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The fire was extinguished at noon the next day, almost a quarter of the palace near the Moon Lake was burned down, and there was a miserable scene of scorched black everywhere, I don't know how much financial resources were spent to build a luxurious palace, and the rare and exotic plants collected, now only fragments of rubble, charred marble, countless dead branches and leaves remain, which made people cry when they saw it. 【鳳\/凰\/Update fast without pop-ups, please search for f/h/x/s/c/o/m】

Even more tragic is the countless charred corpses lying among the rubble in the middle of the dilapidated buildings.

Thousands of forbidden armies searched the ruins and reprimanded the survivors, until late in the evening, when the upper nobles of the empire found Hassan's body in the collapsed bathroom.

When the collapsed roof was lifted, a gray-haired Arab sheikh even cried out in grief.

"How is this possible!"

Protected by gushing springs, Hassan's body was not burned, but it was precisely because of this water that Hasan was even more miserable.

The bathroom was the earliest point of fire, and the burning time was also the longest, the heat of the burning and even the marble were burned, and the enclosed space formed by the collapsed house directly turned into a terrible big steamer.

Hassan's fat body was steamed, his eyes were white and protruding from his sockets, his skin was open and his flesh was rolling, and the bath water around him was churning with a strange fragrance.

Allah's spokesman on earth, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was steamed into rice and steamed meat!

After a moment of disbelief, the ministers gathered their chests, and the mourning became a bitter cry, and the entire palace was suddenly enveloped in crying.

After crying for a long time, suddenly the imam of Medina, Alao Wadin, shouted angrily: "It must be Emir Houjie!" He must have murdered the caliph! ”

"Fart!"

Before his words fell, an even more furious retort rang out.

His eyes were red with anger, and Damascus Imam Sherman was like a shrew scolding the street, and his right hand pointed sharply at the palace in front of him and shouted: "Yesterday, the caliph has made it clear that he wants to make Lord Hou the sultan and entrust the power of the entire empire, how can Lord Hou Jie plot to kill the caliph?"

"Since yesterday evening, the old man has been discussing political affairs with Lord Hou's mansion, and there are several other colleagues, do you suspect Lord Hou, do you want to arrest a few of us too?"

Ah Lao Wading was immediately reprimanded and dumbfounded, and the others who listened to the words also nodded in their hearts, indeed, Hou Jie is the most likely in terms of strength, and the reason is that Hou Jie doesn't make sense at all, the power of the country is in hand, what reason is there to rebel repeatedly?

The atmosphere was awkward for a while, and the Cairo Imam Sarawa on the far side of the circle generally opened his mouth and said: "Everyone, don't quarrel, the most favored Japanese concubines of the caliph are gone, it should be those Japanese who should go to Hell to see the caliph awaken, so they took the risk and set fire to the palace to rebel!" ”

It is also strange that the Japanese connived by the Aoi clan are too arrogant, this statement was actually supported by most of the powerful people present, Faisal even gritted his teeth and shouted, to list the Japanese as the lowest nation, the Japanese in Arabia, all killed, and the other chiefs even scolded and supported, shouting for revenge.

However, after the chaotic shouting continued for a while, Samam Sarawa, who was still in Cairo, hesitantly interrupted the discussion, and asked new questions in embarrassment.

"Everyone, who will inherit the caliphate now?"

This sentence stopped everyone at once, and even the most reckless chieftain Faisal was speechless.

In the feudal era, although the emperors were greedy and filthy, and some were brutal, vicious, and indiscriminately killing innocents, most of the countries still had to support one emperor after another, without him, the country needed to be managed, even if the emperor was mediocre, he could maintain a basic order, so that the people would not be displaced, and he would still be supported.

Human beings on their own management, is really painstaking, I don't know how many methods have been tested, the Greek citizens' assembly and the Roman senate can indeed be called the light of early democratic politics, but later both Greece and Rome, is still replaced by the imperial system, for no other reason, that era of scarce productivity, the emperor's management is the simplest, most effective, and democratic rights are scattered in the hands of many people, the critical moment can not be resolved, the usual political cost is too great, after all, it is replaced by the turbulent situation.

With the rebellion of the Hawariji faction within the Arabs and the invasion of the Byzantines from outside, it is true that the Arabs are in great need of a strong leader, and it is not an easy task to choose a leader who is convincing to all Arabs.

The bloodline has come up, and now the Shiites occupy most of the important positions in the imperial court, and after Hassan's death, his younger brother Hussein naturally became the best heir, but the problem is that Hussein died earlier than Hassan.

