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Chapter 1 The Big Thief (5)

The musicians at the door blew the long horns, and a group of young women walked into the tent like butterflies, and gave the rich and fragrant milk tea. Ashi Choiyu poured the first cup with his own hands, left the table and held it in front of Xu Dayan.

Xu Dayan had already become familiar with the customs of the Turkic people at this moment. He took the milk tea and held a bearded Turkic general who was in his hands. The Turkic general was slightly stunned, and immediately smiled and held a tea bowl in his hands, and handed it to the Turkic civil servant who was in his hands.

Asana Choiyu was the clan of Shibi Khan, and was in charge of the army. In the Turks, it was only second to the prime minister. The generals under his command could enter the tent and sit with him and eat together, and at least a profession like a tutou. Today, they were arranged to sit under the head of two unfamous Han boys. Everyone was unwilling to accept it. At this time, seeing Xu Dayan was so skillful about the Turkic etiquette, the grudge in his belly suddenly became smaller.

After a round of milk tea, the atmosphere between the guests and the host became much more harmonious. The housekeeper who was responsible for arranging the banquet ran away. After a while, he brought dozens of female slaves to the tent and arranged fruits and vegetables for each short table. What are the grapes from the Western Regions, the autumn pears from the Central Plains, the grass chestnuts from Liaodong, and the large peaches from the Goryeo tribute, one by one, one plate by one, and one plate by one, which made Li Xu dazzled. Some fruits could not be named at all, but Ashina Choiyu picked up and persuaded him, so he picked them up and ate them. Sour, sweet, fragrant, crispy, and had a lot of fun.

Xu Dayan's eating habits is much more elegant than Li Xu's. Almost every fruit is tasted casually. Occasionally, I would like to comment a few times, praising the taste and the purity of the origin, and I heard it that the host and the accompanying guests were proud.

"Xu Xianzhe used troops like a god. He must be a descendant of the Sui general. I don't know which hero the wise man has to be." Sitting in the third place in the left head, a general wearing gold-hot leather armor stood up and asked in a low voice.

Xu Dayan turned around and vaguely remembered that the man was named Bi Lian, a leader of the army. He sat upright and replied seriously, "I am not behind the general, but I have only read a few military books! Following the random gestures, who expected that he would win the bet once. That is, because the situation was forced to do it. Now that I think about the situation at that time, I am a little scared!"

"Xu Xianzhe is modest. If you are playing randomly, we are all blind people riding blind horses!" Little Burkebi sat cross-legged and said with a smile.

From the appearance of the two, the officials have seen that Li Xu must have been from a poor family. He thought that Xu Xianzhe, who was calm in behavior, was a descendant of the Sui Dynasty, so he was so proud of him. Unexpectedly, this person was also a grass-roots man, and his expressions on his face immediately became rebellious again. Occasionally, he raised tea to respect each other and stopped standing up.

"They originally said that heroes don't ask about their origins. Lord Fuli shot my eagle with an arrow at that time. Xu Xianzhe made a clever trick to break the five thousand elite soldiers of Suotou Xi. At his age, we are still riding a horse to chase rabbits to play with?" Asina Yu saw that his subordinates gradually began to indulge, coughed and introduced with a smile.

When the Turkic officials saw their superiors talking like this, they immediately regained their enthusiasm. Someone asked about the war between Sotoxi and Zhushi coalition forces, and some asked about the legend of the blessing of the holy wolf. Xu Dayan talked and laughed, and answered the questions one by one. When it comes to the scene of warriors fighting between the two armies and flesh flying, he said it in detail, and wanted to describe each movement clearly to everyone. When talking about how to use troops and how to predict the enemy, he was dizzy, as if he had never participated in the decision-making.

Several generals under Que Yu's command were all people who had experienced the battle formation. When they heard it, they knew that Xu Dayan's words were not true. As a result, everyone did not expose them. They followed the civil officials who did not understand the battle formation to applaud. Li Xu was stupid and clumsy, and knew that telling stories was not as exciting as Xu Dayan, so he didn't interrupt and kept silence.

After killing two large bunches of grapes and several peaches that were born against the season, a female slave held a silver cup plate. Each one was finely crafted and exquisitely patterned, which made Li Xu's eyes shine. Xu Dayan also stopped bragging, picked up a silver meat cutting knife, and carefully verified its origin and quality.

This is his family knowledge. Although the Turkic nobles knew the exquisiteness and value of silverware, they could not think of how much particular it was. When they heard the difference in the quality of Persian silver and Eastern Japanese silver, the use of the silver and the caves of the South China Sea were similar and different, and they also mentioned the Persian king's Western Expedition, just to steal a few silversmiths to go home. The Tocharians saved silver for their lifetime to get enough for their daughter's headdresses and other strange stories. They could only smile and consciously gain insight.

Amidst the laughter, several strong men carried the dishes from the dinner. The food on the grassland was mainly meat. Although Ashina Keyu had a noble status, the dishes for the guests were just whole sheep, whole fish, deer fetus, and camels. However, these four ingredients were divided into five and six methods of cooking, and seven or eight parts were cut, and the patterns they made were not counted clearly.

Asana Choiyu picked up the first bowl of wine to welcome the guests. The sound of silk and bamboo was heard in the big tent. Two teams of beautiful singers walked forward and sang loudly in the wine bowl.

