I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 269 Returning Home with Honor
But Master Guan still couldn't hold back his emotions. He fell to his knees and cried out, "Your Majesty has been so kind to me. I am so grateful. I only regret that I am too old and weak to repay your kindness."

"I can never repay you. Your Majesty's kindness is not enough!" After saying this, Old Man Guan burst into tears.

The village elders at the scene heard Mr. Guan’s words clearly, and they deeply felt the same way. Many of them were moved by the scene and started crying.

The Royal Theatre was suddenly filled with cries.

Zhu Houxun, who was watching from the audience, was a little confused, and quickly organized people to comfort them. It took a long time to persuade the elders, and the ceremony was able to continue.

Zhu Houzhao then awarded medals to more than 400 village elders one by one. Zhu Houzhao was very interested in this matter. Zhu Houxuan agreed without much persuasion and completed it very well.
Although some villagers were so excited that they could not control themselves during the award ceremony, the medals were still awarded.

Finally, Zhu Houzhao awarded Guan Lao a first-class merit medal to commend his brave performance during the process of knocking on the palace gate.
This higher-level medal naturally attracted everyone's admiration.

After the medals were awarded, Zhu Houzhao held a banquet for the village elders and officially allowed them to leave Beijing the next day.
The next day, the "Ming Royal Business News" reported yesterday's award ceremony in great detail, which aroused admiration from the people of the capital.

Many elders from the village are preparing to leave Beijing today. After all, they have been away from home for at least half a month. They all bought a copy of "Da Ming Royal Business News" as a souvenir.

Cao Tingyun, who had not appeared for a long time, also hurried to the station to meet Grandpa Guan.

"Mr. Cao, you are not going back to Neiqiu County?" Mr. Guan said in surprise.

"I still have things to do in the capital. When I'm not busy for a while, I'll go back to Neiqiu County to see you." Cao Tingyun said with a smile.

Old Master Guan nodded somewhat dejectedly. He came here with Cao Tingyun, but left alone.

"Don't worry, old man. You are famous now. People from the Royal Group will take care of you along the way." Cao Tingyun comforted.

It took Mr. Guan a while to calm down and board the Marxist-Leninist train heading south.

However, his journey was not lonely, as many of the villagers who were heading south sat in the same carriage with him, and many of them were familiar with him.
When he got off the Ma Lie again and stood on the platform of Nei Qiu Zhan, he suddenly felt as if he was in another world. It seemed that what happened recently was unreal.
However, this feeling did not last long, as he was awakened by a burst of sound.
A strange middle-aged man walked up to him quickly, bowed to him and said, "Are you Mr. Guan Yueguan?"

"Who are you?" Old Master Guan looked at the stranger in confusion. Seeing that he was staring at the medal on his chest, he vigilantly covered the medal on his chest.

"My name is He Kui, and I'm the person in charge of the Royal Group in Shunde Prefecture. I received an order from the capital this morning to welcome you here." He Kui said respectfully.

Only then did Mr. Guan let down his guard. He had been in contact with people from the Royal Group a lot during this period of time.

"Why do you need to welcome an old man like me? You don't have to welcome me. I can walk back by myself." said Mr. Guan.

"Grandpa, I have been given a death order from the capital! We must welcome you warmly and send you home safely. Please don't make things difficult for me," He Kui persuaded bitterly.

In the end, Master Guan still couldn't win over He Kui and sat in the sedan chair prepared by He Kui. Then trumpets, shengs and other instruments started playing, and a group of people carried Master Guan out of the station. The two people at the front of the team carried a plaque with the words "Home of the First-Class Hero" written on it.

The group of people were playing music and the huge plaque naturally attracted countless people to watch. When people knew that it was Grandpa Guan who had returned home, it caused a sensation. Countless folks followed the group, all wanting to see Grandpa Guan who had just returned from the capital.

Many people know that Grandpa Guan went to Beijing to ask for mercy, but most people are not optimistic about his fate, thinking that he will be in great danger. Unexpectedly, he has returned like this now, which has aroused the curiosity of countless people.

By the time we arrived at Grandpa Guan's house, there was already a large crowd of people following the team.

Mr. Guan's family was also startled by the noise, and when they went out to see the situation, they were shocked.

When Mr. Guan stepped down from the sedan chair, the atmosphere in the crowd reached its climax.

All of Grandpa Guan's descendants knelt in front of him, and Grandpa Guan looked at He Kui in surprise as he directed people to hang the plaque on the gate of the Guan family.

Old Man Guan was just an old scholar who hadn't even passed the imperial examination, and his family wasn't particularly wealthy. Now he had such a conspicuous plaque hanging on his head, which made him very uncomfortable.

"This is a gift from His Majesty. You can't refuse it!" He Kui said with a smile on his face.

"Okay!" Old Master Guan remembered the first-class merit medal he had won, and he understood what was going on.

This aroused the curiosity of the crowd, and they all asked what happened to Grandpa Guan when he came to the capital.
Mr. Guan naturally couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the villagers, and told them everything that happened in the capital.
From knocking on the gate to being summoned by the emperor, from being greeted by a general to entering the throne room to having an audience, to writing to the emperor to have the emperor reform his corrupt policies.
The audience was stunned, but seeing the grand ceremony of Grandpa Guan returning to his hometown, it didn't seem fake.
Mr. Guan started talking about the emperor’s daily greetings, the emperor bestowing new clothes on him, watching a play at the Royal Theatre, the emperor personally awarding him a medal, the emperor’s banquet, and the welcome he received when he returned home…

Mr. Guan was talking until his mouth was dry, and the people who listened were fascinated...

Many people thought that Mr. Guan was making things up, but after seeing the two medals and plaques that Mr. Guan received, they were all speechless...

The countryside in the north of the Ming Dynasty has always been closed and boring, with few new things. A widow in the village could talk to a man for several years.

So when the story of Grandpa Guan spread like thunder in a plain, it spread out at an explosive speed. This bizarre experience was filled with too many things that ordinary people loved to hear and see...

The doorstep of the Guan family has been trampled down these days. Countless people in Neiqiu County want to hear about Grandpa Guan’s adventures in person...

Facing the villagers, Mr. Guan couldn't refuse, so he had to repeat his experience over and over again...

He told it over and over again, but the people just couldn't get enough of it. Because there were so many people coming to listen, many snack vendors appeared around Guan's house...

Grandpa Guan felt that he had said more in the past few days since he came back than he had said in his entire life...

(End of this chapter)