In the second year of the first century, the Hun fox Lugu died in his body, and the pot Yan Yan was single. For example, the Xiongnu held the kings in Longcheng in May every year to worship the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, but the king of Zuoxian and the king of the right valley refused to come, and the power of the Xiongnu began to decline. Just when the Han envoy arrived, it was just to make people want to make peace. The envoy said: "Since the Xiongnu have the intention of making peace, they must first let Su Wu and others return to China." ”

In the last years of Emperor Wu, Li Ling was ordered by Shan Yu to go to Beihai. At this time, Li Ling was named the king of the right school, and married the daughter of Shan Yu as his wife, so he led the servants to bring food to Beihai to meet Su Wu.

It is a great blessing in life to meet old acquaintances in a foreign country. Although Su Wu knew Li Ling's story for a long time, he did not refuse to catch up with his old friends. When the wine was hot, Li Ling said to Su Wu: "Shan Yu heard that I have a good relationship with Ziqing, so let me come to persuade you, I really hope that you can become his courtier." You have not been able to return to the Han for many years, and you have suffered in vain in this no-man's land, even if your faith is as righteous as heaven, who can see it? Your elder brother Su Jia, who was the captain of Fengche, was accused of great disrespect because he accidentally broke the chariot wheel when he helped the emperor's chariot down the steps, and had to kill himself with his sword, and your younger brother Su Xian also died of poison because he did not catch the eunuch who killed the horse.

They all died for small things, leaving your mother heartbroken and dying soon after. I also heard that your wife didn't hear from you and remarried. Now, there are only two sisters, two daughters and one son left in the dignified Su family, and it is almost impossible to say that the family is ruined. Life is like morning dew, why do you have to endure so long for that mission that no one knows? Speaking of this, Li Ling took another sip of turbid wine.

Then, Li Ling raised his head suddenly, and said with tears in his eyes: "At the beginning, I was also very painful when I first arrived in the Xiongnu, and I deeply hated myself for betraying the imperial court, thinking that one day I would be able to make miraculous achievements and return to the Han Dynasty. But later, my mother and wife were killed, and the clansmen were convicted of countless crimes, how can I face this? Today, the spring and autumn period has been high, the laws and regulations are impermanent, and the ministers are not guilty and have seen dozens of murderers. Who can guarantee that his loyalty will be recognized by the emperor? So please Ziqing stop thinking about returning to Han, or follow my advice and stay! After speaking, Li Ling fell to the ground and begged.

Su Wu also left tears, choked up and said, "I know what Shaoqing said. Su Wu is not filial, he can't send his mother to the end, and he is ashamed to be a son of man. My father and son have no merit, they are both fulfilled by the Lord, they are generals, marquis, brothers, brothers, brothers Now I have to kill myself to repay, although the axe and the soup woks are also willing, I hope not to say more. Li Ling saw that Su Wu didn't listen to him, so he had to press down and not talk about it, and talk about other things. On the same day, the wine was gone, and Li Ling stayed at sea. The next day, he drank with Su Wu and talked about it, Li Ling repeatedly used his words to impress Su Wu, but Su Wu only ignored it. After drinking for several days, Li Ling saw that Su Wu just didn't move, and couldn't help but say straightly: "Why don't Ziqing listen to me." Su Wu replied: "I thought I would die for a long time, if you want me to surrender, please enjoy today's joy and die in front of you." Li Ling sighed when he heard this: "Ziqing is really a righteous man, and I have a good relationship with the crime of Weilu!" After saying that, he burst into tears, and then said goodbye to Su Wu.

Li Ling saw that Su Wu's livelihood was difficult, and he wanted to give away property, but he thought he was unfaithful, and he was ashamed of it, so he discussed with his wife and gave Su Wu dozens of cattle and sheep in the name of his wife. I also remembered that Su Wu's wife had remarried, and the children didn't know if they were there, and besides, they were going to be old and had no time to return to the country, so it was better to persuade him to accept a Hu girl, so as not to be alone and unaccompanied, and give birth to a boy and a half girl in the future, and he could also continue the bloodline, because he sent someone to inform Su Wu of this intention. Su Wu agreed.

