When singing, it was in Persian, Cai Lang's eyes were always deeply focused on Sang Luzhuo, and the girl's red cheeks could be seen almost through the veil, and the Persian nobles next to him were all moved by the beautiful melody of this song, and the exchange of ears turned into surprise and admiration.

The Persians were fond of literature and art, and thought that the king would reward the poet Muthanabi with pearls and precious stones, but Mutanabi often dismissed it, saying that poetry itself was an invisible pearl and a gem.

Zhang Zhongyao listened to the interpreter and constantly translated the lyrics to him, and kept shaking his head and saying: "Ridiculous, ridiculous." Seeing that the audience was quietly listening intoxicated, he cast an approving glance at Cai Lang.

After playing and singing, everyone at the banquet was still immersed in the lyrics with melancholy melody and longing, silent, Cai Lang looked at Sang Luzhuo and said, "Dedicated to Her Royal Highness the Veiled Princess." After a long time, the Persian nobles present came to their senses, and some inquired about the names of the envoys from the East, and many of the palace ministers who had just attended the dinner in response to the scene secretly sighed that the trip was worthwhile, and they could actually hear two good poems and a melodious song from the East.

Persian aristocrats like Fadler and Saffaha were convinced by this song, and it has since set off a wave of research into the mysterious China in Baghdad. The atmosphere of the banquet was extremely warm, and the princes and ministers toasted and congratulated each other. Sang Luzhuo and Cai Lang looked at each other in pairs, infected by this song with a little sadness in the tactfulness, she wanted to cry inside, she didn't want to cry in front of everyone, so she got up and avoided the inner room.

Zhang Zhongyao saw that Cai Lang and the Persian princess were flirting again, and secretly said that young people were showing mercy everywhere, which was really ridiculous, but the so-called following the customs of the locals, Shicai's singing was not bad. Cai Lang watched Sang Luzhuo's back leave, and he was grieving in his heart, when suddenly someone next to him whispered in a sharp voice: "Cai Envoy is worthy of the royal family of the Tang Dynasty, and he is talented. Cai Lang was taken aback, and when he turned his head to look, he saw the eunuch waiter, Ebu, standing in front of him with a cup on his face with a smile on his face. Seeing Cai Lang's surprised appearance, Ebu, who was good at observing words and feelings, affirmed his guess even more, and said proudly: "The origin of the jade pendant on Cai's envoy happens to be related to a file in the Caliph's Royal Archives, which is too noisy here, please take a step to speak." ”

Cai Lang followed him to the verandah outside the feast, where the cool breeze could see the branches and leaves of laurel, olive, and palm intermingling in the moonlight, but the figure of the beautiful woman listening to the story in the garden was nowhere to be seen.

"According to the classics, the era of the great caliph 'Umar was the ancestor of the Cai envoy, the Tang Taizong of your country. The great second caliph 'Umar was a valiant ruler who personally went on expeditions to Palestine, capturing Jerusalem, Egypt under the Roman Empire, and Khorasan with his armies. At that time, the British lord of your country, Tang Taizong, also crusaded against Gaochang and subdued the Turks in the Hezhong area. When the Caliph was in high spirits, he met a group of merchants from China and declared: 'Go and tell your kings that my feet will set foot on their land, and I will put my seal on his descendants.' ’”

Speaking of this, Ebu paused, Cai Lang's face sank, this caliph 'Umar was too arrogant, he meant to occupy the land of China, and turn the sons and grandsons of the Chinese emperor into slaves of the caliph. Ebu hurriedly explained: "The envoy of Cai Hugh is to blame, that caliph 'Umar was not a good diplomat all his life, and the caliph himself later regretted for wantonly provoking the great powers in the east. Cai Lang snorted, noncommittal, and listened to him continue: "Who knew that Tang Taizong was the real king, after receiving the message from the merchant, he laughed, and ordered the merchant to bring a bag of Chinese soil to Umar, sprinkle the soil on the ground and let him trample it, and welcome him to Chang'an as a guest, Tang Taizong sent three princes as envoys to visit Umar. Impressed by the demeanor of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Caliph 'Umar warmly entertained the three princes of the East, stamped their garments with the coats of arms of the court, and gave them many precious gifts to bring back to the wise kings of the East. ”

