"To give or not to give?" Qi Niang in the cabin muttered to herself a little tangled at this time, she was holding a letter in her hand, which was handed to her by the other party when he was separated from Li Chengdao, saying that if Li Xiu scolded her, then she would give him the letter, but although Li Xiu was angry when they met that day, he didn't scold her much, so Qi Niang didn't hand over the letter to him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What does Chengdao write in the letter, do you want me to open it and take a look at it first?" I saw Qi Niang then muttering to herself again, and after speaking, her face also showed an eager expression, she was also very curious about the content of Li Chengdao's letter, and even turned her head to look out the window at this time, Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi were sitting cross-legged on the deck and playing chess, looking so leisurely.

"Forget it, Chengdao didn't say let me see it, maybe the content on the letter is inconvenient for me to see, so I'd better find a chance to give it to my eldest brother!" Although she was very curious about the content of the letter, Qi Niang finally gave up this tempting idea.

But as soon as Qi Niang's words fell, she suddenly heard a strange sound on the sea, but she couldn't really hear it in the waves, which made her stunned, and then found that Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi on the deck also stood up at this time, and turned their heads to look into the distance, just because of the angle, Qi Niang couldn't see what was happening on the sea at all?

With the curiosity in her heart, Qi Niang also walked out of the cabin quickly, and it was only then that she saw that in front of them on the right, a strangely shaped sea ship was desperately rushing forward, and behind this ship, there were two ships that looked relatively shabby, but the hull was very narrow and long, and the speed was also extremely fast.

"Persian ships?" When Qi Niang saw the ship in front of her, she immediately exclaimed in surprise, not only did she know how to build ships, but she was also very familiar with the ships of various overseas countries, so she recognized the ship in front of her as a Persian ship at a glance.

"It's indeed a Persian ship, and the two ships behind it seem to be pirates, but this is an offshore sea, and someone dares to blatantly chase other people's ships and rob them, which is too bold!" Zhang Shiyi also frowned at this time.

He is one of the largest maritime merchants in the southeast coastal area, it can be said that he and other maritime merchants represent the rules of the sea, one of which is that it is not allowed to use force in the coastal sea, so as not to arouse the disgust of the imperial court, don't look at the Tang Dynasty does not attach much importance to the sea, but the imperial court's naval army is not vegetarian, no matter how powerful the maritime merchants are, they dare not go against the imperial court, so there is such a rule, but now the two pirate ships in front of them obviously break this rule.

"#¥%¥#¥%......" At this moment, I saw that the Persian ship had approached Li Xiu's fleet, and I could even hear the people on the bow desperately shouting something to them, but they should be in Persian, which sounded very similar to the Persian Hu Niang in Chang'an, but Li Xiu couldn't understand a word.

"These Persians are crying out for help!" Zhang Shiyi said at this time, he had dealt with those overseas merchants all the year round, and the Persians were one of the most famous maritime merchants, so he naturally knew Persian.

"I don't know anything about the sea, do you think it's worth saving?" Hearing this, Li Xiu turned his head and asked Zhang Shiyi that they did not have only one ship, but a fleet, because Zhang Shiyi just had a batch of goods to be transported to Suzhou and Yangzhou, and in addition, he had to protect Li Xiu's safety, so there were more than a dozen large ships in the fleet.

"Then be a good person, these pirates have also broken the rules of the sea, and we can't save these Persians in vain, we must have some benefits afterwards!" When Zhang Shiyi said at the end, he also showed a smug smile on his face, just two pirate ships, with their strength, they can naturally easily drive each other away, and the Persians have always been fat sheep, if they are in the open sea, I am afraid that his fleet will not let go of such fat sheep, but now he has to be more restrained, but it is also appropriate to ask for some remuneration.

With Zhang Shiyi's order, two ships in the fleet immediately greeted him, which made a burst of cheers from the Persian ship on the opposite side, after all, the ship on Zhang Shiyi's side was tall and big, and it was not easy to mess with at first glance, if they were willing to help, the pirates behind were not opponents at all.

Sure enough, the pirates on the two ships behind were not stupid, seeing the oncoming pirates who were twice as large as their own ships, they immediately turned around and ran away very wisely, the pirates' ships were all specially made, the body was long and narrow and extremely fast, and the only drawback was that they could not carry too much cargo.

Although Zhang Shiyi's ship was not slower than the pirate ship, there was no need to chase it, and the two ships immediately turned around, and then one left and one right, as if holding the Persian ship hostage, came to Li Xiu and them, at this time Zhang Shiyi had already asked people to stop the boat, and when the other party's ship arrived, someone on the other side's Persian ship immediately approached in a small boat, and after a while, two Persians were led to Li Xiu's ship.

