[Vol. 1] Verse 185: Su Wu's integrity

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"Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away."

This is a famous saying of Chen Tang, a famous general of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, and it is a proverb that Liu Che spared no effort to practice throughout his life.

The quicksand of the desert failed to stop him; The miasma in the southwest did not stop him; The ravines of South Vietnam still did not stop him; The bitter cold of North Korea and the distance of Dawan did not stop him. Just ask, who else can stop him in this world?

Liu Che is not an unreasonable person, you are kind, he treats you more kindly. But if you don't know how to him, he will naturally you. If you mess with him again, he'll kill you.

This is Liu Che's belief in politics, even if the war consumes the country's wealth and increases the burden of the people, he will not hesitate to do it.

Although Liu Che often tossed the country out of breath, it is undeniable that he greatly enhanced the international status of the Han people and earned dignity in the surrounding countries.

After breaking Dawan, Liu Che can free up his hands to deal with his old opponent ----- Huns.

Two years ago, Liu Che still remembers the old account of the arrest of Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Xunye. For this reason, Liu Che issued an edict in the winter of the fourth year of Taichu (101 BC) to prepare for public opinion, and he counted the heinous crimes committed by the Xiongnu against the Han in the edict, from the ancestor of the Xiongnu to Ershan Yu, none of them fell.

At the same time as Liu Che's edict was issued, the Han army was also preparing for the spring war with the Xiongnu in the coming year.

In the spring of the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty (100 BC), the Han army was ready to go, and at this time, the mission sent to the Xiongnu a few years ago returned.

Liu Che met with Lu Chongguo, the head of the mission.

It was Lu Chongguo's words that made Liu Che give up the plan to prepare for the invasion of Hungary.

According to Lu Chongguo's description, the tyrannical and murderous Xiongnu Er Shan Yu had died in the third year of Taichu (102 BC), because Er Shan Yu was young and childless, and his uncle Lihu was enthroned as Shan Yu. The life of Shan Yu was not long, he reigned for more than a year, and died of illness in the fourth year of Taichu. Now reigning is the younger brother of Lihu and the Marquis of Shan Yu. This Shan Yu is said to be more knowledgeable, and he once publicly confessed, "I am a son, and I dare to look at the son of Han." Han Tianzi, my father-in-law is also a person. He then ordered the release of Lu Chongguo and other Han envoys.

And Hou Shan Yu's words, Liu Che listened very comfortably.

Liu Che sent the envoy of the Xiongnu state, and he carefully read the letter of the country, and he was really humble.

"I admit that I am my son-in-law, so what kind of war is there to fight." Liu Che thought in his heart, so he ordered the army to be dismissed, and in order to commend his son-in-law's knowledge, he decided to send an envoy to escort the Xiongnu envoys in Han back as a return gift.

And this time, the envoy was a man named Su Wu.

Since ancient times, there have been countless envoys, and Su Wu is undoubtedly the most dazzling among them.

Su Wu, Ziqing, a native of Shaanxi, his father Su Jian was a famous general, followed Wei Qing to invade Hungary several times, the last time the whole army was annihilated, was imprisoned by the knight, and later returned to become the Taishou of the county, and died in office.

Su Wu is Su Jian's second son and Su Jian's most intelligent and resolute son.

Su Wu took his father's shadow as his lang, and later rose to the rank of the stable supervisor of Yuzhong, that is, the official in charge of horses in the Han Palace. The official is not big, and it is an idle position, it seems that there is no future, but after all, in the palace, it is not difficult to meet Liu Che on weekdays. Among the ministers, there are also many who came out of horse breeding, such as Zhang Shizhi when Emperor Wen was in power.

At this moment, what is in front of Su Wu is a good opportunity for promotion.

However, this opportunity is fraught with danger.

Su Wu knew that if he could come back alive, he would not have to be a petty official raising horses. But the problem is, who can guarantee that he will come back alive after going to the Huns, don't look at it, and Marquis Shan keeps calling himself his son-in-law, who can know if he is delaying the army?

All in all, the risks far outweigh the opportunities.

But Su Wu still calmly accepted Liu Che's appointment, he is thirty-nine years old this year, although he has long since faded the enthusiasm of his youth, but the heart of serving the country is still there, and he can't die of old age in the idle job of raising horses.

Su Wu said his final goodbye to his family. Then he hit the road.

In order to improve the rank of the envoy, Liu Che gave him the position of lieutenant general, let him bring rich gold and silver cloth, and placed high hopes on his envoy.

After a difficult trek all the way, Su Wu and his party finally arrived at the Xiongnu Shan Yuting in Mobei.

As soon as Su Wu stepped into Shan Yuting, he was keenly aware that something was wrong.

Su Wu presented his credentials and presented gifts in accordance with etiquette.

Sure enough, Marquis Shan Yu and his ministers accepted the gift, but showed a strange expression. Their expressions were not grateful, but arrogant.

Su Wu felt sad that the cart of gold and silver treasures had been fed to the wolves.

