"Whether to give it or not?" Qi Niang in the cabin said to herself in a little entangled manner. She was holding a letter in her hand. It was what the other party gave to her when he parted with Li Chengdao, saying that if Li Xiu scolded her, then she would hand the letter to him. However, although Li Xiu was angry when he met that day, he didn't scold her much, so Qi Niang didn't hand the letter to him either.

"What will Chengdao write in the letter? Do I want me to open it first?" Qi Niang said to herself again, and after saying that she also showed an eager expression on her face. She was also very curious about the content on Li Chengdao's letter. At this time, she turned her head and looked out the window. Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi were sitting cross-legged on the deck playing chess, looking very leisurely.

"Forget it, Chengdao didn't say that I could read it. Maybe the content on the letter is inconvenient for me to see, so I'd better find an opportunity to let it go!" Although he was very curious about the content on the letter, Qi Niang finally gave up this tempting idea.

However, just as Qi Niang finished speaking, she suddenly heard a strange sound from the sea, but she couldn't hear it clearly in the waves, which made her stunned. Then she found that Li Xiu and Zhang Shiyi on the deck also stood up and turned their heads to look into the distance. It was just because of the angle that Qi Niang couldn't see what was happening on the sea at all?

With curiosity in her heart, Qi Niang quickly walked out of the cabin. It was not until then that she saw that at the front of their right, a strange-shaped sea ship was running forward desperately. Behind the ship, there were two ships with relatively shabby appearances, but with very narrow and long hulls, and extremely fast speeds were chasing.

"Persian ship?" When Qi Niang saw the boat in front, she immediately shouted in surprise. Not only did she know how to build ships, she was also very familiar with ships from various overseas countries, so she recognized that the ship in front was a Persian ship at a glance.

"It's indeed the Persian ships. The two ships behind them look like they should be pirates. However, this is near the sea, and someone dares to blatantly chase other people's ships and rob them. This is too courageous!" 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 at sea. One of them is that they are not allowed to use force near the sea to avoid arousing the disgust of the court. Although the Tang Dynasty did not attach much importance to the ocean, the imperial navy was not vegetarian, and no matter how powerful maritime merchants were, they dared not oppose the court. Therefore, there was such a rule. However, the two pirate ships in front of them obviously broke this rule.

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

"These Persians are asking for help from us!" Zhang Shiyi said at this time. He had been dealing with overseas merchants all year round, and the Persians were one of the most famous maritime merchants, so he naturally understood Persian.

"I don't know what's happening at sea. Do you think it's worth saving?" Li Xiu turned his head and asked Zhang Shiyi. They didn't have only one boat, but a fleet of ships. Because Zhang Shiyi happened to have a batch of cargo to Suzhou and Yangzhou and other places, and in addition, they wanted 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 broken the rules at sea, and we can't save these Persians in vain. We must have some benefits afterwards!" Zhang Shiyi said the last time, a smug smile appeared on his face. Just two pirate ships, they can naturally drive the other party away with their strength. Moreover, the Persians have always been fat sheep. If they were on the sea, they probably wouldn't let such fat sheep go, but now they have to be more restrained, but it's okay to ask for some rewards.

With Zhang Shiyi's order, two boats immediately came to meet him, which made a burst of cheers from the Persian ship opposite him. After all, the ship on Zhang Shiyi's side was tall and large, and it was difficult to mess with at first glance. If they were willing to help, the pirates behind him were no match at all.

Sure enough, the pirates on the two ships behind were not stupid. When they saw the pirates who were twice as large as their own, they immediately turned around and ran away very wisely. The pirates' ships were specially made, with a narrow and long body and very fast speed. The only disadvantage was that they could not hold too much cargo.

Although Zhang Shiyi's ship was not slower than a pirate ship, there was no need to chase him. At that moment, the two ships immediately turned around, and then came to Li Xiu and the others, one left and one right, as if holding a Persian ship hostage. At this time, Zhang Shiyi had already asked someone to stop the ship. After the other's ship arrived, someone immediately approached the other's Persian ship on a small boat. In a short while, two Persians were led to Li Xiu and the others' ship.

