One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 297 Greeting the Imperial Envoy
The sixteenth day of the first month of the second year of Chuping (AD 191).

Among the mountains thirty miles east of Zhangzi County, a team of hundreds of people is marching westward.The soldiers in this team are all shiny in armor, tall and strong.The flags are flying in the ranks, which is very pompous.

This is the team of Liu Yu, the imperial envoy who went from Yecheng to Bingzhou to issue the decree.

Xu Huang and his soldiers were also among this team.They walk at the front and lead the way.

While on the road, Xu Huang suddenly saw a fast horse approaching in front of him, and the knight came up to him, so he reined in the horse and reported to Xu Huang: "Report to the county captain, ten miles ahead, the lord and General Yang Feng led people to meet the angel. Long wait."

When Xu Huang heard this, he immediately turned the horse's head and turned around to walk backward.After a while, he walked to a carriage, cupped his hands to an officer in front of the carriage and said, "Lieutenant Qi, please report to Mr. Liu on behalf of someone. Ten miles ahead, I am waiting for Liu Shijun to drive."

Although Qin Yi served as the county magistrate of the eldest son, his official position in the court of Yecheng was still that of the county magistrate of Lu County. Therefore, Xu Huang still called Qin Yi because of his resignation.

This officer was Liu Yu's personal retinue, Xiaowei Qi Zhou. Hearing Xu Huang's words, he immediately jumped off the horse, walked to the carriage behind, and said a few words into the carriage from the window.

Afterwards, the front door of the carriage opened, and an official in brocade clothes about forty years old poked his head out, and said to Xu Huang who was in front of the carriage: "Lieutenant Xu, please send someone to inform County Magistrate Qin that a certain will be here later."

"No!" Xu Huang immediately drove forward, and after returning to the position of the team, he sent another soldier to report to Qin Yi and Yang Feng.

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Twenty miles east of Zhangzi County, a large colorful shed was erected on the side of the official road.Qin Yi, Yang Feng, Xi Zhicai, Li Le, He Gai, Pei Ji, Xia Houlan, and the gentry of the eldest son county, headed by Wang Heng, were waiting under the colorful shed.

Outside the canopy, hundreds of soldiers stood guard on both sides of the road.

After a while, the soldiers sent by Xu Huang arrived and reported to Qin Yi: "My lord, Sir Liu knows that my lord is waiting here. Your chariot is still five or six miles away and will arrive shortly."

"Okay, I understand." Qin Yi responded.The soldier immediately turned his horse's head and headed east again.

Qin Yi turned around and said to everyone: "Everyone, the angel will arrive later, I'll wait and line up!"

The crowd came out of the tent with a whimper, and formed three teams on the official road according to their official positions and status, each team consisted of about ten people.Qin Yi and Yang Feng stood at the forefront of these people.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Xu Huang's small team arrived.When Xu Huang saw Qin Yi, he didn't bother to greet Qin Yi, so he immediately said, "My lord, Mr. Liu is only one mile away from here."

In fact, without Xu Huang's reminder, Qin Yi had already guessed that the imperial envoy was coming soon, because he had already heard the sound of gongs and drums from the east.

"Brother has worked hard here, let's drink some tea and take a break." Qin Yi stepped forward and gave Xu Huang a bear hug in front of so many people.This made Xu Huang very embarrassed.

Everyone waited for a while, and then saw the guard of honor at the head of the imperial envoy.Qin Yi hurriedly brought people up to meet him.

The sound of gongs and drums stopped, and the soldiers who were leading the guard of honor lined up on both sides of the official road, revealing the carriage Liu Yu was riding in.

"Qin Yi (Shun Chen Yang Feng), the magistrate of Lu County, pays his respects to the angel!" Qin Yi and Yang Feng bowed to Liu Yu's carriage.

Two attendants beside the carriage opened the front door of the carriage, and Liu Yu appeared.

"Magistrate Laoqin and General Yang have been waiting for a long time." Liu Yu nodded to Qin Yi and Yang Feng with a smile on his face.

"It's hard work for you from afar, and please move under the colorful shed and drink a cup of hot tea to soothe your throat." Qin Yi took two steps forward and cupped his hands towards Liu Yu again.

Liu Yu nodded and got off the carriage without any help.

Afterwards, accompanied by everyone, entered under the color shed.Under the colorful shed, everything has been set up, Qin Yi invited Liu Yu to take a seat, only he and Yang Feng accompanied him, and the rest stood outside the colorful shed.

Qin Yi personally poured tea for Liu Yu, and after Liu Yu took a sip of the tea, he said: "A certain person came to Bingzhou this time, but he was sent by the emperor to give rewards to the two of you. Then go to Xihe County. Since General Yang has come to Zhangzi County, it will save me the trouble of running around."

Qin Yi was a little surprised when he heard Liu Yu's words.He originally thought that Liu Yu would ask Yang Feng why he was in Zhangzi County, but Liu Yu skipped this topic.But thinking about it again, Yang Feng was recommended by Qin Yi, and it was normal for him to come to Changzi County.Liu Yuding didn't want to ask too much about the affairs between Qin Yi and Yang Feng, so it's not surprising.

It can also be seen from this that Liu Yu came here only to issue the decree, and he has no other tasks, he just came for a formality.

Yang Feng was a little cautious in front of Liu Yu. He said sheepishly: "Mr. Liu, ever since I wrote my submission to the court, I have been looking forward to the court's reply to you, so I couldn't wait to come to Changzi County."

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "General Yang can take the initiative to surrender to the court. This is an act of righteousness. The emperor is also very pleased with General Yang's move."

These are all scene words, without nutrition.The three chatted casually, and Liu Yu set off again on the pretext of rushing to the county seat as soon as possible to issue the decree.

In fact, Qin Yi went [-] miles out of the city to meet Liu Yu, and it was just a formality out of etiquette.Asking Liu Yu to get out of the car and drink tea is also part of the greeting ceremony.After this cutscene, the two teams merged into one team, with Qin Yi's team leading the way ahead, heading towards the eldest son county.

After arriving at the county seat, Qin Yi directly invited Liu Yu to the prefect's mansion of Shangdang County.Now that the imperial court has promoted him to be the prefect of Shangdang County, it is also the meaning of the title to issue an edict in the prefect's mansion.

In the lobby of the prefect's mansion, everything has already been arranged.In front of the incense table, Liu Yu read the will of Emperor Liu Bian to Qin Yi and Yang Feng, and formally appointed Yang Feng as General Dingnan and Prefect of Xihe County; Qin Yi was promoted to Prefect of Shangdang County, and General Yulin Zhonglang.

Later, several officials who followed Liu Yu to Bingzhou issued official seals, official uniforms, etc. to Qin Yi and Yang Feng.

In addition, Liu Yu also brought Liu Bian's rewards to Qin Yi and Yang Feng.The rewards given to Qin Yi were relatively small, only a ceremonial sword and a jade belt.The rewards given to Yang Feng were much richer, including silk cloth, silk, copper coins, and even pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

Yang Feng was a surrendered minister, and he was given generous rewards, obviously to appease him.On this point, Qin Yi was not jealous.

After issuing the decree, Qin Yi immediately held a banquet in the governor's mansion to entertain Liu Yu and other officials from Yecheng.The main officials of Changzi County and the powerful squires who accompanied Qin Yi to welcome Liu Yu also attended the banquet.

Everyone was busy for nearly an hour, and then the banquet dispersed.

Qin Yi arranged Liu Yu and other officials to rest in the guest room of the prefect's mansion.The accompanying soldiers and low-level officials were arranged at the post station.

After finishing all this, Qin Yi returned to the county government office.

(End of this chapter)