Chapter 53: Gathering Together 2
Pressing down on the two younger brothers who were obviously ill-intentioned, Liang Shenghao turned his eyes to look at Leng Qing who was standing beside him, and asked in a cold voice, "Leng Zhaoyi is here today and I don't know what to do?"
Faced with Liang Shenghao's question, Leng Qing naturally couldn't tell the true purpose of her trip, so Leng Qing just looked at Liang Shenghao's gaze with a faint expression, and replied to Liang Shenghao without being salty: "I am mourning the dead." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Heh......" Leng Qing said this, and Liang Shengfeng, who was sitting on the pear blossom wood Taishi chair on the right side of the mourning hall, and sat in a posture of the only mountain king, let out a mocking sneer.
I saw Liang Shengfeng turn his gaze slightly, and glanced at Mu Ziru who was standing silently behind Leng Qing with an inexplicable expression, and then heard Liang Shengfeng say with such a smile: "Mourning the deceased still carries the 'Xuanguang' sword...... Are Leng Zhaoyi sure that he didn't come to demolish the mourning hall of His Royal Highness the Prince? or...... What is Leng Zhaoyi afraid of??"
As soon as Liang Shengfeng said this, the already not very good atmosphere in the mourning hall suddenly fell into a strange condensation......
In addition to Leng Qing and Mu Ziru, among the few people present, only Liang Shenghao and Liang Shenglan were relatively calm, and they did not have any unusual performance because of Liang Shengfeng's words. And the remaining four people present......
Including Liang Shengfeng himself and Liang Shengxiao, who spoke, plus Liang Shengwen and Liang Shengwu...... They all looked at Mu Ziru, who was standing silently behind Leng Qing...... The three-foot sword he held in his arms ......
Because Mu Ziru was wearing a navy blue narrow-sleeved robe today (in fact, Mu Ziru had been wearing this dress for a few days), the color was too dark, and Mu Ziru happened to stand behind Leng Qing impartially...... With Leng Qing in front of him to attract everyone's attention, naturally no one noticed Mu Ziru standing behind Leng Qing.
It was precisely because the eyes and attention of the few people present fell on Leng Qing from the beginning, and no one paid too much attention to Mu Ziru who was following Leng Qing...... Everyone only thought that the man who was silently following Leng Zhaoyi was just Leng Zhaoyi's guard, so even if someone saw the long sword in Mu Ziru's arms, no one thought about it......
If it weren't for Liang Shengfeng's deliberate reminder, it would have been really difficult to notice how different the long sword Mu Ziru was holding in his arms!
It was only at this time, when everyone focused their eyes on the long sword that Mu Ziru was holding in his arms, that everyone suddenly discovered that the long sword that the man was holding in his arms...... It's really different!!
Immediately, the long sword in the man's arms was about three feet long, and the widest part of the blade was about a palm's width.
The three-foot long sword has a round hilt that takes up half a foot, and the remaining two and a half feet are all put into the scabbard.
The scabbard, which is about two and a half feet long, is cast from gross gold, and the whole scabbard is yellowish-brown in color, which is obviously low in silver and high in gold. The scabbard is hollowed out with dense patterns, and the edges of each hollow pattern are inlaid with red gems the size of rice grains.
The blade of the long sword was placed in the sheath, and through the hollows on the scabbard, you could see the dark color of the sword in the scabbard, as well as the criss-crossing shallow grooves on the sword.
The round hilt is connected to the sword lattice between the blade, and the ends of the lattice are the same width as the blade, but slightly thicker than the blade.
From the sword body to the sword grid to the hilt, it is made of metal, and the color is dark. Only the oblate head at the end of the hilt is jade, yellow, and has a pattern on it, which looks like a flying dragon stepping on auspicious clouds.
There is a record in "The Book of Rites and Shaoyi": "The gentleman is understretched, Yun Wat, Ze sword head." It was to the effect that the gentleman stretched his body, took the wat board, and rubbed the ornament on the handle of the sword.
In ancient times, in addition to decoration, the sword head "镡" was also a sign to distinguish rank. As a result, its decorative and symbolic significance far exceeds its practical value.
And the head of the three-foot long sword that the man was holding in his arms was made of Hetian topaz, a treasure in jade.
On the Tiancheng Continent, there are three kinds of jade that are very precious, they are: blood jade, warm jade, and cold jade.
Blood jade, in the Tiancheng Continent, is the best in jade, if there is no flaw, a small piece of palm-sized blood jade can even be worth a thousand gold. Conversely, the bigger the defect, the lower the price.
And warm jade, like cold jade, is a rarity on the Tiancheng Continent. Cold jade is best worn in summer, while warm jade is best worn in the two seasons of spring and winter. Especially in winter, if the warm jade is worn close to the heart, even if the wearer only wears a thin layer of cotton clothing, it can ensure that the limbs and bones of the person are warm and not cold throughout the winter.
