It is a great honor to be able to participate in the state banquet of the Lin De Palace, and if ordinary people can eat a meal in it, it is estimated that they can boast for a lifetime. However, for royal relatives like Xue Chongxun, it is not uncommon, and he can always go in for a meal and watch the singing and dancing performances inside during the festival. There are tens of thousands of beauties in Daming Palace, but the court nobles like to watch Hu dance, so many times they perform exotic shows.

Xue Chongxun actually doesn't like to watch Hu Wu very much, he always turns around, and after watching it for a long time, he will have an illusion of dizziness.

It's a festive season, and today Daming Palace is really lively, singing and dancing to level a peaceful and prosperous world. Almost everyone was elated, and after the state banquet and the polo match, this is also something that everyone likes very much, and it is very fun to watch it if you can't play it in person.

An hour after the banquet, preparations for the long-awaited bow (polo) match begin, which is held in the square in front of the Rindeok Hall. Tens of thousands of people watched the game, including royal relatives and nobles, court ministers, court women, eunuchs, and foreign envoys. In recent years, it has been a rare opportunity to see such a high-level bow, and people are not willing to miss it.

Since Li Dan ascended the throne, there has not been a large-scale bowing, which is the first time, because Li Dan himself is not very enthusiastic about bowing. And the previous emperors were very enthusiastic, and they had to come from time to time.

The main event is the "shed" composed of the Yulin Army and the team that came with the Tibetan envoys, the two sheds duel, the national competition. Bowing is a relatively luxurious sport, and not everyone has the conditions to practice it well, and generally only nobles can afford to play it; And because the regular items of the forbidden army's drills are bowing, and the army is strong and strong, the high level of bowing is the forbidden army except for the royal family and nobles.

A field of about 1,000 steps was arranged in front of the Lin De Palace, and the field was filled with sand to prevent injuries. But the horses run back to dusty on the sand and need to be wet, some with water, but the court in the palace is sprinkled with oil, which is more luxurious.

At one end of the field, there is a goal with wooden planks embedded between two wooden pillars, and a round hole is opened in the lower part of the wooden board as a ball room, just a door, and whoever hits the fist-sized ball into it will win; Of course, there are some simple rules, otherwise playing will become a fight.

A high platform was set up on the north side as a viewing platform, with a yellow umbrella feather fan on it, the emperor sat in the middle, and the queen concubine, the crown prince and princess and others sat next to it; There is also a slightly lower sub-platform next to the main platform, where the Tibetan envoys and court ministers are located. Xue Chongxun's mother, Princess Taiping, was also on the high platform, but the Xue Chongxun brothers could only watch from below.

When he looked up and searched with his eyes, he saw that Princess Jincheng was also on it, but she didn't see Xue Chongxun, so she probably forgot that she had met such a person as Xue Chongxun, right? Xue Chongxun suddenly felt a trace of loss in his heart.

At this moment, a burst of cheers was suddenly heard, and when Xue Chongxun turned his head to look at the court, he saw that the Tang Yulin Army Shed Team was dressed in a new outfit, tied up the horse's tail, and rode into the field with a club in hand. The cheers were endless, and the enthusiasm of the people was evident.

Such cheers will also break out from time to time when starting to play, because the bow is held in the Daming Palace, the home advantage is still good, and the momentum is better than the Tubo people.

Unexpectedly, the cheers did not last long, and the people were stunned. In less than a stick of incense time at the beginning, the Tubo people scored two goals in a row, and the skills of this group of people were very powerful, and the Tang Dynasty people were rushed to the point that they had no power to fight back.

The Tibetan envoy over there laughed "haha" when he saw this, and he was very proud.

At this moment, people couldn't stand this one-sided show, and it was their own people who were abused, and it was naturally unpleasant to watch, and many people shouted "San Lang, change San Lang to play".

San Lang is naturally the crown prince Li Longji, once he played a bow in the palace, four people beat ten people, so everyone knows that Li Longji's ball skills are very powerful, shouting his name, to save the decline.

