Several people were not far away, and He Ji, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, also saw Chen Wen. After all, Chen Wen was fat and big, so it was difficult to not see him.

He Ji didn't expect to meet Chen Wen here, and seeing that he had a few people around him, he gave a wink, allowing him to take people next to him, so he could not get in the eyes of the envoys.

Chen Wen naturally understood and brought Chen Zheng and others behind He Ji. Chen Wen walked over and laughed and told him about the situation of Chen Zheng and others, but He Ji didn't care at all and waved his hand impatiently to let him retreat.

Chen Wen made a fuss and stopped getting up.

Fan Bo and Lu Desheng had never seen such a scene, so they naturally did not dare to move. They were very nervous, like two children entering a strange environment.

Li Shuang has always been very nervous. When she met the people from the messenger group, she was very curious. She said a few words from time to time, and after a moment, she became familiar with the followers.

If they hadn't been concerned about the Minister of the Honglu Temple and the envoys on the front, they would have spoken freely and had drunk and happy.

Chen Zheng took advantage of the incense and candles to come to the monk who registered for incense and candles and looked at the account book.

It didn't matter when I saw it, but I was really surprised.

The incense on the messenger group just now was exactly the same as the incense they blew. It should be one hundred ciders per piece.

However, what is recorded in this account book is 500 documents per piece!

Could it be that the monks from Tongtai Temple had a grudge against the Minister of Honglu Temple and deliberately cheated them? Obviously, this is not the reason.

Chen Zheng thought for a while, and then he understood the meaning of this account with the complaints Chen Wen had made before.

This is obviously the account of the officials of Honglu Temple and the monks of Tongtai Temple taking kickbacks!

Originally, the incense and candles with a hundred documents were recorded as five hundred documents, so that after being reimbursed from the treasury, the income of four hundred documents could be obtained. After that, Chen Zheng had no idea whether the Honglu Temple and Tongtai Temple were divided equally by 55 or 46 points.

A single incense candle is a gray income of 400 ci. If the entire reception expenses of the messenger group are included, the income is quite considerable.

No wonder they don’t bring warmth to play. This is not such a simple thing to make some pocket money.

Seeing through may not necessarily mean saying it out loud. Chen Zheng has no obligation. He is not a censor of Daliang Kingdom, so there is no need to worry about this.

Moreover, the censors of the Daliang Kingdom may not have no idea about the unspoken rules in the Honglu Temple, but they did not take care of them, or they had been in charge of them, but they were useless. Then we can infer how deep the water is here.

He Ji and Wang Ke led the envoy group to move slowly, which made Chen Zheng and others a little impatient, but Chen Wen had no choice but to say anything, and he did not dare to take people away.

Chen Zheng understood this very well. Chen Wen felt embarrassed again and said repeatedly that when he had free time, he would treat several people to dinner as compensation.

The group came to the Buddhist temple in a mighty manner. Chen Zheng didn't go in before. It was meaningless, but it was really meaningless.

When several people were feeling bored, they suddenly heard an envoy say, "Why are there lights in this Buddhist temple lighted in broad daylight? It can be said that 'the sun and the moon are coming out, and the fire is constantly scattered'. Is it because Daliang Kingdom is so rich that it doesn't feel wasteful?"

As the saying goes, diplomatic rhetoric is not big or small. In a very simple sentence, it is possible to hide a clever trick and fall into the trap of the other party if you are not careful.

For example, what the hour said, why do Buddhist temples need to light lights during the day? Are the lights brighter than the sun and the moon? Isn’t this an unnecessary move?

This question seems very simple, because the eternal lamp must be lit in front of the Buddha statue. This is what everyone knows. Not only Liang State, but even Song State is the same, but the answer cannot be said that.

The other party’s focus is in the second half of the sentence, which is to satirize the country of Daliang for being above and competing for the brightness of the sun and the moon.

The Minister of the Honglu Temple He Ji was still thinking about countermeasures, but Shaoqing Wang Ke didn't understand why, so he said directly: "Lighting the eternal light in front of the Buddhist temple is common sense. Don't you know?"

After hearing this, the envoy smiled slightly, stopped talking, but snorted lightly, obviously looking down on Wang Ke.

Because Wang Ke's sudden interruption interrupted He Ji's original idea, he could not think of any countermeasures for a while, so he glared at Wang Ke fiercely.

Wang Ke was a little puzzled. He felt that his answer was quite right. Why would the temple minister glar at him?

Chen Zheng looked at the situation ahead and asked Chen Wen next to him, "Who is that envoy?"

Chen Wen shook his head, obviously he was excluded from the task of receiving the Song State envoys, and he was not clear about a lot of information.

"That is Li Qian, the left chief of the Song Dynasty, and the next one is Cui Ji, the Minister of the Secretariat. This time, the envoys of the Song Dynasty were led by these two people."

Chen Zheng turned around and saw that the person who answered was Li Shuang, so he asked, "How do you know?"

Li Shuang spread her hands and said, "I asked when I was chatting with them just now!"

With a thumbs up at Li Shuang, Chen Zheng had to admire Li Shuang's communication skills.

When the envoy of the Song Dynasty, Li Qian, saw that the Minister of the Honglu Temple was speechless, he felt even more disdainful and stopped watching the Buddha statue. He turned around and was about to leave.

Li Qian's reaction was too obvious. The officials at the Honglu Temple looked very good, but there was nothing he could do. Who made him lose the opportunity?

Chen Wen also looked angry. First, Li Qian's actions slapped them in the face of the Honglu Temple; second, it was because Chen Wen himself did not like the envoys from the Song State.

Chen Zheng didn't like them either, so he felt angry when he saw Li Qian's arrogant look.

"The reason why the sun and the moon are bright forever is that they can tolerate the light of the light." Chen Zheng suddenly shouted.

After hearing this, Li Qian stopped, turned around and looked at Chen Zheng. Seeing that it was a young man, he smiled slightly and said, "How can I explain this?"

Chen Zheng did not explain this sentence, but compared it: "The State of Liang is like the sun and the moon, shining brightly on time; while the rest of the small countries are like this candle, which can only shine around. Why do the nobles think that this candle is not necessary to burn?"

Li Qian was stunned. If we only talk about national strength, their Song State was indeed not as good as Liang State. They were just a bit better than Liang State. They were just quarrels.

But now that Chen Zheng asked this, Li Qian didn't know how to answer. Is there really no need to light a candle?

If Li Qian answered this way, wouldn’t it mean that the surrounding small countries, including Song, wouldn’t it be necessary to exist?

Even if he gave Li Qian ten courage, he wouldn't dare to say that, so this time it was Li Qian's turn to be speechless.

Seeing that his colleague was defeated, Cui Ji walked up and asked, "I wonder which adult from Honglu Temple is?"

Cui Ji regarded Chen Zheng as a member of the Honglu Temple. Chen Zheng returned the ceremony and said, "I came to Beijing from Dongyang County to pay tribute. He was a white man, not an adult."
Chapter completed!