Chapter 267: Tang Jian
The maid brought trays of dishes one after another, a little lamb half the size of a lamb, roasted golden brown over a fierce fire, and its crispy coat sprinkled with spices of all colors. Just take a sip and you can feel the pleasure of your nose.
A piece of lamb chops that is cooked through and chilled in cold water makes the lamb become very tough, and you can pull out countless shredded meat with a casual hand.
The most fragrant is the horse neck meat, a five-year-old adult horse, but only less than a pound of neck meat. The meat here is very tender, and after being cooked in goat's milk, it is even more fragrant and sweet!
All kinds of dishes were placed one by one, and suddenly the whole banquet was filled with a rich fragrance. What surprised Qin Ze even more was that there was even a pot of butter tea.
Qin Ze opened it curiously and took a look, and found that there were also various preserved fruits added to it, it seemed that the Turks had begun to accept this thing and began to improve it.
There is a sequence of hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry. In terms of roast mutton alone, the Turks are definitely outstanding, even if Qin Ze sees this mutton, he also has an urge to feast on it.
It's just that he can't eat yet, and the host of the banquet hasn't appeared yet. How dare they move their chopsticks?
The young man on the side was obviously not so well-behaved, and he had already started drinking butter tea at this time. Every time he took a sip, he would stare at Qin Ze. This feeling is as if you are not drinking butter tea, but eating Qin Ze's meat. It is estimated that if he hadn't been afraid of his uncle, he would have rushed up and bit him twice.
Qin Ze also felt a little helpless, especially the old gentleman on the other side kept deliberately taking out his lamb wine, and drank it without a sip. Isn't this a blatant way to add fuel to the fire?
Qin Ze shrugged, pointed to the wine jug on his waist and said, "Isn't it just a pot of wine, I'll let you drink enough when I go back." ”
As he was talking, Qin Ze suddenly saw the young man's ears move, and then turned his head to look to the side. Qin Ze was also curious and looked over, and saw a group of figures flashing from there.
Someone!
Qin Ze reacted instantly, calmed down and listened. The sound of rustling armor was clearly audible, behind the tent on one side.
This time, even the young man didn't pay attention to Qin Ze anymore, but kept looking around.
It is an open-air banquet venue with hundreds of tables, also divided into three levels. The outermost ones are the pardoners and them, and then there are people like the old gentleman and the young man who seem to have a special identity. In the end, of course, it is the tribal people.
But now, at some point, the outermost part has been fenced off with tents. Every tent should be full of Turkic soldiers, if it weren't for the reaction of the young man before, it is estimated that Qin Ze would not have noticed this.
He frowned and looked at the old gentleman on the side, but found that his face was also a little gloomy, and then he looked around with some vigilance.
Qin Ze immediately understood, the previous banquet should have been unguarded by soldiers. So why this time?
Just as Qin Ze was thinking about his situation, he suddenly heard a neighing sound of horses. When Qin Ze followed the prestige, he saw a man in a green silk robe riding on a horse galloping over, this man's speed was extremely fast, and his long hair, which was wrapped in a zhang of silk practice, was also thrown up high because of the gallop.
The man was dressed in great clothes, especially a blue jade double-stacked brocade hat, and in the middle of the brim was inlaid with a thumb-sized blue gem.
Blue is the most respected color of the Turks, which is equivalent to yellow in the minds of the Tang Dynasty!
So although he couldn't see his appearance clearly from a distance, with this gem, Qin Ze also guessed who it was. But it is not the owner of the grassland today - Jieli Khan.
And there is a person behind Jieli Khan, who is not too old to be confused. He was wearing a Tang robe, and the placket of a Confucian robe was also lifted by the wind, and his long hair was only tied up with a cyan ribbon. Although I can't see the specific appearance clearly, but now that I appear here, I can still race horses with Jieli, presumably Tang Jian himself.
The two of them were like riding horses, rushing towards the banquet one after the other.
And behind the two of them, there were more than 20 dignitaries, all of whom were braided in brocade robes. More than a dozen of them are Turkic in fur and brown fur, while others are in the style of Confucian robes in the Tang Dynasty.
Seeing Tang Jian and Qin Ze, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, no matter what, as long as he could see him, it meant that he didn't come in vain this time.
Although he wanted to take a closer look, he didn't know why Qin Ze always felt like there was a pair of eyes in the dark, constantly sweeping over him.
That feeling was like a poisonous snake staring at you, which made Qin Ze feel a little cold on his back.
So he just glanced at it, and then immediately withdrew his gaze and began to quietly look around, trying to find out what was coveting him.
The Turks are of mixed yellow and white blood, and they are mostly tall and well-proportioned. The face is slender, with a high nose bridge, big eyes, and a long beard, but it doesn't look vicious, but has an elegant temperament, and most of them are beautiful men.
Because of the mixed race, they have more white blood on them. So this has also caused them to be pro-white and alienated from the Tang people.
