If it hadn't been for Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi, I am afraid that the Persian mission of Alda would have been wiped out at sea, and it would have been impossible to reach the Tang Dynasty, plus Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi arranged for them to stay and arrange for them to go to Chang'an, which made the Persian mission very grateful to them. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's just that Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi didn't expect that the mysterious Persian envoy would personally hold a banquet to thank them, and for this mysterious woman, whether it was Li Xiu or Zhang Shiyi, they were very curious about her, so they naturally agreed.

At noon the next day, Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi rode horses and came to a mansion not too far from Zhang Shiyi's house, this mansion is not very luxurious, but it is better than a large enough place, and the Persian mission that got off the ship has rested here for a few days, after all, they have been floating at sea for more than half a year, and they finally came to Datang after hardships and dangers, and they are extremely tired mentally and physically, and they can't be relieved at all without a period of recuperation.

Alda had been waiting in front of the door for a long time, and when he saw Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, and then invited them to the hall of the house, only to see that the banquet had been set up here, and the style was the same as that of the Tang Dynasty, all of which were divided into meals, with a table per person, but the dishes on the table were completely Persian.

In addition to the chief and deputy envoys of the Persian mission, there were also some other officials, who were also in the hall at this time, and when they saw Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi coming in, they all got up one after another, and on the main seat, a woman wearing a veil sat on it, and when she saw Li Xiu and them coming in, she also bowed slightly, and then motioned for them to sit in the position below her.

In fact, speaking of Li Xiu's identity, no matter which country's envoys see him, I'm afraid they have to stutter, for example, the last time the envoys of the Wa Kingdom and Silla almost fought when they visited Li Xiu, so now the actions of this Persian envoy are really a little too arrogant for Li Xiu, but it's not strange to think about it, after all, in the eyes of the other party, he and Zhang Shiyi are just two maritime merchants who saved their lives, and it is already good to be able to get such a hospitality.

At that moment, Alda asked Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi to sit down on the seat, and then saw the Persian woman above raise her wine glass, and said to Li Xiu with a smile in her eyes: "I am the envoy of the Persian mission, thank you for the rescue, but as a woman, it is not convenient for me to come forward, so please bear with me!" ”

As soon as this Persian woman's words came out, Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi were also stunned for a moment, because she actually spoke Chinese, although her words were a little blunt, but she could understand them, at least much stronger than Alda, but since she knew Chinese, why didn't she come forward to communicate with herself before?

Just when Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi were puzzled, they saw the Persian woman smile again: "I'm sorry, I just learned a few words, and I won't say anything else......"

When the Persian woman said this, she no longer spoke Chinese, but spoke a series of Persian, which made Zhang Shiyi also breathe a sigh of relief, and then explained to Li Xiu: "She said that when they came to Suzhou, they met a few Persian merchants, so they hired a few interpreters from them, and their entire mission has been learning Chinese in the past few days, but because the time is too short, the words are not good, and her words are memorized before." ”

"I see!" Li Xiu also nodded when he heard this, and then looked up at this Persian woman, only to see that the other party had changed into a Han woman's skirt at this time, but her figure was more enchanting than that of ordinary women, although she was wearing a veil on her face, but judging from the exposed eyebrows, her appearance was definitely not bad, and she looked a little more exotic than ordinary Han women.

While Li Xiu was looking at the other party, this Persian woman was also looking at Li Xiu, and her courage was obviously greater than that of ordinary women, even when she looked at Li Xiu, she did not flinch in the slightest, and after a while, she took the initiative to speak, and Zhang Shiyi also helped translate: "She said that she was very interested in our identity, because she didn't think we were ordinary businessmen." ”

"Hehe, then you tell her, it's not important about identity or anything, the important thing is that even if we get acquainted once, how about we have a drink?" When Li Xiu said the end, he also smiled slyly, he didn't intend to tell the other party his identity, so he simply used a toast to change the topic.

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Zhang Shiyi also smiled, then stood up with the wine, and translated Li Xiu's words, which made the Persian woman above also look at Li Xiu helplessly, and then toasted with other Persian officials.

In fact, this banquet was quite boring, because Li Xiu couldn't understand what the other party said, and Zhang Shiyi needed a translator everywhere, but Zhang Shiyi talked very happily with Arda and others, and finally Li Xiu could only taste the Persian food on the banquet carefully, and found that it was really more delicious than the Persians in Chang'an, especially the barbecue meat had a unique taste, which made people have a great appetite.

