Liu Xiu came to the border this time, and one of his tasks was to patrol the border on behalf of the Son of Heaven and comfort the soldiers guarding the border. As soon as Liu Xiu arrived in Meiji, he saw that the soldiers were so shabby, so he ordered Cao Hong to distribute these rewards immediately. Of course, Zhang Xiu and his fifty Han soldiers were among them, they were usually afraid, and they were not less affected by the white eyes of the Huns, but now they have a reward, and of course the beautiful new clothes must be worn immediately to show off, and the wine must of course be held in the hand for people to smell, and the mouth will inevitably have to say a few words: See, this is the wine of our Han family, which is much better than your sour play.

Zhang Xiu's task is to protect Shan Yu as he approaches, saying that it is protection, but in fact it is surveillance, Zhang Xiu's temper is a little dry, and he has to say it when he sees something unpleasant, and sometimes he has to scold. Shan Yu is old, and when he was young, he also saw a lot of the arrogance of the Han people, and he was a little afraid of the Han people from the bottom of his heart, so he didn't dare to say anything. Hu Zheng is different, in his memory, the Han people have nothing to fear at all. Twenty years ago, Zhang Huan, the general of the Han people's Beizhong Lang, felt that Shan Yu was useless at that time, so he set up the king of Yougu Li as Shan Yu, but the emperor of the Han people denied his decision, believing that he should not interfere in the internal affairs of the Huns. Later, Zhang Huan became the general of the Huns, and the Huns burned the camp gate of General Duliao, and Zhang Huan did not dare to do anything to them.

Hu Zheng heard that Zhang Huan is the current captain of the Han people, Hu Zheng thinks that such a person can be a captain, so what else is there to be afraid of the Han people? So he was very dissatisfied with Zhang Xiu's arrogance, and often clashed openly and secretly. Zhang Xiu has always been down, and this time he suddenly became majestic, and Hu Zheng felt very uncomfortable.

Hu Zheng didn't think much about it at first, but later he heard from his subordinates that the Han people's military market had exactly the same things to sell as Zhang Xiu and the rewards they received. Hu Zheng suddenly became interested, and he decided to go to the military market to buy some to shame Zhang Xiu.

When he arrived at the military market, he saw the same new clothes as Zhang Xiu and the others, and the same mellow wine, he was overjoyed, and took out a lot of money to buy more, but he never thought about touching a nail.

The military officer who did business said: Do not sell to the Huns.

Hu Zheng was on fire, the knife was drawn, and he shook his face, what's the matter, you discriminate against us Huns?

The military official is also on fire, what's the matter, I won't sell it to you, what can you do with me?

After a quarrel, the result was done, and the military officials suffered a little. However, Hu Zheng did not run away, and the military city ordered Cao Hong to come with people, and when he saw that someone was making trouble, he shouted and surrounded Hu Zheng. Those soldiers were very uncomfortable when they saw Hu Zheng in bright clothes at the beginning, and of course they refused to let go of the opportunity, and many people took the opportunity to lay a black hand, kicked Hu Zheng a few times, and tore his clothes too.

Hu Zheng is Shan Yu's son, and he is the future Shan Yu, how can he swallow this breath, he immediately called the guard camp, and in turn surrounded Cao Hong and others. The two sides are on the verge of breaking out.

At this time, Liu Xiu and Tian Yan arrived, and when they saw this posture, Liu Xiu's face sank, and Tian Yan was also angry, and walked straight to Hu Zheng, and snorted from his nose: "Want to rebel?" ”

Although Hu Zheng was not afraid of the Han people, he was still a little stunned when he saw Tian Yan, and then looked at Liu Xiu, whose face was so cloudy that it was about to snow, he didn't dare to be arrogant anymore, and hurriedly explained the situation again, saying that the people on the military order bullied them, and there were good things to sell to the Han people, but not to them the Huns, and they were prejudiced against the Huns.

Although Tian Yan's face was vicious, he was so nervous in his heart that he was going to die. There are more than 20,000 Huns here, once they are not properly handled, Shan Yu really wants to rebel, and he can recruit tens of thousands of cavalry at any time, and he and Liu Xiu add up to only 2,000 people, and the Xihe Changshi and Duliao general camps who came to help Tun are not in front of them, and it is too late to inform them. More importantly, if he forced the Huns against him and disrupted the deployment of the Son of Heaven, he Tian Yan could not afford to bear this responsibility.

