Wang saw that Master Bao was upright, and knew that the matter was not a trivial matter, so he added tea to Bao Zheng's tea cup and listened to Lord Bao.

It turned out that before the Spring Festival, Kaifeng Mansion accepted a case, and a businessman from the Japanese slave country visited me to see the style of the Kowloon Cup. Renzong ordered someone to fetch it for him to see. After seeing it, the Japanese slave couldn't put it down, and asked Renzong to give him this cup.

Wang was shocked when he heard the Kowloon Cup, it was the best in the collection of antiques, especially from the Song Dynasty, and it is said that one of them is still in Japan.

In the previous life, the king once traveled to Japan, deliberately went to see the nine dragon cup, the cup body is elegant and solemn, luxurious and ancient, there are three dragons in the upper part, one of which is a single dragon riding in the building, the head of the nine dragons, there are six dragons in the middle of the automatic spit wine, if the clouds are raining.

The nine dragons symbolize Kyushu, and the cup body symbolizes the supremacy of imperial power and the long-term unity of China. The Nine Dragons Cup is owned by the emperors of the past dynasties, and it is rumored that with this Nine Dragons Cup, you can drink the water of the world and eat the world. The Nine Dragons Cup, the whole body is snow-white, there is no trace, only after the cup is poured with good national wine, it appears that there are nine golden dragons on the wall and bottom of the cup, as if flying, as if playing.

Isn't it Japan's Kowloon Cup that was given by Renzong? Wang Fang thought in his heart and hurriedly asked, "Did Emperor Renzong give him that cup?" ”

Bao Zheng said: "Of course not. ”

At that time, many ministers in the court were present, and the Japanese slave people talked about wanting to ask for a cup, Bao Zheng saw that this person was short and obscene, and he was very contemptuous in his heart, so he sneered and said, How can I let you go with what you want to go.

The king drank beside him: "What the righteous father said is good! ”

Bao Zheng himself seemed to be very pleased with this, and he continued: "The people of the Japanese slave country are very naïve, saying that your country has a wide range of museums, and a small cup is not willing to give it the demeanor of a great country. ”

It is said that the Japanese merchant took a fancy to the Nine Dragons Cup, and was stolen from the palace to change the pillars, I don't know which minister is so bold. Master Bao said angrily and slapped the table.

As the king listened, he thought that this slave had been like this since ancient times, and he was so brazen in asking for things. But what does this have to do with that?

He was waiting for Bao Zheng to follow. Bao Zheng said, "This matter became complicated later, Kaifeng Mansion secretly traced the whereabouts of the Nine Dragons Cup, and actually found the head of the ambassador of the Japanese slave country. ”

Master Bao was lucky for a moment, and then said: "Didn't you just say that the True Sect was courteous to the Wa Kingdom during his reign? Wang nodded and listened to Master Bao continue to tell what had happened.

It turned out that the Japanese slave state took advantage of the rebellion of the Han people in the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties to form the heyday of the Fujiwara aristocracy of the Japanese slave state: after the Han Zhao and Song dynasties completed the great cause of unification, they were relatively stable politically and began to rebuild the declining culture, and the society and culture as a whole were in the stage of revival; Since the end of the Heian period, the Japanese slaves officially abolished the dispatch of Tang envoys, and promoted the culture of the Japanese nobility - "national style culture".

Due to the negative diplomacy of the Japanese slaves, the Song merchants paid more attention to trade activities, and the Japanese monks entered the Song Dynasty to pay homage to the Song Dynasty and became the only exchange other than the Song merchants, and the Song monks became the main envoys of the Japanese slaves to the Song Dynasty.

This time the envoy of the Japanese monk came with the merchant of the Japanese country, it turned out to be a group, they knew that we wanted to profit from the restriction of the monks, and colluded with the Japanese merchant to resell this degree, and the Kaifeng Mansion was investigating the matter of the Nine Dragons Cup, so they implicated this reselling degree. ”

Bao Zheng ordered the arrest of the Japanese slave merchant, who was killed in the land of the Great Song Dynasty. At this time, the ambassador of the Japanese slave country lodged a representation and demanded that China come up with an explanation on the grounds that other people had been killed.

