The intelligent young hero moved the bowl of poisonous wine close to the mouth of Jakip. Jakip was frightened to the extreme so he turned his head to one side. A little wine spilt out all over the moustache of Jakip. In an instant, puffs of smoke wafted from the moustache into mid air with the burnt moustache sizzling softly. Semetei was so angry that he sprayed the poisonous wine onto the ground. “Jakip, you can ask the dog to taste the good wine,” the young hero burst out. The dog squatting near them died at once as its tongue touched the poisonous wine on the ground.
Bakdowlet flew into a rage while seeing how Jakip behaved. She made at Jakip and tightly held his collar with her hands. In a very forceful speech she set about Jakip: “You have committed a lot of crimes. So you are a vicious beast. Just remember that all these are to be answered for!” Shortly after saying so, the woman took her own life by bashing her head against a hitching post.
The young hero held the corpse of Bakdowlet in his arms tightly, weeping the tears of sorrow. Then, he pointed to Jakip with his whip and burst out angrily:
“Jakip, you are not qualified to be my grandfather!
Instead, you are a merciless beast.
You stained the great fame of Manas and his family.
You are the sinner through the ages!
You were about to take my life as early as ten years ago.
You killed the innocent orphan by casting him onto the ground.
I have already forgiven you before.
But you try to bump me off for the second time!
I decide to leave you alone today.
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Just tell me where my two uncles are.
I cannot spare you today, Jakip.
You must tell them today that
A 12-year-old child is about to challenge them!
Allah will not forgive you
Because of a lot of crimes you committed.
You have inflicted mental distress on my mother and me.
So you will be made to pay for your rabid evildoings!”
After hurling oaths at Jakip, Semetei and Bakai rode to the imperial palace of the Manas swiftly. However, the imperial palace was illegally occupied by the young hero’s two vicious uncle called Aweekei and Kobesh. Moreover, they usurped the throne and preyed upon the ordinary people.
Thanks to the unrivaled wisdom, unparalleled courage and high prestige backed up with family fame, the young hero with strong build managed to face down the two wicked usurpers without speaking with menace. As a born monarch with great charisma, Semetei looked majestic. The original arrogance of the two domineering usurpers was totally deflated as they led Semetei and Bakai into the imperial palace of Manas. A large number of ordianry people also swarmed into the palace after hearing of the arrival of Semetei.
“Manas – Semetei! Manas – Semetei!” they shouted the slogan in unison as a unique fashion to espouse the young hero. The two wicked guys were so frightened that they chose to kneel down before the young hero. As a result, Semetei seized back the power from his two sinful uncles who wrested the control of the whole country from his dead father.
Besides, the young hero ordered them to finish renovating the imperial palace in two months in addition to returning the imperial jade seal, coat armor and weapons all of which belonged to his father.
Now it was Bakai’s turn to pick a magical steed for Semetei. They left the imperial palace for the grassland where flocks of horses were grazing on fresh grass.
According to Bakai, Manas had already picked a three-year-old colt for his son shortly after his brith. Moreover, Manas named it Taiburuul. “The colt was released later so it has been living in the grassland in recent years. It turns 15 this year. The horse is waiting for its master,” Bakai said. But it was hard for
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