Chapter 7: The Pattern of Cold Iron Armor
The stunt of killing two birds with one stone shocked all the people present, after Xiao Yi reported his name, he immediately took off the 'Chiyou ghost face' on his face, and a handsome little black face was exposed in front of everyone, and there was a big uproar on the stage, including Taishou Zhang Yang, all the officials did not expect that the person with such a magic shooting technique turned out to be a handsome young man, who is really a hero since ancient times!
At the same time, all the soldiers in the field began to beat their chests rhythmically with their right fists, in order to express the most noble etiquette of the martial arts, whether it was the previous strength of the giant tripod, or today's unequaled archery, Xiao Yi used his strength to completely conquer their hearts, and the soldiers all worship the strong, so when Xiao Yi waved to them, a deafening slogan suddenly broke out in the field: "Xiao Lang!" Warrior! …… Xiao Lang! Warrior! …… The shouts are endless, and the sound shakes the roof tiles! ”
"The shooters obey the order, please shoot the heart and receive a reward!" Amid the cheers in the sky, a captain stepped forward and shouted loudly.
The highlight came, under the countless cheers and envious eyes, a total of seven shooters who shot red hearts strode up to the point platform, Xiao Yi naturally walked in the first place, followed by Ma Liu, Da Niu two, their ability to shoot two arrows in a row within forty steps is also known as divine shooting, the bearded man Zhang turned to the fourth place, followed by his three sworn brothers, they also had a good performance in the riding and shooting just now; Everyone was excited, and they were rewarded on the general's platform, and fifty taels of gold were secondary, and the important thing was to be personally received by Lord Taishou, which meant that they would be able to rise to the top in the military in the future.
On the platform, the flag is displayed, spears are inserted all over the place, hundreds of sword-wielding warriors surround the guards, Taishou Zhang Yang is sitting behind the handsome case, and the generals at all levels and some staff literati under his command are separated on both sides, at this time everyone is concentrating on looking at several warriors on the stage, looking around, they are all burly bears, especially Xiao Yi, who walks in the front - eight feet tall, wolf-backed bee waist, two eyes as black as ink, forehead ribbon, black hair tied into a ponytail and fluttering behind him, and a black samurai robe, Between the walks, there is not only the majesty of a warrior, but also the demeanor of a Confucian general, it is really a talent!
In the final analysis, the Eastern Han Dynasty was an era of face-fighting, especially for officials, the face is the stepping stone to the official career, the official! It is for the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven, not only requires good facial features, but also must have official authority between walking, is the so-called Han official prestige!
Therefore, if you want to be an official, you must have an outstanding face, the military general must look majestic, the civil official pays attention to elegance, and if you want to be an emperor, in addition to being handsome, you must also look strange, which is called the image of a king! How important a person's appearance is to his career, let's analyze the leaders of the Wei, Shu, and Wu families later:
Liu Bei, seven feet five inches tall, with a face like white jade, his hands above his knees, his eyes can take care of his ears, and his mood is not good; At first glance, he is not an ordinary man, and he is absolutely rich and noble, so he became the emperor in the future.
Sun Quan, with purple hair and blue eyes, Fang Yi has a big mouth, and his appearance is different from ordinary people; This is also extraordinary, especially with a pair of green eyes, if you want to say that he is a mortal, no one will believe him, and he is absolutely born with a vision, so he will also become the emperor smoothly in the future.
Cao Cao, less than seven feet long, thin eyes and long beard, short appearance; To put it bluntly, he is not tall, his appearance is mediocre, there is nothing special, the only feature is that his head is bigger than others', so he has not been able to be the emperor until he died, and his appearance is not overwhelming, and he does not look like a human king, which is probably also a very important reason.
To sum up, if you look extraordinary, it is considered that you burned a lot of incense in your previous life, and you have to continue to burn in this life, because you have a handsome face, your career is half successful; On the other hand, if you look like a crooked melon and cracked dates, and you are not treated well everywhere, (you can refer to that Mr. Feng Xiao, Pang Tong is because he looks ugly and looks strange, so he runs into walls everywhere in the interview, not only Sun Quan looks down on him, but even Liu Bei, who has always been a corporal of Lixian, was very cold to him at first) then I'm sorry, don't complain, at most go home and complain that your parents didn't give birth to you well, and then you must work hard, marry a beautiful wife, and strive to improve the genetic appearance of your offspring!
"Xiao Yi, Ma Ning, Niu Wei, Zhang Zhuan......, see Lord Taishou!" After everyone came to the stage, they all stood neatly, all beat their chests with their right hands and saluted, which is the rule in the military camp, since Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty inspected the Xiliu camp, the famous general Zhou Yafu said that sentence: "The people who are in the middle of the line do not worship, please see you with military salutes!" After the famous words, most of the Han army salutes, and only a very small number of people will kneel or in special circumstances, such as the identity gap is too large, or kneel to surrender......
"Brave warriors, excuse me! Someone, reward! "Zhang Yang waved his big hand, with a smile on his face, as the saying goes, 'A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find!' Today is a bumper harvest, these people on the stage only need a little training, in the future can become the commander of the army under his command, with so many brave people, and why not fear those Huns who come and go like the wind, so the reward is extraordinarily generous, and then there are attendants who come forward to bring everyone a plate of gold, yellow color, heavy feel, money is so attractive! The crowd immediately bowed down again and thanked him.
