Three Kingdoms: The blind box draws Da Qiao at the beginning

Chapter 310 The martial arts competition begins

The first day of April in the fourth year of Tai'an.

at dawn.

District A port.

In front of the immortal monument, there was a dense crowd.

Countless people stood on their tiptoes, like ducks being held up by their necks, looking towards the innermost part of the crowd.

In the innermost part of the crowd, headed by King Wu Lu Yi and Prince Lu Feng, followed by hundreds of civil and military officials.

In front of King Wu Lu Yi and Prince Lu Feng, Zhou Fang, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong, and Sun Quan unloaded rolls of firecrackers from the carriage, placed them in front of the incense burner of the immortal monument, and pulled them apart.

This is the reason why countless people gathered in front of the immortal monument this time.

Because, as early as two months ago, the palace sent people to post notices.

Today we will celebrate the completion of Nantianmen in District A and hold a martial arts competition.

Before that, the King of Wu and the Crown Prince would bring all the civil and military officials to pay homage to the heroic spirits of the immortal monument.

Different from the heroic spirits who went forward to pay homage to the immortal monument, a new firecracker will appear this year.

And, it will continue like this in the future.

People from every household came out.

They also want to know what this new firecracker is!
  When Zhou Fang, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong and Sun Quan filled the unloaded firecrackers in front of the immortal monument, a white fish belly appeared in the east.

Taichang Sima Hui walked out from among the civil and military officials, came to the incense burner, took the sandalwood that had been prepared earlier, lit it, and handed it to King Wu Lu Yi and Prince Lu Feng respectively.

As Taichang Sima Hui shouted: "Sacrifice!"

Lu Yi and Lu Feng both bent down to worship the immortal monument.

All civil and military officials followed the two men.

After worshiping, Lu Yi inserted the sandalwood into the incense burner.

Sun Shao, the prince's tutor, stepped forward quickly, hugged the prince Lu Feng and inserted the sandalwood into it.

Taichang Sima Hui then said loudly again: "Set off firecrackers, pray for heroic spirits, and protect our country of Wu!"

Zhou Fang, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong and Sun Quan each held fire sticks and lit firecrackers together.

Suddenly, the entire district was filled with roaring sounds.

The people gathered around looked at this scene with their mouths wide open in shock.

Compared with the sound of firecrackers made from burning bamboo during the previous three dynasties, this sound was simply terrifyingly loud!
  When the firecrackers were halfway set, Lu Xun and Lu Ji came over carrying two large iron buckets.

Come to the incense burner and open the lids of the two large iron buckets.

It's full of gunpowder!
  At Sima Hui's signal, Lu Xun and Lu Ji threw the fire breakers into the big iron bucket and ran away.

Not long after, two roaring purple flames jumped out directly from the big iron barrel, jumping more than ten feet high!
  The intense firelight illuminated the area around the immortal monument!

The light of fire and the sound of firecrackers complement each other.

The people around him all exclaimed.

Lu Yi looked at the fire and listened to the sound of firecrackers, with a smile on his face.

Before traveling through time, many places began to ban firecrackers.

And now, as a time traveler, he has moved the firecrackers to two thousand years ago!

Moreover, Zuo Ci and other alchemists are studying fireworks based on his description.

Wait for the fireworks to appear too.

He could not imagine a group of ancient people from two thousand years ago gathering together to enjoy the splendor of fireworks.

After setting off firecrackers and gunpowder in front of the immortal monument and paying homage to the heroes, Lu Yi rushed to Nantianmen with all the civil and military officials.

The common people followed all the way.

The team stretched for dozens of miles!

Finally, when the sun rose, Lu Yi and others arrived at Nantianmen.

The entire Nantianmen is a palace.

In front of Nantianmen is a huge square.

The square covers an area of ​​[-] acres!
  The entire square is circular, with an avenue split from it, leading directly to the entrance of Nantianmen.

Except for the middle part and the outermost part of the square, which are paved with stones, the rest is just ordinary dirt.

