Chapter 126: The thought is endless

This is a very strange phenomenon. The Song Dynasty used Japanese paper as the best. When they wrote letters, they could use Japanese paper, which was very tasteful. However, the Japanese liked to use Japanese paper as a Song Dynasty paper to show their dignity.

The letter written by the Kanto Samurai was also recorded on Song paper, which was a few more words than the letter written by Lord Sugawara, but the meaning was the same, and it said: "Please give him dignity to death!"

This is really a strange thing - such a famous "glass" with a splendid pride, a famous public relations person, all over the Japanese court hoped that he would die, but no one expected his style to survive.

Zhao Xing handed Su Shi the letter, solemnly helped Park In-kwang up with both hands, and gave the most solemn thank you: "Thank you, Lord Park! Lord has done his best, and I will remember this kindness."

On the other end, Su Shi held these two signatures and praised him: "Look, there are people who write such beautiful calligraphy in Wang Youjun in the wilderness. Look, this stroke shows that his skills are so beautiful."

Chen Qing couldn't help but ask, "What are you writing?"

Su Shi dragged the door long and said word by word: "'Kill it---he'! Tsk tsk, these words are soft and beautiful, and the turning point is like a natural flow, tilting down a hundred feet... It's amazing!"

Now even Chen Qing couldn't bear it. He reached out to cover his eyes, looking terrible. After a while, he asked again: "Where is that letter?"

Su Shi repeated the letter again, gestured back and forth in the air with his hands, and commented: "The person who wrote this word must have strong wrists. Look, he stroked and stroked each stroke without hesitation from beginning to end, and did not stick to it at all. This means that the person who wrote this word is a heart-warming heart, and once he made a decision, he would never regret it."

Chen Qing's hands were blindfolded and couldn't bear to let go. On the other hand, Park In-kwang was so moved that he almost cried when he saw Chen Qing's appearance: "Mr. Chen loves Yuan Yeping so much, I will turn around and tell him and let him thank him solemnly."

Chen Qing put down his hand in confusion and looked at Su Shi with his eyes. Su Shi immediately exclaimed: "Ji Chang's action is in line with the ancient meaning - I can't bear to see it suddenly."

It turns out that Chen Qing's actions of covering with his hands are also a kind of ancient etiquette. It means that when hearing the unfortunate news of the person he respects, he will cover it with his hands to express heartache. This etiquette is similar to when the modern Western court sentences people to death, people in the court must cover their faces with their handkerchiefs to express their mercy as humans.

Su Shi did not need to do this etiquette because he was a letter reader, and Zhao Xing did not need to do it because he was the party involved; Park In-kwang was a letter sender, and he did not need to make any moves to hide his purpose, and Chen Qing happened to do it - this means: As a warrior, he respected Yuan Yeping and did not want to hear the other party's sorrow.

After putting down these two letters, Su Dongpo reluctantly looked away from the letter and turned to Zhao Xing: "Li Ren, how do you compete? What do you need me to do?"

Zhao Xing felt very strange. The group of people talked for a long time, but never worried about his safety, and didn't even mention a word. He looked at this in surprise, then another one, and asked depressedly: "Why did I listen for a long time? Just hearing you praise 'good handwriting', 'good paper', 'good Zhou Li', don't you ask me? Yuan Yeping is a famous Tang Daoshi in Kanto. Don't you worry about me?"

Zhao Xing pointed at Chen Qing: "Chen Daxia has been practicing beheading for so long. Didn't he expect that the one you slashed off with a knife might be my head?"

Zhao Xing muttered aggrievedly: "No one has ever comforted me...Is my character so bad?"

Chen Qing first replied: "What am I worried about you? You beat the rogues in Bianliang City in Tokyo to look for teeth, and even Bao Longtu helplessly hide in the Beggars' Gang bandits... Why should I worry about that Japanese? He is not my relative."

