Chapter 149 Hey, I can't read! (Seeking monthly tickets)

Naturally, the people of the Cui family had no reason to stay in Xueyantuo. Not only did they have no reason, they also had no face to do so.

Now, all the leaders of the Xueyantuo tribe knew about their dishonest business. In addition, Yishiyinan ordered Dadushe to pass the news to all tribes. It is foreseeable that the reputation of Shandong gentry will be stinking for ten miles on the grassland.

Li Xiang's move was truly vicious.

It's just that people can't find any fault with it, after all, it was the Shandong gentry who brought it upon themselves.

This was a result that Li Xiang had not expected. He just wanted to cheat the noble families and get some money from them, but he did not expect the noble families to be so greedy...

If they were not so greedy, if they had a little bit of honesty, they would not have ended up like this.

Li Xiang used the profits from wool to bring down his family's reputation and gain the respect of the people of the grassland. This can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.

Sometimes it is like this, you can't catch the wolf without sacrificing the lamb.

The Shandong nobles wanted to cause trouble for the royal family, but as the saying goes, the cicada knows it before the autumn wind blows, and one is unaware of the danger of being plotted against. Li Xiang took advantage of the weakness of human nature and destroyed the noble families' operations on the grassland in one fell swoop.

Not only did his reputation become ruined, but even Ba Zhuo had to reconsider what the uncle and nephew Cui Tingzhi's intentions were in coming to him some time ago.

Could it be that... they are trying to instigate me to seize the Khanship and then go to war with the Tang Dynasty? Ba Zhuo muttered to himself.

Although he is not afraid of the Tang Dynasty, he is not an idiot. He will not be used as a gun and cause trouble for the Tang Dynasty.

However, what Li Xiang did not expect was that he originally wanted to make some money from the gentry and then cause trouble for them, but he did not expect that someone would help him open a bigger eye.

The Shandong noble caravan left the Xueyantuo's tent in disgrace, and everyone was dejected.

"This Li Xiang is really a vicious person!" Cui Jian gnashed his teeth and cursed: "If it weren't for his evil deeds, how could we have ended up like this!"

At this point in time, instead of reflecting on your own actions, you are blaming others. Such a person...will find it difficult to achieve anything.

Cui Tingzhi remained silent, his face dark.

He is now reviewing in his mind which link went wrong that led to this result.

He walked for two or three hours, and just when he was getting tired, he suddenly heard the rumbling sound of horse hooves and the neighing of horses behind him.

Cui Tingzhi quickly lifted the curtain of the carriage, but what he was facing were thousands of fully armed cavalrymen!
"Leave the goods behind!" The leader said without further ado, "I'll spare your life!"

This unproficient speaking of the Tang Dynasty official language exposed their identities.

"We are from the Tang Dynasty caravan! Did you find the wrong people?" Cui Tingzhi tried to struggle and even mentioned the Tang Dynasty's name. "This is our identification. Please check it carefully."

As he said this, he took out the special pass from his arms.

These days, you need a pass to go out and trade, otherwise the border troops will confiscate it.

The pass was also a tax receipt, and it recorded how much you took out of the customs. After returning to the Tang Dynasty, taxes were collected according to the records.

"Hey, I can't read! What a bunch of crap!" The leader waved his whip and said, "Leave the people here, take the goods away!"

"You...you..." Cui Tingzhi pointed at the group of cavalrymen tremblingly and could not speak for a long time.

Cui Jian stood up, pointed at them angrily and said, "You are acting like bandits!"

"Stop talking nonsense! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll chop you off too!" The leader glared at Cui Jian and choked back his words.

After the cavalrymen "took away" all the goods, the leading knight looked at Cui Tingzhi and then at Cui Jian.

"Wow, your clothes look nice." The man said with a smile.

After all, she was the wife of a Shandong noble family, so it goes without saying that her clothes were gorgeous, all of which were top-grade Shu brocade.

"You...what are you going to do?" Cui Jian swallowed.

"Go, take off their clothes!" the man ordered, "Take off a few more pieces of felt and give them to him. Don't you want wool? We'll give it to you! Don't say we're unreasonable when the time comes. We exchanged these goods for wool!"

"Is... is there anyone who changes things like this?" Cui Jian asked angrily.

"Hey, that's strange." The man said with a smile: "Why didn't you tell me when you wanted to exchange a piece of tea cake for 200 kilograms of wool? Now I'm just imitating you!"

This sentence left Cui Jian speechless.

Seeing that Cui Jian had nothing to say, the man waved his whip and shouted, "Let's go!"

