laughing soul

Jiang Chen grabbed Wang Jiusi to investigate the traitor in the middle of the night, and almost used all Jin Yiwei to follow the dozen or so people around the capital without stopping for a moment. After following them for half a month, there was nowhere to be found.Not to mention leaving the capital without authorization and whereabouts are secretive, even the birds and beasts who were on guard before only caught Chu Yu's tomato egg, and now even that little thing is used by Qiu Sheng, and no one in the imperial city dares to touch it .In addition, the imperial palace is like an impenetrable pile of stones, and there is no channel for leaking news.

Negotiations are imminent, if the insider is not caught at this juncture, I am afraid that they will cooperate with each other, which will cause Da Yue to lose the opportunity.

Jiang Chen was so worried that he didn't know how his white hair had grown back, and they flew out of the hair crown alive and kicking, making this frowning old man look like a fried turkey.

"Jius, what do you think it should be..."

Wang Jiusi is more than ten years younger than Jiang Chen, and has always regarded him as an elder father and brother. He has never seen this veteran of the two dynasties so helplessly frustrated after following him for several years. My lord, Your Majesty must have a clever plan, and Tianyuan Temple will help His Majesty, so you don't have to worry too much."

In the past, the impression that Qiu Sheng left on many courtiers was so bad that it couldn't be worse. Originally, they were worried that King Nan Xiao would do something like King Zhou of Shang's wine pool and meat forest after he came to power. It was hard to accept for a while, and it was unexpectedly reliable for a while.

Nandaying, Tianyuan Temple, Huadu Tiancheng Inspector, Jinyiwei, these institutions each occupy a place in the center of authority, he actually got acquainted with all of them when he was in the rivers and lakes, but he is no better than the former emperor who ate the prosperous age of the old man who was mixed up by his superiors. few.

Jiang Chen sighed and said, "At the moment, that's the only way..."

On the other end, Qiu Sheng, who was put on a high hat by Wang Jiusi, who was wearing a "definitely clever trick", looked at Hu Tiandu, the Minister of Rites, next to him expressionlessly, and persistently saw the thick-skinned middle-aged man. In a cold sweat.

"I know that the national treasury is in a serious deficit right now, so there is no need for Mr. Hu to calculate the sum for me. Please tell me the exact amount. If the shaman Chuanmu wants money, how much can he give?"

If he didn't take over the throne, he might have been kept in the dark for the rest of his life. In front of all the princes, the first emperor pretended to be a dignified emperor, but in fact he ignored the people's livelihood and the family relationship, and spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to build it for five or six hours. Yingxiantai, which is beyond the reach, regardless of the financial deficit, the palace and mansion are full of luxury and lust, half of the items on the list presented by Hu Tiandu are things he has never seen or heard of.The national treasury has been suffering from a deep deficit since Yingxiantai was repaired. He read it.

It was the first time that I learned the true face of my father, but that man had already fallen into the ground. Qiu Sheng, as a son, wanted to complain, and gritted his teeth for a long time, but he gnawed blood from his gums, and was burned by anger again. His face was distorted so badly that he looked like an evil ghost with a blue face and fangs.

He died cleanly, leaving himself to suffer in this good seat, what a clever idea!

"Six million taels of silver was paid out, which is enough to scratch the whole corner, and even if you scrape off the minister's skin, you won't be able to get it out."

Qiu Sheng forced a smile at him to show his amiability, and had no intention of picking on him.

Purging the navy and reorganizing the South Camp of the Northwest Army requires money, and recruiting troops and buying horses is also an imminent matter. If all 600 million taels are taken away, everyone in the Central Plains will not be able to live, so let's eat the soil together.

"600 million is left with 400 million. There is no shortage of silver in the army." Qiu Sheng picked up the silver cup and poured a mouthful of Zhuyeqing, his eyes were slightly red, "Master Hu, when you went to negotiate, the minimum guaranteed amount was set at 200 million. No more than 50, if there is more, then just stop talking nonsense, bring your brothers back, and fight to the death, there will be a dead end. If Da Yue is forced to die, he will never be like a pug. People die when they exhaust their energy.”

Hu Tian bowed his head and responded: "I obey the order."

"Wait for the translator from Tianyuan Temple to come, and your lord can leave immediately, and make a quick decision. Don't show your timidity at the peace table and make jokes to the barbarians. Your lord's departure will be a big face for me. Even if you come hard, I will Send a hundred imperial guards to support you, and the martyrdom must be more vigorous."