Park In-kwang then added: "I heard that Lord Zhao has traveled through the seven seas, experienced countless storms, and broke up countless bandits, including South China and West China. I have seen your record in Hangzhou. Although Yuan Yeping is famous, he is just a handsome young man... I only hope that you will show mercy and don't slap his face - that's a pity!"

Su Dongpo pointed to the two Japanese books in front of him and replied with a smile: "Look, you are familiar with these Japanese people. I believe they know all your skills. Since they are all so expecting them, why should I worry about you? Leaving people, what I worry about is the Japanese people. After all, we are the scholars of the Supreme Kingdom. The saint said: Don't use your strength to win, don't use your might. You should not be too rude to win people with virtue."

Rude - this word is used in ambiguously. Maybe Su Shi didn't know what kind of person Yuan Yeping was, so when he said this word, Park In-kwang laughed secretly, and Zhao Xing rolled his eyes, choking and breathless.

Before Su Shi could ask again, Zhao Xing immediately interrupted Su Shi: "Teacher, what's the discussion in the court?"

Su Shi shook his head with a wry smile: "After the imperial physician's examination, the county lord Lezhi was indeed pregnant. For the sake of royal decency, the court officials have decided to choose a princess to match Zhan Miao. The county lord Lezhi was married as a concubine. This matter is not allowed to be promoted by the court..."

Interestingly, Zhan Miao could tell that the other party was pregnant by just glance at the princess. This guy's eyes were comparable to B-super.

From another aspect, it can also be inferred that Zhan Miao is a veteran of flowers and must have made the girl pregnant more than once... But what's the matter with Zhao Xing? Zhao Xing shook his head: "I'm not asking about Zhan Miao's bullshit. I don't want to hear about such trivial matters. I'm asking about the 'Qing Tang Rebellion', how do the court plan to deal with it?"

Su Shi opened his mouth and was stunned. He was stunned for a moment before slowly reminiscing about Zhao Xing's meaning and said softly: "Compared with the Japanese, we are far from satisfactory. Apart from the world, the Japanese in the barbarians still know how to 'repriman', but if we do such a big thing, the war is on again, how can the people bear it? But the ministers in the court are arguing about which daughter to marry to a scoundrel... I am ashamed, really ashamed."

Hearing Su Shi's words, the court discussed this morning for a whole morning, and obviously had no conclusion about the "Qing Tang Rebellion" and planned to continue discussing. Su Shi was a literati. Although he was very interested in military affairs, his repeated besiege made him unwilling to do anything. Therefore, looking at his attitude, he did not want to mention this matter again, Zhao Xing no longer forced himself, and then jumped onto Yuan Yeping.

"There is a kind of etiquette in Japan, which says: a gentleman has nothing to fight for. If there is a fight, it will definitely be a target. This is an Eastern-style fight. Every year, the Japanese emperor organizes a live drama in the palace of Japan to calm the resentment and disputes between the ministers and ministers..."

"This is also the Zhou Li!" Su Shi immediately interrupted Zhao Xing's words: "The Analects of Confucius. Eight Qis" records that 'A gentleman has no dispute, so he must shoot! He bows and gives way and rises, and drinks from the bottom. His struggle is a gentleman' - this competition ceremony must be carried out according to the sentence of creation! Is it right?"

Zhao Xing tilted his head and thought for a long time, and said with admiration: "It's true... There is such a thing. It turns out that the source of "She Yi" is here!"

Zhao Xing didn't know that this ritual of competing archery was known as "Chinese-style gladiator". Because its origin was in China, it only existed briefly in China. Although this ritual was popular in Japan and South Korea, Japan's Bushido rose later, and the "Japanese-style gladiator" became more cruel and fierce; and South Korea was invaded by the Jin people and disrupted the pace of civilization... After that, by the 21st century, this kind of gladiator became a game where only high school students from both countries played.

"This is great. It's time for your brothers to come and see this authentic Zhou Li... Wait, I'll notify your brothers." Su Shi was excited after getting Zhao Xing's confirmation.