Li Lingnai chose a woman to marry his subordinates, and since then Su Wu has a family, so he is not as lonely as before, and he has a lot of livestock, and he is not short of food and clothing.

and Emperor Wu died, Li Ling heard the information and went to Beihai to see Su Wu, and said: "Recently, the border guards have captured the population in the clouds, saying that the lord has collapsed. Hearing this, Su Wu hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" Li Ling replied, "Very true." When Su Wu heard this, he cried to the south, crying until he was so painful that he vomited blood. Li Ling regretted that he should not have come to tell him, and tried his best to persuade him to return on his own. Su Wu cried twice a day, morning and evening, until a few months.

On the same day, Huo Guang sent an envoy to the Xiongnu and asked Su Wu, the Xiongnu had deceived and died, and the envoy did not know whether it was true or false, so he had to repay according to his words. After more than a year, another Han envoy arrived, thinking that Su Wuguo was dead, and did not ask again. One night, a person suddenly asked to see him, and the messenger asked his name, saying that he was Chang Hui, and Chang Hui was a subordinate of Su Wu. When the messenger heard the letter and was surprised, he was immediately invited.

Chang Hui met with the envoy and told the details in detail, and the envoy knew that Su Wu was still there. Chang Hui approached the envoy again, whispered a few words in his ear, and the envoy nodded in agreement.

The next day, the envoy came to see Shan Yu and said: "Shan Yu Hugh has deceived each other, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty shot a goose in the upper forest, and there is a silk book tied to his feet, which is written by Su Wu himself, and the book reads: 'Su Wu is now in the wilderness. 'The day before yesterday, the Han envoy asked Su Wu, how could Shan Yu say that he was dead? If you pity Su Wu Guzhong today, so that he can get the silk book, and the Son of Heaven shoots it with his own hands, what does Shan Yu say? Shan Yu was shocked when he heard this. Originally, Hu was straightforward and superstitious, but now when he heard the words of the envoy, he thought that it was a matter of shooting geese to get the book, and because he was exposed for lying, he had no way to protect him for a while, so he thanked the messenger and said: "Su Wu is really still there." The envoy secretly thought that Chang Hui's plan was really good, and he was very happy in his heart, that is, he asked Shan Yu to return to the country.

Shan Yu saw the Han envoy to seek Su Wu, Su Wu was here for a long time, and he had no intention of surrendering, and it was useless to stay. I also thought that Ma Hong would not return for a long time, so it was better to release them together.

Speaking of Ma Hong, it was in the time of Emperor Wu and Guanglu doctor Wang Zhong on the same mission to go to the Western Regions, passing through Loulan, and the king of Loulan privately told the Huns and sent troops to block it. Wang Zhongli died in battle, Ma Hong was captured in Hu, and the Xiongnu forced him to surrender, but Ma Hong did not obey and was also detained. Now I have to return to China with Su Wu, which is really a blessing.

After Li Ling heard about it, he put wine to congratulate Su Wu, because he said: "Now the foot has to return to China, the name of the Huns, the merit of the Han Dynasty, although the ancient history contains, Danqing painted, can not win the foot, but hate Li Ling can not follow the left and right." The Ling family was punished and laughed at by the world, what hope do I have? Say goodbye to you from now on, and never see each other! Li Ling said that there was a mixture of grief and indignation, and he danced and sang:

After thousands of miles of desert,

For the king, the Huns will be taken away.

The road is desperate and the blade destroys,

The people have been destroyed, and their reputation has declined.

The old mother is dead,

Although you want to repay the favor, you will return in peace?

Li Lingge couldn't help but be sad, shed several lines of tears, and then said goodbye to Su Wuzhen.

The Xiongnu summoned Su Wu's servants, and only nine of them were sent back to China with Ma Hong, except for those who had fallen and died.

At that time, Su Wu had been marrying a Hu woman for several years, and the Xiongnu returned to the country, when the Hu woman was pregnant, Su Wu because she was a foreigner, it was inconvenient to carry, so he entrusted Li Ling to take care of it, and he took nine people with him, and set off with Ma Hong.

