For Su Wu, the Huns were the most familiar place for him.

He was the son of Su Jian, a general of Wei Qing, and all three brothers were the officials of Emperor Xiaowu. Su Wu was most appreciated by the emperor. He reached the position of General of the Central Army at the age of thirty, and his future was unlimited.

In the first year of Tianhan, the Xiongnu showed a willingness to make peace and was very humble. Emperor Xiaowu sent Su Wu to serve as a mission to the Xiongnu. Before he left, he also went to Shiqu Pavilion to learn about everything about the Xiongnu. Ma Qian, the Taishi Company, received Su Wu very enthusiastically and found hundreds of thick volumes of documents about the Xiongnu recorded by the Han people in the 100 years from Emperor Gao to Xiaowu.

Seeing Su Wu's face showing a difficult look, Shigong Tai laughed again and presented him with a "Biography of the Huns" he was writing, so that Su Wu could know the historical events and customs of the Huns.

At that time, Su Wu, Sima Qian, Li Ling, Huo Guang, and Shangguan Jie were all in their prime and were very good friends. When Su Wu was about to leave Chang'an, they gathered together to say goodbye.

Su Wu played the piano, Li Ling wrote songs, Sima Qian wrote rhymes and wrote lyrics. He once followed Ershi to Dayuan and crossed the Pamir Mountains to dance with Shangguan Jie. However, Huo Guang, who was the most dull and sarcastic at the time, drank wine silently, but when Su Wu was about to leave, he bowed heavily to him.

Su Wu still remembers that they sang "The Return of the First".

"The previous return, the benefit of the

Summer is coming, and it is about to reach north,

It inherits Ganquan Palace.

The virtue of cold and heat, traveling to Shiguan,

I hope all countries, the ministers of the Yuezhi, and the Xiongnu submissions.

Let all the officials who follow you will be rushing and enjoying the joy of the past thousands of years!”

"Yes, I'll live the joy of the future."

The cheerful and uplifting songs are the past, and now there is only the lonely and lonely autumn in late autumn. Su Wu sighed, retracted his thoughts, and focused his energy on the map of the Huns that had been drawn more than half.

Sima Qian's biography of the Huns only let Su Wu know the fur of the Huns. Only in the nineteen years he was stranded did he fully understand everything about this country.

They are cruel and ruthless, and their gentleness and friendship.

The Huns that Su Wu was most grateful to was King Yu Jing of Shanyu. At that time, he had been thrown into the North Sea for five or six years. The yak tails on the flags fell out in the cold wind. Without food, the Huns also watched him not be allowed to go out hunting, but could only shepherd sheep or rams, and not even cheese. He could only rely on collecting wild fruits to satisfy his hunger. When it was not enough, he could only dig up the nuts stored by wild rats to eat.

At this time, King Yu Ze went to hunt in the North Sea. Su Wu's life at that time was undoubtedly with a Hun. He skillfully woven a fishing net and corrected the long bow to shoot the geese flying in the sky. When King Yu Ze heard that he would rather die than follow, he valued Su Wu's food and clothing, and even chatted with him.

King Yu Ze would ask what Chang'an and the counties of the Han Dynasty looked like. When Su Wu was worried about whether this was the Huns who came to spy on him for information, King Yu Ze, who could be his son, was willing to exchange the truth and reality of the Huns.

Su Wu used the irrelevant rumors in Chang'an to exchange for a lot of information and felt tents of horses and animals, and his life was a little better.

Unfortunately, King Jing died in less than 20 years old, and no one could protect Su Wu. The Dingling people, who were nomadic on the North Sea, stole Su Wu's cattle, sheep, and horses. It was the most difficult winter that Su Wu had.

"Ding Ling."

Thinking of this, Su Wu outlined the name of this tribe on the map. The Dingling people were more barbaric than the Xiongnu. They lived in the extreme north of the world. They used a high-wheeled carriage called "Lele Car". Wei Lu, the one who served as King Dingling at that time, was very unfriendly to Su Wu.

After all, King Yu Xi was just a child. What he told Su Wu was limited. The other person who gave Su Wu a deeper understanding of the Huns was Li Ling.

The one who once broke willows on the Binmen Bridge to bid farewell to Su Wu; the one who sang "Looking at the various countries, Yuezhi ministers, and the Xiongnu submissives" at the banquet; the one who patted her chest and told Su Wu: "If Ziqing was detained by the Xiongnu, Ling would lead his army to rampant among the Xiongnu and welcomed the emperor and returned."

In the second year after Su Wu was detained, he was defeated and surrendered to the Huns.

