Chapter 138: Rite and Sword (II)
(The third chapter was sent in advance, and today the wood is there)
Although the Zhang family prides itself on being a family of music and poetry books, after all, they are only a townsman and do not have a special dancer. After the green-clothed maids finished serving the wine and food, they had to come up to dance and have fun.
It was the end of spring, the weather was getting hotter, and people's hearts were also hot. But they were all dressed in short and thin, embroidered silk clothes, and after bowing to the people on the east and west sides, they began to whirl and dance in harmony with the two musicians playing the piano and drums.
The party gentlemen of Wei Guoxiang in Dongxi are all cultural people, and they are also polite when watching the dance, although they don't know what they are thinking in their eyes, and they can only bow their heads lightly on the surface. Xixi's Qin pawns were much more straightforward, their eyes were straight one by one, and they pointed at the beautiful girls inside, and even habitually spurred foul language.
After three years in the army, the sow Sai Xi Shi, if it weren't for Heifu Town, they would have gone up and jumped together with each other......
The people of the Warring States are not far from ancient times, no matter which country, whether it is the barbarian Rongdi or the Central Plains Zhuxia, regardless of whether they are men and women, they can all sing and dance. Especially after a feast and drinking, you can dance all night.
After the maidservants finished dancing and retreated, Zhang Bo saw that those uninformed Qin pawns were stunned, and their saliva flowed and swelled again.
He asked Zhong Ming to ask Heifu: "This is the Central Plains dance music, presumably you strong men have never seen it before, right?" β
This time, Heifu stopped bragging, shook his head and said: "Life in the army is boring, there are no women, singing and dancing. β
Seeing that Zhang Bo was about to get proud again, Heifu smiled and said, "However, when I came today, I also prepared a little dance to entertain with you." β
After that, regardless of whether the master agreed or not, he nodded to Gongao.
"Second and third sons, get up!"
With Gong Ao's order, the ten Qin soldiers immediately left Fang Cai's food, wine, and women behind, pressed their swords and got up, and at the same time picked up the heavy shields they brought in.
For a while, the Dongxi Township Party, including the master, all showed different colors.
Although they despised the rudeness of the Qin people in their hearts, they did not dare to laugh loudly, just because the Qin soldiers on the opposite side all came to the banquet with weapons......
Bar? Don't dare to stop it, you can only let it go and be careful.
Fang Cai, perhaps because he felt that the sword armor was really spicy to the eyes, which affected the atmosphere of the banquet, Zhang Cheng smiled dryly and said to the black man, the armor is cumbersome, it is better to remove the armor and sword, and drink heartily, how about it?
But Heifu refused, saying something "On the orders of the general, before destroying Wei, I dare not remove my armor!" "Let Zhang Ying be bored.
At this moment, his purpose of letting everyone wear armor and hold shields and swords was revealed.
"You wait and dance with a sword, and cheer up the master and the kings of the East Seat!"
"No!"
After the promise with a rainbow of momentum, ten Qin soldiers, under the leadership of Gong Ao, strode to the center of the hall, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, standing majestically in a formation, all standing straight!
The atmosphere was solemn, and for a while, no one dared to speak out in the hall.
Heifu also picked up a chopstick and began to beat the copper kettle, making a clanging sound, which was particularly harsh in the silent hall......
To the ears of everyone in Dongxi, this is the beat of music and dance, but in fact, this is just the rhythm of the drums of the Qin people's march. Every time Heifu marched, he had to stand on the side, holding tiles and bamboo planks and beating them, a skill that had long been perfected.
As Heifu beat more and more rapidly, the dance changed from static to dynamic, and turned into a blazing battle atmosphere, and the armor soldiers ran in place, divided into two lines, and marched as they went!
They suddenly turned to Xixi and saluted Heifu with their swords and shields, their eyes filled with admiration.
They suddenly rushed towards the east seat, making a fierce stabbing motion, and the sharp sword almost stabbed the face of the east seat guests, so frightened that several guests could no longer care about food etiquette, and exclaimed that the queen retreated, and even knocked over the precious lacquerware......
