Chapter 318: A Little Trick on the Rotten Street
Gu Mo led the horse and waited to appear. The eldest prince walked over, laughed coldly, and walked past Gu Mo to the front without saying anything.
The order of appearances was determined when the lottery was drawn, the eldest prince was the ninth, and Gu Mo was the twelfth.
Gu Mo hooked the corners of his lips, glanced at his horse, and reached out to pat its neck. The horse felt Gu Mo's kindness, and the horse's head leaned over and shook it.
For the sake of fairness, the horses were numbered well in advance. The sequential number you draw is also the number of the horse. Normally, no one will do anything, but only in general.
Gu Mo's eyes glanced at the eldest prince who was about to appear, and suddenly darkened. I'm afraid he'll see in a moment what self-inflicted evil is.
It turned out that the eldest prince had prepared a problematic horse early, and as long as Gu Mo finished drawing the number, he would arrange this horse to Gu Mo.
It's a pity that in order to make Concubine Liang happy, the eldest prince specially passed the news to her. It was equivalent to directly telling the little spy Zero Zero Five, and within an hour, Gu Mo got the news.
As you can imagine, the horse is now in the hands of the eldest prince. The eldest prince should actually be happy, but he just wants Gu Mo to make a fool of himself and can't get a good ranking. Of course, he didn't do it out of kindness, he just wanted Gu Mo to die on the battlefield.
The eldest prince got on the horse majestically, clamped the horse's belly, and the speed increased. The imperial concubine sat beside the emperor, her eyes full of pride. "Your Majesty, in a blink of an eye, our emperor can already take charge on his own. Thinking of the days when I was in the dive mansion before, I actually felt a little trance. ”
The emperor also remembered the days of that time. For a while, I also sighed a lot, "You just like to recall the past." At that time, I and you were not very old. Now you're well maintained, but I'm old. ”
"Who said Your Majesty is old!" The imperial concubine glanced at the emperor dissatisfied, "In my heart, Your Majesty will always be my Qilang." ”
The emperor chuckled lowly, stretched out his hand, and shook the hand of the imperial concubine. The two glanced at each other, then restrained their emotions and looked at the eldest prince on the field.
The queen on the side glanced at the imperial concubine with an expressionless face. Just act like you didn't hear anything. This woman is really a trick to eat all over the world! It was not easy for the emperor to get to this point, and it was even more difficult when he was in the palace. As the wife of the emperor at that time. The imperial concubine and the emperor have more fond memories in common, which no one can compare.
The eldest prince on the field had already shot the first arrow, and there was a cheer on the field. The first arrow is relatively simple. Even Gu Pei, who is not good at riding and shooting. As long as you are educated in the aristocratic system, you can almost pass. But the identity of the eldest prince is different, no matter whether the people present are deliberately flattering or sincerely complimenting, they all respond one after another.
The second arrow was shot, and the eldest prince suddenly came on the horse and a swallow turned over, and when it landed on the horse's back, he happened to shoot the third arrow. The two arrows were separated by a short period of time. Hitting the target in such a trick again still caused a lot of applause.
The Emperor nodded in satisfaction. "The boss has been riding and shooting all these years, and he has not worked hard."
The imperial concubine was proud in her heart, but her face was respectful, "Has Your Majesty forgotten?" The son was enlightened by you personally, and he can't fall into the majesty of his father. ”
Sure enough, the emperor's gaze at the eldest prince softened by two points. The imperial concubine was happy in her heart, as long as the eldest prince won the competition, she could smoothly lead the troops to the battle. As a marshal and a prince, he will definitely not go to the front. Half of the generals in this 100,000 army are descendants of the Qiao family. Concubine Liang also has a complete grasp of it, so that these people can be used. When the time comes, the throne will not be able to escape.
The queen bowed her head to hide the sourness on her face. After so many years, how could she still not understand the emperor's thoughts? She's just a sign to appease the clan. She has accepted her situation, but she can't help but think about her son. If the eldest prince really took command of the expedition and achieved military power and military merits, then she could only be ruthless and embark on that trace road.
Concubine Shu watched the situation on the field quietly. She must not be good with the imperial concubine now, so she just pushes the queen in the back. It's not that she hasn't thought about her son's future, but he is not a grandson, and it is not easy to plan at all. So her eyes gradually shifted and she had a new idea. A country within a country! Staying away from Kyoto is probably the best option.
"Father." Zhao Xian ran to the emperor and interrupted the warmth between him and the imperial concubine, "The sons don't argue about those vain, but they are very interested in shooting rings." When they're done playing, can they also play? ”
Zhao Qing is also a teenager who likes excitement, and when he saw that the fifth brother said this, he also stepped forward to coax, "Father, is it okay?" ”
This is just a small matter, the emperor said to the justice cheerfully, "You explain, when the competition is over, clear the field, let these children also try." ”
Father-in-law Yu took the order, Zhao Xian and Zhao Qing both happily retreated and sat down, looking at the eldest prince on the field with different expressions.
The eldest prince had already shot six arrows in a row at this time. The sixth ring was only half the size of the first ring, and his arrow feathers brushed the edges, and the jade ring shook slightly, but it was not destroyed, and it was considered a pass.
But at this time, the horses were a little unusual. Noticeably very restless, the speed gradually increased.
Hurry up and you'll be too late to shoot an arrow! The eldest prince was about to play a trick according to the movements he had designed, but he didn't expect that Ma Su suddenly lost control!
His posture had already been posed, but it was difficult to retract, so he could only finish this movement. But after the action was done, the seventh and eighth rings had already been missed.
There was an uproar in the stands, and everyone didn't understand what the eldest prince was going to do. Could it be that he knew that the jade ring in the back would miss, so he simply gave up?
Only the eldest prince complained in his heart, and he tried desperately to control the speed of the horse, but the horse was like crazy. Could it be that someone did something wrong? The eldest prince was surprised! Who did this think of a place with themselves?
He didn't have time to think about it, but the steed under his seat suddenly fell forward. At such a fast speed, the horse also flew out because of inertia. The eldest prince's riding and archery kung fu is very good, but his martial arts can only be regarded as average, this sudden change made him have no time to think about it, so he threw it out and fell heavily to the ground seven or eight meters away! Directly fell and suffered multiple fractures.
Everyone in the stands couldn't help but stand up. The emperor was shocked and angry, and ordered a thorough investigation. The horse had apparently been tampered with. Qilinwei is not in vain, but in two quarters of an hour, the man who did his hands and feet was caught.
Shi Bo looked at the emperor with a strange expression, "Your Majesty, is this matter put on hold for a while, and then deal with it after the competition is over?" ”
The emperor frowned in confusion, and Shi Bo could only bite the bullet and get closer to report the results of Qilin Wei's investigation. The emperor's face suddenly changed greatly, and then he took a deep breath and said, "Let's leave people down first, and I will personally judge them later!" (To be continued.) )