Namba.

As you can tell from the name, the route here is not easy. In the early Tang Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom was very backward, and in the eyes of the Central Plains, it was even more backward than the barren land in southern Xinjiang. The Japanese people who appeared in the Tang Dynasty were mostly humble gestures, which led to the fact that few Tang people looked down on the Japanese people.

When the Tang Dynasty was stronger than the Japanese people, the Japanese people lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to raise their heads, but when the Tang Dynasty was weak, the Japanese people would show their faces and do everything.

At this time, the Wa Kingdom naturally did not have any capital. Seeing a ship approaching the shore from afar, the Japanese people felt incredible. It has always been the ships of the Wa Kingdom that are running out, and I have never seen anyone who can't think of coming to the Wa Kingdom. And they also recognized that this kind of ship was not a ship that went to sea from the Japanese Kingdom, and it looked very eye-catching. It took the old fishermen to recognize that one was a style from the Central Plains and the other was a style from Silla.

Silla, the Japanese people didn't care much. They were very close to Silla, and there was a dispute over an island in between, and fishermen often fought over the right to stay on the island, so the Japanese people never had a good impression of the Silla people. But the ships of the Central Plains, the people of the Japanese country did not dare to be a little lazy, even if it was just a fishing boat, but it was a fishing boat of the Heavenly Empire, in case there was any mistake, the Heavenly Empire would blame it, and they could not afford to bear it.

Before the ship could dock, a local official from Namba launched a boat and came to greet him.

Li Mu's identity is naturally impossible to come out to talk to them. Li Zhien was even more inconvenient, so the matter of communicating with these Japanese people was handed over to Li Chongyi. Li Chongyi couldn't speak the Japanese dialect, and when he was in a dilemma, he found that these Japanese people could understand Chinese, and they spoke it well, which was a lot more convenient.

Li Mu listened in the cabin, puzzled in his heart. He thought that these Japanese people had to be savages, like monkeys, but he didn't expect that their 'foreign language' popularity rate was quite high, and it was not easy to learn Chinese without a teacher and without a good traffic, even if the pronunciation was a little weird.

Of course, Li Mu would not tell his true identity, but asked Li Chongyi to tell the Japanese people that he was the envoy of the Tang Dynasty and was ordered to send an envoy to Silla.

When the Japanese officials who came to communicate heard this, they immediately agreed. In the hearts of the Japanese people, it is a very glorious thing to be able to have a relationship with Datang. The Japanese officials also invited Li Mu several times, hoping that he could go ashore to entertain him, but Li Mu refused on the grounds of holding the festival. Li Mu asked Li Chongyi to represent him and land for trading with a box of gold and silver utensils brought by Li Ji-eun from the Goryeo royal palace. When the Japanese saw Li Chongyi, who was eight feet tall, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, they had only heard of the Tang Dynasty, they had never been to the Tang Dynasty, and the style and characters of the Tang Dynasty were all obtained from the description of the Tang envoys, and the news they got from the mouths of others, how could they have seen it with their own eyes?

This time, when they saw the living Tang people, they all thought that all the Tang people were so tall, and they were even more afraid in their hearts. When I was preparing for the supply, I didn't dare to come out of the half-point pool. Soon, according to Li Mu's request, the supplies were prepared.

Money, of course, is not daring to ask for it. But Li Mu asked them to accept it, he didn't want to owe the Japanese people a favor. After only one day in the Wa Kingdom, Li Mu and the others set sail again and went back along the current. The officials of the Wa State were repeatedly retained, and Li Mu did not take the time to see it, and in the end he was really unable to stand the enthusiasm, Li Mu wrote a few words, but he did not expect it to become an important material for the study of the historians of the Wa Kingdom more than a thousand years later.

A month later, Li Mu finally set foot on the territory of the Tang Dynasty again, but it was hundreds of miles away from the place where he came out. In these years, the seafaring skills are limited, and it is already very good to be able to come back alive with all the beards and tails.

Li Mu immediately asked Li Chongyi to send someone to contact the government, and the news was quickly sent to Qizhou through the post station. In the early morning of the next day, when Li Mu was still asleep, Mrs. Lu had already arrived with someone. To Li Mu's surprise, the bearded guest was also there.

"Who is this?" When Mrs. Lu saw Li Zhien beside Li Mu, her eyes lit up and she looked at him inquiringly. Although Li Mu didn't want to admit Mrs. Lu's identity, but the facts were there, and he couldn't help but admit it, so he had to introduce the two of them.

