Huang Zhan said: "What is the inside story, we don't know, but I heard that the emperor missed the emperor Yizong too much, and the dragon body was damaged, so he came to this Xingsheng Temple to recuperate, and the abbot of Qingde vacated the east cross courtyard and let the emperor go to live, and the monks moved to our west cross courtyard, and the front two courtyards were crowded with people. ”

Wang Shu said: "Having said that, I think that Emperor Shunzong is also involuntarily, like house arrest, and there is no one all day long, which emperor does not live in the inner courtyard of the palace, but lives in the temple?" ”

Zhang Shixing suddenly remembered Qingde's words, the Emperor Chen Yizong once wanted to live here for a long time, and shouted: "It's not good, I'm afraid this Chen Shunzong will abdicate." ”

Wang Shu said with a puzzled face: "This is unlikely, the country depends on Changjun, this Chen Shunzong is in the spring and autumn period, how can he abdicate, then the crown prince Chen An is just a three-year-old child, how can he be in charge of such a big country?" ”

Huang Zhan said categorically: "What the second junior brother said is reasonable. We are in Lushan and do not know the truth. Only when Shunzong abdicates and the crown prince ascends the throne can Li Xiangguo better control the government. ”

Wang Shu sighed and said: "It seems that this Chen Dynasty is over, and Li Xiangguo's heart is already clear." ”

Sure enough, after the 27th day of the national funeral expired, Chen Shunzong officially announced to the world that he abdicated as the emperor, and the three-year-old prince Chen An ascended the throne, known as Chen Shaodi in history, and all the power of the court was in the hands of Taishi Li Jiyak.

On this day, suddenly Emperor Chen Shunzong sent an envoy to invite Zhu Yunwen and others to drink tea, Zhu Yunwen and others were slightly surprised, but it was not easy to refuse, so they still went to the appointment.

When the group came to the second hall of the East Courtyard, they saw that Chen Shunzong was already standing in front of the door to greet him, and Zhu Yunwen hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "The poor monk has seen the Emperor Taishang. Then Huang Zhan, Zhang Shixing, and Wang Shu stepped forward to salute each other.

Chen Shunzong also clasped his hands together and saluted one by one: "I have long heard that several eminent monks from the Ming Dynasty are solemn and profound, and I can see it today. After speaking, he personally led everyone into the hall, sat down the guests, and served fragrant tea.

Zhu Yunwen picked up the teacup, tasted a sip of fragrant tea, felt that this tea was bitter and sweet, and it was sweet for a long time, so he nodded unconsciously, and praised sincerely: "Not bad, good tea." ”

Zhu Yunwen is a person who has seen the world, and when he said this, several apprentices tasted it one after another, it is indeed fragrant and has a unique taste, and it is a variety that they have never drunk in Daming.

Zhang Shixing opened the lid and found a few pearl-like flower bones floating in the tea bowl, and the tea leaves below were erected, and asked: "Dare to ask the emperor, this tea has a unique fragrance, I have never drunk it in Daming, is it from those pearl-like flowers?" ”

Chen Shunzong smiled and said: "Master Kongzhi is observant, this tea is called pearl tea, the fragrance is mellow, it is made by tea farmers who pick the most tender leaves from tens of thousands of camellia trees and then add pearl flowers. Therefore, the tea is bitter and sweet, sweet and fragrant, has the purpose of calming the mind and prolonging life, and is a palace secret, and I am usually reluctant to drink. ”

When everyone heard this, they thanked them again and again.

Zhu Yunwen saw that although Chen Shunzong was smiling, there was a sadness that could not be concealed between his eyebrows, and a burst of pity for the same disease suddenly surged in his heart, he looked at Chen Shunzong, and really wanted to ask him, what did you call us here for today, and we will definitely help if we can help.

But he saw that although the two eunuchs standing on Chen Shunzong's left and right lowered their eyebrows, their eyes were rolling around, and they didn't let go of any small movement of everyone present, so he stopped talking and waited for Chen Shunzong to speak.

