Zhu Yunwen and others left the county seat of Kunming, Yunnan Prefecture, and went all the way south, because they had the waist card of the Xiping Marquis Mansion to protect themselves, and no one embarrassed them on the road. Everyone came smoothly to Mu's Xunzhuang, where someone had already followed, escorted them to the mouth of the river, across the Tao River, opposite is the old street of Annan, taking advantage of the twilight, Zhu Yunwen and others hired a small boat with a huge pearl, went down the river, walked for a few days, and came to Thang Long City, the capital of Annan.

That Shenglong City is located in the middle of Annam, surrounded by big rivers, thousands of miles of flat domains, there is the potential of dragons and tigers, the four directions are radiating, the people are abundant, and the capital of the Emperor Cheng is also. Surrounded by city walls, the city opens four gates, the east is called auspicious, the west is called Guangfu, the south is called Daxing, and the north is called Yaode.

Zhu Yunwen and others abandoned the boat and landed on the shore and entered the city from Guangfu Gate, only to see that the city was densely populated and lined with shops, all of which spoke in the Central Plains.

It turns out that this Annan country originally belonged to China, Qin called Xiangjun, Han was Jiaozhi, the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it was China's Jiaozhou for thousands of years.

At the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the leaders of the Ding tribe of the Hao clan in Annan took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to establish an independent state and establish the Ding Dynasty. At this time, the Song Kingdom was established at the beginning of the country, and there was no time to look south, so Song Taizu classified Annan as a country that did not conquer, and made Ding the leader of the county of Jiaozhi.

After several dynasties, by the time of the Chen Dynasty, Meng Yuan named his monarch the King of Annam. After the change of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, also listed Annan as a country not to be conquered, and named its lord as the king of Annan, and the two sides established a suzerain-vassal relationship.

When Zhu Yunwen arrived in Thang Long City, Chen Shunzong was reigning at this moment, and Chen Yizong, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty, was still there, but the government was in the hands of his foreign relative Li Jiyak. Li Jiyak was Chen Shunzong's father-in-law, who was the minister of Tongping and the minister of Annan.

Zhu Yunwen and others asked for the path, came to the front of the Pingzhang Mansion, explained the intention to the guards, and after a while, the Marquis Yu came out of the mansion and led everyone into the lobby.

I saw a person sitting in the hall, more than a year old, with white beard, thin body, deep eye sockets, high cheekbones, and a pair of eagle eyes scanning everyone, it was Li Jiyak, the prime minister of the dynasty. Next to him stood a middle-aged man with big ears and a loyal look, his son Li Hancang, who was in charge of the military at that time.

Previously, Marquis Yu had already informed who was in the hall in advance, so as soon as Zhu Yunwen saw these two people, he put his hands together and bowed deeply to Li Jiyak and said: "The poor monk has seen Li Xiangguo and Li Shumi. Huang Zhan and the others also saluted with the master in the future.

Li Jiyak looked everyone up and down for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "What is the relationship between you and Mu Sheng, the Marquis of Xiping, and why did he send you here?" Quickly and truthfully, if there is half a lie, you will be broken. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of soldiers suddenly rushed up and down the hall, each armed with swords and guns, and surrounded everyone.

Zhu Yunwen and the others are all people who are used to seeing big battles, and they are not flustered at the moment, Zhang Shixing stared directly at Li Ji and his son, if these Annan soldiers made any changes again, he jumped up, grabbed one first, and then got out.

Zhu Yunwen smiled slightly: "The father of the poor monk and the father of the Marquis of Xiping, King Qianning, have known each other since childhood, and they have a deep and righteous relationship. ”

Li Ji Yakqi said: "Then your family is also a noble family, I don't know which one?" ”

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said, "It's not a noble family." After my father died of illness, my family was in the middle of the road, and I became a monk and traveled all over the world. He said that Annan was kind to life, Mu Confucianism to the Buddha, and had an old relationship with Xiangguo, which could be taken care of, so he came to disturb him before, and looked at Xiangguo Haihan. This is the degree I am waiting for, please take a look at it. ”

With that, he presented the three of them with their degrees.