Li Ling felt guilty and hesitated not to come to see Su Wu. Until he heard that he had a difficult life and was about to starve to death, he brought his livestock to the North Sea to meet him and arranged a banquet for Su Wu.

It's strange that Su Wu, who originally planned to denounce Li Ling, saw that guy wearing Hu clothes and gold jewelry, and then he looked at him wearing Hu clothes. The two old friends actually pointed at each other and laughed, laughing and shed tears.

The only difference between the two is that Li Ling has braided hair, while Su Wu still has a Han hair bun.

After that, Li Ling came again and told Su Wu a lot about the Huns.

His king Jiankun tribe was far away in the sky, the specific location of the Xiongnu Chanyu Court, what little kings did not arrive at the last Longcheng Conference, and the disputes within the Xiongnu were accused of fighting for the Chanyu throne...

Su Wu was able to draw a rough map of the Huns today, all thanks to Li Ling's nagging back then.

Of course, Li Ling also told Su Wu some other things.

Regarding the deaths of Su Wu’s two brothers, they were all because of a small mistake and were afraid of severe punishments by Emperor Xiaowu, one committed suicide and the other took medicine.

Regarding the death of Su Wu's mother, her mother had lost two sons and was in poor health. After hearing that he was detained in the Huns, she passed away forever. As Su Wu's friend, Li Ling was buried with Sima Qian, Huo Guang, Shangguan Jie and others to Yangling. Sima Qian also wrote an epitaph for Su's mother.

There is also the remarriage of Su Wu’s wife... Su Wu had only been stranded for a year at that time.

"Life is like morning dew, why did Ziqing suffer so much?"

It's strange that when Li Ling talked about these things, Su Wu did not cry or shed a single tear. But he drank with Li Ling for a long time that night, and even spent the night with a Hu woman who Li Ling gave him in a confused manner.

But a few years later, Li Ling came to tell Su Wu, saying that "the Huns captured the clouds and said that the officials and people below the prefecture were all in vain and said, "Then they collapsed."", Su Wu cried heartbrokenly and vomited blood. After that, he stood in the south for several months every morning and evening, as if he wanted to stand in the last shift of the emperor he admired.

In his memories of the past, the picture was almost finished, and there was only one last place left, but Su Wu couldn't write it.

"North Sea."

His always firm gaze suddenly became hesitant: "How big is the Beihai where I have been for nineteen years? What shape will it be if I want to draw it on a map?"

Su Wu was bound in a corner of the North Sea. He had seen the lake water that looked like a mirror in summer, the broad leaves that were red in August, and the blue ice that never melted in March.

When heavy snow falls, endless land and snow are everywhere. You can get over your knees by stepping in. No matter how many layers of sheepskin fur are wrapped, you can feel the bone-broken chill. At that moment, the most loneliness and despair are the only group of rams that are getting older but never giving birth.

Some places will never be forgotten. Sometimes when Su Wu wakes up, he subconsciously touches the bare flag, thinking that he is still in the North Sea until the sunshine outside and the bustling Chang'an city can make him breathe a sigh of relief.

Su Wu hesitated for a long time and finally started writing.

"I remember Dingling people said that the Beihai is narrow and long, like a curved knife."

It was that cold knife that divided his life into two!

The sound of knocking on the door sounded. When he looked up, Chang Hui, who had already left the country of Dian, appeared at the door with a little roasted meat and a pot of wine.

...

"Why is Zizhi coming?" Su Wu put away the map, opened the case, and secretly drank some wine in the official office when no one was around. It was his and Chang Hui's tacit understanding over the past few years - they were both people who were unwilling to go home.

Chang Hui smiled and said, "When passing by the Dian vassal state office, I saw that it was still lit inside. It must be that Mr. Su was still nostalgic for the document, so he came in to accompany Mr. Su."

After following Su Wu for more than 20 years, Chang Hui knew him best. There was no relative in Su Wu's family, and all his brothers and sisters were killed. His mother was dead. His wife remarried. Even his son was implicated in Shangguan Jie's rebellion and killed.

So for three years, Su Wu would rather immerse himself in official business than go back to the deserted house with only a few slaves. Although he had a cousin and a nephew, he was not very close. Whenever the court had rewards, Su Wu would not buy an industry. He smiled and said, "Who would Liu give it to him after the purchase?" He gave it to his old friends.

Chang Hui didn't dare to mention it in the past, but after drinking two cups today, he asked tentatively:

"Duke Su, why not report to the general and the emperor, please send someone to take Tongguo back from the Huns?"

Su Wu stared at her eyes: "Don't mention this matter again. That was the mistake I made in a confused manner after being drunk by Li Ling!"

“No one thinks this is a missed.”

