"Chief!" A Turkic woman in the team shouted in Turkic language. She ran to the front and grabbed the leader's horse. "That's our chief, the chief of the Aji tribe! Quick, tell everyone to stop!"
The story of the Aji people has long spread across the grassland.
A man from the Tang Dynasty became the patriarch to save the Aji tribe, changing the pattern of the grassland tribes, indirectly ending the year-long war, and allowing countless displaced grassland herdsmen to reunite with their families. And he has a romantic love story with the most beautiful princess of the Aji tribe.
Many people thought this was just a legend, but when the Turkic leader saw the patriarch's token in the man's hand, he reacted in confusion.
"Stop it all!"
The Turkic leader suddenly shouted.
With the leader's words, the chaos in the rear gradually subsided.
Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know why these Turks suddenly became behaving. He quickly ran to the front and wanted to explain to the Turk leader.
Halfway through the run, Jiang Yu's heart suddenly sank when she saw Bai Song appear.
This Bai Song, in Jiang Yu's heart, is the holy envoy of the Holy Lotus Sect. It is not a good thing for him to come into contact with the Turks.
But before Jiang Yu could step forward, she saw the Turkic leader dismounting his horse and kneeling on one knee in front of Bai Song to show his submission.
Jiang Yu's feet went weak and she almost fell. She thought she had seen it wrong and rubbed her eyes.
The next second, the entire Turkic team knelt down towards Bai Song. There were thousands of people in the team, and the scene could not be more spectacular.
The officials were all dumbfounded and didn't know what was going on.
But in any case, the Turks are honest, and they don't need to continue to be beaten.
This is also a great thing.
Bai Song witnessed everything that happened before and saw that there were many people at the door. It was not the time to speak. After asking everyone to stand up, he told the leader: "There are troublemakers in the Tang Dynasty. They don't want to see the Turks and the Tang Dynasty reconcile and act wantonly in the city." To stir up trouble, someone was killed earlier, and someone must have deliberately caused trouble. You can appease the clan members for the time being, stay in the city first, and then come to Donglai Restaurant to find me. Remember, don’t expose my identity."
After saying that, Bai Song handed the other party a piece of paper with an address on it. Before the people and officials around him could react, he turned around and disappeared into the crowd.
…
Because of Bai Song's appearance, the chaos in the north of the city quickly subsided.
The Turks changed from their normal behavior and did not delve into the matter of the murder of their tribesmen. Instead, they gave the government a sufficient period of time to track down the murderer.
For this reason, Jiang Yu felt grateful in her heart. It was rare for a Turkic person to be so reasonable.
However, there is no conclusion yet as to why the Turks knelt down towards the Bai Song Dynasty.
Moreover, the scene lasted only a moment, and many people who witnessed it were not sure whether it was Bai Song who was kneeling down, or for some other reason?
After a long time, even Jiang Yu himself doubted whether he had seen it wrong.
In the following time, Jiang Yu was busy arranging accommodation for these thousand Turks.
In order to appease these grassland herdsmen, as long as they did not cause trouble in the city, the court would try its best to meet their needs and everything would be at their convenience.
A separate area was even set aside for the Turks to live, and even the rent was borne by the court in advance.
The Turks entered the city, causing people in the county to panic. Fortunately, there was a lantern festival today, which distracted many people's attention.
…
On the eve of dusk, the colored lanterns of every household in the city have been gradually lit. The colorful lights everywhere in the city seem to compete with the sun and the moon. The small ancient city instantly shows its prosperity and charm.
This is a different style from the grassland. The herders who first entered the Tang Dynasty traveled in the city in groups of two and a half, and it was not out of the ordinary to blend in with the crowd.
The herdsmen saw the colorful lanterns and fantasized about the beautiful scenery of the lights and the stars and the moon when it gets dark.
Although there were many disturbances when entering the city, the lanterns left a good impression on them.
Donglai Restaurant has also put up lanterns, the poultry butchers next door are no longer available, and the Chen family’s bookstore has also closed its shop.
The restaurant has returned to its former prosperous scene, and the sound of cheers from people listening to books in the hall has become the main theme of Xiangyang Street again.
In front of the second floor window, the banquet has been prepared.
Two men and one woman dressed as herdsmen entered the restaurant, and Bai Song hurriedly winked at the new guy beside him.
The waiter hurriedly went downstairs and greeted the three guests to come up.