These armor soldiers were all dukes and knights who were beheaded in the Battle of Waihuang, and they experienced bloody battles, and after cutting off their heads, they were contaminated with a fierce murderous aura. For a while, the hall was full of swords and swords, and the cheerful atmosphere of feasting and drinking had long been destroyed.
Seeing this, Heifu smiled.
In fact, this is the style of Qin pawn's training in the past, but the military life is boring, and their commander Yang Xiong is not only thoughtful, but also a person who can entertain himself, and let the soldiers dance with swords when there is nothing to do, so Heifu also learned this hand.
I never thought about it, but I used it today......
He also has no choice, since he can't make people respect and recognize himself in terms of etiquette and quality, then he can only show force.
You are courteous, we have swords.
Lile must bow its head under the blade of the sword until the day when it subtly weakens the iron.
In the hall, the Qin soldiers changed all kinds of difficult and complicated formations in an orderly manner as they usually trained, sometimes sitting, sometimes standing, and under the rhythm of Heifu, there was a faint sense of dancing......
After dancing for a while, the armorers were already sweating a little, and then Heifu struck hard! After hearing the sound, the armor soldiers immediately reassembled, and the ten people were neatly arranged, solemn!
They roared loudly, raised their swords in the air, and struck the skinned wooden shield with their blades! Make a loud noise!
"Bang!"
It's like a thousand horsemen rushing forward! It's like a big river bursting! It seems that the city of Daliang is bad! It's as if the society has collapsed!
This sound shook the hearts and minds of Wei people present.
This sound reminded them of the memories of being tortured and killed by the Qin army on the battlefield in the past hundred years.
The Battle of Anmen, the Battle of Hexi, the Battle of Anyi, the Battle of Yique, and the Battle of Huayang......
Hundreds of thousands of Wei people died tragically under the sword of the Qin people.
Hexi, Shangjun, Hewai, Hedong, Hanoi, and Dongjun, everywhere Wei land was ceded to Qin, but it could not feed the mouth of the tiger and wolf. Barely slept overnight, looked at the four realms, and the Qin soldiers went to the city again.
And today, a Qin sword is jumping in his own hall!
How can you not be frightened when you think about it like this?
The sword dance has ended, and everyone at the table, including the Zhang brothers, are all like ashes, and the maids who have just finished dancing are also discolored, and their legs are trembling.
In the huge Dongzhang Mansion, no one dares to despise and despise all the Qin pawns!
Zhang Bo was dazzled by the bright blades and round shields, and his scalp was numb by the last loud roar.
He looked at his brother Zhang Cheng in a panic, and Zhang Cheng also gave him a frightened look.
Just from the sword dance, it can be seen that its orders and prohibitions seem to be able to defeat ten with one. Combined, although there are two hundred servants armed, how can it be compared with these Qin soldiers who have been trained every year after Fu and have been tempered on the battlefield, if there is really a conflict, the heads of everyone on this table are afraid that it is not enough for Qin soldiers to cut off.
Both of them rejoiced in their hearts: "Fortunately, I didn't be too rude to the Qin people today!" β
Heifu also smiled at this time and asked: "I don't know what you think, how is this dance in the army?" β
So Zhang Bo smiled reluctantly for the first time, and praised insincerely: "Good...... Good sword dance, extraordinary momentum! β
The people in Dongxi hurriedly echoed, and the flattery and fear in their words were undoubtedly revealed, weren't they just afraid of the Qin State soldiers before they surrendered willingly?
Heifu laughed, asked the Qin soldiers to come back and sit down, got up and toasted to them: "We are here, just like the 200,000 troops of the Qin State are here!" β
The Wei Township Party above the hall has only the voice of resignation at this moment.
Only Zhang Cheng lowered his head and pondered.
"After this sword dance, this banquet in which he was the master of his own family was turned against the guest by this Qin official. If this round of the game is a fiasco, in the next few months, Zhang's will have to rely on his snort, and it will not be easy to turn over......"