"Deran, you see ......" Tian Yan set his eyes on Liu Xiu, meaning that this is something caused by your people, and you have to be responsible for solving it, otherwise I won't admit that something happened.

Liu Xiu glanced at Cao Hong, and Cao Hong lowered his head weakly. These goods were all rewarded to the border army, and there was no plan to sell them, so Cao Hong must have plucked the feathers of the geese again, and a lot of them were deducted from them and used to sell.

However, this is an internal affair, now is not the time to punish Cao Hong, Hu Zheng is so arrogant, don't give him some color to see what to do.

Liu Xiu softened his face, separated the crowd and walked in front of Hu Zheng, patted him on the shoulder, flicked the torn clothes on his body again, and said with a pleasant face: "A little misunderstanding, Lord Zuo Xianwang has a lot, don't mind." How about I give you a new coat? ”

Hu Zheng saw that Liu Xiu spoke kindly, and his courage grew stronger, and he said with a stiff neck: "My lord, this is not a matter of new clothes, I beg you to give me the thing that looks down on us Huns." We Huns are friends of your Han people, help you fight wars, help you guard the border, and your emperor has to thank us for many good things every year. If he doesn't give me these things, he doesn't sell them when I buy them, and he despises us Huns, which is to destroy the friendship between our Huns and our Han Chinese. If it reaches the ears of your great emperor, I am afraid it will not be his business alone. ”

Liu Xiu frowned: "You want to kill him?" ”

Hu Zheng pouted and didn't answer, if it wasn't for Liu Xiu or someone he could afford, he wouldn't have bothered to talk to him.

Liu Xiu turned his head and glanced at the military officer. The soldier's face turned a little pale, he bit his lip and thought about it, walked in front of Liu Xiu, his feet were weak, and he was just about to kneel down and beg for mercy, Liu Xiu raised his feet and resisted the leg he was about to kneel.

"When you have something to say, don't kneel at every turn."

The military official glanced at Liu Xiu in surprise, with a glint of hope in his eyes, he licked his lips, and explained two sentences in a whisper, Liu Xiu waved his hand, turned his head and said to Hu Zheng: "This has nothing to do with him, not to sell it to the Huns, it is my order." ”

Hu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Why? ”

"These things weren't meant for you." Liu Xiu explained very kindly, "His Majesty the Emperor's reward for your Huns, there will be a special messenger to send it, and the rewards I brought this time, which should be given to you Huns, have also been handed over to your Da Danyu, and everything in this military market must be bought with money." ”

"Then I'll buy it too, why didn't he sell it to me?" Hu Zheng was a little anxious.

"Don't worry, wait until I'm done." Liu Xiu's tone became more and more gentle, and he was as patient as a nanny who comforted the children surnamed Ren: "These things are actually sold to our Han soldiers and soldiers, but they are actually half sold and half given away, mainly to make some small money and subsidize the expenses, not really to sell to them, but actually to reward." Do you think, you are the son of Da Shan Yu, and you are the future Shan Yu, how can you accept the same reward as an ordinary soldier of ours? You're going to Luoyang soon, and you'll get a lot more rewards than that. ”

Hu Zheng was a little dizzy by him, and thought about it for a long time before remembering his original question: "But I just want to buy it, can't I?" ”

"Absolutely." Liu Xiu nodded solemnly: "But it's not this price." ”

"How expensive is it? I have money. Hu Zheng patted his waist bag vigorously, and the gold coins inside rattled.

"The business is in charge of this Lord Cao." Liu Xiu smiled slightly: "I'm in charge of the rest, I said King Zuo Xian, your new clothes are torn, I'll pay you one piece, and I'll settle this matter, right?" ”

Hu Zheng was embarrassed to ask Liu Xiu to compensate for his clothes at this time, and waved his hand very much, indicating that it was over. Liu Xiu pretended to praise him a few words, turned around and left, and glanced at Cao Hong before leaving. Cao Hong understood, and nodded with a smile.

