Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1412: Seeing the Demon Monk Again
"Amitabha, I pay my respects to Your Highness." The monk walked to the pavilion and saluted Zhu Zhen with his palms together: "After many years, Your Highness is more elegant than ever."

"Master Daoyan, you are becoming more and more like a great monk." Zhu Zhen nodded to the monk with a smile. "What brings you here?"

"What a strong evil wind that blew up from the east, bringing with it a fat evil monk." The monk was none other than Yao Guangxiao, the monk Daoyan.

"Big ears are quite useful." Zhu Zhen laughed.

"That's right, the protruding ears can hear everything in all directions, and the triangular eyes can see yin and yang." Yao Guangxiao walked to the table with a smile and sat down.

"Triangular eyes are also called eyelid skin laxity, which is a manifestation of aging and sagging eye socket skin in the elderly. Therefore, when looking at people, they have to raise their chin to show the pupils, making them look particularly fierce." Zhu Zhen joked.

"So this is my illness?" Yao Guangxiao said, picking up the teapot and drinking it all, and then he ate up all the snacks on the table like a whirlwind. He asked, "Can it be cured?"

"It can be cured. Just find two pieces of adhesive tape to stick your eyelids together." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

"Puff..." Yao Guangxiao couldn't hold it in and all the snack crumbs in his mouth sprayed out.

Zhu Zhen laughed and ordered, "Tell the kitchen to serve the chef a bowl of cross-bridge rice noodles and add more meat dishes."

"Yes." Mu Xiang hurried downstairs to make arrangements.

"Your Majesty is such a good man." Yao Guangxiao wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said happily, "I haven't been this hungry in a long time."

"Master, why are you so hungry?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"How could I not be hungry? I ran all the way from Shenglong along the Red River for half a month before I finally reached Kunming." Yao Guangxiao complained, "I didn't have a full meal along the way."

"You are not very good at begging for alms, but your legs and feet are really good." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

"I came here on horseback," Yao Guangxiao explained.

"I told you."

"Oh, my Lord, when I entered the palace, I saw a captain. He looked extremely noble," Yao Guangxiao said in a low voice, "You must be careful."

"Is he quite dark?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Hmm, so the prince can also read faces?" Yao Guangxiao suddenly realized, "That's right, the prince is Liu Bowen's disciple."

"No, that's my fourth brother." Zhu Zhen coughed.

"Ah? Why did His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan become a captain?" Yao Guangxiao asked in surprise. He obviously knew nothing about what had happened in the Ming Dynasty recently.

"It's a long story. You should eat first." Zhu Zhen said calmly.

At this time, Mu Xiang brought a tray with a large bowl of soup in the middle. It contained pork tenderloin, chicken breast, mullet fillet, tripe slices, etc. The aroma was really tempting.

Next to the soup bowl was a bowl of rice noodles that had been slightly scalded with water. Covered in goose fat, the soup was boiling hot but not steaming. Next to the two large bowls were dishes of side dishes, including pea tips, leeks, coriander, shredded green onions, shredded grass sprouts, shredded ginger, etc.

Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together, thanked Mu Xiang, then poured all the rice noodles and side dishes into the soup bowl, stirred them with chopsticks, and started eating.

The food tasted so delicious that even Lao Liu was a little greedy after seeing it.

Mu Xiang smiled and gave him a set. Zhu Zhen happily winked at Mu Xiang, she still understood his needs best.

The two of them finished their rice noodles facing each other, and drank up the soup. Zhu Zhen picked up a handkerchief to wipe his mouth and said, "Let's talk about business."

"Well, the business is..." Yao Guangxiao patted his belly and said, "I have fulfilled my mission and completed the task assigned by the prince." "What task did I assign you?" Zhu Zhen seemed to have amnesia.

Yao Guangxiao was extremely smart and understood what Lao Liu meant in an instant. How could he keep talking about something that he could do but couldn't say? He couldn't help but feel ashamed that he was a little too excited.

He quickly smiled and said, "It is to promote Buddhism."

"Oh, it's to promote Buddhism." Zhu Zhen smiled and nodded, "What's the effect?"

"The effect is excellent. The King of Annan is a loyal believer of mine and even appointed me as the national teacher." Yao Guangxiao said.

"Oh, it's the Annan Imperial Master. I'm so sorry." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

"To be precise, he is the national master of Dai Viet," Yao Guangxiao corrected.

"Is that so? Anyway, congratulations to the master for fulfilling his long-cherished wish. You now have no regrets in life." Zhu Zhen smiled again.

"Thank you, Your Highness, but it's a pity that I can't become the emperor." Yao Guangxiao sighed.

"how?"

"The king has been deposed." Yao Guangxiao said.

"Who crippled him?" Zhu Zhen raised his eyebrows and finally understood why Yao Guangxiao was so excited.

"Hu Jinyi!" Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice. Then he briefly reported the situation in Annan to Zhu Zhen.

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As mentioned before, Annan was in a very dangerous situation. Not only did it have powerful enemies outside and separatist regimes inside, but the central government was also extremely unstable.

The power of the country was not in the hands of King Chen Riwei, because he was appointed by his uncle, the Grand King Chen Shuming. Although Chen Shuming abdicated under political pressure, he was unwilling to give up power and was very wary of his nephew.

But he was old and no longer had the energy to deal with the complicated situation in Annan, so he delegated power to his favorite general Hu Jinyao.

Of course, this is also a kind of political strategy, to let the conflict remain between Hu Jinyi and the king, so that he, the emperor, can stay out of it and does not have to worry about the power falling into other people's hands.

At first, the situation developed as he expected. The conflict between the king and Hu Jinyi became more and more serious, and the two sides continued to fight openly and secretly. Hu Jinyi invited Taoist priests from the Celestial Empire to preach Taoism, and the king invited monks from the Celestial Empire to spread Buddhism.

Yao Guangxiao was sent to Annan by Zhu Zhen at this time. Although it was difficult for him to get a job in the Ming Dynasty, his trip to Annan was a dimensionality reduction attack. The cultural foundation of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism was enough to fool the King of Annan.

Originally, although the Annan King Chen Riwei was full of resentment, he had always been targeting Hu Jinyi. It was Yao Guangxiao who, after winning his trust, gave him guidance and said:

"The reason why the king can't do anything to Hu Jinyi is because someone makes it impossible for you to do anything to him, and the person who makes it impossible for you to do anything to him is your real enemy."

"But that man is my uncle." Chen Riwei said with a fearful look, "I dare not be his enemy."

"Then you will never be able to do anything to Hu Jili." Yao Guangxiao said patiently, "And even if you kill 'Hu Jimao', as long as your uncle is still alive, there will be 'Hu Yamao' and 'Hu Emao' who will continue to appear and make you a puppet forever."

“……”Chen Riwei’s face looked extremely ugly.

Yao Guangxiao brainwashed Chen Riwei every now and then, and as time went on, he completely planted the idea in Chen Riwei's mind that the King Retired was the mastermind behind all this.

Until one day, Chen Riwei suddenly dismissed his attendants and asked, "Then how can we get rid of uncle?"

"It should be divided into three steps." Yao Guangxiao gave him advice: "First, secretly win over a group of trusted people and order them to be ready to serve the king at any time; then transfer Hu Jinyi out of Thang Long; finally, take the opportunity to organize trusted people and send the King and his children and grandchildren to heaven, then the great cause can be accomplished!"

(End of this chapter)