Chapter 1257: One Thousand and One Nights

"The wine and food are about to be cold, and the oriental dishes should be eaten while they are hot!" Zhao Ziliang slowly pushed Irina away and said.

Irina hesitated for a moment and asked, "What we agreed ······?"

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Don't worry, my secretary and deputy Lord Li are waiting outside, you can send an entourage with him to meet your officials, and you will appoint someone to negotiate with Lord Li, the general content of the armistice treaty is according to what we have said, but the details still need to be perfected by them, this is not something we should worry about, we should enjoy the food now, and then I invite you to go to the ancient Roman Grand Theater to watch the opera!" ”

"Thanks, you wait for me!" After Irina finished speaking, she immediately turned around and walked towards the maid standing at the door.

The Roman Theatre in Amman is more than 600 years old, built after the Roman Empire conquered Palestine and ruled for more than 300 years before it was taken over by the Eastern Roman Empire.

After dinner, Zhao Ziliang and Irina took the royal car to the ancient Roman theater, the theater is located at the foot of the castle hill not far away, built on the mountain, can accommodate 6,000 spectators, to say that the Roman Empire is clearly unique, this grand theater was designed and built, the designer took into account the acoustic principle, no matter where the theater sits, the sound of singing, reciting, and speaking on the stage can be clearly heard. Standing in the middle of the theater and speaking, you can hear your own voice echoing overhead.

The lack of entertainment in this era made this theater full before the official start of each show, but the most prestigious seats in the theater had already been booked, even the richest wealthy merchant in the city and the most respected Western Qin guard Ma Sui could not be booked.

The audience was completely unaware that the outside of the theater had already been surrounded by heavy soldiers, and soon there were many Western Qin ironclad soldiers holding sharp knives and wearing heavy armor approaching the theater one by one, these ironclad warriors stood in the theater corridors, walls, aisles, etc., in an orderly and equally spaced manner, and their arrival made the audience couldn't help but stand up and began to be afraid.

At this time, the owner of the theater, a fat big local tyrant rolled to the middle of the stage like a leather ball and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone, audience, please don't be afraid, our theater has just received an official notice, and learned that His Majesty the King of Western Qin is going to invite Her Royal Highness Irina, the Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire, to watch tonight's show, these soldiers will only be responsible for the safety of the scene, as long as no one makes a move that is unfavorable to Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Queen, I think these lovely soldiers will not be unfavorable to you, please sit down with confidence, Watch our program with peace of mind, the program will not start until His Majesty and Her Royal Highness Queen Irina arrive, now you can relax, after the arrival of Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness Irina, I hope that all of you in the audience can stand up and salute our Majesty and Her Royal Highness Queen Irina, at least in my opinion, Amman City was completely preserved in the war, which is something that no army in history can do, but the Western Qin army has done it! There is no doubt that Manchester City has become a city under the rule of the Western Qin State, and we have also become the subjects under the rule of the Western Qin State and under the protection of the king, since the Western Qin State can treat us well, treat Amman City well, and treat us like other Western Qin people, why can't we support our king? Even if we cannot accept this reality in such a short period of time, we should at least give the king the respect he deserves, at least for the time being, he is not a tyrannical king, and many of his actions and decrees show a benevolent side, which in my faith can Allah only be done by Allah and the Prophet! Because the previous rulers never wanted to be kind to the people and sympathetic to the sufferings of the world."

The words of the theater owner caused many people to think deeply, they recalled that Amman City was under the city, to be breached and to now, the Western Qin army has never shown too brutal side even when attacking the city, killing the enemy and brutality are two different things, and during the later period of rule, the military discipline of the Western Qin army was strict, and the people in the city did not commit any crimes, but they were severely punished for crimes and disturbing public order, which can be seen from all aspects, Western Qin is a country with rules, laws, and rules, and the enforcement is very strong, This kind of enforcement continued unabated during the war, which is probably one of the reasons why such a country is strong, right? No other country's army can do that.

It didn't take long for Zhao Ziliang and Irina to appear, there is a special channel for VIPs to come to the VIP seats, completely separated from other audiences, on the one hand, showing the dignity of the guests; On the other hand, it prevents the Assassins from carrying out close-range assassinations.

