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Chapter 39 Ruozhi pays tribute
Not long after, before the plate was finished, a gray pigeon fluttered in front of the window.

His eyes were red, misty gray, and a bamboo tube as long as his little finger was tied to his leg.

Ji Pu walked over and took the note from the pigeon, and the pigeon flew away again in an instant.

He opened the note and looked at it, as expected.

Wen Yuanzhi asked distractedly, "Is Shen Sang going to Liangzhu to express his condolences?"

"Brother said we will arrive in a few days and asked me to hurry up." He frowned and stuffed the note into his sleeve pocket.

Gou Yue raised her head and said, "Someone has passed away. Do you want to go back to worship?"

Ji Pu said yes.

She guessed, "It seems that Mr. Xiaowen is not only going back to attend the wedding, but also has a funeral to attend?"

Wen Yuanzhi nodded, "It's your turn."

"I'll get down here."

He just smiled and said nothing.

"You make me laugh so hard that my heart goes crazy."

"I'm just laughing at you. You've learned a lesson after a setback. You played this way last time, and you'll lose again this time."

Gou Yue ignored his sarcasm and continued to ask Ji Pu, "Whose funeral is it that both you and A Yuan are going to?"

Ji Pu seemed to be hesitating.

Wen Yuanzhi didn't care, "Yang Yuan, General Zhuguo."

"Oh, what kind of person is he that can force you to go back to Liangzhu?"

Wen Yuanzhi corrected her, "No one forced me. I wanted to go back to see him off. He is a good friend of an old friend of mine. The old friend is no longer here, so I went to express condolences on her behalf."

Gou Yue said, "Why did he die? He was seriously ill and could not be cured?"

Ji Pu said no, "die in battle."

Gou Yue turned around too quickly and accidentally knocked over a chess piece.

"Fight to death?"

Ji Pu said, "You should be more careful." He knelt down and picked up the sunspots on the floor with her.

"Isn't the world peaceful now? Why are there still generals who died in battle?" Gou Yue didn't understand.

This is a secret matter in the court and should not be mentioned to her.

"Yes, he shouldn't have died. It's a pity. If he hadn't been too soft-hearted, he would have escaped this disaster." Ji Pu said.

"How should I say this?" Gou Yue was obviously very curious about this person.

Ji Pu's eyes rolled around Wen Yuanzhi and he scratched his scalp, feeling a little embarrassed.

"You really want to know, what happened in the DPRK is very boring, I'm afraid you might fall asleep listening to it."

Gou Yue said angrily, "You think this matter is too sensitive to tell someone who is not in officialdom?"

Ji Pu said, "If you want to know, it doesn't hurt that Lord Wen and I tell you."

She put the chess pieces away and said, "No more, I have to listen attentively."

Wen Yuanzhi was a little angry, "Whether you win or lose, there must be a beginning and an end."

"Wouldn't I lose if I step here?"

"Pick it up and play it again." He was a little angry.

"You have no regrets when you make a move, isn't that what you said?"

"I asked you to do it well, not casually."

She had no choice but to start thinking about the chess game again, "We are all losing anyway, so why is losing not losing? Can't I just admit defeat?"

"Yeah." There was a lump in his throat.

Seeing Gou Yue's displeasure, Ji Pu hurriedly said, "Are you going to get off? I'll talk to you while you get off."

"Ok."

"Not long ago, the Ruozhi people paid tribute to Your Majesty a treasure called..." He was about to say, but he saw Wen Yuanzhi glance at it from the corner of his eye and omitted the second half of the sentence, "Anyway, it's just a treasure."

"This treasure is said to make people immortal."

"Immortal?" Gou Yue's eyes widened.

"Is there such a treasure?"

"It's not that magical, it just extends people's lifespan."

Gou Yue said, "If Ruozhi people say that they can live forever, can they live forever without anyone checking the power of this medicine?"

Ji Pu said, "Of course it is necessary. At that time, a death row prisoner was brought up in the court. He was tortured severely and was forced to confess. He was dying. After checking his pulse, the imperial doctor said he only had three days to live."

"How did you feel after eating?"

"He lived for fifty days. And after taking it that day, the man's wounds began to heal quickly the next day." Gou Yue shook her head and curled her lips, "It is really so miraculous. The medicine cured him long ago. How come he died again fifty days later?" Woolen cloth?"

"I heard that the condemned prisoner had been tortured to the point of exhaustion and his internal energy was depleted, so this medicine can only make him recover for a longer period of time."

"Three to fifty days, it's considered a miracle medicine. It's similar to Tianshan Snow Lotus, Dendrobium officinale... I guess it can prolong life."

