The Xiaocai battalion is a group of gentlemen, who have been locked up in the Kunshan military camp outside the city in the past few days, although the food in the camp is good, but they are used to eating big fish and meat, they still find it difficult to swallow. This time they were fortunate enough to be able to enter the city and eat the dishes of King's Landing, how could they let go of such a great opportunity? So this time when they returned to King's Landing City, they ignored being dealt with by military law, and repeatedly begged Bai Xiangcheng to let Bai Xiangcheng intercede with Ji Qingchen so that they could have a lunch in the city.

Only then did the 1,200 cavalry battalion charter three entire four-story restaurants and munch on the clouds.

It seems that the life in the barracks is too bitter, their mouths are greedy, and their eating appearance is very ugly, which makes the shopkeeper of the restaurant dumbfounded, thinking that he was dreaming and didn't come back to his senses. In fact, they used to take care of these restaurants, and every time they ordered a large table of dishes, they just ate a few chopsticks, and they ate more Sven, this time they ate like a group of hungry wolves, which made the nerves of the shopkeeper a little short-circuited.

However, a group of arrogant soldiers wearing armor and swords and holding horse lances suddenly feasted in the restaurant, which immediately caused a sensation in King's Landing, and many people came to watch and see what was going on. When they learned from other people's mouths that this was the cavalry camp where His Royal Highness the Ninth Highness fought against the prince of Xishu, they immediately closed their mouths and were about to talk about it.

There are fewer discussions, but the number of onlookers is still increasing!

Bai Xiangcheng looked down from the window on the highest floor of the restaurant, and when he saw the people who had already surrounded the three nearby restaurants, his face showed a look of urgency, "Your Highness, I'm afraid we will be impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate this time!" ”

"What I want is the effect I want now, so that my father and the emperor know that what the Dao Military Department gave me was a group of gentlemen, isn't this the reason why we want to enter the city with great fanfare this time?" Ji Qingchen said with a smile.

"But with the attitude of the people of King's Landing City now, they are obviously very satisfied with the performance of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and their expectations are also very high, if we lose again at that time, wouldn't it be ......" Bai Xiangcheng said this, his face showing a sad face.

"Cowardice before fighting, this is not like your Xiang Cheng brother's style!" Ji Qingchen smiled freely.

"Isn't Your Highness worried?" Bai Xiangcheng stared at Ji Qingchen tightly and asked.

"Brother Xiang Cheng, the teacher once said that anger does not make us stronger, and as a commander, the most important thing we should stay away from is being influenced by the environment." Ji Qingchen said calmly, "The strength of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion cannot be proven through a competition, especially for those who only focus on results. The strength of the cavalry battalion is to make the enemy chill on the battlefield, and to make yourself, your relatives and friends feel at ease. ”

It was the first time Bai Xiangcheng had heard such a statement, and the thought-provoking truth contained in his words made him fall into a long silence, and after a while, he opened his eyes, and a trace of epiphany flashed in his eyes, and he immediately bowed to Ji Qingchen and said, "Thank you Your Highness for your advice, Your Highness's words today have made Xiang Cheng better than ten years of study, and Xiang Cheng has been taught!" ”

This time, Ji Qingchen accepted Bai Xiangcheng's gift with a slight smile, because his teacher Li Qingyi received it on behalf of his teacher, which was something he learned by Li Qingyi's side during his ten years away from China.

After everyone in the Xiaoqi camp had eaten lunch, Ji Qingchen led them straight to the forward camp of the Eighth Emperor Ji Qian in the southwest area of King's Landing.

At this time, the camp of the eighth prince Ji Qian had gathered a lot of nobles and daughters from King's Landing, among which all the princes except the old ten Ji Yan had already arrived, and several princesses and county lords were also mixed in among the ladies to talk and laugh.

The Eighth Prince and the Third Prince were playing polo with the noble disciples in a team, and suddenly the camp gate was dusty, and in an instant, the rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance shattered the sporadic cheers on the polo field, and they immediately moved their eyes to the camp gate, and found that Ji Qingchen was dressed in a black python robe, riding a pure white shadow, and had already led the Xiao Cavalry Battalion to gallop to the side of the court, so fast that the guards at the camp gate did not have time to stop them.

The eighth prince stopped the polo in his hand, but his face was a little ugly, because Ji Qingchen led the Xiao cavalry battalion to rush directly to the polo field in the camp, which was equivalent to giving him a dismount, he was very unhappy, but he still suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at Ji Qingchen and said kindly, "Lao Jiu, you are here!" ”

"Qingchen has seen starlings!" Ji Qingchen saluted the Eighth Prince, and said to the princes, "I've seen your brothers!" ”

The princes in the polo field also stepped forward to talk to him, and the nobles in the stadium and the nobles on the other side of the court, the daughters and the princess could only follow the princes and stepped forward one after another to salute Ji Qingchen.

It's just that when a girl wearing a scarlet Luo skirt and a stunning appearance stepped forward to salute him, he was stunned the moment he heard the other party's voice, and the maid next to the same girl was surprised The moment she saw Ji Qingchen on the horse, she was surprised and immediately quickly covered her mouth that almost shouted.

