Chapter 42 The Story of the Ebony Horse

It is said that in ancient times, there was a king who held great power and had a son and three daughters under his knees.The prince was born beautiful and handsome, and the princesses were as beautiful as flowers and jade, beautiful and lovely.One day, the king was sitting on the throne and facing court, and it was reported that three philosophers were asking to see him.One of them held a golden crow, another a brass trumpet, and the last held a black horse in both hands.The king saw it and asked strangely: "What have you got? What's the use of them?" The first philosopher stepped forward and replied: "Return to Your Majesty! This is a golden crow. No matter day or night, every hour, it will flap its wings and sing once to report the time."

The second philosopher stepped forward and replied: "Your Majesty! If you put this brass trumpet on the city gate, it can serve as a guard. Once the enemy approaches the city, it can give an alarm and make it difficult for the enemy to escape." Finally, the owner of the ebony horse stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this is an ebony horse. It can carry its master and fly far away." After listening to the narrations of the philosophers, the king said: "In this case, let me try it. If it is so miraculous, I will reward you." The king first tested the golden crow, and it worked exactly as its owner said; The brass horn, it works as the owner said.The king was very satisfied, and said to the owner of the golden crow and the brass trumpet:

"What reward do you hope to get? Tell me!" "Can Your Majesty promise the princess to us as a wife?" The king granted their request, and gave the two princesses to the two philosophers respectively.At this moment, the owner of the ebony horse knelt down, kissed the ground, and said: "I implore Your Majesty to grant me the same reward." "Let's try your horses." At that time, the prince stood aside, volunteered, and said to the king: "Father, let me ride this horse, test it for myself, and then report its use to my father." "Son, go if you want."

So the prince jumped on the ebony horse and shook his feet, but the horse didn't move.He shouted: "Philosopher! You boast that a horse can fly with a man on its back, but why doesn't it move?" At this time, the philosopher walked over, pointed to a protruding nail on the horse, and said, "Hold it." The prince stretched out his hand to pinch the nail, and the horse shook, and then carried him up and soared up into the sky until the ground could not be seen.Only then did he panic, regretting that he should have acted rashly and experimented casually.He said to himself: "This philosopher wants to kill me! It seems that only Allah the Almighty can save me."

He observed the horse carefully, looked around, and finally found a protruding button under each of the horse's shoulders.He thought to himself: "It seems that only these two protruding buttons are the mechanism." So he stretched out his hand to pinch the button on the right, and saw the horse flying higher and faster, the prince immediately let go, and then tested the button on the left, As soon as he held it, the speed of the horse's flight gradually slowed down, and it landed slowly. After this experiment, the prince knew how to fly a horse, and he was ecstatic and thanked Allah for his blessing.

Because the horse flew too fast at the beginning, it flew a long distance, and it took a long time to land on the ground. Therefore, when the horse was descending, he moved the horse's head and drove freely, sometimes going up and sometimes falling.After flying for a while, he finally approached the ground, took a closer look, and found a place he had never been before.I saw green grass, dense forests, clear river water, and a majestic and beautiful city appeared in the wide plain. He looked at the city and sighed, "Yo! Beautiful city. If only I knew what this place is!" At this time, it was evening.

He rode a horse around the city in the twilight, admiring the scenery, and thought to himself: "I'll go to the city to spend the night for a while, and when I drive home early tomorrow morning, I will tell my father about my experience." So he started Find a safe, secluded place to roost.He found a towering palace in the center of the city, surrounded by tall and wide walls, very strong and solemn. "This place is great!" He admired, twisted the button, and the horse slowly landed on the roof of the palace. The prince jumped off the horse, looked at the horse carefully, and sighed: "I swear to Allah, the man who made this horse is really smart and capable! If Allah blesses me, let me go home safely. After meeting my father, queen and queen, I will Be sure to treat that philosopher well and reward him double."

