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Chapter 157 Must-See Sports in Song Dynasty (6.6K)

After the comet disappeared.

Everyone at the scene continued to observe the sky.

This kind of picture, which had never been seen in ancient China, really made everyone extremely interested.

Even Lao Li, Wang Hou, Zhang Shuye and others couldn't help leaning forward to look at the stars several times.

Of course.

While gaining knowledge, there are also situations where concepts are broken.

Especially Xiao Li.

I don't know after tonight.

Will this well-known Layman Yi'an in later generations write "The good fortune may be intentional, so teach the bright moon to be exquisite." ’ "Fisherman's Pride".

Or 'when the word geese returns, the moon is full on the west tower. ''s "One Cut Plum"?

Then another hour passed.

At the end of Haishi. That is, when it is close to eleven o'clock in the evening.

Everyone finally finished observing Shi Ye.

Afterwards, Lao Su left Xie Laoduguan and the donkey where they were, and was responsible for finishing the telescope and going down the mountain.

He took Old Li Wanghou and others down the mountain first—he planned to spend the whole night recording everything he observed tonight.

As a disciple, Xu Yun was naturally among the group of people going down the mountain, but compared to the excitement of Lao Su and others, he was vaguely puzzled:

I obviously made a telescope, why didn't the halo prompt the task to be completed?

Could it be that.

Isn't Lao Su's so-called dying wish to observe the starry sky with his own eyes?

But think about it.

According to the normal trajectory, Lao Su obviously wouldn't think of or understand the concept of 'planet' when he didn't show up.

In other words, he definitely has thoughts about stars, but most of them are not so attached to see the physical appearance of stars with his own eyes.

At most, I wonder if there are people on the moon eating spicy rabbit heads or something.

A large part of Old Su's curiosity about the starry sky in the past was due to Xu Yun opening a door for him.

So if nothing unexpected

The 'obsession' in Lao Su's heart probably has other reasons.

So what could it be?

Xu Yun shook his head slowly.

This matter can only be found in the next few days, and find an opportunity to try to ask Lao Su for verification.

Then a group of people went down the mountain under the guidance of torches, and returned to Bianjing in a carriage. There was no curfew in the Song Dynasty. In addition, Lao Su and the others also reported relevant information to the City Patrol Secretary in advance before going out, so returning to the city was a breeze. Did not encounter too many difficulties.

Nothing to say all night.

"Boom boom boom—"

Early the next morning, Xu Yun was awakened by a knock on the door:

"Brother Wang, brother Wang, it's morning!"

Xu Yun rubbed his sleepy eyes, gave a long stretch, and said in a daze:

"Who is it? Wait for me for a while"

Since he moved to the east wing where the doormen lived, he basically slept until he woke up naturally every day. This was the first time someone called him to wake up.

Then he dressed and opened the door with a yawn.

I saw an acquaintance standing outside the door at this time:

Zhang San, the third brother.

Think about it too.

Except for this kid, ordinary servants might not dare to knock on their own doors.

"Brother Wang."

Seeing Xu Yun's sleepy face, Zhang Sanfei quickly waved the two tickets in his hand to him:

"Didn't you always want to watch Cuqiu? Today there is a competition, and I managed to grab two tickets.

You were not here yesterday, so I hurried to find you this morning, are you going? "

"Cuqiu?"

Hearing this word, Xu Yun's drowsiness disappeared immediately, and his whole body became refreshed:

"Where did you play it? How long before it started?"

"Ju City outside the Daxiangguo Temple will start in about an hour."

Xu Yun saw that he left behind a sentence, turned around and went back to the house:

"Wait for me for a while, I'll change my clothes and set off."

The so-called Cuqiu is the famous Cuju.

little known.

The birthplace of modern football is John Bull, and the birthplace of ancient football belongs to China.

Actually.

If you want to talk about the history of Cuju in ancient China, it can be traced back at least to the Warring States Period.

For example, it is recorded in "Historical Records Biography of Su Qin":

"Linzi is very rich and real, and all its people play poles, harps, and bows."

This is also the earliest record about Cuju in history.

Wait until the Tang Dynasty.

