Chapter 403: Go to the White Pavilion

Gladiatorial fighting, which originated in the funeral rites of ancient Idalaria, was followed to ancient Rome. It is often celebrated by killing prisoners of war, slaves, death row prisoners, and livestock, and using human blood to comfort the dead.

The earliest record of gladiatorial fights, dating back to 264 AD, tells of two nobles forcing three pairs of gladiators to kill each other as sacrifices at their father's funeral.

Legend has it that Caesar also held gladiatorial fights at his father's funeral. However, compared to the two nobles mentioned above, the scale and form have changed, and a large number of gladiators and beasts are used. It was also the first large-scale human-animal wrestling battle. Later, at his daughter's memorial party, Caesar organized another cavalry gladiatorial fight, one on horseback and the other on elephant, comparable to the battlefield.

From small-scale fighting to large-scale killings, gladiators have evolved from pure primitive instinct to specialized training, but this does not change their fate of being played with and bleeding to please the upper class. Many people even choose to commit suicide in order to avoid humiliation.

In 73 BC, gladiators, led by Spartacus, launched a slave revolt that shook the Italian peninsula. At the end of the fifth century, the Western Roman Empire fell, and gladiatorial battles gradually disappeared.

In addition to killing games, a sport that combined boxing and wrestling, also known as gladiatorial fighting, was prevalent in ancient Greece and was included in the ancient Olympic Games, but has become extinct in modern sports.

In China, gladiatorial fighting is not a proper noun, but a general term for hand-to-hand combat, wrestling and other things, also known as fighting and fighting. Concrete titles, they are either called fighting, bian, wrestling, or wrestling, wrestling, and white fighting (in the Sui and Tang Dynasty poems, the words with a high probability of the Cold Food Festival. One is hand-to-hand combat, the other is a form of kicking between two people), Bokdaiba Yiledehu (a wrestling event in the Mongolian Naadam Conference), and so on.

According to the Book of Han, Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty was not very quiet, but sometimes he would appreciate the "Bian Shooting Martial Arts". Su Lin, a Wei person, commented that "hand-to-hand combat is Bian, and wrestling is martial arts."

There are six articles of "Hand-to-hand Combat" in the "Hanshu Art and Literature Chronicles", which can prove that hand-to-hand combat was prevalent in the Han Palace. Cao Pi recounted that when he asked his subordinates who were good at fighting, he not only mentioned that Deng Zhan was good at fighting, but also left a term that was flexibly used by martial arts - empty-handed into the white blade.

According to the Zuo Biography, the Marquis of Jin once dreamed that he was wrestling with Chu Zi, and the Biography of Gu Liang recorded that the prince of Lu attacked Ju State, and in order to reduce the war casualties as much as possible, he negotiated one-on-one fighting with the captive Ju to resolve the grievances between the two countries.

In the "Legend of the Ram", it is recorded that the strong man of the Song Kingdom fought Min Gong, and he was desperate, and some people stepped forward to stop him, and he was also "smashed by his arm and broken his head" - compared with the above citation, this case is more bloody, twisting the neck and smashing the head, it is terrible to think about. However, it also reflects from the side that this person's hand-to-hand combat skills are strong (violence is not advocated).

Although the gladiatorial fight in China cannot avoid the scene of torture and killing, most of the time, it is just a kind of martial arts competition, which is essentially completely different from the "killing game" mentioned above.

The OS is over, let's get to the point.

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Because of the reactions of Luochen, Red Clay and others, Xiaodao finally felt that his words were wrong, and then he made a lot of effort to reorganize the language, and finally distinguished the current gladiatorial fight from the bad customs of overseas Westerners.

But he didn't elaborate on the specific comings and goings, only that it was a competitive activity, and each decided the winner according to the level of martial arts, and then assigned errands.

Hongni asked him: "There is a dispute between high and low, presumably the assignment of this errand will be different." What should you do if you win, and what if you lose?"

Xiao Dao saw him questioning, and began to play sloppy again: "It's not a gladiatorial competition that I presided, but where can I make it clear? ”

Red Clay suddenly snorted with cold air in his nose and eyes.

Xiaodao was afraid that he would pick on him again, so he hurriedly added: "Don't you know what happened when you go?" I asked you to help participate in the gladiatorial fight, because the Bai Ge team had a better chance of winning, and it would not let you suffer." ”

When others heard this, they were more likely to feel comforted, and how could Hongni be easily fooled by him. Across the old Yijian Dao, he questioned: "Why does this great immortal always think that you have other plans for you to ask us to participate in this Laoshizi gladiatorial fight?"

Xiaodao waved his hand when he heard this: "No, there really isn't!"

The little snake that was dozing on top of his head suddenly raised its head, spit out the letter and looked around, and then stared at a pair of human eyes to lock the direction of the red mud.

Seeing this, Hongni no longer confronted Xiaodao, and stopped muttering by himself.

Luochen understood that this gladiatorial fight was not a killing game, and his original intention did not change, and the two sides mediated a little, still letting the small path lead the way to the gladiatorial arena.

Later, when he arrived at a dome building, Xiao Dao led Luochen into the door, and first went to the waiting area for gladiators.

The waiting area is divided, and several large rooms are divided according to the different factions of the participants.

Xiao Dao led the people into a large room, and then walked through the hall to a standalone/standing room.

There were two guards standing outside the door, a man and a woman, who might be familiar with the roots of the trail, and when they approached, they didn't ask who he was carrying behind him, and they didn't report inside, they opened the door and let the people in.

When Luochen entered, he saw a woman with three points of fairy grace and seven points of heroism changing clothes.

The woman was not afraid that someone would trespass at this time, so she hurriedly wrapped up half of her changed clothes and hid behind the screen. Then he shouted angrily to this side: "Who trespassed? This is a private room, don't you know?!"

"White Court, it's me. ”

The woman heard the voice of the small road, and was slightly angry, but still complained with some dissatisfaction: "You should also inform me, didn't you see that I was changing clothes?"

Xiao Dao did not apologize, and said directly: "These people were invited by me to help participate in the gladiatorial fight. ”

With a sudden, the figure flashed, and the woman quickly reappeared. While sorting out the clothes and accessories that have not yet been properly placed, he looked at the dust with suspicion.

Luochen was also looking back at her with a little curiosity.

The outfit when he turned into the screen was not special, and when he came out at this moment, he had changed into a set of "two stacks of water" clothing. Two garments of different lengths and colors are stacked on top of each other, and the neckline, cuffs, and placket are inlaid with exquisite patterns.

A green silk hair was combed into two large braids, which were crossed and coiled on the head to form horns. Wearing a phoenix crown hat decoration. There are also two bunches of red tassels called "Xibi" on the back of the head. Paired with a pair of playful boots with pointed toes and curls.

There is also a bunch of ornaments that are too trivial to describe.

Luochen had never seen such a costume before, so he naturally looked at the novelty.

After Bai Ge slipped him up and down, he said to Xiaodao with dissatisfaction: "Do you know who you have brought here?