Chapter 100: Whoever Dares to Marry You, I Will Wipe Out His Entire Clan

Inside the great tent, the light of the setting sun gently spilled onto the ground, casting a hazy light and shadow.

Li Xiao leaned against a thick fur cushion, clad in a black outfit, his collar casually open, revealing his sturdy chest.

A few trickles of sweat slowly slid down his neck, glistening like crystals under the sunlight.

Xiao Yanyan lay halfway in Li Xiao’s embrace, her hair scattered wantonly like black satin, a few strands mischievously entwined around Li Xiao’s arm.

Her cheeks were flushed red, like the evening glow on the horizon, charming and moving.

Her eyes rippled with light, full of tenderness and sweetness. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, like the wings of a butterfly.

Her face bore a hint of languor and satisfaction. Her peach-blossom-like eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint smile played on her lips as she quietly looked at Li Xiao before her.

She bit her lower lip lightly, raised her hand to gently pound Li Xiao’s chest, and said coquettishly, “You, you just know how to bully me.”

Her voice was husky, carrying traces of panting, adding a bit more ambiguity to this quiet great tent.

Li Xiao chuckled lightly, reached out to gently brush away the hair by her cheek, his fingers sliding slowly down her face, stopping at her chin.

Lifting her face slightly, he said with a faint smile, “How could I bear to bully you, my Empress?”

At this time, the grand army had already crossed the Altai Mountains and just arrived at Wuya Village.

Xiao Sima had issued an order for the whole army to rest for three days.

Because he wanted to accomplish a major event in Wuya Village: the registration of the population.

And this would inevitably take many days to complete.

Therefore, after arranging military affairs, Li Xiao had time to enjoy intimacy with Xiao Yanyan during the day.

And since that day when their relationship broke through the distance, they had completely let go.

Khitan women were passionate and straightforward, bold in love and hate.

Since she had already given herself to Li Xiao, Xiao Yanyan didn’t care about others’ gazes.

During these days, Xiao Yanyan spent most of her time fooling around with Li Xiao day and night.

It could be said that traces of the two were left on the pastures all along the way.

“One more day and we’ll arrive at Hexi Fortress. Come home with me,” Li Xiao said softly, holding the woman in his arms.

Xiao Yanyan, looking languid, lay on Li Xiao’s shoulder with a flushed face, narrowed her eyes halfway, and gave a coquettish laugh.

“What? Is this considered taking me back to meet the elders?”

“Hehe…”

“I never said I must marry you.”

Hearing the woman’s willful words, Li Xiao slapped her bottom directly.

His hand gripped Xiao Yanyan’s chin, staring fiercely into her eyes, and said in a domineering voice, “Xiao Yanyan, listen to me carefully.”

“In this life, you can only be my, Li Xiao’s, woman.”

“If anyone dares to marry you, I will go and wipe out his entire clan.”

Hearing Li Xiao’s words, Xiao Yanyan instantly laughed: “Giggle…”

Her fingers stroked Li Xiao’s muscular chest as she said with a smile, “Little man, quite domineering.”

“But if you want to marry me, you still have to pass my big brother’s test.”

Hearing this, Li Xiao’s face turned livid, and he cursed directly, “Bullshit.”

That dog Xiao Sima.

During this time, he had constantly found Li Xiao an eyesore.

Ever since Li Xiao and Xiao Yanyan first got together on the mountain, Xiao Sima knew about it immediately; after all, the guards around Xiao Yanyan were all his eyes and ears.

In the following days, Xiao Sima didn’t make trouble for Li Xiao.

It was just that he always liked to call Li Xiao over to drink at night, and once they started, it would last all night.

Xiao Yanyan could only stay alone in her empty room several times.

This made Li Xiao quickly realize that Xiao Sima was deliberately finding fault with the two of them.

“Hmph, just wait. I will definitely make your big brother beg me to marry you,” Li Xiao snorted deliberately.

Then he pounced on Xiao Yanyan, pinning her onto the bed, and instantly a romantic atmosphere filled the air again.

Wait until Xiao Yanyan went to see Xiao Sima with a big belly; that dog wouldn’t be able to say no even if he wanted to.

An hour later, Li Xiao walked out of the great tent, fully dressed.

Xiao Yanyan, on the other hand, had fallen into a deep sleep inside.

Too tired.

“Guard the tent well; no one is allowed to enter.”

Li Xiao called over Xiao Yanyan’s guards and also left some of his own personal guards to guard outside the tent together, waiting for Xiao Yanyan to wake up.

As for himself, he was going to inspect the military camp.

The land of tenderness could not fetter his mind; Li Xiao was very calm at any time.

The army was the foundation for him to settle down and get on with his life.

There was no room for loss.

Women were just a seasoning for leisure time.

By evening, bonfires began to light up in the camp of Li Xiao’s unit, illuminating a large area of the night sky.

Soldiers began to cook dinner.

And Li Xiao also welcomed a guest here.

“Governor Xiao, people really are in high spirits when happy events occur. Your beard looks shiny and black these days.”

Li Xiao brought Li Dashan, Luo Ping, and other generals to the front of the military camp and personally welcomed Xiao Tuladuo inside.

“Hahaha, not at all, not at all.”

“I only have one happy event, unlike you, Governor Li, who has two big happy events,” Xiao Tuladuo laughed loudly.

While following Li Xiao inside, he seemed to think with a distressed look.

“How does that saying of you Han people go again?”

“Right!”

“It’s called ‘Wedding night with flower candles, promotion to unfold grand plans.’ Truly the two great joys of life.”

Obviously, this old fellow Xiao Tuladuo had done some homework for Li Xiao’s invitation tonight.