The prince stayed on the roof, hungry and hungry, and he hadn't eaten or drank since he left home on horseback.He endured and endured, waiting patiently until the people fell asleep, and then he left his horse and looked for food. He entered the palace, found the stairs, and went down. The courtyard was inlaid with marble, and he was amazed by the solid buildings and rich furnishings in front of him. There was no one in the palace, and there was no sound, which made him even more confused.He looked around and didn't know where to look for food, so he said to himself: "Forget it, I'd better go to the roof to spend the night with the horse, and drive home quickly tomorrow morning." The firelight was moving towards him.He looked carefully, and it turned out that she was as beautiful as a month old, surrounded by a group of maidservants.

This beautiful girl was a princess, the jewel in the king's palm.The king doted on her very much and specially built this palace for her to entertain her.Whenever the princess was tired or bored, she would lead her servants to live here for a day or two to relieve boredom.That night, she happened to bring the maids of honor to the palace for entertainment, and a male servant protected her with a sword. When they arrived in the palace, all the ladies in the palace started together, lit the incense burner, and played games with the princess.They laughed and made noise, and had a great time.At this time, the prince rushed over and knocked down the male servant with a punch, grabbed the sword, and then chased those maids, driving them to flee everywhere.Only the princess looked calm, stood up and said:

"Maybe you are the prince who proposed to me yesterday but was rejected by the father. The father said you are ugly. I swear to Allah, what the father said is not true!" It turned out that the suitor was the prince of India. He was so ugly that he was rejected by the king.When it happened suddenly, the princess guessed at once that he was the Indian prince whose marriage proposal was rejected.At this time, a palace maid said beside her: "Princess, this is not a proposal to you. That person is ugly, but this person is very beautiful. That suitor is only fit to be his servant. Look, this young man is very handsome, not like ordinary people!"

After the maid said, she woke up the servant who was knocked unconscious.The servant came to his senses, panicked, and jumped up, looking for the sword quickly.The maid said to him, "What are you doing? The man who knocked you down and took your sword is sitting and talking with the princess." The servant was ordered by the king to protect the princess.At this time, upon hearing what the maid said, he hurried into the hall, and saw that the princess and the prince were talking together.He walked over to look at the prince and asked: "My master, are you a man or a god?" "You damn fellow! How dare you regard me, the prince of Persia, as a ghost? I'll beat you to death!" He picked up his sword and said, "I'm a horse. The king has betrothed the princess to me." "My master! Listen to you, since you are a human being and you are a prince, it is a perfect match for our princess." The servants hurriedly left the palace.He tore his clothes, grabbed a handful of earth and sprinkled it on his head, and ran to the king weeping and shouting.The king heard the cry and asked: "What's the matter? Startle me, tell me quickly." "Your Majesty, go and save the princess! She was captured by a devil disguised as a prince!" After hearing the report, the king was very shocked and decided to kill the devil. He shouted: "Slave! I asked you to protect the princess, why did you let the devil stalk the princess?" So he ran all the way to the palace, and saw the maids of honor standing neatly in a row, and asked them: "Where is the princess? How is she?" "Your Majesty. We came to the palace with the princess, but for some reason, that young man suddenly jumped out and attacked us. Holding a shining sword in his hand, he looks very handsome.We asked him, but he lied that His Majesty had promised him the Princess.Apart from these, we do not know whether this man is a man or a god?He looks gentle, very polite, and has no irregular behavior. " After listening to the maid's words, the anger in the king's heart subsided a little.He saw the prince and princess sitting together and talking very intimately. After a closer look, he was indeed beautiful and lovely.Suddenly, he couldn't hold back his anger again. In order to protect the princess, he desperately drew out his sword and rushed into the hall to stab the prince to death.When the prince saw it, he hurriedly asked the princess: "Is this your father?" "Yes, it is the father." The