11. Cane pulp
When my father heard me borrow a horse, he said to Nunu in the stables on the side: "The horses are all brought here - Zilu is gentle and tame, go forward left and right, just kick lightly, don't use force to whip, you know?"
I nodded vigorously, my father was not at ease, ordered someone to lead the horse, helped me to get on the horse, Gao Changling handed me the club, I waved a few times according to what I had learned before, my father saw that I still remember, so he didn't say much, but Li Rui ran over and whispered to me: "Son, I have inquired for you, the weakest over there is Wang Ping, you must remember to guard against Wang Ping, you can't prevent it, you just follow her, she is left and you are left, she is right and you are right, she is afraid of your identity, and she does not dare to run fast, it is also like being guarded." Although Wei Si is strong here, there are two strong opponents on the opposite side, Dugu Min and Wei Xin, and Pei Lansheng is not weak. If you don't make any efforts, they may not be able to cope with them in three against four, you keep an eye on Wang Ping, and the rest will not be taken care of, Wei Si has his own way. ”
I saw that he was still not enlightened in this situation, and I inevitably felt a little disdainful, and made a perfunctory remark, and made fun of him: "Liulang's eyes glowed when he talked about Wei Huan, isn't it..."
The last time I practiced horseback riding, I still had to follow the Buddha's feet when I went to worship the heavens at the beginning of the year, so although I rode a tame royal horse, I didn't dare to be careless, and carefully controlled the reins, so that Zilu trotted around the court, and at that time, Wei Huan also chose horses one after another and trotted around the court.
Wei Huan quickly came to my side and walked side by side with me: "Erniang, although there are two saints here, but Dugu Min is honest and straightforward, most of them will still strive to win, although Wei Xin will let you, but she is quite strong, even if you let you, I am afraid that you will have to try to show off in front of Your Majesty, so Erniang must not face her two head-on, so as not to suffer a loss." As for Pei Lansheng and Wang Ping, Erniang wants to guard against whichever one she wants, she will defend against it, Fang Qi and Fang 11 will naturally look for another one when they see where you are going. ”
I glanced at the Fang sisters in the distance, the two of them had been in the field for a long time, but they refused to come to us, and then looked at Dugu Min's side, and found that the four of them had already reined in their horses, and they were chattering there and saying something, and I couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Fang Qi and Fang 11, have you said it?"
Wei Huan smiled: "The two of them know the most generally, you don't need me to say, you naturally know what to do." With that, he clamped the horse's belly, and the mount moved forward steadily, passed over the Fang sisters, and stood in front of them. I hurried over and stood beside her. Before I got off the court, I was full of confidence, and when I actually got to the court, I realized that my skills were too different from theirs, and these people were too careful, so I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. Wei Huan stared straight at Wei Xin, tilted his head slightly, and said softly to me: "Don't worry." ”
Probably because I have seen her superb ball skills with my own eyes, when she said it, I was really relieved, and I smiled at her, and looked at Li Rui - we don't have enough people, so we don't need those polo rules nowadays, just line up on both sides, and Li Rui will hit the ball out for us, and then fight. A eunuch had already brought a stick of incense and made four marks on the incense according to the same length, and the one who scored more goals in each incense burning time was the winner.
Li Rui saw me looking at him, smiled at me, swung the club, and struck it, the ball fell impartially in the middle of Wei Huan and Dugu Min, when he raised the stick, there were already eunuchs who lit the incense, and Qian Niuwei began to beat the drum, after he swung the club, Wei Huan, Dugu Min, and Wei Xin had already ridden forward, first leaning on their mounts to squeeze together, and waiting for the ball to come, and then three people with three strokes, all of them went to hook the ball.
I slowed down for a while, looked left and right, and chose Pei Lansheng to follow, my horse was much better than hers, and it was easy to stop in front of her, Pei Lansheng really didn't dare to make any drastic movements, so he pretended to walk to the left and move to the right, which was completely different from the few people who fought hard in the field. I firmly remembered Li Rui's words, stared at Pei Lansheng, and caught a glimpse of Wang Ping also moving here, so I looked at her by the way, but I found that Fang Qi and Fang 11 also came over, and the two of them blocked Wang Ping left and right, preventing her from leaking.
