Seeing that the two sides were about to be tense, Princess Siqin stood up and said, "Uncle Zamuhe, I hope you keep your previous promise, you should know what I'm talking about, right?" ”

Zamuhe was shocked, he had agreed with Princess Siqin that he would no longer obstruct the alliance between Mongolia and Western Xia. If he disobeyed Princess Siqin, he would never recognize him as an uncle again, and Zamuhe couldn't bear to lose this woman who made his heart flutter, so he could only "hum" and leave his seat and come to Wu Linren's side.

"Lord Wu, please take a seat."

Wu Linren excused himself, and when he saw that Zamuhe had a tough attitude, he sat on the left side of Tian Khan as if he was on pins and needles. Tian Khan didn't know what the agreement was between Princess Siqin and Zamuhe, and the others were also second monks who were confused, and the banquet was still going on......

In the traditional banquet of Mongolia, the gift of whole sheep is the traditional etiquette of Mongolian people to entertain VIPs, and it is also the highest courtesy to entertain guests. Lu Xiaoyu and others had just felt the enthusiasm of the herdsmen in Mongolia to entertain the VIPs.

Mongolian herders greet visitors, whether they are acquaintances or strangers, warmly: "He, Saiyin Bainu." (Hello or Apoah, Sain, Bainu!) Then the host put his right hand on his chest, bowed slightly, and invited the guests into the yurt, and the whole family sat down around the guests, asking long and short questions, as if they were their own home.

What impressed Lu Xiaoyu was that after drinking milk tea, the generous host put sweet butter, milk skin, mellow milk wine, crispy fried fruits and fried rice, milk tea, cheese and "hand-grilled meat" with a unique grassland flavor in front of the guests, and invited the guests to drink and feast. If the host shows special respect to the guests, he often holds the milk jug and wine jug on the hata and brings it out. In Mongolia, wine is regarded as the essence of all foods, and the toast is to show welcome and respect for the guests, and sometimes some songs to express welcome and friendliness are sung to persuade the guests, and the guests take the glass to drink, and the host is particularly happy.

When encountering a particularly distinguished guest such as the envoy of the Western Xia mission who is banqueting like today, he often sets up a whole sheep banquet. Mongolia calls it "Ucha", and there are also "Xiusi", "Buhuli". Mongolians often do not take any reward for the food and lodging of guests, and consider it a sign of contempt for the hospitality of guests. When the guests say goodbye, they often send their families off, point out the way, and repeatedly say "Bai Yi Ritai!" "Bai Yi Ri Tai U Cha Reya (I hope we see you again) happily again," Amuri, Sain, Yaba! (Have a safe journey).

Lu Xiaoyu also noticed that Mongolians would also hand snuff bottles when receiving VIPs, which is an ancient custom of the Mongolian people, and it is also an ordinary greeting ceremony to show respect and friendship. As a guest in the yurt, the hospitable host often takes out a small pot that looks like a porcelain bottle and gives it to the guests to sniff.

There are also certain rules for handing snuff bottles. If you are meeting with the same generation, you should pass the pot with your right hand and exchange it with each other, or raise your hands slightly, bow and exchange them, and then pour out a little snuff from each other, wipe it on your nostrils with your fingers, smell the smoke, and then exchange it after tasting. If the elders and juniors meet, they should bow slightly, hand the pot with their right hand, and the juniors will be brittle, take it with both hands, raise each to sniff, and then swap it.

Fortunately, the herdsmen already knew some Mongolian banquet etiquette, and for this royal banquet, they were also handy and knew some things that should be paid attention to.

This time, Temugetu held a banquet of boiling whole sheep, which is called "Shousi" in Mongolian (also translated as Xiusi, here from the Yuan Dynasty), which means "whole sheep banquet or whole sheep banquet" or "whole sheep banquet", which is commonly known as "sheep's back" in folk Chinese. Because this is a very important etiquette in Mongolian etiquette, the production method of "Shousi" is also quite particular. The slaughter was carried out according to the traditional Mongol method of slaughter.

First, slaughter a white sheep, and then make a piece of the sheep's head, neck, thoracic vertebrae, limbs, breasts and the back of the sheep with a tail, etc., without adding any condiments, boil in a pot of water until mature, take it out and put it on a plate and serve it. According to the traditional customs of the Mongolians, the parts of the limbs that enter the whole sheep seat are: a pair of shoulder blades, a pair of radius, a pair of humerus, a pair of tibia, a pair of hips, and a pair of thighs, which are collectively called the twelve limbs. The thoracic spine can be used except for the first section, which is called the "black thoracic vertebrae", which cannot be considered.

Lu Xiaoyu asked curiously, "Why is there no sheep neck in this boiled sheep?" ”

The interpreter Su Ji was just about to reply, but the Mongolian Heavenly Khan said: "It's a pity, I could have put this sheep's neck in and eat it together on the occasion of this whole sheep feast today, but some people don't know how to lift it up, and they have disappointed my kindness, which makes me very unhappy." ”

The envoys from Western Xia did not know what the Mongol Heavenly Khan meant when he said this, and Su Ji whispered to everyone, "This sheep's neck can only be used at the wedding banquet, and it is generally not a thought to think about it." ”

The ribs to think about are: 20 ribs on both sides of the spine known as the four highs and six lows and 6 ribs on both sides of the arbone, for a total of 26 ribs. The sheep's head used for the first thought generally does not have a chin. Although there are so many pieces, they must be cooked in large pieces when they are boiled in the pot.

Everyone understands that Tian Khan's words were naturally said to Jiang Ge, and it was he who rejected Tian Khan's good intentions and did not agree to this marriage. Princess Siqin heard her father Khan say that she didn't put the sheep's neck, and she knew that the sheep's neck was only put when she was married, but she heard her father say that she almost put it in today. Do you have any sister or brother who is going to get married? I don't even know how I am.

The gift of the whole sheep should also be based on different needs and objects, and different ways should be adopted. Sometimes a whole lamb is offered, sometimes a part of the sheep is offered. For example, when entertaining relatives, friends and VIPs during the Spring Festival, put the cooked sheep's head in the middle of a large square wooden plate, and put all kinds of dairy food and snacks around it and serve it to the guests, and invite the guests to taste it, which is called offering the sheep's head, which belongs to small hospitality. If the whole lamb's bone-in meat is served together with the rectum, large intestine, heart, and liver, it is a more solemn etiquette.

Before the whole sheep is served, the milk food that is the "first of the wine banquet" is served and the guests are invited to taste it. Then he placed the wooden plate containing the whole sheep in front of the host and guest. At this time, the person who unloads the whole sheep first cuts a crescent-shaped sign on the forehead of the sheep, and then cuts off a small piece of meat from the sheep's head, thoracic vertebrae, sacrifical bones, and limbs, and puts it in a wine cup as "Deji" (Mongolian, meaning the first piece of things), and then pours some wine outside, and throws it into the air while saying "Offering Deji". At this time, the people in the house also said in unison, "May auspiciousness and prosperity coexist" to congratulate them.