Like other time-travel novels, when the protagonist leaves the imperial city and travels to Chang'an City, he is bound to run into something, either someone who covets the beauty of the woman around the protagonist, or the protagonist's former enemy.
Well, no one covets Li Hong's crown prince Pei Wanying and Chenghui An Xiaohe, and similarly, no one dares to have an idea for Bai Chun, who is dressed in elegant blue clothes.
Naturally, there will be no enemies from the past. It is certain that the protagonist’s enemies have basically been wiped out by him.
But after the protagonist finished eating with Yiyang and the others, he wanted to seduce someone, but he happened to run into Prince Ben Saleh of the Dashi Kingdom and Princess Yeyue of the Dashi Kingdom who had been avoiding him for many days. brother.
"His Royal Highness the Tang Dynasty is so close to the people. Instead of eating in the imperial city, he goes to Chang'an City to experience the food of the common people. It is rare." A young man in white clothes with a beard stood He walked into the corridor on the second floor of the restaurant and looked at Li Hong, who had just walked out of the private room, talking to his sister with a smile on his face, and said coldly in stiff Tang dialect, feeling unhappy.
The ethnic origin of the white-robed eaters can be traced back to today's Arab Empire. Their high nose bridge and deep-set eye sockets are one of their characteristics. In addition, they admire the color white. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, the white-robed eaters were relatively popular. There are few ethnic groups that can be recognized by the people of the Tang Dynasty at a glance.
Li Hong waved to Ye Yue behind Saleh, and he didn't mind the blank stares. He smiled and walked up to the six big cannibals headed by Saleh and Ye Yue, and said with a smile: "Your name is... Saleh? Your Tang dialect is good, but if you want to learn my Tang Dynasty culture, you have to straighten your tongue and speak. Do you understand?"
"I don't understand." Saleh's deep eyes stared at His Majesty the Tang Dynasty who was calm and composed, and he continued to say stiffly and coldly.
"Ask Yeyue if you don't understand. She speaks Tang better than you." Li Hong saw Saleh standing in front of him and refusing to give way. His eyes became sharper and he stared at Saleh and said.
Yeyue looked at Li Hong, his eyes became sharp, and his aura was not as loose as before, but became colder and colder, just like the spear he had been fond of wielding during this period, straight Standing in front of his brother Wang.
Behind Li Hong, Bai Chun, Pei Wanying and others, under the protection of Hua Meng and Cheetah, quietly watched from the gap between their backs, watching their husband unexpectedly meet the Prince of Food here, and couldn't help but move their little hands. Then they held each other tightly.
"I won't give way unless you give me an explanation." Facing Li Hong's equally sharp and profound eyes, Saleh tilted his upper body back slightly with an imperceptible movement, and then said.
"Explanation? I never give any explanation." Li Hong did not give in, ignored Ye Yue next to him, and winked at him repeatedly.
Li Hong's reaction was obviously what Saleh expected. There was no expression on his face. He continued to stare at Li Hong's eyes and said slowly and stiffly: "Ben Qasim, that is, the person I met with my sister at night." Yue's brother died at Yumen Pass in your Datang Dynasty. This is why we arrived in Datang Dynasty nearly a year later than scheduled. He was killed by your people in Datang Dynasty. I need you to help me find the murderer, kill him, and then give us compensation. Including my sister being kidnapped by your King Pei, you also need to give me an explanation. Is my request not excessive? "
"It's too much." Li Hong said calmly: "Yumen Pass is the place where our Tang Dynasty has heavy military forces. Hundreds of merchants pass by there every day. Therefore, even if your brother died in the Tang Dynasty, what should we do? How can you be sure that the younger brother you mentioned was not fabricated out of thin air to embarrass our Tang Dynasty? As for your sister Yeyue, she has always been treated as a distinguished guest in our Tang Dynasty, and she has never been treated favorably. The king kidnapped her, but the fact is: it was King Pei who invited her to be a guest in Prince Pei’s mansion, not a kidnapping! Do you understand what I’m saying?”
"I don't understand." Saleh snorted coldly, but his chest began to rise and fall violently due to the anger in his heart.
He had never seen someone who was so capable of confusing right and wrong and making strong arguments. When he heard what this guy said, he almost thought that his brother really didn't die in their Tang Dynasty, and that he was really in trouble. Same as the Tang Dynasty.
The wine fight with him in the Luoyang Palace of the Tang Dynasty had already allowed him to see the power and eloquence of the Tang prince. Not only did he lose hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that year, but he also wrote A humiliating IOU that I will never forget for the rest of my life.
However, that time when I came to the Tang Dynasty, I happened to hear the people there talking about a young cannibal in white who was crucified on the wall of Yumen Pass when I was returning to the country of food and passing by Yumen Pass to stay.