Cuju has been further developed and has become a Cuju sport with detailed rules, and the work reflects the popularity of Cuju.

That is to say, when Cuju was in the Tang Dynasty, Cuju was not only a court entertainment, but also popularized among the people.

In the Song Dynasty, Cuju reached the highest peak in history.

It is not an exaggeration to say.

Cuju is the national game of the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty people's enthusiasm for Cuju and the popularity of Cuju competitions are no less than the World Cup in modern society.

From the emperor to the common people, they are all crazy fans of Cuju.

Even Huang Fa Xiaoer loves Cuju very much, and also developed an early football club, or Cuju team.

At that time, there were many professional Cuju performers who made a living by performing Cuju skills, and even entered the upper class.

For example, Gao Qiu in "Water Margin" relied on Cuju and flattery to flatter his superiors.

Xu Yun is a real old fan in later generations. He has witnessed the shamelessness of Bangzi in 2002 and the miracle in Istanbul in 2005.

But alas.

Although the country where he lives in later generations is powerful, it has been somewhat sluggish in terms of football.

He was not able to watch the World Cup in 2002, but the bright red at Wembley on June 5, 2010 was made by Xu Yun. He was an exchange student at John Bull, so he went to the scene to support it.

It was also the first time in his life that he appeared on CCTV, although it was only for two seconds.

However, since 10 years later, the performance of the national football team has become worse and worse.

Before Xu Yun traveled, he even lost to Jiaozhi humiliatingly.

Therefore, after coming to the Song Dynasty, he wanted to watch a Cuju competition out of emotion and reason.

In a quarter of an hour.

After getting dressed, Xu Yun hurried out of the room, asked a servant in charge of meals for the guests, asked for two sesame seed cakes, and set off with Zhang San.

Daxiangguo Temple is located in the northeast of Suzaku Gate, that is, on the right hand side of Yujie Street, and belongs to the standard core area.

Xu Yun has been here several times on this road, but unfortunately he didn't see a fat monk.

Of course.

As one of the most popular temples today, the location of Cuju is definitely not right next to the temple:

Ju City, where the competition is held, is about four or five hundred steps away from Daxiangguo Temple. It seems to be a place specially set up for large-scale Cuju.

"Juqiu is divided into three categories, which are confrontation, banquet and free play."

After walking to the edge of Jucheng, Zhang San pointed to the inner venue separated by a wall and said:

"The so-called confrontation refers to the correspondence between the two sides of the goal. The players on both sides face each other and kick the ball into the opponent's goal to win."

"Yan Le is to set up a "Merry Eye" more than two feet in the middle of the field, and both sides shoot each other on one side, and the one who can make it pass through the Merry Eye wins.

"White play is a loose kick without a goal. It is mainly about the tricks and skills of the game. Those buskers on the street are playing this kind of mode."

Xu Yun nodded clearly.

According to Zhang San's description.

Confrontation is almost like a football game in later generations, feasting is somewhat similar to a penalty shootout, and white fight is probably an exhibition match to show off each other's skills.

In fact, what Xu Yun didn't know was.

The skill of playing in vain is called solving numbers, and it was not until Wu Chengen in the Ming Dynasty quoted it in Chapter 73 of "Journey to the West", that this is how the idiom "all over the body" came into being.

Then Xu Yun looked at Zhang San and asked:

"Third brother, where are we watching the ball?"

"Hey, there's no rush for this."

Zhang Sanjian waved the ticket in his hand and explained:

"We have a ticket, and the seat will not be occupied. It's a bit early to enter the venue now. Let me show you something interesting first."

Xu Yun was taken aback for a moment:

"playing what?"

Zhang San pointed in a certain direction:

"Bo room!"

"Bo room?"

Xu Yun blinked, and immediately reacted:

Good guy.

How could I forget another 'national quintessence' of the Northern Song Dynasty?

After all, this is a dynasty where even the emperor's favored concubine dares to bet

Then, under Zhang San's leadership, the two came to a street with a strong gambling atmosphere.

Only at this moment.

There are more than a dozen large and small shops lined up on both sides of the street, and people keep coming and going, and the business seems to be extremely prosperous.

There are four or five copper coins.

