Wei Qing carried out a small sacrificial ceremony in Wolf Juxu Mountain on behalf of the emperor, and counted the place south of Wolf Juxu into the territory of the Han Dynasty from the perspective of heaven, people's hearts, law, and imagination. At Su Ren's mention, the newly erected stone monument on Wolf Juxu Mountain is engraved with the four words of the Han Dynasty's national boundary, demonstrating the prestige and power of the Han Dynasty. After doing all this, the army finally set out on its return journey.

It is unimaginable that the difficulty of the expedition of a large army is unimaginable, especially in the ancient era when there were no automobiles, ships, and airplanes, and there were only two power systems that could be used, livestock or people. It is not easy to raise livestock, so people are the best means of transportation. According to historical records, in order to defeat the Xiongnu, Liu Che once mobilized cattle and horses from all over the world and 200,000 people to transport grain and grass to Wei Qing's army.

However, the people who transported grain and grass behind Su Ren were very different from the people in the past, because they got the money given to them by the hussar general's camp at the beginning, and it was still a lot. Although they are not as rich as those soldiers with thousands of pockets, those people have nothing to say in exchange for their lives. With money and practical benefits, the people really sold their strength when they started working.

The soldiers are eager to go home, the people are eager to go home, and even the pack animals are eager to go home. Su Ren's white horse has followed him for many years, and in principle, he is already an old horse, and he can't go to the battlefield, let alone use it as the boss's mount. However, Su Ren has always kept it by his side, and he has specially found a groom to take care of it, and only on certain days will Su Ren ride his old friend in front of many subordinates.

This morning, the old horse was very excited, and ran to Su Ren with his feet, and kept making up for Su Ren with his head that was about to fall out. Touching the white horse's sparse mane, one person and one horse chatted for a long time, and when it came to happiness, the white horse would neigh a few times to express his feelings. The white horse was old, and his head drooped after he couldn't go far, Su Ren got off the horse, touched the white horse's head and comforted him for a long time, and took out the white horse's favorite beans, which made the white horse feel better.

Han Qing shook his head and smiled bitterly, beckoned the horseman to take the white horse away, and said to Su Ren: "There is news from Chang'an, the court discussion against you has ended, although it is not a big crime such as rebellion, a big disrespectful crime is not small, and His Majesty ordered to send someone from the Lieutenant's Mansion to arrest you, if you still run in time, you will not be able to leave when you reach Yanmen Pass." ”

"How can it be a lieutenant? Shouldn't it be Tingwei? Su Ren asked.

Han Qing smiled again: "Zhang Tang is your student, and some people are not at ease, so he suggested that His Majesty's treatment of you should bypass the Imperial Governor's Mansion, and His Majesty also agreed, so he sent someone from the Lieutenant's Mansion to arrest you." ”

Su Ren nodded: "This is also said in the past, I don't know who His Majesty will let be the lieutenant after the resignation of the lieutenant, it stands to reason that Li Danghu or Gongsun Ao is the most suitable candidate, but unfortunately they are now, one is in the Western Regions and the other is still here." ”

Han Qing shook his head: "The resignation of the prime minister and the lieutenant has been rejected by His Majesty, but the prime minister has submitted his resignation again, and General Guan Lao has been sent to Yanmen to close." ”

"Huh? No one said I was friends with the bushman? ”

Han Qing said with a smile: "Your Majesty personally issued an order, who dares to have something to say!" ”

Bushman waited for five days at Yanmen Pass, but still did not see any sign of the army returning. In addition to waiting at Yanmen Pass, the bushman sometimes goes back to Mayi City to wander around, a dazzling array of goods, merchants who speak a variety of dialects, and there are both red-faced bargains and laughing and scolding handshakes with each other.

Bushman was not a merchant and had no business mind, but he could tell from the sheer crowds and mountains of goods how much trade was there. Walking into a Han shop, fine silk and thick cotton cloth are placed on the shelves, in the eyes of the bushman, these things are not good things, the advantage is nothing more than silk showy, cotton cloth is thicker, but there are many customers in the store.

"What do you two want? Our store has the best silk and the thickest cotton, the silk is all from Shu County, and the cotton cloth is from Jiangsu City, these two local guest officials should know, right? It's all a place to produce good things, and if the guest officer needs a large amount, we can discuss it well. The shopkeeper looked kind, and when he saw the tall and burly beard of the head of the bush, he regarded the bushman as another fat sheep.

The old man laughed: "The old man wants a lot of goods, but I'm afraid that your small shop is not enough." ”

The shopkeeper looked excited: "Although the old gentleman said that the small shop is not enough for the villain to find peers to help, but the old gentleman can rest assured that the quality of the goods is absolutely fine, and our Chang'an Chamber of Commerce will never be shoddy, and the emphasis is on the word credit." ”

The bushman nodded: "Very good! The word credit is very popular with the old man, but it is estimated that the shopkeeper will be disappointed, the old man is not a businessman, and he has nothing to do today, but he just came to Ma Yi to go around, and there are many disturbances. ”

Although the shopkeeper was lost, he still had a smile on his face: "It's okay, it's okay, if you enter the door of the small shop, you are a guest, and the old gentleman can come whenever he wants, and the villain must bow down and wait, which is called the customer is God." ”

"God?"

