Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

"Afterwards, we transported the bodies to the Jingzhao Yin Yamen. After the coroner examined them, we found that these people had died three days ago. However, their faces had been destroyed, so it was difficult for us to recognize them."

"Later, we checked their clothes and the things they carried with them and finally determined that they might be envoys from Baekje."

The Turkic prince Qihela asked directly: "What do you think they are Baekje's envoys? You said that their appearance was destroyed and their identities were unrecognizable. So how can you be sure that they are Baekje's envoys?"

Everyone else nodded quickly.

Zhao Xianye glanced at Qihela, and seeing that he was a Turk, his expression became a little colder.

The Tang Dynasty and the Turks fought for years and disliked each other.

Zhao Xianye said: "Since I dare to make such a conclusion, I must have evidence!"

"First, let's see..."

At this time, Zhao Xianye brought them to a corpse. He tore off the clothes on the corpse's arm, and then found an unknown fish tattoo on the arm.

Zhao Xianye said: "Baekje lives by the sea and makes its living from the sea, so the gods of the ocean are their beliefs. Officials of Baekje would have tattoos of the gods of the ocean on their arms to pray for the gods of the ocean to protect them."

Qihela frowned: "Really?"

Qin Wenyuan chuckled: "It is not the fault of His Highness the Turkic King to be ignorant, but I can suggest that His Highness ask the envoys of Goguryeo and Silla. They are adjacent to Baekje and should know the most."

Qihela was ridiculed by Qin Wenyuan for being ignorant, and his face looked extremely ugly, but he couldn't refute it.

He snorted coldly, then looked at the envoys from Goguryeo and Silla and asked, "Is that so?"

The envoys from Goguryeo and Silla both nodded.

“Baekje has this tradition.”

Qihela snorted coldly, his face looked a little bad, and he said: "Even if what you said is right, but a tattoo can be done by other people, right? It can also be forged."

"No no no."

Qin Wenyuan said calmly: "Tattoos can be forged, but the age of the tattoo cannot be forged."

"We can find someone familiar with tattoos to check and see how many years the tattoo has been there. If it was just done, then it's naturally suspicious. But if it's been there for a few years, then it must be a Baekje official... No one objects to this, right?"

The envoys thought about it and then shook their heads.

After all, no one knew that the Baekje envoy would be the first to attack, and no one knew that Qin Wenyuan would attack without saying a word.

Therefore, if this was really forged by Qin Wenyuan, the tattoo could only have been made within the past few days.

If it had been a few years, no one would have known about the existence of the Parliament of Nations, so this could naturally be ruled out.

"I know a little bit about tattoos."

At this time, the Japanese envoy stood up and said, "Let me take a look."

Qin Wenyuan looked at the Japanese envoy who had little presence, narrowed his eyes, and then said with a smile: "Of course."

"But one person's words can easily be false, so why not find a few more people so that everyone can be completely assured."

The envoys certainly agreed.

Soon, envoys from several other countries came out, all of which were from countries that had the custom of tattooing totems.

They examined it together and discussed it with each other for a while.

Then someone said: "According to our estimation, this tattoo is at least ten years old."

Qihela's eyes widened in disbelief: "Really?"

He always felt that Qin Wenyuan killed the real envoy, and he always felt that there was something wrong with this matter.

But it’s not possible that all of these envoys are lying, right?

Not to mention, there are envoys who are inclined towards him.

So... was I wrong?

Could it be that the envoy Qin Wenyuan killed before was really fake?
If that were the case, they would have once again missed the opportunity to deal with Qin Wenyuan, and also missed the rare opportunity to rally the other envoys.

This made him look very ugly.

Anthony and the others also had the same expression.

But in fact, it is true.

Zhao Xianye felt happy when he saw Qihela’s unhappy expression.

He said, "Your Highness, the Turkic Crown Prince, do you have any questions?"

"Hmph!" Qihela snorted coldly and did not respond.

Zhao Xianye sneered and continued, "In addition, we also found a letter on someone. This letter was written by the King of Baekje and had the seal of the King of Baekje on it. I think it was because the letter was kept close to the person that it was not stolen by the thieves. And this... has become the ironclad evidence to identify them."