Wang Jian was very angry when he heard this: "The righteous father simply arrested the monk and cut him down." ”

Bao Zheng smiled bitterly: "You kid, the two countries are still at war, not to mention that this Japanese slave only sent someone to send a fold to protest against the security of our dynasty and other issues, and the safety of foreigners cannot be guaranteed." If this is brought over and killed, how can the surrounding countries respect the style of our great country, let alone kill a monk. ”

Wang also sighed: "No wonder my father-in-law has a big head, can there be progress in the matter of the Nine Dragons Cup and the matter of Dumu?" ”

Bao Zheng said: "The difficulty of the Kowloon Cup is that I don't know when it will be replaced, let alone which minister on duty. It is also common for this courtier to steal from the palace, and the emperor always turns a blind eye to a small thing. often said that it was necessary to purge, but the emperor said that it was not a desperate man who would like to be a nobleman. If something big happens, kill the chicken and show it to the monkey once, and then live in peace for a few days. ”

"It looks like another chicken is sticking its neck out." The king said. Bao Zheng laughed a few times, this kid always said a few naughty words occasionally.

Laughed at Bao Zheng and said: "If you catch it, you will be killed, and now the person who trades is broken." ”

Wang Bi remembered something and asked, "Master Bao may remember the matter of prescribing medicine to murder his mentor Di Qing?" "That eunuch is also a dead fool, he is a eunuch who has nothing to do with Di Qing, and suicide is nothing more than taking the blame for others.

Master Bao said: "At that time, I also knew that it was the person who took the blame, but Master Di was fine at the time, and there was a eunuch who committed suicide, so it was not easy to investigate again." ”

"Could it be the same person, otherwise how could there be such a big boldness? By the way, father-in-law, how did the Japanese merchant die? ”

The merchant was borrowing a kind of Japanese girl from the Japanese kingdom to have fun in the shop, and when he heard someone looking for him, the Japanese merchant went out, and then there was a sound of fighting and shouting in the back alley. When the shopkeeper went to look, he saw the Japanese merchant fall to the ground, and because he remembered where he came from, he brought the Japanese woman to report the case.

The Japanese slave woman confessed that she had come to find the man who was a Japanese merchant, saying that she had come to get a degree. She remembers it well.

The ambassador of the Japanese slave country is a stinky monk, and the Japanese merchant resells the degree, and the Japanese merchant takes a fancy to the Nine Dragons Cup, and I don't know what trick he used to drop the bag from the palace. Lord Bao tracked down the Nine Dragons Cup and traced the reselling of Du Mu, but the merchant died.

The envoys of the monks of the Japanese slave country did not come to worship for this reason, and the whereabouts of the Nine Dragon Cup are unknown.

He asked Mr. Bao, is this the case? Master Bao said: "Exactly! ”

Then he said: "It is very strange that you sent that package, especially since it was sent not long before the murder of the merchant of the Japanese kingdom. This thing is hidden in the well, and I suspect it has something to do with it. You sent it just in time, just in time to check this person. ”

The king hurriedly asked, "Does my father-in-law need me to do anything?" ”

Bao Zheng said: "The Holy Lord announced that I will enter the palace tomorrow to discuss the Nine Dragons Cup and how to deal with the Japanese slaves. The sixth day of the lunar month is the day when the envoys of various countries resign to the emperor, and the time is very short, and I am afraid that the ambassador of the Japanese slave country will take advantage of the large number of people on that day to make trouble. ”

He paused as he spoke, and Master Bao was also thinking, what should he do next to the king during this time? He really hoped that the king would give some advice.

Wang Bi also felt that this time was urgent, and he asked Master Bao, what is the plan of the father-in-law?

Bao Zheng said that the ministers should put it aside in advance and concentrate on investigating this matter, and maybe there will be a breakthrough. Think about the matter of the monks of the Japanese country, and see if there is a response in the court of the sixth dynasty. Tomorrow, I have seen Emperor Renzong, and I implore you to meet you on that day.

As soon as the king heard this, he knew that he had something to do, but he had to find an opportunity to repair the affairs of the Japanese slaves, even if he was busy, he had to respond. So he promised: "I will go back today and prepare, and think about how to deal with this slave." ”

After saying goodbye, Lord Bao went to Wang Anshi's mansion and met his parents and brothers, indicating that Lord Bao had something to arrange and left the mansion to return to Meyer's mansion.

When he entered the door, he saw that Master Zhang Yi was waiting for him, and it turned out that Master Zhang Yi had already packed up and was ready to return to Chenzhou. Zhang Yi will chat with Zhang Yi when he has a little free time in the capital for a few days, but Zhang Yi is also a busy person, and the Chamber of Commerce is constantly entertaining, so the master and apprentice have a lot less time to get along.

