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Nie Ze returned to his own tent. Not long after, Tang Yin's orders arrived. The one who came to deliver the order was one of Tang Yin's personal bodyguards, Ah San. He repeated Tang Yin's original words, and seeing that Nie Ze did not react after kneeling on the ground for a long time, the silent Ah San also rejoiced. He walked forward, and said in a low voice, "General Nie ? "No! Marquis Nie, why aren't you accepting this decree and thanking him?!"
As someone who was close to Tang Yin, Ah San naturally knew of Tang Yin's preferences. It could be seen that the King still greatly appreciated and valued Nie Ze's abilities, and had even bestowed him the position of Marquis. He would definitely increase his use of him in the future, and his attitude towards Nie Ze had also become a bit more courteous.
Nie Ze came back to reality. As expected, Chen Xiu and the other three did not lie to him, the King actually gave him the title of Marquis. He pulled himself together, respectfully kowtowed to them, and then raised his hands to receive Tang Yin's orders. Only then did he stand up.
Ah San laughed: "Since it's a temporary decision by the King, the seal and Official Robe have not yet been prepared. After we return to our country, the King will arrange everything for the Marquis."
"Ah, thank you for your kindness, my King!" Nie Ze first cupped his hands to the side, and then bowed to Ah San, and said: "It's so late, and I still have to trouble Third General to come over specially, I am truly sorry!"
Although Ah San's rank was not high, he was still a Nearest Minister. Even if he was conferred with a noble title, Nie Ze did not dare to neglect him in the slightest.
When Ah San heard this, he laughed and said, "Marquis Nie, you're too kind. Master Hou is my meritorious general, what does it matter that I've only made a trip here?"
Nie Ze laughed, he muttered to himself for a moment and carefully asked: "Your highness, such kindness, your highness, your highness ? Isn't it more appropriate to show gratitude? "
Ah San said with a stern expression: "The King has already rested, it is not too late for Master Hou to go thank me tomorrow."
"Alright, alright, alright. We'll follow the views of the three generals!" Nie Ze sent Ah San away, and then took out Tang Yin's orders, and read them carefully from beginning to end, then slowly put them down, in a daze.
Until now, he still felt that all of this was too unreal. It was already difficult for him to become the commander of a troop, but after the battle of Chang City, he had suddenly become a Marquis of Feng Country. This was too inconceivable, and for a moment, it was impossible for him to adapt to this kind of change.
Upon hearing the news that Nie Ze had received the title of Marquis, all the generals of Battle-tested Army rushed over to congratulate Nie Ze. Even Minister Li Tang had come. Nie Ze, with great difficulty, exchanged a few words of greetings with the others. Then, he hastily sent everyone away, leaving Li Tang by himself.
From the bottom of his heart, he admired Li Tang's mind, and since everyone was from People of Zhen Country, he trusted him more.
There was already no one else in the tent, so Nie Ze bluntly asked: "Mr. Li, what do you think? Is it a good thing or a bad thing that the King has conferred me the title of Marquis? "
Li Tang was stunned as he did not expect him to ask such a question. He hesitated for a moment before smiling, "General, is there even a need to ask? Of course it's a good thing!"
Nie Ze shook his head and faintly said: "The King has sent Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng, and Guan Dai to take up the post of Deputy General as support. It's actually a surveillance device, and from this, it can be seen that the King does not trust me. For someone who didn't trust someone, suddenly bestowing the title of Marquis upon him, this was too abnormal. "I'm worried that the King has treated me like an official because she wants to first stabilize me. She'll secretly ?" At this point, he raised her palm and made a chopping motion.
Li Tang's expression changed. He subconsciously looked around to his left and right and made sure that there was no one else around before he heaved a sigh of relief. He hurriedly said, "General, you can't speak carelessly about this. Once it gets out, it will be life-threatening!"
Nie Ze stood up, walked to Li Tang's side, and bowed to him as he said: "I view Sir as my close friend, so there are some things that I dare only speak to Sir."
The most important point was that he was Liang Feiyun's disciple, and right now, Liang Feiyun was already the honored teacher of the Feng Country, so he was naturally well-informed. Through Li Tang, he might be able to learn some of the things he did not know.
Seeing that Nie Ze was willing to give everything he had, Li Tang was also moved. He rolled his eyes, and then smiled slightly, and said: "I think General is overthinking. Moreover, the higher the rank of a general, the higher the status and prestige, and the harder it would be for it to act against the general in the future. With how intelligent the King was, why would he tie his own hands and feet? I think that the King still thinks highly of the General and would like to pull the General close to his Feng Country, and to rope him close to the King's side. "
After listening to Li Tang's analysis, Nie Ze felt as if he had seen Yue Ming, and thought that it was reasonable. If the King really wanted to get rid of him, then the action of sealing him as a Marquis would be too excessive.
