Chapter 122 Peeking at the Sun and Awakening the Mountain-3
How to entertain this secret envoy of the East, Ma Xin, the eunuch in the Eternal Palace, took some thought. He could not make a big fuss, nor could he let the visitors underestimate the power of the Great Food Empire, and the face of a powerful sultan was put in front of the Eastern Empire. Therefore, he deliberately laid the Eternal Palace with extreme luxury. A total of more than 7,000 people were used along the road, with black eunuchs on one side and white eunuchs in line to welcome him. The palace was covered with more than 20,000 carpets with dense patterns, and more than 30,000 bright curtains were hung on the walls, of which more than 10,000 were woven from gold and silver threads.
The messenger was specially taken by a strange tree garden. There were countless strange flowers and plants in the garden, including a big tree made of hundreds of tons of gold and silver, which was "inhabited" by birds made of gold and silver. When the messenger passed by, the mechanism turned, and the birds chirped and cheered endlessly. The palace where the Sultan received guests was even more magnificent, including silk porcelain from the Song Dynasty, glassware from Lu Mei, spices from Tianzhu and Sanfoqi, gems and gold and silverware in the river, ivory rhinoceros horns from Cairo, and marten from Rose, and the luxurious atmosphere of ambergris everywhere.
In order to receive the secret envoy, Sultan Mesud canceled the evening feast with the powerful Baghdad. Mesud was in his prime. Before the messenger arrived, he took a nap, took a shower, ate some sweets and fruits, and rinsed his mouth with wine. Then he summoned the messenger in. There were hundreds of pounds of ambergris candles burning in the temple. Sultan himself sat on a gold bed with pearls and gems inlaid. His eldest son Arslan stood beside him and looked at the secret envoy who was brought in by the eunuch.
Li Yuankai's trip was very secret, and the grand reception was not what he wanted. The Guardian was determined to fight the war to the end. Not only him, but even the adults behind him would fall into a very passive and even doomed situation. Li Yuankai walked up slowly and greeted Mesud and his son. He would rather believe that these were two foxes of all sizes than that, rather than thinking that Mesud was just a reckless man showing off his luxury. What was his intention? Li Yuankai was pondering. Mesud reached out to ask him to sit down, and his eldest son Arslan sat down, while the eunuch was still standing and serving him. He always served Sudan as much as possible, and no one could rob him of this position.
Mesud looked left and right with satisfaction and asked, "The messenger came from afar, how do you think of me, Eternal Palace in Baghdad?"
Li Yuankai smiled slightly and replied, "Baghdad is one of the most magnificent cities in the world. The Eternal Palace is magnificent and well-known even in the river. But if there are no elite soldiers and generals to defend, the city and palace are just hunting grounds for conquerors, suitable for warriors to rob." The messenger was so offensive that the eunuch general's face turned pale. Arslan frowned and touched his waist unconsciously. As long as his father Khan signaled, he cut off the bold messenger. Mesud just stared at Li Yuankai and listened to him continue, "Didn't the Great Khan drove away the Baiyi Dynasty and hunted the crown of Baghdad?
"That's right!" Mesud slapped the table and turned around and laughed at Arslan, "Hear, what's the matter? As long as there are warriors fighting, the whole world is a hunting ground for lions." Looking at Li Yuankai, with kindness, Mesud smiled again, "Of course, when hunting, we must respect the territory of other lions. The prey of the lions is flocks of sheep and buffaloes. There is no need to fight to the death of two lions." His green eyes turned and looked at Li Yuankai and smiled, "Emistress Li, do you think this is the case?" As he raised his wine glass, the eunuch general hurriedly filled the Sultan's wine, and poured wine for the eldest son and the messenger. Arslan also nodded slightly, "Arslan" means a lion.
"Khan said it well," Li Yuankai replied, "We also feel that the warriors on both sides have sacrificed a lot, and there is no need to continue the war that is not worth the loss." He looked at Mesud and Arslan and raised his wine glass, "Since Khan and His eldest son are willing to see me, they probably have similar ideas, right?" The three of them drank the wine in the glass together. Mesud grabbed a honey date and threw it into their mouths. While chewing, he looked at Li Yuankai and asked playfully: "Who are you?"
"This, Khan doesn't have to worry," Li Yuankai said calmly, "Khan only needs to know that we can end the war for Khan." He said casually, "Emperor Lumei dreamed of regaining Anatolia. After Lumei heard that the new emperor ascended the throne, we have been preparing for war, and sent people to ask for help from the west and made great profits from the Western countries. It seems that in a short time, the Crusaders are going to fight again. If Khan doesn't grasp this opportunity for a truce, would he really want to try the feeling of fighting on both sides? Although Zanji of Egypt surrendered to Khan, if he gave him a chance, he would not be at peace."
"Oh?" Arslan said coldly: "The news from the Orientals is indeed well-versed, and we miss the Oriental merchants very much."
There was inexplicable hostility in his words, and Li Yuankai ignored it. Mesud was in his prime, and such heroes were so arbitrary. They didn't know when the eldest son wanted to take power. He only watched how the Sultan answered.
