After wandering in Chang'an City for three days, Su Ren returned to Louguantai. This time I went out for more than a year, and I went to Chang'an again within two days of coming back for the reunion, and now it's time to accompany my family. Su Ren came back, which made everyone extremely happy, and the atmosphere at home became lively all of a sudden, in order to make up for his family and wife, Su Ren personally cooked a large table of delicious food.

Su Kang and Liu Ju stole a plate of braised pork and hid behind the door to eat it all over their bodies, and when Su Ren came in, the two hurriedly covered their mouths and kept silent. Su Ren pretended not to see it, and stood at the table looking for his lost braised pork, causing the two boys to snicker for a while.

Dangli is a good boy, grabs his younger brother by the collar, takes the two of them out, and reports to Ah Gong. Su Hui'er tearfully begged her father not to punish her brother and younger brother. After Su Ren repeatedly promised not to beat the two stinky boys, his youngest daughter stopped her tears.

After coaxing the child, it is time to coax the adult. After Dong Zhongshu and Wen Dang came in, the four children were as well-behaved as cats, and only Su Huier was in the arms of her grandfather Dong Zhongshu, and she made a long report on her advanced deeds just now. Dong Zhongshu hugged Su Hui'er and praised him vigorously, and Su Ren had goosebumps all over his body.

Dong Qian also walked in with Leng Yue, Twelve Niang, and Thirteen Niang. Su Hu immediately lay on Su Kang and Liu Ju and kept smelling like a dog, threatening and tempting, asking the two of them what good things they had eaten without calling him, and then the three of them ran into the yard to mess around. Only Leng Mei shrank behind Twelve Niang, staring at the stranger at home with big eyes.

Su Ren touched his nose and said to Leng Jun: "Hey! How did you become a father, look at your daughter, how can my future daughter-in-law recognize life like this? I can't even salute when I see my grandfather? ”

Leng Jun snorted coldly: "Hmph, it's a year to leave, and the time you spend with them from birth to the present is not half of the time, and you still recognize life, it's not bad if you don't kick you out." ”

"I'm the head of this family, who would dare to kick me out?"

Leng Jun glanced at Su Ren with contempt: "Don't think I don't know, for your poor sake, Dong Qian's sister and little sister are not difficult for you, if you put it on weekdays, you can have a good life?" Don't expect me to say good things about you for today's meal, at least for a month. ”

After Hawking, Huo Quai, and Shi Bao came, the family couldn't live there. The three big boys and the three little ones were able to demolish the house, and Su Ren wasted a lot of effort to press a few people to the table. Picking up the wine glass, Su Ren stood up: "Father-in-law, teacher, and all brothers and sisters, as well as two wives and children, to be honest, I, Su Ren, am not a good son-in-law, a good student, a good friend, a good brother, a good husband, and a good father. ”

"Today, with this glass of wine, I apologize to you, I don't hope you can forgive me before, I don't know how it will be in the future, but I promise to try to leave as much time as possible at home, with you I have a home, when I came out of the mountains, the second brother and the second sister took me in my kindness, I can't finish it as a cow and a horse, sometimes I think about it all these years, where are my roots? Since the death of the old man, I have become an orphan, no one cares about it, no one hurts, and then I met you, you are my greatest happiness! ”

Su Ren drank the wine dry in one gulp and poured a glass again: "My father-in-law always reprimands me, I know that my father-in-law is for my good, he is afraid that I will go on a crooked path, the teacher taught me to be a man, protect me like a father, the second brother gave up a lot of opportunities for this family, I keep these in my heart, and Qian'er and the second sister not only gave birth to me a child, but also honored the old man for me, guarded this home for me, let me have a warm nest, and there are two Twelve Niang and Thirteen Niang have been living at home, accompanying Qian'er and the second sister, It's still the same sentence, and this kind of kindness can't be repaid, and it's not over. ”

drank it all in another sip, and the third cup was full: "Hawking, Shi Bao, Lao Huang, and Manniu followed me to birth and death, they didn't want military merit and wealth, but to take care of me, Lao Liu and Lao Hu followed me all the way to Chang'an, loyal, eh!" Why didn't you call Lao Liu and Lao Hu, go quickly, just say how do you think there are fewer people? ”

Before the wild cow went out, Liu Gao and Hu Ji came in with tears and snot. Su Ren grabbed the two of them, pressed them on the seat, and laughed twice: "This is the family!" ”

Su Kang pulled the corner of his father's clothes: "There are still few people, Brother Jian and Aunt Lu Yi are not here!" ”

Su Ren patted the back of his son's head: "As far as you kid knows, you always reveal your father's scars, don't talk about it, eat!" The crowd laughed.

Su Ren was very busy with this meal, as long as someone shouted, Su Ren immediately greeted him attentively, fed the child, helped pour wine, and changed cups and plates, Su Ren almost circled around the table. Liu Gao wanted to get up to help, but Su Ren refused. He was just forgiving his sins, so Leng Jun and Hawking shouted more often. The meal was eaten for a long time, and when everything was over, Su Ren also lay on the chair like a dog and didn't want to move.

