The cloth taken from the fish's belly does contain words on it, and it is a seven-character poem, but many of the characters lack strokes, which makes Liu Yan difficult to see, and feels that the author of the poem seems to be illiterate.

But he thought about it carefully and found that these typos were not written incorrectly, but rather the author tried to save trouble, so he deliberately made a simple stroke like cursive script, writing...

Liu Yan thought for a while and guessed that he was writing simple characters.

The author writes simple characters in order to save trouble, and readers feel uncomfortable when they read it. Fortunately, Liu Yan has a deep literary foundation, so he quickly figured out what words these "simple characters" should correspond to based on the artistic conception of the poem.

So, a seven-character poem appeared on the silk:

When you swim in the fish and practice cause and effect, you hear that the root of disasters arises in our clan.

I wish to give up my life and replace all the difficulties, and to live up to the Tathagata and never let down my relatives.

Liu Yanzai looked carefully several times and couldn't help but be amazed: Could the person who writes poetry be a fish that has attained enlightenment?

This fish said that she had attained enlightenment and wanted to cultivate cause and effect.

But I heard that the same tribe is in trouble, so I have to spend my life and ask the government to let his relatives go.

Like the story of Buddha sacrificing himself to feed the tiger.

Especially the saying "Don't let down the Tathagata and never let down the relatives", thousands of words gathered together, the fish wanted to fully appreciate the Buddha's heart, but could not forget the affection of the relatives, and the two were in a dilemma...

After seeing it, I really wanted to sigh: It's such a dilemma!

Liu Yan looked at this poem about fish belly and said nothing.

There are only two possibilities for this matter. One is indeed done by fish swimming in Taoism.

So, what kind of expression would the emperor look like after seeing this poem?

Liu Yan fell into deep thought.

Today, when I worship the Buddha devoutly and sacrificed myself to become a monk in Tai Temple twice, I am afraid I would be very excited if I saw this poem.

It also needs to be framed and observed every day, so that the well-educated people can analyze the depressed mood of the fish who has attained enlightenment.

Liu Yan put away his thoughts, looked at the black bird that was opened, and then looked at the young man Li Li, who was in the stairs.

The sayings of gods and ghosts must be believed, but...

The second possibility: This poem was written by Li Li, or by someone else, written by a fish.

Thinking of this, Liu Yan looked at Li Li with murderous intent, but he had another question:

So, what is this person's intention to do this?

According to the content of the poem, the people did not incite to rebel. If they were to plan something, it would be more like they would be exempted from the battle of the black bird.

In other words, the minor official knew that he could not complete the official service, so he pretended to be a god.

Liu Yan is not a elm-head. Being a Buddhist on a daily basis does not mean that he will become a fool who can fool others.

After being an official for so many years, he knew that treacherous minor officials would be accustomed to deceive their subordinates and conceal their superiors, so he had to be careful of being plotted against by villains.

But this matter is quite subtle and requires careful consideration before a decision can be made.

In order to have time to think, Liu Yan asked the officials to copy several copies of the fish belly poems and distribute them to the assistants for a look, thinking about it, and taking the opportunity to think of a solution so that there will be a proper solution.

We must turn bad things into good things.

Thinking of this, Liu Yan coughed a few times, feeling a little annoyed: This black bird battle was still caused by him.

He left Jiankang and came to Poyang to take office. On the way, he occasionally suffered from wind and cold and coughed continuously. After the doctor prescribed a prescription, he offered a method of warming and nourishing the lungs.

The method requires black veal to be made into jerky, boiling soup, and eating daily, so this temporary black veal battle was created.

Yuliang official fished all day long and provided fish catches for the government. Now, he caught some extra black birds. What is the big deal?

Liu Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but now he was causing trouble, and trouble came.

This matter will inevitably be reported to the court. At that time, he may be ridiculed by Qingliu as a guard of the place and does not care about the people, so that in order to fill the good fortune, a fish that has attained enlightenment can "sacrifice itself for the tiger."

If there is such a sarcasm, it will be so ugly. Even if Li Li is "corrected", the sarcasm will not disappear.

Liu Yan was born into the famous Liu family in Hedong and was also a son-in-law of the emperor. He could not accept such reputational stains, so he quickly became calculating.

Who wrote this silk book actually doesn’t matter. What’s important is what the emperor wants after hearing the heavens.

While Liu Yan was thinking, the officials in the hall were surprised when they read the poem "Fish Belly" and were also shocked by the content of this seven-character poem, and carefully savored the artistic conception.

Everyone is thinking: is it written by fish? is it written by humans?

The Liang Kingdom was prosperous in worshipping Buddhism, and no one dared to deny that swimming fish could be enlightened by Buddhism, so that we can attain enlightenment and practice cause and effect, but we would not have expected that it was possible that the fish Liang official in front of us would be a trick.

After a while, Liu Yan sought the opinions of several major assistants.

Several assistants knew that the battle of the black bird started because of Liu Yan, but they did not think it was a big deal. After all, there was a reason. Besides, the sons of the gentry, the son-in-law of the current dynasty wanted to eat some black birds, so what was this?

