13. Accidents
When Wei Huan spoke seriously, her eyes seemed to be brighter than Fang Cai, and her mount seemed to feel the knight's determination, and the horse's hooves moved a few times, spewing out a large breath of hot air from her nose.
The two of us had been delayed for some time just now, Li Rui was in a hurry to kick off, this shot was a little far, I remembered Wei Huan's words, and took a few breaths before riding the horse, and Zi Qi easily followed behind everyone, about a half behind the horse.
I was a little nervous, and I involuntarily bowed forward slightly, and my right hand grasped the club, and pressed it against Ziliu's hind legs, so that if I wanted to go out, I could immediately use the club to whip the horse's legs, so that Zili could quickly leap out - by this time, I had long forgotten what my father said not to exert force, and I was full of only victory and defeat.
Seeing that we were in a bad situation, the two of the Fang family finally cooperated with Wei Huan, Fang Qi grabbed the ball, swept it lightly, and passed it to Wei Huan, Wei Huan didn't have time to hook the ball, so he called "Erniang" , waved the stick on my side, I was taken aback, unconsciously led the horse out, rushed to the front, others saw Wei Huan pass the ball to me, they all reined in the horse and slowed down, Dugu Min rushed out, the club hooked down to my club, the two of us touched the club, my club suddenly took off, Dugu Min and I were stunned, did not pay attention to Wei Huan who passed by our side.
Wei Huan gently and skillfully crossed everyone, swept the ball into the goal, raised the pole, smiled at me, I also smiled at her unconsciously, everyone saw her score like this, everyone was in an uproar, I heard who smiled sharply, muttered "She is tricky", when I looked back, I didn't know which one.
At that time, the drumming stopped, and we went back together, and I only then figured out what had just happened, and Kwa Wei Huan said, "You are really smart." She called out and swung at me again, and others naturally thought that she was going to give me credit and let me score, but who knew that she was a false shot.
Wei Huan looked at me playfully, and smiled: "Erniang is not angry?"
I was puzzled: "What's there to be angry about?" On the court, deception is a common thing, and if you want me to say, it is really a strategy to come up with such a move in such a short time. Thinking of this, I raised my head again and said sincerely: "Siniang is really amazing." β
Wei Huan was stunned when he saw that I was just praising her, and after a while, he said: "I just deceived Erniang, Erniang is really not annoyed?" I was a little displeased, frowning and said, "Siniang thinks I'm the kind of person with a small belly?"
Wei Huan was stunned again, and then smiled: "Little belly chicken intestines... Erniang really knows how to use words. β
I realized that there was no such idiom in this era, and I lost the displeasure just now, and said with a smile: "I heard the palace people say this... It seems to be a local slang. β
Wei Huan nodded and said: "There are many people in the palace, different origins, and there are differences between speech and official language. He said to me again: "In the next game, Erniang will still be as good as just now." β
I was completely convinced of her skills, and I nodded again and again, but added: "This time I knew that the club would not fall out, so I wanted to pick it up in a hurry, and I almost didn't fall down with anyone." If the palace people or parents heard this, they were afraid that they would cause an uproar, but it didn't matter if she said it to Wei Huan, she really didn't feel much moved when she heard it, she just smiled at me: "Then this time, Erniang is going to hold it tightly." β
When I saw her smile as if she had a deep meaning, my heart moved, and before I could come up with a reason, the drums began to rush again, and I grasped the club tightly, and drove the horse forward gently, still as I had just done before, but my spirits were much more uplifted than before.
This time the competition was really fierce, and everyone somehow went towards Wei Huan, and the two sisters of the Fang family also stood by again, only playing their own balls, as if we were not two teams, but three teams. I saw Wei Huan struggling left and right in the crowd, flickering forward and backward, and finally grabbed the ball, and the four people on the opposite side stared at her and prevented her from getting through.
