The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

King Zhenchu ​​followed Liang Run's caravan to Wusun smoothly. This is his first time coming to Wusun, and also his first time setting foot in the Western Regions. He was attracted by Wusun's scenery and customs, which were different from those in the Central Plains. Although Wusun is not as prosperous as Dazhou, it is still very lively.

On the streets of Wusun, you can see many Dazhou people wearing Central Plains costumes, and you can also hear Wusun people speaking fluent Dazhou dialect, which makes people feel very friendly. Many years ago, Wusun surrendered to Dazhou and had close contacts with Dazhou. Over the years, many people from the Zhou Dynasty came to Wusun to do business, and they married and had children with local people in Wusun. Of course, many Wusun people went to many places in Dazhou to do business, and they also married and had children with local Dazhou people.

Today, there are many Zhou people living in Wusun, and they get along very harmoniously with the Wusun locals. Here, everyone is like a family and no one hates anyone.

Liang Run did a lot of business in Wusun. Liangji Trading Company was very famous in Wusun and also in other countries in the Western Region. It can be said that Liangji Trading Company's business spread all over the Western Regions.

Although the King of Chu had always known that Zhao Yao's second uncle was good at doing business, he didn't expect Liang Run's business to be so big in Wusun.

Liang Run did not hide it from the King of Chu, telling him that Zhao Yao's business spread all over the Western Regions. King Chu was naturally very surprised when he heard this. Liang Run also told him that these businesses were basically Zhao Yao's idea. At the beginning, when Wusun first came into contact with Dazhou, Zhao Yao sent him to Wusun to do business and seize the opportunity.

He also told the King of Chu in detail what business they had done in the Western Regions. Before coming to the north, Zhao Yao told Liang Run that if the King of Chu was surprised by their business, he should not hide it from the King of Chu and tell him all about their business in the Western Regions. Liang Run felt that this was inappropriate, but Zhao Yao said that even if they didn't tell him, King Chu would be suspicious. Rather than making the King of Chu suspicious, it is better to tell the truth frankly.

The King of Chu only knew that Zhao Yao was good at making things, but he did not know that his tenth brother was proficient in business. Even at the trade conference a few days ago, he thought it was Liang Run's idea, but he didn't expect it to be Zhao Yao's own idea.

"Third brother asked you to tell me."

Liang Run was not surprised at all that King Chu had guessed this: "Your Highness told me that if His Highness the King of Chu is curious, I will tell you the truth."

Seeing Zhao Yao trusting him so much, King Chu was naturally moved.

"Actually, there is no need to tell me such details."

"His Highness said, you are not an outsider, there is no need to hide it from you." Liang Run added, "Actually, His Highness brought business to the Western Regions, firstly to make money, and secondly to monitor every move of the countries in the Western Regions, as well as the Xiongnu "

After hearing this, King Chu looked shocked and said, "You are still collecting intelligence?"

"Yes, we have been collecting intelligence from the countries in the Western Regions and the Xiongnu tribes over the years." Liang Run said, "His Highness said that the Huns have always been eyeing the Central Plains, and often blackmailed the countries in the Western Regions to help him invade the Great Zhou Dynasty, so we have to keep an eye on the Western Regions. Countries and the Xiongnu. This way, if there is any trouble with the Xiongnu, we will know immediately. "

King Chu was shocked. He did not expect that his tenth brother was not only proficient in business, but also good at collecting intelligence.

"So whenever there was any movement from the Huns in recent years, it was the tenth brother who told my father?"

"Some are yes, some are not." Zhao Yao trusted King Chu, and Liang Run also believed in him. Liang Run could see the care King Chu had taken for Zhao Yao over the years. He was very grateful and respected the King of Chu. "Actually, the imperial court also has spies here."

The King of Chu sighed: "I didn't expect my tenth brother to be so thoughtful and make such careful arrangements. In this regard, I am not as good as him."

"Your Highness, you have forgotten that you sent people to the countries in the Western Regions to teach the ways of Confucius and Mencius. In addition to educating the people of the Western Regions, you also wanted to supervise the movements of the countries in the Western Regions and the Xiongnu tribes." In recent years, more and more scholars from the Zhou Dynasty have come to the Western Regions. Teaching, more and more people in the Western Regions are learning the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. Over the years, the people of the Western Regions have been well educated, and they have learned a lot about etiquette, justice and integrity.

