"Your Majesty, the Tang envoy from the Dongying Kingdom is waiting outside the palace!"

"Okay, Xuan!" Li Zhi waved his hand and motioned for the chamberlain to send Tang envoys to welcome him into the hall.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has a decree, please send Tang envoys into the palace!" I saw two people coming in from outside, one holding the national letter in his hand and the other holding a box in his hand.

"Minister, the envoy of the Dongying Kingdom, Inod, led his subordinates to send Tang envoys to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Let's get flat!" Li Zhi said with a smile,

"Datang and Dongying can repair the border, it is really a blessing for the people of the two countries!"

"Your Majesty, on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, I have sent the Dongying National Treasure, the Celestial Star Gem, to show my king's heart of repair!"

"Celestial Star Gem?" Li Zhi's eyes widened, and he personally got down from the dragon chair and saw the envoy open the box.

Inside, there was a sparkling gem, and the luster was very dazzling. Just as Li Zhi was about to take the Celestial Star Gem in his hand and look at it carefully, he heard a sound behind him.

"Your Majesty, no!" Li Zhi looked back and saw that it was the national teacher, the British Duke Xu Maogong, who pulled the emperor aside.

"What are you doing here?"

"Your Majesty, I can't hide it, this Dongying Heavenly Star Gem is indeed an ominous thing!"

"What do you mean by that, my lord? Are you doubting the sincerity of our Imperial Majesty? Xu Maogong sneered and picked up the Celestial Star Gem from the box,

"Do you know the origin of this Celestial Star Gem?" The Dongying envoy was speechless, and his mouth was full of embarrassment as if someone had stuffed a handful of dirt.

"Your Majesty, this Heavenly Star Gem was formed by the ancestors of the Dongying Kingdom more than a thousand years ago!"

"Oh, Aiqing, you don't want to sell it, tell me!"

"Back then, the Dongying Kingdom was like the Warring States of the Central Plains of China, divided, and the heroes were divided, and in a certain tribe of the Dongying Kingdom, there was a warrior with natural divine power and a giant axe! He was so fierce that his enemies feared him, and people called him the Ghost-Faced Samurai! This ghost-faced warrior is invincible and invincible, and has helped his leader win countless battles! ”

"This gentleman is really knowledgeable, and he actually knows the legend of the ghost-faced samurai of my Dongying Kingdom!" Xu Maogong ignored Enold's words and continued,

"Later, some people were afraid of the courage of the ghost-faced samurai, so they wanted to use practical strategies to get rid of it, and when the ghost-faced samurai led his troops to meet the enemy, he was trapped under the cliff and burned alive, and the ghost-faced samurai was burned to ashes, but a gem was left behind, some people say, this is the eye that the ghost-faced samurai did not burn back then!"

"That's right, after the reunification of the Dongying Kingdom, this celestial star gem fell into the hands of my king!"

"It's just that this Celestial Star Gem has always been a bad thing, and I heard that whoever owns it will incur disaster, otherwise why would the Dongying Kingdom send thirty Onmyoji to take turns to give it a surplus!" Dongyingguo's eyes were full of red, and other ministers were talking about it.

"What a reason to send such a ghost thing to us!"

"Your Majesty, drive them out! They are not welcome in Datang! Li Zhi waved his hand and said,

"Okay, several, I've arranged a pavilion for you, so you can rest there now!"

"Why don't you arrange the Dongying Mission in Honglu Temple?"

"Hehe, Dongying people? Worthy! When the British Duke Xu Maogong was about to go to bed, he suddenly saw the edict of the chamberlain, and it turned out that Li Zhi asked him to enter the palace.

So, Xu Maogong put his clothes back on again and hurriedly entered the palace.

"Your Majesty! I don't know why His Majesty summoned Weichen late at night? ”

"Aiqing, take a look, this is a letter from Emperor Dongying to me, how can I reply?" Xu Maogong took the national letter and flipped through it,

"They...... They want to make peace with Datang and let Datang marry a princess? ”

"What a joke, a group of Japanese slaves, they really treat themselves as dishes, and they still want to marry me Princess Datang!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive the old minister!"

"Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Xu Maogong said,

"It's better to agree to their request, in the clan, Princess Hening is already an adult, why don't you let Princess Hening be the princess of the Tang Dynasty who married Dongying?"

"No!"

"Why not?"

"Aiqing, what are you talking about? During the Han Dynasty, our Han people were afraid of the Huns, so they chose the way of harmony and sent the money, grain, gold and silver of my Central Plains to the Huns in exchange for peace, but we all know that the peace obtained by begging for peace with the Huns is never long-lasting, so Emperor Wu will let Wei Qing and Huo Qubing lead the army to crusade against the Huns and drive them away! Now, Dongying Kingdom is not ashamed to say that the small country still wants to marry me Princess Datang, what a joke! Xu Maogong said,

"Your Majesty, who do you think is the biggest enemy of the Tang Dynasty?"

"There are Turks in the northwest and Goguryeo in the east!"

