This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 261 The Queen Is Familiar

Leaving Xi'an, go west to Jiayuguan, go out to Yangguan... that is, go west to Yangguan where there are no old people, and then go west for about [-] kilometers, and you will be Loulan Kingdom.

Loulan Kingdom...in fact, Loulan City is more appropriate.

The original Loulan Kingdom itself was not that big, about the size of the entire city of Hangzhou. Now that the Kongque River has been diverted, and after it was forced to relocate its capital, the 'land scale' has become even smaller, and it feels about the same as the urban area of ​​Hangzhou.

But even so, it can be regarded as a country. After all, the total population has reached about [-], but if you count the traffic, caravans, etc., the population here is about [-].

Loulan built the city wall with sand and soil, which looked very unstable.

Standing under the city wall, Lu Sen looked up at the plaque on the city wall with the word 'Loulan' written on it.

That's right, it's the word Loulan in Chinese characters.

In fact, Loulan mainly uses Chinese characters, and of course there are other languages ​​mixed.

At the gate of the city, dozens of guards with dusty faces are collecting the poll tax. The merchants who enter the city pay higher taxes, and ordinary people only need one or two copper coins.

Most of the merchants here are Semu people, and occasionally they can listen to Song people.

You can tell the difference mainly by looking at your clothes and temperament.

When those Semu merchants enter the city, their speed will be slower, and the guards have to carefully check the type of goods, their approximate value, and so on.

As for the Han businessmen, as long as they give some copper plates at will, they will be let go.

When Lu Sen entered the city, the guards didn't collect his poll tax at all, and even stepped aside respectfully, as if they were afraid that their dirty clothes and hands would touch Lu Sen's clean and luxurious clothes.

Semuren next to him was envious of Lu Sen's ability to enter the city so easily.

As soon as Lu Sen entered the city gate, a not-so-authentic Song voice came from behind: "Young man in front, please wait a moment."

Lu Sen turned his head and saw a soldier in armor holding a spear and chasing him from behind.

He trotted up to Lu Sen, glanced at Alizee next to him, and then smiled at Lu Sen: "Young man, did you just come from the Central Plains?"

No wonder the other party was so determined.

Loulan is located in the Gobi Desert. Although there is a Kongque River next to it, the flow of water is not large enough to provide domestic water for tens of thousands of people. There is also a surplus to irrigate the sandy fields and grow some food.

As for other large oases, don't think about it.

In a place like the desert, it is normal for people to be as black as oil, and people here generally don't like to take a bath, so the people here are black and dirty, and their hair is often boarded together.

Unlike Lu Sen, who is whiter than a mother-in-law's soft flesh, his whole body is clean and fresh, and even under the scorching sun, there is no sweat dripping down. He is not an ordinary person, let alone a barbarian.

Can barbarians 'imitate' this black-haired and black-eyed appearance, this romantic temperament unique to Jiangnan scholars?

Lu Sen clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I'm being polite, what can I do for you, old man?"

The soldier looked around, and found that no one seemed to be Lu Sen's entourage except Alizee, so he said, "Young man, are you going out with only your servants? Why are your parents so big-hearted?" ?”

The old man has already sensed it, and many people's eyes are projected here, especially Lu Sen.

As for Alizee... Although some people took a few glances, they quickly turned their eyes back to Lu Sen.

Beautiful women are indeed a scarce resource, but so are handsome men.

Besides, Lu Sen was wearing silk... Alizee was wearing a white cloth gown with a hood.

What do Semu merchants most want to buy when they come to Song Dynasty?
Silk of course!

It can be said that, regardless of Lu Sen's personal value, the silk shirt he is wearing is enough to buy ten Western Region beauties of Alizee's quality from Loulan.

Lu Sen smiled and said to the soldier: "Don't worry, old man, there is a way to protect yourself."

The soldier still looked at Lu Sen uncomfortably, and finally said helplessly: "Young man can come here from the Central Plains, and he looks neat, so he should be capable. It's just that the Western Regions are not as chaotic as the Central Plains. Please be careful."

"Thank you for reminding me, old man." Lu Sen clasped his fists gratefully and said with a smile.

The old man immediately returned the salute, and then said: "I think the old man is busy, this time I took the liberty to call the young boy to tell you that whenever our Zhongyuan brothers come to Loulan, they can go to the 'Fengliu Street' next to the palace to stay. That place is the Selling Gold Cave, if Semu people want to live there, they have to pay a lot of money, but our original friends can stay for free, especially the young man, that will be more welcome."

