Chapter Eighty-Six: The Demeanor of a Boy (1)
June 24 is the birthday of Erlang God, what is Erlang God? Wearing a three-mountain flying phoenix hat, holding a three-pointed two-edged gun, a beautiful boy who can do everything in the sky and the earth is also. Some people compare this day to the seventh day of July, but the seventh day of July is the begging festival of the girls, but recently it is the festival of the teenagers.
In the capital city of Bianliang, under the roots of the imperial city, the young men of the children of the nobles are full of spirit, surging blood, all of them seem to have endless energy, and they can't wait to fight the Confucianism in front of the Golden Palace, and they fantasize about scolding Fang Xuan on the battlefield. It's a pity that most of the families have strict rules, and if you want to be in the limelight, you have to be secret.
Therefore, the day of June 24 is not trivial, the young people in the capital are like birds out of the cage, horses off the reins, and the adults are also happy to let go on this day, let them fight, after all, even the heirs of the royal family will inevitably have a competition in the palace today. Polo, slingshot, shooting, horse racing, jousting, wine fighting, poetry fighting, painting competitions, fighting scriptures, sumo wrestling, pole lifting, divination, ...... Even cockfighting, fighting crickets...... It's really heaven and earth, everything you can think of, you can take it to fight one to one. Every year, as long as someone can win three, they can wear the three-mountain flying phoenix hat, put on the python wisp golden boots, ride a high-headed horse around the city, and there are other unexpected colorful heads.
Returning to the house Erlang returned to Zhongqing to be martial, and he reported the competition, and there was ...... Fighting crickets, he still wanted to participate in the wine fight, but who knew that this year he put the wine fight and the poem together, that is, he had to fight the wine and fight the poem, until one person was drunk or poor in words or drunk and poor in words.
This poetry has always been Yuan Zhiheng's strength, and if he wants to go up, a few sons in the mansion will automatically give up.
"What? Do you still want to participate in the Gokusai? Bai Ye was depressed, originally his shooting skills were also good, and he also wanted to participate, but he didn't expect Yuan Zhiheng to come to have fun again.
"If you want to shoot, then what else is there to us, you can't let me go?" Bai Ye begged cheekily.
"I can't." Yuan Zhiheng didn't want to refuse directly.
In the past few days, he has been in an irritable mood, he is in the same place with Nagui Chuyu, and he is pretending to be hard, and if he doesn't find an outlet for such a wild and sparse temperament, he will go crazy.
"Tell me, what else are you going to attend?" Bai Ye simply asked him directly.
"You can try both fighting and horse racing......"
"Looks like this is going to drive you crazy when you return home." Bai Ye sighed.
In the end, a few of them also reached a consensus, the second son has martial arts and loves to play with others, and the comparison with others is slingshot, ge, martial arts, horse racing, and fighting crickets; The eldest young master Shang Wen has a noble comparison of painting, playing the piano, and playing chess, and Yin Chang compares with the eldest young master; Yuan Zhiheng is crazy and unforgiving, he fights wine and poetry, shoots, scriptures, and horse racing; Bai Ye is horse racing, cockfighting, and playing the piano, these three things seem to be unrelated, but they are very suitable for his temperament. As for polo, since it is a team game, they are divided into teams.
The young master and son of the house competed with others, and the female dependents in the house wanted to go to watch the cheering, but there were very few female dependents in the house, and it was inconvenient for the Wu family to be present in person, and the only one who could go was to return to Chuyu, Grandma Yue was idle and always loved to join in the fun, so she must go together, even if she added Grandma Yue, there were only two of them. Wu and Grandma Lu selected a few of the maids from each courtyard who looked good and had a good bearing, and followed them together to cheer for the young masters.
Diancui had to be picked by Grandma Lu, Qiuyue and Dongxue also followed as the maids beside the eldest lady, and there was also Yurou beside the second young master, and Han Lian beside the eldest young master. Ruohe was not selected to be a bad taste in her heart, and she refused to ask for Chu Yu, only to find Lao Ziniang to cry and make trouble, she Lao Ziniang had to lick her face to beg Wu, and Wu also nodded and agreed because Yu'er was a little unbearable to Ruohe's deliberate punishment a few days ago.
The little maids who returned to the house were all wearing thin pink skirts and gauze shirts, each hairpin with a string of bells and flowers to shake the hairpin, and some loved beauty and added a small dragonfly and a small lotus leaf pecking needle, a slip of pink and cute. The eldest lady Gui Chuyu is wearing a dignified and elegant royal blue dress embroidered with canary birds, with high sideburns, a complete set of pearl-inlaid tortoiseshell gold and jade heads, and embroidered high-soled shoes with glazed gemstones, which is also eye-catching.
Erlang Temple, Fangyuan Ten Miles Today, it is an arena, except for the teenagers competing, juggling, singing, selling fried fruits and candy...... Miscellaneous but not messy, all have their own stalls.
The ladies and women went to the stands, some people like to watch Wendou, some people like to watch martial arts, those who watched Wendou went to the west platform, and those who watched Wendou were in the east stands, and the maids shuttled through the crowd, running errands for the masters to buy some orange juice, osmanthus cake, sugar gourd, or something.
"The competition begins!" The old Taoist priest of Erlang Temple is the most beautiful today, standing on a high place, the robe sounded in the wind, and a voice: "The game begins!" "The young men each go to the ring that they are good at, and every year there are one or two outstanding young masters to look forward to.
This year's best evaluation is the third son of the prince Shaobao Yun family, known as the son of Yunqing, this man is both civil and martial, or the companion of the current prince, he came to participate in the young men are even more eager to try, if someone can win the son of Yunqing, then wouldn't it be famous in this capital.
