Cai Yan, also known as Zhaoji, is also known as Cai Wenji to everyone in later generations.

Historically, Cai Yan was kidnapped by the Southern Xiongnu. It was not until the 11th year of Jian'an (207) that Cao Cao redeemed him from the Southern Xiongnu with a golden jade. At that time, Cai Yan had been captured by Huchuquan, King Zuoxian.

She lived under the tent and gave birth to two children.

It was still the eighth year of Jian'an. Judging from Huchuquan's attitude towards Cai Yan, Yang Xiu judged that Huchuquan might have noticed that Cai Yan's identity was unusual, but he was still testing it.

If it continues to be delayed, Hu Chuquan will definitely be impatient if Cai Yan's background is exposed.

Among the Xiongnu tribe, the captive women were two-legged sheep, used for trading items.

Although Cai Yan was a married woman, she had not yet given birth to a child. In addition, she came from a family of poets and writers, so her temperament was unique.

If she does not get the protection of the Xiongnu nobles, her end will be extremely sad.

"The king of Wei has strong soldiers and horses, why don't we rush into the Huchuquan camp and snatch Zhaoji back directly?" Although Yang Xiu had a strategy, he had no contact with Huchuquan. After thinking for a long time, he only thought of a way to rob her.

"Brother Dezu, I have another way to save Cai Yan without losing any blood, but I need you to join me in performing a show in front of Hu Chuquan." Wei Shi thought for a moment and said to Yang Xiu.

"What clever plan does the master have? Xiu will definitely follow it?" Yang Xiu was anxious and agreed repeatedly.

"Brother Dezu is knowledgeable. He should know that in the Shangyong area, there has been a tradition of tea picking since the Yong Kingdom. The tea from Yongdi is of high quality and is praised by the world. Unfortunately, after the chaos in the world, Yongcha has no sales.

It can only decline day by day."

"Shi heard that since the founding of the Han Dynasty by Emperor Gaozu, the imperial court had set up a market on the border. Han people and northern herdsmen often traded, and Han people's tea has become the most valued commodity of the Huns."

"If we can reach a tea-for-horse deal with Huchuquan, then there is a possibility of cooperation between the two parties. I think Huchuquan will not ruin the big thing because of a Han woman."

Wei Shi had a lot of free time and told him all his plans one by one.

The Huns like to drink tea, mainly because their diet is mainly meat, and they cannot combine meat and vegetables. Long-term consumption of meat is very harmful to the human body, and can cause septicemia and death.

Drinking tea can clear the stomach and relieve greasiness, and the tea is easy to carry and store without deterioration. When you need to drink it, you only need to boil it in hot water, which is very beneficial to the herding people.

The tea-horse trade has existed between the Han people and the nomads for thousands of years.

This was the case in the Han, Tang, Song, Ming and other dynasties.

Hu Chuquan has a horse in his hand, and Wei Shi has tea in his hand.

I believe Huchuquan would not refuse such a thing that offers the best of both worlds.

"My lord, I know that the Xiongnu were divided into five tribes by Da Sikong. Huchuquan, the Zuoxian King, is no longer worthy of his name. There are only less than 10,000 people left in the tribe. Huchuquan is definitely not satisfied with this situation."

"To this day, Huchuquan definitely wants to regain his former glory and strengthen his tribe. This time, he came to Aoguan with the purpose of finding a trade route to Jingzhou. Otherwise, he would not

He will stay and not leave."

Yang Xiu nodded repeatedly while listening.

The method of tea-horse trading proposed by Wei Shi is indeed more feasible than directly asking Huchuquan to redeem people.

After Huchuquan got the benefits of tea, his vigilance must have dropped greatly. He took this opportunity to talk about wanting to take back a Han woman. Even if Huchuquan was reluctant to part with it, he could only agree.

"Leave this matter to Brother Dezu. Being able to invite Cai Yong's daughter back is also a great achievement." Wei Shi laughed and gave Yang Xiu another top hat.

Yang Xiu was immediately excited when he heard that Wei Shi had entrusted him with this matter.

They, the children of high-ranking noble families, value reputation.

Hu Chuquan was invited to watch the duel between Wei Shi and Ma Chao, and he was very frightened. He originally thought that with Ma Chao's courage, he would definitely defeat Wei Shi.

Unexpectedly, the result surprised him.

Now, Wei Shi was just a prefect of the Han people, but Huchuquan was convinced by his scheming.

Yang Xiu received Wei Shi's reminder and had several contacts with Huchuquan. While the two parties were drinking heavily, he suggested that Wei Shi was interested in tea and horse trading. Huchuquan couldn't help but be overjoyed.

He did have his own thoughts on this trip.

In the second year of Xingping (195), Yu Fuluo, the Shanyu of the Southern Xiongnu, died. Subsequently, according to the Xiongnu tradition of brotherhood, the position of Shanyu should be succeeded by his younger brother Huchuquan.

But this is not the case.

Because of Yu Fuluo's repeated disobedience, Cao Cao was very afraid of the Xiongnu becoming powerful and began to suppress and divide the southern Xiongnu.

Huchuquan's troops were separately placed in Puzi in Hedong County and Linjin in Fengyi County. The remaining four tribes on the right, south, north, and middle were also placed in their own places. The five tribes were separated, and the nobles in each tribe were appointed as commanders.

, with Han people as Sima for supervision, it became difficult to communicate with each other.

Such a result made Huchuquan feel on pins and needles. He wanted to resist, but he didn't have the strength.

He wanted to find help, but among the northern Han people, Yuan Shao, a prince who could compete with Cao Cao, had just died of illness.

"Wei Fujun is interested in exchanging tea and horses. This is a big deal. We Xiongnu have nothing else. We have plenty of good war horses. If my left army is not enough, the other five can also provide it."

"What? Mr. Wei Fu has taken a liking to the woman next to me, so it goes without saying that if Mr. Wei Fu wants her, just go." After Hu Chuquan got the benefit, he waved his hand with great arrogance.

Compared with the benefits of tea, Cai Yan, a woman, is nothing.

This is also because Hu Chuquan still doesn't know who Cai Yan is.

He acquired Cai Yan from Liu Bao, the son of Yu Fuluo. At that time, he just felt that this Han woman's demeanor and conversation were different from those of ordinary village women. She looked like a woman from a big family.

Hu Chuquan originally wanted to keep Cai Yan by his side, and prepared to collect the money when the time was right.

Now that Wei Shi had taken a liking to this woman, Hu Chuquan immediately changed his mind.

When Cai Yan was taken away by Yang Xiu, he still didn't believe in himself.

This time she came to Yaoguan with the hope of being rescued. If she could not be rescued again, she would have no choice but to accept her fate and reveal her true identity to Huchuquan in order to have a chance to survive.

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"If Zhaoji wants to thank you, you must first thank Wei Fujun. Xiu just mentioned it. Without Wei Fujun's idea, it would be difficult for Zhaoji to escape."

When Yang Xiu heard Cai Yan's words of gratitude, he pushed Wei Shi out without taking any credit.

"I really didn't expect that Lord Wei would value me so much that he would risk the reputation of being a traitor to rescue me. How can I repay this?"

After listening to Yang Xiu's narration, Cai Yan was startled.
Chapter completed!