"Polo is a grand event for the people to enjoy, and you must not miss the table for no reason."

Li Xian's mind suddenly remembered Gaozong's obviously strange dictation, and then remembered the strange look in the eyes of the very young eunuch who came to deliver the decree before leaving, and there was a faint understanding in his heart, that is, Gaozong seemed to be quite unimpressed with Empress Wu's such a big move to arch the martial disciples, and it was very likely that he was counting on Li Xian to come forward to suppress this crooked wind, if this is the case, Li Xian has reason to believe that after Gaozong failed after the secret discussion with Shangguan Yi to abolish it, I was already dissatisfied with the reality that the palace was full of the ears and eyes of the Empress Wu, although I didn't dare to express any resentment on the surface because of the fear of guilt, but secretly I had begun to arrange henchmen in the palace, but the range of action was not large, and it was difficult to attract the attention of others.

Tsk, did the old man wake up at this time, hey, it's a pity, it's too late, you don't have the courage to turn the tables, you can't toss a few times, you still have to honestly retract your head! The father and son of the two generations, Li Xian really knows Gaozong's personality anymore, and he doesn't believe that Gaozong really has the ability to wrestle with the martial arts, even if he has a little courage, once he encounters the "tyranny/government" of the martial queen, the final result can only be as long as a soap bubble in the sun, although it is very beautiful, it is not practical at all, but it does not prevent Li Xian from taking advantage of it.

"Your Highness."

Li Xian has always been a man of action, once the idea is decided, there will not be too much hesitation, so he got up, walked to the second floor, and went down the stairs, Gao Miao, who heard the sound, hurriedly greeted him, bowed and called.

"This king has something to do immediately...... Li Xian looked around at the officials of the palace who had already stood and bowed down on the second floor, nodded slightly, pressed his hand, and motioned for everyone to take care of themselves, and then put it in Gao Miao's ear and commanded in a low voice.

"Yes, the slave will do it, please rest assured."

After listening to Li Xian's instructions, a strange look appeared on Gao Miao's face, but he didn't ask much, just respectfully agreed, and then immediately rushed downstairs in great strides......

When polo was first introduced into the Central Plains, it was just a kind of entertainment, and there were not too many rules to speak of, basically two groups of people frolicking and playing, but it extended to the early Tang Dynasty, polo had a regular event, and naturally there was a set of relevant regulations, such as not hitting the opponent with a club, hitting the ball must not go over the head of the opponent's defender, and not hitting the ball at the opponent's person or horse, and so on, there are many kinds of regulations, as many as more than 20 articles, as for the number of participants is the judgment of victory and defeat is relatively flexible, It can be played by dozens of people, or three or five people, and there are three different ways to determine the outcome of the game - in a polo match, scoring a goal is called a goal (the saying "appear to be the first" originates from the term polo game. The first way to determine the winner is that the winner wins, which is too likely to represent the true strength of both sides, so it is not commonly used; The second way is to get the most chips within the specified time to win, the third way is to have no time limit, the first to get the required number of chips wins, the latter two methods can be used in the event, depending on the organizer's wishes.

Mid-Autumn Festival polo tournament as a large-scale event held by the royal family, the level of the participating teams is self-explanatory, at the beginning of the competition, there are more than 20 teams registered for the competition, the level of each team is uneven, for the sake of fairness, the use of the group round-robin system, the winner is determined to take the first to obtain the prescribed number of chips for the way to win, to get the semi-finals, then the use of the knockout round, to achieve the highest number of chips in a limited time to win, specifically each team is limited to 12 people, on the field of ten people, divided into two halves, half time is a pillar of incense, each team can rotate the candidates on the field at will, but not more than ten people, in the specified time to get more chips for the winner, the order of each team to draw lots, obviously, the team that drew the first to play than the opponent has a ball of rest time, it is a little cheaper, but, then again, luck itself is part of the strength, but it does not hinder fairness.

Li Xian's previous life was extremely obsessed with polo, and he didn't play a game for a few days, and he was itchy all over, but in this life, it was an indispensable attitude, but his ball skills were not only not wasted, but because of his superb martial arts, compared to his previous life, I don't know how many times stronger, as far as personal ball skills are concerned, those who can compete with Li Xian in the Tang Dynasty are definitely not more than the number of hands, but because of Li Xian's low profile, it is not known to outsiders.

In the eyes of grandmaster-level experts such as Li Xian, every tactical change and every detail on the court is clear and discerning, looking at a few glances, you can roughly deduce that the specific strength of the two sides of the game is the result of victory or defeat, in the previous game, Li Xian was distracted, only knowing that the Luwang team finally won a seven-to-three victory, but the strength of the Luwang team is not very good, as for the second game, Li Xian used some thoughts, just a look, and saw some clues- The second game was played by the "Tiger of the Feather Forest" against the "Qilin Team" composed of the right Xiaowei officers, the two sides opened the formation as soon as they opened, attacking each other, and the hot competition court on the field emerged endlessly, which can be described as dazzling, so that the cheers outside the field rang straight out of the clouds, but in Li Xian's eyes, it was not the case at all - at least half of the players in the "Qilin Team" were releasing water, and they seemed to be fierce when fighting for the ball, but in fact, when they were competing for the lead, they intentionally or unintentionally slowed down the hands and feet of the first line, and acted extremely hidden. It was not a grandmaster-level master like Li Xian, it was extremely difficult to see the mystery.

