After riding a horse, Hao Tingyu took Li Cangyu to the familiar Chongrenfang and came to the Dianke Office, which belongs to the Honglu Temple.

Although Hao Tingyu has not yet explained the specific details of today's case, it is not difficult for Li Cangyu to guess that it is related to foreign envoys!

Honglu Temple is originally a state in charge of diplomacy. The Dianke Office is a large "state guesthouse" used by Honglu Temple to entertain envoys from foreign countries.

A murder case in such a place will inevitably affect the national diplomacy and the international image of the Tang Dynasty. There is no doubt that this is a big case, no wonder Jin Wu Youzi, the highest-level "police" of the Tang Dynasty, was asked to intervene in the investigation.

Li Cangyu and his party had six or seven people joining the Dianke Office, but in the end he and Hao Tingyu entered the Dianke Order's office to ask about the case first. The remaining few followers of the army were only left outside to wait.

The confidentiality of this case is not very high.

The highest commander of the Dianke Office is Dianke Ling, who is the seventh rank of official position and has a surname of Ouyang over fifty years old. When he learned that Jinwu Youzi had arrived, he hurriedly went out to greet him and respectfully invited Hao Tingyu and Li Cangyu into the official office.

Now the Tang Dynasty is at its peak and enjoys a high reputation among foreign countries and Hu Hu. Hundreds of countries have sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to repair, trade or study. What the saints care about the most is the word "fame". They treat all the envoys and students from foreign countries with good treatment. Now there is a murder case in the state guesthouse. You can imagine how fearful and anxious Ouyang Ling is.

"The thing has happened, Ouyang Ling doesn't have to be too impatient." Hao Tingyu persuaded him for a while, and then asked about the details of the case.

It turned out that the dead was a Japanese student named Chen Sheng. The body was discovered by Wuhou in Xicheng at dawn yesterday. According to the coroner of Chang'an County Government, the autopsy was found by a sharp sword and killed by a blow to the throat. The sword was also covered with poison. After the Chang'an County Government discovered the identity of the deceased, he felt that the case was not simple, so he immediately reported to the Dali Temple, which was in charge of major cases in the capital. Dali Temple then commissioned the Jinwu Guard to send capable operators to handle the case specifically.

Later, the Japanese envoy made a request to the Honglu Temple through the Dianke Office, that the body should be transported back to the Dianke Office for their own care and to be paid tribute according to their own traditional customs.

According to the judicial system of the Tang Dynasty, the case was not yet confirmed, and the body could not be taken away. The Honglu Temple was not good enough to directly reject the Japanese envoy and only sent a favor to the top. So the saint soon learned about the case and issued a strict order to catch the murderer within seven days and punish him severely!

It was seven days more... Li Cangyu sighed in his heart, are they all having a grudge against Qi, right?

"Introduce the deceased, Chen Sheng." Hao Tingyu asked again.

Ouyang Ling said that Chen Sheng's real name was Zhongchen Hezhu, and he followed the ninth Japanese envoy to Chang'an 18 years ago. That time, the deputy envoy sent by Japan was Zhongchen Mingdae, who was a relative of the clan. During these years, Chen Sheng had been studying at the Imperial College of Imperial College and wanted to pass the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, but failed several times.

Eighteen years!... Li Cangyu couldn't help but think in his heart that as far as I know, the Imperial College in the Imperial College used to recruit descendants of princes and nobles as students, and was the highest institution of learning in the Tang Dynasty. However, after the Kaiyuan period, the Imperial College recruited many foreign students to study. Emperor Li Longji also specially ordered that these foreign students be given generous "school grants" so that they could learn the Tang culture with peace of mind without worrying about food and clothing.

The Imperial Academy of the Tang Dynasty should be considered as the first international university in Chinese history.

This place mainly focuses on practicing Confucian classics, and also pays attention to the cultivation of students' poetry and essay talents. The most famous of these students is the Japanese student "Abe Nakamaro". He came to the Tang Dynasty at the age of nineteen. After studying hard for many years, he was really admitted to the Jinshi. He was good at poetry and essays and outstanding talents. He became poet friends with Li Bai and Wang Wei and others.

It is difficult to take the Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty, and it is difficult and has few places. If you can get the Jinshi, it can be regarded as a lifelong honor and excellent diploma of a literati, and your future career will be much brighter.

Abe Zhongma Lu has been in Chang'an for thirty or forty years, and is now a third-rank secretary. Emperor Li Longji personally gave him the name - Chao Heng.

Thinking of this, Li Cangyu asked, "This Chen Sheng had to pass the imperial examination for 18 years after squatting in the Imperial Academy. Could it be that he regarded Abe Zhongmalu as a role model?"

"That's right, that's right!" Ouyang Ling said quickly, "This Jinwulang seems to know a lot about the Japanese envoy sent to Tang?"

Hao Tingyu also looked at Li Cangyu curiously, and his expression seemed to be saying, how did you know?

"It seems that someone has talked about it in the winery... I heard it a little, and I heard it a little." Li Cangyu passed by perfunctorily.

Hao Tingyu asked again: "Then do Chen Sheng have any relatives and friends in Chang'an? Have he ever made a grudge with others?"

