Cai Wenji heard the maid talk about Liu Bao, and immediately felt a sinking in her heart, faintly felt that something should happen, so she called the maid over, and asked them what they just said, and the maid told the truth under Cai Wenji's repeated questioning, it turned out that she heard a news, that is, the Xiongnu's Zuoxian King, that is, Cai Wenji's previous husband Liu Bao died.

Although Cai Wenji was forced to marry King Zuo Xian before, and she didn't have any feelings for that Liu Bao, after all, she was the biological father of her two sons, and whether she recognized it or not, it was a fact, so she thought that this matter must be known to her two sons. But she was afraid that telling this would irritate her sons, not to mention that she didn't know the details and couldn't explain it to her son at all, so even if she was as wise as her, she didn't know what to do for a while.

At this moment, I suddenly saw the maid report, saying that it was Liu Qi, the king of Chu, who was visiting, she seemed to have a backbone, and immediately stepped out to greet her.

Although she was already Liu Qi's future concubine, this scene still made her ashamed, and she hurriedly flashed aside with a red face, and asked in a low voice after a while: "I don't know if the king has arrived." What's the point? ”

But he heard Liu Qiping retire from the maid, and then said: "Liu Bao is dead." ”

Cai Wenji sighed lightly when she heard this, and said slowly: "I already know, I just heard that a few maids were secretly talking, so I called them in for interrogation, and then I learned the news, King, what do you say I should do?" He's dead, what will happen to my sons? Do you want to tell them about his death or hide it? If you sue them, will they be stimulated? If I hide them, will they hate me in the future? I really don't have any idea in my mind right now. I was thinking of asking you for advice, but now that you're here, what should I do if you sue me? ”

saw Liu Qi sigh softly, and then said, "Do you know how Liu Bao died?" ”

Cai Wenji was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I don't know, the maid just heard others say this." She didn't know the specifics. ”

Liu Qi looked at Cai Wenji, and then said lightly: "He was executed by the Xiongnu Shan Yu Huchuquan, under the pretext of rebellion, maybe you don't know, on the second day of your return to the Han Dynasty, Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, held a grand wedding with Lanzhi, the daughter of the patriarch of the Xiongnu Fuqu tribe, Fuqu Xiutu, but I didn't expect that after three years, Liu Bao and the family of the patriarch of the Fuqu tribe were killed because of rebellion, from this point of view." Hu Chuquan had already planned to execute Liu Bao, and even did not hesitate to pay a large clan for this, or the Fuqu Department had long had a conflict with Hu Chuquan, and he just took the opportunity to purge the Fuqu Department in order to concentrate power. ”

Cai Wenji listened to Liu Qi's words, nodded and said, "The king is right, the Fuqu Department does have a conflict with Hu Chuquan, because this tribe has always been inclined to let that man inherit his father's position. For this reason, he asked for his life many times, but was hostile to Hu Chuquan. He even asked me many times to use the Fuqu Department to seize Shan Yu's position, but I finally persuaded him to stop, because there were not a few Xiongnu tribes who were loyal to Huchuquan. ”

"Then it won't be wrong, Liu Bao's death must have been due to Hu Chuquan's calculations, but this is understandable. After all, Liu Bao's father Yu Fuluo has a high prestige among the Xiongnu tribes, and Liu Bao, as the son of Yu Fuluo, will naturally threaten his power, so Hu Chuquan can't wait to get rid of him, but Liu Bao is the biological father of your two children after all, even if you are for the sake of the two children. You can't ignore his death, so this king thinks that you can't hide Liu Bao's death from them, otherwise, once they learn the truth, they will definitely hate you, and besides, you can't take advantage of this, and as long as you say it, your two sons will inevitably find a way to avenge their father, and he will naturally rely on our Han to avenge his father, so that when they kill Huchuquan and rule the entire Xiongnu, it will be completely integrated with the entire Han. ”

"The king is saying, let my two children return to the Huns to avenge their father? But they were too small. The eldest Quan Zhong is only twelve years old, and the second Cunxiao is only eleven years old, and they have no foundation in the Huns, how can they fight the fierce Hu Chuquan? Cai Wenji couldn't help but feel cold after understanding Liu Qi's idea, feeling that Liu Qi was really calculating his two sons, and a dissatisfied look suddenly appeared on her face.

"Anyway, they are my sons, and it is too much for you to say that you don't care about my past, but you are calculating my sons."

The more Cai Wenji thought about it, the more angry she became, and her expression suddenly became very cold, so she was ready to find an excuse to push off the marriage contract with Liu Qi, and then take her son to live in seclusion alone.

