Chapter 309: Drinking Competition

When the man who cuts the whole sheep returns to the house, he also cuts the "Deji" again and presents it to the stove as before. After performing these rituals, he slice a piece of meat from the sheep's breast vertebra and place it on the sheep's forehead, inviting the guests and other people present to taste it. This is called "sharing thoughts". At the same time, it is necessary to arrange a special person to deliver a congratulatory message, and this time the person who will deliver the congratulatory message is Jebe, the first marksman of Mongolia.

Before reciting the congratulations, the Mongolian Heavenly Khan would make a toast to the person who gave the speech. The greeting bearer dips his ring finger in the wine and toasts. Posture for reciting the message: the elderly sit, the middle-aged person kneels on one leg, and the young man stands. The primary and secondary content varies from person to person, from event to event, and from region to region. For example, there is a congratulatory message that sings: "Genghis Khan, Temugetu, welcome the lady of the flower and the moon." Slaughter a sheep with a flower face and put it on a crystal plate to entertain the guests. ”

This is the ritual system established by Temugetu Khan, a tradition of Mongolian hospitality, a sign of loyalty and chastity, and a symbol of sincerity.

After everyone poured a glass of wine and sang to each other, the greeting person went on to say "Knot!" (Use a knife, please). And raised a glass and continued to bless: "According to the old rules, please come and taste it." Follow the old custom of dedication, please all come and take a look. Pour another cup, and everyone will sing in return.

After that, the celebratory continued: "Knot! It should be pointed out that due to regional differences, the first thoughts of the Mongolian people in different places have different ways of unloading and dedication, and the congratulatory messages are also different. There is a saying in China: "It is not strange to have many people". There are also many rituals to eat whole sheep in the areas where Mongolia lives. Taking Ordos as an example, in the Ordos region, you can't bite directly with your mouth when eating Shousi, you generally cut it with a knife, or tear it up with your hands and send it to your mouth. You can't eat it and put it back on the plate, but you can't gnaw all the meat on the bones and expose the white bones, because this will be considered an insult to the owner.

After eating the first thought, the removal of the first thought is still completed by the person who unloads the whole sheep. The unloading of the whole sheep is oriented to the longest. The oldest and most identical in the audience was Yang Xiangwu in the Western Xia Mission. Therefore, the son of the Heavenly Khan, who unloaded the whole sheep, towed the thunder, curtsy and said: "Everyone, please use your first thoughts!" ”

If you start with the longest, everyone answers, "Yes!" "You can take the wooden tray down. If a person is still eating meat, or if the longest person is silent, it means that he has not eaten well and the wooden plate cannot be removed. When leaving, start with the head of the longest person, turn the wooden plate clockwise, and walk out backwards facing the guest. After Shousi withdrew, the guests must eat the host's soup and rice, and if they don't eat the soup and rice, they don't eat Shousi.

Rice soup is a porridge made by adding minced rice and chaga to the soup. It is called Mongolian rice, because everyone values it very seriously, so visitors have to taste it even if they don't eat it, otherwise it will be rude.

For a long time, foreign envoys were afraid to come to Mongolia as guests, because the Mongols were too good at drinking and were afraid of getting drunk. The Western Xia envoys were no exception, and they needed to drink and eat large pieces of meat in large gulps to show respect for their master's family, otherwise the master would be angry.

Mongolia's Heavenly Khan is naturally a good drinker, otherwise it would be difficult to convince the public in Mongolia. After several rounds of toasting, the first person to fall was Wu Linren, the leader of the Western Xia mission. On weekdays, he spends all his time drinking, but in fact, the amount of alcohol is very poor, not even Princess Siqin, a weak woman, is not drunk at all, he has fallen asleep on the seat.

Seeing him lying on the table and drinking the mare's milk wine in the wine glass, he laughed and said: "I didn't expect that the Western Xia, which claims to be as good as the Mongols, is nothing more than that, and a dignified envoy will get drunk after a few strokes." ”

Zamuhe was beaming proudly, and Xi Feng Chengjie stood up unconvinced and said: "Di Khan is really a good amount of alcohol, but our Lord Wu has always been not good at drinking, and today since Di Khan has Yaxing to get drunk with us, then I can only accompany you to the end." ”

Seeing that Zamuhe belittled the amount of alcohol in Xixia so much, he was about to establish his prestige in front of everyone, so he took the initiative to challenge Zamuhe to compare the amount of alcohol with him.

Seeing that the two of them were about to fight each other, Temugetu only slightly did not object, with his many years of experience in drinking, he had already seen at a glance that Xifeng Chengjie was not Zamuhe's opponent at all, so he did not stop it.

It's just that this is a sudden halfway kill Chen biting gold, Yang Xiangwu stood up and joined in the fun: "How can I drink without me, we are both guests, Khan, you can't favor one over the other, and don't drink with us when you fight with the fine seal son!" Come, let's drink it together. ”

Temugetu's eyes lit up, and he saw that although Yang Xiangwu was already over half a hundred years old, judging from his state, his alcohol consumption should definitely not be underestimated, as can be seen from the few large bowls of mare's milk wine he had just drunk.

Seeing that Yang Xiangwu was going to drink together, he looked down on him a little in his heart, and wanted such an old man to join in the fun. Among the other three, Lu Xiaoyu didn't drink well, so he didn't dare to speak, although Lu Xiaoyu drank well, but he almost missed a big incident when the Flying Tiger Army faced Xiang Yu's army because of drinking before, so he didn't dare to drink excessively. Only Jiang Ge's amount of wine is unknown, this time Yang Xiangwu, who saw that he was over the age of six, took the initiative to fight wine, and out of concern for him, he also stood up to mix it.

Princess Siqin saw that the smell of gunpowder at the scene was very strong, and wanted to dissuade them, but the Mongolian Heavenly Khan waved his hand in front of her, signaling her not to interfere in this matter, so she sat quietly and watched the wine fight between the four people.

The four of them took turns to drink, and every bowl of wine they drank had to give a congratulatory message to everyone present, so after eight rounds, everyone drank eight bowls of mare's milk wine, and the first one to seal Chengjie gradually fell behind.

The toast has been all said, now everyone takes turns to drink with their heads covered, whoever stops is considered to lose, this rhythm is very important, if you drink too quickly, you will definitely get drunk, if you drink too slowly, it is equivalent to failure, none of the four people want to lose, so try to drink as fast as possible, and they are not afraid of getting drunk.

Sure enough, he drank another bowl, and the fine seal Chengjie directly covered his mouth and ran to the side to vomit. Seeing that he had drunk away an opponent, Zamu took the opportunity to take a breath and sneered: "The cowhide of the fine seal boy is blowing up, right?" Just now, I was rightly trying to compare the amount of wine, but it turned out that I was the first to fall, you can't do this, or you can continue. ”

After the fine seal Chengjie vomited, the whole body softened, and there was no way to drink it anymore. Yang Xiangwu picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, and us, you don't want to take the opportunity to rest!" Yang Xiangwu saw through Zamuhe's psychology and urged him to drink.