It's boring, the old thief is very capable, and she can even play some tricks in this kind of event, hey, don't you just want to let those dogs show up in a high-profile manner, let's not let it! Knowing the result, the match-fixing looks naturally boring, no matter how hot the scene is, for Li Xian, it tastes like chewing wax, after patiently watching most of the half, Li Xian is already lacking interest, and then seeing that Yan Hong and Cuiliu are shouting there with great interest, Li Xian shook his head slightly, and he didn't bother to disturb the rare excitement of the women, got up alone, walked down the stairs slowly, and led a few guards to the "Biyun Pavilion" where the Luwang Mansion was located not far away.

"Seventh brother, why did you run here, but did something happen?"

Li Xian was on the second floor of the "Biyun Pavilion" to the participating guards to give a lecture to the participating guards, to do the general mobilization before the war, this heard that Li Xian was coming, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went downstairs, as soon as he saw Li Xian's face, he immediately asked with a strange face.

"It's okay, it's just a walk around the sixth brother."

With such a lot of people's mouths, Li Xian would not tell what he thought and thought in his heart, but just gave Li Xian a look with a smile and replied casually.

"Oh, alright, let's go, go upstairs and sit."

Seeing Li Xian's delicate eyes, Li Xian couldn't help but be stunned, but he quickly came back to his senses, glanced at Li Xian suspiciously, waved his hand, and said please.

"Sixth brother, please."

Li Xian smiled, also made a gesture of please, and then, without further words, he and Li Xian went up to the third floor one after the other.

"Hello Uncle Seven."

Li Xian got married early, and his eldest son Guangshun was in his early three years, and it was the most naughty time, impatient and well-behaved to sit and watch the game, running around on the third floor, and was making a happy noise, when he suddenly saw Li Xian go upstairs, he immediately shouted, flew over, and went to Li Xian's arms with a sweaty body, and a pair of small hands unceremoniously stretched into Li Xian's big sleeves, and touched them indiscriminately.

"How is Uncle Seven? I'm afraid it's a gift from Uncle Seven! Xiao Guangshun is naughty again, be careful that Uncle Seven beats your little ass. Li Xian didn't know that Guang Shun was touching the gift in his arms, so he laughed and scolded, hugged the little guy, and with a shake of his hand, a small jasper pendant appeared in his palm.

"Oh, yes......"

Xiao Guangshun didn't mean to be polite to Li Xian at all, and with a copy of his little hand, he had already dragged the jade pendant into his hand, and shouted triumphantly, and saw that Li Xian's forehead was full of black lines.

"Go, stay with your mother!"

Li Xian had something in his heart, and he didn't want Xiao Guangshun to mess around here, so he put on a strict father's posture with a blank face, and glared at Xiao Guangshun and drank a sentence.

"Yay!"

Xiao Guangshun obviously didn't take his father's majesty very seriously, stuck out his tongue, and after making a grimace, his little body twisted, jumped out of Li Xian's arms, and ran away without looking back.

"This dead boy is a bastard, which makes the seventh brother laugh."

Li Xian obviously didn't have a good way to be naughty with Xiao Guangshun, and in desperation, he had to laugh bitterly at himself.

"It's okay, boy, it's better to be naughty all the time."

Li Xian has always loved Xiao Guangshun very much, and every time he meets, he brings him some fun gifts, basically because Xiao Guangshun died too unjustly in his previous life, Li Xian has deep compassion for him, and at this time he saw Li Xian very embarrassed, Li Xian didn't care, and explained Li Xian with a smile.

"That's it, let him go, seventh brother, please!"

Li Xian remembered Li Xian's intention in his heart, and he didn't want to bother on the topic of Xiao Guangshun, so he waved his hand and let Li Xian into a small cubicle on the third floor.

"Sixth brother, what do you think of the strength of the 'Tiger of the Feather Forest'?"

Li Xian didn't let Li Xian guess the riddle, and as soon as Bu sat down, he asked.

"It's very strong, but I'm confident that my brother can fight and win."

Li Xian didn't understand why Li Xian asked about this matter in a dignified manner, but he didn't think much about it, raised his eyebrows, and replied confidently.

"That's good, this ball Sixth Brother must win!"

Li Xian's eyes sharpened, and he said almost word by word.

"Huh?"

Hearing Li Xian's words, Li Xian was stunned, looked at Li Xian suspiciously, and was speechless for a while......