"Now the Turks have felt the power of the Tang Dynasty, and they dare not invade in the short term, but this Goguryeo has always had ambitions, and now the imperial court has just gone through several major battles, and the soldiers, military and horses are all injured, it is better to marry Dongying, from the perspective of location, Dongying is the closest to Goguryeo, and when the army is sent to Goguryeo in the future, will Dongying still stand by and watch?"

"I know that, too, but ...... It's just that I'm afraid that I've wronged He Ning like this! ”

"Has Your Majesty forgotten about Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng?"

"During the first emperor's dynasty, there was indeed a precedent for my princess to marry to Fanbang, but it was just ...... Let's follow the example of our predecessors! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" ……

"What? Your Majesty asked He Ning to go to Dongying and kiss on behalf of the Tang Dynasty? ”

"Yes, the old prince, Your Majesty said, Princess Hening represents the glory of the Tang Dynasty, and in the future, the prince will be the in-laws of the Dongying royal family, and this honor is not comparable to ordinary people!" The eunuch said with a smile.

"No! Absolutely not, what kind of place is this Dongying? Our family and Ning are not familiar with each other, go there alone, I will not let my daughter suffer this kind of grievance, tomorrow I will go into the palace to meet Your Majesty! ”

"This ...... Lord, Lord, Lord, let His Majesty know, I'm afraid ............"

"I'm afraid of what? Even if he is an emperor, he is not qualified to rob other people's daughters! "At night, there is a little starlight in the sky, but it is still very weird.

The night was terrible, but Enod was still lying on the bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, not knowing what he was thinking.

There was a knock at the door,

"Who, I'm already asleep, I'll talk about it tomorrow!" Although Inod coped with a few words, the knock on the door was still incessant, as if it was more urgent than usual.

Inod got up impatiently, and the moment he opened the door, he sat down on the ground in fright. A bright light flashed in front of him, and Enod's head fell to the ground.

His unclosed eyes were swollen with fear, and the murderer looked at his headless corpse as if he wanted to say something.

…………

"Your Majesty, King Changshan is in a hurry to enter the palace and say that he wants to see you!"

"Who? King Changshan must have come here for the sake of harmony, so please invite him in quickly! ”

"Your Majesty!" As soon as King Changshan stepped into the imperial study,

"Li Yuanfeng, the king of Changshan Mountain, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Uncle Huang! What's wrong with you today? Why did you come to see me in a hurry, oh, calm down! ”

"Your Majesty, your ......" King Changshan just wanted to say something, but was choked by the sudden news.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, no! Oh no, Dongying's envoy has been killed! ”

"What did you say?" Li Zhi asked.

"Your Majesty, in the morning, the servants of the post house went to ask Dongying to send Tang to have breakfast, who knew him...... He's been killed! When Li Zhi personally led people to the post house, he was greeted by a strong smell of blood.

Enod's headless body was still leaning on one side of the bed, and the head had fallen on the other side of the body.

"You bunch of waste, people are in your inn, is this how you protect me?"

"Your Majesty, the slaves and maids really don't know, I slept well last night, but I didn't expect to ...... today"

"Someone!"

"In!"

"Quickly take this cadre and others to the Dali Temple Heavenly Prison, and no one is allowed to be spared!"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty spares your life! Your Majesty spares your life! ”

"The furnishings in the room are very clean, there is no sign of a fight!"

"In this way, there is only one possibility, and that is the work of an acquaintance!" The officials of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion began to discuss the case.

"What do you mean?" A person in the Dongying delegation choked Ling Yutang of Chang'an County.

"Stop!" A group of people at the gate also rushed in and surrounded the mission.

"I tell you, the dead Mr. Enod is my teacher, and the person I respect the most, my teacher, who died with you, and you must give us an account!" At this moment, I saw that the Dongying man who was choking Yu Tang suddenly shouted and fell to the ground.

Outside the door, a man in armor and with a spear in his hand entered.

"Dongying people, what kind of majesty? Dare to be powerful in my Datang territory! "That Dongying man didn't get a little bargain in front of this general.

"Who are you?"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, Li Mu, the general of the Xia Yulin Guard, is ordered by His Majesty to escort a few of you into the palace to see you!"

"No matter what, people die with you, and you have to give us an explanation!"

"Wait!" Yu Tang seemed to have discovered something again, and walked straight over, and found a mask on the side of the coffee table.

When those Dongying people saw this mask, they seemed to be very frightened, and they bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.

"What's wrong with you? It's just a mask, and it scares you! ”

"The general doesn't know, this is the mask of our ghost-faced samurai in Dongying!" Ever since he was beaten by Li Mu like this, the expression on the face of this Dongying person began to become humble.

"Ghost-faced samurai?"

"Yes...... The Devil-Faced Samurai is the belief of our Toei soldiers, and legend has it that he can bless us with invincibility! Li Mu smiled,

"It's just a toy for children, and you can still worship this!" That Dongying person's face was full of embarrassment, but Li Mu was here, and it was not easy to attack.

I can only smile on the side. Li Mu looked at the mask in his hand repeatedly.

"This was found at the scene, could it be that the murderer is this ghost-faced samurai from your Dongying?"

"I don't know ............ this."