The day after the Eastern Roman Empire mission came to Saidika, another delegation came from east to west, it turned out to be the Sassanid mission of the Persian Empire, because the Sassanid Dynasty of the Persian Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire fought for many years, the relationship was extremely discordant, in order to reach Saidika, all the members of this mission came from the Black Sea coast of Georgia in the northwest of the Sassanid Dynasty to cross the vast Black Sea from east to west, it is said that many people fell ill and died during this short time at sea, Even Belus, the chief envoy of the Mission, almost died on the ship.

When Qin Dong learned that the Sassanid Dynasty had sent envoys, Qin Dong was very surprised, knowing that the relationship between the Xiongnu Empire and the Sassanid Dynasty was not very good, Attila's uncle Lu Jia Dashan Yu had led troops to attack the Sassanid Gelug Guitar and Armenia, but this was a few decades ago.

When the Sassanid envoy arrived, Qin Dong sent Zhong Hui, who was the foreign minister, and some officials to meet him at the city gate, which moved Belus, the Sassanid envoy who had just recovered from illness.

In the afternoon of the same day, after settling the food and lodging of the mission, Zhong Hui went to the regent's palace to ask Qin Dong to report to him on the reception of the Sassanid mission.

Zhong Hui talked about the situation of the Sassanid mission, especially the size of the number, the mental outlook and condition of the mission, and the situation of the envoy Belus.

After hearing this, Qin Dong asked: "What kind of official position is this Belus in the Persian Empire, and what is his family background, do you know it?" ”

Zhong Hui saluted and said: "Great King, as far as Wei Chen knows, this Belus should be the eldest son of the Persian king Yi Si Tong II, and the Persian king Yi Si Ji II has two sons. The eldest son is Belus, and the second son is named Hormuz, and it is said that there were two Persian kings named Hormuz before the Persian Empire! It is said that the Persian king Isiqi II was more fond of his second son, Hormuz. It is likely that the throne of the king of Persia will pass to Hormuz, and if this is the case, then Belus's younger brother Hormuz should be Hormuz III."

Zhong Hui mentioned that there were two Persian kings named Hormuz before the Sassanid Dynasty, which were actually Hormuz I (272-273) and Hormuz II (302-309), and the Persian king Isiqi II has been sitting on the throne for eighteen years now, and in history, the Persian king Isiqi II died of illness in 457 A.D. That is, next year.

According to the Armenian historian Erice, the Persian king of Persia, Ichiqi II, also known as Jestized, fought against the "Huns" or "Kushan Huns" (in fact, they all referred to the Hindas) in the east. There are winners and losers for each other.

Speaking of the disgusting people, I have to mention here that the disgusting originated in the north of the Saibei and may have the same ethnic origin as Yifu Xianbei. The Oda people were originally nomadic herders. In the early seventies of the fourth century AD, he crossed the Golden Mountains (present-day Altai Mountains) and moved westward to Sogdiana in Central Asia. It controls the Zeravshan River Basin, which is known for its wealth. By the beginning of the 5th century, its power was not strong, and it was once part of the Rouran regime, which was in its heyday. However, from the mid-twenties of the fifth century, the eye began to expand southward. In the seventy or eighty years that followed, not only did he defeat the Sassanid Persian dynasty several times, occupying part of its territory; It also defeated the remnants of the Jitara Kushan in Gandra and other places, and occupied the area south of the Hindu Kush Mountains. Afterwards. It further invaded India in the south.

During the reign of the Sassanid Empire under the reign of Bahram V, the Persian Empire was at its peak. Not only was it strong in military power, but it was also economically prosperous, but after the succession to the throne by Isiqi II, the Persian Empire began to decline, and Isiqi II repeatedly fought against the Oda people in the east, dragging down the country's economy and military power.

After hearing this, Qin Dong said: "I can't imagine that this Belus is actually the eldest son of the Persian king Yi Hei Qi II, isn't the king of Persia afraid that he will encounter any accidents here, and he will send his eldest son across the ocean?" ”

As soon as Qin Dong heard that the name of this envoy was Belus, and that he was the eldest son of Ilmuz II, he knew who this person was, and in history Belus was very disliked by Ilus II, who preferred his second son Hormuz, and was ready to pass the throne to his second son Hormuz before his death, and in order to achieve this purpose, he sent Belus to the border with the country of Bada to be the governor.

And the relationship between Belus and his younger brother Hormuz was extremely unharmonious, the two often plotted against each other, and sometimes even fought with open swords and guns, which made Ilus II worried, so in order to separate the brothers, he sent Belus to negotiate peace with the king of Hatda, who knew that Belus became friends with the king of Bada after arriving in the country of Hatda, which made Hormuz even more resentful of his brother Belus, after the death of Heir Tak II, Hormuz inherited the throne for Hormuz III, which made Belus very frightened, Fearing that his brother had framed him, he gave up his position as governor and fled to the kingdom of Hatda.

