Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 411: Did our ancestors make a mistake?

"Grandma, what on earth is this?" Cui Bianxu was still very brave. He just didn't expect that this little bug could pretend to be dead. At this time, his expression had already returned to normal.

He took out a handkerchief and dipped some black water on it to examine it carefully. Then he found that it was not actually black water, but because it was too green, so green that it looked black. With the white handkerchief as a contrast, a trace of green could be slightly seen.

Liu Manqiang casually shook her hands, then dipped two fingers into her cup of tea and shook them. Finally, she took out a handkerchief and rubbed her fingers dry. Her expression was calm, quite like that of a master: "Insect."

Xiao Cui twitched his lips fiercely. He liked cleanliness, but not too much.

"But are they things from Lingnan Road?" Cui Bianxu recalled what Ning Yuye had said, and couldn't help but put the Dunhuang Zhao family and Lingnan Road together in his heart.

But why had he never heard of any connection between the Zhao family of Dunhuang and Lingnan Road?

"kindness."

"Are these poisonous insects easy to obtain?" Cui Bianxu thought that no new poisonous insects were found in Wu Sanniang's possession, and when she was interrogated, she only said that the poisonous insects had been used up.

But nothing Wu Sanniang said could be believed at all, and every word she said needed to be carefully verified for authenticity.

“Extremely rare.”

When Liu Manqiang said this, the corners of her mouth twitched from trying to hold back a smile, which made Cui Bianxu frown - why does grandma like to keep people in suspense so much?

Seeing his handsome face look a little heavy, Liu Manqiang felt relieved again. Then, before his face turned completely dark, she said mercifully, "This thing was simply the result of practicing incorrectly."

How could it not be rare?

A fool's practice went awry and produced this failed product~

"Please teach me, grandma." People's emotions are changeable. Xiao Cui, who just complained that his grandmother was too picky, felt that it was no big deal when he saw that she was willing to talk. As long as he could know, it would be fine!

At this moment, Liu Manqiang felt that all the meridians in her body were instantly unblocked - she finally managed to save her dignity in front of her grandson!

Liu Manqiang, looking refreshed and with her back straight, exuded the demeanor of a master. "Let me ask you, do you know who owned the Lingnan Road during the Qin and Han dynasties?"

"Lingnan Road?"

Although Cui Bianxu was not a famous writer, he had studied a lot. After a moment's thought, he blurted out, "Nanyue?"

"En~"

Liu Manqiang nodded in satisfaction: "Your studies were not in vain."

She proudly asked Cui Xiao about his cultural studies, "Do you know anything about the Nanyue Kingdom?"

Cui Bianxu snorted softly. Although he was always reserved and low-key and never flaunted his literary talent, could such a small question stump him?

Countless nations have risen and fallen on this land. Why did everyone seek to conquer the Central Plains? Why did Zhuge Liang launch five Northern Expeditions?

Just look at those small countries in remote corners and you will know that they have no place in official history!

Those small countries in the Western Regions, Southwest, Mobei, and Yiyue are not worthy of being in the upper class!

This Nanyue is a small country on the other side of Yiyue.

"According to the book, after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, the prefect of Nanhai Commandery, raised an army and annexed the Guilin and Xiang Commanderies, establishing a small kingdom and proclaiming himself the King of Nanyue. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the country was exhausted and the people were suffering. Emperor Gaozu of Han sent Lu Jia as an envoy to Nanyue, and Nanyue naturally became a vassal state of the Western Han Dynasty..."

As the first emperor in history to unify the world, Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng naturally had great talent and ambition. After he unified the six kingdoms, he set his sights on Lingnan, sent Tu Ju as the main general and Zhao Tuo, who was only 22 years old, as the deputy general, and started the war to conquer Lingnan.

Because the main general Tu Ju made a series of outrageous moves and finally succeeded in killing himself, Qin Shihuang was furious, but thinking of his plan to conquer Lingnan, he had to send another general named Ren Xiong.

Zhao Tuo is still the second in command.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhao Tuo was incompetent. It is probably because he was too young at the time. In Cui Bianxu's opinion, Zhao Tuo was not only capable, but also lucky. It was not easy to live to 103 years old at that time.

Just this longevity is enough to make him a centenarian.

Zhao Tuo was later appointed Magistrate of Longchuan County, a strategic location. After the death of Qin Shi Huang, he took a look and thought, "Hey! Is the Central Plains in chaos?"

He was conflicted about whether he should stir up trouble or not.

Coincidentally, just when he was hesitating, his leader Ren Xiong suddenly died. Before his death, he ordered him to split Lingnan to avoid war, and ordered him to act as the prefect of Nanhai County.

The second son instantly became the boss. After Qin Shi Huang died, there was no one to continue to appoint him as the leader. The boss Zhao Tuo was very stable.

Soon after, the Qin Dynasty fell. Seeing that the people in the Central Plains were completely out of their minds, Zhao Tuo seized the opportunity and immediately proclaimed himself emperor, making Panyu his capital. He was known as the King of Nanyue Wu. (Panyu is located in the south-central part of Guangzhou today.)

There is no need to say much about Zhao Tuo's abilities. After he successfully came to power, he used his abilities to govern Lingnan, a barbaric land since ancient times, very well.

Every emperor of the Western Han Dynasty sent people to Lingnan to persuade them to surrender. It just so happened that Zhao Tuo was a person who was very easy to persuade and would listen to advice. He would accept any advice given to him, and after the emperor died, he would jump around and proclaim himself emperor.

Perhaps because he felt that the title of King Wu of Nanyue was particularly famous and powerful, he would confer the title of King Wu of Nanyue on himself every time.

In short, he jumped around like this over and over again, successfully outlasting eight emperors from two dynasties, and lived until the ninth emperor, Emperor Wu of Han, when he died in the fourth year of Jianyuan.

When Emperor Wu of Han knew that Zhao Tuo was still alive, he was afraid that everyone would be stupid!

It is rumored that Zhao Tuo liked to raise tigers and eat tiger meat. If he could live a little longer, he would have eaten all the South China tigers to exterminate them!

Cui Bian laughed as he recounted his story: "Nanyue existed for 93 years, going through five generations of monarchs. Zhao Tuo alone ruled for over years, which was quite a long life..."

Soon he stopped laughing because he realized something: "Zhao, Zhao, Grandmother, you mentioned Zhao Tuo. Could it be that... the Zhao family of Dunhuang are descendants of Zhao Tuo of Nanyue?"

This shouldn’t be the case, Cui Bianxu felt a little dumbfounded. Aren’t the Zhao family of Dunhuang and the Zhao family of Tianshui from the same lineage?

Didn't they send King Jia of Dai to the Western Rong after the King of Qin conquered Zhao, and the Zhao family migrated with them?

Cui Bianxu was extremely shocked. Any clan with a name and surname could trace its origins back to its ancestors. Its identity, bloodline, and origin were the reasons why a clan could be superior to others no matter how rich or poor it was.

Are we going to tell him now that the ancestor of the Zhao family in Dunhuang is someone else?

Who would even lie about their ancestors?

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Liu Manqiang threw the teacup on the table to the ground. "What bullshit! How can those stupid and evil people from the Dunhuang Zhao family be descendants of King Wu?"