At that moment, Zhao Yun and Zhao Lang walked over with Yun Yi.
“Father, uncles, hello.” Zhao Yun greeted.
“Yun is back.”
Zhao An looked at Zhao Yun.
His face was full of surprise.
He didn't hunt anything today?
Ever since Zhao Yun mastered his martial arts.
Whenever he went hunting in the mountains.
He would always return with something, from small game like pheasants and rabbits to larger game like wild boars and deer.
This had been the case for years.
Returning empty-handed today was unusual.
“You didn't hunt anything today?”
Zhao Yun shook his head:
“I did. I hunted a dwarf deer and over twenty wild wolves.”
“Where's the game?”
Zhao Yun smiled mysteriously:
“Father, uncles, I brought all the game back. But first, you can see if there's anything different about Zhao Lang and me compared to usual?”
“What could be different?”
Zhao An muttered.
Suddenly, he noticed that they were both wearing iron armor that shimmered with silver light.
Hiss!
During the Han Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty's system was followed, prohibiting weapons but allowing for crossbows and armor.
Non-royalty were strictly forbidden from wearing armor.
Hence the saying, “One armor is worth three crossbows, three armor lead to the underworld.”
Zhou Yafu, in the past, was suspected of treason because his son had secretly kept five hundred armor shields. This led to Zhou Yafu's suicide by starvation to demonstrate his innocence.
Zhao Family Village and Zhou Yafu's family were not of the same class, of course.
But even if Zhou Yafu had secretly kept five hundred armor shields, he would still be punished by the court.
If the court learned that the Zhao Family Village had secretly kept armor.
They would likely dispatch troops overnight for a full-scale massacre.
Zhao An stared, his eyes wide, as he frantically said:
“How come you're wearing iron armor? Do you want to die? Quickly take it off.”
“Did anyone from the court see you on the way?”
Zhao Yun shook his head:
“Father, don't worry. We didn't meet anyone from the court along the way.”
“But this isn't ordinary armor. It's an artifact.”
Zhao An breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the court didn't find out, they could keep the armor secretly.
In these times, bandits ran rampant everywhere.
Who didn't keep private soldiers or hide weapons and armor?
The Zhao Family Village was no exception.
As long as they didn't openly display them, the court usually turned a blind eye.
If it came down to it, they could just bribe them.
Artifact?
Zhao An furrowed his brow.
Children shouldn't talk about strange supernatural powers.
Yun, having studied the Confucian classics from a young age, how could he utter such nonsense?
Besides, it was just a regular iron armor.
Artifact? What was so divine about it?
Zhao Yun seemed to know that Zhao An wouldn't believe him.
He intended to prove it with action.
“Fourth brother, put the box down. Come here and give me a chop with your knife.”
Zhao Lang, without saying a word, put the box down, drew his hunting knife, and walked towards Zhao Yun. He aimed the knife at Zhao Yun's arm, which was not covered by armor, and swung it down.
Everyone present was startled.
“Zhao Lang! What are you doing?” Zhao An shouted with wide eyes.
But then a miraculous thing happened.
They heard a “clang.”
The armor emitted a faint light, blocking the blow. The hunting knife in Zhao Lang's hand even chipped.
Zhao Yun shook his arm.
Apart from a slight stinging sensation, he was completely unharmed.
“How is this possible?”
Upon witnessing this scene.
They were all stunned, unable to believe it.
They rushed to the side, touching the armor on Zhao Yun's body with their left and right hands.
It looked like ordinary armor.
But it was able to protect the exposed parts of his body.
Artifact!
Definitely an artifact!
If this artifact was kept in the Zhao Family, it would be able to protect the family's prosperity for a hundred years.
“Yun, where did you get this artifact?”
Zhao Yun answered truthfully:
“A god bestowed it upon me.”
He then carried the mustard yellow box over to the crowd.
“Yun, what's this?” Zhao An asked in confusion.
Zhao Yun said:
“Didn't I say I brought all the game back? The game is in this box. There's a dwarf deer and nineteen wild wolves.”
How could so much game fit in such a small box?
But after the incident with the artifact armor.
They no longer dared to question him easily.
Zhao An stepped forward and opened the box.
Because Yun Yi had not set a password for the box, he directly saw what was inside.
This perspective was strange.
It was not like what his eyes saw, but more like what his consciousness sensed.
But as Zhao Yun had said.
A dwarf deer and nineteen wild wolves were indeed inside.
The mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru.
The power of a god!
Definitely a real god!
Zhao An's breathing became heavy.
“Yun, where did you get these divine objects? Where is the god now? Can we meet him?”
Zhao Yun gave a mysterious smile:
“Father, the god is far away, yet also right here in front of you.”
Ah?
Far away yet right here in front of you?
Zhao An then noticed that there was another person standing behind Zhao Yun and Zhao Lang.
He was very young.
He was also wearing iron armor and had an elegant demeanor.
His hands had no calluses, indicating that he neither practiced martial arts nor worked the fields.
“This… could this be…?” Zhao An was already speechless.
Zhao Yun nodded.
As the head of Zhao Family Village, Zhao An naturally had great poise.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to nurture Zhao Yun, a loyal and unmatched general.
Although Zhao Yun learned his martial arts from Tong Yuan.
His upbringing was the key factor in shaping his character.
There were countless martial arts experts in the world.
But there was only one Zhao Yun.
However, even the highest level of composure was useless in the presence of a true god.
Zhao An trembled and suddenly knelt before Yun Yi.
“Please forgive this old man for having eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai.”
Yun Yi was instantly startled.
He had only been here for a day. How could he have ever seen such a scene?
He could only help Zhao An up and wait for Zhao Yun to translate.
The language barrier was troublesome.
The other side had knelt, and he still didn't know what they had said.
From today onward.
He would start learning the language of this era.
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