Long Sword and Jun Wu

Chapter 60 Khitan Royal Court
Princess Gu Qing was extremely enthusiastic. She took the initiative to approach, took Pei Min's arm, and said, "Brother Pei, my name is Li Tingmu. You saved me. My father will definitely reward you. Let's go!"

As Li Tingmu said, he pulled Pei Min onto the horse. Pei Min, who was always slow to respond, was very cooperative, and responded with a smile: "Okay."
Gongsun Ling was dumbfounded, is this the shy Senior Brother Pei?
"Ling'er, let's go!" Pei Min didn't forget Gongsun Ling, and told her to get on the horse and follow.

"Oh oh oh." This time it was Gongsun Ling's turn to react a little slower, and hurried to lead the horse.

The general named Murta ordered his subordinates to skin the dozens of tigers. They had a great record today, so they naturally wanted to bring them all back to the camp.

And the leading tiger was directly picked up by Murta and put on the horse.

Pei Min and Gongsun Ling were amazed. This general was not only brave in archery, but also extremely powerful.

A group of people rode for half an hour and came to a vast grassland.

The grass is covered with felt tents of various sizes, densely distributed in various places, and there are about hundreds of them.

Gongsun Ling was amazed when she saw it, and then she realized that she rode to Pei Min's side and asked for confirmation in a low voice: "You want to use this opportunity to get the help of this princess so that you can find the artifact?"
Pei Min nodded and said: "That's right, according to the scroll records, there was a princess and her relatives who married to Khitan in the previous dynasty, and this Xuanwu artifact was included in her dowry."
Gongsun Ling also nodded, "It counts as God's help, otherwise we would not be able to enter the Khitan royal court. Not to mention the dowry of the former Khitan princess, it is as difficult as asking for it."
After finishing speaking, he asked Pei Min, "If we didn't have a chance to save this Khitan princess, what are you going to do?"

Pei Min said solemnly: "Go to see the Khitan King Li Yuyu, and tell him the intention of coming. I hope he can help me, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and donate a magic weapon."
Gongsun Ling: ".".

How whimsical is it that you, a white body without an official position, come here empty-handed, and want the dowry of the former princess?

Gongsun Ling was speechless and embarrassed to step off the stage, so she just nodded and didn't answer.

In front, Murta had finished talking with the guards guarding the gate, the gate opened, and the guards surrounded Li Tingmu and Pei Min and went to the inner court.

The ancestors of the Khitan people originated from Donghu, and their ancestors were attached to the Huns and Xianbei, and lived a life of half farming and half herding.

Pei Min and Gongsun Ling left Tang Jiangnan for the first time and came to the nomadic people's residence. Everything felt fresh and they couldn't help looking around.

Shaoqing came to a big tent, presumably it was the king's tent in the courtyard.Li Tingmu got off his horse in a hurry, and shouted as he ran, "Father, I'm back."
A middle-aged man in a white robe with a left lapel walked out. Seeing that it was Li Tingmu, he smiled slightly, "My Ting Mu is back? Did you go hunting again today? Did you get anything?"

Murta and others got off their horses and saluted.Pei Min and Gongsun Ling also dismounted.

Li Tingmu immediately rushed into Khitan King's arms and acted like a baby, "Father, you scared me to death today."
Khitan King Li Yuyu was startled, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Tingmu recounted the story of being besieged by tigers on the mountain. First, his eyes turned red from crying, then he pointed at Pei Min, and introduced how brave Pei Min was, how he fought fiercely with a sword against the tigers, and finally rescued him. her.As for Gongsun Ling, he only briefly mentioned it, and Namurta didn't even mention it at all.

Gongsun Ling thought that this princess of Khitan was really arrogant and arrogant, and wondered if Pei Min could persuade her to help her.

After Li Tingmu finished speaking, Li Yuyu looked at her and Pei Min, smiled and said: "Thank you two warriors for saving my daughter, please be sure to stay with me for a few days, let me thank you both."
Pei Min and Gongsun Ling couldn't ask for more, imitating Murta's posture and bowing to Li Yuyu: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Tingmu said again: "Father, let's have a fire banquet tonight, let them taste our sheep."
Li Yuyu nodded happily: "It's all up to you, Murta, you can arrange it!"
Murta, who had been left out all the time, seemed to have gotten used to it, and saluted Li Yuyu: "Yes."
After speaking, Li Tingmu went back to bathe and change clothes in the tent surrounded by maids, while Pei Min and Gongsun Ling were taken to the guest tent to settle down.

When the twilight was low and the stars were full, the two were invited to a large open space.

Many piles of bonfires have been raised in the open space, surrounded by people, men and women, old and young, all singing and drinking.

The two were brought to the Khitan King's bonfire and saluted Li Yuyu.

Li Yuyu was very forthright, showing no airs to them, and introduced his younger brother and son enthusiastically.

"Two warriors, let King Ben introduce my son—Li Tangu."
An equally friendly young man greeted Gongsun Ling and Pei Min, and they saluted respectfully.

"This is my younger brother—Li Tuyu."
A middle-aged man with shrewd eyes accompanied Li Yuyu on the left, and the two saluted him.

Compared with the Khitan king Li Yuyu's solid heart, this Li Tuyu seems to have longer sleeves and is good at dancing.

"It turned out that they were the two warriors of the Tang Dynasty who saved Ting Mu. It is indeed a great country, and there are many capable people under its rule, which is very enviable."
"That's right, you two must drink to your heart's content tonight. My fellow citizens, we all respect the two Tang warriors."
Li Yuyu asked his attendants to give Gongsun Ling and Gongsun Ling a large bowl of wine, and raised the bowls in their hands, inviting everyone to drink together.

A spicy smell came over, the wine in the bowl was like milk or goat's milk, it seemed to be the special wine of nomads, but Gongsun Ling and Pei Min were also bold, so they lifted the bowl and finished it.

"Okay!" Li Tuyu's two brothers and all the Khitan people applauded loudly, no matter men, women or children, they raised their bowls and drank the milk wine in one gulp.

"Father, why did you start drinking before I came?"

A delicate voice appeared in front of everyone accompanied by a big red dress.

When Li Tuyu saw her, he laughed and said, "Who told you to only care about dressing up, you will be punished for coming so late."
"Uncle Wang, even you want to make fun of me!" Li Tingmu pretended to be coquettish, and lightly stomped his feet in dissatisfaction.

"Hahaha!" Li Tuyu laughed heartily.

"My daughter is as beautiful as a fairy without dressing up. Come, come and respect your benefactor." Li Yuyu said as he pulled Li Tingmu over and asked someone to refill three bowls of wine.

This time Li Tingmu was no longer self-willed, and raised his bowl to the two of them: "Thank you two warriors from the Tang Dynasty for saving their lives." Li Tingmu imitated the accent of Tang people, and drank it boldly.

"Princess, you are welcome."
After drinking two bowls of milk wine, Gongsun Ling felt his whole body warmed up, dispelling the chill on the northern grassland.

"I'm also here to pay tribute to the two warriors of the Tang Dynasty." Gongsun Ling turned her head and saw that it was the master archer Murta.

Although he was talking about two people, his eyes focused on Pei Min.

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