In Khotan, the king of Khotan Chi Anguo, set up a banquet in the palace hall to wash the dust for the long history and his party.

Nowadays in Khotan, he has converted to Theravada Buddhism. Ethnically speaking, the people of Khotan are the Cypriot people who stayed at the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains after moving south.

The degree of sinicization is quite high.。 The pagoda in the city is towering, and the dwellings are mostly Han style. Clothing, food, housing and transportation are also similar to those of the Central Plains.

As Liu Bei said, a distant oasis in the mouth of foreign countries. It is the melting pot of Eastern and Western civilizations. In addition to being the main production area of jade, it is also one of the main processing places for silk and hufu. The whole batch of silk sold from Guannai was made into garments in Khotan and trafficked to Kushan and other places through the Southern Silk Road. Earn huge profits.

Holding silk garments and Khotanese jade. The king of Khotan, how can he not be rich.

It is different from silk contract processing. In Khotan, most of the jade is mainly sold as raw materials. The jade material mined from Kunlun Mountain will be transferred to the Guannei. There are craftsmen from the Central Plains, processed into various kinds of jade.

The reason for this. In addition to the fact that the Han Dynasty was quite strict with the rituals of Peiyu, the lack of skilled jade craftsmen was also one of the reasons.

Nowadays, jade is mostly made into pendants or accessories. However, jade utensils are not for ordinary people to enjoy. Therefore, most of the people who sent people to Kunlun to pick beautiful jade were princes from all walks of life. Jade can be handed down from generation to generation.

Princes and kings, it is enough to come and pick it once. All the jade artifacts made can be passed on to the next princes and kings.

As a result, the king of Khotan thought that Liu Bei came here for personal use.

There have been rumors in the countries of the Western Regions that Lord Changshi is about to be crowned a king.

The princes and kings of the Han court and the kings of the Western Regions are actually two different concepts.

The countries of the Western Regions belonged to the vassal states. But the princes and kings are feudal kingdoms.

Three rounds of drinking. Liu Bei made his intention clear: "The officials are here to rectify jade mining. ”

"To be honest, the reason why jade mining is chaotic is because of the involvement of many forces. The people behind them are all nobles of the Han court, and this king is really powerless. The king of Khotan said.

Liu Bei bowed his head lightly: "The lower officials know what the king is worried about, and they are here to share the king's worries." ”

"I don't know where to start?"

Liu Bei smiled slightly: "Throw bricks and lead jade, capture thieves and capture kings." ”

"What then, what should the king do?"

"The king only needs to spread the news, and within a few days, it will be visible."

"According to the long history." And the king of Khotan raised his glass.

"Please." Liu Bei also raised his glass.

The guests and hosts were happy, and the king of Khotan sent Liu Bei and others to the post house. The Son of Heaven exercised the Western Regions for a long time, and his status was so noble. Now in Khotan, the people of the country are honored.

Liu Bei drank until he was slightly drunk, and after leaving the palace, he saw pedestrians singing and dancing on the road, blocking the road. Then he dismounted and marched forward.

Seeing this, the pedestrians stepped forward one after another to salute. Kouhu: Lord Changshi. Liu Bei also frequently returned the salute.

The young man has a long history and a dignified appearance. It coincides with the beginning of the lanterns and the moon is full. A gentleman is like a jade, heroic. Gestures, a lot of luxury. The crowd admired a lot, and they all whispered, and it was the Han family unicorn.

Shi Lian, Yan Xing and others were on Liu Bei's side. Fresh clothes and angry horses, eyes like torches. Be wary of those with bad intentions.

Fortunately, Liu Bei came suddenly. Even if there is a small night, it is too late to prepare. The people of Khotan greeted each other and sent Changshi and his party to the post house.

Khotan had a close relationship with the Han court. In the sixteenth year of Emperor Yongping of the Ming Dynasty (73 years), Ban Chao was as far as Khotan. Taking this as a base, when attacking Gumo in the north and Shache and Shule in the west, Khotan sent troops to help. Among the countries of Shinan Province, only Khotan and Shanshan are the most powerful. And has always maintained a good relationship with Hanting.

However, with the death of the squad leader, the situation took a sharp turn.

At first, the former governor of the Western Regions, Zhao Ping, died of sores in Khotan. The son of Zhao Ping went to Khotan to meet the coffin, passing through the country of Kumi. King Chengguo of Khotan and Wang Jian of Khotan have always had grievances, so they said to Zhao Ping's son: "The king of Khotan ordered Doctor Hu to smear the wound with poison, so Ling Zun died!" The son of Zhao Ping believed it. After returning, he reported the matter to Dunhuang Taishou Motor. At the same time that Wang Jing took over as the governor of the Western Regions, Ma ordered Wang Jing to investigate the matter secretly.

