Lin Kunshan made meritorious contributions during the war, gained freedom, and since then has been away from home, teaching for a living, slowly, his heart is alive again, like a swordsman with a stunt, after retreating, he sighs from time to time that the sword is returned to the box, there is no place for it, looking at the road leading to the distance, he will still be heartbeat. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Lin Kunshan is not only excited, but also action, he chose Zeng Dangyun among the students, determined to cultivate a champion.

He failed to do so, Zeng Dangyun only entered the top three, and if he didn't offend the minister in Lingyun Pavilion, he could only rank in the second rank, a big gap from the champion.

But he was not disappointed, Zeng Dangyun saw the emperor after all and attracted the emperor's attention.

"That's enough." He said to his disciples, "You and I have a bright future. ”

"I was supposed to be a second-class jinshi, but I fell to the third-class with Liu Jian, alas." Zeng Dangyun sighed, feeling much stronger than Liu Jian, who could only read, "Your Majesty obviously admires my eloquence, why ......"

"Because he wants to reuse you, he doesn't want you to get noticed too soon." Lin Kunshan said with a smile.

Zeng Dangyun has always admired his teacher, but at this time he was a little confused.

A few days after the list was released, the excitement passed, everyone went their own way, but the teacher and student still lived in the inn, Zeng Dangyun every time he wanted to go home to report the good news, Lin Kunshan said: "Wait a little longer." ”

In the evening of this day, Lin Kunshan finally waited.

A guest came to visit, and without asking, he said "find someone" to the guy, went into the backyard, and knocked on Lin Kunshan's door.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, but my lord is blessed." Lin Kunshan arched his hand and smiled.

Chao Whale did gain a lot of weight, and his temper also rose, he stretched out his hand to push Lin Kunshan forward, stepped into the door, and closed it casually, "You are so bold." ”

Zeng Dangyun was sitting in the room reading a book, when he put down the book and looked at the guests in military uniforms with some panic.

"You go somewhere else, and it doesn't matter to you here." The whale commanded.

Zeng Dangyun glanced at the teacher, held the book, hurriedly went out, and went back to his room next door, feeling uneasy in his heart, leaning against the wall and eavesdropping, but he could only hear a few words.

Lin Kunshan watched his disciple go out and said with a smile: "My courage is still not big enough. ”

"What else do you want?" The whale looked around.

"Hehe, don't talk about this, let's talk about your purpose first, I've been waiting for a long time."

Chao Whale unceremoniously found a chair to sit down, "Your Majesty said, you want to envoy to the West?" ”

"Your Majesty is really smart, you can understand it at all, it doesn't have to be me, I just came up with an idea, of course, if Your Majesty passes on the decree, I will never shirk it, it is my duty and honor to serve Your Majesty and Da Chu."

"What's the use of slapping the emperor's ass in front of me? I won't convey it for you. ”

"Heartfelt, not flattery."

"Your Majesty said that you can go to the West."

"Hmm." Lin Kunshan looked at Chao Whale and waited for something.

"What?"

"Holy decree, without holy decree, Lin Kunshan is just a puppet, with the holy decree, he is the messenger of Great Chu."

"Do you think I look like a messenger?"

Lin Kunshan smiled a little embarrassed, "If you have something to say, just say it, don't go around." ”

Chao Whale coughed twice, "Tomorrow, the imperial court will issue an edict to recruit envoys, you can sign up." ”

Lin Kunshan clenched his fists and said: "This is what I am waiting for, please tell Your Majesty ......"

Chao Whale got up and waved his hand, "It's rare for me to see the emperor, how can I have time to pass on the word for you?" ”

When the whale left, Lin Kunshan breathed a sigh of relief, and even felt that he should order wine and meat to celebrate.

Han Ruzi decided to accept part of Zeng Dangyun's suggestion, sent an envoy to the west, announced that the Chu army was coming, and encouraged the countries to launch an attack on the gods and ghosts Dadanyu.

At the Holy Decree, there were many recruits, hundreds of thousands of Chu troops were displayed outside the Saiwai, and the Western Expedition was sure to win, and everyone wanted to take the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but not everyone could go to the battlefield, so acting as a messenger became another choice.

In just ten days, nearly 500 people signed up inside and outside the capital, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites jointly screened out 100 people, attached a brief introduction, for the emperor to choose.

Han Ruzi took a closer look, Lin Kunshan was among them, and there was no mention of the three words of the qi in the introduction, only that it was the people of a certain county and a certain township who made a living from teaching.

Han Ruzi laughed, first circled Lin Kunshan's name, continued to look down, and suddenly saw the name of "Liu Jian", and couldn't help but be stunned.

Liu Jian is a candidate this year, he did well in the exam, and was recommended to Lingyun Pavilion to be questioned, but he didn't even know where the "West" was referring to, and wrote a response about the Western Regions, which was embarrassing in public, and should have been ranked second, but finally fell into the top three.

Han Ruzi hesitated for a moment, drew a small triangle on the upper right side of Liu Jian's two words, and after reading it all, he ordered someone to summon Liu Jian.

Seeing the driver again, and it was alone, Liu Jian trembled even more, and the eunuch beside him had to reach out to help him up.

Why do you sign up to be an emissary when you don't know the West? Liu Jian had already thought of the answer, and he was still a little stuttering when he said it, but he slowly got better, "A scholar should have ...... With the world in mind, Weichen and Weichen only know how to read and read to death, and even ...... So that in front of His Majesty, Wei Chen was ashamed and embarrassed, remembering the saying 'Read 10,000 books, travel 10,000 miles', Wechen has read 10,000 books, it is time to travel 10,000 miles. ”

"But you don't know the West."

