Chapter 9 The Seventh Chapter of the Secret Map: The Swordsman and the Huns Are Distressed Alone

The treacherous villain wants to "borrow a knife to kill" or "solve" Meng Tian quietly.Meng Tian's identity has been exposed, and he was betrayed by Chang Qingguang to the Huns traffickers.In a city where the Xiongnu passed, the traffickers took the Huns soldiers away and took Meng Tian away.These snobs want to use Meng Tian, ​​a big fish, to seek greater benefits.In the Xiongnu camp, the real identity of Qin general Meng Tian was not confirmed, and they were temporarily detained and imprisoned. Outside Hutiansai in May, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the mountains and plains are already emerald green.It rained heavily in early spring, and the wind was blowing, and the grassland was full of greenery, just like a god with extraordinary skills created a beautiful scene in a short time.The deep and distant prairie is like this, as long as the sky pays attention to it a little, it will produce a magical effect.

The location of Shan Yuting is exactly at a corner in front of the mountain, and there is a primitive bush on the left.Birch trees, poplars, poplars, and more red willow shrubs form a stretch, spreading for hundreds of miles.To the southwest of Shanyuting is the inexhaustible Qilian Mountains. The cold mountain wind comes from the snow line on the top of Qilian Mountains that is hard to melt all the year round; the Daqing Mountains in the north are dark and heavy with a sense of stagnation.Only in the southeast is the majestic Beiyi Mountain, which always generates a cloud of mist and earth, constantly nourishing the large grasslands to the west of the foothills, making it possible to ensure that people and animals live without worry every year.

The surprises are much more than that.Since King Xitixiutu, the Hun who recognized his ancestors, migrated to the western foot of Beiyi Mountain, this explorer quickly entered the eastern foothill of Beiyi Mountain, crossed the big river, entered the Henan land there, and unexpectedly created a new world.So far, King Xitixiutu's territory stretches from Longdong to the northern rockery, and then to the northern part of Beiyi Mountain, 600 miles from north to south, across several large rivers, at the foot of Jitou Mountain in Muye Qin.With such a good situation, Touman Shanyu couldn't mention how happy he should be, so under the advice of the wizard Qi Qicuo and the ministers, Touman Shanyu decided to build the first royal city in the history of the Huns. .

In order to please the Great Chanyu, King Xitixiutu personally led his subordinates to further expand the royal city into a magnificent palace covering an area of ​​nearly 500 mu. Rock Avenue.On both sides of the steps in front of the door, nine wolves look down on the sky, and nine dragons and rocks control the four directions. They imitate the Qin palace to erect bronze figures, vermilion birds, and pendulum bells, demonstrating the supreme dignity of the king.The big domed tents scattered here and there were newly erected, and they were the sites of some noble leaders, such as the wise kings of the left and right, the kings of the left and right Guli, and the assistant ministers of the left and right, Guduhou.Their guard knights are constantly patrolling around, with three steps for one post and five steps for one post along the way.The soldiers held the handle of the scimitar in their hands, with their chests and stomachs folded, guarding the place where princes and princes gather.

Not far away, the caravan set up a stall near Sanshui Town, which was on the Shanyu Wangting's cordon, and they specially came to the densely packed camp for a break.The merchants spread out their blankets and put some daily necessities and other small items on them for sale. The trade on the grass is always so small, but it is also very realistic.Sure enough, some women and children came out of those well-arranged tents, gathered around the stalls and carefully selected the items they wanted. A temporarily closed market opened, and a man wearing a bamboo hat came to the lakeside and spread out a jacquard carpet called rest, but in fact he quickly sketched a few strokes on an unfolded picture.And that young man is doing the same thing, the two sides do not interfere with each other.

