How to entertain this secret envoy of the East, Ma Xin, the chief attendant of the Eternal Palace, took a lot of painstaking research. Neither can it be a big fanfare, but also can not let people underestimate the strength of the Great Food Empire, and lose the face of a powerful sultan in front of the Eastern Empire. Therefore, he deliberately furnished the Eternal Palace to the utmost luxury. A total of more than 7,000 people were used along the road, with black eunuchs on one side and white eunuchs lining up to greet them. The palace is covered with more than 20,000 carpets with dense patterns, and more than 30,000 brightly colored curtains are hung on the walls, of which more than 10,000 are woven with gold and silver threads.

The messenger was specially led through the garden of strange trees, and there were countless strange flowers and plants in the garden, among which there was a large tree made of hundreds of tons of gold and silver, on which "roosted" birds made of gold, silver and precious stones. The Sultan's palace for receiving guests is even more splendid, with silk porcelain from the Song Kingdom, glassware from Lu Mei, spices from Tianzhu and Srivijaya, precious stones and gold and silver from the river, ivory rhinoceros horn from Cairo, mink from Rus, and the extravagant smell of ambergris everywhere.

In order to receive the envoy, Sultan Messud canceled the evening feast with the Baghdad magnates. Massud was in the prime of life, and before the messenger arrived, he took a nap, took a bath, ate some sweet cakes and fruit, and rinsed his mouth with wine, and then called the messenger in. The hall burned with hundreds of pounds of ambergris incense candles, and the sultan himself sat on a gold bed inlaid with pearls and precious stones, while his eldest son, Arslan, stood beside him, condescendingly looking at the envoy of the East who had been brought in by the chief of the chamberlain.

Li Yuankai's trip was very secretive, and the grand reception was not what he wanted. The Protectorate is determined to fight the war to the end. Once the news is leaked, not only him, but even the adults behind him will fall into a very passive situation, and even a catastrophe will not recover. Li Yuankai slowly stepped forward and saluted the father and son of Mesud. He would rather believe that these were two foxes, big and small, than that Messud was just a reckless man who flaunted his luxury. What was his intention? Li Yuankai was groaning undecided. Messud stretched out his hand to sit down, and his eldest son, Arslan, sat down, while the chief chamberlain still stood and served. He has always served the Sultan as personally as possible, and no one else can snatch this position

Metsud looked left and right with satisfaction and asked, "The messenger has come from afar, what do you think of my Eternal Palace in Baghdad?" ”

Li Yuankai smiled slightly and replied, "Baghdad is one of the most magnificent cities in the world, and the Eternal Palace is magnificent, even in the river. But without a strong army, cities and palaces are just hunting grounds for conquerors, suitable for warriors to plunder. The envoy was so offended, the chief of the chamberlain's face turned pale, Arslan frowned, and his hand unconsciously touched his waist, as long as his father Khan signaled, he cut down this bold messenger, Mesud just stared at Li Yuankai, and listened to him continue, "Didn't the Great Khan drive away the Baiyi Dynasty and hunt for the crown of Baghdad?"

"That's right!" Messud slapped the table, turned back to Arslan and laughed, "Hear me, cities and wealth are nothing, as long as there are warriors to fight, the whole world is a hunting ground for lions." Looking at Li Yuankai's eyes with kindness, Mesud smiled again, "Of course, when hunting, we have to respect the territory of other lions, and the prey of lions is sheep and buffalo. There is no need for two lions to fight you to the death. His green eyes rolled, looked at Li Yuankai and smiled, "Envoy Li, do you say that's the case?" So saying, he raised his glass, and the chief chamberlain poured wine for the Sultan, and poured wine for the eldest son and the messenger. Arslan also nodded slightly, "Arslan" means lion.

"The Great Khan is right," replied Li Yuankai, "and we also feel that the warriors on both sides have sacrificed a lot, and there is no need to continue the war that outweighs the losses." He looked at Mesud and Arslan and raised his glass, "Since the Great Khan and His Highness the eldest son are willing to see me, they probably have similar thoughts, right?" The three of them drank the wine in the glass together, and Mei Sude grabbed a honey date and threw it into his mouth, chewing it, while looking at Li Yuankai, and asked playfully: "Who are you?" ”

"Well, the Great Khan doesn't have to worry," Li Yuankai said with a calm expression, "The Great Khan only needs to know that we can end the war for the Great Khan." As if casually, he said, "Emperor Lumei has always dreamed of retaking Anatolia. After we heard that the new emperor had ascended the throne, we had been fighting hard, and sent people to the west to ask for help, promising great benefits to the western countries, and it seemed that it would not be long before the crusaders were going to march eastward again. If the Great Khan doesn't grasp the opportunity of this truce, does he really want to try the feeling of fighting on two sides? Although Zanj of Egypt submitted to the Great Khan, if he was given the opportunity, I am afraid that he would not be able to keep to himself. ”

"Oh?" Arslan said coldly: "The news of the Oriental people is really well-informed, and we also miss the merchants of the East." ”

There was inexplicable hostility in his words, Li Yuankai didn't pay attention to it, Messud was in his prime, this kind of reckless hero was so arbitrary, and he didn't know when the eldest son would take power. He only watched how the Sultan answered.

