On the outskirts of Baghdad, on the Tigris River, the Eternal Palace built by Mansour, the second caliph of the Abbas Dynasty, has survived hundreds of years of wind and frost, but it still maintains its glory and prosperity. As a descendant of Abbas and Mansour, Mustazel ​​still often lives here from the Tuancheng Palace in Baghdad.

Although the caliph had long lost its secular power and became a puppet of the Seljuk Turks, the Turks had no intention of abolishing or taking away his caliphate status, and were still willing to use the wealth of Basra and Baghdad to support this leader of the Tianfang Cult who could do nothing except prayer and enjoyment.

Life is really boring for Mustazir.

His treasure house is full of treasures and can't spend them at all! It's so anxious... and there will be a steady stream of new treasures being sent over.

Not only did the merchants in Baghdad and Basra pay him taxes, but there were also many messengers from nowhere who would send him generous gifts just to get the name of "Sultan" or "Emir" from him.

In recent years, the world of Tianfang Cult is very chaotic, with heroes everywhere in separatist areas. Everyone is ambitious and wants to become a sultan and an emir. Among them, Tianfang Cult warlords, who have the Abbasid dynasty as orthodox, have to "buy" the names of Sultan and Emir from Mustazil. Most of these warlords who need to buy names are humble, either Guram slave warriors or the leaders of some small tribes. If they don't buy a sultan or emir, the people below will not be convinced at all.

So Mustazl's "business" is done very well, and the annoying gold, silver and treasures in the treasure house are piled up more and more.

In addition to being too much money, Mustazil's harem was also annoying. Because he and his father, grandfather and great-grandfather "selled" too many titles of Sultan and Emir. In order to show their piety, these servants of Allah always like to select beautiful beauties from the captured pagan slaves and send them to Baghdad... There are too many beautiful female slaves and they are also annoying!

In a hall with a height of a double-storey building, the vault and the pillars on both sides are decorated with exquisite carvings, and the patterns are almost comparable to those on the tapestries. The Caliph, who had just finished praying, is about to start a boring life day after day to experience the beauty of the kingdom of heaven for the most loyal believers of the Tianfang Cult... Well, to be precise, Mustazl's life has surpassed the heavenly life that Muhammad told the believers.

After all, the prophet also originated from the last few days. How could he imagine the extravagant life of the emperors in the world? Moreover, the prophet could not imagine that it would be boring to be with beautiful women all day long.

"Jabir," the Caliph sat lazily on his throne, asking his most trusted black eunuch, "Is there anything interesting happening today?"

"My master," said respectfully, a black man who was old and pulled the caliph Mustazil to his hands, "I did have something interesting recently..."

"Don't say it for now," the young, obese and curious Caliph waved his hand with a smile, "I guess... it must be related to the Crusaders, right? Did the warlike Baldwin I fight with the Egyptian Shiites again?"

Baldwin I was the king of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, brave and warlike. He came from the Bren family in France, was a descendant of Charlemagne, and a close dependent of the French royal family. In 1098, he followed his brother, Godfrey, the Duke of Lower Lorraine, to participate in the First Crusade. His bravery and good fighting during the Eastern Expedition were obtained as the Earl of Edsar (the monarch of Edsar). Later, after his brother, Godfrey, the guardian of the Holy Sect, died, he was crowned king.

After becoming the king of Jerusalem, Baldwin I had fierce conflicts with the Famati Dynasty (another Caliph) who ruled Egypt. With the support of the English-German knights, he defeated the Fatima Dynasty and seized a large area of ​​land around Jerusalem, which made the Jerusalem dynasty reach its peak.

However, the war between Baldwin I and the Fatima dynasty of the Egyptian Shiites was just a good show in the view of the Caliph of Baghdad.

At this time, there were two caliphs in the Tianfang Cult world. The Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad and the Fatima of Egypt formed a staggering force. In 1058, a Seljuk Turkic general who controlled Baghdad forced the Caliph Kaim to transfer the symbols of the caliph's position, including the cloak of the prophet and other relics to the Fatima Caliph in Cairo, turning the Fatima Caliph into the theoretical authenticity of the Tianfang Cult.

In fact, whether it is the Abbasid caliph or the Fatima caliph, they are all puppets at this time. The Abbasid is a puppet of the Seljuk Turks, while the Fatima is a puppet of the Mamruk Guards. The Seljuk Turks and the Egyptian Mamruk themselves have a lot of upsets, so of course they don’t have time to help the two puppets to make a mistake of authenticity or not.

So the Caliph Mustazil could only gloat in the palace full of treasures and women in Baghdad.

