Chapter 55 Leaving Shu urgently

After Xiao Yan learned the important inside story contained in the calligraphy and painting from Shen Daoren, she was always in shock, and her heart could not calm down for a moment.He thought a lot and was very confused. First of all, he had to tell the emperor or Han Xizai the truth as soon as possible, so that they could take precautions to prevent those with ulterior motives from using similar methods or other methods to secretly assassinate.But this secret cannot be known by too many people. If the matter is leaked out and known by the manipulator behind it, it will be difficult to say whether the truth can be passed back.Therefore, the method of delivery must be reliable, and it is best to report back in person, so that one is safe and detailed, and the other can be fully credited to oneself.However, he did not dare to hide such a major truth in his chest alone. In case of any accident, this truth may become an unsolved mystery again.And those with ulterior motives cannot be stopped, and any malicious tricks are likely to succeed.

After thinking about it, Xiao Yan finally decided to tell Gu Zijing about this matter, and discuss with him what to do next. In fact, the biggest reason for making such a decision was because Xiao Yan couldn't bear it anymore psychologically, and there was a huge truth hidden in his heart. If no one shared it with him, he was afraid that he would suffer from hysteria.In addition, he also thought that if the emperor asked Gu Zijing to go to Shu with him, maybe he already knew something about calligraphy and painting.Moreover, Gu Zijing is a member of the ghost party and the emperor's confidant. Even if he doesn't know about calligraphy and painting, after telling him the terrible truth and serious consequences, he will definitely try his best to convey the truth back.

When Xiao Yan finished telling Gu Zijing the whole process and the final conclusion, Gu Zijing's face looked very bitter and helpless.At this moment, the first thought in his mind was that he was forced to take on a risk. The key thing right now was not how to pass the truth back, but how to save his own life. Just imagine, such a mysterious murder calligraphy and painting, an assassination method aimed at the emperor, a vicious plan that has already caused harm to the emperor, is this something ordinary people can do?Find such a calligraphy and painting, send it to the palace through what channel, and have the opportunity to hang it in the place where Yuanzong often came and went.The status and power of the person who can do these things is absolutely not trivial, and this person is either by Yuanzong's side, or his confidant and eyeliner is by Yuanzong's side.

If this is the case, the person who took the calligraphy and painting from the palace by Han Xizai would not have known about it, and the fact that the calligraphy and painting were entrusted to Xiao Yan and brought to the Shu Kingdom to find a faceless god for solution may not have escaped his eyes and ears.So in order not to expose himself, and in order to attack Yuan Zong again in the future, that person will definitely do everything possible to prevent the secrets in the calligraphy and painting from being solved.And once the truth is revealed, Thunder's next method is to kill all those who know.

"Does anyone else know about the fact that you asked the Faceless God for solution through Taoist Shen?" Gu Zijing asked. "No, although Eunuch Ming, the chief eunuch in charge of the Shu Palace, introduced me to Daoren Shen with a post, he didn't know why. Daoren Shen was also very careful. After getting the explanation, he led me to the Qingyang Temple handover." "Shen Daoren's approach is to graft the calamity onto the Qingyang Temple. If someone wants to kill the insider, then he will not be found. Instead, he will catch you and the Taoist of the Qingyang Temple. And now you have me It got involved." Gu Zijing said with a sigh.

"You can't get away with it or not. Although I am a special envoy to accompany you, anyone who knows the inside story knows your true identity, and even thinks that solving calligraphy and painting is the purpose of your real entourage. I guess you are more likely to be treated as Make the first target of silence." Xiao Yan's words are very reasonable, even Gu Zijing himself feels that there is nothing to refute. "From this point of view, we have to leave Chengdu as soon as possible and rush back day and night. Return to Jinling before others set up a scheme to kill the story, and convey the truth to the emperor. Only when the secret is no longer a secret can you and I be safe." Gu Zijing I also started to feel anxious.

"Okay, in the past two days, I will find an opportunity to pay my respects to the Emperor of Shu and leave immediately, and I don't want any reply to the envoy's writing. Anyway, I am not the only envoy from Southern Tang." Gu Zijing frowned slightly: "What does Master Xiao mean by the last sentence?" "Oh, Mr. Gu, don't misunderstand me. I didn't mean to tease you at all. Since Mr. Gu has been involved, I should tell the truth about another matter. When I visited Meng Chang in the palace of the Kingdom of Shu today, I heard It was announced that there was an envoy from the Southern Tang Dynasty seeking to see him, and then Meng Chang hurriedly withdrew from the court. At that time, I thought that another more important secret envoy from our country had been sent, so Meng Chang went to the apse to summon him in private. But I happened to meet him when I left the Shu Palace. A person was escorted by a master and walked in the direction of Shen Daoren Xiexuan Hall. Some of my followers knew that person, and they said that he was the head of the Southern Tang Prince's residence."

"Director De?! Prince Li Hongji?!" Gu Zijing was very surprised. Xiao Yan nodded affirmatively. Gu Zijing rolled his eyes a few times, and then his astonishment turned into panic: "I can't wait for another chance to pay my respects to the Emperor of Shu. Clean it up overnight, and leave tomorrow!" Xiao Yan and Gu Zijing left Chengdu in a hurry the next afternoon.Xiao Yan bid farewell to Wu Zhaoyi's mansion after the morning court, and did not ask to see Meng Chang again.I just ask Wu Zhaoyi to convey their respect and apology to Emperor Shu. Wu Zhaoyi was very puzzled by the actions of the Southern Tang special envoys, because they had not yet received Meng Chang's approval for their mission, so how could they explain to Yuanzong Li Jing after they returned?Although they received some censure in the imperial palace, none of them exceeded the etiquette.Xiao Yan is a veteran in the officialdom who often works as a foreign envoy, and he will not leave because of the rhetoric and disregard of the overall situation.What's more, he didn't lose the wind in the rhetoric.Could it be... Could it be that the assassination of the envoy of the Great Zhou that the Highness said really hit their vital point?