So this made him start to have doubts in his heart, and he finally used this time to come to Datang to investigate the affairs of Yumen Pass.
But many years have passed, and people's memories have become blurry. Moreover, Yumen Pass is no longer as small as before, but has become a large city. If you want to find the person who talked about Qasim's crucifixion that year, you will be looking for a needle in a haystack. , and he also has to find out who killed his brother, which makes it even more difficult for him to find out the complete truth.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. After more than half a year of investigation at Yumen Pass, I am now completely sure that the person who was nailed to the wall of Yumen Pass that year was definitely his brother Ben Qasim.
As for who the murderer is, it seems like a mystery and cannot be found out no matter what.
If we really want to investigate resolutely, then unless the Tang government intervenes, otherwise, with their own strength, they will not be as comfortable as they were in Dashi, so trying to find out who the murderer is is as high as the sky.
The four white-clothed entourage behind Saleh obviously did not expect that the so-called Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty in front of them could push him so easily, shirking all responsibilities, and even taking the Princess away. Even if he was kidnapped, he could be forced into inviting Her Royal Highness to be a guest? !
Unable to hold back the anger in his heart, he involuntarily began to glare at Li Hong like their prince.
"If you don't understand, just think about it for yourself. This is a matter for your country. Don't put the responsibility on us, the Tang Dynasty. If you really want to pursue it, should I change the case and hold you accountable for occupying our Tang Dynasty's Persian Protectorate and laying siege to it?" What's the matter with Jiling City of the Tang Dynasty? If you look at me like that again, I'll dig out your eyes and get away!" Li Hong felt the hostility of the four people behind him and suddenly spoke to that person. The four people shouted coldly.
"They are my people, you should not treat them with such an attitude." Saleh straightened his body, but he was still half a head shorter than Li Hong, so he raised his chin as much as possible and said as if he was looking straight.
"I am here to teach them some rules for you. This is the Tang Dynasty, not your big food. A dog can stare at others at will without listening to its owner, let alone eavesdrop when its owner is talking. ." Li Hong said without giving in, and even began to lean forward.
"Hey." Yeyue suddenly put her hand on Li Hong's chest, and with all her strength, she pushed Li Hong back a step.
At this moment, Yeyue's heart was beating rapidly, as if it would jump out of her mouth in the next moment. Although she rarely met Li Hong these days, her vigorous and resolute methods against this man were... Know your roots and know your roots.
She believed that if they looked at each other again, if Brother Wang's four followers continued to lower their heads disobediently, Li Hong might turn them into dead people in the next moment.
Therefore, facing the suddenly tense atmosphere, she had to use all her strength to push Li Hong away quickly to avoid hurting her brother Wang.
Saleh looked at Li Hong who took a step back, and then looked at his younger sister Yeyue who was standing in front of Li Hong, as if to prevent him from attacking. Saleh couldn't help but think of a proverb from the Tang Dynasty: A girl is not married yet. Now start turning your elbows outward.
Looking at Li Hong coldly, and then at Yeyue who was guarding him, Saleh turned to his four followers and said, "Go down and wait for me at the door."
After the four people went down, Saleh, as if to remind Li Hong, pointed at Hua Meng and others behind Li Hong, as well as other people in the private room who poked their heads out to watch the excitement, and said coldly: "They Shouldn’t it be avoided as well?”
"This is in our Datang, not your feast. The people of our Datang can be wherever they want. This is their freedom." Li Hong refused directly.
This not only gave Saleh an embarrassed look, but Yeyue in front of him was also furious and snorted fiercely in protest.
But the two people's reactions, whether it was Yeyue's protest or Saleh's fierce and speechless gaze, were naturally ignored by someone.
Saleh looked at the almost scoundrel Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, his face changed with uncertainty, and then he said in a deep voice: "Even if I, the great food country, need help from the Tang Dynasty, I hope you can cooperate with us to find out who killed my brother. , the murderer of Ben Qasim, bring him to justice, and write off all other matters, and I will not pursue them anymore.”
"It is impossible for us, the Tang Dynasty, to thoroughly investigate the death of every foreign friend in our country. We don't have the energy or the obligation. It's not your place to write off the whole thing, because I still don't have the responsibility. You have not been held responsible for attacking Jiling City, the capital of Persia, and besieging the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, if you want to sit down and have a good talk with me, your mission to the Tang Dynasty will not end in vain. , then you should show real sincerity instead of making some small demonstrations on the border of our country and making these unreasonable demands. "
"What sincerity do you want...?" As soon as Saleh said this, he felt that he had fallen into his trap, and it was already too late to regret it.
If I followed his words and asked, wouldn't it be equivalent to admitting that I was wrong in the first place
(End of chapter)