The sudden appearance of the solar eclipse caused the whole country to fall into panic, and this bad omen indicated that the gods were dissatisfied with the human court, and for what the gods were dissatisfied with, the court quarreled into a pot of porridge. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As in the previous controversy caused by the Great Plague, the courtiers split into two factions and poured sewage on each other, and a few days later a Baekje ship arrived in Namba and delivered a Buddha statue to the capital, causing an uproar.

The Buddha worship faction and the Pai Buddha faction confronted each other near the gate of the capital, one side wanted to transport the Buddha statue into the city, and the other side had to defend the dignity of Shinto to the death and not allow the invasion of the gods.

The representative of the Pai Buddha faction, the Dalian Monobu Moriya, angrily denounced his brother-in-law and minister, Su I Mazi, saying that the Su I clan had attracted Buddha statues from other lands and caused the anger of the national gods, and asked the current King Minda to order the destruction of the Buddha statues to protect the safety of the people.

The representative of the Buddha worship faction, the minister Soga Mazi, also angrily denounced his in-law, the Dalian Monobe Moriya, saying that the Monobe clan had offended the Buddha statue in Hakata Port, which had caused the Buddha to send a disaster punishment, and asked King Minda to order the establishment of a Buddhist temple in the capital to protect the safety of the people.

The two important ministers accused each other in front of the emperor, and their respective faction cronies waved their flags and shouted on the side, cheering and helping, and there was no conclusion for a long time, and finally it ended with King Minda leading the ministers to build an altar to worship the sky.

As for the Buddha statue that has come outside the capital, it will be enshrined by Su Ma Zi in the Su My Family Temple, but it is not allowed to promote Buddhism in the country.

Legend has it that the appearance of the solar eclipse was caused by a curse of a crosser, and after the imperial court invited people who were at Hakata Port at the time to inquire about it, it was determined that it was a rumor and could not be believed. A storm ended after half a month, and everything was the same as before.

Asuka, Ishikawa Seisha, Soga Family Temple, Soga Mako led their families to visit the newly enshrined Maitreya Buddha statue, and after the event was completed, they moved to the study, and Lu Shenchen, who brought the Buddha statue from Baekje, and Sima Da, who greeted the Buddha statue in Hakata, had been waiting for a long time.

There is also one person here, who is the Great Wilderness Malu who returned from the Zhou State last month, and they are ready to report the situation to the minister.

Last month, a group of ferrymen arrived at Hakata Port, and Lu Shenchen, who had been ordered to bring a statue of Maitreya Buddha from Baekje, also arrived at the port.

"That Yu... Lang Jun, Lang Jun, right, is it really a Zhou person? Su Ma Zi asked.

"Minister, there is a Zhou Langjun among the people who come to the crossing, who is a person from his hometown, and he introduces himself as a native of the Zhou State of the Northern Dynasty of the Central Plains." Sima Da and the others were very sure, "Later, I talked with him during the banquet, and listened to what he said, which should be true." ”

"The Northern Dynasty of the Central Plains? Why did they go to sea in a boat? ”

"The minister doesn't know that the situation in the Central Plains is chaotic, and this Yu Langjun's hometown is on the Yangtze River, but the war between the north and the south is cut off, so he wants to take a sea boat to the south and enter the mouth of the Yangtze River and return to his hometown upstream."

"Yangtze River... I have heard Sima Village Master say many times that it is a big river that is so wide that you can't see the other side, and the basin stretches for thousands of miles..."Su I Mazi admired, Sima Da and others came to the Wa Kingdom, and they crossed the river with their companions to form a village, which was for the village owner.

"This Yu Langjun said that he wanted to collect Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues and send them, but I don't think it's like a joke, so I asked the minister to take it seriously and prepare in advance."

"There are not many sea ships from the Central Plains to our country, can they really cross the sea smoothly?" Su I Mazi was a little worried, he didn't believe what Sima Da and the others said, but he also knew how risky it was to cross the ocean.

"The Buddha will bless you, and if this person helps, we will have much more power to promote the Dharma in our country."

"Minister, Baekje often corresponds to the Central Plains, this Zhou State attacked and destroyed the Qi State six years ago, and brought all the north of the Yangtze River under its rule, but there was an accident three years ago, and the national strength declined."

When Lu Shenchen talked about the news he knew, of course, it was only hearsay, and about the situation in the Central Plains, only the Great Wilderness Malu, who had just returned from the mission, had the most right to speak.

