Chapter 73: Husband and wife
The days that followed were peaceful. The negotiations between Yan Rou and the delegation were proceeding in an orderly manner, and the efficiency of the delegation was also very high, and Cai Yan was soon sent over.
Prior to this, considering that Cai Yan should have a child, and Cai Yan's husband could not let Cai Yan take the child away, considering the child's life problem, mainly to reduce Cai Yan's concerns about the child's life, Liu Tong still asked people to send a thousand gold to Qubei, that is, a thousand catties of gold in the Han Dynasty, and the gold of this era actually refers to copper, that is, to send copper gold.
When he saw Cai Yan, Liu Tong was very surprised, because according to Gongsun Yang, Cai Yan and she were both born in the sixth year (177) of Emperor Xiping of the Han Dynasty, and they are twenty-six years old this year, but they look like they are thirty or forty years old from the outside, with chapped and black skin, which is much older than Zhang Youniang and Jinxiu.
However, the spirit is still very strong, and he still maintains a nobility, neatly dressed and elegantly behaved.
"Guo Fan has seen Aunt Cai!" Liu Tong was sad in his heart, and bowed down to Cai Yan. Grandfather Liu Yu and Cai Yong are good friends, and it is appropriate for Liu Tong to call her aunt.
Cai Yan's eyes were dark and shining, and he helped Liu Tong and looked carefully.
"It's really a talent, Brother Zihua and the champion Hou Wei are famous, and the concubine is looking forward to it for a long time!"
Liu Tong smiled embarrassedly.
"By the way, auntie, have you brought all your works here?"
Liu Tong once specially instructed Yan Rou to follow Qubei to bring out Cai Yan's works. Because historically, Cai Yan was good at literature, music, and calligraphy at the same time. The Book of Sui and the Chronicles of the Sui Dynasty contains a volume of "Cai Wenji's Collection", but it has been lost. The only works that can be seen by later generations are two poems of "Poems of Grief and Indignation" and "Eighteen Beats of Hu Ji", which has to be said to be a huge loss. I can't let this happen again, and when I return to Luoyang, I should also let people sort out the distribution of her works.
Cai Yan was very surprised that Liu Tong knew that he had a large number of works, and he was also surprised that Liu Tong didn't ask about anything else, only asked about his works, and nodded at Liu Tong with tears in his eyes.
Liu informed that she may be grateful for the protection of her work, or she may also think that she did not bring the child with her, after all, it is also her "work".
Liu Tong originally wanted to ask her if she had written "Eighteen Beats of Hu Ji", but after thinking about it, she should not have written it at this time, and even if she did, it would be a bit strange to ask her like this. Because Cai Yan hid it even if he wrote it, no one else would know about it, so he finally gave up this idea.
"Auntie, don't be sad, I will escort my aunt to Luoyang in the past few days, and no one will dare to bully my aunt in the future!"
"Thank you for your kindness, the concubine doesn't plan to go to Luoyang, I should go back to Chenliu County to guard my father's tomb! I heard that it is already a peaceful world, and it is good to be able to spend the rest of my life in peace. ”
Liu informed that Cai Yan had just escaped from the Xiongnu, and she must have wanted to return to her ancestral hometown immediately to see the cemetery of her father Cai Yong, at this time the ancestral house and the cemetery of her parents were her real "homeland" and the place where her soul was haunted. As for the rest of life, let's wait until a while. Don't worry too much, Cai Yan still remarried in history.
"Then you can stay in Shengle for a while longer, and I will send someone to send you there in the future!"
"Thank you Champion Hou, the general of the town army has already arranged it, I will leave tomorrow, please take me to express my gratitude to the prime minister!"
After nodding his head, Liu Tong couldn't bear to mention Cai Yan's appearance, so he said goodbye to her and went out, leaving her and Gongsun Yang to talk about women's topics.
Soon the documents of the Military Aircraft Department on the Hun issue also arrived. At the end of Yan Rou's negotiation with Qubei, it was similar to what Liu Tong suggested, Liu Kuan still asked Qubei to lead the Huns, and as in history, the Huns were divided into five parts and scattered all over the country.
And Hu Chuquan and many Xiongnu leaders were also invited to Luoyang. Luoyang, not only for them but also for the leaders who stayed in the Huns to build a mansion, but also rewarded a lot of titles, Hu Chuquan was named the Duke of Anguo, and was named Shuo Fanghou.