Through these days of contact, everyone has guessed each other's approximate identity, and being in the caravan is just a cover.The entourage exchanged a small jacquard tapestry for a copper pot of hot milk tea, and the middle-aged man took the initiative to greet the young friend: "Hi—come here for fresh milk tea." "Then respect is worse than obedience!" The young man replied with a smile.When I came, I also brought some cheese, ghee and some milk fruits. "Come here, this is a rare item in the mainland, you should try it too." "It's really impolite to come and not to reciprocate!" The middle-aged man couldn't help asking: "Where is the strong man from? He must have made a relationship with the Huns?" The young man smiled slightly: "The man who went to the grassland together How can you casually inquire about the whereabouts of other people? This is the rule of walking on the North Road. My dear brother, please forgive this little disrespect."

"It makes sense, it makes sense! Come, drink tea." The middle-aged man smiled indifferently. "There seems to be some important activity in this royal court?" "It's not yet the time for the autumn meeting, and the important royal activities are nothing more than wars and the division of pastures and grasslands." "How many people they have, can they be counted now?" The middle-aged man asked cautiously. "Roughly, it is estimated that there are less than one million Hun tribes at present, and they can control only 600,000 people. It is conservatively estimated that the number of controllable people should be 300,000." After the young man said this number, he looked at Wang Ting in a daze. Front.

The Xiongnu Da Shanyu led all his ministers and princes out of the hall and came to the big tripod in front of the court.The wizard Qi Qicuo muttered something, walked around the cauldron for a few times, and then poked the mulberry stick in his hand towards an acupuncture point at the bottom of the cauldron. A miracle happened, the cauldron suddenly ignited a fierce flame, and the wizard took the slave's confession He burned incense, looked up at Gao Tian and worshiped for a few times, and then threw the incense into the cauldron.Followed by the great Shanyu Touman, offering sacrifices to the common people in the same way.Then came the princes and ministers in turn.

About an hour after the opening of the market, the stalls in front of the tents became longer and longer, and more and more people visited the market, and there were still people coming from a distance on horseback.By noon, there was a birch forest in Temporary Guan City, connecting with a small sandy beach five miles away.Due to the flat terrain there, the small beach has become the center of Guan City.Five miles away from Shanyu's royal court, ordinary Xiongnu tribes gathered here, either to buy goods from caravans, or they themselves traded with each other and bartered goods.Today's Guanshi was unexpectedly good, and the princes and ministers also brought their tribes. The tens of thousands of people in the Guanshi lasted until the sunset in the afternoon, and people's interest remained undiminished.

The Xiongnu women mainly brought some dairy products that they hadn’t finished eating, such as cheese, yogurt, milk skin, highland barley wine, kumiss, ghee, etc. In addition, there were air-dried meat, cured meat, bacon, etc. fur and fur products.Among them, large and small jacquard carpets, ordinary down blankets, felts, felt boots, fur robes, leather jackets, leather pants, leather boots, wool socks, fox fur hats and other items piled up like mountains, only a small amount of fur cloaks, and the workmanship Rough, apparently the work of a Hun cobbler. Compared with the goods brought by the Huns and other Rong people, the goods carried by the caravan were scarce in northern Xinjiang, and they were also the necessities of life for the Rong people in the north.First of all, food, cloth, tea, salt, and some necessary condiments, and various medicinal materials are also very popular; then there are needles, threads, and silk threads of various colors used by some inland women, which can embroider more beautiful patterns.

