Chapter 70: The False Korean Princess
Here, Bao Zheng told Emperor Renzong some things about the Nine Dragon Cup investigation, and at the same time, he also wanted to understand the bottom line of Renzong's treatment of Japanese slaves, so that he could instruct Wang Pang to deal with it when he returned.
On the other side, at Huaiyuan Post, Lu Shenyan was anxiously waiting for the arrival of Wang Pang and others. In the Song Dynasty, a post was built in the capital specifically to receive envoys from various countries. The envoys from each major country lived in different rooms.
In Guanyi, envoys from various countries did not take pleasure in traveling to the Song Dynasty.
When envoys come to the court, they must first report to the ceremonial room under the Privy Council. There are specific affairs agencies such as Honglu Temple and the National Information Office to receive these envoys. The envoys will explain the matters of the visit and the duration of their stay. The Privy Council will present a special "post ticket" from the imperial court.
, these envoys stayed in designated post houses.
In addition to state affairs, these are purchases in Bianliang, and all kinds of daily necessities are not collected. Of course, the envoys are not businessmen, and they have to go back when the day comes. For example, in this New Year's Day meeting, in previous years, the envoys would have watched the Imperial Palace after the third day of the Lunar New Year.
After shooting, the envoys from various countries left one after another. This year, Renzong originally wanted to announce the establishment of a prince during the court meeting, so he specially arranged to send off the ambassadors from all countries at the sixth day of the lunar day.
When ambassadors say goodbye, they first check out of the inn, and then go on their way after attending a gathering to say farewell. Therefore, if we don't get some evidence or clues today, it will be difficult to find someone for the resting monk after he checks out tomorrow.[
To say that this monk is quite lonely, there are ambassadors from other countries, including chief envoys, deputy envoys, and attendants. But as we have said before, the Wonu Kingdom relies on its development in recent years to be in a period of complete victory for the Fujiwara nobles.
Passive diplomacy, the Japanese slave monks who entered the Song Dynasty became the main envoys of the Japanese slaves to the Song Dynasty.
Most of these monks practice asceticism. They come to visit us on a single day and stay in the posthouse when they have time to worship. Such as the New Year's Day pilgrimage, it is also convenient to understand the affairs of other countries. If they are on weekdays, they often stop at the temple for Buddhist exchanges. Monk Kongxiu is
He traveled back and forth between the two countries all year round. That’s why he was so familiar with the Buddhist policies of the Song Dynasty.
Now back to Lu Shenyan, what he was worried about was that if he couldn't get the evidence today, after the meeting and farewell tomorrow, the Japanese slave monk would not know which temple he would hide in. Moreover, he also heard from Wang Pang that the monk would be hiding in the temple tomorrow.
Maybe they should take advantage of the crowd to attack in the court. I was wondering what method this young master and the others would come up with to lure Na Kongxiu out.
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a man and two women coming into the palace. Lu Shenyan hurriedly greeted them. It was He Libo, Li Enxi and Yan Zhihu. Li Enxi covered his face with a veil, and Yan Zhihu dressed up as a maid.
Lu Shenyan took them upstairs to Monk Kongxiu's residence on the third floor. He looked the three of them up and down and asked, "We haven't solved this Japanese slave envoy yet, so why is the Korean ambassador here again?"
He Libo said, taking out a name card and handing it to Lu Shenyan, "Has the monk ever been in the store?"
Lu Shenyan said in a low voice: "I have never been out. Yesterday I slept so loudly and snored so loudly that I couldn't sleep well all night."
He Libo said: "You go and tell us that Princess Goryeo and her envoys have come to see Ambassador Kongxiu. They have set up a room and prepared a vegetarian meal. We have important matters to discuss."
Lu Shenyan took care of Li Enxi and smiled: "Don't tell me that they are dressed like this."
Yan Zhihu glared and whispered: "Why don't you go quickly?" Lu Shenyan stuck out his tongue and muttered: "The maids are so fierce." After saying that, he turned around and left the room. He heard Yan Zhihu say again: "Hurry up and don't do it.
If there is any noise, if you hear a cup being thrown upstairs, come out quickly. Also, if you succeed, come and ask for anything you need."
After Lu Shenyan heard what they said, he went downstairs to invite monk Kongxiu. Hearing that the Korean envoy was coming to see him, Kongxiu prepared to go see him without much thought.
There are two reasons why Gongxiu went to see Princess Goryeo and the envoy so happily: in the last years of Silla, descendants of the Silla royal family Gong established the Taefong Kingdom, and Sangju local tyrant Zhenxuan established the Later Baekje Kingdom. In 918, Taefeng tribe general Wang Jian killed Gong.
The descendants established the Goryeo Kingdom on their own, and Buddhism was the state religion of the Goryeo Dynasty.
Second: The only princess of Korea is the future princess of the Fujiwara family. This was personally revealed by the ambassador who set off to Korea with Monk Kong Xiu. Moreover, it is said that the princess of Korea is twenty years old and is proficient in Wonugu and Han people.
Language, and the country is beautiful and fragrant. Thinking of this, Kongxiu stepped on his short legs and walked backwards, only hating the long stairs.
Why did Helibao and the others come so late? Helibao went to Kaifeng Mansion early in the morning and went with Wang Pang to wait for Mr. Bao to come back. Fortunately, Mr. Bao came back early. The emperors were used to getting up early. In the past, morning meetings were usually held at Mao hour.
That is, from 5 to 7 o'clock Beijing time, after the morning meeting, everyone goes back to work.
