In modern Japan, the imperial palace was built during the Tokugawa period, and the palace, which can be truly called an imperial palace in Japan, was not built until the 11th year of Emperor Shumei. It is now the end of the second year of Emperor Shumei, and the emperor is still living in Asuka Okamoto Shrine. The people of the Wa Kingdom will also learn from the Tang people to call the place where the emperor lives as the imperial palace, but in fact, the Asuka Okamoto Palace is just a slightly larger house, as big as the residence of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty mission followed the Japanese people to the so-called imperial palace, where preparations had long been made for hospitality. Emperor Shu Ming didn't have great wisdom, but he was still a little clever. He thought that Goguryeo and Baekje couldn't be trusted, so it was better to try to lean towards Datang, and it was best to let Datang help him solve the Suga family. Therefore, whether it was out of fear of a strong country or a small calculation in his heart, Emperor Shu Ming treated the Tang envoy with great enthusiasm.

Seeing this, the members of the Soga family looked at each other, and shrewd people like Soga Ezo and Soga Irishika immediately figured out what the emperor had in mind. Ironically, they also have their own plans, and the Tang people will definitely favor them at that time.

The monarchs and ministers of the Wa Kingdom came to envoy the Tang Dynasty, and these people with their own ghosts took their seats under the arrangement of the palace people. Zhao Deyan naturally sat in the first place, followed by Chai Shao, and Li 123 was the person who came to visit on behalf of Wang Jue on the bright side, and he sat at the bottom of Chai Shao. As for Wang Xiran, their identity is to follow the long-term knowledge, and because they have no official position, they sit at the back.

After Emperor Shu Ming exchanged a few words of greeting, another group of palace people who had been waiting for a long time began to bring food into the palace. The first time they came to the Wa Kingdom, the Tang envoys were looking forward to the local food. Emperor Shu Ming saw that the Tang envoys were looking at the food on the table expectantly, and he was a little nervous. It is said that the food of the Tang Dynasty is very good, although the chef has prepared it well in advance, he is still worried about seeing the disgusted expressions of the Tang people.

"The Tang envoys came from afar, maybe they were hungry, let's eat first, and the palace people prepared our Wa dance for everyone to watch. ”

Zhao Deyan stood up and bowed slightly, "I'm tired of the emperor, and we are also looking forward to appreciating the characteristics of the Japanese country." "There is no arrogance at all from the envoys of the great powers, and the etiquette is very beautiful, which makes all the people in the room breathe a sigh of relief.

Emperor Shu Ming was happy when he heard this, he high-fived him three times, and a group of palace people with ghost-like paintings on their faces walked in with musical instruments. The music started, and the palace people began to dance to the beat. Originally, I was looking forward to it, but I didn't expect that the level was not as good as the dancing girl in my own family. Seeing that the Japanese people were watching with relish, the Tang envoys invariably pretended to be attracted by the food on the case.

Zhao Deyan picked up a piece of tofu and tasted it, it had some umami, thinking that it had been cooked in the soup of seafood. I picked up a few things that were not seafood to try, and they were all good, not to mention delicious, at least they could eat it, but it was much better than the performance they prepared. Most of the Tang people felt so, so they were so faceless that they pretended to bow their heads to eat and didn't notice the dancers in the center of the hall.

This scene has become a different interpretation in the eyes of Emperor Shu Ming, the Tang people love the food of their Japanese country so much that they even ignore the performance. This made Emperor Shu Ming regain some confidence, he raised the wine bowl in his hand and said, "Everyone, welcome the Tang envoy to visit!"

As his words fell, the Japanese people all picked up bowls to toast, and the Tang envoys returned the salute very politely, and the scene was very harmonious. After three rounds of wine and a full meal, Emperor Shu Ming wanted to end today's exchange, but he didn't expect Zhao Deyan to take the initiative to complain.

"I just heard that the thief already has eyebrows, and I was a little relieved. The Emperor you don't know how much pressure I am under, the thieves are attacking our lord and the most beloved celebrity of the people, and when I left, many people said that if we can't find the murderer, we will never return to China. There are also those generals, who are thinking about creating opportunities to fight and reap war merits all day long, and someone actually came to bribe me to let the envoy fail, and they have a reason to fight. I have always been faithful only to our saints, and where can I be bought. ”

Chai Shao's face was annoyed when he heard this, "What do you mean, not all generals want to stir up trouble!"

