The ball used to play polo is not a leather ball for keju, but a wooden ball, the size of a fist. In order to be beautiful and durable, the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is coated with a layer of red paint on the surface, which is already in the hands of the magistrate at this moment.

At this moment, the two teams on the field have set up their positions on the left and right, holding clubs and waiting for the start of the game. The cue used in this polo game is like an upside-down crutch, several feet long, the top is curved, and the shape is like a crescent moon, so it is called "moon cane", and some cues are also painted with colorful decorations.

With a beat of the drum, the polo was tossed high in the center, and the ten horsemen roared up and began to fight for it.

In an instant, I saw many horses galloping at a rapid pace, each showing their equestrian and ball skills, sometimes the horses were wrong, sometimes the tails of the horses were entangled, and dozens of horses' hooves seemed to be gathered together, reflecting each other. Ten sticks slashed over and over again, hitting the small polo ball, and with the swing of the stick, the polo flew back and forth in the air, and the dust occasionally carried by the stick also flew in the air, adding to the intensity of the scene, which provoked the applause of the knowledgeable people on the stage.

For the prince of Zhongshan Kingdom, who had seen this kind of game for the first time and didn't even know the rules, the situation in the arena was extremely chaotic. But his eyes were no longer focused on the game itself, and all his energy was on the princess of Zhao Guo who wore a crown mink suit.

According to Zhai Li, Zhao people like to play polo because this kind of sport is very confrontational and impactful, and it is suitable for practicing martial arts. Among the women, they generally play ball on foot, but the good lord in the palace does not like women's games, but she wants to choose from her palace maids who are strong and healthy and can ride horses, and teach them the art of bowing.

However, in Xian Yuyan's opinion, these women, at most, can play by themselves in the palace, if they are taken out to compete with those Yulin guards who are tall and good at riding, I am afraid that they will lose very badly.

The current situation was no different from what he had imagined, the two teams of equal numbers seemed to be divided from the start, the female riders were slightly inferior in skill and riding skills, and from the beginning, it was most likely Yu Lin Wei who controlled the ball.

Zhai Li said to Xian Yuyan that the rules of Zhao people playing polo are like this, the two teams are divided into two teams to "Chengzhi" to guard the goal, after serving, the two teams compete, the ball into the opponent's goal, one goal and one point, the game is divided into two halves, after two pillars of incense time, the one with more points wins.

Seeing that a Yu Linwei riding a black horse was about to hit the ball and score again, but suddenly a white shadow flashed, like a gallop, and swept from his side, the horse was decorated with a red tassel made of yak tail, which was Zhao Jia's horse!

Zhao Jia is like being one with the white horse, on the back of the running horse, she leans sideways, turns her arms, sticks tightly to the horse's belly, holds the moon staff in her right hand, and with a slight wave, she snatches the polo from Yu Linwei, who is about to hit the ball! The horse soared, burst into the enemy formation, slammed the blow, and the polo scored a goal!

"Wonderful!" This is a beautiful truncation, and for a while, the whole stadium erupted in cheers, and even Xian Yuyan, who didn't know much about polo, was cheering loudly for Zhao Jia.

Xian Yuyan is a Baidi person, although he has never played polo, but he is very familiar with horses, you must know that the speed of horses is extremely fast when galloping, and it is not easy for the rider on it to control the horses, and it is not easy for the rider on it to control the horses, and the balls flying around are faster than the horses. Not only that, but the rider also needs to prepare for attack, defense and coordination, which is no less difficult than a real grassland cavalry shooting battle!

Therefore, this sport requires the bravery and determination of the rider himself, if he is not brave enough and retreats for a while, he will lose the opportunity to hit the ball.

In this way, Zhao Jia is not only excellent at riding, but also bold and careful, so that he can have such a wonderful performance, for a while, Xian Yuyan couldn't help but admire this little woman.

The rest of the race was still violent, with thunderous sounds and horses flying around, changing and dazzling. But I saw Zhao Jia a conspicuous white horse, driving from east to west in the dark horses, the wind returned to the electric excitation, and he was forward, bending over to hit the ball repeatedly on both sides of the horse, and when he waved the moon-shaped club, he was vigorous, which showed that his arm strength was good, unlike ordinary women who can only spin. And her comings and goings are always taken by surprise, and she starts to win back some points for her team.

However, in sports, women are not as good as men after all, the Yulin guards are strong and strong, and the cooperation between the players is also quite tacit, hitting the ball, passing, and shooting on the horse, the movements are skillful and exquisite, so the score has not been caught up by the women's team.

