Chapter 506 déjà vu

"Dear owner, what did they say... Allah, what do you mean?" Seeing the exaggerated Kang De, Su Lianqing and others came to ask Wu Mei Niang together.

Wu Meiniang whispered, "All ethnic groups live here in Kangguo, and there are many religions that they believe in. In addition to the Taoist Buddhism we are familiar with, there are also Manichaeism, Islam, Christianity, etc. Allah is the supreme master of the Islamic classic Quran, which is equivalent to the Buddha of Buddhism. As far as I know, in Kang and its neighboring countries, about half of the people believe in Islam, and most of the royal families of all countries believe in Manicism.

"Isn't Maniism the Ming religion?" Su Lianqing blinked and said, "I've heard of this. I used to know a few Manichaeans who walk around the world. They are all gods and ghosts. Obviously, they are the role of murderers and more goods, but they still believe in abstinence and silence, vegetarian fasting, and some strange rituals every day. What's the name... Prayer!"

"That's right, Manicism is what the people of the Tang Dynasty call Mingism." Wu Meiniang said, "I once asked the Sogdian housekeeper of the Zheng family for advice. They told me that the origin of religion is Persia, which is not as evil as the legend, but just a kind of religion. Its teachings are deeply influenced by Buddhism and Christianity, and it also means to persuade people to save all sentient beings. It is said that the royal family of Kang has always been respected by Manicism. Once, due to the king's abstinence, the princes who succeeded to the throne had to be selected from the clans, and finally led to a court coup. Later, instead of blaming the king, the Chinese people and believers expressed supreme respect for him.

Su Lianqing and others have grown up and opened their eyes. They praised one after another: "The owner is really erudite!"

Wu Mei Niang smiled indifferently, "The world is so big that what you don't know is much more than you know. I also had to know more about something in order to facilitate my actions - by the way, Su Lianqing, you squated off those people just now, but obviously Kang Guo must have had something important happened, which led them to arrest Han merchants abnormally. It is estimated that it will not be long before those sergeants will go and return, and it is still unknown how they will treat us. To be on the safest, you go to Gongyue City in person!"

"Gongyue City?" Su Lianqing's eyes suddenly widened and he whispered, "Sir, are you really going to ask Su Dingfang for help? ...It's true that he is surnamed Su, but he is not my relative. I may not be able to move him to send troops to save you!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Wu Mei Niang stared at her with both good and funny laughter and whispered, "General Su is leading 300,000 troops to besiege the Beiting and the capital Gongyue City. He is so powerful that he has scared many people in the small countries of the Western Regions, and Kang is also a subordinate country of the Northern Court. I want you to go to Gongyue City to meet Su Dingfang, not to ask him to send troops to save me, but to ask him to show an attitude to Kangguo on behalf of the Tang Dynasty!"

"What attitude? I'm confused!" Su Lianqing was a little anxious.

Wu Mei Niang frowned and said, "The Tang Dynasty fought fiercely with the Beiting. A small country in the Western Regions like Kang must be frightened. They don't know which side will win, so neither side dares to offend, and neither side dares to get too close. But after all, Beiting is the overlord of the Western Regions. He has been the leader here for many years. Relatively speaking, Kang Guoguo is more afraid of Beiting. Therefore, I guess that Kang Guo's abnormal arrest of Han merchants was completely forced by the North Court. As expected, there may be Tutun messengers sent by the Beiting in the royal city of Kang Kingdom - there is no other way at this. I can only temporarily pretend to be the envoys of the Tang Dynasty and fight head-on with the envoys of the Beiting! And what you have to do is to let Su Dingfang officially surrender to Kang Guo in the name of the Marshal of the Western Expedition of the Tang Dynasty and publicly recognize my identity as an envoy!"

"I understand!" Su Lianqing Zheng turned his head and said, "Sir, you are just going to bluff and pretend to be a tiger, right? What if I can't scare the king of Kang and the messenger of Beiting?

Wu Mei Niang took a deep breath and exhaled, "It's nothing more than death!"

