Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 706: The Lion Returns
At the imperial banquet in the palace, the protagonist arrived. Emperor Yuliang arrived in his wedding attire.

(When the emperor marries a concubine, it is the same as when an ordinary person marries a concubine. The concubine must enter through the side door of the palace.)
The ministers bowed and said, "We pay our respects to His Majesty the Emperor Liang."

"My dear ministers, please stand up. The prosperity of the imperial dynasty today is due to the concerted efforts of all the ministers. Now that our dynasty has just been established, we still need all the ministers to work together. Only by creating a peaceful world can we no longer meet the expectations of the people. Today, I will marry my virtuous concubine, and I will save these red tape. Ceremonial officer, let's begin."

After the ceremonial officer read out the imperial edict, the imperial banquet officially began.

Piao and Hua Wudie sat behind Fenghuangming and watched the imperial banquet proceed in silence.

After drinking for thirty minutes, Emperor Yuliang made a look to the ceremonial officer beside him. The ceremonial officer understood and reported to Emperor Yuliang: "Your Majesty, the father of the Helan Dynasty, Fenghuangming has a gift to offer."

Emperor Yuliang said, "Today I am celebrating the joy of marrying a concubine. Thank you Daoyin for being a witness."

Fenghuangming naturally understood what Emperor Yuliang meant and stood up and left his seat.

Before he came to the imperial steps, he took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to the ceremonial officer to present to Emperor Liang Yu, saying, "It is embarrassing to say that Fenghuangming has been in seclusion for a long time and has nothing. I can only boldly present the words I wrote as a gift for Emperor Liang to marry a concubine."

"I am extremely delighted to have obtained the calligraphy of the two masters of the Realm of Destruction." The gift presented by Fenghuangming is more meaningful than itself, so Emperor Yuliang asked the ceremonial officer to unfold the scroll.

There are four big characters written in a flamboyant style on it: "Afraid of death".

“Hahahaha..., good handwriting, good handwriting~” Emperor Yuliang circulated the words written by Fenghuangming to all his ministers.

After seeing these four words, many ministers angrily scolded Fenghuangming, "How dare you, Fenghuangming! Our emperor is generous and will not investigate your identity. How dare you write and mock our emperor on his wedding day!"

Fenghuangming did not take the ministers' criticism to heart. Facing Emperor Yuliang, he calmly asked, "With your Majesty's intelligence, you must understand the meaning of these four words."

In response to Fenghuangming's question, Emperor Yuliang waved his hand and asked the ministers to be quiet.

Among them, Piao and Hua Wudie, who already knew the meaning of these four words, held their breath and waited for Yu Lianghuang's answer.

Then, he said the meaning and origin of these four words, "The so-called 'greed for life' means to be greedy for the lives of the people and seek welfare for the people; 'fear of death' means to be afraid of the death of the people and think about the people. In the past, Helan Wuque, the founder of the Helan Dynasty, met you and had a very pleasant conversation. Before leaving, you gave him these four words. After Helan Wuque returned, he understood the meaning of these four words and established the Helan Prosperity in the Western Regions. I have understood what you mean."

"The Emperor Liang is well-versed in history and current affairs, and we, your ministers, admire him." Naturally, the ministers would not miss this rare opportunity to flatter him.

"Emperor Liang has a mind worthy of being the ruler of the world." Fenghuang Ming was not at all surprised that Emperor Yu Liang could explain the meaning of these four words.

Although they only exchanged a few moves that day, the Phoenix's ability naturally showed the ambition and talent of the Jade Beam Emperor.

This is also the reason why he persuaded the Twelve Lan Dengs to give up the restoration of the country.

Unfortunately, Lan Jiuyang insisted on having his own way and took things to extremes.

"Come here, please take a seat, sir."

Hua Wudie felt deflated when she saw Yu Lianghuang explain the four words thoroughly.

Is there anything more powerless than having an enemy who understands the teachings of your ancestors more thoroughly than you do?

At this time, the guard came to report, "Your Majesty Liang, Old Man Tianjian and Hongchenxue are here." "Oh, it's my good friend and my sister, please come in quickly." When Emperor Liang heard that Old Man Tianjian and Hongchenxue had arrived, he asked them to come in.