Ebu will be hidden in the royal archives of the Great Food Country this story, Cai Lang is a little dumbfounded, when the Central Plains Bandang, Cai Tang royal family has many descendants left in the south of the Yangtze River to spread the branches, the ancestor Cai Yu was an orphan, for Yang Xing's secret department to adopt Xu Wen, then renamed Xu Zhihe, and after the emperor restored his surname to Cai, rebuilt the Tang Dynasty name. At that time, many people thought that Cai Yu was fraudulently using the name of the Tang Dynasty, but who knew that Cai Yu handed him the jade pendant ornament that had been passed down from generation to generation was an ironclad evidence. Even if Cai Yu fabricated perjury, it was impossible for him to fabricate the court coat of arms of the second caliph 'Umar on the back of the jade pendant that is not found in historical records.

"It turns out that the Cai clan in the south of the Yangtze River is really a descendant of the Tang Dynasty," Cai Lang muttered, the Tang Dynasty and the later five generations of the marquee-like court, as well as the princes of the Ten Kingdoms, are really incomparable, "I see, thank you for bothering the officials." He bowed his hand, and the waiter Ebu hurriedly returned the salute, saying that he did not dare.

A few days after the feast, Adulyadej Dawlai repeatedly thought about the alliance with the envoy of the East, and felt that the benefits outweighed the disadvantages, when the butler came up and reported that the princess Sangludra was ill, and seemed to have something on her mind, and Adulyard Dawlai had always regarded this daughter as a pearl, otherwise he would not have wanted her son to become the next caliph, and when he heard this, he immediately got up and went to his daughter's sickbed, and saw that her hair was withered, her complexion was haggard, and her appearance was very different from that of a few days ago, and he could not help but be extremely worried, so he called the maid Doyad to inquire about the situation.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Princess is devoted to the messenger of the East who sang for her at the banquet. Doyad said.

Adulyadej Daulai was astonished, and hurriedly took this and asked his daughter again, and persuaded him: "Daughter, don't you know what a great honor it is to marry a caliph and your son to become the next caliph? ”

Although Sang Luzhuo was sick, he replied stubbornly: "Father, you look at me haggard and lying on the bed, but you don't know the root of my illness, I love him so much, I love him so fiercely, I love him so much, you wonder how I can be sick, if I am healthy, it is surprising? ”

"Daughter, are you going to marry a godless heathen?"

"Father, when you confined the Caliph to the Golden Gate, did you really believe that he was an agent of Allah on earth?"

"Daughter, don't you know that people in the East don't pay attention to hygiene and don't brush their teeth?"

"Father, when you consulted with the people of the Oriental Mission, did you ever smell a foul smell in their mouths and filth on their bodies? ”

"Daughter, do you know that in China, once the strong subdue the weak, they invade and occupy the territory, destroy everything, and even kill and eat up the common people. It is said that this kind of thing is allowed by Chinese customs, and human flesh is openly sold in the market. ”

"Father, not to mention the distance, in the war near Baghdad, is there less than this cruel atrocity? As long as the monarch is wise and the people are well-informed, these tyrannical acts will gradually disappear, and if the king is cruel, and the courtiers are deceitful, and the people are worse than dead, then the atrocities will be doubled, and you have not taught me?"

"Daughter, the Chinese eat dead livestock, and there are other habits similar to Zoroastrianism. You won't get used to it. ”

"Father, if he cherishes me, such trivial matters as how to slaughter animals will naturally respect our habits, and if he does not cherish me, it will be a hundred times more embarrassing. ”

"Daughter, can you bear to leave your parents and siblings behind and marry to the far east?"

"Father, are you not negotiating an alliance with the king of the East, and if the two countries are really far apart, why should you form an alliance, and if you are concerned, even if you are thousands of miles apart, your daughter will come back to visit you and her mother. ”