"My mother, anyone can die, you can't die!" Su Lianqing's face suddenly changed, "If you die in Kangguo, Qin Mubai's big animal will definitely kill thousands of blood and wash the Western Regions like crazy!" ...That may trigger a huge war that is more terrible than the conquest of Tibet!"

"It's good that you know." Wu Mei Niang's face was slightly dark, and she stared at Su Lianqing and said, "Go quickly!"

"I'll go right away! - If the old boy Su Dingfang dares to push at all, I don't care whether he is Marshal or Marshal Fang, and cut off his head on the spot!"

"Do not make a bad one!" Wu Mei Niang pulled Su Lianqing and whispered to her, "Su Dingfang and Mu Bai are brothers. In addition to the same personal relationship, he was pulled up by Mu Bai himself. Su Dingfang, who can help, will definitely help, and he is exquisite and witty. He knows what to do better than you. All you have to do is send a message!"

"Okay, I'll go right away! - Borrow some money, I'll buy a big Wan horse that travels thousands of miles a day first. Isn't it too much?"

"..." Wu Mei Niang was speechless.

Su Lianqing walked for less than half an hour, and someone from King Kang's Palace really came to invite him.

It is indeed a "please" that is very respected and valued. The person who came was also led by one of the three ministers of Kangguo, Beiyan Timi.

The full name of Kangguo is actually called "Kangjuguo", and their political style is somewhat similar to that of the Tang Dynasty. The difference is that although there are also kings, the power is in the hands of three ministers. The three ministers led the army, the government and the people respectively, which imitated the "three provinces and six departments" of the Tang Dynasty, but the division of labor was not so sound and meticulous.

Beiyan Timi is the minister in charge of "politics and diplomacy" and the chief minister of Kangguo, which is enough to show the importance Kang Guo attached to the envoys of the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Mei Niang straightened her clothes and makeup, put on the elegant makeup of the palace of the Tang Dynasty, looking at the fairy clouds and golden hairpins, her face was bound with thin powder | forehead flowers, flowing clouds covered with purple jade arm rings. Her appearance stunned the female followers who had been with her all year round.

"I didn't expect that our boss was so beautiful in the palace costume of the Tang Dynasty. It's so noble!"

"It's more like an imperial concubine than a princess, more like a princess than a princess!"

"...If you ask me, it's like a queen!"

The people who came to greet Beiyan Timi and the court guards of Kangguo were even more dumbfounded. It's not that they have never seen the beauty, but they are so beautiful that they are so beautiful, arrogant and not angry. They will never see them in their lives!

Wu Mei Niang's careful dress is obviously to show her identity as the "Evoy of the Tang Dynasty". After all, the dress of the court lady is like the official uniform of a courtier. No one can wear it casually - her dress is specially borrowed from Princess Gaoyang. It turned out that she was prepared for a long time ago!

"Have we left?" Wu Mei Niang came forward and said to Bei Yante Mi, who had straight eyes.

"Oh! ... Beichen is rude, rude! Please invite the angel of the upper country to go!"

The armor opened the road and hugged back. Wu Mei Niang sat on the gold and silver chariot and proudly swaggered the city to King Kang City.

Along the way, Wu Mei Niang had no intention to worry about the business travelers who were amazed by her eyes on the street, and she had no time to appreciate the royal palace buildings full of exotic customs. She was only thinking about how to deal with it if she entered the palace and saw the messenger of the Beiting.

"Although I came to Kangguo not only to make money, the things at present are somewhat unexpected to me." Wu Mei Niang said secretly, "It's just a stopgap measure to pretend to be the envoy of the Tang Dynasty. If there is a chance of winning, I'm not sure. For the sake of today, we can only adapt to changes! - Mu Bai, for the sake of our future, I really risk it this time!"

Soon after, the team entered the palace.

The rich country of Kang built the palace with magnificent golden brilliance. Although it is not as magnificent as the Chang'an Taiji Palace, it is covered with golden silk and brocade everywhere, and the dazzling pearls can be seen everywhere above the head, and even the palace pillars are wrapped with golden clouds - in Kang Guoren's own words, this is the "Golden Palace"!

