A few people were not far away, and of course He Ji of Honglu Temple also saw Shen Wen, after all, Shen Wen was fat, and it was difficult to see it.

He Ji didn't expect to meet Shen Wen here, and seeing that there were still a few people with him around him, he made a look and asked him to bring people to his side, so as not to obstruct the eyes of the envoys.

Shen Wen naturally understood, and took Chen Zheng and a few people to He Ji's back, Shen Wen also walked over and laughed to inform Chen Zheng and the others of the situation, but He Ji didn't care at all, and waved him impatiently to let him retreat.

Shen Wen was bored with himself, and he didn't go up anymore.

Where have Fan Bo and Lu Desheng seen such a battle, naturally they didn't dare to move, their spirits were highly tense, and they were like two children entering an unfamiliar environment.

Li Shuang has always been nervous, and when he saw the people of those envoy groups, he was very curious, and said a few words from time to time, and after a while, he became familiar with those entourage.

If it weren't for the scruples of the Honglu Temple Qing and the envoys in front of them, they would have spoken freely and enjoyed the wine.

Chen Zheng took advantage of the lack of attention to the monk who was registering incense and candles, and looked at the account book.

It doesn't matter what I see, I'm really surprised.

The incense on the envoy group just now is exactly the same as the incense they put on, and it stands to reason that it should be one hundred wen.

However, what is written in this account book is 500 wen!

Could it be that the monks of Tongtai Temple have an enmity with Honglu Temple and deliberately trap them? Apparently not for this reason.

Chen Zheng thought about it for a while, and then contacted Shen Wen's previous complaints, and then understood the meaning of this account.

This is obviously the account of the officials of Honglu Temple and the monks of Tongtai Temple eating kickbacks!

Originally, the incense candle of 100 Wen was recorded as 500 Wen, so that after being reimbursed from the treasury, you could net 400 Wen income, and after that, Honglu Temple and Tongtai Temple were divided equally according to five or five, or four or six points, which Chen Zheng had no way to know.

A single incense candle is a gray income of 400 Wen, and if you count all the reception expenses of the envoy group, then this income is quite considerable.

No wonder they don't take Shen Wen to play, this is not such a simple matter of earning some pocket money.

Seeing through it doesn't necessarily mean saying it, Chen Zheng doesn't have this obligation, and he is not the official of Daliang Country, so there is no need to worry about it.

What's more, the officials of the Great Liang Kingdom may not know the unspoken rules in this Honglu Temple, but they have not taken care of it, or they have managed it, but it is useless, so it can be inferred how deep the water is.

He Ji and Wang Ke led the envoy group, and the speed of the march was very slow, which made Chen Zheng and the others a little impatient, but Shen Wen was helpless, He Ji did not speak, and he did not dare to take people away.

Chen Zheng understood this very well, and Shen Wen felt very embarrassed, and repeatedly said that when he was free, he would invite a few people to dinner, and the right should be compensation.

The group came to the Buddha hall in a mighty way, Chen did not enter before, it was not interesting to come, and it was really boring to come.

When a few people were feeling bored, they suddenly heard an envoy say, "Why are there lamps and candles in this Buddhist hall in broad daylight?" It can be described as 'the sun and the moon rise, and the bonfire never stops'. Could it be that the Great Liang Kingdom is so rich that it doesn't feel like a waste? ”

As the saying goes, diplomatic rhetoric is no big or small, and a very simple sentence may hide a sharp edge, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the trap of the other side.

For example, at this hour, why is the temple still lit up during the day? Could it be that the lights will be brighter than the sun and the moon? Isn't that redundant?

This question seems very simple, because the Buddha statue must be lit in front of the lantern, which everyone knows, not only the Liang Kingdom, but even the Song Kingdom, but the answer cannot be said so.

The other party's focus is on the second half of the sentence, which is satirizing the Liang country and competing with the sun and the moon.

He Ji of Honglu Temple was still thinking about countermeasures, but Shaoqing Wang Ke didn't know why, so he said directly: "Light the lantern in front of the Buddha Hall, this is common sense, don't you know?" ”

After hearing this, the envoy smiled slightly, no longer spoke, but snorted lightly, obviously looking down on Wang Ke.

Because Wang Ke's sudden interjection interrupted He Ji's original train of thought, he couldn't think of any countermeasures for a while, so he glared at Wang Ke fiercely.

Wang Ke was a little inexplicable, he felt that he had answered quite right, why did Siqing stare at him?

Chen Zheng looked at the situation in front of him and asked Shen Wen next to him, "Who is that envoy?" ”

Shen Wen shook his head, obviously he was excluded from the mission of receiving the envoys of the Song State this time, and he did not know a lot of information.

"That's Li Qian, the Shangshu of the Song Kingdom, and the one next to him is Cui Ji, the Chinese scholar, and this time the Song State envoy group is headed by these two people."

Chen Zheng turned around and saw that the person who answered turned out to be Li Shuang, so he asked, "How do you know?" ”

Li Shuang spread his hands and said, "When I was chatting with them just now, I asked it!" ”

gave Li Shuang a thumbs up, and Chen Zheng also had to admire Li Shuang's communication skills.

Li Qian, the envoy of the Song Dynasty, was speechless when he saw Honglu Siqing, and he was even more disdainful in his heart, and he no longer went to look at the Buddha statue, and turned around and was about to leave.

Li Qian's reaction was too obvious, and the faces of the officials in Honglu Temple were not very good-looking, but there was nothing to do, who let their side lose the opportunity.

Shen Wen was also indignant, firstly, Li Qian's actions slapped their Honglu Temple in the face; The second reason is that Shen Wen himself does not like the envoy group of the Song Kingdom.

Chen Zheng didn't like them either, so when he saw Li Qian's arrogant appearance, he was angry.

"The sun and moon shine forever because it can contain the light of the lamp." Chen Zheng suddenly shouted.

After Li Qian heard this, he stopped, turned to look at Chen Zheng, and saw that it was a young man, so he smiled slightly, and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Chen Zheng did not explain this sentence, but made an analogy: "The country of Liang is like the sun and the moon, shining brightly on time; And the rest of the small countries are like this lamp and candle, which can only illuminate the periphery. Why did you think that there was no need for the candle to burn? ”

Li Qian was stunned for a moment, if it was only about national strength, their Song State was indeed no match for Liang State, and they were usually able to slightly better than Liang Guo in terms of bickering.

But now that Chen Zheng is asking like this, Li Qian doesn't know how to answer, is it really unnecessary to light the lamp and candle?

If Li Qian answered so, wouldn't it mean that the surrounding small countries, including the Song Kingdom, would not need to exist?

Even if he gave Li Qian ten guts, he didn't dare to say so, so this time it was Li Qian's turn to be speechless.

Cui Ji saw that his colleagues were deflated, so he stepped forward and asked, "I don't know which adult of Honglu Temple this is?" ”

Cui Ji made Chen Zheng a person from Honglu Temple, and Chen Zheng returned the salute: "I came to Beijing from Dongyang County to pay tribute, but I am a white body, not an adult." ”

"Are you here to pay tribute to sea whalebones?" Cui Ji suddenly walked out of the body and asked.