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Kucha camp.

To celebrate this victory, King Kucha held a celebration banquet to entertain the Ming Dynasty's envoys.

Shen Zaikuan is young, handsome, gentle, and shows the demeanor of a great nation in every move he makes. He neither uses words to intimidate nor any coercion.

He used that light and convincing tone to get King Kucha to agree to his request.

Unless the situation was inappropriate, the King of Kucha even wanted to finalize the cooperation directly, because the agreement proposed by Shen Zaikuan was very generous and a win-win agreement.

This agreement is certainly a win-win.

King Qiuci is the springboard to pacify the Western Regions and an example for the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions. If he acts too arrogant and greedy, he will only push all the people who may be friends to Fang Yeyu's camp.

Thousand gold city bones!

Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!

This is the eight-character motto given to Shen Zaikuan by Lao Li Tanhua, the Minister of Rites, when he set out. All plans made by Shen Zaikuan revolve around these eight words.

When we have one more friend, our enemy will have one less friend. Only the stupidest people will push their friends to the enemy's camp in order to compete for petty profits.

This was Chang Mao's suggestion to Shen Zaikuan when the mission set off from Suzhou Wei. Shen Zaikuan thought about it all the way and silently deleted some of the more excessive conditions.

This action was not for the King of Qiuci, nor for the benefit of a certain oasis, but for the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and for the entire Silk Road.

This is a long-term business.

This is a steady stream of wealth.

If the agreement is successfully reached, as long as the Silk Road is not cut off, his achievements will become greater and greater.

Shen Zaikuan clearly remembered the stories of those "diplomats" that Shen Lian once told him. When doing things, you should not strive for temporary gain, but strive for eternal glory.

Someone asked here, is Shen Zaikuan not afraid of being picked off, and works hard to help others?

Don't be afraid!

Because this kind of thing is almost impossible!

Even if someone can take away this achievement, who can take away his reputation? Could it be that someone would change historical records for such a small profit?

Shen Zaikuan is a scholar. What he wants is to settle the affairs of the king and win the reputation in life and after death. Even if he is bullied while alive, his reputation should be preserved after death.

Even if he was suppressed many times, he could go to the Hanlin Academy to study books or historical materials.

When the time comes, ask your colleagues to add two strokes and subtract two strokes, using Spring and Autumn style of writing. Who can steal the posthumous reputation?

Even if his colleagues don't help, he can still accept a few students as his students. When Shen Zaikuan is fifty years old, he won't be able to say that he will be full of talents, but at least he will be able to accept a few disciples.

This kind of thing is extremely maneuverable.

In addition, Shen Zaikuan's character cannot be said to be selfless like Shen Qingtian's, but he is also very loyal to the Ming Dynasty and is willing to devote his youthful blood.

Scholars in their twenties still have the passion of youth and will not focus on self-interest in everything.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be useless to read the books of sages?

Shen Zaikuan is the top scorer in high school and has enough wisdom to deal with these things. He has made many preparations for this.

This is what Shen Lian taught him.

What is the perfect layout?

It’s not about getting the most benefits, but it’s about having the highest error tolerance rate. It’s not about not being able to make mistakes, it’s about how you can make up for it after you make a mistake.

You can take risks when you are in crisis, but when you are in an advantage, you should focus on stability, be upright and upright, rely on the surging momentum to crush you, and never be greedy for credit and rush forward.

Taking risks is Fang Yeyu's business.

Shen Zaikuan doesn't need to take any risks.

No one wants Shen Zaikuan to take risks and gain profits.

From the moment Shen Lian found King Kucha, Shen Zaikuan didn't need to take risks, he just needed to advance steadily.

…

"Old Shen, I am getting more and more confused about your brother's plan. To say that this is a coincidence would be too much of a coincidence. If it is not a coincidence, it is more incredible than a coincidence. What is going on?"

Chu Liuxiang reviewed recent events.

When his mind no longer cares, it becomes chaotic and he can think seriously, and naturally he can think of many flaws.

Shen Lian's behavior was really weird.

On the pretext of looking for the King of Kucha, he left the mission with several experts, and then nominally helped Chu Liuxiang find a beauty, but he achieved his goal by mistake.

It’s just to find the King of Kucha, but also to find traces of Shi Guanyin here, complete the plan made before departure, and completely destroy Shi Guanyin’s lair.

It was enough to destroy Shi Guanyin. While Chu Liuxiang was waiting in the camp, he really confirmed the traces of Hongyan, although he didn't feel particularly happy.

Then the Kucha rebels came over.

Then Shen Lian led the army to fight back.