The hall seems to have been set up for a banquet, which is a bit similar to the table diet of the Tang Dynasty. The difference is that behind each table and chair is full of all kinds of rare treasures and food utensils, and the palace girl wearing a milky white veil is served. There are other music tables on both sides of the banquet, and all kinds of musical instruments are available. The most eye-catching is the vertical harp (i.e. harp) with the characteristics of the Western Regions.

As soon as Wu Mei Niang entered the hall, the whole audience was suddenly silent, and even the cheerful sound of the music suddenly stopped. Dozens of people present stared at the envoy from the Eastern Tang Dynasty. Everyone wrote the word "amazing" on his face without hesitation.

Wu Mei Niang walked into the style with her head held high and said loudly, "Wu Zhao, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, see your majesty!"

said, but there was no response.

Wu Mei Niang had to repeat it once and raised some of her voice - "Wu Zhao, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, see His Majesty the King!"

The old king Hayamano, who was nearly 70 years old, was reminded by the attendants around him. Then he came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Your envoys are ex of courtesy, please take a seat!"

The people in the hall came to their senses one after another, and they were embarrassed.

Although Wu Mei Niang has been used to the world for several years, the scene in front of him makes him a little nervous. After sitting down calmly, she was also playing drums in her heart: What should I do next?

At this time, the old king Hayamano spoke and said in his old voice, "You have come from afar. What are you doing?" Can you pass on the national letter of His Majesty the Emperor of your country?

"In the words of His Majesty, there is no letter of the country." As early as Wu Mei Niang expected this question, she responded fluently and replied, "I'm not here for the affairs of state, but for the official and business specially taught by His Majesty the Emperor. It takes business as an opportunity to exchange the culture and wealth of the two countries, and for the purpose of transmitting friendship and concluding alliances. On this trip, I saw that your country is going to arrest our Tang Dynasty business travelers, which will undoubtedly greatly damage the friendship between the two countries. My emperor has a purpose. Whenever such a situation occurs, any of my people in the Tang Dynasty can stand up to defend dignity and survival, maintain peace and alliance - not to mention that it is even more incumbent on you to be an official and businessman personally appointed by Your Majesty!"

"Oh, so it is..." Hayamano answered with some understanding and nodded slowly, "In this way, you are not the messenger specially sent to our country by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?"

"The truth is that it is." Wu Mei Niang replied calmly.

Many people suddenly shouted secretly in the hall, and immediately there was another noise. Someone was clamoring - "It turned out to be a fake messenger, not even a national letter!"

"How can it be? It turned out to be a liar!"

"Don't listen to her sophistry and arrest her!"

Wu Mei Niang heard it in her ear, and her heart beat, but she was still calm on the surface.

Gu Ming Minister Beiyan Temi stood up and shouted, "Don't be impatient, everyone", and then said to the king, "My king, although Wu is not an envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty, it is an indisputable fact that she is an official and businessman of the Tang Dynasty. I have checked the quasi-commercial documents issued to her by the Tang Dynasty, and they are indeed true. Moreover, as the wife of Qin Mubai, the capital of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, when she came to Kangguo at such a time, we had to be cautious!"

As soon as this word came out, the whole scene calmed down again.

Wu Mei Niang also became more and more calm. She raised her eyes slightly and looked at the king Hayamano, who was half lying on the throne. His face was bloated, his white beard was on his lower abdomen, and his eyes were even more turbid. Obviously, he was the remnant of the wind and candle.

On the golden wall behind him, there is a golden image of the mortted Mani prophet, and the golden light is eye-catching. On the left side of the imperial wall, there is a life-size, horizontal and majestic pure gold statue. That statue is not someone else - it's Qin Shubao!

Wu Mei Niang's plan is on the heart!

When she got up, she walked to Beiyan Temi and was not in a hurry to speak. Instead, she saluted the king, then moved a few steps to the left and knelt down in front of the statue of Qin Shubao.