The other son of Yunqing is Wu Yi'an, the son-in-law of the first emperor Shang Wu's family, just because his appearance is too famous in Su Ri, so that his outstanding literary and martial arts are rarely known.
Teenagers are used to disdain such good-looking men, what's the use of men looking so good? However, most of the ladies and ladies present were secretly looking forward to seeing him, and if they could also be looked at by him, it would be even more exciting.
Gui Chuyu sat in the stands, nervous and shy, especially when he saw Wu Yi'an on the stage, he was as handsome as a god, and he exclaimed shyly and timidly: "Cousin! ”
She didn't know if her cousin's call was intentional or not, anyway, several young ladies from other families next to her heard it, especially the daughter of the Qingxiang Yinlou family in the capital, and immediately grabbed her hand and asked, "That Wu Yi'an Wu Gongzi is actually your cousin." ”
The envy is palpable.
Gui Chuyu's eyes were colorful, and before he could answer, he saw that An Peiqing was standing in the ring on the other side, and he was even more happy in his heart.
It's a pity that whether it is the handsome Wu Yi'an who is as handsome as a god or An Peiqing, who is the most gentle and petty-minded, is only concerned about competing with others in the ring at this time, no one is willing to look at her more, Gui Chuyu twisted the handkerchief and bit her lip, feeling very faceless.
"Good!"
"Good skills!"
At this time, a thunderous cheer came from the ring in the north, attracting everyone's attention, and it turned out that there was a competition over there.
The so-called Ge shooting, but the shooting is not a target, but birds and beasts live creatures, this year deliberately raised a group of fast moving wild birds, is to compare them with a stick of incense kung fu who shot down the most wild birds.
The number of wild fowl is limited, but there are many teenagers who participate in Ge archery, and whoever can climb the high platform has to rely on their own ability, so this competition has always been not only a kung fu of archery, but also a kung fu of fists and feet.
In the end, there were less than ten people on the high platform, because of the fierce competition most of them were wonderful, since the beginning of the competition attracted the attention of a large number of people, plus the wild fowl was released, the air was lively, the young people on the high platform stretched their bows one after another, and suddenly the wild fowl fell down like rain. Then there was another round of applause.
The wild fowl flew fast, the boys' bows were faster, and finally in order to compete for the remaining wild fowl, the boys fought again, and in the end there were only three people standing on the high platform.
Dian Cui was holding a jar of sweet orange juice that he bought for Gui Chuyu at this time, and he also forgot to go back to the stands on the east side, and only looked at Yuan Zhiheng on the high platform, his eyes lit up.
The teacher is really a teacher, it turns out that he can't help archery kung fu, and he can also punch and kick, he was beaten by his adoptive father in Qianjia Village before and he didn't fight back, the teacher is a gentleman, her eyes are full of worship at this time, where do you remember that her teacher Yuan Zhiheng was beaten because he ate and drank for nothing, and he didn't have the face to fight back.
"Oh, I didn't think that our prospective aunt actually had the ability, why didn't he know it in the house on weekdays." The little maid who went with her to buy orange juice for Gui Chuyu looked at it and exclaimed: "I always thought that the second young master was powerful enough, but it turned out that Yuan Gongzi was deeply hidden, and that Yunqing Gongzi was as amazing as the legend......"
Diancui heard people praise her teacher, and her heart was beautiful, sweeter than this orange juice.
Finished! This orange juice was bought for Gui Chuyu, she only cared about cheering for the teacher before, and she couldn't help but drink a few sips when she was thirsty, fortunately, the little girl with her was a big grin, and she had already been blinded by the excitement in front of her, who cared what Cui did.
Until someone shouted to return to the mansion Yuan Gongzi won!
The little maid and Dian Cui screamed, as if they didn't believe it, and Dian Cui grabbed one of the people on the side and asked, "My ears are not good, which one won and which one won?" ”
The man couldn't hide his excitement, and said with a smile: "It's a Yuan Gongzi who has returned to the house, I haven't seen this son in previous years, but I didn't expect to win in the first game, and it is still Yunqing Gongzi who won, it's amazing." ”
After Diancui and the little maid jumped back to the east stand, Gui Chuyu took the orange juice and took a sip before saying, "Why did you two stupid people come, are you going to die of thirst Miss me?" ”
The voice is sharp, provoking a few young ladies next to him to dislike, it's really a dirt bun, I know that I reprimand my subordinates outside, and the subordinates are also people, who is not curious to look at such a beautiful scene, it is good to buy it for you, in the capital, the ladies rarely reprimanded the subordinates like this in order to show the demeanor of the master, so it is really rare for the master to be unsympathetic.
"Tell me, what's the comparison over there? And who won? How can it be so lively? The young lady next to her ignored Gui Chu Yu, and pulled Diancui and the two of them asked with a smile.
The little maid didn't dare to breathe when she was scolded by Gui Chuyu, but her emerald face was not different, and she was slightly blessed to a few young ladies, and said: "It's Ge Shot, it's my Yuan Gongzi who won." ”
Yuan Zhiheng, he won? Gui Chuyu couldn't help but be surprised, thinking that he had heard it wrong.
"Yuan Gongzi? I haven't heard of it. Miss Yi was shocked.
"Go! Oops, isn't that the first game that Yunqing Gongzi participated! One of the young ladies immediately said.
"Yes, Yunqing Gongzi is also good, he won the second place." The little maid didn't blame Miss Cui for opening her mouth, so she said boldly.
But what she said is also interesting, Yunqing Gongzi is not bad, what is called is not bad, no one in this capital knows Yunqing Gongzi, and that Yuan Gongzi must have won a good second place, everyone couldn't help but be silent for a while, and after the silence, some young ladies couldn't sit still.
"No, I'm going to see who that Yuan Gongzi is?"
"Let's go, we'll go too."