novelaction Chapter 901: When you are out, it is better to be polite
Chapter 901: When you are out, it is better to be polite
Time quickly came to two days later.
In the evening, when the last ray of afterglow disappeared in the horizon, countless bonfires were lit in Qianquan City - according to the two Turkic Khans: in order to celebrate Loulan joining their alliance, a celebration ceremony will be held throughout the city tonight, and it is also a cheer for the upcoming eastward expedition.
"Boy, who told you to come here?" - In a square in the west of the city, people were singing and dancing. One of the sharp-eyed Hu people saw a handsome young man with a scarf on his face looking in curiously outside the crowd, so he immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Go back!"
"Ah?!" King Chu looked at the bearded man who suddenly approached him and felt that this world was truly magical: "What did you say?"
"Han people?" The bearded man frowned when he heard Li Kuan speak, "Why would Han people come to Qianquan City..."
"I came with the caravan." Li Kuan saw the other party looking at him suspiciously, so he made up a lie: "Have you heard of the Longyou Li family?"
"Oh, you're from a prominent family, no wonder..." The Hu man did not doubt it anymore after hearing that. Instead, he turned around and picked up a skewer of barbecued meat from the long table beside him. He walked over to Li Kuan and gave him half of the skewer: "Here, this is freshly roasted yellow sheep meat. I hunted it myself."
"I heard that yellow sheep are difficult to hunt. You must be very capable, brother." Li Kuan was also very outgoing. He praised the generous Hu man while taking the mutton skewers. After taking a bite, he immediately gave the Hu man a thumbs up and said, "Not bad, not bad. It tastes really good."
"This yellow sheep is not easy to hunt..." The Hu man smiled innocently at first, and then asked about Li Kuan's background indirectly: "Little brother, now that the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks are about to go to war, as a disciple of the Longyou Li family, why did you come to Qianquan City?"
"We have an old saying in the Central Plains, 'Wealth and honor are sought in danger.'" Seeing that the other party was still confused, His Royal Highness the King of Chu blinked and continued, "I am not favored by my father at home, so I can only rely on myself to fight for everything. Brother, I am not afraid of you laughing at me when I say this - how could I not know that my trip to Qianquan this time is destined to be full of dangers? But if I don't do this, I will be trapped at home. What hope is there in my life then?"
"It seems that little brother also has his own difficulties..." After hearing what His Royal Highness the King of Chu said, the Hu people sighed and said, "It seems that being born into a wealthy family is not necessarily a good thing."
"That's not true," His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu shook his head. "My grandmother treated me very well. It's mainly because of my father - he is too suspicious."
"Little brother, does your grandmother feel comfortable letting you come out?" The Hu man couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard that.
"My grandmother passed away a long time ago." His Royal Highness Prince Chu said with a disappointed look on his face, "Otherwise I wouldn't be bullied by my father like this."
"Hey..." The Hu man felt a little sympathy when he saw Li Kuan talking about his sad past. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, why did you come to Qianquan this time?"
"To collect a debt." King Chu saw that the bearded man was going to get to the bottom of it, so he immediately answered frankly: "Someone in Qianquan City owes me a huge debt, and I have to collect it, otherwise I won't be able to hold my head up high when I go back. By the way, brother, I see that you are very handsome, like a rare talent, so you must be from a high family, right?"
“Hahahaha…” The bearded man laughed loudly upon hearing Li Kuan’s flattery, “Little brother, your words are really nice to hear—but I’m not a big shot, just a group of horse bandits trying to make a living in the Western Regions. This time, because Siyehu Khan and Yibishekui Khan want to declare war on the Tang Dynasty, we are summoned here—as long as there is gold and silver as a reward, we don’t mind.”
"Brother, what you said makes sense." Li Kuan smiled slightly when he heard that, and then continued to eat the barbecue skewers.
In a restaurant at the entrance of the alley about seven or eight feet away from him, Zhang Zhenxuan, Wang Xuance and Pei Xingyan were sitting under a thatched shed, pretending to drink, but in fact they were secretly paying attention to the movements of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
"Brother," just as His Royal Highness the King of Chu and the bearded man were talking happily, a young Hu man came up to the bearded man and said, "I just got the news that Siyehu Khan and Yibishekui Khan wanted to recruit Tubo, but were rejected by the Tubo Prime Minister. Brother, I always feel that something is wrong with this." After the young man finished speaking, he suddenly pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed Li Kuan at the side: "Boy, you are very brave?"
"Mohas, stop!" The bearded man saw his subordinate attacking Li Kuan without a word, so he shouted to stop Mohas and kicked the opponent's wrist.
It was lucky that the bearded man kicked just in time, otherwise both Li Kuan and Zhang Zhenxuan who was hiding in the back would have a thousand ways to kill this reckless young man, Mohas.
"Well... is this a secret?" King Chu realized that he had accidentally violated a taboo, so he quickly took out a glass rabbit the size of a baby's fist from his arms and stuffed it into the bearded man's hand: "Well, brother, this matter is also my fault. You have to accept this gift. Don't be polite to me. Just think of it as a return gift for your invitation to eat yellow mutton."
"Hiss..." Mohas, who was kicked to the ground by his eldest brother, looked at the glass rabbit that Li Kuan took out and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Brother... this... this, this, this..."
"Little brother, this gift is really too valuable..." The bearded man was also stunned by the move of His Royal Highness the King of Chu: "This treasure... is extremely precious... you should keep it quickly..." After saying that, the bearded man was about to hand the glass rabbit back to Li Kuan.
"Hey!" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu quickly waved his hands and said, "Brother, you are being distant by saying this, aren't you? You took the initiative to treat me to yellow mutton before. According to the rules in my hometown, when you are away from home, the more gifts you give, the better. You took care of me, and I gave you gifts in return. These are all normal things."
“Little brother… this treasure is really valuable…” As a horse bandit, the bearded man had the necessary vision: the young man could casually take out such a valuable gift, so even if he was from the Longyou Li family, his status in the family must be quite high - such a person, appearing in Qianquan City, was weird no matter how you looked at it.