Chapter 692: Stewed Lamb with Wild Vegetables
The Bank of China said that he was a strange person, and he had never appeared since he saw Su Ren that day. `
For three days, Su Ren had nothing to do, either he didn't go out of the tent or drank and slept in his tent. Since the Bank of China said that it came, the care of Su Ren in the camp was much weaker, and the two Hun guards at the gate were gone, as long as Su Ren didn't go out of the royal court, no one would pay attention to him if he wanted to do anything.
Zhang Qian and his companion Tangyi's father became the only outsiders that Su Ren could reach. Su Ren didn't expect that this cousin's father was actually a Huns, according to him, he was forgotten in the land of the Han Dynasty when the Huns hit the grass valley ten years ago. Later, he surrendered to the Han Dynasty after being rescued, and this time Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, and his father volunteered to be a guide.
Speaking of which, thanks to this cousin's father, otherwise there is only one result of Zhang Qian's lame Hun words being caught, and that is death. Zhang Qian had no doubts about his father's loyalty. After so many years of fighting together, even if Tangyi's father has any ideas, it has long been exposed, since he can accompany Zhang Qian to be a slave, it naturally shows that Tangyi's father is loyal to the Han, at least to Zhang Qian.
The sun outside is very good, there was a rain a few days ago, and the wet cowhide tent was exposed to the sun, and the stench could smoke people to death, so Su Ren could never go in if he didn't go in. Randomly found a slope, Su Ren put his hands behind his head and lay on the soft grass, and in the distance was a herd of cattle and sheep that could not be seen at a glance. Compared with the Xiongnu aristocracy, the ordinary herdsmen lived in poverty, and more than a dozen children walked in a sea of flowers with cowhide pockets, and they were digging wild vegetables.
"Sir is going to the royal court?" Zhang Qian knelt beside Su Ren, holding a bull's tail in his hand to drive away the flies that surrounded Su Ren. In front of outsiders, he still has to maintain this humility, so as not to be seen through the relationship between the two.
Su Ren didn't move, he didn't even move his head: "Yes!" Would the ambassador be willing to go along? ”
"No, no, that Liu Qianhu came to me yesterday and asked me to take a few people to serve you along the way, this Liu Qianhu is really strange, he knows that I am Han, and he asked me to accompany you. `”
"Liu Qianhu? Liu Hong? Su Ren turned his face to look at Zhang Qian.
Zhang Qian nodded: "I have already picked a few people, all of whom are still alive when they came back with me." ”
"Liu Hong knows your true identity?"
Zhang Qian thought for a while: "I shouldn't know, when I was arrested, that Liu Qianhu hadn't come yet, and I don't know when he was arrested. ”
"Hehehe! Does the ambassador know the origin of Liu Qianhu? ”
Zhang Qian shook his head: "Mr. knows? ”
Su Ren lay down again: "Liu Qianhu is not an ordinary person, his father is Liu An, the king of Huainan, last year Liu An's grandson Liu Jian and guest Lei accused him of rebellion, not waiting for His Majesty's people to rush to go, Liu An died strangely, His Majesty sent people to Huainan to arrest Liu An's family, and Liu Hong went alone, and later Zhang Bang was arrested all over the country, but he did not expect him to defect to the Huns. ”
"Are you saying that Liu Qianhu is the son of Liu An, the king of Huainan?"
Su Ren smiled and nodded: "The fifth son of King Huainan." ”
Zhang Qian didn't speak for a long time, and the movements of his hands stopped. The surprise of this news was too great for him to accept it for a while. A Han royal family actually surrendered to the Huns, how much face did this lose to the Han? The oxtail in Zhang Qian's hand drooped on Su Ren's face, Su Ren shouted a few times, and Zhang Qian came back to his senses.
"How does the gentleman know?"
"Fortunately, I was in Chang'an last year, when Liu An came to Chang'an to meet but died suddenly, this matter is spreading in Chang'an, even if I don't want to know. Su Ren coughed: "But I remind the ambassador that you must be absolutely careful with that Liu Qianhu, and you must not let him know your true identity, otherwise you may not be able to return to Dahan in this life." ”
Zhang Qian nodded: "I understand!" ”
Leaving the wild bull next to Su Ren to protect Su Ren, Huang Shisan and Tangyi's father followed the example of those Hun children and dug up wild vegetables all over the mountains. They didn't have any cowhide pockets, so Huang Shisan simply took off his robe and rolled all the so-called wild vegetables he got together. The two of them were quick with their hands and feet, and it didn't take long to dig up a big pile.
Huang Shisan hugged his clothes and threw his robe to the ground like a treasure: "Doesn't Mr. like wild vegetables?" I dug up a lot of them, and let my husband eat enough at night. ”
Su Ren got up with a smile and looked at the pile of things that Huang Shisan had hugged. Spring is the season of recovery, all kinds of plants begin to grow wildly, whether toxic or not, all take advantage of this good time, try to draw more nutrients from the ground, let yourself grow a little higher, so as to receive more sunlight.
In the pile of wild vegetables that Huang Shisan brought, except for wild leeks that can barely be called vegetables, everything else is weeds, or poisonous plants. Especially the big bundle at the top, there is no damage to the petals, one by one is bright and beautiful, the red is like fire, and the yellow is golden. Su Ren picked one up, put it under his nose and sniffed it, it was sweet and sweet.