After traveling thousands of miles and returning to his homeland, there is naturally an indescribable parting sorrow. In the spring of 81 BC, Su Wu and his entourage returned to Chang'an. Emperor Liu Fuling of the Han Zhao Dynasty gave Su Wu a grand welcome gift, and specially allowed him to bring a sacrifice to the mausoleum of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At the moment when facing the remains of the deceased master, Su Wu cried loudly, crying out the hardships, grievances, unwillingness, regrets, and anger of the past 19 years. How many nineteen years can there be in life? When I go, I have black hair, and when I return, my hair is white, and there is only a heart to the Han, which can show the sun and the moon, and it will never change. The officials who accompanied the sacrifice could not help but shed tears.

Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty was sent by Su Wu as an envoy, and Geng Gengzhong showed his national prestige and worshiped him as a vassal state. Generally speaking, the pawn belongs to the national rank of 2,000 stones, for this 19 years of loyalty to the Han Dynasty of the super Internet celebrity, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty specially ordered to raise the salary of one level to 2,000 stones, and at the same time give 2 million money, one hectare of official land, and one residence. For such an arrangement, later generations have criticized a lot, thinking that the reward is too light. The author agrees with this. However, the most important military merit of the Han Dynasty, Su Wu's envoy, did not have the skill of cutting the banner like Fu Jiezi, nor did he have the ability to open up the air like Zhang Qian, and he did not even achieve the effect of vertical and horizontal. Therefore, for Su Wu's reward, it must have made the Han court bigwigs go through a lot of work. Now that everything has passed, let this loyal Han hero give full play to his diplomatic expertise, work hard, and continue to promote the prestige of the Han Dynasty.

Those Su Wu's companions were also promoted and rewarded, and Chang Hui and the other three worshiped as Zhonglang, and gave two hundred horses of silk each. The remaining six were allowed to return to their hometowns because of their old age, and at the same time they were each given 100,000 yuan and exempted from forced labor for life. Ma Hong was loyal and did not reduce Su Wu, but after returning to China, he did not hear any rewards from the imperial court, and he was not praised by the world, so that later generations knew Su Wu and did not know Ma Hong.

Su Wu returned home, and his son Su Yuan was still there. With his nephews coming out to greet him, Su Wu saw that his sons and nephews had grown up, and recalled that when he was leaving, his mother, brothers, and wives were reunited, and now they couldn't see each other, how sad he felt in his heart. Soon after, the Xiongnu envoy brought Li Ling's letter, Su Wu opened it and looked at it, and the book said that the Hu woman gave birth to a boy, and the mother and son were fine. Su Wude also felt a little relieved by the book, so he wrote a reply, first thanked Li Ling for taking care of him, and named his son Tongguo. It was only because of the long distance that it was inconvenient to take it back, so he still entrusted Li Ling to protect it. At the end of the book, Li Ling was persuaded to return to the Han Dynasty, and Ding Ning repeatedly wrote and sealed it, but still handed it over to the Xiongnu envoy to bring back.

Readers try to imagine that Li Ling has been demoted to Hu for a long time, his family has been punished, and what kind of face he has returned to China, and this time he said goodbye to Su Wujue, he once said what was on his mind, and his tone was no longer intended to come back. Su Wu didn't know why he wrote a book to persuade him. Just because Huo Guang and Shangguan Jisu were friendly with Li Ling, and now seeing that Su Wu had returned, he wanted to recruit Li Ling again, and heard that Li Ling had a book to send to Su Wu, so he specially asked Su Wu to return to the book and persuade Li Ling to return to China. After Su Wu wrote a book according to his words, Huo Guang and Shangguan Ji were afraid that they would not be able to do anything, and they selected Li Ling's old friend Longxi Ren Lizheng and other three people, and ordered them to go to the Xiongnu, and secretly signaled Li Ling to return in the name of serving as an envoy.

