In the Tongming Hall of the Khotanese Palace, King Guangde said: "Your envoy came from afar, and he worked hard all the way. Ban Chao said: "If you can get through your country, although it is bitter, it is still happy." Ban Chao secretly looked at King Guangde, and saw that this person was born brave, and Prime Minister Chunguo once said that he had great talents, and it seemed that it was not easy to move this person to return to Han. I was thinking about how to persuade him to return to Han. At this time, I only heard Zhu Xiangguo talking about Ban Chao's feat in Shanshan.

Ban Chao saluted and said: "Thanks to the praise, our success in Shanshan is all due to the prestige of the Han Dynasty and the help of the people of Shanshan." After that, Zhengrong said to the king of Khotan: "I came to Khotan for a few days, but I saw that Khotan is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the people are industrious, and the land on the banks of the Keriya River is rich, but the people are in rags and have no food. I see that the king is in the prime of life, born with a nose and a wide mouth, and a heroic image, but his eyelids are drooping and his complexion is gray, I don't know why? ”

Guangde snorted: "I heard that the people of Dahan are good at lobbying, and today the ambassador is coming from afar and wants to be a lobbyist." We and other small countries in the Western Regions are not good at words, and they go straight to the point, and the ambassador must have something to teach when he comes from afar? Ban Chao saw that King Guangde was angry in his words, and it was inconvenient to touch it, so he said: "The king misunderstood, Ban Chao said the truth, and he just wanted to help the king solve his problems, and he had no other intentions." King Guangde didn't have to look at Ban Chao squarely, and continued: "The minister of state, Yang Toto, recently said to Xiao Wang that the south is very demonic, beware of demons coming from the south, and the ambassador is coming from the south. Ban Chao saw that King Guangde was disrespectful, so he went straight to the point: "King Xie reminds you." When Ban arrived in Khotan, he heard that although the king had great talents, he could not display them, and the people said, 'My king is an eagle in Kunlun, but he was blindfolded by the prison state. 'Is the minister of the country mentioned by the king the black overlord Tianjian who is known as the emperor of the country? ”

When King Guangde heard this, he patted the noodles in front of him, and said with an angry face: "Yang Tokhoff is a lark wizard and is highly respected by the people. Although Khotan is a small country, it also has its own courtesy of monarchs and ministers, how can he be the emperor? Ban Chao mocked: "The king is not angry, my Han has the world, it all lies in the saint's observation of the people's feelings, conform to the people's will, as the saying goes, 'the people can carry the boat, but also can overturn the boat'." I look at your country, the monarch and the ministers can, it seems that the people have a misunderstanding of the king. Xiangguo Zhu Sannong saw that the two of them were angry, and hurriedly interrupted the words of the two: "King, General Ban was ordered by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to come to Tonghao, Shanshan has refused to return to the Han Dynasty, and the Han envoy persuaded us to return to the Han from the south road, and the Han General Dou Gu led the army to attack the Cheshi and other countries on the North Road, wanting to chase the Black Dominion and restore the Western Regions to protect the capital, and the minister thought that this was related to the long-term peace and stability of our country. Let the king make a decision. King Guangde couldn't think of an idea for a while, so he paced back and forth in the hall and said, "Let the Han envoy go to the inn to rest first, and then discuss it in the future." ”

Ban Chao waited not far from the palace, and suddenly heard a gong in front of him. Ban Chao watched intently, only to see a team of guards surrounded by a leopard-clothed man riding a tall horse, and was about to enter the palace, and the people on both sides of the street hurriedly avoided it. The leopard-clothed man ignored it completely, only listened to the horse's hooves, and rode straight to the palace in a group of seven or eight horses.

The leopard-clothed man walked into the palace, and King Guangde hurriedly sat down to greet him: "The minister of state is uninvited, I don't know what to see?" The sheep deflated and said violently: "I heard that the king received the Han envoys, and I came to teach them a lesson!" King Guangde said: "The Han envoy came to pass, and there was no other intention." Yang Totoh roared in a sharp voice: "The king belongs to the Black Tyrant, and the Han is the enemy country of the Black Tyrant, why didn't the Han envoy take it down?" King Guangde's face turned red, and his heart was secretly troubled. I only heard the Minister of State Shi Ji Shi say: "The two countries do not cut down the envoys, not to mention that the envoys of the Han Dynasty come to make peace, how can they take it?" Yang Totoh was furious, pointed at Shi Jishi and said: "I talk to the king, where is your part, you are a Han Chinese, do you have to collude with the Han envoy to rebel?" Someone's coming! Take down the Shijishi. Zhu Sannong knew that Yang Totokh was arrogant and domineering, and there was no way to treat him for a while, so he calmly clasped his fists and saluted Yang Totokh and said: "Don't be angry with the prison country, although the minister of the country is a Han person, but he has followed the king for decades and has always been loyal, how can he rebel?" He is also for the country's social welfare. Master Shi quickly apologized to the prison country. King Guangde was also quite dissatisfied with the attitude of the sheep to take off, but because of the situation, it was inconvenient to attack, and he said with a frosty face: "Don't fight, this king has been unwell recently, and this matter will not be discussed for the time being." ”

