As soon as Liu Ruolan finished speaking, the Turkic man suddenly turned his horse's head and galloped towards them. He drove his horse to the front, threw away the horse pole in his hand, dismounted, and ran towards them excitedly. Song Jingang took a look and saw that the person coming was indeed Liu Wuzhou. He was dressed like a Turk, with his hair disheveled, a dirty sheepskin cloak, and a hemp rope tied around his waist. Song Jingang hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, knelt down and saluted, "Weak minister Song Jingang pays homage to the Emperor!"
Liu Wuzhou quickly pulled him up and said with a smile: "King Song, that's great, I finally have you here." Liu Ruolan also stepped forward to meet his brother. After saluting, she frowned and said, "Brother, why are you dressed like this?" Liu Wuzhou smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "When you are in the country, do as the Romans do."
Song Jingang glanced in the direction of the pasture and said, "Your Majesty, why do you raise horses?" Liu Wuzhou sighed and said, "When you arrive in the territory of the Turks, you become their slaves. How can you do it without raising horses? "At this time, the people who raised horses with Liu Wuzhou also rushed over. They were all Liu Wuzhou's personal soldiers. When everyone met, they asked questions and sighed. Finally, Liu Wuzhou said: "Okay, don't sigh in this wilderness, I will take you to the station."
As everyone was about to mount their horses, they suddenly saw a group of cavalry galloping in front of them, numbering about a hundred. This cavalry team looks very simple. The soldiers are all excellent horses. An ordinary war horse is considered a good horse if it is five feet three inches tall at the withers, but the horses these soldiers ride are all over five feet seven inches tall at the withers, and each horse has a pure and bright coat. A huge "wolf's head banner" fluttered in the wind in the cavalry formation. When Liu Wu saw him on Monday, he changed his face in shock and shouted, "No, it's Shibi's guards."
The cavalry team was as fast as a meteor and arrived in the blink of an eye. There was a person sitting on a tall horse at the front. This man has a slender figure, a suit of silver-white armor, a long and narrow face, thick black eyebrows, sharp eyes like an eagle, a high nose bridge, a slightly protruding muzzle, and a short mustache under his chin. This man was the first Turkic Khan.
Liu Wuzhou quickly stepped forward, knelt down in front of the horse and saluted: "Your Majesty Liu Wuzhou pays homage to the Khan." Shibi Khan looked very arrogant, sitting calmly on the horse with no expression on his face and not even nodding his head. His gaze crossed Liu Wuzhou and swept towards the faces of the people behind him. When he saw Liu Ruolan, he saw her beautiful face, raven hair, skin as bright as snow, and graceful figure. She was charming everywhere in her body. The arrogant look on her face was instantly wiped away, and her tense face suddenly changed. Gotta be nice. He turned over and dismounted, pulled Liu Wuzhou up, and said with a smile: "Dingyang Khan, there is no need to be so polite. Come, introduce your guest to me."
Liu Wuzhou turned around and pointed at Song Jingang and said, "This is my brother-in-law, King Song Jingang." Then he pointed at Liu Ruolan and said, "This is my sister-in-law Liu Ruolan." Song Jingang quickly saluted and said, "I pay my respects to the Khan." Liu Ruolan also wished Shi Bi a long blessing.
Shibi said with a smile on his face: "Thank you for your hard work, guests, who have come all the way. Now that you have come to the grassland, this is your home. If you need anything, just say it and don't be polite."
"Thank you Khan." Song Jingang thanked him quickly.
After that, he turned around and faced Liu Wuzhou and said: "Dingyang Khan, please take good care of the guests for me. If you have any questions, you can come to me. ... I have official duties, so I will go ahead." After that, he used He glanced at Liu Ruolan with a meaningful look, turned around, walked to the horse, stepped on the horse, turned the horse's head, and roared away with the waiting guards.
Liu Wuzhou fled to the Turks with dozens of soldiers. There were more than a dozen felt tents in his camp. He gave half of it to his sister and brother-in-law to let them settle down temporarily.
In the evening, Liu Wuzhou asked Song Jingang to come to his felt tent. Song Jingang walked into the tent and took a look. He saw a low table in the center of the tent with a large plate of mutton placed on it. There were wooden pillars covered with wool felt on each side of the low table.
Liu Wuzhou placed two coarse porcelain bowls on the table, smiled and asked him to sit down, then picked up an old copper pot and said, "I don't have any wine here, so let's have milk tea instead of a bar." Song Jingang was opposite. After sitting down, Liu Wuzhou poured milk tea into his bowl and said, "How is it? Is the journey going smoothly?" Song Jinjiang nodded: "It's not bad."
The two clinked glasses with each other and took a sip. Song Jinjiang put down the bowl and said, "Your Majesty, are you still used to living here?" Liu Wuzhou smiled and said, "So what if you're not used to it? Now that you're here, Then it's safe." He picked up the bowl and took another sip, wiped his mouth and said: "I came to the Turks, firstly, to temporarily avoid the Tang army's attack, and secondly, to ask the Turks to send troops to help us regain our lost territory."
Song Jingang stared at the other party and said: "How about it, have the Turks agreed?" Liu Wuzhou shook his head and said: "I have approached Shibi several times, but he grunted and made all kinds of detours with me, but refused to give me anything. A pleasant word." After a pause, he sighed, "I finally understand that the Turks are simply unwilling to send troops."