Ren Lizheng and the other three went to the Xiongnu and entered Shan Yu as usual. Shan Yu set up a wine banquet to invite the Han envoys, and Li Ling and Wei Lu sat on both sides. Although Lizheng and others had to meet Li Ling, they were inconvenient to whisper in front of the public, so they had to look at Li Ling frequently. From time to time, he rubbed his knife ring with one hand, and Ren Lizheng made such a move, thinking that the ring was returned, which meant that Li Ling could be returned to China. Li Ling had already received Su Wu's reply, and he also knew the meaning of Ren Lizheng, so it was difficult to answer, so he had to pretend that he didn't know, and there was no way to establish a government.

A few days later, Li Ling and Wei Lu brought their own cattle wine to the Han envoy camp and invited Ren Lizheng and the others to a banquet. Ren Lizheng was very happy to see Li Ling coming in person, and wanted to take advantage of this time to convey the words of Huo Guang and Shangguan Ji to clear his return. I met Wei Lu with him, Wei Lu was originally a Hu species, and he had been a Hun for a long time, and he was bent on making enemies with the Han, and if he heard about this matter, he would inevitably try his best to destroy it, so Ren Lizheng wanted to stop talking, and he didn't dare to open his mouth lightly. On the same day, Li Ling, Wei Lu and Ren Lizheng were drinking and gambling on the other hand, Ren Lizheng watched carefully, Li Ling and Wei Lu were all wearing Hu clothes, with a bun on their heads, and the five of them gambled once, and the wine was already half drunk, Ren Lizheng couldn't bear it, so he pretended to be drunk, and his eyes were destined for Li Ling to say loudly: "The Han court has now been amnesty, the country is happy, the lord is young, Huo Zimeng, and Uncle Shangguan are doing things." When Ren Lizheng said this, Li Ling silently did not answer, looked at Lizheng for a long time, raised his hand to take care of his hair, and said: "I am already wearing Hu clothes today!" When Lizheng heard this, he knew that he didn't want to return to the country, and he wanted to speak up and persuade him, but he was in a hurry because Wei Lu was present, and it happened that Wei Lu got up and went out to change his clothes. Ren Lizheng hurriedly said: "Shaoqing, you work very hard. Huo Zimeng and Shangguan Young Uncle have words and order me to advise. Li Ling asked, "Huo Guang and Shangguan Ji are all right?" Lizheng said: "The two of them asked me to invite Shaoqing to return to his hometown, don't worry about being rich and noble, it's like being the king here." Li Ling called for the word "Lizheng" and said: "Young Prince, it is easy to return to the country, but what will it be like if you are afraid of being humiliated again?" Before Li Ling finished speaking, he suddenly saw Wei Lu walk in and immediately stopped. Wei Lu urged Li Ling to go back together. The two of them immediately got up to say goodbye, and Ren Lizheng walked out of the camp with Li Ling, and asked in a low voice: "Do you mean what you said?" Li Ling didn't want to return to China in his heart, but because his family was ruined and his reputation was ruined, it was boring to return, and the ruling of the imperial court changed people at any time, and the existing Huo Guang and Shangguan Ji were in power, so they could be safe, and they would not change to others in the future, and it would be difficult to ensure that there would be no changes. The governor of Ren Lizheng failed, and after a few days, he said goodbye to Li Ling and returned to China. Li Ling wrote a book and entrusted him with the government to Su Wu. Ren Lizheng returned to Chang'an to meet Huo Guang and Shangguan Ji, and recounted Li Ling's words, and the two saw that Li Ling refused to return to the country, so he had to let him. Ren Lizheng handed over the book brought by Li Ling to Su Wu. Su Wu opened it and looked at it, but saw that the book read:

Wow Ziqing! The Son shall be honored, and I shall be left to be disgraced, and what shall my life be? Out of the land of propriety and righteousness, and into the customs of ignorance; Abandon the grace of the king's relatives, grow into a barbarian domain, and hurt! The general's achievements cover the world and the three armies bravely, which is unprecedented in ancient and modern times. I think that you should enjoy the recommendation of the soil and receive the reward of a thousand times, but I heard that after you return to the country, you will not be given more than two million, and you will not be able to be a subject country, and you will not be able to seal the land, so what hope do I have?

