Chapter 214: Priceless Treasure (continued)
"Venerable King, helping the princess return to China is a test for me by the Lord God Ahura Mazda, so I must not accept these gifts. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Mazda... The main god Ahura Mazda naturally cannot interfere with your test, but as the nephew of the princess, the widow must have a gift of gratitude to express his gratitude. ”
"If you don't accept these gifts, everyone in the world will laugh at the widow, and will laugh at the Yuwen family for not being grateful, in this case, the princess will be unhappy, and the emperor will be unhappy."
"Please also distribute these gifts to the crew members, guards, and thank them for their help along the way."
In a certain room, Trus was talking to the King of Xiyang who had turned back, and the other party wanted to 'talk in detail' with him on the grounds of meeting the princess, because there were too many conversations, and they were all translated by Tongshi.
The two first reviewed the traditional friendship between the Central Plains and Persia, expressed satisfaction with the current state of development of bilateral relations, and then looked forward to the bright prospects of bilateral trade, and finally turned to the topic: bribery and bribery.
Yuwen Wen, the king of Xiyang, suddenly turned back not long after leaving, and he was not looking for the princess, but the Persian merchant Trus, of course, he did not come empty-handed, and prepared seven gifts that were obviously improvised.
Bribery and bribery are both arts, and they are profound knowledge, of course, Yu Wenwen will not directly say that these seven gifts are for Trus, his statement is that Trus's subordinate seamen and guards have worked hard, and the small gifts will make everyone happy.
As for whether Trus will give this gift to his subordinates, it is not a matter of Yuwenwen, the reason why it is divided into seven boxes is because the Persian state religion, Zoroastrianism, believes that seven is a very sacred number.
The scene is said to be said, the two sides let go back and forth, Trus finally accepted the gift 'reluctantly', Yuwenwen made a look, and retreated, and then, it was time to enter the secret talk.
"This is a little bit of the widow's heart, please accept it."
Yuwen Wen smiled, took out a flat wooden box from his arms, opened it, and offered it with both hands, so that it was more flattering and flattering, which formed a strong contrast with his noble status.
Truss enjoyed the feeling, because he used to laugh at others, but now he was a noble king who tried to curry favor with him.
Yuwen Wen, the king of Xiyang in the Central Plains Zhou Kingdom, knew that his relationship with Princess Qianjin was unusual, so he specially came to give gifts to please him, for what? Isn't it to curry favor with the Emperor of Zhou?
Just like those nobles of Ctesiphon, they always do whatever it takes to curry favor with the king of kings, all of them look flattering!
Trus has been in business for many years and has developed a cheeky skin, and what he thinks in his heart will never be shown on his face, even if he despises the flattery of the king of Xiyang in front of him, he is still smiling.
The other party specially turned back just now, not to find the princess, but to find him to 'talk in detail', Trus had a number in his heart at the time, and now it is true: King Xiyang wants to give a gift, ask him to help say good things in the ear of the princess.
The movements are really fast, and it is not in vain for my performance.
Trus thought so, looked at the wooden box presented by Yuwenwen, and then his face changed: on the brocade in the wooden box, there was a glass mirror.
A palm-sized glass mirror, which can illuminate people's subtleties, such a mirror, a few years ago, a caravan brought to Ctesiphon, caused a huge sensation, countless people holding gold and silver treasures want to buy, but can not buy at all.
Only the king of kings, the queen of queens, or the spiritual mentor of the king of kings, Mubeid of Mubed, is qualified to possess this priceless treasure.
As a merchant who traveled between East and West, Trus knew the exact news, and knew that this magical mirror came from the Central Plains in the far east, but he had heard of its name for a long time, but he had never seen the real thing.
Now that I hold it in my hand and look at it carefully, no matter how deep my ability to hide my emotions is, I can't smooth my breathing.
"Venerable King, this... This gift is too expensive for me to accept..."
Yuwen Wen squinted with a smile, rubbed his hands, and said to Trus: "The person that Princess Qianjin likes is certainly worth having." ”
Truss was extremely proud when he heard this, but he was horrified: "Ah, noble king, this is not true, I and the princess do not..."
"No, no, no, the emperor will not have an opinion on the person that Princess Qianjin likes." Yuwen Wen's eyes narrowed again with a smile, "Trus, in the future, you will marry the princess of Qianjin, please remember to help the widow." ”
Without a general matter to translate, Yu Wenwen had to take into account Truss's limited Chinese proficiency, so he could not use too many idioms or embellishments in his speech, nor could he be too complicated, so the vocabulary used in the conversation was much dryer.
Trus pretended to be embarrassed, shook his head and laughed, the other party was so direct, it saved a lot of trouble, and it was not in vain that he deliberately played ambiguous with the princess of the daughter just now, and the reason why he did this was to let the officials of the state of Zhou know that he had a close relationship with the princess, so as not to have an accident.
The hearts of people are sinister, especially those well-dressed nobles, who seem to behave elegantly and are all good people, but in fact they are more poisonous than cobras, and if they are not careful, they will be bitten to death.
Trus sent Princess Qianjin back to the Central Plains, of course, there was a careful plan, to beware of the Zhou State officials snatching credit, separating him from Princess Qianjin, and then the other party took Princess Qianjin to the capital to invite merit, leaving him to blow the cold wind at the border, it would not be good.
How can this be prevented? It's very simple, to become the sweetheart of the princess, as long as she is unwilling, then no Zhou official dares to let them separate.
If the princess had meant it, would she have done this? No, so find a way.
To make a person completely obedient is simply not possible by conventional means, but it is difficult for Truss.
When the state church holds a large ceremony, the believers will drink some medicinal drink, which will add a little bit of diyaga, and after drinking, the believers will be in high spirits and recite the mantra more and more devoutly.
For hundreds of years, this has been the case for large ceremonies at shrines everywhere, and there is nothing special about it, but Trus accidentally discovers a side effect of Tyga: addiction.
Once someone takes too much Diyega, they will become addicted, and when the drug addiction occurs, they will be in pain, and in order to get a mouthful of Diyega, they are even willing to abandon their dignity, and they can ignore their conscience and human nature, and do anything according to the requirements of the controller.
The addictive effect of the general Diyega is very poor, and it takes a large dose for a long time to make people addicted, and if it wants to work quickly, it must be purified, and Trus does not dare to let others know this secret, so he pondered it alone for several years before he figured out the process of making high-concentration Diyega.
This secret is only known to him, and he originally wanted to take a risk and use it on the king of kings, but the risk was too great, so he could only slowly find a suitable target, and the appearance of the princess made Trus's purified Diyega useful.
He, he succeeded.
Trus controlled the princess both physically and mentally, and was not afraid that the other party would be disobedient, but for the sake of insurance, he decided to properly show the 'intimacy' between the two to the officials of the Zhou State.
That's why there was an ambiguous move just now, and the effect was unexpectedly good, the noble King of Xiyang, like a lingering fly, leaned up, smiling and giving gifts.
Disgusting, just like those powerful children of Ctesiphon, if it weren't for a good family background, why would these wastes with poor ability and narrow vision be high and high, and why should they occupy high positions!
Trus couldn't help sneering in his heart, but he smiled very brightly on his face, and Yuwenwen suddenly asked: "The widow has something unclear and wants to ask." ”
"Noble King, please feel free to ask questions, and I will answer everything I know."
"Is there a slave market for Ctesiphon?"
"Yes."
"So... Hehe, in the slave market of Ctesiphon, is it possible to buy any kind of woman? ”