Listening to Ishikawa Michiyi's words, Fujiwara Katsuno Maro's face recovered, and he also nodded, and said: "The people of our country, thank you for the grace of the lord of the country, so you have no intention of honoring the emperor, and you have no intention of humiliating His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. As Ishikawa Michiyoshi said, since the first time the Tang envoy was sent to the present, this is the case with our national letters, and I have not seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty say anything inappropriate. ”

After that, he stared at Wei Renshi.

The meaning is obvious, that is, the emperor hasn't said anything yet, why should you say it as a small reception envoy.

However, Wei Renshi didn't seem to hear Fujiwara Katsunomaro's words, and just raised his eyes and stared directly at him and the deputy envoy beside him, with a hint of a sly smile in his eyes, which was unsettling.

"What a sharp mouth. This is probably the deputy envoy of the Tang envoy sent by the Japanese State, His Excellency Michiyoshi Ishikawa. Wei Renshi's heart-wrenching eyes stared at the envoy for a long time before he suddenly asked.

"Exactly down there." Ishikawa Michiyi straightened his waist as if he was proud.

Wei Renshi smiled again and said lightly: "In the Han Dynasty, the lord of the country called himself a doctor, and sent an envoy to the court to pay tribute to my country of China. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was sincere, so he melted the gold and cast the seal, gave the seal a delay, and was canonized as the king, and the lord of Xu'er was the king of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Wei Ming, he once named the king of Yamatai as the king of Wei Wei, and added a gold seal and purple slow. Your Excellency the Deputy Envoy must not know these things, right? Since the country of Er is a subject country of our China, Xu Er is the king, which is already a great gift. But I don't know when did you dare to call yourself the emperor? ”

"The lord is laughing at this, my country has been in constant contact with Datang for hundreds of years. During this period, the exchange of national letters was all called like this, and I never saw anything wrong. As for the past events that the lord just said, they have also lasted a long time and are difficult to study, and our country does not dare to admit them. But the title on this national book has never changed. The Tang Emperor has not said anything, and Lord Wei is only afraid that he is imagining. Fujiwara Katsuno Maro said in a flat tone.

It seems that he also knows that the power of the Tang Dynasty is now declining, and it is no longer the original Datang. So for Datang, he has also lost the fear and respect in the past.

Listening to Fujiwara Katsuno Maro's words, the smile on Wei Renshi's face gradually disappeared, and then another smile slowly appeared, which was a sneer with a sense of danger.

Wei Renshi stared at Fujiwara Katsuno Maro and Ishikawa Michiyi and said, "If your envoy still doesn't change such an arrogant attitude, I'm afraid that Benhou won't be able to teach you to meet Your Majesty in person." Benhou originally thought that the Wa State was a subject state of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty, as the suzerain, should have allowed it at the request of the Wa State. Today, it seems that there is more to be said in the middle. I'm afraid I don't dare to let Your Majesty see you. ”

"If everything you say below is true, why don't you dare?" Ishikawa Michiyi seemed to be very hard-boned, looked at Wei Renshi with his neck crossed, and asked rhetorically.

Wei Renshi looked at Fujiwara Katsunomaro, smiled, and said, "The official has other affairs, so I will leave." The envoy is waiting in the Sifang Pavilion for the time being. If Your Majesty agrees to your envoy's visit, the official will come and inform him at once. Leave. ”

With that, Wei Renshi got up and left the Sifang Pavilion.

In one of the bedrooms in the Sifang Pavilion, Fujiwara Katsuno Maro and Ishikawa Michiyoshi were gathering the rest of the Tang delegation to discuss the matter of Fang Cai.

"Your Excellency, the previous Tang envoys were sent to the Tang Kingdom, and once they landed, they were immediately valued by the Tang Kingdom, and they were escorted all the way to Chang'an, and the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom was also immediately received. One of the people in the Tang delegation spoke: "This time, it must be the reception envoy named Wei Renshi who deliberately found a reason to embarrass us. ”

Fujiwara Katsuno Maro nodded and said, "The Tang Kingdom is no longer the original Tang Kingdom now. After the turmoil in the middle of the Tang Kingdom, we came all the way, and I also inquired about it from the road. The people complained very much about the officials of the Tang State, thinking that these officials were very greedy. If my guess is correct, it is very likely that this Wei Renshi is also like this. Deliberately making excuses to embarrass us in order to extract benefits from our hands. ”

"Some of us have Tang dialects that speak well, so we can send them out to inquire about this Wei Renshi." Michiyoshi Ishikawa said.

Fujiwara Katsuno Maro thought about it, nodded, and said, "This is a good idea, send someone out to inquire, see what Wei Renshi is and what he is, and then make a decision." Tachibana Yishi, this matter is left to you. ”

"Yes!" The man who spoke just now in the Tang mission nodded his head and accepted the order.

Under his leadership, several people from the Tang delegation quietly left the Sifang Pavilion.

Outside the gate of the Sifang Pavilion, I saw a dirty beggar sitting on the side of the road.

Tachibana threw a few copper coins in front of him, and then asked, "Ask you about something, if you know, there will be a reward." ”

The beggar picked up the copper plate on the ground and hurriedly asked, "Ask, ask!" ”

"I heard that there is a lord in Chang'an City who was knighted by the imperial court at a young age, do you know?" Tachibana asked.

"I know, why don't I know!" The beggar happily counted his companions and said: "That's the red man in front of the emperor, he was knighted when he was only ten years old, and he was given to the general to do, but he is a big official!" It is said that this Lord Wei is not an ordinary person, but the god of wealth in the sky! He has only been in Chang'an for a year or two, but he has become one of the most famous wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City, and he has many industries under his command! ”

When Tang Yishi heard this, he raised his hand and threw over a few copper coins, and continued to ask.

The beggar was also happy to get money, and replied until there was nothing to say, then he shook his head and said that he really didn't know.

Only then did Tachibana Yishi leave, and went to the side of Chang'an City to stroll around and make noise.

This orange Yishi didn't know, and as soon as he left, the beggar just now changed his face, showing a look of disdain, spit on the back of the orange Yishi, and then got up and left in a hurry.

Tachibana Yishi went out for a day before returning to the Sifang Pavilion.

"Tachibana Yishi, how are you going out to inquire?" Michiyoshi Ishikawa asked.

Tachibana replied, "Your Excellency the Chief Envoy, Your Excellency the Deputy Envoy, I have been out for a day and have received a lot of news about this person. He was deeply trusted and favored by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and at a young age he was not only knighted, but also a general who was awarded the right Jin Wuwei Zhonglang general. At the same time, this man is also a businessman. He had a lot of wealth and became one of the few wealthy merchants in Chang'an City. Moreover, his wealth was amassed in just two years. Undoubtedly, he was a man who loved wealth. It is very difficult to accumulate so much wealth in a year or two by normal means. ”

Fujiwara Katsunomaro listened, nodded, and said, "Our mission has not been completed, and now we are being elbowed by this person, so we must not offend him too much." It seems that you have to do what you like. It is also easy for such a person to be used by me as long as the money given is sufficient. ”

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