Now thousands of miles away, people are desperate, born as people in other worlds, and die as ghosts in foreign lands. Long and foot life and death, fortunately the old man is sorry for the saint. The feet are fine, don't think about it, and work hard to love yourself. Li Ling paused.

Su Wu read the book and sighed. After Li Ling was in the Xiongnu for more than 20 years, he died in Huzhong.

If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could understand Li Ling's state of mind at that time, and if he adopted the true words of Sima Qian in the book, Li Ling would definitely return to the Han Dynasty, because he was loyal to the country by nature, and serving the Han Dynasty was his true dream of returning.

But it is said that one day someone rode an ox cart, set up a yellow flag, wore a yellow coat, and wore a yellow hat, until he was under the north of Weiyang Palace, and called himself Prince Wei. The bus order hurriedly entered the report, Huo Guang was shocked, and reported to Emperor Zhao to discuss the method of disposal. First issued an edict to make the ministers and generals examine the truth and truth, and all the officials went to see the test, some said it was true, and a few said it was false, and the result was that they could not bite the truth and did not dare to return to life. Huo Guang was afraid that something would happen, so he ordered the right general Wang Mang (not the new emperor Wang Mang) to lead his troops to defend His Majesty, in case of emergency.

When the people of the capital heard that Prince Wei appeared, they also gathered at the same time, and there were many discussions, and a group of civil and military officials stood and watched, unable to think of ideas. Suddenly, the people gave way, and everyone watched, but it was Jingzhao Yin Jun who did not doubt coming. Because Jun did not suspect that the edict was a little late, he arrived later. At that moment, he did not doubt that he separated the people, and when he came near, he glanced at it, and ordered the officials to take it down. He did not dare to disobey, and immediately bound him. Everyone was stunned, and one of them was friendly with Budo, so he stepped forward to dissuade him: "Right and wrong are not yet known, so why not wait a little." Do not doubt say to everyone: "It is Prince Wei, you don't have to be afraid, Prince Wei offended the first emperor and fled outside, this is the sinner has not been killed, and he should be arrested when he suddenly returns to the law." Then he ordered him to be sent to prison. When the public heard this, they all felt that Jun Budo was very knowledgeable, so they dispersed in a hurry.

Huo Guang and Emperor Zhao sat in the palace, waiting for the return of the ministers, and they were very worried, thinking that if they were fakes, they might as well arrest and punish them, and this matter would be easy to do. In case Prince Wei is not dead, what will be done with it when he returns today? The plan was still undecided, and the close minister reported that Jingzhao Yin Jun had taken him out of prison, and kept the words of the unsuspecting person in prison. Emperor Zhao and Huo Guang praised him when he heard this, and he issued an edict to hand him over to Tingwei for trial.

Tingwei was ordered to interrogate and ask several times, before he came to light, it turned out that this man was from Xiayang, his surname was named Fang Sui, he lived in Hu County, and sold divination for a living. Cheng Fang then thought that it would be difficult to live by selling divination all day long. Since some people say that I am like Prince Wei, and Prince Wei died unexplained, why don't I falsely claim that Prince Wei entered Beijing and his party, I don't think anyone will see through it. Even if you can't be crowned a king, you can still win wealth. asked Prince Wei about the situation in the palace, and then closed the fortune and entered the capital to show himself, but he ran into Jun Bu and immediately arrested and imprisoned without asking. Cheng Fang couldn't do anything, so he had to insist that it was true. After Zhang Fanglu, a native of Huxian County, and others were identified in the case, Cheng Fang had no choice but to confess. Tingwei judged that Cheng Fang was reckless and beheaded Dongshi. It's ridiculous that Cheng Fang never tried to get rich, but gave his life in vain.

After this case occurred, Jun did not doubt that he was famous in the imperial court, and a group of ministers did not admit that they could not do it, and Huo Guang especially appreciated it. Hearing that he was widowed and unmarried, he wanted to marry him as a daughter. Jun Budo repeatedly insisted on not accepting orders. Later, Xie was sick and went home and died a good death.