Hu Tiandu raised his head to look at Qiu Sheng, and was shocked to realize that this young man had the heroic spirit of a soldier that the former emperor definitely did not have, but he was not sharp and sharp like ordinary generals, but he had a kind of jade-like gentle man with a bloody spirit of killing and killing, with proud self-reliance in his eyebrows and eyes.

It is the elegance of "Wen can determine the universe, and martial arts can determine the world".

He replied loudly: "The minister will fulfill his mission!"

Qiu Sheng nodded, and was about to wave Hu Tiandu back to look at the list of accounts carefully again, counting the stupid things that were shameful for the drunken bastard father, but Li Ci came in from the outside.

"Your Majesty, the eminent monk arranged by Tianyuan Temple is waiting outside the hall led by Ding Lang, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. Would you like to see him?"

Now that everything is ready and waiting for the interpreter, Qiu Sheng put aside the work at hand, got up and said: "Please come in quickly, master, be more polite." Looking back at Hu Tiandu, he waved his hand to signal him to leave his seat and salute: "This person is the top priority of the peace talks, and he must not be neglected."

There are a group of fasting and vegetarian monks in Tianyuan Temple. They don’t eat meat or grow fat. In addition, they are used to being clean and vegetarian on weekdays. The vegetarian dishes are also extremely simple and light. , They are all things like boiled cabbage in white water, big steamed buns and steamed buns.Logically speaking, it would be nice not to be skinny and skinny without being hungry, but under such conditions, it would be a privilege to be able to eat a fat man.

Qiu Sheng watched the interpreter slowly move in with a bit of stupefaction, feeling that he had really caught a treasure, and this one-in-a-thousand fat man just fell into his hands.

Besides, most of the other fat people in this world are fat and well-proportioned, at least the face and body bones are in direct proportion.But the one in front of him, although he has a pie face like a pig's head, can describe a rather thin skeleton from the layers of clothes.

Hu Tiandu was also taken aback by the look. Master Dare to Love the World is not only highly cultivated in Taoism, but also stands out from the crowd in appearance.

The two of them watched it in novelty and amusing way, Qiu Sheng just put aside for the time being the bad father who cheated on his son, but felt sorry for the fat-faced Pavilion Master.

In Tianyuan Temple, Master Yi Rong added a lot of ointment to cover his overly existent nose to make his face as high as his nose. Now he can't see his toes when he walks. In order to protect his ugly nose With a pig face full of anger and resentment, he had to move slowly step by step, and he had to pretend to be unfathomable as an eminent monk.

Chu Yu thought to himself: Damn it, I was fooled by a bald donkey.

What about using your own face?So what if the whole city is wanted?After running for thousands of miles in the snow, I really don't believe that this group of embroidered pillows can catch up.

Thinking of this Chu Yu began to feel pain again.In order to conform to ordinary people's journey, he went back to Kunlun Mountains before coming to the capital, set off for Huadu after entrusting his affairs, threw the snow for thousands of miles to the rough old man Xu Liushan, bought a mule and walked slowly over.

I ate a lot of sand along the way, which made my throat itchy.

The cabinet owner couldn't bear to look back on this.

"Master, please sit down, Li Ci, and pour tea." Bowing down to salute, he gave up a seat for the visitor, and Chu Yu returned the salute awkwardly. The waistline will inevitably be detected clearly.

It should be said that among Qiu Sheng's unappreciated stunts, what he is most proud of is recognizing people by their waistlines and bones, and sometimes it is much more accurate than ordinary people by their faces.The face can be changed or resemblance, but the figure can't, not to mention that half of the reason why Qiu Sheng lost his soul when he saw Chu He for the first time was because of this, and he couldn't move his eyes anymore after seeing Chu He.

The waist of this ugly and embarrassing fat man is almost similar to that beauty, but Chu Yu is wrapped in a thick cotton coat that he never touched before, and he glanced at it for a moment, Qiu Sheng blinked, and the waistline has disappeared. Behind the high stool, all you see is a disgusting smile on the face of an ugly pig.

He closed his eyes abruptly, and the last bit of hesitation in his heart disappeared.

"Master... dare to ask the master's name?"

Not being discovered... Chu Yu had already noticed that Qiu Sheng's eyes were wrong, and was waiting in fear to be punished, but without accident, he escaped by Qiu Sheng's extreme rejection of "ugliness".

Sure enough, things like looking at faces will affect IQ.

