Kenchoro Colludes with Kyiaz and Semetei Vanishes
After Semetei won the operation for safeguarding the castle at Talas, the young khan also saved the tribesmen governed by the husband of his aunt from the oppression from the Turkoman people. The dauntless young khan spurred his horse forward and got alone into the battlefield. In a frenzy of hate, Semetei killed the wicked one-eyed chief of the Turkoman tribe called Mardkol and drove the Turkoman invaders off.
Not reconciled to his crushing defeat, the almost 90-year-old Konurbai made a comeback by slapping together the allied forces and launching an overall attack more than ten years later. He never gave up his wild ambition to subjugate Kyrgyz people. Semetei directed the warriors from a total of sixty tribes to resist the aggressor troops. The notorious warlord and many of his lackeys were killed by Semetei. All the aggressors were driven off the Kyrgyz people’s territory. After that, the Kyrgyz people lived a happy life under the leadership of Semetei.
However, a handful of conspirators were scheming to usurp power in a secret way.
The narrow-minded Chiachikei harboured a grudge against Aichurek after the fairy maiden became the queen. The evil woman grudged the fairy maiden her beauty, abilities and success. In order to satisfy her lust, Chiachikei
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seduced Kenchoro and committed adultery with him later on. She repeatedly
instigated Kenchoro to murder Semetei, seize the throne and rule the Kyrgyz
people. The greedy woman swore to get the fairy maiden to resign herself to
be a slave in the future. By and by, Kenchoro had been cajoled by her into
contriving the plot of overthrowing Semetei.
After consulting with each other, Kenchoro and Chiachikei decided to
collude with Kyiaz, son of Toltoy to unleash a rebellion against Semetei.
As a result, Kenchoro wrote a letter to Kyiaz in order to play them off
against each other. The letter read as follows:
“Dear Kyiaz Khan, Semetei was an insane vampire who was extremely
cruel and overbearing. He killed your father and exposed his badly mauled
remains in open air, bringing disgrace on the late khan. He asked Kulchoro,
a contemptible slave, to govern the fate of the people who should have been
ruled by you. I once tried to dissuade him from doing so. However, the
despot turned down my advice. My buddy! How can you put up with such a
humiliation? I personally think what the despot did is unfair. Though many
years have passed, I am still indignant at the injustice.
“Now it’s time for you to avenge your father’s death and enter into an
alliance with me. If you agree, I would like to help you to carry forward your
great enterprise. I am already well-prepared for our upcoming revolt against
the tyrant. I will help you to take back your long-lost throne. Thanks to my
wisdom, I have got him to depart from his magical horse. Without the help
of his magical horse, Semetei will be prone to the outside attack. And I will
contrive another stratagem to take away all his weapons. If I make it, the
despot with no weapons in his hands will be at the mercy of us.
“An age-old saying goes that an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. How
can you still be known as a hero if you cannot avenge your father’s murder?
If you are a hero of indomitable spirit, you should agree to my proposal of
toppling the tyrant and seizing back the throne for you!”
Then Kenchoro asked his messenger to send the letter to Kyiaz for
assistance.
Although Kyiaz could not read, he knew for sure that it was a unique
letter of great importance. He called in a group of knowledgable followers
who would explain the contents of the letter to him. After knowing what the
letter meant, Kyiaz could not constrain excitement any more. He ordered his
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trusted followers to write back a letter to the effect that he completely agreed
to what Kenchoro said in the letter. Kyiaz’s letter read as follows:
“Dear Kenchoro,
As a powerful hero, you moved my heart with your reasonable suggestions. What you said is just like the gleamy gold which illuminated the dark and bumpy road in front of me. In addition, what you said stoked up a surge of great fury in the depth of my heart. I will look forward to your close cooperation and comply with our mutual agreement. I must take avenge on Semetei, the imperious and bloodthirsty demon. I will spare no effort to seek your cooperation and nothing can change my resolution.”
After receiving the letter from Kyiaz, Kenchoro was absolutely delighted. As night fell, he sneaked into the yurt of Chiachikei to inform her of the good news. Out of the unconstrained joy, the erotic adulterer and adulteress made love all night long.
After the daybreak, Kenchoro came over to the place of Kulchoro. He pretended to call in on his companion whole-heartedly. He brooked no delay to make clear what he had come for. “My older brother, I have been staying at home for a long time. So I don’t know what was going on on the border. I am afraid that we will suffer a great loss if enemy troops invade our territory. In order to understand the enemy’s situation, I would like to make an inspection tour of the city of Tashkent. My dear borther, I really want to borrow the magical horse and coat armor from you. Only with the help of these two treasures can I fulfill my goal of gathering the information about enemy’s affairs successfully,” Kenchoro said, affecting to be honest. Unfortunately, the good-natured Kulchoro did not see through his subtle scheme
Kenchoro used his fine rhetoric to win the trust of Kulchoro who was beguiled of the two treasures of him. Thereafter, the wicked cheat kicked off the so-called the inspection tour of Tashkent.