But Liu Ji is not dead, Hu Weiyong has been looking for an opportunity to give Liu Ji a fatal blow.

"The emperor also knows that the prime minister and Liu Ji are rivals, there are so many ministers in the imperial court, he doesn't choose people from the Zhedong Group, but he just asks the prime minister to visit the imperial doctor with the imperial doctor......"

Li Chengyi cautiously observed the changes in Hu Weiyong's face.

Hu Weiyong twitched at the half of Li Chengyi's face, and the demons and monsters in his heart swallowed the last trace of cowardice.

"The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked. The emperor may not want to keep Liu Ji, so why not take this opportunity to completely cut him off? In this way, the guys of Zhedong Group will all disperse, so as not to always oppose the prime minister at the court meeting and make the prime minister upset! ”

Li Chengyi let go and pushed the conversation to a climax, he clearly knew how to exorcise people into demons.

Hu Weiyong sat quietly like a statue, and after a while, his shoulders were relaxed, his hands were spread, and he leaned comfortably on the back of the chair: "Hahaha! Master Li, I can't see that you hate Liu Ji so much. ”

The butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly ran into the backyard from outside, leaned down beside Hu Weiyong, and whispered next to his ear: "Prime Minister, Commander Lin has arrived." ”

"Let him in!" Hu Weiyong's face was full of joy.

The butler said yes and went to report. Li Chengyi filled an empty silver wine glass with wine.

Lin Xian strode through the outer hall into the backyard, and saw Hu Weiyong and Li Chengyi clasping their fists and saluting: "The lower officials have seen the prime minister!" Lee-sama! ”

"Lord Lin, don't be polite. Sit! Hu Weiyong pointed to an empty seat beside him.

Li Chengyi smiled: "Lord Lin, please." This is a sake that is paid tribute by the Japanese state. I heard that Lord Lin often dealt with Japanese envoys, I wonder if I have ever drunk this wine? ”

"Lord Li smiled, Xiaguan Yijie Wufu is only responsible for picking up Japanese envoys, how can he be blessed to drink this tribute wine."

"This sake is very different from my Ming wine. I heard that they first grind off the skin of the rice when making wine, so the taste is clearer than ours, but the aftertaste is endless, Lord Lin tastes it. ”

Lin Xian respectfully picked up the wine glass with both hands, as if holding a holy object, he only dared to put it next to his nose and smell it first, and finally leaned his mouth up and took a sip gently.

He closed his eyes, as if he had lifted the clouds and removed from the world: "Delicious! He couldn't find any other words to describe it.

Hu Weiyong and Li Chengyi laughed.

"Thanks to the blessing of the prime minister, the lower officials can be fortunate to taste such a good wine."

"Lord Lin," Hu Weiyong handed the wine jug to Lin Xian, "If you like it, drink more and pour it yourself!" ”

Hu Weiyong knows very well the military general's arrogant style, acting briskly, and he is afraid of restraint. If he is refreshed, he will say unexpected and sincere things.

"Prime Minister Xie!" Sure enough, Lin Xian didn't refuse, took the wine jug, and had several glasses in three or two.

Hu Weiyong and Li Chengyi always looked at him with a smile, as if he drank much more delicious than his own drinking.

Lin Xian touched the wine juice on his lips with the back of his hand, hiccuped, and took out a book from his arms: "Prime Minister, I have taken the original manuscript of the true meaning of the "Mahayana Treatise" according to your instructions, and I will leave for Mingzhou tomorrow to welcome the Japanese envoy back to the court. ”

"Okay, Lord Lin," Hu Weiyong grinned, this expression never appeared when he and Li Chengyi were talking, like a parent looking at a proud child, "Remember, when you see their ship, you don't come forward yet." Capture him alive after disembarking from the Guiting court, and then sink their ship with artillery. After that, you use the scriptures to apologize to him and explain to him that the Japanese have been rampant along the coast recently, and the anti-Japanese army of the Ming Dynasty thought that this ship was a Japanese ship, but they did not know that it was the ship of the Japanese envoys. ”

"Prime Minister, will you not believe what you say?"

Hu Weiyong shook his head, and Li Chengyi took over the conversation smartly: "These Japanese people deserve to always burn, kill and loot on the Ming border, and we can't blame us for treating their tribute ships as Kou ships." The imperial court issued an edict that whoever seizes a Japanese ship and captures the head of the Kou, 100 households will be promoted to 1,000 households, 1,000 households will be promoted to affairs, and the affairs will be promoted to Tongzhi, and Tongzhi will be promoted to commanders, and a reward of 50 taels of platinum, 50 ingots of banknotes, and a good horse. Lord Lin, with such a heavy reward, which soldier would not fight bloodily? The Japanese will not suspect you. ”

Lin Xian listened carefully to Li Chengyi's words, but still had doubts: "Even if Gui Tingyong doesn't doubt me, he may not forgive me." He tapped his fingers on the Mahayana Treatise on the table, "Just such a sutra?" ”

Hu Weiyong stared at the beast head agate cup in front of him, and said seriously: "For Gui Tingyong, a scripture book is far more important than a tribute ship and the lives of dozens of warriors. Rest assured, everything has been arranged, and Lord Lin will not be allowed to take any risks. Not only that, but the official will also ask for credit for Lord Lin in front of the emperor. The emperor hated the Japanese people who violated my border, so he would naturally reward Lord Lin. ”

Hearing that Hu Weiyong was willing to ask for a reward in front of the emperor, Lin Xian's heart was overjoyed, and he put aside all his doubts and grinned: "Prime Minister Xie!" ”

After Lin Xian left, Li Chengyi scratched his head and cautiously raised the doubts in his heart: "Prime Minister, there is something I don't understand about the lower officials. ”

Hu Weiyong let out a wicked laugh: "You want to ask what is the use of this return to the court." ”

"Exactly."