And Marquis Shan Yu didn't ask much, and sent Su Wu and others to the tent where the envoys stayed.

It can be seen from the dilapidated furnishings of the tent that Su Wu concluded that the Marquis must have been hypocritical before the expiration of the emperor's term, which was a delaying tactic.

Although the treatment was not good, after all, he did not tear his face on the spot, Su Wu treated it indifferently, and waited for the day when he went back to his life.

However, an accident happened that made Su Wu's return date slim.

And the Marquis of Shan Yu has an important minister Wei Lu, who has the blood of the Hu people, but he is a Han nationality when he was born, he was a good friend with Li Yannian in his early years, Li Yannian was imprisoned for breaking the law before he made a career, and Wei Lu was afraid of being connected by Zhu Lian, and fled to the Xiongnu. Because of his intelligence and wisdom, he won the trust of the Xiongnu Shan Yu and was named the king of Ding Ling.

Wei Lu's subordinate Yu Chang was in Hu Ying's heart, but he was in Han. It's just that I'm afraid of the current situation and has been forbearing.

When Zhao Ponu was captured, he was also captured at the same time as the nephew of the Hun Hun Evil King who surrendered to the Han Dynasty many years ago.

The two secretly agreed to take advantage of the accession of Marquis Shan Yu to the throne, murder Wei Lu, and then kidnap Shan Yu's mother, and return to Han together.

While they were intensifying their plots, Su Wu happened to come with the Han envoy.

Zhang Sheng, the deputy envoy of the mission, was also an old acquaintance of Yu Chang, and he told Zhang Sheng about the idea of launching a rebellion, hoping that Zhang Sheng could help him, take advantage of the chaos to shoot Wei Lu, and return to the Han Dynasty with merit.

Zhang Sheng nodded in agreement, but didn't say a word to Su Wu, Zhang Sheng's idea was very simple, if this matter was successful, he didn't want to share his work.

After the secret planning of Yu Chang and the King of Xuan, seventy comrades were gathered.

Ready to fly, they are waiting for their time, and they will strike in one fell swoop.

And Hou Yu went out hunting, Yu Chang thought that the time had come and was ready to launch.

But God is not beautiful, they are one step late.

They were still in the tent, and Shan Yu's children led the sergeant to arrest Yu Chang and others, and it turned out that someone was the first to tell the informant.

Later, King Wu was killed in battle, and Yu Chang was captured.

And when Shan Yu, the Marquis of Yu, learned of this, gave up hunting, and returned to Shan Yuting.

He handed over the case to Wei Lu, and he must dig up his henchmen.

At this point, Zhang Shengcai informed Su Wu of the details.

Su Wu was silent for a long time, he stood up and said very seriously, "How can you and I avoid disaster now." If you want to deal with the court, it is a shame. Why don't I figure myself out sooner? With that, he drew his sword and swung it at his neck.

When Zhang Sheng and the others saw it, they hurriedly rushed up and hugged Su Wu.

"My lord, don't be discouraged, as long as Yu Chang doesn't recruit, we will be fine."

Su Wu sighed, thinking about it, he could only wait and see what happened.

Zhang Sheng overestimated Yu Chang.

Yu Chang did not survive the torture of Wei Lu after all, and he left Zhang Sheng of the Han Mission in one sentence.

Wei Lu presented the transcript to Hou Shan Yu, who was furious and solemnly convened a meeting to decide on the execution of the Han envoy.

Just when the ministers were full of righteous indignation, someone dissuaded and Marquis Shan Yu, why not force Su Wu and the others to land.

And Marquis Shan Yu is not stupid, he agreed to the advice of his courtiers and ordered Su Wu and others.

Su Wu was already in the court with the mentality of reporting that he would die, so before he could wait for the Marquis to ask questions, Su Wu took the lead in saying to the people around him: "Qu Jie humiliates his life, even if he lives, what face will he return to the Han Dynasty?" ”

In the astonishment of everyone, Su Wu pulled out the sword of the warrior beside him and wiped it on his neck again.

Suddenly, there was a blanket of blood.

Wei Lu was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Su Wu.

"Quick, quick, quick, medic." And Hou Hou Shan Yu shouted.

Su Wu's integrity made him shocked and frightened, he didn't want to offend the Han Dynasty now, who knows, Liu Che, the old man, would come to trouble him.

Su Wu was seriously injured, but he left a breath of air.

Under the exquisite medical skills of the Xiongnu medical officer, he finally turned around and saved his life.

"I, I'm not dead." Su Wu took a breath and closed one by one.

"Master Su, don't worry, with my guard, you can't die." Wei Lu laughed.

Su Wu glanced at Wei Lu in disgust, and closed his eyes helplessly.

"You are so good at serving, and if something goes wrong, you will be buried with you." Wei Lu ordered to the people who served Su Wu.

And Marquis Shan Yu also admires Su Wu's integrity, and will send people to greet him in the morning and evening every day, hoping to recruit Su Wu, who is hard-hitting.

When Su Wu was carefully cared for, Zhang Sheng was not so lucky, he ate the prison food of the Huns, and he could be beheaded at any time.

