"How could the Wusun Kingdom send a woman as an envoy?"
The Wusun people unloaded the felt tent carried on the car and camped on the platform next to the beacon, while the Han army officials and soldiers were eating at the naan pit repaired the day before."
That's because you don't know!"
Lu Jiuyu, who had been to Wusun Chigu City with Fu Jiezi, said while digging the cement that Ren Hong asked him to find on the ground: "I heard that Princess Xie Wu has a maid named Feng Yan, who is familiar with the language and customs of the Western Regions.The maid is a messenger, but the princess can't be it?
”"Besides, Wusun is the same as the Cypriots, and the status of women is not low, and I heard that some noble women have their own tribes and thousands of horses.""
Ha, Lao Lu's heart is moved!
Why don't you try it?
”"Go, I'm a family man!"
While speaking, everyone also looked at the few Wusun female warriors in the distance, one of them was the most sturdy, with a shaved head, a gold ring on the lower lip, and a body of tendon meat, guarding Princess Wusun left and right.If anyone looked at Princess Wusun more, the female warrior would stare at her.It was Ren Hong's words that made them stop talking: "The same is true of the Han Dynasty, when the princess is sent to Heqin, he often uses several officials as deputy envoys to hold the festival, and does not set up a special envoy, because the princess herself is the envoy, how strange." ”I see!
Everyone was stunned, but this Princess Yaoguang and Prince Wannian went to Chang'an this time, but it had nothing to do with relatives, but at the request of Princess Xie Wu, as the identity of the Han clan, went to Beijing to "learn drums and piano and etiquette".Therefore, their Chinese names follow their mother's surnames, which should be Liu Yaoguang and Liu Wannian.This is all Ren Hong knows so far, combined with the recent situation in the Western Regions, he thought to himself: "It is said that it is to learn the piano and learn etiquette, but in fact, it is a hostage sent before the official resumption of cooperation, right?"
Wusun, or the pro-Han faction in Wusun led by Princess Xie Wu, wants to express his heart to the Han Dynasty. ”Just as they were thinking about it, Princess Yaoguang left the camp with her guards and walked towards them.Qin Pipa, who she was holding in her arms, finally put it down, but the man's strong suit was still on his body, and after coming over, he arched his hand, pointed to the tall beacon behind Ren Hong and said, "Ren Zhi, can this beacon still go up?"
”The beacon where the Han envoys and the Wusun people spent the night will stand here for 2,000 years and be preserved to future generations, and it is called "Kizil Gaha", which means red outpost.At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on this beacon, making it more vivid.But the beacon is too high, six feet long, the angle of the internal wooden ladder is very steep, you have to use both hands and feet, and only one person can crawl at a time.The Wusun female warrior who was guarding Yaoguang wanted to follow, but Yaoguang asked her to stay below.This Princess Yaoguang is probably an impatient person, and without waiting for Ren Hong to lead the way, she climbed up by herself, and Ren Hong had to follow behind, trying to avoid the falling dust.And when he looked up, he could see that Princess Yaoguang's calves were tense.After climbing to the second floor, Ren Hong shouted to Yaoguang: "Princess beware, this beacon has not been repaired for twenty years, and the second layer of wood is a little unstable, and you must not step on it to the middle." ”Ren Hong demonstrated, slowly bypassing from a more stable edge, and when he turned around, he saw that Princess Yaoguang didn't say hello, took a few steps back and jumped forward, and jumped directly!
In the blink of an eye, her figure had jumped a foot away, landed steadily at the staircase leading to the third floor, and got up and smiled at Ren Hong."
Ren Zhi, I am not a weak woman in the Central Plains."