Wei Huan saw that she couldn't break through, and called "Erniang" again, I saw her raise the pole with her right hand, although she also thought it was a feint, but she still stepped forward without thinking, who knew that this time she really passed the ball to me, and it was also my blessing to my soul, I didn't hesitate for a moment, I used what I had learned all my life, and almost hurriedly took the ball to the goal. Everyone in the back had already been shocked by Wei Huan's hand, and after a while, they chased after the horse, but they had lost the opportunity, and then the horse was not as good as me, so they chased with all their might, and they still let me score a goal.
I waited for the ball to go in, and I glanced at it again, and made sure I hadn't made the wrong goal, and then I breathed a sigh of relief, and put on a big smile and swung the club like everyone elseβand when I looked back, I realized that my father had actually stood up from the circle chair, and when I turned around, he sat down, and when he saw me looking at him, he smiled at me.
I felt a little out of strength, rode to the sidelines, dismounted to rest, my father smiled and said that we played a draw, and we had to add another game - in fact, usually my father and Li Rui played ball, often to play seven or eight games, sometimes even to burn two or three incense sticks, our little trick, just a joke. It was my father, mother, and Li Ruiken who accompanied me that made the scene so big. I saw my father and mother looking at me with smiling faces, and I habitually wanted to run over and boast, and finally remembered that this was my first time playing, and I should not look impetuous, so I held back, walked over, and gave them a salute, and my father smiled and said, "Don't be busy with us, go and rest for a while, and then score another goal." β
I walked back to the seat set up for me to rest, Li Rui was already waiting for me on the side, and when he came over, he patted me hard: "I can't see that you can score a goal once you go down the field for the first time." β
I bared his teeth, rolled my eyes at him, scooped up the cane syrup from his case, and poured it violently.
Li Rui felt distressed and snatched the cup from my hand: "I stayed for a long time, and you just drank it in one gulp." While saying, he handed me his own hand towel to wipe his mouth, the hand towel was dyed with a strong fragrance, I smelled it in the air, choked and almost vomited, quickly waved his hand, asked him to take the hand towel away, and turned around to call my maid, but what I saw was Wei Huan, she handed over a half-used plain toll, I took it and used it, and there was a faint aroma on it, but when I sniffed hard, I couldn't smell it.
I asked her curiously: "Siniang's fragrance is peculiar, I seem to smell it, and I don't seem to smell it." β
Wei Huan said: "I didn't dye the incense, I'm afraid that Erniang smelled it wrong." β
I didn't ask much, wiped my mouth, saw the palace people bring water, and threw the handkerchief in, and when I picked it up, I remembered it, and hurriedly wanted to tell her that I couldn't help it, but she had already smiled first: "A handkerchief, if Erniang wants, I have dozens of them here." β
Although I knew that hand towels were not a rare thing, I was a little embarrassed, smiled at her, hurriedly wiped my face, and asked someone to bring my hand towel to wipe her sweat.
She took the handkerchief and glanced at it, but she put it in her arms and refused to use it.
I wanted to ask her why she didn't use it, because seeing that Li Rui and Cui Mingde were close to each other, somehow, it was a little difficult to speak, so I only said, "Wait a minute, will I follow like this?"
Wei Huan squinted at the court and said, "Wait a minute, I'll treat Sanniang, Erniang just have to go with Dugu Min." β
I was taken aback: "You let me be sorry for Dugu Min?"
Wei Huan smiled: "Erniang's riding skills are actually good, but she is afraid in her heart, so she is a little forward-looking, if you can give it a try, with the Purple Horse, you may not be able to defeat Dugu Min." β
I said, "I'm riding much smoother than usual today, and I'm afraid I can't do anything else." He glanced at her and whispered, "It's better to... I'll drag Wei Xin, you can be Dugu Min. β
Wei Huan shook his head and asked me, "Does Erniang want to win?"
I sneered, "Yes." β
Wei Huan said: "Erniang wants to, so she will go to Dugu Min." Seeing that I was still hesitating, my face turned grim, and said, "Erniang doesn't believe me?"
Without hesitation, I said, "Yes." β
Wei Huan said with a straight face: "Erniang believes me, so she will do as I say." β
I saw that she was stubborn, and thought that she might have some clever plan, so I did it. This time we rested longer, until my mother was impatient and called someone to urge us, and then we got up again.
