During the Qin and Han dynasties, the upper-class scholars had formed the habit of washing their hair every three days and bathing every five days. So much so that the government gives one day off every five days, which is also called "Xiu Mu".

Jiang Wei has been in Yulinwei for more than a month, and he has been in the army because he cares about the training of soldiers. And as the day of Dabi approaches, all the generals are working hard to train their subordinates. Seeing that things were on the right track and there was nothing to worry about, Jiang Wei took advantage of the situation to take leave and led Jiang Wu home to visit, which could be regarded as stealing half a day of leisure.

After a menstrual period, when the family meets, it is naturally extraordinarily affectionate. Jiang's mother cooked, made his favorite mutton stuffed cakes, she smiled and accompanied the meal in the hall, but she didn't eat a bite, all pushed it to her son, and asked about the situation in the army from time to time, Jiang Wei picked out some anecdotes in the army to tell, which made Jiang's mother laugh.

In the south wing, Jiang Wu was also eating and chewing, while boasting about what he had seen and heard in the barracks, and spit was flying, but Jiang Wen listened to it with envy.

Ma Jun and Jiang Wei traveled all the way south, and they were already friends of life and death, even if he received an official position, he lived in Jiang Wei's mansion. In the afternoon, he got the news and returned home early.

He has already taken up the post of Doctor of the Five Classics, dressed in an official uniform, and has a lot of spirit. Jiang Wei looked up and down and praised: "Sure enough, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Brother Deheng is dressed like this." How do you feel about being an official these days? ”

Ma Jun smiled: "Jun and Yin... Yin is engaged in working together, and he only needs to concentrate on studying the scriptures, which is quite free. ”

Jiang Wei knew that Ma Jun's chief was Yin Mo and Yin Siqian, who taught him the etiquette of the face king. Since the two sides have a broken incense relationship, he can be regarded as having a "backer" in the public mansion, so he is naturally not easy to be bullied by others, so he is a little relieved at the moment.

After chatting for a few words, Ma Jun suddenly said: "There is... There's something to give to Berjo, and please... Wait. Then he got up and went to his room.

After a while, Ma Jun came back with two things wrapped in cloth and about three feet long. He lifted one of the drapes, but it was a scabbard made of elm.

I saw that the style of this thing is simple, the three parts of the sheath, the handle, and the sheath tail are wrapped with golden brass forgings, and the dragon scales and tiger stripes are engraved, and it looks very mighty.

Since the pre-Qin era, noble scholars often wear long swords and swords to travel. For the purpose of protecting the weapon and preventing accidental injury to the wearer, it is wrapped in a scabbard and scabbard.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, leather became the most widely used material for making sheaths. Liu Bei rewarded Jiang Wei with the divine sword Lin Jia, which was originally equipped with a rhino skin scabbard. The biggest advantage of the skin sheath is that it has strong toughness, compression resistance, bending resistance, and the shortcomings are also very obvious.

The wooden scabbard protects the blade so that even if sand and gravel get into the sheath, it will leak out of the opening at the bottom of the sheath without wearing on the blade. And inlaid with metal ornaments, compared to the leather sheath is naturally powerful.

Because of this, when Ma Jun saw Jiang Weimeng give him this knife that day, he had the idea of building a wooden sheath for him.

Jiang Wei took it from Ma Jun's hand and watched it carefully for a while, only to see that the wooden embryo of this scabbard had been carefully polished and had excellent workmanship.

Ma Jun smiled and urged: "Uncle... Why didn't Boyo try to get his sword into the sheath? ”

"Is there a secret in it?" Jiang Wei became curious, took Lin Jia, and slowly put the blade into the sheath.

When the knife is sheathed, the front three feet are very loose, and when it comes to the last minute, the scabbard suddenly becomes tighter. When all of them were put into the sheath, they were tightly sealed, and the blade and the scabbard suddenly became one, even if it shook from side to side, the knife would not shake at all in the sheath.

It turned out that the scabbard made by Ma Jun set up a mechanism inside the sheath, which was clamped with the gold of the knife body to achieve the purpose of fixing. The tightness of these accessories is very tight, and the knife will come out when it is loose, and it is difficult to pull it out if it is tight.

With the process of making the scabbard at that time, it was not yet possible to achieve such a moderate elastic feel, and the scabbard in front of me can be described as the only one in the sky and the earth.

Jiang Wei was surprised in his heart, Ma Jun was just rewarding Lin Jia for a while, and at this moment, he was able to accurately make a suitable level, which shows that he is really talented in mechanical joints.

At the moment, I couldn't help but praise repeatedly: "The sword box on my waist is ringing, it's really good!" ”

Ma Jun smiled: "It's good if you like it." As he spoke, he opened another cloth, another scabbard of the same shape: "I make something on weekdays, and I am used to doing it at a time... Do two, in case one of them does badly, and one can be spared. This time I was very lucky... Great, both are done. Only... and gave it to Boyo. ”

Jiang Wei carefully rubbed the two scabbards, and suddenly remembered that the gifts for attending Zhang Bao's birthday banquet in the evening had not yet been prepared, and Zhang Bao was given the divine sword "Tiger Pi" with himself that day, and the extra scabbard in front of him was not tailor-made for him?

In the afternoon, Jiang Wei took a hot bath comfortably under Jiang Wen's service. His hair has not yet dried, only a wooden hairpin is used to pull up the hair bundle at will, exuding the fragrance of soaphorn, and he has changed into a clean cyan robe, with a beast mouth swallowing gold belt hook tied around his waist, and he has a cowhide soft boot on his feet, looking at his own heroic spirit.

Zhang Bao is the son of the right general Zhang Fei, who was the general of Huben Zhonglang at the time, and most of his friends should be the second generation of officials of this level. Jiang Wei thought that he was inferior and was afraid of being rude, so he brought a gift and arrived at General You's Mansion a quarter of an hour earlier than the banquet date.

At the beginning of the day, the right general's mansion hung up the fiery red lantern early, and the door hole outside the door wall was wide open. Zhang Qi was greeting guests at the gate. Jiang Wei knew that he was one of the eighteen cavalry generals who followed Zhang Fei to the north and south that year, admired it in his heart, and after making a salute, he handed over the gift and the name card to him.

Zhang Qi returned the salute and sent a small servant to lure Jiang Wei in.

Zhang Fei has four sons and daughters, all of whom have their own yards. Today's banquet was held in Zhang Bao's courtyard.

The right general's mansion covers a wide area, the courtyard is heavy and deep, and the pavilions and pavilions are vertical and horizontal. After walking for a while, I passed through the main hall and came to the courtyard where Zhang Bao lived. To Jiang Wei's surprise, the layout of the courtyard was very elegant, with bamboo forest stone pavilions and exquisite halls, as if it was the residence of literati and scholars.

Zhang Bao changed into a brocade dress and was greeting guests in front of the hall, when he saw Jiang Wei showing a surprised look, knowing what he thought, his old face turned red in an instant, and he coughed lightly, and stepped forward to greet Jiang Wei to greet each other. Fortunately, his complexion is dark, and he can't see any changes.

In the hall of the courtyard, countless servants and maids came in and out, making final preparations.

Zhang Bao led Jiang Wei to the pavilion to sit for a while, and said helplessly: "My father has always liked elegant things, and the whole mansion is dressed up according to his wishes, which makes Bo Yue smile." ”

Jiang Wei often heard in his later life that Zhang Fei was a vassal and elegant, and he could write a good hand, but today it seems that it is not groundless. It's just that in his inherent impression, Zhang Fei is a reckless man with a leopard's head and eyes, and if the real person is a white-faced scholar, it would be too subversive of imagination.