Shen Xi knew that Liu Jin was in a hurry to see the envoy of the Buddha Machine, not to complete the imperial mission, but to take advantage of this to make a fortune.

But now I didn't even see the face of the envoy, and the tribute was carried to the post house first, which did not match the diplomatic etiquette, and it was obvious that there was something greasy in it.

"Father-in-law Liu wants to go, so he will naturally not stop him, but I need to remind Father-in-law Liu that when I get to the place, I must distinguish the priorities."

Shen Xi replied with a word that was almost threatening.

Liu Jin looked disdainful!

Didn't you just be a speaker in the East Palace for a few days? Dare to be so cross-border with me!?

You don't know how good the prince is to me, if one day the prince ascends the throne as the emperor, and he promotes me as a palm print or a eunuch with a pen, see how I clean you up!

Liu Jin said coldly: "No need for Shen Zhongyun to remind you." ”

The party got on the official sedan chair, because Liu Jin was not prepared for the sedan chair, he could only take the carriage, which attracted a few yin and yang strange complaints.

The place to meet the envoys was at the Yamen of the Quanzhou Prefect, Shen Xi and Liu Jin walked into the hall of the government under the guidance of Wu Gang.

At this time, the "Buddha machine envoy" had been waiting for a long time, and the prefect Zhang Lian was full of a kind smile on his face, and he was "talking" with the Buddha machine people through the translator.

However, Shen Xi knew at a glance that the so-called Buddha Robot Man was a fake at all.

Big eyes and big noses are true, but what does light brown and black curly hair mean? Long face, thin lips, dark skin......

This is bullying I haven't seen Indians before!

"Goo-goo-goo......"

These natives, who obviously came from South Asia, actually followed the example of the Europeans and sent a series of bird words to Shen Xi, probably to greet and greet each other.

Shen Xi was not in a hurry, and replied to them.

When Shen Xi finished speaking, not only a few Indian natives were dumbfounded, but even Zhang Lian and a group of people from the prefect's yamen next to him were also stunned on the spot.

Zhang Lian asked in surprise, "I don't know what Lord Qincha said?" ”

Shen Xi's face was full of puzzlement, and he asked, "I'm talking about the language of the Buddha machine, could it be that they can't understand it?" ”

Zhang Lian's eyes widened as he looked at Shen Xi, and then the whole person looked extremely flustered, and asked again, "Can Qin Cha speak the language of the Buddha Machine?" ”

Shen Xi said coldly: "Otherwise, why would Your Majesty send me an envoy, and I don't even need to bring the translation of the Siyi Pavilion?" Just ask Father-in-law Liu about this. ”

How did Liu Jin know if Shen Xi understood the Buddha and the machine? However, Shen Xi's use of "bird language" in the court to fight the Mongolian envoys was well known to everyone in the palace and outside the palace, he didn't know how big the outside world was, and he expected that the language of the Buddha Jiren should be similar to the "bird language", so he nodded sincerely.

This is obviously beyond Zhang Lian's expectations!

Seeing that those fake Buddha machine people still wanted to speak, Zhang Lian shouted angrily: "First ask the Buddha machine envoy to the inner hall to rest, this official has something to say to Lord Qincha." ”

Under his order, those South Asian natives wanted to say something, but they were forced to go to the inner hall.

Zhang Lian was relieved to speak, but Shen Xi shouted angrily: "Quanzhou Governor Zhang Lian, you are guilty!" ”

Zhang Lian's body shrank, and he was frightened, with his age, he should not have been intimidated by a mere fourteen-year-old boy, but he was a thief, even if he wanted to kneel, but he knelt halfway up and straightened up, lowered his head and said, "I...... The lower officials didn't know what the crime was, and asked Lord Qincha to make it clear. ”

Shen Xi sneered: "You are looking for someone to pretend to be an envoy of the Buddha Machine, intending to deceive the Qincha, which is like bullying the king, and you still don't know the crime?" ”

In a word, the people of the prefect's yamen were suddenly ready to move, and there were signs that they were about to act rudely if they disagreed. However, Zhang Lian immediately regained his composure, waved his hand first, stopped his subordinates from making any moves, and saluted Shen Xi with a smile:

"Lord Qincha's words, the lower officials don't understand very well. There were indeed envoys from the Buddha Langji who presented their letters of state, and those people were blonde and blue-eyed, and their images were indeed different from these people...... This time, these people said that they were the representatives of the envoys of the Buddha and gave gifts, and I believed that it was true, so I naturally wanted to introduce them to Lord Qincha, as for whether their identities were true, the official did not know anything, how could they be regarded as deception? ”

Shen Xi nodded, as if accepting Zhang Lian's statement.