Bai Song learned bulk Turkic language and could only speak some simple words. When meeting, he said: "Welcome."
The girl who followed wanted to kneel down in excitement.
Bai Song hurriedly went to help him and said, "What are you doing?"
"Clan leader, do you still remember your servant?"
Bai Song took a closer look and found that it looked familiar. After thinking about it, his heart felt warm.
Isn't this one of the three little girls who arranged for him to serve personally in Baduo?
"You...you are not..."
"Clan leader, I learned Chinese from Patriarch Baduo, but I don't speak it well..."
Bai Song was greatly surprised and hurriedly invited the three of them to sit down at the prepared banquet.
"This is my own shop, you're welcome, just eat."
"Thank you, Chief Aji."
The two men were not polite and started eating after sitting down.
But the girl was concerned about Bai Song. Instead of sitting alone, she sat next to Bai Song. She didn't care that there were other guests around. She held Bai Song's arm and pressed it against Bai Song's face, making Bai Song not even think about it. Sorry.
The Turkic girl was still the same, enthusiastic and informal. Bai Song quickly found a topic and asked: "Now that I can speak Chinese, I still don't know what your name is."
"My maid's name is Ajinuba, and the patriarch's name is my maid Anu."
"Anu...then these two."
The Turkic leader wiped the oil on his face and said vaguely: "Sunong Yigu, he is Sunong Yichi."
"You are not a tribe? How did you get together?"
Anu explained on the side: "After Jieli Khan surrendered, the Tang army disrupted the manpower of each tribe, and the maidservants were also separated from the Aduo tribe leader. There are people from more than a dozen tribes in our team. They obey the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I heard that it would be more stable to live in Datang."
"How is Badu now?"
"Chief Baduo is a very good person. He has a high reputation among the Turkic tribes. He also made great contributions to pacifying the Jieli tribe. All tribes are very kind to him. The generals of the Tang Dynasty are also very grateful to him. But chief Baduo is very good. If we continue to garrison the grassland, we may not come to Datang for a short time."
Bai Song felt much more at ease when he heard that Baduo was fine.
Bai Song didn't say anything, but Anu happily kissed Bai Song, clinging to Bai Song like a kitten, and said longingly: "If Chief Baduo knew that Anu had found Chief Bai, he would definitely be very happy. Anu will follow from now on..."
"Well...I'm afraid this is temporary..."
Bai Song was a little scared. This Turkic woman was so enthusiastic. Wouldn't she explode when she got home?
"Clan Chief Bai, don't you like... I learned Chinese just to meet Chief Bai..."
"No, the situation now is very complicated, you must follow the arrangements."
"Okay, I will just listen to the clan leader."
Bai Song was talking to Anu, and the two men at the same table didn't care at all. They were eating the food and wine wholeheartedly. In just a short time, six dishes and one soup were completely wiped out on the table.
Bai Song looked at it and hurriedly called for the food to be served downstairs. He didn't care what the food was, just bring it up.
Next, Bai Song watched the two Sunong brothers eat until dusk came and the sky became dark.
There were more than twenty empty plates on the table, and the two of them leaned against the window with satisfaction, patted their foreheads and rolled their eyes and said: "The leader of the Aji clan is a good man. From now on, he will be the elder brother of our brothers. If you have anything to do, just ask me." .”
"The main reason I want you to come here is to tell you one thing. Do not make trouble in the city. If you encounter something that cannot be solved, just come to me. What happened when you entered the city is to remind you that there is also rebellion in the Tang Dynasty. The forces will do anything to provoke a struggle between the Turks and the Tang Dynasty."
Yigu frowned, remembering that a clan member was killed, and felt a little annoyed: "Originally! No one would believe this, but when it comes from the mouth of the Aji clan leader, our brothers from the Sunong clan will never believe it. There will be the slightest suspicion. Patriarch, don’t worry, as long as you are here to help, the more than a thousand of us will have a backbone, and we won’t think about returning to the grassland."
The younger brother on the side answered: "Yes, from now on we will all obey the instructions of the clan leader. As long as the Han people do not bully us, we will not go out to cause trouble."
After appeasing the Turks, Bai Song felt relieved.
Looking at the sky, it was time to go to the flower boat for the banquet, so he said goodbye to the three of them and asked them to visit tonight's lantern festival on their own. He had to go first.
