The army was marching on the only road into the city.
Liu Cheng took off his wind and sand mask.
A city appeared in front of him.
Crowds crowded on both sides of the city gate and colorful flags fluttered.
As the distance shortened, the army got closer and closer to the city gate.
Liu Cheng saw a canopy erected at the front of the crowd at the city gate, and a graceful figure stood under the canopy.
"General, under the canopy is the current King Jingjue.
People call her Nagaya.
It is said that she is the most beautiful woman in the desert of the Western Regions," the guide introduced.
Liu Cheng looked over and saw a tall woman standing under the canopy.
She wore a spire-shaped crown, inlaid with gold and gems.
Her face was covered with a white veil, making her appearance full of mystery.
Her bright and deep eyes are full of endless reveries.
The silk from the Central Plains Dynasty was cut and sewn with special techniques to make a neon dress draped over her body, showing her towering breasts, slender waist, perky buttocks and slender lower limbs.
Several maids were standing beside her.
He held the hem of her skirt behind her to prevent them from getting on the sand.
"King Jingjue is a woman."
Liu Cheng was very surprised by this.
The guide replied: "Yes, it is not unusual for a woman to be the king of Jingjue Kingdom.
Usually, the throne is passed on to the princess when the previous king has no heirs to inherit the throne.
Nagaya is the princess of the previous king of Jingjue Kingdom.
I heard that she Already married to a husband, and her husband seems to be General Zuo of Jingjue Kingdom."
Some soldiers at the city gate used spears to block the ordinary Jingjue people from the outside, preventing them from getting close to Queen Jingjue and the middle of the road.
The army stopped outside the city gate.
Liu Cheng, who was riding on horseback, dismounted and ordered: "Go and get the translator."
He dismounted and walked towards the city gate with the civil servants and military generals.
Queen Jingjue, who was standing at the city gate, also came up with her ministers and generals.
Liu Cheng was about to speak when Queen Jingjue on the opposite side spoke, but Liu Cheng couldn't understand it, but it didn't matter.
There was a translator by his side, "General, Queen Jingjue said that she would lead her subjects to welcome the imperial envoy of the Han Dynasty."
Jingjue Kingdom, she said that Jingjue City is too small to accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers and horses entering the city.
She has ordered people to set aside an open space outside the city for the army to camp, and prepared food, wine and meat for the army to use.
She also invited Qin Envoys go to the palace for a banquet.”
After hearing this, Liu Cheng turned to the translator and said: "Tell her, since you have chosen to show your face, you cannot meet the guests with your face covered.
In our Han Dynasty, it is impolite to greet guests with your face covered, and it is disrespectful to the guests.
Performance" The translator immediately translated what Liu Cheng said.
After hearing this, Queen Nagaya hesitated for a moment, stretched out her delicate hands and took off the veil, revealing a delicate face.
She actually had the appearance of a Central Asian, with a high nose bridge. , high cheekbones, deep eye sockets and a pointed chin, she is indeed worthy of being called the most beautiful woman in the Western Regions.
Not to mention the previous life, even in this life, Liu Cheng has seen quite a few peerless beauties, and he still has some immunity.
He only returned to normal after being absent-minded for a moment, cupped his fists and said to Nagaya: "Thank you very much.
Liu is disrespectful to the kindness of Her Majesty the Queen and the people of Jingjue Country."
"Pang De, Zhang Xiu, and Chen Qun led the guard camp into the city with me, while the others stayed and camped outside the city."
"promise" Liu Cheng immediately boarded a large open carriage with Nagaya.
The officials and people in front got out of the way to expose the city gate.
The flow of people was immediately divided into two.
Some stayed busy outside the city, and some followed the queen and Liu.
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Cheng entered the city.
The carriage drove slowly down the street under the control of the charioteer, with the Queen's exquisite musicians playing music behind it.
Liu Cheng observed the houses on both sides of the street with great interest.
The city did not have the regularity of the Central Plains cities, and the houses were not all the same.
The houses here had different shapes, including stone houses and adobe houses made of soil mixed with hay.
Only there is no wooden house.
Liu Cheng then asked: "Your Majesty, why are there no wooden houses in the city?"
After listening to the translation, Nagaya said: "General, our country of Jingjue had very wide arable land and pastures for grazing a long time ago.
However, people cut down wood for needs, causing a sharp decrease in the forest, and the wind and sand invaded our homeland. , The yellow sand has flooded our fields and pastures.
We have suffered enough from the indiscriminate deforestation of forests, so a generation of kings made laws to punish indiscriminate deforestation.
For example, if you cut down a small tree, you will be fined a horse, and if you cut down a small tree, you will be fined a horse.
A big tree will confiscate a camel or a cow.”
Some people from the Jingjue Kingdom were sparsely standing on both sides of the streets in the city.
The appearance and characteristics of these people from the Jingjue Kingdom were not much different from those of the Shanshan Kingdom, but they were different.
Here, Liu Cheng saw weapons, musical instruments, woolen fabrics, silk fabrics, furniture, building objects, etc., which had obviously different styles from those in the Central Plains.
Especially the woolen fabrics and silk fabrics, which were full of exotic characteristics in colors and patterns. .
The houses here are usually one to three together.
The foundations of ordinary houses are usually paved with Taiwan mud such as wheat straw and cow dung.
The walls are mostly made of red willow branches and covered with mud on the outside.
