There was the sound of birds foraging outside the hall, Zhao Junsheng shook his head, moved his neck, put down his pen, closed the music and walked out of the hall to stand under the porch and look into the distance.

In the distance, a minister dressed in a big coat walked over, followed by a eunuch in front, and when someone approached, Zhao Junsheng saw that it was Li Ji, the secretary of Honglu Temple.

The eunuch wanted Li Ji to wait and let him come to report first, but Zhao Junsheng beckoned directly.

Li Ji stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty!" ”

The eunuch on duty brought a big slab and draped it on Zhao Junsheng's body, and he tightened the skulls and walked down the steps, smacking his feet against the snow.

"Sent Wu Qingquan away?" Zhao Junsheng walked to the side stepping on the snow and motioned for Li Ji to follow.

Li Ji followed behind Zhao Junsheng and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty! Early in the morning, the ministers and colleagues in the DPRK sent him away! ”

Today is the seventh day of the first lunar month, which is the day of travel, but the weather is still very cold, Zhao Junsheng and Li Ji walked on the snow and kept exhaling hot air.

"You didn't just report that you had sent Wu Qingquan away when you entered the palace, right?"

Li Ji replied: "Yes, the Western Regions Governor's Mansion sent someone to send an official document, saying that a month and a half ago, the envoys of the Bada Kingdom west of the Green Ridge led a team to pass through the mud city in the direction of Chang'an, and due to the heavy snow in winter, the road was closed, and this official document was not sent to the Honglu Temple until this morning. Extrapolating the itinerary of the envoys of the Bada Kingdom, they should not be far from Chang'an, and they may arrive in Chang'an within a few days! ”

"There is also an official document that was also sent by the Governor of the Western Regions, saying that the Western Persian State sent an envoy again, and the time between these two official documents was half a month, but they were delivered to the Honglu Temple together!"

Zhao Junsheng stopped, "Huda? ”

Li Ji nodded: "Yes!" It is said that the Bada people are another part of the Gaoche people, and some people say that the Bada people are a branch of the Xianbei people, and it is no longer clear where they came from. Fifty or sixty years ago, they crossed the Jinshan Mountains and migrated westward, and the Wusun Kingdom was attacked by them and forced to retreat to the Tianshan Mountains for temporary refuge, after which they migrated all the way west, through the Dawan Kingdom to attack Persia, but were repelled by the Persians more than twenty years ago, and then they entered the Fushui Valley south. Ten years earlier, the Oda had attacked Tocharostan's remnants of the Dotara Kushan and occupied it, and they had their capital in the city of Badiyan. In the past ten years, the Oda people have sent troops everywhere, and the tribes of the Great Moon Clan in the south of Tocharostan have surrendered one after another, and the green mountains in the east have also surrendered one after another! I heard that in the past few years, the Bada people have targeted the Persian state in the west, and the conflicts with Persia have become more and more frequent! ”

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng asked: "What do you mean by saying that Persia and Bada sent missions to me separately?" ”

"This······ The minister does not dare to speculate! ”

Zhao Junsheng continued to walk forward, "There is no one else here, if I ask you to say it, you will say it, and I will not punish you if you say it wrong!" ”

"No!" Li Ji agreed, and said: "The people of Bada sent an envoy over, and the minister thought that it should be for the affairs of those small countries in the green mountains!" As for the Persian state, the minister guessed that it was only for the sake of the Persian country! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and instructed Li Ji: "Honglu Temple will send someone to the west to explore and see where the envoys and Persian envoys have been, and report to me quickly after finding out!" ”

"No!"

Ten years ago, the Persian Sassanid Dynasty had sent envoys to lead a team to meet the Great Qian Dynasty, at that time, the Persian envoys came mainly to strengthen the trade between the East and the West, and open up trade routes, but at that time, the Hexi Corridor was occupied by Beiliang, and the countries in the Western Regions were also in chaos, and the intention of the Persian State was not realized.

This time, Zhao Junsheng guessed that the reason why the Persian State sent envoys again should not only be to dredge the trade routes, but also to have an important reason for the Bada State.

The current state of Bada is extremely powerful and imposing, and the Persian state is already very difficult to deal with the attacks of the Bada people, and it is also possible for Persia to send envoys to contact the cadres to deal with Bada together.

A few days later, the envoys arrived in Chang'an, and the Persian mission was three or four days away from Chang'an.

On the third day after the arrival of the envoy in Chang'an, Zhao Junsheng summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to meet with the envoys.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan sit on the throne, under which Wan Yutong sits on the right side of Zhao Junsheng, and the ministers of civil and military affairs stand on the left and right sides under the jade steps.

The eunuch walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Bada Kingdom has arrived outside the Taiji Palace!" ”

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Xuan!" ”

The eunuch turned around and shouted: "Announce the arrival of the envoys of the country!" ”

Three people walked in from outside the hall, one in brocade clothes in the front, the younger one, and the other in the retinue clothes in the back. Obviously, the person in the brocade dress in front is the envoy, and the two in the back are the entourage, Zhao Junsheng took a look, and there is no situation where the envoy is dressed as an entourage.

The young envoy walked to the middle of the main hall, first knelt down to Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan, and then got up and muttered a long line.

