Chapter 39 Trading
Abu Sirin was stunned.

Abu Silin looked at Gao Xianzhi and was silent for a while. Then he walked down the steps, bowed to the talisman in Gao Xianzhi's hand and said, "Your Highness, Abu Silin, pays homage to His Majesty the Prince of Shou."

After Abu Silin paid his respects, Gao Xianzhi took away Li Heng's talisman and, in accordance with the Arab etiquette, saluted Abu Silin and said, "I am General Gao Xianzhi of the Great Tang Dynasty, paying my respects to the prince."

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Lanzhou.

After Li Ying detained the dancer, there was no progress in the case.

This made the prince and princess of Bactria very anxious.

Finally, the princess of Bactria could no longer bear it and found Li Ying, asking to talk to him alone.

Li Ying originally wanted to refuse, but he thought that if he didn't appease them a little, given the character of the Princess of Bactria, something might happen, so Li Ying agreed to the request of Princess Aqisi of Bactria.

in the room.

Li Heng poured tea for Aqisi and himself, and said to the furious Aqisi: "Drinking tea can help the princess cultivate her character."

As he said this, he took a sip.

Aqisi looked at Li Ying and said, "If His Royal Highness Prince Shou can help Bukhara immediately, I will ask my father to petition the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and request an alliance with the Tang Dynasty to marry me to His Royal Highness Prince Shou as a concubine."

When Li Ying heard this, he spat out a mouthful of tea.

Then he looked at Aqisi, wiped his mouth calmly, and said with a smile: "You may not know that I have a terminal illness and I won't live long."

Aqisi was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Li Heng for a while, and said: "I heard that you have the custom of ghost marriage in the Tang Dynasty. As long as His Royal Highness Prince Shou is willing to help the Kingdom of Bukhara, even if His Royal Highness dies..."

"Passing away does not mean dying," Li Heng corrected.

"In the afterlife..." Aqisi followed, "This princess is also willing to complete the afterlife marriage with His Royal Highness Prince Shou."

"Bad habits!" Li Heng shook his head and stared at Aqisi. "Just stay here peacefully. I can guarantee that the Arabs will leave your territory. Do you believe me?"

"I don't believe it." Ayis shook her head.

"Why?" Li Heng asked.

Aqisi said: "According to your Tang Dynasty, trust requires a reason, and not trusting is natural."

"Uh..." Li Heng was stunned.

I have to say that Ayis's understanding seems like she is a natural political creature.

She is as smart as Yang Yuhuan, but Yang Yuhuan is more simple, or it can be said that it is not simple, but a calm and generous temperament, while Aqisi is more cunning.

Li Heng thought for a moment and said, "How about this. If your country is conquered, I will hand myself over to you. You can then choose to kill me to vent your anger, or hold me hostage and ask the Tang Dynasty to restore your country. How do you think?"

Aqisi asked, "Does it have to be this way?"

Li Heng said: "I just said if."

Aqisi was silent, and looked at Li Ying for a few seconds, then said, "Then I hope His Highness Prince Shou doesn't die so soon, and lives longer."

If a Tang person had said this, Li Heng would have been unhappy, but considering that Aqisi, a Bakhan native, often made grammatical errors when speaking, Li Heng did not care. He just smiled and said, "Thank you."

Aqisi said: "I will not let Your Highness suffer any loss. If the Arabs withdraw from our territory, I will fulfill my promise and marry Your Highness as a concubine."

"That's not necessary." Li Heng shook his head. "You are much more capable than your brother. You should help your father Khan and your brother govern Bukhara. I will need you for other things in the future. You just need to return the favor to me then."

"Huh?" Aqisi was slightly surprised.

She thought she was pretty and many men couldn't take their eyes off her. Abu Silin, the prince of the Arab Empire, had asked her to be his concubine several times. But Li Heng rejected her.

Of course, Li Ying rejected her, not because he was aloof, but for Li Ying at the moment, Aqisi became his political ally and could play a more important role than being his concubine.

Judging from her performance from the assassination to now, it is only a matter of time before Aikis holds power in Bukhara.

Moreover, Li Heng is pretending to be sick now, so at this time, there cannot be too many other people by his pillow.

Because not everyone will believe in him and cooperate with him like Yang Yuhuan did.

"What do you think? Do you agree?" Li Ying asked the stunned Aqisi.

Aqisi came back to her senses, nodded, stretched out her hand, and said: "According to the rules of your Tang Dynasty, let's high-five to swear an oath."

"it is good."

Li Ying stretched out his hand and high-fived Aqisi.

After the high-five, Aqisi drank the tea that Li Ying poured for her, then stood up and left.

Halfway through the walk, she turned back and asked Li Ying, "Do you think I'm not pretty enough?"

"Very beautiful." Li Ying answered truthfully.

Aqisi asked: "Can you tell me the reason for your choice?"

Li Heng thought about it and said truthfully: "Because marriage is not your highest value. In addition to your beauty, you have more valuable things."

"Thank you." Ayis laughed, "You are an interesting person, I like you."

After saying this openly, Aqisi walked out of the door, came outside, and saw Yang Yuhuan in the yard.

Aqisi came to Yang Yuhuan, looked at her, and said, "Princess, you are more beautiful than me."

Hearing this, Yang Yuhuan looked at Aqisi and said with a smile, "You are more heroic than me."

"Yes." Aqisi nodded, "I have learned martial arts. His Highness Prince Shou and I are alone in a room. Isn't the princess worried that I will hurt him?"

"I believe in you." Yang Yuhuan smiled sweetly, "Since you dare to be alone in a room with me, he must have made all preparations."

"I kind of get it."

Aqisi thought about the words of trust that Li Ying had just said and said goodbye to Yang Yuhuan.

As soon as Aqisi left, Li Ying came out of the room, came to Yang Yuhuan, and said with a smile: "Madam, do you want to know what I said to her?"

Yang Yuhuan shook her head, still smiling, and said, "She just said that I am prettier than her, so it should not be difficult to guess what you said to her."

"Really?" Li Heng held Yang Yuhuan's hand, "Then guess what I'm thinking about at this moment?"

Yang Yuhuan thought for a moment and said, "General Wang's victory report has arrived. I believe that soon, the news of the Arabs' withdrawal will also come. My dear, I am wondering why the Tibetan secret agents have not taken action yet. Also, the person who claimed to be sent by Huangfu Bin and was followed by him that day, was he really sent by Huangfu Bin?"

Yang Yuhuan's words completely guessed what Li Heng was thinking.

For Li Heng, the conflict between the Arabs and Bactria was just an episode.

Moreover, in addition to believing in Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, he also knew that the current situation in the Caliphate was not optimistic. There were constant rebellions in the Caliphate. According to history, in a few years, the current White Caliphate would be overthrown and become the Black Caliphate.

So Li Heng was not worried about the affairs of Bukhara.

What he really cared about was the movements of Tubo and the imperial court.

"You are really smart." Li Heng smiled. "Since the Hu man was kidnapped, Gao Shi has strengthened the control of the prison. With the strength of those Tibetan secret agents, it must be difficult to plan another operation. In this case, we will return the dancer to them."

After that, Li Heng summoned Xin Yunjing and asked him to inform Gao Shi that he wanted to interrogate the dancer.

(End of this chapter)