Soon after Liu Xiu returned to the big tent, Hu Zheng came in a hurry, and he said to Liu Xiu angrily, that Master Cao is a merchant, and the price he sold me was a hundred times that of others, and he took me for a fool. You have to call the shots for me, or I won't finish with you, and if you don't solve the problem, I will go to your emperor to complain.

Liu Xiu didn't have a good face at this time, he said to Hu Zheng coldly, do business, one is willing to buy, the other is willing to sell, you are too expensive, just don't buy it, why do you want to talk like this, and threaten me? Are you scared when I do?

Hu Zheng was stunned, he originally thought that Liu Xiu would talk to him as politely as just now, call Cao Hong over to scold, and apologize to him, but he didn't expect Liu Xiu to be even more horizontal than Cao Hong. He was furious and walked away.

Tian Yan was taken aback, and hurriedly said to Liu Xiu: "Deran, why do you deliberately tease him, it's obviously a trivial matter, what's in it for you to make a big fuss?" ”

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows, full of anger: "I just want to make things bigger, knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and see what these Huns think in their hearts now." ”

"What do you think?" Tian Yan was angry and funny: "These barbarians are very simple-minded, they don't think so much, when they see that we have few people here, they may raise an army to rebel, even if they kill us, if the court can send a large army at that time, they will surrender again." If you can't send a large army......" Tian Yan paused, his face was very ugly, "Then the Huns will really rebel." ”

"Don't worry, I caused this matter, and I have my own way to settle it." Liu Xiu smiled quietly and signaled Tian Yan not to get excited. Tian Yan saw that he was confident, but he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. However, thinking about the things that Liu Xiu did in Luoyang, he felt that he was not the kind of person who was messing around, so he made up his mind to watch from the sidelines and see how Liu Xiu dealt with the Huns. If he can put the Huns in order, it will really be of great help to the current situation in northern Xinjiang.

Liu Xiu called Liu Biao and instructed, you go to the big tent, and say that I have something important to discuss with him, and ask him and the great wizard of their royal court to come over immediately.

Shan Yu was listening to Hu Zheng's accusations in the king's tent, and although he was not as angry as Hu Zheng, he was also very unhappy. Liu Xiu did not give Hu Zheng face in front of so many people, and also connived at his military officials to tease Hu Zheng, which was tantamount to despising the entire Huns. Yes, the Han people used to be strong, but now they are in Meiji, which is the territory of the Huns, and the strength of the Huns is far greater than that of the Han people. If the Han people want to deal with the Xianbei people and the Qiang people, the forces they can rely on are the Xiongnu and Wuhuan people, the Wuhuan people are mainly in Youzhou, and the state depends on the Huns. When Liu Xiu came to Bingzhou, how could he ignore the dignity of the Huns so much.

Just when Shan Yu was thinking about how to let Liu Xiu see how powerful he was, Liu Biao came, and after listening to Liu Biao's communication, Shan Yu was a little dazed, but he didn't dare to take it lightly. The Huns, like the Han people, worshiped heaven and earth, ancestors, and ghosts, believing that after death, people would go to another world, and act in accordance with the will of heaven, and if they disobeyed the will of heaven, they would invite disaster. Unlike the Han people, who believed that the heavens were sensitive, and the heavens expressed their wishes in the form of disasters or auspiciousness, they believed that although Shan Yu was also a son of heaven, he did not have the ability to communicate with the gods, and only the great wizards could have this magical ability.

Almost every tribe of the Huns had a sorcerer, and the royal court also had a great sorcerer, and in a sense, the power of the great sorcerer was even greater than that of Shan Yu. The great wizard generally doesn't care about trivial matters, except for the expedition, the great wizard will only give guidance on major events related to the fate of the Huns, Liu Xiu not only wants to see him, but also their great wizard, is there really something important?

"What the hell is going on?" Shan Yu asked Liu Biaodao with some uneasiness.

Liu Biao didn't know either, when he accepted Liu Xiu's order to see Shan Yu, he still felt that it was too abrupt. It is true that Liu Xiu is the captain of Changshui, but he has no right to support the Xiongnu Shan Yu, in terms of rank, the Xiongnu Shan Yu is equivalent to the prince, much higher than Liu Xiu, it should be Liu Xiu to see Shan Yu. When you hear this, will you blow him out?

