Zhao Ziliang pointed at the chess piece that Mansour had dropped because his mood was disturbed and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you made a wrong move.
Do you know that there is a saying in chess that if you make one wrong move, you will lose the whole game."
One piece fell and all the black dragons belonging to Mansour on the chessboard were eaten.
Mansour took a look and saw that after his big dragon was eaten, a large area of the chessboard was vacant.
He could not move back this game no matter what, so he had to abandon his piece and admit defeat.
He smiled and said: "Your Majesty is very skilled in chess.
I lost."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and asked, "Your Excellency has not answered what I just said."
Mansour smiled calmly, "Your Majesty is joking, my sons are already in charge of affairs in the Dashi Kingdom, and I have nothing to do anymore.
I feel that life here is very good.
I have food, clothing, and people to serve me every day.
It's boring."
There are still people playing chess with you, so you can listen to that Some poor people played a song, what kind of life is happier than this?
To use a word from your Tang Dynasty, it is called comfortable.
I don’t know why your Majesty asked this.
Is it because my expenses here are too high?
Your Majesty I can no longer afford it and want to drive me back.”
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are joking.
I, Western Qin, cannot afford to support you.
Although I intend to keep you, this matter is not something I can decide, because there are people in your country who have paid a large price to redeem you."
You go back" Mansour was stunned.
This situation was beyond his expectation.
"Your Majesty, are you kidding me?
With the current situation in Dashi Kingdom, there are people who want to pay a huge price to redeem me.
You must know that I am an old man who has completely lost my power and is of no use anymore."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head, "Your Excellency, please do not belittle yourself.
You still have high prestige in the Dashi Kingdom.
Many of your subjects sincerely support you, such as this Dashi nobleman named Su Fuyang.
If he does not sincerely support you, he will not I may offer you a big price to redeem you, but you know I am from Xi Qin.
Wealthy, but that is the money of the entire kingdom.
I am still very short of money personally, so I really can't refuse Su Fuyang's ransom of one million gold dollars.
It seems that you need to prepare for three days.
After that, someone will take you back to Dashi Country.
When you reach the border, Su Fuyang will bring his people to pick you up."
Mansour's brain was a little short-circuited.
The news was so shocking and surprising that things had changed so dramatically.
"Your Excellency, please prepare carefully.
I will not stay here any longer."
After Zhao Ziliang said this, he stood up and left.
Mansour came to his senses, stood up immediately and shouted: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment."
Zhao Ziliang stopped, turned around and asked, "Is there anything else, sir?"
Mansour pointed to Boshilin and asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know how much money it will cost to redeem General Abu.
If your Majesty allows it, I would like to redeem General Abu.
As for the ransom, I can write an IOU and wait for my return."
When I get to Dashi Country, I will definitely send someone to Xinjing to give it to His Majesty.
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Can Your Majesty trust my integrity?"
Zhao Ziliang turned his head and looked at Bingbo Xilin, then looked at Mansour, and said: "Although the cannibal is very cunning in doing business, he still abides by the spirit of the contract.
I believe in your integrity, but..."
Mansur and Bingbo Xilin heard this, but their hearts tightened.
"But no" Mansour couldn't help but feel anxious: "Why?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "Your Excellency can be redeemed, because you are my king's prisoner.
Whether it is the Eastern world or the Western world, countries have the practice of using money to redeem prisoners.
General Abu is not a prisoner.
He betrayed him first."
He conquered the Dashi Kingdom, then surrendered to our Western Qin Dynasty, and declared The person who swore allegiance to me, so he is no longer a member of the Dashi Kingdom.
Later, he committed the crime of espionage.
The crime of espionage is a very serious crime in our Western Qin Dynasty.
Money cannot be used to forgive the crime.
My king Not giving him an order to behead him is already using the king's prerogative, which is extremely merciful."
Mansour still wanted to fight for it: "Your Majesty, please don't think about it again.
I can double the price."
Zhao Ziliang said seriously: "Your Excellency, although money can accomplish many things, it is not omnipotent.
Even I must abide by the laws of Western Qin.
In the face of the strict laws of Western Qin, money has no power."
It will not work, even if you bring the entire country's money, it will be useless.
Furthermore, I am also a little curious.
You must know that General Abu betrayed you back then, and now you want to redeem him.
The relationship between the two has become strong.
Can you forget the history of betrayal?"
This was a slap in the face, and it had to be slapped loudly.
Mansour couldn't help but look embarrassed.
Bingbo Xilin knew that he could not go back.
He could not let Mansour's return to the Kingdom of Dashi change.
He immediately said to Mansour: "I appreciate your kindness, but I can live a good life here."
Okay, and I am very interested in the culture of the Tang people.
This place suits me very well.
I have never thought of going back since I came here."
Mansour knew what Boshilin meant, and he sighed: "Well, since you are willing to stay, I won't force you."
Three days later, a group of cavalry escorted Mansour back home from Kyotobufa.
