Chapter 86 One of the stories of the sugar rice table

As time goes by, Zubailu has been in power for two years. During this long period of time, she dealt with political affairs conscientiously during the day, taking care of all kinds of affairs; at night, she cultivated herself, ate fast and prayed, and sincerely worshiped Allah, hoping to meet Ali Sa.However, contrary to expectations, after two full years, not only was there no whereabouts of Ali Sa, but there was no news at all, so she was worried, depressed and restless all day long, and it was difficult to wait patiently any longer. Based on her previous experience, she knew that it was no use waiting for it to happen, so she felt the need to find another way.So she summoned the prime minister and ministers again and asked them to find a group of engineers and construction workers to open up a large square in front of the palace.The prime minister and ministers obeyed his orders, recruited craftsmen with trepidation, and personally urged the craftsmen to build a large building, and the square was soon built.King Zu Bailu visited the square in person, pointed to one end of the square, and said that a majestic and magnificent domed platform should be built there, and the imperial chairs and stools should be placed there for the king and his courtiers.

On the day when the building was completed, the king Zu Bailu ordered a rich banquet to be held in honor of civil and military officials. When everyone was satisfied and left the banquet, she announced to everyone: "From now on, I will hold a banquet here once a month to entertain the people and enjoy the joy of being with the people. I hope that you will prepare all kinds of rich food for me when the new moon is born every month, and arrange a rich meal. banquet, and then inform the people in the city that they are allowed to close their doors to rest for a day and come to the state banquet. If anyone dares to disobey the imperial decree, he will be hanged in front of the door.”

Since then, the order of King Zubailu has been carried on and formed a practice. According to their will, the officials in the court prepared all kinds of rich food in advance on the day of the rising of the new moon, and informed the residents of the city to come to the king's banquet.The common people closed their doors one after another, and happily went to the banquet in groups.At that time, King Zu Bailu sat on the chief seat of the ceremony and directed his ministers to entertain the people.The ministers treated the people well, let them sit around the table, and ordered: "Guests don't need to be formal, you can eat and drink freely. The more you eat and drink, the happier the king will be."

The common people gathered around the sumptuous and delicious meals, drinking and eating to their heart's content.They could not forget to sneak a glance at the king as they ate and drank.Each of the peepers felt the same way, and each said to himself, "Oh! the king is watching our every move." In this way, they were both happy and a little scared, and they just buried their heads in eating and drinking according to the orders of the officials.After drinking and eating, they prayed for the king's longevity, shouted long live, wished the king a long life, and then left happily.On the way back, people talked about the king's favor and continued to sing her praises, saying: "We have never met such a king who loves his people like a son."

After the banquet was over, King Zubailu returned to the palace contentedly. He was very satisfied with his arrangement and layout, and said to himself, "If Allah wishes, I can get news about Ali Sa from such an occasion." So she calmed down and waited for the good news with great concentration. Time passed by and it was time for another party. The ministers were earnestly carrying out the oracle, and before the new moon appeared, they prepared extremely rich food in advance, hoping to hold the banquet as scheduled and please the king.On the day when the new moon rose, the square was already filled with banquets.King Zu Bailu arrived as usual and sat at the head of the ceremony.While directing the ministers to warmly entertain guests from all directions, she secretly looked at and observed the speech and behavior of each visitor.After receiving the invitation, the common people in the whole city responded one after another, came together, and sat down around the table one by one in order of priority, and began to eat and drink.

Just as the people were eating and drinking with gusto, King Zubailu suddenly fixed his gaze on a person who had mixed into the crowd. She took a closer look and recognized him as the Christian Bersu who had kidnapped her by buying the curtains from Ali Sa.She immediately beamed with joy, and said to herself: "This is a good thing! My wish is finally coming true!" The Christian Bersu, who did all kinds of bad things, swindled and cheated everywhere, and finally met his own bad luck.It happened that he also mixed into the crowd to attend the banquet.Unexpectedly, King Zu Bailu recognized him at a glance.He has an ugly face, and he doesn't know that bad luck is coming, so he only eats and drinks greedily, wishing he could swallow the whole feast.He ate what was in his mouth and looked at what was on the table, his greedy face was fully exposed.There was a plate of sugar rice on the banquet, with white powdered sugar smeared on it, it must be sweet and delicious at a glance.Looking at the plate of sugar rice, Beiersu salivated greedily, wishing to swallow it in one gulp to be satisfied.Unfortunately, the plate of sugar rice was far away from him, so he couldn't reach it anyway.So he brazenly pushed the person at the same table away, stretched his arms, and moved the plate of sugar rice to himself, trying to monopolize it.His despicable behavior made the people at the same table very disgusted. They said:

