We performed a simple ceremony in the inner room. They were all wearing only a piece of red silk as a sign of respect. They simply bowed. I quickly asked them to stop and said to them, "The way of husband is to combine yin and yang, communicate with the gods, promote the great righteousness of heaven and earth, and practice the great principles of human relations. We have just finished this hastily. I hope that you and your sister-in-law can understand our suffering and forgive us."
My sister-in-law looked at Beihai with a gentle smile, "Uncle, you worry too much. Longxing and I are lucky to meet each other. We can become husband and wife, all thanks to you. Thank you, sister-in-law Liu Wan'er." She bowed to me again. Although my sister-in-law has a delicate and pretty appearance, with eyebrows like willow leaves and cherry lips, and her eyes are full of affection, like a spring flowing and sparkling. But her temperament is indeed quite open-minded for a northern girl. She is generous and generous. She held Longxing's hand and looked at him gently, but her smile was shy like a girl. I don't want to look at Li Beihai's face. I don't know how disgusting it is. Then, I took my father-in-law out to avoid delaying the good things of the two. But before leaving, Beihai and I, you have to act according to the plan tomorrow morning. Now, you can act according to the circumstances.
I came out and exchanged hands with the old man, and finally said a few words: "Here is the letter. When you leave the city tomorrow, there will be people outside holding a big banner with the word Liu on it. You can go with them."
It was noon when I returned to the post station. The county lieutenant really came with the ceremonial convoy and brought an envoy's staff. I knew I still had a problem, which was that I couldn't find a staff to make up for it. If the staff was there, the envoy was there, but if it wasn't there, I would be dead. Now I am alive and well but I don't have a staff. I still call myself an envoy, which makes me look very rude. I looked at the staff and thought about how to make it look ugly after leaving the city. When I met Gongsun Zan, I would pretend that this one was the old one.
Suddenly I thought, don't worry about these details, I have my own way to solve these problems. If you want to know what the method is, I will think about it after meeting Gongsun Zan.
After these carriages were arranged, some clothes for the envoys and their attendants were presented. He must have issued them according to the list, even men and women, and even brought some veils and masks to prevent wind and sand. It was obvious that Lord Liu Yu Liu Bo'an was really careful. However, I also felt that he really wanted to form an alliance with us, because He Jin was about to take action against them. If we form an alliance with them, they would definitely spread it intentionally or unintentionally, so that He Jin would have some concerns to ensure the safety of Youzhou. Anyway, we will let the whole world know that we have formed an alliance with Gongsun Zan. We are using each other again. No one wants to be suppressed by He Jin on the charge of rebellion, and leave a reputation as a traitor in the future. How could He Jin believe that we would not rebel? Since the Party Prison Disaster, everyone has been in danger. Officials in various places are either directly appointed by the people in power. Otherwise, they may be quickly imprisoned by Hu Luan on charges of crimes. It depends on whether the relatives or eunuchs have this imagination. There are too many precedents. So the inevitable result is that people often rebel, and they are often suppressed. In this way, the superiors are less and less confident in the subordinates, and the subordinates are less and less confident in the superiors. As a result, the subordinates either do not want to be officials, or if they want to be officials, they must have strength in all aspects, or have great connections with people in the court, or have a large number of troops in one place like us, so that the superiors dare not move. I am also a person who grew up reading the books of sages, but it is strange that I seem to be very indifferent to loyalty to the court, and even to treason. I am different from all my brothers and even teachers. Although they are a little indifferent in this regard, I am undoubtedly the most serious. When the teacher talked about these things, he often sighed and showed some helplessness. The master did not intend to become an official because of the teacher. The classmates were also reluctant to mention this aspect. I am the only one who doesn't care. It's actually this meaningless feeling. I will be very good to my friends, I will raise the concerns of the common people, I am absolutely loyal and respectful to my teacher, but for the Great Han, it seems that only the title of the Great Han can make me feel a sense of belonging. As for the emperor, I know that he is a poor man who lives in the palace and is shielded by the door; He Jin is a suspicious warrior; the eunuch party is a bunch of useless bastards who can only frame loyal people. Sometimes when I think about it, I feel that something is wrong, but only this trip to the north made me feel that many things should be thought about carefully. The most recent explanation I gave to this problem is: I don't have a father, and I haven't received the most orthodox education in this regard. My sister taught me to recognize words and some poems and songs that have nothing to do with politics, books such as Yi and medicine, and my teacher taught me how to cultivate my character, justice in the world, and various qualities.
