Qin Official

(Chapter 3 is posted in advance and will not be available today)

Although the Zhang family prides itself on being a home of rituals, music, poetry and calligraphy, after all, it is just a wealthy country man and does not have a dedicated dancing girl. After serving the wine and food, the maids in green clothes had to come up to dance and entertain.

It's late spring, the weather is getting hotter and people's hearts are getting hotter. But I saw that they were all wearing short and thin clothes and colorful embroidered silk clothes. After kneeling and saluting the people on the east and west sides, they began to spin and dance with the two musicians playing the piano, drums and harp.

The gentlemen of the Wei Guoxiang Party in the east seat are all educated people, and they are also polite when watching the dance. Although they don't know what they are thinking in their eyes, they can only nod lightly on the surface. Qin Zu, the teacher, was much more straightforward. Everyone's eyes were wide open as he looked at them, pointing at the beautiful girls inside, and even uttered obscene words out of habit.

After serving in the army for three years, the sows were racing against each other. If Heifu hadn't been there to control them, they would have jumped up and danced together...

The people of the Warring States Period are not far away in ancient times. No matter which country they are in, whether they are barbarians, Rongdi, or the Xia of the Central Plains, regardless of whether they are high or low, men and women can sing and dance well. Especially after the banquet and drinking, you can dance all night long.

After the maids finished dancing and retired, Zhang Bo saw that the ignorant Qin soldiers were stunned, drooling, and swelling again.

He asked Zhong Ming to ask Heifu: "This is the dance music of the Central Plains. You must have never seen it before, right?"

This time, Hei Fu stopped bragging. He shook his head and said, "Life in the army is boring. There are no women, singing and dancing."

Seeing that Zhang Bo was about to become proud again, Hei Fu smiled and said: "However, when I come today, I have also prepared a little dance to entertain you all."

After saying that, regardless of whether the master agreed or not, he nodded towards Gong Ao.

"Second and third sons, get up!"

Following Gong Ao's order, the ten Qin soldiers immediately put aside the food, drinks and women they had just had, stood up with their swords drawn, and at the same time picked up the heavy shields they had brought in.

For a moment, the Dongxi Township Party members, including the master, all had strange expressions on their faces.

Although they despised the Qin people for being rude in their hearts, they did not dare to laugh loudly because the Qin soldiers on the opposite side all came to the banquet with weapons...

bar? Don't dare to stop, you can only let it go and be careful.

Just now, perhaps because he felt that the sword armor was too irritating to the eyes and affected the atmosphere of the banquet, Zhang Fu smiled dryly and said to Hei Fu and the others that the armor and armor were burdensome, so why not take off the armor and sword and have a good drink?

But Heifu refused, saying, "I have been ordered by the general to stay on guard until the Wei Dynasty is destroyed, and I don't dare to take off my armor!" This made Zhang Fu feel unhappy.

At this moment, his purpose of asking everyone to wear armor, hold shields and swords was revealed.

"You will dance with the sword to entertain the master and the guests at the table!"

"promise!"

After making the promise with great momentum, ten Qin soldiers, led by Gong Ao, strode to the center of the hall, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, standing tall in line, all of them standing straight!

The atmosphere became solemn, and for a moment, no one in the hall dared to make a sound.

Heifu also picked up a chopstick and started tapping the copper pot, making a clanking sound, which was particularly harsh in the silent hall...

To the ears of the people at the east banquet, this was the beat of music and dance, but in fact, it was just the rhythm of the marching drums of the Qin people. Every time Hei Fu marches, he has to stand on the side, holding tiles and bamboo boards to beat. This skill has long been perfected.

As Heifu's beating became more and more urgent, the dance changed from stillness to movement and into a fiery battle atmosphere. The soldiers ran on the spot, divided into two rows, and advanced as they danced!

They suddenly faced the teacher and saluted Hei Fu with their swords and shields, with admiration in their eyes.

They suddenly moved towards the East Table and made fierce stabbing movements. The sharp swords almost hit the faces of the guests at the East Table. They were so frightened that several guests could no longer care about eating etiquette and exclaimed. The queen retreated in a hurry, even knocking over the valuable lacquerware...

