The eldest lady said that she didn't need Jiao Wanwan to send it, but Jiao Wanwan couldn't really show up. There is no need to go to Jiao's house, packing luggage, she will not be able to help. At the city gate where he went directly with the four princes, there was a special pavilion for ten miles outside the city gate, Jiao Jixun and his two sons rode on horses, the old lady and the eldest lady sat in the carriage, and the second lady hugged the two sons and fell on the carriage behind.

Jiao Wanwan hurriedly greeted her, and the eldest lady didn't get out of the car, but only lifted the curtain and waved her hand at Jiao Wanwan: "Go back quickly, the weather is a little cold, don't freeze." ”

"Mother, I'm wearing thick clothes, do you have dry food?" Jiao Wanwan looked behind her, beckoned, and motioned to herself Jin Mei to send the package she had prepared: "I didn't contain anything valuable, it was all some dry food that I got myself in the past two days, which can probably be stored for about five or six days, you have to eat it as soon as possible." And the water to drink, the bedding for the night, are they all ready? ”

"Where do you have to worry about these, they will be prepared early." The eldest lady said with a smile, stuffed the package under the small coffee table in the carriage, looked at the fourth prince who was talking to Jiao Jixun, lowered her voice and said: "You don't have to think about anything else, it's better to have a child earlier, no matter whether it's a boy or a girl, this child is very important in a man's heart, you have to grasp it yourself." ”

The corners of Jiao Wanwan's mouth twitched, and she nodded hurriedly: "I know, my mother doesn't have to worry about me, I have a temperament, I can live well anywhere, mother, hurry up and set off, don't delay the hour, you missed the food and lodging on the way." Although there will be fewer opportunities to meet in the future, it is not that we can no longer meet, so write to me if you miss me. ”

The eldest lady's eyes turned red, the old lady sighed, and waved her hand at Jiao Wanwan: "Go back, in a few years, when my wife can't walk, let's gather in the capital, if you have a chance, don't worry about it, go back quickly." ”

Jiao Jixun also finished speaking, and the fourth prince came over and pulled Jiao Wanwan: "Don't let your father-in-law and mother-in-law worry too much, laugh quickly." ”

Jiao Wanwan pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, the eldest lady lowered the curtain ruthlessly, and the carriage quickly disappeared on the other side of the road. Jiao Wanwan rubbed her eyes and sighed: "Fortunately, Xijing is not too far, only three or five days away, if we stay in the capital, it is not difficult to move around often, but unfortunately, we are also going to Guizhou." ”

Zhao Defang didn't answer, and looked at her slightly: "Go home?" ”

"It's hard to make a trip, shouldn't you go to the court tomorrow? Why don't you just walk around the city now? Jiao Wanwan threw aside the parting, to be honest, she was actually a little relieved that the Jiao family was leaving, and she would see her again in three or five years, she was no different from the original owner, and she could have an excuse to fool the past. For now, it's better to separate first.

"Do you have a place you want to go?" Zhao Defang didn't object, lowered his head and asked, Jiao Wanwan blinked: "What do you have to build?" ”

Zhao Defang thought for a while in a little confusion, shook his head, and Jiao Wanwan simply called Cheng Fu over: "Do you know what are the interesting places in this city?" ”

"There seems to be a keju match in Caomen today, and there is a sumo wrestling match in Guangbei Bridge...... Chengfu seemed to have done his homework in advance, and immediately said a few interesting places, Jiao Wanwan turned her head and asked Zhao Defang: "Do you want to watch a keju match, or do you want to watch a sumo match?" ”

"What about you?" Zhao Defang hesitated for a moment, and then asked Jiao Wanwan, Jiao Wanwan wanted to watch a sumo match, she hadn't been able to watch this kind of game up close, she had too little knowledge, Zhao Defang nodded when she heard it: "Then let's go watch the sumo match." ”

Cheng Fu responded, and asked Jiao Wanwan with a smile: "Does the princess want to ride over or take a carriage?" ”

"Let's take the carriage, I see that it is noon, and the sun is a little sunburning." The little citizen has ridden the kind of horse that is led by people, and it is good to pose for it, but it is really scary to death when it gallops.

Jiao Wanwan didn't take the carriage by herself, but Zhao Defang also came up: "There is wind and dust outside, and you are wearing light-colored clothes today, but it is not good to ride a horse outside, why don't you sit in the carriage and let's play chess?" Or, talking? When we're done with sumo wrestling, where are we going? ”

Zhao Defang looked at the people around him, and didn't want to refute Jiao Wanwan's face in front of so many people, so he followed into the carriage. Jiao Wanwan hurriedly took out the chessboard under the table, stretched out her hand and nodded: "If it is according to the previous rules, I will definitely not be your opponent, besides, that kind of game of chess is too time-consuming, why don't I say a new rule today, let's play at will?" ”

"What rules?" Zhao Defang was a little interested, and saw Jiao Wanwan raise her hand and scratch it on the chessboard: "This kind of play, it's called backgammon, that is, five chess pieces are connected into a line, whoever connects them first wins, it's simple, right?" ”

Zhao Defang nodded, and Jiao Wanwan hurriedly took the chess pieces and put them away: "I'm not very good at chess, so you have to let me, I'll take the first step, and you'll be the next one." ”

Even if she had experience, Jiao Wanwan didn't dare to underestimate Zhao Defang and strike first. Then I saw Zhao Defang pinching a chess piece and placing it in one place at random. The white fingers, pinching the black chess pieces, black and white, make Zhao Defang's hands more and more beautiful.