But no matter how much he doubted it, Wu Zhaoyi was inconvenient to force the Southern Tang special envoy to stay.In fact, even if he had the real evidence of Southern Tang's assassination of the Great Zhou envoy, he had no reason to take any action.Because this matter has nothing to do with his country of Shu, but it happened in the territory of Shu, and at most it was not well protected.Besides, there were also officials in the Shu Kingdom who were implicated and died. Speaking of which, they were also victims.However, if there is any evidence, the Shu Kingdom can be exonerated, and then as a third party, they can watch the battle between the Great Zhou and the Southern Tang and take advantage of the fisherman.Now the special envoy of Nantang left suddenly and hurriedly, although it was not evidence, it left something to talk about.Whether it is to prove that the envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty's guess is correct, or to evade the relationship between the Kingdom of Shu, in short, it is beneficial to the Kingdom of Shu.It can save the envoys of the two countries from being entangled in front of the Shu emperor, and save this unclear and unresolvable lawsuit.

Therefore, Wu Zhaoyi was very enthusiastic to persuade him to stay, sent him off politely, and dispatched troops to escort him all the way out of the country.From his level, it has been done properly. This time, however, the Southern Tang envoys did not return to Southern Tang through the border between Southern Han and Chu as they did when they came here. Instead, they went north, passed through Nanping after leaving Shu and entered Southern Tang.This move was a decision made by Gu Zijing, but it was an idea strongly recommended by God Eye Bu Fu. Bu Fu learned that they left Chengdu in a hurry because someone would be unfavorable to the Datang Mission, so he immediately suggested not to go back the same way.However, the Southern Tang Dynasty was not at peace with Chu, and the excuse was that although Chu was the fastest, it was not safe.In addition, Chudi may refuse to use it because it is afraid that the special envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty will spy on the towns in its hinterland.So in contrast, going north through Nanping should be a safe and fast road.

Making such a decision seems very wise, but in fact it is a big mistake.If you have obtained a very important truth and want to bring it back to Nantang, you will definitely choose a safe and fast way to go back. This is what people with some risk awareness will think: if you want to prevent them from bringing back the secret It has been determined that Xiao Yan and Gu Zijing have obtained the truth about the calligraphy and painting, so they must have thought that the Southern Tang embassy would use Nanping to choose a suitable place on this route and decide to stop the attack.If the people who stop them have not yet determined whether they have obtained the truth of calligraphy and painting, they only need to wait on this road. Once they see that they have indeed chosen this path, it is equivalent to proving the fact that they have obtained the truth of calligraphy and painting .So no matter what, as long as you choose this path, you will definitely become the target of others. On the second day after the Southern Tang envoy left, Wang Ce and Zhao Pu, the special envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty, asked to visit Meng Chang to ask for a written reply to return to the Great Zhou Dynasty. When Meng Chang summoned the special envoy of the Great Zhou last time, he had already figured out that there were two purposes for their trip: first, they misunderstood that the Shu Kingdom stationed troops to transport food to the border between Zhou and Shu, and suspected that the Shu Kingdom would take advantage of the internal difficulties of the Great Zhou Dynasty to disadvantage it; The second is to require the State of Shu to increase border transactions and provide Dazhou with cheap grain, salt and other materials. Regarding these two matters, Meng Chang felt that it was useless to say too much. The best way to clear up the misunderstanding was to ask the special envoy of Da Zhou to go to the border state capital to have a look on his way back home.As for the second matter, it is beneficial to oneself, beneficial to Da Zhou, and also in the interests of his ally Li Hongji, so why not do it? So Meng Chang did not keep Wang Ce and Zhao Pu, and personally hosted the imperial banquet to see them off.The two sides were very happy to exchange cups and cups, and never mentioned the assassination in the territory of Shu. The next day, Wu Zhaoyi sent Wang Ce and Zhao Pu to Shili Changting Pavilion for Meng Chang.At the farewell banquet, Zhao Pucai once again mentioned the hasty departure of the Southern Tang special envoy and their assassination. In fact, Wu Zhaoyi had already thought of all the rhetoric, and tactfully and tactfully kept Shu out of the matter.But as for whether the assassin was sent by Nantang, he didn't make a conclusion, but just handed over all doubts and possibilities to Zhao Pu and the others, and let them infer by themselves. Zhao Pu didn't say much, he just emphasized one point again, and the emphasis on this point abruptly dragged Shu into right and wrong again. "We have said before that if the assassins who assassinated us were sent by the Southern Tang Dynasty, then their purpose of subterranean assassins in the form of Shu people in the land of Shu may not be as simple as killing us. This is to marry Shu Kingdom, to divide the alliance between you and me. And the Southern Tang Dynasty can take advantage of the gap to win over, either to unite with my great Zhou to deal with your Shu kingdom, or to unite with your Shu kingdom to deal with my great Zhou. The emperor of Shu must clearly observe and make a clear decision about such ulterior motives. .” Wu Zhaoyi nodded slightly, what Zhao Pu said was not without reason.After the Southern Tang mission team came to Chengdu this time, they jumped up and down, turned around and drilled around, and both civilians and officials were within the scope of their visits. All kinds of performances did seem to have similar intentions.Furthermore, both the Great Zhou and the Southern Tang were secretly competing with the Kingdom of Shu for the mysterious treasure.And the latest news is that this treasure is in the territory of Shu Kingdom. Is it also related to the fact that the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty went all over Chengdu to drill camps?From this point of view, we really need to pay attention to everything and be careful in our dealings with Nantang from now on.