prince jumped up suddenly, gripped the sword tightly, and roared, threatening to kill the king with the sword.Seeing that the opponent was approaching fiercely, the king knew that the young man was strong and powerful, and he was no match for him, so he had to swallow his anger and put the sword back into its sheath. He asked, "Young man, are you a man or a god?" "You! If it weren't for the sake of you and the princess, I would have made you bleed. I am the prince of Persia, how dare you say that I am a ghost or a god? My father, the king of Persia, has a strong army and boundless power. , he can lead an army to destroy your kingdom at any time." Hearing the prince's words, the king was terrified and wondered, and said, "Since you are a prince, why did you come straight into my palace? And why did you spread rumors that the princess was betrothed to you? You must know that many princes and grandchildren You came to propose to the princess, but I killed them all. Aren’t you afraid of dying in my hands? As long as I give an order, the servants will rush in and kill you immediately, no one can save you.” "Your knowledge is too shallow, which makes me feel incomprehensible. Do you want to marry your daughter to a better son-in-law than me? May I ask you, do you think there is someone who is stronger, braver, richer, more generous, and more powerful than me? What about the powerful candidates?" "No. I swear to Allah, you are indeed enviable. But if you want to get married, you should formally propose marriage with three matchmakers and six witnesses. I can definitely betroth my daughter to you as a wife; If you want to marry my daughter, that would be insulting me and ruining my reputation." "You are right, it makes sense. But according to what you boasted just now, if you order your servants and troops to come and kill me, it will be your shame, and at the same time you will lose the trust of the people of the country. I have A suggestion, I hope to get your agreement." "What suggestion? Tell me!" "Let's fight a duel. Whoever wins, whose opinion is the truth. You can go back tonight to gather soldiers and horses, and fight with me tomorrow. How many soldiers and horses can you dispatch? Tell me!" "Forty thousand. Not counting servants, just the regular army." "Well, send your men tomorrow. Tell them I have come to propose to the princess. I will fight them for the princess. If I be killed, all will be over, and your secret will not be revealed; If I win, I will marry the princess." The prince spoke in an exaggerated and intimidating tone.After hearing what he said, the king felt that it was still reasonable and agreed with him.So he notified the prime minister and told him to immediately gather all the officers and soldiers, armed and on standby, ready to compete with the prince. The king and the prince sat down and had a heart-to-heart talk.The king admired the prince's speech very much.The two of them had a good talk, and before they knew it, it was already dawn.The king got up and went back to the palace, and ordered the soldiers and horses to set off in a whole team, ready to compete with the prince.At the same time, he chose a fine horse for the prince, equipped with the best saddle and bridle, for the prince to ride in the martial arts competition.The prince declined and said: "Your Majesty, I won't be riding a horse for the time being. Please allow me to go to the army first to see their lineup." "As you please." The prince came to the front of the battle and saw the lineup of the army. At this time, the king announced in public: "Listen, army, now a young prince has come to propose to the princess. He boasted that he can defeat our army alone. Even if we have a hundred thousand, it is insignificant to him. He If you speak wild words, then I order: In the contest, you must deal with him with all your strength, and pick him on the tip of your sword." Then the king turned back to the prince and said, "My child, it's time to start. How to compare, you Choose for yourself." "Your Majesty, this is not fair. They are riding horses, but I am walking. How can this be a martial arts competition?" "I gave you a war horse, but you didn't accept it. Well, it's up to you to choose which one you like to ride." "I don't like any of your horses. I'd better ride the one I brought myself." "Where's your horse?" "In your palace." "Where is it in my palace?" "On the roof of the palace." "On the roof? You're doomed. Damn you! How can a horse be on a roof? You're so hypocritical." The king turned around in surprise and told his attendants, "Go into the palace and see what is on the roof. If you have a horse, bring it down to me quickly." The people were amazed by the