When I came to my senses, the county lieutenant had not left yet. I was very surprised. The matter was already settled. So I asked him why he didn't leave.
"I heard from you, my son, that you and your accompanying lieutenant went to the Liu family, a wealthy merchant in the city. May I ask why you went there?"
I looked around at the time, still feeling uneasy, but I didn't expect the county lieutenant's son to be right next to us. But I'm Xie Zhi! Just keep this matter to yourself, why are you coming out? If you come out, you'll just be led by me.
"I am ashamed to come. After the attack, all the property I offered to Lord Gongsun was robbed. Alas, I dare not go back. In the end, I had to buy some animals from the herdsmen and act as a herdsman. I pretended to be a herdsman and slowly migrated, waiting for the gifts sent by our state governor to arrive. I didn't expect that Lord Gongsun knew I was coming before I rested here. I didn't have anything yet. I hoped you would be slow, but I didn't expect that Lord Gongsun would reply the next day, which made me very embarrassed. I had no choice but to go to the street yesterday to ask who is the largest merchant in Haiyang City? I think I can still buy some decent things from him. You You also know that I don't have much on hand, how can I face Lord Gongsun Bogui? In order to make him believe me and get some things for me, I even took the Tianlang in my hand to him last night. It was really embarrassing. Today I asked my accompanying captain to bring money and goods to him for trading, and now he is still there discussing with others how to take those things away. The gift you wanted to give to Lord Gongsun Bogui was finally purchased from his territory. How can I face Lord Gongsun Bogui? Now that you know it, remember not to tell this to outsiders. If this matter is leaked, I will lose all my face, and I will not let you feel good. "I suddenly became fierce. Anyway, you can't find out where I came from, so I have to lie like a good person.
"I dare not." He said hurriedly.
"Brother, I'll come back to help you prepare. We'll do that in the evening." Li Beihai, ah Li Beihai, you didn't come back earlier or later, you didn't go to accompany your newlywed wife, why did you come here? You're so loud before you even enter the door, and you're causing me trouble again.
"Have you discussed the matter with Mr. Liu?" When Long Xing entered the room and saw the county lieutenant, he knew that something was wrong.
"Ah, yes!" He looked at me inquiringly, and when I nodded, he immediately understood and nodded yes.
"Then how will Mr. Liu transport the money out tomorrow?" Then I pretended to look at the hesitant Long Xing, and then at the county lieutenant, "It's okay, Long Xing, the county lieutenant already knows about us and Mr. Liu, you just need to figure out how Mr. Liu takes our money tomorrow, so that he can give us his treasure."
"Ah, my lord, tomorrow Master Liu will lead all the able-bodied men in the mansion to go out to purchase goods, and go to a place fifty miles outside the west gate. Captain Liu will lead some of our followers as people returning home to report, and meet them to exchange goods. Then, they will bring their horses here on a detour to avoid suspicion. We will set out at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow and wait fifty miles outside the north gate. They will also set out at 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. I order them to keep the secret for us. The merchant named Liu is quite straightforward. He will go out to purchase goods. If we don't come back from Xiangping, neither will they." I thought to myself, what a true lie. After I go to Xiangping, I have to go to Lelang, so it seems he won't be able to come back.
The county lieutenant no longer had any doubts and quickly said goodbye and left. Long Xing also greeted him and asked him to take good care of him tomorrow. The county lieutenant promised.
As soon as he walked away, I quickly closed the door and asked, "Long Xing, why did you come back so soon?"
"After getting married, I suddenly understood everything. I'm the head of the family, and I have a lot of things to do. Also, brother, how did I perform just now?" He suddenly grinned, like a child waiting for a reward.
"Very good." I pretended to be expressionless, "You are really good at lying."
"I'm not lying. Everything I said is true. I learned it from you." A cunning light flashed on the boy's face.