"Who of you two can speak Chinese?" Zhang Shiyi asked proudly when he saw these two Persians coming over. In his opinion, since these Persians dared to come to the Tang Dynasty to do business, they would naturally find some translations who understand Chinese. Moreover, the other party came two at one time, and it is very likely that one of them was translations.

However, what Zhang Shiyi did not expect was that as soon as he said that the two Persians on the opposite side looked at each other, obviously not understanding what he was saying. Then one of the older Persians said a lot in Persian again, and Zhang Shiyi frowned tighter and tighter.

"Brother Eleven, what is this Persian talking about?" Li Xiu asked curiously when he saw the change in Zhang Shiyi's expression.

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

"Isn't a businessman? Who is that?" Li Xiu couldn't help but ask even more surprised when he heard this. There were many Persian Hu people in Chang'an, especially Hu Niang from Persia, who was very popular with Chang'an scholars. However, whether it was selling wine or goods, they could be called merchants. Therefore, in the impression of the Tang people, Persians were almost equal to merchants.

"This Persian said that they were officials of the Persian dynasty. This time, they came to ask the Tang Dynasty for help under the will of the Persian emperor!" Zhang Shiyi spoke again at this time.

"What? They are Persian envoys?" Li Xiu was also very surprised when he heard this. He never expected that the incident was so coincidental that he saved a ship of people on the sea, but the other party was actually a Persian envoy.

"Yes, you said that the Persians are so far away from our Tang Dynasty, why did they travel thousands of miles to our Tang Dynasty?" Zhang Shiyi said with confusion at this time. It was normal for Persian merchants to come to the Tang Dynasty for business, but it was a bit strange that Persian officials also came to the Tang Dynasty. After all, the two countries did not border on land, and the Tang Dynasty did not occupy the Western Regions like later generations. There was a Western Turkic intersect between the two countries.

"It's indeed a bit strange. Why don't you ask them and try it!" Li Xiu said again, although he felt that these Persians should be secrets between countries and they shouldn't just tell them like this, after all, these Persians don't know his identity.

Zhang Shiyi didn't think too much, and turned his head and asked the other party a few more questions in Persian. Sure enough, the old Persian led by the other party also showed a embarrassed expression, and then discussed with the middle-aged Persian around him. It was not until this time that Li Xiu realized that the status of the middle-aged Persian was obviously higher than that of the old Persians.

After discussing for a while, the two Persians finally spoke a few words again. Zhang Shiyi said, "These Persians said that they had important things to meet His Majesty when they came to the Tang Dynasty. They said that this matter was related to the life and death of Persia. Therefore, I hope we can take them to the port of the Tang Dynasty, and they will thank you very much at that time!"

"It's about life and death?" Li Xiu suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in his mind when he heard this, and then he suddenly thought of one thing, that is, now it seems that the Arab Empire is just rising, and they are stepping on the bodies of the Persian dynasty, and they are rising step by step on the corpses of the Persian dynasty. Calculate the time, it seems that the Persian dynasty has not been alive for a few years. He even remembered that before Persia had called for help from the Tang Dynasty many times, and in the end even a prince went into exile to the Tang Dynasty, hoping that the Tang Dynasty would help him restore the country, but unfortunately he could not revive Persia until his death.

"I understand. If there was a chaos in Persia, as far as I know, the civil strife in Persia is related to a person named Muhammad?" Li Xiu smiled again.

"Mohamed is a personal name, how do you translate it?" Zhang Shiyi said in embarrassment when he heard this.

"Just just transliterate it directly, they should understand it." Li Xiu said. He didn't know how to translate Islam, but the name of Muhammad is easy to translate.

After hearing this, Zhang Shiyi nodded and then translated Li Xiu's words. As a result, the two Persians on the opposite side immediately showed a surprised expression when they heard Zhang Shiyi's words. Especially the middle-aged Persian looked at Li Xiu up and down. After a while, he said a series of words.

"He was wondering how you knew that Muhammad and asked who you were?" Zhang Shiyi translated again at this time, but the other party said too much, so he briefly summarized it.

"Don't tell him his identity, but you can tell him that I'm very interested in Persia. If he is willing 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 was to understand the current situation of Persia. As for whether to help or not, it would be a big deal. After all, the Tang Dynasty is too far away from Persia, and even if he wants to help, he might be powerless. Moreover, helping Persia is not of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!