Chaotian Tower
Dingtian Capital of the Tang dynasty, inside the Heavenly Palace of the Imperial Palace.
"Morning court —"
On the dragon stairs, Tang Tianqin sat on the dragon throne with a solemn expression as the old eunuch beside him shouted.
"I hope that Your Majesty will live forever and become an immortal as soon as possible!"
"My beloved subjects, please rise."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
They did not follow the usual routine. Tang Tianqin personally ordered them to rise, and the old eunuch at the side did not say anything like "report early if you have something to do, dismiss the court if you have nothing to do."
The civil and military officials all lowered their heads. They knew that the main character today was not them, nor was it Tang Tianqin.
"Let Tang Jin come up," Tang Tianqin waved his hand and said to the old eunuch with a smile on his face.
"Summon Marshal Wushuang Tang Jin for an audience!"
"Summon Marshal Wushuang Tang Jin for an audience!"
"Summon Marshal Wushuang Tang Jin for an audience!"
"Pass …"
That old eunuch first shouted loudly, and then he heard voices coming from outside the palace hall, one after another.
This had always been the rule of the Tang dynasty. The generals or marshals who went out to fight were not allowed to see the Emperor directly after they came back. They were not even allowed to enter the city. They had to be summoned by the Emperor before they could enter.
If someone were to fly above the capital, they would see a row of messenger eunuchs from the Heaven Listener Hall all the way to the southern gate, relaying Tang Tianqin's message.
At this time, Tang Jin and the ten generals were all dressed in military attire. They were riding their warhorses and waiting outside the southern city gate. They waited outside the southern city gate until the last eunuch's voice fell. Only then did they ride their horses into the city.
When they entered the city, Dingtian Capital was instantly drowned in the cheers of the people. The people crowded the streets behind the soldiers who maintained order, sprinkling flowers and shouting Tang Jin's name. They were like the fanatical fans that Tang Jin had seen in his previous life.
Tang Jin's expression did not change. He rode on his warhorse expressionlessly and looked straight ahead, as if the cheering people around him were all logs. He walked on his own to the Imperial Palace.
They rode on their horses and did not dismount even when they reached the Imperial Palace. They continued to ride on their horses and headed straight for the Heaven Listener Hall.
When they reached the entrance of the Heavenly Hearing Hall and could even see the civil and military officials inside, Tang Jin and the others dismounted from their horses and took off their armor. They took the brocade robes that had been prepared and changed at the entrance of the Heavenly Hearing Hall.
After changing their clothes, Tang Jin and the others directly walked into the Heavenly Hearing Palace. Walking in front of the civil and military officials, Wu Lin and the others knelt down. Tang Jin also folded his arms and bowed, saying in unison, "Official Tang Jin (Wu Lin …) greets Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live forever and ascend to immortality soon."
"Good, good, quickly rise, rise." Tang Tianqin looked at Tang Jin's group and smiled happily. He then waved his hand at the old eunuch next to him and said: "Read it!"
"Yes." The old eunuch first bowed to Tang Tianqin and then took out the imperial edict from his waist. He unfolded it and read: "On the fifth day of the third lunar month in the 50th year of Tianqin's reign, Tang Jin led an army and fought with the Wu people's army in Junxue Valley. Tang Jin killed the enemy's commander, Wu Jun …"
Tang Tianqin closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. While listening to the old eunuch recite Tang Jin's achievements, he put his hand on the table in front of him and tapped his fingers on the table. No one knew what he was thinking.
All the civil and military officials, including Tang Jin, stood respectfully with their hands clasped behind their backs as they listened.
The old eunuch recited for a whole incense stick's worth of time before he finished reciting all the achievements of Tang Jin in this campaign.
After the old eunuch finished reciting, Tang Tianqin opened his eyes and said slowly, "My beloved subjects, Marshal Tang has displayed the might of the Great Tang in this battle. It can be said that he has created an unparalleled achievement. Everyone, how should we reward Marshal Tang and these meritorious subjects?"
"It's all up to Your Majesty." As officials, how could they not figure out from Tang Tianqin's tone that he had already made his decision? He was just asking them symbolically.
"Mm." Tang Tianqin nodded in satisfaction. He pondered for a while and then said: "Marshal Wushuang will be rewarded with one million spirit stones and a Marshal Residence in Dingtian City …"
After the morning court, Tang Jin and Tang Tianqin were in the Dragon Announcing Pavilion in the inner part of the palace.
Looking at Tang Jin, Tang Tianqin smiled bitterly and said: "Jin Er, you won't blame me for giving you too little reward, right?"
"No, I won't, Uncle." Tang Jin shook his head and smiled: "Actually, I don't lack anything. You don't have to give me anything."
