Li Qi and Qingde followed Hui Yin into the nunnery and sat down as guests.

After some greetings, Li Qi asked Hui Yin: "Master Hui Yin, dare to ask where the young king Chen An went and where he lives now after the throne?" ”

Hui Yin recited a Buddha name and said, "My son has already passed away, I don't know what Li Yushi's intention is when he asks about this?" ”

Li Qi said: "My eldest son heard that the Li family had killed the lord and usurped the throne, and specially ordered me to investigate, Master Huiyin, you are the queen mother, you must know the truth, if the young king Chen An is still in the world, I will help him to restore the throne, and there is no lie." ”

Hui Yin was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then said with a wry smile: "Thank you Li Yushi for your kindness, but it's a pity that my son died early and was not blessed." ”

Seeing that she was firm, Li Qi turned his head and asked Abbot Qingde: "Abbot Qingde, I heard that Chen Rikun lived in this Xingsheng Temple after his abdication, how did he die?" ”

Qingde's face changed, and he glanced at Hui Yin, Hui Yin's face was expressionless, and Qingde had no choice but to reply: "Shunzong died of illness because he missed Yizong too much and became depressed. ”

Li Qi said: "There are no outsiders here, you tell the truth, how did I hear that Chen Rikun was killed by Li Chenghang?" ”

Qingde's face changed greatly, and he was speechless.

Hui Yin said coldly: "Li Yushi, I don't know where you heard the rumors. Chen Rikun is my late husband, Li Cheng is my brother, they are all my closest relatives, and they will not do this. Li Yushi, I'm tired and want to rest, please go back. With that, she made a gesture to see off the guest.

Li Qi had no choice but to say goodbye to Qingde.

Li Qi said to Qingde: "May I ask Abbot Qingde, where did Chen Rikun live in your temple before his death, I want to go and pay respects." ”

Qingde's face changed, and he said: "Li Yushi, I'm afraid it's not very convenient, now that house lives in someone else?" ”

Li Qi asked strangely, "Who lives in that house now?" ”

Qingde was forced to be helpless, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "I live in two monks from Daming Jiming Temple who came to place orders." ”

When Li Qi heard this, he became even more interested: "If I meet an old acquaintance in another country, then I should go to visit." After that, he couldn't help but say something, and ordered Qingde to lead the way and came to the East Cross Courtyard.

Previously, Zhang Shixing and Wang Shu heard Li Shengfu say that there was a Ming Dynasty who wanted to search for Chen An's whereabouts.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Zhang Shixing hurriedly greeted him, put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, what are you doing when this donor comes to us?" ”

Li Qi saw that he was burly, with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, and he was dressed as a layman, and said to Qingde: "Who is this person, he doesn't look like a monk, but like a martial artist." ”

Qingde hurriedly said: "He is a lay disciple of Jiming Temple, Kongzhi, who upholds the five precepts and ten virtues, but he has not yet been shaved." ”

Li Qi nodded and asked Zhang Shixing, "Who is your master?" Why? ”

Zhang Shixing had no choice but to reply: "My master has heard of it. In order to train our minds and promote the Dharma, we have traveled all over the world and come here. ”

Li Qi frowned and said, "I haven't heard of such an empty master in Jiming Temple. ”

Zhang Shixing hurriedly explained: "He is a disciple of Master Dexuan, the abbot of Jiming Temple. ”

Li Qi smiled and said: "Abbot Dexuan has offended His Majesty for some reason, and has been imprisoned by the Jinyi Guard, and now it is Master Daoyan who is presiding over Jiming Temple." ”

Zhang Shixing was taken aback when he heard this: "Is that Daoyan monk Daoyan the presiding officer of Qingshou Temple in Beiping Mansion?" ”

Li Qiqi said: "Do you recognize the young master?" ”

Zhang Shixing was at a loss and asked, "I have heard a little, when did he become a young master?" ”

Li Qi said: "After ascending the throne today, he named Master Daoyan as the monk Lu Si Zuo Shanshi, in charge of the temples in the world, and later added the title of the prince and young master, and the common name is Yao Guangxiao, majoring in "Taizu Record" and "Literature Dacheng". He took the crown to the court during the day, and after he retired from the court at dusk, he changed into a silk coat and lived in the Jiming Temple, and presided over the affairs of the temple by the way. Don't you know any of these things? ”

Zhang Shixing's face turned red and said: "We have been out of Beijing for three years, and we have never heard of these things. ”

Li Qi narrowed his eyes and looked at him and said, "So, you left Beijing before the Renwu Change?" ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Li Qi nodded and said, "No wonder you are lonely." With that, he stepped into the room.