There are also pressed jade hairpin silver bracelets.

There are also those who throw money bank certificates.

Among the bettors, Xu Yun even saw a few government servants in official uniforms!

What a crazy era.

Compared to Xu Yun's amazement, Zhang San was cleverly finding a suitable shop:

"Liu Ji has always had low odds, don't don't"

"Zhao's house has a bad reputation, and it is rumored that money is often not exchanged"

"The Lin family's gambling house has a lot of evil slaves, and it is said that they will rob money on the way home"

Looking at Zhang San who analyzed the past one by one, Xu Yun glanced at him:

"Third brother, how much money are you going to bet? Are you so afraid of being blackmailed?"

Zhang San raised his chest very arrogantly:

"Six cents!"

Xu Yun: "."

Then Zhang San searched for a whole circle before locking on to his target:

The back of the family is said to be the pavement of the three-level boss.

The two teams in today's game are both 'clubs', and their backgrounds are quite large:

The home team is the Zhongjing Forbidden Army sitting in Bianjing, and the challenger is the Northwest Forbidden Army who just returned to the court with Wang Houtong. (In fact, it should be the forbidden army in Zhongnan, but I wrote the whole chapter before and it was locked, and I can’t change it, so let’s replace it with Zhongjing)

Seeing that Xu Yun and the two walked to the pavement, a young boy who looked like a second child hurriedly came up:

"You two guest officers, what do you want to win today?"

Xu Yun looked at the tabletop of the pavement, and a sense of curiosity emerged in his heart, so he asked before Zhang San:

"This little brother, do you know what kind of prizes you can press?"

"Yo, that's a lot."

Seeing that Xu Yun's clothes were of good quality and his conversation was quite polite, the young man clasped his fingers attentively and explained:

"The easiest thing is to win or lose. Naturally, the odds are not high. Buy it and leave."

"The second is the specific score, for example, three-on-one, four-on-two, and the odds are different."

"In addition, the total score is odd, the total score is large, and how many goals can each "ball head" score."

"For example, Ma Zeben, the strongest ball-head of the Imperial Army in Beijing, was born in a pottery maker in the Bureau of Artifacts, and his unique skill of returning to the nest is so amazing that even the officials gave him a thumbs up!"

Seeing the eloquent boy, Xu Yun thought for a while and said:

"Then I'll bet ten cents on the Zhongjing imperial army to win."

He is not a gambler, let alone expect to win a lot of money.

After all, if you bet out of ten and lose nine times, you will be screwed if you really fall into the trap.

The ten cents he pressed were not of high value, purely because Xiaoyi had traveled to this era, and it was just because of Xiaoyi's feelings.

Then Zhang San also pressed the Liuwen money, and the Zhongjing Imperial Army also won.

After getting the ticket.

Xu Yun followed Zhang San back to the sidelines and got involved with the original two tickets.

The area of ​​Jucheng is much smaller than the football fields of later generations, surrounded by square walls, and a team of blue and a team of white players stand in the center of the field.

The goal is supported by bamboo poles and netted to keep the goal.

However, it is different from later generations.

There are two goals for each team, called the left pole net and the right pole net.

"Ma Zeben on the ball head, Gao Shu on the swaying ball, Huang Bo on the right side, Shi Ze on the head side, Shen Wenyao on the left friend, Yusun Shen Yusun on the left pole net, Qian Gengyuan on the right pole net, Xue Yu scattered on the ground."

Looking at the 'starting list' handed out when he entered the arena, Zhang San seemed very confident:

"Gao Shu and Ma Zeben have been partners for many years. The last time they played against the Hezhong Forbidden Army, Ma Zeben scored seven goals alone!"

In ancient Cuju.

According to their positions and responsibilities, each person can be divided into several categories such as golfer, ball head, front and back, and netkeeper.

Among them, the ball workers are mainly responsible for receiving and passing the ball. They are the most numerous category in the Cuju game, and they are somewhat similar to the midfielders of later generations.

The head of the ball is the person who is responsible for shooting, that is, the striker.

As for the positive and negative coercion, it is quite special:

This position is accessible.

