While Maraduz was hesitating, King Bodo, who had been silent until now, snorted coldly. Maraduz felt a chill in his heart, gritted his teeth, raised his head and drank the wine with a look of death on his face.
Everyone in the tent was staring at Maraduz, and Maraduz himself had his heart in his throat and his face was already covered with sweat. At this moment, he secretly felt that nothing was wrong, and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
, looked at Zhou Hu fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "The wine poured out by the poisonous general is indeed good wine."
As soon as he finished speaking, Maraduz saluted Tongyehu Khan and returned to his seat to drink. He was very embarrassed today, and he took a risk in vain. Not only did he fail to please Tongyehu Khan,
, King Bodo was probably not satisfied with his performance either.
Changsun Wuji winked at Zhou Hu, meaning "That's almost enough, don't go too far." Then he returned to his seat.
In fact, all Turkic people know that unless the poisonous general Wang Junlin goes crazy, he would dare to poison the Turkic Khan and the Council of Ten Thousand Captains in public. But it is a matter of life and death, and no one dares to take this risk.
Next, Zhou Hu poured wine for Bodo Dharma King as he said before. The latter drank the wine in one gulp without any hesitation.
Tong Yehu Khan laughed loudly at this time and said: "The two Sui envoys traveled thousands of miles to come to our Turkic court on behalf of the Sui emperor. My Turkic son is the most hospitable, so I must entertain the two Sui envoys well.
Tonight at the Chaiwopu Lake, we will hold a grand bonfire dinner to welcome the arrival of the two Sui envoys."
Changsun Sheng said: "I wonder where Princess Xinyi is?"
Tong Yehu Khan said: "Don't worry, Lord Changsun, Princess Xinyi will be my kudun. According to the customs of our Turks, my Ana and the others will accompany Princess Xinyi tonight, so she will not be left out in the cold."
Chang Sun Sheng knew that what Tong Yehu Khan meant by Ana was Tong Yehu Khan's mother.
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Eight hundred steps to the left of the sixteen white royal tents, there were hundreds of ordinary tents used to house two thousand Sui army cavalry. At this time, in one of the tents, Wang Junlin, Jiang Muhang, Su Changqing and other low-level officers were also
He sat cross-legged behind the table, which was filled with various meats and drinks.
Su Changqing opened the mud seal of a jar of wine, smelled it, couldn't help but smile, and said: "The Turkic people's reputation for hospitality is true. At least the wine they bring is good wine. Come, come, everyone will fill it up!"
Then he picked up the wine jar and poured a bowl for Wang Junlin first.
At this time, two women worked together to carry a sizzling and oily roasted whole lamb into the big tent. The aroma of the meat filled their nostrils. Everyone was already hungry after traveling all day, and their eyes suddenly brightened.
Two Western Turkic women in sheepskin robes put the roasted whole lamb on the wooden frame, cut it quickly with a knife, put the steaming, tender and fragrant roasted lamb on the plate, and brought it to everyone's table.
, smiled and gestured to them, asking them to eat with the salt in the small dish.
The whole lamb grilled by the Turks does not use seasonings during the barbecue process. It has the original taste of the mutton and must be dipped in salt when eating. Fortunately, the meat of the sheep on the Turks' territory is tender and plump, and although there is some flavor after cooking,
It has a strong fishy smell, but after roasting, the smell is much lighter.
When the plate was handed to Wang Junlin, Wang Junlin nodded kindly to the old woman. He glanced at the woman and found that her expression was gloomy and her eyes were sad.
Tongyehu Khan and King Bodo wanted to stabilize the Sui Dynasty through the act of making peace, and the Sui Emperor sent a powerful lineup like Wang Junlin and Changsun Sheng not just to simply make peace with the Western Turks, but also to let them provoke a Turkish civil war as much as possible
, it would be best to have the Western Turks become fragmented and busy with civil war and internal strife just as the powerful Turkic Empire was split into the two Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates.
It was extremely difficult to complete this task on the Turks' own territory. In fact, the Sui Emperor did not have much confidence in Changsun Sheng and Wang Junlin.
Although Wang Junlin made a lot of preparations when he was in Gaotaicheng, he was not completely sure after all. In Wang Junlin's view, there were some things that would never be possible without the help of local people.
Relying on the power of the local Turks is nothing more than insinuating, eavesdropping, bribing, threatening, exploiting and other means. However, such opportunities are too rare, and Wang Junlin needs to find them by himself, so as long as there is a little possibility or opportunity, Wang Junlin will
Won't let it go.
The sad and gloomy expression of this Turkic woman now seemed to Wang Junlin to be an opportunity, so he smiled and nodded as a test.
Sure enough, when the old woman saw Wang Junlin's gentle attitude, she boldly asked tentatively: "Sir, are there any doctors among the people you are here?"