king's words. They looked at each other and commented, "How can a horse climb such a high staircase? What a strange theory!" The attendants went up to the roof of the palace according to the king's order, and they found a handsome horse standing on it, very majestic and lovely. When they saw that it was made of ivory and ebony, they all laughed and said, "That boy is talking about this horse. He's crazy! Just wait and see, once you figure it out, see if he has it." What can I do?" So the guards lifted the horse, carefully moved it all the way outside the city, and placed it neatly in front of the king.People came and watched curiously.The horse is both majestic and novel, and most people find it funny while admiring it, and the king himself is also surprised and admiring.he asked: "Son, is this the horse you used for the competition?" "Yes, Your Majesty. You will see its effect in a moment." "Then you ride it." "Please let your soldiers leave first, otherwise I will not mount my horse." The king ordered the soldiers to get away from the arrows, and the prince said: "Your Majesty, I will ride my horse now. I am going to attack your soldiers and horses. They will be terrified and run away with their heads in their hands." "Okay, just go ahead and compete. Don't show mercy, my men will not show mercy." The prince calmly jumped onto the ebony horse, reined in the horse's head, and prepared to charge into battle.The king's soldiers and horses were also ready for battle.The officers and soldiers talked a lot, and some said: "As soon as this kid enters the position, let's pick him up with a gun." Some said: "What a crime! Such a beautiful young man is going to die in a blink of an eye." Someone said, "I swear to Allah, we will never defeat him unless we fight hard. If he hadn't been heroic, he wouldn't have boasted Haikou." The prince was riding on the horse, sitting upright, under the gaze of all eyes, he turned the button, and the horse started to vibrate.After a while, the horse's belly was filled with air, and it rose upwards and flew into the sky.When the king saw the prince flying high into the sky on his horse, he was startled and angry, and shouted: "Catch him, damn it! Don't let him get away, catch him." The prime minister and courtiers were also baffled.They comforted the king, saying: "Your Majesty, who in the world can catch up with birds? The man was evidently a great magician.Thanks to Allah, His Majesty is safe and sound, and that kid did no harm. " The king had no choice but to turn back to the palace sullenly.He told the princess what he had seen and heard in the tournament field.When the princess heard this, she felt very sad. Because of the prince's departure, she became seriously ill and was bedridden, and the medicine was ineffective.The king was so worried that he held his daughter in his arms, kissed her, and said, "Son! Allah protects us from that magician. Let us praise and thank him!" , Secretly said: "Swear to Allah! If I can't get together with him, I will never eat or drink from now on." The princess didn't think about eating and drinking, and the king felt extremely anxious. He comforted her tenderly, but his consolation made the princess even more lovesick. The prince rode his horse into the sky and got out of danger, but he never forgot about the princess.He had asked the king about the name of the princess and the king, and knowing that he was King Sanaior, he was relieved and accelerated his flight until he returned to Persia. When he arrived at the capital, he circled several times in the air, landed in the palace, and then dismounted and ran into the inner palace to meet the king.At this time, the king was mourning because of his departure. Seeing the prince, the king immediately got up and, ecstatically, embraced him eagerly.After that, the prince asked the king about the whereabouts of the philosopher who made the ebony horse.Said the king, "Son, may that wretch suffer misfortune and misfortune for the rest of his life, for he has separated us from father and son, and I have imprisoned him for this reason." The prince interceded for the philosopher and asked for his freedom to be restored.At last the king released him, rewarded him heavily, and entertained him as a guest of honor, but the king still refused to fulfill his promise to betroth the princess to him.The prince was dissatisfied with this, but because he was afraid of his father's majesty, he dared to be angry and did not dare to speak."Son," said the king, "after this danger, don't ride that horse again. Sooner or later you will suffer for your ignorance of horses." The prince told his father everything about meeting the princess in Sanao.The king said, "If the king