Brother to brother and brother can not succeed, the father dies and the son succeeds, the problem comes again, Hassan has more than ten sons, there are widows, Persians, that is, there are no Arab lives, no wonder compared to the well-dressed female slaves of all ethnic groups, the black sand of Arab women is too unappetizing, even if they pinch their noses and stand, the Shiites feel that it is not appropriate to stand alone.

Hussein also had three sons, the eldest son had died in the early turmoil, the second son, the third son was of pure Arab blood, but both of them were too young, one was eleven years old and the other was nine, and now the empire was facing the challenge of the Byzantines, and such a small caliph could not support the burden of a decisive battle with the Greeks.

After being silent for a while, gritting his teeth, Damascus Imam Sherman walked in front of everyone tremblingly, helplessly facing a large group of tribal chiefs, and the religious leaders of various places arched his old fist and said: "When the caliph was here, he once said that he would make Hou Jiehou the Sultan and lead the emperor's political affairs, and then the Lord took away the Caliph, the meaning of the Lord, is that only Hou Jiehou can take on the heavy responsibility and lead everyone to defeat the internal and external thieves challenge." ”

"Why don't you make the emir of Houjah the new caliph!"

"However, Emir Hou is not the blood of the Hashemite family?"

Immediately, some people raised objections, how many bloody struggles the Shiites had done for this bloodline, such as the Umayyad family in the former Mecca nobles, and now they have only enjoyed the fruits of peace for a few years, and such a monstrous disaster has occurred, and no one is unwilling in their hearts.

If you really want to talk about it from the bloodline, Hou Jie is not even an Arab, Bulun is still an Arab in the Tang Dynasty, they are all extremely lowly, the Tang Dynasty, because of Hou Jun's rebellion, the Hou family was robbed of all titles and status, and became a pariah, while in Arabia, all non-Arabs are untouchables, and even the Arabs are divided into two rifts in the north and south, Hou Jie is barely regarded as a naturalized Arab in the north, so that a person can at most serve as a minor official in the empire.

However, surprisingly, all the Arab magnates did not remember Hou Jie's identity as a Tang person, and what Hou Jie has done over the years is really more Arab than that of Arabs.

It is said that people are forced out, and Arabs have always been the most stubborn people, but at such an urgent moment, as a member of the Shiites, Sherman was also forced to come up with a workaround.

Facing his dissenting colleagues, he raised his hands and shouted loudly: "You can first appoint Lord Hou Jie as the caliph, and at the same time appoint His Majesty Hassan's son as the successor, and in the future, the blood of the Hashemite family can be passed down, Lord Hou Jie has always been loyal to the caliph, and he will definitely not be greedy for power at that time." ”

This explanation won the approval of the vast majority of people, after all, the great enemy is present, and all internal contradictions can be resolved after the Byzantines have been defeated.

Unfortunately, a consensus was finally reached, and new problems arose, and while everyone nodded secretly, Cairo Imam Sarawa screamed in dismay.

"Where is Lord Hou Jie?"

Referring to this, Sherman couldn't help but be full of depression, and explained helplessly: "Since yesterday, Lord Hou Jie has been closed to show that he has no greed for power, and today he didn't come in order to avoid suspicion." ”

These words made the hearts of the other Arabs relax a little, and the most reckless Faisal immediately trembled with a big beard on his face, and jumped in front of everyone with a shout: "Let's go and welcome Lord Hujie to inherit the position of caliph!" ”

"Sheikh Faisal is absolutely right!"

Almost everyone nodded, touching the tears left by the previous caliph from the corners of their eyes, and hundreds of people marched towards the Syrian governor's palace.

In the ruins of the bathroom, Hassan's body, which had been boiled into broth, was discarded there as if forgotten.

The taste of protein ** attracted swarms of flies, and the two eyes that burst out because of high-temperature cooking looked at the sky that was finally exposed, forming a strange look.

After all, the affairs of the living are more important than the affairs of the dead, and for the time being, no one can take care of this caliph who once sat on the boss and had a noble bloodline.

As for the Aoi clan and the two sisters Aoi Sakura, no one has ever seen them again, and no one knows which two of the charred corpses are the ones who were once peerless......

The Syrian Governor's Palace, which had been cold for several months because of the rise of the Japanese people, became lively again, and as soon as hundreds of people who ruled the empire ** and spiritual bigwigs came out of the palace, they went straight here and gathered outside Hou Jie's gate.

Faisal, who had the most grumpy temper, was the first to knock heavily on the closed iron door.

"Open the door, open the door! Everyone has come to support Lord Hou Jie to inherit the position of caliph! ”