This girl in red is none other than Wei Ran and her maid Xiaobi that Ji Qingchen met on the street that day.

Seeing each other again, surprised by Wei Ran's beautiful face, Ji Qingchen on the horse stared at Wei Ran in front of the horse a little stunned, he really couldn't connect the half-proud and half-sad girl in front of him with the girl with a soft and moving tone in the carriage on the street that day.

The princes didn't feel anything wrong with Ji Qingchen's behavior of being attracted by Wei Ran's beautiful appearance when they first saw Wei Ran, and they were also as shocked as Ji Qingchen today when they first saw Wei Ran. Only the Eighth Prince on the side saw that Ji Qingchen had been staring at Wei Ran in a daze, and the anger on his face was full of anger, and he said fiercely, "Lao Jiu, Miss Wei gave you a salute, why are you stunned!" ”

Suddenly reminded by the Eighth Prince, he immediately returned to China and came to Ji Qingchen's face showed embarrassment, and he hurriedly said to Wei Ran, "Miss Wei doesn't need to be polite, I met Miss again, I didn't expect Miss to look like a fairy, it's a little rude for Qingchen!" ”

Wei Ran smiled slightly, "Your Highness Xie, it's just that Wei Ran's vulgar face is like the distance between fireflies and Haoyue compared to fairies, and I really don't dare to be a compliment from His Highness." ”

At this time, the maid beside Wei Ran also lowered her head and stepped forward, "The slave has seen Your Highness!" On that day, Xiaobi had eyes and did not know His Highness's true face, so he would speak disrespectfully, and if he offended His Highness, please be able to forgive the slave and maid once today! ”

"Don't worry, this prince is not a person with a small belly, he has already taught you a lesson that day, and he will not ask you about your sins again." Ji Qingchen said to Xiaobi with a smile.

Xiao Bi knew that she had received an amnesty and immediately thanked Ji Qingchen, Wei Ran saw that Ji Qingchen generously said that she would not pursue Xiao Bi for the crimes she committed that day, Xiao Bi as her maid, she naturally wanted to express her gratitude to Ji Qingchen.

The three of them talked back and forth like this, but they were cold to the eighth prince who had just reminded Ji Qingchen. Originally, the eighth prince was dissatisfied because Ji Qingchen stared at Wei Ran in a daze, and now he was even more angry when he was snubbed by the three of them, so he said to Ji Qingchen, "Lao Jiu, just now I was playing polo with a few brothers, but you disturbed our interest, I don't know if the brothers are all happy, anyway, your starling brother is not having fun, look, why don't you play with me again?" ”

"This-" Ji Qingchen, who didn't want to compete with the Eighth Prince in this regard, was just about to refuse, but was rushed by the Eighth Prince and said, "Lao Jiu, just me and you, we will each choose ten people in our own camp and compete seriously, you can rest assured, the Starling will let you during the game, and you will not be too embarrassed to lose." ”

The words of the eighth prince were full of provocation, and he was arrogant and complacent, he simply didn't take Ji Qingchen in his eyes, and his actions immediately angered Bai Xiangcheng and Li Changzheng, Wang Yin and others around Ji Qingchen. They were not as afraid of the Eighth Prince as others, and when they were angry, the war horse under their crotch felt the murderous aura of their master and neighed.

"Since the starling wants to play, then Qingchen will play with the starling!" Ji Qingchen replied with a smile.

"Lao Jiu, the starling likes you the most!" The Eighth Emperor Ji Qian Da Lu said with a smile. It's just that the gloom on his face that doesn't match his smile makes his laughter seem a little hypocritical.

As a very challenging sport, polo is deeply loved by the royal family and nobles of Dayan, and is a pastime game for the princes and nobles of Dayan. And because the polo game has high requirements for the riding skills of the participating team members, it is convenient for the cavalry in the army to practice equestrianism and slashing, so that after moving the imperial capital to the south from Emperor Ping to King's Landing, and opening up two horse farms in Yingzhou and Liaozhou, Dayan relieved the pressure on the supply of war horses, and since then the emperors of Dayan have begun to encourage the army to hold polo games frequently, so just like now, there are polo fields in all military camps for soldiers to play.

After hundreds of years of development and precipitation, the polo game has been deeply rooted in the blood of the people of Dayan, and it can be said that the men of Dayan can not go to brothels-houses and not drink, but there is no one who can't do polo. Especially among the princes and nobles and the children of the royal family, the love for polo has reached a height, and the level of polo skills has been compared with the art of war and poetry and songs. So when the Eighth Prince asked to play polo with Ji Qingchen, the second prince and the third prince in the court had no opinion, they thought that there was nothing wrong with this request, and they also wanted to see a wonderful polo game, they wanted to see if Ji Qingchen, who had left Dayan to leave the country for ten years, had outstanding skills in polo.

But because of their carelessness, or deliberately turning a blind eye, what they didn't notice was that since Ji Qingchen agreed to the request of the Eighth Prince, the nature of the game between the two has changed substantially, and the game between the two is no longer as simple as an ordinary game, but has become a battle of will.