What's more important is that the descendants of Hu Chuquan and Yu Fuluo have been given national surnames, and they are all surnamed Liu, and they are called Liu Qubei, and his brother Luan Tibao is called Liu Bao.
This is a bit similar to history, in which these people also have the surname Liu.
Liu Qubei was the fifth ancestor of Liu Bobo, the founder of Hu Xia during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and the uncle of Liu Yuan, the founder of the Han and Zhao dynasties. After Liu Bobo became emperor, Qubei was posthumously named the emperor, and Liu Yuan was Liu Bao's son and Liu Qubei's nephew.
Liu Tong thought to himself, originally Cao Cao's treatment of the Huns was very strategic, but after Cao Cao, Cao Wei's regime did not last long, and the Central Plains fell into chaos after that, and the chaos and decline of the Central Plains made them strong again.
Liu Tong secretly made up his mind that it was necessary to build a strong and lasting empire, and to put an end to such things as Liu Yuan and Liu Bobo's establishment of the country! As long as the time lasts long enough, the assimilation of the Xiongnu will be achieved in silence like wind and rain.
On the day Cai Yan was escorted away by Yan Rou, Liu Tong was also urged by Yan Rou to set off. Because Liu Kuan's letter clearly asked Liu Tong to go back, Gongsun Yang was not easy to keep.
Cai Yan was just sent away, and a banquet was arranged for Liu Tong, Long Duaner and others to see them off in the evening. Yan Rou was originally a child who lived in the grassland all the year round, although he was in the top position later, he still had the boldness and style of the grassland people in his bones, and under his instigation and drive, everyone sang and danced and drank until late at night.
Long Duan'er was pulled by Gongsun Yang at the banquet to talk about the topic of her wedding with Liu Tong after she went back, and she also imagined the arrival of the newlyweds, so she looked a lot more ladylike at the banquet.
After Liu Tong was helped back to the room, he thought about what happened to Cai Yan, thought about the impermanence of life, and thought that he was about to get married.
There was a hazy moon hanging in the sky outside, and the faint light through the window and the warm breeze made Liu Tong more and more awake. Liu Tong's mouth was dry, he got up and went to the table to take a big sip of cold white water, looking at the half-hidden bright moon, and somehow thought of Long Duan'er.
I can't sleep because I think I'm going back to Luoyang tomorrow morning and I'm going to marry Duan'er? Is Duan'er asleep now? Looking at the glimmering night, Liu Tong unconsciously remembered how many nights he slept with Duan'er, and how many nights, under the cover of nights like this, he hugged her and stayed in the wild. Thinking about it, a strong feeling that he had never felt before tormented him and drove him to go out and walk to the next room.
Gently closing the door and pacing gently to her door, Liu Tong gently pushed Duan'er's door, even though he knew that the door was tethered.
When Liu turned around and walked towards the Duan'er window, the door behind him rang slightly.
Liu Tong turned around in surprise and saw Duan'er looking at him quietly in her obscene clothes, and her expression could not be seen in her blurred vision.
"Woke you up?"
"Big brother, you can't sleep either?"
"Hmm."
"It's okay, you can sleep." Liu Tong whispered weakly, and turned around hesitantly to leave, but his right hand was held by a soft and cold little hand.
"I can't sleep, you stay with me."
In the hazy night, Liu Tong's mind was blurred, and his footsteps followed Duan'er's slight traction, tiptoeing into the room like a thief, and closing the door with his back.
Duan'er's body leaned in front of her, and Liu Tong could clearly smell her unique body fragrance and the warm breath that came out of her face.
Liu Tong suddenly burst out with a courage that seemed to have been buried for a long time, and took her into his arms, Duan'er was docile like a child, Liu Tong felt that an electric current came from the protruding place on her chest, and the heat in her heart continued to heat up, I don't know if it was the effect of alcohol, although the feeling was blurred at this moment, the strength and courage of the whole body were doubled, the embrace of both hands, Duan'er's catering was not enough to let herself release this power, Liu Tong buried his head and kissed her delicate gasping lips......
All night, Liu Tong didn't seem to hear any other sounds, only the heartbeat of the two of them and the vague gasp - "Xianggong".
Even if Duan'er was in pain, even if Liu Tong felt this and made a change in strength and method, even if the two of them were tired, they didn't say a single superfluous word, and they didn't fall asleep properly.
When the sky was really about to brighten, when the sound of servants getting up early to work was heard in the distance, Liu Tong left the scene quickly like a thief with a teasing smile.
On this night, more than ten years after the worship hall of Dahe Cave, they really became husband and wife.