The opening of the market reached such a grand occasion that people were all involved in all possible commercial activities, and even the hired camel passengers had to do business for their employers and take care of their goods.After resting in the birch forest, the mysterious traveler, his entourage, and young scholars were also attracted by the unprecedented grand occasion before them and joined involuntarily.Several people eagerly came to help the merchants to count the goods and move heavy objects. "It's so lively!" The middle-aged man said with emotion.Hearing this, the young man said: "The closed market can revitalize a country's economy. The mutual exchange of markets between the two countries has a lot of benefits but no harm. And when the closed market is opened, the country will be safe, people's livelihood will be stable, and it is suitable for farming. The development of farming will also promote commerce. If the two supplement each other, the treasury will be full and the political situation will be stable. How can the people not be rich? The people do not live, the country has no peace, and if things go on like this, the country will be ruined and the family will perish!" The middle-aged man nodded frequently, agreeing with the young man's point of view: "That's right!" The entourage was stunned, a little confused, and said casually: "It is said that the merchants are unscrupulous, exploiting the citizens, and harming one side. Is this true?" The middle-aged man sighed: "This kind of situation does exist, but not all businessmen are like this. Back then, Lu Buwei was rich enough to rival the country, and his family wealth was scattered across the country. How can it be considered unjust to use it to unify the hegemony of the six countries?" The three of them were looking for a teahouse to drink tea and chat, when suddenly there was a commotion in the west of Guan City.A Hun was holding a shadow figure in his hand, followed by more than a dozen soldiers.This person is the Huns trafficker Amusin, and he is scanning the tens of thousands of people in Guan City with eagle-like eyes. The abnormal behavior of the Huns human trafficker Amusin aroused the vigilance of the middle-aged man. He vaguely felt that something was going to happen, so he quietly approached the young man he had met by chance, handed him a basically completed map of northern Xinjiang, and whispered : "I'm afraid there will be danger, you and I must go separately... Hurry up, don't look back, and hurry back to Jiuyuan County as soon as possible." The two had a brief negotiation without anyone noticing, and they were quite emotional.Right now this young man is none other than Ji Fengyi, under the command of Ren Xiao, the prefect of Jiuyuan County.The last time the first emperor was in danger at Xidoupu in Jiuyuan, it was this person who made a surprise move to save him.At this moment, Ji Fengyi said in amazement: He has already guessed my real identity, but who is he?It seems that he is by no means an idle person. "My dear friend, how do you escape?" Ji Fengyi asked anxiously.The middle-aged man was in a hurry, so he pushed him and said, "Leave us alone, go, if you don't go, you won't be able to go..." "Brother... I don't know the names of the two brothers..." "Let's go...you'll know later." The danger was imminent, and he unexpectedly... At this time, the danger came faster than expected, when Ji Fengyi looked back worriedly, she saw dozens of Huns soldiers had surrounded the middle-aged man The man and his entourage.The Huns trafficker laughed arrogantly: "Don't pretend to be a fool, you, a general, can pretend to be a merchant?" "Ah..." Ji Fengyi, who was lucky enough to escape, couldn't help being shocked. It turned out that he was a general of the Great Qin Dynasty... The Xiongnu soldiers surrounded the middle-aged man and his entourage, and the restless Guan City suddenly fell silent.Dozens of Xiongnu soldiers were holding scimitars, confronting an unarmed middle-aged man in the center of Guan City. A rare fear made their hands trembling slightly.People are already discussing: "... I heard that it is a general of Qin, is it true?" Attracting more people to watch. Several members of the caravan nearby were stunned when they saw this scene. It turned out that he really... the middle-aged man calmly looked like a half-smile, without fear, and pretended to be surprised and asked: "Hey, why is this? You Huns Is this how you treat your guests?" The Hun traffickers didn't say a word, unfolded the pictures and graphs for comparison for a while, and then said in fluent Qin dialect: "Oh! You two, how offended you are. You, a big man, made a mistake in doing business. Identity, take it away with me!" "Haha..." The middle-aged