Chapter Ninety-Five: Keju
Of course, the "service industry" in Linzi City is not only such a shallow industry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhen Dai Yan walked to the vicinity of Linzi's Nulu, the most prosperous place in the Qi country's service industry, he also found a very groundbreaking form of entertainment - Keju!
Later generations believed that football originated in China, and now Dai Yan has traveled back to the Warring States period to confirm this fact with his own eyes.
Keju in this era is football, and in Dai Yan's eyes, it also has many similarities with football in later generations.
The bow of Keju refers to the football, and this ball is also round, it is a solid ball. The outside of the ball is wrapped in leather, while the inside is filled with fur.
The venue of Kemari is called Ju Castle, and like the football fields of later generations, it is also square. People believe that "the square wall of the round bow is like yin and yang", which is in line with the avenue of heaven and earth.
Kemari in this era, there are twelve players on both sides. Among them, there are six players who play football and six goalkeepers. The rule of victory is that the one who can kick the bow into the opponent's goal wins.
That's right, Jucheng in this era has six goals on each side! Dai Yan, who is accustomed to one goal for each side of the battle in later generations, was shocked to see such a strange scene with his own eyes!
There are far more goals than in later generations, and the intensity of Keju in this era is far more intense than that of later football.
In this era, players who perform Keju are required to wear armor.
This sport strongly advocates collisions! When everyone grabs the ball, except for the only prohibition that it is not allowed to grab the ball directly with their hands, there are no restrictions on the court!
That is to say, as long as you are willing, as long as you are strong enough, you will have no problem beating the opposing player to the ground!
Therefore, in this era, on the court, the scene that can often be seen is that after a serve, the two sides will fight together! As soon as anyone gets the ball, there will be an opposing player who will come over to give him an "over-the-shoulder throw"! Then they started to fight each other directly, who couldn't bear it on the court, quickly retreated, and immediately replaced by a person!
After a game, it is normal to replace more than a dozen people, and it is normal to injure and disable several people! And it is also a common thing to make people die on the court!
Such a cruel movement, but the Qi government did not restrict it at all, but strongly advocated it!
Because in the eyes of the high-level of the Qi State, the sport of Keju itself was not used for entertainment, the sport was originally used to train soldiers!
For the people of Qi State, whoever likes to bow must at least be in good health and have high martial arts. Otherwise, if you are knocked off the court twice, how can you play?
And for those who love Kemari, they are bound to spend countless hours and energy exercising their bodies in order to play this exciting sport. In this way, there are countless people with superb martial arts among the people of Qi, and these people are the best source of soldiers for future martial artists.
And the bloodshed and death caused by Keju, since the people of the country don't mind, the upper echelons of the Qi country will not mind. In the eyes of the high-level people, it is good for them to let the people of the country see more bloody scenes! When it comes time to go to war, they will not panic when they see bloodshed.
In Linzi City, from the king to the commoners, everyone likes this kind of sport.
Everyone who thinks they are good at martial arts will go and bow with others. And whenever there is a Keju competition, the area around Ju Castle is surrounded by a sea of people.
Dai Yan had an average perception of football in later generations, and he didn't like it or hate it. However, when he first saw the kemari, he immediately fell in love with the sport.
It's such a thrilling sport!
In Dai Yan's eyes, if this juju is placed in later generations, it should be a large collection of football, boxing, sanda, wrestling, free fighting and other sports. And so many sports are mixed together, plus this kind of sports often see blood, just watching it can make people's blood boil!
When he watched a game, the administrator of Ju City saw that he was dressed luxuriously, and the guards beside him were also extraordinary, and guessed that he must be noble, so he came over to him and asked, "This son, are you interested in participating in Keju?" The rule of our Jucheng is that as long as we can win one game, we will immediately get 500 gold, and if we lose one, we need to pay 50 gold. Can Childe dare to gamble? ”
Dai Yan was a proton in Linzi, and he didn't want to be troubled, but when he heard this invitation, he wanted to refuse. However, when he saw the pitiful eyes of the guards around him, he agreed to let his guards go and play.
These Song travelers who followed him to the Qi Kingdom, participating in such an event for the first time, everyone was very nervous. After a game with the team on the court, they were easily beaten by the other party!
This kind of encounter made these travelers very frustrated, and this only aroused Dai Yan's competitive spirit! In the next competition, Dai Yan asked Tang Ying to also play, and the children of the Mo family who followed him also played, but the result was still a failure!
And when they continued to fight each other, they were also beaten one after another. And after losing five times in a row, the team on the court is no longer willing to abuse them!
After losing five games, the manager of the stadium found Dai Yan and said: "This son, my rule in Jucheng is that I can only bet here five times a day, and after losing five games, I can only come back tomorrow to compete." ”
When Dai Yan heard this, he had no choice but to give up.
When he was about to leave Jucheng and continue to visit Linzi City, he met an "acquaintance" here.
It was the "Zhao Yong" he saw in Zhao Kingdom.
"Zhao Yong" also led a group of people to participate in the competition, he didn't seem to be the first time to come to this Jucheng, as soon as he came here, he said to the manager of Jucheng: "I lost to you last time, this time we will definitely win back!"