"Why don't you eat what's in front of you? Aren't you ashamed to do it? What does it mean to reach for food in front of someone else? Don't you feel ashamed?" "I just like to eat this sweet food." Belsu said shamelessly about his hobby. "If you like to eat, eat all of it! I'm afraid it will kill you." "Let him eat! I'll be here if he has leftovers!" A big smoker at the same table muttered. "You obscene and shameless big smoker! Let me tell you, how are you worthy of eating this kind of food. This is the food bestowed by the king. You are not worthy of eating it. It is better to keep it and return it to the palace, so that it can be returned to its original owner."

Beiersu was not willing to listen, he reached out to grab a handful of sugar rice from the plate and ate it.After chewing for a while, he swallowed it whole. Then he stretched out his hand to grab the candy and ate it.At this moment, the king Zubailu pointed at him from a distance, and said to the attendant: "Go and catch that guy who robbed me of sugar and rice, and don't let him eat any more." Four guards in full body armor immediately ran in front of Bersu, knocked over the sugar rice in his hand, threw him to the ground, and dragged him to the stage with all their hands and feet.

Suddenly such a thing happened at the banquet, and people didn't know why, and immediately stopped eating and drinking, and started talking about it.Everyone stretched their necks to see clearly.Those who were at the same table with him knew more, so they commented: "I swear to Allah, he is too greedy and shameless, and he only wants to choose good things to enjoy, and he refuses to eat ordinary food." Another said: "I just have to drink some of the porridge in front of me." Then the big smoker also commented: "I was wholeheartedly waiting to eat the plate of sugar rice he left, but he took a bite and something happened. God bless, fortunately he didn't want me to eat, otherwise I would have the same He's just as unlucky."

The rest of the people also talked and said: "Let's stop talking about it and see how to deal with him." Belsu was escorted under the stage by the guards. King Zu Bailu glared at him fiercely, and shouted sharply, "Damn blue-eyed man! Who are you? What are you doing in my kingdom?" Because of the tangled head and the Arabian attire, Belsu refused to admit the truth, so he said nonsense: "My name is Ali, and I make a living by weaving. I came to this city to do business." King Zu Bailu didn't want to waste his time talking with him, so he just ordered the attendants on the left and right: "Give me the sand table and copper pen quickly."

The attendant obeyed the order and quickly brought a sand table and a copper pen.King Zu Bailu picked up the sand table and copper pen, and began to perform divination pretending to be a ghost.She drew a figure in the shape of a monkey on the sand table, then raised her head, looked at Belsu carefully, and then shouted sharply: "Dog! Do you dare to deceive the king? Aren't you a Christian? Don't you bark?" Beersu? What are you planning to do here? Now you’d better do it, or else, by the honor of Allah, I will kill you.” When the king said this, Bersu was stunned and speechless, embarrassed and embarrassed.The people present and the court ministers all admired the king's ability and praised in unison: "Your Majesty the King is so proficient in divination! Praise be to Allah! Her ability is truly incomparable!" "Bring me as soon as possible!" The king sternly shouted: "Otherwise I will kill you!" "Your Majesty! This servant is indeed a Christian. Your Majesty's divination is really accurate, but I beg your Majesty to forgive my sins." Bersu really pleaded guilty. After the truth came out, the ministers and guests present were more and more amazed at the king's ingenious calculations, and expressed their admiration: "Our king is actually an outstanding astrologer. A person like her is really unique today!" King Zubailu, with the determination to avenge his hatred and eradicate violence, resolutely sentenced Bersu to be stabbed to death with a knife. After peeling his skin, he filled it with straw, hung his body in front of the square gate, and ordered to dig a hole outside the city. Pit, throw his internal organs and carrion into the pit, burn it to ashes, and then bury it with feces and other dirty objects.The servants listened to the king's order, and replied in unison: "I understand, I obey your orders." So they obeyed the order, took Bersu away immediately, and carried out the task according to the king's order. Seeing Bersu's sad end, people were very surprised, and commented: "He deserves this retribution. It's really out of date to risk his life just to eat a bite of food!" Some people said: "I will never die again in my life." Don’t eat sugar rice.” Especially the big smoker exclaimed with great luck: “Praise be to Allah! Thanks to him fighting with me, I didn’t eat sugar rice, otherwise I would end up in the same fate as him. " Since then, people have regarded Tangfan as an unlucky symbol, and instead of being interested in it, people avoid it everywhere.