Chapter 106: A Different Man

The four families of craft slaves were immediately sent back to Sendai Village, and these slaves needed to be screened for a period of time, and only sincere slaves would be reused, and those found to have different intentions would not only be re-sold, but also severely punished.

After Hao Ren took a large amount of introduction fees, he returned to the county government to help Zhen Qian recruit homeless people.

Zhen Qian took Lucia into the backyard bedroom, pointed to the room next to her and said to Wang Po: "Take her to wash up, burn all the clothes on her body, and teach her the rules of Zhen's Mansion by the way?" ”

Zhen Qian didn't want to bring a Hu man with germs to his home, God knows what this woman named Lucia experienced when she came to Datang?

Wang Po glanced at this woman who looked like a fairy, half-pulled and half-dragged Lucia into a small wooden room, watched Lucia take off her shabby clothes, ignored the scars on her back, pointed to a big wooden barrel in the room and said: "Soak here for half an hour first, the water in it can help you disinfect, there is soap here, rub a little more ...... on your body."

Lucia was a little dissatisfied, but Wang Po didn't give Lucia a chance to defend herself at all, and sniffed Lucia's whole body and nodded with satisfaction: "There is no fishy smell on the Hu people, it's just too white, eat more in the Zhen Mansion in the future, and ...... thin like a skeleton", and then forcibly checked Lucia's armpits and lower body, and confirmed that there was no syphilis...... After that, prepare to take Lucia's clothes and burn them.

Lucia grabbed her clothes in her hands like a frightened rabbit, as if the princess was the wolf grandmother who snatched her beloved rag doll.

Wang Po smiled coldly: "Clothes must not be kept, if there is anything valuable and important that can be taken out, the Zhen Mansion will not take possession of your personal belongings!" ”

Lucia noticed that the princess did not look like she was lying, and took out two rings from the corners of her clothes and put them on her hands, so that she allowed the princess to take away her clothes and burn them.

Wang Po didn't know why Zhen Qian had such a habit, and of course she wouldn't know that there was a "cleanliness fetish" in later generations, at least Wang Po thought that Zhen Qian's cleanliness was a bit excessive, even the emperor wouldn't be like this.

Lucia relaxed when she saw Wang Po leaving, looked around, and found that this strange bathroom was covered with wooden planks a few inches wide, and there were seats built of wooden planks on both sides, and a huge brazier was placed next to the seat.

The temperature in the bathroom is abnormal, and I haven't felt it when I first come in, and I feel refreshed after a long time.

There are flower petals floating in the tub, in addition to the faint fragrance of flowers, there is also a smell of Chinese herbs, Lucia can identify several, but most of them are unrecognizable, this is the bath liquid with disinfectant effect that Wang Po said.

"Aren't you dirty?"

Once this thought arises, it immediately occupies Lucia's mind, and she suddenly finds that no matter how she smells her, there seems to be a strange smell on her body, and even she begins to hate herself.

It reminded Lucia of her hometown, where there was also a bath with steam and hot and cold water, known locally as a public bath and later as a hammam. However, the bathrooms here are smaller, and they can't be compared to the public baths in their hometown, and the building materials are not the same, but the effect is the same. With the same heating method, the steam generated by heating is easier to make the temperature and humidity in the bathroom reach the standard suitable for the human body, which can achieve the functions of beauty, weight loss, improving sleep, regulating the human nervous and endocrine system, and is conducive to the human body to invigorate the spirit, eliminate fatigue and repair of damaged tissues.

This place was completely different from the bathroom she had seen in the Tang Dynasty, which gave Lucia a strange idea that this Tang people might know about the Roman Empire and could get help from this Tang people.

Lucia was lying in the tub and wanted to moan/moan comfortably, a feeling that had been far away from her for almost two years and could only be recalled in her dreams. There are also the tall and magnificent city walls, the blue sea like a mirror, the countless sails like white clouds in the sky, the horses running happily on the grass, and the snow-white sheep .......

The door creaked open, Lucia was so frightened that she crossed her hands in front of her chest, and the orange-peeled face of the princess stretched out of the mist, and for some reason she was a little afraid of this princess!

Wang Po's gaze swept quickly over Lucia's face like a sharp blade, and she snorted coldly in her mouth: "This is soap, use it to touch it all over the body, move faster, there is a new set of clothes at the door, after washing, go to see Da Lang with the old body............ remember to obey the rules in the Zhen Mansion, don't look at what you shouldn't see, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't move around at will, especially don't enter Da Lang's study before getting permission, Da Lang will be your heaven in the future, is your only man, everything must follow Da Lang's will, The purpose of your existence is to make Da Lang happy......! ”

Wang Po stood in front of the bathtub and chattered a lot, regardless of whether Lucia could understand it or not, Lucia was sleepy and left.