There are stoves and storage cellars indoors.
Large families and government offices had sufficient financial resources, and their houses were mostly built of stone, or they hired masons to collect strips of stone.
When he arrived at the entrance of the palace, Liu Cheng got off the carriage and looked up at the palace.
Jingjue Kingdom was indeed a small and weak country.
A palace was not built with the style of a prefecture in a county in the Central Plains.
The layout and momentum were very different.
It was a bit worse, but as I walked into the palace, I found that the interior was very luxuriously decorated.
The Jingjue people do not have superb architectural art, nor do they have good and sufficient materials, so they can only use gold, silver, pearls, agate and gemstones to decorate the walls and columns, and use brown carpets to lay the ground.
Liu Cheng observed it and found that the throne where Queen Jingjue was sitting turned out to be a piece of white jade stone, about half a meter high, at least one meter long, and sixty centimeters wide.
The key is that it had not been carved in any way, but it was just the same.
An uncarved white jade stone does not look out of place at all.
A group of maids came one after another, and placed plates of fruits, vegetables, wine and meat on the table in front of Liu Cheng and the accompanying ministers and generals.
Queen Nagaya of Jingjue introduced: "General, these are grapes trafficked from Qizhi City.
Now that our country has a bad relationship with Shanshan State, it is not easy to buy grapes; these are Elaeagnus angustifolia, Apple Apricot, and these are The new peaches are coming out of the station.
These are mutton and beef.
General and your lords, please use them."
Liu Cheng nodded and picked up an angustifolia and was about to throw it into his mouth, but he remembered something and asked: "General, I heard that Her Majesty the Queen is married, why don't you invite your husband to come over and enjoy these delicacies to entertain the guests, Master?"
Wouldn’t it be inappropriate to not be here?”
Nagaya said: "I want the general to know that my husband is our country's General Zuo.
He is currently responsible for security affairs in the city.
He cannot leave due to official duties.
Please forgive me, general."
Liu Cheng did not dwell on the matter and asked many questions about the situation in Jingjue Kingdom.
The banquet ended after two hours.
Before leaving the palace, Liu Cheng said to Nagaya: "Your Majesty the Queen, this general, following the edict of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, led the army to inspect the countries in the Western Regions.
One of the purposes is to promote the suzerainty of the Han Dynasty over the countries in the Western Regions.
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The second is to maintain the security of places along the Silk Road.
It is better to have peace.
A stable and peaceful Silk Road and good public security will allow for frequent trade exchanges.
This will not only benefit the Han Dynasty, but also benefit the countries along the Silk Road.
I wonder if Her Majesty the Queen is willing to promise not to actively attack other surrounding kingdoms and tribes in order to maintain the peace and stability of the Silk Road.
Stability on the Silk Road” Nagaya thought for a while and sighed: "General, the Jingjue Kingdom is weak, and even if it wants to take the initiative to attack other kingdoms, it is unable to do so.
If the surrounding powerful countries don't take the initiative to attack our country, I and the people will be thankful.
How could they take the initiative?"
To provoke other kingdoms?”
Liu Cheng waved his hand and said: "This is another matter.
Your Majesty, as long as you make a promise, the Han Dynasty will guarantee the security of Jingjue Kingdom.
If other kingdoms take the initiative to attack Jingjue Kingdom, they will provoke our Shanshan Kingdom to the east of the Han Dynasty."
King Banren has been executed by me, and another Ancheng, the new king, promised not to take the initiative to attack Jingjue Kingdom, and sent four thousand cavalry to join our Western Patrol Army to patrol the Western Regions, expressing support for our Western Patrol if Her Majesty the Queen makes a promise.
You can send some troops to join the Western Patrol Army."
Nagaya was shocked, "When was Banren executed?
They really promised not to take the initiative to attack our Jingjue Kingdom."
"Of course, just six days ago, Her Majesty the Queen, your information was too uninformed.
Jingjue Country lacked communication with the outside world."
After thinking for a moment, Nagaya immediately made a decision: "Okay, I promise that I will never take the initiative to attack the surrounding kingdoms, and send two hundred soldiers and horses to follow the general on the westward patrol."
"It's very good.
Now Jingjue Kingdom only has 500 soldiers and horses, but your Majesty sent 200 people to join the Western Patrol.
General, I admire your Majesty's courage."
Liu Cheng clasped his fists.
Nagaya said: "Since the Shanshan Kingdom is no longer a threat to our Jingjue Kingdom, I have nothing to worry about."
At this time, a Jingjue general walked in and saluted: "Your Majesty, soldiers came to report that there were thousands of Shanshan soldiers among the Han Dynasty army outside the city."
Nagaya waved her hand and said: "I already know this.
Shanshan Kingdom has changed its king.
The old king has been killed by General Liu.
The new king has promised not to attack our country again."
After Nagaya finished speaking, she introduced Liu Cheng: "General, this is my husband, Chang Lin, who holds the position of General Zuo."
Liu Cheng couldn't help but look at General Chang Lin.
This man looked quite heroic, with a lean body and a thick frame.
He was wearing cowhide armor and had broad hands and feet.
Compared with other elite men, this man was considered one of the best.
It's no wonder that Nagaya fell in love with him.
Liu Cheng said to Chang Lin: "Since General Chang Lin is here, let's have a meal together."
Changlin glanced at Nagaya and saw her nodding, so he agreed: "Yes":