(Old Man Tianjian is friends with Emperor Yuliang, and Emperor Yuliang and his daughter Hongchenxue are sworn brothers and sisters. They call each other their own. Emperor Yuliang calls Old Man Tianjian his good friend, and Hongchenxue calls Emperor Yuliang his sworn brother. In the original play, Old Man Tianjian intended for Hongchenxue to marry Emperor Yuliang, and arranged a marriage for the two.)

Fenghuang Ming, who was once a swordsman on Xue Ye, was naturally very curious about this famous sword master.

Elder Tianjian and Hongchenxue arrived with gifts, "My dear friend, my daughter and I received an invitation from Beiwulin, and we rode as fast as we could, and finally made it."

"My dear friend and sister, thank you for being here. I am grateful that you are here. Come on, please seat the two of you."

Fenghuangming observed the appearance of the old man Tianjian and commented: "The old man Tianjian is indeed worthy of his reputation. Although the sword is in its sheath, it faintly reveals the aura of a king."

"The Lion Marquis congratulates His Majesty the Emperor Liang on his marriage and presents three night-shining pearls~"

Then the ceremonial officer reported that one of the three marquises of the Yu Yu Dynasty, Marquis Lion, who was said to have the power to destroy a country, had arrived.

The man had golden hair and eyebrows, blue eyes as sharp as lightning, and skin as white as snow. He was extremely brave and brave, and he was riding a mighty lion with a silver mane.

The three marquises were granted the right to ride in the palace by the Jade Emperor. As one of the three marquises, the Lion Marquis was allowed to ride a silver lion in the palace.

Fenghuangming looked at the Lion Marquis riding on a lion, stroked his beard and thought: "This man has an extraordinary appearance and unfathomable strength. From what the etiquette officer said just now, this man should be the Lion Marquis, one of the three marquises of the Yuyu Dynasty. Are the other two marquises who are not present today also like this? I wonder how powerful the two kings who are ranked above the three marquises are?"

Just as Fenghuangming was thinking, the Lion Marquis arrived in front of the steps of the Jade Liang Emperor, jumped off the silver lion, and respectfully congratulated the Jade Liang Emperor: "The Lion Marquis of the Yuyu Dynasty, Baili Dubu, pays homage to the Emperor Liang. Congratulations on the Emperor's marriage. In addition..."

Baili Dubu took out a long piece of cloth that he had prepared for a long time, which was covered with the seals of hundreds of tribes. He presented it to Emperor Yuliang, "This is the letter of surrender from the tribes in the mountains who are willing to submit to the dynasty after I conquered the Shiwan Mountains."

The Shiwandashan Mountains are located in the southwestern border of Xiwulin. It is surrounded by mountains, has complex terrain, dense rainforests, and a tough folk customs. There are countless tribes living there.

There were often wars between tribes, and from time to time some tribes would come out of the mountains to loot nearby villages.

When the imperial army arrived, those tribes hid in the Shiwan Mountains, causing the imperial army to fail several times.

In addition, Emperor Yuliang's main strategy at the time was to focus on Xiwulin, so he had no time to take care of this place, so he could only relocate the surrounding villagers first.

After Xiwulin was pacified, considering the complicated local situation in the Shiwandashan Mountains, Emperor Yuliang sent out one of the three marquises of the dynasty, 'Lion Marquis', Baili Dubu as the leading general, with the five army commanders of the center army, the left army, and the right army as auxiliary generals, and a total of 200,000 troops were mobilized.

Use engineers to open the way, provide heavy military protection, build bridges and pave roads.

Use the opened road as a big net and slowly spread it to the Ten Thousand Mountains.

They advanced steadily along the way, gradually squeezing out the living space of the mountain tribes.

Finally, a few days ago, the Yu Yu Dynasty conquered all the tribes in the Shi Wan Mountains. The surviving tribal leaders left marks representing their tribes on the surrender letter.

Emperor Yuliang took the letter of surrender in his hand, slowly unfolded it, and laughed, "Marquis Lion, this is the best gift."

(End of this chapter)