Da Ai Jin was at a loss for words, muttering and arguing: "We don't know about our ancestors, how can you know?" ”

Cen Shen clasped his hands to his chest and said: "You people don't record the history of your ancestors, but we Han people have always had such a tradition, and we have recorded your ins and outs. Not only that, our history has been recorded until the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and many historical laws have been discovered, one of which is that there will be no ruler who will always be protected by God, and the monarch will lose the world if he is not virtuous, and there will be virtuous people living in it. No matter how glorious and great the empire created by their fathers is, it will not stand the test of time. Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms and unified the world, and the Han Dynasty suppressed the Xiongnu and dominated the sea, but the dynasty they created has not become a thing of the past? ”

Gele Khan's eyes shone brightly, and he asked in surprise, "What position does Sir hold under the command of King Yong?" ”

"I am not talented in Xia, but I am just managing the government affairs of Hedong for King Yong, and staying in Taiyuan, and at the same time serving as the Pingzhang of Zhongshumen."

Khan couldn't help but sigh and said: "A talent like Mr. can't even do the Zhongshu Order, which shows that Li Siye can't reuse talents." ”

Cen Shen laughed and said: "Khan is wrong again, my lord values talents the most, and he has recruited heroes in the world under his command, people like me abound, I can't take on the Zhongshu Order, because I still need to learn and progress." ”

Gele Khan admired Cen Shen's eloquence, nodded and said: "It's okay to be friendly, but you can't use the daughter of the side branch of the Li Tang family to fool me, since it is Li Siye who wants to make peace with me, then please marry his daughter Li Siye." Ben Khan heard that Li Siye had three sons and one daughter, except for the eldest son who had been executed by the Tang Emperor, the other children had reached the age of marriage, he would not be reluctant, right? ”

"Of course not," Cen Shen bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "The daughter of my lord has reached the age of leaving the cabinet and is not married, and now she is twenty-two, the Khan will not dislike her, right?" ”

"No, no!" Khan thought to himself, I'm already in my forties, will I still dislike a girl in my twenties?

"That's right, in order to show my sincerity, I invited a portrait of Li Chongle, the lord of Yongwang County, before leaving the fortress, which is to ask the khan to recognize the beauty first, so as not to regret it in the future."

With that, he took out the portrait from his bosom and shook it out to show it to the Khan, who was so frightened that his eyelids jumped.

The lady on the painting has light lips and appliqués on her forehead, but this appearance is really not flattering, her forehead is full and protruding, her chin is pointed and long, and the two lumps of rouge on her cheeks not only do not add beauty, but make the person in the painting even more ugly and treacherous, more frightening than the goddess of the dancing god in his tribe.

Gele Khan stammered a little and asked, "This, this, is Li Siye's daughter?" ”

"Cough, oh, the county lord's appearance is a little unexpected, but she is gentle and gentle by nature, full of poetry and books, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and proficient in medical skills, good at cooking, and can embroider female red."

Khan's face was already elongated, and he thought to himself that you just praised her for her omnipotence, and she didn't want to enter my tent with her appearance, good fellow! I heard that the women of the Tang Dynasty are all as beautiful as flowers, but this is far inferior to the women on our grassland.

"In this way, since I am the Khan of the grassland, I should marry a princess with a more noble bloodline, and you should marry the princess of the Li Tang family."

"It's okay," Cen Shen folded his hands and smiled very kindly, "Aren't there still a few adult agents under Khan's knees?" I am willing to be this matchmaker and ensure that they form a marriage with the lord of my family. ”

When the three agents standing in the tent heard this, their faces turned green, and the eldest son took the lead in hugging the Khan's chest and said: "Father Khan, the son suddenly has some urgency, so he retired first." ”

The second son and the third son also used the same excuse and hurriedly ran out of the tent of King Jin Khan.

