Li Qing urged him to step forward, bowed to the opposite knight, and said with a faint smile: "Princess Luo Yan, we meet again, is your father here?" ”

This heroic young general is the princess Luo Yan that Li Qing has seen in the Shushi Kingdom, and today she went hunting with some nobles of the Shi Kingdom, and happened to meet Li Qing on the bank of the Zhenzhu River.

"My father is in the palace, Li Shilang, you are really a person of credibility." Although her tone was flat, Princess Luo's eyes flashed with joy.

The envoy of the Great Eclipse has been in the Shi Kingdom for nearly half a month, and has been active in the Shi Kingdom, threatening and luring, provoking and disintegrating, coupled with the fact that the King of the Shi Kingdom is biased towards the Great Eclipse, so that most of the nobles of the Shi Kingdom have begun to move closer to the west, and the situation of Mo Hedu's father and daughter is very difficult.

But Li Qing's arrival was like seeing the sun through the clouds, so that Princess Luo Yan could see the sunshine at once, she looked back proudly, under the banner, a young man in golden helmet and golden armor suddenly turned pale, and he involuntarily exchanged glances with the person next to him.

At this time, Li Qing found that there was an old man standing on the other side of the banner, about ten years old, he was wearing clothes completely different from the Turkic people in short clothes and tight body, a loose red robe, as if a long cloth bag was put on his body, he had a gray-white beard, and was staring at himself with half-squinted eyes, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

It seems that this person should be the messenger of the Great Food, Li Qing smiled slightly, and bowed to him from afar.

Li Qing guessed correctly, this person was the envoy of the Great Food, the uncle of the caliph Abbasid. He has been in Shiguo for half a month, nominally mediating the dispute between Shiguo and Bakhana, but in fact he has not been to Bakhana at all so far, the so-called mediation of disputes is just an excuse, he came to Shiguo for two and a half missions, one is to force Shiguo to surrender directly to Dashi; the second is to test Datang's reaction to the eastward expansion of Dashi; The other half of the mission is to take the most brilliant gem of the Stone Kingdom for the Abbasids.

When he saw Li Qing saluting him, he also smiled gently, and returned a salute to him, although this envoy of the Tang Dynasty was still young. But he has been favored for a long time, and he will not look down on him at all because of this.

But. However, he found that the expression of the stone king Che Duo beside him had changed greatly, and a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes. In the eyes of others, Wang's face changed greatly because of the arrival of the Tang envoy, but Budu understood that there was another meaning to it, Che Duolu was jealous of the young Tang envoy, perhaps because Princess Luo Yan was too overjoyed.

Budu was a treacherous fox, and when he thought about it, he remembered an old story in the East: the snipe and the clam fought each other. The fisherman was profitable, he glanced at Che Duolu, and suddenly laughed in a low voice: "They seem to be very familiar, isn't it Princess Luo's old acquaintance in Chang'an?" ”

"These damn Tang people!"

Che Duo threw down a sentence fiercely, and sped forward, pointing his whip at Li Qing. Said very unkindly: "Sister Wang, did you know this person before?" ”

He spoke Turkic, although Li Qing couldn't understand it. But he saw the hostility from his eyes, but Xiushi next to him knew a little Turkic and whispered a few words in Li Qing's ear.

Li Qing nodded, his eyes still did not leave Budu, whether it was a king or a princess, whether it was a country of Shi or a country of Bahan, they were just chess pieces on the chessboard, only he and the sinister old man were two people who played chess, and he Li Qing was not here to fight for the wind and be jealous.

His face was solemn, he straightened his waist and said in a loud voice: "I am the imperial history of the Tang Dynasty, the pacification envoy of the two towns of Anxi and Beiting, and I was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to inspect the countries of Anxi."

He raised the festival and said sharply to King Shi: "You are a vassal country of the Tang Dynasty, and when you see the Tang Emperor's festival symbol, why are you still high?" ”

There is no need for translation, most of the nobles surnamed Hu are coarse Chinese, Li Qing's reprimand is clear, the voice is in the ears, everyone understands what he means, Che Duoxuan suddenly sobered up, he looked back at the other nobles, some have already dismounted, and Princess Luo Yan was the first to jump off the horse, is bowing and saluting, and then look at Budu, but don't turn his face, I don't know his attitude, Che Duolu is helpless, now is not the time to turn his face with the Tang Dynasty, he had to get off the horse, very reluctant to give a salute, his face is extremely cold.

At this time, all the soldiers and entourages dismounted, but Budu and a few of the entourages of Dashi were still sitting on their horses, which seemed very abrupt, Li Qing smiled coldly, pointed at Budu with a jingjie, and asked Che Duodu: "Who is this person?" Why didn't you get off the horse when you saw the Tang Angel? ”

"This ......"

Che Duolu is young after all, and this kind of principled question related to national security will not be dealt with, he opened his mouth and did not know how to answer.

At this time, Budu walked up slowly, bowed slightly on his horse, lightly pressed his hand on his chest, and said in fluent Chinese: "I am Budu, the uncle of the Caliph Abbasid, the governor of Persia, and the envoy of the Great Food Nation. Pull, may I ask the name of the envoy of the Tang Dynasty."

"I am the surname of the Tang Dynasty, and my single name is a clear character."

Budu was moved, "Are you the Li Qing who killed Tubo Zampu and was later named the head of the household department?" ”

"It's down there!"

