The origin of this Hu businessman named Iduo is very suspicious.
Li Qinzai really couldn't imagine how much evil a person had committed to be hunted thousands of miles away. A group of black-robed warriors made killing him their life's work, chasing him thousands of miles from Tocharo to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.
The Cowherd peeped at the Weaver Girl taking a bath and stole her clothes. His crime was nothing more than this.
"Did you peek at the fairy taking a bath?" Li Qinzai asked abruptly.
"What?" Iduo was stunned.
"Nothing, tell me what happened, who did you offend? Also, what is your identity?"
Iduo said with a bitter face: "This villain is really a businessman from Tochara. Miss Zinu can testify that when she met me, I was doing business with others in Tochara."
Li Qinzai turned his attention to Zi Nu.
But Zi Nu was very disrespectful and said coldly: "I never saw you doing business in Tochara. When I met you, you were being hunted."
Yi Duo looked miserable, but Li Qinzai's eyes narrowed: "The surname is Yi..."
"This noble man, my surname is not Yi..." Yi Duo said weakly.
"I decided to give you the surname Yi," Li Qinzai waved his hand domineeringly: "Yi, you'd better speak more honestly. I'm not very kind-hearted, and I have very little patience. If you make me impatient, I'll kill you."
Give it to those guys in black robes, your life or death has nothing to do with me anyway."
Li Qinzai's first impression of Yi Duo was not very good.
This guy looks honest and honest, but his eyes are not straight, his eyes are evasive, and his words are not truthful. He is like a cannon fodder character in movies and TV shows who is willing to tell the murderer's name only after being stabbed by a villain and almost dying. It's all the same.
He kicked his legs before he finished speaking, leaving the audience in suspense.
Iduo said with a grimace: "To be honest, little man, I was doing business in Tochara and accidentally offended the local dignitaries, so I was hunted down."
Li Qinzai sneered: "From Tocharo to Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, thousands of miles away, people are still chasing you perseveringly, and you dug up their ancestral graves?"
Yi Duo blinked his eyes rapidly several times and was about to continue explaining, but Li Qinzai saw his thoughts clearly and waved his hand: "You don't have to say anything. Zi Nu sent you to Chang'an, which is the most benevolent thing. You can take care of yourself next. Let's
Let’s go our separate ways.”
As he spoke, Li Qinzai smiled at Zi Nu and said, "Let's go and stay in my village in Zhuangzi for a few days. I will show you the pastoral songs and the outrageous salted fish life..."
Zi Nu actually didn't care about Iduo's secret. She escorted Iduo to Chang'an just as an excuse to see Li Qinzai. Now that her beloved husband had seen her, she no longer cared about whether Iduo was alive or dead.
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Zi Nu glanced at Cui Jie hesitantly, and Cui Jie chuckled: "Don't look at me. My husband has already invited me, so why are you embarrassed not to go? Isn't it just for him that you came all the way to Chang'an?"
Zi Nu's face turned red, and he lowered his head and said, "Thank you, madam."
Cui Jie rolled her eyes at Li Qinzai, then sighed and said: "If it were any other woman, I wouldn't be so generous, but you are really different. Based on your experience of living and dying with your husband, I
I can't refuse you."
As the three of them spoke, they actually dropped Iduo and turned around to walk towards the carriage.
Seeing the three people throwing him away, Iduo panicked.
I finally escaped the pursuit and came to Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, but is Chang'an safe?
Among other things, he had just experienced a life-and-death crisis in the woods outside Chang'an City. If it hadn't been for the help of that noble man's subordinates, he might have died here today.
Now the nobleman is impatient and leaves him here. What will be Iduo's next fate?
I'm afraid that within three days, he will be dead in the wild and eaten clean by wild beasts.
The noble man in front of him is his only life-saving straw.
So Yi Duo hurriedly ran forward a few steps, knelt down behind Li Qinzai with a plop, and said sadly: "Please don't abandon me, noble man. I am willing to do my best for you."
Li Qinzai stopped, turned around, looked at him, and sneered: "You are dishonest. I don't dare to keep someone with an unclear background by my side."
Yi Duo understood the meaning of Li Qinzai's words. He struggled and hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "If you mind, noble man, I am willing to tell you my origin..."
Li Qinzai chuckled: "Are you taking yourself too seriously? Is your origin important to me? If you want to tell me, am I willing to listen?"
As he spoke, Li Qinzai waved his hand: "Let's go, get in the carriage."
Iduo said loudly behind him: "Noble man, please stay! I am not a bad person, but... I have to hide it because it is a matter of life and death."
"I... am a member of the Assyrian Church, but I was not tolerated by the church. I rebelled... and betrayed the church, so I was hunted down by people in the church for thousands of miles."
Li Qinzai stopped again, looking a little confused: "What kind of religion is the Assyrian Church...?"
Iduo was still kneeling on the ground, his expression was much more honest than before, he lowered his head and said: "In Persia and Tochara, it is called the Assyrian Church. In the Tang Dynasty, it is called the Nestorian Church. During the Zhenguan period, it was entrusted by the envoy Aluo Ben.
It was created in the Tang Dynasty."
Li Qinzai looked shocked: "Nestorianism? What the hell is Nestorianism again!"
Taking a closer look at Iduo for the first time, Li Qinzai asked: "So, you are a Nestorian traitor?"
Iduo said sadly and angrily: "The villain is not a traitor, but he has a personal grudge against the leader of the church. He was not tolerated by the church in the end. They killed my parents, wife and children, and cut off all my means of survival. I had to escape."
Tochara, came to the Tang Kingdom in the east."
Li Qinzai frowned. He sincerely did not want to have anything to do with Nestorianism. Every industry and every group has its own circle. Since it is a circle, grudges and resentments are inevitable.
However, those were their own affairs within their circle, and Li Qinzai was an outsider and had no interest in getting involved.
If you take Iduo in, it means you will be in trouble.
The Nestorian Church of the Tang Dynasty would learn the news sooner or later, and Iduo would still be hunted down, but Li Qinzai had to be passively involved in this fight.
In the eyes of adults, sometimes right and wrong are actually secondary, and the important thing is the pros and cons.
By taking Iduo in, what else can Li Qinzai gain besides provoking Nestorianism and causing trouble for himself?
After hesitating for a long time, Li Qinzai sighed, turned around and walked to Iduo, saying: "Nestoria... I can't afford to offend you, so, sorry, I can't protect you."
"Give you some money, and you can recruit some rangers in Chang'an City to protect you. If possible, run as far away as possible, all the way to the east, to Silla or Japan. Maybe no one will hunt you down there anymore.
"
Seeing Yi Duo's disappointed expression, Li Qinzai smiled and said, "Okay, for the sake of your traveling with Zi Nu, I'll give you some money. We're not familiar with each other, so that's all we can do."