These soldiers were all princes and superiors who were beheaded and knighted in the Battle of Waihuang. They had experienced bloody battles and were infected with fierce murderous aura after their heads were cut off. For a moment, the hall was filled with swords and swords, and the cheerful atmosphere of the banquet had long been destroyed.

Seeing this, Heifu smiled.

In fact, this is the way Qin soldiers used to train, but military life is boring. Their commander Yang Xiong is not only thoughtful, but also good at entertaining himself. When he has nothing to do, he will let the soldiers dance with swords for fun, so Hei Fu also learned it. This hand.

I never thought I would use it today...

He had no choice. Since he couldn't be respected and recognized in terms of etiquette, music, and accomplishments, he could only use force.

You have manners and we have swords.

Ritual and music must be bowed under the sword's edge until the day it becomes subtle and softens the iron.

In the hall, the soldiers of Qin Dynasty were changing various complicated formations in an orderly manner as usual during training. Sometimes they sat down, sometimes they stood up. In response to Heifu's beat, they seemed to be dancing...

After dancing for a while, the soldiers had started to sweat a little, and then Hei Fu struck hard! After hearing the sound, the soldiers immediately regrouped, and the ten people lined up neatly and solemnly!

They roared loudly, raised their swords high, and struck the wooden shields covered with swords hard! Make a huge noise!

"Bang!"

It's like a thousand cavalry rushing in! It's like a river bursting! It’s like Daliang City is broken! It’s like the country is collapsing!

This sound shook the hearts of the Wei people present.

This sound reminded them of the memories of being tortured and killed by the Qin army on the battlefield in the past hundred years.

The Battle of Anmen, the Battle of Hexi, the Battle of Anyi, the Battle of Yique, the Battle of Huayang...

Hundreds of thousands of Wei people died tragically at the hands of Qin people.

Hexi, Shangjun, Hewai, Hedong, Hanoi, and Dongjun were all ceded to Qin, but they could not feed the tigers and wolves. After barely having a good night's sleep, he looked around and saw that the Qin soldiers arrived at the city again.

And today, a handful of Qin swords are jumping in the hall of his house!

When you think about it like this, how can you not be frightened?

The sword dance has finished, and everyone present at the table, including the Zhang brothers, all have pale faces. The maids who have just finished dancing are also pale and their legs are trembling.

No one in the huge Dongzhang Mansion dares to look down upon the Qin soldiers!

Zhang Bo was dazzled by the gleaming sword blades and round shields, and was even more shocked by the last roaring sound that made his scalp numb.

He looked at his clan brother Zhang Fu in panic, and Zhang Fu gave him a scared look in return.

Just from the sword dance, it can be seen that its orders and prohibitions seem to be one against ten. In total, although there are two hundred servants armed with them, how can they be compared with these Qin soldiers who have been trained every year since Fu Ji and have been tempered on the battlefield? If there is a conflict, the heads of everyone at this table will be , I'm afraid it's not enough for Qin soldiers to cut off.

Both of them felt happy in their hearts: "Fortunately, I wasn't too rude to the Qin people today!"

Hei Fu also smiled and asked at this time: "I wonder what you think of this dance in the army?"

So Zhang Bo showed a forced smile for the first time, and praised insincerely: "Good... good sword dance, extraordinary momentum!"

The people at the East Banquet quickly agreed, and the compliment and fear in their words were obvious. Aren't they afraid of Qin's military front and that's why they were willing to surrender?

Hei Fu laughed loudly and asked the Qin soldiers to come back and sit down. He stood up and toasted to them: "When we are here, it is like Qin's 200,000-strong army is here!"

The Wei Renxiang Party members above the hall could only make submissive sounds at this moment.

Only Zhang Fu lowered his head and began to think.

"After this sword dance, this banquet that was planned by the family, the Qin official turned out to be the guest. If this round of the game fails miserably, the Zhang family will have to rely on him in the next few months, and it will be difficult to turn over... …”

The Qin State would destroy Wei. Their nephew had predicted it a few years ago. It was impossible to rebel against it and they could only cooperate with it.

