A long procession of chariots and horses slowly marched on the detached grassland covered with hoarfrost. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe cold wind made people wrap their leather jackets tighter, and the fur hats, ear protectors, and face towels were all on the battlefield, and only a pair of eyes were exposed up and down the body. At a glance, almost everyone is the same, and they can't recognize who is who.

At this time, the most comfortable thing is to ride in a carriage, although it is inevitable to be bumpy, but it is much better than to endure the raging cold wind.

The thick curtains of the car were opened, and a delicate face poked out, and the cheeks were flushed with a bit of baking. As soon as he took a breath of cold air, a figure flashed by the window, and a knight walked by the window, pulled down his mask, and showed a handsome face that was not inferior.

"Ahh It's the head of the house. Zhaojun hurriedly nodded in greeting.

Zhang Fang smiled and said: "It's warm in the car, why do you want to open the window and breathe?" ”

Zhaojun said softly: "The maid wants to see what Akita City is like." ”

Akijun will be left behind in Akatani Castle along with all Han Min. For this ancient city outside the Saiwai that will take away half a year of her youth, she is curious and wants to have a sneak peek, this mood, Zhang Fang can also understand.

Zhang Fang pulled his war horse, galloped a few steps to the side, no longer blocking Zhaojun's sight, and pointed his long whip to the north: "Oh, that's not it." ”

Zhaojun stared at the beautiful eyes, and on the gentle and vast grassland, a majestic mountain city came into view.

The faint winter sun shines on the red valley, and under the deep blue sky, the golden majestic castle stands proudly in a red sandstone valley under the sunset, as if it is one with one. You can vaguely see that several snake-like stairs are built along the mountain, winding up and intersecting at the top of the mountain. And the tip of the castle on the top of the mountain, which is a rare pure white, looks from a distance, it seems to be a snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountains, falling on it.

"Red Valley Castle is the city of the Red Valley." Zhang Fang pointed at the tip of the whip, "The top white tip is the Wusun Palace." ”

Zhaojun looked at it for a long time, and asked softly: "Zhaojun heard a legend, this is the city built by Wusun Kunmi to marry Princess Xijun back then, is this the case?" ”

Zhang Fang smiled: "Since it is a legend, you should listen to it as a legend." ”

The capital of a country has only one function - to defend the monarch and the people, and defend against the invasion of foreign enemies, how can it be built to marry a princess? Even if he is the emperor of the Central Plains, if he wants to please a certain concubine, he just builds a palace and a high platform, and he doesn't see anyone build a city. What's more, after the princess Xijun married Wusun, she was only a right man, and her status was still below the second (princess) of the Huns of the left her. Yinghan Gong mainly builds a castle, so does Yingxiong Juji have to build a "Little Dragon City"?

In fact, Akaya Castle was built around 161 B.C., and Princess Hosojun hadn't been born at that time, so she couldn't hit it with eight poles......

The long procession finally came to the castle. And Wusun Dakun Mi was a female and beautiful, and finally appeared and went out of the city to greet him in person. In order to express her respect for the Han envoys, she initiated the highest etiquette of the Western Regions, "stepping on the knees".

The so-called "knee stepping", that is, two rows of people kneel opposite each other, and the distinguished guests step on their knees - similar to the welcome red carpet in later generations. The "red carpet" prepared by the female Li Mi for Zhang Fang, the Han envoy, is one hundred and eight people from his country.

This kind of etiquette of taking people as a blanket is very popular in the Western Regions. It is said that the Huns of that year were all lieutenants, and whenever they entered the cities of the states, they would step on their knees. Sometimes, it is the knees of the nobles of the various states and countries.

Anguo's hat and foot stomp is the highest etiquette for the visit, and "stepping on the knee" is the highest greeting ceremony. Back then, Zhang Fang once said to Chen Tang that one day, he would step on the knees of the monarchs of the Western Regions and enter the city-states of all countries, which was what he was referring to. Although he is only stepping on the knee of the people of Wusun today, how can he know that he will not be able to step on the knee of the king in the future?

Zhang Fang threw the stirrup and dismounted, lifted his hat and untied his hat, walked with knots, and calmly stepped on the knees of the two rows of Wusun people kneeling on the ground, step by step, and moved forward steadily.

Behind him, the eyes of the Han soldiers and Han people silently followed the white festival dancing in the wind, as well as the tall and firm figure.

After fifty-four steps, at the moment when the soles of Zhang Fang's boots landed, there were first two Wusun male servants dressed as court servants, holding blades of grass to sweep away the ashes for Zhang Fang. Then, there were several Wusun girls holding white jars in their arms, and orchid fingers were dipped in spring water and sprinkled on Zhang Fang's body.

A few drops bounced on Zhang Fang's face, well, it wasn't cold, it was lukewarm, it was actually warm water, and it had a faint fragrance. Zhang Fang greeted with a smile, and saw that several Wusun girls were blushing and hot, and their hearts were like deer. After that, a group of Wusun girls gathered around and put on a white fur for Zhang Fang. After that, they all retreated.

After completing a series of cleansing ceremonies, looking at the rejuvenated young Han envoy, Wusun Dakun Mi laughed, opened his arms, and greeted the general with great enthusiasm.

Zhang Fang also stretched out his arms and talked happily with the female chestnut.

The first sentence of the female Li Mi opened her mouth was: "I have heard for a long time that the name of the 'Bronze Heavenly General' of the first rank, I am fortunate to meet today, and I will finally be able to answer the conversation when I am in the tribal account in the future." Hahaha! ”

The reason why Zhang Fang was able to get such courtesy was not only because of his status as a Han envoy - not every Han envoy could have such a high-level courtesy. Since Banjiazi, the only Han envoys who can be treated like this by Wusun Da Kunmi are Chang Luohou Changhui and Feng Lady Feng Yan. Zhang Fang is the third. The reason is that he killed Zhi Zhishan four years ago.

For more than 100 years since the Han and Hungarians fought for the Western Regions, how have they ever heard of a Han general beheading a single person? Zhang Fang's achievements alone were enough to shake the countries of the Western Regions, and make the female Li Mi treat each other with the gift of "stepping on the knee".

Zhang Fang looked at this Wusun monarch carefully, about forty or so, quite tall, medium in shape. He wears a fur-rimmed felt hat inlaid with gold wire, his beard is dark and shiny, his facial features are deep, and his eyes are light brown. It is more inclined to Central Asians, and the characteristics of Han Chinese are not obvious.

Han Chinese characteristics? Precisely. Before Zhang released the envoy, he had done his homework along the way, and he had a full understanding of the female Limi, to be precise, the lineage of the Wusun royal family. This female Li Mi is still the nephew of the son of heaven of the real Han Dynasty, and his great-grandmother is the princess of the Han Dynasty - Princess Xie Wu, Liu Xie Wei.

After the split of Wusun and Kunmi, the first great Kunmi was the son of Princess Xie Wu and Weng Guimi. Yuan Guimi died of illness a year after his accession to the throne, and his successor was Yuan Guimi's son Xingmi, who was also as short-lived as his Laozi and died of illness in the same year. As a result, his son Hen Li Mi succeeded to the throne.

In this way, the female Li Mi is the great-grandson of Princess Xie Wu. And this Great Kunmi has finally ended the short life history of the Great Kunmi lineage, and it has been a full twenty years since he ascended the throne in 51 BC. If history has not changed, his royal fortune will continue for 20 years.

It's just that by the Star City, next to the couch. Can his royal fortune, as well as the fortune of Wusun country, be so long? (To be continued.) )