Yang Hao and Ye Luwen stepped into the Golden Palace. Yesterday, they were at war with each other, but today they were envoys of a country standing in the Tang Dynasty court. Although they were solemnly dressed and solemn, the hostility between the two was very strong.
Obviously, as soon as the two of them entered the main hall, Ye Luwen filed a complaint in front of Li Yu, accusing the Song envoys of personally leading their troops to retaliate with force because of the verbal dispute between their subordinates. This morning, it was discovered that they also killed him.
One of his subordinates vented his anger and asked the Tang State to severely punish the murderer and give him justice.
Yang Hao secretly said: "This guy who looks savage and rough is indeed insidious. Let me tell you, the two sides have already met each other and led their troops to fight. In the final analysis, they just occupy a courtyard. As for sending a spy to sneak in?
, what kind of information can he spy on? Fortunately, I know what the group of bandits outside the Marco Polo Bridge were trying to find moral reasons for themselves. This delivery is exactly the same."
Yang Hao listened calmly and without waiting for Li Yu to ask, he stepped forward, bowed and bowed, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, the Khitan envoy said something wrong. Yesterday the Khitan people took the initiative to provoke us and tried to take us away from what the Lord had arranged for us.
He took them away from the post and wounded several of us. In order to stop the Khitan people from committing violence, Yang was stopped. Afterwards, the foreign ministers severely restrained his subordinates and did not take any further action against the Khitan envoys and their subordinates.
What's the matter? Lord Huangfu Jixun has been leading his troops to maintain order between the two posthouses last night, so he can serve as a witness."
Huangfu Jixun's idea that "the northerners are powerful and cannot be defeated by our southerners" is really unshakable. Now the Song people are northerners, and the Khitan people are also northerners. Both sides have thicker thighs than him, and that one is not
He can be provoked, but in comparison, the Song people are close neighbors. The threat is greater, so they are naturally more psychologically inclined to the Song Dynasty. In addition, Yang Hao just asked him to say some fair words, not fabricate them out of thin air.
The Khitan people will not be angry with him.
So Huangfu Jixun hurriedly came out of the station and took his place, held his scepter and said: "Master, I was ordered to station at the Concierge Courtyard. Everything was fine last night. There was indeed no further dispute between the two parties."
Yelvwen said angrily: "Master, they want to vent their anger and kill people. Naturally, they will not come here in a grand manner, but this envoy has just come to the Tang Dynasty. Apart from this Song envoy, he has never had any grudges with anyone in the south of the Yangtze River. Yesterday, the two sides just had a bad relationship.
Hey, my people were killed violently last night, who was it not because of them? I, the Khitan, were invited by the Tang State and sent envoys to visit for the sake of friendship between the two countries. Now that I am being treated like this in your country, should the Lord of the country give me any treatment?
Our country will give you an explanation."
He raised his eyebrows and roared so loudly that it shook the roof tiles, which made Li Yu's face change color. He quickly stood up and comforted him: "Master Yelu, don't be angry. Regarding this matter, I will definitely know..."
Yang Hao suddenly said: "Master Yelu, may I ask where your subordinate died and where was his injury?"
Yelvwen glanced at him coldly and said: "This morning, someone was found dead in the garden in the corner. There were no wounds on the body. But how could my bodyguard die for no reason? He must have been plotted by someone. This case
The matter is about to be investigated in detail by the king. Once the truth is found out, I will never let you go!"
Yang Hao snorted coldly and said: "If someone in your envoy died, what does it have to do with me, the Song Dynasty? It's unreasonable, and I am just asking the king to give me a clean slate. Where is your deceased person? Please tell me.
Come up here and take a look. I am an aboveboard official and have never done anything wrong. How can I be afraid of your verification?"
Yelvwen raised his thick eyebrows and said loudly: "Okay! The body is outside the store now. Please bring it up and take a look."
Two times, the two golden melon warriors put down their weapons, and the lower hall carried the unfortunate ghost up. Yeluwen pointed at the corpse and said loudly: "Master, my bodyguard has always been strong, and his unprovoked death must have been plotted by someone. And this murderer...
There is no doubt that he is from the Song Dynasty."
Yang Hao walked around the corpse twice. The corpse had been tampered with by his people. The clothes were messy and the hair was shaggy. He had already changed into ordinary clothes instead of the night clothes. Naturally, Yeluwen would not change it for him.