Seeing that Zhao Deyan's face was flushed and he continued to drink, and Li 123 next to him kept pulling his sleeve nervously, the Japanese people thought that Zhao Deyan was spitting out the truth after drinking too much. They all noticed a key point, which was to say that there were people within the Tang Dynasty who wanted to use this matter to make military merits, that is to say, if they didn't get it right, they would go to war.

The people who can enter the temple have some identities, and they already know the ins and outs of things these days. The Japanese people themselves did not drink less, and many of these people also had empty identities and no talents, and the person who was frightened by the content of Zhao De's words hurriedly said: "Why don't you let our envoy come up and talk about the situation?"

Emperor Shu Ming, who wanted to delay for a few more days, could only ask Inougami Mita and pharmacist Huiri to enter the palace to explain the situation in Zhao Deyan's expectant eyes. Although these two people are guilty, but considering that they were also implicated in the letter, and for the sake of the country's face, Emperor Shu Ming did not treat them badly, and the two of them had already combed and changed their clothes when they entered the palace.

Before, they had already let their master see the tragic situation, but now after entering the temple, they began to make a sad appearance before they could speak. The following dialogue was formulated by the two of them pondering for a long time on the road, and Inugami Mita spoke first as the chief envoy, "On that day, under the joy of the people, our group boarded four big ships respectively, and changed people day and night to row before arriving in Datang more than a month later. The sea was not very peaceful, two ships were broken on the way, and the messengers were already buried in the sea...... "Choked and stopped.

Zhao Deyan sighed excitedly when he heard this: "I haven't heard you say these things, in order to make an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, it is really not easy for you!" In fact, he scolded in his heart, not letting you die cleanly is considered a god's eyes.

The people in the palace were also full of sadness when they heard the words, everyone knew that entering the sea was the situation of nine deaths, but in order to obtain the knowledge of the Tang people, these sacrifices on the road to success were inevitable. Listening to Zhao De's tone full of sincerity, the Japanese people's perception of him has improved a few points.

Yakushi Huiri continued: "In order to entertain us, the Tang Emperor held a banquet in the palace, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty came with great enthusiasm, just as the Emperor is now banqueting Tang envoys. Originally, Wang Xiangong also said that he invited us to go around Nanshan, but there was an assassin ambush in the middle of the banquet, and Wang Xiangong was seriously injured in order to save Tang Huang. If it was just an ordinary method, the Tang people would not have noticed that those who were ambushed were all top-level ninjas, and their martial arts could not be practiced overnight. Then there is the case of Wang Xiangong being wrongfully accused that happened before we arrived, and the case has become an unsolved case, considering that the skills used by the perpetrators are also very similar to those of ninjas, so the Tang people feel that the two things were done by a group of people. It's a pity that those people committed suicide on the spot when they saw that things didn't work out, and the Tang people could only interrogate us. ”

Inugami Mita couldn't help but add, "Those ninjas, they avoided us when they assassinated, obviously wanting to wronged people like this." If it weren't for a few messengers going up to fight them, we would really be at a loss for words. It's a pity that those envoys were also killed on the spot! Emperor, some people want to drive a wedge between us and the Tang Dynasty, otherwise when it is not good to assassinate, they will do this when the Tang Emperor is banqueting us. If it weren't for Emperor Tang's wisdom, our two countries would have already started a war!!"

The letter only briefly explained the key to the matter, and now when they heard that the specific situation was like this, the people in the palace hated it so much. Their people finally arrived in the Tang Dynasty, not only Tang Emperor Kang Kai, but even the prince of Wang County, who was coveted by them, was warmly invited, if there was no assassination, the people who thought of them would have received a lot of benefits, it was simply too hateful.

Moreover, the framing incident also made everyone tremble, if they were really successful by the other party's scheme, what kind of disadvantages would they have to face now? Who is it, and how much enmity do they have to frame them like this? The answer is obvious, apart from their Japanese people, only those two countries can have access to the upper level of force like ninjas. As for their own people, it is unlikely that no matter how much they fight for power, they will not lead unpredictable wars to their own countries.

Thinking that he wanted to understand the reason, the people of the Japanese country were all angry, and Emperor Shu Ming said: "No matter how wise the Tang Emperor is, he has to be successful when he encounters the monarchs of other countries." Wang Xiangong is good, but it's a pity that he was warmly invited to encounter this kind of thing. By the way, how are her injuries?"