Before Zhao Xing could speak, Park In-kwang first stopped it: "Bachelor, no. This kind of skill is a very sacred thing. After the game, there will be a person without questioning. If it turns into a juggling or a street sumo, it is an insult to the samurai - no, bachelor. The whole Kanto, no, the whole of Japan is watching this competition. Bachelor cannot insult Yuan Yeping like this."

No wonder? No wonder I often hear Japanese people say that this kind of etiquette was passed down from the Han Dynasty, but ancient classics never recorded its details. It turns out that those who have seen this kind of etiquette maintain sacred silence. Therefore, this kind of etiquette cannot be heard of. While the invasion of the Hu people destroyed the aristocratic families, they also massacred all those who knew this kind of etiquette, so...

It seems that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms once described: Cao Cao summoned all generals to hold a similar archery competition, but that competition seemed to be far from the ancient archery ethics. I wonder if Cao Cao was just a descendant of an eunuch. Perhaps his understanding of archery ethics was just a superficial one, so the ceremony was plausible.

What is the real archery ritual like? Just before you, the person in front of you can reproduce the ancient archery ritual. When Su Shi thought of this, his heart became even hotter. He frequently signaled Zhao Xing with his eyes and asked him to help him say a few words.

Zhao Xing muttered depressedly: "It's me who is desperately trying to enjoy my life, and I'm not right!... Well, let's do this, Ji Shouzhong is coming, and the teacher must come forward to be the witness. As if the brothers and brothers were willing to swear in front of the Buddha: I will never write this battle in words and tell others, but can appear as the "Guardian Envoy."

After a brief pause, Zhao Xing added: "Since Lord Park is at the scene as an intermediary, we simply add another person - my brother-in-law is from Vietnam, and he is the Duke of the Great Yue Kingdom. According to his identity, he appears on the scene and is completely accused of it. In this way, this battle became a war witnessed by the "Four Kingdoms": Japan, Goryeo, Vietnam, and my Great Song Dynasty."

"This idea is good," Park In-kwang immediately exclaimed: "It's great! With the witness of the four countries, I believe this game is fair enough. When Yuan Yeping heard this news, he should be moved to death. I believe Ji Shou-chung will be satisfied."

Su Shi asked in surprise: "Who is Ji Shouzhong? You mentioned this person repeatedly. Is this person famous?"

"It's very famous, and it's very famous." Zhao Xing couldn't help but say a devil's words: "It's so famous - this Ji Shouzhong's ancestors produced many famous people, one of whom was the editor of Japan's first collection of poetry - "Ancient and Modern Wakas". He is also the first Japanese poet, Ji Guanzhi, the father of the world's 'pse name'."

At this time, the trend of "pse name" had not yet been introduced to China, so it was a bit complicated to explain. Ji Guanzhi was the first in the world to use a kana and wrote a travel notes "Travels of Tosa" using a female technique, which created the fashion of writers writing with a "pse name".

Ji Guanzhi's nephew and grandson all participated in the compilation of "Ancient and Modern Collection", and countless well-known poets appeared in the Ji family. The Japanese invited such people to accompany Yuan Yeping, which shows that they attached great importance to this game, so they could not lose in this game.

After Su Shi learned about this, he immediately moved to Zhao Xing and urged Zhao Xing to practice archery when he went to court. Then, Su Jun Bachelor... took Li Gefei, the guy who took him to join in the fun. As for Zhou Bangshi who lived in Zhao Xing's mansion, he even shouted to participate, making the game look even more powerful.

On the other hand, Yuan Yeping and Ji Shouzhong were moved to tears when they learned about Zhao Xing's arrangement. They speeded up their itinerary and arrived at the city of Bianliang in Tokyo within two days.

When Yuanyeping entered the city, another snow happened to occur the day before. Several Japanese people were picked up by Zhao Xing at the city gate and sent them to Zhao Xing's mansion with a curtain lowered all the way, which made their entry into the city calm.

