"The imperial edict said:

In this battle in Puyang, I heard that Liu Yixuan, the commander of the "Yong" in the name of Yingguozheng, frequently offered extraordinary strategies and made great achievements. He stole enemy warships at night and burned the enemy's food and grass. He was resourceful and intelligent and brave. After being recommended by the veteran General Zongze, Liu Yixuan was specially appointed as the fifth-rank Jingwu Commander, and ordered him to give him 100 taels of gold, a jar of imperial wine, a piece of brocade robe, and a piece of armor. I admire this!"

The eunuch who sent the order read out the imperial edict loudly, bowed his head and said to Liu Yixuan: "Young Master Liu, please thank me!"

After hearing the imperial edict, Liu Yixuan couldn't believe his ears. Emperor Qinzong actually promoted himself to two levels, from a seventh-rank lieutenant to a fifth-rank lieutenant. Liu Yixuan didn't think that the fifth-rank official was very big, but he knew that the Commander Yuan, who had been in the imperial guards for many years, was only a fifth-rank lieutenant. He was promoted to the fifth-rank lieutenant after only a few days in the military camp, which really surprised him.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising. As the saying goes, "There are people in the court who are good at being officials!" Liu Yixuan's father was the prime minister of the current dynasty, and he was the prince consort chosen by the Empress Dowager for Princess Yuling. He was the future brother-in-law of Emperor Qinzong. Of course, Emperor Qinzong would not let his sister marry a seventh-rank imperial guard official, and it is reasonable to take this opportunity to promote this qualifying prince consort with an extraordinary rule.

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Although Liu Yixuan was a little surprised, he kowtowed to accept the imperial edict in the end. When the generals heard that the emperor gave a special reward to the young scholar, they were a little unhappy, but when they thought of Liu Yixuan's identity and the royal interests, they all silently accepted it in their hearts.

Seeing that the eunuchs had finished promulgating the imperial edict, Zong Ze quickly invited them to the living room to rest, and asked someone to bring in fragrant tea and fruits to treat them warmly.

"The father-in-law have worked hard all the way, and there is nothing to entertain in the military camp. I will ask someone to prepare some wine and food to welcome the adults!"

Zong Ze led his troops for many years and knew that these eunuchs who came to **** would not go on a vain. They had to treat them with good wine and meat, and secretly confer some silver as a gift before leaving. Because these eunuchs were around the emperor all day long and were closest to the emperor. If they were a little negligent, they would feel unhappy and they would not be sure what they would say in front of the emperor.

The eunuch in the head looked in his early thirties. Maybe the eunuchs didn't have a beard and looked younger. He only saw him be kind-hearted and smiled and said, "Young General, please be polite. Don't be busy with the banquet. We should accept these rewards from the Lord first!" He turned around and said, "Young Master Liu, our army won this battle this time. Among these generals, you only received the only reward from the Lord, which shows how much the Lord value you!"

"Yes, yes, what my father-in-law said is extremely yes!" Liu Yixuan really didn't know what to say, because this was the first time he had welcomed the imperial edict and the first time he had received the emperor's reward, which made him a little flattered. At this time, he was only thinking of two words: be cautious and keep a low profile!

The father-in-law shouted to the official officer outside the door: "You guys, bring in the things that the Lord gave to Mr. Liu!"

Several minions came in and carried a red painted wooden box. The eunuch opened the box and said to Liu Yixuan: "Young Master Liu, come and see, these things are all rewarded by the emperor, please collect them!"

Liu Yixuan glanced into the box and found that there was indeed a jar of imperial wine, a piece of armor, a crimson purple Shu brocade battle robe, and five twenty-two-tall gold ingots scattered in the box. Although Liu Yixuan was flattered, he was secretly happy to see the emperor rewarding so many good things. After all, this was the affirmation of this dynasty for him. So he smiled and thanked the eunuchs who gave the orders repeatedly.

"I've been working hard for you, so many things have been sent from afar! Please use tea."

When the young father-in-law saw that Liu Yixuan received the reward, he was very happy and said to Liu Yixuan with a smile: "Mr. Liu, I have something else here. I wonder how should you thank me after you have seen it?"