Liu Qi saw the change in Cai Wenji's expression, how could she not know that there was a misunderstanding in her heart? Then he said in a deep voice: "Wen Ji, don't get me wrong, I didn't do this to design your two sons, although they have Hu blood, but after all, they are your sons, you will marry me soon, so they are my stepsons, how can I harm them?" It's not a secret, although I did this for the stability of the Han Dynasty, but I was also really thinking about them, I was just to help them regain their inheritance, no matter how you deny it, they always have Xiongnu blood, Liu Bao is their father, and now that their father has been killed, shouldn't they go to revenge? Their grandfather was the Xiongnu Shan Yuvluo, and their father was the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, the future heir of the Xiongnu, and they should use this status to reclaim what belongs to them. ”

"But they are too weak to compete with Hu Chuquan, let alone revenge, even if it is impossible to protect themselves, how can you let them take back the inheritance that belongs to their father?" After listening to Liu Qi's words, although Cai Wenji's face softened a little, she still had a worried face.

"They are indeed weak, but after all, they have the blood of the Xiongnu royal family, their grandfather is the Xiongnu Shan Yu, their father is Zuo Xian Wang, they are fully qualified to go back to their father's old department, inherit their father's Zuo Xian King, although Hu Chuquan is reluctant but there is no reason to object, plus they are young, Hu Chuquan will not take more precautions against them, as long as they have the high position of Zuo Xian Wang, and then slowly build kindness to buy people's hearts, I will find a way to let Hu Chuquan fight for a long time to facilitate their actions, Don't worry about not being able to gather people to serve him, and when they have attracted almost the same number of people, I will find a way to make the Huns leaderless, and they can take the opportunity to possess the Huns, then what is the difference between killing a Huchuquan and killing a dog? ”

Liu Qi smiled faintly, and continued: "As for whether they know how to win over people after returning to the Xiongnu, and how to avoid Huchuquan's surveillance and plotting, this matter is not difficult, and I will send someone to assist them in their success." ”

"It's naturally a good thing that the king can send someone to assist them, but since we have sent someone back, Hu Chuquan will definitely take precautions, and Hu Chuquan is not stupid, as long as he has suspicion, even the influence of the king in the Xiongnu may be eliminated, and they will have no chance to be loyal and filial, and the concubines are afraid that they will not only be unable to avenge their father, but I am afraid that even their lives will be lost there." Cai Wenji still looked worried, and said with a soft sigh.

"You just have to rest assured that since I sent people, I will naturally send some people who can't attract them to take precautions, you think about it, if the people I send to the Huns are only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the age of loyalty and filial piety, do you say that Hu Chuquan will guard against it? And this man, though he was only fourteen years old, was quite resourceful and courageous, even compared to some adults, and I believe that with his help, I will succeed in my loyalty and filial piety. ”

Liu Qi glanced at Cai Wenji, and said in a deep voice: "As for you saying that they are absolutely safe, no one can guarantee this, like this king has been fighting for more than ten years in his life, and he has been on the battlefield in person, and he has gone through nine deaths and a lifetime, where will there be absolute security?" Even if you are in the back, you may die in the middle of the arrow, and even if you sit at home, you may get sick and die, so there is no absolute safety in the world, your two sons are Hun wolves, you raise them in a greenhouse, is it good for them? In this way, you can go and ask the two of them, if they are willing to go, then the king will help them, if they don't want to, take this king will not be reluctant, in fact, if you want to divide and disintegrate the Xiongnu, this king has a way, the reason why this king is so painstaking, is not to be able to give them a chance to make contributions? ”

"But ......"

Cai Wenji hadn't finished her sentence, but she heard two voices behind the screen: "Mother, we are willing to go, we are the sons of King Zuoxian, our father is dead, as a son, if you don't avenge your father, how is it different from a beast?" The so-called revenge of killing our father is not shared, in order to avenge our father, even if we die, we have no complaints, not to mention a little danger? As the king said, we are the wolves of the Huns, and we do not want to survive in the greenhouse. ”

Immediately afterwards, Cai Wenji saw her two sons come out from behind the screen, knelt on the ground sincerely, and saluted Cai Wenji and Liu Qi respectfully.

It turned out that the two little guys didn't know when they hid behind the screen, and after they heard about their father's death and Liu Qi's plan, they immediately decided to do what Liu Qi said, regain their own position, and kill Hu Chuquan at the same time to avenge their father, so when they saw their mother hesitate, they immediately jumped out to express their determination.

Liu Quanzhong said solemnly: "Since my mother has decided to marry the king, then our two brothers will be the king's stepsons in the future, please allow the two of us to call our father, please rest assured that our brothers promise that if the Xiongnu are unified in the future, they will definitely be subordinate for generations, and if they violate the oath, let my people suffer from the plague and the whole clan will be exterminated." (To be continued......)