Under the watchful eyes of Cheng Yang and Xue Guan, Li Hong vaguely told them what happened in the palace while eating. After a long time, the two finally figured it out. Not knowing the whole story, they looked at each other in disbelief at Li Hong, who looked unconcerned and was still stuffing chicken drumsticks into his mouth.
"You careless little thing, are you trying to scare your mother to death? No wonder you hid, ugh... why are you so careless!" Chengyang's face lost some color, and he forced himself His tone was calm, but his words were still obviously trembling.
This matter could be big or small. In her opinion, it seemed that in the court, the matter was reduced to a big or trivial matter. But if Wu Mei wants to do something in the harem, or if the little guy in front of her wants to take a step further, it is inevitable that someone will not bring this incident up in the future. When the time comes, even if his father wants to help him, he may not be able to save himself in the face of all the courtiers' support.
Chengyang and her husband Xue Guan looked at each other. They had been married for many years, and they still had the tacit understanding they should have. They understood each other's thoughts in an instant.
Xue Guan said: "You just have to make up your mind."
"Well, just help this little guy once. I really like this little guy." Chengyang nodded helplessly, sighed and watched Xue Guan get up and leave.
Then he turned around and took a look, and couldn't help but feel angry. He and his husband were anxiously discussing his matter, and the little guy was still stuffing things into his mouth nonchalantly. The sleeves of his maid beside him were treated as rags by him. , the wipes were all greasy. She sat upright next to her and let the little thing wipe her hands with her sleeves.
Chengyang suddenly became angry. He stood up and grabbed Li Hong's ear and gritted his teeth and said, "You worry-free little thing. My aunt is worried about you. It's good that you still have the heart to eat and drink here. Tell me, Where has your usual cleverness gone? Don’t you know how serious this matter is? How can you find such precious and rare things in one month?”
"Oops... it hurts. Auntie, please let go first. Oops, Hong'er's ears are about to fall off." Li Hong had no choice but to spit out the meat in his mouth, and begged Chengyang for mercy with a bared teeth.
"It hurts, it hurts and you don't have a long memory. Every time your mother mentions you, she sighs, but you don't know how to fight for it. It's really hard for your mother to fight so hard for you in the harem!"
"Oh, aunt, you are on good terms with my mother, so you don't have to try so hard to teach me a lesson for her. I already told you that I knew I was wrong." Li Hong felt that Chengyang's hands were looser and his ears didn't hurt so much.
Chengyang let go of Li Hong's hand and saw Xue Guan, who had just left, come in holding a precious wooden box and said to Chengyang: "I have sent someone to inform Princess Lanling. It is expected that she will be there soon." I should be able to come over."
"Did the husband tell her to bring her things with her?" Chengyang slapped Li Hong hard on the butt, and the little guy began to use his maid to wipe the grease on his hands.
Chengyang took the box from Xue Guan's hand, and Li Hong looked at the two people's expressions strangely, as if someone was cutting the couple's flesh.
"Here you go, take it back and give it to your father. You can tell him whatever you want. Even if you say you picked it up, don't say it was given to you by your aunt." Chengyang ordered the maid to take Li Hong's case to him. After cleaning the remaining food on the table, he placed the wooden box on the bright counter table and pushed it to Li Hong.
"What is this? Is it for me? Why don't you let your father know? Then can my mother know?" Li Hong asked several questions in succession.
Li Hong's harmless and good-natured expression made Chengyang, who had a pretty face at first, laugh angrily. He chuckled and said, "Today you fell down the pagoda. It was a gift from the Persians to your grandpa when your aunt got married." At that time, your grandpa gave one to your aunt, and your grandpa gave the other to Lanling. Don’t worry, your aunt has already informed your aunt Lanling, and she will bring hers to you soon.”
When Li Hong heard this, he immediately shook his head and hands, and said hurriedly, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you should keep it. Grandpa Huang gave this to you back then, and I don't dare to take it. If my father finds out, don’t break my legs.”
"You still know how to be afraid. If you know how to be afraid, why did you break it in anger..."
"Wait a minute, aunt, do you think this was given to Grandpa Huang by the Persians?" Li Hong suddenly remembered something and interrupted Chengyang to ask.
"Yeah, what's wrong? What's the problem?" Chengyang asked strangely.
Li Hong opened the wooden box and saw a Duobao Pagoda lying inside, which was exactly the same as the one he smashed in Linhu Palace, so he asked strangely: "Isn't this unique to Guizi Kingdom? Why do the Persians do it too?" Did Guizi also give these to the Persians?"
Xue Guan smiled and carefully took out the Duobao Pagoda inside and wiped the non-existent dust on it. If Chengyang hadn't decided to give it to Li Hong today, he would have planned to pass this treasure down to his family.
