Chapter 350: The Black Hand
The rules of polo are very simple, the two sides are opposed, and the ball is hit into the opponent's goal, and after the special incense stick is burned, the winner wins.
This is similar to football in later generations, but polo is more flexible, and the number of players on the field does not need to be equal, and the two sides can negotiate on their own, so it is common to play more with less.
However, what is going on on the field is two-on-two, and it is clear that neither side wants to take advantage of the other.
"Drive!"
The player throws a fist-sized wooden ball into the middle of the court, and four horses gallop out at the same time.
The horses' hooves flew and splashed countless dust, but at the first start, the distance between the horses was widened, and two galloping lightning bolts appeared on the field, one green and yellow, and the other red and bright like fire.
Zhang Guifen grabbed the ball first, waved the cue in his hand, and the half-crescent-shaped club head hit the wooden ball, and the ball flew in response to the sound and shot directly towards the opponent's goal.
As soon as Minglan wanted to pull the reins to catch the ball, the horse under the seat seemed to have predicted the master's thoughts, and without waiting for Minglan to move, the horse's head turned, a smooth turn, and then an acceleration, and caught up with the wooden ball that rolled on the ground.
At this time, the Yu family brothers and sisters were still a few meters behind them, Minglan would not give up this great opportunity, a familiar silky bend and wave his arms, and the ball flew out like a meteor and went straight into the goal.
"Bell!"
The gongs and drums representing the score sounded, and at the same time, the yellow team of Minglan on the scoring table erected a chess piece.
"Sister Minglan, I haven't played polo with you for a year or two, and it seems that you haven't practiced much at home." Zhang Guifen rode over, raised the club in his hand, and the two gently swung each other in celebration.
"That's also sister, your ball is good, and this horse is also excellent, I feel that it is human, and I don't need to command it to know where to run." Minglan smiled.
The brothers and sisters of the Yu family gathered together, their eyes were full of ambiguity, and the third girl Yu was narrow-minded, and drove her horse forward: "I won this first prize with two BMWs, what is there to be proud of?" ”
Zhang Guifen relied on her tall horses and looked at Miss Yu San with a little overlook: "Miss Yu San, my brother once said that if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. You don't have as many horses as I have, that's your problem.
Besides, polo originated in the army, and if you go to the battlefield and the enemy's weapons are better than yours, and your mounts are better than yours, do you also drive your horse forward like this, and taunt a few words, hoping that the enemy will give up his sharp weapon and horse, and take the same broken copper and iron as you do?
In that case, I advise you to say less in the future. Let people from other places hear it, and they will think that our Tokyo women's knowledge is so shallow, and they lose the face of women! ”
Minglan on the side opened her mouth slightly, her chin was about to fall, and the mouth kung fu of the big sister, who had always been gentle and considerate in front of her, was so powerful!
If the fifth sister also heard this conversation, her eyes would definitely be full of stars.
"You.... What nonsense are you talking about! How did I lose face as a Tokyo woman! I tell you, others may be afraid of you, but I am not afraid. Today's golden hairpin is going to be decided, and no one can take it away! "Miss Yu San completely exploded.
Although she is a concubine in the family, but relying on her mother's favor, her father is biased, she lives a much more dignified and noble life than Yu Yanran's eldest daughter, where has she ever been so angry!
In her anger, she completely forgot the identity gap between the person in front of her and herself, and went straight to it.
Zhang Guifen smiled, smiled very gently, and spat softly: "Oh." ”
Is there more anger!
The rattan pole in Yu San's hand was clucking, Yu Erlang hurriedly stepped forward to pull her away, and said in a suppressed voice: "Are you crazy?" It's just a polo game, and if you lose, you lose, so do you have to mess with her? Don't you know who she is? If you get into trouble, no matter how much your father and mother love you, you have to give an explanation to the Duke and Mrs. Guogong! ”
"Is that what I'm going to mess with her? She's here to provoke me! You have to stand up for that slut! I can't swallow this! Brother, you have to help me! I must win this game! ”
Seeing that Yu Erlang didn't answer, Miss Yu San directly threatened: "If you don't help me, I will tell my father and mother about you hiding Jiaojiao in the golden house outside when I go home, if they know that you don't go out every day to study and meet friends, but to hang out with that woman from morning to night, you can leave a few pieces of good meat on your body!" ”
"Third sister, you!" Yu Erlang was shocked, but when he met Yu San's gaze, he couldn't say anything later.
He knew his sister's character, and she was only talking about it verbally at the moment, but if he didn't follow her thoughts, he would definitely not want to expect this sister to help him keep it a secret when he returned home.
On the one hand, there is an unknown risk, and on the other hand, there is a punishment that can be guessed, and after weighing the two, Yu Erlang still chose to bow his head: "Then sister, how do you want me to help you?" Just looking at the performance just now, Miss Zhang Er and Miss Sheng Liu are not weak hands, and there are still those two thousand-mile BMWs, this matter is really difficult to do. ”
Miss Yu San turned her head and looked at Zhang Guifen and Sheng Minglan, who had returned to the starting line, with dangerous eyes, and the constant smiles on their faces were extremely dazzling in her eyes.
His eyes kept wandering over the two of them, and finally fell on Sheng Xiaoliu's body.
waved her hand, and when Yu Erlang brought her ears closer, she said, "Brother....."
The game continued, it was Zhang Guifen and Minglan who grabbed the ball first, Yu Erlang and Yu San obviously didn't expect to take the lead, but they just drove their horses and tried to stick to the opponent, and the swing of their hands was wide open, and they couldn't hit the ball repeatedly, but they didn't give up.
Many people in the audience gave applause and cheers, knowing that the difference between the mounts is very large, and it is rare to be able to be so indomitable.
Although this effort did not pay off, Zhang Guifen and Minglan always had an advantage.
Before the incense sticks were halfway through, the yellow team they represented was already six points ahead.
Such a huge disparity has not been reversed in the historical records of this polo field, so in the eyes of most people, if there are no accidents, the winner is decided.
But the premise of winning or losing is that there are no accidents.
And the most important thing in life is accidents.
"Sister, catch the ball!" With a coquettish shout, Minglan tried to keep her eyes open in the blowing wind, aimed at the small ball rolling on the ground, clamped the horse's belly with her feet, jumped on the back legs of the horse, grabbed in front of Yu Sangirl, and struck at the ball, and the ball flew towards Zhang Guifen's right front with a roar.
Consciously completing the task, Minglan gently pulled the reins with her right hand, signaling the horse to slow down, but her eyes always followed the figure in front of her who was about to catch up with the small ball.
"Sixth sister, be careful!" Rulan's shrill voice came from the sidelines.
"Fifth sister, what's wrong?" Minglan was puzzled in her heart, turned her head sideways and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and when she turned her head, she saw a stick shadow coming head-on with the sound of breaking wind out of the corner of her eye.
"Bang!"