I only heard that Chen Shunzong said slowly to Zhu Yunwen: "I have nothing to do today, I don't know if Master Kongwen can talk to me." ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned when he heard this, he was not good at chess, but since Chen Shunzong invited him, he had to bite the bullet and face the difficulties.

He smiled bitterly and said: "The poor monk is not good at chess, I am afraid that the emperor will laugh." ”

Chen Shunzong said with a smile: "In the Huangmei season, it rains at home, and the grass pond is full of frogs. There is an appointment not to come for the night and a half, and the chess pieces are idle and the lights are dropped. There is nothing left and right, anyway, it is to kill time, and the master does not have to be too humble. ”

Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to say: "That poor monk might as well be respectful." I hope that the emperor's subordinates will show mercy. ”

Chen Shunzong said: "Each other, each other." ”

While speaking, the waiter put on the chessboard, the two guessed first, Zhu Yunwen took the black first, he relied on the advantage of the first, vigorously attacked, and the four corners actually took up three, and built a big appearance in the middle of the abdomen, and the situation was very good.

That Chen Shunzong only occupied a corner, stubbornly resisted, and was about to lose, he frowned, thought for a long time, and suddenly made a move, a lone white chess piece jumped into the middle of the abdomen, intending to fish in troubled waters and disturb the situation.

Zhu Yunwen killed to rise, where is willing to let go, without thinking, falling like flying, pressing step by step, the white chess left dodge and right dodge, evading everywhere, in the middle of the abdomen formed a black and white two dragons, entangled, in both sides have only one eye, one breath, Chen Shunzong robbery, attack the enemy must be saved, Zhu Yunwen had to respond, Chen Shunzong robbery, made two eyes, Zhu Yunwen also next to the robbery, Chen Shunzong should rob, Zhu Yunwen robbery, the white dragon into an eye, so the cycle repeats, forming a rare triple robbery.

The two looked at each other and laughed, and Zhu Yunwen said: "It's really rare, the cycle of three tribulations, this game is a draw." ”

Chen Shunzong was still unsatisfied, and wanted to go down again, but an old chamberlain next to him stepped forward and persuaded: "Emperor Tai, it's not too early, it's time to rest." ”

Chen Shunzong was furious, flipped the chessboard over, and scolded the old eunuch: "Don't I even have this bit of freedom? ”

The old eunuch hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy and apologized, and knocked his head on the mountain.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Emperor Taishang, it is important to take care of the dragon's body, and the poor monk will come to see you another day." ”

Chen Shunzong took his hand and sighed and said, "I am a slave of the family, the discipline is not strict, which makes the master laugh." "Let's go, send Zhu Yunwen and others out of the door.

Zhu Yunwen returned to his residence, and he asked Zhang Shixing to go out to investigate and see if there were anyone around. Zhang Shixing took a closer look at the front and back of the house, and found nothing abnormal, so he went back to the house to resume his life.

At this time, Zhu Yunwen's face turned pale, his hands trembled a little, and when the apprentices saw this, they quietly asked, "Master, what's wrong with your old man?" ”

Zhu Yunwen slowly spread out his right hand, and saw a white cloth on his palm, faintly stained with blood.

Huang Zhan picked up the white cloth and unfolded it, only to see two big characters written bloodily on it: "Save me." ”

All the apprentices were stunned, looked at Zhu Yunwen, and asked in a low voice, "Master, where did you get this white cloth?" ”

Zhu Yun trembled and said, "At the time of parting, the Emperor of Annan State forced it into my hands. ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that Chen Shunzong invited them to drink tea and play chess today, just to spread such a message.