He thought for a while, then said with a serious expression: "But, the ones who asked for the seal on my behalf are Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng and Guan Dai. Mister, you should understand that the four of them have different ideals from me, and their ways of doing things are not compatible with each other. It's not bad for them to impeach me to the King, but to ask for a title for me, this ? It's really unbelievable. "
Li Tang was very clear about the relationship between Nie Ze and the four of them, and upon hearing Nie Ze's words, Li Tang frowned and muttered, "That's right, if it really was the four of them speaking up for the general in front of the King, then it would truly be hard to understand ?"
"That's what I'm worried about." Nie Ze frowned in worry. Humans were like this, they were always filled with fear towards things that they did not understand, and Nie Ze was no exception.
Li Tang pondered for a moment, shook his head and smiled, "I can't guess what General Chen and the others are thinking, but I can tell you for sure that the King has no ill intentions towards the General's bestowal. Perhaps, when General Chen and the others saw that the general had made a great contribution in the Chang City battle and that he intended to restore the relationship between the two sides, and that the king was also happy to do such a great favor by placing the blame on General Chen and the others, they decided to place the blame for General Jia Feng's death. "
This was not impossible! Nie Ze nodded as he thought.
No matter what, as long as the King did it out of love for him and didn't have any ulterior motives, it was a good thing. If Chen Xiu and the other three really wanted to use this opportunity to repair their relationship, he was willing to accept.
Nie Ze was extremely grateful to Li Tang for helping him analyze the situation. The next day, early in the morning, Nie Ze went to the County Head Palace where Tang Yin was staying, and wanted to personally thank him. Very quickly, the guards Tang Yin had sent out invited Nie Ze to his bedroom.
In these past few days, Tang Yin had been travelling and battling. He was also very tired, so he woke up later today. When Nie Ze entered Tang Yin's bedroom, the latter had just woken up. Wearing his clothes, he was washing his face.
Logically speaking, his current appearance should not be suitable for guests, but Tang Yin did not have that many rules, so he was used to it.
Seeing that Tang Yin had just woken up, Nie Ze was a little surprised, but he also felt that it was a little awkward.2
He first knelt down and kowtowed to Tang Yin, then kowtowed again, to thank Tang Yin for his kindness.
Tang Yin wiped the water off his hands, then pulled Nie Ze up and said while chuckling: "Reward if there's merit, reward if there's penalty. This has always been a rule for my Feng Army, the reward I give to General Nie is also something that General Nie deserves."
"To be able to serve the King is the fortune of this lowly general." Nie Ze bowed and cupped his hands.
"In the army, we are all brothers who have fought side by side and have shared life and death together. There is no need to be so formal and formal." Tang Yin casually waved his hand.
His casual words moved and pleased Nie Ze.
Feng Ren's fighting strength might not be stronger than the People of Zhen Country, but he was able to defeat Zhen Jun in an upright manner on the battlefield. It could be said that the cohesiveness of Feng Army was something that the Zhen Jun lacked, and this strong cohesiveness was precisely activated by Tang Yin.
"Have you had breakfast?" Tang Yin asked casually as he dressed himself.
"Yes." Nie Ze answered subconsciously without even thinking.
"Eh?" Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and turned to look at him suspiciously. The military probably had yet to start their meal. Where did he eat so early in the morning?
Facing Tang Yin's questioning gaze, Nie Ze hurriedly lowered his head and said in a small voice: "Also ? "Not yet."
"Haha ? ?" Seeing that Nie Ze was being cautious, Tang Yin laughed and said: "Since I didn't eat either, let's eat together!"
"This lowly general doesn't dare." In the past, Nie Ze and Nie Ze had eaten together, but that was during the official banquet, with a lot of ministers and generals participating. In private, he had never had the experience of eating with the Sovereign King, and in his mind, this was also an inconceivable matter.
"We're just having a meal together, what's there to be afraid of!" Tang Yin put on his clothes, tied up his jade belt, lifted his shoes, walked past Nie Ze, patted his shoulders, and said: "Let's go!"
"Yes, my King!" Carrying a wooden expression on his face, Nie Ze followed Tang Yin out of the bedroom and into the outside hall. The maidservants had already prepared food. It was not a sumptuous meal. It was even very light. There was a bowl of porridge, a few side dishes and a plate of cured meat.
Since they did not know that Tang Yin was going to eat with Nie Ze, the maids did not prepare Nie Ze's table. Tang Yin had the maid bring him another set of tableware, then he called Nie Ze to sit next to him.
He smiled and said, "I only have some plain, simple food. Try it out and see if you can get used to it."
As the ruler of a nation, and one who was also the ruler of a nation, eating these things for breakfast was something that Nie Ze found very surprising. He cupped his hands and said, "The King is too courteous, what I ate in the army was nothing out of the ordinary."
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded his head, and said: "breakfast is good as long as it is light, but lunch is good, the army is not like other places, you cannot treat your own stomach unfairly, if not you will be in trouble when you are on the battlefield."
Nie Ze was amused by his words. His tensed mood relaxed a lot as he laughed: "Rest assured King, even if I have to treat my own stomach, I will not treat our soldiers' stomachs unfairly!"
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