The Qin State destroyed Wei, and their nephew predicted it a few years ago, but it was impossible to oppose it, and they could only cooperate with it.
Zhang Ying is much smarter than Zhang Bo, although he has been making peace, but for the sake of the family, when it is time to come out, he still has to take the lead.
At the very least, move this embarrassing situation back a little, and don't let Zhang's lose too ugly.
So Zhang Cheng suddenly asked: "You, the soldiers just danced, is it the joy of "Dawu"?" β
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"The joy of martial arts?"
Heifu looked stunned at this time and shook his head, he was uneducated and didn't know what "Dawu" was.
Zhang Cheng took the opportunity to say to Zhang Bo, who was also unknown: "My brother, do you remember? Zi η (hΓΉ) once said to us that this great martial art is a great martial art that praises the martial arts of the martial king, and there are six sections, which are also danced with swords, shields, and armor. This was the joy of the Zhou Dynasty, used to worship ancestors at the temple or to boost morale before going on an expedition. β
As he spoke, he also winked at Zhang Bo.
Although Zhang Bo was the uncle of the "Zi Gu", when his nephews came back from their study tours and talked to them with great interest about his newly learned Confucianism, Zhang Bo dozed off when he listened.
Although Dongzhang is known as the home of Lile, he himself is not very proficient in Confucianism, and just regards it as a thing to paste the faΓ§ade.
On the contrary, it is Zhang Cheng of Xizhang, who is not only more knowledgeable, but also has a bit of cultural heritage.
At this time, Zhang Bo finally understood Zhang Yin's hint, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "That's right, Zi Gu did say it." β
He smacked his lips and said insincerely: "I never thought that the sword dance of the Qin army was actually an allusion to the ritual music of the martial king's extermination, no wonder it was as powerful as a bamboo...... Hahaha. β
After Zhong Ming translated this passage to Heifu as usual, he also said that the "Zi Gu" was the son of Zhang's officials in Xianyang.
Heifu was curious for a while, and Zhong Ming asked, "I don't know what official position the gentleman of the Zhang family holds in Xianyang?" β
That's what the Zhang brothers were waiting for.
Zhang Cheng immediately touched his beard and said with a smile: "Speaking of my nephew, he is really a very human, he loves books like his life, sees everything, knows everything, and is a genius who knows everything from the past to the present!" β
Zhang Bo continued: "I watched him grow up, he could read and write at the age of three, know poetry and books at the age of five, read all the books in his family at the age of ten, and learn from the Confucian scholars in the county at the age of twelve...... When he was fifteen years old, he thought that he had learned all the books of Wei, so he carried his bags and traveled to Chu with only one servant......"
Heifu listened to the old man singing a duet there, and his expression gradually became surprised.
"He went to the Lanling Tomb of Chu State to visit the great Confucian Xunzi, and became the last disciple of Xunzi before his death!"
"After Xunzi died, he mourned for him for three years, and after he returned, he closed the door for another three years, and did not leave the door for half a step, integrating what he had learned before......"
Three years later, he suddenly went out, left home, went to the river to bathe and bathe his hair, stood in the water and thought for a long time, and then said that he had read all the books of the Six Kingdoms, but Korea was destroyed, and presumably in the near future, the books and regulations of the Six Nations would all belong to Qin. So he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and enter the Qin State in the west to observe the Qin government. β
"After he entered Qin, he caused a sensation in Xianyang with his knowledge, and was recruited into the imperial history mansion for history, and held books and classics, which is said to be highly regarded by the imperial historian and the court captain......"
Speaking of which, the Zhang brothers thought that they knew that there were people in Xianyang who were officials, and that they should be more and more frightened, but the more they listened, the more excited they became.
In the end, he couldn't help but shoot the case, only hating that the gap between the dialects of the two sides was too big to ask directly, so he could only let Zhong Ming relay: "That gentleman of the Zhang family, that Zi Gu, what is his name!?" β
Zhang Bo and Zhang looked at each other negatively, and it seemed that they did not achieve their expected results, but now, the two can only blow to the end.
"Its name, Zhang Cang!"