An archery horse farm was already set up in Zhao Xing's backyard... At this time, the armor that suited the "Shooting Ceremony" was no longer found, so Zhao Xing used a set of "Preparation Armor" to make up his numbers. He tied his arms tightly, and waited in the courtyard with his back with his hands behind his back. Behind him, a group of Japanese women knelt on the straw mat, holding bows of all sizes, long and short, and strange shapes in his hands.

Yuan Yeping opened the show with such a poem. He looked up at the branches behind the snow and sang: "When will spring flowers come to you? My thoughts are endless. The remaining snow remains on the branches, and it seems to be like flowers."

This poem was left by an unknown poet during the Tang Dynasty in Japan. Yuan Yeping recited this poem, which was both a description of the scenery and a metaphor for his mood. At this moment, his "heart is vast and endless."

Su Dongpo, Su Junshi, and Li Gefei, Zhou Bangshi were shaking his head to recite this poem. Park In-guang on one side was unwilling to accept it, so he immediately recited a "quatrain" by the contemporary Korean poet Cui Chong: "The moon is full of smokeless candles, and the mountain light is not easy to watch, and there are also pine strings playing the score, so he can only cherish the unsuccessful people."

This poem is not quoted well: there is no pine, no moon, no one plays the piano, only one courtyard. This poem is definitely not suitable for the scene.

Chen Gongchuan showed a contemptuous smile on his lips, and immediately fought back a song about "Fishing Leisure" by a famous contemporary Vietnamese monk, Fujian immigrant (Yang) Konglu: "Thousands of miles of clear rivers and thousands of miles of sky, one village of Sangtuo and another village of smoke. The fisherman was asleep and no one called him, and woke up after noon and filled the boat with snow."

In fact, this poem is not suitable. Although there is a small lake at the scene, although it snowed yesterday, where is the "fisherman"?

Yuan Yeping smiled even more arrogantly. He sat on the snow and directly recited "Hearing the Buddha, Dharma, and Monk Birds in the Later Night" written by the Tang Dynasty monk Konghai (774-835): "Sitting alone in the cottage in the idle forest, one bird of the Three Treasures, one bird has a voice, and one person has a heart, and the voice and clouds and water are all gone."

This is already a fighting spirit. Chen Gongchuan discovered his mistake and immediately made up for it. He recited the verse written by the contemporary Vietnamese poet Master Manjue (1052-1096, commonly known as Li Chang): "Spring has gone, flowers have fallen, and flowers have bloomed. Things have passed by before my eyes, and I always come from my head. Don't say that the snow has fallen flowers, and there is a plum branch in front of the courtyard last night."

Park In-gwang was angry. He felt that only by reciting a longer poem could convince the two of them. When he was anxious, he recited another poem that was not close: "Flying fairy pavilion is in the Qingming Festival, the music and songs in the moon hall are vividly listened to the lights, the lights shake the fireflies, the birds walk, the ladder returns to the rainbow shadows and falls into the rocks, when will the people follow the flowing water end? The bamboos bring cold mountains forever green. I wonder if it is right and wrong, and I have been drunk and awakened after a hundred years of sorrow."

This is "Longshuo Temple in Jingzhou" written by the Tang Dynasty Goryeo poet Pu Renfan (born and death unknown).

Yuan Yeping, who relied on the "clothing and crown system, rituals and music of the king and minister of the Han Dynasty", realized that this battle of poetry had won a great victory. He no longer paid attention to Park In-kwang and Chen Gongchuan, turned to Zhao Xing and recited: "I haven't seen your appearance but I am famous. The cold chrysanthemums are in the night and the white dew grows. I wander all night and recite again during the day. My soul is broken and my lovesickness is light."

This is a love poem. This poem made Yuan Yeping, the famous glass chant to a male "comrade", make Zhao Xing get goose bumps all over his body. He quickly changed the subject and pointed his hand behind him: "Please take a look!"

Zhao Xing interrupted, Qin Guan's guy was unaware of it. He said eagerly: "Li Ren, what about your poems? Recite two poems quickly. If you don't do it, I'll do it. I've already made three poems."

Huang Tingjian slapped him angrily and shouted in a low voice: "Writing poems?! Who is present can't do it, and you still need it?"