But when they got to the back, seeing that the palace maids were already sweating, and they didn't even have the strength to wield the club, the Yulin guards also tacitly showed a trace of "fatigue", but Zhao Jia was still engrossed, and the entire bowing field seemed to have become her stage...... Like lightning and thunder, it is amazing.

For a while, Xian Yuyan only felt that this was a real war, and Zhao Jia was the cavalry who turned the tide!

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"Even the cavalry hits the bow, and it is clever and swift!"

It wasn't just Xian Yuyan who felt this way, Zhao Wuxian also sat on the throne, staring intently at his little sister.

The eldest brother is like a father, and his relationship with her is not so much a brother and sister as a father and daughter. Every one of her adventurous actions made Wuxian secretly pinch a cold sweat, and some regretted that she agreed to come too easily, this situation was even more nervous than commanding the army to fight!

And every time she scored, Zhao Hou showed a heartfelt smile.

Perhaps because she often runs, this wayward little sister is taller and healthier than girls of the same age, but she is not interested in female red, and prefers to ride a horse and bow down. Zhao Wuxian once tried to "correct" her, but after the little girl cried and made trouble, she gave up with a soft heart, thinking that she should go.

Unknowingly, Zhao Jia is almost fifteen years old, the woman is fifteen and Xuan, Zhao Wuxian asked her what gift she wanted in the year of Xuan, she actually asked Zhao Hou to give her a complete set of polo clothes, horses, cues and other things, and let her form a team to fight openly with Yu Linwei in full view!

This request caused an uproar in Changle Palace, and Zhao Jia's mother suspected that she was crazy, but Zhao Wuxian had already promised that she could do anything, so she could only agree to it, just thinking about making her happy on her fifteenth birthday.

"Let her go......" Seeing Zhao Jia score another goal, Zhao Wuxian said to Ji Huan, who was also worried about Ji Huan next to him: "After the marriage, we have to talk about marriage, I am afraid that she can't be so innocent anymore." ”

"This wild girl, dancing with a sword and opening a bow all day long, riding a horse and bowing, who dares to ask her?" Ji Huan is even more worried, the eldest sister is like a mother, and the younger sister is like a daughter to her.

"Not necessarily." Zhao Wuxian looked at the young people in the stands on the sidelines cheering for Zhao Jia's every move, and showed a pleased smile.

He didn't expect that his little sister would be so popular among the meritorious children of Yecheng, and her peers were applauding her heroic appearance. This may be due to the fact that in Zhao Wuxian's ten years of operation and changing customs, the martial spirit has become ubiquitous in the nouveau riche circle of Zhao State, and even the tolerance for women is comparable to that of the Tang Dynasty......

In the later Tang Dynasty, it was common for women to play polo in public.

But in the majestic era of China, such as the Han and Tang Dynasties, men will focus on pioneering and enterprising, and they will be more generous to women. Only in those times when the self-esteem is inferior and weak, men who have no ability will sprinkle their majesty on their own women, and produce a deformed aesthetic that is completely contrary to biological instincts, such as foot binding.

Fortunately, in this era, there is no science and education to mutilate the lives of the girls, and Zhao Wuxian hopes that there will never be.

Although there are clear rules in his Changle Palace, all the ladies and beauties have a certain amount of freedom: Le Lingzi can study her medical skills, Ji Ying can raise her flowers and white deer, and Kong Jiao can be her bookworm; Bo Qi can patiently listen to his son talk about the wonders of Confucianism, and at the same time sew clothes for his younger brother who is far away in Wu as a messenger of Zhao and Wu; Xi Shi was finally able to stop hiding herself, swaying barefoot in the stream, dancing the sword for Zhao Wuxian on a moonlit night when no one was around, the sword that the Yue Nu had taught her.

So thinking about it like this, Zhao Wuxian didn't think that Zhao Jia's preferences were shocking.

In the blink of an eye, the game has ended in the sound of gongs and cheers, and the women's team defeated Yu Linwei by one point......

Some, however, were not happy.

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"The winner takes the stage and gets the prize! Reward a horse! A golden moon scepter! A silver ball! ”

Under the watchful eye, Zhao Jia jumped down in front of the stands, and without looking at the horse in front of her led by the magistrate, she went straight to the stage, stood in front of Zhao Wuxian's throne, and saluted her brother, sister-in-law, and sister - the gift of the gentleman!

