Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

Upon hearing the question from Lady Su, everyone around nodded slightly, their faces filled with emotion.

"Lady Su speaks truly."

"The Northern Barbarians are indeed a major concern for our Great Liang."

"Lady Su's ability to use this as a topic shows her concern for the world."

Others also voiced their praise.

Only Shen Moxuan's expression remained stiff and blank.

This talented Shen had dabbled in poetry of almost every subject, except for poems about the frontier.

He had no idea how to write frontier poems.

He was about to protest the unfairness of the question, but then he thought that the one who posed the question was Lady Su.

If he said that, wouldn't he be disrespecting Lady Su?

So he could only grit his teeth and accept it helplessly.

"Alright, frontier poems it is!"

Li Yuan chuckled inwardly upon hearing the topic.

It seemed that this Lady Su was deliberately favoring him.

Knowing that he, Earl Qingyuan, was from a military family in Dingzhou, she deliberately chose the topic of frontier poems.

She was trying to give him an easy win.

He had to think about which poem to borrow.

Li Yuan felt calm and collected, lowering his head to ponder.

At this moment, Young Master Shen was anxious and scratching his head, completely stumped by the frontier poems.

He had an idea: since he couldn't write well no matter what, he might as well write quickly.

With that thought in mind, Young Master Shen walked to the center of Peach Blossom Pavilion, cleared his throat, and cupped his fist to the crowd, reciting loudly.

"Riding a horse, carrying a golden saber, I am bold and heroic, having chopped off the head of a Tiele..."

"Having chopped off... after that..."

"This... this last line."

Because Young Master Shen had prepared his words too hastily, he couldn't complete the last line.

Just as he was sweating profusely, a loud crash resounded.

A carved wooden door flew in from the side, smashing into the middle of Peach Blossom Pavilion and shattering into pieces.

This sudden change startled everyone in the brothel.

Everyone looked over and saw a group of people walking in.

The leader roared.

"Who wants to chop off the head of a Tiele! Let me see!"

As the dust settled, the figures of several people were revealed.

They were seven or eight tall, sturdy men wearing fur coats.

Their clothing and attire clearly identified them as Tiele people.

Their appearance instantly threw Drunken Flower House into chaos.

The onlookers scattered in panic, shouting loudly.

"Run!"

"The Tiele people are here!"

These people were none other than the Tiele delegation in the capital.

It was not surprising that the Tiele delegation appeared in Drunken Flower House.

Ever since Bo Jiya was killed by Li Yuan in the imperial city, the Tiele delegation seemed to have been forgotten by the Liang people.

The clerks at the hostel who used to diligently provide food and drink were gone.

The women sent to serve the Tiele people were also gone.

This made the Tiele delegation indignant.

The deputy envoy was named Chagan.

Although he was not a tiger-fighting warrior like Bo Jiya, he was still a famous warrior among the Tiele people.

He was not surprised by the Liang people's reaction.

Bo Jiya's death in a duel with Li Yuan had caused the Liang people to look down on the Tiele delegation.

They cut off the delegation's food, drink, and women, simply because they thought these Tiele people were nothing special.

After Bo Jiya's death, the morale of the Tiele delegation visibly declined.

As the deputy envoy, Chagan was naturally unwilling to accept this.

Now that the Liang people no longer provided the delegation with food, drink, and women, he wanted to take his men to the most lively pleasure quarters in the capital to relax and boost their morale.

These Tiele people came to Qiluo Street in the capital.

Chagan sent someone to inquire which brothel had the most beautiful girls.

Someone said it was Su Liner, the courtesan of Drunken Flower House.

So this Deputy Envoy Chagan brought his men to Drunken Flower House.

Although Drunken Flower House was a brothel, most of the guests came to listen to music, play chess, and socialize.

Many of the girls in Drunken Flower House were pure courtesans who did not sell their bodies.

But the barbarians from the grasslands didn't understand any of this.

Chagan entered Drunken Flower House, threw down silver, and demanded that Su Liner serve him.

