In order to fool Xiang Kang into opening up the damn border ban and express his so-called sincerity in peace talks, Maodun specially arranged the Huns's Rishu Huyan Zhiyashi to serve as the envoy to the Han court, and went directly south from the Shanyuting of Guyan Mountain to contact the Han army, and asked to go to Guanzhong to negotiate in person with Xiang Kang.

Li Zuoche, who first contacted Huyan Zhiyashi, was already a member of the Xiongnu. He knew that Huyan Zhiyashi's official position was equivalent to that of the Xiongnu's assistant minister, and his actual power and influence on Maodun were even above the six major kings of the Xiongnu. At the same time, the Huyan surname was also one of the three noble surnames of the Xiongnu, and his origin was quite noble, so Li Zuoche did not dare to neglect. In addition to receiving Huyan Zhiyashi with grand etiquette, he also sent someone to urgently declare customs and solicit Xiang Kang's opinions as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, Li Zuoche's kindness was all fed to donkeys. When he was temporarily staying in Shanwu City, Hu Yanzhi's tooth master, who was obviously also in a spy mission, not only wandered around the city and explored the military intelligence of the Han army, he also tried to enter the Han army's blacksmith workshop twice and steal the Han people's smelting and forging iron tools, which made Han generals such as Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Guan all furious and repeatedly asked Li Zuoche to directly put Hu Yanzhi's tooth under house arrest.

In order to make a future strategic plan, Li Zuoche gritted his teeth and withstood the pressure of the Xiang brothers and insisted on treating Hu Yan Zhiyao Master with courtesy, and then he did not expect Li Zuoche. After a while, Xiang Kang sent an edict from Guanzhong. In addition to agreeing to receive Hu Yan Zhiyao Master, he also asked Li Zuoche to send someone to escort Hu Yan Zhiyao Master to Guanzhong and treat Hu Yan Zhiyao Master as much as possible on the road. Only then did Li Zuoche act according to Xiang Kang's request and arranged a team of soldiers to escort Hu Yan Zhiyao Master on a gorgeous float to go south to Guanzhong.

Li Zuoche's tolerance and warm hospitality certainly made Hu Yan Zhiyao Master extremely proud, and Hu Yan Zhiyao Master was still proud. On the way to Guanzhong from Yunzhong, the Han officials along the way received Hu Yan Zhiyao Master according to the etiquette of the reception marquis in accordance with Xiang Kang's orders. Hu Yan Zhiyao Master and his entourage were asked about the best wine and food, stayed in the best inn, and arranged a beautiful maid to serve Hu Yan Zhiyao Master and was afraid of not taking good care of him. While becoming more proud, Hu Yan Zhiyao Master was inevitably full of confidence in this mission mission. He felt that this time he would be able to convince Xiang Kang to open the border ban so that the Huns could regain the various necessities of life in the Central Plains and complete the strategic plan of starting the Yuezhi and then the Central Plains.

What surprised Hu Yan Zhiyao Master was still behind. When his convoy successfully arrived outside Chang'an, the new capital of the Han Dynasty, a senior official in the Han Dynasty led many civil and military officials out of the city to welcome his arrival. When Hu Yan Zhiyao Master was curious about the identity of the Han Dynasty, the senior official in the Han Dynasty replied through the translator: "Next week, the left prime minister of the Han Dynasty."

When Hu Yan Zhiyao Master was on the way south, he had a certain understanding of the situation of the Han court. He knew that Zhou Zeng was not only the leader of the Han court, but also Xiang Kang's elder. When he met Zhou Zeng, he actually went out of the city to greet him. Even Hu Yan Zhiyao Master, who was not ethical, could not help but feel flattered. He quickly saluted Zhou and said, "The little envoy was rude. I didn't know that it was Prime Minister Zhou who came to greet the little envoy himself. The little envoy was so moved."

"You don't have to be polite to the noble envoy." Zhou Zeng smiled and said through the translator: "I'm not hiding the noble envoy. In fact, our Majesty wants to go out of the city to greet you in person, but he feels a little uncomfortable today and is afraid that he will lose etiquette in front of the noble envoy, so he asked me, the prime minister, to do it. Otherwise, the ceremony to welcome the noble envoy today would definitely be more grand."

"You Han emperor is planning to go out of the city to greet me in person?"

Hu Yan Zhiyao Master was so surprised that he couldn't believe it. Zhou Zenghan nodded and admitted that there was indeed such a thing, and he greeted him politely: "Eunuch, it's very windy here, so let's go to the city to talk. The banquet for entertaining the envoy is already ready."

After Master Huyan Zhiya nodded proudly, Zhou Zeng personally sent Master Huyan Zhiya onto the carriage, and then asked the float that Master Huyan Zhiya was riding at the front, and he ranked second in the carriage. His respect for Master Huyan Zhiya surprised the people of Chang'an, and many civil and military officials in the Han court were very dissatisfied. He was very unsure why Xiang Kang and Zhou Zeng brought an enemy envoy from the barbarian land so kindly.