Before the opening, Wei Huan glanced at me again, and silently said the word "Dugu Min" to me, I was very worried, but as soon as I heard the drums, I still rode my horse to stop Dugu Min.
Dugu Min couldn't imagine that I would stop her directly, her face was full of surprise, and she turned around and wanted to bypass, I gritted my teeth and urged Zi Lu to lean over, and the danger was stuck between her and Wei Huan, Wei Huan smiled at me, and urged the horse to pester Wei Xin.
Wei Xin refused to face me, when facing Wei Huan, he was really fierce, I was here to block Dugu Min, no time to be distracted, but there were also a few times I saw Wei Xin's pole almost swept to Wei Huan, the more anxious I was, the more I was bypassed, Dugu Min and Wei Xin sandwiched Wei Huan left and right, Dugu Min rushed straight up, Wei Xin suddenly hit the ball, I thought she was going to pass the ball to Dugu Min, who knew that the ball actually crossed under Dugu Min's horse, only three or four feet away from me. Wei Xin seemed to regret the improper pass, turned the horse's head sharply, and made the appearance of chasing this side, but when she rushed, she was about to hit Wei Huan immediately, and Dugu Min was going over there, I saw that Wei Huan was about to be sandwiched by her two in one place, and blurted out in shock: "Siniang be careful!" But between the lightning and flint, Wei Huan jumped out of her horse and jumped towards Wei Xin, Wei Xin was pounced on by her, and rolled off with a bang, Wei Xin's horse collided with Wei Huan's horse, neighed, and took a few steps back, Dugu Min grabbed the reins, forcibly turned the horse's head, and narrowly avoided the two people and two horses.
I was so anxious that I was angry, urging Zilu to go over there, who knew that at this time, a group of thousands of cow guards all rushed over, someone held my horse, and forced me to lead the horse to the sidelines, Wang Xu took a few people to help me down, Yang Niangzi held me in her arms, covered my eyes and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." β
I twisted out of her arms and looked at the field, several doctors who were always on the court had gone over to look, I didn't know what Wei Huan was doing, I was so anxious that I stomped my feet, and urged Yang Niangzi to say, "Go see how Siniang is." β
Mrs. Yang didn't look at that side at all, she just covered my eyes and coaxed, "It's okay." Erniang, go back with me first. β
I got angry and kicked her, before I struggled out of her arms, and ran all the way to the middle of the field, only to see Wei Huan get up from the ground with a pale face, and when he saw me coming, he smiled and said, "Why didn't Erniang hit the ball?"
I scolded her: "Are you a fool? It's all at this time, and you still ask if the ball is a ball!" I went to see Wei Xin again, and found that Wei Xin's face was covered with blood, and I was so frightened that I took a step back - I really wanted to teach Wei Xin a lesson at first, but I didn't expect it to evolve like this, good little girl, if she really fell for good or bad, what should I do?
I was scared and guilty, and I regretted a little that I broke free from Yang Niangzi and ran over, and I couldn't bear to leave the two of them here. Fortunately, my mother had already strode over, and I was relieved when I saw her, and threw myself into her arms and said, "Auntie, tell the medical officer to take a good look at them." β
My mother put her arms around me and rubbed her hand on my head for a while before she asked the doctor, "How are you and can you wake up?"
The medical officer trembled and said, "The minister is incompetent. I can't know for sure what happened to Wei Sanniang. β
I turned my head and asked, "What about Wei Huan?"
Another medical officer looked up and said, "Fourth Lady Wei should be fine. β
I breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said, "What can you see at this time? β
The doctor obviously didn't know the word sequelae, but he could guess a thing or two from me, so he looked at his mother and waited for her instructions.
My mother frowned, exerted her strength, pressed me into her arms again, and said lightly: "Since Wei Xin is seriously injured, ask the Wei family to take her back and recuperate at home." β
I froze, looked up from my mother's arms to look at her, and my mother's hand patted me on the back a few times before saying, "Wei Huan go home and serve your sister well." β