Chapter 2: A Silver Lining of Hope

and his friend who used to guard in Zhangye Dunhuang persuaded him: "Now that there is the great general Huo Guang and the left general Shangguan Ji in the court, you will not only not be humiliated, but will also be more reused by the former one!"

Li Ling said resolutely: "That's what I said. However, I am now dressed in the clothes of a Hu man, and I cannot turn back! Besides, I can no longer withstand the blow of insults! I ask my brother and friends to forgive me! I repeat again, I have the blood of the Han people in my body, and although I am trapped in the Hu land, I will never do anything to be sorry for the Han people!"

They knew Li Ling's heroism, knew his personality even more, and knew his feelings. They also have a key task to come, after Emperor Zhao Li Fuling ascended the throne, he heard that Su Wu was still alive and asked them to find out the truth. What can Li Ling say, he just recommended Chang Hui, the attaché who came with Su Wu fifteen years ago, this person is still alive, and he knows the situation.

It turned out that after Su Wu arrived in Bei'erhai, Chang Hui served in a tribe on the outskirts of Hara and Lin, the capital of the Xiongnu, under the arrangement of King Yu, and the tribal leader took special care of the people arranged by the prince.

If he was ordered to go into the city to do something, he would have to find a way to go to the house of the shaman. Fuqu also knew that Chang Hui was a trustworthy person like Su Wu, and as long as he got news about Dahan, he would discuss it with him. Although Chang Hui had never met Brother Su, he knew that he was indeed grazing in the North Sea and alive.

Ren Lizheng and the others met with Chang Hui privately, and Chang Hui informed the envoy of what he knew, and was sure that he was grazing in the North Sea and must be alive. If Su Wu can go home, the people they came with will also be expected to go back. The next day, the envoy visited Shan Yu, and after telling Su Wu about the situation, he wanted to take Su Wu and his surviving entourage back to Han.

Wei Lu immediately said, "Su Wusu's envoy died in Beihai last year!" In order to prove that Su Wu was dead, he sent someone to bring a bare yak tail staff to testify:

"This is the evidence we got back after the death of the Su envoy!"

Knowing that it was a deception set up by them, they could not provide evidence that people were alive. For the safety of the witnesses, they cannot be allowed to testify in court, let alone say anything, and endanger the life of the living Su Wu. The three of them had to say goodbye and return to Han to find a new way.

It has been more than a year since the Han envoys returned to Han, and there is no news. Three days earlier, Li Ling had been teaching his twelve-year-old son sword dance in the courtyard, and someone from Frustration had come to call his wife. Yu Weilan hurried to Fuqu's house. Fuqu told her that the Han envoy took the Su envoy's wild goose and carried the book, made sure that the Su envoy was alive, and came to pick up their group back to Han.

The reason is that after Ren Lizheng and others returned to the imperial court to report, the Han court determined that Su Wu was still alive, so they came up with a solution. The Hu people all said that Su Wu was a god, so let's use a miraculous way to solve the problem. In late autumn, the general was in Huo Guang's courtyard, watching flocks of geese fly south for the winter...... Count on it, yes, the wild goose passed the book.

In the middle of summer this year, the envoys of the Han Dynasty came to see Shan Yu with the blood book pierced by the arrow, saying that Su Wu had written the blood book, saying that he was still alive and that he must take him back to Chang'an! Shan Yu had already believed that Su Wu was an immortal god, but this time he believed it even more. So he instructed Wei Lu to personally go to Beihai to pick up Su Wu and return to the capital.

Yu Weilan received the news that Wei Lu was going to Bei Erhai to pick up Su Wu in person, and knew that Wei Lu was sinister, so he immediately discussed with her husband Li Ling when she returned home, and she must ensure the safety of Mei Ga and the children. The couple arranged everything in the house, hit the road overnight, and arrived at Belle poster letter day by night.

They arrived in the evening. Li Ling called out Su Wu, and on the grass not far from the gate of the courtyard, he explained to him that someone from the Han Dynasty was going to take him back to Han. Su Wu burst into tears with excitement: "I'm very happy, I've been looking forward to it for nineteen years, and I've finally looked forward to this day!"

"What about the child and his mother?" Li Ling asked.

Su Wu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and after a while, he actually whimpered and cried: "I, I'm really damned! I, I really shouldn't live with Mei Ga!

"Brother Ren, time is precious now. Don't let the children know about this!" Li Ling said, "Shan Yu asked Wei Lu to pick you up in person, he only heard about Mei Ga and the child, but he didn't see it with his own eyes." We have to find a way to keep the mother and child safe!"

"This, this—" Su Wu was helpless for a moment.

Li Ling said: "I have already discussed with Erlan, Wei Lu brought people to the post station to rest, it is estimated that it will be there in two days, you and Mei Ga will go out to discuss separately on the grounds of treating the shepherd." Erlan and I are here to take care of the children, what do you think?"

Su Wu is a smart person, he knows that his brother is to let their husband and wife get along alone and say goodbye, so he agreed. He and Mei Ga quietly breathed, and the two of them came to the shore of the Bell Sea, where there were stone caves that the herdsmen had cleaned up for summer grazing, and they were very familiar with the herdsmen, and they did not worry about the place to eat and live.

"Meizi, the person I am most sorry for in my life is you! In my hardships and pains, you gave me the courage to live. But when I leave, you have to suffer from being lonely and widowed, and you have to raise three children, really, really, really, bitterly, you! I'm even more afraid, he, you will harm you, you!" Su Wu said harder.

Mei Ga knew what her husband meant, she wiped his tears and comforted him: "Don't say that! Although my children and I can't go back to Dahan with you, I don't regret it! I want to thank you for giving me three lively children! After you leave, I won't be alone when I have children." Now that Guo'er has grown up, he can also help me raise and heal my cattle. This grassland is so vast, even if someone wants to harm our mother and son, they won't get it!"

Yu Weilan watched the five-year-old Haier fall asleep in Guo'er's arms, and said to the two eldest children: "Guo'er, Belle, it seems that your father and mother will not come back tonight, let's rest!"

At night, Li Ling stayed with the two boys, and Yu Weilan slept with the girl Belle.

Su Wu and Mei Ga talked alone after a night of separate talks, especially Mei Ga also wanted to talk. She recalled her life with Su Wu in the past sixteen years, although she did not return to her mother's birthplace, Dahan, but she was a widow in the middle, and she was able to marry her beloved Dahan man, and she was also a man who was an official in Dahan, and now she is accompanied by three healthy children. Although he is about to be separated from a man, he may never see each other, which is really helpless.

Su Wu said goodbye to his wife and children for the sake of his country, his heart was very uncomfortable, and even bloodshed, he thought that as long as he returned to his country, it would be worth it. The country is waiting for him to come home, especially the brothers who have gone out with him to Hudi, and he has to take them home too, and their wives, children, parents, and brothers are waiting for their relatives!

However, Su Wu still has a glimmer of hope in his heart: he will live up to his mission abroad, and after returning to China with the soldiers who came with him, he will be loyal to the emperor and serve the country.