This, Ren Hong is a little embarrassed, the little girl is worthy of being young with long legs and good bounce.When the two of them went up to the watchtower on the highest floor, the sun on the horizon just slowly set into the horizon, it was a river flowing down from the Tianshan Mountains, moistening the oasis in the west of the country of Qiuzi, the desolate desert Gobi surrounded the oasis, at this moment there was no wind, a smoke curled up, and it did not disperse for a long time.Ren Hong opened his mouth.But in the end nothing was said.This place can only accommodate the two of them to stand, and after watching them side by side for a while, Princess Yaoguang sighed: "It is completely different from the scenery of Wusun, no wonder my mother has not forgotten it after many years, saying that it is the last Han family beacon that I passed when I went west to Wusun and relatives, and specially told me to come up and take a look when I came, and play a song for this beacon." ”Ren Hong finally seized the opportunity to ask: "The second song sung by the princess today is composed by the princess of Anxiety?"
”"Exactly."
Yaoguang looked at Ren Hong: "When I was in Wusun, I didn't understand the language, and there were very few people who understood, what did Ren Yu think?"
”"It is completely different from the sad song, especially the sentence that the sky is the dome and the earth is the bed, which is really heroic!
If it is transmitted to Chang'an, it is enough to be sung through the ages!
”Ren Hong looked to the west and said with admiration: "Since I came to the Western Regions, I have heard the name of Princess Xie Wei for a long time, but I have never been able to see it, but from this song, it is really a heroine among women!"
”"It's not just a heroine among women."
When Yaoguang talked about her mother, her face was also full of pride: "If you want me to say, she is stronger than nine out of nine men in the world!"
”While the two were talking, there was an argument under the beacon.It was not that the Han soldiers and the Wusun people fought, but that the two Wusun people had a dispute.Two nomadic warriors, a man and a woman, suddenly began to shout and push, and even began to move their fists!
But what was surprising was that the tall Wusun man, who was not a woman's opponent, was pressed to the ground and beaten violently.The officials of the Han army watched the excitement from a distance, and the Wusun people did not persuade them to fight, but excitedly cheered for the brawlers.Liu Wannian, the prince of Wusun, probably felt a little embarrassed, and went over to scold him with a straight face, but the two Wusun people were fighting and ignored him at all.Yaoguang on the beacon looked at it coldly, but he was accustomed to it, and pointed at them: "See?
Whoever does it. ”"The Wusun people are fierce and irritable, greedy as wolves, they draw their blades at every turn, they like to bully the weak, and they are afraid of the strong.The princess from the Han Dynasty, married into such a country alone, and was cut off from the Han Dynasty for more than ten years, if she is not strong and does not force herself to become a hero, then she will not become a lamb to be slaughtered, repeating the mistakes of the princess of the fine monarch?
”After that, she straightened her face and scolded her sharply in Wusun language, which was also strange, Wan Nian said it didn't work, but as soon as Yaoguang got angry, the pair of Wusun men and women who were fighting immediately got up and separated, and knelt down to her below to admit their mistakes.Yaoguang waved his hand to make them retreat, and only said to himself: "It seems that Wusun can no longer be seen here, let alone the Great Han.After walking out of the beacon, Yaoguang sniffed her nose, and she smelled a tempting smell of meat.And Liu Wannian was still growing his body, and he was already hungry after riding for most of the day, so he couldn't help but run over and ask: "Ren Zhi, what kind of meat have you grilled, and it is so fragrant?"
”What makes Prince Wusun, who eats meat every day, can't help but drool when he smells it, it is naturally the naan pit barbecue.Ren Hong and the others have been here for a few days, and they always want to eat, so they built a simple naan pit with the adobe scattered next to them.The sheep are a herdsman's family that occupies Fengsui, and Ren Hong exchanged a silk horse for five sheep, and today they will all be slaughtered to entertain friends from afar.The ingredients are not as complete as the hanging springs, and they are simply smeared with flour and coarse salt, but they are enough to make the Wusun people full of praise.Hundreds of miles from Wusun, they have to pass through the ravines and valleys of the Tianshan Mountains, and since they left Gumo Country, they have been chewing dried meat and drinking buttermilk for many days.Yaoguang sat on the mat opposite Ren Hong, half-full, but watched curiously as Ren Hong took out a few hard-burned mud balls with a wooden stick from the bottom of the naan pit that had not yet cooled down, and placed them in front of her."
What is this?"