As he said this, he took out the letter.

Everyone looked quickly and found that they didn't know much about the Baekje language.

But they were all familiar with that seal.

The Goguryeo envoy said, "It is indeed the seal of the Baekje king. I have seen it in Goguryeo before."

This sentence completely puts the final conclusion.

These people who had been dead for three days were the real Baekje envoys.

And before, the person who made such a big statement and was killed by Qin Wenyuan was a fake!
Therefore, Qin Wenyuan not only did not make any mistakes, but instead made great contributions!

At this moment, the look on everyone's face when they looked at Wen Yuan changed again.

Zhao Hai, the Minister of Honglu Temple, was already a little dumbfounded.

He really didn't expect that things would turn out like this.

Until now, he is still a little confused.

And Xu Gou was also very shocked. He knew that these corpses were actually gifts from Tianji in order to please his young master.

He thought it must be fake.

The one you killed yourself should be the real one.

But now, after seeing so much evidence.

However, he began to doubt his own understanding.

Which one is true and which one is false?

He was also a little confused.

Xu Gou couldn't help but whispered, "Master, which one is real and which one is fake?"

Qin Wenyuan couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"What? Confused?"

Xu Gou nodded.

Qin Wenyuan said meaningfully: "Be firm in your thoughts and don't be fooled by what you see. Remember what I said, seeing is not necessarily believing... Think about what Yuwen Chengdu did in the past, and then look at such a small matter in front of you, and you will understand... It's really nothing to mistake the fake for the real."

The dog's eyes suddenly widened.

With fake and real!

So, everything you see is fake?

Is the evidence false?
The corpse is also fake?
But, even if it was fake, everyone believed it!
This... Tianji is really terrifying!
Of course, the young master thought it was nothing, and there were loopholes everywhere. But Xu Gou knew that it was only less than an hour, and Tianji could do this, which was already terrifying.

And according to Zhao Xianye, the bodies were discovered last night.

So... did Tianji know in advance that there would be problems?

Or did the young master ask Tianji to prepare it in advance?
The Dog discovered that his brain could no longer recognize the truth.

Whether it is Tianji or my own young master, they are both too scary.

And now, these two terrible guys are going to join forces...

What the hell!

Just thinking about it makes my blood boil!
The appearance of these corpses forced the envoys to believe it even though they were unwilling to do so.

They are the real envoys of Baekje!
Therefore, the person Qin Wenyuan killed was the fake envoy.

He is a thief with evil intentions!
Therefore, Qin Wenyuan did not do anything wrong. On the contrary, Qin Wenyuan helped them catch the thief and avoid danger.

They also have to thank Qin Wenyuan!

Thinking of this, the envoys' expressions became extremely complicated!

Even the Turkic prince Qihela's face turned red at this moment, but he couldn't say a bad word.

Di Renjie, Xu Gou and others looked at Qin Wenyuan with shining eyes, full of admiration.

Who would have thought that Qin Wenyuan could easily turn the situation around!
However, Qin Wenyuan looked calm at this time, without any smug expression on his face, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

He said in a serious tone: "First, the Bolor envoy was killed, and now the Baekje envoy has been killed, and even impersonated..."

He glanced at the envoys, his eyes were dark and clear, as if he could see through the purity of everything.

This made some envoys subconsciously afraid to look at Qin Wenyuan, for fear that the secrets in their hearts would be seen through by Qin Wenyuan.

"I don't know which villains are responsible for this, but from the behavior of the fake Baekje envoy, it can be seen that he directly stood up to provoke our Tang Dynasty from the beginning, intending to destroy the relationship between our Tang Dynasty and you, and intending to take advantage of our Tang Dynasty."

"From this, we can see that...his purpose should be this."

"so……"

Qin Wenyuan withdrew his gaze from the faces of these envoys and said calmly: "Before we find out who these thieves are, I think we can use this method to determine their identities."

When Qihela and others heard Qin Wenyuan's words, their faces suddenly changed.