The King of Chu did not deny it: "Yes." Although the Li family sent many people to teach in the Western Regions, the King of Chu did not tell them to inquire about Liang Run's business in various countries in the Western Regions, so he did not know that Zhao Yao's business was spread all over the Western Regions.

"Thanks to you for sending so many people to teach in the Western Regions over the years, so that the people of the Western Regions know etiquette, justice and integrity." People in the Western Regions are attracted by the culture of the Central Plains. In addition to learning the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, they also like to pursue everything from the Great Zhou Dynasty. "In a few years, people from all countries in the Western Region will be civilized."

The King of Chu chuckled and said: "This is a good thing." In recent years, many people from the Western Regions have gone to the Central Plains to study. Many of them have achieved excellent results and have been admitted to the Imperial College and became students of the Imperial College. The people from the Western Regions who were admitted to Imperial College were also eligible to take the imperial examination. However, there were not many people from the Western Regions who could pass the imperial examination. So far, there are only one or two people from the Western Regions who can pass the examination and become officials. The official positions of these two people were small, but they were very happy in what they did.

For them, being able to stay in Dazhou is a blessing. Now being able to serve as an official in the Great Zhou Dynasty and become half of the Great Zhou people, this is simply... In the words of the Great Zhou people, their ancestral tombs are smoking.

"Your Highness, do you plan to rest for two days before returning to Beijing, or are you going to return to Beijing early tomorrow morning?" Liang Run knew that King Chu had something urgent and could not stay in Wusun for a long time.

The King of Chu calculated the time and said, "We will leave in two days."

"Then you have a good rest here these two days, and take a look around Wusun and try the food here." Liang Run said, enthusiastically recommending the delicious food, drink and fun here to King Chu. After making the recommendation, he also thoughtfully arranged for someone to take King Chu to go shopping and eat delicious food.

Although he had traveled for a long time, King Chu was not tired. After drinking tea, we took people out for shopping. He still wears the ordinary human skin mask on his face, so he can go shopping without worrying about being recognized.

At night, the King of Chu went to a local academy to find someone alone without anyone accompanying him. The person he was looking for was named Li Ruiyang, the adopted son of the Li family. The main purpose of his coming to Wusun to teach was, firstly, to monitor the countries in the Western Regions and the Xiongnu tribes, and secondly, to find out about the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty.

There are Southern Wei people in various countries in the Western Regions, and they do a lot of business.

After meeting Queen Chu, Li Ruiyang reported to him the news he had learned during this period: "The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty are looking for an aphrodisiac and a fertility pill."

"Aphrodisiac? Childbirth pill?" King Chu asked in surprise, "What are they looking for these two things for?"

"It should be for His Royal Highness the King of Wei."

"To King Wei?" King Chu quickly responded, "Because King Wei has no heirs?"

Li Ruiyang: "It seems to be because of this."

King Chu asked: "Have you found it?"

"I found it." Li Ruiyang reported, "There is an aphrodisiac in Dawan in the Western Region. It is colorless and tasteless, and has a very powerful effect. No matter whether it is eaten by humans or animals, they just want to do that thing, and I heard that it can control it overnight. Seven people." After saying that, Li Ruiyang looked a little embarrassed.

After hearing this, the King of Chu looked as usual without any embarrassment, "Where is the Childbirth Pill?" "I also found it. It comes from Qiuci in the Western Region. As long as a woman eats it, she will definitely give birth to a son." Li Ruiyang continued to report, "Some time ago , The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty have sent several beauties to the Prince of Wei's Mansion, and they have all taken the fertility pills, and now they are waiting for the Prince of Wei to take the aphrodisiac. "

King Chu raised his lips and sneered mockingly: "In order for King Wei to give birth to a heir apparent with the blood of Southern Wei people, the people of Southern Wei really worked hard."

Princess Wei has not been pregnant for a long time. On the one hand, King Wei did not have sex with her many times, and on the other hand, she could no longer get pregnant. Before she married the King of Wei, the people of Southern Wei drugged her.

It was impossible for the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty to let Princess Wei give birth to a son for King Wei. They felt that the prince of Wei King must be born from a Southern Wei woman, so that the blood of the Southern Wei people in the prince would be pure enough.

