Tibet

Chapter 240 Caliph Stone
Defeated the sneak attack of the Tocharian army of the Great Food Army, and wiped out 640 four of the enemy. The army of Pulling Khan did not hurt a single soldier. The city was full of joy. The soldiers and civilians of Pulling Khan even called General Li of the Tang Dynasty Bach The messenger sent by Ram.

Bahram is the god of war in Zoroastrianism, also known as Veles Ragnar.

King Murdo held a banquet in the palace to celebrate Li Ye and his twenty subordinates.

In the center of the hall, the king and queen sat in the middle, Li Ye sat at the lower head of the king, and Prince Alorie sat at the lower head of Li Ye. Below were the generals and officials of the army of Bahana, and on the opposite side were Li Ye's second son. Ten men.

Large pieces of roasted and fragrant meat were brought up, and the table was covered with various melons and fruits. Hundreds of maids stood behind each guest with wine jugs, refilling glasses for him in time.

Murdoch smiled and said: "I have experienced more than 20 wars, big and small. Last night was the happiest one. I killed the leader of the Eastern Legion, Huth, and killed more than 600 enemy troops. Our soldiers even No one was injured, this is the credit of the strategy!

We never thought that there would be an enemy army in the city, and we would not use general tactics, let alone invite you into the urn, General Li, am I right!Calling you to enter the urn, I learned it in Taixue when I was young. "

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty the King is right, he is asking you to enter the urn."

Murdo raised his glass and said, "Come on! Let's celebrate General Li. General Li was recommended to me by Master Padmasambhava. Let's offer a bowl to Master at the same time."

Everyone got up one after another, raised their wine bowls and shouted: "Respect General Li, Respect Master!"

Everyone drank, King Murdo invited everyone to sit down, clapped their hands, music sounded, and a group of young and beautiful dancers rushed in from outside, singing and dancing in the lobby.

King Murdo pondered for a while, and asked Li Ye in a low voice: "After the spring, the Shiguo will attack. General Li thinks how should we prepare for the war?"

Li Ye said lightly: "Last night I was able to use tactics, but if Shi Guo came to attack, it would have to be tough. The biggest problem with pulling sweat is that the city wall is too low. If you want to compete with Shi Guo, you must raise the height of the city wall at least To two feet, otherwise there is no need for large siege weapons, and you can directly climb up with a ladder, just like last night."

King Murdo frowned, a little embarrassed, where to find the materials for building the city in the ice and snow?

The prince A Luolie next to him said: "Father, General Li also told me about this matter. I think that many houses and buildings in the city can be demolished. There are two old temples that are no longer needed, but the stone materials are very good. They are all demolished. There are house-building stones piled up in people’s yards, which can also be used.”

The queen also added: "The old temple has long said that it will be demolished and rebuilt, and it is just in time to use it."

The queen must have been a great beauty when she was young, but her current figure is really unflattering, she is too fat, but her suggestion is not bad.

King Murdo nodded and said to the prince: "You discuss it with Su Na. He has experience. Once it is confirmed, the whole city's army and civilians must be mobilized to participate in the city building, or it will be too late."

Li Ye still appreciates the father and son, they are very clear-headed, the old is not stubborn, and the young is not conceited, with the support of the father and son, he believes that he can resist the attack of the Shi people.

Li Ye thought for a while and smiled again: "I want to take a look at the warehouse of Bahana later, and see what materials can be used!"

"Okay, let Arolie go with the general later."

King Murdo remembered this, and ordered the prince again: "Take General Li and his men to the treasury first, and they can choose any treasure as a gift. It is a little kindness from the kingdom of Bahhan to thank them!"

How can you say that King Murdo can be a man!It is not an obligation for Li Ye to lead his men to work for him, but for the sake of Pulling Khan's pro-Tang. It is the embodiment of sincerity, and others will sincerely do things for you.

After the banquet, Li Ye followed Prince Arolie to the warehouse with twenty of his men. The warehouse was located on the left side of the palace. It was also a large white stone building. The Kingdom also has several official common large warehouses in the city, such as sheepskin and wool warehouses, cheese and wine warehouses, meat warehouses, wheat grain warehouses, and so on.

There were soldiers guarding the treasury. Arolie opened the iron gate, and everyone walked in. There was a golden light in front of them, basically all kinds of gold and jewelry. This was also the goal of the Tocharian Legion last night.

The prince smiled and said, "I personally think it's more cost-effective to take gold Buddha statues or utensils, and the weight is enough."

Li Ye glanced at it, and found that the craftsmanship was very ordinary and of no craft value. He also agreed with the prince's suggestion and nodded to the soldiers. The soldiers were overjoyed, and each stepped forward to choose a Buddha statue weighing five or six catties.

