The rooster cries at sunrise, the cool breeze is blowing, there are occasional people talking in the market, Chang'an City is still lively, and today welcomes the arrival of the Hun envoys.

Warmth gradually poured in the blurred sunlight, spreading the golden light to Chang'an City. A few days ago, the emperor ordered the streets to be cleaned up, and now the original stalls on both sides of the street have been covered by brocade silk, and the road in the middle is as clean as washing, surrounded by this dazzling red gauze silk, and pedestrians can only walk and watch in the area outside the silk that is not isolated by the imperial court.

Every few meters away, there was a soldier standing, standing solemnly with his back to the people's sidewalk holding a halberd, and about 100 soldiers stood on the street hundreds of meters away.

The people were talking about the pomp and circumstance with their necks held high, all smiling and talking about the grand occasion, and all of them looked at the silent and closed east gate.

Suddenly, the east gate of the palace slowly opened with a 'squeak'. More than ten horses galloped out of the palace gate, the dust behind the horses was flying, driving towards the side of the street, more than ten horses were getting closer and closer, only then did they see that it was Zhou Bo and Guan Ying who were the two generals who took the lead, and the faces of the two gods were full of meticulous solemnity, which made all the people in awe.

They rode horses and led the men behind them through the streets, walking like the wind, making it difficult for the people to continue to witness the might of their generals for a while.

Suddenly, a horse overtook Zhou Bo and galloped forward quickly, immediately a eunuch-like person held the edict in his hand, and ran with one hand holding it high, and screamed while riding and shouted, "Greet the Hun envoys by holy order, and no one will retreat......" shouted to the people on both sides over and over again, and the people quickly gave way to the road between the two red silks that they couldn't help occupying after hearing this, and there was still the intention of squeezing forward to watch, and the chatter was not lively, and the soldiers could only try to maintain order. Stop the unexpected situation brought about by their riots.

Zhou Bo Guanying took more than ten horsemen and horses and galloped towards the north side of Weishui.

Weiyang Palace.

Hundreds of officials are in the court, the great power is vigorous, the hall is splendid, and the dragon couch still has the potential to swallow the sky.

A sharp and piercing shout came from the cabinet, "The emperor has arrived, the queen has arrived, and the chief salute is performed." ”

Hearing this, the hundred officials under the steps of the main hall hurriedly knelt down in unison and bowed their heads, bowed respectfully to Liu Bang and Empress Lu, and shouted loudly, "The emperor is Changle Weiyang for thousands of years, and the queen is Changle Weiyang for thousands of years." ”

Liu Bang held Empress Lu's hand, slowly walked up the steps with a smile, stood on the side of the dragon couch and said to the ministers below, "Qing and others are flat." "Sit down on the couch. Empress Lu sat next to Liu Bang, her court clothes were neat and clean, her phoenix hair was combed high and neat, her face was ruddy and indifferent, her eyes were gentle, and she seemed to be smiling, and the corners of her mouth were curved to look down the court.

Today, it seems that Liu Bang is extremely martial, and the high Pingtian crown is still blocking half of Liu Bang's dragon face, and only a thick beautiful beard can be seen hanging down. The black and red dragon robe is printed with a red-clawed flying dragon, the dragon's mouth is wide open, the golden dragon body is very dazzling, and the sleeves and arms are engraved with a clear texture of Teng pattern.

The main hall of Weiyang Palace was instantly quiet, the ministers waited in place without saying a word with the wat board in their hands, and Liu Bang and Lu Hou also sat on the dragon chair without saying a word and waited for the news from outside the hall.

After waiting for a while, Liu Bang obviously couldn't sit still, and he couldn't help but get up and sit down and twist when he was on the dragon couch or left the seat, and sometimes pulled away from the hall in front of him, looking at someone outside the hall in the distance. Squinting his old eyes, leaning on the couch on his side, he involuntarily raised his legs and trembled, restlessly looking at His Highness's officials through the wide gap of Hanzi and looking at all the movements outside the palace.

Empress Lu turned his head to look at Liu Bang, who was a little restless, and saw that he didn't pay much attention to the etiquette of the court monarch, stretched out his hand and gently pressed it on Liu Bang's hand, smiled at him, and said, "The emperor is a little restless, the Hun envoys will arrive in a moment." ”

Liu Bang's trembling legs instantly stabilized, straightened up, put his hand on Lu Hou's hand, nodded with a smile, and the two quieted down and waited for the news.

The light gradually shone into the main hall, and it was brilliant, adding warmth to the early winter. There was a hurried 'tuk' sound outside the hall, and after a while, a eunuch came in from outside, it was the eunuch who was summoned at the east gate with an edict in his hand, and hurriedly ran back and forth to report the news, and bent down in the center of the hall and said, "Your Majesty, General Zhou Guan successfully greeted the Hun envoys, and now they have passed Weishui and are coming towards the palace." ”

Liu Bang's eyes lit up, he immediately straightened his waist, pulled away the slapstick in front of him, and patted the cases in front of him with one hand, "Okay, explore again, come and report quickly." ”

The ministers chattered, "After all, Weishui has passed." ”

"It's almost there."

