"You must have thought it was him, right?" The old monk asked Li Jiuzhou calmly in the iron railing with his back to the faint light outside.

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A strange light flashed in Li Jiuzhou's eyes: "I was a little unexpected, but what I couldn't understand even more was why you wanted to help him?"

After saying that, he glanced at the old monk suspiciously, always feeling that he had not told him something that he couldn't explain clearly.

The old monk explained: "This is not my intention."

Li Jiuzhou didn't understand. Could it be that he was threatened by An Lushan?

The old monk looked around and confirmed that no one was listening. He said, "You are a minister in the court. Can't you see An Lushan's ambition?"

Li Jiuzhou was a little confused and nodded.

For the time being, these are all the one-sided words of the old monk, and An Lushan has no doubts or motives.

Besides, even if you have a motive, why do you have to work so hard to find someone to assassinate the emperor?

Could it be that An Lushan has already begun to plan for rebellion?

Li Jiuzhou suddenly felt a bad feeling.

Seeing that he was confused, the old monk said without explaining, "I'm afraid you know the truth, and you don't dare to pursue it."

Li Jiuzhou sneered: "Then you underestimate me. Haven't you told me what the truth is?"

"Is the truth really that important?" The old monk asked a lightly backward question, which made Li Jiuzhou feel a little confused. He had already said that the commander behind the scenes was An Lushan, so why was he still unwilling to tell the reason?

Li Jiuzhou thought for a while and said sternly: "Since you refuse to say it, I have to go find evidence by myself."

"How do you find evidence?" The old monk found out the smell, but he was still unwilling to say it.

Li Jiuzhou stood under the wall, his eyes flashed with cold light: "The Japanese people on the Penglai Sea will definitely find some clues. Maybe you wrongly accuse An Lushan. This was originally a way for Japan to deal with the Tang Dynasty."

Indeed, at present, he had to associate the Japanese with this assassination, at least until there was no evidence that it was An Lushan's instructor.

Just relying on the one-sided words of the old monk do not mean anything. Although the Tang Dynasty was open, there were many people watching, and Japan was cunning, so we must be wary of it.

"Once the truth is found out, the Tang Dynasty and Japan meet each other, you will become a sinner. With the current strength of Japan, you cannot stop my Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty." Li Jiuzhou said calmly.

Although he said this plainly and the old monk looked calm, Li Jiuzhou still noticed the slightly sweat oozing out of his forehead.

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It seems that the old monk did not want to see the war between the Tang Dynasty and Japan.

Li Jiuzhou took a sweat towel from the side and handed it to the old monk to wipe it. The old monk frowned and took it, snorted coldly with disdain, and gently wiped the sweat.

"Tell me, I have promised you, I won't tell the emperor about this." Li Jiuzhou straightened his body and looked out the window, looking indifferent.

He was in a high position and understood the pattern very well. Seeing his calm and open-minded look, the old monk couldn't help but choose to believe him.

In fact, he was just a pawn for the plan planned by An Lushan. He had never seen what An Lushan looked like, let alone what the plan was. He just drove his subordinates to carry out every step according to the other party's requirements.

Japanese people may be crazy about poverty. For some benefits, they will pay costs and bear prices, and all benefits will be

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"Those who work hard to govern others, and those who work hard to govern others are really a famous saying. You are taking such a big risk, but you are just a chess piece of An Lushan." Li Jiuzhou continued to enlighten him.

Hearing this, the old monk grinned and let out a dry laugh. After laughing, he began to speak slowly.

"Many years ago, I was originally an envoy to send Tang Dynasty. Before I knew it, I had been in Tang Dynasty for almost thirty years."

Li Jiuzhou nodded. He believed this, and it could be easily seen from the old monk's complete Chinese language and actions.

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He said that he was the envoy of Tang, and Li Jiuzhou did not doubt it.

The Tang Dynasty was prosperous and powerful, and admired all over the world.

During the Tang Dynasty, due to the worship of the Tang Dynasty, the frequency of Japanese missions was greatly increased. A total of 19 groups of envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty were sent, and for various reasons, they were successful 16 times. The number of people sent each time was uncertain, ranging from a hundred people to a maximum of five or six hundred people.

After so many envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, some of them served as officials in the court, such as the famous envoy of outstanding Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges, Abe Zhongmalu, who came, refused to leave because he "admired the Chinese style". He changed his name to Chao Heng, and achieved a great official position as Zuo Sanqi Changshi.