When Li Zhien heard that Mrs. Lu turned out to be Li Mu's biological mother, his attitude immediately became respectful. She didn't know what Li Mu thought in her heart, and even if she knew, she should be respectful. In this era, filial piety comes first, no matter what happened in the past, Li Mu has to abide by filial piety, as Li Mu's concubine, if she is not filial, she will be poked in the backbone.

"This girl likes it," Mrs. Lu took Li Zhien's hand and said to Li Mu: "You have the cleverness of your mother when she was young."

Li Mu ignored it, his mind was on the bearded guest.

On that day, I saw the bearded man from afar, but I didn't look carefully. When I looked carefully today, I found that this person was very different from what I imagined.

The imaginary bearded man, with a burly figure and a long and curly beard, is generally similar to the golden lion king, and is a wild and uninhibited image. But now it seems that this is not the case with the bearded man. Although he has a long beard, he is also curly, and his demeanor is also burly, but his whole temperament is not so much like a giant in the rivers and lakes, but more like an old farmer and a burly old farmer.

If it weren't for the fact that he had seen the outstanding martial arts of the bearded man, just looking at this person, Li Mu would never have imagined that this person could be able to do martial arts.

Maybe this is the realm of returning to the basics?

Li Mu couldn't think of a reason, got up and saluted the bearded guest, and said, "Thank you for the hero's protection back then."

"Don't, don't say that," the bearded man waved his hand again and again, "I—I lost you, I'm very sorry, I'm sorry." ”

Li Mu was stunned and looked at Mrs. Lu, who explained: "He is a person who stutters when he is excited, and it is good to get used to it." Mrs. Lu said to the bearded guest again: "You talk to my son well, what are you stammering?" ”

"I, I-" The bearded guest was anxious, and his speech stammered even more, Li Mu had no choice but to divert the topic and said, "In the past month or so, has the imperial court made any moves?" The crown prince and my stepfather, where have they gone? What did Your Majesty say? ”

"The crown prince returned to Chang'an, and Li Ji was ordered by the emperor to go north and station in Pingzhou, saying that if he couldn't find you, he would find someone from Goguryeo."

Li Mu was a little confused: "Didn't you talk about Baekje?" Why did you get involved with Goguryeo again? ”

"Excuses." Mrs. Lu looked like she had already seen through it, and said: "Li Shimin has become more and more hypocritical since he became the emperor, no matter who did this, he always has to get involved with Goguryeo - I now doubt that he did it!" ”

Li Mu didn't answer this, it's not that he didn't agree, on the contrary, he also felt this way. If it was Baekje or Goguryeo, why was the direction of the ship to the Wa Kingdom? He deliberately did not get off the ship when he was supplying the Japanese kingdom, just to prevent accidents.

But he is not in a hurry now, he has returned to Datang, as long as he does not give up serious investigation, everything will come to light.

"Son, what do you want to do next?" Mrs. Lu still didn't give up, and said, "If you want to take revenge on Li Shimin, my mother has already prepared it for you." Don't worry about your family, in Luoyang City's one-third of an acre, nothing can escape from the palm of your mother's hand, even if Li Shimin asks people to surround Luoyang City, we have a way to send people out. ”

"Luoyang is my fiefdom, where to escape?" Li Mu said angrily: "I will never do anything about rebellion, even if this matter is really done by His Majesty, there are other ways to solve it, the people have just had a good life for a few days, I can't do this kind of thing." As he spoke, Li Mu sighed and said: "Seeing that the New Year is coming, I have to hurry back, when I came out, I promised Qiaoqiao to go back early, this has been delayed, I have to go back before the year." ”

Mrs. Lu's expression darkened, and she did not speak. Seeing this, Li Zhien asked for her: "Let my mother go back with us, is it the New Year, reunion." ”

Li Mu pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty has an organization in your hands to spy on intelligence, called bad people. The martial arts of bad people are not good, but the three sects and the nine streams have their people, and they are very well-informed. The news of my presence here will reach the ears of His Majesty in a few days, and I am afraid that you will be in danger. ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "As long as it is in Luoyang, it is impossible for Li Shimin to catch me." ”

The bearded guest also spoke: "I, I warned Li Shimin, he, he didn't dare to act rashly. At that moment, he stammered about the assassination of the palace and told Li Mu.

