After Cui Yao left, Rashid fell into deep thought, he just figured out one thing, that is, why Ye Haya went to the Tang Dynasty in person, he was going to get political capital, to put it bluntly, it was for the people to see, the caliph was young and did not do anything more, he played with fire, and now only he Ye Haya can clean up the mess, and once the negotiations between Ye Haya and the Tang Dynasty are over, in exchange for the prisoners of war of the Tang Dynasty, his reputation will rise sharply, and he will hold the power more strongly, even if he can't get it back, it is also his caliph's sin.

The Battle of Broken Leaves is like a strong wind that blows away the mist, and suddenly presents the grim domestic situation in front of Rashid, the situation is already very clear, Yehaya is Lü Buwei of the Abbasid Empire, he is even more powerful than Lü Buwei, he controls the power of the entire empire, and even his two sons also hold the financial power and judgment power of the empire, according to this layout, even if his son succeeds to the throne after his death, the power of the empire will still be held in the hands of this Persian family, Rashid gently rubbed his temples, In this increasingly grim situation, how can he break this situation? Ye Haya and Lü Buwei, he weighed these two names repeatedly, and suddenly, a bold idea flashed through his mind.

Almost the whole afternoon and the evening, Rashid considered his plan, and he went over and over again, looking for possible loopholes, weighing the consequences that might follow, and by the next morning he finally made up his mind and said to the guard: "Go and bring Mr. Choi here now, I have something to discuss with him." Early in the morning, Cui Yao came to the Imperial Library as originally planned, but not to give the public a lesson in oriental history, his history class will only be available tomorrow, today he will give Princess Abasai a Tang poetry class, to make up for the class that was delayed yesterday afternoon because of the lecture on Qin history to the caliphate, the place where the class is located in the east building of the library, which is a place where princes and nobles often hang out, generally speaking. The Great Eclipse women did not have much access to education, and even had few opportunities to go out, but Princess Abasai was an exception, and she enjoyed the best of everything, including the best of culture, and Rashid invited her to be taught by some of the most famous scholars of the Abbasid Empire, even the elders of the church, to explain the true meaning of Islam.

In this way, Princess Abasai became the youngest and most learned woman in the empire and the most remarkable moon in Baghdad. She has countless auras on her. Thousands of people wanted to marry her, but Rashid has announced to the nation that Abasai will never be a bride.

As soon as Cui Yao's figure appeared in the hallway, two of the princess's servants immediately ushered him into the teaching room, and when he entered the room, Princess Abasai had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Mr. Cui is here." Abasai quickly got up and saluted him, unlike yesterday. She looks dignified and quiet today, with a thin black veil hanging on her face, only revealing a pair of bright eyes, lining her already fair skin more white and delicate, which makes Cui Yao a little surprised, he taught her Chinese and Tang poetry for nearly three months, never saw her wear a mask, what happened today?

Cui Yao didn't think about it, he bowed back and smiled: "Then let's start!" ”

He took out a copy of the Tang poem that he had copied last night from his bag. handed it to Abasei, "Today we will talk about Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine". ”

He walked over to Abasai and sat down, and said solemnly, "You read it first and see if you can read it." ”

Abasai read it silently and began to stutter as he began to read. She didn't learn Chinese for long. Only three months, she also did not have the advantage of Cui Yao living entirely in the Arabic-speaking world. After only reading the first two sentences, she couldn't read anymore. had to smile apologetically, pushed the poem forward, and motioned to Cui Yao to teach her.

Cui Yao was also expected of this result, he took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and said: "The Yellow River in the poem is the mother river of our Han people, just like the Tigris River and the Euphrates River of your big cannibals, it rushes thousands of miles, the momentum is majestic, the poet begins with it, and it lays the tone of this poem, let's first talk about the first sentence, you don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea and not returning, this sentence rises out of thin air, does not lay out, writes majestic, and looks at the water of the Yellow River rolling in the sky, like the sea rain and wind, unstoppable, you can see the momentum of Li Bai's pen from this, and you can also understand our Tang Dynasty's broad and broad mind, you read it with me. ”

You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea and never returning. Abasai read this sentence with Cui Yao in stammering Chinese, her eyes were leisurely, as if she saw the majestic water of the Yellow River in the poem, she read it with Cui Yao again, and she could barely read it completely, and her eyes immediately moved to the next sentence, suddenly! The ground exclaimed, the next poem, she knows most of the Chinese characters, you don't see Gao Tang Mingjing's sad white hair, like green silk twilight into snow.

