The next day, just dawned, and the violent sound of horse hooves woke Li Shun and others like thunder. Thousands of Yuezhi army rode their horses straight to the northwest like a tide. Li Shun and others did not dare to stop anymore. They arranged for the imperial guards to pack up their greetings and put some more expensive fur and jade onto the carriage. The remaining large amount of gifts could only be discarded in the yurt.

"Move these nuts and seeds up and put them up." Li Shun pointed to some walnuts placed alone and unrecognizable spices, seeds and rouge that the imperial guards were placed on the horse's back and tied together.

"Sir Li, when is it time for these seeds?" an official said anxiously.

"I know, these fruit seeds are good things. Qinghe Hou specially ordered me to collect and take them back. Be careful on the way. Everything can be discarded at that time, but these things cannot be discarded!" Li Shun said impatiently.

"Why is the messenger? Are you going to set off for Daqin?"

King Zuo Ping came hurriedly with Wen Bupo and a group of Yuezhi nobles. Seeing that Li Shun and others had packed their luggage, their faces were very uneasy.

"We are grateful for the warm hospitality of King Yuezhi and King Zuo Ping. Since Maodun has escaped and the mission has failed this time, we must also rush back to Xianyang as soon as possible to report to His Majesty the First Majesty!" Li Shun bowed and said.

King Zuo Ping said with a bitter and distorted expression: "I would like to forgive the crime. Maodun escaped and we were caught off guard. I also asked the envoy to go back and explain it to the Emperor of Qin after he went back!"

"Of course, please rest assured that King Zuo Ping and King Yue Zhi. We will definitely bring the conversation. The journey back is long. Please ask King Zuo Ping to take me to see King Yue Zhi say goodbye to him!" Li Shun nodded slightly.

"The king suddenly became seriously ill last night and couldn't get up now. Since the envoy insisted on leaving, there was no need to go and say goodbye. We have also prepared some gifts for you and the Emperor of Qin. For the safety of the envoy's road, the king also specially ordered a team of royal court guards to escort the envoy back to the Qin Dynasty in person!" King Zuo Ping said quickly.

"That's good, so thank you. There is a cart of gifts here that His Majesty gave to King Yuezhi. Please give to King Zuo Ping personally. Let's say goodbye!" After Li Shun said that, he turned over and rode on the horse.

"King Zuo Ping said goodbye!" Several officials who accompanied him also boarded the carriage and sat down.

Seeing Li Shun and others impatiently, King Zuo Ping could only quickly instruct the guards around him to prepare gifts and guards. After nearly half an hour of busyness, the 300 elite guards of King Yuezhi were also carried dry food weapons on their horses, and hundreds of horses were tied with leather bags of large and small, which contained gifts prepared by King Yuezhi for the Emperor of Qin.

“Woooooo~~~”

Accompanied by several long and low trumpet sounds, the three hundred fully armed imperial guards Li Shun and others and the accompanying chariots and horses protected each other and left the royal court in the middle and went east. The escorts of the three hundred Yuezhi king also escorted the horses carrying gifts and moved slowly, and the two teams set off half a mile apart to leave.

"I would like to ask the envoy to explain the situation to the Emperor of Qin after going back. Maodun's escape happened suddenly, but please rest assured that we will definitely arrest Maodun and send him to Xianyang within half a year!" King Zuo Ping rode his horse to see him off, and was still explaining constantly.

"Don't worry, King Zuo Ping, I understand the intentions of King Yuezhi. I will do my best to explain to His Majesty the Emperor, do not send him farewell!"

"I would like to thank the messenger for this. I'll send it to you not far away."

King Zuo Ping held the horses, and a group of Yuezhi nobles who were seeing each other stopped together, and then watched the two teams go further and further away until the long flags slowly disappeared at the end of the grassland several miles away. Then he turned his head and returned to the royal court more than ten miles away.

Although it was late March and the sun was strong and the temperature was very high, the Yuezhi King stood at the door of the tent wrapped in a thick blanket, looking at a four-wheeled carriage parked in front of him.

The tarpaulin on the car had been unveiled, and dozens of servants were carrying gifts one by one, several of which had been opened, inside which were neatly arranged tea, silk, porcelain, glass and wine.

But these precious and luxurious gifts looked so dazzling in the eyes of King Yuezhi at this time, as if a knife stabbed his heart and bleeding. Before he knew it, two lines of tears fell down his old wrinkled cheeks.

He was a hero in his life and had half a lifetime of military service. He finally conquered the current kingdom, but in an instant, all this seemed to be broken.

He was not stupid, so he naturally knew that someone in the tribe had betrayed him and Wang Ting, and wanted to drag Yuezhi into the war with the Qin Dynasty.

The Great Qin, that is an invincible existence.

What about the Huns? What about the Donghu?

Both of these instruments have more than 100,000 powerful warriors, but under the iron hooves of Daqin, they were instantly crushed into blood mud like wind and winding clouds.

