After nightfall, King Shu saw a banquet that he had never heard of in his life.

The banquet was held at the Guo Pavilion Station outside Baili New Town, but not only the Pavilion Station, but the entire surrounding Nanyuan was a banquet place.

Because most of the Tuntian soldiers in Yuanzhou came to participate, today Zhu Jun promised Gao Yue that each Tianshi would give him the same money and a silk, and he could eat the muddy sheep banquet sold by the party.

So the whole Nanyuan bonfire Yao Ri, roasting the whole sheep everywhere, thousands of field scholars densely packed, sitting on the futon hemp mat, around the pavilion wine pavilion, pulling out the saber and dagger, singing ballads, the sound of the distant field.

"His Royal Highness King Shu, Jingyuan is a remote place, how can there be a silk and bamboo beauty in Chang'an City? With such a banquet, I hope King Shu will not blame him. Zhu Zhu, Gao Yue, and Wei Gao apologized to King Shu, who was sitting on the main seat.

"It's okay, it's okay." After all, King Shu is a young man, and he also knows that as the prince of the emperor, when he comes out of the cabinet to Biansai, he will never be able to reflect the appearance of being pampered and pampered, but he is full of praise for Gao Yue's arrangement, "Today, Xiao Wang finally saw that the majestic style of my Tang Rong division cannot be compared with the night banquet in the Ten Princes' Mansion!" Wang Fu, please take out the furnishings I carry with me, so as to strengthen the majesty of the banquet of the king of Suining! ”

Meng Hao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered to take out the brocade tent, silk carpet, and precious utensils in his bag one by one to add glory to the banquet. And King Shu soon blended with the crowd, holding a large cup of wine, cutting mutton and flax cakes with a saber, singing majestic songs, listening to the neighing and shouting of soldiers and war horses, looking at the turbid clouds of anger rolling in the night sky with drunken eyes, excited and shivering in the yin wind.

After a while, Gao Yue glanced at Ming Huaiyi, who was standing under him.

Soon, King Shu heard a loud noise coming from the banquet hall, and when he looked over, he saw a group of party soldiers, and the Han soldiers in Tuntian, divided into two groups, pushing and scolding.

"What's the noise?" King Shu asked.

At the steps under the pavilion, Hou Lan, the tun official, and Ming Huaiyi, the leader of the Fan soldiers, each of them represented, said to King Shu: "Because the party laughed at my Tang family soldiers who couldn't ride, the two sides had a dispute. ”

Before King Shu could speak, Gao Yue feigned anger and said: "Dang Xiang Fan'er has been shepherding sheep since he was a child, and he has been herding horses since he was established, how can he compare?" You are strictly forbidden to talk about this frivolous thing, you can step down. ”

Who would have thought that this would make King Shu's interest even more intense, the young emperor immediately rolled up his narrow sleeves, stood up from his seat, and shouted at Ming Huaiyi: "My Li Tang family is from the Longxi archery and horse family, who said that I am not familiar with horsemanship?" I have long heard that General Ming is brave, and tonight while the banquet is in full swing, you might as well set up a bargaining chip and compete for it! ”

As soon as he heard King Shu's bold words, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and soldiers under him shouted in unison, "Shu Wangwei! Shu Wangwei! ”

Ming Huaiyi took two steps back, waved his hand and said: "Before King Shu came out of Zhenjingyuan, I inquired and learned that King Shu was young, and his official position was only from the first rank of the Kaifu Yi and the third division, but I was a five-rank Lang general given by His Majesty, four orders older than you, even if it was a competition today, I had to let you go." ”

Everyone laughed during the banquet, and King Shu also laughed, and said to the people around him, "This General Ming is innocent and lovely." That's good, it's better than the Seven Treasure Ball! ”

"I can't do it." Meng Hao, Zhu Zhu, Gao Yue, Wei Lun and others immediately grabbed King Shu, who was eager to try, and even said that it was too dangerous to play polo here.

Of course, Meng Hao and Wei Lun are sincere, and it is difficult to say how many of them are left.

But the cries of the onlookers were wave after wave.