Hearing this, Li 123 hurriedly took the opportunity to reply, "The family teacher's body has been relieved, and he still has to recuperate for two years before he can get better." ”

As soon as he heard that the young Lang Jun sitting at the head of the military general was actually Wang Jue's disciple, all the people in the palace were full of thieves. Su I entered the deer and hurriedly asked: "Just now, I just watched Lang Jun's extraordinary bearing, it turned out to be a disciple of a master! I don't know which disciple of Wang Xiangong you are, how to call it?"

Li 123 smiled shyly, "It's weird and embarrassing, my name is Li 123, and I mainly run the literary club on weekdays, and I only have a small title, which can't be compared with other senior brothers." I came here this time mainly to understand the situation on behalf of the teacher, and also to walk more to broaden my horizons, after all, literature comes from life. ”

The information of the Tang Dynasty is mainly from Goguryeo and Baekje, and I heard that the disciples of the Tang Dynasty Wang County Duke have their own strengths, and I think that this Li Langjun is the one who specializes in writing scripts. The people of the Japanese country were not depressed that Li 123's future development might not be as good as other senior brothers, in fact, the more people like him, the easier it was to deal with, and many people began to think about using their brains on him.

Li 123 was very satisfied with their changed expressions and took the bait.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Zhao Deyan put down the wine bowl and drew everyone's attention back to him again, "They have already finished talking about what happened, what do you think? I look at the appearance of everyone who the real murderer is, and I beg the emperor to severely punish the murderer, otherwise I am afraid that I will die if I return to China, so it is better to die in your country!"

The people of the Japanese country are helpless, this guy has obviously drunk too much, and he is even embarrassed to use this method to threaten people, and he doesn't know how the Tang Emperor sent the selected people. As soon as he had this question in his heart, Lu Hui's brother opened his mouth to solve the doubt, "The Holy Lord asked us to send our children out to communicate, but everyone felt that this mission might have to return empty-handed, so except for the four people who traveled to study at the end, each family selected children who were excluded like me. I think the same as Zhao Honglu, I can't live if I go back anyway, it's better to treat it as if I was killed by you, maybe I can fight for some benefits for the family. ”

This guy said it sadly, and the Japanese people were shocked to hear it. If they can't solve it properly, they will have to pretend to be killed and killed? That will lead to not only war, but a super war.

Then everyone else responded, Li 123 burped, and said seriously: "I can still live when I go back, why don't I help you report the news, and then I will write some articles for you to pass on through the ages." ”

The Japanese people are going crazy, whether these Tang envoys are driven crazy or the wine is not good, how can one scare people more than the other. Think about it, it seems that there is news that Wang Xiangong's disciples have a somewhat different brain, is this how his brain thinks and solves problems?!

Seeing that both his own people and the Tang envoy were looking at him, Emperor Shu Ming, who had never had much power and was not taken seriously, instantly felt very satisfied. He thought about it, he couldn't let the two countries go to war, and sooner or later he would have to talk about the people of those two countries, so it was better to have a good relationship now as the Tang envoy wanted, "Come on, arrest all the envoys of Goguryeo and Baekje!"

Zhao Deyan was surprised when he heard this, "It's them?!" After speaking, he pretended to think, and then realized: "That's right, if it's them, it makes sense." It's just that these two people can actually get access to your ninjas?"

Emperor Shu Ming was so anxious that he was sweating when he heard this, and Su I was the first to reply: "They said that they were frequently bullied by neighboring countries, and the emperor believed them, so he sent ninjas to help, and I think it was the skill that was stolen at that time." This is a subtle hint of the relationship between the emperor and the two countries.

"I have to let the emperor know that Silla is a vassal of our Tang Dynasty, and our emperor once said that any country that acts against his vassals will despise the Tang Dynasty. Actually, I'm quite puzzled, the people of the two countries have never been a good thing, how can you have a relationship with them?" The expression on Zhao Deyan's face was like catching an adulterer, meaning that it was clear that you came to visit us, how could you still have such a good hostile relationship with us.

Emperor Shu Ming stubbornly said: "We also just learned that Silla is a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, and the two countries are really pitiful, but I didn't expect it to be pretended!"

Li 123 sighed: "I see, I was deceived by the villain!"

