Fu Tang

Li Congjia was very curious about the fact that there were envoys from the Kara Khanate, and he was even more curious about the fact that the envoys from the Kara Khanate came together with the Khotan envoys.

Li Congjia looked over and over at the booklet handed up from below and asked, "Do you think Khotan has already been defeated before a battle?"

Shi Xueting shook his head resolutely and said: "Impossible, this is not only a war between two countries' regimes, but also a war between two countries' religions. When it comes to religions, they are generally endless."

No one can slander one's own beliefs. If one day another religion intends to destroy Buddhism, Shi Xueting will not let it go, and will definitely fight the other party to the end.

Although his various deeds do not seem to be pure Buddhists, in fact he still has faith in his heart. At least when he was young, those scriptures really comforted him. If it weren’t for those scriptures, he would I don't know what will become of me.

After hearing this, Li Congjia thought it was right, looked up at Shi Xueting and asked, "Then what does it mean that these two people are here together now?"

Shi Xueting said: "Perhaps the matter is very simple, that is, the two countries are not incompatible, and the Kara Khanate and Khotan are still friendly states."

Sometimes Buddhism is very inclusive, especially when it comes to political power. Although the other party does not share the same belief with us, they are from other countries. As long as they do not show strong aggressiveness, Buddhist countries generally will not Active attack, of course, the active attack mentioned here is the more aggressive attack method. In fact, Buddhism prefers silent penetration.

Li Congjia still finds it strange that it is impossible for two countries to be adjacent to each other without friction at all. Just look at the countries around Datang, and Khotan has a good relationship with them.

Dali is going to be doomed, and even the countries around it are in trouble. Although Khitan is not evenly matched with Datang, but if you think about it, you will not get any benefits from fighting Khitan now, so you are safe and sound.

As for Khotan, the main reason is that this country recognized the fact that Li Congjia was not easy to mess with from the very beginning. At that time, they did not accept the Long family's request for help. How could they still take the initiative to become an enemy of Datang now?

The more Li Congjia thought about it, the more wrong he became, and he muttered: "This envoy really has no rules at all, and he didn't even know to hand in his credentials, otherwise I would have seen him long ago."

Yes, according to the current process of the Tang Dynasty, envoys from other countries come here. If they are only here to contact the emperor but do not see the emperor, then it is enough to deal with Honglu Temple. If they want to see the emperor, they must present the letter of credence written by the king himself. Come up, and then see or not as appropriate.

So don't look at the fact that Datang has not been established for a few years now, but one by one has begun to claim itself as a kingdom of heaven. No matter how powerful other countries are, Datang must follow the process of Datang!

Now the envoy of the Kara Khanate is staying at the Honglu Temple to ask for a letter of credence written by the king of the Kara Khanate, otherwise the emperor will not receive him.

Even if Li Congjia scratched his heart and lungs curiously, it wouldn't work!

It is a matter of national dignity, even the emperor cannot be willful.

Li Congjia bit his finger, Shi Xueting saw that he was in such a bad shape, so he could only free his hand from his mouth and said, "Why don't I go and see him."

Li Congjia's eyes lit up immediately: "Hey, that's right, why did I forget? Go quickly and see what tricks these two countries are playing."

What he is most worried about now is that Khotan will surrender to the Kara Khanate, so that Tang will lose a barrier, and then he will have to fight hand-to-hand with the Kara Khanate.

Although he is not afraid of fighting, fighting the Kara Khanate is different from other countries. Other countries may surrender if they cannot fight. Only the Kara Khanate may fight to the end with Datang.

Li Congjia doesn't want to fight the Kara Khanate right now, at least wait until the Tang Dynasty's national strength is stronger and the population is larger, not to mention that they have too few people in the Western Regions, and they rebel from time to time, which is not easy to use at all. If they really fight, it might be an expedition for Datang.

Things like expeditions sound exciting, but the problem is that not to mention the materials consumed, but the damage that may be caused during the expedition is enough to make people feel distressed. Half way?

Otherwise, knowing that the Kara Khanate is a serious problem, why didn't Li Congjia take the initiative to attack?Isn't it not allowed?

After Shi Xueting told Li Congjia not to act like a child, he turned around and left the palace and went to Honglu Temple.

After arriving at Honglu Temple, the Minister of Honglu Temple smiled when he saw him: "The national teacher came here on His Majesty's order?"

Shi Xueting nodded slightly: "Your Majesty has doubts in his heart, but he can't see him, so he sent a poor monk here. How do these two get along?"

Of course, the Minister of Honglu Temple knew who the two Shi Xueting was talking about, coughed lightly and said, "This...it looks pretty good on the surface."

