Chapter 3: Betting on the Lottery

Zhu Di stood in the crowd of spectators around the arena, and did not enter the VIP viewing area of the infield by virtue of his status as a prince, because the three walls used to demarcate the scope of the stadium and the dozens of red flags that carried the function of rendering the atmosphere around him prevented him from experiencing the feeling of excitement.

"My father said that no one will be better than General Xu in the next two hundred years. If you want to win against General Xu, you have to vote for the fetus several times...... No play! ”

The clear child's voice reappeared, and Zhu Di decisively judged that it came out of someone else's crotch.

Zhu Di looked down to the side, and a boy three or four years younger than him ripped open the leg gap of two adults and tried to get out, but was firmly stuck.

"Help me!" The boy asked Zhu Di for help, judging from his blushing face, he really tried hard to stand in front of Zhu Di and talk to him, but he was exhausted.

"Humph! What did you just say? If you want to win General Xu, what do you want...... Reincarnation? Zhu Di was angry, he wished that the little boy in front of him was crushed into a tooth-picking Yang branch.

"What? You...... In the tank...... The other team? You...... Hurriedly...... Swap ......"

"I didn't bet! What a note! How do you know that no one has won General Xu, so what about the emperor? Although Zhu Di also admires Xu Da so much, no matter what, he must still be more towards his family.

"You...... Pull me out first, then ...... Speak to you slowly. ”

"Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter!" Zhu Di reluctantly comforted himself, in fact, he wanted to hear the boy's answer.

Zhu Di easily pulled the boy out of the adulthood. Only then did he realize that although the boy was not much shorter than him, he was very weak, and his thin arms and slender waist seemed to break if he was broken.

No wonder he was stuck just now, I guess he couldn't even hold the bow stick steadily, right?

"Humph!" Zhu Di couldn't help but feel contempt, what qualifications does such a guy who can slap to death here talk about their Zhu family, who takes martial arts as their daily practice?

"Don't believe it, no one really won General Xu, and neither can the emperor." The boy was remarkable, and the referee on the field of play was more authoritative, "Do you know why?" ”

"Why?" Zhu Di's two eyebrows were like arrows on the verge of exploding, and as long as the boy's words were rebellious, they would shoot at it with the force of thunder.

"What you're saying is that if the emperor plays now, can he win General Xu, right?"

"Hmm."

"That certainly can't be. Think about it, after the emperor became the emperor, did he go to court every day? The boy pointed to the location of the court in his mind, which was the opposite of the actual position.

"yes, what's wrong with that?" Zhu Di didn't have time to pay attention to the boy's random fingers, and only wanted to hear the reason for the emperor's defeat.

"Before going to court, he always has to study his homework first, or what else will he say in the court? After the court, he still had to review his homework. Otherwise, the next day, the minister asked him if yesterday's problem had been solved, and he could not have said that he did not know. ”

"Pre-schoolwork? Reviewing homework? Zhu Di showed his uneven teeth, and a gust of wind exhaled from the gap between the missing front teeth.

"It's a commentary! This is the emperor's homework. The boy crossed his hands on his hips and tilted his head back, triumphant at his knowledge.

"What the hell are you going to say?"

"The emperor sits there every day to criticize the chapters, and when he goes to the court, how can he have time to ride a horse and shoot arrows? General Xu is different. My father said that he killed the enemy on horseback for 300 days out of 365 days a year. Have you ever heard a person who plays the piano say that if you don't play for three days, your hands will grow thorns? It's the same thing, don't I need to say it again? The boy was triumphant, his hands crossed on his waist, as if his few words had impressed Zhu Di and praised him.

Zhu Di's brows gradually relaxed, and he felt that the boy had some truth in what he said.

He is not a stubborn and self-righteous person, but he still has to say a few words for his father: "The emperor is the dragon among people, the true son of heaven, can he be the same as us ordinary people?" ”

"That's, how can the emperor be compared to ordinary people?" The boy accepted it when he saw it, and echoed Zhu Di's words.

There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, followed by silence.

Zhu Di and the boy hurriedly opened the gap in the crowd and looked at the field.

For some reason, the players and referees stood neatly on both sides, as if they were holding a grand celebration.

On the side of the pitch where there was no short wall, a man rode a tall horse and entered the pitch.

"Father......" Zhu Di almost screamed.

The boy stared intently at the man on the horse. He knew that this must be a man of extremely noble status, but he never expected that he had just talked about him in a rhetorical manner.

"Welcome to the Emperor!" Everyone on and off the field knelt down to greet them.

"Welcome to the Emperor!" The boy was shrewd, and instead of being intimidated, his eyes widened.

Although it was not the first time he mentioned the emperor, it was the first time he had seen the emperor, and his curiosity drove his eyes to never leave the emperor for a moment.

He not only has to remember the emperor's appearance, so that he can show off to people who are not as lucky as him, but also carefully ponder, what is the difference between the emperor and ordinary people?

"Flat! I have a lot of hair today, and I want to play a bow with the princes and generals. Who will do it? Zhu Yuanzhang refers to one of the sixteen people on the field, who is on top of him.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are over, the emperor is happy!" Xu Da was smiling, as if he was looking forward to it, ready to enjoy the majesty of the emperor's arena.