Su I Ezo hurriedly said: "That's right, please also ask all the envoys to explain our situation to the Tang Emperor after they go back." ”

"Well, you are also deceived. As long as the matter is clearly resolved, our saint said it, and let the messengers go back with them to continue their study tour. Our boat is safe, rest assured, there will be no damage this time. ”

Emperor Shu Ming was grateful from the bottom of his heart, "This ...... Emperor Tang was so merciful, although I was not fortunate enough to see him, he treated me like a brother. ”

Zhao Deyan's face was full of respect, "Our saint is a person with clear grievances, and he will never do anything to anger people!"

The four people at the end who had been pretending to be transparent all turned their heads and snickered when they heard this, the saint never angered people, this joke was so funny!! There were only two people in the hall who didn't look very good, and they really didn't want to go back to face Wang Xiangong. Obviously, they won't be taught smelting techniques, and they won't have a chance to get credit when they go back, and they will be done when they return to China.

At this time, the Goguryeo and Baekje people, who did not know what was happening, were tied up and brought into the temple together, and the guards of the Wa Kingdom, who were in charge of capturing them, reported: "When I went to get people, they were gathering together and didn't know what they were discussing." ”

Zhao Deyan directly slammed the wine bowl this time, "What else can we discuss, it must be a repeat of the old trick and want to assassinate us with a ninja!"

I'll go, although this speculation stems from impulsive speech, but the people in the room think that it is very likely. Fantasize that if what Zhao Deyan said really happens, the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable. Even if you lose these envoys who stayed in the Wa Kingdom, they caused a war between the two countries, and then they didn't have to worry about the Tang Dynasty being able to eat Silla easily, this plan was too vicious!

The envoy of Goguryeo to the Wa Kingdom said, "The minister doesn't understand what you're saying. We got together just to discuss whether or not to contact the Tang envoy, not to plot any assassination. ”

"And say that it is not a conspiracy to assassinate, if not, how can you say these two words?"

"Don't wronged the good guys, Fang is the assassination you said!"

Most of the Japanese people were very helpless, looking at the two people in the hall, their faces were red, one was drunk to mess around, and the other was obviously angry, and they didn't know where to start to continue the topic.

In order to solve the trouble, they have long made evidence of residence in the two countries. It's just that when the matter comes to an end, Emperor Shu Ming is still a little hesitant to punish them, after all, everyone has been good. Besides, even if he doesn't associate in the future, he doesn't want to offend people like this.

Brother Lu Hui stood up at this moment and said angrily: "Why is the emperor still hesitating, is he shielding them?

Frightened, the ministers of the Japanese State hurriedly rushed up to stop the people, they all had a bad premonition, and these Tang envoys were not a small trouble. What is the will of death, and you are not our emperor's courtiers to admonish, where are you making trouble in our territory?

There are also those who go in the other direction, they think that the Tang envoy is just in a hurry to solve the problem to save his life, so he pretends to be crazy and stupid to let the emperor solve the problem quickly. From the perspective of the Tang envoy's selfishness, saving his life and official position is more important than confirming the real murderer. Compare their hearts to their hearts, if they have to do it selfishly.

In such a moment, the emperor had already made up his mind. According to the analysis of the Minister of the Soviet Union, neither of those two countries is as strong as the Japanese state, and they are indeed the most likely to commit murder, after all, they are the only ones who know that the Japanese want to send an embassy and benefit from the assassination. Even if it is not, the problem must be solved, and with the evidence they produce, perhaps the people of the two countries will not dare to guarantee whether it is their people who did it, after all, these people are too far away to report everything to the country, so it should not cause a war between the Japanese and them.

Seeing that the Tang envoy's face was angry, the emperor hurriedly said: "I just forgot to let people check their residence, in case the murderer has someone else, wouldn't he have wronged a good person?"

Chai Shao imitated Cheng Biting Jin's appearance and began to mess around, "What do you mean, it is you who say that they are murderers, and it is you who say that you may have wronged good people." I'll just ask, are you lying when you say that you have eyebrows? Do you want to use them as a substitute for the dead?!"

As soon as these words came out, the Japanese people wanted to destroy their mouths, and the envoys of the two countries would definitely die. Emperor Shu Ming was about to be driven crazy, how did this Tang general have a long brain? There were also many ministers of the Japanese State who were pondering whether the Tang envoy's attitude was true or false. If it is true, this general is obviously different from those civilian officials, and he seems to mean either to find the real culprit or to go to war.

"Don't worry, envoy Tang, this emperor knows your difficulties, so let people go to their residences to find out if there is any evidence. ”

Chai Shao's face was a little shy, "The emperor is too understanding, I'm too anxious, I'm sorry" As if remembering something, he continued; "By the way, we brought a lot of gifts, why don't you bring them up now?"

