Huo Guang sat there for a while, his reason telling him that Liu Tan's choice was the best. With such a big thing happening, Emperor Wu of Han would definitely feel sorry for him and would try to suppress the matter as much as possible. Besides, Liu Tan used money to silence people, so those who took his money would at least not add insult to injury.

But what Huo Guang cared about was not whether Liu Tan was punished or not!

After sitting quietly for a long time, Huo Guang stood up and ran to find Liu Tan. Liu Tan was still awake at this time and was listlessly looking at the statistics of his own casualties and prisoners killed.

The data is not very comprehensive, but it can provide some judgment. For example, after Li Buyan and Wei Buyi arrived at the mine, they captured 200 Huns and killed 600.

It doesn't sound like a large number of people, but the problem is that according to the confessions of prisoners, more people died in the explosion.

They were the team that was responsible for covering Wu Shilu's retreat.

It was when Wu Shilu was nearing the mine that he suddenly decided to split his troops and let others impersonate him to attract attention.

Fortunately, he ran fast, Wu Shilu would not be killed in the explosion, and the main force would be left there.

As for the one who pretended to be Wu Shilu, he was actually not an unknown person, but the Xiongnu Zuoguli King.

When Liu Tan saw the three words "Guli King", he felt that the feng shui of this position might be bad recently. The Right Guli King was killed by Lu Xuan, and the Left Guli King... strictly speaking, was killed by Liu Tan.

Although King Zuoguli fell off his horse not long after Liu Tan shot his arrow, Lu Xuan only shot King Zuoguli off his horse at that time. Liu Tan's arrow then pierced the center of King Zuoguli's chest.

The worst thing was that King Zuo Guli might have been born with a heart slightly tilted to the right, and he died just like that.

When Liu Tan saw that there were two arrows stuck in King Zuo Guli's body, one from him and the other from Lu Xuan.

Everyone was silent for a moment, not knowing what expression to use.

Although he was very happy about killing King Zuoguli, but... King Zuoguli should have been lying on the ground at that time.

Even if he was sitting down, his arrow was still a bit off target, right? He was wearing a scope, so that shouldn't have happened!

Liu Tan put down the documents with a melancholy look on his face. He remembered that he had said to Wei Deng in a very reserved tone: "I'm not very good at shooting moving targets."

Now it seems that this is not just bad, it is extremely bad!

He was now somewhat grateful to Lu Xuan. Fortunately, Lu Xuan came to help him. Otherwise, he might not be able to kill the opponent even if his quiver was empty!

Where will he put his face when the time comes?

When Huo Guang arrived, he saw Liu Tan with a frown on his face. He felt a pang of pain in his heart, and then he calmed himself down before walking over.

When Liu Tan looked up at him, his brows were calm. He asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Huo Guang placed the document on his desk, stepped back two steps, bowed, and said, "Your Highness, please do not defile yourself."

Liu Tan knew he had finished reading it when he saw it like this, and he couldn't help but say helplessly, "Prime Minister, this is too much! How could you peek?"

Huo Guangfu was still lying on the ground, saying, "Your Highness, please don't defile yourself."

Liu Tan had no choice but to stand up and go over to help Huo Guang up. Unexpectedly, Huo Guang, who looked weak, was actually a tough guy. Liu Tan tried hard for a long time but couldn't even make Huo Guang move.

Liu Tan had no choice but to sit next to Huo Guang and said, "How can this be considered self-desecration? Hasn't the palace been built? Hasn't the king been built?"

Huo Guang's voice was a little muffled: "This is as it should be."

"But I expanded the capital. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have needed so many people."

Huo Guang could no longer bear it: "But from the beginning to the end, no troops were withdrawn!"

Therefore, the fall of the Great Wall defense line was his responsibility. To expand on this, Sang Qian was also guilty. Regardless of whether he is now the prefect of Xi'an Yang County, he had served as a captain for a period of time before.

Below Sang Qian are Li Buyan and Wei Buyi. Only after all of them have been tried can it be Liu Tan's turn.

Liu Tan sat on the ground feeling exhausted and said, "Stop making trouble. Just leave it at that. Don't cause any more trouble."

Huo Guang asked, "Your Highness, do you know what would happen if this memorial became known to others?"

"Let them be. Their reputation during life and after death is nothing to worry about."

"Your Highness!"

Liu Tan was startled by his shout and quickly said, "And I can atone for my sins. You see, I led the troops to stop Wu Shilu, right? And I also killed the King of Zuo Guli."

Huo Guang's body moved slightly: "Your Highness, have you killed Prince Zuo Guli?"

Liu Tan said shyly, "Actually, it wasn't me. It was Lu Xuan who shot King Zuo Guli off his horse, and then... my arrow stabbed him to death."

Even with Huo Guang's intelligence, he would have to spend a long time thinking about the cause and effect relationship.

Liu Tan took the opportunity to help him up. Huo Guang was silent for a long time before he sighed deeply and said with great melancholy, "Your Highness, have you forgotten everything I taught you?"

Liu Tan: ...

Yes, how could he forget that his archery teacher was right next to him, and he even dared to say shamelessly that he was the one who killed King Zuo Guli.

For a moment, Liu Tan wanted to cover his face and make Huo Guang forget what he had just said.

But before Liu Tan could make a move, Huo Guang calmly said, "However, sometimes even a famous general relies on luck. Your Highness is very lucky, and it was bad luck that Prince Zuo Guli died at your hands."

Liu Tan paused, then said a little embarrassedly, "Well... Lu Xuan deserves the greater credit. Is it inappropriate for us to say this?"

Huo Guang asked, "Wasn't it Your Highness who shot the arrow that killed Prince Zuo Guli?"

Liu Tan nodded: "Yes, but... that's also half his credit."

Huo Guang said bluntly, "Even if we report this to His Majesty, will he still be rewarded? It would only be a small reward of money. It would be better for His Majesty to keep the money."

Liu Tan thought about it and agreed. Lu Xuan was already the king of Wusun. What kind of reward did he need? At most, it would be a reward of money or reputation, but that was all empty talk.

He touched his chin and said, "Then...then I'll give him the money? Xiao Wusun must be quite short of money right now. If I have that reward, it should be able to alleviate the problem a little."

Huo Guang said coldly, "No need. Even if Your Majesty gave him a reward, it would be something like horseshoe gold or unicorn gold, which he couldn't exchange for money. Besides... he's not necessarily short of money. Doesn't he usually like to give Your Highness expensive gifts? Which one wouldn't be more than the reward Your Majesty gave him?"

The official number of rewards is fixed. The so-called exception means that there is a certain grid. Lu Xuan's case does not meet the standard for exception. If we really want to investigate, we have to ask why Lu Xuan did not inform the suzerain country before taking people to stroll in the Xiongnu territory.

Liu Tan looked at Huo Guang in shock, wanting to ask him what had happened to him.

It's not like him to be so shameless!