Chapter 81: The Huns' Southern Forks
When the second uncle said the word "Xiongnu Nanshe", it was not only me, but also Lantern Festival and Annaduo were a little stunned.
Yuanxiao thought for a while and said with a smile: "Uncle Second, are you teasing me? Why have I never heard of it? There is such a thing as the Xiongnu Nans!"
Uncle Er said, "It is difficult to know about this matter if it is not a person who has studied history specifically because it does not have an official version of the information."
After hearing what the second uncle said, I asked, "It's still a piece of unofficial history?"
The second uncle frowned and thought for a while before he spoke: "I have heard of the 'Xiongnu Nans' incident a long time ago, but from many historical materials, I have never found any conclusive explanation about it. Therefore, many people think that the 'Xiongnu Nans' incident never existed. However, in some ancient books that have been discovered, only a few words about this matter can be found occasionally."
I nodded, "Then in this way, there is still a possibility that this incident will happen between different ancient books."
Lantern Festival asked curiously: "What does this so-called Xiongnu Nanhe mean? What does Nanhe mean?"
Yuan An replied: "Southern She means going to the south. When we combined some ancient books to summarize the fact that things were probably like this. The Huns once sent a small team to travel thousands of miles across most of China to a place called Yizhou at that time. But no one knows their purpose. However, the Huns acted so secretly that the truth behind the matter was probably extraordinary."
"Then how did you determine this?" I asked.
The second uncle pondered for a moment, "This is the thing. A few years ago, Lao Yuan and I discovered a tomb of a general guarding the border of the Western Han Dynasty at the junction of Guizhou and Guangxi. After we entered, we found many bamboo slips that had interacted with the imperial court. These included the returns on the local military and political situation at that time, as well as requests for some emergencies. In one of the bamboo slips, we discovered such an interesting thing."
When the second uncle talked about this, he talked about some backlash. I couldn't help but secretly watched An Naduo and found that she didn't seem to have any surprise expressions. I think she had guessed our true identity and purpose, but I just don't know what she thinks of these.
The second uncle then told us that what we saw on the bamboo slip was actually equivalent to a work report, which was about the general at that time. During the inspection, he found a group of people with strange whereabouts. Although these people were wearing Hanfu, they spoke with a very strange accent. Since the general had been on the northern border, he could immediately hear some of the Xiongnu accents in their speech.
This abnormal situation suddenly attracted the general's attention, but he did not act rashly, because the Huns and the Han Dynasty were relatively peaceful at that time, and it was common for both sides to trade. However, I had never heard of the Huns' merchants coming so far. Therefore, the general secretly observed, despite the changes.
After monitoring for a few days, he found that the Huns did not conduct any commercial activities, but just looked around and often went into the mountains. The cyclist general realized that something was wrong, so he decided to send troops to take them down before talking.
The general thought that leading dozens of people would be enough to deal with it. However, he did not expect that these Huns were extremely brave. During the battle, the general led his troops to kill several people, but was still surrounded by three people.
After these people left the city, they fled westward. The general led people to pursue them for several days, and captured one person alive on the way, while the remaining two people fled into the mountains and could no longer find traces.
The general had no choice but to report this matter to the governor's office at the time, and then the governor's office submitted a report to the court. The Huns who were captured alive by the general kept silent no matter how severely tortured them. Later, the general gave up.
A few days later, the court sent people to take away the captured Huns, and there was no further information from then on.
After the second uncle finished speaking, he looked up at us, "Because we found these records and combined with the incident in the southern part of the Xiongnu, we are sure that this incident exists, and their destination in the southern part of Guizhou, Guangxi is now."
I asked, "It is because of this that you come to Guizhou to investigate this matter?"
The second uncle pondered for a moment, "In fact, it's not entirely because of this. If we were just these discoveries, we were so thrifty, which was really a bit of a big deal," said Uncle Er looked at Yuan An and smiled, "We are fighting against each other, not historians, and finding the truth of history is not our goal. However," Uncle Er paused and continued, "The Huns had worked so hard and hard, and they must have very considerable benefits. This is our goal!"
I was very impressed by what Uncle Second said. Uncle Second's experience played a very important role in resolving my doubts. So I asked, "What about it later?"
The second uncle continued, "Later, I investigated this matter with Lao Yuan. Because Lao Yuan is too familiar with people here, it is inconvenient to come forward for many things, so I will investigate it openly, and Lao Yuan is assisting behind the scenes. Speaking of which, it is because we have too little information in our hands, so we are making very slow. Until by chance, we found another trace of a person in the whole incident."
"Who is it?" we asked impatiently.
Yuan An pretended to be mysterious next to him, saying, "You know this person too."
Yuan An's words surprised us very much. Just as we looked at the second uncle in confusion, he gently spoke: "This person is Xu Fu!"
When Uncle Second said this, I couldn't help but remember the stone tablets left by Xu Fu in Uncle Second's factory.
Uncle Er continued: "It is also because of this that we have found a new direction and also discovered some new situations. This matter is related to the legendary Nether Clan!"
"The Nether Clan?" I heard Yuan An say it once just now, and now I heard the second uncle mention it again. I am eager to know what kind of race this so-called Nether Clan is.
"Actually, the so-called Nether Clan..." But as soon as the second uncle was halfway through, a guy suddenly lifted the open-top door curtain and broke in.
Chapter completed!