Seeing Su I Mazi looking at him, Dahuang Ma Lu then said: "The internal turmoil in Zhou is true, but now the situation has been roughly stabilized, the coastal ports north of the Yangtze River in the Central Plains are all in the territory of Zhou, if this Yu Langjun really has a heart, he will send a fleet to the east." ”

Su I Mazi is concerned about the identity of this "Yu Langjun", Sima Da and others based on his several conversations with Yu Wen, as well as Yu Wen's performance, probably judged that they were either wealthy businessmen or children of the family.

"Does the family in the Central Plains have a surname Yu?"

For hundreds of years, the Wa Kingdom sent envoys to the capital of the Southern Dynasty to Jiankang many times, and among the well-dressed scholars with the surname of overseas Chinese and the local scholars in the south, they are familiar with Wang, Xie, Gu, Lu, etc., and the scholars of the Northern Dynasty are probably familiar with one or two, but they have never heard of the surname "Yu".

"It may be an emerging powerhouse." Sima Da and the others don't care very much, it has been sixty years since he left his homeland, and the Central Plains has long been a matter of people, who knows that there will be those high-ranking families in these years.

Su I Mazi just asked, he wanted to assess the strength of this "Yu Langjun", but even if the other party was not from a big family, he didn't care, as long as he could really bring Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues, it would be a godsend.

Since his father, Soga Inamo, the Soga clan has been committed to promoting Buddhism in the Wa Kingdom, and it has also been the consistent purpose of the Soga clan to reuse the Watarai people, and these people who crossed from Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo, and even the Central Plains have mastered many advanced skills and cultures, which have greatly helped to strengthen the national strength of the Wa Kingdom.

Textile, smelting, literature, etiquette, and the ability of the people to cross the road are beyond the reach of the local wealthy families.

What is out of fashion, should be thrown away!

Dahuang Ma Lu already knew in advance that this "Yu Langjun" was called Yu Wen, but he always felt that something was wrong, so he found an opportunity to ask Sima Da and the others, what was the appearance of this "Yu Langjun".

"What? Have you heard this name in Zhou Kingdom? ”

"Minister, I crossed the sea west to the Central Plains last year, and I haven't heard of 'Yu Wen' for nearly a year, but..."Dahuang Malu hesitated a little, "But the emperor of Zhou is surnamed Yuwen." ”

"Didn't you say that the Emperor of Zhou was young..."Sima Da and the others were stunned after speaking, "Yuwen, Yuwen... Could it be a homonym, in order to hide the surname? ”

"Not necessarily, please also ask the village master Sima to draw the appearance of that person."

Seeing Sima Da and others drawing the portrait of "Yu Langjun" on the paper, Dahuang Ma Lu fell into deep thought, he was not sure if what he thought was correct, but according to Sima Da and others, the other party floated south and rushed back to his hometown near the Yangtze River, which reminded him of a person.

Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County of the Zhou State.

The Great Wilderness Malu arrived in Yecheng, Kyoto, the Central Plains Zhou State at the end of last year, and stayed in Yecheng until September this year before leaving for China.

He had listened to the accompanying staff of the Sifang Pavilion chatting about Yuwenwen, and it was said that this Zhou State Sect came to Yecheng from Shannan and would return after September, and Shannan seemed to be near the Yangtze River.

That's what the other party said at the time, and that's what the Great Wilderness Maro heard, but now that I think about it, it seems to be reluctantly connected with the "Yuwen" of Hakata Port.

Sima Da and others drew a few pieces of paper, and finally drew a portrait that he was satisfied with, Dahuang Ma Lu picked up the portrait and looked at it for a while, feeling that it really looked like that, and asked in surprise: "Village master, this person really looks like this?" ”

"Well, the old man's painting is a little worse, about six or seven points similar to the real person, right?"

"Does this person have anything... Belch... Traces such as seals and the like? ”

Sima Da and the others looked at Su Ma Zi, and when he saw him nodding, he took out the piece of paper with the code words written on it, and there was the mark left by Yu Wen's private seal on it.

Dahuang Ma Lu took it and looked at it for a long time without seeing what was going on, and awkwardly handed the paper back to Sima Da and the others: "Village master, I don't know Chinese characters very well." ”

"It's the old man's negligence." Sima Da and the others said with a smile, and he opened his mouth to explain the handwriting on the seal: "Yu, Nei, Wen, Cai, Wen, Run, a total of six words." ”

"Yu, Nei, Wen, Cai, Wen, Run?"

"Exactly, the seal used in the Central Plains, its upper line is from right to left, from top to bottom."

"That, that, that..."Dahuang Ma Lu was so shocked that he stammered when he spoke, "Then the three words in the first line, could it be Yuwen Wen?" ”

"Uh, it's true..."Sima Da and the others came back to their senses here, "Yuwen, Yuwen, Yuwenwen?!" (To be continued.) )