Xia Zhu and Cai Boyu also followed the Liao Emperor to Yu'erluo, originally they had no right to follow the emperor, but as the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, Yelu Zongzhen still invited them in the name of the Great Liao Emperor.

Although they are both watching the Liao Emperor's spring hunting, but the two see different things, Xia Zhu saw the contradiction between the Liao Emperor and Xiao Yunjin, pro-government is a very difficult and long road for the emperor, especially when the son is young and the mother is strong.

Cai Boyu saw the nature of the grassland of the Liao Dynasty, they galloped on horseback, bent bows and hunted, which is diametrically opposed to the habits of the Central Plains civilization, no wonder the Liao people are good at riding and shooting, this instinct has been integrated into their bones.

"Is the way to defeat the Liao people start with their habits?"

Cai Boyu's muttering made Xia Zhu laugh: "If you want to change the habits of the Liao people, unless the Liao Dynasty and my Great Song Dynasty are at ease to learn Confucian classics and cultivate the land!" ”

Cai Boyu turned his head and said: "That's not necessarily, you forgot what else can make people forget what is in their bones?" ”

"What's that?" Xia Zhu asked curiously.

"Your Majesty strictly manages and abhors it."

"Buddha Gate?!"

Cai Boyu picked up the wine in front of him and tasted the fruit wine of the Liao Dynasty and nodded slightly, Buddhism has a magical power, Buddhist scriptures will calm people's minds, and Buddhism can make people abandon distracting thoughts.

But this kind of peace is built under the suffering, emptiness, impermanence, and dreamy bubbles of the human world!

Buddhism will make people become negative, pessimistic, decadent, think that life is a sea of suffering, deny all valuable things in the world, make people not want to forge ahead, meritorious achievements are greedy for power, sacrificing oneself for the country is greedy for fame, and working hard to earn money is greedy for money, people should do nothing and pray to the Buddha and Bodhisattva all day long.

Xia Zhu and Cai Boyu felt chills down their spines for a long time, this is a poisonous plan, the ideological invasion will lead to the collapse of the Liao Dynasty, and even destroy a country and dynasty, there are many precedents in the history of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Cai Boyu smiled slightly bitterly: "To believe in Buddhism is to abandon desires and achieve immortality? ”

Xia Zhu sneered: "Immortal? You see who is really immortal in the Huanghuang history books! Abandon desires? The pursuit of immortality is the greatest greed in the world! ”

When I fell asleep, someone sent a pillow, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen sat at the top of the banquet and beckoned to the Great Song Dynasty mission: "I have studied Confucian classics since I was a child, and I am familiar with poetry. ”

How can you let go of the opportunity when it comes? Xia Zhu kicked Cai Boyu in the next few strokes and whispered: "The opportunity has come!" ”

Cai Boyu got up and saluted: "Your Majesty, Cai Boyu is only shallow in learning and has been doing business all day long, and there is no poetic talent, but looking at the weather of Daliao today, I feel a lot of emotion!" ”

Yelu Zongzhen, who was at the top, was surprised: "Oh, where did my Liao Dynasty make Deputy Envoy Cai feel a lot? ”

Cai Boyu nodded slightly after seeing Xia Zhu's eyes and said: "The foreign minister is quite unbearable to see the current Daliao horse hunting, how can the atmosphere of a country be so killing?" It is really not the way of a great power. ”

His words caused a group of Liao ministers to laugh, and Xiao Xiao spoke first: "My Da Liao is a nomadic herder, and my sons and daughters all grew up on horseback, grazing and hunting for a living, and the killing spirit is of course much heavier than your Great Song Dynasty." ”

Cai Boyu shook his head and said: "The way of killing is the way of destruction, not the way of governing the country!" ”

Zhang Jian's eyes flashed: "Presumptuous! How will my Liao Dynasty govern the country, do you still need a foreign minister to say more? ”

Cai Boli shook his head and said, "I just said what I said I saw, is it wrong?" ”

Yelu Zongzhen said with interest: "It's okay, it's just a joke during the banquet, Cai Envoy, you continue." ”

Cai Boli nodded and said: "Then please forgive me for taking the liberty of time, time and everything is about balance, and anything that is too much will be reversed, just like my Great Song Dynasty originally emphasized literature and light martial arts, Your Majesty said yes?" ”

"Well, Deputy Envoy Cai is reasonable, this is the Taoist balance of yin and yang."