"You've learned a little too well. Don't forget that you have to go back to comfort your sister-in-law at night." I couldn't help but laugh. This guy is really too smart.
We distributed the clothes and asked everyone to put on the animal skins and take off the animal skins. We taught them some etiquette. Don't think that I have to do it easily. This is definitely the most laborious task for us. Let Li Beihai pick out a few smart people from the remaining people and go back to Jingzhou with the merchant surnamed Liu tomorrow to take a letter to my teacher and sister, and also to provide protection for my in-laws. When it was almost dark, all these things were finally solved. Looking at these Xianbei people mixed with Han people, they looked like a group of honor guards. However, after the southern expedition, the remaining people were mainly young men and women. When talking to them again, there was always a bitter feeling, especially Po Liu Han Lie Ya. He didn't have it, but when he inspected them one by one, he could no longer see those familiar elders, laughing girls, and kind aunts. I think he must be more uncomfortable than me, because those are their families. Parting may not be sad, but parting forever makes people so desperate.
The next morning, I woke up early and looked at the quiet Haiyang in front of the window. I wondered if this would cause them any trouble, but I thought it wouldn't. Otherwise, both the Xiongnu and the county lieutenant would suffer. I figured it out and I waited here for the man whose legs were probably soft to come back with his wife, and then we would go together.
However, this time it was a young man in an envoy's uniform who rushed in. He seemed to have forgotten how to perform the Han etiquette that we were taught yesterday. He changed a few seemingly correct movements at the door, but I didn't know which one was right. I smiled and stopped him, "You can learn this on the way. What are you doing here?"
"Master Li asked me to wake you up and set off."
"So fast!" I was surprised. When I arrived at the north gate, I had to admit that Li Beihai was too promising, but also too stupid. I had originally thought that I would do all these things, but now I don't have to do anything. But he should know that I am lazy, very lazy. His outstanding performance will only make his future burden heavier. Suddenly I felt that I was so bad, but I had no guilt.
Long Xing said hello to me, got into a car, and the team set off. At three o'clock in the morning, he secretly picked up his new wife from the wall, and since then Long Xing has been staying in his happy car.
After walking outside the city for a while, Husa Lie Nanguo was driven out angrily. I was shocked. Why is this guy here? But at this time, there is no way to drive him away. It is too dangerous to let him go alone. There is no point in asking him the reason. I regretted not telling the old relative to take this thing away. I didn't expect that he was sent here as a dowry with his cousin. I guess it was the old man's idea. It seems safer and more appropriate to follow a team of lifeless family members and old men than to follow our official team. However, the old relative didn't know that our plan was a bit risky, but we can't blame him.
Husa Lie Nan Kingdom is indeed very interesting. This big-eyed child likes me very much, but he mainly points at this Sirius thing. It seems that he also knows the story behind this thing.
The wind in the wild has grown stronger. There are no trees to provide shade here, only grass and some sand. It seems that there is not much rain here.
Continuing to the northeast, our next target is Guye City. I have to admit that I am the first person in the world to play with fire. And this plan seems to be superfluous. But I still thought about the return. I hope there will be no forks when passing through the more than 200 miles of land. So, we should leave the contradictions to them, instead of establishing contradictions with them. And think about it, the Huns will not dare to look at the ceremonial carriage of the Great Han Ping An Fengyun Marquis. So, I think there should be no danger, but it is very safe and reliable.
When we were about to reach Guye City, I dragged the person in the gentle place out, and stuffed the person outside who was in high spirits in, and told them not to come out, remember. I asked Li Beihai to hold the scepter, and put away all our weapons, leaving only some ceremonial objects for everyone to hold.
They entered Guye City peacefully. This was the only city in Lingzhi within a radius of several hundred miles. After it was granted to the Xubu people, it became a county. But what was interesting was that the Xiongnu seemed to be used to living in tents. Now that they had settled in the city, there were still rows of tents along the street. Everything here made Beihai and his men a little nervous. It seemed that the relationship between the Xianbei and the Xiongnu must not be very good.
The Xiongnu women were quite bold and used Chinese to tease the men passing by. Beihai and I were the most popular. I didn't want to compete to see who was more popular because that would damage my self-esteem.
