From eunuch to emperor

After Xu Zhong, Minister of Honglu Temple, was dismissed, Li Hao took over and was in charge of state affairs with other countries.

"The Xixia special envoy set off from Xingqing City ten days ago, and it is estimated that he will arrive in the capital in three days."

After Li Hao finished speaking, the empress nodded slightly, and said: "Your Honglu Temple is responsible for the affairs of the state, just handle it as usual."

The ministers of the DPRK and China didn't think there was anything wrong. Although the three countries were enemies, Eastern Zhou and Xixia hadn't fought for many years, and the relationship was good. It was normal to send an envoy.

Li Haobai said: "The special envoy sent this time is Master Mojie, the closed disciple of the Western Xia State Master. He said that he wants to debate Buddhism with me, Da Zhou, and also wants to compete with General Long in martial arts."

After speaking, Li Hao presented Mojie's personal letter to the empress.

Yingfeng took the letter and passed it to the Empress for reading.

There was a lot of discussion among the ministers in the court, they had heard about Mojie, it was said that he was a very talented monk, his age was similar to Long Chen, and he was also in the realm of Martial Emperor.

"This is not a state visit, it is clearly here to find out the truth."

The veteran cabinet minister Li Yizheng said coldly.

Bai Anning, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, agreed, and said: "In my opinion, they are here to investigate the truth of General Long."

Wu Wenjing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, said: "I think Xixia is afraid. Jing Tianlie went to Xixia, and he must say that General Long is brave and invincible, so they sent someone to come over to see."

Although this statement is suspected of flattery, it is true.

The empress had known about this for a long time, but she pretended to be difficult, and asked, "Xi Xia advocates Buddhism, and I, Da Zhou, advocate Taoism. Mojie wants to debate Buddhism with us, what do you love?"

All the ministers in the hall looked at each other, but there was nothing they could do.

They usually don't read Buddhist scriptures, and even if they did, they wouldn't show up here, because the Empress advocates Taoism.

Li Yizheng said: "I'm afraid this matter is difficult to handle. We don't understand Buddhism, so how can we debate Buddhism with him? Isn't this asking a monk to borrow a comb?"

Baili Bing, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said with a smile, "Old Ge said that well."

The other ministers laughed along.

Di Xingwan thought for a while and said, "Queen Mother, I have an idea. He is a monk, and he wants to discuss Buddhism with us. The minister then proposed to discuss Taoism with him to see if he dares to accept."

Li Yizheng praised and said: "The second princess is smart, with clever tricks, this is called avoiding the truth and pretending to be empty. We don't discuss Buddhism, we have to debate Taoism, let's see what he does."

Other ministers also felt that this strategy was the best. When Mojie wanted to debate Buddhism, Da Zhou wanted to debate Taoism.

Di Luoxi also felt that this strategy was ingenious, and praised: "Second sister is really smart."

Everyone praised Di Xingwan's ingenious plan, the empress looked at Long Chen and asked, "General Long, what do you think?"

Di Xingwan and all the ministers looked at Long Chen.

"The second princess's strategy is ingenious and feasible, but I am confident that I have read a few Buddhist scriptures, and I want to play a few tricks with him."

Everyone looked at Long Chen with strange eyes.

Di Xingwan frowned and asked, "Why are you reading Buddhist scriptures?"

Long Chen said with a smile: "Know yourself, know your enemy, and win every battle. Xixia established the country with Buddhism. Reading Buddhist scriptures can better guess what Xixia is thinking."

All the ministers laughed endlessly.

Knowing yourself and the enemy is right, reading Buddhist scriptures is fine, but debating Buddhism with the Buddhist genius Ma Jie is really a bit arrogant.

Di Xingwan sneered and said: "General Long is really all-rounder. He can recite poems to fight against, kill on the battlefield, and interrogate and investigate cases. I didn't expect that he is also so proficient in Buddhism. He even dared to debate with the genius disciple of Monk Kongji. My princess admire!"

