Huang Zhan said: "Then we will call the monks of the whole courtyard and the forbidden army to evaluate and judge, whose blood letter is it." ”

When Qingde heard this, he immediately softened and said to everyone: "Masters, since you have been stationed in Xiyi Temple, I have been so hospitable and dare not neglect a single bit, why do you have to harm me today? ”

Huang Zhan said: "Abbot Qingde, as a member of the Chen clan, seeing that the Emperor Taishang is imprisoned here, how can you bear it, don't you want to contribute to the country?" ”

Qingde said with a sad face: "I am an outsider, it is inconvenient to participate in the fight between you and me in this world, and I still have to care about the lives of the monks in this temple." ”

Huang Zhan said: "Abbot, then we won't embarrass you, as long as you can find a minister loyal to the Chen Dynasty to enter the temple, and we will hand over this blood book to him, this matter will be settled, you will also be regarded as doing good deeds and making merits, what do you think?" ”

Qingde thought for a while and said: "After the previous slaughter, there are really few ministers who are still loyal to the Chen Dynasty left, it happens that Lao Qu knows a person, he has been in three dynasties, he is highly respected, Li Xiangguo also respects him a lot, his mother is from the Chen family, he will definitely be loyal to the Chen Dynasty and live up to the trust." ”

Everyone asked in unison, "Who is this person?" ”

Qingde said slowly: "This person is Pei Boqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. ”

In September, the sun is still blazing and hot in Xingsheng Temple. An old man in a sixtieth armor wearing a three-grade official uniform knelt in front of the gate of the East Courtyard and asked to meet the Emperor.

A forbidden soldier walked up to him and asked, "Who are you, and why did you ask to see the Emperor?" ”

The old man replied: "Weichen is Pei Boqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who is the official of the Emperor's banquet, and has been teaching the "Zizhi Tongjian" for the Emperor. ”

The forbidden soldier waved his hand impatiently and said, "The Emperor Taishang is in good health today, he is recuperating and is not seeing his ministers. Go back. ”

The old man stiffened his neck and said: "Folk students still know how to respect teachers, study hard, and only teach three times a month, how can there be a reason to skip class, if the emperor does not come to see me in person today, I will kneel and die here." ”

The forbidden soldier sneered and said, "Let it be your own." Then he walked away and hid in the shade of a tree.

Pei Boqi knelt straight outside the courtyard gate, and it didn't take long for him to sweat through his heavy clothes, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans kept rolling down his forehead, wetting the ground.

After an hour, Pei Boqi was old and frail after all, and he couldn't support it, so he fell to the ground with a thud.

The forbidden army next to him saw it and shouted: "Abbot Qingde, come and save people, this old man has fainted." ”

Who knew that after shouting for a long time, no one in the whole temple came to the rescue.

Those forbidden soldiers all looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do, but they saw the small door of the West Cross Courtyard creak, opened a crack, and a monk probed out and looked this way.

A forbidden soldier recognized that this person was the empty energy monk from Da Ming, so he rushed over with an arrow, reached out and grabbed his collar, and said, "Master of air energy, there is an old man who has fainted, you go and take a look." ”

The empty energy monk hurriedly struggled backwards to dodge, and said, "It's none of my business, you can find Abbot Qingde if you have something." ”

The forbidden soldier said angrily: "You have seen it, and you have to take care of it." ”

Kong Neng waved his hand again and again: "We are foreign monks, and we are not easy to get involved in the affairs of your Annan Kingdom." ”

In the middle of the dispute, Zhu Yunwen and others came out of the house to check what was going on.

At this time, several forbidden soldiers carried Pei Boqi to the door, put him down and left, and said as he walked: "Aren't you Buddhists often saying that saving people's lives is better than building a tenth-level floating slaughter?" Today you will see what you do. ”

Zhu Yunwen and the others pretended to be helpless, carried Pei Boqi into the house, closed the courtyard door, and fed him some water, so Pei Boqi woke up leisurely.