The interpreter translated: "The third prince and envoy Wen He of the country of Da Da pay a visit to His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Empress!" ”

Zhao Junsheng heard this and asked, "I don't know why the third prince came here to see me?" ”

The interpreter translated Zhao Junsheng's words to Wen He, and Wen He said: "I have come to meet His Majesty the Emperor on the order of my father, and I offer a lion to His Majesty the Emperor to express my country's friendship and respect!" There are also a few things I want to discuss with Your Majesty! ”

The interpreter translated Wen He's words again, and Zhao Junsheng nodded and said, "I don't know where the lion that the third prince gave to me is?" ”

"Just outside the palace!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at Hua Mulan and the other ministers and asked, "The country gave me a lion, presumably Zhu Qing is afraid that he has never seen a lion, right?" Why don't they bring the lion up to the temple and take a look at it together? ”

All the ministers said: "The ministers rely on Your Majesty's blessings, and they want to feast their eyes!" ”

"So ······" Zhao Junsheng said to Wen He: "Third Prince, why don't you let your entourage bring the lion to open the eyes of me and these court ministers?" ”

"Yes!" Wen He agreed, and gave an order to an entourage behind him, and the entourage turned around and walked out, and a eunuch with a few armor soldiers immediately followed outside the hall.

Not long after, a carriage came to the outside of the hall, and eight men entered the hall with a large iron cage.

When the lion in the cage arrived in a strange environment, when he saw so many people, he began to become manic, and opened his mouth and roared: "Roar-"

The people among the ministers were frightened, their faces turned pale, and their faces trembled, Wan Yutong got up and ran behind Zhao Junsheng with a pale face and hid.

Mulan observed for a moment and asked, "Is this the lion?" Is it female or male? ”

After the interpreter translated, Wen He replied: "Back to Niangniang's words, this is a lion!" In our country, if you want to give a lion as a gift, you have to give a lion to show respect! ”

Mulan nodded, and asked again, "This lion's reminder is so huge, how much do you have to eat every day?" ”

"Niangniang, this lion can eat about eighty or ninety catties of meat in one meal, but if you feed it every day, you only need ten catties of meat a day!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "I like the gift that King Bada gave me, so I accepted it!" Someone, carry this lion away and send it to the Zoo! ”

The interpreter translated it, and Wen He seemed very happy after hearing it, if the gift was not liked, it would be a shame for the people.

After the lion was carried away and the hall was a little empty, Zhao Junsheng said to Wen He: "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, I don't know much about the country of Bada, can you introduce it to me and my ministers and generals?" ”

Wen He thought for a moment and asked, "I wonder what Your Majesty and the others want to know?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "You should first introduce the king, queen, faith, marriage customs, funeral, residence, food, service and so on of the kingdom of Ouda!" ”

After listening to the translation, Wen He agreed: "Okay! Today's king is my father, his name is Winhur, and my father's queen is also my mother, and they have six children, and I am the third! The royal family wears brocade clothes, and the status of our officials and people can be seen from the costumes, the more gorgeous the costumes and the finer the workmanship, the more noble the identity of the person who wears it! ”

"Women in our country are of high status, and they often greet guests with their husbands, including kings and queens!"

"We believe in the gods of heaven and fire in the country of Bada and the gods of fire, and we have to sacrifice before we go out every day, and we can only eat after the sacrifice is completed, and then we go out!"

"Our officials and civilians all wear small-sleeved and long-sleeved robes, with gold and jade as belts, and women wear furs and hats. The hat has horns and is decorated with gold and silver! Some have only one corner, and some have multiple corners! ”

"So far, in addition to the royal capital, there is no other city in our country, and there are city houses that do not live, they all live in the yurt house, the door tent of the yurt house is open to the east, and they live in water and grass, and migrate to a cool place in summer, and migrate to a warm place in winter, mainly eating mutton!"

"After the death of my widow, I use wood as a coffin, the rich are buried with stones, and the poor dig the ground and dig pits and bury!"

"In terms of marriage customs, we are brothers and wives!"

Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, Wan Yutong and all the ministers of the Qianguo were dumbfounded, all the brothers have one wife? This ······ Doesn't seem right?

Zhao Junsheng smiled in front of him: "Your customs are really strange, brothers have one wife, can you tolerate it?" I can't figure it out! ”

Wen He said: "So that Your Majesty knows, this is not surprising, I have few women, which makes it necessary to have a brother to have a wife, a brother to have a wife is a little more acceptable, if it is a wife with other people, it is also unacceptable!" ”

A minister next to him couldn't help but ask, "If there are ten brothers in a family, don't you want these ten brothers to share one wife?" This, this, this······ This wife is really busy! ”

When everyone heard this, their faces showed a strange look, and Hua Mulan and Wan Yutong both turned their heads.

Wen He said: "Whether a woman is comfortable, comfortable and rich in my country can be seen from her hat! ”

Wan Yutong couldn't help but ask: "How can you see it?" ”

"If a woman has only one horn on her hat, it means that her husband has no other brothers, and he will certainly not be doing well! If a woman wears a hat with a few horns, it means that her husband has several brothers, and if she has four brothers, she has four horns on her hat, and the more husbands she has, the better off she will surely be! ”

Everyone in the hall was speechless, there is still such a custom in this world, it is simply a wonder in the world!

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Is the throne of the country passed to the eldest son?" Or is it passed on to the wise prince? ”

Wen He replied, "Your Majesty, the throne of the kingdom of Woda will not necessarily pass to the son, and the king's brother or son will be eligible to inherit the throne!" ”

"Why?" Mulan asked.

Wen He said: "Because before the king is king, he has to share a wife with his brother, and only after he becomes a king, the wife belongs to him alone, so no one knows whose children the princes are, and even the mother does not know which husband's son is the son, but after all, they are all born to brothers, and they are closer in blood than half-brothers or half-brothers, so both brothers and sons are eligible to inherit the throne, and it depends on who the king will pass the throne to!" ”