Robbery is to be struck by lightning!

He called a soldier and whispered a few words in his ear, and boarded the carriage after he was ordered to leave.It can be said that he gently helped the man to sit on the cushion, let him lean against the wall of the car, and said in a low voice: "The ceremony will not start for a while, you should take a rest first."

"Yeah." Daniel nodded meekly and closed his eyes.He was really tired, and wanted to have a good sleep, but although this slightly familiar person made him relax, it was still not enough. A floating heart never settled, which made him tired even if he was exhausted. , but it is still difficult to fall asleep.

Days of worrying and fear had exhausted his energy,

Seeing that although his eyelids were closed, his eyes kept trembling, Qiu Lei's heart felt inexplicably tense. This subjugated king was quite different from what he had imagined, panicked like a captured young deer, which made his heart soften. , but is this his true face?Sighing softly in his heart, he pulled the wrinkled coat for him, and Qiu Lei suddenly felt a little sad in his heart.

"Commander—" the soldier from just now whispered outside the carriage.

Qiu Lei put away his wandering thoughts, lifted the corner of the car curtain, took the amniotic water bag in his hand, opened the cork and brought it to Daniel's mouth, saying: "Drink some water."

Opening his eyes weakly, Daniel glanced gratefully at the gentle man, and then took a big gulp of water with his mouth in his mouth and drank it. The water was very sweet.After drinking half a bag in one breath, Daniel stopped, looked at the man with tears in his eyes, and said, "Thank you, thank you——"

With a slight smile, Qiu Lei was about to say "You're welcome", but he opened his mouth when he heard a voice from afar——

The emperor arrives—

Long live my emperor, long live, long live——

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The place where the surrender ceremony was arranged was at the Bingtai. When it comes to this Bingtai, there are some origins. It was the place where the founding emperor Tianyuan and his classmate friends—that is, Meng Yun and Jichan Yuandi agreed to raise troops. It was the place where soldiers were recruited for the first time. Later, Emperor Tianyuan established Tiandu City as his capital, and this place was built as a troop counting platform, where the annual military parade is also held.Although the Dianbingtai is named "Taiwan", it can actually be called a building. It is built on stones as the foundation, and the six-foot-high stone platform rises from the ground. The entire stone platform is about 40 feet long from east to west, About 70 zhang, there is a pagoda-like four-story building in the center, half of the area of ​​the entire stone platform, and there is an open flat land several miles outside, with stone steps on all sides to reach the top of the platform.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the most masculine moment of the day, the ceremony begins.

Emperor Tianyu boarded the platform with a long guard of honor, sat down facing north, waved his hand, and his personal eunuch Xiao Xizi issued an order loudly: "The emperor has a decree, all the gentlemen—"

All the subjects who had been kneeling since the emperor's royal car appeared, kowtowed their heads and stood up, but they still lowered their heads, not daring to desecrate the dragon's face and cause death.

The expressionless Emperor Tianyu raised his chin, and the courtier understood, so he said loudly: "I invite Monarch Ji Chan—"

At this time, Daniu had already been led out of the carriage by Qiu Lei, and he was standing alone ten feet away from the station. Hearing the words he had trained countless times, he hurriedly acted like he had just learned it, and lowered his head as much as possible. Quickly walked to the front of the stage and stopped, and said in the loudest voice: "Ji Shiyu pays homage to Emperor Tianyu."

The ceremonial officer presented the bright yellow silk with both hands, Yu Wensheng took it, and said: "Fengtian Chengyun..." I don't understand...) "Today there is the former King Jichan, who voluntarily surrendered to Tianyu Kingdom, and performed a special surrender ceremony, God bless Tianyu—"

After a long paragraph of words that he didn’t know what to say, Daniel had been dizzy for a long time, but the last few words that raised his voice finally brought back his slack spirit, knelt down as rehearsed, and nodded Putting himself on the ground, he swore: "I am more than ten years old, and I wish to descend to Emperor Tianyu. If there is any disobedience in the future, I am willing to be punished by the five thunderbolts."

There was a sudden sound of thunder all around, and then there was the sound of "long live" that went straight into the sky, and the surrender ceremony was completed.

first met his son 1

The surrender ceremony ended with Emperor Tianyu bestowing more than a dozen auspicious titles as the Marquis of Joy. Daniel did not return to the post that day, but was directly pulled into the mansion of Joy Joy, which will belong to him from now on, under house arrest.It's just that Ji Shiyu's body is already weak. Daniu was frightened every day and didn't rest well for a period of time. Fang Zhihou's mansion fell seriously ill. If Emperor Tianyu didn't need him to live for the time being, he would die Ling Jiren, I'm afraid that this ghost who finally survived the death has drifted to nowhere.

