Chapter 379 Fart! This is a symbol of power!
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The feud between Lijiatun and the Mohe barbarians began after Li Shiyue and his group settled in Lijiatun.
After Li Shiyue led her men to follow Liu Tan and his group and drove off the Mohe barbarians, the Mohe barbarians still managed to sneak into Lijiatun twice more in the next five years.
However, the watchtower that Li Shiyue had built on Daheishan Mountain played a significant role.
The two groups that sneaked in were only about twenty barbarians in total. Before they could even enter the village, Li Shiyue and his men ambushed them on the mountain and killed them all.
They chopped them off one by one, each worth five taels of silver!
Presumably because two groups of people were sent over but failed to return, the Mohe barbarians stopped sending anyone over after that.
Later, with the opening of the trade market, the trade route to Lijiatun was basically monopolized by the Turks, and no one from the Mohe barbarians dared to come anymore.
However, Li Shiyue and his group still harbored considerable resentment towards the Mohe barbarians.
Therefore, after seeing the two men dressed as Mohe, Li Shiyue immediately went to find She'er, wanting to find out what was going on between them from She'er.
After learning from She'er that the two Mohe barbarians were actually from the Heishui Mohe, and that they were cousins of the sixth prince of the Turks, they had come to congratulate the new Khan on behalf of the Heishui Mohe.
Before Li Shiyue and Zhou Yiran could explain the grievances between their Lijiatun and the Mohe barbarians, a grand banquet began in the golden tent of the Turkic royal court.
Still wearing that turtle-green robe, Li Shiyue and Zhou Yiran presented congratulatory gifts to the new Khan on behalf of Liu Tan at the banquet.
The gifts that Liu Tan asked the two of them to present to the new Khan were, to put it mildly, valuable;
But if you really want to know whether it's worth money or not?
Actually, it's not that valuable.
Because this gift actually contained four characters written by Liu Tan himself: "Heaven-favored Khanate!"
It means "Heaven has favored and granted the Khanate," which can be considered a positive recognition of the third prince as the new Khan.
Ultimately, it was more symbolic than practically valuable, but the new Khan was naturally pleased with it.
At least in Li Shiyue's view, the third prince seemed to be very happy at the banquet.
The new Khan's Chinese wasn't as fluent as She'er's, but the Han official who had previously interacted with Zhou Yiran stood up and translated the new Khan's words for the two of them.
It was nothing more than polite words like being happy to receive the gift and hoping to continue the friendly relations with Anton in the future.
After Li Shiyue and Zhou Yiran sat down, it was the turn of the other tribes on the grassland to present their congratulatory gifts to the new Khan.
Li Shiyue watched as the two Mohe barbarians walked up behind the others, speaking in a language that Li Shiyue and the others couldn't understand, and finally presented a scimitar inlaid with gemstones.
Perhaps Li Shiyue's gaze was too aggressive, because the two Mohe barbarians also looked at Li Shiyue.
Li Shiyue didn't understand the barbarian language, nor did she want to say anything to them. She simply raised an eyebrow at the two barbarians, the provocation in her eyes already quite obvious.
One of the two Mohe barbarians was clearly hot-tempered and impatient. Seeing that Li Shiyue, a young girl, dared to disregard them so much, he immediately slammed his hand on the table, ready to cause trouble.
However, just as this barbarian was about to slap someone, he was stopped by the older-looking barbarian with a full beard.
The two whispered something to each other, their heads huddled together, and eventually the barbarian sat down quietly.
The ensuing banquet featured hearty eating and drinking, with scantily clad female slaves dancing in the center of the tent to entertain the guests.
Li Shiyue ate meat and drank wine listlessly. The dancer in the center of the tent had a graceful dance, but she didn't look at the dancer. Instead, she looked through the dancer at the two Mohe barbarians diagonally opposite.
As for what she was really thinking?
Only she herself knows the answer.
I thought the banquet would just continue with eating and drinking tonight, but then someone from some unknown tribe across from us suddenly stood up and started talking to the new Khan sitting at the head of the table.
Then all the barbarians in the arena started yelling "Awooo!"
Zhou Yiran, who could understand a little bit of the barbarian language, frowned at this moment. He leaned down and whispered to Li Shiyue beside him, "That person said there's nothing fun at this banquet, so why not wrestle instead?"
"Hehe, that's great."
"Zhou Canjun, you'd better hurry up and agree too, don't leave us behind. I've been looking forward to a chance to test my skills against them."
The new Khan was outwardly very considerate; he even had the Han official translate the tribe's proposal into Chinese for Zhou Yiran and Li Shiyue.
Zhou Yiran didn't speak, but instead looked at Li Shiyue who was standing to the side.
Civil officials have their duties, and military officials naturally have theirs.
Upon receiving a look from Zhou Yiran, Li Shiyue immediately slammed her hand on the table in front of her without hesitation, "Haha, that's great!"
The night is long and there's no prize to be won; how can this game continue?
"Your Majesty, how about I use this scimitar as the prize?"
Li Shiyue swiftly grabbed the curved sword he had taken from his waist after sitting down and slammed it onto the table!
This is a beautifully decorated crescent-shaped scimitar, with its scabbard inlaid with colorful gems, far more exquisite than the gift that the Blackwater Mohe had given to the new Khan.
The faces of the barbarians present changed when they saw the curved sword that Li Shiyue had slammed onto the table!
Some of the smart and sharp-eyed barbarians immediately recognized that this scimitar was the very one that the old Khan wore when he was still alive!
Yes, that's the one!
This scimitar and longbow were spoils of war that Li Shiyue obtained from the Old Khan after he defeated the Eighth Prince during the trade fair years ago!
At that time, Li Shiyue gave the scimitar to Li Qiutian and the longbow to Li Xiatian.
However, Li Qiutian was used to using the long horizontal sword of the Han people, so this curved sword became a decoration displayed in her home.
This time, before leaving, Li Qiutian seemed to remember something and took the scimitar with him.
Who knew that Li Shiyue and his men would actually find an opportunity? At this moment, the curved sword was slammed onto the table, and not only the new Khan, but also She'er's brothers and She'er himself stared wide-eyed at the curved sword.
Although the position of the new Khan has now become the third prince's.
However, Li Shiyue suddenly took out the old Khan's sword and said it was for the prize. You can imagine that everyone present, not just the old Khan's sons, but also the men from other tribes, all wanted this curved sword, which had more symbolic meaning than practical value!
Is that a scimitar?
fart!
This is a symbol of power!
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