Azimu was awakened, he was startled, he couldn't understand why someone had knocked on the door so late.

At this time, Wu Ma'er, who was sleeping at the door, had already stood up, he opened the door and saw that it was the prince of the Tang Dynasty who came in with Baihu, accompanied by an interpreter.

By the dim light of the candle in the corner, Umar lit two thick candles, held the candlestick on the table beside Azimu, and stepped aside.

Azimu sat up, and he remembered what had happened at the banquet during the day, and he was angry. He looked at the white tiger coldly and didn't say a word.

The white tiger accompanied the smiling face, with a sincere face. He said: "Your Excellency, I have come to compensate you for my lord. ”

Azimu ignored him and watched how he performed.

When the white tiger saw his stinky face, he wanted to give him a mouthful, but he held back, and said with a smile that was more sincere and sincere: "My lord, don't be angry, you have also seen that there are Persians everywhere here, and the actions of my prince are also monitored by the Persians.

For your safety, my lord has to reduce your chances of appearing in public, please understand.

During the day, it is not that my prince wants to deliberately snub you, you insist on appearing in public, he can only promise you to go to the banquet, but he can't let you attract people's attention. So he had to pretend to snub you.

My prince wants to reach an agreement with you cannibals, if something happens to you, how will my prince explain to your governor? ”

Seeing the white tiger's cautious appearance, Aqimu felt a little better, but his anger had not yet calmed down, and he continued to pull his face and not speak.

Baihu said: "In order to show his sincerity, my prince specially prepared a gift for you. ”

The gifts sent by Li You last time were very valuable, but unfortunately they couldn't be shared on Aqimu's head. At this moment, when he heard that there was a gift, he immediately secretly looked forward to it, and his face improved a lot.

The white tiger said to the interpreter: "You go and ask someone to bring in the gift." ”

The interpreter walked to the door and called the soldier who was guarding the door to come in, and the soldier came to Azimu with a brocade box in his hand, handed the brocade box in his hand to Baihu, and retreated.

Aqimu's heart was pounding, and he secretly guessed what treasure was in the brocade box.

The white tiger carefully placed the brocade box on the several cases in front of Aqimu, reached out and took a candlestick, and placed it next to the brocade box.

He said, "My lord, please open the brocade box." ”

Azimu opened the brocade box, and a bright light suddenly shone in front of him, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes, showing a greedy look in his eyes.

In the brocade box, there is a set of exquisite glass wine utensils, with beautiful shape and exquisite workmanship, shining in the candlelight.

Azim was a knowledgeable man, and he knew that the set was worth a lot of money in the market, and that it could sell for 30 Persian silver coins in Damascus.

Next to this set of drinking utensils, there is also a small box, and when you open it, it is a transparent glass bead the size of a pigeon's egg.

Aqimu carefully picked up the Hu (glass) bead and examined it carefully in the candlelight, the bead was clear and transparent, and there was no trace of impurities.

Azim had seen beads of this quality in the Doge's palace before, worth at least 5 Persian silver coins.

Li You made glass a few years ago, and he has always sold it overseas, and in order to stabilize the price, he has adopted a limited number of sales. Merchants resold to Central Asia and various parts of the West, raising prices layer by layer, and the prices were speculated to a very high level, and it was still difficult to buy.

Aqimu was very satisfied, and suddenly felt that the Tang Dynasty people were no longer so annoying.

This was not the end, the white tiger took out a small cloth bag from his pocket, and poured out the contents, which were glittering with gold, 20 complete Persian silver coins.

Now, the atmosphere has come up.

Aqimu said embarrassedly: "It's too valuable. ”

The white tiger said: "My lord has worked hard, it should be." ”

The white tiger asked Aqimu to put away the gifts, sat down opposite him, and asked him to serve some dried fruits and a bottle of wine, and the two talked while drinking.

Azimu already had some secrets of the Tang Dynasty people, and he wanted to probe them to see if they were true. He asked, "What are you Tang people doing in Persia?" ”

Baihu said: "It's not a secret, when the Persian prince Hamid was originally in Chang'an, he knew my prince, they were very good friends, and they have been doing business together.

Later, Hamid was deposed as the crown prince, and he ran back to compete with his father for the throne, and my prince gave him a great help for the sake of his friends.

Hey, you know Hamid's situation, right? ”

The general trend of Persia, Azimu still knows a little, and he nodded to show that he understands.

The white tiger praised: "My lord is really well-informed, so let's talk better." ”

Azimu was still in a good mood at this time, he smiled and said, "You go on." ”

White Tiger said: "Hamid only occupies 5 provinces in Persia, and his father occupies 9 provinces, and the difference in strength is not small, so Hamid asked my prince to continue to help him."

However, as you know, Hamid needed a lot of money to raise troops and keep the government running. No matter how much my prince helped him, he couldn't solve the problem, so Hamid asked my prince to ask the court for help.

What does a Persian proverb say? There's no pie in the sky, or what? ”

Azim said: "There is no such sentence in the Persian proverb, and it should be appropriate to say that the pot that can give birth to a child can also die when it gives birth." ”

He had already seen that the white tiger had no knowledge, so he had to show that his knowledge was profound, and he couldn't let the white tiger underestimate him.

The white tiger praised: "Adults are knowledgeable. ”

Azimu said with some smugness: "This is nothing, please continue." ”

Baihu first poured a glass of wine for Azimu, then poured it for himself, he took a sip to moisten his throat, and then said: "Hamid has no capital, he can only cede Angot Province to the Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty the Emperor agreed to support him, give him food, grass and weapons, and help him train soldiers and horses."

Because my prince is the one who pulls the strings, he will be responsible for this matter. Now you understand why my prince attended the wedding of Abu Hassan's son, to tell you the truth, my prince didn't know Abhassan before, just because he needed his help when he received it, so he had to save face. ”

Azimu originally suspected that Li You's participation in Abhassan's son's wedding was delaying time, but after Baihu said this, it seemed to make some sense.

Bai Hu continued: "The imperial court sent an army of 100,000, as well as more than 200,000 troops such as Tuyuhun and Xue Yantuo, to follow my prince to receive Angot Province.

When my lord arrived here, he found that Hamid was not at ease, and that they were not only fighting with his father, but also with you cannibals. Is this not clear that we Datang are enemies of you cannibals?

My prince was immediately unwilling, and he regretted that he was too suspicious of it.

However, the allure of the territory was too great, and His Majesty the Emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could not accept Hamid's generous gift, so they insisted that the prince of my family accept it.

My lord does not want to be your enemy, so he wants to meet with your governor to avoid war between the two sides. It would be better if the two countries could sign a peace agreement or something. ”