Hearing that Zhang Yi was leaving, Wang was a little reluctant, Zhang Yi called Liu Qi and said, "There is something entrusted to Wang Bei." ”

Liu Qi's parents died early, this child is also talented, and he often follows Zhang Yi to be with the beggars in Chenzhou. Zhang Yi asked Wang to leave Liu Qi next to him, to see which family needed a scholar to accompany his son, and he could introduce the past.

Wang was happy to hear this, this Liu Qi is young, but the poor child is in charge of the house early, he knows things in his heart, and he is also studious, and he can also read seven seven or eight big characters, and he is not less literate than the teenage child. I had the intention to give it to Yuan Ze as a scholar, but I was afraid that Yuan Ze would think he was too young, and seeing that this child elf Meyer also liked him, he thought that even if Yuan Ze felt that he was young, he could stay in the house for the time being, and when he was a little older, he could also help Xiao Lu take care of some things.

arranged for the family to escort Zhang Yi back to Chenzhou, it was getting late, Wang was thinking about the affairs of the Japanese slave country, thinking about how to deal with it, he called Xiao Lu Yuexia to discuss, and Xiao Lu brought the rouge tiger to come over.

Yuexia and Rouge Tiger get along well, although the Rouge Tiger is a little domineering to Xiao Lu, but after all, she was also the daughter of the county order, and her behavior is generous and decent, and she is also literate and literate.

The rouge tiger who passed the door is still domineering, but what makes the king of the moon often laugh is that the rouge tiger's brain is not as fast as Lu Shen's words, but he is a bit of a woman in the air and resolute, although Xiao Lu is the chief manager of this Meyer Mansion, but the domestic servants are a little afraid of the rouge tiger, and there are fewer lazy and slippery people.

This little couple has a red face and a white face, and they are easy to cooperate, although they are only twenty years old, but this Mayer Mansion makes these young people full of vitality.

The four people next to the king sat around, and when they talked about the affairs of this Japanese slave country, Yuexia sighed. Wang Fang knew that she no longer had the ability to check people's hearts since the jade was broken, and sometimes she would be unhappy. Seeing her sigh, the king knew that it was because he couldn't find people's hearts, so he said to Yuexia: "Even if you know that person's heart, you still suffer." It's better not to know that everything is obedient to the will of heaven. Yuexia was very moved when she heard this, looking at her father-in-law with watery eyes, glad that her father did not choose the wrong person.

Xiao Lu said: "What are the plans of the childe? ”

Rouge Tiger gently twisted Xiao Lu's arm: "You know what your son's plan is, don't you tell me what to do?" ”

Lu Shenyan sighed: "Lady, how can I have the strategy of my son." ”

Yuexia covered her lips with a handkerchief and snickered, Wang looked at the little husband and wife, and suddenly thought that Rouge Tiger had held the jade for a long time, and I didn't know if Rouge Tiger could understand the information. So he asked, "Sister-in-law Lu has a plan." ”

Rouge Tiger said: "We are here to ponder the Japanese slave, the Japanese slave is also thinking about how to deal with the sixth day of the first month, why don't you let Xiao Lu go to the residence, my husband is running to the court, I want him to explore, I don't know if it's too late?" ”

Lu Shen said in his heart, my lady is really willing. Looking at Wang Bian, Wang Bian said: "Good idea, it just so happened that the shopkeeper of Huaiyuan Yi came to the house the day before yesterday and asked me to go to Fujian to help him bring some tea for the New Year." Brother Lu, it's hard work. He hugged his fist as he spoke.

Lu Shenyan smiled bitterly: "Childe always calls me Xiao Lu, as long as I am called Brother Lu, it will definitely be no good thing." ”

Rouge Tiger said: "Slow, the prime minister should be diligent in looking at the people, tomorrow we will find a way to transfer the messenger out, and you will go to the ward." If there is an abnormality, don't startle the snake, pay attention to the evidence, and don't come back if there is no result. ”

Wang saw that this rouge tiger was really spicier and more resourceful than ordinary women. I thought that this Song Dynasty woman was also often a celebrity, and she was even more capable in business, unlike women in other dynasties who had no status.

But at this time, he actually remembered He Libo, and the king said: "It would be good if Brother He Libo was also here, and we could still have many manpower." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard laughter outside the door: "I've only been gone for a month, and my brother misses me." When they heard this, they all looked towards the door.

When the door opened, it was He Libo outside, followed by a young and beautiful woman.