"Oh oh!" The cavalrymen followed the man's steps and ran back with a rumble.

The uncle and nephew of the Cui family were lying on the carriage, covered with felts. They looked at the direction where the cavalry were going away with grief and anger, as if they had just been dragged into the woods by a group of ogres.

"No, we must ask Xueyantuo for an explanation for this matter!" Cui Tingzhi cursed angrily.

He pulled off the oily felt, which had not been washed for years and had an unpleasant smell. A gust of cold wind blew by, forcing him to pick it up again.

After finally reaching the Xueyantuo tent, Cui Tingzhi tearfully accused the Xueyantuo herdsmen of robbing their goods.

Unexpectedly, Yi Nan put down the cup of milk tea in his hand, stared at Cui Tingzhi with hawk-like eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Mr. Cui, Xueyantuo is the largest force in the grassland, how could they be interested in your stuff! I advise you to be more careful with your words and stop slandering my people."

"We were robbed in Xueyantuo territory, who else could have done it?" Cui Jian asked back with gritted teeth.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!" Ba Zhuo beside him knocked on the table and cursed, "Don't be so shameless. Do you think you are in your Central Plains? Why are you running wild on the grassland?"

As he spoke, several generals behind Ba Zhuo slowly drew out their steel knives.

In this regard, the uncle and nephew of the Cui family had no choice but to accept defeat and left the Xueyantuo king's tent in disgrace again.

It happened that Dadushe had not left yet. After Yishiyinan thought for a while, he decided to let Dadushe take a part of the goods and divide them equally among other departments so that everyone could have a good talk and the matter would be left unresolved.

He wasn't sure what the Tang Dynasty's attitude would be on this, but after all, it wasn't an official Tang Dynasty caravan that was robbed, but a caravan that wanted to go against the Tang Dynasty government. So there was definitely no evidence, so just let it go.

If we take care of the other tribes here, and everyone gets together to talk nicely, we will have a reason for the matter.

Ba Zhuo watched all this with a gloomy face. He didn't understand why his father did this.

But he didn't dare to object, after all, Yi Nan's reputation was still at its peak, and he had the support of the Tang Dynasty behind him. In addition, he had already thought that the uncle and nephew of the Cui family wanted to harm him, which made him increasingly doubt whether his previous desire to be filial to his father was correct.

Yimang carried the goods along the way and received many praises wherever he went.

When they arrived at the Uighur territory, they told the whole story. After listening, Tumidu spat a mouthful of thick phlegm onto the ground.

"Damn it, these Shandong nobles still call themselves scholars, but I think their hearts are darker than the most cunning jackals on the fucking grassland!"

"Who says they aren't?" Yimang cursed and said with a sigh, "These are all traitors of the Tang Dynasty. Why don't you think the Khan of Heaven kills them?"

"How can we know the mind of the Heavenly Khan?" Tumidu sighed and said, "We have to think of a way to make the Tang Dynasty aware of our evil ambitions!"

Yimang:?
Is this how you use Wolf Ambitions?
But he still complimented: "Your Tang dialect is getting better and better."

"No, no, I still need to be frank in my Tang language." Tumidu said modestly. At the end, he said: "We must inform the Prince of Hengshan in Chang'an as soon as possible about the Shandong nobles coming to the grassland. And when we go to Youzhou, Taiyuan, and Shuozhou for trade, we must also tell the people there in detail, so that more and more people in the Tang Dynasty know what the so-called Shandong nobles are... are..."

I thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good adjective.

"I understand." Yi Mang really couldn't wait any longer. He didn't know when he would be able to come up with the idiom.

This time, the Huihe sent people to Chang'an to deliver the letter, using fast horses.

Tumidu sent his son Yaoluoge Porun, as he was worried about others and concerned that they would not be able to understand the language.

When Po-chun entered the capital, he happened to meet the envoys of Silla who also arrived in Chang'an.

He didn't know the Silla envoy, and his mind was full of thoughts about how to quickly find the Prince of Hengshan.

But he didn't know where to look, and the same was true for the people who came with him, as they were all visiting Chang'an for the first time.

There was really nothing else to do, so I just found an old man on the street and asked, "Excuse me, old man."

The Tang Dynasty was tolerant and inclusive, and there was no shortage of Hu people in Chang'an, so the old man didn't think it was strange. Seeing that the man was exhausted, he handed him a bowl of water and said, "Drink some water first, kid."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Po Run touched his chest respectfully and bowed, but then he felt that this was the Tang Dynasty and he should cross his arms.