wanted to kill you, you would have died long ago. It's just that you have not yet come to die." The prince missed the princess very much and could not restrain his desire.One day, he sneaked to the roof again, got on the ebony horse, activated the ascension button, and soared towards Sanai, looking for the princess. In the early morning of the next day, the king disappeared from the prince, and he was very frightened, so he immediately went to the roof to look for him.Sure enough, the ebony horse disappeared. Knowing that the prince flew away on horseback, he was sad and regretted not hiding the horse back then.He said to himself: "I swear to Allah, when he comes back this time, I will hide the horse, so that I won't worry about him." He bowed his head and sighed. The prince rode his horse through the air until he reached Sanaio, where he landed where he had landed the first time.He jumped off his horse and tiptoed into the hall where the princess was playing. He looked around, but there was no one there.The princess and the maids of honor are not there.The prince was very disappointed, so he groped again, wandering around in the palace, and finally found the princess's bedroom, and saw that she was sick, and there was a maid of honor in front of the bed.Excited, he rushed in desperately and greeted them loudly. The princess sat up when she heard the voice, she was both surprised and happy, only to hear the prince shout: "Oh! Princess, you make me think hard." "No, you're the one who really makes me want to suffer." "Princess, I am so depressed that your father treated me like that! Seriously, if it wasn't for you, I would have killed him as a warning to future generations. But for you, I respect him." "Why did you leave me behind? It's like years without you!" "Would you like to hear me explain?" "Go ahead. No matter what you order, I will obey you and never disobey you." "Then would you like to follow me to my hometown?" "Okay, I'm at your command." After hearing the princess's reply, the prince smiled and was ecstatic. He kept shaking her hand and made a vow.Then he took her up to the roof and onto the ebony horse.He let her ride in front of him, and then activated the button, and both of them flew into the sky.Seeing this, the maids ran into the palace in panic and reported to the king.The king and queen hurried out of the palace gate and looked up.Seeing the prince and princess flying at high altitude on ebony horses, they felt very frightened and begged loudly to the sky: "Prince! For Allah's sake, have pity on us! Please keep our daughter." The prince ran away with the princess. During the trip, he was afraid that the princess would regret it and would not leave her parents, so he asked, "You don't want to leave your parents, do you want me to take you home?" "My master. I swear to Allah, I only want to follow you and be with you forever." The prince was relieved to hear the princess' decisive answer.So he slowed down and moved forward slowly.They rested and ate on a green grassy field.The prince took great care of the princess.In order to avoid accidents, he tied the princess with a strap, and then continued to fly easily and happily. Back in the capital, the prince was full of joy.He deliberately showed his prestige in front of the princess, and let her know that his father was more authoritative and richer than her father, so he rode his horse and landed directly outside the city in the royal garden used by the king for recreation.He let the princess into the house, and said: "You rest here for the time being. I will go into the city to meet the king, prepare a palace for you, and then send someone to pick you up." The princess was very happy and said, "Okay, let's do as you want." The prince wanted her to enter the city in a majestic ceremony.He hurried into the palace to meet his father.When the king saw the prince, he was overjoyed and immediately got up to meet him.The prince said: "Father, I brought the princess I mentioned. She is in the imperial garden outside the city. Now I am here to ask you to prepare for the ceremony and go forward to meet her, so that she can see the princess of the father. Military prestige." "Excellent, we are ready to welcome her now." The king immediately ordered the people to clean the city walls, and ordered the ministers and officers and soldiers to dress up in bright armor and prepare to welcome the princess.The prince used decorations such as gold and jade, as well as various silks and satins, to decorate the palace for the princess to live in; he also chose girls of Indian, Greek, Ethiopian and other nationalities as the maids of honor.After everything was ready, he hurried out of the city to meet the