Chapter 55: Queen Guishuang
Feeling that the dough cake was sweet, Su Qin and Shi Chang quickly filled their stomachs, and taking advantage of this rare respite, the two of them rested steadily for more than an hour. When they had recovered their strength and came to their senses, they went out for a walk outside the tent together.
At this time, it is the middle of the afternoon, the warm sun is sprinkled all over the earth, the grass is budding, and the Lake of the Virgen is rippling in the distance, and there is a vibrant scene everywhere. The two walked along the shore of the lake, admiring the beauty of early spring.
The square-topped tents of the Guishuang people seemed to be distributed irregularly on the grass by the lake, but upon closer inspection, they found that almost all the tents were around a large main tent in the center, which was obviously inhabited by an extremely important figure of the Guishuang clan.
Su Qin and Shi Chang were tied up for more than a month, but today they regained their freedom and were in a good mood, and they walked until the evening before returning. They stopped and went, and Su Qin kept massaging his legs, and sure enough, the pain was mostly relieved.
When they returned to the tent, they found that the wrangler had also come, Huo Xuan and his two relatives woke up, and they were sitting there, gesturing and exchanging something.
When the two wranglers saw Su Qin and Shi Chang, they all stood up, pointed to the outside of the tent door, and motioned for Su Qin and the others to go out with them.
Of course, Su Qin and the others were guests and hosts, so they followed the Wrangler closely and walked in the direction of the main tent.
In front of the main tent was a twenty-zhang square open space, and Su Qin saw that wood was erected in the center of the field, and several Guishuang people were lighting fires there. The clearing was surrounded by blankets made of animal skins, and more than a dozen Guishuang people came and went, placing food such as dairy products, animal meat, and bread on the blankets.
The two wranglers led Su Qin and the others to the door of the main tent, signaling them to wait at the door, and they went to the main tent first.
Su Qin guessed that the two of them might have gone to report to the leader, and sure enough, after a short while, one of the tall wranglers came out and made a gesture to invite Su Qin and the others into the tent.
Su Qin went in with the wrangler, and saw that in the middle of the main tent, there was a wide instrument similar to a bed, which was also covered with white animal skin.
When Su Qin and Shi Chang saw the seat, they were both surprised, and thought, "That's probably the 'Hu bed' rumored by the Central Plains, right?" Although it is called 'bed', it seems that the Guishuang people are actually used to sit. ”
The one sitting on the Hu bed is a woman in her thirties, she is also high eyebrows and deep eyes, long eyelashes, thin melon seed face, delicate skin, beautiful eyes, elegant and elegant temperament, which makes people take pictures, she wears a gold crown inlaid with jade on her head, revealing solemn generosity.
"Is this the queen of the Guishuang?" Su Qin secretly guessed.
On either side of the throne stood four maids-in-waiting, dressed in tight-fitting leather jackets and skirts, with clear eyebrows, white teeth and red lips.
Su Qinxin said: "In my early years, I listened to the businessmen in Luoyang talk, saying that at the end of the sky in the west, there is a country with women as the king, called 'daughter country', it seems that Guishuang people are such a country, and it is really eye-opening to see it in person today." ”
The two wranglers put their hands together and bowed to the queen, and Su Qin and the others also hurriedly learned their etiquette, clasped their hands together, squatted for a while, and saluted the queen.
Huo Xuan and the two kisses rolled their eyes around, peeking at the queen's four beautiful maids for a while, and peeking at the furnishings in the tent for a while, the queen saw it in her eyes, but she didn't care.
Su Qin tried to greet the queen in her native language and Yiqu dialect, the queen smiled and shook her head, Su Qin knew in her heart: "It seems that they have nothing to do with the Huaxia and Yiqu people, because whether it is the Huaxia people or the Yiqu people's language, they don't understand them at all." ”
Su Qin saw the Wrangler reporting the situation to the queen, their hands pointed at Su Qin and the others for a while, and then pointed to the direction of the valley in the west, Su Qin thought that they might be reporting the origin of the five people to the queen.
Su Qin paid special attention to Huo Xuan, worried that he was holding back his bad ideas, and he suddenly found that Huo Xuan's gaze was attracted by a gem on the queen's side.
Su Qin followed Huo Xuan's stupid gaze, and saw that it was a purple-brown stone, more than a foot high, about half a foot wide, sleek and warm, with a pure luster, placed on a red wooden base, which was very eye-catching.
Su Qin took another look at Shi Chang and found that his eyes were also attracted by the stone.
The queen looked at the five of them carefully for a moment, smiled at them, and gave a few more words to the wrangler, who nodded his head in agreement.
After hearing the queen's instructions, the wrangler led Su Qin and the others out of the main tent and came to the west of the empty field, where they arranged Su Qin and the others to sit on the blankets on the sidelines, and they also sat beside Su Qin and the others.
At this time, the bonfire in the center of the venue began to burn, and the delicious food was already arranged. I saw four maids carrying the purple-brown stone and the red wooden base out of the main tent and went straight to the campfire, and at this moment, a wonderful scene appeared.
I saw that the stone reflected the flames, emitting a brilliant purple light, covering the entire field with dreamlike colors.
The queen came out of the tent after the maids-in-waiting, and sat cross-legged directly opposite the jewel, her beautiful face more and more beautiful and radiant in the dreamy light.
She behaved gracefully and calmly, like a fairy descending to the mortal earth. Seeing this, Su Qin and the others all had straight eyes, and this kind of light and shadow, immortal beauty, and hazy night combined into a wonderful fairyland-like picture.
After the queen returned to her seat, a large number of Guishuang people began to gather around the venue, and they walked methodically to the field, men and women, old and young, about four or five hundred people, standing in a circle around the campfire.
The queen began to beat her hands, and the men clapped their hands to her beat, and the sound shook the sky. With the rhythm of clapping, almost all the Guishuang people danced.
Su Qin and the others looked more and more in a daze, this was the first time they had seen this kind of fiery dance scene. Su Qin knew some music and dance, and he couldn't help but be infected, and he also clapped his hands vigorously to the rhythm.
Seeing Su Qin like this, the two wranglers next to him invited him to dance on the field together, and Su Qin wanted to join in the fun, so he got up and joined the dance team.
The rhythm and dance of the Guishuang people are not complicated, but they have a strong sense of rhythm and enthusiastic movements, which are easy to indulge in. Su Qin didn't dare to move too violently because his legs and feet still ached, and he danced with a small amplitude while observing everyone's attitude towards the queen, and found that their expressions were so admiring and respectful, as if she was a very mysterious and undesecrated saint.