However, today is not the morning court, so Mr. Bao would not go to the Imperial City Gate to wait at three or four in the morning. Even so, it would probably be too early to return to Kaifeng Mansion after talking to Renzong. Wang Pang told Mr. Bao the plan
, He Libo brought the Kaifeng Mansion token and took the spare key to the spare room from the shopkeeper when he entered.
While they were talking upstairs, Lu Shenyan gently opened the square lock on the door with the key given by He Libo, and entered Monk Kongxiu's room. There was a butterfly lock on the cabinet, and he opened the lock again.
The cabinet door opened with a creak. Lu Shenyan hurriedly listened, and there was still talk upstairs. He couldn't make out what was being said. It seemed that Li Enxi and Kong Xiu were talking.
The wooden floor was not soundproof, so Lu Shenyan heard it and felt that someone must have noticed it, so he opened the cabinet a little wider and touched it with his hand. One of them should contain clothes, and the other package contained two wooden boxes.
He first looked at the position and the knots, then he gently took out the two wooden boxes, looked at them again, and placed them in their original positions.
Then he carefully closed the cabinet door and locked it with the butterfly lock. He looked around and saw that there should be no trace left. He turned around and left the room, then locked the upper lock. There was a click, which startled Xiao Lu. He said to his heart:
"Why is this object so loud?"
With this thought in mind, he put away the two keys, one large and one small, and went upstairs with a bang. He asked from outside: "The guest in the room, do you need any more food and drinks?" [
He Libo opened the door and said, "No need, please step back."
"Okay, you guys are welcome, just call me if you need anything." After saying this, Xiao Lu turned around and went downstairs.
He Libo received the message and knew that Lu Shenyan was successful, so he winked at Li Enxi. Unexpectedly, Li Enxi ignored him at all and continued to talk to the monk in the Japanese language.
Li Enxi knew the language of the Wonu country and He Libo knew it, but when he saw that she was pretending to be the princess of Korea, He Libo felt funny in his heart.
Seeing that the "princess" of Korea was getting more and more miserable as she talked with Monk Kongxiu, He Libo just muttered that this fake princess who was pretending to be a Korean was really a monk.
Seeing that the Japanese slave monk also sighed, and stretched out his wretched hand, as if to touch Li Enxi's jade hand to comfort him. He Libo hurriedly coughed hard. Li Enxi had long disliked this Japanese slave man, he was obviously a monk.
From the moment I entered the room, I looked lustful.
Hearing He Libo's cough, he looked up and saw He Libo, who was sitting silently on the side. He puffed out his chest and curled his lips. He clearly didn't understand what he and Kong Xiu were talking about, and he was still pretending.
The so-called arrogance and arrogance made me feel funny in my heart. I thought about how it was thanks to He Libo's help that I was able to reach Bianjing.
This man from the Japanese slave country was just like him. He had long heard that the men from the Japanese slave country were molesting women and that even monks had this kind of virtue. Li Enxi couldn't help but feel annoyed. He asked Monk Xiu: "Master, is it okay with what I said?"
Help?"
Xiu looked embarrassed: "I'm just a monk. How can I persuade the leader of a country and hope that the princess's overall interests are the most important thing?" They looked at each other and spoke the language of the Wonu country.
He Libo was a little angry, and his face began to turn red with anger. He was angry because he didn't know what they were talking about. Li Enxi didn't finish speaking quickly. Just as he was about to remind Li Enxi again, suddenly Li Enxi also showed an angry expression.
They met He Libo and Yan Zhihu, and said in Korean: "Let's go!"
He Libo understood the Korean language. He had been born to the Jurchen tribe near the Kingdom of Korea since he was a child, which was also considered the border between the Liao Kingdom and the Kingdom of Korea. So when he met Li Enxi, He Libo knew that she was a Korean. However,
This is not surprising. He is from the Liao Kingdom and knows some Korean. It is not surprising that the Koreans know some Japanese. He was already careless, so he didn’t think much about it after he figured it out.
The three of them went downstairs and sat there in a daze. This Princess of Korea was really young and beautiful, but why wasn't she willing to go to the Japanese slave country to become a princess? Besides, the Japanese slaves wanted to send troops to attack Korea. I couldn't convince myself to go back.
Even if you hit him, it doesn't count.
At the door of the inn, Xiao Lu was seeing off guests. When he saw He Libo and the others coming out, he stepped forward to greet them and asked loudly: "You three, please leave now." Then he lowered his head and said to He Libo: "There are cups and certificates."
With these six simple words, He Libo already knew. He nodded to the plain-clothes government officials from Kaifeng Mansion who came with him, and those people knew and continued to stay and watch the monk.
In addition to Li Enxi who said goodbye and came to the capital to find relatives, Yan Zhihu returned to Meyer Mansion, and He Libo went to Kaifeng Mansion. The three of them went their separate ways. Xiao Lu also completed the task and followed He Libo to Kaifeng Mansion.
Wang Pang and Lord Bao were having a conversation. Seeing the two of them arriving, he knew that things were going well. Xiao Lu told Lord Bao what he had found, and then asked, "Why didn't you capture the monk on the spot?"
Wang Pang said: "Catch him casually. Tomorrow he will confess that he didn't know what was in the cabinet, or that he didn't know about the Nine Dragon Cup. Although he has the time to pay the ultimatum, there is no proof that he resold it. How to deal with it?"
Lu Shenyan and He Libo looked at each other. What Wang Pang said was reasonable, but just watching the Japanese slaves helplessly made Seng Xiaoyao feel angry.
Chapter completed!