Chapter 82 Section Thirteen

When I woke up after a night of sleep, I realized that I had done something too reckless.I killed the envoys of the Han Dynasty. According to the rules of the Han Dynasty, they will never give up.It is true that I am far away from the mainland of the Han Dynasty, but now the Western Regions are almost all his vassal states. The powerful Wusun is just to the south, and there is also the Western Regions Protectorate of the Han Dynasty next to the Yancheng City of Kucha. It is not difficult for the soldiers and horses of the countries in the Western Regions to attack me. "What's the name of that damn Han Dynasty envoy?" I sighed and asked Ju Yu Lishou.

"He is Wei Sima of the Han Dynasty, named Gu Ji." Ju Yu Lishou replied. "Oh, Gu Ji, I didn't intend to kill him." I said, "Ju Nai is really rude. The emperor of the Han Dynasty should not blame me for not keeping the old promise. They should reflect on why they chose such a madman as an envoy." .” Ju Yu Lishou seemed to comfort me, and said softly: "Father, you are not wrong. This Gu Ji is indeed a madman. At that time, the emperor of the Han Dynasty refused to send him as an envoy. He insisted on it. .” "Why does he want to be an envoy so much?" I was a little curious, "Don't you think it's hard work to travel through mountains and rivers?"

"Traveling through mountains and rivers is hard work, but a successful mission can easily lead to promotion. Therefore, some officials of the Han Dynasty who came from humble backgrounds but were ambitious were eager to seek opportunities to go abroad, especially our Xiongnu." "What's the difference?" I asked. He said: "Father doesn't know something. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the folks have been full of the atmosphere of opening up borders and expanding land. Some rogue youths were originally poor and bored in the country, or committed crimes. In the future, they will inevitably abandon the fate of the market. At this time Suddenly they found their way out. They all wrote letters to the emperor, volunteering to go on missions to distant countries to publicize the great achievements of the Han Dynasty. The emperor was very happy to receive such memorials, and often asked the government to reward them with some money and issued them Jiemin, pardon some criminals to follow them as envoys. Although some scoundrels do not get financial support from the emperor, they often travel to the Western Regions alone, calling themselves envoys. The Han Dynasty people always think that other countries are easy to conquer, but they are not very good for us Xiongnu There is fear, and he thinks he is a strong enemy. Therefore, those who are willing to send the Xiongnu to win honor for the Han Dynasty are often more admired, and they also take advantage of the official position. This Gu Ji is in his forties. The little Wei Sima was holding back his breath all the time, and wanted to gain fame by sending an envoy to the Huns. Gong Yu, the official censor of the Han Dynasty, knew Gu Ji better. The Xiongnu would definitely make trouble for the country, but it was only because of the support of the right general Feng Fengshi that Gu Ji finally got what he wanted."

I forced a smile: "He really got what he wanted, at least the Han Dynasty will recognize him as a loyal minister. If he has a son, he can also get his shade and become an official." "Now it seems that Gu Ji is indeed a fool. On the road, he was very arrogant to my son. In fact, what he did was not what the emperor of the Han Dynasty wanted." "Oh, how do you know?" I asked. "After his father killed him, we read all the documents he carried with him. In the documents, the emperor of the Han Dynasty ordered him to comfort his father, try his best to repair it, and not to make the relationship stalemate. He also brought a lot of gifts with him. , were given to my father by the emperor of the Han Dynasty.”

"But after all, there won't be as many people as Ji Houxuan." I blurted out. Ju Yu Lishou looked at me and said sincerely, "Father, although we haven't seen each other for many years, Father's temper is still the same as before." "You think Dad did something wrong, don't you?" I looked him in the face. He was noncommittal and said: "Gu Ji is so rude, even if my father kills him, it is not unreasonable. What I mean is that my father was proud all his life and could not allow others to look down on him. In fact, the Han Dynasty treated Ji Houxuan better. Why do we have to worry about it? After all, Ji Houxuan was willing to degenerate and submit to the Han Dynasty humbly. Although his father was submissive on the surface, he was rebellious in his heart. People in the Han Dynasty were not fools, so of course they would treat them differently. Besides, the son Boldly say something that my father doesn’t like to hear, the Han Dynasty didn’t want us to be an enemy, and my son has been treated with courtesy in the past few years in the Han Dynasty, and now they have traveled thousands of miles to send his son back, doesn’t it also illustrate this point?”

I kept silent, he was absolutely right.Pride is my great glory, but also my great weakness. I cannot allow anyone to betray me.I remember that when I was very young, I was expelled by my father Xu Jianquan Qu Shanyu just because of this character.My mother's status among my father's Yan family is not very high, so my status is also at a disadvantage among my brothers, but I have always been higher than the sky, and I feel that I am the most outstanding one among my brothers.No matter in terms of riding, archery or intelligence, I am much better than my brothers.At the age of thirteen, I was able to shoot big eagles that could only be shot by an adult Hun archer. I wrote documents in both Chinese and Hun languages ​​quickly and well, and my brothers were far behind me.Therefore, I was gradually isolated by them.They often gang up to bully me. Fortunately, I still have a few good friends from the Sub and Lan families.Their help once became a source of warmth for me, but one day, I discovered that these good friends and my brothers were also having a good time, and the wall of friendship in my heart collapsed in an instant.When these good friends came to play with me again, I said to them with a livid face: "Go and play with them!" My face must have shocked them, and then I completely lost them.Among the noble children of the Huns, I ended up without a single friend.When I secretly shot one of them one day, my father was also furious, he exiled me, gave me only two servants, and asked me to go to an Out near Wuhuan in the far east of the Xiongnu Be an ordinary Hun.Does this count as pride killing me?

"But now that I've killed Gu Ji, it's useless to regret it." I said helplessly.At this moment in front of my son, the strength I had maintained all the time disappeared suddenly. He said: "The matter has come to this point. We simply declared that we have not seen any envoys from the Han Dynasty, and the Chanyu attendant sent back by the Han Dynasty has disappeared. Instead, my father can continue to send envoys to the Han Dynasty to inquire about my whereabouts." .In this way things become completely opposite, it is the Han Dynasty that lost the father's son, but they are sorry for the father."

"My God! I'm so proud to have a son like you." I said to him sincerely, "I'm just sorry that you don't show up anymore." He smiled: "When the father makes the Huns strong again, the son can come out proudly. Father, I don't think this day will be too long." My heart felt even warmer.The cold wind was howling outside, the first cold wind of autumn.Winter is coming again.I recalled the time when I was galloping on the blue Yibo sea not long ago, when the Kangju beauty was still flirting with Chen Tang by the lake with her arms bare, I couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion.Am I going to hide in this cold frontier all my life?Now that we Huns lack food and clothing, I am really worried about how to survive this cold winter.

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