At this time, Wang Shu had just hidden the things used by Chen An, and it was inevitable that there would be some mess in the house.

When Li Qi saw Wang Shu, he seemed to be a little familiar, so he asked, "This master, what do you call the Dharma name?" ”

Wang Shu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The poor monk can see the old man Yushi. ”

Li Qi was taken aback when he heard this, and said strangely: "How do you know that I am an imperial history, since I came in, no one has introduced you to you." ”

Wang Shu knew that he was speechless, so he explained: "The poor monk once saw a royal history master in the Jiming Temple who came to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and he was exactly the same as you dressed in official clothes, so you recognize it." ”

Li Qi asked: "Who is the surname of the imperial history?" ”

Wang Shu said: "It's been a long time, I can't remember it clearly. ”

Li Qi smiled: "You don't remember, but I remember you." ”

Wang Shu was shocked and said, "What does the master remember about me?" ”

Li Qi pointed at him and said, "I remember that you are the Bangyan Wang Shu of the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Zhang Shixing thought that the hidden goods were exposed, and he secretly used his internal strength in the palm of his hand, and was about to slap it out with one palm, which resulted in Li Qi's life.

Suddenly, Wang Shu looked up to the sky and laughed: "Master Yushi is really good at laughing, my common name is Shi Liang, and the law name is Kongneng, I don't believe you look at my degree." After that, he took out the degree from the cage and handed it to Li Qi, Li Qi opened it and looked at it, as he said.

Li Qi smiled: "You look very similar to that Wang Shu. ”

Wang Shu asked, "This old man has a great name. ”

Li Qi sighed: "My name is Li Qi, and I am also a scholar of the Sect, and I have seen him at the Qionglin banquet. Later, I was assigned to Guangxi as a magistrate, and after ascending the throne today, I was transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate by Chen Ying, the imperial history of the left capital, to supervise the imperial history. ”

Wang Shu asked, "Then have you seen this Bangyan Wang Shu later?" ”

Li Qi shook his head and said with infinite emotion: "I haven't seen it again." In order to avoid trouble, more than 400 civil officials fled to avoid disaster, and only more than 20 remained, and the court was empty. ”

Wang Shu asked, "What happened then?" ”

Li Qi paused for a moment and said: "Chen Ying is in charge of the Imperial Procuratorate, and he is widely implicated. Hu Yan's prison, there are no hundreds, the voice of crying and injustice is all over the sky, we and the imperial history are all hiding their faces and crying, but Chen Ying has the same face, and said to us and others: 'If you don't deal with this generation as a rebel, then our teacher will be nameless.'" So tens of thousands of loyal ministers of the former dynasty were killed, known as melons and vines, and there was no trace of them. Later, he spied on Shangyi, and impeached Sheng Yong, Geng Hou and others for harboring grievances, causing these two to commit suicide. ”

After that, he sighed again and said, "I shouldn't have arbitrarily judged the constitution, you are a monk, just listen to it, don't go around talking about it." ”

Wang Shu clasped his hands together and recited the Buddha's name: "It is good to practice in the public gate, Li Yushi is kind-hearted, and he will be immeasurably meritorious in the future." ”

Li Qi was stunned for a moment, wondering what he meant by this.

He walked around the room, and suddenly found a copy of "Seventeen Shi Mengqiu" on the table, and said to Wang Shu suspiciously: "Does Master Kongneng also read this kind of Mengxue book?" ”

Wang Shu smiled awkwardly and said: "Being in Annan, I have nothing to do, and I can't find a good book, so let's use it to relieve my boredom." ”

Master Qingde hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Empty Energy, you are scolding the old man." Rushing to Ming'er, the old man borrowed some good books from the Hanlin Academy to read to you. ”

Wang Shu said: "Thank you Abbot, but the monks still have to read more Buddhist scriptures, and they have no distractions and are easy to improve." ”

Li Qi didn't find any flaws, so he returned to the pavilion, and Yang Bo asked him how he had gained from the trip.