The soldiers went out first, and the prince took Li Ye to a hut. This is the inner treasury, the king's treasury. The room is filled with all kinds of precious treasures. A Luo Lie said to Li Ye: "This is the treasure of the royal family. It is our treasure house." The treasures of more than ten generations of the family, my father said, the general can take ten pieces at will."

To actually give ten pieces, Li Ye smiled and said, "It's a bit embarrassing!"

A Luolie smiled slightly: "If the general is unwilling to take the treasure here, I have a younger sister who is also the treasure of Bahana."

Li Ye immediately interrupted him, "Then I'll be disrespectful, and I'll take ten here at random!"

He doesn't want to marry a woman from Bahana, even if she is as beautiful as a fairy. You can tell by looking at the queen. She must have been a rare beauty when she was young, but now she is at most 40 years old!How fat are they? All the middle-aged women here are fat, probably because of their race.

After walking around, Li Ye didn't find anything that caught his eye. Western treasures are either gold or gems, and he still has hundreds of gems in good condition!

In addition to the gems of the party horse bandits, there is also the personal treasure of Chief Xuebu.

He still has 3 taels of gold in Chang'an's secret room, and he is not very good at gold and gems.

At this time, he saw a black iron cabinet in the innermost part, and he suddenly had a strange feeling, a very familiar feeling.

"What's in this cabinet?" Li Ye knocked on the iron cabinet.

Prince Alore took out the key and opened the dark iron cabinet. There was only a gold box inside. He took out the gold box and handed it to Li Ye. The ten gems are all treasures, and they are given to the general."

There is an emerald on the gold box, and this emerald alone is much better than the one given to grandma, not to mention the ten gems in the box, which must be peerless treasures.

Li Ye wanted to open the box to take a look, but found that the edge of the lid was sealed with gold juice, and it couldn't be opened at all, so he could only cut it with a sharp dagger.

"It was sealed by my grandfather. Even my father and I have never seen the gems inside."

Li Ye quickly shook his head, "This is your family heirloom, I can't take it!"

"If it wasn't for the general last night, these gems would have been snatched by the big cannibals, and our family's lives would be in danger. Please accept it, general. This is actually what my father meant. The ten treasures my father mentioned refer to these ten treasures. gem."

What a coincidence, I am interested in this iron cabinet, and the things they want to give me happen to be in the iron cabinet, is it really my fate?
Li Ye was no longer polite, accepted the treasure box, and said with a smile: "Let's go and see the other two warehouses!"

Prince Alorie seemed to have something on his mind. He took Li Ye out of the inner treasury and walked to the door of the treasure house. Prince Alorie couldn't bear it any longer and said, "General Li, I have something to make clear. I can't hide it from you, otherwise my conscience will be troubled." install!"

"What?" Li Ye looked at him puzzled.

"Last night, the Tocharian Legion attacked us, in fact, to snatch the ten gems in your hand."

"this gem"

Li Ye took out the gold box and asked puzzledly, "Why?"

"These ten gems were originally the gems on the crown of the Caliphate. Because of the war, the crown was stolen and fell into the hands of my ancestors more than 100 years ago. The crown has been melted, and only these ten gems are left. They are also called Caliph stones. Originally It’s my family’s secret, but 30 years ago my grandfather accidentally leaked this secret to Shi Kun’s father, the old king of Shi Kingdom.”

"and then?"

"Half a year ago, Abbas, the new caliph of Dashi, sent someone to ask for these ten gems. The envoy's attitude was very domineering and arrogant, which angered my father. My father firmly refused to admit that the gems were here. The envoy said, since he refused Here, let the Tocharian Legion take it, including the heads of our whole family."

"And then?" Li Ye asked calmly.

Prince Alorie hesitated for a moment and said: "Then, my father told me last night to ask you to bring these ten gems back to the Tang Dynasty. You are the envoy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Maybe you will dedicate it to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

"So it wasn't for me?" Li Ye laughed.

"No! No! This is what Master Padmasambhava meant. The powerful kingly spirit of the Khalifa Stone cannot be tolerated by a small country like Tuhana. The master said that General Li came to save Tuhana. The Caliph Stone should belong to Li. General, this is the arrangement of the Buddha.

Father wants you to bring them back to the Tang Dynasty. Whether to dedicate them to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is up to you. I mean, you can still choose to give them up now. "

"give up?"

Li Ye looked at the golden box and said with a smile: "It seems that I didn't come here in vain!"

He put the gold box into his arms again, this is his own karma, how can he give up when the karma arises and the extinction dies?
In fact, Li Ye didn't realize it at the time. He felt that the iron cabinet was very familiar. It wasn't telepathy or something, but the shape of the iron cabinet was very similar to the safes of later generations, so of course it felt familiar.

　This chapter is inspired by the old movie "One Thousand and One Nights". The child gets a fruit, and the core inside is a gem. The movie I watched when I was a child was very impressive.

　　At the same time, it also echoes the flame gem in Lao Gao's old book "The World" ten years ago.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)