In this way, wouldn't Wei Huan be allowed to fight against Dugu Min and Wei Xin alone?
I was disgraced for a while, and when I looked back, I saw Dugu Min hook the ball, all the way to the goal, Wei Huan bit her and didn't let go, and when the time came, Dugu Min turned around and passed the ball to Wei Xin, Wei Xin took the ball and rushed to the side, and when he was about to be chased by Wei Huan, he passed the ball to Dugu Min.
I estimated that Wei Huan might not be able to defeat him, and saw that there were sisters from the Fang family here, so he hurriedly kicked the horse's belly, and Zilu rushed to Dugu Min like lightning, I grabbed the iron ring of the saddle, bent down, hooked indiscriminately, and actually hooked Dugu Min's ball, everyone in the field was stunned, Wei Huan was anxious and shouted: "Erniang!" The following words did not come out, because of this time, Dugu Min had already taken the ball back, crossed my horse's head, and rode the horse towards the goal.
Wei Huan was in a hurry, and with a whip, her mount chased Dugu Min like a gallop, not only her, but even Wei Xin, Pei Lansheng, etc., all of them galloped wildly, chasing Dugu Min's location.
If the stadium was just a pot of warm water, it seemed to boil in an instant, and I lost my mind a little and kicked my horse to join the warband.
Eight horses are grouped together before and after, only a few feet apart, thirty-two horses' hooves rise or fall, raising a large amount of dust, Dugu Min saw that the situation was not good, hooked the ball, backhand back, wanted to pass to Wei Xin, Fang Shiyi robbed the ball behind her in a blink of an eye, but passed it to her sister, Fang Qi took the ball back, and was snatched away by Pei Lansheng, Pei Lansheng didn't have time to dribble the ball, and was hooked by Wei Huan's short oblique hook. Wei Huan used her feint skills, left everyone behind, brought the ball all the way to the vicinity, and hit the goal with a wave of her right hand.
As soon as the ball entered, the drumming stopped, and the incense stick was carefully extinguished. Wei Huan approached me, turned his horse's head over, and said with a smile: "Didn't you let Erniang guard one person?
I said, "I won't call you one to the other." ”
Wei Huan glanced at me with a smile, didn't say much, and just rode slowly with me to the sidelines. Wang Xu brought a few eunuchs to come and stroke me off the horse, I saw that everyone else was still sitting on the horse, so I shook my head and refused, he brought me a cup of chilled cane syrup, I saw Wei Huan holding a water bag, bent down and asked Wang Xu: "Is there still syrup?"
Wang Xu whispered: "After the princess finishes drinking, the villain will pour it again." I knew that it was taken from my parents, waved his hand to tell him not to bother, went to get the water bag with one hand, and handed the cup to Wei Huan with the other: "Here you go." ”
Wei Huan was stunned, didn't answer immediately, and only looked at me inquiringly.
I explained, "You're the one who moves the most, and you need the most sugar." "I can see it, even if I am a princess, my father and mother are present, I can't stand a bunch of bear children to play off, and if I really accidentally lose (this possibility is very small), or be let it be very obvious (this possibility is very large), wouldn't it be embarrassing to let everyone slow down and just wait for me to hit the ball alone or something?
Although Wei Huan didn't understand these principles of movement from later generations, he obviously knew that I was enveloping her, smiled at me, took the cup, I was afraid that she wouldn't understand, and hurriedly reminded: "Don't drink too much, just drink a little - I'm not stingy, it's cold, one cold and one hot, it's not good to drink too much." "Sugarcane is still a rare thing in this dynasty, and only high-ranking officials can enjoy it, of course, this thing is naturally nothing in the Daming Palace.
When Wei Huan heard me say this, she raised her glass and took a sip, her drinking posture was not Sven, and there was a little water stain on the corner of her mouth after drinking, and she just stuck out her tongue and licked it off. I haven't seen a woman around me do such an action for a long time, but I have a little affection for her, and I unconsciously smiled at her, she thought I was laughing at her behavior, stuck out her tongue, smiled at me and said: "Cane syrup is very good, very sweet, thank you Erniang." ”
Strange, this thing that is not unusual to me, when she drank it like this, and praised it like this, it became extremely sweet and mouth-watering, could it be because it was too hot?