Their minds worked quickly, and they understood what Qin Wenyuan meant almost instantly.

"Qin..."

But Qin Wenyuan didn't give him a chance to speak. He continued, "So, before we find out the true identity of the thief, there may be thieves hiding among you. So...if something like what happened before happens again, such as the fake Baekje envoy, provoking our Tang Dynasty, trying to stir up conflicts between our Tang Dynasty and other countries, trying to take advantage of our Tang Dynasty...we can all suspect him as a thief!"

"This is the easiest and most convenient method at the moment. If their purpose is this, then they will definitely find a way to push this matter forward. So whoever brings this up again in the future parliament will be a thief. What do you think?"

Qin Wenyuan's voice fell.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

But soon, different people's expressions changed.

Qihela and others looked extremely ugly.

Because Qin Wenyuan's words almost shut them up.

They came to the Tang Dynasty just to take advantage of it!

But now, because of the fake envoy from Baekje, they can't even open their mouths.

Otherwise, whoever speaks is a thief!
Who will become the target of public criticism? How can they speak?
But if you can't speak, you'll take advantage of a fart!

Wouldn’t this trip to the Tang Dynasty be in vain?
There is no benefit at all, and so much time and energy wasted.

What a fucking loss!

Whether it was Chihera or Anthony, the envoys from these big countries all had ugly expressions on their faces.

But they couldn't refute Qin Wenyuan now.

After all, what Qin Wenyuan said made a lot of sense and was well-founded. If they refuted him at this time, wouldn't that prove that they were guilty?

After all, the envoys from small countries were already frightened.

They were really frightened by Qin Wenyuan's words - there were other envoys who might have been replaced by the villains!

They felt very insecure when they thought that the people sitting around them might be the executioners who massacred a group of envoys.

Therefore, they fully agreed with Qin Wenyuan's words!
They must find the thief first, otherwise they will never have a moment of peace.

So in this situation, even big countries like the Turks and the Arabs did not dare to go against them.

Otherwise, if these small countries are really pushed into a corner and try to get close to the Tang Dynasty, they will really cry!
Therefore, the matter was settled by Qin Wenyuan with just a few words.

They really dare not utter a single word about their malice and covetousness towards the Tang Dynasty.

And this... made Zhao Hai from the Honglu Temple, Xu Gou, Di Renjie and others... extremely excited and in awe!

So awesome!

It’s really awesome!
They never thought that the situation, which had just been united in being enemies of the Tang Dynasty, would turn out like this in the blink of an eye!

It's better now.

Even if the Turks wanted to harm the Tang Dynasty again, they would not dare to speak again because of the young master's words.

They dare not even say a word, let alone mention anything that would be detrimental to the Tang Dynasty!

The crisis of the Tang Dynasty seems to be more than half over!
They were truly filled with emotion.

Awesome!
As for Qin Wenyuan, he just licked the corner of his mouth and his expression didn't change much.

For a smart man like him, taking advantage of every available opportunity is just basic operation.

Therefore, seeing the great gift that Tianji gave him, he naturally wanted to maximize the impact of this gift.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of Tianji’s kindness?
However, Qin Wenyuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

The bodies were found last night, so... this should mean that Tianji had prepared these bodies last night.

Did he decide that he would kill the chickens and monkeys today?
Therefore, prepare the corpse in advance to support yourself and help yourself escape from danger.

However, within an hour, he knew which country the envoy came from.

Does this mean that...

Qin Wenyuan looked at the envoys again, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Does it mean that among these envoys, there are also people secretly controlled by Tianji?
Were these people the ones who just sent the message to Tianji?

Who would that be?
Qin Wenyuan knew that some envoys had just gone to the toilet, but he was almost asleep with his eyes closed and didn't care.

It seems that I have to ask Xu Gou and the others later. Maybe... there are people from Tianji among them.

Qin Wenyuan was not surprised that Tianji controlled the envoy and wanted to intervene on the chessboard.

But...who is the envoy controlled by Beichen?
Nanzhao is controlled by Tianshu and Tianxuan.

What about Beichen?

(End of this chapter)