As a result, the "fish-bearing books" came out, and this emergencies could not be concealed, so we had to "repair the fence" quickly and turn bad things into good things.

It doesn’t matter what the truth is. What’s important is what the emperor wants after he knows it.

No one who is an official is a fool. Several assistant officials figured out their interests and made a statement together, suggesting that they would exempt them from the battle of the black bird after responding to the request of the author of the Fish Belly Poem.

This is a step to make Shangguan express his opinion. No one is blind and dares to squeeze Shangguan at this time.

Liu Yan was very satisfied with the assistants' understanding. He thought for a moment, looked at Li Li, and slowly spoke: "Li Li."

Li Li, who was a little bored, quickly replied after hearing this: "The villain follows the order."

Liu Yan said gently: "Since you have a person who has attained enlightenment and asks you to dream, then the official will definitely do good deeds. If the black bird battle is eliminated, I will make you guilty."

Wu Li Cao, who was in a cold sweat, heard the words of the Inner Historian and felt that he had escaped from death and almost cried with joy.

Liu Decai, who had been extremely nervous from the beginning, sighed with a long sigh when he heard this, saying: Lao Li, your family has escaped a disaster...

Everything started, developed and ended as planned. The surprise prepared by Li Li did indeed make the county party committee very surprised.

But he did not forget to bow and thank Shangguan.

The assistants all praised the "Mr. Weird", Liu Yan nodded and said, "Come here, send this black bird to the temple and bury it well."

"As for the black birds that have been handed over, all living people will be released, and the dead will be sent to the temple for burial."

......

In the south of Poyang City, a corner of the dock beside the Poshui River, on a small boat, Li Li and two young men squatted in the cabin covered by the tent, looking at a small pile of copper coins in front of them.

Li Li's face was calm, but Liang Sheng and Wu Xiang were very excited. The copper coins in front of him were earned from selling fish, totaling 960 cents, with a total weight of about twelve kilograms.

What kind of fish are sold? Blackfish.

Yesterday, Li Li caught more than one black bird.

Today, he brought a black bird into the city with a black bird to "send surprises", allowing Liang Sen and Wu Xiang to stay outside the city, wandering on the Po Water, and selling all the remaining black birds to passing passenger ships.

It is difficult to see black birds in winter, and black birds are very nourishing, so even if the price is higher than in summer and autumn, Liang Sen and Wu Xiang don’t have to worry about selling the black birds in their hands, and soon sold out the fish.

The total income from selling fish is 960 yuan, which is the surprise Li Li gave to the young people.

Li Li transferred the copper coins and whispered: "Thank you for your hard work, each of you will be divided into three hundred documents."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Xiang and Liang Sen widened his eyes and looked at Li Li's gaze, full of disbelief: "Cunqin, how can this make it happen!"

Li Li asked back: "How can I not do it? If you two help me, where can I catch these fish? Where can I sell the fish for money?"

"But, but..."

"Nothing but! Good brother, that's what you should do!" Li Li said in an unquestionable tone, "It should be divided equally, but I'm more than 60 yuan, so I want to thank Uncle Liu for helping to plead with him."

Wu Xiang and Liang Sen were shaken by this sudden surprise, and their tongues were knotted for a moment, and they couldn't say anything to refuse. Looking at the copper coins, they couldn't help but smile foolishly.

They are still young men. The young men are not strong enough and help others with servants. It would be great if they could earn fifteen cents a day.

They followed Li Li in the past few days and actually earned 300 million yuan. That was the salary for 20 days for the servants. The poor boy suddenly had this fortune, so how could he not smile?

This is a real surprise!

Li Li smiled and asked the two of them to come over and patted them on the shoulders: "Good brother, we should share the joys and sorrows! In the future, if I, Li Cunqin, have a bite of food, I will never let you drink the northwest wind!"

The two of them were very happy when they heard this and kept nodding hard. Li Li looked at the money and thought of the "Jun Liu Fu" in the department just now.

Since ancient times, it is impossible for those who can become officials to be stupid. "Jun Liu" and a group of assistant officials have no reason to doubt that this poem was written by him.

But the truth of the matter is not important. What is important is what the emperor wants.

Poyang County has released a "fish belly book collection", and this matter must be heard from heaven. The old emperor who worships Buddhism saw the fish belly poem, what else can he ask for?

The truth is written by this poem for the fish who attained enlightenment.

A fish can be enlightened by Buddhism and learn from the story of "sacrificing oneself to feed a tiger" to save relatives. The old emperor can use this matter as evidence and preach to the ministers what "the boundless Dharma" is.

Such a "auspicious" thing happened in Poyang County, Jiangzhou. Good or bad things?

The bureaucrats can't figure out this matter?

So, are bureaucrats at all levels in prefectures and counties stupid? It is impossible to be stupid.

Is the emperor stupid? It can't be stupid.

But with the reason for worshiping Buddha, how can the emperor be unhappy?

Li Li believes that for bureaucrats at all levels, the emperor's happiness is the most important thing, and what the truth is is not important.
To be continued...