Zhang Qian and Tangyi's father were standing beside Su Ren, and they naturally knew what it was with their eyes, but none of them said anything, wanting to see what would happen to Su Ren.
After smelling it for a while, Su Ren suddenly smiled, looked up and asked Huang Shisan: "Who asked you to pick this?" ”
Huang Shisan smiled: "I think I still see it, I thought it should be delicious, so I got it all, no one even wanted a big piece, what a good flower, and this leaf is big and thick, those Huns are too ignorant." ”
Su Ren finally let go, it seemed that no one wanted to harm him, and patted Huang Shisan's shoulder: "Others don't pick it, naturally there is a reason not to pick it, haven't you thought about why no one wants such a big piece of such a good wild vegetable?" Could it be that the Huns were all fools? ”
Huang Shisan scratched his head: "Sir, you mean that this thing can't be eaten?" ”
"Why don't you eat it, if you eat it, you will die, such a big bundle is enough to poison a hundred people, do you think we don't die completely enough?" Huang 13 turned around and ran, but was hugged by the brute bull. Su Ren got up slowly and looked at him with a smile: "Sue you, this is called wolf poison flower, also known as broken intestine grass, I don't know what it's called here, there is a big poison, after eating it, my limbs convulsed and it was difficult to breathe, and I suffocated myself to death!" You said that you have caused such a big disaster, how should you be punished? ”
"It's so bad that I know it, if I don't know how to eat it in my stomach, I don't understand how to die! Lao Huang, don't come nonsense if you don't understand, not everything in this world can be eaten, some things look ugly but taste good, some things look beautiful but see blood and seal your throat, have a long memory! Turning around, he ignored Huang Shisan's plea for mercy, and said to the brute: "I'll hand you over, whatever you do!" ”
The brute bull laughed dryly, and as soon as he turned over, he pressed Huang Shisan under him.
Zhang Qian and Tangyi's father didn't say a word about this, until Su Ren sat down again, and then said: "This grass is called headache grass by the Huns, and livestock won't eat it, let alone people, Mr. is admired for his erudition!" ”
Su Ren glanced at his father and smiled: "It's not erudite, it's just that there are many places to go, when I was young, I traveled all over the world with my master, and the more I saw, the more I naturally knew." ”
Zhang Qian nodded, turned his face to Tangyi's father and said, "Thank you for not killing Mr." How can this little trick fool Mr.? ”
Tangyi's father hurriedly kowtowed. Su Ren smiled: "I promised the ambassador to send you back to Dahan, this matter was only known to the ambassador before, and now I sue you, so please don't use this little trick again, in case I don't show up that time, my death is small, the ambassador and you have one less chance, I hope you think about it carefully!" ”
Huang 13 and Manniu were fighting next to him, and he heard the words here clearly. They also understood the meaning of Su Ren's words, Huang Shisan was even more angry, and he flipped the wild bull to the ground and pounced on his father: "Grandma, it's really your kid who wants to harm Mr., and you actually use Lao Tzu, I have to kill you today!" ”
Su Ren stopped Huang Shisan, smiled and said to Zhang Qian: "My words have been made clear, you can consider it, it is estimated that they will leave for the royal court tomorrow, if you believe me, I will bring your people, if you don't believe it, you will say nothing, farewell!" ”
Without waiting for Zhang Qian and Tangyi's father to answer, Su Ren turned around and walked down the hillside. Huang Shisan and Manniu looked at Zhang Qian and Tangyi's father fiercely, and spit on the ground together, and then went to chase Su Ren.
Su Ren actually didn't know any wild vegetables, but he had seen the shepherd's cabbage in the wheat field, and he didn't know what could be eaten on the grassland. After the scene just now, he didn't even dare to eat the wild vegetables he picked back with his own hands, let alone Huang Shisan and Manniu. I found a herdsman at random, exchanged a piece of jade pendant for a bag of wild vegetables that the child had just dug up, and happily returned to his tent.
Liu Hong waited in the tent for a long time, and when he saw Su Ren coming back, he saw the wild vegetables in Huang Shisan's hand at a glance, and laughed twice: "Do you really want to eat wild vegetables?" ”
Su Ren nodded: "Only meat and vegetables have a taste, only vegetarians have no strength, only eating meat is not good for the stomach, you look at the Huns look fat and fat in fact, most people have high blood pressure, high blood lipids and high blood sugar, especially nobles, so it is also a good choice to eat some vegetarian food." ”
Liu Hong was noncommittal, the key was that he didn't understand what the three highs were, and waved his hand to stop Su Ren from continuing to talk nonsense: "Let's get down to business, I'm here to inform you that the Japanese army division is about to set off tomorrow, and you will also go out, whether you can reach Shan Yu Wangting alive depends on your creation!" ”
"In such a hurry, can't you wait?"
Liu Hong shook his head: "It's good to do it yourself, hehehe, in fact, I wish you died early, for the sake of the Han people, remind you, farewell!" ”
Liu Hong went out, and Su Ren chased him out and stood at the door and shouted, "Liu Qianhu will stay for a meal, right?" Try my craft, stewed mutton with wild vegetables, you will never forget it! ”