Chapter 81: The King's Expectations (Add a Shift for Alliance Leader Yanlong D Shentian)
Xie He was very excited when he saw Zhou Hao, and held Zhou Hao with both hands. Although the www.biquge.info knew that this was their national custom, and although he knew that Xie He's mental age at this time was only equivalent to a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child, Zhou Hao still couldn't accept this, after all, Xie He was already an eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man on the outside, and the two big men were holding hands...... Zhou Hao said that since he and Dai Lin secretly watched a love movie, the two have never held hands again.
Listening to Sheikh chatter about how boring he was when he came back, he was forced by his grandfather to study every day, what language, philosophy, politics, law, finance, doctrine, mathematics...... Then there is horseback riding, fencing, shooting, fighting...... For this inhuman treatment, think about the fact that since childhood, my grandfather forced me to memorize the classics of medicine and Confucianism, and in my spare time, I had to hold a silver needle to connect the strength of my wrists and fingers...... Zhou Hao expressed his sympathy and sympathy for Xie He in a timely manner.
This is called resonance emotionally, Zhou Hao's empathy made Xie He closer and closer to Zhou Hao, chatting and chatting, Xie He suddenly took out his mobile phone and called up a lot of photos of the life of Arab girls, "Brother, which one do you like? These are my sister's photos, more beautiful than those maids, I can introduce my sister to you, you are the best brother-in-law!"
Zhou Hao smiled and stretched out his hand to flick Xie He's forehead, "Little ghost! I learned to be a matchmaker at a young age, I don't like ......"
Sheikh threw his phone on the couch with a little irritation, and then looked sullen. Zhou Hao only thought that he didn't satisfy him and the child had a temper attack, so he didn't care, his fingers quietly touched his forehead, and quietly imprinted on his skull the three runes of poison, gathering spirits, and punishing evil.
After all, the old king really regarded Sheikh as the third generation of the crown prince in his heart, and the Sheikh will inevitably be caught in the battle for the throne in the future, so he should give him a guarantee!
When a person's head is wrapped and nourished by the aura of heaven and earth all day long, to what extent will this person's intelligence, energy, and even luck go against the sky? He has only left this rune on his little cousin, and now his grandfather is already seriously studying the question of whether to let his little cousin, who is only 9 years old, take the college entrance examination...... As for the evil spirit, it is mainly to prevent some evil things from being attracted by the aura, and the magpie occupies the dove's nest or lodges as a means of defense.
Xie He felt that his forehead seemed to be flicked by Zhou Hao's hand again, and he stomped his foot dissatisfied, but immediately screamed loudly and exaggeratedly, stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhou Hao's hand, and said hurriedly: "Brother, I forgot, my father asked me to take you to dinner, it's rude......"
"Ha, I like to eat the most, go, you must eat the most distinctive in your country!" Zhou Hao laughed when he heard eating, he has been yearning for Arab food for a long time, but when he was in Somaliland, the problem of food and clothing had just been solved, and the people's demand for food had not yet been shown, and the restaurants there were basically still at the level of cooking the dishes, so Zhou Hao had never enjoyed real Arabic food at all. He's been coveting the legendary camel's roasted eggs for a long time, but he doesn't know if he's going to be late......
In a large banquet hall in the palace, when Zhou Hao saw Rashid, he was standing at the door of the banquet hall with a depressed face and frequently looking at his watch, surrounded by white-robed men of all ages and children, it seemed that it should be the huge team of princes of the royal family. Seeing the two coming, Rashid glared at Sheikh fiercely, Sheikh stuck out his tongue and lowered his head to show that he knew he was wrong, looking at the interaction between the two fathers and sons, Zhou Hao smiled and stretched out his right hand and shook it with Rashid, which was regarded as revealing the matter.
Then Zhou Hao fell into the ocean of the people's war, the princes walked up to Zhou Hao one by one in a certain order, under the introduction of Rashid, shook hands and handed a very beautiful envelope, Zhou Hao couldn't remember the long names and couldn't distinguish the appearance of these people, he could only smile on his face, mechanically and those Abdullah, Abdul, Aziz, Fahd, Suleiman...... Holding hands, while feeling the courtesy that only national leaders can enjoy, he kept slandering Rashid, should he eat by himself in this posture?
The palace does prepare a rich collection of Arabic cuisine, although most of them are grilled and fried, but perhaps they are surrounded by the monotonous yellow desert factor, each dish has a strong emphasis on the combination of colors, and especially likes the contrast of red and green, which makes people look appetizing.
There are no camel baked eggs, but there are roasted suckling camels, grilled lamb chops, and even lobster are grilled...... It's just that although Zhou Hao has a big appetite for this meal, he is very uncomfortable eating, because those princes are sitting around, quietly, not eating much, but staring at Zhou Hao with their eyes one by one, as if they are studying how much this creature can eat......
Zhou Hao ate quickly, because he knew the customs here, and the time for worship was approaching, and it seemed a little disrespectful to him to continue to eat at this time, but looking at Xie He, who kept snickering beside him, Zhou Hao suddenly realized that maybe Xie He was deliberate just now, the purpose was to make his uncles and brothers not have more contact with him.
"Next time, I won't eat in the palace again, I just ate one of that sour rice balls, you actually roll rice with grape leaves, it's really creative......" Back at the residence, Zhou Hao complained quietly after throwing a few thick envelopes on the coffee table. Sheikh, who was also holding the envelopes, put down the envelopes, looked at the door and took out a thing wrapped in a napkin from his robe, and after opening it, there were actually a few sour rice balls in it, only to see him shake his head very proudly, and said: "I knew that my brother liked this, so I secretly took a few, you hurry up and eat, I'm going to go to worship, we have dinner here late, about nine o'clock in the evening, I will come over in advance then." ”
Zhou Hao nodded, but when Sheikh was about to walk out of the door, he suddenly raised his voice and said: "Stinky boy, next time calculate my meal time, be careful that I beat you!" Xie He stumbled, almost tripped over the small threshold, and then said loudly without looking back, "Got it, goodbye brother" and ran out quickly.