Chang Hui laughed silently, Su Wu was so strict with himself: "When Bo Wang Hou was detained by the Huns, there were also Hu women and sons, and later he came back with him. Did Xiaowu blame him?"

However, Su Wu still shook his head. No matter what others say, in his opinion, it was a big stain in his life.

Chang Hui was still persuading: "Who did not have a Hu woman who went to the Huns with Mr. Su back then? But no one thought they had betrayed the Han Dynasty."

Su Wu became angry and pointed at Chang Hui and said, "You Chang Hui, Chang Zizhi, don't you have this infatuated person? Not only did the Huns not get close to Hu's daughter, but even when they returned to Chang'an, they were reluctant to get married."

Chang Hui was stunned and bowed his head down. After a long time, he looked up again. He took out a reply letter and smiled: "I am here to find Mr. Su today to tell you that I am getting married and I am the daughter of Cai Yi, the Shaofu."

This was something Su Wu didn't expect: "Cai Yi's daughter? Which daughter?"

"Second daughter."

Su Wu laughed: "It's okay if you are not the youngest, but even the second daughter can be your daughter."

After laughing for a while, and drinking with each other, Su Wu approached Chang Hui and asked, "You finally figured it out?"

"I thought it through."

Chang Hui nodded and said, "I have been depressed in the past. I feel that I have been with the Huns for 19 years. When I returned, she had already married Wusun far away, so she was quite unfair. But a few days ago, when I saw that the sons and daughters of the Lord Chu were so old, I finally understood."

"This is also the reason why she asked Princess Wusun Yaoguang to come to see me. I had thought it a little before and was too greedy... I had not married her yet. Although I had sworn at the Binmen Bridge, I said that after I made a meritorious service, I came back to marry her. As a result, I never returned and there was no news. I must have thought I was dead."

"With her nature, she was determined to ask for marriage to Wusun in her grief and anger. She can really do it."

Chang Hui started crying as he spoke: "Mr. Su, you are right. We were detained in the Huns and have been gone for nineteen years. How could we ask others to stay for me for 19 years?"

Su Wu couldn't say anything comforting, so he just patted Chang Hui on the shoulder.

Nineteen years, what they lost is not just nineteen years?

Chang Hui knew that he had lost his composure. After wiping his tears, he looked at Su Wu again: "Mr. Su, I have figured out such a stubborn person. Have you not figured it out yet? Life is like morning dew, why have you been suffering like this for a long time?"

Su Wu heard this again, and this was how Li Ling persuaded him to surrender.

"Of course I want Tongguo to come back, after all, he is my last bloodline."

For the first time, Su Wu said something in his heart.

"Although the king of Yan sect Liu Dan once spoke up for me, saying that I was 'not only a vassal state, but only two million were granted', I insisted on comparing me to the second Marquis of Bowang. It would not be enough to reward me if I was not granted a marquis."

"But others don't know, but I don't know yet? Although Su Wu stayed in the Huns for 19 years, how can he compare with Bo Wang in terms of merit? Apart from herding sheep in the North Sea, I did not do anything that would be beneficial to the state. If I were granted the title of marquis, should the Lu Chongguo and other monarchs who were detained before? "

"After returning, I was lucky enough to get the position of Nine Ministers, with a total of two million yuan. Wu was already very ashamed. My son was involved in the rebellion. The court officer suggested that I be arrested and imprisoned. The general, with his old friendship, suppressed the memorial and asked me to continue working in the court in the name of a vassal state."

"Now the Huns are fighting with the Han Dynasty, and the war is continuing in the Western Regions. After hearing from Daoyuan, there are still envoys Wu Zongnian and others who are stranded and not returning. They have not come back. I have no face. I ask the emperor to send envoys to the Huns just to redeem my traitorous son. If the envoys who went there are detained by the Huns again, how can I be worthy of their families?"

"Zizhi, I really don't want it. Your and my regrets will happen to others again."

After Su Wu revealed his heartfelt words, Chang Hui was stunned for a moment, and then bowed to Su Wu.

"Compared with Mr. Su, Hui is really a selfish villain!"

But when Chang Hui said goodbye drunk, Su Wu still did not go home, but looked at the newly drawn Hun map under the candle again under the candle.

What he saw and heard in the past nineteen years, and his perseverance in patience, all turned into thin lines, condensed into tribal place names, mountains, rivers and rivers.

There is also the North Sea that cuts his life in half like a sharp scimitar.

"Why did you suffer so much for a long time? Why did you suffer so much for a long time?"

Su Wu murmured to himself, not knowing whether he was answering Li Ling or Chang Hui.

"Of course it is to prove that all the things I have done for the great man are worth the nineteen years!"

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ps: The last update of 2019, I wish you all a happy new year!

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