Zhou Zeng did receive Hu Yanzhi's Tooth Master at a Tailao Banquet for entertaining kings and princes. Not only that, Zhou Zeng also asked Hu Yanzhi's Tooth Master to live in the highest-level inn that Wu Rui and Xiang Kang were qualified to settle in. He arranged luxurious rooms for each of Hu Yanzhi's Tooth Master and was equipped with dedicated personnel to serve him. The room where Hu Yanzhi's Tooth Master was even more magnificent, with orchid paste and candles, which opened the eyes of Hu Yanzhi's Tooth Master from the bitter and cold land. There were also ten beautiful maids who specially served Hu Yanzhi's Tooth Master.

It was okay for Maodun. Although his eyes were dazzled by the luxury of his residence, Hu Yan Zhiyao Master still did not forget his mission. During the banquet, he asked when he would meet Xiang Kang. Zhou Zengze answered very readily: "Of course it's tomorrow. Since you are the envoy sent by the Right Xian King, our Majesty will of course meet you in person tomorrow. Last time, our Majesty would have to thank the Lord Yuezhi Kingdom for our great Han ally. If it weren't for the Right Xian King's help, our ally would be over."

The translator quickly translated Zhou Zeng's words. Hu Yan Zhiya was of course confused when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Prime Minister, what do you mean? Why can't the little envoy understand? The little envoy is not an envoy sent by the Right King, the little envoy is an envoy sent by Maodun Shanyu himself."

The translator quickly translated the words of Master Hu Yan Zhiya, and Zhou Zeng's expression was obviously stunned. Then he quickly said, "Encourt, please tell me again, who was the messenger you sent?"

"The little envoy is an envoy sent by Maodun Shanyu." Huyan Zhiya replied: "It was not sent by the Right Xian King."

Zhou Zeng's face quickly became gloomy, then quickly turned his head and roared at the Han Ting Dianke Lou Jing who was accompanying him, "Lou Jing, what is your Dianke Guan Temple for food? How could you get this wrong? You don't even know who sent this messenger?"

Lou Jing was frightened and hurriedly left the table to bow and said, "Prime Minister forgives the crime. I don't know which link I made a mistake. The report I received did indeed say that the envoy was sent by the Right King. Please rest assured that the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister will definitely find out who made the big mistake and give you an explanation as soon as possible!"

"You'd better give me an explanation as soon as possible, otherwise I'll give you an explanation to Your Majesty!" Zhou Zeng slapped the table and roared, "This old face of my official has been thrown away by your Diankeguan Temple today!"

Lou Jing quickly bowed his head and apologized. Zhou Zengze was still angry. He stood up and kicked over Tailao Banquet in front of him, and then shouted: "Take all these things down! You can treat them as much as you should. You dare to waste the money and food of the court. Be careful of your head!"

After saying that, Zhou Zeng stepped out angrily, and the servant next to him also came up and took the Tailao Banquet in front of Master Hu Yan Zhiyao. During this period, the conscientious and responsible Hanting translator also translated the answer between Zhou Zeng and Lou Jing to Master Hu Yan Zhiyao to Master Hu Yan Zhiyao. Master Hu Yan Zhiyao was naturally angry and strange when he heard it. He hurriedly said to Lou Jing: "Lu Dianke, what do you mean? Why do you treat me like this?"

Lou Jing's face was gloomy, and after a while he replied through the translator, "Sorry, you Huns are the enemy country of our Han Dynasty. We can only receive you according to the etiquette of receiving envoys from the enemy country."

"Then why do you solemnly receive the messenger of the Right Xian King?" Hu Yanzhiya asked angrily.

Lou Jing refused to answer, but just shouted loudly and asked the servant to change some plates of simple meals to Master Hu Yan Zhiya. The aged wine stored in the cellar was also moved away, and replaced by turbid wine. Then Lou Jing said, "Sir Hu Yan, I'm sorry, you have to change the place where you live. Take your entourage to live in a while and go to the place we arranged for you."

Of course, the new residence that Lou Jing replaced by Hu Yan Zhiya and his group could no longer be compared with the previous luxurious rooms - just a few ordinary houses without any furnishings. They were black and short. Each room was only willing to light an oil lamp with a pungent smell of fishy smell, and the bedding was all ordinary linen. At the same time, Lou Jing also transferred the army to surround Hu Yan Zhiya and his group's residence, and did not allow any of them to go out without permission. Hu Yan Zhiya was furious to protest, but the newly replaced reception officials were ignored and had no good expression.

