537 Steal the Horse (2/2)
Soon Long Fanyun blended in with the crowd. He often got a big bowl of liquor, which was strong and hot. When he drank it, he felt like his throat and stomach were on fire. Particular drinkers might dislike it, but Long Fanyun enjoyed it.
After he finished ten bowls of liquor, Long Fanyun had the same thoughts as people born in Norland. ”A man should drink. It's a pity that Dragon King does not drink,” he thought.
Long Fanyun managed to approach the tent of King Rizhu in a roundabout route. However, he could not find an opportunity to steal the horse.
Lights inside King Rizhu's tent were on. At least thirty men stayed inside. They drank and sang without order. Sometimes they spoke their local language, and sometimes they spoke Central Plains Chinese.
Flame Foal was chained up in front of the tent. Under the light, it looked bloody red. The horse ate fine cereals, receiving attention from the crowd. The horse raised its head and gave a neigh now and then. Every time it would neigh, it would win praises from the crowd.
King Rizhu was in good mood. He raised his bowl of liquor and cried in Central Plains Chinese, ”It's a pity that Flame Foal is not a man. Otherwise, I would pass my title to it. Look at it. It looks like a king. Except for Khan, who deserves to be a king better than it? The king of the Central Plain is not even qualified to feed it.”
”Exactly. As for that boy toy who claimed himself as Dragon King, it is his honor to catch a glimpse of Flame Foal. He dared...” someone followed.
King Rizhu downed a bowl of liquor and threw the bowl out of the tent. The bowl did not hit Flame Foal, but it almost hit Long Fanyun, who was pretending to have lost his way.
”Bastard. He dared make terms with me. I guarantee that he will kneel on the ground to beg my forgiveness at dawn tomorrow. Do not treat him nicely. If I do not teach him a lesson, he will mistake Norland for a small kingdom in the Western Region.”
They freely cursed and insulted Dragon King when they drank. Everyone took pleasure in abusing Dragon King loudly. They used all swear-words they could think of.
Long Fanyun was irritated by their words, so he intended to ride forward. At this time, Old Man Mu's voice reached his ear, ”What are you going to do? Do you intend to commit suicide? Let me get out of the leather sack first.”
Long Fanyun was reminded by the old man's words. ”Even if I died here, I could not hurt King Rizhu The best retaliation is to steal his favorite horse,” he pondered. However, he could not stay here to hear them curse Dragon King, so he said to Old Man Mu, ”I will ride around, and then come back here later.”
”You are a fool. We can not wait to steal the horse until they go to sleep. I will cause chaos, and you can take this chance to steal the horse. I will meet you outside the encampment,” Old Man Mu suggested.
”King Rizhu hates you so much. Once you were discovered...”
”Haha. What do you think turns me from a tall, strong man into a short man? Although I am a good kung fu master, I have a handsome look that even the king's concubine did not want to miss me. That's why I altered my appearance...”
Old Man Mu did not stop bragging. Long Fanyun opened the leather sack and let Old Man Mu jump out.
Old Man Mu instantly disappeared into the darkness, leaving Long Fanyun waiting alone anxiously. He had no idea how Old Man Mu was going to attract the attention of King Rizhu.
Soon he knew.
The disturbance took place far away from the encampment. But soon an increasing number of Norland cavalry called their buddies and rushed to where the disturbance had broken out. When they arrived, they joined in the fights.
The sounds of fights overwhelmed everything, and it soon reached King Rizhu's tent.
”What the hell is happening?”
A soldier rode to them and said with a red face, ”Fights! They are fighting against each other. I do not know who started it.”
King Rizhu said, his eyes sparkling with anger, ”A group of little shits dared fight in my encampment. Let's go. I will kick their ass.”
Everyone followed King Rizhu, except Flame Foal.
Long Fanyun had already gotten down. He lay on the ground and pretended to be asleep; no one paid attention to him.
As soon as King Rizhu and his men left, Long Fanyun immediately got up. He took out a black cloth from the leather sack, tied it to his belt and walked up to Flame Foal. Instead of taking the action hastily, he stretched out his left hand to stroke the horse, and then grasped a handful of grain with his right hand to feed Flame Foal.
After that, he opened his black cloth and tied it on Flame Foal. It did not resist.
King Rizhu called a group of people to appreciate the horse daily, so it had lost its vigilance to humans.
Long Fanyun was still angry when he was about to ride Flame Foal. He walked into the tent of King Rizhu and urinated into two jars of liquor.
King Rizhu thought it was a perfect day. That group scuffle erased the displeasure Dragon King had brought to him in the day.
”Did you see how I kicked that kid's ass? He knelt on the ground, crying for his mother. Who dared look down upon me for my age? Even after ten years, I can defeat kids around twenty!”
King Rizhu poured a bowl of liquor for himself and took a swallow of wine. It tasted odd. When he raised his head, he saw his subordinates gazing at the empty plot where Flame Foal had been chained up. He turned around, and found his favorite Flame Foal disappeared. When they had returned to the tent, they were too excited to notice the horse was gone.
Long Fanyun awaited Old Man Mu at the rendezvous. He saw the cavalry of Norland rushing out of the gate madly towards Dragon King's encampment.
Long Fanyun had no idea how Dragon King was going to handle King Rizhu who had lost his mind. He was not good at schemes, but he believed that Dragon King could handle it properly.