Yang Totok saw that King Guangde intended to avoid it, so he played his hole card: "King, the envoy of the Black Deception Sect has also arrived, and you have to meet the king immediately!" King Guangde knew that the sheep was getting off an inch, and said unhappily in his heart: "Zhu Xiangguo, you go to see it first, and say hello to the ambassador on my behalf." Seeing that King Guangde didn't want to meet the black tyrant in person, Yang Totok was annoyed, his eyes rolled, and he had a plan: "King, when I came from the inn, I saw that the Han envoy's mount was a Dawan sweat and blood horse, a red charcoal fire dragon horse, and the king fought all year round. Since the Han envoy has come to pass, why not let him dedicate this horse to the king, this is also to see whether the Han is sincere. ”

General Asalan said: "My lord, this horse is born with a divine horse, and it is difficult to buy it with ten thousand gold, so wouldn't it be difficult for him to ask the Han envoy for it now?" Yang Totuo smiled: "General A, there are still a few good horses in my Han envoy's mount, wouldn't it be better to take one and you take one too?" The king can order General A to go to Soma, only a few horses, if the Han envoy does not obey, it can be seen that his hypocrisy is false, and then he will be killed. Shi Jishi hurriedly said: "The king can't." The sheep glared and said, "Why not?" You cowardly thief! After speaking, he raised the whip in his hand and drew it towards Shi Jishi. Shi Jishi didn't expect the sheep to be so presumptuous, and he was slapped in the face by him, and immediately bled all over his face. King Guangde's face was muscular, his eyes flashed with anger, and he did not speak. Zhu Xiangguo couldn't stand it, and raised his voice and said, "In front of the king, don't be so rude." ”

Yang Tokhoff ignored Zhu Sannon and said to King Guangde: "King, hurry up and let people go and fetch the horses." King Guangde was annoyed in his heart, and turned his head to Zhu Sannong and said: "Xiangguo looks at this matter, let's do it as appropriate." After speaking, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and walked towards the back of the hall. Zhu Sannon clasped his fists and saluted: "Obey." He turned his face and said: "General A, Minister of the Division, you go and discuss with the Han envoy, I am willing to pay 100 gold to buy his red charcoal fire dragon horse, go and return quickly." The two men left the whirring sheep and walked away.

In the inn, Ban Chao, Kunlun Xiao and others hurriedly came out to greet Ah and Shi when they saw Ah and Shi visiting. Ban Chao saw that Prime Minister Shi's face was bleeding, and hurriedly said, "Prime Minister of State, how can you get hurt?" Quickly ask the wonderful doctor Zhao Hanqing to bandage the national minister. With tears in his eyes, Shi Jishi suddenly knelt down for Ban Chao: "Ambassador! I've been waiting for my return to Dahan for decades. In the past, the Han Dynasty protected and managed the peaceful coexistence of the countries in the Western Regions, the military revolution was not prosperous, and business and travel were exchanged. Now that the big man has abandoned me and left, and the black tyrant has taken the opportunity to enslave me, it is really miserable! Ban Chao hurriedly helped Shi Jishi and said: "Please sit down, I am waiting to come here to restore the capital and make peace with all countries, this is the great trust of the Han Emperor, and it is also the long-cherished wish of my class, and I also ask the two adults to support it." Asalan shook his head and sighed, and told Ban Chao in detail about the reason for his visit. Gan Ying was furious when she heard this: "What a sheep with wolf ambitions, where is he?" Watch me pierce his seventeen or eighteen transparent holes, and see what other bullshit sorcery he has? ”

Kunlun smiled and grabbed Gan Ying from the side and said: "Big man, don't worry, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, he won't live long." Ban Chao got up and paced back and forth a few steps and said: "Kunlun's smile is reasonable, this person is the emperor of Khotan, and he bluffs people with witchcraft, only by getting rid of this person can he relieve the confusion of King Guangde and strengthen his heart to return to Han." Shi Jishi said: "This person is quite good at witchcraft and is good at wrestling and fighting, so it is not easy to get rid of him." Ban Chao smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, I have made a decision." General A, you go and invite the sheep to the inn, I will meet this person to see if his witchcraft works? If witchcraft is true, I am willing to sacrifice this horse without penny; If he doesn't work, I will expose him in public, so that everyone will laugh, and then I will see what King Guangde means. General A said, "This is a very good idea. I'll go and ask him to come. "After that, he left.