man looked up to the sky and laughed, as if the person who should be taken away was not him, but someone else.He cupped his fists and saluted to the rest of the caravan: "Brothers, help take care of my goods, and see you later." At this moment, the Huns trafficker Amusin was proud, with his hands behind his back, and walked out of Guan City complacently.His dress is a combination of local and foreign, his language is mixed between the north and the south, he does not use knives, and he does not trade for goods. He is doing a rare meat ticket business in the world. Let’s say that the Huns trafficker Amusin brought his meat ticket—two Qin people with unusual identities to the court of King Shanyu.The middle-aged man was not surprised. He was born in the capital of Qin State, and he had never seen such a luxurious building.However, he still sincerely admired the Huns' amazing willpower and extraordinary ability to survive.Thinking that they have lived in the days of migrating back and forth for most of the past two thousand years, living a life of ups and downs, living with difficulty in the ice and snow world under the snow line in the north, and it is not easy to tenaciously come to this day.Now it is not easy to build the first royal city and the first palace with a dome in heaven in a stable and peaceful way.To build such a majestic palace in a short period of time is enough to show that this place is also a place where dragons and tigers are hidden, and I am deeply moved. With permission, that annoying guy, Amusin, led the way in front, and four soldiers escorted the middle-aged man and his entourage to follow up.I saw the deep palace, short corridors, connecting left and right; soldiers on both sides with bright armor, standing like statues.In front of the main hall, nine steps form a dandelion, stepping up and entering the main hall, you are already in a magnificent place.The sky is open, and the eaves on the upper and outer eaves cleverly only accept the brilliance of the sun into the hall, which makes the gold leaf glass show a dazzling golden light.On the tribute table, there is a bright hook and axe. Inside the human skull, there is a golden seal of the king;After the tribute case, there was one person lying on his back on the white tiger skin couch. It was the noble Shan Yu Touman of the Xiongnu. His eyes were small, and his eyebrows were depressed, showing a hidden majesty.His face was red and his chin was beardless. For those who had just stepped into the door, he couldn't help but sit up and stared at the person who entered the door for a long time.The ministers on both sides lined up and looked at the two Qin people brought in by Amusin. Amusin went straight to the tribute case, bowed and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty the Great Shanyu, I also brought you Qin General Meng Tian." Touman shifted his observation of the two Qin people to Amusin On his face: "You are a businessman, how do you know that he is Qin general Meng Tian?" Amusin was a little at a loss when asked. "Your Majesty the Great Chanyu, it is true that I am a businessman, but it is also true that he is General Meng Tian of Qin. I can vouch for it with my head." "Haha..." Touman's hearty laughter was sharp and mean, and more importantly, it had the meaning of belittling Amusin, and rushed to the sky, resounding throughout the quicksand prairie.After laughing enough, he searched for Hou Xinzi, the great leader of the left. Xinzi asked: "Hou Xinzi, do you believe what he said?" I met them in front of Wangcheng Grassland and said that they would come to present the Great Qin captives for the Great Shanyu, so I mentioned this matter, and I haven't had time to consider the authenticity of this matter." Amusin scolded in his heart, Xinzi is really a cunning kid.Amusin couldn't figure out what went wrong. If he wanted to tell the truth of the matter, he would never want to take any money from the Xiongnu royal court. Wouldn't all his hard work be in vain?Amusin, who claims to be extremely smart, never imagined that things would deviate from the direction set by him in this way.Just as he was about to fight, Touman Shanyu said something else in a powerful voice, which made Amusin almost completely desperate: "My Great Xiongnu Empire has never fought with the Qin Kingdom, and the second has never fought. How can the prisoners talk about it? I have heard It is said that Meng Tian led troops to defend Donghu on the southeast line of Daqing Mountain, and the two countries defended more and fought less, so how could they enter the territory of our Xiongnu westward. Lord Xinzi Gudu, let your friends go before the king is not angry, don't Come to disturb our discussion of military and state affairs." The