Chapter 177: She said that everyone present was trash

The King of Jisaiguo looked at Tang An earnestly and seriously.

He felt that what Tang An said made a lot of sense, but he always felt that something was wrong.

"This King..."

Tang An directly signaled him not to speak, "I understand."

After saying that, Tang An turned her head to look at the civil and military officials of the entire court and directly translated the King's meaning.

"Your King said that he looks down on you all."

"He feels that everyone present is trash."

At this moment, the silence was truly deafening.

No matter how one looked at it, it was Tang An scolding people, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that she was indeed translating the words of the King of Jisaiguo.

It was simply that, for a time, the officials were indignant, each expressing their own opinions, and their anger was reaching the heavens.

The King watched the ministers arguing endlessly and had a terrible headache.

Some dared to directly clamor against the Great Tang to Tang An, some directly said they wanted to lead troops to fight the Great Tang Iron Cavalry, and there were also civil officials who remonstrated to the death, insisting that they must never agree to press the surrender document.

Watching them stand firm and rush to go to war with the Great Tang, the King, although annoyed, also gained a little more confidence.

"Good."

He signaled all the ministers to stop talking first, "Princess of Great Tang, can you really find the treasure pearl and bring it back?"

"I can."

"Do you know where the treasure pearl is?"

"I know."

Upon hearing this, the King of Jisaiguo looked at her, and it seemed that other thoughts had arisen.

Tang An sneered: "You wouldn't be thinking of capturing me and torturing me until I reveal the whereabouts of the treasure pearl, would you?"

"Or is it that you want to directly slander this Palace, saying that it was this Palace who stole your Jisaiguo's national treasure? At that time, use this Palace to contain the Great Tang Iron Cavalry?"

Seeing that her thoughts were seen through, the King was terrified and uneasy. Now, looking at this situation, he could only break the pot and let it sink.

"Someone come!"

Tang An sneered at those guards, "If they can move even half a step today, I will let you be the Princess of Great Tang, how about that?"

"Someone come!"

"Someone come!!!"

No matter how the King of Jisaiguo shouted, those guards remained motionless.

Was it that they didn't want to move? It was that they couldn't move at all!

"It seems the King still hasn't recognized the reality."

"Now that your Jisaiguo's treasure pearl has been stolen, your national fortune is weak, and the winning side is with me."

"Therefore, if you want to save the situation, besides trading with this Palace and writing a surrender document, you have no other choice."

"And your only winning chance and opportunity is to feign surrender after obtaining the treasure pearl, and borrow the national fortune to drive the Great Tang Iron Cavalry back within the borders."

"By then, this Palace's business will be done, and I will have already left. You will also have obtained the treasure pearl and guarded Jisaiguo, wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

Tang An said one sentence after another about national fortune and the treasure pearl. It made the King of Jisaiguo, who already firmly believed in this, even more hot-headed and deeply convinced.

"Good!"

The King of Jisaiguo slapped the table, immediately wielded his pen and ink, and wrote a trade surrender document.

If Tang An could really get the treasure pearl back and return it to Jisaiguo, then he, as the King, would voluntarily surrender the territory to the Great Tang.

Tang An also very thoughtfully took the seal and signaled the King of Jisaiguo to stamp it on it.

The King of Jisaiguo was displeased, but still took it and stamped it.

As soon as the seal was stamped, Tang An took it and looked at it carefully in her hand to see if there were any loopholes between the lines.

"Hoo, hoo..." She blew on the red mark of the seal to let it dry quickly.

"Princess of Great Tang, what are you doing?" The King of Jisaiguo wanted to take back the surrender document, but once that thing was in Tang An's hands, could he take it back?

"Shouldn't it be that after you bring the treasure pearl back, our two sides will exchange one item each?"

Tang An had already put the surrender document back into her Universe Bag, "Don't worry, the things I, Tang An, promise might not be done well for you."

"But the things this Palace promises in the name of the Princess of Great Tang will definitely be done well for you."

After all, she could forgo her image. But when representing the Great Tang, she still had to care about her diplomatic image.

"Alright, no need to see me off, when this Palace brings back the treasure pearl, I will naturally send it to you."

After saying that, Tang An took back her Grand Master Chair and returned with her three disciples.

The backs of the four people leaving gracefully formed a sharp contrast with the King's figure, who was anxious and very angry there.

The King was about to explode with anger, but he couldn't call a single person to stop the footsteps of the four master and disciples.

Only after the four master and disciples left the palace did the people in the main hall regain their freedom.

When they followed the King's order to chase out, where could they still find the shadows of Tang An and the others?

Jinguang Temple, a place of Buddhism.

Tang An gathered all the monks she had saved here.

Holding a large megaphone, she was afraid that the monks lined up outside the temple wouldn't hear clearly.

"Everyone, in fact, I won't hide it from you, this Princess is not only the Princess of Great Tang, but also a disciple under the seat of the Daoist Lishan Laomu."

"This Princess was entrusted with a heavenly mandate to travel west on behalf of the Emperor of Great Tang. While experiencing the folk customs of various countries, I am also here to save the common people from suffering and fire and water."

"You all also know that your King of Jisaiguo is muddled and has no way to govern the country."

"You were also implicated because you are monks in this temple."

"Now, although this Palace can save you from fire and water, I have to use the name that you are scholars of the Great Tang Daoism to protect your lives."

"If you still want to stay here and sincerely follow the Buddha, this Princess naturally will not object."

"But those who want to survive must immediately take off their monk robes, change into Daoist robes, and go to the Great Tang territory to find a way to live."

Tang An seemed to have thought of something and added a few more sentences.

"This act is to save your lives, and this Princess has already formed an irreconcilable hatred with the King of Jisaiguo."

"After this Princess leaves, those who stay here will definitely become tools for that King to vent his revenge."

"If you still hold onto a fluke mentality, thinking that your Buddha can come to save you at the last moment, then I have nothing to say."

"However, from my personal standpoint, I still want to advise everyone to think carefully. Who is it that is saving you this time, the immortals of Daoism, or the Buddha of the West?"

Tang An paused, leaving them some time to think and discuss.

When it was about time, Tang An made a final summary.

"Tomorrow morning, if there are those who take off the Buddha and enter the Dao, you can come to find this Princess to get a handwritten letter, go to the Great Tang to find a way to live, and seek a true spiritual transcendence."

"If you voluntarily stay here, this Princess also respects your choice."

"Everyone, how you choose your own life is entirely up to you."

After Tang An finished this sentence, she also raised her eyes to look at the direction of the West in the sky.

Is Guanyin watching? Or is Rulai watching?

It doesn't matter, Lingshan has already been smashed, do they still care about this small conflict of snatching people?

As for these monks, they are lives after all. She has done what she could do. The rest depends on their own personal choices.

The Great Tang may not lack Daoists, but if monks can be transformed into practitioners of the Dao, Tang An is still very willing. ===== CHAPTER 178 =====