"I believe you," Mesud glared at Arslan, and smiled at Li Yuankai, "However, a war is not so easy to end. We all have to do something to show sincerity, what do you think?" He signaled that Li Yuankai would not have to be restrained, and grabbed a handful of candied fruit and chewed it. Li Yuankai mentioned that Zanji was the former general of the Baiyi Dynasty, the ruler of Mosul, Alpo and Damascus. He was one of the highest prestigious princes and the number one enemy of the Crusades of the Jelu Salem Kingdom. If it weren't for the heavy troops under his command that were all in Syria and against the Crusades, the Roma Turks would not have entered Baghdad so easily.
"The places where our two countries engage in wars are actually the land of the Baiyi Dynasty, and it is also the land where the warriors shed blood. If the two countries stop fighting, the generals of both sides are unwilling to withdraw their troops. It would be better to use the places they occupy now as the boundary." Li Yuankai downplayed. Although General Zhou Li was defeated by Reshahai, Xia still occupied a large area of land of the Roma Turks. If the Roma Sultan recognized this border, the original border between the Xia Kingdom and the Baiyi Dynasty would advance a lot southward and westward.
"You..." Arslan was furious and opened his mouth to scold Li Yuankai.
"Oh?" Mesud stopped Meerslan and asked, "What are the conditions?"
"Sultan and our country have made great contributions because Suleimansha led his troops to plunder the land in the river. If Suleimansha could send Suleimansha's head to Dunhuang, the reason for our persuasion to persuade the Guardian Mansion to stop the war would be much more than enough." Li Yuankai looked at Mesultan and said in a deep voice, "Don't mention the hatred of the people in our river, since the two countries fought, countless warriors under the command of the Khan were killed or injured. This crime should be taken by Suleimansha, right?" Suleimansha was the younger brother of Sultan Rom. The Turks lived for nomadic living and valued their relatives the most. Li Yuankai asked Suleimansha in person, and Alslan was furious. Mesultan's face also became gloomy. The eunuch general was trembling with fear.
"Since the envoy Li is so frank, I will give you a condition." Mei Sude took a deep breath, stared at Li Yuankai, and broke off a finger, "Li Sihai," and broke off another finger, "Li Yong, although these two are from Xia, they are also remnants of the Baiyi Dynasty. If you are sincere, use their heads to express it." Li Yuankai's expression changed. The Li brothers are pillars of the country and descendants of Bo Wanghou. How could they be killed because of a word from the enemy country? He immediately refused completely, but Mei Sude waved his hand to interrupt him.
"Sulaimansha is my brother, you want Sulemansha's life." Mesud said to Li Yuankai, "I can make the decision of Sulemansha's life. You can't make the decision of Li Sihai and Li Yong's life. Go back and tell the people behind you. Take the heads of these two people and let us continue talking. You go." He waved his hand to let the eunuch general lead the messenger out despite the fact that his eldest son Arslan wanted to speak.
Mesud proposed this condition not entirely to block the Xia people from taking Suleimansha's life. Since the ancestor of Li married the daughter of Adud, the king of kings, the Li family and the Daolai family have been in-laws for generations, and the Li family and the Baiyi dynasty are very close to each other. After the Rom Sultan destroyed the Baiyi dynasty, the descendants of the Daolai family were almost beaten up in one fell swoop. The two direct descendants of the Li family are also the closest blood relationship to the Baiyi dynasty in the world and supported by the great forces behind them.
"Father Khan," Arslan said anxiously after the messenger stepped down, "Why not let them return to their uncle?"
"Idiot!" Mesud cursed, "It was the Turks who wanted Ross's princess, it was not Ross who used the princess to control the Turks! Remember this! Otherwise, you would not be a pious person! You would not be a Turk!" He looked at Arslan in anger and sternly, "If you say something similar to stupid, I will not allow you to see your mother again. Damn it!"
Under the fury of the Sultan volcano, Arslan had no choice but to bow his head, but his eyes were full of stubbornness and anger.
Arslan's mother was a princess of the Rus who married the Turks from afar, and the princess's grandmother was a noble daughter of the Western Reimei Empire. From a matriarchal perspective, Arslan has blood ties with most Western royal families. The original intention of the old King Ross was probably to use this to control the Turks. Although Messud penetrated this intention, he could not stop Princess Ross from raising her eldest son into a pagan noble character. Arslan had a special relationship with Ross and Germans, and Messud had long been disgusted with this.
"But, because of the enemy's coercion, are you going to wave your scimitar at my uncle Suleimansha?"
"If they exchanged the heads of Li Sihai and Li Yong." Mesud said coldly, "This idiot, if it weren't for him, we had captured Aleppo, how could we let the Xia envoy Nazhnji threaten us?" He looked at Arslan with an incredible face and said in a deep voice, "You must remember that the king must be responsible for his country, not for a certain relative. This is my responsibility, and it is your responsibility in the future. If we cannot do this, it will be a disaster for the entire country."
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