"Return to Your Majesty, the poor monk is called Jingsheng." Without waiting for Qiu Sheng to reply, Chu Yu went on to say, "I heard what Master Jingran said, this time I am going to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit, Your Majesty is ordering the poor monk to go to Jinling to help Master Hu, the Minister of Rites, to complete the work." A matter of peace talks." He got up from his seat and performed a set of the highest Buddhist prostrations to Qiu Sheng, threw himself on the ground, put his forehead lightly on his overlapping thumbs, and said slowly and firmly: "When the country is peaceful and the people are safe, Chanting sutras and chanting Buddha in Tianyuan Temple to pray for the blessings of the family and the country, if the mountains and rivers are in turmoil, the poor monk will die without mercy, and I would like to splash the mountains and rivers with a little sincerity and blood in my heart!"

Qiu Sheng's figure seemed to be shocked: "Although I have made friends with Master Jingran of your temple in the past, I don't know the ambitions of the eminent monks, and I think Tianyuan Temple is just a temple that is out of the ordinary world of mortals... What is happening now It turned out that I was narrow-minded and biased. If I trouble you to accept my worship on behalf of Master Jingran, I will take it as an apology."

Seeing that this man was about to bow down, and no one stopped him when Li Ci was not around, Chu Yu stood dumbfounded through his fleshy skin, glanced at Hu Tiandu who was beside him, and even made a bold and sincere bow .

Don't mind me, I made this up all by myself, you guessed it right, but that dead bald donkey is such a virtue!

"Your Majesty...Master Hu, please leave quickly..."

Chu Yu always felt that it was fine to talk nonsense, but to be worshiped by the dragon's son and grandson for no reason was probably to harm his morality.

Seeing that the distance was far away and I couldn't help it, I had to bear it extremely aggrieved.

"Master Jingsheng, I would like to trouble you to follow Mr. Hu for a while, and try to keep our words as low-key as possible. One more thing, don't let the shaman Chuanmu laugh at you at the negotiating table." Hu Tiandu: "On the way, Haosheng takes care of Master Jingsheng. Don't get tired after a long journey."

Chu Yu lowered his head and smiled very veiledly.

The land and territory are all gone, and this bastard emperor is still worried about losing face.Mingjun, Mingjun.

Hu Tiandu was about to agree, but Chu Yu stopped him with a wave of his hand: "Your Majesty, is it possible that Your Majesty just intends to send Lord Hu and the poor monk away?"

Qiu Sheng was stunned: "Otherwise?"

Chu Yu lifted up his robe and knelt down, bowed low and kowtowed, straightened up and said: "Your Majesty, this peace request is not unprecedented. It is our initiative to negotiate peace and is obviously at a disadvantage. The party that is more eager to rest is Your Majesty. Not the shaman Chuanmu and the Western Hundred Nations Navy. The opponents are both leaders present, if His Majesty only sent Lord Hu alone, I am afraid that it would appear that there is not enough sincerity, and they naturally have reasons to instigate another war."

Seeing that Qiu Sheng's brows were gradually frowning but he remained silent, he kowtowed again and paused for a moment before saying: "Of course, the second war is inevitable, and the peace talks can only be avoided after the first day of the new year but not the fifteenth. The people of the teeth have squandered all the money, and the only way to fill the gap is to come to the Central Plains to search for it. According to the humble opinion of the poor monk, there will be less than a year of free time during this period. Your Majesty must plan on his own, recruiting naval forces to expand the army, and filling the treasury to appease the people. It's important. Does Your Majesty have a plan?"

Hu Tian was so startled that his "beautiful face paled", now he is really developed, the world is declining, and even the monks have lost their hearts.Uneasy lived in front of the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha for the rest of his life, but he actively participated in the world and understood the situation in Nandaying better than him, a senior member of the second rank. It was really eye-opening.

Qiu Sheng: "Earlier, Yimei...uh, Yigongzi once told Yuzhen Navy that there were many dirty and unsightly scandals in the interior. Su Wanyue couldn't stay, so he had to find a way to choose from last year's military examination tributes. Two or three came out to investigate and fill in his vacancy. It is a trivial matter to appease the people, and I only ask the master to point out one thing."

Chu Yu wanted to bend the corners of his eyes at first, but remembered that he was facing a face full of anger from Zhang Chou, so he nodded in an instant.

"It's not been a day or two since the national treasury has been in short supply. I've just looked at Master Hu's account books of the Ministry of Rites. This big hole has been quite large since the first emperor. Until now, it's getting worse and worse... What good strategy can the master have?"