There is no need for Cui Yao to explain, she silently chewed the deep meaning of this poem, and decades of life seemed to be condensed in this short poem, like green silk turning into snow at dusk, this is a heartbreaking ending that every woman is afraid of, Abasai suddenly thought of herself, thought of her brother's ban on never allowing her to marry, her eyes slowly became blurred, and a heartbreaking sadness appeared in her beautiful eyes.

Suddenly, Abasay covered her mouth and rushed to the corner, she bent down and retched desperately, and the maids behind her were also frightened, they rushed to the princess, and one of the maids cried out, "Princess, go back quickly!" It's even more reactive than yesterday. ”

Abasaidi's back suddenly stiffened, she slowly raised her head, and glared at the mouthy maid viciously, the maid's face turned pale in an instant, and she turned her head to look at Cui Yao suddenly.

At this moment, Cui Yao couldn't help but think of the gentle twist that Abasel had on the back of Dzhelfar's hand yesterday morning, which was an extremely natural intimate action, but what kind of ulterior secret did it hide? He suddenly felt that he had discovered an embarrassing secret.

At this time, someone at the door shouted, "Is Mr. Cui in the room?" ”

"In! At! As if he had been savior, Cui Yao stepped forward and opened the door, only to see Rashid's guard standing outside the door, and he saluted respectfully, "Mr. Cui, Your Majesty invites you to go." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Cui Yao put away his things in a panic and walked out the door as if fleeing for his life.

"Mr. Cui!" Abasai suddenly stopped him, and Cui Yao remembered that he should say goodbye to her. He just turned around, but he couldn't say a word, what he saw in his eyes was a poignant face, a pair of eyes full of tears and begging, how much helplessness and pain were hidden in those eyes, Cui Yao suddenly understood something, he nodded silently, and walked quickly.

After a night, Cui Yao came to the Great Food King Palace again, and his heart was very heavy. Abasai's teary eyes lingered in his mind. He had heard that Rashid had given an order, and that cruel and impersonal order was said to be based on Rashid's love for his sister, which reminded Cui Yao of the marriage that his grandfather had arranged for him, and his heart swelled with endless sympathy. ^^^^

"Mr. Cui, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the room." The guard officer pushed open the door and smiled at Cui Yao.

Cui Yao was shocked to realize that he had arrived in front of Rashid's inner palace, and he immediately put aside the matter of Abasai first, pushed the door and walked in. The light in the room was dim, the curtains had been lowered, and Rashid was standing next to a shrunken map with his hands behind his back, which was a map of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty and the Pearl River Basin, and next to it hung a map of the Great Food, but Rashid was staring intently at the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, lost in thought.

"Your Majesty, do you have something to do with me?" Cui Yao interrupted Rashid's musings in a low voice, and Rashid turned around. He smiled mildly, "I'm really sorry for calling you here for the past two days." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be polite, please feel free to speak if you have anything." Cui Yao also said politely, he thought that maybe the story he told yesterday was still unclear to Rashid, so he specially called himself again.

"I have some ideas I want to discuss with you." Rashid pointed to a chair and smiled, "Let's sit down and talk!" ”

Cui Yao sat down. He looked at Rashid with some confusion. He hadn't seen himself for a while, but he had frequent appointments in the past two days. What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd? Could it be that he wanted to let himself go back, or did he think that he was the king of Qin? All kinds of thoughts intertwined in his mind. There was a look of confusion in his eyes.

Rashid glanced at him, seemed to understand Cui Yao's thoughts, he pondered, and said frankly: "Mr. Cui has been in Baghdad for almost half a year, and his language has improved rapidly, I heard that you have read a lot of books on Islamic culture and history in the Imperial Library, then I want to ask you, who do you think is stronger between the Abbasid Empire and the Tang Dynasty, and who will swallow whom in the future, is it my caliph's army that occupies Chang'an, or your Tang Emperor's army that occupies Baghdad, I hope you will tell the truth, not because you are a Tang Dynasty." ”

In fact, Cui Yao has been thinking about this question, who will win in the end in the collision between these two Eastern and Western empires? For this reason, he read a lot of Persian and Dashi classics, learned about their culture, understood their history, and even religion, and also made friends at all levels of Dashi, as his understanding of Dashi became more and more profound, his doubts became even stronger, and now Rashid, as the king of a country, suddenly asked this doubt that he had been thinking about in his heart, as if a light illuminated his eyes, making him suddenly enlightened.