"The unfilial daughter-in-law Wu, I have worshipped my father-in-law..." She said in Sogdian.

This move moved the king Hayamano, who was paralyzed on the throne, and the ministers in the lower seats were even more shocked!

Everyone got up one after another, knelt down to worship, following the style of Wu Mei Niang, and said, "Worship the true god!"

Qin Shubao, I don't know when he changed and became the patron saint of all the merchants on the Silk Road in the Western Regions!

Businessmen, especially Sogdian merchants, travel between countries all year round, and it is common for them to go out for a few years. Traveling outside is nothing more important than safety. Therefore, Qin Shubao, the "guardian god" of business travel, can be imagined as the status of the Sogdians - he entered the palace of Kang and stood side by side with Mani, the prophet of Maniism!

And the fake "Da Tang envoy" in front of her is actually the daughter-in-law of Qin Shubao, the patron saint of business travel - in the eyes of Kang people, this amount may be heavier than the envoy of the Tang Dynasty!

Before coming to the Western Regions, Wu Mei Niang did her homework. She not only understood the historical background and language customs of the nine surnames of Zhaowu in the Western Regions, but also had an in-depth understanding of the religion they believed in. She better understood that religion and belief are far more meaningful than royal power for the followers and believers in the Western Regions. Many devout believers even Idols and gods are more important than their own lives!

All the people in Kangguo are merchants. Even if everyone believes in different religions, Qin Shubao, the patron saint of business travel, is the god they respect! - This is the first discovery of Wu Mei Niang after coming to Kang Guo, and it is also something that she has not learned in other places in the past.

Wu Mei Niang won the bet.

Hayamano, who had been paralyzed on the throne for years, sat up straight and looked at her; the ministers who had just shouted to arrest her shut up one after another.

"Please come to the guest hall to have a rest." Hayamano said, "A warm welcome, I will accompany you in person!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wu Meiniang took a deep breath and made it clear in her heart that the king was always old, but he was not confused. He wants to discuss something with himself in private.

In full view of the public, Wu Mei Niang was invited to the guest hall. Hayamano sent more than a dozen maids to serve her. A moment later, a sumptuous banquet was set in the hall, and Hayamano came to accompany the banquet in person with the help of a woman.

"Your envoy, please introduce Xiao Wang. This is my favorite Princess of the Crescent. She is half of Han Chinese descent. Therefore, I invited her to accompany the banquet. I hope you don't mind. Hayamano said.

Princess Crescent seems to believe in Islam. As a princess, she is very simple in a pure white and wide Muslim gown, a white shirt covering her face, and only a pair of eyes are exposed all over her body.

But her pair of star-like eyes, even in the eyes of Wu Mei Niang, are extremely beautiful.

"I've met the Princess of the Crescent." Wu Mei Niang said hello in Sogdian.

"You're welcome." Princess Xinyue returned the salute, but spoke fluent Chinese. Her voice was still beautiful with a thin veil. She said, "My mother is a Han Chinese. Although she married to Kangjuguo, I have followed her to learn Chinese since I was a child. The Tang Dynasty is also my hometown. My mother and I are missing Dongtu day and night!"

"Ha ha!" Hayamano laughed and said, "So you should be very happy to see your relatives from the Eastern Tang Dynasty today? Let's toast a bar to the distinguished guests of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Yes, my king." Princess Crescent answered her promise, stretched out her hand, and slowly took off the veil.

Wu Mei Niang was secretly surprised. As far as she knows, female Muslims who believe in Islam cannot easily take off the veil in front of outsiders. Her appearance can only be shown to her husband. If she does this, she will entrust her life and body together in the face of a man; if the other party is a woman or an elder, she will express supreme respect!

Out of courtesy, Wu Mei Niang is waiting to refuse, and the Princess of the Crescent has taken off the veil.

The next second, Wu Mei Niang was stunned as never before.

"Demon? "..." The two words couldn't help but come out of her mouth.

The crescent princess who took off the veil in front of her, except for that pair of eyes, actually looked exactly like the demon!!