Some sent envoys of Tang to study in the Tang Dynasty for a while, and then returned to China and were highly valued in Japan.

Some of them were hidden in the Tang Dynasty, and some disappeared and their whereabouts were unknown.

I guess this old monk was hiding his identity for some reason and was unwilling to return to China.

The old monk paused and continued to talk about the past: "I first came to the Tang Dynasty with the fleet in the fifth year of Kaiyuan. At that time, we logged in from Haizhou, and the governor of Haizhou Li Yong received us."

At that time, Haizhou was one of the largest port cities of the Tang Dynasty. Many foreign missions came to the Tang Dynasty and landed on the shore here.

For ordinary envoys to send Tang Dynasty, they had to go through the process of the court before they could log in. First, the officials of the Tang Dynasty arranged for them to live in the inn and then reported to the court. After the court approved it, the backbone personnel could go to the capital to accept the emperor's summons. The others were in the prefecture and inspected and studied in the Tang territory.

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The Li Yong he mentioned was a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He was born in the Li family of Jiangxia. He was knowledgeable and talented. He became famous at a young age. He served as an official position such as proofreader, left-handed edict, doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, and censor of the Palace.

Later, he was framed by Li Linfu and was unjustly killed. He was seventy years old.

"What?" Li Jiuzhou looked at the old monk. Seeing that he was silly, he thought he was thirsty, so he put a can of water from the side and handed it to him.

The old monk gently pushed it away and said, "At that time, our group of envoys totaled more than 500, ten large ships, filled with rare treasures, gold and silver, etc., and brought the emperor's personal letters to Chang'an to meet the emperor."

The old monk said, looking forward, "At the beginning, the prefect of Haizhou, Li Yong, welcomed us to the mansion and stayed to entertain us, and gave us whatever we wanted. We had all kinds of beauties, but we were not allowed to enter and leave."

Li Jiuzhou listened carefully, felt strange, and asked, "Why don't you let you go in and out?"

The old monk ignored him and continued to say: "The next day, Li Yong told us that it was a sudden tide of sea last night and the boat

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Li Jiuzhou said: "For such a big thing, he should be able to report the saint."

"No," the old monk nodded, "He did make a clear report to the emperor, saying that there was a group of Japanese envoys whose ship was destroyed by the sea tide and could not return to his country."

"Did the emperor ignore it?" Li Jiuzhou asked suspiciously, thinking that it must be the emperor who ignored this matter, which led to their resentment.

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The old monk shook his head: "After receiving Li Yong's memorial, the emperor sympathized with us very much, so he ordered Li Yong to build ten large ships and send 500 people who are good at water to escort us back to the country."

Hearing this, Li Jiuzhou didn't feel anything wrong and murmured: "It should be so. Since you are here to meet and study, I am the Tang Dynasty to treat guests."

The old monk was stunned and forced a smile on his face: "I said so much, haven't you heard that something is wrong yet?"

Li Jiuzhou thought hard and said nothing was wrong.

So he shook his head.

The old monk sighed a long time and said in a heavy voice: "There are two things in the memorial written by Li Yong to the emperor. He did not say that we were going to Chang'an to meet, nor did we bring a large number of gold, silver and jewelry to present to the emperor."

After he reminded him, Li Jiuzhou then reacted and asked, "Since the ship has sunk, I wonder where the gold, silver and jewelry on the ship have gone?"

The old monk accused him: "You should ask Li Yong first why he didn't report to the emperor in fact."

Li Jiuzhou followed his rhythm: "Then why didn't he make the truth?"

"The key place is here." The old monk's eyes suddenly became deeper, and his face also darkened, as if the past events had appeared before his eyes again: "In fact, there was no big tide that night, and those ships were not destroyed by the tide, but were made by Li Yong."

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Li Jiuzhou was a little unbelievable: "You mean, he destroyed the ship and took away the gold, silver and jewelry you brought?"

The old monk turned his gaze to him and nodded solemnly.

How is it possible? Li Yong is a famous person in history and a well-known good official.

Li Jiuzhou also heard his story in the past.

Li Yong has a generous personality, dares to act and takes responsibility, and likes to make friends with famous scholars.

There was once a woman whose husband was murdered. The woman was strong-willed and took revenge with a knife and assassinated the real murderer. After being arrested, she was sentenced to death according to the Tang Dynasty's criminal law.

When Li Yong heard about this, he ignored the court and finally saved the woman.
Chapter completed!