"That won't do." Tang Tianqin walked to Tang Jin's side and picked up the kettle on the table. He personally poured a cup of tea for Tang Jin and said: "Jin Er has made such a great contribution. If I don't reward you, I'm afraid it will disappoint the people and officials of the world. Sigh, but I really don't have anything to give you. The reward I just gave you was something I asked the ancestor for instructions yesterday … "
Tang Jin hurriedly took the kettle from Tang Tianqin's hand. He could understand Tang Tianqin's difficulties. Although Tang Tianqin was the Emperor of the Tang dynasty, he didn't have much power. If anything happened, he still had to ask the ancestor for instructions. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was just a puppet. However, did every generation of Emperors go through the same thing? Therefore, Tang Tianqin and Tang Jin felt that it was normal.
"I understand, I understand." Tang Jin nodded and said with a smile: "We're family, there's no need to say so much. I know everything. No one will think too much. Besides, who dares to say anything? "
"Haha, it's good that Jin Er understands." Tang Tianqin didn't know whether he was gratified or helpless. He sat beside Tang Jin and began to chat with Tang Jin: "Jin Er, during the time you were gone, Big Brother and Sister-in-law came to me a lot. They came to me almost every day to ask about your latest situation …"
Tang Jin said goodbye to Tang Tianqin and turned down a lot of social engagements waiting for him outside the palace gate. He couldn't wait to go home.
When he saw Tang Tianba and Ki Kiyoyeon's parents, he naturally reminisced about the old days.
After saying goodbye to his parents again, Tang Jin didn't return to his own Tianjiao Pavilion. Instead, he went to the ice cellar in the palace.
In the dark ice cellar, light blue cold air floated in this space. In the center of the ice cellar, Tang Jin was sitting next to Willow Catkin's ice coffin, mumbling something.
"Xu Er, Jin Lang hasn't come for so long. Did you miss Jin Lang?" Tang Jin held a purple jade gourd in his hand. The gourd was filled with Drunken Immortal Wine. Tang Jin was drinking Drunken Immortal Wine as he said to the ice coffin next to him as if he was drunk: "Xu Er, Jin Lang went to avenge you these three months. Although he didn't kill the murderer, Jin Lang killed more than a billion Wu people to accompany you in death. Jin Lang knows that Xu Er doesn't like Jin Lang being like this, but Jin Lang can't take this lying down. For Xu Er, even if I have to kill everyone in this world, so what? Xu Er, you … "
At this moment, Tang Jin no longer looked like the King Of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty. How could he look like the high-spirited Marshal Wu Shuang from a few days ago? Now, Tang Jin was like a drunkard on the streets every night. He leaned against the ice coffin and mumbled something that even he couldn't understand.
It wasn't clear whether it was because the wine was too strong or because Tang Jin wanted to get drunk.
"Jin Er." Suddenly, Tang Jun Ge walked in from outside. He walked to Tang Jin's side and called out softly to Tang Jin.
However, Tang Jin acted as if he didn't hear Tang Jun Ge's words. He didn't even notice Tang Jun Ge. He continued to talk to the ice coffin beside him.
Seeing that he was ignored by Tang Jin, Tang Jun Ge shook his head. He didn't get angry. Instead, he continued, "What's the use of you doing this now? Can you bring her back to life like this? "
This time, Tang Jin finally looked at Tang Jun Ge. His voice was no longer as crazy as before. "Grandfather, can Xu Er be brought back to life?"
"No." Tang Jun Ge shook his head and said without thinking, "Do you think it's so easy to bring someone back to life? Besides, I'm afraid that her soul has already entered the cycle of reincarnation. I don't know which world she has reincarnated to. "
Tang Junge's denial caused Tang Jin's eyes to dim once again. She leaned against the ice coffin with a look of reminiscence on her face.
Tang Jun Ge frowned. He looked at Tang Jin and said, "However, I want you to know why you became like this. What are you holding on to? In your heart, are you holding on to this Willow Catkin or yourself? You'd better think carefully. "
Tang Jin didn't answer. Instead, he looked at Tang Jun Ge with confusion.
"Willow Catkin's soul has already reincarnated. What's the use of leaving her body here? You're just trying to fool yourself. "Tang Jun Ge stared at Tang Jin and said word by word.
Tang Jin frowned. He looked at Willow Catkin in the ice coffin and then looked at Tang Jun Ge. He murmured absentmindedly, "Fool myself? I'm just trying to fool myself? Yes, I'm trying to fool myself. I'm just trying to fool myself … "
Scenes of him being together with Willow Catkin kept flashing through Tang Jin's mind. Tang Jin sometimes laughed, sometimes cried, sometimes sad, sometimes happy. He had completely fallen into his own fantasy.
Inner demon!
Tang Jun Ge stared at Tang Jin. He knew that Tang Jin had fallen into his own inner demon. As for whether he could defeat his inner demon, it was up to Tang Jin himself.
If he couldn't get rid of this inner demon, although nothing could be seen now, it would definitely be a fatal blow to Tang Jin in the future at a critical moment!
Therefore, Tang Jun Ge took this opportunity to deliberately use words to draw out Tang Jin's inner demon. He hoped that Tang Jin could defeat his inner demon in one fell swoop this time.
At this time, Tang Jin's eyes were absent-minded. The Nascent Soul in his Dantian also closed its eyes and frowned. It was shrouded in black Qi.
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