The next day, the cool breeze was gentle, the sun was mild, and I didn't feel any cold.

Liu Jing obeyed the emperor's will yesterday and waited in the front hall early. Because marrying the Xiongnu was a major event, Liu Bang instructed the eunuchs to summon all the ministers, even Xiao He, who was busy dealing with the thieves in Guanzhong in the past few days, and Gao Qi Lu Jia, who was dealing with the bureaucracy's annexation of farmland, they also hurriedly put down the matter and rushed over. Liu Bang wanted to hear what Liu Jing had seen and heard in the Xiongnu for a month, so that the ministers could express their opinions and solve the difficulties when they encountered difficulties.

Before the emperor came, the ministers saw Liu Jingdu and asked him how he was in the Xiongnu, how his troops were, what kind of person Mao Dunshan Yu was, how their national strength was, how their economy was, how the people were, and what the relationship between the nobles was. The important ministers rushed to say, so that Liu Jing didn't know which question to answer, and before he could open his mouth, there was a voice, "The emperor has arrived-" A shrill and piercing voice gathered the eyes of the ministers, and the emperor came in from outside the palace, his face was flat, and he couldn't see joy, anger, sorrow, and joy.

Everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted the emperor, and the matter discussed today was extremely important, so they didn't pay much attention to so much etiquette.

As soon as he sat down, he saw Liu Jing, Fengchunjun, who had not been seen for a long time, standing in a line of civil officials in a clean and pure Hanfu, leaning forward slightly, bowing his head and quietly waiting for the emperor's question. Liu Bangqing cleared his throat, put one hand on several cases, leaned forward, and greeted Liu Jing, "Liu Gong has worked hard to go to the Huns." ”

Liu Jing hurriedly went out of the class and gave up his hand, saying that he didn't dare to say that he was working hard, and he worked for Hanchen and the Han family, which was deeply liked by Liu Bang, and asked, "How is Liu Lu doing, how is Mao Dun performing?" ”

Liu Jing said, "After the Han family saw off the people to the Xiongnu, the people of the Xiongnu royal court immediately took the princess of Long'an to the inner palace behind, and the ministers and the rest of the people were all received by them to the palace of the royal court and Mao Dunshan Yu to meet, and then they drank wine, and watched the strong soldiers and horses of the Xiongnu and the fierce people for a few days, the beautiful Hetao Plain was rich in water and grass, and the cattle, sheep and horses were a piece, until a few days ago when they came back to Chang'an, the minister never saw the princess of Long'an again. ”

Hearing this, Liu Bang was slightly worried and confused, frowned and said softly, 'oh', looked at the minister and leaned over eagerly and asked, "According to Liu Gong, will Mao Dun find out Liu Lu's true identity?" ”

Liu Jing thought for a while, then shook his head slightly and continued to arch his hand, "Along the way, the minister and Princess Sha Ling'er expressed their views on the relations between Han and Hungary and the future situation. The minister saw that Princess Sha Ling'er was a person who kept her promises, and she couldn't see any of her ambitions to go south after repeated conversations, but felt that she liked everything about the Han family, as long as she didn't tell the truth, the minister thought that Princess Long'an would not be exposed. ”

Liu Bang breathed a long sigh of relief, stretched his eyebrows with a little ease on his face, and said that it would be good. The ministers put down their hanging hearts again, and discussed the result in twos and threes. Just when everyone felt a little excited, Liu Jing took a step forward and raised his voice and said, "It's just that the minister has seen the strength of the Xiongnu Kingdom, they have thousands of horses, cattle and sheep everywhere, the grassland is fertile with water and grass, and it seems to have a great development trend along the side of the Yellow River and the hinterland of Jiuyuan in the south." And the people are all elite horsemen, who go into battle to kill the enemy during wartime, and train their children to learn to ride and shoot when they are grazing, and they are all extremely fierce. When he went to the Huns, several ministers who accompanied him were verbally abused by them, and they were arrogant. ”

After hearing this, Liu Bang squeezed his eyebrows again with an embarrassed face, the wrinkles on his forehead were even deeper and deeper, his fingers were digging at the side of the case, and his eyes scanned the minister's body and he was speechless. Liu Bang originally knew that the Xiongnu was a country that had no etiquette and despised and arrogant foreigners, and thought that they would be insulted to a greater or lesser extent when they went on this trip, but Liu Jing and the ministers handled it well, and there was no dispute at that time, so they silently suffered this humiliation, and preserved the temporary peace between the two countries.