Neither Liu Wannian nor Yaoguang had ever seen this kind of cooking.The hot hard mud shell on the outside was cracked open little by little by Ren Hong with a ring knife, and after uncovering the pampa leaves that had been thoroughly burned, the hot meat inside was revealed.It's not called flower chicken, but mud roast lamb neck with the same principle, which is also a Xinjiang dish.The very sticky clay wrapped the sheep's neck and simmered in the hot ash at the bottom of the naan pit, where the conditions were limited, and Ren Hong used it to entertain the Wusun people.Ren Hong took a knife and cut a large lamb neck that was roasted fragrantly into several parts, and distributed them to Yaoguang, Liu Wannian and the officials one by one."
Anyone who confesses, this thing is stained with mud, can you eat it?"
Liu Wannian is obviously a pampered person, and after frowning and looking at it for a long time, he saw the Wusun people on the side gnawing desperately, and told him that it was very fragrant, so he reluctantly lowered his mouth and bit a trace of meat.But after only one bite, I couldn't stop.Although this muddy lamb neck only uses the simplest salt and sesame seeds, and there are no other seasonings, it maintains the umami of the mutton to the greatest extent, and the taste is more tender and fragrant than that of directly grilling on charcoal, and the aroma is more intense, and gnawing on the bones is always more fragrant than eating meat.Wan Nian gnawed three in a row, and his mouth was full of oil, but the five sheep only had five necks, which was always limited, so Wan Nian's eyes were fixed on the piece in his sister's hand again.Yaoguang didn't pay attention to him, she turned around, she had an unrestrained temperament, but she was very polite when eating, still holding a small bowl, chewing and swallowing slowly, probably because of the good upbringing of the princess.As soon as he raised his eyes, he found that Ren Hong was secretly looking at her eating appearance, so he put down his chopsticks and said: "Thank you Ren for your hospitality, but with all due respect, the method is novel, but it's a pity that this sheep is far less good than Wusun!"
”Ren Hong agreed, yes, in later generations, it was also Kazakh sheep raising in the north of the Tianshan Mountains and Uygur roast sheep in the south of the Shanshan, and everyone had a clear division of labor.Liu Wannian patted his chest at this time and said: "In the future, if anyone goes to Wusun, I will definitely invite you to taste the best cattle and sheep in Wusun!"
”Lu Jiuyu said on the side: "Don't say it too early, the princess and the prince have traveled all the way east, and they don't know how many delicacies Ren Jun has to eat, and when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be enough to invite hundreds of meals back." ”"Oh?"
Yaoguang looked at Ren Hong: "It seems that Ren Yu is good at this, could it be that not only the chefs of the Central Plains are better at cooking dishes than the Wusun people, but everyone is proficient in seasoning skills?"
”"My Ren Jun was originally a cook" Lu Jiuyu was even more talkative, but he was gagged by Ren Hong with a gnawed lamb bone."
It's just a worthless strength!"
Ren Hong was humble in his mouth, and seeing that everyone was full of food and drink, he talked to Sister Yaoguang about business."
Rest in the beacon tonight, and start early tomorrow morning."
Ren Hong looked at Yaoguang: "My proposal is to go directly to Luntai, and you don't have to enter Qiuzi City!"
”"No."
didn't wait for Ren Hong to say the reason, nor did he wait for Yaoguang to respond, but it was the red-haired Liu Wannian who spoke.He threw away the neck of the sheep that he had been reluctant to throw away for a long time, and shouted: "Guizi, you have to go!"
”Yaoguang was not polite to his younger brother at all, and drove him away: "The Han envoy and the Wusun envoy are discussing business, don't interject with you!"
”Liu Wannian was very afraid of the strong sister, so she could only move to the side aggrievedly, her face was full of unwillingness, and she muttered: "How many hundred miles away from Luntai?"
Can't you sleep in the open all night?
Besides, our meat and cheese food is about to be eaten, and if we don't go to Qiuzi City to replenish it, where else can we go?
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”Yaoguang ignored him and looked at Ren Hong: "Let me tell you, why don't you want to enter Qiuzi City?"
