Lu Zhaoyi calmed down and asked Huazhi to take the old eunuch over and asked him about some things.

When she heard that Xia Pei was in Taiji Hall today, meeting the envoys from various countries who came to pay tribute, and the Minister of Rites Zhao Zifang, also listed here, she frowned slightly, wondering if she should say it was good luck or unlucky?

The Minister of the Honglu was in charge of the ceremony of the great guests, and also in charge of the princes and the barbarians of Guiyi, silver seals and green ribbons, and directly dealing with the various countries and countries.

Today, all directions will enter the Central Plains to pay tribute, and envoys from all countries will bring their own treasures to the audience.

Among them, most of the Xianbei tribes came here this time, but only among the famous spies who paid tribute, she saw several items that did not belong to the Xianbei, which originally belonged to the Central Plains.

There are 12 kilograms of horse hoof gold, three bronze figurines, one bronze Buddha statue, and ten silver plates.

She should remember that these objects belonged to the royal family of the previous dynasty and should have been sealed for a long time and will not appear again.

Next, she had to send someone to the former dynasty’s ruins building to check whether these objects were still in the building and whether there were fewer numbers. On the other hand, she also had to send someone to the palace to explore clues about these tributes.

If these objects are not valuable, if they are lost, they will not lose much now.

However, once the facts confirmed her speculation, based on the transaction between Wu Chong and the Xianbei people, it is very likely that the objects were sent out as transactions, and perhaps they could start from here to investigate the conclusive evidence of Wu Chong's rebellion.

Xia Pei might have discovered this clue, so he asked the eunuch to send the list out of the palace and hand it over to her to check the matter.

Lu Zhaoyi pondered for a moment, but finally felt that it was secret. If someone found out, he might even cause trouble.

She asked Ying Chong to hurried into the palace and asked when Xia Pei planned to announce the famous tribute spies from all over the country.

After Yingfeng was recommended to the court, Ying Chong served as the deputy commander of the Shadow Guard.

After all the people from Zhixiao Sect went out, Lu Zhaoyi ordered Huazhi to remove the teacup on the table and replace it with a new cup. Then she continued to read the famous spy.

Just one hour later, Ying Chong hurried back.

"Miss Lu, my subordinates failed to see Your Majesty, but only saw the Great Honglu. He said that it would take less than an hour to send the famous tribute spy back."

When Lu Zhaoyi heard this, she frowned her beautiful eyebrows, and after a while of silence, she handed the famous spy to him.

He thought silently in his heart, and it was less than an hour!

Ying Chong had just left, and the two waves of people she sent not long ago had already returned.

According to their returns, nothing was lost in the ruins of the previous dynasty, and they went in and counted it in person, and there was indeed no missing one.

The people in the palace also took Xia Pei's secret edict and went to investigate many times within this day, but no progress was made.

Another wave of people entered the palace and checked the physical tributes, but there was no gain.

Through those objects, no one can tell whether those objects flowed out of the Central Plains, and it is even more impossible to verify where they are produced.

Hearing this, Lu Zhaoyi felt a vague feeling of uneasiness in her heart, as if this clue was about to be interrupted.

She had to admire Wu Chong for his clever methods.

It's getting late now, so there's no time to check the source of the tribute one by one, so I can only carefully check one of them.

There are very few bronze Buddha statues in the world. Since more than a hundred years ago, the first Buddha statue of the monks from Zhongtianzhu entered the Middle Land, and now, there are only a handful of Buddha-related things in the world that can be found in Buddha.

And there are even fewer Buddha statues in Luojing.

As far as she knows, in addition to the Buddha statues in the ruins of the previous dynasty, there are two more in the entire Sili Prefecture.

One is located in the only Tianzhu Buddhist temple in Luojing, Longquan Temple; the other is enshrined in the Taimiao and worshipped with the Wugong Zong Temple.

The locations of these two Buddha statues are very clever. They are located in the west city of the outer city and are not far from the Luo River near the Taixue in the south of the city, but are very far apart.

Because Longquan Temple is located in the west city of the outer city, it is a place where fish and dragons are mixed in the city.

In Taimiao, it is impossible for the high-ranking officials to enter.

She didn't believe that the monks of Longquan Temple could give away the Buddha statues they believed in devoutly. Even if they were lost, the monks would report to the officials soon, but they didn't.

Then there is only one possibility, the bronze Buddha statue in the Taimiao may have been lost.

She needs to hold on.

Once the emperor asked the Great Honglu to announce the tribute list on the spot, it would make Wu Chong alert and try every means to erase the clues.

"Transfer my life, take away twenty shadow guards, disguise themselves, and follow me to the Taimiao."

Ying Chong was shocked when he heard this, "Miss Lu, why should he go to Taimiao?"

"Just follow my instructions."

"No need, Master, don't have to worry..." A slightly immature voice came in outside.

But seeing the fifth Lingsi and Chu Nian running in one after another, seeing the two children being so close, it seemed that the relationship between the brothers was already very good.

And what just shouted out was the fifth spiritual soul.

He held up the letter and ran to Lu Zhaoyi, "My father has sent someone over, and my father said that the bronze Buddha statue in the Taimiao is indeed missing. I don't know if it is consistent with the Buddha statue that Tuoba tribe paid this time!"