Wang Jing then went to Khotan. After the state of Khotan, King Chengguo said to Wang Jing: "The people of Khotan plan to support me as the king, and they can be charged with killing the long history of the Western Regions, and they will be killed by the king of Khotan, and Khotan will definitely be subjugated." Wang Jing was greedy for meritorious service, so he agreed. After arriving in Khotan, the king set up a banquet and invited (the king of Khotan) to the banquet, intending to cause harm in secret.

Some people secretly reported the conspiracy to Khotanese Wang Jian, but Jian did not believe it. Yan said: "I am not guilty, why does Wang Changshi want to kill me?" ”

The next day, the king of Khotan led dozens of officials to the banquet. The guest and the host sat down, and the king of Khotan stood up to toast, but Wang Jing ordered him to be arrested left and right.

Seeing that things were not good, all the officials who went to the banquet with the king of Khotan broke through and fled. Seeing the long history left and right, there is no intention of killing and building. Qin Mu, the chief secretary of the kingdom of King Chengguo, was also at the banquet, and he stood up with a knife and said: "The big thing has been decided, what is the doubt!" ”

That is, he stepped forward and beheaded him.

The king was killed for no reason, and this revenge could not be avenged.

As a result, the Marquis of Khotan, the general and others gathered troops to attack Wang Jing. Wang Jing took Jian's people upstairs and announced: "The Son of Heaven has made me punish Jian'er!" ”

The loser didn't listen. rushed upstairs, killed Wang Jing, and hung his head in the city. Later, the loser set himself up as the king of Khotan, and the people of Khotan killed him again, and set up another son of Jian, and An Guo was the king of Khotan.

When the Dunhuang Taishou Motor heard that the new Changshi had been killed, he wanted to lead the army out of the fortress and attack Khotan. Emperor Huan was not allowed, so he recalled the motor and reappointed Song Liang as the Taishou of Dunhuang. After Song Liang arrived, he wanted to persuade the Khotanese people to kill the losers on their own to apologize. But I didn't know that at this time, the loser had been dead for more than a month. So the Khotanese people cut off the heads of the dead and sent them to the Taishou Mansion of Dunhuang County, and the matter was over. Song Liang later learned that what Khotan sent was a dead man's head, and he had become the laughing stock of the countries of the Western Regions, and he regretted it in his heart.

So he hated Khotan.

After that, the relationship between the Han court and Khotan took a sharp turn for the worse.

Until Liu Bei succeeded to Changshi, and then through the Western Regions. He ordered the king of Khotan to go to Qiancheng. The people of Khotan all thought that Liu Bei wanted to avenge the shame of the humiliation of the dead. The monarch will go and there will be no return. Unexpectedly, after the monarch arrived at it, Changshi was hospitably entertained and sent back safely. The people of the country are grateful.

Today, Changshi visited again.

How can such a mind not be admired by the Chinese people?

I heard that Changshi has always loved and hated, and the grievances are clear. This incident was originally the king of the Western Regions, who was greedy for merit, first accepted rumors, and set up a Hongmen banquet, and even the first king of Khotan was killed. This led to a series of serial killings. What does it have to do with the current king of Khotan.

Besides, if you kill Changshi well, how can you not raise an army to fight!

Han Ting showed weakness first. Later, I was unwilling. I want to save face without spending a single soldier. As a result, he was deceived and slapped in the face. Who can complain.

How can this thing be called a shabby.

If it was replaced by Liu Bei, how could things fall to today!

As soon as he entered the embassy, Liu Bei immediately restrained his smile: "Be careful and beware of night attacks." ”

"Whoa!" Shi Jian and Yan Xing both hugged their fists.

It is the so-called throwing bricks and attracting jade. If the wealthy businessman who steals jade is really Qin Mu, and his identity is as Liu Bei thought. I heard that Liu Bei's trip was coming at him, and he would not sit still.

"People are in a hurry to burn incense, and dogs are in a hurry to burn the wall."

It is expected that Qin Mu, who dares to slash the first king of Khotan, is not a master who kowtows and burns incense whenever something happens. I will definitely do nothing and do it endlessly, and the first strike is the strongest.

Since Liu Bei entered the city, the news has spread.

As an invisible hero of a rich and rival country, it should be enough to prepare in the first half of the night.