Li Qi shook his head and said: "This Hui Yin is clearly lying, and his son Chen An is clearly still in the world. ”

Yang Boqi said: "How can you see it? ”

Li Qi said: "When I asked about Chen An's whereabouts, although she said that she had already died, there was no sadness on her face, how could she hide it from me." In addition, I also found a copy of "Seventeen Shi Mengqiu" in the East Cross Courtyard of Xingsheng Temple, which is clearly for children to read. The two monks from Jiming Temple were also very suspicious, and it was estimated that Hui Yin had invited him to take care of his son. Finally, I asked about the cause of her husband Chen Rikun's death, but she said that Chen Rikun and Li Cheng were her closest relatives and would not commit such a murder. Isn't it funny, what kind of flesh and blood kinship does royal infighting talk about since ancient times? ”

Yang Bo said: "Li Yushi, I think you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. Do you think Your Majesty asked you to come here to really collect evidence of the Li clan's usurpation? ”

Li Qi asked, "Isn't it?" ”

Yang Bo said: "Annan is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and Emperor Taizu Gao listed it as a country that is not to be conquered, saying that its land is not enough to supply, and its people are not enough to make orders." Unless it is absolutely necessary, there will be no violation of the ancestral system today. Your Majesty has sent you here just to intimidate the Li family and make them bow down to their orders. If the Li father and son are willing to pay the money, and you find out their illegality, how do you let Your Majesty deal with it? ”

After Li Qi heard this, he nodded again and again: "What Yang Langzhong said is reasonable. In your opinion? ”

Yang Bo said: "I'll go and probe their tone first, if they are willing to kowtow and confess, we will push the boat down the river, if they are stubborn, you will collect evidence, tell the truth, and let the emperor decide." ”

Li Qi looked at Yang Bo and said in a suspicious tone: "Yang Langzhong, you have defended this Li father and son many times, didn't you take any benefits from them, right?" ”

When Yang Bo heard this, he immediately swore to the sky and said, "Li Yushi, if I take a little benefit from them, I won't have to die." ”

Li Qi said: "Okay, since that's the case, you go to talk to them first, probe their tone, and then we will make plans." ”

So Yang Bo went into the palace to see Li Hancang, and it happened that the three of Li's father and son were there, and when he saw Yang Bo coming alone, Li Hancang complained: "Yang Langzhong, my father and son serve the Ming Dynasty deferentially, and the Ming Dynasty has canonized me as the king of Annam, why did you send you and others to make a decree to make me discredit in front of the national army and civilians." ”

Yang Bo said: "King, do you know, Chen Tianping, the son of Chen Xian, the king of Zhuangding in your country, fled to Daming to complain to His Majesty, saying that you killed the lord and usurped the throne and killed innocents indiscriminately, and Pei Boqi, the servant of the Ministry of Rites of your country, also took out a blood letter from Chen Rikun, on which the word 'save me' was written as evidence, saying that Li commanded the hanger to kill Chen Rikun, so His Majesty was furious, so he sent Li Yushi and me to issue an edict to apply for punishment, and collect evidence and report it according to the truth. ”

Li Jiyak asked anxiously: "Then Your Majesty is ready to attack my Annan Xing army?" ”

Yang Bo glanced at him and said, "Emperor, this depends on your country's response, and Your Majesty will decide whether to raise an army to fight?" ”

Li Cheng said disdainfully: "Tell you Ming soldiers to let the horses come, I will tell them to come and go." ”

Li Ji reprimanded: "Hugh is talking nonsense! According to Yang Langzhong's words, how should my country respond? ”

Yang Bo said: "In my opinion, Annan is far away from my Daming Mountain, Your Majesty does not want to raise troops to fight, as long as you can meet Chen Tianping as the master, return the occupied Daming land, and keep the wealth and worry-free." ”