"My master," laughed the black eunuch Jabir, "this time you guessed it wrong. The interesting thing is not from the West, but from the far east.

The pagan emperor who went up to the Peach Blossom Stone sent a huge mission, and they had arrived in Basra. It is said that they wanted to seek knowledge for the emperor who went up to the Peach Blossom Stone."

"Go to the peach blossom stone?" The Caliph smiled proudly, "It is the country that produces exquisite silk and porcelain? They have never sent missions to the Arab Empire!"

The mission of the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom, who had never sent a mission to the Arab Empire, has come to seek knowledge from him. This shows that in the distant Peach Blossom Stone, he, the caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, is the orthodox caliph in people's eyes!

"Dear Caliph," Jabir frowned slightly, "this may not be a good thing."

"Isn't it a good thing?" The Caliph was stunned, "Why? Even if the emperor on the peach blossom stone is unwilling to convert to Allah, it is always good to send people to Baghdad."

"Calif.," said Jabir, "in fact, more than a month ago, an Arab businessman from the Peach Blossom Stone brought the news that the Peach Blossom Stone mission was coming."

"Oh? Why don't I know?"

"His Majesty the Caliph, I just heard of it," said Jabir. "This merchant found the governor of Seljuk Sultan and was soon taken to Isfahan."

"Go to Isfahan?" the Caliph asked, "Why?"

Isfahan is the capital of the Seljuk Turkic Sultan. In this era, the Seljuk Turkic Sultan and the Caliphate had a division of labor. All military and national affairs belonged to the Sultan, and religious affairs belonged to the Caliphate. Knowledge belonged to religious affairs and also to the Caliphate.

The mission of the Peach Blossom Stone to seek knowledge is of course the Caliph’s business. Why did the Sultan Muhammad I of Isfahan (Sultan Muhammad of Great Seljuk were also undermined, and the power was controlled by his brother Sanjar) intervene?

"Because the envoys who went up the peach blossom stone may have another mission." The black eunuch said, "It is said that the pagan Shang Taohua Stone is preparing to attack the lower peach blossom stone that believes in the Tianfang Sect... The purpose is to compete for the title of the peach blossom stone khan. The emperor who went up the peach blossom stone thinks that this peach blossom stone khan was given to the Karakhan Dynasty by your ancestors. So he wants you to declare that the peach blossom stone khan in the Karakhan Dynasty was illegal."

"Peach Blossom Stone Sold?" Caliph Mustazel ​​was stunned, "Can the Caliph shut up the sweat? Why don't I know?"

Yes, no Khan has ever sent money to Harry to give to women... No one seems to ask the Caliph to buy a "sweat" to be a Khan.

"It should not be..." said the black eunuch, "But the Karakhan Dynasty was indeed a dynasty of the Tianfang scholars. They sent envoys to Baghdad, and many scholars from the Karakhan Dynasty studied in Baghdad.

In addition, the Karakhan Dynasty was divided into two parts decades ago. Among them, the Sikhan Dynasty was conquered by Maliksha Sultan more than ten years ago and became a vassal."

The Caliph frowned, "So the Seljuk Sultan will be involved in a civil war between the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom?"

"Maybe." asked the black eunuch, "Dear Caliph, how should we treat the mission from the Peach Blossom Stone?"

"Please ask Isfahan!" Caliph Mustazl paused, "I can't meet them before the Sultan makes a decision. However, I can ask Ansari from Nietzsemian University to meet with the mission of the Peach Blossom Stone. He is a famous scholar. If the people from Peach Blossom Stone want to ask for anything, Ansari should be able to satisfy them."

At this time, the people in power in Isfahan were also trapped in the same troubles as the Caliph. No one here wanted to start a war with the distant Upper Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom. Whether Sultan Muhammad I or Sanjar who regarded himself as the heir of the Sultan, they were not willing to be involved in the civil war in the Peach Blossom Stone Kingdom.

Because the Seljuk Turks fell into disintegration after the death of the previous Sultan Maliksha, and the west was attacked by the crusaders, a "old man in the mountains" and the Assassin faction he led appeared in the fundamental area of ​​Persia. They were assassinists every few days and killed Nizam Mulek, the prime minister of the Seljuk Turks.

In the same year assassination of Nizam Mulek, the army of the old man in the mountains defeated the scrutiny of Malikshas Sultan and became a separatist force in the Persian mountainous areas, openly competing with the Seljuk Turks. The arrogant Seljuk Turks actually had no choice but to do anything to the assassin faction hiding in the mountains.
Chapter completed!