At this moment, Alizee next to her suddenly said: "No need, besides Fengliu Street, my husband can live in other places."

The old soldier looked at Alizee suspiciously, and then suddenly realized: "It turns out that he is already a gentleman, so it is naturally inconvenient to live in Fengliu Street."

Then the old soldier left with a haha.

Lu Sen turned his head and asked Alizee, "What is there to say about Fengliu Street?"

"It's actually Huajie, and the qualifications there are actually pretty average." Alizee covered her mouth and smiled, "Before I came out, the eldest mistress had talked with her. You are not allowed to fool around outside, if you really can't bear it , I have to help you warm the bed."

The first time she came to Song Dynasty, she set off from Jerusalem by camel, passed through Loulan, then went to Xi'an and then to Kaifeng.

He has a certain understanding of Loulan.

Lu Sen looked at the smiling face and asked, "Aren't you angry that Jin Hua ordered you to do these things?"

"Why are you angry?" Alizee said generously: "How many men like Mr. Lang are there in the world? But there are countless women like me. Besides, if I can sleep, I will Have you really integrated into the Lu family?"

After all, she is a sex-eyed person, and Alizee is relatively open-minded about this aspect.

Don't be afraid to talk about it.

In this regard, Lu Sen felt that she was a bit like a woman from later generations.

Lu Sen smiled, stopped talking about these things, and started walking around Loulan City.

In fact, there is nothing to visit in Loulan. There are square or crooked earthen houses everywhere.

What's more, the appearance of the city here is very problematic. There are human urine and camel dung everywhere, and the smell is very strong.

Fortunately, Lu Sen's 'Clothes Transformation' system has its own air filtration capability, so it doesn't really matter.

But Alizee couldn't bear it.

She was used to the cleanliness and tidiness of the Central Plains city, and she could no longer be the powerful Assassin who could lie motionless in horse urine for two or three days just for a chance of assassination.

Alizee pinched her nose all the way, and led Lu Sen to walk around Loulan City. After many turns, they came to an inn.

This is a typical building of the Han Dynasty. Although it is not a wooden structure, the mud tiles on the roof and the cornices all prove the pedigree of this earthen building.

As soon as Lu Sen entered, the shop owner greeted him.

"A guest is coming... Oh, honored guest, this way please, this way please."

There were many Semu people sitting inside, and they looked at Lu Sen with different expressions.

On the contrary, this shopkeeper has black eyes and green eyes, and black hair, but his face looks a bit like a man of color, obviously of mixed race.

He hurriedly walked up to Lu Sen and said, "Did you come from the Central Plains? Please go to the private room upstairs."

The shopkeeper led the way and brought Lu Sen to a wing room on the third floor. He sat by the window here, and when he turned his head and looked through the window, he could see most of Loulan City.

Lu Sen suddenly noticed that there was a piece of green in the center of the city, so he pointed to it and asked the shopkeeper, "Where is the one in the center of the city?"

"Of course it's the Green Palace of Queen Loulan!"

Green Palace... Lu Sen felt that the name had a sense of sight.

Alizee didn't say a word, she can't get close to the Green Palace... that's the forbidden place of the queen of the Han family. I talked about the guards and maids in the palace. Anyone who is not a child of the Han family can't get close at all, so she doesn't know what's going on there. Condition.

The shopkeeper smiled and continued: "Your honor, you came at a really good time. The queen will be playing around the Green Palace tonight, but all the sons and daughters of the Han family can come up to chat with her."

"Are there not many children of the Han family here?"

"There should be no more than a thousand people." The half-breed kid said with a smile, "So most of the children of the Han family in Loulan City know each other, and they are not afraid of villains and assassins. What's more, our queen is amazing."

Speaking of the queen, the half-breed was visibly excited.

"What kind of powerful method?" Lu Sen asked curiously.

"A year ago, there was a pervert who infiltrated the imperial guards. When the queen was out of the palace to play, he suddenly killed people!" The eyes of the mixed-race man were shining, and his face was full of admiration and admiration: "At that time, the assassin flew in front of the queen. With a light wave of his hand, the assassin flew back and crashed into a house on the side of the road, almost turning him into a pulp."

Hearing this, Lu Sen and Alizee looked at each other!
They knew very well that if what the half-blood said was true, then the queen's strength was indeed astonishing.

"Two catties of camel jerky and a jug of wine." Alizee said after ordering, "If you have nothing to do next, don't bother the two of us."

The mixed race looked at Alizee, and showed a clear and ambiguous smile: "Please rest assured, two noblemen, our shop is very sensible."