Lucia was completely fascinated by the soap in her hand, round and smooth with a faint fragrance, there were many colorful bubbles shining like a rainbow, and even her body became elastic and lubricated.

"It's such an amazing thing, why haven't I seen it before?"

Lucia remembered that when she muttered to herself, the man cast a deep gaze, a look of confidence and elusiveness, as if he could understand her own words?

"What kind of man is this?"

Lucia has seen all kinds of Tang people, including old people, wealthy officials, and handsome people, but has she never seen a man who makes her incomprehensible?

Those arrogant Tang people never pay attention to their own words, except for letting themselves dance and sing, the last thing left is to occupy their bodies, do Tang people like overlords to bow hard?

"Damn! That annoying and scary old woman is urging herself outside the door again! ”

Reluctantly, Lucia stepped out of the tub, put on her Tang clothes, and followed Wang Po to another room.

The man in front of him, like all the Tang people he had ever seen, did not have the slightest politeness to invite him to sit down, and he didn't even look up at himself, which made Lucia a little lost.

"Sit! Hungry, aren't you? This bowl of red dates, lotus seeds, and white fungus soup is specially prepared for you. ”

Lucia felt a little excited in her heart, although she could not fully understand what the man was saying, but his actions and intentions did not carry the slightest majesty, and he was very calm...... It's like talking to a friend!

"I'm sorry, I forgot that you still don't understand the words of the Tang people, eat...... This bowl ...... Rice! ”

Zhen Qian noticed that Lucia didn't move, thinking that Lucia didn't understand, and while making gestures, he pointed to a bowl of soup in front of him: "I think you may be hungry, your weak body can't eat greasy food, and you can't eat indigestible food. ”

Lucia found that she had an urge to cry, this was the most beautiful voice she had heard in Datang, once upon a time she had never really experienced it, and now it sounds like a heavenly sound.

"Slave and maid to meet...... Pimp! Lucia followed the example of a Tang maid and gave Zhen Qian a salute.

"I don't have too many rules, let me introduce myself first, my name is Zhen Qian, you ......."

Lucia muttered, "What a ......."

"Poof......", Zhen Qian's mouthful of rice squirted out of his mouth, and he said with a wry smile: "It's the Zhen of screening, the Qiankun ......."

It seems that it is very stupid to calculate the pronunciation with a Hu person, just like the Chinese people in later generations learning English, it is not that the pronunciation is not enough, and some people use Chinese to annotate the pronunciation, Chinese do not understand, foreigners do not understand, all make jokes.

"Okay, you can call me Langjun in the future, right...... Where do you come from, look at your appearance, it should not be a big cannibal, whether it is Eastern Rome or Western Rome, whether the big cannibal is attacking Byzantium now, who are you, are you talking Latin, how did you come to the Tang Dynasty......", Zhen Qian asked more than a dozen questions in a row, he didn't know very well about the world history of Central Asia and Europe, who had nothing to do to study history all day long, that was what historians and antiques do.

"Lang Jun...... Say what? Slaves...... I don't understand! ”

In vain, it was entirely a cow to play the harp, and it is certain that Lucia spoke Latin, and that English had not yet been formed in the eighth century. Either she learns Latin with Lucia, or Lucia learns Tang, or if nothing else, Lucia learns Tang.

Since he couldn't ask anything for the time being, Zhen Qian gave up the idea of asking Lucia about her origins, but fortunately, Lucia could understand some Tang language, and her basic life should not be a problem.

"Let's eat!"

"Thank you...... Pimp. ”

Lucia's timbre is very sweet and her voice is very stiff, and the life in the Tang Dynasty in the past two years does not seem to have much impact on Lucia, but it is not surprising to think about it, buying orchids to go home, but not coming to the Tang Dynasty to learn Tang culture, and Lucia is obviously not doing well, listening to Wang Po, she has a lot of whip marks on her body, and it seems that she has been abused.

Zhen Qian watched Lucia eat red dates and lotus seeds and white fungus soup with interest, and he didn't have a bad taste to let her use chopsticks, but prepared a spoon.

Lucia finished eating a bowl of red dates, lotus seeds, and white fungus soup, and looked at the plate in front of Zhen Qian.

"You can't eat it now", Zhen Qian pointed to his stomach, then pointed to his mouth, shook his hand and said, "Your body is very weak and can't eat, understand?" ”

"Dish...... Soup...... Eat! ”

Zhen Qian was ready to refuse sternly, but he relented: "Drink some mutton soup...... Add some Hu Biscuits...... Soak and eat, like this...... Right! Skim the cakes in the lamb broth and slow down...... Beware of burning! ”

It seems that Lucia hasn't had a full meal for a long time, and I don't know what kind of life Lucia lived before, but judging from Lucia's stubborn character, her life in Datang must not have been very good.