The bones are distinct, the thickness is uniform, if it does not move, it is the same as the jade carving.

"What's wrong?" Jiao Wanwan was so engrossed that she forgot that she was playing chess, and she didn't move for a long time, Zhao Defang stretched out her hand and shook it in front of her eyes: "These are only two chess pieces, don't you know what to do next?" ”

Jiao Wanwan laughed dryly twice, and hurriedly retracted her gaze: "I'm thinking, isn't it necessary to take one step and see three moves in chess?" I'm thinking about what will happen in three steps. ”

Zhao Defang smiled, and saw that Jiao Wanwan had already put down the chess pieces, so she put her own again, almost without even thinking about it. It's Jiao Wanwan, she doesn't dare to be careless, every step has to be weighed again and again, in the first game, relying on her own experience, she won the risk.

But after that, they lost one after another. There is such a thing as IQ, which is really not something that experience can make up for. Experience is also able to give her a head start, and if the opportunity is gone, the advantage will be gone.

After losing three games in a row, Jiao Wanwan hurriedly pulled the curtain out and asked, "Chengfu, how long will it take to arrive?" ”

Cheng Fu sat in front of the carriage and turned his head with a smile: "You can get there immediately, there are a lot of people watching the game today, I'm afraid it's a little difficult to get through in front, should we get off here first?" ”

Zhao Defang lifted the curtain and glanced outside, took the lead in coming down, and raised his hand to help Jiao Wanwan: "You can come down too, let's walk over, there are quite a lot of people here." ”

Jiao Wanwan also got out of the carriage to know what it meant to have a lot of people, it was simply crowded, let alone a carriage, and it was difficult for people to pass. Jiao Wanwan didn't like to squeeze with people the most, so she frowned and hesitated: "Is there no other way to go?" You're all here to watch sumo wrestling matches? ”

Cheng Fu was clever, got out of the carriage and squeezed into the surrounding shops. In less than a quarter of an hour, he returned: "You can go through the small courtyard behind the shop, but you have to give money." ”

It's not a big deal to give money, Zhao Defang is not short of money. So, the group entered the shop. When she arrived in the backyard, Jiao Wanwan couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth, this ancient person was also very good at doing business and making money, all irrelevant scores, and the yards behind them were naturally circled separately, but at this time, there were ladders under each wall, and even if the two sides were opened, they would follow the ladder over the wall.

Jiao Wanwan turned her head to look at the shopkeeper: "We can go over here, but who knows if there is a ladder in the next courtyard, how can you guarantee that we can go all over it?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This lady doesn't have to worry, since we have collected this toll, we will naturally ensure that the road is smooth, you just have to go over, if you can't pass, we will return you double the money." ”

There is also a shopkeeper leading the way in front, this way of passing is quite unusual, Jiao Wanwan looked at Zhao Defang, and saw that he looked a little curious, so she knew that she should go. didn't talk much to the shopkeeper, and instructed the shopkeeper to take care of the carriage and horses, and then followed the little two up the ladder.

After digging five or six courtyards, it was considered to be the venue for the sumo wrestling competition, that is, the platform built on the street. Before it started, Jiao Wanwan stood on the chair provided by the store next to her and looked around, there were men and women who came to see this sumo match, and there were many women, and they were all crowded in the crowd, not like she thought before, the male and female guards were very strict, and the etiquette was not so strict.

looked around, then looked at the opposite side, and then was a little surprised, and hurriedly raised his hand and tugged at Zhao Defang's sleeve, and pointed to the high platform opposite. Zhao Defang glanced at it, turned his head and said a word, but the surroundings were too noisy, and Jiao Wanwan didn't hear it too clearly, so she tilted her head slightly: "What?" ”

Zhao Defang also followed the sideways and leaned close to her ear and said: "No need to be surprised, sumo wrestling tournaments are held in the army every year, and the winners can even be promoted to knighthoods, and there are many nobles who come to watch sumo tournaments and choose the best ones to play for themselves, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is probably here for this." ”

once again refreshed Jiao Wanwan's understanding, it turns out that everyone does not rely on martial arts competitions to become knights, but on sumo!

When he was speechless, he saw a sudden line of six people standing on both sides of the stage, all of them were women, very strong, and one of them could compare to Jiao Wanwan. But the dress is very casual, the lower body is half wide trousers, exposing the calves and knees, the upper body is a short gown, no collar and no sleeves, the hair is casually curled on the head, no jewelry at all, and there are no shoes underneath.

As soon as I saw these women come out, it was even more lively below, some screamed, some yelled, someone struck three gongs on the side of the stage, and as soon as the gong stopped, the two teams of women rushed to each other, hugging their waists, kicking their legs, and they threw themselves into a ball.

Jiao Wanwan's mouth couldn't close in shock, didn't this sumo wrestling mean that it was a channel for promotion in the army? How can it still be sumo wrestling between women?