So he explained to Li Hong: "This Duobao Pagoda is indeed from Persia, not Guizi. Guizi presented such a precious treasure to His Majesty this time, I am afraid he is asking for something from Your Majesty. As for whether this Duobao Pagoda is Guizi It is a big question if it was made by the country itself. It is said that Persia gathered the craftsmen of this Duobao Pagoda in a secret place and never allowed them to contact the outside world. The purpose was to maintain the unique texture of the Duobao Pagoda. "
Li Hong didn't even look at the Duobao Pagoda carefully in the Linhu Palace. Now he took it from Xue Guan, looked at the carved portraits on the Duobao Pagoda carefully and said: "Why do I feel that this Duobao Pagoda does not look like it was made by craftsmen from the Western Regions, but more like Is it made by my Tang craftsmen?"
Xue Guan smiled and said firmly: "Impossible, this is the pride of their Persians. All craftsmen and production are the secrets of Persia, and it is impossible for them to be made by my craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Hong stared at the Duobao Exquisite Tower, then looked up at the Chengyang couple, scratched his head in annoyance, and said doubtfully: "Since uncle, you are so sure, then please explain to me, the Xumizuo carved on the base of this tower. And the lotus pedestal, the octagonal thirteen-story eaves, and the twenty-four Buddhist niches on each floor are more like the meaning of Tang Dynasty Buddhism?"
Xue Guan was stunned, and Chengyang was also stunned. This... how is this possible? Why has no one ever questioned these? Now after being reminded by Li Hongyi and carefully studying the carvings on the Duobao Exquisite Pagoda, it suddenly seems that there are indeed many flaws. Everything on this tower is indeed depicted in line with the Tang Dynasty's understanding of Buddhism.
Li Hong looked at the dazed expressions of the two people and continued: "Also, don't you think the Big Wild Goose Pagoda built by Emperor Father has many similarities with this Linglong Pagoda? Look at the base again Why are the characters engraved on all sides not in Persian, but in my Tang Dynasty characters?”
Li Hong turned the Duobao Exquisite Pagoda over and said slowly: "The front of this tower is engraved with the three characters 'Wanshou Pagoda'. If this side is the south, then the east side must be engraved with the four characters 'Calming Emperor Picture'. Of course, it is the 'True Kindness', and the west side must be the 'Phaeton Sun and Moon'. Auntie, do you still remember what my father said when he ordered the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in memory of my grandma?"
Chengyang was so shocked by Li Hong's explanation that he couldn't speak. He snatched the Duobao Linglong Pagoda from Li Hong's hand and looked through it carefully. Sure enough, those fifteen characters were engraved on all sides. These fifteen characters were those of Li Zhi back then. He wanted to The words to be engraved on the base of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are to commemorate the queen mother.
"This...?" Chengyang looked at Li Hong blankly. He didn't expect that such a pagoda could contain so many secrets.
"Obviously, these multi-treasure pagodas were made by the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty. A very small possibility is: 'Unless they specially made them for my grandfather, so they engraved these Chinese characters.' But how to explain, the engraving "Is it the fifteen words my father said? Obviously, there is only one possibility. It was made by my Tang Dynasty craftsmen, even the first batch of craftsmen who built the Big Wild Goose Pagoda!" Li Hong took the Duobao Pagoda! Put it in the wooden box and close the lid. At the same time, it also makes a final conclusion about the provenance of Duobao Linglong Pagoda.
Xue Guan closed his eyes and pondered. What Li Hong guessed was even completely correct. This pagoda was made by the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty, but why did it never appear in the Tang Dynasty, but was passed on from distant Persia
"Perhaps we can only ask the Ministry of Industry or the general supervisor about this matter. As long as we find the list of the first batch of craftsmen who built the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, we can know who built this tower." Xue Guan opened his eyes. said.
Chengyang was dumbfounded, obviously lost in the memories of that year. It wasn't until Li Hong's little hand waved in front of her eyes that Chengyang's soul was recalled.
Chengyang swatted away Li Hong's dangling little hands and said angrily: "What's the use of using your little thoughts here? Is it possible that you can still glue the broken tower back together? You'd better think more about it. You can do it later." When Aunt Lanling comes, your little butt will be beaten to pieces by Lanling."
"No, I told my guess just to stop my aunt from worrying about me. Maybe we in the Tang Dynasty will be able to find this exact same Duobao Exquisite Pagoda." Li Hong lay down lazily. On the desk, he put his chin on the wooden box and said.
"Princess Lanling has arrived." The general's sonorous voice came in from afar from the door.
"I'm going to greet aunt, but don't go." Li Hong hurriedly got up from the table. In order to prevent his little butt from being spanked, he had to do something to please the always simple Lan Ling.
"This is etiquette. Lan Ling is here. How can I, the master, still sit upright?" Chengyang took Li Hong's hand and walked to the front yard, while Xia Zhi followed closely on the other side of Li Hong. After leaving the palace, the responsibilities of the personal maids and eunuchs suddenly became heavier. It was their real responsibility to protect the king.
(End of chapter)