princess in the imperial garden. When he arrived in the imperial garden, he walked into the room where the princess was resting, and saw that the princess had disappeared, and the ebony horse had also disappeared. He was taken aback, and in anxiety, he slapped himself on the cheek, tore off his clothes, and walked around the garden in a daze.After a while, he gradually came to his senses and thought, "She doesn't know the secret of the horse! Maybe the philosopher who made the horse accidentally saw her, and took her away with the horse for revenge." .” He found the gardener and asked, "Has anyone come into the garden?" "Nobody else," replied the gardener, "but the philosopher came to collect specimens in the garden." He listened to what the gardener said and confirmed his conjecture. Coincidentally, when the princess was resting in the garden, the philosopher who made the ebony horse happened to come to the imperial garden to collect specimens.He smelled the fragrant fragrance emanating from the princess, followed the fragrance, and found the ebony horse.He had been in agony and despair over the horse being driven away.At this time, he walked over and checked carefully, and found that the machine parts were complete and not damaged.He was about to escape on horseback, but he hesitated again, thinking: "I must see what the prince brought." So he left his horse, and went into the house, where he saw a beautiful girl sitting in all her splendor.As soon as he saw her, he knew that she was not an ordinary person, maybe she was brought by the prince to stay here for a while, and was going to take her into the city.So he had an idea, went up to the princess, knelt down and kissed the ground. Seeing his ugly face, the princess asked, "Who are you?" "I was sent by the prince to meet you and take you to another beautiful imperial garden." "Where is the prince? Where is he?" "He is in the presence of the king, and he will come to greet you shortly." "Hey! Doesn't the prince have any other messengers?" The philosopher laughed and said, "Princess, don't think I'm ugly. If you judge people by their appearance, it's a big mistake. If you understand me like the prince, you will definitely praise me. He specially sent me to pick me up. Yours. There is a special purpose here, even though he has thousands of servants and attendants in the palace, he will only send mine." He impressed the princess and made her believe it was true.She immediately got up, stretched out her hand to him, and asked, "Old man, how do we go?" "Oh! Of course we'll ride the ebony horse that brought you here. What's better?" "I can't drive it!" The philosopher smiled secretly, knowing that the trick had worked, he said, "Come on! I'll help you steer." So he got on the ebony horse, let the princess sit in the back, tied it up tightly with straps, stretched out his hand to release the button for raising the horse, and the horse The son rose up into the sky shaking. The princess was kept in the dark until she flew high into the sky and couldn't see the ground. She asked, "Hey! Where is the prince? Where is he?" "The prince is despicable, may Allah make him ugly." The philosopher suddenly cursed fiercely. "You damn slave! Do you dare to curse the master?" "Haha! Do you know who I am?" "I don't know anything about you except what you said to me." "I lied to you just now. I made this horse myself, but the crown prince took it away. For this horse, I was deceived, insulted, and remorseful. Now I finally got it back. I got you too, and I want to take revenge and let him taste the heartburn of being deceived. From now on, he will never want to get this horse again. You can enjoy it at ease! I will love you twice, of course Will treat you well." "My God, I abandoned my parents and lost my lover again!" The princess cried bitterly in grief. The philosopher drove the ebony horse and flew to Greece, and landed on a plain with verdant trees and interlaced rivers and canals. This place is not far from the city, and it happened that the king of Greece led his men and horses to hunt here that day.Seeing the philosopher, the princess, and the black horse, he sent his followers to arrest them.The philosopher and the princess were brought before the king together.Seeing that the philosopher was ugly and ugly, but the princess was extremely beautiful, the king asked, "Girl, what is your relationship with this old man?" "She is my wife!" The philosopher rushed to answer. The princess quickly shook her head in denial and said, "No, Your Majesty, I swear to Allah, he is not my husband. I don't know him at all. He tricked me to come here." After hearing what the princess said, the king ordered the philosopher to be tortured.The