From the entrance to the VIP seat, there were no accidents, but Zhao Ziliang knew that it was not that there were no assassins, but those assassins were arrested or scared away before they could start their actions, and he also knew that this world was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, Tianzhu, Tubo, Persia, the Great Food Peninsula, the Middle East, and even the Eastern Roman Empire and more western countries There were a large number of aliens, and these aliens were all equipped with strange skills. Over the years, he has suffered no less than a hundred assassinations, but most of these assassinations have been blocked on the periphery, and the assassins have not been able to get close to him at all, among these assassins, there are many people with strange skills, but there are also capable people and strangers who specialize in protecting Zhao Ziliang on the side of Xiqin, these people usually do not appear around Zhao Ziliang, but they are always near Zhao Ziliang, and those who need these capable people to make a move, they will not let it go to others, and they don't need these people to take action. There are three major Praetorian Guards and personal guards responsible for Zhao Ziliang's safety.

Just now, at the distance from the entrance to the VIP seats, Zhao Ziliang had already noticed that two waves of assassins were silently restrained and quietly taken out of the theater, and the whole process did not attract the attention of others.

The audience saluted Zhao Ziliang and Irina, Zhao Ziliang invited Irina to sit down, and as soon as he sat down, he heard the theater owner say loudly on the stage: "Please say a few words to His Majesty the King of Western Qin for your people and all the audience at the scene!" ”

Zhao Ziliang had to stand up and say to everyone: "Our life not only needs material food, but also spiritual food, spiritual food in addition to faith, but also many other things, we call these things art, art includes many kinds, such as singing, dancing, recitation, poetry, painting, drama, playing, etc., people put all kinds of art programs on the stage for the audience to watch, people get spiritual pleasure and satisfaction through watching and hearing, This is the charm and role of art, and this is also the value of the existence of theater! The fact that you can come here to watch the art show shows that you are all tasteful people! The most distinguished guest tonight is not me, it is Her Royal Highness Queen Irina, I hope that tonight's show can be liked by Her Royal Highness, and I also hope that the audience can consciously maintain order and let the show continue intact! ”

When Zhao Ziliang mentioned Irina, Irina consciously stood up and waved to the audience in all directions in the theater, which won the favor of many audiences, thinking that she was worthy of being the mother of a country and had the demeanor of a queen.

The show soon began, the first of which was a song and dance, not only with beautiful girls dancing, but also with an Arab singing with a neck, although the Arabs sang with that strange tone in their nose and throat, but had to admit that this tone had its own unique charm, and all the audience not only got a visual enjoyment, but also listened to it fascinated.

The show received huge applause, and then an Arab man came out dressed in a robe, and he stood on the stage and said in a charismatic voice: "Today, I am going to tell you a story, and if you like it, then every time there is a performance in the opera house in the future, I will tell you a story, unless you don't want to hear it again, I call these stories "One Thousand and One Nights", how did these stories come about? They have a history. Tonight I will tell you about King Sannua and his Thousand and One Nights."

"Legend has it that in ancient times, on the island of ancient Arabia, there was a kingdom of Sasan, and the king was named Sanua. One day, Sanuya and his brother Saman came to a meadow next to the sea, and while they were resting under a tree, suddenly a black column of water rose in the middle of the sea, and a girl came to them and told them that all women in the world were untrustworthy and untrustworthy. When King Sanua and his younger brother Saman returned to the kingdom of Sasan, they found that the queen was misbehaving, and they killed her. From then on, Sanua was deeply disgusted with women and killed the palace maids, and he took revenge, and began to marry a woman every day for one night, and the next day he killed and remarried, and became a tyrant completely. Year after year, it lasted for three years, and more than a thousand women were killed······"

Zhao Ziliang touched his stubble and smiled, and said in his heart: "It turns out that the story of the Thousand and One Nights is now spreading among the Arabs, and it is ······ interesting."

Halfway through the story, Zhao Bei came over and whispered a few words in Zhao Ziliang's ear, Zhao Ziliang's face changed after hearing it, Irina is a very smart and sensitive woman, she immediately noticed Zhao Ziliang's mood changes, and asked, "What's wrong?" Can I know? ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a while and said: "This matter is really related to you, there is news from the north that your country has suddenly increased its troops on the western border of Armenia, and it seems that there are signs of confronting my Western Qin!" If my guess is correct, it should be that your husband found out that you had come here to meet with me, and feared that your safety was threatened, so he sent troops to react! ”

Irina's face changed even more obviously, and she said worriedly: "It seems that I must rush back as soon as possible, and I must let Leo order the army to withdraw, once it causes a conflict, the consequences will be unimaginable, but I am afraid that when it really comes to that point, the development of things will not be able to help you and me!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "The situation is not as bad as you think, Leo IV is just worried about your safety, he is just making a gesture to warn me not to mess around, it seems that he is really good to you!" If you want to go, I won't stop you, but you have to wait until after the armistice is signed, right? ”

Irina thought for a moment and nodded, and the two continued to watch the show.