Shen Xi thought for a while before saying, "Then you are also guilty of unclear investigation." ”

When Zhang Lian heard this, this crime was much smaller, and he was slightly relieved. As long as Shen Xi didn't insist that he was bullying the king, he wouldn't tear his face with Shen Xi, and continued to salute at the moment:

"Lord Qincha taught me a lesson, and the lower officials went in to interrogate these thieves to see where they came from. Is Lord Qincha waiting here, or is he going back to the official post? ”

Shen Xi secretly thought, if he said that he wanted to go back to the official post at this time, Zhang Lian would definitely think that he was going back to write a recital to participate, and this time he came to Quanzhou with a little manpower, and it was impossible to fight against Zhang Lian on the ground in Quanzhou, so the only way to stabilize Zhang Lian was to stabilize it first.

Shen Xi said: "Ben Qin sent to personally interrogate these people to find out who instructed them to dare to pretend to be the representatives of the envoys of the Buddha and the Imperial Court. ”

When the people from the prefect's yamen heard this, they were a little nervous, and they looked at each other one by one.

From this point, Shen Xi can basically judge that this matter should involve most of the officials of the prefect's yamen. Local officials in Quanzhou colluded together, deceived their superiors and subordinates, and desperately covered the lid. If anyone dares to lift the lid, they will have to fight with whomever they want, even if they are Qincha.

Zhang Lian groaned for a while, finally made up his mind, and waved his hand quietly: "Come on, take the Buddha to ...... The people inside are brought out, and Lord Chin Cha will personally come to the court for interrogation! ”

Shen Xi has been an official for a while, and he has never sat in court to try a case, but he himself was tried by Li Dongyang in Beizhen Fusi.

Several indigenous Indians were escorted to the main hall by the officials, and these men were still pointing fingers and shouting angrily, apparently unaware that they had been put on a goof.

Shen Xi was dressed in a six-grade official uniform, sitting in the center of the hall, and when he patted the wood, the people of the prefect's yamen were startled first. Shen Xi shouted: "Wait for Xiaoxiao, who instructed to pretend to be an envoy of the Buddha Machine?" ”

"Wow, wow, wow!"

The voices of several indigenous Indians raised an octave, and they opened their mouths and shook their heads to argue, but they were thrown down by the officials with several sticks, and none of them could stand, and they fell to the ground if they didn't want to kneel.

Shen Xi pointed to the person who had translated for Zhang Lian before, and said, "You will translate Ben Qin's words to them!" ”

The man didn't know much about Tianzhu, and he went up and stumbled for a long time, but the Indian natives didn't understand it at all. Shen Xi pointed to the translator and asked Zhang Lian, "This is the translator invited by Governor Zhang?" ”

Zhang Lian shouted angrily: "Such an indiscriminate person dares to go to the prefect's yamen to swagger and deceive, come and take him down!" ”

The interpreter did not struggle, but obediently restrained his hands and dragged outside.

Shen Xi saw that in order not to leak the bottom, Zhang Lian would not let go of the relevant people, and Zhang Lian would take whoever he pointed to.

Shen Xi waved his hand, and the Indian natives were also escorted away by the officials.

The lobby of the prefect's yamen suddenly quieted down, Shen Xi didn't speak, no one dared to squeak, and for a while they all thought that it was very likely to be the calm before the storm.

There are those with bad intentions, and they are already prepared, as long as Shen Xi dares to come hard, Zhang Lian gave an order to keep Shen Xi out of the lobby of the prefect's yamen.

Shen Xi suddenly let out a long sigh, and this sigh made many people break out in a cold sweat.

Even if it is on his own territory, he has killed a lot of people in vain before, but this time he has to deal with Qincha after all.

Killing Qincha, can this crime be small?

Shen Xi looked at Zhang Lian and said, "Governor Zhang, you are deceived by others, how can these people represent the envoys of the Buddha Machine?" Most of them are unscrupulous, and in the name of the Buddha's machine, they want to fool the prefect's yamen and get the reward of the imperial court. ”

"Yes, yes."