"Haha, it's useful."

"The prime minister is clever, and he has to learn more from the prime minister." Li Chengyi said, "Tomorrow, I will accompany the emperor to Xuanyuan Temple to do a water and land puja, and I also ask the prime minister to remind the puja rituals so as not to offend the gods." ”

Hu Weiyong shook his head, as if smiling: "This official only understands people. ”

When the water and land puja began, before the arrival of the six sentient beings, Zhike finally gave in under the endless entanglement of stones, and first showed kindness to him to move a bunk in a bunk for ten people.

Shi was grateful, sincerely apologized for all kinds of rude actions in the past, and sincerely proposed to become friends with Zhike.

After Zhiyin arrived at Xuanyuan Temple, he has been meditating in his room. For the past twenty years, meditation has become the most important part of his monastic life.

In addition to meditating for three hours a day, every two months, he would close his doors for six days without leaving the abbot's room.

The pain and hatred in his heart always habitually reached a peak every two months. They roared at him and whipped at him, forcing him to find his enemies and kill them.

Sometimes he goes along with it, and sometimes he rebels. The path he pondered may have been more tortuous than that of any of his predecessors, but he never reached the other side.

He constantly overthrows himself, denies himself, turns himself into the most humble and useless creature in the world, and is deeply grateful that such torture has opened his arms to him, and has contained a lonely and wandering soul.

Now it's completely different. He was calm and smiling. His pain and hatred looked at him from afar, and he did not dare to act rashly, they knew that they would soon be abandoned by their hosts.

"Tuk tuk! Tuk tuk! There was a sharp knock at the door.

"Come in!" Chiin yawned and closed his tired eyes slightly, the traces of excitement left on his countenance by the most meticulous plans that he had thought about had not yet completely faded.

The person who came pushed the door in, not the monk. He was sixteen or seventeen years old, with a slender figure and delicate features, just a stone.

"Is that you? Can I help you? Knowing that he was a little surprised, he immediately closed his eyes again.

He doesn't have a good impression of stones, he doesn't have a good impression of people related to Nong Qingyun or things related to Shennong Palace.

"Zen Master Zhiyin, I have something to tell you." The stone is straight to the point.

"Say it."

"Someone is trying to hurt you!" Zhiyin chuckled in his heart, opened his eyes, and stared at the stone.

Stone read the misunderstanding from Zhiyin's gaze, as if he thought of himself as a scoundrel who broke into the door.

"Shennong Qingyun, the palace master of Shennong Palace, wants to get your Shennong whip!"

Shi was anxious, and at the same time subconsciously touched the Shennong whip on his waist, he didn't plan to tell Zhiyin that Shennong's whip was on him for the time being, but he had the obligation to let Zhiyin know the true face of Nong Qingyun.

"Nong Qingyun asked his adopted daughter Nong Tieshu to pretend to be your daughter and set up by your side to spy on you in order to get the whereabouts of Shennong Whip."

Zhiyin's face gradually softened. "Hahaha!" He burst out laughing, a far cry from his usual solemn look.

Shi Shi looked stunned, remembering the last time he was notified of the cause and failed, and had a premonition that this was destined to be a tortuous and bizarre road.

"Thank you very much, young man, for coming to me with such important news, but you may have misunderstood this matter."

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? I heard it with my own ears. Shi's heart kept sinking, and he suddenly felt that he was an outsider, unable to intervene in the brotherhood between Nong Qingshan and Nong Qingyun.

"No, lad, sometimes ears can deceive." Zhiyin smiled kindly, looking at Shishi's sincere and innocent face, his heart was full of gratitude to him, "I know my junior brother very well, and faith and righteousness are more precious to him than his life. If he wanted Shennong Whip, he wouldn't let me live for more than twenty years. ”

"This ......" Shi Shi was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to refute, "Master, no matter what, you have to be careful of Nong Qingyun, Nong Qingyun will do everything for what he wants." Leave! ”

Zhiyin raised his eyes and quickly swept the right side of the door and window: "The Shennong whip is no longer in my hand." He said suddenly.

When the stone was retracted, he was about to step out of the threshold, and he turned around, his eyes shining, and he looked at the cause.

Of course, the Shennong whip was not in Zhiyin's hands, and according to Uncle Hai's map, he was lucky enough to find the Shennong whip by accident. At the moment, it was lying quietly tied to his waist.

However, he never stopped wondering: how could Uncle Hai know the whereabouts of Shennong's whip? What is the relationship between Uncle Hai and Shennong Palace?

"Twenty years ago, I did leave Shennong Palace with the Shennong Whip."

"And then? Where did the Shennong whip go? ”

"A few years ago, when Commander Lin saved our temple from fire, I gave him the Shennong whip as a reward. In order to protect the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Commander Lin fought against the Japanese invaders along the coast all the year round, and the place where he lived was hot and humid, often infested with poisonous snakes, and poisonous insects were rampant. This Shennong whip can cure any kind of poison in the world, so I gave it to Commander Lin, which can be regarded as a protective artifact for the soldiers, and do a little bit of meager help for my Daming. ”

Knowing the cause word by word, it is very clear, and if you add some passionate emotion, it is like reciting a psalm.