And this Hetian topaz is different from the three kinds of jade: blood jade, warm jade, and cold jade. Although blood jade, warm jade, and cold jade are precious, there is still a considerable amount of circulation in the market of the Nine Kingdoms, but the price of these three kinds of jade is very expensive, and only those royal nobles and high-ranking officials can afford to buy and sell.
But this Hetian topaz is a real treasure in jade, because in the nine countries of the Tiancheng Continent, no matter which country the market can not see the circulation of this Hetian topaz. Because this Hetian topaz is a special jade for the royal family of the Nine Kingdoms.
On this Tiancheng Continent, in fact, the output of this Hetian topaz is not low, but none of the nine countries of the Tiancheng Continent allows Hetian topaz to circulate in the market, and no one is allowed to buy and sell this Hetian topaz, only the royal family of the nine countries can wear and use Hetian topaz.
And on this Tiancheng Continent, anyone who can recognize Hetian topaz knows that they can afford it, no, to be precise, the person who can own this Hetian topaz, whether it is worn or used as an inlay decoration, then its identity must be extraordinary - either a member of the royal family of the Nine Kingdoms or a member of the Nine Kings family.
It's just that although the Hetian topaz is a supreme treasure in the jade, it is now only used as a decorative thing and embedded in the head of the long sword with a dark body. It can be seen that the value of the three-foot long sword with a strange color is much higher than that of the Hetian topaz as big as an adult's palm......
Even if the few people present didn't see it again, they should know that the long sword was definitely not a vulgar thing! After all, ......
...... this world How many long swords can be made of Hetian topaz as the head of the "镕"??
And in addition to "Xuanguang...... And a few more long swords...... It is worthy of using Hetian topaz as the first ??!
Speaking of which, the few people present today, except for the young and ignorant Liang Shengwu, the rest of the people know that the "Xuanguang" sword is the sword handed down by the founding ancestor of the Great Liang, and it is the matching sword of the founding ancestor of the Great Liang, which is made of the purest Xuaniron, and has followed the founding ancestor of the Great Liang to fight on the battlefield and kill countless enemies!
Later, the world was divided into nine points, and the country of Daliang, the "Xuanguang" sword was no longer useless (killing) the place of martial arts (enemy), so it retreated into the background, and was used as a portable sword by the founding ancestors of Daliang, and later became the sword of the emperors of the Great Liang dynasties......
It can be said that since the generation of the founding ancestors of the Great Liang Kingdom, the "Xuanguang" sword has always existed as the matching sword of the successive emperors of the Great Liang Kingdom. Since Liang Ruming's ascension to the throne, the "Xuanguang" sword has naturally become Liang Ruming's matching sword......
Although everyone in the court of the Great Liang Kingdom knew that the emperors of the Great Liang Dynasty had a portable sword made of the purest Xuaniron, which was sharpened like clay, and was called "Xuanguang", in fact, it was ...... In the past 100 years, there are only a handful of people who have really seen the true face of Lushan who have seen "Xuanguang", except for the successive emperors of the Great Liang Kingdom!
Let's not talk about the far, let's just talk about the near -- among Liang Ruming's sons and daughters, apart from Liang Shenglan and Liang Shengde's siblings, none of them have ever seen the true face of the "Xuanguang" sword! It can be said that Liang Ruming's sons and daughters' understanding of the "Xuanguang" sword is limited to the descriptions and illustrations of the "Xuanguang" sword that they have seen in the annals and classics of the Liang dynasties......
As for why there are only a handful of people who have really seen the true face of Lushan in the past hundred years......
That's because although the "Xuanguang" sword has always been placed in Liang Xiaocheng's imperial study, it has been hidden in the sword box made of agarwood all day long......
And because "Xuanguang" is the sword handed down by the founding ancestors of the Great Liang, it has witnessed the establishment and inheritance and prosperity of the Great Liang Kingdom, and has contributed to the establishment of the Great Liang Kingdom, and has gone into battle with the founding ancestors of the Great Liang to kill the enemy...... Therefore, in the hearts of the royal family of Daliang, the meaning represented by "Xuanguang" is very sacred!
Therefore, except for the successive emperors of the Great Liang Kingdom, no one dared to touch the "Xuanguang" sword at will...... Even the sword box containing the "Xuanguang" sword, no one dared to touch it, lest it would desecrate this sword that had been inherited for more than two hundred years!
And it is this sword with such a sacred meaning...... It was unexpectedly ...... by the present saint of their great beam and by their father and emperor Easily given a ...... New ...... Zhaoyi!!
Of course, if the "Xuanguang" sword was just a simple sword of the emperors of the Great Liang Kingdom, and Liang Ruming gave it to Leng Qing, the few people present might not be so unacceptable...... However, the "Xuanguang" sword is not only the sword passed down by the founding ancestors of the Great Liang Kingdom to the emperors of the Great Liang Kingdom, but also the holy relic of the Great Liang State "beating the unconscious monarch and punishing the ministers"!
Now Liang Ruming gave Leng Qing the "Xuanguang" sword, which is equivalent to letting Leng Qing hold the special right of their Great Liang State to "defeat the king from the top and punish the ministers......