Zhang Lian looked humbly taught, "If it weren't for the wisdom of Lord Qincha, Xia Guan would have been deceived by these people." ”

"It doesn't matter, when will such wicked people be few? I think that Governor Zhang still sent someone outside the city to inform the envoys of the Buddha Crane earlier, and Ben Qin also completed the errand earlier and returned to Beijing to resume his life. Shen Xi's tone was sincere.

Zhang Lian nodded again and again: "Yes...... The lower official sent someone out of the city to inform the envoy of the Buddha Machine, and Lord Qincha asked him to go back to the official post to rest first. ”

Shen Xi smiled approvingly, got up, and walked towards the gate of the mansion, Liu Jin followed behind Shen Xi quickly.

At this time, Liu Jin was no longer arrogant when he came before, because he also saw that most of the people who were looking for someone to pretend to be the representative of the envoys of the Buddha Machine were Zhang Lian, the prefect of Quanzhou.

"Shen Zhongyun, you're really scared to death."

Coming out of the prefect's yamen and seeing the carriage waiting at the street in front, Liu Jin took a long breath, and then wiped a cold sweat, "Since you see that the problem is wrong, don't say it to your face, do you know...... If it's wrong, you and I will be in different places! ”

Shen Xi said: "I have long reminded Gonggong Liu that the water in Quanzhou is too deep, but Gonggong Liu always feels that I want to rob you of your credit...... Just now, if I don't bring it up in person, let these people bully the king, and wait until I return to the capital, will Your Majesty spare you and me? ”

Liu Jin's back was cold.

If you bring it up here, you may risk being murdered if you expose the true colors of these so-called Franc envoys in public, but if you don't return to the capital, you will be committing a great crime of defrauding the king......

Both horizontal and vertical are death, but bullying the king is a big crime, and he will be executed by Ling Chi!

In this way, it is better to bring it up in front of the Quanzhou Mansion, so that you don't have to go on the road with fake tributes and fake envoys! Fortunately, Shen Xichang is well rounded, under his combination of rigidity and softness, Zhang Lian did not make trouble on the spot, with Shen Xi's accommodation, it seems that as long as you invite a real Buddha machine, everything can be safe.

Liu Jin asked puzzledly, "That...... Buddha machine people, is there or not? ”

Shen Xi couldn't answer this question, and now there are two possibilities.

One is that the Buddha machine man did come.

It's just that the Buddha machine people were respectful and stubborn, first sent a generous gift to bribe the magistrate, and then exposed the nature of the wolf and began to plunder in the coastal areas.

There is also a possibility that the fleet of the Buddha machine people has never been to the territory of the Ming Dynasty at all!

The officials of Quanzhou Prefecture learned about the existence of the Buddha Robot Man from the Nanyang population, and wanted to use the Buddha Robot Man to pay tribute to make political capital, so they invited the Indian natives to disguise themselves and try to confuse the pearls!

Think about it, Zhang Lian, the prefect of Quanzhou, led the foreign tribute, how much credit is this? Zhang Lian will definitely prosper because of this in the future!

It's just that Zhang Lian didn't expect the imperial court to send a shrewd messenger to come up and expose his conspiracy.

"I'll talk about it later."

Shen Xi didn't answer Liu Jin's question and quickly got into the carriage...... He is now rushing back to the official post to run errands.

As early as when he was in Fuzhou, Shen Xi had already made arrangements to send people from the Che Ma Gang to infiltrate Quanzhou City first.

There is a branch of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce in Quanzhou City, as long as you inquire with the people of the Chamber of Commerce, you will know whether the matter of the Buddha machine is nothing.

Shen Xi and Liu Jin had just returned to the post house, and before they could catch their breath, the government had already sent gifts.

The box containing the gifts was very heavy, and after it was delivered, the officials did not open it on the spot, but carried it straight to Shen Xi and Liu Jin's house, and said beautifully: "It's just a little souvenir, and the prefect asked me to wait for it to be delivered." ”

When Shen Xi returned to the house and opened his share, it was all neatly arranged with good official ingots, and the total amount of snowflakes and silver was as much as three or four thousand taels.

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PS: The third update is sent!

Today the Son of Heaven went to the hospital for a few hours, CT, X-ray, etc. have been checked, but no problem was found, the doctor judged that it was a craniocerebral pain caused by cervical spine problems, and told not to sit for a long time, and at the same time correct the sleeping position, can not sleep on the pillow, and then prescribed a special medicine for analgesia, and now it is not painful after coming back in the afternoon!

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