Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Xianyang City is prosperous and magnificent, and it can even be said to be a blessed place on earth!

As long as you have hands and feet, you can always live a good life with plenty of food and clothing in Xianyang City.

Even if you have incomplete limbs and severe disabilities, you can still find a place to support yourself under the name of the First Emperor. There is absolutely no problem in getting enough food and clothing. Those who are hardworking and willing to work can earn no less than those with healthy hands and feet. Had a bad time!

Of course, the above feelings are only for Qin people...

For non-Qin people, or for Hu people, Xianyang City is another look.

It is full of opportunities, but it is so cold and depressing. The excitement of being in it will slowly fade away with the gap that can never be integrated.

In the end, only the melancholy of the wanderer left!

Especially when you are down and out, the endless loss and sorrow will devour you and bite you like a flood of beasts.

People from Qin look at livestock like eyes, which will give you an illusion, as if the world has abandoned you...

At this moment, Ata, who was kneeling on the side of the road waiting to be sold as a slave, probably felt this way.

His ancestors were originally minor nobles of the ancient Persian Empire. Because they escaped from Alexander III’s Eastern Expedition, their family fled to Dawan and settled down. They multiplied to Atta’s generation, and they have degenerated into a businessman who is wealthy and secure.

Later, the Qin people took the Hexi trade route, and the treasures of the Qin people became popular in the western countries, and became the new favorites of the princes and nobles...

He seized the spring breeze of the Hexi Commercial Road, and formed a caravan with a few acquainted merchants in partnership. He traveled to and from the Hexi Commercial Road and made a lot of money. Official merchants of the royal family.

However, he was someone who had been to Daqin, eaten and seen, so he was not very cold about becoming an official businessman of the Dawan royal family.

Compared with it, he hopes to become a Qin person, integrate into this unprecedented city, and become a part of it!

But the reality is cruel, if he wants to blend in, it depends on whether Daqin wants to...

No matter how hard he tried, it was all in vain, and the Qin officials didn't give him a household registration at all...

Now, because of a dizzy gambling game, his wish is about to come true, and he may be able to register in Daqin.

It's just that this household registration is a cheap one after castration!

This was not the result he wanted, and the Qin people looked at them like animals, which also made him disheartened.

He finally understood that in the eyes of the Qin people, he was a different race and a different race, just like countless Hu people.

Qin people will never accept them!
But up to now, he owed a lot of debts, and the customs clearance documents were still in the bank, so he couldn't go back to his homeland.

And becoming a slave in Daqin was not what he wanted...

"Like a fallen nobleman, die calmly!"

Atta stood up with a murmur, with a contradictory expression on his face, resolute and desperate.

bang——

Resolutely, Atta slammed into the stable trough next to him, and blood gushed out instantly.

Well, they're in the barn at this point, with the animals waiting to be picked for purchase.

"Is he dead?"

"It's good to die..."

"It's dead!"

The companions around were stunned, admiration and regret flashed in their eyes, and after a sigh, they fell into numbness again.

They don't have the courage to kill themselves like Ata, and they would rather die than live!

And the owner of the barn didn't look at Ata from the beginning to the end, as if he was not worth as much as an animal...

Tread-tap-

The crisp sound of horseshoes stepping on the stone road suddenly came from far and near. After hearing this, the numb and sluggish Hu merchants immediately regained their spirits.

Anyone who can ride a horse must be a wealthy family!

And being a slave in a wealthy family often leads a more prosperous life than ordinary people!

In addition, most of them are merchants who are proficient in numbers and have some cultural background. It is always difficult to be a slave in a wealthy family...

The Hu merchants tried their best to hold their chests up, showing a shrewd and capable posture.

However, when they saw who was coming, they were all taken aback!
It wasn't a single person who rode the horse, but a group of people. Judging by the physique of the riders on the horse, they were all women.

All the women were riding white horses, all wearing plain white silk gowns, wearing golden masks, and long flaxen hair hanging over their shoulders. They looked like they were in the military parade a few days ago. The uniformity of their clothes gave people an inexplicable shock.

But at this time, the Hu merchants didn't care about being shocked, and their eyes were all focused on the masks worn by the female knights.

The golden mask with Zoroastrian style made Hu merchants very friendly!

Tread-tap-

And behind these golden-masked female knights was a huge white camel.