Li Mu was surprised, he didn't expect that in the past month or so, the bearded guest would actually go back and forth between Chang'an and Qizhou, and he would go in and out of the palace as if no one was there. It's a palace, it's heavily guarded, and with a master like Gonggong Gao in charge, it's not an exaggeration to call it an iron wall. In this case, the bearded guest can come and go at will, doesn't it mean that if he wants Li Shimin's life, Li Shimin will not be able to resist?

"In that case, let's go back to Luoyang together." Li Mu asked about the date, there was still nearly a month before the New Year, so he hurried and arrived in Luoyang before the New Year.

This side is close to the sea, the temperature drops a little more slowly, and in the inland areas, there are already snowy places. When you wait for Luoyang, it must be the season of heavy snowfall, and the flavor of the New Year will come out.

Li Mugui's heart was like an arrow, and he didn't delay for a moment, leaving the team behind, letting Mrs. Lu's subordinates take care of it, and slowly rushed to Luoyang. He took Li You, Li Chongyi, Li Zhien, and Mrs. Lu, together with the bearded guest, to drive two carriages back to Luoyang.

At this time, the canal was already frozen, and the waterway could not be passed, otherwise it would have been faster than expected. Now there is no choice but to change horses and cars along the road, and strive to go home as soon as possible. Fortunately, the heirs are bought and sold in various places, horses and carriages, but there is no need to worry about not being able to supply them.

……

A portal, the courtyard is not big, and a large walnut tree in the courtyard is shady like a cover, covering most of the courtyard.

There is a well in the right corner of the courtyard, and the well platform is built and the well fence is added. There is a chicken pen in the left corner of the yard, the lower level is a chicken pen, and the upper level is a chicken coop with straw in it.

In one of the nests, there was an egg lying quietly inside, still warm.

The old hen that had just laid her eggs jumped off the ground, holding her head high and clucking "triumphantly", announcing her success in laying eggs.

The other old hen swaggered past the door, and seventeen or eighteen fluffy chicks followed happily with their short legs.

One foot stepped out of the threshold, followed by a pretty figure, wearing a small apron of broken white flowers and blue cloth, and her hair wrapped in a cloth, her face was pretty, which was Qiaoqiao. On the outskirts of Luoyang City, she prepared a courtyard, which was the same as when she and Li Mu were in Dingxiang. A portal, the courtyard is not big, and a large walnut tree in the courtyard is shady like a cover, covering most of the courtyard.

There is a well in the right corner of the courtyard, and the well platform is built and the well fence is added. There is a chicken pen in the left corner of the yard, the lower level is a chicken pen, and the upper level is a chicken coop with straw in it.

In one of the nests, there was an egg lying quietly inside, still warm.

The old hen that had just laid her eggs jumped off the ground, holding her head high and clucking "triumphantly", announcing her success in laying eggs.

The other old hen swaggered past the door, and seventeen or eighteen fluffy chicks followed happily with their short legs.

One foot stepped out of the threshold, followed by a pretty figure, wearing a small apron of broken white flowers and blue cloth, and her hair wrapped in a cloth, her face was pretty, which was Qiaoqiao. On the outskirts of Luoyang City, she prepared a courtyard, which was the same as when she and Li Mu were in Dingxiang.

A portal, the courtyard is not big, and a large walnut tree in the courtyard is shady like a cover, covering most of the courtyard.

There is a well in the right corner of the courtyard, and the well platform is built and the well fence is added. There is a chicken pen in the left corner of the yard, the lower level is a chicken pen, and the upper level is a chicken coop with straw in it.

In one of the nests, there was an egg lying quietly inside, still warm.

The old hen that had just laid her eggs jumped off the ground, holding her head high and clucking "triumphantly", announcing her success in laying eggs.

The other old hen swaggered past the door, and seventeen or eighteen fluffy chicks followed happily with their short legs.

One foot stepped out of the threshold, followed by a pretty figure, wearing a small apron of broken white flowers and blue cloth, and her hair wrapped in a cloth, her face was pretty, which was Qiaoqiao. On the outskirts of Luoyang City, she prepared a courtyard, which was the same as when she and Li Mu were in Dingxiang.

A portal, the courtyard is not big, and a large walnut tree in the courtyard is shady like a cover, covering most of the courtyard.

Grass.