"What should we do?"
"Let's stay here for a while and see what happens." Liu Wuzhou said, "If it doesn't work out, we'll go back to the Central Plains. I don't believe it. If we join forces, we can't conquer a piece of territory."
Song Jingang listened and said nothing. Liu Wu waved his hands on Monday and said: "Forget it, don't talk about these troublesome things. Come, let's have a good meal of mutton today..."
A few days later, a group of Turks, about forty or fifty people, came to the camp. In addition to riding horses, the Turks also arrived in a luxurious carriage. The leader was Ye Hu, a high-ranking Turkic official whose status was second only to the Great and Little Khans.
Liu Wuzhou greeted him, and the Ye Hu said bluntly: "Liu Wuzhou, the Khan wants to see your sister, please ask her to come with us to the dental tent." Upon hearing this, Song Jingang, who was following Liu Wuzhou, changed his face. Nervously: "Khan wants to see my wife? Why?" Ye Hu shook his head expressionlessly and said, "I don't know, Khan only asked us to take the person back."
Liu Wuzhou said with a smile: "Master Ye Hu, my sister has been tired all the way and hasn't had a good rest yet. Do you think it can be postponed for a few days before going?"
"No, Khan will see her soon. We have brought a carriage and we will not make your sister tired."
"No, my wife can't go!" Song Jingang couldn't help shouting.
When Ye Hu heard this, he glared and said, "What, you want to disobey the Khan's order?" The Turkic warriors following Ye Hu immediately showed their long swords, and the bright sharp blades threatened the Han people present. Liu Wuzhou turned to Song Jingang and said: "King Song, you have to calm down..." But how could Song Jingang calm down? He yelled: "No, I will never let them take Ruolan away!"
"Please put the knife away!" As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Ruolan walked out of the tent. She walked up to Ye Hu calmly: "Is it Khan Shibi who wants to see me?"
Ye Hu nodded and pointed to the carriageway with his hand: "Miss Liu, please." When Song Jinjiang saw Liu Ruolan walking towards the carriage, he couldn't help shouting: "Madam--!" Liu Ruolan stopped and turned around to look at him Relatives said with a smile: "Husband, brother, it doesn't matter, Ruolan will come back as soon as she goes..."
Yazhang was not too far from the camp, and the carriage arrived in just one stick of incense. The so-called tooth tent is the residence of the Turkic Khan. It is composed of hundreds of felt tents. The largest tent has a wooden pillar five inches in diameter and about two feet high that protrudes from the highest point of the dome. With gold powder, this felt tent is called the "Golden Tent". The Golden Tent was the place where the Khan convened princes and ministers to discuss military and state affairs. Surrounding the golden tent, there are countless tents and yurts of different sizes.
Liu Ruolan was taken into a large felt tent, and after a while, Shibi walked in. Liu Ruolan discovered that the Turkic people all have similar looks. Their kiss bones are very prominent and their lips often cannot cover their teeth. This may have a lot to do with the fact that they are descendants of wolves. Shibi made a gesture and said: "Miss Liu, please sit down."
Liu Ruolan glanced at the seat next to her that was covered with black wolf skin and said, "No need, Khan, please tell me if you have anything to say."
"Then I will speak frankly," Shibi said, "Miss Liu, I am impressed by your appearance, and I want to canonize you as Ketun."
The so-called Ketun is the official wife of the Turkic Khan, equivalent to the Yan family of the Huns, and also equivalent to the queen of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Although he had a premonition, Liu Ruolan was still surprised by Shibi's shamelessness. She was silent for a moment and said: "Khan, you may be mistaken. This little girl already has a husband." Shibi smiled and said: "I know that your man is Song Jingang, but he has failed and lost I am no longer worthy of being your man. For a beautiful woman like Miss Liu, the man next to her should be the most powerful and powerful person in the world. Miss Liu has become the Turkic kedun, that is, the mistress of the grassland... …”
Liu Ruolan interrupted him: "Khan, I am a Han woman. We Han people have a saying that a strong horse will not serve two masters, and a good girl will not marry two husbands. A woman will serve her husband, and there is no ceremony for remarriage. Therefore, Khan's words , the little girl will never obey her orders!"
"But this is a Turk," Shibi said arrogantly, "We Turks, when the father and brother die, the children can marry their mothers and sisters-in-law. It is normal for a woman to remarry."
"Rong Di is ignorant and far from being civilized. He wears a crown just like a monkey and makes people laugh!" Liu Ruolan did not hesitate to say words to anger her. She would rather be killed than humiliated.
Shibi sneered and said: "Miss Liu, you should know that the Turks are unprecedentedly powerful. In addition to your brother, Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Li Gui, Xue Ju and others have all submitted to this Khan. This Khan is not only the master of the grassland, He is also the master of the world. No one in the world can do what I want to do! Miss Liu, I will give you two days, and you must give a reply after two days!" After saying this, he turned and walked out.
After Liu Ruolan was taken away by the Turks, she never came back. Song Jingang was so anxious that he couldn't sleep all night. The next morning, he gathered his dozens of men, armed with weapons, mounted their horses, and went to the tent to take back Liu Ruolan. When they left the camp noisily, they met Liu Wuzhou not far away.
