The two of them had been married for more than ten years and already had a good understanding of each other, but what they didn't expect was that the Xia people were not interested in women.
It's just that he has no interest in prairie women and women from the Western Regions.
In the eyes of the Xia people, grassland women are no different from barbarians. They do not respect kings, drink hair and blood, and live in bitter cold places for a long time.
Although the Huns are fierce in battle, the Xia people look down on them from the bottom of their hearts. If they rashly find a Hun woman to be their mistress, they will almost be laughed at to death by others.
Even if many of the more beautiful women among the Xiongnu were naturalized and the fishy smell on their bodies was removed, only some meritorious soldiers and generals would be exchanged as female slaves.
Use a Hun woman as your mistress? That's completely impossible, the taste is almost too strong.
As for the Western Regions, in later generations, the beauties of the Western Regions were extremely beautiful and exotic. If it was in the extremely open era of the Tang Dynasty, then the women of the Western Regions would naturally be very popular. The people of the Tang Dynasty gave them a name - Hu Ji!
Looking at the verses about the image of Orchid in Tang poetry, we can see that most of the images of Orchid have some common characteristics, such as beauty, enthusiasm, superb singing and dancing skills, bold and open, frank, unrestrained, etc.
This is an optimistic and cheerful image, and its music and dance art often shows a spirit of enthusiastic jumping and aggressiveness that is different from the Central Plains music and dance style. Most of the words used to describe Hu Ji in Tang poetry are:
"Looking like a flower"
"Laughing in the Spring Breeze"
"Dancing Luoyi"
"Yanyan"
"As beautiful as a jade plate"
"The beauty of Yutang"
Especially in tea houses and restaurants, if it is a shop opened by local people, it is nothing more than finding a local girl to sing about the community and attract customers.
But if it is a store opened by Hu Shang, with Hu Ji's blessing, it will naturally be very popular.
Moreover, even a person as famous as Li Bai likes Hu Ji very much.
However, if you take a closer look at history, you will find that no matter how beautiful Hu Ji is, she cannot be a mistress. At most, she will be raised in a noble mansion.
Therefore, on the whole, the Tang Dynasty was open and tolerant, but also completely crushed almost all nearby countries culturally.
In this era, the Central Plains people were a bit conservative in their attitude towards Orchid. They did not like this type very much. If you were to choose between Orchid, grassland people and Central Plains women.
Anyone who has the ability will choose a woman from the Central Plains.
That is to say, some merchants, who have been doing business for a long time, are young and strong, just find some women from the Western Regions to vent their anger.
The ideas of King and Queen of Yarkand are a bit too taken for granted!
Moshuang County!
"Dang Dang Dang Dang!!!"
The business of bronze bells and tripods rang.
A soldier stood on a towering watchtower in the mutual market, holding a physical loudspeaker and shouting.
"Everyone, please pay attention. Tomorrow at 3:00 noon, someone will be carrying out executions at the corner of the mutual market. If you are interested, you can go and watch!"
The soldiers held loudspeakers and kept shouting.
Although Zhang Yumeng has come up with many entertainment methods, human beings' melon-eating mentality cannot be eradicated no matter how many entertainment activities they use.
As long as there are melons, as long as they can eat melons, everyone will want to eat them!
No matter ordinary people or nobles, they are not immune to this mentality. Even Yang Qian sometimes likes to eavesdrop on the whispers of maids and domestic slaves.
The soldiers shouted three times every five minutes, and instantly the people of all ethnic groups downstairs went crazy.
"Wow, someone will be executed tomorrow. Tsk, tsk, tsk, I have to go and check it out. I've been so busy lately."
"Yes, yes, business is getting better and better recently, and I want to do better. It's best to be famous."
"Hey, I'm different from you. I want excitement, and watching the death penalty is the most exciting."
"I have never seen the death penalty of the Central Plains people. This time I can have a good look at it."
"Who are they? Executions must be visited?"
"Well, I have to take my child with me tomorrow. He is too timid. This time is just the right time to make him bolder. After all, he is 12 years old and he doesn't even dare to ride a camel."
Everyone started talking nonsense.
It's okay for the Xia people. After all, no matter which city they are in, executions are usually for people to watch.
But the people in the Western Regions were different. They had never seen the death penalty in the Central Plains, so they naturally wanted to see it strangely.
When Hu Jianbai and hundreds of others were escorted back from the Shache Kingdom, he immediately pulled a horse to verify his identity and feed him a decapitated meal.
The next day!
The execution ground was surrounded by three layers inside and three outside. Tian Zong sat in the main seat, his face covered with frost.
It was these people who rushed to the street, causing me to be scolded by Mr. Wu An for several hours, "Ning!"
"Arrived at three quarters to noon!"
A soldier looked at the sundial and yelled suddenly.
"Bring me up!"
More than a hundred people were escorted directly to the execution ground under the push of soldiers.
Even now, these people don't know what awaits them.
