Chapter 22: The Feather Rider Rises at Dusk
The first hammer drum sounded, and the noise fell all around.
Suddenly, An Kang and Tao Xu'er led the horses into the hall one after another, and Zhao Qingyu followed closely behind Sheng Yunjiang. The leader is the crown prince Baili Yuan, who is followed by a young man wearing a black and white-edged narrow coat, tied with a belt, and is Tao Ruo, the sixth brother of Tao Xu'er.
Today, Baili Yuan is dressed normally, changing the honor of the prince of the East Palace in the past, and he is very happy with the people. Only use a cyan forehead scarf to simply hide his hair, tie a white jade belt, wear a narrow cyan coat, a fair-skinned and beautiful face, and a gentle and elegant temperament, although there is no smile on his face, it also gives people the illusion that he is laughing. Yu Gui looked at him intoxicatingly across the crowd. I often sigh in my ears about the sentence in the poem - who is young and romantic.
When the second hammer drum sounded, Meng Jie and Changji also arrived at the arena. Changji changed into a casual dress, a pale yellow dress embroidered with koi, because of the use of gold thread, the pattern on the clothes was reflected in the sunlight, and the Ye Ye was shining. Obviously, he was dressed as a dabbling horse and archery, and he was stunned to wear a kind of elegant dress of a scribe.
The polo field is surrounded by cherry blossom trees, and in the spring field, the cherry blossoms are as white as winter snow, and the petals brought by the wind fall down on the flat grass, on the back of a wide horse, and on the shoulders of a bright young man.
After a while, the two columns of waiters led forward, Yunkang and I followed, Tao Guifei climbed the main platform of the polo field to watch the game, and the captains of their respective teams led the members to salute Tao Guifei on the high platform.
The rules of the game are carried out according to the elimination system, and the winner can play a second duel.
The waiter in the high stage shouted: "This scene is a color head, a pair of red coral silver bell bracelets." The first to play against the yellow and green teams is the yellow and green team, and in the next game, the red and blue teams are ready. ”
I patted my chest with confidence and said to Yunkang behind me: "Look at it, this bracelet will definitely be on my hand today." As he spoke, he raised his hand, revealing his fairly white wrist and shaking it in front of Yun Kang, and Yun Kang smiled.
Meng Jie said: "If you really like this bracelet, I will do my best to win it for you later."
I pouted, "Who expects you, I can win alone."
Tao Ruo was at the head of the line, waving his club and eager to try, and suddenly turned his head to Meng Jielang and smiled: "In addition to your medical skills, this polo is very ordinary, just like that, you still dare to say big things?"
Zhao Qingyu took over and echoed with a sweet smile: "That's it, what kind of polo is Brother Meng, you are embarrassed to make a big fuss, and you are not afraid to show your ugliness on the court later."
When the words fell, everyone laughed, and Meng Jie glanced at Zhao Qingyu and asked her to show mercy.
Meng Jiesheng is good-looking, a clean face is as fair as a woman in the boudoir, and his facial features are upright and handsome, especially a pair of eyes seem to be able to see into people's hearts, when he stares at a person, he seems to have exhausted his affection. Zhao Qingyu was stunned for a moment, even if he made some strange expressions, I am afraid that it is also pleasing to the eye in her eyes. She had seen Meng Jie for a long time, and had been looking for an opportunity to talk to him, but Meng Jie was an idle person, he would not stay in the same place all the time, he was always wandering around, Zhao Qingyu really took a lot of effort to find him, but it was easy to see that he was about to speak, and before he could speak, he ran away. Now that she's facing him, she's finally able to get a good look at him. Don't ask me how I know, with Yu Gui's big mouth, what can I not know.
It's really unexpected, it turns out that Meng Jie is so popular with girls, and even Zhao Qingyu, who has eyes above the top, is in love with Yusi.
But she was afraid that someone would see her thoughts, so she hurriedly withdrew her gaze from Meng Jie, and smiled at me: "Princess Muxia is a distinguished guest from Beiqiu, and she will play later, if there is anything offended, please bear more, after all, no one can take care of anyone when it comes to playing, and I am afraid that I will not be able to take care of the host and guest at that time."
I replied: "Since it's a game, let's have a serious competition, no one will let anyone, play a fair and real polo game, and the county lord just has to play it to the fullest."
After the two sides bowed again, the music sounded, and a flag bearer lined up in the middle of the two teams of flags, holding a big flag and waiting for the victory. There are a total of ten flags, the special incense can burn for two quarters of an hour, after two quarters of an hour, with the sound of the gong as the signal, whoever has the most flags in the flag tube, who is the winner.
After the ceremony, the players were on both sides and waited for the referee to speak.
I held my breath and listened to the signals that could be sent at any time, polo had also been played in Beiqiu, but it was not played often, and it was inevitable that I would be rusty after putting it aside for a long time, and now I am still a little uncomfortable when I lift the stick.
The stone hole is strapped with a conspicuous red cloth, and the ball used for the game is only the size of a fist, made of light and flexible wood, hollowed out in the middle, painted with black paint on the outside, and the club is wrapped in cowhide, which is non-slip and non-slip. Players on horseback and use their sticks to hit the ball into the opponent's goal to score points, and the game is played until the incense burns out and the gong sounds.
Meng Jie stepped forward first, raised his staff, tightened the horse rope, and Tao Ruo, who appeared at the same time, aimed at the polo between the two teams, just waiting for an order, and scrambling for the first ball.