The Yuezhi seems to be powerful, but it is not much stronger than the Huns. Another very important factor is that the Yuezhi was divided into several areas. Although it was followed by the Yuezhi royal court on the surface, it was not very united in fact. Now the Qin Dynasty has just sent a small mission, which has caused the Yuezhi to fall apart.

"Brother Wang, the messenger has left. What should we do next?" King Zuo Ping turned over and dismounted in front of the king's tent, walked to the side of the Yuezhi King and asked in a low voice.

"What else can I do? If you want to calm the anger of the Emperor of Qin, you must hand over Maodun!" The Yuezhi King looked at a undulating snow-capped mountain in the distance with a lonely expression.

"But you will never be able to catch Maodun in half a year. So what if you can't hand over someone at that time?"

"I am old, and the Yuezhi people have just enjoyed peace for a short time. At that time, I will go to Xianyang to apologize to the Emperor of Qin and extinguish the Emperor of Qin with my head!"

"Brother Wang, don't do this. If you do this, Yuezhi will be disorganized in an instant and prepare for the future. The king must rectify the soldiers of various tribes as soon as possible, prepare bow and arrow weapons to fight the Qin Dynasty to the death!" King Zuo Ping said excitedly.

"Fight to the death..." King Yuezhi sighed after a long time of silence, "Didn't you see the battle ten days ago? We are no match for the Qin Dynasty at all. Fighting to the death will only destroy the country and the tribe. My Yuezhi is also a descendant of China. Even if you surrender to the Qin Dynasty, it is not embarrassing. Yuezhi cannot be destroyed in my hands. Let's arrange people to find Maodun as soon as possible, and let's talk about other things in a few days!"

"Yes, Brother Wang!" King Zuo Ping had to leave. King Yuezhi also walked into the tent with the help of several maids and lay down to rest. Soon after, Wen Bupo brought the monkeys of Yuezhi to hurry up.

"Have you found out who reported the message to Maodun?" Lying on the soft sheepskin, the King of Yuezhi covered his mouth and coughed a few times, sat up and asked.

"Return to the king, I arranged for someone to inquire secretly. On the night when the envoys of the Qin Dynasty arrived, these herdsmen saw several subordinates of King Xiumi heading northwest. The one who informed Maodun should give him the King Xiumi!" Wen Bupo replied with a serious expression.

"Wait, can you see King Xiumi's subordinates go to the northwest with your own eyes?" King Yuezhi turned his head to look at the terrified herdsmen.

"Yes, it was sunset at that time. We drove cattle and sheep back to the pen. We saw King Xiumi and a group of subordinates wandering around the pasture, and then a few people rode horses to the northwest!" A dark-skinned middle-aged herder quickly answered.

"This matter is not allowed to be told, please step back first!" The Yuezhi King waved his hand, and several herdsmen withdrew from the tent tremblingly.

"What do you think of Mr. Wen?" The King of Yuezhi coughed a few times again and looked at Wen Bupo.

"King Xiumi is rude and simple in nature. He must not be able to think of it when he lets go. I also found out that on the day the envoy arrived, Xiumi and three tribe leaders had gathered in the tent of King Nantu for a long time!"

"It's him... cough cough, puff~~" King Yuezhi coughed violently and then spit out a mouthful of blood. His expression suddenly stopped, and his old face flushed.

"King... Go and call Wu Zhu..." Wen Bupo quickly stepped forward to support the Yuezhi King, and gave orders with anxiety and panic. The tent was in chaos in the tent, and a maid ran out of the tent.

"Stop~" King Yuezhi wiped the blood on his mouth with his sleeves, and gasped for a few breaths and whispered, "Don't say anything. Once the incident of my serious illness is spread, Yuezhi will fall apart in an instant. Arrange people to call King Zuoping and King Beihe. The king must make arrangements in advance, otherwise the Yuezhi will eventually destroy the hands of King Nantu!"

"Yes, the king!" Wen Bupo quickly asked the Yuezhi King to clean up all the blood he vomited, and then arranged for the maid to go out and summon King Zuo Ping and King Beihe.

King Zuoping and King Beihe were both royal families, one was the younger brother of King Yuezhi and the other was the eldest son. Yuezhi implemented a system of inheritance that was not a fixed father-to-son inheritance system. Sometimes it was adopted to adopt brother-to-son and, similar to the Shang Dynasty, almost all royal families would enfeoff a fiefdom and each had their own tribes. Before the king passed away, it mainly depends on leadership ability. The most powerful tribe would generally inherit the throne, so as to ensure the stability of the entire tribe. Of course, the situation of forcing usurpation of the throne in this situation is more obvious.

King Nantu was not a royal family. He was brave enough to follow King Yuezhi to fight in the east and west, but because of his impure bloodline, he was more rejected by the royal family. His fiefs were divided into the closest position to the Qiang people and Qin, and it was actually the most chaotic area. However, King Tunan had been fighting with the Qiang people, so his tribe was very strong, ranking very high in the Yuezhi, and he received the support of many non-royal tribe leaders.
Chapter completed!