The three boats arrived at the ferry port of the Wa Kingdom, and the local people had never seen such a large ship, so they hurried to inform the city lord.

The city lord came in a hurry, and when he saw that the Tang people were transporting goods down, he thought that the lord of the Tang Dynasty would send someone back to visit so soon, and how much praise would he receive if he sent the news back. Before he could be happy, he found that Tang Bing was escorting a group of prisoners off the ship, and those people were the envoys who had just been sent away more than three months ago, so happy and sad that the city lord almost didn't kneel on the ground.

Zhao Deyan looked at the city lord with a stern face, and next to him was the murderous Chai Shao. Seeing that the city lord was stunned on the spot, Inugami Mita felt that he was more ashamed than himself in shackles. After receiving Zhao Deyan's signal, he hurriedly trotted over and concisely said what they encountered in Datang, and then said without hesitation: "We are all wronged, the Datang delegation came here this time to discuss the law, you hurry back to Beijing to talk about the matter, and see if you can find out who is doing it." ”

Hearing that the matter was not the worst, the lord of the city reacted and hurriedly trotted back to write a letter, completely forgetting that he should entertain the guests who had come from afar. Seeing this, the clever pharmacist Hui Ri rubbed beside Zhao Deyan and said, "I know the way, why don't you let me lead the way first, how about we go into the city and rest for a day?"

They had been wandering around the ship for nearly a month, and now they could not stand on their feet on land, and it was time for them to rest for the night before they went. Zhao Deyan nodded in agreement, and then pretended to ask: "Since you have already arrived in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, if your monarch allows it, why don't you remove the shackles?"

"No, no, we didn't find the ninjas hiding there in advance, but we didn't dare to untie the shackles. Can you help, and then escort us to Heiankyo like this?"

Look how amazing we are, we have to beg us to abuse them.

Zhao Deyan seemed to be very helpless, he thought for a while and reluctantly said: "Hey, if it weren't for the fact that the Holy Lord was afraid that you would judge yourself on the road, how could we Tang people escort you like criminals without absolute evidence." Since you said so, I'm still afraid that I can't help myself, so I'll help you again. ”

Hearing him say this, the shackled Japanese people were about to vomit to death, and they really had bitterness in their hearts and couldn't say it. If others don't understand the situation, forget it, they don't believe Zhao Deyan, the leader of the team, and they don't know what Wang Xiangong did to them.

Thinking of the words that Wang Jue improvised to imitate their handwriting and tone that night, what Shu Ming Emperor was promoted because he had no ability, what Su I entered the deer and her sister The relationship is not clear, and the son who does not support his sister is also to bring his sister out of the palace, so that these Japanese people have often woken up in the middle of the night for several months, but anyone who does not want the family to perish does not dare to commit suicide before the Tang people achieve their goal.

Fortunately, Wang Xiangong said that he only had two purposes, one was to find the real messenger of the assassination, and the other was to let the Japanese state pay them gold. If she can achieve her goal, Wang Xiangong promises never to imitate their handwriting for anything. Although the famous Wang Xiangong of the Tang Dynasty is completely different from the famous people they imagined, they can only expect Wang Jue to be a man of his own words when they have no choice but to do so.

As for why he still asks to wear shackles, it's just to act in front of his master. Look, we arrived in Datang with nine deaths, and before we could complete the task, we were put on a pose by someone who came out of nowhere. We are also innocent, for the sake of everyone's suffering, can we not be too angry.

The lord of the city wrote down the matter in detail with trembling hands, and hurried to find his trustworthy subordinates to deliver the letter quickly. Then, he finally remembered the Tang Mission that he had ignored, and when he found someone, he was told that everyone had rested.

The next day, after the city lord's efforts to keep everyone still decided to set off on the road, the Tang people thought that they didn't have time to stay here to be entertained by you, but the city lord didn't understand the situation. Seeing the envoy leave, the city lord was a little worried, usually the envoys of Goguryeo came to complain if they were not well entertained, and he ignored the Tang people so much yesterday, hoping that they would not be like the Goguryeo people......