"The national treasury is a trivial matter. It's not urgent. The poor monk will discuss it with His Majesty later," Chu Yu waved his hand and said, "It's just about the navy. It's possible that Your Majesty really thought that the late emperor and Taihe Emperor didn't know and let Su Is Wan Yue messing around?"

Emperor Taihe is Qiu Sheng's grandfather, this man is a world-class genius, but unfortunately he was not blessed to enjoy family happiness, he just passed away at the age of seventy, before he had time to see the youngest king of Nan Xiao, Qiu Sheng treated him naturally I have no impression.

"Some things have stopped them from dealing with this matter." Qiu Sheng asked, "What's the matter?"

If Chu He was asked to answer this question a few days ago, he would definitely be at a loss, but taking advantage of these two days of free time, he remembered some old things about Chu Mu in his previous life, and vaguely heard about Dayue's muddy stick. The news about the navy of the wall is half conjecture and half factual evidence, so they only figured out about [-]% to [-]% of it.

"Poor monk..."

"Master has been traveling all the way, thinking about it, it's been a lot of hard work. After talking for a long time, he must be tired. It's better to let Li Ci take the master to the residence to rest, and then I will come." Qiu Sheng got up and helped him, and looked away. Looking at his face, he twisted his arms and rubbed his waistline vaguely.

Chu Yu: "..."

Hu Tian has also heard about the fact that there was a traitor in the court, and he knew that Qiu Sheng was guarding against him, but he was not angry, but just saluted respectfully: "It is difficult to travel at night, Master Jingsheng may as well rest in peace. It’s late, and it’s not too late to set off again at Mao o’clock tomorrow.”

Chu Yu calmly avoided Qiu Sheng's tightened arms, and replied, "Please trouble Mr. Hu."

"Your Majesty, Master Jingsheng, I will take my leave."

Chu Yu watched Hu Tiandu leave helplessly, and looked back at Qiu Sheng who was looking at his waistline thoughtfully, cold sweat dripped down the inside of the fake leather, covering his face almost swollen with blisters.

What kind of fun is this?

With so little time to get along, I never saw that this little rabbit had such abilities before.Fortunately, before he left, he stole a bottle of medicinal soup from Jingran to change the tone of his voice, otherwise, wouldn't it be just a matter of opening his mouth to say something?

"Hey, the young man who just mentioned to the master, the weasel's butt, is a guy who can't make a good fart." He summoned up the courage to take a look at Chu Yu, and suddenly closed his eyes as if he had been stabbed by something. , "Master, please forgive my offense. From the spine to the waistline, you look like that bastard."

Chu Yu: "..."

Didn't you just use a little trick to make you sleep for a few days?As for being so small-minded and caressing about every detail?

"How many servants does the master use on a daily basis? The maids and eunuchs in the courtyard do not have enough work at hand. If the master doesn't dislike it, why don't you take two of them back from me and use them?"

"No need, the poor monk brought a kid here," Chu Yu turned around and waved, "Xiao Tian, ​​come here!"

I saw a fat, fat young man walking in step by step. He has a thick back and a waist, but when he gets close, he is a big girl with a yellow flower temper. Said: "Grassmen see Your Majesty."

With the excessive fright of the previous one, Qiu Sheng is no stranger to it, thinking that he probably saw all the two pig heads in Tianyuan Temple, which are called the treasures of the town temple, in one day, and he also got the fat head and big ears. Blessing, he hurriedly helped him: "There is no need for the courtesy."

This kid is Huan Tian. The prescription sent back by Chu Yu a while ago rescued the donkey from the edge of the cliff where life and death were on the verge of death. Bring tea and water later.The current appearance is already the result of worrying about his younger brother's health, and losing weight after eating hungry and full meals. The neighbors in the neighborhood said that he was so thin that only a handful of bones remained, which made his parents feel bad.

The "thin" Huan Tian hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." He kowtowed his head, he was an honest boy, he didn't know how to protect his head with the back of his hand, and he just smashed his forehead wrapped in pork belly On the ground, "Ouch" howled, and a big bag popped out in response.

"I haven't rewarded you with anything, but doing this kind of vain gift will kill me." Qiu Sheng dragged him up, dumbfounded, "My boy, please serve carefully in the future, I will order the imperial dining room to leave braised pork head meat for you."

Seeing that the kid was about to make a second big bag with great fanfare, Qiu Sheng quickly stuffed a candied date from Loulan into his hand: "Follow Eunuch Li, let's go!"

Watching the two of them walk out of the palace gate, Qiu Sheng unhurriedly nodded at Chu Yu: "Master, please."