"There are still things? What else? Isn't it all here for the emperor's reward?" Liu Yixuan saw that the father-in-law who was sending the order was not very old, but he was quite good at making mistakes. He even deliberately joked with him, but it was also interesting.

The little eunuch took out a letter from his sleeve and laughed: "Mr. Liu, there is a letter written by Princess Yuling in our house. Do you want to read it?"

"The letter written by Ling'er to me? Really? Give it to me!" Liu Yixuan immediately became excited when he heard Ling'er's letters. This made him even more ecstatic than hearing the emperor's reward. He didn't know what was wrong today, with happy events one after another.

Liu Yixuan hurriedly reached out to grab the letter from the eunuch, but unexpectedly the eunuch deliberately hid, held the letter in his hand, and said with a smile: "Young Master Liu, why do you thank me!"

When Liu Yixuan saw that the eunuch was still intent on joking with him, he didn't know what he was thinking, whether he had lost the right to talk about love, so he deliberately came to play with others in order to seek comfort. However, Liu Yixuan had no intention of bargaining with him and hurriedly asked for kind words:

"Little father-in-law, let's stop making trouble. Let's hand me the princess letter. You said, how do you want me to thank you? I'm absolutely right!"

Seeing that he was anxious, the little eunuch covered his mouth and started to laugh, giggling, "Look, you're so anxious, the minister won't make a fuss with you anymore. Let me tell you the truth. This was what Princess Yuling handed to the minister before I left Beijing. The Empress Dowager also ordered me to hand it over to Mr. Liu. Today, when I saw Mr. Liu, I will hand it over to you!" After that, he handed over the letter.

When Liu Yixuan heard the eunuch speak, he felt sarcastic and had goose bumps all over the floor. However, Liu Yixuan had no interest in the temperament of this little eunuch. At this moment, what he was most concerned about was Ling'er's letter. This was the first time Ling'er wrote to him, and it was also the first letter he had received since he went to war with the army. It was said that the war was fire for three months, and the letter from his family was worth tens of thousands of gold. He could not wait.

Liu Yixuan took the letter and hurriedly opened it to read it. Sure enough, he saw a few pages of paper with a lot of words written in small fly heads. Ling'er wrote in the letter:

"Brother Xuan: I haven't seen each other for many days, everything is fine? Since that day, my brother left without saying goodbye, Ling'er missed me very much every day, just hoped that my brother would return soon, so that we could go out of the palace to play and play. Brother Xuan, do you know that these days, Ling'er found that the palace was really boring. Every day, except for eating, sleeping, and paying homage to her mother's queen! The emperor is busy with state affairs every day, and he doesn't come to her mother's queen. I wanted to sneak out of the palace several times, but was discovered by the little eunuch on duty. Oh, it's really unlucky!

...

Brother Xuan, do you still remember the small inn we stayed in when we went to Junzhou? It was the one that the boss lady was so evil. Although the inn was dirty and broken, it allowed me to spend the most unforgettable night of my life. That night, Brother Xuan sat in front of the bed, I lay on the bed, you held my hand and told me the story of your era, and I fell asleep unknowingly. When I woke up in the morning, I saw you lying on the table next to me and slept soundly. At that moment, I really don’t know how to tell you... that feeling in my heart...

Later, my mother told me that she would recruit Brother Xuan as my son-in-law and let me marry into your family. I would be so happy after hearing this! I thought, I could finally live outside the palace, and I could finally live with Brother Xuan, and I would no longer be governed by these little eunuchs and little palace maids! After we got married, I would also ask Brother Xuan to take me to ride a horse outside the city, so we would go to the Sunyang Shop to have a drink and then go to the Junzhou County Government Office to make a big fuss. How are you okay?

...

A few days ago, my mother told me that Brother Xuan was fighting on the front line and made great contributions. The emperor also had to issue an order to reward you. I don’t know that the emperor would give you a rank of official position, but for my sake, I have to give you a second-rank third-rank official position, right? Hehe.

Okay, the paper is limited, so I won’t write more. I hope my brother will take care of himself on the front line and communicate more with his uncle and aunt and Ling'er, don’t worry!”