They can hold the opponent's offensive player with their arms, and their main responsibility is to intercept the opponent's shot and pass the ball to their own player or head.

If the former is not considered, it is equivalent to a defender in modern football.

As for Sanli, he is a free agent. He can do all the work except the goalkeeper, but he cannot start intercepting in the opponent's area.

Just when the players on the field came on the field, the 'fans' on the scene were also very lively.

Perhaps due to the atmosphere at home, they also sent a very friendly greeting to the Western Army:

"Those pinches of the Western Army, do you dare to go in front of Grandpa? I'll give you a slap in the face first!"

"The pickled scorpion is so talented that you can recognize me. I am Meidong, the 'Fengbahe' from the west of the city!"

"Straight mother thief, I am not as happy as you!"

And in this sound of greetings, the game began.

Bang——

Just listen to Spin, the referee, a gong.

The Jingzhongxi Army, which had won the right to serve, immediately launched an attack.

At the moment when the gong sounded, the tall and burly Ma Zeben rushed straight in, pulling out half of his body in an instant with amazing explosive power.

His partner Takaki touched the ball lightly and made a fake jumping motion, shaking a Western Army player who was about to intercept the passing path.

"It's beautiful, it's good to pick up fish on dry land!"

Then facing the rushing enemy, Gao Shu lightly stepped on the ball and turned around on the spot.

Zhang San shouted even louder:

"Gaoshu's unique skills, turn the world around!"

After passing the two opponents, Gao Shu no longer greedy for the ball.

I saw a push of the arch of the foot.

He accurately passed the ball to the feet of another player who ran into the open space.

When the opponent's defense was a bit messy, the ball worker steadily unloaded the ball and quickly kicked up a pass.

This pass firmly locked Ma Zeben who ran to the enemy's "self-defense zone". That is, the area where no overhand fouls are allowed. The accuracy is high enough to make Ashley Yang feel ashamed.

At this time, Ma Zeben's position is behind the net collector. If he can grasp it, this opportunity can even be regarded as empty door!

However, Ma Zeben seemed to be in a bit of a bad state. Instead of hitting the goal directly, he chose to stop the ball and adjust.

At this time, the opposing player had already pushed forward, so he could only give a hasty kick.

In the end, this weak shot was firmly caught by the opponent's left net catcher.

See this situation.

There was a burst of regret in the stands.

Xu Yun also clicked his tongue lightly and shook his head.

It is clear.

It didn't take long before the game started, and Ma Zeben failed to enter the state.

However, the sound of regret had not completely subsided before the situation on the field changed suddenly.

The net collector of the Western Army got up quickly after collecting the ball, and found his own player with a big foot.

Faced with the menacing Zhongjing team, the ball worker's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled coldly.

Then lightly flick the ball and kick it onto your back.

Zhang San shouted again:

"Back to the moon on both shoulders!"

Although the head pinch can be used, it can only be used to block the opponent with one's own arm.

Cannot touch the sphere.

Not to mention elbow strikes.

Therefore, facing the opponent's practice of picking the ball behind him, Shi Ze couldn't stop it immediately.

And the players of the Western Army didn't bother him anymore.

First, he put the ball behind his back a few times, and then used his back to unload the ball to the heel of his right foot.

At the same time, he stabbed with his left foot.

"Arrangement is bad!"

This movement similar to the flower arranging feet of the later generations caught everyone by surprise, even if they were holding it, they were stunned for half a second.

And in the direction passed by the ball worker, there is a figure rushing forward quickly.

I saw that he was running with his right foot slightly to one side, and he received the ball without any pressure.

At this time, in front of him, apart from two pole and net collectors, there was an empty open field.

That is.

One-handed ball!

Xijun's ball head did not hesitate at all, adjusted the pace slightly, and went straight to the left net.

Then facing the dignified net collector, the ball head calmly shot a rubbing shot.

I saw this ball wrapped in cowhide drawing a beautiful arc against the ground.

The arc crosses the net catcher's five fingers dangerously and dangerously.

clatter--

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"1 to 0!"

at the same time.

A frustrated male voice suddenly sounded beside Xu Yun:

"Straight mother thief Ma Zeben, wouldn't it be over if you pushed the empty door early?"