As we imagined, the Xiongnu men also wanted to harass our Xianbei girls dressed as shrines. I was a little worried, but it seemed that Beihai did a good job. I even felt that some of the "shrines" wanted to draw their swords and chop the Xiongnu men, but no one really did it. They were very calm, at least on the surface, and continued to sit in the ceremonial car. I guess their hands were on the swords.
In front of a grand but simple tent, the Chanyu received me very politely. Although this bearded man was still very forthright and free in his speech, I always felt that this carefree life had worn away too much of his arrogance and arrogance. He was not much different from a Han Chinese general. His son Shao Chanyu still retained that temperament. This young man was bald, with some hair on the right side of his head tied into a braid and tied on his head. A silver bell hung on his left ear, which rang with his movements... I don't know how my sister is doing. Summer is over. Jingzhou may have flooded. What is my sister busy with now
I came to my senses and remembered something else. I looked back at Beihai. Beihai was very considerate. His hair was done and the braids were no longer visible. However, the belt was still tied in his bun.
Although these barbarians have settled for many years, the Huns' martial spirit has not changed at all. He exchanged a few pleasantries with me and then got down to business. I expected that he would mention my battle in Hanzhong, and his real purpose must be the item of the Huns' ancestors in my hand. I immediately asked someone to take out the Tianlang and show it to him, and began to think about why I shouldn't give it to him.
"It's really a wolf, but it seems that it hasn't washed enough blood." I can't let him suck enough blood, you mean you can. If you want it, just be direct, this kind of vague statement is not my taste.
"You want to go back? Lord Shanyu."
"Hey, let's compete and whoever wins will get it. What do you think?" This thing is mine. It's not a good idea to use my things as prizes. But since this thing belongs to his ancestors, let him have it this time. I agreed.
"Xubu Tiebiao." The Shao Chanyu stood up. He was indeed a brave man. "I heard that Ping'an Fengyunhou is good at shooting, so let's compete!" They seemed to be very familiar with Tiebiao's shooting skills.
"Yes." That Xubu Tiebiao took a crossbow from the wall. I thought to myself, they have learned this too. Back then, when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu who were skilled in archery and horsemanship, it was largely because of the extensive use of crossbows, which had a longer range than bows. Before the Xiongnu started shooting, our Han army's rain of arrows fell on these cavalrymen who were almost not wearing armor and had no shields. I suddenly thought of something. I remembered that I could try this when I go back... Suddenly, a cheer pulled me out of my thoughts. A red arrow appeared on one of the red wooden pillars that had formed a line in the distance.
"Okay, Long Xing, take my bow. Don't use iron, just use a wooden one." Long Xing hesitated for a moment, then understood. Soon, the six-foot long bow was in my hand. I just pulled the bow, and suddenly I thought, "No, Chanyu, you sent your son to compete with me. This is not right. If I beat him, it would not be glorious. Why not..." I put the bow behind me, "Who of you can accompany Shao Chanyu to have fun?"
Long Xing took the lead and immediately picked up the bow and took a red arrow from the Hun.
"Come on, then come on, but Shao Chanyu uses a crossbow, so if you use a bow, you have to shoot like a crossbow."
"Then what should I do?" Hey, I don't think there is such a sentence in the good lyrics. You really learn it quickly.
"Can't you hold it sideways like a crossbow?"
"Got it." Beihai picked up the bow awkwardly, pulled it open, aimed carefully, and shot an arrow. Shao Shanyu's arrow was squeezed out by Beihai's arrow and fell off! After Longxing shot, the general handed it to me respectfully, and said, "You can carry it on your back. You shot well, and I will give you this bow as a reward." He thanked him for the reward and carried the bow on his back.
"I lost." What a good man, he could win and lose, which made me like him all of a sudden. I nodded to him, suddenly stood up and shouted, "Bring me the blue horse, give it to the young hero Xubu Tiebiao."
"Yes." Long Xing went down, but after a moment, he came back and approached me. "The horse seems to have been lost in Haiyang Post Station."
"How could this happen? You are making a fool of myself. Go back and bring the horse back to me!" I was furious.
"Yes." Long Xing looked terrified and quickly jumped onto the horse.