When things came to this point, Hu Yan Zhiyao Master certainly had to be suspicious. He carefully recalled what Zhou Zeng said accidentally in front of him. Hu Yan Zhiyao Master quickly realized and said, "No wonder we did not succeed in the Western Expedition to Yuezhi Kingdom the next year, so we received the news in advance and ran away. After a long time, it turned out that it was the Right Xian King who was a traitor. I must report this matter to the Shanyu."

Then, after living in an ordinary house for three days, Xiang Kang took the time to meet Master Hu Yan Zhiyao in the afternoon. The atmosphere of the meeting was very unpleasant. Just as Master Hu Yan Zhiyao explained his purpose, Xiang Kang immediately flatly rejected all the requests of Master Hu Yan Zhiyao, insisting that the Huns take out their war horses to exchange cloth, grain and salt to the Han court. He also explained early that he would not sell his iron to the Huns no matter what. Master Hu Yan Zhiyao argued with reason, and Xiang Kang didn't listen at all.

Finally, seeing that Xiang Kang refused to give in, Hu Yan Zhiya could only make up his mind and sneered and threatened: "Your Majesty the Emperor of Han, I believe you are very clear about it. If you insist on not giving in, you must be an enemy of our Hun Khanate, which will be the same as that."

"I'm going to accompany you to the end! I'm afraid you don't have the courage!" Xiang Kang replied with a sneer: "I'll tell you Shanyu Maodun when I go back, and I'll tell you that if he wants to fight, he can take his 300,000 string control men south at any time. I will lead the army north in person and fight him to the death!"

After saying that, Xiang Kang yawned and said, "Okay, I'm tired, you can go back and report, and I won't see you again in the future."

Seeing Xiang Kang's firm attitude and even said a ruthless saying that he would fight the Huns, whose national strength was in its heyday, Hu Yan Zhiyao Master had no choice but to turn around and leave angrily, leaving Chang'an and returning to the grassland that day. Although the Han court sent troops to escort Hu Yan Zhiyao Master and his party north again, the hospitality on the road was very different from Hu Yan Zhiyao Master and others when they came, and Hu Yan Zhiyao Master of course became more and more angry.

Then, after returning to the Shanyu Court successfully, he just saw Maodun. Huyan Zhiyashi immediately added fuel to the fire and reported his mission to Maodun. Maodun was furious when he heard this. At the same time, he was very alert to the suspected secret communication between the Han court of the Huns. After careful calculation, Maodun not only ordered the Zuoxian King of the Huns to step up the harassment and invasion of the Han court's border, but also found an excuse to let the Right Xian King of the Huns go to the Shanyu Court to meet him.

After a while, the Youxian King, who was unaware of the matter, came to Shanyuting to pay homage to Maodun, but Maodun still had no doubts. During the meeting with the Youxian King, he suddenly asked about the secret contact between the Youxian King and the Han court. As a result, the Youxian King of the Xiongnu was of course shocked and denied it. After learning about the incident, he became furious. While cursing and swore that he was loyal to Maodun, he took the initiative to ask the main force of the headquarters to go south from Hetao and directly attack the Guanzhong area of ​​the heart of the Han court, so as to prove that he had no private contact with the Han court.

The most disgusting thing about the plan of disagreement is that once suspicion arises, it is difficult to eliminate it. Even the genius Maodun is no exception. Therefore, no matter how the Youxian King swears the reputation of his ancestors and gods, Maodun is still just suspicious and dare not dare to hold heavy troops on his opponent. However, for the safety of the main Huns in the western region, Maodun shook his head and refused the Youxian King's request to go south from Hetao to enter Guanzhong, and said: "Don't take risks. The Central Plains people deployed heavy troops in Guanzhong. Once you go south to launch an attack, the Central Plains people will definitely summon the whole country's troops to reinforce Guanzhong. You will not only have no hope of victory, but on the contrary, there is also the danger of being defeated by the Central Plains people taking the opportunity."

"But the people in the Central Plains are bullying people too much!" The Right Xianwang shouted: "It doesn't count if we cut off our grain, salt and iron tools. Now we deliberately set up a plan to frame our subordinates. If we don't give the people in the Central Plains a little color, the people in the Central Plains will definitely only bully us even more!"

"Khan, gather the main force to fight to the Central Plains people." A Hun nobleman said, "It's just about autumn, and it's time for us to go south to herd horses. Taking this opportunity, we might as well gather all our troops and go directly to the Central Plains this winter to seek revenge on the Central Plains!"

"Khan, my subordinates also think we should teach the people of the Central Plains a lesson." Another Hun noble said: "In the past, we went south to herd horses, and we didn't get much harvest because we couldn't attack the city. But now it's different. After Zang Tu brought the people of the Central Plains to join us, he has taught us how to make siege weapons and how to attack the city. As long as we go south, we just need to capture a few cities of the Central Plains. The food we grab is enough for us to use for the past year, and next year we don't have to worry that the people of the Central Plains won't sell salt and food to us."
Chapter completed!