Pei Boqi looked around at everyone and said in a low voice, "Which one is Master Kongwen, I heard that you have something important to see me?" ”

Zhu Yunwen stepped forward and held Pei Boqi's hands tightly, and said with tears in his eyes: "Pei Shilang, you have suffered, and I am also entrusted by others, and I am loyal to others." ”

Pei Boqi seemed to anticipate something, and asked excitedly: "Master Kongwen, who are you entrusted by, and what are you entrusted with?" ”

Zhu Yunwen stared at his eyes and said word by word: "The poor monk was entrusted by the Emperor Taishang to rescue him from this cage." ”

With that, he took out the blood letter from his arms and handed it to Pei Boqi.

Pei Boqi sat up, unfolded the blood book, and looked at it carefully, although the two words "save me" were written crookedly, presumably by biting his fingers, he also recognized the handwriting of the emperor at a glance, and couldn't help but tears flowed out, and he actually wet these two words, and the red blood stains blurred a large area.

Pei Boqi grabbed Zhu Yunwen's hand at once, and asked eagerly: "Master Kongwen, how did you get this blood letter, the Emperor Taishang is in good health, I haven't seen him since he abdicated." ”

Zhu Yunwen told him about playing chess with Emperor Chen Shunzong that day, and finally the Emperor Taishang overturned the chessboard under the pretext of being unprepared, and handed over the blood letter to himself because he was unprepared.

Pei Boqi asked again: "Then how did Master Kongwen think of transferring this blood letter to me?" ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "We are also trapped in this Xingsheng Temple and can't go out, so I thought of finding someone to pass on the news." ”

Pei Boqi also sighed and said: "Masters, you are chivalrous and courageous, and you have handed over this blood letter to me, and I, Pei Boqi, am a loyal minister of the Chen Dynasty, I am grateful." But I'm just a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, I have no soldiers and no power, how can I rescue the Emperor? I'm really powerless. ”

Huang Zhan said beside him: "Pei Shilang, don't be discouraged. Do you know what kind of chess my master and the emperor played that day? ”

Pei Boqi was puzzled: "What kind of chess has you played?" ”

Huang Zhan said: "The two of them and two big dragons fought each other, regardless of whether they were up or down, and finally played a three-tribulation series of chess, don't you say strange?" ”

Pei Boqi blinked his eyes and asked, "So what?" ”

Huang Zhan said: "Doesn't this just indicate the current predicament, in the end, the Emperor Taishang deliberately knocked over the chessboard, which also implies that we have to find outsiders to break this game and reorganize the rivers and mountains, so that he can have hope of getting out of the predicament." Otherwise, what did he give this blood letter to us, the monks from the Ming Dynasty? ”

After his nodding, Pei Boqi's eyes lit up and said, "You mean to let me go to Emperor Daming to rescue Emperor Taishang?" ”

Zhu Yunwen and the others nodded, and a smile finally appeared on their faces.

Pei Boqi patted his thigh and said, "Thank you for the master's advice, it really woke up the dreamer with a word." Our Annan country is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the new king has always needed the canonization of the Ming Emperor when he ascended the throne, and I am the squire of the Ministry of Rites. ”

But he thought for a moment and said, "Not necessarily. Thinking that Li Chenggui seized the throne of Goryeo, Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty also recognized his usurpation and gave the country the name of Joseon. Now seeing that the Li clan wants to take over the world of the Chen family, the Ming Dynasty has listed Annan as a country that is not to be conquered, as long as the Li clan abides by the courtiers' festival, I think the Ming Dynasty will not care about the idle affairs of the Annan country. ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly and said, "Pei Shilang, you can rest assured, just go and ask the Ming Emperor, he will definitely give you justice." He himself came from the usurpation of the throne, and he would never allow others to follow in his footsteps and be laughed at by the people of the world. ”

Pei Boqi looked at Zhu Yunwen and said: "What the master said is reasonable, it really hit the nail on the head, I didn't expect that the master, who was born, is more knowledgeable than me, who has entered the world." ”

Zhu Yunwen clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk became a monk because of his investigation of the world. ”

Pei Boqi rested for a while, recuperated his spirits, and hid the blood letter, and then said goodbye.