Shi Xueting asked calmly: "On the surface?"

The Minister of Honglu Temple nodded slightly, and gave a knowing look, Shi Xueting instantly became more certain of his thoughts - everything on the surface is false, it seems that the relationship between the envoys of the two countries is not that great good.

Shi Xueting pondered for a while and asked: "Is there any personal grudge?"

They can come out to engage in diplomacy, and there should be no one whose IQ and acting skills are not enough. In this case, it can be seen that the two people's faces and hearts are not in harmony, unless it is intentional or has a deep hatred that cannot be concealed.

The minister of Honglu Temple seriously thought about it, shook his head and said, "I don't know the details yet."

In the past, even Khotan was only involved in the Tang Dynasty when it was paying tribute, and the Kara Khanate had no contacts at all, so I am not familiar with their officials. How could I know that these two people have a relationship? No personal grudges?

Shi Xueting didn't care either, the envoys of the Kara Khanate came too suddenly, it's normal for Honglu Temple to be unprepared.

"How did the emissary of Kara Khanate react to the letter of credence?"

The Minister of Honglu Temple said indifferently: "What's the use of his reaction? Anyway, without a letter of credence, don't even think about seeing His Majesty. This is the iron law."

Shi Xueting asked: "Didn't he say to ask for credentials?"

The Minister of Honglu Temple nodded: "It seems that someone has been sent there, but this time... Hey, maybe he can still celebrate the New Year with us."

Shi Xueting asked seriously: "Are you sure the envoy they sent is going back?"

If he infiltrated into other places in Datang under the pretext of asking for a letter of credence, then he must be caught.

The Minister of Honglu Temple nodded and said: "I'm going back, and there are feedbacks from the stations where I stayed along the way."

Only then did Shi Xueting feel relieved: "That's good."

The Minister of Honglu Temple asked: "Then...the national teacher still wants to visit them?"

"Go ahead, it's already here anyway." Of course Shi Xueting wanted to take a look, at least to find out, whether to explain to Li Congjia later, or let the intelligence department investigate, there must be a source.

Shi Xueting followed the people sent by the Minister of Honglu Temple all the way to the post house, and when he entered, he happened to see the Khotan envoy listening to the music.

When the Khotan envoy saw Shi Xueting, he stood up quickly and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness."

Shi Xueting said helplessly: "You don't need to add the word Your Highness."

The Khotan envoy smiled and said, "I forgot for a while, forgot."

This is their country's respectful title for people in high positions. Shi Xueting reminded him last time, but getting used to such things is not so easy to change.

Of course, others will not attack Shi Xueting with this matter, but Shi Xueting is cautious and doesn't want to be caught.

The Khotan envoy asked, "Did your lord come to see Mendir?"

Shi Xueting asked: "The envoy of Kara Khanate is called Mandir?"

"Yes, my lord."

Shi Xueting nodded and asked, "Is he there?"

The Khotan envoy immediately said: "Yes, I will call him, please wait a moment, my lord."

Shi Xueting immediately said: "You are a guest, so why bother you to go, I will send someone to go."

The envoy of Khotan immediately said: "It's okay, the nobleman has a special status, and Mendir may not have heard of it. It would be bad if he offended the nobleman. I will remind him."

What the Khotan envoy said was aboveboard and Shi Xueting couldn't object, so he nodded silently.

After the Khotan envoy saluted him with palms together, he quickly left the hall to find the envoy of the Kara Khanate, but Shi Xueting had to sit where he was originally sitting, waiting for that Mendir to appear.

When the Khotan envoy found Mendier, he just said: "Your luck is here, someone wants to see you."

Mendir looked at him coldly and asked, "See me? Who?"

The envoy of Khotan said, "He is the person with the most believers in this country."

After the Khotan envoy finished speaking, he silently gave himself a thumbs up in his heart. He didn't want to remind Mendir how special Shi Xueting's identity was, but if he didn't mention it at all, it would make him feel uncomfortable in Shi Xueting's life if he got out of the way. Xue Ting left a not very good impression.

So the envoy of Khotan directly changed his statement, saying that believers are the people who can most stimulate the Kara Khanate. He knows that the people of the Kara Khanate want the whole world to believe in their Allah. Of course, maybe religion is just a layer of their ambition. fig leaf.

No matter what, this will definitely attract Mendir's attention, it would be even better if it can arouse his hostility, and annoy Shi Xueting... Hehehe.