However, Li Xiu wanted to concentrate on tasting the food, but the Persian woman above was obviously interested in him and asked some miscellaneous questions, in fact, this is not surprising, because when he was on the ship before, Li Xiu often chatted with Alda, and as a result, Alda found that Li Xiu was very knowledgeable, and even knew Persia and the Byzantine Empire very well, so he also reported to this Persian woman after he went back, and the result naturally aroused the interest of the other party, after all, Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi were obviously not like a businessman.

Li Xiu didn't want to reveal his identity, not to mention that he was just interested in the situation on the Persian side, but he didn't say that he had to help them, in fact, even if Datang wanted to help, he couldn't help at all, after all, the distance between the two sides was too far, in his opinion, Persia was simply sick and rushed to the doctor, even if they went to ask the Western Turks for help, it was more reliable than to ask Datang for help.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that he also answered the Persian woman's inquiry very perfunctory, plus the two did not understand each other's words, and it was also very troublesome to rely on Zhang Shiyi's translation alone, so after the Persian woman found out that Li Xiu was unwilling to tell the truth, her eyes showed a little annoyance, and then she didn't say anything anymore, and even after a few glasses of wine, she actually got up and said goodbye, and only let Alda be responsible for entertaining Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi.

"Brother Li, it seems that you have offended this Persian beauty, and when you return to Chang'an in the future, aren't you afraid of embarrassment when you meet again?" Zhang Shiyi saw all this in his eyes, and couldn't help but smile and whisper to Li Xiu at the moment.

"It's just a Persian envoy, and I didn't take it to heart, not to mention that this time they came to ask us for the Tang Dynasty, not for us to ask them for Persia, so I'm not afraid of offending them." Li Xiu also smiled and whispered at this time, he had no ill will towards these Persian missions, and the gang would also help, but these are all easy to do, which does not mean that he will devote all his strength to helping these Persians, after all, this era cannot tolerate any internationalist spirit.

Hearing Li Xiu say this, Zhang Shiyi also smiled, and then talked and laughed with Alda and others, he has now completely become a businessman, and he has long developed the ability to dance with long sleeves, and he can get along with any kind of person, this kind of ability is even Li Xiu ashamed.

After the banquet was over, Alda personally sent Li Xiu and the two home, but the Persian woman did not appear again, and Li Xiu did not care about it, but judging from the performance of the other party, he guessed that the other party was not very old, and she could serve as an envoy, which must be related to her background, otherwise she would not be so without a city.

After Li Xiu returned home, the first thing he did was to visit Yuechan and his daughter, for this newborn daughter, Li Xiu had already thought of a name, because she was born in Suzhou, and Yuechan hoped that she would be a virtuous woman in the future, so she named it Li Suya, this name was also discussed between Li Xiu and Yuechan, and finally made Li Xiu spend a lot less brains.

"Husband, just now Qi Niang sent someone to say that she wanted to come to see Su Ya, so can you release her confinement temporarily?" At this moment, I suddenly saw Yuechan open her mouth and beg Li Xiuyang. The place where Qi Niang lives is now surrounded by three layers of guards, usually without Li Xiu's order, Qi Niang can't come out at all, even when Su Ya was born, she was not there, it's not that Li Xiu is ruthless, but he is so happy that he doesn't think of Qi Niang at all.

"Hmph, this girl is smart, she actually took advantage of this time to ask you to intercede for her, for the sake of Yuechan's face, let her come for a trip!" Li Xiu snorted coldly when he heard this, if it was placed in normal times, it would be useless no matter who pleaded, but now Yuechan gave birth to a daughter for herself, and Qiniang is Su Ya's only aunt, so it is difficult for him to refuse Yuechan's plea.

Seeing Li Xiu agree, Yuechan was also very happy, and immediately sent someone to take Qi Niang over, although she was locked up for a few days, but Qi Niang did not dare to have the slightest complaint, seeing that Su Ya was also very affectionate, she was reluctant to give up her hand, Su Ya seemed to like Qi Niang very much, as long as she hugged her, she would "giggle" and laugh non-stop, which made Yue Chan also very surprised, and even said that Su Ya liked Qi Niang, Li Xiu saw this, and the expression on his face couldn't help but ease a little.

Two days later, Li Xiu arranged the ship, Alda and the Persian woman led the Persian mission to Li Xiu to say goodbye, and then boarded the boat and sailed north along the canal, all the way to Chang'an, while Li Xiu was relieved to accompany Yuechan in Suzhou to recuperate, and occasionally went out with Princess Pingyang and them, and lived very freely, but after the New Year, Chang'an suddenly came with a news that he did not expect.