When Su Wu had resumed walking, Wei Lu prepared a banquet with the purpose of persuading Su Wu to surrender again.

The banquet began, and Wei Lu ordered someone to bring Yu Chang Zhang Sheng to him.

Wei Lu announced Yu Chang's guilt and ordered him to be beheaded on the spot. When he looked at Yu Chang's head, Wei Lu said to Zhang Sheng, who was already trembling, "Zhang Sheng, your murder of Shan Yu is a close minister, and the crime is unforgivable. He took a sip of wine as he spoke, and then looked at the reactions of Su Wu and Zhang Sheng, Su Wu still looked serious, and then a sword was pressed against Shengsheng's neck, and Zhang Sheng was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.

Wei Lu smiled contemptuously: "However, as long as you are willing to surrender, you can be exonerated." ”

Hearing that there was still a way to live, Zhang Sheng glanced at Su Wu, Su Wu was staring at him with wide eyes, Zhang Sheng lowered his head, and immediately bowed to Wei Lu, and said, "I... I.. I will surrender. ”

Su Wu was furious, "Zhang Sheng... You rebel...".

"Hahaha...", he stepped forward to help Zhang Sheng and ordered someone to remove the shackles under his hands and feet. He turned to Su Wu again, "Master Su, your deputy envoy has broken the law, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape the involvement." ”

"Humph!"

Wei Lu had already raised his sword and pressed it to Su Wu's throat, where his last sword wound had left a long scar.

Su Wu's face still did not change, since he took up the post of envoy, he had no intention of returning alive.

Seeing that Su Wu was unmoved, Wei Lu immediately changed his smiling face and said, "Master Su, look at this king, he has returned to the Great Huns, received the title of king, has tens of thousands of people, and is prosperous and rich, as long as you surrender, this king will protect you as prosperous and rich." ”

He paused, and continued to threaten, "If you surrender, you will be brothers with this king, and if you don't surrender, today will be our last meeting." Wei Lu deliberately bit the end very hard, he wanted Su Wu to know that he was absolutely serious.

However, Wei Lu is wrong, there is a kind of person who regards integrity as more important than life, and Su Wu is such a person.

Su Wu was furious, and he suddenly stood up, "Wei Lu! You were originally a subject of the Han Dynasty, but you turned your back on the lord and surrendered, and you were willing to do anything, if I am a brother with you, it is the greatest shame for my Su Wu. Nanyue killed the Han envoys, slaughtered the nine counties, Wan Wang killed the Han envoys, his head hung in the north, and North Korea killed the Han envoys, and they were immediately exterminated, and the Xiongnu had not yet reached this point. You know that I refuse to surrender to Hu, coerced in many ways, I will die, I am afraid that the Huns will cause trouble from now on, can you be spared? ”

A sentence made Wei Lu completely shut up, he knew that this person had hard bones, and it was useless to say more, so he could only deal with it by Shan Yu.

Unexpectedly, Marquis Shan Yu was not angry, but appreciated Su Wu's integrity very much.

He ordered Su Wu that since his bones were so hard, let him suffer a little, maybe he couldn't stand the suffering in his bones, and he would surrender if he couldn't endure it.

It wasn't until later that Hou Shan Yu knew that he had underestimated Su Wu again.

Su Wu was confined in the cellar, and the Marquis ordered not to be given food and water, and to prevent suicide to see how long he could last.

Su Wu once again faced the test of life and death.

If he couldn't think of any other way, Su Wu understood that he would either starve to death or die of thirst here.

He suddenly decided that he couldn't die like this, he wanted to let the Huns see the integrity of the Han envoys, and he had to go back to the emperor to report his life.

The cellar was cold and damp, and it was raining and snowing outside, and Su Wu suddenly became happy.

He grabbed a handful of snow and swallowed it with the red felt hair, which could not be chewed, swallowed, or digested, but after swallowing, he was no longer hungry.

A few days later, Marquis Shan Yu remembered Su Wu and sent someone to see if Su Wu was dead.

Someone came back and said that he was not dead, not only was he not dead, but he was alive and well, and his spirit was good.

And Hou Hou Shan shouted magically.

He knew that it was impossible to make Su Wu surrender, and he was not willing to put back such a person with integrity and hard life, wouldn't that be too cheap Liu Che.

After thinking for a long time, Hou Shan Yu said, "Let him go to Beihai to shepherd sheep somewhere uninhabited." When is the ram producing milk, let him come back. (North Sea, Lake Belga)

Indeed, this move is ruthless enough.

If nothing else, Su Wu will die of old age in that deserted place in Beihai.

No one knows how Su Wu will live in the future, and even Su Wu himself doesn't know.

The only thing Su Wu knew was that if God didn't let him die, he couldn't die, no matter what, he had to live. To be alive is to accomplish the mission...

He took the ram as his companion, digging wild mice, picking wild grasses and feeding, only the Han Festival, never leaving his body. Day after day, year after year, I don't know how many years have passed.