He even managed to say such literary words.

It was also because the matter regarding Xiao Yanyan was not hidden from everyone.

For Li Xiao, being able to take a beauty like Xiao Yanyan, who had both looks and status, wasn’t that exactly a ‘wedding night’?

“Haha, shared joy, shared joy.”

“Please.” Li Xiao warmly invited Xiao Tuladuo to the front of his own big tent.

A bonfire had already been lit here. In the afternoon, Li Xiao had ordered people to roast a whole sheep.

At this moment, it was sizzling with oil, fragrant and overflowing with aroma, just right for eating.

“Haha, this mutton really tastes best when roasted.”

Xiao Tuladuo gave Li Xiao a lot of face, sniffing hard over the roasted sheep and showing a satisfied expression.

In fact, nomadic peoples were not like the impression of ordinary people, often able to eat roasted whole sheep.

It wasn’t like that.

Food for nomadic peoples was still relatively scarce, so they cherished every bit of energy-providing food.

When roasting mutton, a large amount of sheep fat would drip into the fire, causing great waste.

Therefore, when herdsmen ate meat, they basically used the boiling method to eat every drop of sheep fat into their stomachs.

Only on major festivals and when entertaining important guests would they use roasted whole sheep.

“Exactly. Mutton has to be roasted to be called fragrant and overflowing.”

“And just having meat isn’t enough; it must be paired with fine wine,” Li Xiao chuckled, inviting Xiao Tuladuo to sit down.

He directly opened a jar of wine on the ground and poured a cup for everyone respectively.

“Come, Governor Xiao, let’s have a toast first, as a farewell drink for you, Governor Xiao,” Li Xiao said, raising his cup.

The grand army had now returned in triumph.

Wuya Village actually served as a transit station.

In the next day or two, Xiao Tuladuo would lead people to the Desert to take up the post of Desert Military Governor.

So Li Xiao invited him over, nominally to see him off.

Xiao Tuladuo looked at the wine cups in the hands of Li Xiao, Li Dashan, and others, and immediately chuckled.

“Governor Li, don’t bully me for having little experience. How is this a cup for drinking wine? It’s clearly a tea cup!”

“When us men of the Northern Frontier drink, how can using cups be satisfying enough? We must use big bowls.”

Saying this, Xiao Tuladuo gestured with the webs of his thumbs and index fingers—it had to be a bowl as big as a dog’s head.

Hearing this, Li Xiao, Li Dashan, and the others looked at each other and burst into laughter.

When Li Dashan and Luo Ping first drank this wine, they also spoke bold words like Xiao Tuladuo.

But after suffering a loss once, they dared not speak carelessly again.

“Governor Xiao, don’t be in a hurry.”

“There are plenty of big bowls, but you must drink this cup of wine first. If you still insist on changing to a big bowl, I, Li Xiao, will change it for you.”

Li Xiao patted his chest and said with a smile.

Xiao Tuladuo nodded as if he didn’t understand why: “Good. I, Xiao Tuladuo, have been drinking all my life.”

“I have always used big bowls.”

Saying this, he raised the wine cup and downed the wine.

Li Xiao, Li Dashan, and the others all slowly let the wine flow down their throats.

But Xiao Tuladuo drank it in one gulp as usual.

And in the next second, the sound of Xiao Tuladuo coughing violently was heard.

“Cough, cough, cough, argh…”

At this moment, his face was flushed red like pig liver, his features twisted, and tears were almost spraying out. He felt like his throat was being burned by a raging fire.

“Hahaha.”

Seeing this scene, Li Dashan and the others laughed loudly, as if seeing themselves when they drank this wine for the first time.

“How about it? Is our Jin Prefecture’s wine strong enough?” Li Xiao said with a smile.

“Burp…”

Saying this, he let out a wine burp in the next second. A strong smell of alcohol surged out, making his body feel warm and very comfortable.

In fact, this was because Li Xiao considered that people of this era had never drunk such strong wine.

So he had mixed a little water into it.

The alcohol content was about thirty degrees.

Even so, Xiao Tuladuo, who was used to drinking low-alcohol wine, was still choked enough by this strong wine.

Xiao Tuladuo hurriedly stuffed mutton into his mouth, and only after a good while did he stop the spiciness.

Subsequently, he felt a steaming warm current flowing in his body. Sweat broke out directly on his head and back.

At this time, Xiao Tuladuo’s face was ruddy, his beard trembling, and he laughed directly.

“Hahaha, refreshing!”

Although he had drunk many fine wines, it was the first time he had drunk such potent wine!

So he asked immediately, “What wine is this? How can the taste be so strong?”

“This is our Jin Prefecture’s wine; its name is ‘West Wind Fury‘!”

“Its strength is ten times that of ordinary wine. It is the strongest wine in the whole world.”

Li Xiao praised it unsparingly, very proud.

Li Xiao could concoct even stronger wine, but he was afraid Xiao Tuladuo couldn’t handle it.

Don’t want him to pass out after one gulp.

After hearing Li Xiao’s introduction, Xiao Tuladuo said in amazement, “There is actually such strong wine in the world?”

“West Wind Fury?”

“Indeed, the wine lives up to its name, fierce like the west wind.”

“I, Xiao Tuladuo, started drinking since I was less than ten years old and have drunk countless fine wines, yet I have never heard that Jin Prefecture has such strong wine.”

“Although this wine is extremely fierce, it makes one feel as if their whole body is burning with fire.”

“To drink a cup of such strong wine in the freezing winter would truly be a beautiful thing in the human world,” Xiao Tuladuo said with a look of longing.

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