When King Bada saw Belus and heard what had happened to him, he sent 30,000 horsemen with him to help him defeat his brother Hormuz III and kill Hormuz, thus ascending to the throne of the Sassanid Empire.

Although Belus, who became the king of Persia, had a very good relationship with the king of Sadha, he feared that the king of Bada would secretly control him and thus encroach on the territory of the Sassanid Empire, so he expelled the army of the king of Bada and hoarded heavy troops on the border to prevent the army of Bada from advancing westward.

At this time, the Sassanid Dynasty was unable to afford large-scale wars due to the repeated wars, the heavy taxes of the people, and the collapse of the domestic economy, so Belus had to go to Constantinople to meet the Byzantine Emperor and persuade him to lend gold for his own war against the Hinda Kingdom.

Despite Belus's best efforts, the Sassanid Empire of Persia was now overpowered, and was defeated and killed in a battle against the kingdom of Bada and succeeded to the throne by a cousin of the royal family, but two years later, the throne was reclaimed by his son.

Zhong Hui pondered: "King, I'm afraid that the second prince will help in the middle, or Belus himself will take the initiative to ask for help!" ”

After hearing this, Qin Dong nodded: "Well, it makes sense, by the way, does Chenxi know the purpose of this person?" The king thinks that this Belus is probably not just here to congratulate him, right? ”

"The lower officials have sent people to contact Belus's entourage, but they have not heard any useful news, and these people are very tight-mouthed!"

After thinking about it for a while, Qin Dong said: "That's okay, you go back and rest first, and wait until you see Belus, I have time tomorrow morning, you can arrange it, let Belus come to see me!" ”

"Yes, the lower official will retire!" After Zhong Hui finished speaking, he retreated.

On the morning of the second day, Qin Dong met Belus in the regent's palace, according to his rank, Belus, as the eldest prince of the Sassanid Dynasty of the Persian Empire, was at the same level as Qin Dong, the regent of the Xiongnu Empire, so Qin Dong greeted Belus at the gate of the main hall.

Belus wore a gold headband with a gold headband on his forehead, and was dressed in a white robe, with a somewhat thin figure typical of a Middle Eastern face. Under the introduction of Zhong Hui, Qin Dong and Belus each saluted each other with their own etiquette, and then Qin Dong said: "Welcome His Royal Highness Prince Belus to come to Saidika, on behalf of our country's Great Shan Yu Xià to your Majesty Yi Si Qi II and His Royal Highness!" ”

After listening to Qin Dong's salute, Belus saluted again and said: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, Your Father, before coming, my father also asked Belus to express his affectionate greetings to His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Regent!" ”

After a few words of greeting between the two sides, Qin Dong invited Belus into the hall for a detailed discussion, Belus thanked him, and the two entered together, and the officials of both sides also followed into the main hall.

Qin Dong took the lead, and took his subordinate officials to sit on the left side, and Belus sat on the right side with his entourage officials, and there was a corridor between the two sides, Qin Dong and Belus sat on His Majesty Dan and faced the officials below, and the officials each had a table in front of them, and the two sides sat facing each other.

Belus first explained the intention of leading the delegation to Saidika this time: "Dear Royal Highness the Regent, at this time, Belus led the delegation to Saidika to congratulate His Royal Highness the Regent on the revitalization of the Xiongnu Empire and taking charge of the military and political power of the Xiongnu Empire!" ”

Qin Dong turned his body and bowed to Belus: "Thank you, thank you very much, Your Majesty Yi Si Qi II!" ”

Belus said: "Your Royal Highness the Regent, although a few decades ago, your country and our country had a lot of unpleasant events in Georgia and Armenia and other regions, but after all, that incident has passed for decades, and it is meaningless to investigate who is who is now, after all, the parties on both sides have also passed away for many years, and now my king thinks that your two countries should abandon their previous suspicions, and can strengthen exchanges, such as culture and art, and can also strengthen business and trade exchanges, and communicate with each other, I don't know what Your Highness thinks?" ”

Qin Dong nodded and said: "Your King's broad mind makes this king very admired, this king agrees with your king's suggestion, our two countries can strengthen cultural and artistic exchanges, and can also exchange commerce and trade, from our country can organize caravans to reach your country's territory through the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, but what trade route does your country's caravan plan to take?" As far as this king knows, the relationship between your country and the Eastern Roman Empire does not seem to be very harmonious, there are often wars on the border, and the rebellion of Deng Zhixik in the north of our country, and the royal court of our empire is temporarily unable to quell the rebellion, and the relationship between your country and Deng Zhixik does not seem to be very good, right? Apart from these two roads, there seems to be no other way from your country to our country! ”

Belus said with a smile: "Your Highness's words are wrong, this time the prince came by boat through the Black Sea, and the time required by sea is much shorter than that by land, and there is no need to go through many checkpoints along the way to be exploited." (To be continued......)