However, Zhao Ziliang was no longer in the mood to care about this matter.
Queen Chen Qingying's critical illness left him no time to care about anything else.
Although the descendant of the miracle doctor Sun Simiao was brought to Xinjing to diagnose and treat Chen Qingying, she only persisted for half a year before she could no longer hold on.
The pain at the lesion made her miserable.
She couldn't bear the pain several times and wanted to commit suicide.
But they were discovered in time.
In order to relieve her pain, the successor of the miracle doctor had to follow Zhao Ziliang's instructions and use golden needles to numb some of her body sensations.
This allowed her to regain some energy, but as time went by, the golden needles pricked the acupoints.
It doesn't work anymore.
Chen Qingying finally reached the end of her life.
In AD 773, the fifth day of the third month in the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, Queen Chen of the Western Qin Dynasty died.
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The death of Queen Chen Qingying was a great blow to Zhao Ziliang.
He didn't eat or drink for several days, and later he stayed away from court for half a month.
Fustat Castle is the former capital of Egypt, Cairo.
This castle was a military fortress built by the Eastern Roman Empire.
After more than a hundred years of war, it was destroyed and rebuilt several times.
Its owners kept changing between Byzantines and Arabs.
The army commanded by Mahdi was attacking his Fustat Castle, but the sudden news from Baghdad that his father Mansour had returned to Baghdad made him so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.
"What did you say that my father came back from Western Qin and is now in Baghdad?"
Mahdi finally managed to stabilize his body and looked at the intelligence officer with a look of shock on his face and asked.
The intelligence officer said: "Yes, the news of the leader of the believers is absolutely true.
The return of His Excellency Mansour will inevitably arouse the hearts of the people in Baghdad.
After I got the news, I did not dare to delay, so I rushed over to report to you immediately."
Seeing that Fustat, one of the largest castles in Egypt, was about to be captured, but waited for such terrifying news, Mahdi was really unwilling to give in, but he had no choice.
He knew that this time was definitely not the right time.
It was time to attack Egypt, and he had to return to Baghdad immediately to stabilize the situation.
He knew his father too well.
He was a man who would never let go of any opportunity to regain his power.
"Send the order, withdraw the troops and return to the camp," Mahdi shouted, turning his horse around and running towards the military camp.
When the siege army heard the trumpet call to withdraw their troops and return to camp, they retreated like a tide and disappeared into the desert.
Returning to the military camp, Mahdi immediately summoned the ministers accompanying the army to discuss matters.
He first informed everyone of Mansour's return to Baghdad, and then asked: "Everyone, what should we do now?
Is we to continue attacking Fausta?"
Castle, or withdraw and return to Baghdad?”
There was silence in the camp.
The ministers and generals all had different expressions, some were shocked, some were frowning, some were happy, some were distressed, some were scared, and there were all kinds of expressions.
At this time, a minister stood up and said to the Mahdi: "Sir of the believers, there have always been people who have opposed your rule.
You tolerate them with a broad mind, but they don't know how to repay gratitude and hide their hatred in their hearts.
Now your Father returns to Baghdad.
There is no guarantee that those who opposed you in the past will not do anything bad in the name of your father.
I think you should lead your army back to Baghdad immediately."
Another minister stood up and said: "Yes, I also agree to return to Baghdad immediately, and at the same time send people to Beroea to see Attis.
After all, Attis is your father's old subordinate.
If your My father sent people to persuade Attis, it is inevitable that he will not abandon you and join your father again."
These words reached Mahdi's heart.
In fact, in the past few years, he had been trying to replace Attis and let others replace him as the commander of the Guards, so that he could directly control the entire Guards, but Attis After all, he was the main military general who supported him as the caliph.
He couldn't bear to remove this person.
Moreover, he had never found someone who could replace him.
The others were either not loyal enough, or lacked military ability and did not have a commander-in-chief. talent.
Mahdi was about to order the entire army to return to Baghdad.
At this time, another minister stood up and said: "Sir, sir, I don't think we can blindly return to Baghdad now.
It's a long way to get here from Baghdad, and it takes time to deliver the message.
We The news we got was already half a month ago, and our army has a large number of people, with infantry accounting for the majority, and there is a lot of baggage. , the marching speed is too slow, and it will take at least a month to return to Baghdad from here.
In other words, by the time we return to Baghdad, your father has already been back to Baghdad for more than a month and a half.
If he wants to do something for such a long time, What, it’s enough time.
What I’m worried about is that what awaits us when we return to Baghdad is not a grand welcome ceremony, but a trap with hidden murderous intent.”
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Mahdi broke into a cold sweat after hearing these words, and his mind immediately came to his senses.
He was not sure about the attitude of other people, but he already trusted this person, but Zhongzhi and him, how could he say this?
Words come After thinking for a while, Mahdi stood up and said: "Give me the order, and the entire army will break camp and set off for Jerusalem":