But Shan Yu not only didn't blast him out, but also politely asked him what was going on, which made Liu Biao a little confused. He shook his head and said seriously: "My lord said that this matter can only be said to Shan Yu in person." ”

When Shan Yu heard this, his heart was even more bottomless, and he asked Liu Xiu to wait while sending someone to invite the great wizard. He had to ask the great wizard first if there was any abnormal revelation from heaven recently, how could even the Han people know about it, but he was still in the dark.

The Great Wizard was an old woman of unrecognizable age, with a furrowed face, a headdress made of the teeth of an unknown animal, and a garment of various feathers. Thin to the bones, but the spirit is very good, the two eyes are even more cold, she is on a cane that can't see the true color clearly, although the waist is huffed, but the majesty that exudes makes people shudder.

"I have not received any revelation from heaven, and I do not believe that a Han Chinese can know what providence has to do with our Huns." The Great Wizard said coldly, she stared at Liu Biao viciously, and the hairs in Liu Biao's heart burst into shock.

"Shall we ...... To go or not to go? Shan Yu asked cautiously, lest he anger the Great Wizard.

"Don't go!" The Great Wizard raised her head, her shrill voice pierced her eardrums, and she stared at Hu Zheng and said, "You are the future Shan Yu, and the shame you have received can only be washed away with blood. ”

Hu Zheng was startled and set his eyes on Shan Yu. Shan Yu hesitated, it was not an easy thing to start a war with the Han people, he now had the strength to kill Liu Xiu and Tian Yanquan, but what next?

Shan Yu thought about it for a while before he politely said to Liu Biao: "Please tell Lord Liu that I can't go to see him." If anything happens, then please deign to come, and I will treat him with the most solemn courtesy. ”

Liu Biao was frightened into a cold sweat by the words of the great wizard, and when he saw that Shan Yu did not send troops immediately, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly responded, said goodbye, and reported to Liu Xiu. After Liu Xiu heard this, he was not angry, and said to Liu Biao, okay, you are also tired, go down and rest first. Liu Biao was confused, he didn't know what Liu Xiu was doing, so he had to leave.

Outside the big tent, there was a tense atmosphere, many people knew what was happening in the military market, some applauded, some worried, after all, the strength of the Xiongnu far exceeded that of the Han people, if there was a conflict, everyone might die. As soon as Liu Biao came out of the account, he was invited by Yuan Shao's people. As the leader of the Luoyang scholars, Yuan Shao has long known Liu Biao, one of the eight masters of Shanyang, as soon as they met, Yuan Shao asked Liu Biao bluntly: "What are you going to do?" ”

Liu Biao glanced at it and saw that Wang Yun and Chen Chen were both present, and Yuan Shao was still wearing iron armor, knowing that they were all nervous, for fear that they would get out of control. But he didn't know what Liu Xiu was doing, and in the face of Yuan Shao and the others' anxious inquiries, he could only shake his head.

"Adults are too young." Wang Yun said softly. He was very angry, Liu Xiu had been very polite to him along the way, and he didn't see any problems, but he didn't expect such a big incident to happen as soon as he arrived in Meiji. Now Liu Biao said that the great wizard of the Huns wanted to requisition blood to wash away the shame, and he felt even more frightened. He was too familiar with the Huns, and the words of the great wizard were more useful than the emperor's edict.

Why is he so unlucky, he has served a few assassins, and it is the first time he has met such a stunned young man, I used to think that Dong Zhuo was rude, but I didn't expect Liu Xiu to be more heartless than him. What did he learn from Lu Zhi and Duan Cheng?

It doesn't matter if Liu Xiu is dead, the imperial court will send another assassin to the state. But if they really fight, they can't escape, and they are likely to die in the hands of the Huns, even if they escape, they will inevitably be condemned by the imperial court at that time, and their careers will be affected.

Wang Yun was hateful and angry, and his eyes were a little red, like a silent volcano that could erupt at any time. Although Chen Chen behaved very calmly, his somewhat scattered eyes showed that he was now without a master, only Yuan Shao remained silent, stroking the knife ring and walking around the tent, and his guards stood silently outside the big tent, like pine trees.