So he stood up and saluted awkwardly with his arms crossed.

"You, a Hu man, actually know some etiquette." The old man said with a smile.

Only then did Po Run take the bowl and drink it all in one gulp.

"What do you want?" the old man asked again. He didn't dislike this polite Hu man.

This is the confidence that the people of a superior country have when facing foreigners. I see that you know some etiquette, so I am a little more enthusiastic towards you.

"Excuse me, father-in-law. I want to find the Prince of Hengshan. May I ask where I should go?" Po Run asked respectfully.

"Prince of Hengshan?" The old man's eyes suddenly became alert. What did the Hu people want to do with the Prince of Hengshan?
Seeing the vigilance in the old man's eyes, Po Run knew that he had misunderstood, so she smiled and said, "Don't misunderstand, old man. I participated in the sports meeting in Shuozhou last year and won a gold medal. His Majesty the Khan personally gave me the surname Li."

As she spoke, Po Run took out the gold medal hanging around her neck.

After seeing the gold medal and hearing what he said with certainty, my father-in-law began to believe it a little.

"is it?"

"Of course." Po Run assured: "My father is the leader of the Huihe people. This time he came to the Prince of Hengshan to report an urgent matter."

"In that case, then you can come with me." The old man said, walked a few steps, pointed to the Jianghu Restaurant in the distance and said: "That restaurant is the property of the prince. If you want to find the prince, just go there."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Po Run said with his hands crossed in an unfamiliar manner.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Po Run saw Li Jingren sitting outside eating Changte'an.

Of course he recognized Li Jingren. After all, when the caravan went to Huihe for trade, the two of them had a very pleasant conversation.

"Brother Jingren!" Po Run shouted.

Li Jingren was fanning his mouth with his hand, cosplaying as Monkey King because of the spicy smell. When he heard the sound, he raised his head with his tongue wagging, and a thread of saliva was pulled onto the table.

"Grandma? Why are you here?"

"Since Brother Jingren is here, I feel relieved." Po Run hurried over and said to Li Jingren, "I have something important to discuss with the prince."

"Looking for my brother?" Li Jingren glanced at him, grabbed the bowl of goat milk and drank it all in one gulp: "What's the matter?"

Po Run looked around and whispered, "It's about the Shandong nobles. Their caravan has come to the grassland."

"What?" Li Jingren raised his head, thought for a moment and said, "I see. Wait here. I'll be back soon."

It so happens that Li Xiang is in the restaurant right now, so just go and ask.

"Brother, what is this?" Po Run looked at the red Chang Tean, grabbed Li Jingren and asked.

Seeing that he wanted to eat more even after he finished eating and was in that state, Po-chun was curious about what kind of delicacy it was.

"Chang'an specialty authentic Anhui beef noodles, referred to as Changte'an." Li Jingren replied: "If you want to eat it, I'll have someone serve you a bowl."

After saying this, Li Jingren returned to the restaurant.

Soon, someone brought Po Chun a bowl of red noodles.

Po Run lowered her head and took a sniff. The smell was so pungent that it almost hit her nose.

He picked up the noodles and took a sip.

"Cough cough cough-"

He choked on the spicy oil.

"Look, another one who is not afraid of death." Someone nearby pointed at Po Run and said with glee.

Although Po Run was coughing, she felt a surge of warmth suddenly rising up, and she felt warm and comfortable.

He was shocked. What on earth was this? It was even more magical than strong liquor?!
Before he could take another bite, Li Jingren walked out.

"My dear, my brother wants you to come in."

Po-chun immediately put down her chopsticks, turned around and said to the person: "Don't put it away, I will come back to eat later..."

As he left, he was still asking Li Jingren: "What is this? Why does it taste so spicy and warm?"

"My brother made the chili peppers." Li Jingren said to him with a smile, and after walking to a private room, he said to him, "Go in first."

"Oh, okay." Po Run nodded.

After entering the door, he saw Li Xiang as expected.

As an outstanding athlete, he certainly knew Li Xiang, after all, he had seen him during sports meets.

"Greetings to the Prince!" Po Run excitedly saluted with his arms crossed.

"Okay, no need to be so polite." Li Xiang said gently: "Li Porun, I remember you. You are the champion of the sheep-grabbing competition and the son of Chief Tumidu."

"The Prince... The Prince actually still remembers me..." Po Run's eyes suddenly turned red.

"Of course I remember. You are the strongest warrior on the grassland. How could I not remember?" Li Xiang laughed.

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