"It is true that I sent them to Chang'an, before they encountered pirates at sea, fortunately they met me and Zhang Shiyi's fleet, which saved them, and then I was a good person to the end, and sent two ships to send them here, what's wrong, is this Persian mission causing any trouble in Chang'an?" Li Xiu first nodded, and then asked with some concern. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"There is no trouble, but they are the first batch of Persian missions to our Datang, which has also attracted the attention of the imperial court, plus there are many Persians living in Chang'an, and when they enter the city, there are even a group of Persian merchants who automatically organized to greet them, so it also caused some sensation among the people, but you also know their purpose, and our Datang naturally cannot agree." Ma Ye smiled and said.

"Sure enough, the Persians are also in a hurry to seek medical treatment now, rather than asking our Tang for help, I think it is more reliable for them to go to the Western Turks for help." Li Xiu couldn't help but smile when he heard Ma Ye's words and shook his head, he had long known that this was the result.

"The Western Turks are now unable to protect themselves, and I am afraid that Persia will go in vain." Ma Ye shook his head when he heard Li Xiu's words, and did not agree with Li Xiu's opinion.

"Oh? Isn't the civil strife in the Western Turks over some time ago, and with the strength of the Western Turks, if they really want to support Persia, they should be able to contribute some strength, right? Li Xiu asked in surprise when he heard this.

Before, the Western Turks were in chaos, and the internal battles were endless, but it didn't take long for him to die, and then another Khan Ni Yu ascended to the throne, known as the Lu Khan, which is also very interesting, during the Wude period, the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks in order to deal with Jieli, the relationship between the two sides was very close, and the Ni He also once sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin likes to pull people to worship the handle, and the result is that this Ni Mi is the same as Tuli, Li Shimin's righteous brother, so after he took the throne, he immediately showed goodwill to the Tang Dynasty.

"Hehe, you've been gone for a year, and you don't care about the affairs of the court during this period, so you naturally don't know many things, such as after the Western Turk clay man ascended to the throne, do you know what the first thing he did?" Ma Ye suddenly smiled mysteriously at this time.

"What's the matter?" Li Xiu saw Ma Ye's expression, and asked with great interest at the moment.

"Haha~, speaking of which mud is also stupid, I don't know where he heard about our internal relocation of the Turks, but after he ascended to the throne, he actually took the initiative to propose to our Datang to attach it, do you say it's funny?" Ma Ye laughed and told what the mud had done.

"Request attached? Is this mud crazy? Li Xiu couldn't help but show a shocked expression when he heard this, Zhao Deyan is not a good man and a woman, those Turks who moved to the south fell into his hands, and in the end he didn't know how many people would die, of course, Ni Yu might not know about this situation, but his dignified Western Turkic Khan, almost equivalent to another Jieli, suddenly proposed to be attached at this time, which is unbelievable.

"Haha~, isn't it incredible, but instead of being stupid, Mudi is very shrewd, until our Feinusi investigated the situation in the Western Turks, and then we understood his intentions......"

Ma Ye said that he talked about the current situation of the Western Turks, it turned out that the original Ye Hu was unpopular, which led to the civil strife of the Western Turks, and later although the Ye Hu died, the civil strife did not end, even if Ni Yu has become the Khan of the Western Turks, but the Western Turks have actually been divided, and the Khan of the Ni Yu is actually just a false name, and the various tribes within the Western Turks simply listen to him and do not listen to the Xuan, which is similar to Zhou Tianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Fortunately, Ni Yu and Li Shimin are still sworn brothers, relying on the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, he can barely keep the title of the Great Khan, but he has to face the challenge of various powerful nobles in the country, in this case, if Ni Yu wants to sit firmly in his position, he must hold Li Shimin's thick legs, which is why there is a matter attached to the previous request.

However, Ni Xiao's request for internal attachment is actually not too sincere, firstly, the Western Turks do not listen to him at all, and secondly, the Western Turks are too far away from Datang, and the internal is too chaotic, even if Datang agrees to their internal attachment, there is no way to send people to govern, let alone send troops, so Ni Yi actually just wants to use this request to win the favor of Datang, so as to stabilize his position.

Li Shimin also knew the purpose of Ni He very well, but he didn't want the Western Turks to continue civil strife, after all, this would affect the security of the Silk Road, so he also responded to Ni He and sent an envoy to the Western Turks to officially canonize Ni He as Xi Li Lu Khan, with the support of the Tang Dynasty, Ni Yi finally sat down in the position of Khan.