For a whole afternoon, no one bothered Zhou Hao, and Zhou Hao was also happy, holding his mobile phone and looking at all kinds of information about the Allah Empire sent by Camille. There is no good feast, there will be no good feast, Zhou Hao feels that with the character of the king, this meal does not seem to be so delicious.
This is not a country, Zhou Hao can do what he wants to do unscrupulously, even if he doesn't like to deal with people and doesn't like politics, but since he came to this place, this step is that he must step out, the difference is that the goal of his efforts is not to stand at the peak of the illusory, but to have the ability to go ashore at any time without causing too much turmoil.
The dinner finally started at ten o'clock in the evening, and the huge banquet hall was crowded with princes and princes, looking at the huge number of heirs, Zhou Hao couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for the future of this empire.
Since ancient times, the succession of emperors has been bloody. The Arab Empire has always adopted the "brother-to-brother system" and established the "eldest of the able" as the criteria for the selection of crown princes. However, as the centuries passed, the age of the imperial king became particularly fragile and anachronistic in a highly developed modern society. The whole world knows that the empire is brewing reforms, and the next crown prince has announced the summary of the old system, but it is not clear whether the "brother-to-brother system" will continue to be used in the future, and there is no complete heir system.
At this time, the life of the old king was particularly important. He is the only one who can formulate a workable system with the prestige of ruling the empire and the royal family for many years and implement it during his lifetime. Avoid conflicts of interest at the beginning of the new system, otherwise a battle for the throne would be enough to destroy the millennial foundation of the Arab Empire.
At this time, around Zhou Hao and the king, there were dozens of Fahd, Suleiman, and Ra Deng who had seen or had never seen them, anyway, Zhou Hao still couldn't match the many long, similar names in his mind and the white-robed and bearded faces in front of him. Especially these people have been smiling, each face is almost with a big mouth and squinting eyes, and their mouths are constantly saying compliments to Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao smiled reservedly, nodding or replying with the same compliments from time to time.
The extreme discomfort made him seem to turn into two people, one in the mortal world and everyone greeting, saying words that he didn't even understand. The other person floated above them, leaning over to scrutinize all the noise and pompousness beneath him.
Perhaps seeing Zhou Hao's unnaturalness, the old king reached out and patted Zhou Hao, took his hand and walked towards a door next to the reception room.
Through the doors, they walked through a long hallway, one door after another opening and slowly closing as they walked, and at the same time blocking out all the noise outside.
Eventually, they came to a small room, a very simple one, with a table and two equally ordinary chairs.
"Sit down, kid, it's just the two of us here," he waved his hand to let the guard who was supporting him step back, after all, the old king was slightly panting after recovering from a serious illness.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhou Hao expressed his gratitude according to the etiquette here.
"Hehe, I see that you don't like to socialize very much, and prefer to be alone?" Perhaps because of his own private space, the old king seemed to be more easy-going.
"Yes, I still prefer quiet. Zhou Hao honestly admitted this. In fact, he himself knows that this is definitely not what the old king can see, after he contacted the Sheikh, the old king has already learned about him through various channels, but at this time he is also happy to cooperate with the king to act, the play is like life, and it is quite fun to watch the king put on a wise old man's appearance.
"I can see your character, but in our faith, loneliness is not allowed. Smiling, religious, and away from individualism, tolerant, humble, fair, and upright are the ones that can touch the hearts of others. ”
"Thank you for the reminder, I will slowly find my own balance in silence, after all, I can't get out of this society. Zhou Hao sincerely stood up and saluted the old king to express his gratitude.
"Sheikh is very close to you, this morning the royal family members passed two resolutions, one about you and the other about the Sheikh, are you interested in hearing it?" The old king looked at Zhou Hao with a smile, and Zhou Hao actually felt in his eyes that he was like an old man at this time.
"If you're in the mood, I'd like to hear it. ”
"One is that I have abolished the existing system of succession to the throne, and I will start counting the first generation, and Harrig will not change if he is the only heir of the second generation, but Sheikh and several of his cousins have become the third generation of heirs to the throne, and they will continue to do so from generation to generation. As for who among them will be chosen to be the king of the empire, there will be a royal council to vote. The second is that you have been included in the royal family and will share with us all the power and wealth of the kingdom, and I hope that you can maintain your brotherly relationship with the Sheikh, and if you have the strength to protect him, even if he does not become king in the future, is that okay?"
"Why?" Zhou Hao was not surprised that Sheikh became the heir, but it was too much to become a member of the royal family, Zhou Hao looked at the extremely weak old man in front of him, and wanted to laugh very much, has the king forgotten that he is a doctor?
"The greatest reward comes with trials. The servants whom Allah loves will be tested. Whoever receives it has the pleasure of Allah. The king did not answer Zhou Hao directly, but chanted a holy precept.
Zhou Hao didn't make any moves after listening to the king's story, just looked at the old king quietly.
This is their belief, but they didn't expect that the fact that the Sheikh suddenly became a genius after so many years of confusion would touch the king's heart so much. In the king's mind, the Shaykh has become a godly one blessed by Allah. He only answered why he chose the Sheikh, but he still did not answer his own question.
Why choose yourself?(To be continued.) )