Yelu Zong really deserves to be an emperor who has read poetry and books, and he can see the key point at once, Cai Boyu nodded and said, "Your Majesty is Shengming." ”

At this point, there is no need to continue, otherwise it will backfire, the so-called yang conspiracy is to lead the other party into the trap in a righteous and bright way, even if the other party knows, it will not help, just like the current Zhang Jian, although he knows that this is the trap of the Great Song Dynasty, but he can only stare at Xia Zhu and Cai Boyu and not attack.

Cai Boyu closed his mouth and returned to his seat, Xia Zhu smiled and nodded, this scene seemed to be praising Cai Boyu's eloquence in the eyes of outsiders, only Zhang Jian was suspicious, when did the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty be so kind-hearted?

He has suffered a lot of losses in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, from the emperor to the courtiers, there is not a fuel-efficient lamp!

It's ridiculous to say, Xiao Yunjin, a queen who hijacked power and killed her, actually believed in Buddhism, which made Yelu Zongzhen quickly think of Buddhism, Taoism is the state religion of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Liao Dynasty can't take it as a faith, and Buddhism is much more casual, and more importantly, the Buddha's proverbs such as putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha are the opposite of the way of killing.

This thought took root in the heart of Yelu Zong like a seedling.

The happy time of spring hunting passed quickly, three months later, on the sixth day of the sixth month of June, the first day of the ambush ushered in, and the Liao Dynasty officially began the sealing ceremony.

The Great Song Dynasty mission, which was not supposed to congratulate him, sent a grand congratulatory gift at the behest of Xia Zhu, and exquisite silk, smooth porcelain and various ritual utensils were piled up. What's even more excessive is that Xiao Yunjin positioned his birthday as a holy day, which is a right that only emperors can have.

Yeluzong was really angry and about to explode, and what was even more hateful was what the Great Song Dynasty mission did, which was simply a naked contempt for his imperial power.

It's almost done, Xia Zhu and Cai Boyu plan to leave, but Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen personally led people to block their way.

Xia Zhu straightened his clothes and said, "Why did Your Majesty block the way of my Great Song Mission?" ”

Under the true instruction of Yelu Zong, Zhang Jian drove forward immediately: "Your Great Song Dynasty mission wants to return to China, and my Liao Dynasty will not stop it, after all, you have already hung the Empress Dowager Qi Tian, but why is Zhao Anren, the Yellow Gate Order of my Great Liao, in your mission?" ”

Xia Zhu said in surprise: "Huangmen Ling Zhao Anren? Vice Envoy Cai, have you seen it? ”

Cai Boyu touched his head strangely: "Who is Zhao Anren?" I didn't see ......" After speaking, he turned his head to the guard of honor behind him and said, "Did you see it?" ”

The honor guards looked at each other and said, "I don't know who Zhao Anren is." ”

The appearance of the Great Song Dynasty envoy pretending to be stupid made Zhang Jian very unhappy, and then smiled and said: "Since you said no, how about letting me search for it?" If it is found out, it is the crime of defrauding the king, and if it is not for me, Zhang Jian will personally apologize to you. ”

"Defend against the enemy!"

Xia Zhu almost didn't want to draw his sword and shouted, in Cai Boyu's horrified gaze, the honor guard sergeants under his command instantly began to line up, and for a while, the Great Song Dynasty mission quickly turned into an efficient fighting machine, shield, step armor in front, spear in the back, crossbow arrows wound, fiercely pointed at Zhang Jian.

The scene instantly became out of control, and there was a great tendency to trigger.