Yes, all the famous poets of the Song Dynasty were present. Anyone who threw them out could be the ancestor of poets from other three countries - except Zhao Xing.

Therefore, when this "Three Kingdoms Fighting Poem" was to show that he was very cultural and tasteful, although Zhao Xing did not speak a word, the appearance of the heavyweight masters behind him had shown that the strongest voice of this era was behind him, and the three countries were all Chinese poetry.

Yuan Yeping did not answer or move. Ji Shouzhong, who was beside him, took a step forward and interrupted and asked, "Where is the knife?"

Zhao Xing pointed to the Tang-style hut in his yard and shouted: "Please!"

According to etiquette, Zhao Xing first showed the guests the sword or other weapons he had used. Zhao Xing made a temporary mistake just now, mainly to cover up Qin Guan's rudeness, and forgot this detail. Now, the ceremony has returned to normal.

In this Tang-style hall, Su Shi sat in the door. In Japan, the emperor was sitting in this position to host the ceremony. Behind Su Shi were the six scholars of Su Jun, who were good at doing things, and two curious Li Gefei and Zhou Bangshi were also standing among the bachelors. Chen Gongchuan sat at the bottom, accompanied by an "One Given Love" man Ice Cheng who happened to meet. Zhao Xing and Chen Qing, Yuan Yeping and Ji Shouzhong sat side by side, and the four of them were two meters apart. The intermediary was sitting cross-legged in the center of the field.

Zhao Xing had many weapons, and he presented five swords of all sizes. The first sword was the Tang sword he had used, which was called the "Japanese samurai sword" in modern times. According to the sword-making ceremony, he first held up the sword with both hands, and then bent down to bow and salute to the sword.

This bow is actually not a bow to the knife, but to the craftsmen who make the knife, expressing respect for their labor.

After bowing, Zhao Xing took out a piece of paper with his arms (the name "waiting paper" in the Song Dynasty, so it is called "waiting paper" because it is placed in his arms), bit it in his mouth, then clasped the scabbard tightly with his left hand, the bottom of the scabbard is forward, holding the handle with his right hand, and gently pressing the spine with his left thumb, quietly pulling out the long knife without stopping.

After the scabbard is separated, he puts the knife and the scabbard horizontally and puts it together, and the handle of the knife is arranged to the left - this is because the left of the knife is the front of the knife, and the handle of the knife is to the left, which also means that he is not threatening. If the shank is to the right, it means that you can draw the knife with your right hand and unsheathing at any time to injure people.

Later, Zhao Xing pushed the knife and the sheath flat to Park In-kwang.

Under the corridor, the Japanese woman named Cuiyi was writing to record the scene.

Park In-kwang moved the knife and the sheath in a direction, facing the blade to him, then moved to the direction where Yuan Yeping was, then picked up the sheath, and pushed the blade flat to Yuan Yeping in front of him.

Yuan Yeping did not reach out, but he also bowed to the knife. This was also a bow to the craftsman who made the knife. Then he took out a piece of paper and bit it in his mouth, pinched another piece of paper in his hand and pressed the spine of the knife. He held the handle of the knife in one hand and pinched the spine of the knife with both hands. He raised the knife to the right side of the knife, and slowly moved his eyes behind the knife, and admired the knife.

Before appreciating the sword, bite a piece of paper in your mouth to prevent the blade from getting stuck in the mouth. Using the paper in your knife is to prevent the hand from touching the surface of the blade, causing the grease on the hand to stain the blade and destroy the original anti-rust oil layer.

You cannot speak during appreciation, because it is to prevent saliva from getting on the blade and causing rust. Therefore, the entire hall seems to be breathing sounds indifferent.

After Yuan Yeping finished appreciating, he put down the knife and pushed it to Park In-kwang, and praised it solemnly. "Good knife! This is the three swords given by His Majesty the Emperor. What a good knife! There is still a smell of blood on it. I guess this knife has drunk a lot of blood. Ah, I heard it roaring!"

