Chapter 72: Thrush
Changing the name is just the first step. Xu You found Lu Shuang and made a simple disguise for Shanzong, without asking for a change of appearance, at least his personal characteristics are not that obvious.
After Lu Shuang looked carefully, she smiled and said, "There are the most heroic and eye-catching eyes when you look at her hair. If you want to be unknown, you must first remove the sky eyebrows and paint them with a dab, so that you can look a little ordinary."
There is a poem "Pink, white, dark, black, and beautiful", which shows that the joy of a girl's eyebrows has already appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. By the Wei and Jin Dynasties, dark eyebrows have become commonplace. From noble ladies to maids, to maids, to go out at home, they must modify their eyebrows.
Shan Zong said nervously: "Will Daimei be too feminine?"
"The wind in the east of the Yangtze River, men regard femininity as beauty! Forgive the young woman's boldness, the appearance of the mountain man is indeed handsome, but not feminine. If you paint with the moon or the eyebrows of the clouds, you will definitely be able to compete with Zidu, Song Yu for a while."
Shanzong smiled bitterly and said, "Don't make fun of me. Just my honor, going out at night can make the children stop crying."
Xu You made some small comments and said, "Daimei cannot last for a long time, and it will disperse when it encounters water. Besides, it has to be painted every day. When encountering a crisis, it may not be too late... Can you tattoo it?"
The ancients were not unfamiliar with tattoos. "Records of the Grand Historian" recorded that people from the ancient Yue Kingdom "cut off their hair and tattoos" as the belief of the clan. Later, they gradually developed into tattooing. They first carved out the handwriting with a knife, and then suffocated it with ink. The ink marks can even be penetrated into the bones and will never be eliminated by death.
Lu Shuang leaned against her head, frowned and thought, and her face looked like a jade light, which looked very beautiful, and said, "Do you want to tattoo your face for Shan Langjun?"
Tattoo often targets escaped slaves and thieves, and engraves the words "escape" or "robbery", which will not cause much harm to the body, but may cause psychological torture and humiliation to be comparable to castration.
Shanzong shrank his shoulders and looked at Xu You pitifully. Xu You smiled and said, "Tat the face? It's okay, let's think about it. What's better to carve? Why not carve two geese and call you Yanzizidu?"
The allusion of Yanzidu comes from the late Tang Dynasty. Zhu Jin from Yunzhou selected hundreds of brave and powerful men to join the army, and tattooed two geese on his forehead, known as the "Yanzidu". In order to deal with him, Zhu Wen also selected elite dead soldiers. His face was full of interesting stories. He used the three words "Falling Yanzidu" on his face to deal with Zhu Jin, which was also an interesting story.
Shan Zong grinned, and a burst of pain on his cheek for no reason. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let me let go. As long as I can hide it from others' eyes, let alone tattooing, even if I put my feet on, I will agree!"
"The body and hair are my parents, and it is not advisable to have a tattoo of face and feet. Sooner or later, these inhuman corporal punishments will be abolished!" Xu You stopped his smile and said, "It's just that, I'm in a hurry to follow the power, just tattooing two eyebrows and frost. Can you do it?"
"Yes! When I was in Qingle Tower, if there was a maid who was good at color and makeup, the master often took off his eyebrows, dug out the flesh with a knife, then chiseled out the shape of the bones, and then filled it with bronze green. After three days of exposure, the bronze green green and skin condensed, and the eyebrows were like evil spirits, and I couldn't bear to see it!"
Lu Shuang's words were casual, but she could not help but feel a little more pity in Xu You's ears. Although there are many strange women who value love and righteousness in brothels, most of them have long been unsatisfied with the ups and downs and have long been without shame. Everything they see and hear is the ugliest side of the world, and even more so, they have become cold-blooded and ruthless. All kinds of private methods are not only unbearable to witness, but also unbearable to listen suddenly.
"No need to be so troublesome, come, I will teach you!" Xu You had countless girlfriends in his previous life, and had seen many cosmetics and knew less, but he still knew the process of eyebrow tattooing, and said, "Take the needle!"
"Needle?"
"Yes, sewing needle!"
The use of needles instead of knife saws to tattoo the face was only after the Liang Dynasty. It was extended to the Zhao Song Dynasty, and the knife saws were completely abandoned. Everyone used needles to use needles. As for needle tattoos, the Tang Dynasty began to become popular, and even craftsmen who made a living by selling thorns appeared. The street wanderers were familiar guests, animals, figures, flowers and trees, Buddha statues, words, and novel thorns, which were even better than later generations.
Lu Shuang was born in Chu State, so she naturally had never heard of these, and she didn't understand what the small sewing needle could do, but she didn't say much and hurried back to the house to pick it up. After a while, she came in with a small wooden box, followed by the lively autumnal equinox and winter solstice.
Open the wooden box, and it is divided into two layers. It is exquisitely crafted and has a reasonable layout. The small space contains a long and thin eyebrow pencil, dozens of rouge beans, a few dozen coins of fragrant powder, and a piece of pebbles-sized ink-colored block. I don’t know what it is for it, but there are a variety of other products, with only a dozen cosmetics, which can be said to be dazzling.
Xu You glanced at it and said strangely: "This is a thin willow pen. I heard that writing small characters is the best. You actually use them for Daimei... and this, what is this?"
He picked up the ink-colored block, put it on his nose and smelled it, and there was no special smell. Lu Shuang smiled and said, "This is the fragrance stone, and it is also the green Luo Dai. Put it in water and grind it open. Use a fine willow pen to moisten it, and you can directly color the sky eyebrows."