Liu Bang leaned on the couch and supported his forehead with one hand, "The Han family is a big country in the upper state, so there is no need to be more serious with the barbarian Xiongnu who don't understand etiquette." He asked again, "What did Mao Dun say about the matter of Jiuyuan County?" ”

Liu Jing cautiously glanced at Liu Bang at this time, carefully checked the emperor's expression, bit his lower lip slightly and took a step forward and said, "At that time, Mao Dun did not have an obvious performance, but the minister saw from his eyes that this person was not good at giving up, and when the contract was handed over that day, the Xiongnu nobles and the left and right virtuous kings all stood angrily, angry at the ministers, and vowed to step on Chang'an, and finally Mao Dun raised his hand to stop it. Mao Dun and the ministers looked at each other, his eyes were deep and cunning, he could see his ambition, he was afraid that it would be useless to send the Han princess to the Xiongnu, Mao Dun looked as if he was not close to the woman, and every day he was with the left and right kings and ministers, either going out to hunt or organizing the people to develop their economy. After that, there was no mention of the matter of Jiuyuan County, until the ministers were about to return to Chang'an, Mao Dun entered the tooth tent and said to the ministers, and Han and Hun were brothers from then on. ”

Liu Bang was confused, especially what did the last sentence 'from now on be a brother country', Mao Dun was going to move to Jiuyuan County for a year as agreed? Or did Liu Lu marry him, so the Han and Hungarian countries were brothers in the future? Liu Bang was puzzled in his heart, straightened his body and leaned forward and asked anxiously, "That means that Mao Dun will act according to the contract and move to Jiuyuan County for a year?" ”

Liu Jing was also confused about Mao Dun's words, and he didn't understand what Mao Dun meant, Mao Dun neither said to comply nor not to follow, and stopped the nobles and virtuous kings from being rude to the Han family in the main hall, which confused Liu Jing. Liu Jing said with no confidence in his heart, "Mao Dun only said that Han and Hungary will be brother countries from now on. ”

Hearing this, the emperor was slightly angry with Liu Jing, and his face immediately became disgusted, how did he come back from the Xiongnu to do something unclear? When he was about to scold, a man with a tiger's back stood up and said to the emperor in a loud voice, "Why bother whether he acts according to the contract, the emperor and all the people of the Han family know that the Xiongnu are not trustworthy, and what does that contract mean?" The emperor might as well give 10,000 soldiers to guard the border in case the Huns attacked. After speaking, he turned to look at the ministers below with disdain. The ministers all echoed this person, and what this person said hit the nail on the head, spitting out the resentment of the military generals and ministers in the palace against the Huns.

Liu Bang calmed his anger and looked at this person, waved his hand and told him to go back to work and stand, his face continued to be melancholy, but after a little thought, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the ministers below, raised his neck among the ministers as if looking for someone, looked left and right, and exhaled in disappointment. He was looking for Chen Ping, and remembered that Chen Ping went to Qi and has not returned.

Liu Bang drew circles with his fingers beside his temples, and said for a while, "What Fan Tuzi said is reasonable. "It turns out that the big man with the tiger's back is Fan Xu. Liu Bang got up with his hands behind his back, went down the steps to the gap between the trains separated by the ministers, and said, "There have been troops stationed on the border, and I haven't heard of the Xiongnu attack from the border in the past few years, and I also believe in Princess Luan. ”