Su Wu shepherds sheep
In 81 BC, Su Wu was herding sheep on a rich pasture in the Beihai region (now Gansu region), only to see a few rams in front of him grazing on the grassland, and Su Wu was also full of sorrow, because he had been here for 19 years, waiting for the miracle of the rams to lay down.
He was originally an envoy of the Western Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu, but after he completed his mission, he was detained by the Xiongnu and wanted him to surrender to the Xiongnu, Su Wu was the envoy minister personally selected by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, of course, he was also an arrogant bone.
The Xiongnu had no choice but to let Su Wu graze, and when the ram could lay cubs, let him go back.
After so many years, although Su Wu was depressed in his chest, when he saw the Xiongnu girl who accompanied him, his heart seemed to be less sad.
For friends who are familiar with history, this shepherd story is known to everyone, but there is one thing that many people do not know, he fell in love with a Hun girl in the nineteen years of the Huns, and this girl also bore him a son.
Since this is a fact, one would ask, what happened to his mixed-race son?
Pasture love
Su Wu shepherds sheep because the shepherds are all rams, the number will never increase, so the number of sheep killed and eaten will be found to be severely punished, and those who are cold and snowy can only catch some voles to fill their hunger and thirst for snow water.
I don't know how long later, an uninvited guest came from the grassland, this person was a former friend of Su Wu when he was an official in the Han Dynasty, surnamed Li Mingling. At this time, he learned that Li Ling had already surrendered to the Xiongnu because of his defeat. And he came this time not only to help the Xiongnu king lobby Su Wu, but also to bring Su Wu a lot of news about his hometown.
One piece of news that made Su Wu quite sad was that Su Wu's wife had married someone else in the second year of Su Wu's trapped.
After learning this news, Su Wudun was depressed, coupled with the fact that he was not good at eating and wearing warmly, and gradually Su Wu became more and more emaciated.
Just when Su Wu felt that he was about to be unable to hold on, a mysterious Xiongnu girl came to him.
The girl gave him food and drink, and later secretly brought ewes, Su Wu's flock increased, Su Wu was happy to eat mutton, and also had feelings with this Xiongnu bearded woman, and naturally had to live together.
In the next year, their child was born, and Su Wu named him Su Tongguo, and the idea of returning to the country was all in it.
Return to your hometown
Nineteen years later, su Wu's longing for day and night finally became a reality, because of the friendship with the Xiongnu, Emperor Han Zhao asked the Xiongnu to let Su Wu return to China, Su Wu was almost happy like a child, but the Xiongnu were unwilling to let Su Wu's wife and children go with the child, Su Wu returned to the motherland of the twilight of the dynasty with tears.
After returning to China, Su Wu became a hero, and his personal treatment was needless to say.
However, "the weather was unpredictable", because he stayed in the Xiongnu for too long, so that he and his ex-wife's son did not get a good education and embarked on the road of no return to carry out a coup, and as a result, the matter was exposed and executed.
However, the emperor still trusted Su Wu very much and did not punish him.
Father-son reunion
In 74 BC, Emperor Xuan of Han ascended the throne, and in order to comfort the old courtiers, he asked Su Wu about the situation and whether he needed any help, and Su Wu said about his Xiongnu wife and children.
When the emperor learned of this, he immediately sent someone to communicate with the Xiongnu side, and wanted to take the two women and sons over, but the fly in the ointment was that he only received his son Su Tongguo, whose mother had been dead for many years.
Although the Xiongnu woman who accompanied her through the most difficult time has passed away, her son can return to his side, and the heart of the Han hero Su Wu also has some comfort.
Although this poor child has lost his mother, it is also a happy ending to be able to return to his father's side.
Reference: Book of Han