After reading the letter, Liu Yixuan felt a warm feeling in his heart, because in the Song Dynasty palace far away in the capital, there was a clever and well-behaved princess sister who was concerned about her. Yes, it has been almost a month since she left the capital, and she has not written a letter to her parents at home. This is indeed an unfilial act. Besides, Sister Ling'er has not seen her for many days and misses her very much. However, now the military situation is urgent, and she is on the front line of the anti-Jin period, and her children have to put her love aside for the time being.

After everything was handed over, Zong Ze ordered a banquet to be arranged in the back hall to entertain the imperial envoys. The eunuchs who were delivering the orders were tired on the way and enjoyed it. After the meal, they were unwilling to stay here for a long time, so they resigned to Zongshuai and said they would return to Beijing to report their lives. Before leaving, Liu Yixuan packed fifty taels of silver to the father-in-law who announced the orders, and then asked him to go back to Ling'er.

In the letter, Liu Yixuan comforted Ling'er, asking her not to worry about herself, be obedient, stay honestly in the palace, and not to make the queen mother angry. If nothing unexpected happens, she will return to the capital to marry her in September. After all, when the queen mother gave her marriage, she chose the auspicious day on the sixth day of the 10th month, and it will be only two months left after counting on her fingers.

After sending off the imperial envoy, Zong Ze sent an order to kill cattle and sheep tonight and reward the three armies. Liu Yixuan and Wang Zichun were also responsible for arranging the banquet. Although Liu Yixuan was awarded a fifth-rank official, in Zong Ze's eyes, he was still a junior, and he only let him manage some trivial matters in the military camp.

Liu Yixuan and Wang Zichun received the military order and had to work hard for another long. Finally, they finished preparing dinner before dark. In order to complete the task, they checked the warehouse in the government office. Seeing that there was enough rice and flour, wine and meat, they knew that the Jin people had stockpiled a lot of food, so they called the chef in the military camp to make rice and boil water and steam steamed buns.

In addition, the court rewarded some cattle and sheep, and hurriedly asked the butchers to kill cattle and sheep, cut the beef and mutton, and distributed them according to the number of heads in each military camp. Of course, at this time, there were more than 40,000 military horses stationed in Puyang, and for the 1,000 kilograms and ten jars of imperial wine that the emperor rewarded, each person was given a bite. In order to allow each soldier to have wine and meat, Zong Ze still had to take out the silver from the military pay and send people to the butcher shops in the city to purchase them separately.

Liu Yixuan suddenly remembered the chefs of the county prince's mansion, and said to Wang Zichun: "Brother, do you still remember the chefs of the Jin Kingdom we captured? Their roasted whole sheep is really good. I asked Xiaoliu to buy a few sheep in the city. How about we have a whole sheep banquet for the generals tonight?"

When Wang Zichun heard this, he was very careful and said, "It's good, but these cooks are all golden men. Are you not afraid that he will take the opportunity to poison us and conspire us?"

When Liu Yixuan heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he said, "We can send someone to watch them do it. After that, let them taste it by themselves. Besides, these prisoners are all people of the Jin Kingdom. Since we spare them and do not die, how dare they seek death by themselves? Don't worry, it's okay!" Liu Yixuan was willing to go out. Anyway, for him, if he dies, he would be traveling through time again.

After the two discussed, they asked the soldiers to prepare a dinner. Liu Yixuan called the shopkeeper Zhou from the inn and bought all the fine wine stored in their house. He arranged tables and chairs in the courtyard of the government office. Liu Yixuan said to the chefs in the kitchen: "Dear chefs, you must use your own skills today and make a few more delicious dishes. Brothers risk their lives to kill the enemy and don't be wronged!"

After hearing the instructions, the chefs showed their own skills, and seized a lot of fresh vegetables and vowed to prepare a sumptuous dinner for the soldiers.

Liu Yixuan looked at the delicious food on the table and secretly cheered for the "Northern Song Dynasty on the Bite of the Tongue" directed by himself, but he did not expect that another storm was caused by the banquet. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!