The four hundred and fortieth eighth chapter hate iron is not steel
Princess Wuyou stood up in shock and fear, and shouted:
"Father..."
Although Shen Bing could not understand the Serbian language of the Western Regions, he could guess from the look on Princess Wuyou's face that the person coming was King Qiuci.
In addition to the rich and beautiful clothes on his body, King Qiuci has a strange flat head.
Later, Shen Bing learned that this was a characteristic of the Qiuci Kingdom... In order to show that they were different from the common people, the nobles used wooden shackles to flatten their heads at birth.
Shen Bing was a little surprised as to why Princess Wuyou was not shackled like this despite being a noble.
King Qiuci glanced at Shen Bing, then snorted coldly with a fierce look in his eyes, turned to Princess Wuyou and said:
"Although you have reasons not to marry the general of Qin, it does not mean that you can continue to associate with Qin soldiers!"
"You are the princess of Qiuci, but you hang out with soldiers. If this spreads out, what will be the dignity of me, Qiuci?"
It turns out that Qiuci's class consciousness is very strong, and nobles cannot intermarry with common people. This is one of the reasons why nobles want to have their heads flattened.
Princess Wuyou replied:
"How does my father know that he is not a noble?"
"Besides, even if he is not a nobleman, how can he marry his daughter with her appearance?"
What Princess Wuyou said was that her head had never been shackles... This was the object of ridicule among the Kucha aristocracy.
However, it is a lie that no one wants her because she is a princess.
King Qiuci snorted and retorted:
"General Zuo came to propose marriage several times, and Mr. Li Fu also proposed to his son several times. You didn't like it, but you just fell in love with this soldier?"
"You said this soldier is a nobleman. He has neither followers nor chariots and horses. How can he be a nobleman?"
The father and daughter were arguing so much that Shen Bing, who couldn't understand what they were saying, could only stand aside in embarrassment in a daze.
Finally, Princess Wuyou turned around and asked Shen Bing:
"Are you a noble?"
Shen Bing originally wanted to reveal his identity, but then he thought about it and realized he couldn't be careless.
At this time, whether Kucha is an enemy or a friend has not yet been determined. Although Kucha has the intention of marrying his daughter to the Qin army, it is also because he is afraid of the Qin army's force and Shen Bing's strategy.
If King Qiuci knew that Shen Bing fell here alone, who knows what his reaction would be!
Maybe he would put Shen Bing under house arrest in the Kingdom of Qiuci so that the Qin army would be wary of rats, and maybe he would secretly kill Shen Bing and leave the Qin army leaderless... Wouldn't he, Shen Bing, suffer a big loss in this case?
As soon as he thought about this, Shen Bing replied:
"Princess Qi, this subordinate is just a cavalryman, not a noble."
Princess Wuyou turned around and said to King Qiuci:
"He said that he was a senior official in the Qin Army and was undoubtedly a noble of the Qin State."
This is to deceive King Qiuci into not being able to understand the Central Plains dialect.
King Qiuci also knew something about the Qin Army's twenty military merit system, and knew that Qin Army soldiers could be promoted to nobles based on military merit. He did not doubt this, so the anger on his face softened a little.
In fact, just ask any Qin person and you will know that it is almost impossible for an ordinary soldier to advance to the rank of official.
Of course, except Shen Bing.
At this time, Shen Bing had been promoted to Zuo Shu Zhang, four ranks higher than the official officials.
Princess Wuyou asked Shen Bing again:
"How many people do you control?"
Of course Shen Bing couldn't tell the truth and replied:
"My subordinates are the generals of the Qin army, and they are in charge of one hundred people."
Princess Wuyou turned to King Qiuci and said:
"He is the confidant of General Shen Bing of the State of Qin, and he commands three thousand cavalry troops!"
"If the sons of General Zuo and Lord Li Fu can marry, why can't the nobles of Qin who command three thousand cavalry troops not marry?"
"Father, don't you think... the nobles of Qin are not as good as my nobles of Qiuci?"
King Qiuci just snorted and asked:
"Is he really Shen Bing's confidant?"
Princess Wuyou talks nonsense:
"Then there's still a lie?"
"I knew his status was high when I met him, otherwise how could my daughter like him?"
"Father, don't worry. After my daughter marries Jia Ming, she will definitely try to persuade Shen Bing..."
However, before Princess Wuyou could finish speaking, King Qiuci waved his hand, and a Yuezhi merchant stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, what the princess said...is not the truth."
"This man is a general who commands more than a hundred cavalry. He is not a nobleman nor is he a confidant of Shen Bing!"
King Qiuci looked at Princess Wuyou coldly.
Princess Wuyou obviously didn't expect King Qiuci to have such a trick, and was speechless for a moment.
Seeing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Shen Bing stepped forward and said:
"Jia Ming, a hundred generals of the Shenwu Army, has met the king."
"The general ordered his subordinates to come here to meet with the king to discuss forming an alliance to conquer the Huns."
"I was blocked by a sandstorm on the way and got separated from my men. Fortunately, I was saved by the princess and her entourage."
"The gifts I brought were also lost in the sandstorm. Please forgive me for my lack of etiquette."
There is a reason why Shen Bing said this.
The advantage of pretending to be the envoy of the Qin army is to let the King of Qiuci know that the Qin army knows that he is in Qiuci. If the King of Qiuci still wants to kill people or do harm to him, then he must consider whether he can stop the Qin army. Attacked.
Sure enough, when King Qiuci heard that Shen Bing was the envoy of the Qin army, he immediately became respectful and said:
"Oh, it turned out to be an envoy from the State of Qin, but it was me who neglected the envoy."
"It's just that... Qin Shize has just returned to his aunt, why did he send an envoy here again?"
Shen Bing had already thought of the reason:
"Return to your Majesty."
"The general's intention is that Naze is a businessman and does not know the art of war. He cannot solve many problems for the king."
"That's why I sent my subordinates to discuss with the king this time."
King Qiuci said "Oh" and nodded slightly.
It was indeed as Shen Bing said. Although Ze was good at eloquence, he knew nothing about the art of war, which made talking about many things feel like scratching the surface.
After hesitating for a moment, King Qiuci asked:
"Do you really know Princess Wuyou?"
Shen Bing heard Princess Wuyou briefly explain the reason before, and secretly thought that he could not dismantle Princess Wuyou now.
So he nodded and replied:
"Your Majesty."
"My subordinate did know the princess, but... I didn't know she was the princess at the time."
"Please forgive me if I have offended you."
In fact, what Shen Bing said was true. Shen Bing did not know that she was a princess at the time, but the time and place were different from Princess Wuyou's lie.
King Qiuci previously hoped that this was Princess Wuyou's nonsense, but when he heard Shen Bing say the same thing, he frowned and said:
"It's getting late. This is the princess's boudoir. The envoy should please come back!"
“It won’t be too late to discuss state affairs tomorrow!”
Shen Bing hurriedly responded and followed the guards down.
When Shen Bing left, the quarrel between Princess Wuyou and King Qiuci sounded again from behind.
Shen Bing found it funny. King Qiuci was the king of a country. He only needed to act like a king to restrain Princess Wuyou, but he did not do so.
From this we can see that King Qiuci plays more of a father role than a king when facing Princess Wuyou.
Shen Bing instantly understood the meaning in the eyes of King Qiuci and Princess Wuyou when they were quarreling...it was clearly that they hated iron but could not make steel.