But what no one expected was that in the summer of this year, Ni Xiao, like Jieli, also got a sudden illness and died, and what is more coincidental is that Ni Xiao's death also has a lot of doubts, even the Western Turks said that Ni He was likely to be killed by someone, and the killer is likely to be Ni Xiao's younger brother Eshe, because after Ni Xiao's death, Eshe became the first choice of Khan, in fact, he also ascended to the position of Khan very smoothly.

Eshe has just become a khan, so he naturally wants to stabilize his position, but according to Ma Ye, his situation is even more unbearable than the previous mud, and all the nobles who have a little strength in the Western Turks almost ignore the Khan and do whatever they want, which also leads to a sharp drop in the prestige of the Khan, and there is also endless internal fighting, so even if Persia goes to the Western Turks for help, Eshe also has the strength.

"I see, I didn't expect the Western Turks to be in such a mess, but it's okay, although it will bring some security problems to our trade routes, but at least we don't have to worry about the threat from the Western Regions." Li Xiu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, in fact, he didn't say it directly, that is, Li Shimin will definitely take this opportunity to expand his strength to the Western Regions, which has also been proven in history, after all, the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the Anxi Imperial Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty have no shadow now.

"Yes, I guess those Persians should know some of the internal situation of the Western Turks, so they didn't send people to the Western Turks, but they also came to our Tang Dynasty for nothing, after all, the two countries are too far apart, and according to the news I heard from some Persians, the Persians have long been rotten, and there have been five kings in the past five years, and the current Persian king is still a child, the lord is suspicious, and the minister is not attached, this is already the face of the country!" Ma Ye spoke again at this time.

After listening to Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu couldn't help but be silent, and only after a while did he speak again: "Uncle Ma, since the imperial court has rejected the request of the Persian mission, what are those people in the Persian mission doing during this time, are they preparing to go back?" ”

"It can't be said that it is a refusal, when His Majesty met with the Persian mission before, although he did not agree to their request, but considering that they ran all the way to the Tang Dynasty for help, it was indeed very pitiful, so I couldn't bear to refuse, and arranged for them to live in Chang'an City for the time being, but this also made the Persian mission have some hope, during this time, those Persians went around giving gifts and lobbying, hoping to get the support of some ministers, but as long as people with a little brain, they all know that we can't have any real help to Persia, Therefore, many people are reluctant to meet these Persians, which leads to them also running into walls everywhere. Ma Ye spoke again.

"I see." Li Xiu also nodded when he heard this, and then he thought of the mysterious envoy in the Persian mission, and asked with interest, "Uncle Ma, the envoy of the Persian mission is a woman, and the identity of that woman seems to be very mysterious, I don't know what you know?" ”

"You should be talking about a Persian woman named Artemisia, she is indeed the chief envoy of the Persian mission, I heard that her background is also very noble, but I don't know exactly what her background is, she once had a personal interview with Your Majesty, and the content of the conversation is only known to Your Majesty and her." Ma Ye couldn't help frowning when he mentioned Artemisia, because she had many secrets that even Feinusi didn't know, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Her name is Artemisia." Li Xiu couldn't help but muttered to himself when he heard this, and he didn't know the other party's name until this time.

"Hehe, you saved the entire Persian mission, wouldn't that Misia not even tell you the name?" Ma Ye couldn't help but tease when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"Of course, in the eyes of those Persians, I am just an ordinary maritime merchant, so naturally there is no need to tell me the name of the envoy, but the deputy envoy Alda gets along well with me." Li Xiu also smiled at this time, and he didn't tell the other party his identity, so from this point of view, everyone was even.

Just when Li Xiu and Ma Ye were talking, Princess Pingyang and others in the backyard also knew the news of Ma Ye's coming, so they brought their children to visit, Ping'an Lang and Jin'er and other children were also very intimate when they saw Ma Ye, and even prepared gifts for Ma Ye, which made Ma Ye very happy, and when he saw Xiao Suya in Yuechan's arms, he held it in his arms and did not let go, it can be seen that as Ma Ye grows older, he also likes children more and more, no wonder Yang Fan wants to get married early.

Li Xiu's family rested in Luoyang for a few days, and Ma Ye didn't have anything to do, after all, now that the world is peaceful, there are much fewer things in their Feinu Division, plus he is also ready to retire in two years, so he has also cultivated some deputies in Feinusi, and he doesn't have to worry about things that are usually not too important, so he also accompanied Li Xiu to live in Luoyang for a few days.

After resting, Li Xiu's family was ready to go back to Chang'an with Ma Ye, but before he could leave, Ma Ye suddenly found Li Xiu with a solemn face, and then told him an incredible news: Chang'an has another Persian mission!