For the generals, there are three good, one is the blade of the divine soldier, the second is the good horse of the horse, and the third is the armor! These three things can be said to be the foundation of a general's life on the battlefield. And Xiao Yi, as the first place in this riding and archery competition, in addition to fifty taels of gold, there is another prize--- the Cantis Pattern Cold Iron Armor!
This 'cantis pattern cold iron armor' is made of thousands of years of cold iron as raw materials, by the national Shangfang master craftsman spent several years, carefully made, the armor weighs more than 50 catties, composed of thousands of pieces of cold iron pieces of different sizes, made of black gold silk, can be a good protection of all parts of the body, in the front and back of the heart position has a large piece of heart protection mirror, two shoulder pads for a pair of claw head image, hideous and mighty, fangs exposed, black helmet also hovered with a head raised and roaring to the sky, looking from afar, like a three-headed dragon in general. This armor is not only extremely strong, but also covered with a naturally formed serpentine scales, mysterious and simple, in order to prevent moisture, the armor is coated with several layers of black lacquer, the light can shine on people.
This armor was originally Zhang Yang when he took office, the imperial court gave him a special award to commend his martial bravery, today in order to stimulate morale, but also to buy people's hearts, he took it out as a reward, rewarded to Xiao Yi who was the best in the three armies, at the moment there are several attendants stepped forward to help Xiao Yi put it on, the top armor is very cumbersome, the silk silk of the armor must be carefully tied closely, and the nails and leaves must be straightened out one by one, this is by no means a job that one person can complete, so each general must have a few guards for his habitual armor; After everything was cleaned up, everyone looked at it again, and it was really majestic, angry, and a young hero!
Xiao Yat himself was also very satisfied with this set of armor, not only strong and beautiful, but also very fitting, as if it was tailor-made for him; As the saying goes, "A man wears a horse and a saddle, and a dog wears a bell...... Ga! …… Hehe! ”
"Where did you come from?" After handing out the rewards, Zhang Yang slowly walked up to Xiao Yi and asked. Sure enough, the first is to fight the face, and the second is to spell the body; Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes, and the Chinese have always attached great importance to their origins.
Whether a person can achieve great things, his origin is equally important, why does Liu Bei say that he is the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan when he sees people; After Cao Cao became prime minister, he didn't care about the fact that his adoptive grandfather was a eunuch, and desperately put gold on his face, insisting that he was Xiangguo Cao Shen, didn't he want to find a decent background for himself!
In the final analysis, the Han Dynasty still has a large number of remnants of the shadow of the slave society, although there is no longer the absolute identity antagonism between slave owners and slaves, but there is still a deep gap between the Shi and Shu people. There is almost no intermarriage between these two classes, and there is no contact, especially the road of official career, which has been completely controlled by the scholar clan for hundreds of years, even if some people from the Shu clan are lucky enough to be appreciated by the emperor and sit in a high position, they will not be recognized by the scholar class. In the future, the reason why He Jin, a general who was a butcher, was quickly defeated was not unrelated to his inability to truly gain the support of the scholar class.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yi realized even more the good intentions of the 'out of the dust' old way, if it were not for the golden road paved for him by the old way, I am afraid that his road would be very difficult in the future. After silently thanking Lao Dao in his heart, Xiao Yi took two steps forward gently, raised his hand and bowed, perfectly showing the handsome image of a child of the family, and replied loudly: "After Xiao He, the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty and the Marquis of Wenzhong, he is the 38th generation great-great-grandson of the Xiao family!" ”
"Shhh...... Yikes! ……! ”
Hearing Xiao Yi's self-report, there was an exclamation in the big tent, and even Da Niu and Ma Liu, who had been following Xiao Yi, were at a loss, although the three of them had been together for several years, but they didn't know anything about Xiao Yi's origins, as if he appeared in the small Taoist temple out of thin air and appeared in the lives of everyone in the Crouching Tiger Pavilion......
The head of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, Xiao He, the prime minister known as the "first marquis of the founding of the country", who doesn't know the whole world, who doesn't know; Now since Xiao Yi dares to report himself to his family and say that he is Xiao He, and can accurately say that he is the 38th generation of great-grandson, then it should not be fake, generally only the children of the family can accurately tell the genealogy of their family.
The genealogy of the scholar clan is difficult to fake, the real genealogy is not to say that a few names can be written casually, it needs to record in detail the origin, branches, and veins of the entire family, as well as a lot of private deeds in the clan, as well as intermarriage with other scholars, the distance of blood relations, etc......
Why Liu Bei's background has always been doubted, is because he will only keep saying that he is after Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, but never say how many generations of grandsons he is Liu Sheng, because even if his bloodline is a little related to the royal family, he can never resist the careful scrutiny of genealogy.
After hearing that Xiao Yi was the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Taishou Zhang Yang immediately stood up from his seat, this is a kind of etiquette among the scholars, called 'not to value his name, but to value his body', to put it bluntly, only look at the background, not the ability, and at the same time look at Xiao Yi's eyes are more and more satisfied, "Such a young condor shooter, and he is from a famous family, and now he is under his command, why not be afraid of the danger of the Huns!" ”
"Good! Since it is after Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, in this eventful year in this country, you should contribute to the country, you must do it yourself, and you must not slack off! Zhang Yang said earnestly.
"No!" Xiao Yat said yes, all etiquette is perfect!
Cranche: One of the nine sons of the dragon born in ancient Han myths and legends, it is a kind of dragon without horns. Armor and handicrafts are often decorated with its shape, which is majestic and majestic