After the food and wine were served, the two only drank some wine and did not touch the dried camel meat... To be honest, the taste was not very good.

Alizee drank two glasses of wine, her face flushed slightly.Under normal circumstances, Assassins cannot drink alcohol, because it will make them less vigilant and gradually destroy their 'touch'.

Especially the long-distance assassination is very particular about the feel.

But now Alizee doesn't care anymore, because she is no longer Assassin, but a Song native with household registration.

Because she seldom drank alcohol, after two glasses of low-alcohol wine poured into her throat, Alizee's cheeks flushed. She looked at Lu Sen with a charming look in her eyes, and asked, "Should we go to see the queen in the evening?" ?”

"Of course I'm going. I'm very interested in this person." Lu Sen said, "Being able to conquer such a large river outside the Western Regions...to conquer the place of Loulan, can be regarded as a woman."

"Then there are still several hours before evening. Is the gentleman planning to rest, or is he going to rest?" She narrowed her eyes slightly and asked with a smile.

Lu Sen said calmly, "You open a room for yourself to rest."

"Your Majesty is such a spoiler." Alizee complained helplessly.

Lu Sen is not a hungry ghost!
Besides, he was finally freed from the terrible purgatory of the three wives. During this period of time, he really wanted to take a good vacation for himself, and he didn't want to work so hard.

In the end, Alizee didn't go to rest either. She and Lu Sen drank in the room, ate the fruit Lu Sen brought out, and chatted.

In the evening, the two settled the bill, and then, led by the mixed-race store, they came to the center of Loulan City.

Desert areas are hot as hell during the day and freezing cold at night.

Although it was only in the evening, the temperature had already started to drop. The pedestrians on the road were all wearing thick clothes, and then flocked to the center of the city.

When he got closer to the center of the city, Lu Sen noticed the difference. Those Semu people consciously stayed in the outer circle, while only the sons and daughters of the Han family who wore Central Plains costumes dared to move on.

Going forward, Lu Sen saw a large area of ​​bright light.

Little by little, as if all the stars in the sky were twinkling here.

The center of Loulan City is a small oasis. Lu Sen already knew this, but he did not expect that the oasis is surrounded by a pool of Crescent Moon Lake!

Quite a big crescent lake, and the palace is built on the lake.

Many oil lamps exude bright light, and those scales are the beautiful scenery formed by the microwave refraction of the lake.

Alizee had already stopped outside the circle, while Lu Sen looked at the center of the lake and stopped.

At this time, the old soldier who met during the day appeared again. He changed into a clean long gown, seemed to have taken a bath, and smiled next to him: "Young man, why don't you go forward so that the queen can have a chance?" See you? You are so handsome, and our queen is even more beautiful, if she can see you right, you two are a good match."

Lu Sen looked at the soldier with some surprise: "How dare you help the queen catch her right?"

Under normal circumstances, ordinary people in the market would not dare to help nobles as matchmakers. Does this old soldier have a lot of background?
"Hey, why don't you dare?" The old man waved his hand and said, "We are the Han people in Loulan, and we all put our bodies on each other. How can we survive in the crowd of these perverted people? Our queen, Everything is good, but there is no descendant, which makes people feel guilty. And the young Han children here, no one is worthy of her, if the Semuren succeeds, and the pearl is secretly cast, we Han people will have to go Throwing into the well, so I think you have a good chance, young man."

What this soldier said was not a lie, but the truth from his heart.

Lu Sen was the young man with the best appearance and temperament that he had seen in his 40 years of life.

And the queen is also the most beautiful woman he has ever seen.

"So-and-so is just passing through Loulan." Lu Sen said with a smile, "Besides, so-and-so is already married."

The old soldier knew that Lu Sen was married in the daytime. Such a beautiful and handsome young man, the noble family in the Central Plains was so stupid that he didn't want to marry his daughter to him.

It's just that we have come to Loulan, so we have to talk about it, right?

People in the Western Regions have always been hot-tempered and unreasonable. Now that Han Jiaerlang came here, he became irritable and arrogant.

The old soldier stroked his beard and narrowed his eyes slightly.

At this moment, the person in front suddenly shouted: "The queen comes out, comes out."

Then there was a burst of cheers.

Lu Sen raised his eyes and saw a woman in a red skirt in Song Dynasty walking out from behind the gauze curtain.

She gently opened the curtain with her right hand, first showing a perfect pretty face, then smiling, and the flowers bloomed.

Lu Sen was stunned. This familiar face was Lu Xianxian... No, it was a whale!

(End of this chapter)