He immediately smiled and said: "If Da Shi is similar to the nomads in the north in the history of our Han people, barbaric without any cultural precipitation, plus you have strong force, or there is turmoil within our Datang, then you may be able to occupy Datang, because you will also be assimilated by Han civilization in the future, but if you are now, then you will never be able to occupy Datang, not because of how strong your force is, but because you have the same deep culture and splendid civilization as Datang, And these are two completely incompatible civilizations, just like the Han people will not accept Islam, you will not accept our Confucianism, the result can only be one, hundreds of years, even thousands of years will never stop the war, the two civilizations will lose, and in the end will be the Byzantine people who have perished and weakened the Great Eclipse, of course, the reverse is also the same, even if I defeat the Great Eclipse, I will never be able to occupy this land of faith in Allah, so, It is my sincere hope that there will be no war between the two civilizations that seeks to destroy each other, which will be an outcome in which there will be no winners. ”

Cui Yao's words made Rashid fall into deep thought, if before the Battle of Broken Leaves, he would disdain Cui Yao's views, but the defeat of the Broken Leaves War made him seem to recognize the Tang Dynasty for the first time, in the past few months, Cui Yao's compilation of oriental history lecture notes, he almost always read them carefully one by one, although Cui Yao's historical lecture notes are only some outline things, from historical records, from Han books, very simple, as if some enlightenment books, but it is these simple readings that seem to open a window, Rashid's horizons widened and made him re-examine his desire for the occupation of the East, which came from silk, tea, and porcelain, but the defeat of Broken Leaf and Cui Yao's history made his desire gradually become less intense, and he began to realize that the occupation of the East might just be a dream.

Thinking of this, Rashid smiled slightly: "Actually, my thoughts are already somewhat similar to yours, and it can be seen from you that the Tang civilization and our Islamic civilization can communicate and integrate, but they will not become one in any case, just like you Cui Yao, even if you have lived in Baghdad for twenty years, you have become the most knowledgeable Islamic scholar, but I believe that you will never give up your Confucianism." ”

Rashid walked to the map as he spoke, and he pointed to the Byzantine Empire in the north with a wooden pole and said: "Actually, this is our real enemy, as you said, if our forces are pinned down in the Tang Dynasty, then Baghdad will face annihilation, so my Abbasid Empire will never go to conquer the East, I hope you will go back and convey my words and your views to your Tang Emperor, and I will personally write a letter to ask you to bring back." ”

Cui Yao was stunned, and he hesitated for a long time and asked, "Does Your Majesty mean to let me go back to China?" ”

"You're right, I've decided to let you go back home." Rashid smiled with some emotion: "Actually, I don't want you to go, you have brought us the culture and history of the East, you are a respectable teacher, but you are a bridge of communication between the two empires of the East and the West, I hope you can come back, the door of Baghdad is always open for you." ”

After speaking, he took out a gold medal from his arms, handed it to Cui Yao, and said, "This is the order of the caliphate, it will allow you to return to your hometown all the way safely." ”

Cui Yao took the gold medal, he also had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, frankly speaking, he didn't want to go back now, he also wanted to continue to understand Islamic culture, continue to teach his students, spread the history and culture of the East, and wanted his students and all the big cannibals to know that the Han nation is a broad-minded nation, self-denial, and never take the initiative to destroy other civilizations, but it is by no means a sheep to be bullied, he nodded and said: "I will convey the words of the caliph to our Emperor His Majesty when I go back, He is a great monarch like the Caliph, and I am sure you will understand each other. ”

Rashid sat down, took up the pen and wrote a long letter to the Tang Emperor, in which he wrote down the conditions and requirements he prescribed in detail, and finally signed his name, he handed the letter to Cui Yao, and repeatedly told him: "This letter is very important, related to the strategic interests of your northern Tang Dynasty, and also related to the safety of my life, you must take care of it, if the situation is serious, you would rather destroy it, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Although Cui Yao didn't know what he had written, he knew from Rashid's solemn expression that this letter must be of great significance, he put the letter away, and said sincerely: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely hand it over to our Tang Emperor safely, and I will leave for China tomorrow." ”

"No!" Rashid shook his head, "You set out tonight overnight to secretly leave Baghdad. "To be continued, uctxt,)