Ji Pu praised repeatedly, "It is indeed true. Among the tributes are those of Tianshan Snow Lotus. In addition, there is another thing that is extremely rare."

"what?"

Only then did Wen Yuanzhi interject, "Have you been to Ruozhi?"

Gou Yue said no, "But I have been to the Baishi Desert and the Ruozhi border."

He said, "It is said that there is a Yulong Pool in Ruozhi Royal City. The water in the pool is bottomless. The Ruozhi people say that there were sharks who guarded the Ruozhi royal family hundreds of years ago."

Gou Yue became more and more excited, "Shark, the little folk book says that there are two ever-burning lamps in the tombs of the kings of Houyan, and the lamp oil is made from the oil of the shark's corpse. Is this true?"

Ji Pu said, "I don't know this, and I've never been there. But the Ruozhi people said that one of the magical medicines they paid tribute was the blood from the tip of the shark's tongue."

Gou Yue clicked her tongue in wonder, "Are there really sharks in the world?"

"No one has ever seen it, so it doesn't matter whether it exists or not," Ji Pu said.

"Hey, don't interrupt me. Do you still want to hear the whole story?"

"You say it, you say it." Gou Yue enthusiastically handed a cup of tea to his hand, "Moisten your throat."

Wen Yuanzhi's brows quickly furrowed, and he couldn't find where to place the chess piece.

"Ruozhi people said that it is not easy to make this medicine, so they asked your Majesty to exempt Ruozhi from taxes for three years."

"They are too greedy." Gou Yue couldn't help but said.

"That's not it."

"So did His Majesty accept it or not?" Gou Yue asked.

Before Ji Pu could answer, Wen Yuanzhi asked her, "Do you think His Majesty should accept it?"

Gou Yue wanted to say no, it wasn't cost-effective, but turned her head and saw Wen Yuanzhi's probing eyes, and calmed down to think carefully.

After a moment, he said, "The Ruozhi people have only surrendered in the past two years. The envoys sent this time are also a step up and a signal of peace. If your majesty does not accept it, it will obviously leave behind the excuse that he does not love foreign subjects. But if you accept it, It seems that Your Majesty... well, he has never seen anything good. This little thing can exempt His Majesty from paying taxes for three years, and he might be able to slap on his face in the future."

Ji Pudao was smart, "So it can be regarded as a difficult problem posed by the Ruozhi people to your majesty. If your majesty can solve it, it will prove that you are a wise emperor. If you can't, it will definitely be a common thing to invade the border between the two countries in the future."

Gou Yue shook her head desperately, "My head hurts, and I don't know what to choose."

Ji Pu showed off, "Our Majesty is very smart."

"Does he want it or not?"

Ji Pu said, "Yes, but also no."

"What do you mean?" She was puzzled.

"Your Majesty accepted the tribute from the Ruozhi people and promised to reduce taxes for three years. However, your Majesty gave the tribute to Zuo Zong Zhengliang Ziying at will in front of the envoy."

Gou Yue was stunned for a moment, then clapped her hands, and the man on the throne seemed to flash a sly smile in front of her eyes, "Awesome, this way, Ruozhi people will be freed from the possibility of provoking a war, and Ruozhi people will lose their Face, they didn’t say how magical this tribute is, even so, His Majesty can still give their treasures to the ministers at will, the aura of the common master of the world is extraordinary!"

Wen Yuanzhi said quietly, "You admire His Majesty just by hearing this?"

"I have never met His Majesty, so how can I admire him, but he is indeed a man of great wisdom."

Wen Yuanzhi did not deny it, but Gou Yue became displeased when she saw him rubbing the white hair in his fingers.

She said, "But what does this have to do with General Yang, whom you want to express condolences to?"

"The relationship is huge." Ji Pu had a headache about whether to tell her about the relationship between some people in the court.

"Liang Ziying is inferior to the imperial censor." Wen Yuanzhi suddenly said this.

"Master Yushi, who is it?"

"General Han."

The chess piece fell and Gou Yue lost.

"Can someone who is a military general also be a censor?"

Ji Pu added, "He is also the father of the empress, and the current prime minister is also his disciple."

"Then why doesn't he become prime minister himself and ask his disciples to do it?"

Ji Pu pointed at the chessboard, "Do you think you want to be a chess piece or do you want to be the hand that holds the chess?"

"Of course I don't want to be a chess piece and let others manipulate me."

"Now there are a few people in the court who are not at his mercy." He sighed.

Ji Pu glanced at Wen Yuanzhi and said, "After you left, the DPRK lost control and General Han became more powerful."

Wen Yuanzhi just listened quietly and did not answer his words.

"I still don't understand, what does this have to do with your condolences for Yang Yuan?"

(End of this chapter)