It's just that, because since the founding of the Great Liang Kingdom, almost all the emperors of the previous dynasties have been virtuous emperors who have worked hard and are pro-virtuous, and the "Xuanguang" sword has never been given to their courtiers by the emperors of the Great Liang dynasties...... Leng Qing is still the first person to be given the "Xuanguang" sword by the current saint since the founding of the Great Liang Kingdom......
In short, because the "Xuanguang" sword has been used as a "sword for the emperors of the Great Liang Dynasty" in the past two hundred years, the special right of the "Xuanguang" sword to "beat the king from the top and punish the ministers from below" has long been forgotten by the courtiers of the Great Liang State......
However, even though the special right of the "Xuanguang" sword has been forgotten by the world, this special right has always existed and cannot be canceled, because this is the rule set by the founding ancestor of the Great Liang when he was dying!!
This is also why when Zhang Xuanfu handed over "Xuanguang" to Leng Qing, Zhang Xuanfu would say "The girl has the blue eyes of the saint, and now she holds the 'Xuanguang' sword given by the saint, not to mention in front of the Sprinkle family, that is, in the entire Liang country, the girl can walk sideways......
As the most orthodox royal descendants of the Great Liang Kingdom, Liang Shenglan, Liang Shenghao, Liang Shengwen, and Liang Shengfeng who were present naturally knew about this special right to the "Xuanguang" sword.
It is also for this reason that Liang Ruming gave "Xuanguang" to Leng Qing, when Liang Shenghao met Leng Qing outside the palace gate, Liang Shenghao had such an unbelievable reaction, and even said "Is my father old and confused? Even 'Xuanguang' took out the palace reward to you......
As for this special right of the "Xuanguang" sword, Liang Shengxiao and Liang Shengwu did not know.
Liang Shengxiao didn't know that it was because Liang Shengxiao was only thirteen or fourteen years old when he left the palace to learn art, and after ten years of leaving the palace, Liang Shengxiao's childhood memories have long been forgotten, plus Liang Shengxiao's own indifferent nature and didn't care about those things outside his body, now Liang Shengxiao can recognize the "Xuanguang" sword, which is good! And Liang Shengwu doesn't know, it's entirely because Liang Shengwu is still young, and several of his brothers and sisters have never told him these things because he is young......
Speaking of which, today, it is the first time that Liang Shenghao, Liang Shengwen, Liang Shengxiao, Liang Shengfeng and Liang Shengwu have really seen the body of the "Xuanguang" sword and seen the sword of their Great Liang Kingdom, which is only passed down among successive emperors!!
Staring at the "Xuanguang" sword in Mu Ziru's arms, the youngest Liang Shengwu's eyes were full of curiosity, Liang Shengwen and Liang Shengfeng were full of meaning, and Liang Shengxiao was deep-sighted...... Compared with his four younger brothers with different looks, Liang Shenghao was much calmer, without any surprise and surprise on his face.
is as calm as Liang Shenghao, and Liang Shenglan kneeling on the futon in front of the spirit - from the moment Leng Qing stepped into the mourning hall, from beginning to end, Liang Shenglan knelt there quietly and slightly, with an indifferent attitude that did not care about what was happening around her......
In the midst of this strange condensation, I suddenly heard Liang Shengfeng, who was sitting on the pear blossom wood Taishi chair on the right side of the mourning hall, smile so much: "Seeing Leng Zhaoyi coming here with 'Xuanguang', why doesn't the third brother look surprised at all......
At this moment, in the face of Liang Shengfeng's evil smile question, Liang Shenghao just replied indifferently: "Didn't this king only know today that his father gave 'Xuanguang' to Leng Zhaoyi, why should this king be surprised?"
Hearing this, Liang Shengfeng pursed his lips a little boringly, turned his gaze to Leng Qing again, and smiled as bad as ever: "Leng Zhaoyi hasn't answered this king yet, bring the 'Xuanguang' given to you by your father to mourn the deceased...... Are Leng Zhaoyi sure that he didn't come to demolish the mourning hall of His Royal Highness the Prince? or...... What is Leng Zhaoyi afraid of??"
Leng Qing remembered that for the sixth prince Liang Shengwen and the twelfth prince Liang Shengfeng, Liang Ruming only used two words to describe his two sons - unreliable and out of tune. Especially the twelfth prince Liang Shengfeng, who is simply a master who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic!!
If Leng Qing's purpose of coming here with "Xuanguang" today is really not pure, she will definitely hate Liang Shengfeng for being so aggressive at this time, but it's a pity...... Leng Qing will bring the "Xuanguang" sword here today, it is completely an accident-
At that time, after Leng Qing found Mu Ziru, because she thought that "Xuanguang" was too heavy, Leng Qing was too lazy to bring "Xuanguang" to Shu Dian, so she directly threw "Xuanguang" to Mu Ziru......
Therefore, in the face of Liang Shengfeng's repeated difficulties, Leng Qing was very calm and didn't take it to heart at all.