"Then I really thank your father." Lu Zhaoyi lowered her head and looked at the fifth spiritual soul, and her breath gradually slowed down.

Speaking of which, she hasn't received news about the fifth Langya for a long time, and I don't know what he is busy with.

However, at this moment, Yong Wei rushed over in panic, "Miss Lu, there is a young man from Qiu Ciyuan outside who came to deliver the letter, as if he was saying... he came to deliver it for his father."

Qiu Ciyuan is Qiu Quzi's eldest son.

"Where are people?"

"The boy left after delivering the letter."

After saying that, the Yong Wei took out the letter in his arms.

Hurryingly, Lu Zhaoyi quickly took the letter and opened it. There were no words on it, only pictures of the four suspicious tributes drawn on the paper.

Judging from this picture, Lu Zhaoyi immediately recognized that Mati Jin was produced by Zhangye County, Liangzhou, the year before Yu Xiapei ascended the throne.

The bronze figurine also comes from Zhangye County, and the bronze Buddha statue is exactly the same as the Buddha statue in the Taimiao.

As for the silver plate, it was a tribute presented to the Central Plains by envoys of Kapili more than 40 years ago. It has now been sealed and stored in the warehouse by the royal family.

However, because the Kapili Kingdom and the Xianbei Kingdom are thousands of miles apart, there is no connection.

Then, these silver plates can only be taken out of the royal treasury and delivered to the Xianbei people as a transaction. Now that the Xianbei people take these objects, they are disgusting in turn. How can people accept it?

Not only was Lu Zhaoyi in anxiety, but finally, the opportunity to seize Wu Chong's handle was right in front of her, but the evidence was right in front of her, but she could not connect these things with Wu Chong.

After all, she could not even prove her relationship with Wu Chong, let alone just a few tributes now?

It's like, the clue is clearly in front of you, but you can't find the truth. This feeling makes people hate it!

At present, she doesn't care too much. If she doesn't seize the opportunity to completely defeat Wu Chong this time, it's a lot more difficult.

Therefore, she decided to take the initiative and immediately let Huazhi prepare and rushed to the palace immediately.

At this time, the Taiji Hall of the Imperial Palace was congratulating the country, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

In the main hall, under the arrangement of Zhao Zifang, the celebration scenes were arranged in an orderly manner, with high platforms built, with delicacies and delicacies emerging one after another, singing and dancing are rising, and it is extremely joyful.

Xia Pei sat on the imperial throne, holding a teacup, looking at the many Gentile envoys who were drinking and chatting and laughing below, and their expressions could not hide their satisfaction.

Soon, Zhao Zifang bowed, went straight to the palace steps, and came to Xia Pei and whispered a few words.

After hearing his words, Xia Pei still kept a faint smile on his face, but a trace of coldness passed through his eyes.

"His Majesty……"

He raised his hand and stopped his words, "No need to say too much, I know. You are

Lord Honglu, come and declare it for me!"

"My me, follow the order." Zhao Zifang bowed and accepted the order.

Then, he stood in front of the imperial case, glanced at His Highness's envoys, and shouted "According to the Emperor's Order of the Dayuan Emperor". Soon everyone in the hall slowly calmed down. They looked at Zhao Zifang on the steps of the hall, waiting for his words below.

At present, in the Tai Chi Hall, civil officials with a fourth rank and a fief of more than 1,000 stones were also placed in the hall.

"This official is the Grand Grand Legislature of this dynasty. He is in his majesty's edict to declare the tributes of the nations this year. His majesty said that in previous years, they have been read from near to far, and this year they will change the method to read from far to near…"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone immediately cheered and seemed to be waiting for this moment.

Next, start from the farthest resting country, Kushan country, and read all the way closer.

The categories of tributes range from gold and silver utensils, spices, Buddha statues, leather, weapons, to livestock such as horses and camels, and to female slaves.

But only those who directly take people as their tribute can do it only the small Dongyi country that is indeed very poor.

Xia Pei was paying attention throughout the whole process. He was very unsatisfied with the small country that took people as tributes, but he was not willing to let these Dongyi people who had traveled across the ocean return disappointed.

It seemed that they really had nothing to do, so they gave back the treasures from the Central Plains like other countries. When they saw that they were very shorter than ordinary people, they simply waved their hand and wrote an edict, and named their queen the king of the Japanese king.

The further Zhao Zifang read, the more he went, he went to several countries bordering the Central Plains. It was not until the end that the tributes paid by the Xianbei people came on.

At this time, Xia Pei had closed his eyes, but was praying in his heart: Zhaoyi, I can only delay until this time. I wonder if you have any solutions?

However, when Zhao Zifang finished reading the last word, the figure he was looking forward to had not appeared yet, which made him feel a little disappointed.

In the main hall, the envoys of the countries thanked the emperor, and among the civil officials of Dayuan, they had a vague suspicion about the tributes paid by the Xianbei tribes.

I saw that the corners of Wu Chong's mouth cracked, as if he was already proud.

The fifth Langya and Lu Lin who were sitting next to him had different expressions, but there was no change in expression.

Suddenly, the palace guards bent outside the hall and shouted, and the sound came into the hall.
To be continued...