……

"You didn't tell anyone about the canonization of the princess, did you?" Liu Bang suddenly asked, and the ministers were talking about it.

Immediately stopped the noise, and all of them bent down and bowed deeply, "The ministers dare not disobey the holy order. ”

Liu Bang nodded and stroked his beautiful beard with a smile.

Chen Zheng was very ten, and the eunuch Xiao Trend stepped in to report, "Your Majesty, the Hun envoys have arrived at the east gate of Chang'an, and they are about to enter the palace." ”

"Okay, welcome." Liu Bang took Lu Hou and stood up and went down the steps of the main hall together, over the red 100-meter carpet, the emperor and queen walked out of the palace gate side by side, and the hundred officials behind him also followed Liu Bang and Lu Hou out, and stopped on the steps outside the palace gate and waited for the arrival of the Huns.

About two moments, in the distance, there was already a sound of confused footsteps, getting closer and closer. The figures on Gongting Square were crowded, and two generals in Han costumes were in front, and it was Zhou Bo and Guan Ying who walked and led the grand Hun greeting team behind them towards Liu Bang. The size of the Xiongnu envoys is about thirty or forty people, the mold is carved out of the same head, round face, wide cheekbones, earlobe piercings wearing earrings, most of them are dark gray fur clothes, the upper part of the clothes are plush and plush to keep warm, the Huns are located in the north, the climate is cold, so the sleeves are tightened near the wrist, and the wide trousers in the lower part are tightly tucked into desert-colored boots. Some of them wore fur hats on their heads, some of their hair was spread out into braids and tied tightly on both sides, and most of the men had beards, and at first glance it was rare to see people with delicate appearances. Looking at these exotic people of the Huns wearing Hufu that is very different from the Hanfu, although Liu Bang saw it when he was fighting, he saw that today's ones are more elegant, not like the Huns-style uniforms on the battlefield. Look at the Huns looking left and right watching the palace, smiling lightly on both sides and brushing their beautiful beards, and looking at Empress Lu and nodding.

It was getting closer and closer, only ten meters away, Zhou Bo and General Guan Ying went to Liu Bang's side first and asked for instructions, "Your Majesty, the ministers and others welcome the return of the envoys, please ask the emperor to give instructions." ”

Liu Bang and Empress Lu helped them up, and said with a smile, "There is General Lao, and he is waiting for instructions." ”

The Xiongnu envoys also stopped, looking at the emperor and empress of the Han family and the ministers of the Han Dynasty, and the scene was extremely magnificent. When I was in the Xiongnu, I often heard that the Han family paid attention to etiquette and shame, and was a ceremonial state, and treated all foreign envoys leniently. More than 30 Huns performed the Xiongnu etiquette together, crossed their hands on their chests and bowed their heads, and drank tribute, "The Xiongnu envoys are honored to come to your country, and they are grateful to be greeted by the son of heaven and the mother of the Han family. ”

Liu Bang and Empress Lu didn't know if they were dazzled or what, and they didn't find out who their leaders were, because they were dressed in almost the same costumes, and they didn't know who to greet so well, or maybe they were wearing the same clothes on purpose.

Liu Bang roughly swept the Huns, his face was immediately confused, and he saw that they had finished saluting, but he didn't know who was the leader, so he had to stand on the steps, make a gesture of support in the air, and said with a smile, "Please get up, please get up." ”

Could it be that the surprise of the Huns was like this? Liu Bang told himself in his heart, frowning in wonder.

Liu Bang was a little lost, his eyes were still shuttling among the Huns, and his heart suddenly lit up, thinking that the one standing in the center of the front row should be the leader. So he walked down the steps to him with a smile, and greeted him with a smile, "How is your country?" The road to welcome relatives is long and yellow, you must be tired, and please go back to the palace to rest and eat later. Liu Bang made an invitation.

The man glanced at Liu Bang but didn't speak, standing still, just looking at another person in a row with him, and Liu Bang also followed his gaze.

"I'm not the leader, he is." The man in the center pointed to a handsome young man and said to Liu Bang.

Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, and looked at the handsome young man carefully in a blink of an eye, he was only thirteen or fourteen, short in height. Dressed in a clean beard and black sand boots, with a short fur fur around his neck, a belt around his waist, and a small animal bone tied in the middle of the belt, quite Xiongnu, with a handsome face like a woman, and a brown leather felt hat on his head. Liu Bang suddenly wondered, scratching the corners of his ears, the young man looks so young, will he be the leader? It's about the same age as Liu Ying.

Liu Bang came over in surprise and there was a slight pause beside the young man, and suddenly the handsome young man crossed his hands on his chest and said respectfully, "Hun Luan Sha Ling'er has seen the emperor of the Han family, and I wish the emperor a long and happy future." ”

"Luan? ......" Liu Bang muttered, was stunned again, and looked at the young man with round eyes. Luan is the surname of the Xiongnu royal family, could it be that he is a member of the royal family?