Emperor Li Dan raised his hand to calm down the noise of everyone, and said to Li Longji next to him: "You go down to participate, don't spoil everyone's fun." ”

Li Longji knelt down and hugged his fists and said, "Erchen obeys the order." ”

Soon he changed into a narrow-sleeved robe and black boots; Wearing a hat on his head and holding a crescent-shaped club, he entered the court in a heroic manner. Immediately, hope was rekindled and the people shouted again.

I saw Li Longji riding a high-headed horse, galloping like lightning to join it, running back and forth, the divine horse was abnormal, the atmosphere was warm again, and the most fierce one was a woman. When Xue Chongxun looked up, it turned out to be the little princess Li Yan'er, Li Yan'er obviously admired her uncle very much, and she shouted vigorously with her siblings, "Uncle Huang is the most powerful, defeat the Tubo people!" ”

Helplessly, Li Longji is no longer lucky this time, the skills of those Tubo people are extraordinary, and I am afraid that they were carefully selected and trained for a long time before they were sent to Chang'an. Xue Chongxun is also a bow enthusiast, and when the political situation was not so tense in the past, he often did martial arts and bowing, so it is easy to see that the level of the Tubo people this time is higher than that of anyone who came to Chang'an in the past.

Li Longji rushed left and right, and after fighting hard for nearly three incense sticks, he still couldn't get his way, and the two sides reached a stalemate, and the battle was indistinguishable.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a Tubo horse suddenly collided with the shoulder of the horse under Li Longji's seat, and the horse fell to the side, and Li Longji fell down, and the surroundings were in an uproar. A squad of cavalry rushed up, rescued Li Longji, brought him back, and the game was suspended.

Li Longji seemed to be fine, but he limped when he dismounted, and he seemed to have suffered a slight injury to his leg. The Tibetan envoy over there said loudly: "A small collision is not a rampage, it is not a violation!" ”

Li Dan asked with concern: "San Lang, you don't matter, right?" ”

Li Longji said with a bitter face: "Back to my father, I'm fine, I was careless just now, I shouldn't have fallen." ”

Li Dan smiled generously: "It's okay, it's good that the person is not injured, it's just a bow, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and we still have this bit of generosity." ”

After hearing this, the Tubo people hugged their fists and said: "The emperor is kind-hearted, which makes us admire it very much." Haha......" When I finally laughed, I was very proud.

At this moment, Wu Erlang, who was resting on the side of the court, rode his horse to the stage, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please invite your eldest brother Wei Guogong to play, please ask the emperor for permission." ”

Li Dan looked around, looked around for a long time, and didn't see where Xue Chongxun was sitting, so he asked, "Is Xue Lang here?" ”

Only then did Xue Chongxun come out and kneel down, "The minister is here." ”

Princess Taiping, who was sitting next to her, said: "Chongxun was injured a month ago, this will not be a good idea, so don't let him go up and toss." ”

Li Dan loves to listen to his sister's words, and when he was about to speak, Xue Chongxun suddenly said loudly: "The minister is willing to play, please ask the emperor for permission." ”

Wu Erlang shouted happily after hearing this: "Eldest brother, you should have come a long time ago!" ”

Princess Taiping asked, "Chongxun, your body is important, is it really okay?" ”

Xue Chongxun said: "Mother, my son is strong, and he has long been good, it doesn't matter." ”

Princess Taiping nodded, she was actually very willing to see the person she loved in the limelight, and she was also very happy when Li Longji loved to be in the limelight...... But now Li Longji has grown up and become her opponent. Seeing this, Li Dan said, "Okay, I will let you appear." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xue Chongxun answered, then got up and went to change clothes and equipment. Xue Chongxun actually doesn't like to be in the limelight very much, but today he was thinking about Princess Jincheng and his relatives, and seeing the Tubo people getting carried away looking for samples, he didn't feel good in his heart, and he had to fight to come back in one breath.