"I believe in you," Mesud glared at Arslan, and then smiled at Li Yuankai instead: "However, a war does not end so easily, we all have to do something to show sincerity, what do you say?" He motioned to Li Yuankai not to be restrained, and grabbed a handful of candied fruit and chewed it himself. Li Yuankai mentions that Zangi was the former general of the Baiyi Dynasty and the ruler of Mosul, Aleppo and Damascus. He was one of the most prestigious princes of the Great Eater and the number one enemy of the Crusaders of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. If it weren't for the fact that his heavy troops were all fighting against the Crusaders in Syria, the Romans would not have entered Baghdad so easily.

"The place where our two countries fought was actually the land of the original Baiyi Dynasty, and it was also the land where the warriors shed their blood. If the two countries make peace and stop fighting, the generals on both sides are unwilling to withdraw their troops, so it is better to use the places they occupy now as the boundary. Li Yuankai said lightly. Although the general Zhou Li was defeated in the Resha Sea, the Xia still occupied a large area of the Romani Turkic lands, and if the Sultan of Rum recognized this border, the original border between the Xia and the Baiyi Dynasty would have advanced much to the south and west.

"You ......" Arslan was furious, and he opened his mouth to scold Li Yuankai.

"Oh?" Messud stopped Melsland and asked, "What other conditions?" ”

"If the Sultan can send Suleymanshah's head to Dunhuang, we will have many reasons to persuade the Protectorate to stop the war." Li Yuankai looked at Mesud and said in a deep voice, "Not to mention the grudges of the people in our river, since the two countries exchanged arms, the warriors under the command of the Great Khan have suffered countless casualties, and this crime should also behead Suleimansha, right?" "Suleimanshah is the younger brother of the Sultan of Roma, the Turkic nomadic livelihood, the most important kinship brothers, Li Yuankai asked for Suleimansha's head in person, Arslan was immediately furious. Messud's face also darkened. The chief chamberlain was trembling with fright.

"Since Envoy Li is so frank, I will also make a condition." Mei Sude took a deep breath, stared at Li Yuankai, and broke off a finger, "Li Sihai," and broke off another finger, "Li Yong, although these two are from the Xia Kingdom, they are also the remnants of the Baiyi Dynasty, if you are sincere, use their heads to show it." Li Yuankai was furious, the Li brothers are the pillars of the country, the descendants of the Marquis of Bowang, how could they be killed because of the words of the enemy country, he was about to refuse categorically, but Mesude waved his hand and interrupted him.

"Suleimansha is my brother, and you want Suleimanshah's life." Mesud said to Li Yuankai, "I can call the shots of Suleimansha's life." Li Sihai and Li Yong's lives, you can't be the master, go back and tell the people behind you. With the heads of these two men, let's move on. Let's go. Ignoring the desire of his eldest son, Arslan, to speak, he waved his hand to the chief attendant to take the messenger out.

Messud put forward this condition, not entirely to block the Xia people from asking for Suleimansha's life. Since the ancestor of the Li family married the daughter of Adulyad, the king of kings, the Li family and the Daolai family have been in-laws for generations, and the Li family is very close to the Baiyi Dynasty. After Sultan Rom destroyed the Baiyi Dynasty, the descendants of the Daolai family were almost wiped out, and the two direct descendants of the Li family are also the people who are closest to the Baiyi Dynasty in the world and have the support of big forces behind them.

"Father Khan," Arslan said hurriedly, after the messenger retreated, "why don't you let them go back to their uncle?" ”

"Idiot!" Messud scolded, "It was the Turks who asked for the princess of Rus, not that Rus used the princess to control the Turks!" You remember that! Otherwise, you are not a religious person! You're not a Turk! He looked at Arslan angrily and snapped, "If you say something like that, I won't let you see your mother again." Damn it! ”

Under the fury of the eruption of the Sudanese volcano, Arslan could only bow his head, but his eyes were full of stubbornness and anger.

Arslan's mother was a Turkic lord of Rus', and his maternal grandmother was a noblewoman of the Western Lumei Empire. Matrilineally, Arslan is related to most Western royal families. I am afraid that the original intention of the old Rus' king was indeed to control the Turks in this way. Although Mesud understood this intention, he could not stop Princess Ross from raising her eldest son to be a pagan aristocratic figure. Arslan had a special affection for Rose and Germain, and Messud had long since gotten used to it.

"But is it because of the coercion of the enemy that you are going to swing your scimitar at my uncle Suleimansha?"

"If they exchange Li Sihai and Li Yong's heads." Messud said coldly, "This idiot, if it weren't for him, we would have already captured Aleppo, how could we let the envoy of the Xia Kingdom take Zanji to threaten us?" He looked at Arslan, whose face was full of incredulity, and said in a deep voice, "You have to remember that the king is responsible for his country, not some relative. This is my responsibility and it will be your responsibility in the future. If we fail to do this, it will be a disaster for the whole country. ”