entourage beat him half to death.Afterwards the king ordered him to be taken to prison, to be imprisoned, and to bring the Ebony Horse back to the palace with the princess.He didn't know what the ebony horse was for, let alone drive it. After the princess disappeared, the prince was sad and determined to go out and look for it.So he put on his travel clothes, took the things he needed on the way, and set off on the journey.He traveled all the way, passing through many villages and towns, and every time he went to a place, he inquired about the news of the black horse. When people heard about Ebony Horse, they all felt fresh and strange, and no one believed him.After a long time, he worked tirelessly and traveled all over the world, but there was still no news of the princess.Later, he traveled to Sanai, looking for information, but there was still no news of her, but he heard that the king of Sanai was sad and depressed because of the princess's disappearance, and he was sad all day long. So he left Sanae again, and finally arrived in Greece. In an inn, he saw a group of merchants chatting together, and heard one of them say: "My friends, do you know a strange thing?" "What's the matter?" asked the others. "There is an anecdote in the capital, which is as follows: One day, the king led his troops to hunt in the city. In a place with lush trees, he found an ugly old man with a very beautiful and charming girl, and a delicate horse. , Strange ebony horse." "What about the king?" "It is said that the old man lied to the king and pretended to be the girl's husband, but the lie was exposed by the girl. As a result, he was beaten up and imprisoned. As for the whereabouts of the girl and the ebony horse, I don't know." Hearing this, the prince went over and asked the businessman for the king's name and the way to the capital. Then his mood suddenly became brighter, and the melancholy in his chest disappeared. That night, he had a good sleep peacefully. In the early morning of the next day, the prince embarked on a journey again, rushing to the capital.Walking all the way outside the city, when he was about to enter the city, the soldiers guarding the city stopped him and took him into the palace.It turns out that according to Greek practice, travelers must be interrogated and registered before they are allowed to stay in the city.When the prince arrived in the capital that day, it was getting late and the king had retired from the court, so he could not go through the residence procedures, so the soldiers guarding the city had to take him to the prison for a night.Seeing his handsome appearance, the jailer couldn't bear him to suffer, so he let him sit with them outside the prison gate and invited him to eat and drink.They chatted together after dinner. The jailers asked him, "Where do you come from?" "I come from Persia." Hearing that he was a Persian, the jailers began to discuss.One of them said: "Persian. I have heard many Persian legends and know many Persian customs and habits, but the old Persian in our prison is the most absurd and funny." Another said: "It's really rare to see such an ugly and vulgar person." "Why do you say that?" asked the prince. "He was caught when the king was hunting, and he pretended to be a philosopher and deceived people. He was with a beautiful young girl and an ebony horse. The beautiful girl was taken to the palace, and the king was very fond of him. She, unfortunately, she is crazy. The king asked a doctor to treat her, but it never cured. If the old Persian was really a philosopher, he would be able to cure the girl. Now, the ebony horse is still in the king's treasury, and the Persian old man But we sighed and cried all day long in prison, making us so noisy that we couldn’t sleep peacefully.” Of course the prince knew the reason for the philosopher's sorrow. He had an idea and had an idea.Then the guards were about to go to bed, so they sent him to the cell for the night, and then locked the prison door.When the prince came to the prison, he heard the philosopher sigh in Persian: "Oh! Damn me, cheating the crown prince and robbing the girl is really self-inflicted! I wanted to pursue her, but I couldn't achieve my goal. It's all my fault. I overestimated my strength and pursued things that didn't belong to me, and ended up like this .Alas! whoever is overreaching and greedy must be like me." Hearing the sage's groan, the prince asked beside him, "When are you going to stop mourning and crying? Do you think that you are the only one who has suffered such a tragic experience?" After hearing what the prince said, the philosopher thought that he was in the same condition as himself, so he confided his life experience and