Wearing night clothes, he is causing trouble for himself. He will cause trouble anyway, let alone a dead person now.
Yang Hao knelt down and sniffed carefully, and said, "Master, this person smells faintly of alcohol. He must have been drinking."
Yelvwen was startled. He only heard that the framer he sent turned into a cold corpse and was sent back. He ordered his subordinates to search for it. There were no scars on his body. He thought that although he could not stay at the Song Guoguan Inn
It was so advantageous to find one of our own, and it could be regarded as an attack prop, which would help us to gain moral rights. So we brought his body. The Khitan people were more strict about hierarchy than those in the Song Dynasty. He was a majestic and royal family.
, naturally he would not search the body personally.
When Yang Hao said that there was a faint smell of alcohol on the corpse, Yelvwen couldn't help but feel annoyed: "This bastard, when he was ordered to do things, he actually dared to drink alcohol! Yes, I told him to intentionally be imprisoned by the Song Dynasty people.
When the Song people file a complaint, I will take the initiative and forcibly search the Song people's residence so that they can't rely on them. This bastard is here to be discovered, so naturally he won't be very cautious."
Yelvwen argued forcefully: "I, a Khitan, love wine. I have three meals a day without strong liquor. What's so weird about drinking?"
Yang Hao smiled. He looked up and waved to Huangfu Jixun. Huangfu Jixun glanced at Li Yu. Li Yu was noncommittal. Huangfu Jixun hurriedly came over with the wat in hand and asked: "Yang Zuoshi, what's the matter?"
Yang Hao reached out and took out his wat board, moved the corpse's left face covered with mud and broken flowers and leaves from left to right, and said to Huangfu Jixun: "Sir, please smell it carefully to see what the smell is."
Huangfu Jixun sniffed it and said, "Well..., it smells vaguely of alcohol."
Yang Hao said: "The body is already stiff. He died most of the night, and the smell of alcohol still leaks out. It seems that he drank a lot."
In fact, the smell of the wine was not strong, and it was difficult to detect if you didn't smell it carefully. However, Huangfu Jixun didn't know that the person had been dead for so long. If he drank a lot before his death, how much alcohol should be on his body, so he could only nod his head and said: "Yang Zuo
To make what he said make sense, this person really drinks a lot."
Yeluwen said angrily: "What on earth are you doing?"
Yang Hao ignored him and said to Huangfu Jixun: "If you smell it carefully, there will be something else."
Huangfu Jixun smelled it again, but didn't smell anything. He moved closer, his nose almost touching the corpse's face. After sniffing carefully again, Huangfu Jixun's face showed some strange expressions.
"How is it? What does it smell like, Lord Huangfu?"
"Uh... This is hard to say. It seems... it seems... it should be... the smell of urine?"
"Wow!" Yang Hao patted him on the shoulder vigorously and praised: "Heroes see the same thing, and I also smell like urine."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Huangfu Jixun couldn't help but feel sick when he thought about how he had been sniffing against the dead body's face just now.
Yang Hao stood up and said to Li Yu: "My lord, this Khitan warrior is tall and powerful. If someone tries to do harm to him, there will be no traces of resistance on his body. Therefore, it cannot be a homicide."
Yeluwen gritted his teeth and sneered: "It's not homicide, is it suicide?"
Yang Hao jumped up to the dead body like a litigant and started talking: "This man was addicted to alcohol, and he died in the corner garden late at night. There was mud and flowers and leaves on his face. After Mr. Huangfu carefully inspected him, he
There was also a faint smell of urine on his face and neck. Based on this, I can conclude that this Khitan warrior died not of homicide or murder, but of an accident."
Li Yu heard this and asked quickly: "Accident? Please make it clearer, Yang Zuoshi, how did this Khitan warrior die in the accident?"
Yang Hao solemnly raised his hands and said: "After careful inspection by me and General Huangfu, I found that the deceased had a strong smell of alcohol, and there was also the smell of urine on his face. Based on these clues, I speculated... This
A Khitan warrior was very drunk. He got up late at night and went to a secluded place to take a pee. Because he was too drunk, he fell down after taking a pee and fell asleep on the spot. Because his mouth and nose were pressed against his own urine, he suffocated to death. This is
The most reasonable and factual cause of death."