"This person seems to be doing nothing except reading. He is usually taciturn and doesn't talk much to others when he comes in and out." Ouyang Ling said while recalling, "He is in his thirties and has not married. He only has a lover in Pingkangfang and will go to see her every now and then. In addition, he only has a companion around him who came from Japan with him. I don't remember anything from the original name Watanabe. I only remember his Chinese name is Zhao Fuxing."

"Where is Zhao Fu's pedestrian?"

"I'm crying while guarding Chen Sheng's body!" Ouyang Ling said, "The two are called masters and servants, and they are really brothers, and their relationship is extremely close."

Hao Tingyu nodded and asked again: "If you think about it carefully, did he have any conflicts with others? Don't let it go even if it is a small conflict."

Ouyang Ling thought for a while and clapped his hands, "A few days ago, he had a dispute with Park Fengzhi, a student from Silla, while he was chatting in the office. The two were classmates from the Imperial College. At first, they had a different relationship with the Book of Songs, but somehow they involved the national affairs of the two countries. Chen Sheng said that Silla pays tribute to Japan every year and is a vassal of Japan. Park Fengzhi said that our Silla is obviously just a vassal of the Tang Dynasty... After a few of them quarreled loudly, and later they were persuaded to part with us several of the officials."

“What about the follow-up?”

"It seems that there is no follow-up." Ouyang Ling said, "It is normal for such arguments? After all, the two are still classmates studying in the same school every day. I believe they won't be able to kill people because of such a small matter, right?"

"It seems? Probably?" Hao Tingyu smiled, "If it is a clue, we cannot let go. We have to ask Park Fengzhi first! Li Cangyu..."

"General!" Hao Tingyu was about to give an order, but Li Cangyu said first, "I want to go and see the body first."

Hao Tingyu was stunned for a moment and nodded and smiled, "Yes, then you are responsible for checking the body. I'll go and ask Park Fengzhi for questions!"

So the two of them were divided into two shifts and each did their own business. Hao Tingyu also divided his part to Li Cangyu so that he could take care of him.

Li Cangyu took the two of them to Chen Sheng’s mourning hall.

There were more than a dozen Japanese in black in the mourning hall, all of whom were exhausted, and it seemed that they had been staying for Chen Sheng overnight. Three of them were monks chanting scriptures and mantras.

Chen Sheng's body was placed in the middle of the house, wearing a black longevity suit, facing north, putting his hands together, and a razor to exorcism on his chest. A small table next to the body was placed with a bowl of water and a bowl of rice on it, and a pair of chopsticks were inserted vertically on it.

Li Cangyu glanced roughly and it was not difficult to see that there were many similarities between Japanese funerals and traditional Chinese funerals.

Japan was really greatly influenced by Chinese culture. When Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu, saw that the Japanese envoy was short, he gave them a golden seal "King of Han Japanese". From then on, they were called Japan.

During the reign of Emperor Gaozong decades ago, the Japanese Kingdom was defeated in the battle with the Baijiangkou of the Tang Dynasty. From then on, they surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and began to send Tang envoys to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute and study. After learning about some Chinese culture, they felt that the word "Wa" was too derogatory and asked the Tang Dynasty to change its name. So a generation of empress Wu Zetian officially gave the country name - "Japan".

With current navigation technology, the sea route between China and Japan is very dangerous. Shipwrecks occur frequently, but it did not stop Japan from learning the Tang Dynasty. By the tenth year of Tianbao, Japan has sent nine groups of envoys to send Tang Dynasty.

Each group of envoys sent to Tang Dynasty ranged from one or two hundred to five or six hundred. Whether it was the political system or cultural traditions of the Tang Dynasty, or even tables, bowls and dishes that were small in detail, Japan learned and imitated the Tang Dynasty in all aspects.

Japan's first world cultural heritage, "Heikawa Kyo", was built by Chang'an City, which was built in the Tang Dynasty. To this day, Japan's Nara still retains many "Tang-style buildings".

Seeing this mourning hall full of Tang-style folk customs in front of him, Li Cangyu couldn't help but sigh: Although it was difficult for me to have a good impression of the Japanese, I have to admit that they were indeed a nation that was very good at learning. Now they used the Great Reform to determine the dominance of Confucianism and began to learn from the Tang Dynasty in all aspects. Later, they learned from the European and American powers, used the Meiji Restoration to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and knocked down the Chinese teacher to the ground.

But what are some of us, apart from some blind hatred that boasts patriotism?

Many people see something that is clearly in the style of the Tang Dynasty, but think it is "Japanese national treasure". It is unknown that even the Japanese national costume "kimono" were once the Wu costumes introduced from the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms era.

There are even many people who regard our traditional Hanfu as Japanese national costumes.

We are trying to learn from the outstanding people in the world. But the cultural confidence of our ancient civilization in the world seems a bit lacking because of our ignorance. It seems that we are particularly good at eliminating our own history and are used to sneering at our traditional culture, but we are strangely obsessed with cultural elements learned from China in foreign countries. It seems that as long as it is foreign things, they are all noble.
Chapter completed!