experience to him, trying to win the prince's sympathy. The next day, the soldiers guarding the city came to the prison to bring the prince to the king.After hearing the report from the soldiers, the king asked the prince, "Where do you come from? What is your name? What are you doing here? Why are you here?" "My name is Haltu, and I am a Persian. I am proficient in medicine and specialize in treating various difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Now I travel around the world and observe the customs and customs of various places to improve my knowledge. During my travels, where are there difficult patients? I treat patients." Hearing the prince's answer, the king was very happy and said, "My lord doctor! What a coincidence, we need you just now." Then the king told about the girl's illness, and finally said, "If you can cure Good girl, I can give you whatever you want." "Oh! Your Majesty. I will try my best to heal the sick. Please tell me, Your Majesty, how did she get sick? How was she, the philosopher, and the horse discovered?" The king narrated from the beginning to the end the process of discovering them that day. "What did His Majesty do with the horse they brought?" "I keep it intact in a palace." The prince thought to himself: "In this case, I must first take a look at the horse. If the horse is intact, then my business will be successful. If it is damaged, I will have to find another way to rescue the princess." The decision was made Then he said to the king: "Your Majesty, I plan to take a look at the horse mentioned just now. Maybe it has something to do with curing diseases." "Okay, welcome." The king agreed, got up immediately, and took the prince's hand to the place where the horse was hidden. The prince inspected it carefully and found that all parts of the horse were intact and undamaged, so he was very happy.He said to the king: "May Allah protect Your Majesty! Now I should go to see the girl and heal her. If Allah wills, maybe I can cure her disease in one fell swoop." He advised the king to take care of the horse, Then go with the king to the place where the princess recuperates. When he arrived indoors, the prince looked up and saw the princess was unkempt, making noise and talking nonsense.She was pretending to be crazy so as to protect herself from being hurt by the king.So the prince said to her softly: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't get in the way." When the princess recognized the prince clearly, she was overly surprised, screamed wildly, and passed out. The King thought she had fainted from fear of him, and withdrew at once.The prince took the opportunity to put his mouth close to the princess's ear, and whispered: "At this critical moment, you have to be patient and restrain your emotions. I have a way to deal with him and escape. I will tell him that you are possessed by a demon. Promise him to heal you and let him remove your shackles. When he comes in, you perfunctory him with smooth words and let him see that your disease has improved. In this way, I can carry out the escape plan smoothly .” "Okay! As ordered." The princess readily agreed. The prince walked out of the ward calmly and said to the king: "Your Majesty, thanks to you, I have already diagnosed and treated her, and it has been effective since the beginning. It can be regarded as saving your Majesty's life. Now please go in and have a look, comfort her, Let her be happy. Your Majesty's goal has been achieved, and I congratulate Your Majesty." As soon as the king entered the sickroom, the princess rose to meet him, knelt down and kissed the ground.The king was overjoyed, and ordered his servants to serve her well, accompany her to the bathhouse to bathe, burn incense, and prepare clothes and jewelry for her.The servants followed the order and went to serve her, dress her up, help her into the bathhouse to bathe and burn incense.一会儿，她又打扮得如同满月一般美丽可爱了。 宫娥彩女簇拥着她到国王面前，公主跪下去祝福国王。国王非常高兴，对太子说：“这全是你的功劳，是上帝让你用医药来恩赐我们的！” “陛下，要让她完全康复，不再发病，有一个彻底的办法。请陛下统率文武百官和部队，带着那匹乌木马，到那天陛下打猎碰到他们的地方。我将用法力在那儿收伏妖魔。这样，女郎将永不受妖魔缠绕了。” “好极了！就这么办吧。”国王立即发令，抬出乌木马，率领人马，开往郊外。 太子指挥人马列队站在一旁，让乌木马和公主站在国王视线可及的远处。然后，他对国王说：“陛下！请允许我焚香，念咒语，把妖魔收禁起来。你看见我跨上马儿，驮着这女郎，马儿像活了似的，向前行进，妖魔就被收禁了。待它行到御前，就算大功告成。” 国王非常信任太子，率领人马列好队，等着看他收妖。太子跨上乌木马，让公主骑在前面，用布带紧束起来，然后伸手开动升腾的按纽，马儿便升腾起来，越飞越高，扬长而去。 国王和部下一等再等，始终不见他们飞回，发觉上当，懊悔不迭，只得垂头丧气地带领人马回城，躲在宫中生闷气。 宰相和朝臣们相邀着进宫，安慰劝解他，说道：“那个抢夺姑娘的家伙，是个大魔法师。感谢上帝，他保佑你摆脱了魔法师的阴谋和危害。 太子带着公主，驾着乌木马，一直飞到波斯的那座宫殿里降落。他安置好公主，进宫晋见父王母后，报告了救回公主的经过。国王和王后听了非常高兴，立即吩咐置办筵席，替太子和公主举行婚礼。 国王欢宴臣民，城里整整热闹了一个月。 国王经历了这一切，为了避免再次发生灾祸，毁了乌木马。 婚后，太子生活快乐，他备了厚礼和书信给萨乃奥国王，报告了他和公主结婚的消息。 萨乃奥国王读了书信，知道公主安然无恙，终于放下了心。国王回赠了珍贵丰厚的礼物，托使臣带给太子。 此后，波斯与萨乃奥两国交往频繁，日益亲善。后来波斯国王驾崩，太子做了国王，秉公执正，锐意革新。国家一天天兴旺，他和妻子生活快乐幸福、长寿平安。