Chapter 386 Seimei
While talking about rare things, the housekeeper ran to Cheng Yaojin, handed a message to him with both hands, and said, "There is a Japanese man outside the mansion who claims to be your old friend Chaoheng. He ordered his master to come and transfer gifts to His Highness. Are you seeing him or not?"
"Hey? Chaoheng... I really can't talk about people in broad daylight." Cheng Yaojin smiled, and when he opened the greeting book, he saw the neatly crafted fly-headed calligraphy on it. It said that Abe Zhongmalu, the envoy from the Tang Dynasty from Japan, paid homage to King Lu of the Tang Dynasty and Lord Cheng Yaojin of the East China Sea.
"The handwriting is well written, so it's hard for him to be a Japanese." While speaking, Cheng Yaojin threw back the prayer letter in his hand to the housekeeper, and then he continued, "Please come in. Since he said he is an old friend's disciple, let's see what gift the old friend has sent to me."
"I also want to see what gift he wants to give you." After Gui Bugui smiled, he asked the butler to put on a screen behind Cheng Yaojin. He and Wu Mian were already other people, and the demon was hiding behind the screen to see what the Japanese named Abe Zhongmalu came from.
A moment later, a thin man in black and tall hat came to Cheng Yaojin under the guidance of the butler. The visitor bowed while saying in a standard Tang verb that could no longer be standard: "The Japanese people paid homage to the two kings, His Highness Cheng Yaojin, and came to deliver the gifts at the order of Master Kōkai..."
While speaking, he took out an exquisite lacquer box from his arms. After sending it to Cheng Yaojin's hand with both hands, he continued: "This is a pebble picked up on the beach when Master Kukai returned to Japan. It is said that the pattern on it looks very similar to an immortal in His Highness's mansion..."
While talking, Cheng Yaojin had already opened the brocade box. After seeing the dough inside, he was stunned for a moment, then turned around and said to the person inside, "Dad, uncle, come and take a look. The person above... his eyebrows and eyes were closed and his eyes were the same, even his hair was white..."
When Cheng Yaojin was speaking, he had already handed the brocade box in his hand to the butler. He asked the butler to take the stone behind and show the seniors. After a while, the facade of the screen also made a scream of marvel: "Uncle Xiao, this is exactly the same as you. Do you think you jumped out of the crack of the stone? This stone is your brother..."
Since Cheng Yaojin had already poked the window paper open, Wu Mian, there was no need to hide it again. At this moment, the old guy asked the butler to remove the screen. Bai Wuqiu and Xiao Rensan, the monster, laughed at the Japanese. The demon king said first: "Remember us two men? I was in the restaurant just now. If you didn't say it yourself, no one would have thought you would be a Japanese..."
After seeing the two monsters reveal their identities, Chaoheng hurriedly saluted to them and said, "It turned out to be two. When I heard Master Kong Hai talk about the style of the Tang Kingdom, I mentioned that there were two strange people around His Highness Cheng, but I didn't expect it to be true. Since your identities have been established, that old gentleman is Gui Bugui, but I don't know who among you two white-haired gentlemen is Mr. Wu Mian?"
The white-haired gentleman Chaoheng mentioned was the white-haired priest Guangzhi of Baidao. He also dressed in clothes that were white from head to toe. In addition to the slightly older appearance on his face and the natural mean expression on his face, two men with white hair and similar figures would feel a little imaginative.
"This is Mr. Wu Mian. You have seen it in the brocade box." After a smile, Guangzhi turned his back to Wu Mian and continued: "Guangzhi, a priest in the countryside, has never been born. Mr. Chaoheng doesn't know that I have nothing."
After Guangzhi finished speaking, Gui Bugui held the pebbles in his hand and said to Guangzhi: "If it weren't for personal contact, I would have thought that the stone was tampered with. It's rare that there would be such a stone under the world..." Gui Bugui's hand had some white textures on it, and these textures naturally formed the appearance of a white-haired man. It was the same as Wu Mianyi with white hair.
At first, Gui Bugui thought that the monk was wiggling on the stone. However, after carefully checking, the old guy found no traces related to the magic. This white texture with Wu Mian's appearance was undoubtedly formed naturally.
Chaoheng practiced Buddhist principles to these people, and then said, "When Master Konghai discovered this stone, he was also very surprised. He told me that this was an amazing monk. As for which cultivator it was, when Chaoheng went out to sea, Monk Konghai did not say it. The master only said that after he came to Tang Kingdom, he would naturally see this gentleman if he had the fate."
"It's a coincidence that I can see on the stone..." Wu Mian said without hesitation, glanced behind Chaoheng, and then continued: "The previous envoys sent to Tang fed fish in the sea, and only you, the boat, has arrived safely. You came to the Cheng Palace to pay a visit, but you went to the restaurant in auspicious clothes and met the two "indifferences" who were the best to talk to. Are you so coincidental when you take every step? Or is someone mentioning you..."
When he said this, Wu Mian suddenly blew a breath behind Chaoheng. Then he heard a scream, and then a boy of fifteen or sixteen appeared in front of everyone out of thin air. The half-sized boy's forehead swollen an egg-sized bag, and he immediately covered the affected area on his head with both hands, rolling and screaming on the ground.
"Please show mercy to the great monk Wu Mian. He has learned the magic for several days under Master Kookaki's seat. He is a frog in the well and does not know the depth. He also asks the great monk to see my thin face and let this child go a long way." After Chaoheng finished speaking, when he saw Wu Mian, Gui Bugui seemed to have not heard it. He hurriedly knelt in front of Cheng Yaojin again, and kept kowtowing and saying, "Your Highness, for the sake of Master Kookaki... for the sake of the face of my Japanese Emperor, let this child be spared once."
"You know how to ask for help. I'm the youngest in the whole house..." Cheng Yaojin laughed and stood up from his position, walked to Wu Mian, and after Gui Bugui was around, he spoke, "Dad, please help my son persuade my uncle. Don't be as good as a child. You can see Lao Cheng as any thing..."
"I didn't say that I was just a lesson with my child. I'll teach him a lesson. If I don't suffer any more, I'll be in trouble in the future." Gui Bugui smiled at Wu Mian. The white-haired man understood what he meant and ignored the little guy now. He turned around and walked towards the back hall. Wu Mian had just left, and the half-year-old moaning voice weakened. Although the lump on his head had not diminished, at least it was not as painful as before.
"Qingming, you almost ruined my major affairs. Haven't you apologized to Your Highness and the monks?" I was worried that Gui Bugui would be suspicious of speaking Japanese, Chaoheng simply used Tangyu to continue to say to his nephew: "Now I know that your trick is not worth mentioning in front of several monks."
"Yes, Qingming knew it was wrong." At that moment, the Japanese boy named Qingming knelt in fear and fear, and kowtowed several times to them, and then continued: "Qingming is from a small overseas country. He originally thought he had mastered the most powerful magic in the world, but he did not expect to be knocked back to the prototype so quickly in front of several great monks."
"Get up... look at it and scared the child." Gui Bugui smiled and helped the half-baby up with his own hands. Then he continued, "If you have time, come here. I will teach you a few tricks. Although it is not a master of magic, it is always okay to scare people after you return to Japan."
At this time, Cheng Yaojin also came over to make fun of it: "Hahaha... Today is interesting, come and tell the kitchen to let them prepare a good banquet. Today, Lao Cheng, my family, will invite Japanese guests to taste the deliciousness of the Tang Kingdom, so that the kitchen should not be afraid of trouble, and follow the rules of Lao Cheng, my two kings."
Chapter completed!