"Get on my horse, my horse is fast. Bring it back to me quickly." I commanded anxiously.
"Yes." He became even more panicked. He got on my horse and galloped away.
"I'm sorry, Lord Shanyu, it's all my fault." I looked apologetic and depressed, and asked them to come together to comfort me.
Then we continued to drink, and they kept toasting me, while I acted sullen. In fact, I was already laughing in my heart. I may not be called a strategist, but I must be the biggest liar. Now, I listened to their praises of me and Long Xing with a cold face. The Huns value heroes, so what I heard was that they advised me not to blame Long Xing. Later, they praised me for having many talented people under my command. I think so too. In the Battle of Hanzhong, in addition to my fame, I also heard some news about Li Zhen, a barbarian female general, and a team of foreign troops. But at that time, Po Liu Han Lie Ya was still in the extreme north, and who knew the name of Li Beihai. Suddenly seeing him display his unique skills, of course he was shocked by the number of talented people.
Beihai and I took advantage of their proposed conversations and various actions to perform the most brilliant scam. The reason they rode my horse was because there was a pot of arrows on my horse.
Long Xing will go to Liu Mansion in the city to take away the horses. Before leaving the city, he will shoot an arrow on the tower. There will be a letter on it. We are here with the Xiongnu. We heard that the Xiongnu are coming to rob Liu Mansion's sister, so be careful. The remaining Xianbei warriors and maids who stayed in Liu Mansion will leave after Long Xingxing in the sister's car and go directly to the west of the city 50 miles to meet with other people going to Jingzhou. When the county lieutenant receives the letter, he will ask people to pay attention to the movement of Liu Mansion. People near Liu Mansion will reveal the fact that there is a car leaving under questioning. At this point, we can only close the city gate and wait for the movement below.
I had to continue acting here, and after an hour, I started to mutter, wondering why he hadn't come back yet.
"It seems that there is still a hundred miles from here to Haiyang. It has only been an hour. How could it be so fast?" Even the Chanyu came to my rescue.
Another follower behind me whispered to me, "It seems there is a happy event in Haiyang City today. The road from the north gate to the county lieutenant's house may be very crowded. The post station is right in the middle of this road. It may take a while."
"Oh." I said in a surprised tone, "Happy event, who is the county lieutenant's family getting married to? Why didn't he tell me yesterday?" There was a sense of dissatisfaction in my words. I was in a bad mood, so of course I would explode, "Can't I afford a gift?"
"Because we are marrying a merchant named Liu, we are sorry to ask you to attend." His voice was still very low, but Shao Chanyu could hear some of it. After hearing it, he was obviously a little uncomfortable.
"Marrying a businessman, no wonder this happened. The businessman is named Liu. When we were repairing the car, we also bought oil and paint from him. His family seems to be the largest merchant in Haiyang. Could it be that he wants to take over the county lieutenant?" I was very strange, as if I was talking to him, but also as if I was talking to myself.
"How dare this county lieutenant deceive me?" Shao Chanyu shouted and rushed out of the tent. Outside the tent, he shouted some names, which seemed to be some soldiers. After a while, someone came to report that Shao Chanyu had rushed out of Guye City.
I was so shocked that I didn't know what to do. The old Chanyu hurried to explain, "I don't need you to explain." But I still listened to his description very carefully.
"This is the territory of the Han Dynasty. It's not a good idea to do this, right?" I said worriedly.
"It's okay, but we can't let this dog official look down on us. How can our Xubu tribe have dignity if they compete with us for such things?" He had to be a bit light-hearted, but also very righteous. I guess the feud between this county lieutenant and the Huns is serious.
Beihai finally came back, but as soon as he came back, he hurried to report to me that he saw Shao Chanyu sent troops to Haiyang. I knew it. I said goodbye to Lao Chanyu. He wanted to keep me, but I caused trouble because of my coming. It was my fault. I had no face to stay. I presented the good Xianbei horse to Chanyu and asked him to give it to his son, and then we left.
Less than two miles out of the city, Long Xing went back into the car, and Husalie Nanguo ran out quickly, but this time he was not angry, but relieved. When we saw him continue to run out of the team, we understood everything: he couldn't hold it anymore.