Huang Zhan shook his head and said: "This Emperor Taishang is quite unwise, a few of us are foreigners, we have no roots in Annan, and we are also trapped in this Xingsheng Temple, how can we save him." ”

Wang Shu sighed and said, "He was also sick and rushed to the doctor, just like the drowning man who wanted to grab a straw before he wanted us to ask for help." ”

Zhang Shixing thought for a while and said: "He knows that we were introduced by the Marquis of Daming Xiping, and he probably wants to convey this message to Daming through us." ”

Huang Zhan said: "Isn't he afraid that we will report it to Li Xiangguo?" After all, Li Xiangguo didn't treat us slowly. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "In this case, anyone will take a risk." Now I finally understand the meaning of that game, we are two trapped dragons, trapped in it, unable to break free, only someone overturns the chessboard, we can get out of the trap and start over. ”

Huang Zhan said: "It's a pity that the Emperor Taishang has made a lot of calculations and missed a move, Senior Brother Zhang has already saved their Chen royal family once, and it is impossible to pretend to be sick again to go to Daming." ”

Wang Shu said: "Then why don't I pretend to be sick this time and go back to Daming." ”

Huang Zhan shook his head and said, "How can the empty city plan be used twice in a row, it will inevitably make people suspicious." Let's take the long view. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "It's just that we don't know who else in this Annan Kingdom is loyal to the Chen family, otherwise wouldn't it be good to hand over this blood book to him and let him bring it to Daming?" ”

Huang Zhan said: "What the senior brother said is reasonable, there is a person here who must know who is loyal to the Chen family and who is loyal to the Li family. ”

The crowd was amazed and asked, "Who is this man?" ”

Huang Zhan pointed outward and said in a low voice: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you, this person is Qingde, the abbot of this Xingsheng Temple." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "Yes, this person is indeed the best candidate." His Xingsheng Temple is the Chen family temple, and the people who come and go are all high-ranking officials and nobles, and they must know who is the Li family and who is the Chen family in the court. However, this person is as timid as a mouse, and he is the most sensible to protect himself, and he may not be willing to help with this. ”

Huang Zhan said: "Master, it's okay, you just need to invite him to our house, and I will tell him to be obedient." ”

So Zhu Yunwen sent Wang Shu to invite the abbot of Qingde, saying that they were going to leave Xingsheng Temple and travel elsewhere, and when they parted, they had a few words to say to him.

When the abbot of Qingde heard Wang Shu say this, he thought that he had done something wrong, and inadvertently offended the distinguished guests of the Ming Dynasty, so he hurriedly took a little apprentice to the small courtyard where Zhu Yunwen lived and came to apologize.

Wang Shu introduced him into the house, and the little monk was about to follow up, but Zhang Shixing grabbed him and said, "My master and your master have important matters to discuss, you can wait outside for a while." ”

The little monk didn't dare to disobey, so he had to wait outside.

Monk Qingde walked into the house, only to see Zhu Yunwen sitting on a chair and bowing his head silently, and stepped forward to salute: "Master Kongwen, you are a distinguished guest of Li Xiangguo, you have traveled thousands of miles from the Ming Dynasty to here, how can you just say that you can leave, how can you let me explain to Li Xiangguo?" Is it that I can't take care of it, you have to say it clearly, don't hold it in your heart, I will definitely correct it. ”

Zhu Yunwen stood up from the chair, stepped forward to hold his hand, and said earnestly: "I really have something important to do, I have to go, look at the abbot Haihan." ”

The abbot of Qingde felt that Zhu Yunwen had stuffed something into his hand, and hurriedly took it out to see that it was a blood book, with two big words "save me" written on it, and his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he shouted at Zhu Yunwen: "Master Kongwen, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhu Yunwen said expressionlessly: "This is the blood letter written by the Emperor Taishang himself, handed over to you for safekeeping, you came to ask me?" ”

Huang Zhan next to him smiled and said, "Abbot, I clearly saw that you took it out yourself, and you want to give it to our master." Senior brother, do you say? ”

Wang Shu responded: "Yes, that's right, I saw the abbot of Qingde take out this blood book from his hand and want to hand it over to our master." ”

The abbot of Qingde was so angry that his eyes widened angrily and said: "You are spewing blood, and your mouth is full of nonsense. ”