"The people of the Southern Wei Dynasty also sent beauties to many officials' mansions. These beauties have been carefully trained and are very popular with the officials."

"This is a common trick they use." Several people from the Southern Wei Dynasty also sneaked into the Prince of Chu's palace, including young and beautiful maids, young and strong guards, and rough envoys. The King of Chu did not drive them away, but kept them in the palace just to monitor and use them. "Did they send anyone to the Han Palace?"

"It's not available here in the Western Region, but I don't know if it's delivered to other places."

King Chu felt relieved when he thought that King Wei would not harm Zhao Yao.

"I asked you to investigate the matter of the third princess. What did you find out?"

"Your Highness, it is probably because of your previous investigation into the Third Princess that they have become wary. Most of the spies we sent out in the past two days have been discovered by them." There is no need to explain what the fate of a spy would be if it were discovered.

"Don't send people to investigate the third princess's affairs for the time being. We'll talk about it later." I didn't expect the third princess and King Han to be so vigilant. "Where are the other tribes of the Huns?"

"There's no movement."

"That's good." It seems that the battle against the Huns a few days ago made the Huns afraid and they did not dare to invade the Zhou Dynasty again.

"By the way, Your Highness, in addition to looking for aphrodisiacs and fertility pills, the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty also obtained forbidden drugs from the Dayeshi."

When he heard about the banned drugs, King Chu's face immediately became stern, and he hurriedly asked: "What banned drugs?"

"We haven't found anything yet. I guess it's poison." Li Ruiyang has been in Wusun for a few years and has some understanding of the situation in the Western Regions. "Your Highness, you don't know something. Dayeshi is good at making poisons. Many poisons are There is no cure.”

The King of Chu knew in his heart why the people of the Southern Wei Dynasty obtained Da Yueshi's forbidden medicine. One of the purposes was to poison him.

"Find out a way to find out what kind of banned drug it is."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, my subordinates will definitely find out." Li Ruiyang also knew in his heart that the Southern Wei people obtained Dayeshi's forbidden medicine in order to deal with the King of Chu. "Your Highness, although most of Da Yuezhi's poisons are incurable, these poisons can be alleviated so that people will not be poisoned to death in the end."

“What medicine can relieve these poisons?”

"I heard that Tibetan Orchid can relieve pain, but Tibetan Orchid is too precious. I have been paying high prices but can't buy it." Li Ruiyang also asked many connections to buy it, but so far there is no news about Tibetan Orchid. "Don't worry, Your Highness, my subordinates will continue to inquire."

"Hidden Orchid?" King Chu asked with a strange expression, "Are you sure it's Hidden Orchid?"

Li Ruiyang nodded and said, "I'm sure."

King Chu suddenly smiled and said: "Then you don't have to look for it."

Li Ruiyang asked in confusion: "Your Highness, why is this?"

"I've eaten saffron."

Li Ruiyang exclaimed: "Have you eaten it? Where did you eat it?"

King Chu smiled and said: "A few years ago, my tenth brother gave me a bottle of tonic. He named it Shiquan Dabu Pill, and there was a medicine called Tibetan Orchid in it." The reason why he was so interested in the ingredients in Shiquan Dabu Pill The ten medicines were very impressive, mainly because the names of these ten medicines were very strange. When he heard about the medicine "Tibetan Orchid", he specifically asked his tenth brother, is Tibetan Orchid an orchid? The tenth brother told him that although Tibetan orchid has the word "orchid", it has nothing to do with orchids.

After hearing this, Li Ruiyang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"Your Highness, if you have eaten Tibetan Orchid, Da Yuezhi's forbidden medicine will not kill you."

The King of Chu secretly wondered: Did the tenth brother know something, so he specially gave him the Shiquan Dabu Pill.

"Tibetan orchids are hard to buy. How did His Highness the King of Han buy Tibetan orchids?" He had been in Wusun for so many years, not to mention buying Tibetan orchids. He didn't even see the shadow of Tibetan orchids. Where did His Highness the King of Han buy them?

"I didn't ask." It is estimated that the tenth brother also spent a lot of money to buy Tibetan orchids.

"Your Highness, Tibetan orchids are really hard to buy. His Highness the King of Han is really interested in you."

King Chu said with some pride: "My tenth brother has always been interested in me." (End of Chapter)