Half a month later.
Imperial capital.
After half a month of traveling, Yang Lin successfully returned to the imperial capital with his remaining army.
Leaving the 70,000-strong army outside the imperial capital, he himself took some of his senior generals and rode into the imperial capital's dragon road.
Knowing their arrival, the dragon path had already been cleared, and the group of people followed the dragon path straight to the inner courtyard of the palace.
Finally, Yang Lin came to the steps in front of the palace hall.
At this time, Zhao Xing stood at the front of the steps, surrounded by civil and military officials standing on both sides.
As a result of a victory in a cross-border battle, it was the rule for the emperor to bring his officials to congratulate him, to comfort his ministers.
After seeing Zhao Xing, Yang Lin and everyone behind him dismounted, knelt on the ground and clasped their fists, saying, "Your Majesty, Yang Lin, pays homage to you."
Hearing this, Zhao Xing raised his hand and said with a slight smile, "Tai Ping Gong, please get up. You are a veteran of the court, so you don't have to be so polite to me."
Yang Lin cupped his hands and said, "The king is the king, and the ministers are ministers. The ministers cannot exceed."
"okay."
Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Tai Pinggong, let's get down to business."
Hearing this, Yang Lin waved to the side.
Soon a deputy general handed over a package.
After receiving the package, Yang Lin knelt on the ground again, held up the package and said, "According to His Majesty's decree, I have successfully annihilated the three tribes of the Northern Barbarians, namely Tamu, Luoyun, and Liehuo. I present the seals of these three tribes to Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Zhao Xing turned his head and said, "Zhao Zhong!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
On the side, Zhao Zhong raised his hand, and the package in Yang Lin's hand flew up out of thin air and fell into his hand.
After some inspection, Zhao Zhong handed the package to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing opened it, took a look, and immediately said one word.
"good!"
Although he already knew the general outcome of the war through the Luck Golden Dragon, Zhao Xingye was inevitably a little excited after seeing the big seals of the three tribes.
After all, taking down these three tribes was considered an achievement for him as the reigning emperor.
When he was in his position, all he wanted was these things.
After handing the package to Zhao Zhong again, Zhao Xing looked at Yang Lin and said, "Mr. Taiping, it's not convenient to discuss matters here, so you'd better enter the palace first."
"Zhao Zhong!"
"I'm here."
"Arrange someone to help Taiping remove his armor."
"According to the order."
...
Soon after, after Yang Lin changed his clothes, he came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
At this time, Zhao Xing sat back on his dragon chair, and all the officials stood in their original positions.
As the protagonist of this temporary court meeting, Yang Lin came directly to the middle of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and stood in the middle of all the civil and military ministers.
Looking at Yang Lin, Zhao Xing smiled and said directly, "Taiping Gong has made great achievements this time. I must reward you heavily. I don't know what Taiping Gong wants, but I can give you one by one." Come, I will satisfy you within my ability."
Hearing this, Yang Lin cupped his hands and said, "It is my duty to serve your majesty and the Daqian. I have nothing to ask for. If I really want anything, I only want your Majesty and the Daqian to be safe."
Hearing this, Zhao Xing's expression was stunned, and then he couldn't help laughing and said, "I am safe, and Da Qian is also safe. You are satisfied with both of them, so Taiping Gong should make some other requests."
"You have made such great contributions to Da Qian. If I don't reward you, how will the world see me?"
Then, he glanced at the officials and continued, "Do you think so?"
"Your Majesty is right."
"Mr. Taiping, just make some demands and don't embarrass Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty has a reward, please accept it, Mr. Taiping. Otherwise, if we have merit in the future, how will we deal with it?"
"..."
Soon, some officials who were good friends with Yang Lin came out to persuade him.
Most are military attaches, and a few are civilian officials.
Seeing this, Yang Lin nodded, raised his head and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, what Weichen wants to say is that in fact, the biggest credit for the war with the three tribes of the Northern Barbarians does not belong to Weichen, but to someone else."
"If your majesty really wants to give you a reward, Wei Chen hopes that your majesty will focus on him. He needs this reward more than Wei Chen."
"oh!"
Zhao Xing's eyes flashed and he said, "Who is that person you are talking about?"
Yang Lin cupped his hands and said, "The new Zhenbei Army established by your Majesty is deputy commander-in-chief Li Dao."
When Yang Lin said the word Li Dao, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony suddenly fell silent for a moment.
The silence here is not because they all know Li Dao.
Even though Li Dao once did something "treasonous and unethical", nearly a year has passed and most people have already forgotten it.
The silence was mainly due to the unfamiliarity of the name.
At this time, Zhao Xing suddenly asked, "You want to ask for a reward for him? Then I don't know what his achievements are."
Upon hearing Zhao Xing's question, Yang Lin was already prepared. He took out a memorial from his arms and held it up.
Then he said bluntly, "Li Dao's achievements were all recorded in the memorials by the ministers."
Before Zhao Xing could speak, Zhao Zhong walked down the steps with a wink, took the memorial from Yang Lin and handed it to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing took the memorial and looked at it. His expression was quite normal at first.
But when he saw the back, his face moved slightly, revealing a look of surprise.
Snap!
After reading it, Zhao Xing quickly closed the memorial together, then looked at Yang Lin and said seriously, "Yang Lin, are you sure there is no fraud in your memorial?"
Yang Lin immediately said with certainty, "I am sure that the situation recorded in this memorial can only be exaggerated, not exaggerated. I am willing to guarantee it with my life. If there is any untruth, Your Majesty can take it away at any time." Head.”
Hearing Yang Lin's words, Zhao Xing nodded.
But the shock in my heart did not fade at all, but became more intense.
He knew something about Li Dao and Zhao Xing that Yang Lin mentioned.
After all, he personally appointed the deputy commander-in-chief.
But Zhao Xing suddenly realized that his understanding of Li Dao was a little too one-sided.
In the previous memorial, he learned that Li Dao was able to kill the master-level master of the Tamu tribe, and he only regarded him as a young genius.
As a result, he saw something in Yang Lin's memorial.
This young man named Li Dao was not only able to kill masters at the master level, but he also had a head-to-head confrontation with a grand master and survived.
Even with his intervention in the end, just being able to fight against the Grand Master is enough to show how powerful a person is.
From this point, it can be seen that this Li Dao can not only kill the grandmaster, but also probably has few opponents in the grandmaster's territory.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xing suddenly thought of the person named Li Dao who made him extremely resentful.
If that Li Dao had half the ability of the Li Dao in the memorial, he might not kill him, but would try to see if he could become his son-in-law.
It's not that he wears rose-colored glasses.
But compared to the first Li Dao, the Li Dao in this memorial was too stunning for him.
While Zhao Xing and Yang Lin were communicating, the officials below looked at Zhao Xing and Yang Lin with surprise and confusion.
They didn't understand who could make Zhao Xing react so much.
