Zhao Ziliang pointed to the chess pieces that Mansour had fallen after his mood was disturbed and smiled: "Your Excellency, you made a mistake in this move, do you know that there is a saying in the game called 'one wrong step, and the whole game will be lost'?" As he spoke, he dropped a son and ate all the black dragons that belonged to Mansur on the chessboard.

Mansour saw that after his big dragon was eaten, a large piece of the chessboard was vacant, and he couldn't move back in this game anyway, so he had to abandon his son and admit defeat, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's chess skills are exquisite, I lost!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled and asked, "Your Excellency hasn't answered what this king said just now!" ”

Mansour smiled indifferently, "Your Majesty said that you are laughing, there are already my sons in charge of affairs in the Great Food Country, and there is nothing for me to do, I think I live here very well, I have food and clothing every day, someone to serve, and someone to play chess with me when I am bored, I can listen to those Qingqi people play a song, what kind of life is happier than this?" In one of your Tang words, it's called cozy! I wonder why Your Majesty would ask that? Is it because my expenses here are too great for His Majesty to afford and want to drive me back? ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and smiled: "Your Excellency said that you are laughing, I, Xiqin, will not be able to support Your Excellency!" Although this king intends to keep you, this matter is not for this king to decide, because there are people in your country who want to ransom you back! ”

Mansour was stunned, this situation was greatly unexpected by him.

"Your Majesty isn't joking, is he? With the current situation in the Great Food Country, there would be someone who wanted to pay a lot of money to ransom me back? You must know that I am already an old man who has completely lost power, and it is useless! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head, "Your Excellency, but you can't be presumptuous, Your Excellency still has a high prestige in the Great Food Country, and many subjects really support you, such as this Great Food Nobleman named Su Fuyang, if he doesn't really support you, it is impossible to pay a lot of money to ransom you back." You also know that although my Xiqin is rich, it is the money of the entire kingdom, and this king is still very short of money, so well, this king really can't refuse the ransom of one million gold yuan from this Su Fuyang, it seems that you need to prepare. After three days, someone will send you back to the Great Food Country, and when you get to the border, Sufyan will pick you up with his men! ”

Mansour's brain was a bit short-circuited, and the news was so shocking and surprising that things could take such a dramatic turn.

"Your Excellency, prepare well, this king won't stay here longer!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he got up and left.

Mansour came back to his senses and immediately got up and shouted, "Your Majesty, please wait a minute! ”

Zhao Ziliang stopped, turned around and asked, "Is there anything else Your Excellency?" ”

Mansour pointed to and asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder how much it will cost to redeem General Abu?" If Your Majesty allows it, I want to ransom General Abu back, as for the ransom, I can write an IOU, and when I return to Da Shiguo, I will definitely send someone to Xinjing to give it to Your Majesty, can Your Majesty trust my integrity? ”

Zhao Ziliang turned his head to look at Hebo Xilin, then at Mansour, and said: "Although the big cannibal is very cunning in doing business, he still abides by the spirit of the contract, and I believe in your integrity!" But ??????"

When Mansur and Bosilin heard this, their hearts tightened.

"But no!"

Mansour couldn't help but be a little anxious: "Why? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Your Excellency can be ransomed, because you are the captive of this king!" Whether it is the Eastern world or the Western world, there is a custom of redeeming captives with money between countries, and General Abu is not a prisoner, he first turned his back on the Great Food Country, and then surrendered to my Western Qin, and swore allegiance to the king, so he is no longer a person from the Great Food Country, and later he committed the crime of espionage, the crime of espionage is a very serious crime in my Western Qin, and it is not possible to forgive the crime with money. ”

Mansour also wanted to fight again: "Your Majesty can't think about it again, I can double the price!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a straight face: "Your Excellency, although money can do a lot of things, it is not omnipotent, even this king has to abide by the laws of Western Qin, in the face of the strictness of the laws of Western Qin, money has no effect, even if you move the money of the entire Great Food Country, it is useless!" Moreover, this king also has some curiosity, you must know that General Abu turned his back on you back then, and now you want to redeem him, the relationship between the two is so iron that you can forget the history of betrayal? ”

It was a slap in the face, and it had to snap, and Mansour's face couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

And Bo Silin knew that he could not go back, he could no longer let the matter of Mansur's imminent return to the Great Food Country change the situation, and immediately said to Mansour: "I appreciate your kindness, but I live here very well, and I am very interested in the culture of the Tang people, this place is very suitable for me, I have never thought of going back since I came here!" ”

Mansur knew what Bosilin meant, and he sighed, "Well, since you are willing to stay, then I will not force you!" ”

Three days later, a troop of cavalry sent from Xinjing to escort Mansur home.

