Chapter 87 Section 18

I didn't have the patience to wait for him, so I sent troops into Kangju Palace that night.Their royal palace is very simple and inferior to the county courts in the border counties of the Han Dynasty. Without much effort, my soldiers found the person I was looking for in the stone house in the backyard. The torches of the soldiers were lit brightly. King Kang Ju walked to the front hall of the palace surrounded by my soldiers in his sheepskin jacket.Seeing me, he panicked and said, "I don't know what Shan Yu means? Ever since Shan Yu came to Kangju, we Kangju people have never treated Shanyu badly!"

"I didn't treat you badly either. When your country was shitted on the neck of the Wusun people, it was I who helped the king build a strong reputation in the Western Regions. It was I who helped you on the necks of the Wusun people. You can shit on their necks as much as you like. Ask yourself, have the Huns treated you wrong?" I said with a half-smile. He nodded while sucking his mouth and said: "Yes, we Kangju people are very grateful for Shan Yu's help. But... But when Shan Yu first came, there were only 3,000 people around you, and most of them were cold and hungry. Our Kangju people help, and you..."

I let his words be drowned in my cry: "Yes, I understand what you mean, you saved us. But if you hadn't sent someone to invite us to trek to you from far away Jiankun, how would we Will I suffer so much suffering on the way? Moreover, I, Hutuus, have never been an ungrateful person. If I were an ungrateful person, then I would kill you immediately, and Kang Ju could directly change his name to the Huns. You Understand, I am fully capable of doing this now." "Since Chanyu has no good intentions to destroy our Kangju, why bother? Our two countries are brothers! When Shanyu captures Wusun, Wusun will be Chanyu's. Isn't that enough?" His eyes And full of hope.

I sneered: "What kind of brotherhood? When I first came to Kangju, you said we could form an alliance, but you didn't do it. Since both of us didn't give blood at the wedding banquet, then it is considered that I killed You will not be punished by the gods. We Huns have always feared the gods, but you don't care." Before King Kang Ju could speak, a voice in the slanted stab said: "My lord, I advised you not to trust the Xiongnu, so as not to lure wolves into the house. They say they respect the oath, but in fact, even if we have made an oath with him, they will not give up on them." Greedy desire. They swore hundreds of times with the Han Dynasty, but they still fled to the Western Regions in a hurry."

I looked at the man who spoke coldly.This man was in his forties, wearing a deerskin cloak and a deerskin jacket, embroidered with grape-shaped gold thread, and a bunch of turquoise and agate decorations on his chest. I knew he was a nobleman of Kangju.With a blank expression, I ordered: "Come on, tie up this hero." Several soldiers immediately ran up, grabbed him, and dragged him to me. "Take off his clothes," I ordered. Although it was already late spring, Kang Juguo was still a bit chilly.In the process of stripping his clothes, the middle-aged nobleman Kangju kept struggling and swearing, which made King Kangju stand aside tremblingly, not daring to intercede for him.When the man was stripped naked and shivering in the wind, I ordered: "Boil water for him to bathe."

A few soldiers immediately brought up a copper wok with standing ears and a high ring foot. They pierced the two ears of the copper wok, hung it on a wooden frame, filled it with water, and put it on the bottom of the ring foot. Gather firewood.The soldiers then erected a taller wooden frame suspended over the copper wok.The Kangju nobleman was firmly held down by the soldiers, his legs were put together, he was tied with a thick cowhide rope, and hung upside down above the copper wok.Immediately afterwards, the soldiers lit the firewood at the bottom of the copper wok with torches. "Anyone who insults Shan Yu will end up like this." I announced.

The Kangju people gradually understood what I was doing.A gorgeously dressed middle-aged woman rushed out of the crowd and knelt at my feet, crying. She raised her fat face like a pancake, with tears streaming down her face, begging my forgiveness hoarsely.Kangju dialect is not difficult for me to understand now. From her crying, I know that the hanging man is her husband. At this time, the flame at the bottom of the copper wok was burning fiercely, and the naked body of the nobleman of Kangju was hanging in the air, like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered. With thick body hair growing on his body, he was indeed similar to a wild boar.Maybe it was really unable to face such a scene, that King Kang Ju finally mustered up the courage to walk over, hesitated for a while, and knelt down at my feet with a "plop".The Kangju nobles present all gave a cry of surprise, probably feeling humiliated by their king kneeling in front of me.

"Please forgive me, Shan Yu, just spare his life." He raised his face, whose lips could not be seen clearly, and said vaguely.For a moment I had an almost childlike urge to reach out and brush his beard and free his lips.Perhaps his voice has always been vague, but also because his lips have no freedom at all. "Your Majesty." I laughed, "Why do you do this? If you are willing to hand over your daughter and Chen Tang together, our two families are still relatives. Otherwise, I will order the massacre. We Huns treat our friends well." He entertains with wine, but he always greets the enemy with swords and bows."

King Kang Ju's body shook violently, and I was secretly happy that my guess was correct.Chen Tang is indeed hiding somewhere, with King Kang Ju's daughter. "I don't understand why a rascal fishmonger from the Han Dynasty deserves to be protected by the king, and he even went so far as to deceive a Shanyu from the Huns." I said coldly. King Kang Ju quickly explained: "No, it's not that I intend to deceive Shan Yu, it's really a last resort. My youngest daughter has already secretly fallen in love with that scoundrel Chen Tang. If I dedicate her to Shan Yu again, It seems that she doesn't respect Shan Yu enough. Moreover, she is obsessed with ghosts, saying that if she is forced to separate from Chen Tang, she would rather commit suicide. In fact, it doesn't matter if she committed suicide, but once the news spread, wouldn't Shan Yu blame me for discipline? Not strict? How can I explain to Shanyu?"

I was furious: "Could it be that if you hide like this, you can hide? You promised to marry her to me, so you have to do it. Can you avoid this problem for the rest of your life?" He said with a bitter face: "I thought Shan Yu was surrounded by clouds of beauties, and I would forget it after a long time. I didn't expect Shan Yu to be so attached to his little girl." I couldn't laugh or cry: "Is there anyone who sees your daughter and forgets about it? Anyway, I don't care, as long as you find her for me, I can forget the past. Our two families are still relatives." I raised my head and watched That copper wok, I saw that steam was coming out of its mouth, "If you don't move faster, I can't guarantee that he won't be steamed."

Hearing my words, the aristocratic woman kneeling at my feet seemed to wake up from a dream, and threw herself on King Kangju, pleading: "My lord, please let the little princess come out. Please, save my husband, he is also your nephew." King Kangju sighed, and said, "Okay, Shanyu, I'll tell you where they are, and you must keep your word. They're in Xiaofumo City outside Kangju City by the water. You send them quickly. Go and call them." A smile appeared on my face: "Tell me earlier, won't there be nothing wrong?" I ordered, "Come on, hurry up and find someone in Xiaofu Mo City, and let the king send someone to lead the way." Dozens of soldiers left the palace quickly with King Kang Ju's personal followers. "Chan Yu, they've already left, you tell them to stop the fire first." The woman still hugged my leg and cried. I said coldly: "No, according to the rules of the Huns, let people go after they have achieved their goals. Come and take this woman away for me. If she screams again, her jaw will be broken."