Lu Yi came to the square with civil and military officials and people.

The soldiers who had been waiting at Nantianmen had already pulled away all the chariots, carriages and horses.

All the people were led by soldiers to the avenue around the square.

Lu Yi took Prince Lu Feng and all the civil and military officials from the middle avenue to the entrance of Nantianmen.

There are nineteen steps to the entrance.

Echoing the nineteen steps inside Nantianmen.

At the top of the steps, there are two white jade gates nearly two feet high.

In front of the white jade gate, two rows of twenty soldiers all carried firecrackers with long spears.

As Lu Yi and the civil and military officials climbed to the top step, twenty soldiers lit the firecrackers on their spears.

After the firecrackers were set off, twenty soldiers placed their spears in fixed positions and pushed open the white jade gate, revealing the internal structure of Nantianmen.

Inside Nantianmen, there is a huge hall in front.

The hall is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people standing in it.

At the front of the hall, there is another nineteen-story staircase.

The entire staircase is trapezoidal, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.

On both sides of each staircase, there is a high platform.

There is a huge granite stone placed on the high platform.

There are eighteen steps, a total of thirty-six platforms, and thirty-six granite stones.

These thirty-six high platforms present two diagonal lines, pointing straight to the nineteenth floor stairs.

There, a stone man completely carved from granite, about the same height as Lu Yi, wearing iron armor and holding a sword hilt in his left hand, was overlooking the main hall.

The sky of the main hall was designed to look like the sun, moon and stars.

On the wall behind the stone figure of Lu Yi, the appearance of the palace hall has been carved!

The walls on both sides of the palace have been transformed into thirty-six parts.

Each copy will be engraved with a mural.

The mural will record the most glorious scenes in the lives of the thirty-six heroes.

Even though all the civil and military officials had already seen various grand scenes, at this moment, every one of them could not help but exclaim in exclamation.

Their eyes sparkle.

King Wu was indeed fulfilling his promise step by step.

Even Jia Xu, who always seemed to have not had enough sleep, was looking around with an excited expression at the moment. Being able to be among them is definitely enough for this life!

Lu Yi visited with all the civil and military officials for nearly a quarter of an hour before calling everyone out.

Today the Nantianmen is completed, and visiting it is not the main task.

The most important task today is the martial arts competition!
  The five-year period of recuperation has come.

Yuan Shao is dead.

The situation in the world has changed.

The martial arts tournament ends today, and tomorrow, a meeting of ministers will be held to discuss the next military battle.

But now, the tourney is the main event.

A hearty competition gives the ultimate encouragement to the soldiers who are about to go to war, allowing them to exert their greatest strength on the battlefield!

Lu Yi and others came out of Nantianmen.

On both sides of the square, two thousand young heroes quickly gathered at the bottom of the stairs in the shape of dragons.

In the middle of them, there is a huge high platform.

On the high platform stands a big drum.

At this time, Shi Huan and Nangong Yan stood on both sides of the big drum, holding drumsticks.

And two thousand young heroes dispersed into eight columns.

They were uniformly dressed in white shorts and trousers, with red belts tied around their waists.

As Lu Yi stopped at the front of the highest step, Nangong Yan and Shi Huan, who were standing on both sides of the drum, beat the drum together.

The solemn drum beat echoed throughout Nantianmen Square.

Two thousand young heroes moved to the beat of drums.

On both sides of the square, soldiers led Zhuge Ruoxue, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Lu Qiling, Huang Yueying, Yuan Yin, and the family members of the civil and military officials to step onto the stairs and gather with the civil and military officials.

Afterwards, two rows of girls walked up the stairs and guided the civil and military officials and their families to stand on the stairs.

Lu Yi, Prince Lu Feng, Zhuge Ruoxue, Da Qiao and other Lu Yi's women and children followed Lu Yi and stood at the top of the stairs.

Until Nangong Yan, Shi Huan and the two thousand young heroes finished their performance and withdrew, two hundred soldiers led the horses and rushed to the bottom of the stairs and lined up in four rows.