"General Xu doesn't play a game with me?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked unexpectedly.

Xu Da's smile froze on his face, remembering that he had racked his brains several times in the process of playing with Zhu Yuanzhang to lose decently, he was worried in his heart, and he was not sure whether he could easily pass the test this time.

"The minister gallops and kills the enemy in the vast grassland on weekdays, and he is used to being wild, and this game of drawing the land as the boundary, the minister feels very restrained."

"General Xu is afraid that he will not be able to lose to me?" Zhu Yuanzhang did not let go at all

"Hehe, the minister is willing to bow down."

"Father!" Zhu Fan stepped forward, "Erchen lost to General Xu just now, and Erchen wants to challenge again." ”

"Well, I also want to compete with General Xu. Xu Da, how many years have we not bowed together? You can't ruin my fun! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang called Xu Da by name and surname, and Xu Da knew that he could no longer shirk: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

With the support of his father, Zhu Fan was ecstatic and full of confidence, and said loudly to one of his teammates: "General You, you leave the field for the time being!" Instead, he said to the referee, "Wang Dudu, let's start!" ”

Dressed in a narrow turquoise robe and black riding boots, Wang Dudu, holding the ball in his right hand, drove his horse towards the center line of the field. The players of both teams are in their positions, staring at the ball in the referee's hand, ready to go.

Zhu Di and the boy, who were huddled in the cracks, did not speak, but their nervousness was no less than that of any of the audience present.

Zhu Di was worried about his father's defeat. He agreed with the boy's analysis, his father had been soothing the bow competition for a long time, and Xu Da spent more time on horseback than on the ground, and Xu Da had just won a game, was his father Xu Da's opponent?

If his father loses, he will face two consequences that he is unwilling to face.

First, he lost face in front of the boy. He told the boy that the emperor was different from ordinary people, so how could the emperor lose to ordinary people?

Second, his father is the person he admires the most, and the disillusionment in his heart is enough for a child, even if it is not a catastrophe, it is enough to make him heartbroken and sad.

The boy was also nervous, and the Haikou words he had just boasted about were still in his ears, but the emperor's early display of tiger steps and dragon walking and heroic brilliance had already made him fall to the ground, and he thought in his heart that General Xu, whom he admired the most, probably did not have such a terrifying spirit.

Moreover, the emperor took the initiative to invite General Xu to fight, if the Son of Heaven was not as good as others, how could he provoke the opponent and lose face in front of his subjects? It seems that General Xu has little chance of winning, and his face is lost.

Originally, he was not a talker, because he wanted to make friends with Zhu Di, so he would talk about it in order to show his charm.

It's good now, it backfires, after the game, Zhu Di will give him a few sneers, add a few derogatory words, and then walk away.

"Listen!" Zhu Yuanzhang's deep voice came from the north of the middle line, "Don't let me!" Grab the ball and hit the ball in the goal! If you slack off, you will receive a fine of 50 rods, and if you get a chip, you will receive a reward of 50 taels of silver! ”

Hearing the oracle, the members of Xu Da's team were all sad and worried. Originally, they were ready to lose to each other, which was reasonable, who would dare to disgrace the Son of Heaven?

But Zhu Yuanzhang has just given an order, they must go all out, otherwise the staff will be fifty. Fifty staff will not die but will be crippled, what should they do?

Xu Da was calm and unhurried, and called the other seven team members to his side in a hurry.

After a few words, the gloom on the faces of the team members was swept away. They returned to their positions, gearing up as if they had changed seven people, eager to try.

The referee, standing on the halfway line, leaned down, put down the ball, and drove the horse away.

"Let's go!" As soon as the referee's words fell, the ball fell into Zhu Yuanzhang's cane first.

Under the blow of a stick, the ball flew obediently towards the goal of the Xu Da team. The players of the Xu Da team raised their sticks high, their fighting spirits were high, and they ran wildly towards the goal.

Soon a player in a black robe and a blue hat intercepted the ball. The ball quickly turned around and flew towards the goal of Zhu Yuanzhang's team.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quick and controlled the ball again. The ball turns around again.

The players of Xu Da's team received the holy order and never dared to slack off, resulting in Zhu Yuanzhang and his players never having any chance to touch the second cane ball, and even Xu Da could only sigh with a cane.

In this way, the ball flew back and forth, and the players ran for their lives like chasing their enemies.

Xu Da's team didn't dare to slack off, and Zhu Yuanzhang's team didn't dare to breathe, who could afford to lose? Who doesn't work hard when it comes to losing their heads?

At the same time, the audience did not feel that the re-enactment of this scene was boring. Some sweat rained down from their clenched fists, some bit their lipes with blood, and some were short of breath and dizzy, and collapsed on top of others.

After more than a dozen rounds, one of Xu Da's players "bravely" changed the situation after the whole cycle. When he hit the ball, his horse suddenly fell backwards, the force of the shot was sharply reduced, and the ball was just at the feet of the oncoming Zhu Fan.