Its body is covered with Zoroastrian-style gold ornaments, and its back has a huge saddle, or a platform. There is a golden basin on the platform, and a flame burns in the golden basin. There is a golden bronze mirror behind the fire, and the fire will shine when it is shaken. The mapping is extremely soft.

In addition, there are rattan baskets woven with golden vines on both sides of the platform. In the left and right rattan baskets, there are two blond Greek women standing, one mature and the other immature.

How are the Greeks?

The intimacy in the hearts of the Hu merchants couldn't help but be greatly discounted after seeing the appearances of Queen Pasode and the little girl Anneve.

The Greeks, in the eyes of the aborigines in Asia Minor, are conquerors and oppressors, so it's hard to make people feel good about them!
However, when they figured out the relationship, they had strange expressions.

They are all well-informed people who have traveled far and wide, so even if they have never made a pilgrimage or seen Queen Pasode with their own eyes, they have all heard that the messenger of the Goddess of Goodness in their family teaching is a Greek queen, or A descendant of Alexander III.

He has served as the messenger of the Goddess of Goodness since he was a child, and has taken care of the sacred fire in the church for decades. The appearance of this Greek man is on the contrary...

However, they also knew that Queen Pasade was stabbed in the back by the priests of the church, accusing her of chaos, which caused devout believers to abandon Queen Pasade one after another, which in turn led to the destruction of her country...

So, the holy fire, the holy land, and the messenger of the Goddess of Goodness in front of me, are they all real?

The Hu merchants looked at each other in blank dismay, then prostrated themselves on the ground again, and began to pray silently.

Everything in front of me, whether it is true or not... at least it looks real... and when you are in trouble, it is always right to pray to the god Ahura...

call-

Ahura seemed to hear their prayers, and the golden-masked knights reined in before them.

Leaning a little, Queen Pasade and her little girl Anniewe also got down from the saddle, looking neither happy nor sad, and looked at the group of embarrassing businessmen.

When the Hu merchants were sized up by the Qin people, they didn't feel ashamed. When they met the wealthy Qin people, they would compete to show off, hoping to enter the rich and noble family as slaves.

But at this time, under the calm gaze of Queen Pasade and Annieve, the Hu merchants all blushed and wanted to bury their heads in their crotches.

When they were in their hometown, they were all prominent figures, but in Daqin they were reduced to such a situation, which is really a bit embarrassing.

People work hard outside, no matter how much hardship they suffer and suffer, they always smash their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs, but what they show in front of their relatives and friends is always a glamorous side...

In this situation, facing Queen Pasade and Anniewe, they probably felt the embarrassment of "being discovered by their relatives and friends, and they were working hard outside, but they were actually begging for food on their knees", and they were ashamed to the point of embarrassment.

"What's up with him?"

Queen Pasade looked at them with neither joy nor sorrow, and finally fell on Atta, who was bleeding head, and asked.

"He didn't want to be a slave, so he wanted to die and hit his head on a stone trough." A Hu merchant lowered his head and replied sadly.

Queen Pasade nodded suddenly, then resisted the pungent smell in the barn, walked to Atta's side, and prayed devoutly for him with slightly closed eyes.

Two other golden-masked female knights then entered the barn, each testing Atta's breath and pulse.

blah-

One of the golden-masked female knights tore off a corner of her plain white robe to bandage the wound on Atta's forehead.

Another golden-masked female knight stretched out her nails, and pinched fiercely in the middle of Atta's nose.

"Hmm~!"

Atta snorted and woke up trembling.

He first looked at the two golden-masked female knights, and then at Queen Pasade, who was praying for him, somewhat confused about the situation.

Finally, his eyes fell on the white camels outside the barn, on the holy fire and holy land on the back of the white camels.

Then, he suddenly shouted for joy, prostrated himself at the feet of Queen Pasade, and said in ancient Persian as if singing: "Holy Messenger of the Goddess of Goodness, are you here to guide my soul into heaven?"

This obviously guessed the identity of Queen Pasade, and thought that she was dead.

Queen Pasadei shook her head, and also chanted in ancient Persian and replied: "Pious Ahura believers, your body is not dead, how can I guide your soul into heaven?"

Hearing this, Atta was stunned for a moment.

