Chapter 455 "Today, I'll see who dares to bully my people to my face!"
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One sentence above, and people below are running themselves ragged.
Night Owl, the spy Anton kept in the Turkic Khaganate, finally received a letter from Anton.
Codenamed Night Seventeen, ostensibly a Han merchant named Lu Guang, he frowned as he looked at the message of only a dozen words on the small piece of paper.
After looking at the note again and again, Lu Guang finally took it and lit it on the candle beside him.
In just a few breaths, the note was burned to ashes, leaving no trace.
On the Turkic side, Lu Guang was looking for an opportunity to get in touch with Xie Mingyue, who was being held under house arrest outside the market.
Meanwhile, Xie Lang also sent his trusted confidants to Youzhou.
As for Anton?
Li Shiyue, riding a little red horse, was accompanied by Chen Yong, Sun Xiaoliu, and Ma San, leading two squads of Xuanjia soldiers. On this grassland next to the horse farm behind Daheishan Mountain, they were practicing how to quickly retreat and find a side path to avoid the golden eagles when they spotted someone ahead.
Everyone had seen the golden eagle at night that day, and now that they saw it again in broad daylight, Ma San was quite envious as he looked at the golden eagle standing steadily on Li Shiyue's left arm, which was covered by a leather sheath.
"October, tell me the truth, did you really find this golden eagle?"
Li Shiyue was feeding the golden eagle strips of meat when she heard Ma San's words. She knew that Ma San was envious and jealous again.
Li Shiyue raised her hand and fed the last piece of meat to the golden eagle. As was her habit, she stroked the golden eagle's head and then raised her arm upwards. The golden eagle took the opportunity to soar into the sky.
After watching the golden eagle fly away, Li Shiyue took off the leather arm protector.
Sun Xiaoliu, who was standing to the side, quickly stepped forward and took the leather case. Only then did Li Shiyue turn around and smile helplessly at Ma San, who was still looking at her.
"Third brother, tell me the truth, why won't you believe me?"
I met Xiao Jin when I took the village children to a horse race. I also raised him at home for a while, and it was my older brother who took care of him.
Finally, it really did fly away.
Isn't it because Little Gold flew back to repay a debt of gratitude?
Finding even one like this is rare enough; where am I supposed to take you to find another one?
Ma San knew, of course, that Li Shiyue was telling the truth.
After seeing the golden eagle that night, Liu Tan instructed Ma San to investigate, and even secretly questioned Jiang Huai.
Jiang Huai was found by the spies sent by Ma San, but he didn't know why Liu Tan's people were looking for him.
But since the question was only about the golden eagle, Jiang Huai still told him everything in detail.
"...He was indeed injured, on his wing."
Because the eagle was so big, I followed it around and took a few glances out of curiosity.
Later, in October, she returned to the village, and Shi Tou fed her with meat strips every day.
And then... how I came to recognize God, I truly don't know."
After explaining again, Li Shiyue changed the subject and pointed to the sky, saying to Ma San, "Third Brother, you've seen it these past two days, Xiao Jin and I are on the same page."
With Xiao Jin by our side, we can seize the initiative on this vast grassland!
"At that time, we won't even be able to avoid the Khan's army, let alone wild wolves!"
Ma San stayed in Lijiatun for three days before leaving. Li Shiyue, however, led Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu, along with Xiao Jin, to explore the route they would take if they were to enter the Turkic territory.
When it was time to close the windows and sleep under the covers at night, there were less than three days left until the half-month deadline Xie Mingyue had mentioned.
Xie Mingyue, wearing a cloak, looked at the tall and robust Turkic man in front of her and asked, "General Bora, after more than ten days of investigation, haven't you figured it out yet?"
Don't you have many Han officials?
"If you can't find anything, does that mean Inspector Liang can't find anything either?"
Bora didn't understand Mandarin, but from Xie Mingyue's unfriendly tone, he knew that Xie Mingyue and the others had been detained for quite some time.
Before the Han Chinese man next to Bora could finish translating Xie Mingyue's words, Bora heard Xie Mingyue shout at him again: "I don't think you detained us because of any commercial tax issue at all!"
You probably can't think of a single penny to take our goods!
good!
I, Xie Mingyue, am willing to give all these goods to General Bora, as long as the general can give our group of forty-three people a way to survive!
Just as Bora finished listening to the translation and was about to say something to ease the tension, someone interrupted her before she could speak.
"joke!
If General Bora really wanted your little thing, why would he need a reason?
The general just raises his hand, and you still have to send the goods over.
The general detained you because you underreported your goods and underpaid taxes!
Lu Guang, with his shifty-eyed look, stood not far away and started shouting and cursing at Xie Mingyue.
Standing behind Lu Guang was Buzhen, the sixth prince of the Turks.
Xie Mingyue turned around and saw Lu Guang and Bu Zhen again. Her first reaction was surprise. She didn't expect to see the two of them here again after so many years.
Buzhen walked up and spoke to Bora in a string of words. Xie Mingyue had learned some Turkic over the years, and although she didn't understand it very well, she could at least get a general idea.
Bu Zhen's question was directed at Bora: why was she talking so much nonsense with the Han Chinese from Dalong? She should have just had him caught and beaten up.
Bu Zhen said that the people of Dalong, whether men or women, all deserve to be beaten. After a couple of beatings, they will naturally bend over, bend their knees, and lower their heads.
Bora naturally did not echo Buzhen's words. After all, if the Turkic market wanted to continue operating and attract more Han merchants and people from all walks of life, it couldn't just detain people, beat them up, and rob them of their belongings.
In that case, once the Xie family caravan incident happens, it won't be long before any caravans come to this market anymore.
In this way, wouldn't the Turks be subject to Andong's control again, and have no choice but to trade according to Andong's orders?
Bora opened his mouth as if to say something, but before he could even finish a single word, Sher rode up on his horse and charged over.
"Buzhen! Don't think I'm really afraid of you!"
She'er rode his horse until it was three steps away from the group before he pulled on the reins and stopped.
She'er dismounted and walked straight over, blocking Xie Mingyue's path. He then looked at Bu Zhen, Bora, and the bowing and scraping Lu Guangyi.
"Today, I'll see who dares to bully my people to my face!"
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