The last three kingdoms

Chapter 12 How about a bigger bet

Liu Yin looked at Yan Yu secretly, and saw that he was the kind of person who was born in the army, with tanned skin, strong and well-proportioned muscles, an expressionless face, and sparkling eyes, although Liu Yin Yin didn't know what Yan Yu's ability was, but from Liu Chen's nervous expression, Liu Yin understood that this was definitely a strong opponent, and definitely not something a dude like Liu Xun could compare with.Anyway, Yan Yu is also a seasoned general with rich experience in facing the enemy. Competing with such an opponent is a huge challenge in itself.

However, Liu Yin is not a person who easily admits defeat. Now that he has accepted this challenge, there is absolutely no reason to back down. Shu Han is about to perish. Liu Yin has the ambition to save the country and help the world, so how can he be intimidated by a small challenge? .

Although it is said that he was used to holding a sniper rifle in his previous life, and he was still a little unfamiliar with picking up a bow and arrow, but this did not hinder Liu Yin's performance. The sniper rifle and bow and arrow are both the same in terms of original intention, pursuing the ultimate accuracy, The first time Liu Yin held a bow in his hand, he had a familiar and friendly feeling.

The first time he used a bow, he was able to shoot a wild pheasant hundreds of steps away, which undoubtedly gave him great confidence.

Maybe he was born to be a sharpshooter.

Regardless of whether it is Liu Xun or Yan Yu, Liu Yin has never really been afraid of anyone.He walked forward proudly, calmly and calmly, and said awe-inspiringly: "Stop talking nonsense, how can we compete?"

Liu Xun clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Cousin Yin is really courageous! General Yan is the number one archery expert in the army, and he rarely meets an opponent. Cousin Yin dares to compete with him. Just his boldness breaks my heart." But I’m willing to bet and admit defeat. If my cousin loses, he won’t play tricks, right?” Liu Xun was in a good mood, and he was already imagining how to get lucky with that beauty in his heart.

Liu Yin sneered, and said: "It's not a competition yet, so it's too early to talk about winning or losing, Your Highness?"

"It can be seen that my cousin is very confident. If so, how about we bet a little bigger?" Liu Xun smiled with a hidden knife.

"Gamble bigger? How to gamble?" Liu Yin said neither humble nor overbearing.

Liu Xun untied the jade from his body, raised it in his hands, and said: "If you win, this jade will belong to you."

People in the Han Dynasty admired jade, and adoring jade was the basic etiquette of almost every adult man.In the Han Dynasty, men's admiration jade was divided into left and right groups, which means "the admiration jade must be double".Each group is a pendant, and each pendant is composed of seven pieces of jade, with patterns such as clouds, dragons, algae, snakes, and lins.The horizontal jade worn on it is called "hanging jade", which is shaped like a rhomboid or a residual ring.There is a hole at the upper end of the honing jade, which is used to wear a belt and hang on the belt; each corner of the honing jade has a hole and a hole in the middle, which are divided into three groups, all of which are connected by ribbons or pearls.The middle part of the middle group is a round piece of jade, called "瑀".There are three holes on the upper and lower sides of the jade, which are used to connect the upper and lower sides. A piece of jade is hung at the end, which is shaped like a half-bike, and the two ends are pointed, which is called "chongya".There is a hole in the middle of the semicircle of the punching teeth, which is used for threading and connecting. The other two groups have a piece of Ju-shaped jade hanging in the middle, and a hole for the upper and lower groups, which is used to connect the upper and lower half groups.A piece of Huangyu hangs at the end of the lower half group. The shape of Huangyu is like a half-biker.These three groups of jade jade collide with each other as people walk, and the sound of the collision is called "Hengdang Peihuan" in ancient times.

In fact, Peiyu's bumping was not for the sake of being pleasing to the ear, but as a reminder that the man in Peiyu must behave calmly and moderately.If you walk fast, the knocking sound of Peiyu is not only unpleasant, but also very chaotic; if you walk slowly, and the strength is not enough, Peiyu will not make a knocking sound;

During the Han and Wei dynasties, the children of powerful families, officials and gentry all admired jade, and it became a custom.Although its moral function is still at work, at least in the scholar class, but as a sign of social identity, Peiyu plays more of a social distinction function.

Hetian mutton fat jade was the top grade of jade in the Han Dynasty, which was fine in texture, warm and white, and mutton fat jade was mostly used as adornment jade for high-ranking officials, and Liu Yin also wore this kind of jade.

But at this moment, the jade in Liu Xun's hand is quite different, the texture is thick green and pleasant, the green is so oily that it seems to be able to drip out, the color is pure, without any flaws.Although Liu Yin is not good at gem identification, he can tell at a glance that Liu Xun's pendant jade is made of jadeite, and it is not ordinary jadeite, but the best among jadeites - the glass kind of imperial green.

The reason why Liu Yin knew that this was the best jadeite was because he knew a rich man in his previous life. He once bought a pair of glass-colored imperial green bracelets.And it was just a pair of bracelets, in Liu Xun's hands, there was a total of 3000 yuan of jade pieces, which would be worth several hundred million in later generations.

Just when Liu Yin sighed secretly about the extravagance and wealth of the royal children, Liu Chen exclaimed: "Lao Liu, are you crazy? This is a gift from the emperor, and you dare to take it out to gamble. After returning to the palace, let's see how you explain to your father?"

This emerald jade is a tribute from Nanzhong. In the Han Dynasty, Burma was still under the rule of Nanzhong. After Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times, Nanzhong was pacified, and the barbarians in Nanzhong surrendered. middle.Jade, as a new kind of jade, has not been spread to the heavens for a long time, especially emeralds like this kind of jade, which are even more rare, and are naturally of high value. Liu Chan's gift to Liu Xun is clearly a gift to him. kind of preference.

Liu Xun said disapprovingly: "It's just a few pieces of emerald jade, let alone I may not be able to lose. How about it, cousin, do you dare to accept it?"

Liu Xunyi looked condescending and domineering, the corners of his mouth were full of disdain.Even Huang You and the others had an expression of taking pleasure in others' misfortune.

Even though Liu Xun held a pendant jade worth hundreds of millions in his hand, in Liu Yin's eyes, it was just equivalent to a few broken stones. Although the jade was good, when the mountains and rivers were broken, they would eventually turn into dust.

Liu Yin glanced indifferently, and said, "Why don't you dare? It's just that I don't have an equivalent bet in my hand, I'm afraid it's not fair to His Highness."

Liu Xun chuckled and said: "It doesn't matter if the cousin can't get it out now, but I heard that there is a tiger-headed golden gun hidden in the palace of Anping Palace. Compared with this tribute Peiyu, it is a little worse, but it is better than nothing, but I don’t know if my cousin has the courage to take it out.”

(End of this chapter)