Turkic women are very beautiful, and as far as Qin Ze knows, their beautiful figures can be found in Li Er's palace. I just don't know what kind of mind Li Er used to gather them into the harem.
It is estimated that he wants to vent all his anger on Jieli here.
Moreover, the Turks, both men and women, have long hair. For the convenience of nomadism and archery, they often braid their long hair and comb it back of their heads. The Turkic braided hair was not just tied together, tied with a rope.
Some people who are more particular will first divide their hair into strands, then braid them into very fine braids, and finally tie them together and tie them together at the back of their heads. It's like the little dreadlocks that were popular in later generations.
Therefore, by the style of the hair, you can easily distinguish the status of the owner.
The hair of Jieli Khan, like that of Jieli Khan, is not only extremely delicately braided, but each strand of hair is coiled up with ribbons. There would also be two blue gems on both ends of each ribbon, in short, when Jieli appeared in front of Qin Ze, he only had one feeling in his heart, and that was a sparkling gem.
Jieli Khan's complexion was not too dark, and his mother was thoroughly white. So strictly speaking, in Jieli's bloodline, the white blood is extremely high, so he looks like a white man through and through.
Moreover, Jieli Khan actually does not look like the blue-faced fangs written in "History of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", on the contrary, his appearance is still somewhat handsome. And Jieli is also very good at dancing.
His handsome appearance and his good dancing also caused him to be able to sing and dance for Li Er after the defeat of the Turks......
Qin Ze had been looking at Jieli, but Tang Jian, who was on the side, only had a cursory glance. He didn't even dare to look at him with his eyes at all, for fear that he would show some feet.
When Jieli appeared, everyone stood up and saluted him. Although Qin Ze was reluctant in his heart, he didn't have the slightest solution.
He has no good impression of the Turks, and the people in Lingzhou and Shuozhou, the border passes of the Tang Dynasty, have almost been taken captive by the Turks over the years. Especially thinking of the tragic situation of the people in Lingzhou City who were already so hungry that they had no leaves to eat, but they still had to dig holes, Qin Ze felt a burst of anger in his heart.
But no matter how angry he was, Qin Ze couldn't show it.
Anger is naturally the emotion that every Tang person should have, and Tang Jian, who is standing next to Jieli, is not extremely angry in his heart.
He wanted to draw a sword right now and stab Jieli in the face. But this can only be thought about in the heart, but on the surface, it still has to be respectful.
Tang Jian's seat was at the lower left of Jieli Khan, which was the position of the retainer. Tang Jian, who was an old fox, sat down without the slightest abnormality, and thanked Jieli Khan.
This made Jieli feel very comfortable, although now the Turks have been plagued for many years, but Jieli Khan is still confident, as long as he gives an order, his million iron horsemen can break Chang'an again with him!
Qin Ze also sat down with the old gentleman, lowered his head and did not raise his head again. His current dress and hairstyle are those of the Turks. And because he dressed up in advance, even if he stood in front of Tang Jian, he might not necessarily know himself.
In this way, Qin Ze didn't need to make fearless movements, he believed that the eyes staring behind him must be eager to show a trace of his horse's feet, so that he could rush up and bite himself fiercely!
So he still obediently drank his butter tea and quietly waited for the opportunity......
After the Turkic ministers and the envoys of the Tang Dynasty were seated, Jieli Khan said a lot of words that Qin Ze did not understand, and also announced the official start of the banquet.
It was also a song and dance first, but what Qin Ze didn't expect was that it was plain clothes dancing in the middle of the banquet. It's just that she is still veiled, and her movements are extremely cheerful.
The music of the Turks is also different from the roughness of the Tang Dynasty, just like their musical instrument, the oud, which is simple but full of charm.
If it was in normal times, seeing Su Yi dancing, Qin Ze would definitely be very interested. But now in the face of the danger in the shadows, he no longer has this mind.
Although I heard the rough carnival and fast Hu Xuan, there was no beauty in my mind.
Everyone was fascinated, so Qin Ze had to pretend to be fascinated.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin Ze glanced at Tang Jian, who was sitting upright, but found that the other party was also very fascinated by the dance.
It's no wonder that Tang Jian would never have thought that Qin Ze would dare to break into here, in fact, in his opinion, Qin Ze might still be hiding somewhere. He set out from Shuozhou with such fanfare this time, and finally had to go back from Lingzhou, that is, to go all over the places where Qin Ze might appear. I hope Qin Ze can see him and contact him later.
But how could he have thought that Qin Ze was sitting by his side now?
So although he saw Qin Ze, Tang Jian only flashed by. Even in his heart, he didn't distinguish that Qin Ze was a Tang man at all. After all, the Turks are of mixed blood between yellow and white, and there are many people who still look some like the Tang people.
Seeing Tang Jian's expression, Qin Ze also sighed in his heart, and he was still a little active, but he suddenly fell silent.
From now on, Qin Ze can only take one step at a time.