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Chapter 58 The Fall of the Royal Family

The Hu people in Chang'an City are very common, including grassland people in the north, barbarians from the South China Sea, Japanese people from Japan, etc., but the most are Hu people in the Western Regions. First of all, Chang'an City is the starting point of the Silk Road, and many Hu people in the Western Regions come here to do business.

Secondly, the Dashi has been expanding outward, resulting in constant wars in the Western Regions. Many Hu people fled to the Tang Dynasty to avoid the war. They not only lived in the Tang Dynasty, but also established their own temples. The Tang Dynasty had a mentality of embracing all rivers and did not refuse the arrival of these Hu people.

However, although Hu people are common, Zhang Zong's scene still surprised him very much: a Hu person, or rather, a Hu person in the Western Regions, was passing through the children of these nobles with a smile on his face, and from time to time he took the initiative to talk to others, everything seemed normal.

But Zhang Zong, not far away, keenly discovered that the Hu man's smile was a bit humble. When he took the initiative to talk to others, he often got the roll of his eyes, and there were not even many people willing to pay attention to him.

If it were Zhang Zong, he would have been shameless in staying in the crowd anymore, but he still enjoyed talking to others. Even if the other party was rude, he would just humbly retreat, as if he had no temper.

All of these people in front of me are the top nobles in the Tang Dynasty. Although there are some Hu officials in the Tang Dynasty, there are almost no one who can be top-notch. Now there is a high-necked and deep-necked Hu people in the Western Regions mixed in among the group of noble children. Although most of them are very repulsive to him, no one has driven him away. Obviously, he is qualified to stand here, which is even more strange.

"Brother Shi, what are you watching so enchanting?" At this moment, Xue Shao finally finished chatting with Dugu Shou, and then walked over and patted his shoulder and smiled.

"Who is that Hu man? Why does it seem like no one else welcomes him?" Zhang Zong stretched out his hand and asked the Hu man in the crowd. This Hu man is not old, at most about twenty years old. Although he is wearing Hanfu and has the same hairstyle as the Tang man, he is very conspicuous in the crowd because of his huge differences in appearance.

"You talk about him~" Xue Shao immediately smiled a little when he saw the Hu people in the crowd. Even Zhang Zong could feel it. There was a little disdain in his smile, which made Zhang Zong even more curious. After all, Xue Shao rarely showed such a look to people.

Xue Shao sat next to Zhang Zong, then pointed to the Hu man and introduced: "This man is called Ni Nishishi. His origin is not simple, but the Persian royal family. However, now Persia has been destroyed by the Great Food, so the other party is just a royal family. If the court had not seen that their father and son were useful, they would probably not have recognized their royal family's identity at all."

"Miss Nirvana? What is his relationship with that last Persian prince, Belus!" Zhang Zong couldn't help but ask curiously when he heard this.

Beilus was the son of Yazdgeld III, the last monarch of the Persian Sassanid Dynasty. After Persia fell, Beilus fled along Central Asia and asked for help from the Tang Dynasty several times. Later, the Tang Dynasty finally responded and sent envoys to sign him the King of Persia and established the Persian Protectorate. However, because of the long journey, the Tang Dynasty did not send troops. Later, Beilus was defeated by the cannibals and had to escape to Chang'an along the Silk Road.

"Belus is the father of Ni Nishima. After their father and son fled to the Tang Dynasty, they always wanted the court to help them restore their country. However, it was so far away that we could not send troops, but they did not give up. They have been jumping up and down in recent years, trying to get support from all sides. Unfortunately, no one was willing to pay attention to them." Xue Shao blanched his eyes at Ni Nishima not far away and said.

When Zhang Zong heard this, he finally understood that although the Persian royal family was left with only a shell, they were still royal families recognized by the court, so this Ni Nirvana Master was naturally qualified to mingle with the noble children. However, these noble children did not accept such a famous and untrue royal family, so he was neglected by others.

At this moment, the Ni Nie Master seemed to see Zhang Zong and Xue Shao sitting here, and immediately stepped forward and greeted Xue Shao, "Brother Xue has always been good. I haven't seen you for many days. I miss Brother Xue very much!"

"It's okay!" Xue Shao picked up the tea cup and said lightly. As the saying goes, he served tea and saw guests off. He did this just to make the other party wink and stay away from him.

However, Ni Nie Master turned a blind eye to Xue Shao's discomfort. Instead, he looked at Zhang Zong beside him and smiled again: "This brother looks at his life, don't know what he calls him?"

"Lower Zhang Zong!" Zhang Zong bowed and said, although this Ni Nirvana Master was a Persian, his Chang'an Mandarin was very pure. If he blindfolded his eyes and didn't look at his face, he would never think that the person who was speaking was a Hu man.

"It turns out to be Brother Zhang..." Seeing Zhang Zong's kindness towards him, Master Ni Ni immediately wanted to sit down, but Xue Shao coughed dryly, which scared him so much that he stood up again, and smiled awkwardly, "It's a blessing to see Brother Zhang today. If you have the chance in the future, I'll invite Brother Zhang to drink!"