"Don't be in a hurry." Yuan Shao stood still, waved his hand, and signaled Wang Yun and them not to think too badly. "Lord Liu may really have some way, he has only been in Luoyang for more than a year, and he has done so many things, I don't think he will be impulsive."

"What's the matter in Luoyang?" Wang Yun waved his sleeves disdainfully and said loudly: "That's just some cleverness." Now there is a huge disparity between us and the enemy, and in the event of a conflict, can we rush out? ”

Yuan Shao glanced at him and chuckled: "Zishi, this incident was originally an accident, and the Huns were not prepared in advance, do you think they dare to attack us easily?" ”

Wang Yun frowned, thoughtfully, and smiled a little embarrassedly, but the smile was very embarrassing.

Yuan Shao continued: "We took the initiative to provoke this matter, I think the Huns will think that we are planning first, they should be more nervous than us, as long as we don't further stimulate him, he should not dare to take the initiative to attack us." He pointed to the soldiers standing outside the tent: "Do you think the Huns have such a fast reaction speed as us?" If he is in a hurry, with only the warriors around him, will he be sure enough to defeat us? ”

Wang Yun's eyes lit up, he nodded again and again, and looked at Yuan Shao with a little more appreciation in his eyes. Yuan Shao saw it in his eyes, and he didn't make a sound, just smiled slightly.

Liu Biao saw their eye contact, frowned slightly, and then stretched out again, turned around casually, picked up a book from the bookcase and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Originally, you couldn't let go of the scroll in the army, and you were actually reading Captain Duan's "Dongqiang War". ”

Yuan Shao's body moved, and then he remembered that the book that was spread out on the case just now had not been put away, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed. Liu Xiu and others worshiped Duan Cheng as a teacher to learn the art of war, he couldn't pull down to listen to the class, and wanted to learn something from Duan Cheng, it happened that Liu Xiu printed the "Dongqiang War" that recorded Duan Chengping's Dongqiang deeds for Duan Cheng, so he bought a copy and put it around him to read at any time, both as a pastime and as a study, but he didn't expect to be seen by Liu Biao.

"Flip through the pages to relieve the boredom of the journey." Yuan Shao said calmly.

Liu Biao nodded noncommittally.

……

Liu Xiu sent Hao Zhao out, leaving only Wang Zhi.

"Dao Chief, are you sure you can deal with that old witch?" Liu Xiu sat on the marching bed, his expression relaxed, and he couldn't see that he had just caused a catastrophe. In order to understand the Xianbei people, he wrote "Donghu Zhi", although the Huns are not Donghu, but in fact, the customs are also very similar, the divine power is higher than the royal power, the most critical person is not Shan Yu, but the great wizard, he has long understood this truth, that time is to level the fire fox, only to successfully level the Liaoxi Wuhuan Lord Qiu Liju, now it is just a repetition of the old tricks, no big deal.

He didn't believe that the great wizard of the Huns could be more powerful than the fire fox with the horns of a green ox.

"What do you want me to do?" Wang Zhi asked casually: "Kill her, or ......?"

"If you are obedient, then of course you don't need to be rude, if you can't make her obedient, then kill her." Liu Xiu said lightly, his expression was so relaxed that he didn't look like he was going to do a big thing that would affect the fate of the Huns, but just killing a chicken. "I think with your Dao skills, it should be okay for people not to see the flaws."

Wang Zhi smiled: "I'll try it first, even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter, the adult has a heavy treasure, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to subdue a barbarian witch?" ”

"Hehehe......" Liu Xiu smiled a little proudly. Lu Shi has seen the Taoism in the ring, and he is convinced of those martial arts films that are floating around, and he probably revealed some to Wang Zhi. Although Wang Zhi had never mentioned this matter during this time, his usually indifferent eyes would become very enthusiastic as soon as they touched the ring on his hand, which could not escape his eyes.

He touched the ring and said lightly, "You can't ask me to do everything." ”

Wang Zhi's face tightened, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Oh, please wait for good news." ”

(To be continued)