”Ren Hongdao: "The Huns were afraid of the Han and Wusun exchanges, in the past, the king of Loulan Angui had helped the Huns, blocking the envoys of Wusun into the Han Dynasty.And now, although the Xiongnu are blocked in the iron gate, it is difficult for the brigade to enter the northern road unless they cross the desert and travel thousands of miles. ”"But the summer and autumn pastures of the Rizhu King Department are north of Qiuzi, and there is a sheep intestine trail that can go over the mountains and cross the south to the south, so you must guard against it.""
Unless we arrive at Luntai, we are still in the territory of Qiuci, there is still the worry of being attacked by the Huns, the night is long and dreamy, it is better to drive Luntai directly by light car and fast horse, it can be reached in four days, and there is no need to waste time in Qiuci City."
After all, it was the first time they met, and the relationship between Qiuzi and Wusun was good, so Ren Hong did not say anything about Qiuzi's hidden worries."
Are you worried about the Huns?"
Yaoguang fell into thought, but Liu Wannian on the side was concerned: "Ren, I heard that a few months ago, there was a strange man in the Han army who built a city at the Iron Gate overnight, is it true or false?"
”Well, it's underneath."
Of course it's true!"
Han Dangdang, who was guarding the side, heard this, and laughed loudly: "It was Ren Jun who built a city overnight and made the Xiongnu and tens of thousands of horses in the three states unable to cross the iron gate one step!"
”"Is that you?"
Liu Wannian was very surprised, and looked at Ren Honglai again, this messenger is not ordinary.Princess Yaoguang smiled: "It turns out that Ren is not only good at cooking, but also proficient in city building?"
”Han Dangdang grabbed the words and said: "Not only that, Ren Jun also took us with us, facing the Huns on top of the ice city" Ren Hong hurriedly picked up a gnawed sheep bone and stuffed it into Han Dangdang's mouth, these rough people really don't pick the occasion when they speak!"
Don't blame the princess, it's just a worthless strength!""
What did you do to the Huns?"
Liu Wannian was still asking questions, and after Lu Jiuyu came over and told him, the red-haired child suddenly laughed and rolled on the mat.It seems that the children of Princess Xie Wei hate the Huns.Princess Yaoguang was still thinking about it, and after Liu Wannian finished laughing, she returned to her side and begged: "Sister, go to Qiuci, I still want to see the triple city of Qiuci, the thousands of peacocks in the palace of Qiuci King, and the dance and music of Qiuci in the Western Regions." ”Ren Hong began to play the technique of coaxing children, and said with a smile: "Prince, when you go to Dahan, you will pass through many counties along the way, and almost every county is several times larger than Qiuzi City. ”"And near Chang'an, there are Shanglin Garden, Taiye Pond, countless birds and water birds, and more lackey view, horse view, fish and bird view, elephant view, white deer view, countless strange beasts gathered, make sure the prince can see enough.""
As for the Han Zhongding dance music, it has been inherited for thousands of years, and it is far better than Qiuzi.""
I've heard my mother talk about all this, but Qiuzi is close" Liu Wannian is still a child, Qiuzi is twenty miles away, but Chang'an is seven thousand miles away."
These are secondary."
Yaoguang finally spoke: "It is not unreasonable for anyone to be worried, but our mission, in addition to going to Chang'an, worshipping the Son of Heaven on behalf of Kunmi and his mother, and learning the etiquette of the Han family drum and piano.He also had to be ordered by Kunmi to return to Qiuci and send a gift from Wusun to King Qiuci to consolidate the goodness of the two states. ”She said with a straight face: "Therefore, Qiuzi City cannot be bypassed, but we will only stop for one night, and we will set off for the east the next day." ”Ren Hong sighed, and wanted to persuade him again, but Yaoguang waved at him and said: "Ren Zhi, when you arrive at Luntai, you can be regarded as entering the territory of the Han Dynasty, and after that, whether you stop or stay, travel a few miles a day, everything is decided by the Han envoy." ”Yaoguang raised his eyes and took a resolute attitude: "But before arriving at Luntai, whether you want to visit Qiuzi, please let me, the envoy of Wusun, take an idea, what?"
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