"Which of you two speaks Chinese?" Zhang Shiyi saw these two Persians coming over, and asked very arrogantly, in his opinion, since these Persians dare to come to Datang to do business, they will naturally find some interpreters who understand Chinese, and the other party still came two people at a time, and it is likely that one of them is a translator.

However, what Zhang Shiyi didn't expect was that as soon as his words came out, the two Persians on the opposite side all looked at each other, obviously not understanding what he was saying, and then one of the older Persians said a lot in Persian again, and as a result, Zhang Shiyi's brows furrowed more and more when he listened.

"Brother Eleven, what is this Persian talking about?" Li Xiu saw the change in the expression on Zhang Shiyi's face, and asked very curiously at the moment.

"Brother Li, the Persians on this ship are not merchants!" Zhang Shiyi said with a solemn expression at this time.

"Not a businessman? Who is that? Li Xiu couldn't help but be even more surprised when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, there are a lot of Persian Hu people in Chang'an, especially Hu Niang from Persia, who are very popular with Chang'an scholars, but whether they sell wine or goods, they can be called merchants, so the Persians are almost equal to merchants in the impression of the Tang Dynasty.

"This Persian said that they were officials of the Persian Dynasty, and this time they came to ask for help from the Tang Dynasty at the behest of the Persian Emperor!" Zhang Shiyi spoke again at this time.

"What? They were messengers of Persia? Li Xiu was also very surprised when he heard this, he never expected that things would be so coincidental, he casually saved a boatload of people at sea, and the other party turned out to be an envoy from Persia.

"Yes, you said that the Persians are so far away from our Datang, why did they come all the way to our Datang?" Zhang Shiyi was also full of doubts at this time, Persian merchants are doing business, so it is normal for Persian merchants to come to Datang, but it is a little strange that Persian officials also come to Datang, after all, the two countries do not border on land, and Datang did not occupy the Western Regions as later generations, and there is a Western Turk between the two countries.

"It's a little weird, why don't you ask them!" Li Xiu spoke again at the moment, although he felt that these Persian envoys should be a secret between countries, and he should not just tell them, after all, these Persians did not know his identity.

Zhang Shiyi didn't think too much about it, and immediately turned his head and asked the other party a few words in Persian again. Sure enough, the old Persian led by the other party also showed an embarrassed expression, and then discussed a few words with the middle-aged Persian beside him, and it was only then that Li Xiu discovered that the status of the middle-aged Persian was obviously higher than that of the old Persian.

After the two Persians discussed for a while, they finally spoke a few words again, and Zhang Shiyi translated: "These Persians said that they came to Datang to meet His Majesty with important matters, saying that this matter is related to the life and death of Persia, so I hope we can take them to the port of Datang, and they will be grateful at that time!" ”

"It's a matter of life and death?" Li Xiu suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in his mind when he heard this, and then suddenly thought of one thing, that is, it seems that it is now the stage when the Arab Empire has just emerged, and they are stepping on the corpse of the Persian Dynasty to rise step by step, calculating the time, it seems that the Persian Dynasty has not been able to live for a few years, and even he remembers that Persia had asked the Tang Dynasty for help many times before its demise, and finally even a prince was exiled to the Tang Dynasty, hoping that the Tang Dynasty would help him restore the country, but unfortunately he was unable to revive Persia until he died.

"I see, you ask him if there is internal turmoil in Persia, and as far as I know, the civil strife in Persia is also related to a man named Muhammad?" Li Xiu smiled again.

"Muhammad is a personal name, how do you translate it?" Zhang Shiyi was a little embarrassed when he heard this.

"Just transliterate the past, they should be able to understand it." Li Xiu said that he did not know how to translate Islam, but the name Muhammad was very easy to translate.

Zhang Shiyi nodded after hearing this, and then translated Li Xiu's words, but the two Persians on the opposite side heard Zhang Shiyi's words, and immediately showed surprised expressions, especially the middle-aged Persian looked Li Xiu up and down, and after a while, he said a series of words.

"He's wondering how you know that Muhammad and who you are?" Zhang Shiyi translated again at this time, but the other party said too much, so he simply summarized it.

"You don't need to tell him who he is, but you can tell him that I'm interested in Persian affairs, and if he wants to talk to me, maybe I can help him in the future." Li Xiu said with a smile again at this time.

His real intention is actually to understand the current situation of Persia, as for whether to help or not, it is a matter of two words, after all, Datang is too far away from Persia, even if he wants to help, I am afraid that he is powerless, not to mention that helping Persia is not much good for Datang.