The envoy of Khotan was secretly complacent, and then drew a wave of hatred towards Shi Xueting: "Hurry up, that guy doesn't have much patience, if you offend him, you're afraid you'll be unable to move an inch?"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Meng Dier, and found that Meng Dier looked thoughtful, thinking in his heart: Be angry, be angry, there is nothing wrong with what I said, if you make a fuss about that, in this The country is really afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch.

Seeing the bright eyes of the Khotan envoy, Mendir knew that this guy must have no good intentions, so he couldn't help but snorted and said, "Have you degenerated into running errands for others? Even this person is not an official of the Tang Dynasty?"

A man with many believers, Mandir knew that there were three largest religions in Tang Dynasty, Buddhism, Taoism and Guangmingism. The last one was inextricably linked with the emperor. During the anti-war period, this person was either a Taoist or a Buddhist.

The Khotan envoy liked the way he looked down on Shi Xueting, after all, the more he looked down on Shi Xueting, the worse his death would be.

So he said: "I just stopped by to let you know. How do you say this sentence in the Central Plains dialect? Oh, a dog biting Lu Dongbin doesn't know a good heart."

Mendir didn't play tricks with the Khotan envoy any more. After all, as an envoy who could come to the Tang Dynasty, he had studied the culture of the Tang Dynasty in detail. Not too low, he was full enough to play tricks with the Khotan envoys in the Tang Dynasty with the elegant words of the Tang Dynasty.

Mandir put on his clothes and walked out swaggeringly. When he went out, Shi Xueting had already started drinking and listening to music.

Meng Dier hesitated for a moment when he saw Shi Xueting, and stopped for a long time before continuing to move forward, but Shi Xueting saw him as soon as he looked up.

The moment he saw Mendir, Shi Xueting decided to keep a distance from this man.

The clothes on his body look clean, but the fluffy beard on his face makes people look really uncomfortable. Datang also has the habit of growing beards on older men, but generally it is either short beard or long beard on the chin. She looks mature and temperamental, the latter looks immortal, but this... this beard only makes Shi Xueting feel a little dirty.

Coupled with the other party's potbellied body shape, Shi Xueting, who is used to being full of beautiful uncles and grandpas in the court, is very uncomfortable-after all, the court is full of face control, and the ugly ones are basically... well, the first few levels Can't pass the exam.

Meng Dier was also polite and sat directly opposite Shi Xueting. Shi Xueting and him faced each other and looked at each other for a long time, but neither of them spoke first!

Anyway, Shi Xueting made up his mind not to speak first, so he had to look carefully at the person's appearance. In the end, it was Mendir who couldn't hold back, and he asked directly: "Who are you?"

Shi Xueting said without comprehension: "Shi Xueting."

Mendir's eyes were full of confusion: "It seems... a bit familiar. I heard that you have many believers? Why? Do you want to join the religion?"

Shi Xueting: Don't be a fool, right?

"I'm just curious to come and have a look. The Kara Khanate is thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty. What is the purpose of your envoy's visit here?"

You preach, right?I don't answer, just suffocate you.

The expression on Mendir's face is unclear, but judging from his slightly leaned back and tense eyes, he should be very vigilant at this time: "Why are you asking this? This shouldn't be something you know. "

Shi Xueting only said one sentence: "I can see Your Majesty."

Mendir looked at him suspiciously for a while, and finally said: "You said you can? I don't believe it, you just take me to see him."

Shi Xueting was almost laughed at by him, he thought wrong just now, this person is not stupid at all.

Since he couldn't find out, Shi Xueting stood up neatly and said: "If you don't believe it, don't believe it. I'm just curious about how the people of the Kara Khanate look like. So, leave."

Mendir stared and said, "What? I've been exposed as a liar and I'm leaving?"

Although Meng Dier said so, he didn't make any body movements, obviously he wanted to watch Shi Xueting leave and he wouldn't stop him.

In the end, Shi Xueting turned around and asked, "You think I'm a liar? How about we go to the government?"

Mandir: ...Is this person crazy?

Shi Xueting turned his head and walked away leisurely after rebelling against the general, leaving Mendir staring at him, but if you look closely, the emotions in those brown eyes... are very complicated.

When Li Congjia was grading papers, he found Shi Xueting came back, he couldn't help being very surprised: "So soon? What are you talking about?"

It took less than an hour for Shi Xueting to go back and forth, and Li Congjia doubted whether he really went.

Shi Xueting sat down and said, "I didn't talk about anything."

Li Congjia looked at him in a daze: "What?"

Shi Xueting spread his hands: "As soon as we met, he asked me if I wanted to join a religion. If we continue to talk, there will probably be religious conflicts."