atmosphere in the entire royal court was extremely cold, and even the two masters and servants who could not understand the Hun language could clearly see that the Hun human traffickers were very frustrated and seemed out of place with the entire royal court. secretly happy. Hearing this, Amusin immediately panicked: "Honorable Chanyu, how can you doubt my sincerity as a subject of the empire? Things are far from what you imagined..." "Shoot him out quickly, a guy who is plotting evil, what is he trying to do?" Touman watched impatiently as the guards drove Amusin out of the palace hall.Amusin still yelled unrelentingly outside: "...Give me back the people. Since you don't believe me, then I will take these two people away!" In the court, Zuo Xianwang looked at the two Qin people, and asked Touman Shanyu carefully: "Your Majesty, what should we do with these two people? Should they be taken away by that guy?" "No!" Touman spoke very simply without thinking.The two Qin Xinren said it was bad, and Man Chanyu really focused his attention on them: "Where do you two come from, why are you doing such sneaky things, are you trying to destroy the stability of our great Xiongnu country?" "Haha...that's ridiculous." The middle-aged man smiled slightly, and said calmly: "His Majesty the Great Shanyu, we are all businessmen who are dutiful, and we are also puzzled by being suspected by others for no reason. Said, how dare you destroy your country's society. I hope that His Majesty the Great Chanyu will investigate clearly and give us justice." All the princes and ministers in the hall heard that this statement was impeccable, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.Touman was startled, this guy was too calm, which aroused his suspicion, what if it was really that Meng Tian?So I went straight to the point and hit the point: "You said you were a businessman, why did you have your pictures? Why did you come to the place of my royal court and be calm and fearless? It is clearly self-defense and evasion of punishment. You know that my big Hun law Is it the law? For spies, gouging out their eyes and hearts, they will never be lightly forgiven." "I can tell you the truth, Your Majesty Shanyu," the middle-aged man said calmly, without changing his face, "First, it is not surprising that there are many similar people in the world. Take the picture and say it is Zhang San Wouldn’t it be Li Si? Second, anyone who is not afraid of death is a lie. The question is how will you face death? If you regard life and death as normal in life, how can you enjoy life and why should you fear death? Naturally! Since death is irresistible, what is the use of fearing it? Thirdly, the laws of any country cannot be trampled on, not to mention the Great Huns, if you do something harmful to the interests of the Great Huns, it will be even more It is difficult to escape punishment. I will go out and do my duty, how can I take my own life as a trifle!" "Then what is your surname?" Touman asked suddenly: "My surname is Qin Mingzhong, a native of Longxi. I have been wandering abroad for many years. I don't care about politics or state affairs. I just want to have a prosperous business and a stable life." The middle-aged man answered calmly. road.All the princes and ministers in the hall were awed by this person's interlocking theory, and they all fell to the ground in admiration.This person's remarks are detailed, without flaws, impeccable, and it is by no means easy, but without conclusive evidence, how can he be persuaded? Some people refused to accept it, thinking that such an unscrupulous person might despise the royal court of the Huns.You Fubi Gu Duhou came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the Great Chanyu, I think this person is so eloquent, and he has the intention of teasing our great Xiongnu country. No matter what his purpose is, I think he will suppress his momentum "You Fubi Gu Duhou explained the meaning of Zen.At this time, the royal court seemed to explode, and all the princes and ministers of His Royal Highness were in an uproar: "Yes, this is reasonable. Our country is full of talents, why should we lose to such a small person?" "You have to interrogate him to find out what kind of identity he is? Why does he speak so eloquently and seamlessly that you can't grasp anything?" "From the point of view of my subordinates, he is clearly looking down on my Great Hun King and underestimating that there is no one in my Great Hun Country!" "We must let him tell the truth, who is he, and what is he doing here?" "Say!" Facing the noisy torture sounds and emotions of the princes and ministers, Touman Chanyu was extremely worried. For some reason, Touman Chanyu had an indescribable fondness for this person