How do I make my Python C API return a value?

I'm currently using the following code to access my Python files via C++:

std::string Main(std::string url)
{
	char* paras[] = {"4", "5"};
	Py_Arg("test", "multiply", paras);
	return "";
}

int Py_Arg(char* fileName, char* funcName, char* args[])
{
	PyObject *pName, *pMod, *pDict, *pFunc, *pVal;

	Py_Initialize();
	pName = PyString_FromString(fileName);
	pMod  = PyImport_Import(pName);
	pDict = PyModule_GetDict(pMod);
	pFunc = PyDict_GetItemString(pDict, funcName);
	int argc = std::strlen((char*)args);
	//std::cout << "!" << argc;
	if(PyCallable_Check(pFunc))
	{
		PyObject *pArgs = PyTuple_New(argc - 1);
		for(int i = 0 ; i <= argc - 1; i++)
		{
			pVal = PyInt_FromLong(atoi(args[i]));
			if(!pVal)
			{
				PyErr_Print();
				return 1;
			}
			PyTuple_SetItem(pArgs, i, pVal);
		}
		
		pVal = PyObject_CallObject(pFunc, pArgs);
		
		if(pArgs != NULL)
		{
			Py_DECREF(pArgs);
		}

		if(pVal != NULL)
		{
			std::printf("Return of call: %d\n", PyInt_AsLong(pVal));
			Py_DECREF(pVal);
		}
		else
		{
			PyErr_Print();
		}

	}
	else
	{
		PyErr_Print();
	}

	Py_DECREF(pMod);
	Py_DECREF(pName);

	Py_Finalize();
	return 0;
}

And here is the Python code:

def multiply(num1, num2):
    c = num1 * num2
    print 'The result is:', c
    return

Everything works fine. However, now I want the code to return an integer product instead of just printing it. Yet the second I add "return c" to the end of my Python code, I get the following error in Visual Studio (2010):

Microsoft Visual Studio C Runtime Library has detected a fatal error in FunctTest.exe.

Press Break to debug the program or Continue to terminate the program.

How can I have the function return a value to my C++ app? I know it will involve conversion using the API, but I have no idea where to start. The tutorials I followed online still gave me this error. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Tags: C++, C, Python