Li Qing nodded lightly and smiled faintly at Budu: "The envoy can not only speak fluent Chinese, but also know the internal affairs of my Tang Dynasty well, which can be described as well-intentioned!" ”

Budu looked up and smiled, "I was also a businessman when I was young, I have been to Datang many times, and I have always admired Yuanhua, so I care more about what happened in Datang, what's so strange?" Li Shilang was a little worried."

At this time, Princess Luo Yan saw that the two of them did not give in, so she stepped forward to persuade her: "The two envoys have come from afar, and since they are destined to meet, I will definitely ask my father to hold a banquet and give the two most distinguished guests a reception."

Li Qing smiled and said to Budu: "The master is here, but the two of us are like no one around, which is a bit noisy."

Budu also laughed, patted his belly and said, "Yes! Yes, extremely! When I think of the evening feast, I'm hungry now."

"Then let's go back!" Princess Luo Yan galloped on her horse and rushed up the high mound in a moment.

Budu and Li Qing went hand in hand, and he pointed to the graceful back of Princess Luo Yan. He smiled at Li Qing in a low voice: "This is the most brilliant gem in Zhaowu Kingdom, even I am tempted, what does Li Shilang think?" ”

"I'm also very tempted, but there is only one gem, so it's better for us to fight and see who can win the beauty."

After saying that, Li Qing laughed, sped up his speed, and left the stunned Budu far behind.........

The capital of the country, Tuozhicheng, is now the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, and is located on a fertile alluvial plain. It is the largest city in the Zhaowu Kingdom, with a population of about 100,000. Basically all of them were Turkic, in addition to which there were tens of thousands of slaves. They are all descendants of slaves captured by the Turks from all over the country, and there are nearly 30,000 Tang people, not only Han people, but also Qiuci people and Gaochang people.

Li Qing and Budu parted at the city gate, Budu followed the stone king Che Duolu away, while Li Qing followed Princess Luo Yan to meet the deputy king Mohedu, and the two factions were clearly divided. Everyone also knows that no one is going to pick it out.

Walking to the street, Li Qing remembered something, called Wu Xingsu, handed over Wang Qilang, who was saved on the road, to him, and instructed him a few words. Wu Xingsu nodded, and hurriedly left with a few of his strong martial arts subordinates.

"That man looked sluggish, and didn't seem to be accompanied by a squire?" Princess Luo Yan saw Li Qing finish explaining. Then he stepped forward and pointed at Zhao Qilang and asked, maybe it was the reason for the strong wind on the grassland, but at this time, Li Qingcai suddenly smelled a strong fragrance, which came from her body, which was quite inconsistent with her heroic knight outfit.

Princess Luo Yan's face turned red, and suddenly her expression became a little twisted, and she whispered to Li Qing: "I was born like this, and I didn't deliberately dress up today."

But as soon as the words came out, she seemed to react, her face returned to normal in an instant, and she pointed at Zhao Qilang and continued to ask: "I found that he has a mark on his forehead, and he seems to be a slave."

Li Qing didn't seem to notice the subtle change in her expression, he looked back at Zhao Qilang's back, and said with a faint smile: "He may be your slave, but in my eyes he is not, he is my compatriot, from now on he is a member of my Tang Army, the same meritorious service, and his wife."

Princess Luo Yan understood, she sighed softly, since she was ten years old, she was sent to Chang'an to study with some princesses and kings from other countries, where she spent the whole year, and she had already regarded Datang as her second homeland, and after returning to China, she also found all kinds of trauma left by the Hundred Years War, hundreds of thousands of Tang slaves scattered in Shi Country was one of them, but she was powerless to change the status quo, today Li Qingdi's words once again pierced her heart, Princess Luo Yan's lips moved, but she did not speak.

The two of them walked silently through the East Street of Shiguo, at the end of the street, there was the Vice-King's Palace, and the Zhengwang Palace was at the end of the North Street.

"Here, this is it, wait, wait, I'll report to my father." After speaking, she no longer glanced at Li Qing, and hurriedly ran into the palace with her head down.

After a while, Mo Hedu, who was surprised, ran out, compared to in the Shushi Kingdom, he had already changed into a royal robe, all with gold and silver edges, and a few huge sapphires on his high hat, but his complexion was not good, perhaps due to worry, his sideburns had turned gray-white.

"I hope that the stars and the moon will finally come to you!" Mo Hedu grabbed Li Qing's wrist and said excitedly: "If you come one day late, my Shiguo will surrender to the Great Food."

"Is it that serious?" Li Qing was also slightly surprised.

"Of course, how else would I have let my precious daughter go hunting with those bastards." Speaking of this, Mo Hedu's eyes were a little gloomy, if Shi Guo surrendered to the Great Food, in order to save the life of the family, he would have to sacrifice his daughter to the Abbasids.

However, Li Qing's arrival did make him feel desperate, but when he saw Li Qing's three hundred personal guards, his heart couldn't help but sink again, and he hesitated: "Did you only bring so many people?" ”

"Don't worry, our Datang has already begun to deploy, and I brought three thousand troops." Li Qing patted the back of his hand lightly and comforted him: "Since you are loyal to my Datang, then, no matter what the circumstances, I will not leave your father and daughter behind, this is my promise to you on behalf of Datang." ”