After saying that, the Ni Nie Master bowed to Xue Shao and Zhang Zong again, and then left awkwardly. At this time, Zhang Zong said to Xue Shao with some helplessness: "He just wants to sit down, there is no need to drive him away, right?"

"Brother Shi, you don't know. You can't give him a good face to him, otherwise he will have to pester you. Last time, Duke Lu's grandson was jealous and nagged by Master Nie for several days because he couldn't bear it. He talked about their so-called great cause of restoration every day. In the end, Duke Lu's grandson was so angry that he picked up an axe and chased Master Nie, and almost caused a life!" Xue Shao warned in a low voice. He knew that Zhang Zong was soft-hearted, so he didn't want him to be entangled by Master Nie.

Zhang Zong was speechless when he heard this. It seemed that there was a reason why Ni Nie Master was not popular. Although it was very important for them to restore the country, there was no need to bother others so much every day.

"Is Duke Lu still here?" Zhang Zong suddenly asked again with interest. Duke Lu was the famous Cheng Yaojin. I remember that he read "The Complete Biography of Tang", where Cheng Yaojin was a long-lived old fairy, and even lived until the Wu Zetian period.

"I passed away ten years ago. Now Duke Lu is the eldest son of General Cheng. My other aunt, Princess Qinghe, married General Cheng's second son." Xue Shao said that he looked at the crowd, then pointed to a tall and fat boy and introduced again, "Brother Shi, look, that tall and fat guy is the son of Aunt Qinghe, named Cheng Boshang. The guy he chased after Ni Nie Master was him."

Zhang Zong looked at Cheng Boshang. When Xue Shao introduced it just now, the other party probably hadn't come yet. He was talking and laughing with a group of people. Ni Nie Shi greeted everyone else, but he didn't dare to get close to Cheng Boshang.

Speaking of Cheng Yaojin, the founding heroes of the Tang Dynasty in Zhang Zong's legendary Tang Dynasty also became curious. They just happened to be idle now, so they asked Xue Shao, but it turned out to be sighing that Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing and other founding heroes had already withered, and even Su Dingfang passed away eight years ago. The long-lived Li Ji lived only two more years longer than Su Dingfang.

However, although these founding veterans died, the Tang army was still active, such as Xue Rengui, Xue from Xue Shao's family, and Qibir Heli, who was born in Tiele Khan. In addition, the new generation of generals of the Tang Dynasty also emerged one after another. This was mainly related to the Tang Dynasty's martial arts. Everyone was proud of joining the army, so military generals did not lack reserve talents.

Zhang Zong and Xue Shao chatted for a while, and at this time, Li Xian, who was the master, finally appeared. As soon as he appeared, the people around him were immediately like stars holding the moon. Li Xian was also like a spring breeze, constantly greeting the surroundings, and was at ease in dealing with this scene. I have to say that he is indeed very charming and is born to be the focus of the crowd.

However, Zhang Zong did not focus on Li Xian at this time, but saw Wang Bo following Li Xian at a glance. However, the sad face on Wang Bo's face did not dissipate. It seemed that his affairs had not been resolved.

Wang Bo also saw Zhang Zong and reluctantly smiled and said hello. Zhang Zong also asked with concern: "Brother Wang's matter can be resolved?"

Wang Bo smiled bitterly and replied, "No, although Your Highness Yong sympathized with my experience, my facts are too troublesome, and even Your Highness Yong sank. In fact, before I came, I just had hope. Now it seems that things are not feasible!"

Zhang Zong wanted to ask what Wang Bo was asking for, but then Li Xian came straight to him. Seeing Wang Bo next to him, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Zhang Zong, do you know Zi'an?"

When Wang Bo saw that Li Xian had actually come to find Zhang Zong on his own initiative, he was also very surprised and immediately explained: "Your Highness, Brother Zhang brought me in just now!"

"I have always admired Brother Wang's talent, but I didn't expect to meet him by chance in front of His Highness's mansion, so I came in together." Zhang Zong also smiled at this time.

"That's a coincidence. Zi'an was very talented and had worked as a editor in our mansion back then. Unfortunately, he was not lucky and was framed by villains. I don't want to interfere too much in some things." When Li Xian mentioned Wang Bo's affairs, he shook his head and sighed.

This cannot be blamed for not helping Wang Bo. It is because Wang Bo committed a death row before. If he had not encountered a general amnesty, he would have been killed now. However, because of this incident, Wang Bo's career was completely ruined. After all, the court could not have used a guilty person as an official.

"Your Highness has done my best to be kind and righteous, and I am very grateful to you!" Wang Bo thanked Li Xian again at this time. Although he encountered a general amnesty when he died in prison before, the quota for general amnesty was limited. It was because of Li Xian's help that he was included in the pardon. Therefore, his life was saved by Li Xian. Now that Li Xian can't help him, he doesn't blame the other party.

Li Xian sighed a few more words, and then chatted with Zhang Zong and Xue Shao for a while. However, there were too many guests around him, so he couldn't just stay here, so he quickly went to greet other people. At this time, Zhang Zong also asked Wang Bo curiously: "Brother Wang, have you ever been to Hongzhou?"
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