Since arriving at the border of the Japanese country, those Japanese people don't know whether they have finally found the confidence or let go, and they don't seem to have been begging for help to say good things when they are on the road, but they are enthusiastic to introduce their country to the Tang delegation along the road. If the Japanese know that their disguised flattery is not appreciated by the other party at all, I don't know if they will hit the wall because of poor communication caused by cultural differences.

Along the way, every time he arrived at an area, Inougami Mita would sigh and say: "We are still a lot worse than Datang, this time I wanted to learn Datang's construction technology, but unfortunately such a thing happened......

Pharmacist Huiri answered on the side: "Since I have seen Chang'an City, the biggest hope in my life is to build a city like that in our country, even if it is only half the size of Chang'an, no, no, even if it is only a quarter of the size, I am satisfied!"

The envoys of the Tang Dynasty heard their conversations, especially the young people who were not good at hiding themselves, and they were full of smiles. Zhou Qi and Wu Zhao looked at each other strictly, and the teacher was right, they really came to Datang to steal things. Teach them the building technique today, and tomorrow these people who don't know how to be grateful and satisfied will inevitably ask for more, and they will definitely turn the Japanese kingdom upside down, so that they don't have time to think about stealing.

When the Japanese people were in the Tang Dynasty, listening to them talk about what to learn from humility, Wang Jue couldn't help but think of the arrogance of the Japanese in modern times. Including in modern times, the Japanese always say that China pirates, and Wang Jue feels that many countries in the world are qualified to say such things, but Japan and South Korea do not.

Little Japan is a copycat of a city in China, and the future Heijojing was modeled after Chang'an, and the emperor's house is also built in the Tang Dynasty, not to mention a series of handicrafts. Before leaving, Wang Jue was afraid that the disciples would leave her side for too long and forget her instructions, so she deliberately wrote down the precautions on paper for the two to memorize, and asked them to think about the content of the recitation every night when they lie in bed, that is, to guard against the Japanese people like thieves, and they themselves are also thieves.

When the group was halfway there, the messenger arrived at Heijojing. After Emperor Shu Ming and Su I, who were not in agreement with each other on weekdays, got the news, they thought so closely for the first time, and they must solve this matter properly. That night, when the two had the same goal for the time being, they were very open to analyze the current situation.

After the two of them looked back and forth three times about the letters and guessed what happened to the mission in the Tang Dynasty, he guessed: "The identity of the murderer is obvious, who doesn't want us to make friends with the Tang people? I said that I can't help Goguryeo and Baekje, the emperor doesn't listen to my words and wants to summon their people frequently, if they don't have expectations in their hearts, how can they take risks." ”

Emperor Shu Ming was dumbfounded by the question, and he thought about it for a while and didn't think of anyone who would send a ninja to the Tang Dynasty in advance. If it is said that they are natives, he, the emperor, does not know much about the situation of the Tang Dynasty, let alone other families, even if there are really people who know more about the Tang Dynasty, they are absolutely not capable of sending people to the palace to assassinate.

However, Yakushi Huiri and the others made it clear that the assassin was a ninja, or the kind of ninja who was strong in martial arts and could not be disguised lightly. In other words, excluding their own people, only the Goguryeo and Baekje people who frequent each other have the opportunity to learn ninja skills. In addition, they are very close to Datang, and it is not impossible to arrange assassins.

Emperor Shu Ming was still young and careless, and he asked anxiously: "Then what should we do, the envoy of the Tang people is about to arrive, how should we deal with it?" The letter said that the big ships of the Tang people are very strong, and their weapons are not comparable to those of the Japanese state, what if this incident causes a war between the two countries?"

On the one hand, Su I entered the deer and scolded Emperor Shu Ming in his heart for being useless, and on the other hand, he was very satisfied with his appearance of such a nest. Based on the situation mentioned in the letter, Su I Rulu analyzed: "The chief and deputy envoys we sent can move freely except for wearing shackles, which shows that the Tang people also noticed that something was wrong, and it is estimated that the main purpose of this visit is to discuss the law." It's just that the emperor's worries are not unreasonable, the assassin assassinated the Tang Emperor, and the one who wronged the first person in the Tang Dynasty, if he can't give a satisfactory result to the other party, war is inevitable. ”

The city lord of that border city was Emperor Shu Ming's person, and he thought that it was impossible for the other party to fake the letter, so what was written in the letter must also be true. He was originally not afraid of the Tang Dynasty because the sea route was difficult, and it was completely unrealistic for the Tang people to come over to fight. Now that he heard that the Tang people had such ships, Emperor Shu Ming was really scared.