in his heart, so he said patiently, "You, don't you want to say anything more? A guest from Qin." "Haha..." The middle-aged man smiled heartily again: "Don't you think this is a bit funny? Always forcing others to say and do things against their will, isn't this a hospitality that claims to be a great Hun country?" the way?" At this moment, a woman suddenly broke into the royal court and interrupted the words of the princes and ministers.This woman was naturally beautiful and had a dignified face, but at this moment she rushed into the hall angrily, she was sobbing, and said: "Father wants to make decisions for the child...he is not human." Followed by a wild and unruly man .All the princes and ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, completely forgetting the argument with a stranger just now.Because this woman is Touman Shanyu's favorite jewel, her name is Jiaoyang.The Huns called the princess second, how can anyone be angry with the sun?When they saw his cousin covering the sun, everyone basically understood that it was so... The scorching sun came straight to Tou Manchanyu and sat down next to him.Touman then asked with concern: "My precious daughter, what's wrong with you?" As he spoke, he looked up at his nephew Zhe Rixiu. "Father wants to make the decision for me." Scorching Sun covered the sun with his fingers, and scolded without any scruples: "Things that are not as good as pigs and dogs, don't want me to marry you..." Touman felt very ashamed, this marriage was his decision of.Juci (princess) of the great Xiongnu king married her cousin, her identity was matched, and her status was equal, so she couldn't be wrong.Touman had a hundred reasons to believe that this was the right thing to do, so he said, "Hmph, scorching sun, don't be rude, what's going on?" "You still ask him..." Touman saw that his daughter was still very angry, so he could only ask his nephew: "Your eldest son, as a general of the Huns, why didn't you even greet me when you walked into the royal court?" Zhe Rixiu was astonished and terrified: "Your Majesty the Great Chanyu, it's time to cover the sun and be polite." "Excuse me. Tell me, what's going on?" Touman looked embarrassed. "Report to the Chanyu, nothing happened, it was just a misunderstanding between our brother and sister. She is still young, she always likes to make small temper, right, the sun is second." "Don't call me by my name, it makes people feel sick." Jiaoyang Juci didn't want to forgive him at all, "You can enjoy the annoying woman who is a general, so don't marry me, just go and live with her. But you still Molest me, you bastard." "Ah—" Hearing this, everyone turned pale with shock.General Gan jumped out of the front of the palace and threw himself at Zhe Rixiu desperately, becoming angry with embarrassment: "Well, Zhe Rixiu, how many women should there be in the great Xiongnu Empire? Why do you bully people like this? You..." Things got more and more outrageous, Touman felt very humiliated, and suddenly found that two Qin people were still waiting in the main hall. The wizard Qi Qicuo also noticed the discordant notes, so he quickly ordered the guards: "Take these two Qin people away quickly..." But it seemed too late at this moment, Zhe Rixiu and General Gan had already fought. Shuttle back and forth between the two Qin people is likely to hurt them.At this moment, Jiaoyang Juci saw two outsiders innocently threatened by them. "Father, these two people..." Before Jiao Yang could finish his sentence, Zhe Rixiu, who couldn't hurt the general, made a surprise attack on the middle-aged man. Glide away.As for the follower, he was also knocked to the ground by General Gan.General Gan and Zhe Rixiu fell into a new round of fighting.The middle-aged man bled from his forehead... Jiaoyang Juci rushed over hurriedly: "Brother, are you okay?" The middle-aged man covered his forehead and said, "It's okay, Juci, your cousin is so barbaric..." "Stop!" Touman Shanyu shouted, "This is Wang Ting, how can you wait to make mistakes. Come, lock up these two bastards for me." "Here!" Immediately, six guards came in and forcibly pushed Zhe Rixiu to the ground, and at the same time controlled General Gan.Touman gave instructions: "Shut up the sun for half a year, stay in prison for a month." At the same time, the two unidentified Qin people were also taken down.A farce seems to have ended like this. Jiao Yang looked at the stable and kind man from Qin and asked Touman: "Father, who are they? Qin's envoy?" Go! Go down too, and tell the duty officer to find a place to put these two Qin people under house arrest, and ask them to treat them as guests. You can’t let them leave before you find out their true identities.” "Yes, father, my daughter understands."