Why did Zhang Qian kill his wife?

Zhang Qian didn't kill his wife.

At that time, it happened that Khan, the military minister, was in power and he was ambitious. He ordered the King to come to the trapped place in Zhang Qian every day, urging him to draw a "galloping horse map" including the map of the big fellow, with the intention of completely controlling the western regions, riding south, conquering Chang 'an and seizing the Central Plains. Zhang Qian, who has been pretending to be a snake, on the one hand delayed the date of drawing the map, and on the other hand planned to lead his entourage to flee. But is it easy for the generation whose king was wiped out by Zuori to be together? He once threatened the life of the captured Han people and asked Zhang Qian to complete the drawing of the galloping horse map as soon as possible.

At this point, the duke who has always wanted to retaliate against the military minister Khan must be late. He got in touch with Yi Zhixie, who wanted to win the sweat, and took Zhang Qian's "Running Horse" as a pledge. So BuBuchi persuaded Zhang Qian to hand over the real map and let him leave safely with his entourage. But Zhang Qian knew this map like the back of his hand and was unmoved.

In order to get away, Zhang Qian asked his wife, Su Buchi's sister, to give Su Buchi the map. After getting the map, Su Buchi was ecstatic. He no longer hesitated, immediately launched his own military forces and solved the problem of chasing the king in the city. At this time, I saw the smoke suddenly rising and the study where the map was stored caught fire. Zhang Qian's wife set the fire. Su Buchi ran after him and was finally killed by Zhang Qian by the river.

Brief introduction of Zhang Qian

Zhang Qian (164- 1 14), a native of Chenggu, Hanzhong (now Chenggu County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province), was an outstanding diplomat, traveler, explorer and pioneer of the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty in China.

In the second year of Jianyuan in the Western Han Dynasty (BC 139), the famous Silk Road was opened under the order of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who made it a prince of Bo with meritorious military service. In the third year of Emperor Gaozu Ding Yuan (before 1 14), Zhang Qian died in Chang 'an, the capital of Dahan, and was buried in his hometown of Hanzhong.