After Xu Zhong, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, was dismissed, Li Hao took over and was responsible for state exchanges with other countries.

"The Xixia Special Envoy set out from Xingqing City ten days ago and is expected to arrive in the capital in three days."

After Li Hao finished speaking, the empress nodded slightly and said, "Your Honglu Temple is responsible for state affairs, and it is the same as the rules."

The ministers in the court didn't think anything was wrong. Although the three kingdoms were each enemy, the Eastern Zhou and Western Xia had not started a war for many years, and the relationship was OK, so it was normal to send an envoy over.

Li Hao said, "The special envoy sent this time is Master Mojie, the closed disciple of the Xixia National Master. He said that he would like to debate Buddhism with my Great Zhou at that time, and also want to compete with General Long for martial arts."

After saying that, Li Hao presented Mojie's personal letter to the Empress.

Yingfeng received the letter and handed it over to the empress to read.

The ministers in the court were talking a lot, and they had heard of Mo Jie. They were said to be a very genius monk, who was about the same age as Long Chen and was at the level of Emperor Wu.

"This is not a state visit, it is clearly a visit to explore the truth and reality."

Cabinet minister Li Yizheng said coldly.

Bai Anning, the censor of the Censorate, agreed and said, "In my opinion, we are here to explore General Long's falsehood and reality."

Wu Wenjing, the Minister of Justice, said: "I think Xixia is afraid. Jing Tianlie ran to Xixia and must have said that General Long is invincible, so they sent someone to see it."

Although this is suspected of flattery, it is correct.

The empress had known this before, but pretended to be difficult to deal with and asked, "Xixia advocates Buddhism, my Great Zhou advocates Taoism, and Mojie wants to debate Buddhism with us. What do you think of my dear friends?"

The ministers in the hall looked at each other, but there was no way.

They don’t read Buddhist scriptures normally, and even if they have read them, they won’t stand here because the empress advocates Taoism.

Li Yizheng said: "This matter is probably difficult to deal with. We don't understand Buddhism, so how do we debate Buddhism with him? Isn't this asking the monk to borrow a comb?"

Bai Li Bing, the Minister of Personnel, smiled and said, "Georg is saying this well."

The other ministers followed and burst into laughter.

Di Xingwan thought for a while and said, "Mother, my son has a solution. He is a monk and wants to debate Buddhism with us. Then the minister proposes to debate Taoism with him to see if he dares to accept it."

Li Yizheng exclaimed: "The second princess is smart and has a brilliant plan. This is called avoiding the real and going to the false. If we don't accept any debate on Buddhism, we have to debate on Taoism and see what he does."

Other ministers also felt that this plan was the most wonderful. Mojie wanted to debate Buddhism, while Dazhou wanted to debate Taoism.

Di Luoxi also felt that the plan was clever and exclaimed: "Second sister is indeed smart."

Everyone praised the magic plan of Emperor Xing. The empress looked at Long Chen and asked, "General Long, what do you think?"

Di Xingwan and the ministers looked at Long Chen.

"The second princess's plan is clever and feasible, but I have been confident that I have read a few Buddhist scriptures and want to try a few tricks with him."

Everyone looked at Long Chen with a strange look.

Di Xingwan frowned and asked, "Why are you reading Buddhist scriptures for nothing?"

Long Chen smiled and said, "Knowing yourself and your enemy and winning every battle. Xixia established a country with Buddhism. Reading Buddhist scriptures can better guess what Xixia is thinking."

The ministers laughed.

It is right to know yourself and your enemy, and you can read Buddhist scriptures, but it is really a bit arrogant to debate Buddhism with the Buddhist genius Mojie.

Di Xingwan sneered: "General Long is really a versatile person. He can recite poems and write counterfeits, kill on the battlefield, and interrogate and investigate cases. Unexpectedly, he is so proficient in Buddhism and even dares to debate with the genius disciples of Monk Kongji. This princess

admire!"

Because of Li Tianze's affairs, Di Xingwan had some opinions about Long Chen and his words were sarcastic.

The empress asked Long Chen: "I am also worried about this. As a disciple of Monk Kongji, Mojie is definitely not a false reputation. Are you sure?"

Long Chen smiled in his heart: I am sure of being good at acting, don’t you know? I had both hands that day.

"I am sure!"

Long Chen said confidently.

The ministers in the court were all surprised that Long Chen was so confident.

"Okay, you and Lord Li are responsible for the visit of Mojie, Honglu Temple is responsible for the reception, Long Chengen is responsible for the debate on Buddhism, and as for the martial arts competition... would you also do it?"

The empress looked at Long Chen and asked.

"Mojie's goal of this competition should also be the Wei minister, so Wei minister has no choice but to accept both."

Mojie said that if you want to compete in martial arts, it must be a competition with Long Chen, and it is impossible to compete with others.

The empress smiled and said, "Okay, this matter is settled."

"Is there anything else?"

After all the ministers finished speaking, the empress stood up and scattered in court.

Long Chen walked out, and Di Luoxi asked, "Can you do it? This Mojie is not easy to deal with."

Long Chen laughed in a low voice and said, "Can I do it? The princess doesn't know?"

Di Luoxi frowned and whispered: "What a slut to tell you about your business!"

Long Chen laughed and said, "Don't worry, princess, I have my own plans."

Seeing that Long Chen was prepared, Di Luoxi didn't say anything anymore and rode his horse to Long Chen to go to Long Shuai's Mansion.

... ...

The Palace of the Western Xia.

It was spring, but Xingqing City was still covered with cold winds, blowing sand and dust all over the ground.

Shi Le and Monk Kongji sat in the room to play chess.

"Li Chengdao stopped."

Shi Le left a son, and his tone could not hide his disappointment.

Monk Kongji smiled and said, "This Long Chengen acted strangely. Who would have thought that he would use Wanjin Tower to kill the people from Nanliang?"

Shi Le sighed and said, "It's really hard to kill him even Wanjin Tower. The national strength of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is growing increasingly, and it is also a threat to us."

Shi Le personally spyed at Jade Buddha Pass and felt that his combat power was stronger than that of the Red Flame Army.

Especially the three words "Long Family Army" made Shi Le feel distressed.

In the battle of Bailang Mountain, Xixia and the barbarians were dispatched in full swing, and Nanliang also sent experts to secretly help, which eliminated the 100,000 Long Family Army.

Now another Long Family Army has emerged, and the number has doubled. Shi Le often dreams of Longye being resurrected at night and leads the Long Family Army to attack Xingqing City.

Monk Kongji nodded slightly and said, "I sent Mojie as the special envoy to see what Long Chengen is like."

"The last time I fought at Jade Buddha Pass, I almost suffered a loss, but at that time, Long Chengen was in a state of madness and could not tell the truth or false."

"This time, let Mo Jie go and see if Long Chengen's Yang Crystal Stone has any signs of poisoning."

According to the previous statement, Long Chen only had three years of life, and his body should start to deteriorate now.

Shi Le nodded and said, "When Mo Jie comes back, Jing Tianlie is still training troops. I plan to let them go to Yanmen Pass and put pressure from the north."

Monk Kongji agreed: "The world will want to maintain the current situation. It is difficult for us to do it, and it is difficult to break through the Jade Buddha Pass. Let the barbarians take action."

"Jing Tianlie is an internal conflict in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and has nothing to do with us. As for the barbarians, no one can control it. What they want to do has nothing to do with our Western Xia."

Shi Le nodded in agreement.

... ...

The capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Li Hao, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, led a team of people to Shili Pavilion in the west of the city, and saw a group of people coming from the west from afar.

"Sir, it seems to be the special envoy of Xixia."
Chapter completed!