"Although Xiao Wang lived in the mansion of the Ten Kings before, he also knew that polo was not only waiting to be played, but also became popular in military camps around the country, so as to learn riding and battle formations, even my Tang woman can hit the ball on a donkey, how can it be dangerous! This side of the plugged land is not as good as Chang'an, if Xiao Wang retreats, why will he be loved by Zhenjing Yuan in the future? King Shu apparently turned a deaf ear to Meng Hao's advice.

"If His Royal Highness King Shu wants to compete, you can choose to throw pots and other gentle ......"

"Hey, Emperor Taizong once said that the people of Xibo often play polo, and he wants me to wait for the children of the Tang family to learn it."

Before Meng Hao could say anything, he saw Lingtai County Ling Gao Yue get up, his face full of emotion and seriousness, "His Royal Highness King Shu, there are polo fields here." ”

"Great, but there is a moon staff and a polo head?"

"Yes, yes." Zhu Jun also said hurriedly.

After all, there are polo masters in Jingyuan camp.

The original polo field in the south of Baili New Town, with dozens of zhang in length and width, surrounded by gravel low walls on three sides, is surrounded in the middle of a field, there are many buttresses outside the wall, and there are more than 1,000 people around the field soldiers, soldiers and their respective families, all holding torches to cheer and cheer, illuminating the ground as bright as day.

"Shu Wangwei, Shu Wangwei!"

"Sister light and dense, sister light and dense!"

Both sides shouted for their own favor.

I saw King Shu in high spirits, wearing a dark crimson narrow coat, deerskin boots, a paulownia wood lining on his head, holding the reins in his left hand, carrying a crescent-shaped vine polo stick in his right hand, straddling the flying dragon stable horse, and then seven "polo veterans" of the Sixth Army of the Northern Ya and the Shence Army, and three subordinate officials in the palace also rode their horses upright.

On the opposite side, Ming Huaiyi was also riding on a horse, also holding a moon scepter, and did what he said, so that the four people of King Shu, with a total of six party riding masters, stood opposite.

Gao Yue and Wei Gao, each riding a horse, wearing a pale green robe, red lapels, and not holding a horse stick, are the referees of the court.

"Zhu Suining said, hit polo at night, and the reward is 50 pieces of silk, 50 pieces of salt, and 20 pieces of tea." Gao Yue stood in the center, stretched out his hand high and shouted.

"Hooray!" The audience inside and outside the stadium was excited.

Zhu Jun, who was watching the game from the seat, also laughed and slapped his face.

Meng Hao next to him frowned and shook his head worriedly.

"Tee off!" At this time, Wei Gao threw up a wooden "Seven Horse Ball" with a hollow inside and vermilion lacquer painted outside.

The seven horse balls slid up, tumbled and fell, and looked particularly eye-catching and beautiful under the light of the fire.

"Bang!" King Shu rode like lightning, danced the moon scepter in his hand in an arc, and quickly hit the polo up, and then went straight past the two party members who came to intercept, and waved it sideways, and the polo was knocked away again before it landed, and shot straight into the door of the party party.

It seems that the ball is indeed very good.

Next, the whole polo field was full of voices, King Shu and Ming Huaiyi each galloped on their horses, and the fight was not fierce, just as the so-called "running stars messed down in the flower field, and the early moon flew to draw the head of the cane" - in the end, the wild words made the four of them Ming Huaiyi not caught, and was suppressed by King Shu's team, and he was defeated by hatred.

"King Shu is amazing, I am convinced."

After the game, the sweaty King Shu laughed, stroked the back of Ming Huaiyi, who came to apologize, and returned to the banquet together, feeling very happy, and then shouted to the cheering soldiers below, "Today's reward for the king of Suining County, Xiao Wang doesn't want it, divide it all!" ”

In the following time, King Shu, the ambassador of Jiedu, would play polo with Tian Shi or the party every few days, and soon Jingzhou City, even Zhang Yufei, Liu Guoguang, etc. often came to compete with King Shu, and King Shu was "happy to think about Beijing".

Meng Hao frowned and admonished with a bitter face, and King Shu said politely: "Hitting polo is equivalent to mingling with the soldiers, Wang Fu can hold a pen and paper in the yamen with peace of mind, don't use Xiao Wang." ”