Yu Hou handed over Du Mu to Li Ji Yak, he looked at it carefully for a long time, pointed to Zhang Shixing and asked, "Why doesn't this person have Du Mu, who is he?" ”

Zhu Yunwen glanced back at Zhang Shixing and said: "This is a lay disciple of a poor monk, who has not yet been shaved, his law name is Kongzhi, and his layman's name is Zhang Si, he is a rough man. ”

Seeing that he said without any flaws, Li Jiyak's face softened a lot, so he waved his hand to order the guards to retreat, and said to Zhu Yunwen: "I have a good relationship with the Marquis of Naxi Ping, since the master is his old friend and comes to my Annan country, I will naturally take care of you and others." Although my Annan Kingdom is not as rich in products and outstanding people as you in the Heavenly Empire, the style of Confucianism and goodness is not bad at all. There are eight temples in this Shenglong City, there are Tianyu Temple, Taiqing Palace, Wanshou Temple in the city, and there are Shengyan Temple, Tianwang Temple, Xingsheng Temple, Tianguang Temple, Tiande Temple and other temples outside the city. ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "The guest is as he pleases, and the poor monk is at the mercy of Xiangguo's arrangement." ”

Li Jiyak asked again, "How long is the master going to stay here?" ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "When you do it, you can do it, and when you stop it, you will stop." Maybe March, or more than a year, will meet by fate, and it is unspeakable. ”

Li Jiyak nodded and said, "What a high-ranking monk, he really has no worries. Since this is the case, the old man arranged for you to stay in the Xingsheng Temple outside Xicheng. ”

Zhu Yunwen clasped his hands together and thanked him again.

Li Ji Yak ordered the Marquis of Yu in the mansion to lead Zhu Yunwen and others to Xingsheng Temple without mentioning it.

After everyone left, Li Hancang said to his father: "Father, I don't think these monks are as simple as monks from Youfang. Especially that Zhang Si, his eyes were shining, and his temples were bulging high, obviously he was a master of the house, and we had to guard against it. ”

Li Jiyak nodded and said, "Cang'er, you have a point. Thinking that the Ming Dynasty had just experienced the Renwu Change, the new emperor Yongle Emperor slaughtered very much, and there was a saying that the melons and vines copied it, and the ministers of the previous dynasty must have fled in all directions for fear of disaster. I guess these people came to take refuge, and the Marquis of Xiping did not dare to take them in, so he sent them to me. ”

Li Hancang said: "Then wouldn't it be good for us to tie them up and send them to the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Li Jiyak said: "Don't worry, it's not the time yet, keep an eye on me." ”

While the two were talking, the envoy suddenly arrived at the house and ordered Li Ji Yak to enter the palace to see him, saying that he was summoned by the emperor.

Li Jiyak replied to the envoy that he would enter the palace immediately after changing his clothes, and after he left, he said to Li Hancang: "The Emperor Taishang urgently summoned me to the palace, I am afraid that there will be changes in the palace, you take a team of people and horses, ambush outside the palace, if there is any change, immediately kill into the palace, no one is left." ”

Li Hancang obeyed the order, and immediately ordered a thousand elite soldiers to ambush outside the palace.

After Li Ji saw that everything was arranged, he wore a sword on his waist, held the Ling Banner in his arms, and entered the palace.

The palace of Annan imitated the regulations of the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty and built, after the noon gate, it is the palace inside, the left is the Jixian Palace, the right is the martial arts hall. The left is the Flying Dragon Gate, and the right is the Danfeng Gate. The main hall is the Qianyuan Palace, located on the dragon pier, surrounded by the corridor in the pier, and the two halls of Long'an and Longrui are placed in the back. Then build the Sunshine Hall on the left, and build the Moon Hall on the right. After that, it was a harem, named Cuihua Palace.

Chen Yizong, the emperor of the southern kingdom of Annan, lived in the Sunshine Palace. Li Jiyak walked into the hall and saw Chen Yizong lying on the dragon couch, his face was pale and sick, after all, he was already an old man in his seventies, and it was time for the oil to run out of lamps.

Li Ji yak knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "The minister is the same as the Ping Zhang, Li Ji yak kowtows to see the emperor." ”

When Chen Yizong saw him, he barely squeezed out a smile on his face, pointed to the dragon flag in his arms, and said in a weak voice: "Show me to unfold." ”

Li Ji yak heard the words, unfolded the flag, only to see that the flag is golden satin, embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon all around, black characters on a yellow background in the middle, it reads: "civil and military all-rounder, monarchs and ministers with virtue" eight big characters, the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, the pen is strong, it is the handwriting of the emperor Chen Yizong, and the weaving lady in the palace is embroidered with gold thread.