Because of Li Tianze's matter, Di Xingwan had some opinions on Long Chen, and his words were somewhat mocking.

The Empress asked Long Chen: "I'm also worried about this, as a disciple of Monk Kongji, Mojie is definitely not in vain, are you sure?"

Long Chen secretly laughed in his heart: My lord is good at acting, am I sure, you still don't know?I had it in both hands that day.

"Wei Chen is sure!"

Long Chen said confidently.

The court ministers were all surprised that Long Chen was so confident.

"Okay, you and Master Li will be in charge of Majie's visit, Honglu Temple will be in charge of reception, Long Cheng'en will be in charge of debating Buddhism, and as for the martial arts competition...how about you too?"

The empress looked at Long Chen and asked.

"The target of Mojie's martial arts competition this time should also be the humble minister, so the humble minister is obliged to accept both."

When Mojie said that he wanted to compete in martial arts, it must be a martial arts competition with Long Chen, it is impossible to compete with other people.

The Empress smiled and said, "Okay, that's it for now."

"Anything else?"

After all the ministers finished speaking, the Empress stood up and dispersed the court.

As Long Chen walked out, Di Luoxi asked, "Can you do it? This Mojie is not easy to deal with."

Long Chen laughed softly: "Can I do it, the princess doesn't know?"

Di Luoxi frowned, and cursed in a low voice: "I'm telling you something serious, why are you making such a fuss!"

Long Chen chuckled and said: "Princess, don't worry, I have my own plans."

Seeing that Long Chen was prepared, Di Luoxi didn't say anything else, and rode on horseback to Long Shuai's mansion together with Long Chen.

...

Western Xia Palace.

It was spring, and Xingqing City was still blowing cold and windy, blowing dust all over the place.

Shi Le sat in the room with Monk Kongji and played chess.

"Li Chengdao stopped."

Shi Le dropped a son, and the disappointment could not be concealed in his tone.

Monk Kongji smiled and said: "This Long Chengen is acting strangely, who would have thought that he would actually use Wanjinlou to kill people in Nanliang instead."

Shi Le sighed: "Even Wanjinlou can't kill him, it's really difficult. The rising national power of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is also a threat to us."

There are 20 Longjia troops stationed at Jade Buddha Pass. Shi Le has personally spied on them, and feels that the fighting power is stronger than that of the Chiyan Army.

Especially the words "Long Family Army" made Shi Le feel nervous.

In the Battle of White Wolf Mountain, Xixia united with the barbarians and dispatched all their forces, and Nanliang also sent experts to help secretly, and only then did the [-] Longjia army be wiped out.

Now there is another Long family army, twice as many in number, Shi Le often dreams of the resurrection of Long Ye at night, leading the Long family army to attack Xingqing City.

Monk Kongji nodded slightly, and said: "The poor monk sent Mojie as a special envoy, just to see how Long Chengen is doing."

"The poor monk almost suffered a loss in the last fight at Jade Buddha Pass, but at that time Long Chengen was in a state of madness and couldn't test the truth."

"Let Mojie go this time to see if Long Chengen's Yangjingshi shows any signs of poisoning."

According to the previous statement, Long Chen only has a lifespan of three years, and now his body should start to deteriorate.

Shi Le nodded and said, "We'll wait until Mojie comes back. Jing Tianlie is still training soldiers. This king intends to let them go to Yanmen Pass and put pressure on them from the north."

Monk Kongji agreed: "The world will want to maintain the current situation. It is not easy for us to do it, and the Jade Buddha Pass is difficult to break through. Let the barbarians do it."

"Jing Tianlie is an internal conflict in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which has nothing to do with us. As for the barbarians, no one can control them. What they want to do has nothing to do with us in Xixia."

Shi Le nodded in agreement.

...

Eastern Zhou capital.

Li Hao, Minister of Honglu Temple, led a group of people at the Shili Pavilion in the west of the city, and saw a group of people coming from the west from a distance.

"My lord, it seems to be Xixia's special envoy."