However, Zhao Ziliang was no longer in the mood to care about this matter, and the fact that Queen Chen Qingying was critically ill made him have no time to care about anything else.

Although the heir of the miracle doctor Sun Simiao was found in Xinjing to diagnose and treat Chen Qingying, she only persisted for half a year and couldn't hold on anymore, the pain in the lesion site made her unbearable, and she couldn't bear the pain several times and wanted to break off on her own, but she was discovered in time.

In order to alleviate her pain, the divine doctor had to paralyze part of her body consciousness with a golden needle puncture point according to Zhao Ziliang's instructions, which once made her recover some of her spirit, but as time went on, the golden needle puncture point did not work.

Chen Qingying finally came to the end of her life. In 773 A.D., the fifth day of the third month of the 11th year of the Impromptu Han Dynasty, the queen of Western Qin, Chen, collapsed.

The death of Queen Chen Qingying hit Zhao Ziliang very hard, and he did not eat or drink for several days, and later quit the court for half a month.

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Under the Citadel of Fustat (the predecessor of Cairo, the capital of Egypt).

The castle was a military fortress built by the Eastern Roman Empire, which was destroyed and rebuilt several times after more than 100 years of war, and its owner constantly shifted from Byzantines to Arabs.

Mahdi's army was attacking his castle of Fustat, but the sudden news from Baghdad that his father al-Mansur had returned to Baghdad made him so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.

"What? You say that my father came back from the Western Qin Kingdom and is now in Baghdad? Mahdi asked as he looked at the intelligence officer with a shocked expression.

The intelligence officer said, "Yes, the chief of the believers! This news is absolutely true, and the return of His Excellency Mansur is bound to cause the hearts of the people in Baghdad to fluctuate, and I did not dare to delay after receiving this news, so I immediately rushed over to report it to you! ”

Seeing that he was about to capture Fustat, one of the largest castles in Egypt, but waiting for such a frightening news, Mahdi was really unwilling, but he had no way, he knew that this was definitely not the time to attack Egypt again, he must immediately return to Baghdad to stabilize the situation, he knew his father too well, that is a person who will never let go of any opportunity to regain power!

"Order, withdraw the troops and return to the camp!" Mahdi shouted, turned around and ran in the direction of the barracks. The besieging army heard the call to return to the camp and retreated like a tidal wave and disappeared into the desert.

Returning to the barracks, Mahdi immediately summoned the ministers who accompanied him to discuss the matter, first informed everyone of Mansour's return to Baghdad, and then asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, what shall we do now?" Will the assault on Forstat Castle continue, or will it withdraw its troops and return to Baghdad? ”

There was silence in the tent, and the faces of the ministers and generals were different, some were shocked, some frowned, some were happy, some were distressed, some were afraid and afraid, and all kinds of expressions were there.

Then one of the ministers stood up and said to Mahdi: "Chiefs of the believers, there have always been people who have opposed your rule, and you have tolerated them with a broad heart, but they have not known the picture of gratitude, and they have hidden their hatred in their hearts, and now that your father has returned to Baghdad, it is hard to guarantee that those who opposed you before will not do anything bad in the name of your father, and I think you should now immediately return to Baghdad with your army!" ”

Another minister stepped forward and said, "Yes, I am also in favor of returning to Baghdad immediately, and at the same time sending someone to Berroea to meet Attis, after all, Artis is your father's old subordinate, and if your father sends someone to persuade Attis, it is inevitable that he will not turn his back on you and join your father again!" ”

In fact, he has been trying to remove Artis for the past few years and let someone else replace him as the commander of the Guards, so that he can directly control the entire Guard, but Artis is the main military general who supported him as the caliphate, and he is a little unbearable to take this person, and he has not found anyone who can replace him, and the others are either not loyal enough, or lack military talent, and have no commanders.

Mahdi was about to give the order for the whole army to leave for Baghdad, when another minister stepped forward and said: "Commanders of the faithful, I don't think we can return to Baghdad blindly now. It's a long way to get here from Baghdad, it takes time for the message to be delivered, we got the news half a month ago, and our army is numerous, the infantry accounts for the majority, and there is a lot of baggage, the march is too slow, and it will take at least a month to return to Baghdad from here, that is to say, by the time we return to Baghdad, your father has already returned to Baghdad for more than a month and a half, so long if he wants to do something, it is enough time, My fear is that when we return to Baghdad, what awaits us is not a grand welcome ceremony, but a trap of hidden murder! ”

Mahdi was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard this, his mind immediately cleared up, he was not sure about the attitude of other people, but he already trusted this person, but? How could faithful to him say such a thing?

After some thought, Mahdi stood up and said: "Give the order to go down and leave for Jerusalem with all the army!" ”