chu's jealousy or because he felt embarrassed about his niece who had devoted herself to Emperor Jin. His reaction was quite cold. He just nodded briefly, turned around and quickly walked down the city wall.

Chai Yuanyi was caught off guard by the other party's attitude and couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.

Chen Chu, who was standing aside with Mian'er in his arms, happened to witness the whole process. He couldn't help but stepped forward and said to Mian'er: "Here, this is the empress who gave you the Babao chess piece. Have Mian'er said thank you?"

What this means is that Chai Yuanyi visited the royal family members more than ten days ago and sent many gifts.

There were many children's toys among them, and Mian'er's was the eight-treasure agate chess piece.

After being hugged by her father for half the morning, Mian'er had long ago forgotten the sadness caused by her mother's neglect of her. She was particularly well-behaved at the moment. She was busy in Chen Chu's arms and saluted Chai Yuanyi, and said with a sweet voice: " Thanks to the Empress for the reward, Mian'er really likes the eight-treasure chess piece."

Chai Yuanyi quickly suppressed her bitter mood, smiled and squeezed Mian'er's fleshy little hand, but said: "The little princess is so lucky to have a father who is upright and upright."

These words seemed to mean something, but Mian'er couldn't hear the deeper meaning. Anyway, she felt that this lady was praising her father, so she hurriedly leaned over and kissed her father on the face to prove that Mian'er 's dad is fine'.

"Let's go, there is a banquet in the city, and a few glasses of strong wine can relieve the worries of life."

Chen Chu said this and turned around with Mian'er to Jiarou's side.

After a moment's delay, there were not many people on the wall. Chen Chu didn't seem to have any scruples and came straight to Jia Rou's side. He said to Mian'er in his arms, "Okay, the game is over. You can talk to your mother now."

Anyway, after today, it was no longer possible for the two of them to hide their affairs. Jiarou simply stopped caring about the looks of others and hurriedly opened her arms towards Mian'er, saying apologetically: "Come on, mother, give me a hug."

Unexpectedly, Mian'er snorted as if he was angry, lay on his father's shoulder, turned his head away, and gave Jiarou a slap on the back of his head.

Humph, just now Mian'er wanted to be hugged by my mother, but she pretended not to know me! Now I have my father to hold me, and my mother is here to be a good person again!
Mian'er doesn't want to lose face! (End of chapter)