"Then, what does the Minister of the Interior think we should do? We will investigate and estimate that there will be no results, but we must explain to the Tang people......

Su I frowned and thought about it as if embarrassed, and then said: "They still have half a month to arrive, let's try to find evidence during this time, if there is really none, then it can only be the result that can best make the Tang people believe." The implication is that the envoys of Goguryeo and Baekje, who were in the Wa Kingdom, were framed.

This is also a good thing for Su and I, although he is very impressed by the benefits that the two countries want to give, but considering that they often come to Emperor Shu Ming, he is afraid that the three parties will have some agreement to deal with him in private. Su Izuru is a smart person, and he thinks that it is in his best interest to give up those benefits and let everyone see the reality clearly.

What kind of reality, that is, the people who are close to Emperor Shu Ming will not be protected by him, but will be pushed out by him as a substitute for the dead ghost, so who else can be willing to help him, the emperor who does not have much real power.

After having an idea, although Emperor Shu Ming felt that it was not good to plant the blame, he had already decided in his heart that the murderers were almost them. Thinking that I have always been good to the people of the two countries, they actually put themselves in danger with their hands and feet, and such friends don't want it. Without one party knowing, the boat of friendship capsized just like that.

Calculating the time, the Tang Dynasty mission set off from Chang'an to the Japanese Kingdom of Heichengjing (now Nara), a total of 3 months. When they approached Heiankyo, they saw people waiting outside the castle from a distance, and everyone looked at each other in surprise when they saw that the emperor had actually come out in person.

I don't know what the result of the discussion after they got the letter, Zhao Deyan was ready to test it, he took out Li Shimin's holy decree in front of the people of the Japanese country, and then said: "My emperor of the Tang Dynasty has a holy decree for you, why don't you kneel down quickly?!"

The people all knew that Datang was a strong country, and they quickly knelt down after hearing Zhao Deyan's reprimand. The officials of the Wa Kingdom looked at Emperor Shu Ming in unison, and how he decided would affect what actions everyone needed to take. Emperor Shu Ming was embarrassed, he was now very afraid of the Tang Dynasty and had something to lose on his side. Thinking that kneeling as the lord of a country would definitely not work, Emperor Shu Ming bent down and bowed to receive the order.

In history, when the Tang envoys sent by Inugami Mita to return to China after staying in the Tang Dynasty for a few years, the Tang Dynasty envoys went with them. At that time, because the emperor refused to kneel down to receive the holy decree, a great war broke out between the two countries, which of course ended in the defeat of the Japanese army. The reason why Zhao Deyan did not ask how to receive the order this time was because he knew the task of his trip.

It doesn't matter how you receive the order, anyway, in a few years, your Wa Kingdom may not even have the emperor as a thing.

Li Shimin's holy decree was mainly to rebuke, plus to give them the opportunity to explain the matter clearly, as well as some return gifts from the mission. Those Japanese people with shackles looked at the two bosses who were happy after hearing the content of the holy decree, and almost cried on the spot, they actually thought that the Tang people were stupid and multi-skilled to give away at will.

Su I entered the deer and walked to Zhao Deyan's side enthusiastically to talk to him, "I am the Minister of the Interior, Su I entered the deer, and I have been investigating the content of the holy decree when I received the letter half a month ago. We're already a little eyebrow-raised, so why don't we go back to the welcome banquet hosted by the emperor first, and then talk about business tomorrow?"

Zhao Deyan softened his tone when he heard this: "Ouch, it's good that you have eyebrows." We were guests and naturally arranged with the host. ”

Seeing that Zhao Deyan heard that the matter was eyebrow-raised, he immediately changed his attitude, and the Japanese people who came to greet them outside the city breathed a sigh of relief.