Because of his status as an envoy, Shen Bing no longer lived in the mud house used for house arrest before, but was replaced by a more exquisite wooden building.
However, in fact, earth houses are more suitable in the Western Regions.
Because the desert area of the Western Regions is characterized by a large temperature difference between day and night, the earthen house has better thermal insulation, making it cooler during the day and warmer at night.
On the other hand, the wooden house is so hot that it can cook you during the day, but it can freeze you to death at night.
This is also the reason why people in the Western Regions usually build earth buildings to live in.
The Kucha Kingdom built this wooden building mainly to entertain foreign envoys.
The reason why wooden buildings are used to entertain envoys is because the living habits are different, secondly because the cost of wooden buildings is higher, and thirdly, more importantly, wooden buildings are not as depressing as earth buildings...
Except for the doors and windows, the rest of the earthen house has thick earthen walls. It is as scary as a dungeon and is not suitable for envoys to live.
A wooden building is much easier. The wooden walls can be broken open at any time, which makes it psychologically easier to escape.
Shen Bing was placed on the second floor of a wooden building. Wine, mutton, and even fruits from the Western Regions were on call. The third floor took care of the heat problem during the day, and two extra sheepskins for the cold problem at night... At this time, the Western Regions It is to use unplucked sheepskin as a quilt, and the two sheepskins are sewn together end to end.
Compared with a quilt, it should be called an animal skin blanket. Although it is not beautiful, the thermal insulation effect is much better than the catkins and reed quilts commonly used in the Central Plains. It is also easy to carry. When you go out, you just need to roll it up and bundle it on your horse. can.
According to Princess Wuyou, this is because Shen Bing is an envoy of the Qin army, but envoys from other countries do not enjoy it so much.
The next day, Shen Bing wanted to bring a message to his aunt, so that Wang Ben and others would not have to look around.
But I am suffering from the fact that I am here alone, not to mention I don’t have any money with me... In fact, it is useless to bring money. Although Qin Banliang was used uniformly after Qin unified the Central Plains, this thing was not circulated in the Western Regions.
Coupled with the language barrier, it was difficult to find a messenger.
So Shen Bing had to find Princess Wuyou.
Shen Bing suddenly realized that the only one who could help him here seemed to be Princess Wuyou.
However, when Shen Bing followed the maid to Princess Wuyou's room, he heard the scolding of Princess Wuyou and the noise of overturned plates.
Shen Bing thought to himself, wasn't everything fine yesterday? Why is it like this again today?
Women are really fickle, and they don't come at the right time.
Perhaps because of the reminder from the maid, Princess Wuyou lost her temper for a while before she found Shen Bing standing outside the door with his hands folded.
Princess Wuyou calmed down and waved to Shen Bing to enter the room.
Only when Shen Bing got closer did he realize that Princess Wuyou's eyes exposed outside the veil were red and seemed to have been crying.
"Princess, this is..."
Princess Wuyou sat in front of the case and sniffed. Tears fell again when she thought about her grievances. She wiped them secretly and said:
"As the envoy wishes, my father ordered me to marry the general of Qin."
"Is the envoy satisfied now?"
Shen Bing was stunned for a moment, this turn of events was a bit sudden.
It turned out that King Qiuci thought something was wrong the more he went back, and at the same time he was unwilling to let the princess marry a Qin soldier.
King Qiuci remembered that when Princess Wuyou went to Loulan, the Qin army was already attacking Gu Shi.
At that time, although there was a Qin army in Loulan, only a small number of infantry were left, and Shen Bing claimed to be a hundred generals of the Qin cavalry army... So Shen Bing should be attacking Gu Shi at that time. How could he get acquainted with Princess Wuyou? ?
Thinking about this, King Qiuci called the maid who went to Loulan with Princess Wuyou to ask for details. The result soon became clear: Princess Wuyou had no contact with the Qin army at all when she went to Loulan.
Of course, King Qiuci would not let it go, and "took" Princess Wuyou back to confront her, so the lies that Princess Wuyou had made before were exposed.
After learning the truth, King Qiuci was not angry but happy.
Because in this way, there is no need to worry about Princess Wuyou having any unclear relationship with the soldiers of the Qin army and being tabooed by the Qin general.
King Qiuci originally wanted to propose marriage to the general of Qin through Shen Bing, the envoy.
But then I thought about it:
"Although the princess and the envoy claim to be innocent, they seem to love each other."
"Especially last night, the two of them worked together to get 'Que Hu Jun' from him..."
Of course King Qiuci knew that this was not what the general of Qin had in mind. How could the general of Qin care whether an envoy could become a noble of Qiuci?!
Therefore, although this envoy is full of talents and talents, he behaves improperly. He even thinks about his children's personal affairs before important national affairs.
If the matter of marriage is left to this envoy, there might be some trouble!
So King Qiuci simply sent his own envoys to bring businessmen who could speak the Chinese dialect to his aunt to propose marriage.
If Shen Bing knew this, he would probably cry out for injustice... The matter of begging "Que Hu Jun" had nothing to do with him at all.
However, this title fits Shen Bing very well.
Quehu means to repel the Xiongnu. This may be because King Qiuci was thinking about what the Qin army had done.
Shen Bing immediately became happy when he heard Princess Wuyou's explanation.
It’s true that “there is no way out but there is no way out, but there is another village with dark flowers and bright flowers”.
Originally, he thought he had no chance to hold the beauty back, but unexpectedly King Qiuci accomplished another good thing.
Shen Bing heartily praised King Qiuci's wiseness.
Princess Wuyou looked at Shen Bing's expression of joy and was so angry that she gritted her teeth and said bitterly:
"I want to marry the general of Qin, but the envoy is so happy?"
Only then did Shen Bing realize that he had lost his composure, and quickly replied as an envoy, handing over his hand and replying:
"If the princess marries the general, there will be no uncertainty about the alliance between Qin and Qiuci."
"How can my subordinates be unhappy?"
Princess Wuyou looked at Shen Bing helplessly, and after a while she asked again:
"Jia Ming, let me ask you, is this princess so miserable in your eyes?"
Shen Bing asked in confusion:
"Why did the princess say this?"
"My subordinates have never despised the princess..."
Princess Wuyou shook her head slightly, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said:
"That's all, I'll marry that general!"
"It is said that the general used 10,000 Qin troops to repel 100,000 Xiongnu. He must be a hero!"
Shen Bing nodded his head:
"What the princess said is absolutely true."
Princess Wuyou said again:
"The general rejects the Xiongnu and controls the Western Regions internally. He must be extremely talented!"
Shen Bing agreed:
"Of course!"
Princess Wuyou said again:
"What's more, this matter is related to the alliance between Kucha and Qin. How can I go against the current?"
Shen Bing replied:
"The princess understands justice well, and my subordinates admire her!"
Princess Wuyou sighed again and said:
"Let's go!"
"This princess doesn't want to see you again!"
Shen Bing originally wanted to say something about delivering the letter, but seeing that Princess Wuyou's expression was wrong, he finally didn't dare to speak, so he agreed and left.
As soon as Shen Bing stepped out of the door, he heard Princess Wuyou crying again from behind.