Mama Wang quickly told Su Liner to hide.

A good pure courtesan should not be ruined by these barbarians.

Generally, in pleasure places like Drunken Flower House, there would be local gangs and bullies to help settle disputes.

But these local thugs couldn't stop these barbarians from the grasslands.

A few hotheaded thugs who tried to say a few harsh words were slapped away by the Tiele people and fainted on the spot.

The remaining thugs scattered in panic.

Unable to find the rumored courtesan Su Liner, the enraged Chagan led seven or eight of his men to search Drunken Flower House.

Just as they reached the corridor on the first floor of Drunken Flower House, they heard someone reciting poetry.

This Deputy Envoy Chagan had been in the capital for a long time.

He understood some of the Liang people's poetry and songs.

Even if he didn't understand anything else, he could understand the phrase "chop off the head of a Tiele."

Because Chagan couldn't find the courtesan Su Liner, he was holding back a bellyful of anger.

Now he heard a scholar shaking his head and wanting to chop off the head of a Tiele.

Unable to suppress his anger, he kicked open the carved wooden door of Peach Blossom Pavilion and charged in with his men.

At this time, Young Master Shen was pondering the last line after "chop off the head of a Tiele" in Peach Blossom Pavilion.

He never expected a group of Tiele people to actually rush in.

Chagan glanced at Shen Moxuan and revealed a disdainful expression.

He thought to himself, if Li Yuan said he wanted to chop off the head of a Tiele, we would accept it.

But someone like you, a weak scholar with no strength to truss a chicken, dares to say you want to chop off the head of a Tiele.

It's outrageous.

Chagan pointed at the trembling Shen Moxuan.

"These scholars dare to insult my Tiele!"

"Warriors, teach them a lesson!"

The Tiele men rushed forward and started fighting.

There were more than a dozen scholars and literati around Young Master Shen, so they actually had a numerical advantage against the Tiele people.

But they were frightened by the fierce Tiele people and were in a state of panic and chaos.

Chagan and his men beat anyone wearing a scholar's robe.

Peach Blossom Pavilion was instantly filled with cries of pain.

The onlookers ran back to their respective compartments, fearing that they would be implicated.

In this Drunken Flower House, just seven or eight Tiele people intimidated more than a hundred Liang men.

Li Yuan did not intervene in the melee in Peach Blossom Pavilion.

He just stood on the corridor on the second floor and watched.

Li Yuan was wearing the brocade robe that Dragon骧侯 used when disguising herself as a man.

His temperament was very different from that of Li Xiaowei during the triumphal ceremony.

Chagan only thought that this person was an ordinary young master looking for pleasure and did not recognize him as the killing god Li Yuan.

So he just glanced at him and didn't pay attention.

At this time, the dozen or so scholars in Peach Blossom Pavilion were beaten bloody by the seven or eight Tiele people.

Some of the spineless ones even knelt down and begged the Tiele people for mercy.

Chagan reached out and dragged out the trembling Shen Moxuan from under the table, asking with a sneer.

"You Liang people, do you still dare to recite 'chop off the head of a Tiele'?"

At this time, Shen Moxuan was beaten black and blue, his eyes covered in his own blood.

He twitched like a plucked chicken waiting to be slaughtered.

He begged for mercy repeatedly.

"I dare not, I dare not anymore."

"Grandpa Tiele, spare my life."

Looking at Shen Moxuan's ugly state, Chagan and his men laughed loudly.

"Is this what your Liang men are like?"

"They are even worse than our Tiele women."

Seeing the Liang men so不堪, Chagan felt relieved.

He swept away the frustration and despair of yesterday when Bo Jiya was killed.

He sat on the chair in the middle of Peach Blossom Pavilion, pointed at Su Liner standing on the third floor, and shouted loudly.

"That woman up there, come down and entertain the Tiele grandpas."

Then he pointed at Li Yuan standing on the second-floor corridor.

"You pretty boy, come down and pour wine for the Tiele grandpas."

"Hmph, you Great Liang men are only fit to be slaves to our Tiele people!"