Two rows of Lu family disciples carried a huge table in front of Lu Yi, and placed weapons on it.

These weapons include long swords, broadswords, spears, and halberds.

In the middle of the square, soldiers carried an iron pillar that was as thick as two people's arms and ten feet high!
  The lower end of the iron pillar is inserted into a triangular bracket.

The brackets are driven into the soil with iron rods.

At the top of the iron pillar, there is a piece of red satin.

After doing all this, Sima Hui walked to Lu Yi and whispered, "King Wu, everything is ready. The martial arts tournament can begin."

Lu Yi nodded, walked to the desk, pointed to the open space under the steps, and said with a smile: "All the generals who have been invited to the competition, come down here now!"

Hundreds of members of the civil and military officials walked out and stood where Lu Yi pointed.

Lu Yi picked up a ring-headed sword on the desk in front of him and said with a smile: "Masters, I have prepared twenty weapons for today's martial arts competition."

"These twenty weapons are all made of hundreds of steel."

The generals in front of Lu Yi suddenly became excited.

Weapons made from hundreds of steel smelting!

This is no longer an expensive issue.

It’s a problem that even if you have money, you may not be able to find craftsmen to help you build it!

Unexpectedly, there were twenty such weapons in front of them!
  People like Lu Bu, Xu Sheng and others were eager to give it a try.

If this was not such a big occasion, they would all be eager to grab it!
  Lu Yi looked at the generals in front of him with bright eyes, and said with a smile: "These twenty weapons are today's rewards."

"The twenty best performers today can choose one."

Lu Yi pointed to the red satin at the top of the iron pillar in front of him and said, "And this is the final reward."

"Today, we will divide you into two groups."

"Which group wins this red satin, this group can choose ten people, and each person will have a pair of special armor!"

All the generals suddenly roared together.

Lu Yi nodded and said, "Well, now, I'll start calling the names."

Lu Yi took out a scroll from his sleeve, looked down at all the generals below, and said loudly: "Next, the people who are here will stand on the left side, and everyone will wear a red belt, as the red group."

A line of girls came forward holding red sashes.

Lu Yi said: "Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Song Qian, Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er, Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Wenpin, Wei Yan, Huo Jun, Ling Tong, Zhu Ran, Zhang He. "

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others stood on the left side one after another.

The girl tied a red belt around their waists.

Lu Yi watched them finish tying them up, and then continued: "Those whose names are read below should stand on the right side and wear a blue belt."

Another line of girls came forward holding blue sashes.

Lu Yi said loudly: "Zhu Zhi, Han Dang, Chen Wu, Liu Bei, Tian Yu, Tao Shang, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Tai Shi Ci, Xu Sheng, Zhou Tai, Deng Dang, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Zhou Fang, Gao View.”

The soldiers led the horses to the generals on both sides.

Many generals got on their horses one after another.

Lu Yi smiled at the civil and military officials on both sides of the stairs and said, "Besides them, does anyone else want to go down and show off their skills?"

All the civil and military officials smiled and shook their heads.

How does this go down?

Which of the following generals is not famous on the battlefield?
  Lu Yi looked at Xu Shu, Lu Su and Liu Ye again, and said with a smile: "Don't you guys go down and give it a try?"

Xu Shu shook his head seriously.

In his early years, he learned the art of assassins. Although he thought his sword skills were pretty good, he could not really fight with these generals.

Lu Su and Liu Ye looked at each other and smiled.

Lu Su hurriedly said: "King Wu, please don't let us make a fool of ourselves."

Lu Yi looked at Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan again.

Zhuge Liang waved his hands hurriedly.

Sun Quan laughed awkwardly.

Seeing that no one else was willing to go down, Lu Yi said to the red and blue generals: "The time is before noon."

"Whoever gets the red satin in the end is the winner!"

"So--"

Lu Yi raised his right hand, smiled slightly, put it down and said, "The martial arts tournament has officially begun!"

(End of this chapter)