After Yang Hao said this, the whole court was in an uproar. One Buddha was born, and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. He roared loudly: "People can't be so shameless, shameless, shameless! Confusing right and wrong, referring to deer as horses, clever words
The words of dishonest and dishonest people... actually came from the mouth of this envoy from the Song Dynasty!"
This Yelvwen's Sinology attainments are also not shallow. He could use a curse word like Confucius and Laozi, but Yang Hao smiled and said: "Don't talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality with Laozi. The Tao Te Ching was all written by Laozi."
Yelvwen was furious, grabbed the Golden Melon Warrior's weapon, and assumed a posture of leaping on a horse. When Yang Hao saw it, he quickly opened his posture, tilted the wat board like a sword, made a sword formula with his left hand, and shouted loudly
: "If you can't express your ideas clearly, do you need to use force?"
When Li Yu saw that the two sides were about to fight again, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy, but with a look of panic on his face, he stood up and said: "Hurry up and separate the two noble envoys. If you have something to say, don't hurt the harmony between each other.
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Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Li Yu quickly asked people to separate, talk to each other, and mediate in the middle. Then he held a banquet and asked the two envoys to accompany him on the left and right.
The subordinates who drowned gave many gifts as gifts and suppressed the matter for the time being.
When the banquet was over, Li Yu said again: "The two noble envoys were originally guests of the Tang Dynasty. I don't want you to ruin the friendly relations between the Song Dynasty and the Khitan because of some misunderstandings. Both ambassadors understand the righteousness of the country."
I hope that I can take state affairs as my top priority and turn conflicts into friendship. Tomorrow I will go to Jiming Temple to pay homage to the Buddha and offer incense. I also invite two distinguished envoys to go with me. I hope that in the solemn and quiet place of the Buddhist temple, my Buddha's compassionate and peaceful heart will
It can dispel the anger in the hearts of the two envoys."
Yang Hao and Ye Luwen looked at each other, snorted coldly, raised their hands together and said: "The king has invited me, foreign ministers, take your leave!" After saying that, they both turned around and left at the same time.
Li Yu looked at the backs of the two of them. A smile overflowed from his mouth. He raised his hand and called a chamberlain, and whispered: "Go, take a chance to capture Yelu Wen alone, and ask him to go to Qingliang Hall to meet Gu Yi!"
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At this time, Chen Qiao was waiting quietly in Qingliang Hall...
When Ye Luwen returned to Guanyi, Ding Chengye immediately greeted him: "Sir, there is a letter from Beijing."
"Oh?" Yeluwen said with emotion: "Father has written a letter? What did he say?"
"How dare you, a villain, to open the old prince's autographed letter? Here is the letter, sir. Please read it."
Yeluwen hurriedly took the wax pill. He returned to the inner room, crushed the wax pill, took out a thin piece of silk book, read it carefully for a long time, bunched up the silk book, and walked slowly in the room.
Ding Chengye asked impatiently: "Sir, what did the old prince say?"
Yelu Wen smiled coldly and said, "As I expected, when I left the capital, Xiao Chuo started to cut off my wings in the palace guard."
Ding Chengye was shocked: "She made the first move? So what should we do?"
Yelu Wen said: "It doesn't matter, Xiao Chuo only dares to interfere with the palace guards who are directly controlled by the emperor. She doesn't dare to put her hand in my clan's army. The father's letter said that the empress wants to pull out my body.
The cronies planted in the palace guards may provoke a backlash from our troops, so we have stepped up our guard against Shangjing. At this time, it is not appropriate to implement the strategy of removing his brains first and then sending troops to capture Shangjing.
My father's idea is that if you want to take something, give it to her first. You might as well show weakness to her and let her transfer my cronies in the palace guard away. This will make her think she has a plan and relax her guard. Then she will release the thief.
On that day, all the nobles and ministers went to the capital. When the emperor came out of the palace to have fun with the people, he launched an attack. Yelvxian, Han Derang, Yelvxiu brother, Xiao Tuozhi and others were eliminated in one fell swoop, and then the clan troops were mobilized to surround the capital.
Then let me take action. Inciting the Song army to go to the north, forcing internal and external pressure, forcing Empress Xiao to compromise, and issued the empress' decree to respect me as emperor and marry me as queen."
Ding Chengye said disappointedly: "'Let's steal the sun'? Those are the 13th, 14th, and 15th day of the first lunar month. There is still one and a half months left..."