The mission found the King of Kucha, who successfully regained his throne, Shi Guanyin was completely destroyed, Chu Liuxiang found three beauties, and all matters were resolved satisfactorily.

Everyone is happy!

Everyone has a look of joy on their face.

In reality?

How did Shen Lian confirm these things?

How does Shen Lian cooperate with Shen Zaikuan?

If all this is a coincidence, Shen Lian's luck is too good. According to Chu Liuxiang's observation, Shen Lian's luck is extremely bad. When two people play dice, if Shen Lian does not use thousands of skills and uses pure luck, he will be defeated in every battle.

In any game of luck, Shen Lian has almost never won without cheating.

This guy even gave a detailed argument:

Since ancient times, spearmen are lucky enough to have one stone. Changshan Zhao Zilong has eight buckets, and the others share two buckets.

Shen Lian even said proudly: "I have weird luck, and my luck fluctuates greatly. Every time I get slapped by bad luck, the goddess of luck will throw a sweet date to me to appease my fragile heart."

This argument is so perfect, except that it is incomprehensible, everything else is perfect.

This theory is exemplified by numerous examples.

For example, if you go to the snowy mountains, you will encounter an avalanche, if you go to the desert, you will encounter a black sandstorm, and if you go to the sea on a boat, your boat will capsize.

At the same time, snow lotus will be picked up by an avalanche, the Sun Temple will be encountered when escaping from a sandstorm, and a capsized boat may drift to a special island to find ancient inheritance.

Chu Liuxiang really didn't know what to say about Shen Lian's flexible luck. This was too flexible.

Could this also be elastic luck?

impossible!

How could it be played like this?

If this can be regarded as elastic luck, and the fortune is so strong now, when it falls, wouldn't it be possible to find Pang Ban Ba ​​Shiba blocking the door when he goes out?

"Old Shen, my mind is very confused right now. Although it may involve the secrets of the imperial court, I still want to find out something about it in order to clear my mind."

Shen Lian said nonchalantly: "This is actually nothing special. It's just that before departure, my cousin designed many plans and asked me to choose different plans according to the specific situation to complete the layout."

As he spoke, Shen Lian drew a picture on the ground.

First he drew a straight line, and then he drew a circle at one end of the straight line. The circle revealed eight thin lines extending outward. The thin lines met again in front, and the intersection was still a circle, and then straight lines were stretched out in the distance.

The picture is very crude, but it illustrates the point.

The path that everyone walked before was the initial straight line, the circles were the division of troops, the thin lines were various unexpected situations, the convergence of the thin lines was the arrival of the army, cooperation was reached, and the straight line to continue to explore outwards was the plan thereafter.

Although it looks extremely simple, the wisdom poured into it is really shocking.

Chu Liuxiang was shocked: "Old Shen, is this what you once said about cheating... cheating?"

Shen Lian:!!!∑(Дノ)ノ

Why do your ears work so well?

Are you just sitting around listening to other people's opinions?

When did I say these words in front of you?

How do you know I cheated?

Should I kill someone and silence them now?

Shen Lian's face showed murderous intent: "Xiao Chu, you know too much. Knowing too much will do you no good. Isn't it good to be confused?"

"Old Shen, don't make trouble~~"

"Who said I was making trouble with you!"

"Brother Shen, no~ no!"

Hu Tiehua: Is the old bug crazy?

Ji Bingyan: Did this guy get kicked in the head?

Green Beard: Why didn’t I learn to paint back then?

Shen Lian: I really want to kill you right now!

As we all know, although Chu Liuxiang's martial arts is not the highest, it is very difficult to kill Chu Liuxiang. Shi Guanyin failed to do it, Jellyfish Yinji failed to do it, and Mr. Orchid also failed to do it.

Of course Shen Lian also failed.

At dawn, Qingbeard and his soldiers returned to Black Pearl's territory. Chu Liuxiang Iron Triangle decided to go there as a guest to see what was going on!

The King of Kucha led his troops back to the Kingdom of Kucha.

All the rebel generals were imprisoned and returned to Kucha State to be executed. Ninety percent of the soldiers chose to surrender, while some fled and became rogues in the desert.

To put it bluntly, the desert bandits business has been done more than once by Kucha soldiers.

If there is a caravan that does not pay tolls or protection fees, and wants to take away all the money it has earned before having a good time in Qiuci Kingdom, then this caravan is likely to encounter sand thieves and be buried in the yellow sand. under.

This kind of thing should definitely not be supported, because it is an act of banditry, but in the desert, this is the rule on the surface, and all businessmen understand it.