It is not surprising that Turkic people can speak Chinese. Although what they speak is not very standard, Wang Junlin traveled far and wide in later generations and has experienced various dialects, so he can barely understand it at this time.
Wang Junlin was overjoyed and immediately said: "Old man, do you have any relatives who are sick?"
The old woman's eyes suddenly turned red, and there were two traces of tears on her wrinkled face, and she said: "My son is sick. I am just a son. I heard that Han doctors are very good at treating diseases. Can you please let your doctor do it?"
Treat my son with a doctor..."
Wang Junlin said: "Old woman, why don't you tell us about your son's symptoms? I'll ask our doctor later and ask him to prescribe a prescription. The next time you bring us food, I will give you a prescription."
When the old woman heard this, she was immediately overjoyed. She quickly knelt down and said, "Sir, you are a good person. Good people will be rewarded."
She originally gave it a try just because there was really no other way. She had almost no hope that the Sui people would help her, but the result was a surprise to her.
After Wang Junlin listened to the description of the old Turkic woman, he knew that the old woman's son had the most common cold and fever disease on the grasslands. This disease was purely caused by the poor living conditions and lack of hygiene.
In later generations, the disease could be easily cured in any small outpatient clinic. But in this era, especially among the Turkic people with poor living conditions and poor material conditions, there is no other way but to wait for death.
In later generations, Wang Junlin was responsible for tasks in the wild and stayed too long, so he sometimes got this disease. Therefore, Wang Junlin happened to know several medicines that could cure this disease, but naturally he could not tell the method directly at this time.
This old Turkic woman.
After the old woman knelt down and saluted Wang Junlin again, she was about to say something else. A Western Turkic soldier wandering around the door noticed that they were talking, and immediately walked into the tent, coughed and said: "It's done! It's done!"
After you’re done, hurry to the lakeside, there will be a bonfire party later, there are a lot of things to be busy with!”
"Oh! I'll be there right away!"
The old woman agreed and said to Wang Junlin: "Sir, you must not forget, I am busy first!"
After the old woman left the tent and walked a few steps to the side, the Western Turkic soldier suddenly darkened his face and shouted: "Didn't I tell you that you are not allowed to talk to the Sui people anymore?"
The old woman said: "My son is sick, and the witch doctors in the tribe will not treat my son's illness. I just want to ask the Han people if there is any way to cure my son's illness."
Before she could finish speaking, the soldier slapped her across the face, causing her to fall to the ground and bleed from the corner of her mouth. The soldier scolded: "You still have a lot of excuses. I have already told you not to follow her."
The Sui people talk a lot, but you dare not listen! If the witch doctor doesn't treat your son, it's because the leader of your tribe is stupid and dares to collude with the Ashina bandit. If he doesn't listen to the Khan, he deserves to die of illness.
"
As he spoke, he lifted up his leather boots and kicked them away hard. The woman lay on the ground holding her stomach, and was kicked several times by him. She was so painful that she hunched over and cried: "My son did not participate in the rebellion. It was us."
You cannot implicate my son in what the clan leader himself did."
The soldier wanted to beat her, but a Turkic centurion saw him from a distance and shouted: "Don't be embarrassed there, tell her to get away quickly?"
The soldier agreed and said quickly: "Go to work by the lake."
Although the Turkic soldiers and the old woman deliberately lowered their voices, their conversation still reached Wang Junlin's ears. Wang Junlin's eyes flashed, and he had a feasible plan in mind.
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When Wang Junlin was in later generations, he participated in bonfire parties on the grasslands of Mongolians and Tibetans, but the scene at that time was very similar to the bonfire parties he saw before him.
There were stacks of firewood burning brightly, with tables placed on all sides, and a felt blanket spread behind the tables. Someone played the melodious morin fiddle and sang a heroic and melodious song. There were girls in bright long skirts and neatly dressed people.
The young men sang and danced around the bonfire.
The difference is that when he was alive, he was a tourist, joining a tour group, and spending money to attend the bonfire party. But now he is attending the bonfire party as the deputy envoy of the Sui Dynasty, and he is thinking about how to
Harm this master's family.
Therefore, when he is sitting here now, his feelings are completely different from those in later generations.
At this moment, Wang Junlin raised his head and saw the sky full of stars, far and near, bright and dark, like the Milky Way upside down, forming a deep and vast starry sky. Under this vast starry sky, including the emperor,
All people and all things are so small.
Looking back, the rivers, mountains, and continuous grasslands are all submerged in the boundless darkness, and the howling of wolves is faintly carried by the wind. When you are alone in it, all you feel is the vastness of the world and the feeling of loneliness, even if you are alone.
There are so many people now, there are bonfires and singing.
But for some reason, Wang Junlin still felt that the liveliness of these people was far away from him. At this moment, he actually had a strange feeling like watching a movie.