Dong Qian stood behind Su Ren and helped Su Ren pinch his shoulders: "Why do you have to be like this, they are all family." ”

Su Ren stretched out his hand and took Dong Qian's hand: "I like it, I feel a little better in this way, I thought that I was destined to be lonely for the rest of my life without relatives in this world, but now I have a father-in-law, a teacher, a friend, and you and the children, and there will be grandchildren in the future, grandchildren with grandchildren, hehe, this is a complete home." ”

Leng Yue cried several times after eating a meal, and at this time she was still crying while helping Su Ren beat her legs. Su Ren was satisfied, holding a wine glass in his hand and enjoying the services of the two women, all evil feudalism is good, not only can he marry two wives, but he can also live a safe life. Su Ren just wanted to live a comfortable life like this, and he didn't blame the changes outside. But he knew that it was just a dream, and that people had to be pressured from all sides, both ancient and modern, to live.

Swallows flew at the door, skillfully burrowed through the door and plunged into the nest on the beam of the lobby, and the nest immediately chattered non-stop. Su Ren saw that the swallow just now had a worm in its mouth, he didn't know that the swallow would put the worm into the little swallow's mouth, thinking that it should be cut into several pieces and fed to each little swallow.

Su Ren was tired today, so he helped Dong Zhongshu and Wen Dang to rest, and looked at the child who was taken away by the nurse, and when he returned to the backyard, Dong Qian and Leng Yue had not slept yet. Su Ren rubbed his face a few times, hid his tiredness, and put on a smile before pushing the door in.

"Why don't you sleep yet?"

Leng Yue came over to help Su Ren undress, Dong Qian also called to wash her feet, and after a busy while, Leng Yue went back to her room, Dong Qian was a little embarrassed. Su Ren hugged Dong Qian into his arms, and the two hugged them for a while. Su Ren shook his spirits: "Go to sleep, I'll go to the study, there are still some things to deal with." ”

Dong Qian didn't ask anything, just nodded obediently.

In the middle of the study was a large wooden box with a royal seal on it. This was brought back by Su Ren from Chang'an yesterday, and it contained Zhang Qian's experience of the last envoy. Although Zhang Qian's last mission was very unsuccessful, he also went to many places, especially the situation in the Western Regions. Zhang Qian was not a very good diplomat, in fact he was an explorer.

The wooden box had no key, so Su Ren tore the seal with a knife, opened the box, and lay quietly in the neat pieces of paper. This is Zhang Qian's hard work, Su Ren was very solemn, and deliberately washed his hands again, and then carefully picked up the first page. Maybe Zhang Qian didn't care about it when he wrote this, but Liu Che arranged for the people to save it very dedicatedly, and made a catalog of every page, and it was convenient to find relevant information.

Later generations often said that the 36 countries of the Western Regions were only a word in the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty were not so highly concentrated, and there were more large and small tribes next door to the west, and there were very few that could be called countries. The Exquisite Ancient Kingdom, the Ancient Kingdom of Loulan still existed at this time, but it had also reached the verge of extinction. In the case of Loulan, severe desertification has confined their country to a very small area, and as long as the Tuotuo River disappears, there is only one way to extinction.

According to Zhang Qian's description, the Western Regions are divided into north and south by the Tianshan Mountains, and the north of the Tianshan Mountains has become the territory of the Xiongnu people. South of the Tianshan Mountains, because of the relationship between climate and land conditions, the remaining countries in the Western Regions survived under the iron cavalry of the Xiongnu.

All the way to the west, Shanshan country blocked at the Yumen Pass, the north is Pu, the south is Ruoqiang, these small countries not only have to beware of the Xiongnu but also beware of the Han, it can be said that life is worse than death, no one dares to offend no one can afford to provoke. Jingjue is in the west of Ruoqiang, located on the edge of the desert, living a life that is not like a human or a ghost. Che Shiguo and Yan Qi are brothers, and every year they have to visit the evil king of the Huns in order to live a better life.

Further west, there are dozens of small countries such as Qiuzi, Khotan, Wusun, Shule, Dawan, etc., they have the protection of the Tianshan Mountains, and they are far away from the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty. Of course, this kind of goodness is also relative, the desert and the cold are the biggest enemies of life, and surviving is the greatest happiness.

Zhang Qian's notes were detailed, recording everything from the life of these countries to the population and the garrison cities. Su Ren roughly calculated, so many countries in the Western Regions add up to only thirty-six cities with names, surnames and walls, no wonder they all say that there are thirty-six countries in the Western Regions. The total number of troops is even more pitiful, and if it were not for the barren and vast place, which would have been occupied or unified by others long ago, there would not be so many chaotic countries.

Su read page by page, recording and sorting out while reading, he needed to form a concept of the Western Regions in his mind as soon as possible, or he would be blind when he passed, it would be a big problem.