There was no expression on Hu Jianbai's pale face, and his whole body seemed to have been drained of energy. His family was a landowner and he had very few assets.
Although he is not from Yuntong County, he is still under the governance of Yuntong County. He just caught up with the good times and became the pig that talks about it.
Just one or two business trips gave him the original capital. After having sufficient funds, he resolutely left his hometown and went to Taihuang County for business.
He understands that only in a newly emerging place can one be the first to eat meat. It must be said that this person is quite business-minded.
After several years of hard work, he accumulated a lot of wealth. After he expanded his caravan and purchased horses, he went to the Western Region countries, but he suffered heavy losses that time.
Because a young businessman who didn't know what was wrong with his brain actually sold his goods at a low price, causing his goods to be seriously undervalued.
And because of his greed, he threw away all the money he earned in the past. In desperation, he could only sell some goods at a low price and go to other countries.
But you must know that when doing business with the Western Regions, punishments are planned in advance. Where to go, how many days to stay, and how long it will take to come back are all fixed.
He was forced to go to a more distant country in the Western Region. Although the goods were sold out, when he came back, he lost almost one-third of his entire value.
Such losses made Hu Jianbai go crazy. Originally, he planned to attack the young businessman. It was fine at the beginning, but who would have thought that the young businessman was so easy to talk to and immediately restored the price to the original level.
Many merchants would not throw all their wealth into commerce, so he suffered the most serious loss at that time, which is why he is so upset.
He knew that he could no longer escape and that the word death was waiting for him.
At this time, he was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, with no way to escape.
The glory and wealth he pursues all his life is like a passing cloud.
"Prove your identity!"
One by one, the soldiers immediately lifted the prisoner's head and confirmed it based on the portrait and facial features.
Tian Zong stood up, picked up the official document and read it loudly.
"The criminal, Hu Jianbai, made enemies out of his own selfish interests and colluded with foreigners to rob and kill domestic merchants, resulting in the death of dozens of people and the loss of valuable goods."
"According to the order of Lord Wu An: Hu Jianbai will be sentenced to the third level of Lingchi, and if he is still alive, he will be burned with a cannon!"
Many people still don't know about Ling Chi and Paolao. After all, they have only been used once since Yang Qian took charge of Yuntong.
Hu Jianbai's face was full of despair, and his face was full of death. Although he didn't know what kind of criminal law this was, and it wasn't a good thing anyway, he knew that he was dead.
The caravan members below looked at Tian Zong eagerly. They usually killed the first culprit. Although they knew about it, they were just accomplices at best.
"The rest of Hu Jianbai's caravan betrayed the country and the nation. Master and slave are guilty of the same crime and cannot be forgiven!"
Everyone went crazy. What a joke. They were not the main culprits, they just knew about it.
Suddenly the prisoners stopped and started shouting about injustice.
"Sir, we just know that Hu Jianbai is the chief culprit, and he came up with everything."
"Yes, sir, they only killed dozens of people, but we have hundreds of people here. This, this is not equal."
"The wrongdoer has his debtor, so Hu Jianbai should be killed. What does that have to do with us?"
Compared with the demands of the prisoners, the people watching the ceremony below were all curious about what third-class Lingchi and Paolao were!
Tian Zong's face was full of evil, "You are unlucky. If you want to find me, go to Hu Jianbai. You betrayed your own people. Your Majesty is furious, but you still have the nerve to complain."
"If you could report Hu Jianbai in time, not only would you have failed, but you would have gained merit. But you let Hu Jianbai harm the people of Xia Kingdom. You really deserve to die!"
"Come here, execute me!"
"promise!"
More than two hundred executioners ran up directly, carrying strange things, a set of tools and a fishing net.
Without saying a word, these executioners stripped off the prisoners' clothes and pants. You must know that among the hundreds of people, there were several female relatives.
But there is no way. Lord Wu An's order is the law.
After stripping the person naked, he strangled him with a fishing net, took out an extremely sharp knife, and started slicing!
"Ah~~~~!"
"very painful."
"Please, stop cutting."
"Ah! Father and mother, help me!"
"Kill me, kill me, please, I can't take it anymore!"
The immobilized prisoner is like a fish, rapidly transforming into a sashimi under the executioner's superb knife skills.
Hu Jianbai felt that he was determined to die. When a piece of flesh was cut off, he shouted louder than anyone else.
Only four or five pieces of flesh had been cut off, and Hu Jianbai's entire face had lost all color.
The screams, wails, and begging for mercy from hundreds of people intertwined together to form a trio of sorrow and music.
The merchants and common people who had originally planned to watch the excitement gasped, and the hairs on their bodies stood up. There were even timid Xia people and people from the Western Regions who covered their eyes and staggered away.
For two hours, almost everyone was sliced into sashimi. Some people were already unconscious, while others had their tongues stretched out like a dead fish. More people had wooden strips stuffed in their mouths for fear of someone. Bite your tongue and kill yourself.