When Zhao Xing heard what the other party said, he laughed in his stomach - how could a knife roar, just a tool.

The ancients just liked to play with these mysteries.

Park In-kwang handed out the scabbard to the other party. Yuan Yeping took it with both hands, moved the scabbard to his waist, then pressed the scabbard between his left hand, held the hilt in his right hand, and inserted the knife silently into the scabbard.

The Japanese-style knife drawing and return actions require that the knife and the scabbard do not collide, because this will damage the blade and scratch the blade body or the sheath. This action requires elegance and soothing, and it is best to not make any sound. In this regard, Zhao Xing did a good job, and Yuanye Hei was also very good.

The Japanese sword was pushed back to Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing handed out a black arc knife to Park In-Kwang in turn, a patterned Arabian scimitar, and a Venetian scimitar sword. Finally, he handed over a Teutonic Knight's sword.

Yuan Yeping was puzzled after appreciating these various weapons. He looked at the dazzling array of weapons in front of Zhao Xing, and then at the lonely three long and short swords beside him. He felt a little aggrieved: "The weapons that Lord Changmen uses are so many, can you use them?"

Zhao Xing nodded honestly, and Qin Guan, who was familiar with him, couldn't help but tremble when he saw that a honest smile appeared on Zhao Xing's face.

Then, Zhao Xing pointed to the weapons around him and took stock of them one by one: "This Tang sword is the first weapon I used. I love how gorgeous it is and how sharp the blade is... But unfortunately, this knife is made of low-temperature steel. When drifting on the sea, it is too easy to rust and needs to be maintained two or three times a day.

So I began to look for a new weapon - this black curved knife, a regime established by the Guer Kingdom (a regime established by the indigenous chiefs of the Guer region during the Abbasid Dynasty of the Arab Empire. At that time, it was famous for exporting armor, weapons, police dogs and slaves). The warriors liked to use it. I called it the Uz knife.

I used ten kilograms of tea and exchanged fifty knives with the Guer people, and bought them twenty mountain warriors with a hundred silk. These mountain warriors, I called them Guerka warriors... My career at sea was boring, and when I was idle, I asked these people to teach me the scimitar technique.

Later, I bought several Mamruk (slave) warriors and more than a hundred scimitars from the Abbas Dynasty. On land, I learned to ride camels and fight on horseback... It was this group of people who protected me across the continent of Aphrod and allowed me to reach the Mediterranean alive... But unfortunately, in the continuous, cruel, and desperate battles, they died more than half.

I have lived like this for three years: I live on the edge of the blade every day. When I open my eyes, when you are drinking and writing poems on the mat under the cherry tree, I am fighting for survival, I dance on the tip of the knife, I waving these weapons desperately to open a bloody road forward. I am not walking through it in a sedan chair, but the road I have walked is covered with blood, they help me gain the power to breathe. Think about it, what does it mean to stand here today? You actually ask me if I will use these weapons?"

Yuan Yeping did not answer. Ji Shouzhong, who was behind him, pointed his last two thick and thin, and asked two swords with a very distinct contrast: "Where are these two swords?"

"These two swords belong to two Europa. The wide one is the horse knight sword, the owner is a Norman Earl; the thin one is the carry-on sword, the owner is a Viscount France. During a trip, I rescued them who were besieged, so I learned to use the knight's sword technique with the former, and learned to use the stinging sword with the latter (modernly known as 'Flower Sword')......"

Zhao Xing glanced at Ji Shouzhong, pointed to the knight's sword and said, "Using this sword requires wearing all over the body of iron armor. It is a very gorgeous set of flying astronomy... etc. This is a very complex battle mode. It took me a whole year to use the optical sword technique."

After saying this, Zhao Xing looked at Yuan Yeping's rosy and handsome face, and he asked softly: "You are the arrows you practiced under the moon in front of the flowers, and I am the swords and shadows, in the jungle and desert, in the battle between life and death... Do you still need to compare?"

After saying that, he made a gesture on his shoulder.
Chapter completed!