For an emperor with the final title of "Weiyuan", this kind of house arrest is naturally difficult, but for Daniel who came out of the mountains and is used to simple food, this kind of life is considered a luxury. As for house arrest, He didn't feel it at all. When he was stopped in one direction, he would only think in his heart: Why are there so many places here that he can't go to?What a weird place?But it is impossible to ask Comrade Daniu to live this kind of life under house arrest, which is considered wealthy and happy, because he still has concerns, and of course the concern is his seriously ill mother.After what happened to Emperor Tianyu that night, Daniel naturally did not dare to speak rashly about his own affairs to others, so he hoped that Prince Tianyu, who seemed to know a lot of things, would come back from his inspection tour early every day. Can the child help him return to his mother?The days of looking forward to it are naturally much easier. The anxiety and uneasiness in my heart are temporarily suppressed, but I still have nightmares every night. From stopping that big girl to her unrepentant face, I repeat it over and over again in my mind. He often has trouble sleeping all night.

Waking up from the nightmare again, Daniel opened his empty eyes in the darkness and waited for the aftermath of fear to dissipate.In fact, it’s good to get used to some things. When the incident just happened, he always curled up and trembled after having nightmares, but now he will only be absent-minded for a while.

"Huh—" The dark night was gradually replaced by the slight dawn, and Daniu let out a long breath, lifted the thin quilt and got out of bed.Listening to the faint footsteps outside, the sound of taking things, and the low voice of conversation while putting on clothes, Daniel showed a faint smile on his pale face. In fact, this place is very similar to his home. Everyone They all went to bed late and woke up early, drank the water drawn from the well, and cooked with firewood, unlike the days when they stayed in the city, they were noisy late at night, but they didn't see people until dawn. It came out of the pipe. It tasted terrible and he had to pay for it. He only saw very few trees, and he didn't know where those people got the firewood for the fire?

After dressing, Daniel walked lightly to the outhouse, saw a ten-year-old child sleeping soundly on the narrow single bed, and couldn't help grinning.This boy named Xiaochun was sent to take care of him when he was seriously ill. He is very diligent and a little mischievous. He is very similar to the little Saner who lives next door to him. I am happy to have him by my side. Quite a lot, the only bad thing is that he always helps him do this and that, which makes him feel very sorry, and he won't be allowed to do it when his health improves these days, but when this time comes, this kid is not happy, and he is not happy with him. Awkward.However, Xiaochun has a shortcoming that he likes to stay in bed. Whenever Daniel appeared in front of his bed in the morning, he would be very annoyed, with a funny expression on his face. Broken thoughts all morning.I got up a little too early today, Da Niu stood for a while, seeing that Xiao Chun hadn't woken up yet, he grinned silently and let out a mouthful of white teeth, and walked away lightly.

***

The hot weather in July and August can't show its viciousness in the early morning. The dewy flowers and plants, the early birds, and the watchdogs who shake their heads from time to time show vitality in the tranquility.

Daniu walked towards the water along the direction he remembered. Most people ignored him along the way, and occasionally a little girl greeted him, calling him "Morning Hou" in a less respectful way.At this time, Daniel was very embarrassed, he scratched the back of his head nervously, and stammered back: "You, good morning—" the little girl would make him laugh out loud, Daniel didn't understand that others were making fun of her He looks like a country bumpkin, and he usually returns with a silly smile.

The water well is located in the northeast corner of the mansion, and it belongs to the courtyard where the servants live. Daniel saw it from a distance when he was walking with Xiaochun two days ago, but this is the first time he got close.Although Ji Shiyu is the Marquis of Shele in name, he is actually just a hostage, a tool used by Emperor Tianyu to appease the few remaining loyal subjects of Ji Chan, so this Mansion of Shepherd Marquis did not spend much time, but just rebuilt it. The original mansion looked luxurious and expensive on the outside, but it was much more ordinary on the inside, as you can tell from the dilapidated state of the well.

Most of the people in the mansion had already woken up at this time, and the well was very lively, but when they saw Ji Shiyu, the "master", they all fell silent, staring at him as if they were surprised by the sky.

Daniu was frightened by those strange eyes and froze in place. It was not right to walk forward for a while, but it seemed worse to turn around and walk away. Two blushes suddenly appeared on his pale face. A pair of more than ten people looked at each other, and the scene was full of excitement. silence.In such an extremely quiet situation, the sudden insults from the Lower Court became very clear——

"Well, you little bastard, how dare you be lazy! You haven't finished chopping the firewood yet, do you still want to eat?" There was also the sound of shavings falling on the flesh amidst the cursing, but unexpectedly there was no pain Voice.

Daniu was stunned for a moment, and then a burst of anger surged into his heart, he forgot about his bewildered behavior just now, raised his legs and walked quickly towards the direction of the sound.

The people around the well didn't react until his background disappeared behind the door.