Li Xu picked up the copper bowl, pursed it while observing the people in the tent. From the beginning to now, Ashina Choiyu didn't ask a word about why the two left Su Chuo's tribe. Obviously he was very confident about the effect of the series plan. Big Meilu Peili Gulu was full of kindness, but he always pulled to the silver wolf when he spoke, probably because he wanted to find out why Gan Luo was not by his side, whether he stayed in Su Chuo's tribe or released him in the wild. Little Bokebilian was very dissatisfied with Xu Dayan, and seemed dissatisfied, but Yu used such a feast to entertain two low-ranking guests. Youtu Kesi Lili was a delicate person, and the most asked questions were the number of cattle and sheep in Su Chuo, Shetuo and other departments, the distribution of grasslands and water sources. Zuotuo Basihala was an old fox, and he didn't speak much, but every sentence fell at the key point, making Xu Dayan's tribe very difficult to avoid.

Li Xu didn't care much about whether these people liked or disliked him. But Ashina's enthusiasm was really unbearable. The first time he called himself brothers enthusiastically, he plotted the entire Su Chuo tribe into it. Today he welcomed guests with such solemn etiquette, and if he didn't do it well, he would do something else.

After thinking about it, Li Xu didn't find anything else to be plotted against. The few gems and jades in his bag were considered valuable in his eyes, which made Xu Dayan seem to be a little money. In the eyes of Turkic royals like Ashina, it is probably not worth seeing. The rest is a horse and a bow. If Ke Yu turned against him and wanted to hold the bow down, Li Xu knew that he had no choice.

While they were thinking about it, the singing had ended. Everyone drank the wine in the bowl and sat back to their original positions one after another. Asano Choi clapped his hands again, and the singers squatted to salute the guests, then relaxed their sleeves and jumped up gracefully.

Compared with the singing and dancing of the sects of the Turks, the dance postures of the Turks are more complex and changeable. The intense part is like a goshawl in the air, and the gentle part is like a Xizi building. The dance skirts on each woman are made of Su Shi, which are not covered with elbows or knees. They just use silver rings to hoop on their hands and ankles, and hang two bright veils on their arms and legs as if they are close to each other. This adds to the temptation of the dance posture. Even people like Li Xu, who have been influenced by Tao Kuo's silk-detached dance posture, feel their blood rush after seeing it.

"You two, go and pour wine and cut meat for the guests!" After the song ended, Asano Choiyu pointed to the two singers leading the dance and ordered loudly.

The two singers bowed and drifted to Li Xu and Xu's big eyes like smoke. More than 30 other singers chuckled, and the petals scattered to the officials and generals like petals.

"They are my two favorite concubines, one is Luzhu and the other is Yanluo. I hope I won't defile the eyes of the distinguished guest!" Ashina Choiyu looked at Li Xu and Xu's big eyes with awkward expression and said politely.

Xu and Li quickly moved aside and invited two women to take their seats. The Turks had the custom of asking their wives or favored concubines to accompany guests to drink, but guests must not exceed the courtesy, otherwise there would be a risk of being beaten out of the house by their master.

The two women picked up the wine bowls that the guest placed on the small table and poured them all over. They gently held the bottom of the bowl with ten fingers and raised them high between their eyebrows. Xu and Li looked increasingly embarrassed. After taking the wine bowl, they opened their mouths and poured them into their throats. Half of the wine bowl went into their stomachs, but most of them spilled onto their clothes.

"There is no fear among the ten thousand horses in the army, but why are you scared by two women who can't hold up the knife!" Damei Lu Pei Li laughed and asked loudly.

The men and women in the audience laughed. Everyone was unruly and used to playing together. Even if they occasionally lost their morals after drinking, no one delved into it. For the first time, someone saw someone who was so scared by two singers that he had spilled half a bowl of wine. He was more interested than seeing some five-legged cattle and sheep.

Li Xu's face turned red again, and he didn't know what to say to answer. Xu Dayan was choked by the wine and coughed, and replied: "You have never heard of it. Is there a knife on the head of the word "Se"? Among the two armies, there is still a place to avoid the sword and arrow. The woman's eyes were killing without a trace!"

Everyone laughed again, saying that Xu Xianzhe had answered cleverly. The women took the opportunity to pour wine frequently, and soon they picked everyone's fun.

"In this season, the two heroes go south together. Could it be that there is something urgent at home to rush to do?" After drinking for a few more rounds of wine, Little Burke Bilian asked with a wine bowl.

"I have been away from home for too long, and I suddenly want to go back and take a look!" Li Xu gave Ashina Choiyu a meaningful glance and replied with a smile.

Xu Dayan was already drunk by the singer named Luzhu. He could no longer hold the knife, and his head was tilted to his knees again and again. At this moment, no matter what the Turkic people did, Li Xu had to deal with it alone.

"I can't be rushing back to serve the country!" Asina Choiyu put down the wine bowl in his hand and asked with a smile.

"Salary for the country?" Li Xu was asked for some clues. Why did he leave Su Chuo's tribe? Asano Choiyu should know better than everyone here. He deliberately pretended to be confused, was he taking into account the face of the guests or other bad intentions?
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