She wears a man's leather crown, the black hair on her sideburns has been wet with sweat, and a pair of thin eyebrows under the crown are like flying swallow wings, which is quite heroic; The wheat cheeks are slightly reddened, healthy and vibrant, which is a sign of frequent walking in the sun; When she raised her head, her eyes were extremely bright, and her pursed lips were red and moving, but they were a little unconvinced and stubborn.

"My family has a girl who has just grown up, ah......" In the blink of an eye, fifteen years have passed, Zhao Wuxian has also entered middle age, his eldest son Zhao Cao, who is also the same age as Zhao Jia, has now returned to him, studying in the Linzhang School Palace, and is often instructed by him to know how to govern the place.

He got up, took the golden moon scepter from Youji's hand, and wanted to hand it over to his little sister as a gift for her and the year of the year.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Jia didn't care about the winner's prize, but said angrily: "The Yulin guards didn't do their best, Jia implores me to rematch it in the next day!" ”

After saying this, Zhao Jia raised his head again and asked Zhao Wuxian: "Is it my brother's order to let the soldiers give way?" ”

At this moment, Zhao Wuxian, who had already raised the golden cane and was about to hand it to her, was a little embarrassed, but it was Le Lingzi, the lady of the main palace who was sitting next to him, who relieved him: "Jia, you are a princess, they dare not hurt you, what will you do?" ”

"The stadium is like a battlefield, two teams bow, like two armies fighting, can they give each other on the court, can they give each other on the battlefield?"

The fifteen-year-old girl, no matter how mature she looks, after all, she is simple, and adults are child's play, she is still serious, and said stubbornly: "Jia would rather lose with all her best on both sides, than win despicably in the name of a princess!" ”

It wasn't until Ji Huan also joined in and asked the little sister not to mess around in front of the public that she stopped and took the golden cane with a pout, but after learning that it was made for her by Zhao Wuxian, she glanced at her brother gratefully.

"My brother can remember Jia's birthday, which is the best gift for Jilu."

"It's rare to be sensible once." Zhao Wuxian couldn't cry or laugh, with his sister's grimace, he was in a much better mood, and with a wave of his hand, he let the people who watched this bow today stay, and after nightfall in the Changle Palace, there was also a banquet.

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"The prince's intentions for the good lord are far greater than for a few little princesses......" On the way back to Yecheng, the nobles of Zhao who saw today's scene were all talking.

"What's more, in my opinion, they are almost more than several princes, and even princes!"

The voice gradually became lower, far away, Zhai Li thoughtfully, and Xian Yuyan, who was riding behind him, had not yet recovered from today's amazement.

"I never thought that the princess of Zhao was such a person......"

When Zhao Jia took the stage, Xian Yuyan was fortunate to see her close face, but just one glance, he couldn't take his eyes off. She is beautiful, and this beauty is different from the delicate and delicate beauty, in this girl, yin and yang, softness and rigidity seem to be perfectly combined.

"Prince, Prince?" Zhai Li called several times before he called Xian Yuyan back to reality from the aftertaste.

"What does the prince think, how is this good master?"

"Wonderful!"

"That's good, what did the prince ask the prince to do in Yecheng, does the prince remember?"

"Father, I want to marry Zhao......" Thinking of this, Xian Yuyan's eyes suddenly became eager: "Doctor, could it be ......"

"Not bad." Zhai Li laughed and said: "The princesses of Zhao Kingdom, there is only one good master who can be married. In that year, Chen Guodonglou Gong married Daji, the daughter of King Wu of Zhou, and Chen Guo benefited from it for several generations. I don't know if the prince heard the words of those people in front of him, Zhao Hou doted on his sister, if the prince can marry this daughter as his wife, he will definitely let Zhongshan get an excellent reliance, Zhao Hou Nian in the relationship between brother and sister, will definitely help Zhongshan when there is a gap between Zhongshan and Yan! ”

"Great goodness, fair lady, good gentleman!"

This is really what he wanted! Xian Yuyan was ecstatic, couldn't find other words to describe it, and popped out of her mouth with such a sentence that didn't match much, regardless of whether Zhao Jia was a "lady" or not. Immediately, he thought of the admiring eyes of those Zhao Guo's disciples and Qin Guo's protons when they looked at Zhao Jia today, and his sense of crisis suddenly arose, and he said to Zhai Li urgently: "Doctor, without further ado, we will immediately go back to the pavilion to prepare gifts, and I will enter the palace tomorrow to ask Zhao Hou for marriage!" ”

PS: There is one more chapter in the evening