Emperor Shu Ming was particularly jealous of Li Shimin, and looked at the generals under others, who were both heartfelt and practical, how could he be controlled by others. But what about that, sooner or later, he will get back the right one day, just say that the Tang people gave gifts just to him. Thinking of this, Emperor Shu Ming said cheerfully: "In this way, there is labor to bring the items up." ”

Chai Shao made a look, and the soldiers standing behind him ran out, and after a while, Tang Jun carried what seemed to be a heavy box to the hall. Once at a time, the delivery does not stop until the empty space in the center of the temple is filled.

Zhao Deyan walked out, and he opened the golden box headed by him, "The things in it were personally prepared by our saint and some civil officials. ”

Everyone caught the key point in his words again, some civil officials, and did not mention military generals.

First took out a yellow brocade box, Zhao Deyan looked at Emperor Shu Ming enviously, "There is a pair of ivory chopsticks in this, which was originally given to the saint by the prince of Wang County, and the saint has never used it. ”

Hearing the words ivory chopsticks, everyone thought of Wei Zheng, but they didn't expect the saint to give this kind of thing to others so much, and the bad intentions behind it are self-evident.

Continued, "Knowing that the Holy Lord is like this, Wang Xiangong not only did not get angry, but she also said that since you have ivory chopsticks, how can you not have good wine utensils? With that, he opened it, and the sun shone like a diamond.

The eyes of the people of the Japanese country are straight, this thing can be used as a national treasure to circulate, Wang County is really generous!!

continued, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the emperor of a country is naturally different, and he will bring you ten boxes of the highest-grade fabrics in the whole Tang Dynasty. After speaking, he opened ten boxes in a row, and the high-grade silk printing and dyeing cloth inside made the Japanese people drool.

Don't say anything, we only make friends with the Tang people, and those two countries that only bring ginseng every time they come over let them get out. Many people were ready to move, and they also moved their hearts to go back with the big ship of the Tang people. The Goguryeo and Baekje envoys on the side were secretly anxious, the Tang people were so big in their hands, I am afraid that the Japanese people would not help them in the future.

Zhao Deyan successively displayed all kinds of ill-intentioned precious gifts, and just arrived at the return of the guards of the Wa Kingdom, who had just left.

The guards excitedly reported: "Back to the Emperor, we have found evidence! Inside their pillows, there are sealed letters that have not yet had time to be delivered." It contains the story of the Tang envoy's arrival in the Wa Kingdom, as well as the content that the assassination may be discovered. ”

The Tang Dynasty delegation was all excited when they heard this, and Zhao Deyan took the lead in getting up and bowed to Emperor Shu Ming, "When we come, the emperor will find the murderer, and you will recreate our kindness." In this way, our net worth can be saved!"

Others also expressed their gratitude, seeing that it was completely reborn, and Emperor Shu Ming's heart was satisfied again.

Seeing that the Japanese people had already celebrated with the Tang people without asking them, the two people knew that they would definitely die this time. Before they died, they did not hate the Tang people, but only hated Emperor Shuming, who was friendly with them and came to frame them.

"We have never done anything to assassinate us, the Emperor, you touch your conscience and say, what was our original agreement? Why should we take risks to do these things? According to the original agreement, you can hold the power, we can also capture Silla, and then we will jointly attack Tang." ”

Emperor Shu Ming finally tasted the taste of being wronged, what was the original agreement, but he didn't say anything about Datang. Seeing that everyone looked at them suspiciously, especially many of his own ministers faintly looked at the people of the Su family, Emperor Shu Ming was so angry that he shouted: "Even if you die, you won't give up stirring up the relationship?

The guards were ordered to do it in a hurry, and the envoys of the two countries who were already tied up in the hall shouted all kinds of revelations, and Zhao Deyan hurriedly remembered the content of the words and went back to slowly distinguish the authenticity.

In the end, without waiting for Emperor Shu Ming to explain again, Zhao Deyan said: "If we can really take the trick lightly, we won't see through the assassination trick." Rest assured, Emperor, I don't believe a word of what they say!"

Chai Shao said with great feelings: "I have encountered this kind of thing, and at that time, it was the captured captives who slandered me. Thanks to the Holy God for believing in me, otherwise I would have been at a loss for words. ”

Then, it was another drinking and merry. Tang envoy finally took a look at the head with his own eyes before ending today's banquet.