He finally realized that the gazes of the Hu merchants around him were all looking at him at this moment, and there were bursts of tingling pain from the acupuncture points on his forehead and under his nose...

Obviously he is not dead!

However, after he figured out the situation, he didn't just get up. He still prostrated himself at the feet of Queen Pasade, crying with tears rolling down his face, "Is this the test given to me by Ahura, the God of Light... What exactly am I going to go through?" Only by suffering can we be relieved..."

When he cried, the other Hu merchants in the barn couldn't hold back anymore, and burst into tears.

They all cried like babies in confinement, or like old mothers who died and couldn't go back to keep their filial piety.

The owner of the barn felt bad luck, so he cursed: "Shut up, and if you dare to cry again, I will cut off your tongue!"

The Hu merchants fell silent for a moment, hiccupping and suppressing their sobs.

The barn owner nodded in satisfaction, then turned to scold Queen Pasode: "You Hu Fu, if you don't do business, you'll get the hell out of here, don't bother me here..."

Queen Pasade's face turned black when she was scolded, but she immediately returned to her expression of neither joy nor sorrow, and nodded to the two golden-faced female knights who rescued Atta.

These two golden-masked female knights were actually Yu Ji and Lu Xiaomei in disguise. They not only supervised Pasade's mother and daughter, but also helped them settle the matter.

The two women, one on the left and the other on the right, pulled the irritable barn owner out of the barn for a chat.

Leaning a little, the owner of the barn came back resentfully, took out the key and released the shackles on Ata and the Hu merchants.

"Follow me~!"

Queen Pasade said a word to the bewildered Atta and the merchants, then turned around and left the barn, boarding the white camel with Anniewe again.

Then, the golden-masked female knights surrounded the mother and daughter and continued to go deep into the West City.

Atta and the Hu merchants looked at each other for a moment, and hurriedly followed the team.

This messenger of the Goddess of Goodness, who was abandoned by Western believers, is now their spiritual pillar!
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The team marched all the way in the West City, and when they met a Hu man who was sold into slavery, Queen Pasadei would ask Yu Ji and Lu Xiaomei to come forward to rescue and redeem him.

After completing a tour of the entire West City, the barbarian team following behind Queen Pasade already had nearly a thousand people.

A small half of them were not freed Hu slaves.

After all, not all the Hu merchants who participated in the gamble a few days ago lost and needed to be sold into slavery.

There are still many Hu merchants, although they lost miserably, they still have some surplus money...

They saw the saintesses of their hometown sect appear in Xianyang city with the holy fire and holy land, and spared no effort to rescue the unlucky believers, so they naturally wanted to follow along with a pilgrimage to watch the excitement.

Queen Pasade led the team straight out of the city, and came to a mansion that was obviously just built.

The house is built in a very exotic style, and the stone carvings on the corridors are full of ingenuity.

The thousands of barbarians who followed behind saw the house, and immediately prostrated themselves on the ground excitedly.

This is clearly a Zoroastrian temple!
"A few days ago, this place was covered with a curtain, so it turned out that a temple was being built..."

"This saint who was expelled from the sect has so much energy that she can actually buy a house in Daqin..."

"Didn't you see it on the day of the military parade? They went in and out with Princess Daqin. At that time, I wondered who they were..."

After getting up from the ground, the Hu merchants who watched the excitement were all amazed.

Queen Pasode and her little girl, Annieve, got off the white camel together, each holding the holy fire and the holy place, and entered the temple which occupied a large area.

Those Hu merchants who were rescued followed closely behind.

The Hu merchants who watched the excitement also entered.

Later, the holy fire and holy place were placed in the temple hall, guarded by the golden-masked female knights.

Queen Pasade said loudly to the Hu merchants who followed the hall: "I hope this temple can become the home of all Zoroastrians in Daqin!"

"When you are hungry, you can come to the temple to fill your stomach."

"When you are cold, you can come to the temple to borrow clothes."

"When you are confused, you can come to the temple and ask Ahura for guidance..."

All the Hu merchants heard it with emotion, and once again prostrated themselves at the feet of Queen Pasade, to show their piety and respect.

But there are all kinds of people, there are people who feel the Queen Pepasade, and there are those who don't like her, and immediately said coldly: "You are just a messy Greek woman, and you are no longer our saint. Girl, you are even less qualified to represent Ahura in charge of the temple!"