"Wechen asks people these days, and he knows more about the West and gods and ghosts, and Wechen thinks that no matter how much he hears about it, it is better to check it in person. Wechen went here, not to make contributions, not to seek to be prominent, just to find out, observe the customs, and see what this vast area that has been ignored by Wechen for many years is like. ”

Han Ruzi felt more and more that the so-called champion was only a temporary title, and the selection of talents still had to be observed, "Okay, I will let you go to the West to find out, in addition to completing the mission of the envoy, after coming back, write a travelogue for me, and record what you see, hear, and feel." ”

Liu Jian knelt down and kowtowed, "Obey, Your Majesty." ”

Han Ruzi selected thirty-five envoys, divided into five routes, each with varying numbers of people, with a number of miscellaneous servants, and sent them to different countries to convey the will of the Great Chu Emperor: the Chu army is coming, and the first to get the gods and ghosts to be the head of the head will be crowned the king.

The envoy is an official of the Ministry of Rites, and there is a deputy envoy for each road, and Liu Jian has no position, just an ordinary envoy.

There is only one envoy along the way, and most people don't want to be it, because he wants to go to see the gods and ghosts in person, and count the crimes and hold them accountable, which is simply a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

Lin Kunshan was willing, even a little urgent, as if he was afraid that this "good errand" would fall into the hands of others.

In the twilight of spring, the envoys set off, passed through the Western Regions, and were escorted by relays from various countries, and they would go in different directions in Huju City.

Liu Jian's envoy traveled the farthest, crossing the west to the southern seaport to deliver the decree to the British king and Huang Pugong.

The British king was officially canonized, and a sea character was added to his name, becoming the "King of Haiying", allowing him to set up his own official office, and he was invited every ten years, and Huang Pugong was named the king's minister, as for the withdrawal of the army, the emperor ordered them to wait for another year, and then they were free to advance and retreat.

This arrow was shot out, and it would take a long time to get a response, and Han Ruzi could only wait patiently, during which he continued to urge the Chu army to fight.

Soon after the envoy departed, an urgent message came from the East Sea Kingdom that the King of the East Sea had returned from overseas.

Although he often competed for favor and quarreled before, Cui Teng missed this cousin very much, and after getting the emperor's permission, he went to greet him in person, met the king of the East China Sea in Luoyang, entertained him, took him back to the capital, rested at home for a night, and came to see the driver early the next morning.

Han Ruzi stood by the window upstairs, saw the King of the East China Sea and Cui Teng from a distance, and beckoned to the two, the King of the East Sea looked up and saw it, immediately knelt down, was dragged up by Cui Teng, and hurried to Lingyun Pavilion.

When he got upstairs, the king of the East China Sea was about to kneel down again, but Han Ruzi stepped forward to help him up, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "You are finally back." ”

The king of the East China Sea said with a crying voice: "Your Majesty, I almost died in the belly of the fish, and I will never see Your Majesty again." ”

Cui Teng smiled: "You're okay, at least your body is intact, you seem to be a little fatter, unlike me, who is lame." ”

The three of them sighed for a long time, and Han Ruzi asked, "Tell me quickly, why have you been delayed at sea for so long?" ”

"Alas, it's hard to put into words." The king of the East China Sea told his own experience, it turned out that he suddenly encountered a strong wind at sea, the ship was wrecked and drowned, he was lucky to be rescued by a passing ship, taken to an island, and was trapped for a long time before he figured out the route back to Dachu, so he took a boat to many countries, during which he did not dare to reveal his true identity, until he set foot on the land of Dachu, he went to find the Tan family of the East China Sea and was able to report to the government.

Cui Teng had already heard it once, and at this time he was still sighing while listening, often adding a little detail for the King of the East China Sea, as if he had also drifted across the ocean.

Han Ruzi also sighed from time to time, but he didn't interrupt, and finally couldn't help but say: "Cui Teng, you go and ask the eunuch to prepare some delicacies, and stay with the King of the East China Sea for dinner at noon, and then you don't have to come up." ”

Cui Teng smiled: "It's me who talks too much, okay, I'll come back when it's time to eat, it's really been a long time since I've drunk with Your Majesty." ”

Cui Teng retired, and the king of the East China Sea said about the same, "That's it, I really didn't expect to see Your Majesty alive." ”

"The princess is very happy, she cares about you very much, and asks people everywhere to inquire about you."

"Of course I'm happy, I cried for half the night last night, saying that I thought I would never see me again."

Han Ruzi smiled and stared at the East China Sea King again.

"What's wrong? Your Majesty. The King of the East Sea touched his face.

"You have been adrift at sea for so long, and you have not seen black, but whiter."

"Yes, I've been hiding in the cabin."

"Crossing the sea, the ship does not stop in the south, but it docks in the East China Sea, King of the East China Sea, what kind of ship are you on?"

The king of the East China Sea knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty can see it, in fact, I have come back a long time ago, and I have never dared to enter Beijing to see the driver." ”

"What does it mean to 'dare'?"

"The gods and ghosts Da Shan Yu deliberately let me return to the country and let me assassinate Your Majesty."

"If you don't do it, what's there to be afraid of?"

"The gods and ghosts poisoned me, saying that the assassination would be successful within two years, and they would give me the antidote."

"Two years have passed, aren't you okay?"

"It was Meng E who saved me."

Han Ruzi was shocked, "Meng E? ”

"Yes, she has another letter to your Majesty, and I would have liked to find another opportunity...... Now that His Majesty has seen through ......" King Donghai took out the letter from his bosom, held it in both hands and handed it to the emperor.

Han Ruzi stretched out his hand to pick it up, and his heart suddenly moved, and he asked, "Have you seen Lin Kunshan again?" ”