The manager of the stadium didn't care at all when he heard his provocation, and when he was about to lead them to change the armor, a thin teenager who followed "Zhao Yong" said to the manager: "This time we don't need your Jucheng's armor, we brought it ourselves!" ”
Ju Cheng's manager didn't care about this at all, and said, "Of course, it's okay to bring your own armor, but if you lose the match, you will have to pay double the bounty." ”
"Zhao Yong" agreed without thinking about it. Then they took out their armor and put it on, and it was all Rong Di costumes!
When Dai Yan saw this old acquaintance's game, he didn't want to leave so soon, so he continued to stay here to watch the game.
The competition was fierce from the start!
That "Zhao Yong" obviously lost in this Jucheng before, so he was extremely resentful in his heart, and he killed the players in Jucheng as soon as he came up! He knocked over several opposing players in a row, and knocked one opposing player down!
However, Dai Yan watched a few games, and even Tang Ying, the bravest under him, went down to the field to try it in person, and naturally knew that this sport could not rely on brute force alone.
As Dai Yan expected, although some players on Jucheng's side were beaten down, when the "Zhao Yong" got the ball and wanted to shoot, he was still either snatched away by the opposing player or intercepted by the opponent, and he couldn't score the goal.
They quickly lost the first game.
After losing the first game, "Zhao Yong" was not discouraged and soon started the second game. And this time, the thin boy who had previously claimed to the manager to bring his own armor also appeared!
When this young man was off the field, Dai Yan didn't feel that he was special at all. However, as soon as he entered Jucheng and officially entered the court, Dai Yan could clearly feel that this young man was the center of the entire Jucheng!
This young man is obviously the same as Dai Yan's wanderers, and it is also the first time to do Keju. He was even a little overwhelmed when the ball was just passed to his feet. When the players on Jucheng's side saw that the boy was short and thin, they rushed over and tried to knock him to the ground!
However, before the opposing player could rush in, the boy didn't care about the ball under his feet, and flew up directly at the Jucheng player who rushed towards him, and the Jucheng player who was half a body taller than him was kicked directly to the ground and couldn't get up!
Subsequently, the teenager passed the ball at his feet to the "Zhao Yong", and "Zhao Yong" flew up and shot at the opponent's goal!
The ball was caught by the goalkeeper.
This made "Zhao Yong" very unbelievable, this kick that took his greatest strength was caught so easily!
Later, after the Jucheng side kicked off, even if another player was kicked to the ground, the remaining players took the ball and shot a long shot, and kicked it directly into the goal!
In this second game, they lost again.
When the third game began, the ball passed to the feet of the thin boy, this time he didn't pass the ball again, he went directly with the ball, when someone came to stop him, grabbed his arm, and wanted to overturn the boy, but he didn't expect the boy's next plate to be extremely stable!
The boy was not overturned, but the player who grabbed him was knocked to the ground by him with a direct over-the-shoulder throw! Then he didn't take the ball anymore, and shot directly with a volley and shot the ball towards the opponent's goal!
The ball catches! However, the goalkeeper seemed to be unable to withstand the strong force of the ball, and "kicked" a few steps back, and when he stopped, he was right behind the goal!
Win!
This rare victory made "Zhao Yong" very happy, he walked up to the thin boy and hugged him directly!
When the fourth inning began, as soon as the ball reached the feet of the thin boy, four of the six players on Ju Cheng's side rushed towards him!
However, he was not afraid at all, he kicked the ball at one of the players who rushed over, and the ball directly hit the stomach of the Jucheng player, and under the strong force, the player fell directly to the ground!
And the remaining three players who rushed over didn't care about their teammates who had fallen to the ground, but directly rushed over and wanted to knock the thin boy to the ground!
The young man was not afraid at all, he rushed directly at one of the players, hugged the shoulders of the players, and used this fulcrum to kick the other two players quickly, and the players who received his two kicks were immediately kicked back!
When the boy's feet hit the ground, he dragged the Jucheng player's shoulders around, and soon, the player was about to fall to the ground! At this juncture, the thin boy pushed it and threw it directly in front of the two players who were kicked back by him, so the three players fell together!
Solve the four players in an instant, and the teenager ran over to pick up the ball and volleyed at the goal in the distance! This time the goalkeeper didn't even have time to react, and the ball went in!
broke the game with brute force, and scored goals in such a violent way, whether it was the manager of Jucheng, the crowd of onlookers, or the players like Tang Ying, who had played in person, everyone was extremely surprised!
In the fifth game, Jucheng's side was replaced by a tall and strong strong man to face off against the "Zhao Yong" side, and as soon as he got on the court, he didn't even care about the ball, so he went straight to the thin boy!
And the thin boy was still fearless in the face of six strong men! Because he was wearing a simple suit, his movements were extremely fast, he just kept wandering, fighting with one of the players from time to time, and when he was about to be surrounded, he immediately retreated, and soon, all six players on the other side were knocked to the ground by him!
When all the players in Jucheng fell, they surrendered and threw themselves in.
won three times in a row on the Jucheng side, which was applauded by the surrounding onlookers, and also made the Jucheng side lose face.
After Dai Yan saw the end of the game, he walked up to the "Zhao Yong" and said to him: "Zhao Yong, I didn't expect you to be able to win Jucheng's side, congratulations!" ”
However, when Dai Yan's words fell, "Zhao Yong" didn't have time to interject, but the thin young man spoke: "Who are you and why do you know me?" ”