Chen Yizong looked at this dragon flag, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and said: "Li Xiang, this is what I gave you after you won a great victory in the crusade against the Champa State. ”

After Li Jiyak heard this, he couldn't help but cry, and kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty is in good health, long live the autumn." ”

Chen Yizong smiled bitterly and said, "How can people not die? As strong as the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, the same dragon to control the guests, I am now seventy and five, and I am considered to have a long life among the ancient and modern emperors, although there are no regrets in death. People are dying, and their words are good, I don't know if Li Xiangken listens? ”

Li Jiyak hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Although the emperor commands, Weichen dares to disobey his orders?" ”

Chen Yizong waved his hand, and the chamberlain immediately took out four one-person-high paintings and displayed them in front of the couch, Li Jiyak looked up and saw that these four paintings, the first three paintings are the story of China's Zhou Gongfu Cheng King, Huo Guangfu Zhao Emperor, and Zhuge Liang Fu Hou Lord, and the last one is the story of Su Xiancheng assisting Li Dynasty Gaozong of the country.

Li Jiyak was stunned after seeing it, could it be that Chen Yizong was going to do something to support the orphan, he looked around, although he didn't see the sword light and sword shadow, he still felt a chill in his back.

Chen Yizong was silent when he saw him, and exerted his last strength, staring at Li Jiyak, his eyes moistened, and said: "Pingzhang is my Chen family's relatives, I will entrust the state affairs to it, now the country is weak, and my Yang life has ended, after I pass away, the official family (referring to Chen Shunzong) can be supplemented, and the mediocre is self-inflicted." ”

When Li Jiyak heard this, he immediately kowtowed without a crown, weeping, and at the same time pointed to heaven and earth and swore an oath: "Ministers can't be loyal to the official family, pass on the descendants, and they can't die well.

Chen Yizong let out a sigh of relief and said, "颙 (yóng), did you hear me, don't you hurry up and come out and thank your father-in-law." ”

At this time, a young man in his twenties flashed out from behind the curtain, dressed in a dragon robe, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, stepped forward quickly, knelt down for Li Jiyak, and said: "Thank you father-in-law for your success." ”

Li Ji yak saw that this person was the emperor of the current dynasty Chen Shunzong (called the king of Annam to the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor of Dayue to the inside. He was so panicked that he kowtowed again and again, and said, "Your Majesty, why is it so much, you have tormented Weichen." ”

Chen Shunzong said: "Father-in-law, in the inner courtyard of the palace in the future, we will only talk about relatives and relatives, regardless of monarchs and ministers. ”

Li Ji Yak waved his hand again and again: "Your Majesty, how can this be made." ”

When the two were still arguing, Chen Yizong had already returned to the Nine Heavens, and the dragon was a guest.

Seeing that he was not moving, the chamberlain on the side hurriedly tugged on Chen Shunzong's sleeve, Chen Shunzong probed Chen Yizong's snort, he had already lost his breath, and couldn't help crying.

The attendant eunuchs and palace maids also knelt down and wept bitterly, the sound shook the temple, and Li Jiyak's daughter, the queen of the dynasty, Li Shengju, also brought her three-year-old son Chen An to hear the news, knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Yizong's body and wept.

Li Jiyak tried a color on her, Li Shengyu nodded in understanding, prostrate forward, and whispered to Chen Shunzong, who was crying silently: "Your Majesty, don't cry badly, take care of the dragon's body, at this moment, when the officials of the Ministry of Rites enter the palace, discuss how to handle the national funeral." ”

Chen Shunzong whimpered and said, "Please ask Prime Minister Li and the officials of the Ministry of Rites to handle it as appropriate." I was in turmoil, and it was difficult to manage national politics for a while. ”

Li Shengfu stood up and said to everyone: "Pass on the emperor's message, during the state funeral, please ask Li Xiang to act as the state minister and preside over the emperor's funeral." ”

Li Jiyak hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Obey." Immediately out of the palace, ordered Li Hancang to lead the troops to close the four gates, not to allow idle people to enter and exit, stop all entertainment activities, and personally appointed the auxiliary political Taishi, Pingzhang military affairs, Feng Xuanzhong to defend the king, with the golden Lin charm, into the right of the provincial Taiwan. Annan's power is in his hands.