It turned out to be the ink of the thrush. Xu You suddenly realized that the ink of the thrush, which is a black mineral, called Shi Dai, Qing Dai, Mo Dan, etc. It is used by men and used by women, so it is also called the ink of the thrush. When used, it is placed in a special inkstone to grind it into powder, and then mix it with water. Unexpectedly, the finished product that replaces graphite has appeared in the Chu State. Without any effort to grind it, just mix it directly!
"Jixiangshi...a good name!"
When Lushuang mixed the fragrant stone with water, the dispersed ink was not too dark, between green and black. Xu You took out the sewing needle, wiped the poison with a candlelight, and signaled Lushuang to dip it in the ink with a fine willow pen, then gently tapped the corner of Shanzong's eyebrows, and then stabbed the needle into the ink dot.
The blood oozed out, and the ink scars were immediately imprinted on the surface of the skin, which was clearly visible. Xu You just demonstrated Lu Shun and handed the needle into her hands, saying, "Just like this, go to his sky eyebrows first, and then use the needle to pierce the eyebrows slightly, whether it is a quivering moon, stroking the clouds, or a small hill or a hanging bead. As long as his face becomes softer, it is not so outstanding!"
Lu Shuang looked at Xu You in surprise and said, "Xiaolang, how do you know so much? This is the first time I have seen this kind of eyebrow tattooing method."
"Actually, there is no difference between a tattoo. The tattoo must be engraved first and then dyed ink, but the knife saw and drilling will cause too much damage to people. Using a needle can reduce unnecessary damage, but the tip of the needle is too thin and cannot withstand the ink, so you must dye it first and then carve the letter."
The next thing was handed over to Lu Shuang. When Xu You went out, he instructed: "By the way, don't call Shanlangjun again in the future. Forget the name of Shanzong. His name is Jingzhe now!"
After leaving the room, the Winter Solstice reported something and said, "Langjun, do you remember that monk from Dade Temple before you asked me to inquire about it?"
"Remember, why did you find out his identity?"
"Well, I found a clever eyeliner and stole the construction site of Dade Temple to work. I sent back some real and fake information one after another. Because most of them were trivial, I didn't report to Xiaolang in time. However, I sent another piece of information yesterday and finally had a general understanding of the monk's origin."
"Speak!"
"His name is Zhu Wulu, one of Zhu Fayan's disciples. He is usually very low-key, wearing white clothes, rarely shows up in public, and rarely participates in debates. He does not know the depth of Buddhism's cultivation."
“No leaks?”
The original Wuzong of Buddhism regards Zhu Daorong as the most respected. Currently, there are not many eminent monks living in the Dao generation, followed by the Fazi generation. This time, the abbot of Qiantang Dade Temple was Zhu Fayan, the eldest disciple of Zhu Daorong. Then there is Wuzhi generation. Zhu Wuluo can become Zhu Fayan's personal disciple, and he must have something extraordinary, and it will not be as simple as the information said.
"In Buddhist scriptures, it means trouble. Since non-leakage is the law of inaction. Do you know how to interpret the law of inaction?"
"I don't know!"
Every time the Winter Solstice talks with Xu You, you can learn a lot of truths from it. You listen carefully and ask seriously, and say, "Please give me some advice!" "All the law of inaction is like emptiness and emptiness, as if the mind is still unmoved, all things are in it. This is a higher state than the law of condition. Zhu Fayan gave his disciple such a Dharma name, and the expectations and high hopes for him in his heart can be imagined!"
The Winter Solstice realized: "Is Xiao Lang saying that Zhu Wulu is hiding his humbleness?"
"It should be almost the same, but the problem is that he is already a disciple of Zhu Fayan and has been appreciated by his master, so why should he keep a careful look?"
The Winter Solstice was excited and said, "He has an enemy, or he has an opponent!"
"That's right! The opponent's power is probably far above him, so you have to hide your slightestness to avoid his edge and achieve the goal of paralyzing the opponent." Xu You smiled and said, "Do you know what to do next?"
"clear!"
Seeing that the Winter Solstice had not left, Xu You said with concern: "Is there anything else?"
"Well...this..." Dong Xie was so embarrassed that she refused to say it directly, which was very different from her usual personality.
Xu You was surprised and said, "Tell me, have you made a mistake? It doesn't matter. I said before that you can make mistakes. Anyone who grops through it cannot be achieved overnight."
"No, no, absolutely no mistake!" Dong Xie bit her lip and said, "Yes, no...no money..."
"No money?"
Xu You blinked and said, "Didn't you grant you 100,000 yuan? You'll spend it so soon?"
I didn't dare to reply to the Winter Solstice.
Xu You smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, it's not that you blamed you for spending money, it's just that you are curious about where you spent it?"
"I have raised a few people, including little beggars in the streets, waiters in the restaurants, and gossips who are messing around. All of these are all good, mainly because it costs a little more when arranging people to Tang Zhiyi's men..."
Xu You knew that it would cost money to cultivate intelligence networks, but he didn't expect that it was just starting out and the expenses were so high, and said, "This money was originally controlled by you. You can know where you can use it."
"I'm keeping the account. Xiaolang can ask Sister Lushuang to check the account..."
Xu You shook his head and said, "I entrusted you with the most important thing. Can you still believe in your loyalty? You don't need to check the accounts, and don't remember them again in the future. When you go back later, you will destroy the previous account books immediately, and don't leave any traces."
"promise!"
After hearing Xu You's words, Dong Xie almost burst into tears, lowered his head, so that he would not notice anything unusual. He wanted to immediately cultivate an intelligence network comparable to the boat pavilion so that Xiao Lang would not be in a dark way in the future.
"Let me do this, I'll give you another 50,000 yuan to get the Lushuang piece, and support it for a while."
Chapter completed!