Regardless of whether Shi Xueting regards himself as the leader of the Guangming Sect or a Buddhist believer, he is a person of faith. When he came up, he was asked whether he would join the religion. The family is probably about to do it, um, of course not by themselves, but by letting others do it.

After hearing this, Li Congjia was speechless for a moment. He began to think whether the Kara Khanate sent such a person here to provoke.

As soon as he came up, let his family's national teacher change to the court?I'm afraid I want to be beaten to death!

Seeing Li Congjia's unkind expression, Shi Xueting said again: "But this person... is pretending to be crazy and stupid. I didn't know his reality. This person is either really stupid, or he is a person with deep scheming."

Li Congjia said seriously: "Would it be a fool to send someone who can be valued by the king of a country?"

Shi Xueting said calmly: "It might be possible if they were sent to die."

Li Congjia scratched his head: "It doesn't make sense. Even if the Kara Khanate is going to war with the Tang Dynasty, can they guarantee that Yutian will follow them? What if Yutian rebels?"

Shi Xueting went on to say: "And they don't have any other marching route. Khotan is the place they must pass through. If they want to change... they have to pass through the plateau. Now that Tubo is torn apart, they have to go with Tubo if they want to get here smoothly. All the regimes have good relations, and these regimes are in a state of dislike for each other. They are more likely to please one regime than to offend another regime. It is simply impossible to get over smoothly.”

Li Congjia bit his brush and fell into deep thought. Shi Xueting couldn't help but snatched the brush and said, "Have you rejuvenated recently? Why do you like to bite things? What's wrong?"

Li Congjia wiped his mouth and said, "Forget about what love is like, the truth will be revealed when the letter of credence comes."

However, Shi Xueting still has doubts about whether there will be a letter of credence: "I will send someone to check whether the envoy of the Kara Khanate has really returned to the country, and... I also need to check Mendir life experience."

Li Congjia turned to look at him: "Ah? Is there a problem?"

Shi Xueting hesitated for a moment before saying: "I don't know if it's my illusion, I always feel that this person... looks familiar?"

Look familiar?Could it be that Shi Xueting knew each other before?

Shi Xueting looked at Li Congjia and explained: "I just feel a little bit, after all, he really can't see clearly his beard, so we can only start from his background."

Li Congjia nodded, thinking about it, Shi Xueting also sent people to the Kara Khanate before, but he didn't know how he was doing, so he just used this matter to test it.

In fact, Shi Xueting also has the same meaning. Familiarity is really familiar, but maybe it is just a resemblance. After all, Shi Xueting has been thinking about it for a long time and can't remember when he met such a person.

He is confident in his memory, he can't even remember it, maybe it's just a similarity.

The envoys of the Kara Khanate waited in Chang'an for a month. During this period, the envoys from Khotan had met Li Congjia and brought greetings from the King of Khotan.

When they met, Li Congjia asked straight to the point: "Why did you come with Mendier?"

The Khotan envoy sighed and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive us. After all, the king was helpless. In order to get back the captives of the Kara Khanate, he had to..."

Li Congjia nodded and said, "Well, I'm just curious, don't take it to heart."

To be honest, he still has a little sympathy for the Khotan country. It is indeed a weak country without diplomacy, and is threatened at every turn. If it were Khitan and Datang, Li Congjia would probably send someone to fight there without saying a word.

The Khotan envoy said uncomfortably: "This year's tribute will be delivered on time, Your Majesty, can I go back home first?"

Li Congjia guessed that this man was bullied by Mendir on the way here, so now that he had the opportunity to leave first, he planned to slip away, otherwise he would be destroyed on the way back.

Li Congjia laughed and said, "Go back and tell your king that the Tang Dynasty and Khotan have always had good relations, and if Khotan is in trouble, they will never sit idly by."

The Khotan envoy was moved and said with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty is really generous and merciful. Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the Khotan envoy left, Li Congjia touched his chin and said, "The people have been taken captive. It seems that the relationship between the two countries is not very good."

As soon as the Khotan envoy left, the credential of the Kara Khanate arrived. This time, Honglu Temple had no reason to reject Mendier, so he had to report it to see when Li Congjia was free. Of course, the credential was I have to hand it up first.

And that letter of credence, to be honest, was full of official language, expressing Kara Khanate's admiration for Datang from beginning to end, and wanting to have friendly exchanges with Datang, but Li Congjia didn't believe any of these nonsense!

Just when he was suspicious, Shi Xueting brought a message: "No wonder I feel familiar, that person can be regarded as our old acquaintance."

The author has something to say: Shi Xueting: I like to bite so much, how about I let you bite enough at night?

Li Congjia: Rogue!