Yelvwen smiled and said: "Yes, there is still one and a half months, eh? Why are you more impatient than me? This is to be an emperor, not as simple as a groom's official. Is one and a half months still a long time?"
Ding Chengye covered it up and said: "Oh, that's not the case, it's just...that the Song Dynasty envoy Yang Hao humiliated the adults so much, the villain is also aggrieved, and the villain is also aggrieved. I really want to cut him to pieces immediately to vent my anger for the adults."
Yeluwen was overjoyed when he got the news that he would go to the capital. After hearing this, he laughed and said: "You are loyal to me, huh! I will never let him live past the day of 'Free Thieving Day' when he teases and humiliates me like this."
, now, you might as well be patient for now, a month and a half will pass soon."
The next day, the Song and Khitan envoys accompanied Li Yu, the leader of the Jiangnan Kingdom, to go to the "Jiming Temple" to worship Buddha.
In the vegetable yard, fresh vegetables were loaded onto the cart. Master De Xing waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go to each courtyard to get all the mended and changed monk's robes, and send them to Jingxin Temple in a while."
"Yes, little uncle." Several great monks left. Bi Su looked back to see that they had gone far, and hurriedly pulled Jing Shuiyue. He pulled her under a tree and took out a yellow orange from his arms.
Cheng Cheng's pear said as if it were a treasure: "Here. It's very fresh. I've washed it and given it to you."
Jing Shuiyue smiled sweetly. She waved her hand gently, and Bi Su forced the fruit to her. He pulled her to sit down on the bluestone under the tree and said, "This is my intention, just for you. Try it."
Well, it's very sweet, just eat it and take a bite."
Jing Shuiyue hesitated for a moment. Then she picked up a pear in her pocket and took a small bite.
"Is it delicious?"
Jing Shuiyue pursed her lips and nodded slightly. Bi Su was greatly encouraged and took her hand and said: "You think it tastes delicious. I will get you a basket later so that you can eat every day."
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Jing Shuiyue's little hand was held by him, and her face suddenly turned red with embarrassment. She quickly retracted her hand, pointed to the rosary hanging on her chest, and then pointed to the monastery behind her, and waited for him with an angry look.
Bisu chuckled and said, "I became a monk just for you. Buddha knows that I really like you, and he won't blame us."
Jing Shuiyue panicked, quickly put down the pears, clasped her hands together, and moved her lips, as if she was repenting to the Buddha.
"Shui Yue, De Xing used to be a shameless thief and a prodigal who stole love and jade. Even if he followed my family, he just wanted to be born in a righteous way, not sincerely doing good, until I met you.
Shuiyue. You are the living Bodhisattva in my heart. The closer I am to you, the closer I am to the Buddha. Doesn’t Buddhism say that we should save all sentient beings? You have great mercy and save me. As long as you marry me, that’s it.
What a great merit it is to turn a bad person into a good person, it is better than reciting sutras for a lifetime."
Bi Su's sweet words made Jing Shui Yue panic. She had never heard anyone speak to her like this in her entire life. She wanted to hear it, but was afraid of hearing it. She wanted to run away, but couldn't bear to make him sad, so she used
He plugged his ears with two fingers and closed his eyes, looking like a cute ostrich.
"I said, I talk a lot. Even if you don't talk, we will get married and we won't be lonely at home." Bi Su pulled her little hand down and said, "Good Shuiyue, little Master Tai, why don't you listen to someone chanting sutras?"
If you like to recite, in the future our house can be arranged to resemble Buddhism, and we can recite sutras for you every day, such as the Diamond Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, the Surangama Sutra... I will listen to you for as long as you want.
How long do you want to recite? We will hang a big bell in our house. I will be your official for one day and ring the bell for you for one day. When we have a child, we will shave his head and become a novice monk. I am the abbot and you will be the host.
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Jing Shuiyue's eyes widened when she heard this, and she shook her head vigorously. Bi Su smiled and said: "Why, you don't want our child to become a monk as soon as he is born? Well... that's true, the baby born between the two of us will definitely be extremely handsome.
How could he be willing to let him shave his head?"
Jing Shuiyue was so ashamed that her face was as red as a ripe pomegranate. Bi Su said softly: "Shuiyue, do you know that you are the most beautiful woman in the world? When you grow your hair, you will definitely be more beautiful and more beautiful."
beautiful……"
Jing Shuiyue was so embarrassed that she couldn't sit down anymore, so she stuffed the pears into Bi Su's hands, jumped up and ran away.