Khan waved his hand and said: "Marriage does not have to be for you to marry your daughter, I heard that Li Chongbao, the second son of Li Siye, can fight well, and with only 3,000 flying tigers, he defeated the 10,000 cavalry of the Eagle Division that I returned to the Grass Valley. I intend to marry the most beautiful daughter in the family to him, I wonder if his father Li Siye can agree? ”

"This?" Cen Shen suddenly felt that he had made a difficulty, the ancient tradition was that men were more noble in their family inheritance, so if they wanted to marry a lady with noble blood, whoever wanted to marry a woman from the Hu people would be looked down upon. Moreover, the etiquette of being a relative is the friendship between uncles and nephews, so it is natural that the father-in-law and uncle of the mother-in-law and uncle are more noble, and the nephew has a lower status. During the Northern Qi Dynasty period, the Northern Zhou Emperor had to marry a Turkic woman as an imperial concubine in order to compromise with the Turkic minorities in the north.

"Gongzi Li Chongbao is the most important son of King Yong, so his marriage must be cautious, let's not talk about this today."

"Hey, don't be in a hurry to refuse." Khan raised his palm and said, "My little daughter Xuezhu is the brightest flower on the grassland, her eyes are clearer than Nacuo Lake, her skin is fairer than the snow-capped mountains, and countless grassland boys admire his appearance." Xuezhu come out and let the messenger of the Han family see you! ”

The woman hiding in the felt curtain behind the big tent strode out, and there was no shyness on her face, looking at the messenger from the Han family straightforwardly.

Cen Shen's eyes looked at her, and she was suddenly very amazed, this woman's appearance does have a special charm, not as dignified and generous as the goose egg face of a Han woman, but she was born with snow-white skin, a thin chin, and a high and delicate nose bridge.

"How?" The Khan said smugly: "A daughter like mine is not worthy of the son of his Li family? I believe that on the day Xuezhu gets married, the men in the entire prairie will regard Li Chongbao as a public enemy. ”

"This," Cen Shen replied, "I don't dare to make decisions on this matter, and I can't make a decision until I go back and ask the lord and the second son." ”

"It's okay, Ben Khan can afford to wait, Mr. Cen Shen is talented, and there is no problem in painting. Ben Khan would like to ask you to draw the portrait of my daughter to Li Chongbao, lest he refuse before they meet and miss this good marriage in vain. ”

Cen Shen replied: "Since the Khan has already decided, I can't say anything. Later, I will paint a portrait of the Lord of Xuezhu. ”

He drew a portrait of Xuezhu in the silk cloth Khan's tent, which was quite realistic in terms of technique, and then took the portrait with the khan to say goodbye to the Khan and left the Golden Khan's tent.

After Cen Shen walked out of the sweat tent, Gele Khan said to the left and right: "If this marriage can be successful, Ben Khan's deal will not be a loss." The inheritance of the Central Plains pays attention to the order of the eldest and youngest, if Li Siye can achieve the foundation, his eldest son dies early, and it will definitely be passed on to the second son Chongbao, my Xuezhu is the dignified queen, and my grandson is the future emperor. On the other hand, if Li Siye fails to fight for the world, his sons will definitely have no place to stay, and then I can extend an olive branch to Li Chongbao and let him bring Xuezhu to his mother's house as a general. I have a brave general who can fight well, do you think I earned it? ”

The Ejin on the left and right hugged their chests and praised the Khan's clever calculation, and they were ashamed of themselves.

Cen Shen did not go back to Hedong to tell Li Chongbao the news, but returned to Chang'an to report to Li Siye, reporting that the Khan had agreed to make peace, but had one more request, wanting to marry the Khan's daughter to Li Chongbao. He showed the portrait to Li Siye, but Li Siye was noncommittal, nodded and said, "You go and bring the portrait to Li Chongbao and ask him if he is willing to marry the county lord of Gele Khan." ”

Cen Shen took the portrait out of Chang'an City again, rushed to Taiyuan, Hedong, and personally showed the portrait to Li Chongbao, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu.

Li Chongbao's heart rippled after seeing it, he had seen a lot of Han women, and none of them were as beautiful as the lord of Xuezhu, although it was a pity that she was a Hui girl, but it was the Hui woman who had such exotic characteristics, it was really difficult to choose between fish and bear's paws.

In the end, Li Chongbao made a decision and decided to marry this Hui woman home, but asked Cen Shen with some hesitation: "I don't know what my father said?" ”

"The king asked me to tell you that your marriage is up to you."

"Okay, please go back and tell Gele Khan that I will definitely send someone to the grassland to marry the lord of Xuezhu."