"What General Su said when he said this is Su Hussar! His old man should know, right? ”

When the bushman heard the shopkeeper say about Su Ren, he suddenly became interested, and then nodded: "Like thunder!" Does the store also know General Su? ”

"The old gentleman may not know, our Su Hussar can be civil and martial, not to mention fighting, and he is also a wizard in business, but unfortunately I heard that someone in the court slandered Su Hussar for rebellion, and what lieutenant was sent to arrest people, did the old gentleman hear about it?"

The bushman nodded: "Yes, he also said that he would cut off his head!" ”

"Really? Who's going to do that? Su Hussar is my hero of the Han Dynasty, if His Majesty wants to kill Su Hussar, then it is really ......"

Bush Fu thought for a while: "What if the imperial court must kill Su Ren?" He must have tore up the holy decree and beat the messenger attendants, this is a big crime, even if the emperor kills him, there is nothing wrong with it, right? ”

"That's not right!" The shopkeeper was anxious: "Your Majesty can't kill people without asking, right?" The kid from the third uncle's family of the second son of my distant uncle's uncle was under the command of Su Hussar, and he said that the inner servant who passed the decree that day was talking nonsense, and this is why Su Hussar tore up the holy decree and beat him, you always think about it, what kind of person is Su Hussar, that is the general who commands tens of thousands of troops, if he is really angry, then he will not kill? ”

The bushman nodded again and again: "Do you know what the waiter said?" ”

The shopkeeper looked left and right and pulled the bushman's arm. The bushman willingly followed the shopkeeper to a corner with few people. The shopkeeper lowered his voice: "I see that your old gentleman is not an outsider, but also our Han people, right?" Is it from Chang'an? ”

The bushman did not refute and nodded: "Yes, the old man came from Chang'an with the lieutenant." ”

"Oh, are you going to go back and tell the lieutenant about that? It doesn't matter, no one knows about this matter, just ask a little bit. The shopkeeper smiled indifferently: "The waiter said that Su Hu's riding skills are high, and if he has other ideas, he can help!" You keep saying, is this guy supposed to die? It's that Su Huqi has a good temper, and if he is a bystander, he will definitely catch it and kill it first. ”

The bushman was stunned: "Is that so?" ”

"Can there be fake? I heard that it was instructed by some people in Chang'an, and this is someone who wants to harm Su Hussar! The shopkeeper lowered his voice a few points further: "Old gentleman, please think, a servant who delivered the decree, why did Su Hussar beat him and tear up the holy decree?" How dare does it take to do this? Again, why didn't Su Hussar kill that chamberlain? It's because he can't say it clearly when he kills him, so he can only speak in the future. ”

Seeing that the bushman nodded again and again, the shopkeeper continued: "Su Huqi has made great contributions, some people in the court are jealous, and two chambers of commerce have been established, which has almost cut off the wealth of the nobles, can no one want Su Huqi to die?" Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor should not investigate Su Hussar, but should also find out who wants to harm Su Hussar and dig out all the moths of our big man. ”

The bushman and the shopkeeper chatted in that corner for a long time, until there were more and more people in the shop, and the shopkeeper was too busy. After coming out of the silk shop, the bushman entered several shops one after another, such as the porcelain shop, the carpentry shop, the lacquer shop, the copperware shop, and so on, and the bushman more or less heard some news about Su Ren and Su Hussar. Although the words are different and the statements are different, the meaning has been clearly expressed, that is, Su Hussar is a good person with great merit, and someone wants to harm him.

Back at his station, the bushman was a little embarrassed. The last time he came to Yanmen Pass, he came to catch Su Ren, but he didn't expect that this time he came to Yanmen Pass to be such an errand. The last errand was not done well, and Su Ren almost lost his life. This time, he could see that if it hadn't been done properly, without the emperor's order, these merchants in Yanmen Pass would be able to stone themselves to death with money.

After waiting for a little and a half months, Su Ren finally came back with the army. Although he looked a little tired, he was in a good mood. The bushman greeted him outside the city as a private person and a friend, and the merchants of Yanmen Pass spontaneously organized and set up flowing water mats to ask for merit for the soldiers who returned triumphantly. Su Ren became an adult, and ordered the whole army to rest for three days, which was applauded by everyone.

The bushman was not so unkind, and he didn't mention the purpose of his coming for a whole day, and waited until the evening, when he had to take out the holy decree and the supplementary ticket of the Great Sima Mansion, and read out the court's responsibility and disposal of Su Ren. Although Xie Baichuan, Lei Bei, Liu Jian, Li Cheng and others were angry, they had no way to deal with the imperial court.

The bushman handed the holy decree to Su Ren: "Brother, my brother really did his best!" ”

Su Ren nodded: "Understood!" What will be the result of going back this time, I don't know in my heart, but I can be sure that I will not die, so don't cry and mourn, brothers should be happy in triumph, this time I have to go first, I am waiting for you in Chang'an! ”