"Hey!" Bi Su called out, looked at his back, and said with a smile: "My little master smiles as charmingly as a Bodhisattva." He grabbed the pear and bit it hard at the place where Jing Shui Yue had bitten it.
After taking a big bite, he chased Shuiyue in the direction where he escaped.
Jiming Temple, in the Buddhist hall. Master Baojing and other masters wearing red cassocks respectfully accompanied Li Yu. The Lord of Jiangnan, who had just enshrined tens of thousands of gold incense oil coins, was now with a group of gray-robed monks.
Sitting together, we used a knife to cut "toilet slips" for the monks. The toilet slips were "toilet paper" when going to the toilet. At that time, there were only a few people who could afford to use paper to go to the toilet. The monks used small bamboo slices to clean them.
This thing is in high demand.
Yelu Wen and Yang Hao were accompanied by the supervisor and the governor respectively. One was on the left and the other on the right. They were watching the murals on the wall. They listened to the monk explaining the Buddhist stories in the murals and saw Li Yu sitting among the monks.
Yelu Wen secretly showed contempt for Jane's appearance: "Such a dandy, is he worthy of being the master of a country and enjoying this beautiful country? He is really a waste. Yesterday he left me here, and in his words, he had a lot to do with our country.
We formed an alliance to help each other, and we are willing to pay hundreds of thousands of taels of tribute every year to protect the safety of Jiangnan. This waste has a lot of potential, so I am not in a hurry to agree to it, and he made me the emperor of Khitan.
At that time, we will form an alliance with him, attack from the north and the south, and destroy the Song Dynasty. By then, Jiangnan will also be in the pocket, and these thousands of miles of beauty will all be mine."
Li Yu whittled another brush slip, scraped it on his cheek, and tried it. It was extremely smooth and had no burrs. He couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. He stood up and said, "Haha, although I haven't tried to peel this thing, I can still get it."
It seems that the toilet slips are not inferior to those of other masters."
Master Baojing quickly bowed and praised: "The Lord of the Kingdom is talented and intelligent. There is nothing in the world that can stump the Lord of the Kingdom."
When Yang Hao heard this, he couldn't help but shuddered slightly: "The monarch of this country, instead of doing business, actually helped the monks to make toilet paper, and also used cheek paper slips, for fear of scratching these great monks who only received support.
The Chrysanthemum of Chrysanthemum is not so friendly to the people as it is to the French. There are many beggars on the streets of Jinling, but you don’t care about them. Alas, it’s your country and family that deserve to be ruined. If you, the emperor, don’t have good poems to pass down to the world, you can cover up your reputation.
, is really stupid and cowardly to the extreme.”
Li Yu said with a smile: "I won't disturb you masters anymore. Let's take a walk in the Taoist temple. The two envoys..."
After hearing this, Yelu Wen and Yang Hao rushed to his side. Li Yu said with a smile: "My Jiangnan Temple, Jiming Temple, is the best. The two envoys have never visited this place. Come and make a trip."
"Knowing the guest monk, I will accompany the two distinguished envoys to visit Jiming Temple."
"Jiming Temple" is a place where Li Yu often comes. The monks in the temple have become accustomed to it. Everything in the temple is as usual. The front hall is still receiving tourists and believers offering incense and worshiping Buddha as usual. Li Yu, Yang Hao and Ye Luwen, accompanied by Master Baojing
Next, we visited various Buddhist temples and places we passed along the way. Li Yu arrived in confidence and talked about Buddhist rules and Buddhist scriptures in a unique way. He heard the abbot's treasure mirror nodding frequently.
Several people talked about Buddhism and Taoism all the way, and arrived at a courtyard in the West Side Hall. Beyond it was the Buddhist field and vegetable field of Jiming Temple. Li Yu stopped and was about to go around the back hall when he suddenly saw two monks standing under a tree.
, couldn't help but look towards them, Bao Jing wanted to lead the way, but when he saw this situation, he also turned around to look.
Although both of them were wearing bulky monk robes, the men and women could still recognize each other. One of the handsome monks was his new disciple De Xing, while the other was a young nun with bright eyes and white teeth.
What good thing could a monk, a nun, do by running into this remote palace, and let the king of the country see it with his own eyes? The abbot and abbot couldn't help but change his expression.