Zhang Fu is much smarter than Zhang Bo. Although he has become a peacemaker, he still has to step forward when it is time to step forward for the benefit of the family.

At least, this embarrassing situation should be moved back a little bit, and Zhang's loss should not be too ugly.

So Zhang Fu suddenly asked: "Youyou, what the soldiers were dancing just now was the music of "Da Wu"?"

…

"The joy of martial arts?"

Heifu looked confused at this time and shook his head. He was uneducated and didn't know what "Dawu" was.

Zhang Fu took the opportunity and said to Zhang Bo, who was also confused: "My brother, do you still remember? Zihu (hu) once told us that this great martial arts is a tribute to King Wu's illustrious martial arts in defeating Zhou. There are six sections in total, and they are also They dance with swords, shields, and armor. This is the music of the Zhou Dynasty, used to worship ancestors in ancestral temples, or to boost morale before going to war."

As he spoke, he winked at Zhang Bo.

Although Zhang Bo was the uncle of "Zihu", when his nephew came back from his study tour and talked to them with great interest about his newly learned Confucianism, Zhang Bo would doze off.

Although Dongzhang is known as the home of rituals and music, he himself is not very proficient in Confucianism and just regards it as a facade.

On the contrary, Zhang Fu from Xizhang was not only more knowledgeable about people, but also had more cultural heritage.

At this time, Zhang Bo finally understood Zhang Fu's hint and quickly nodded and said, "Yes, Zihu did say that."

He smacked his lips and said insincerely: "I never thought that the sword dance of the Qin army actually implies the ritual and music of King Wu to destroy Zhou. No wonder it is so powerful... Hahaha."

After Zhong Ming translated this passage to Hei Fu as usual, he also said that "Zihu" was the son of Zhang who was an official in Xianyang.

Heifu was curious for a moment and asked Zhong Ming to ask: "I wonder if Mr. Zhang holds any official position in Xianyang?"

This is what the Zhang brothers were waiting for.

Zhang Fu immediately touched his beard and said with a smile: "Speaking of my nephew, he is really a very good person. He is a book-loving, omniscient, and omniscient. He is a genius who knows everything about the past and the present!"

Zhang Bo continued: "I watched him grow up. He could read and write at the age of three, knew poetry and calligraphy at the age of five, read all the books at home at the age of ten, and went to learn from the Confucian scholars in the county at the age of twelve... When he was fifteen years old, he thought he had learned all the books about Wei, so he took his luggage and only one servant with him to travel to Chu..."

Heifu's expression gradually became surprised as he listened to the two old brothers singing the oboe.

"He went to Lanling, Chu State, to visit the great scholar Xunzi, and became Xunzi's last disciple during his lifetime!"

"After Xunzi passed away, he mourned for him for three years. After he returned, he stayed in seclusion for another three years, not leaving his room even half a step, to integrate what he had learned..."

"Three years later, he suddenly went out, left home alone, went to the river to wash his hair, stood in the water and thought for a long time, and then said that he had read all the books on the Six Kingdoms, but Korea had been destroyed, and presumably in the near future, the Six Kingdoms would All the books and laws of the country will be returned to Qin. So I want to follow the footsteps of my ancestors and go west to Qin to observe Qin's politics."

"After he entered the Qin Dynasty, he made a sensation in Xianyang with his knowledge. He was recruited into the Yushi Mansion as a historian and in charge of books and classics. It is said that he was highly trusted by the Yushi officials and court officials..."

At this point, the Zhang brothers thought that Heifu, a junior official, who should have become more and more frightened after knowing that their family had a profound background and that there were people serving as officials in Xianyang, became more and more excited as they listened.

In the end, he couldn't help but protest. He only regretted that the dialect difference between the two parties was too big, so he couldn't ask directly. He could only ask Zhong Ming to relay: "That gentleman of the Zhang family, that Zihu, what is his name!?"

Zhang Bo and Zhang Negative looked at each other. It seemed that they had not achieved the results they expected. But now, the two of them could only bite the bullet and fight to the end.

"His name is Zhang Cang!"