Soon Xue Chongxun rode out on a horse, dressed in a strong suit, with a tall posture, and he was really heroic on the horse. He himself looks very handsome and tall, but he is a little darker, and at this time he has changed his clothes, his helmet covers his face, and his image has changed. Wu Erlang and the others were wearing a hood on their heads, but Xue Chongxun wore a steel helmet, and he felt that riding a horse was the same as riding a motorcycle, and it was wiser to protect his head as much as possible.

Seeing Xue Chongxun's handsome appearance, Princess Taiping also had a smug smile on her face, as if to say, the son I gave birth to doesn't have to be worse than Li Sanlang.

Xue Chongxun rode the field, suddenly raised his club, and shouted: "I fight for the princess Jincheng of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

"Ahh The square was in an uproar. Li Yan'er, the little princess who was about to cut Xue Chongxun with a knife in the morning, was also very surprised, and looked back at Jincheng with her mouth up, only to see a blush on Jincheng's face, and she lowered her head shyly, but everyone was looking at her.

Li Yan'er muttered in a low voice: "I hate black charcoal, I can't win if I pretend to be!" ”

The ball game started again, Xue Chongxun did not have Li Longji's chic at all, he looked a little clumsy when he rode a horse, and he looked like he was ordinary, everyone didn't report any hope when they saw his posture, and slowly quieted down, looking at the field a little boringly, as if waiting for Tubo to score.

Xue Chongxun was always slow, spinning around the periphery, and he didn't chase the wooden ball quickly, he looked stupid as if he was absent-minded. The Tang people's contrarian trend could not be reversed, and most of the time of possession was in the hands of the Tibetans.

At this moment, a general of the Yulin Army got the ball, and Xue Chongxun shouted: "Pass! The general hesitated, but passed it to Xue Chongxun.

Xue Chongxun immediately moved like a rabbit and shouted: "Second brother, protect my right wing!" Wu Erlang hurriedly rode his horse to catch up with Xue Chongxun.

The two horses galloped like flying, like arrows off the string, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and several Tubo people tried to interfere with the ball but did not succeed.

The hole in the wooden board was getting closer and closer, Xue Chongxun's pupils contracted, he was engrossed, and his subordinates' actions were decisive and crisp, and they were extremely sharp.

It's time to make a move! The whole world had stopped in Xue Chongxun's heart, there was no sound around him, in fact, the people watching the game were waiting for the result with one heart.

"Smack!" This shot, the timing and strength were almost perfect, and the hollow wooden ball threw a graceful arc in the air and went straight to the door.

After a moment of silence, the audience immediately boiled, many people stood up, and some even jumped with excitement. It was the first goal scored by the Tang people today. "Xue Lang! Xue Lang......" shouted endlessly.

Princess Taiping on the stage clapped her hands and laughed happily. The Tibetan envoy looked at each other and said, "It seems that we have won, don't we still win two goals?" ”

Wu Erlang's face was flushed with excitement: "Eldest brother, admire and admire!" When the two of us brothers were charging into battle just now, the wind was ringing, and it was really happy! ”

Xue Chongxun smiled, turned back to the general of the Yulin Army who passed the ball, and hugged his fist and said, "Thanks to your timely pass just now, thank you." ”

The general saluted on his horse and said, "Chen Dahu, the commander of the Yulin Army, I hope that there will be a chance to bow with Wei Guogong." ”

After a little trimming, the game began again. This time, the Tubo people did not dare to underestimate the enemy, and stared at Xue Chongxun, which made him depressed for a while.

Finally, the ball came to the Tang Dynasty again, Chen Dahu did not hesitate this time, and decisively hit the ball to Xue Chongxun, Xue Chongxun was overjoyed, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, the time to charge has come!" ”

Wu Erlang immediately leaned up to protect Xue Chongxun's right flank, and Chen Dahu and others also came up to protect him. The Tang people completely gave up the interspersed cooperation and rode straight to the goal together, and they placed the trust in Xue Chongxun to hit a goal.