The gong sounded deafeningly, the game began, Meng Jie took the lead, galloped back and forth like the wind and returned to the electric excitation, waved the stick to hit the ball, and then threw it to me in front of me. I pinched the horse's belly with force, and Ma Deling rushed forward, glanced at the rolling polo, and then swung it down, hit the target, and hit the ball into the goal with a little force.
It was a really smooth opening.
"Ha, I got in." I shouted in surprise, Meng Jie cast an approving glance at me, and then turned to Tao Ruoping and said proudly: "She's amazing!"
Tao Ruo pulled the corners of his mouth, and replied with a sneer: "What does it have to do with you if people are in a hurry, and you didn't get in, why are you so happy."
Meng Jie turned the horse's head around and said, "I'm just happy, I'm happy to see her happy." Tao Ruoyun laughed and couldn't catch his answer. Wu Pingqi, who happened to hear it, was stunned for a moment, he was originally a dull master, but at the moment, he was not left behind, and laughed: "It turned out to make the princess happy, no wonder she worked so hard to grab the ball."
Meng Jie lowered his eyes, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he was noncommittal, and drove the horse forward calmly.
Tao Ruo and Wu Ping looked at each other and smiled, and they also rode their horses and whips to catch up with Meng Jie, completely ignoring me who was like being struck by lightning behind me.
"What nonsense are you talking about." I yelled at the backs of a few people, almost startling my horse.
I was very angry that they were making fun of me, but now that I was playing polo, I couldn't beat them to relieve my anger, so I had to endure it.
The audience cheered continuously, and Yu Gui, who was watching the game, was even more delighted, applauding vigorously, and he had to bring Ankang next to him to cheer together. Qin Luoxue's eyes were on Yun Kang who was covering in the rear the whole process, as for who scored the goal and scored points, he didn't care, his voice was so loud that it was really offensive to hear it. For a while, I was worried about whether Yunkang was sitting firmly, whether he would fall off the horse, and for a while, I was worried that those who grabbed the ball would hit her with their eyes, and her voice rose and fell with the progress of the game, which was really more tired than the people who grabbed the ball on the field. shouted at Yun Kang repeatedly, but seeing that Yun Kang ignored him, he kept yelling at me on the field, asking me to take care of Yun Kang.
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Another opportunity, Meng Jie snatched the ball from under Wu Pingqi's pole and quickly pushed it to me behind him. The ball rolled in front of me, and I successfully held the ball firmly under the stick, but the goal was a little far away, and even if I hit it, I couldn't let the ball go in. A sober and blessed soul, shouted to Yun Kang, who was covering me on the right: "Yun Xiaowu, you go to the goal, I will pass the ball to you."
Yun Kang understood, turned the horse's head and ran towards the opponent's goal, Zhao Qingyu hurriedly chased after her, trying to block her, but he was too slow to catch up.
"Yun Xiaowu continues!"
As I swung out, the polo rose into the air, crossed an arc and fell down, away from Yunkang but a few feet away, from Zhao Qingyu is a few meters away, seeing that Yunkang is about to hit the ball, Zhao Qingyu panicked, and threw the stick in his hand, trying to take Yunkang's horse rod down.
"Be careful!" I exclaimed, but it was too late.
Yunkang held the rod very tightly, and Zhao Qingyu's throwing action failed to knock down the hemp pole in her hand, but it hit the back of her hand. Yun Kang gasped in pain, and the back of her hand became red and swollen after a while, but she didn't say a word and continued to dribble through the pain.
"She can't play, she's a demon." Qin Luoxue was already roaring angrily, gritting her teeth with hatred, and she couldn't wait to rush to the field and kick Zhao Qingyu's horse.
Zhao Qingyu didn't care about hurting someone, but he was still angry that he didn't use enough strength and couldn't take the opponent's cane down. She rode on the back of the horse and looked at Yunkang coldly, squinting her eyes slightly and laughing: "I'm sorry, my hand slipped."
Tao Ruo drove the horse closer, glanced at Zhao Qingyu, and said unhappily: "You can't even hold the rod, you are really squeamish."
Zhao Qingyu disdained to argue, waved his horsewhip, and leisurely drove his horse to the logistics office to get a new club. When he turned the horse's head and saw me, he suddenly felt like he wanted to explain to me, but I ignored her and went directly to see Yunkang.
I was worried that Yun Kang would not be able to hit the ball due to hand pain, so I stepped forward to hit the ball into the hole for her, but before I arrived, Yun Kang had already shot the ball down and steadily hit the ball into the goal.
"Yun Xiaowu, you are so amazing!" This time I was overjoyed, Zhao Qingyu turned his head sharply when he heard the applause, looked at the ball that had entered the hole, his face changed suddenly, he bit his thin lips, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
Tao Ruo also stroked his palms and praised him, and said to Meng Jie, who was holding him back: "Ying Ying is clever and learns from men, and only likes to win the first prize." I thought it was our team that had the advantage, but who would have thought of underestimating the enemy. ”
I said proudly, "This is called a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go."
Yun Kang sat firmly on the back of the horse, and praised Tao Ruo with his chin back, slightly unobtrusive. Tao Ruo went away in the wind, and the two horses approached. With a smile, he leaned over and said something to Yunkang, as if he was discussing something. I was far away, I couldn't hear their conversation, I was very anxious, so I said to Wu Pingqi, who was blocking the front: "You get out of the way, let me come forward"
Wu Ping frowned at the same time, and sneered: "We are opponents, I can't let you come forward."
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