Zhang Shixing helped him out of the mountain gate, Pei Boqi was waiting to get into the car, Zhang Shixing whispered to him: "Pei Shilang, no matter who you see today, you can't talk about it, even the Ming Emperor." ”

Pei Boqi was stunned when he heard this, and then pointed to the sky and swore an oath: "Master Kongzhi, please rest assured, I will be tight-lipped about today's matter." "Let's get in the car and go.

Li Jiyak, the auxiliary political master of Annan, the important military affairs of Pingzhang, and the king of Xuanzhong Defense, was wearing a yellow dragon robe, sitting in the imperial city of Renshou Palace, and was reviewing the chapters.

Suddenly, Li Cheng rushed in, bowed down and said: "Father, today Pei Boqi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, went to Xingsheng Temple to ask to meet the Emperor Taishang, was stopped by the forbidden army, fainted to the ground, and was rescued by the monks of the Ming Dynasty who were on the list in the temple, rested for a while, and now he has returned to the house, do you want to arrest him and interrogate him in detail?" ”

Li Jiyak glanced up at him and asked, "Why did this Pei Boqi go to Xingsheng Temple to meet the Emperor Taishang?" ”

Li Cheng said: "I heard that it is for the sake of the feast. ”

Li Jiyak asked: "A few days ago, the Emperor Taishang played chess with the monks of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Li Cheng said: "Exactly, I heard that the two sides played a draw, and the emperor was so angry that he lifted the chessboard." ”

Li Jiyak squinted his eyes and thought about it, then suddenly opened his eyes and said, "It's not good, there must be some message between them." ”

When Li Cheng heard this, he was also startled and said: "If this is the case, then we will arrest these Ming monks and Pei Boqi together, torture them, and don't believe it, we can't ask why." ”

Li Jiyak waved his hand and said: "Without real evidence, we can't arrest people indiscriminately, we must convince people with virtue." ”

Li Cheng hurriedly said: "Then what should we do, we can't watch them do ghosts under our noses, and we have nothing we can do." ”

Li Jiyak got up and paced back and forth in the hall, thought for a while, and said, "It seems that this emperor can't be kept, and he must be eliminated as soon as possible." In this way, no matter whether Pei Boqi and those Ming monks are playing ghosts or not, they can't do anything. And I also want to reuse Pei Boqi and treat the Ming monk well in order to buy people's hearts. ”

Li Cheng arched his hand and said, "Erchen obeys." ”

Emperor Chen Shunzong heard the noise outside in the house, but he could not go out to meet his scripture lecturer, Pei Boqi.

Since he came to Xingsheng Temple, his world has been this small courtyard. The last time he played against Kongwen, it was also an opportunity for him to fight on hunger strike for a long time. That's because Kongwen is a monk of the Ming Dynasty, they are extraordinarily gracious, as for Minister Annan, no matter who it is, when they see it, don't even think about it. I don't know what to do with the empty monk of the Ming Dynasty after receiving his blood letter, whether to ignore it, or to ask for merit and reward, it is just a death, he always has to take a risk.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the courtyard, and then dozens of forbidden soldiers broke into the house, led by Li Cheng, the commander of the forbidden army.

Li Cheng took out a pair of words and said to Chen Shunzong: "This is a pair of words that Li Xiangguo presented to the Emperor Taishang, please put it away from the Emperor Taishang, carefully consider the meaning, and the talents below us are easy to do." ”

Chen Shunzong opened the scroll and saw that there was a word written on it: "When is the spring flower and autumn moon?" How much do you know about the past? Xiaolou had another east wind last night, so the country could not afford to look back at the moonlight. The carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but the face has changed. How sad can you be? It is like a river flowing eastward. ”

Chen Shunzong couldn't help but change his complexion when he saw it.