Spending money to buy peace has been the case since ancient times.

Unless you are an imperial businessman with a profound background like the Hua family.

Even if King Qiuci was given ten courages, he would not dare to rob the Hua family, otherwise Chang Mao would not be able to spare them!

…

Shen Lian plays with the Star of Bliss in his hand. This is the gem that the King of Kucha used to trick Shi Guanyin. It is said that it can unlock the treasure of Kucha. In fact, this gem

——Not all lies!

Shi Guanyin is not a three-year-old child. If she randomly picks up a gemstone and says it is a national treasure of Qiuci, how can she believe it? Since she believes it, it means that it must be a national treasure of Qiuci, and it is recorded in documents.

This is indeed a gem left by Xuanzang's journey to the west.

It was not left behind when I went there, but when I came back. At that time, Qiuci was under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate and belonged to the "Four Anxi Towns".

The great general Wang Xiaojie in Detective Di Renjie's greatest achievement in his life was to recapture the four towns of Anxi, and even entered the martial arts temples of the Tang and Song dynasties with this achievement.

Yan Zhenqing personally submitted a letter to draw up the list. The gold content of this achievement is pure gold.

Someone asked here, how did the Kingdom of Qiuci become the Four Towns of Anxi? Isn’t this a country in the Western Region?

Li Shimin said this question was a good one.

I have an imperial younger brother who works tirelessly to help me find the way to the Western Regions so that my army can attack easily.

Li Zhi said that this uncle was really kind. He was worried that my army would get lost, and he also wrote a map, which recorded the mountains, rivers, geography, customs and customs of the Western Regions in detail in the book. Almost every border general had a copy of it.

Listening to the story told by King Qiuci, Shen Lian really wanted to ask if Tang Xuanzang's customs clearance document was inscribed by Li Shimin himself:

——Either he goes over, or I come over!

Is it really okay for you to say this in front of me?

Didn’t you see that the generals behind me were almost getting red eyes? This is the merit of the martial arts temple!

This is called territorial expansion!

This is also called regaining the homeland!

This is the most sensitive nerve of the Central Plains generals!

Even Shen Zaikuan's blood was boiling.

If my cousin joins the army, I, as the elder brother, really can't stop him. I don't know what will happen then.

The King of Kucha was completely unaware of this and continued to talk intermittently about the profound Buddhist teachings of Master Xuanzang and the allusions to Buddhism in Kucha Kingdom, as if he was discussing Buddhism.

Due to the influence of Xuanzang's journey to the west, Buddhism is very prosperous in the Western Regions, and Buddhism is mainly believed in the Qiuci Kingdom.

Among the Buddhist stories circulated in Qiuci Kingdom, the most famous one is called Agari Erjialan.

It is said that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the king of Qiuci wanted to go out on patrol and let his younger brother supervise the country.

Before leaving, his brother gave him a box.

The younger brother didn't say what was in the box, he just told the king not to open it halfway and to open it again when he came back.

My brother is a decent man and has offended many people. After the king came back, those people spread rumors that your brother was in and out of the harem and made the harem a mess.

The king was furious and wanted to kill his brother, but the brother calmly asked the king to open the box.

But it turned out that the younger brother had been worried about this for a long time. In order to reassure his older brother, he stabbed himself with a knife and put the cut things into a box for his older brother to take with him.

Some time later, when the younger brother went out, he encountered five hundred cattle and horses that were about to be castrated. The younger brother felt compassion and bought all the cattle and horses.

After this incident, the younger brother had a great enlightenment. He understood Buddhism in the temple built by the king, participated in nature, and was reborn. His body gradually returned to normal.

When Xuanzang traveled to the west, he heard about this Buddhist legend and found it very interesting. It was recorded in "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty". Shen Lian had heard a little about it.

I haven't heard it in the Western Regions, but in the Central Plains.

In the Central Plains version of the story, the protagonist is not Ashali Ergaran, but the eminent monk Rama. The ending of the story is not a great enlightenment, but a fight for Rama's body.

How did you say that?

——It’s not that you can’t do it, it’s that you don’t have it!

In the case of Jinan Prefecture that year, in order to facilitate various arrangements, Blackstone was destroyed by Guo Bujing. Guo Bujing disguised his identity, launched a surprise attack, and forcibly recruited and killed two Meng Yuan protectors who had fought among thousands of troops.

This was the most serious loss suffered by the martial arts masters after Meng Yuan was defeated and returned to the grassland.

Shen Lian felt very happy about that battle, and Guo Bujing also felt very happy, so he remembered it very clearly.

Is there any connection between the two?