To be honest, although Li Hao said that he wanted the official family to give support, he actually didn't have much hope.

But now Ouyang Xiu said that the official family not only wanted to give them a plaque to support, but also was willing to provide color heads, which made Li Hao surprise and added a lot of doubts, which would be waiting for Ouyang Xiu to solve his doubts.

This time, Ouyang Xiu didn't sell it, and said directly: "This matter is indeed what I told the official family, but at that time, I didn't expect the official family to support it, but I mentioned it when the official family asked about you."

But when the official heard this, he was very interested, thinking that you had done a good job, and said that he would reward you.

So I took the opportunity to help you make these requests, and the official family also agreed, and even the polo field by the Jinming Pond was only brought back so quickly by the official family. ”

After hearing this, Li Hao asked: "Why did the official family ask about me, is it because I am Tanhua?" Does my uncle think the official family's intention is this, or is it just a matter of agreeing with his heart? ”

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu said: "I really can't guess the reason why the official family asked about you, but since you can get the official family's special attention, it's not a bad thing after all."

As for why your official family is optimistic about this so-called competition, I have thought about it carefully, and I think that the official family really wants to improve the current atmosphere, and the timing is good for you to put forward this idea.

After all, in the early years, there were strong soldiers in the Qingli New Deal, although it was later forced to be terminated, but the official family was afraid that he would never forget this matter, and it happened that you handed over the idea at this time, and the official family was naturally happy and took advantage of the trend.

Second, the official family is afraid that they also want to compensate for Gu Tingye's matter now. ”

After hearing this, Li Hao said: "Uncle is saying that the official family now feels that something is wrong with the matter of deposing Gu Tingye and letting him cut off the road to the imperial examination. ”

Ouyang Xiu explained: "The official family has always been benevolent, and he is not a person who likes to treat people harshly, and he may have been angry at the beginning. Now that the anger has subsided, naturally I don't want to pursue it, but after all, Chrysostom is always difficult to change, so I can only compensate for it from other things. ”

Li Hao listened to this, and thought in his heart that this was indeed the case, when Gu Tingye was rescued in the palace in the play, Zhao Zhen admitted in front of Gu Tingye that he had done wrong.

Although he may be grateful to Gu Tingye for sacrificing his life to save people, he apologized to his subordinates with the respect of the Son of Heaven, and I am afraid that he really regretted it in his heart.

After Li Hao finished thinking about it, he roughly accepted the support of the official family in his heart, so he thought that with the support of the official family, it would be much easier for him and Gu Tingye to do a good job in this competition.

As long as the official royal plaque is hung up, and then the color head given by the official family is used as a trophy like the Hercules Cup, and the champion team that won the award that year is brought back. Wait until the second year to get it back, and give it to each champion in a cycle, so that the glory is not afraid that those noble children will not make efforts to grab it.

was thinking about it, so he heard Ouyang Xiu calling him, so he hurriedly listened to Ouyang Xiu say: "Originally, this matter was just a joke between you and Gu Tingye, and at most it involved Shangkaifeng Mansion, so I will go with you to make trouble."

But now that the official family knows about it and has given it high hopes, then you must handle this matter well, and it will be beneficial to you and Gu Tingye at that time, so you must be careful. ”

After hearing this, Li Hao agreed: "The little nephew must do his best, and I will go to Gu Tingye and tell him the good news later." In addition, I discussed with him what to do in the future, now that he has the support of the official family, he can't make a small fuss as he originally thought, and he must build up momentum, or he will not disappoint the official family. ”

After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu said: "I don't know much about this matter, you still have to figure it out by yourself, but if there is anything you need my help with, you can tell me then." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "Thank you, uncle, if it's okay now, I'll go down first, and as for the words that need to be inscribed by the official family, I will come to inform my uncle after discussing it with Gu Tingye." ”

Then seeing that Ouyang Xiu had no intention of keeping any more people, he withdrew.

After waiting for the release of the government in Kaifeng Mansion, Li Hao hurriedly took a carriage to find Gu Tingye outside the city.

Because the venue has not come down these days, Gu Tingye can only pull people to borrow the venue of the Zhenguo Mansion outside the city for use, Li Hao has only heard Gu Tingye say it once, but he has never come, and finally asked where he found.

As Li Hao slowly approached, he found that this side was indeed not as big as the polo field by Jinming Pond, and the other facilities looked a little old, not as good as that side, so it was no wonder why Xungui was willing to go there.

When Li Hao approached, he was stopped by the little guys who were guarding around.

Li Hao said to the little servant: "You go in and report it, and you will say that Li Hao of Kaifeng Mansion came to Gu Tingye, and he knows it." ”

When the little guy heard it, he went in to report, and Li Hao was also waiting outside.

After waiting for a while, I saw Gu Tingye riding a black horse and ran over, and saw Li Hao say teasingly: "Why did you come here, it's really rare." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao responded: "You are working hard here, shouldn't I come over to see you?" Hearing you say that, why don't you come over and see if you still have questions? ”

After hearing this, Gu Tingye said: "Come and see me prepare, you proposed to hold this event at the beginning, but in the end, you only put forward some opinions and said some general rules, and then handed them all over to me to manage, and I didn't ask anything." ”

Li Hao was a little embarrassed after hearing this, but still said: "It's not that I believe in your ability, you will definitely be able to handle this matter well, why should I give you a lot of trouble."

And I'm not at nothing to do, and today I'm bringing you great news. ”

After hearing this, Gu Tingye said: "Yes, it seems that this news is not small, otherwise it will make you come all the way."

Forget it, let's not talk about it at the door, I'll take you in and have a look, just to introduce you to the people present. ”

So he rode his horse and turned his head slowly, while Li Hao sat in the carriage and followed, and when he walked a little way into the polo field, he could see that there were two teams on the field kicking the juju.

Gu Tingye also introduced to Li Hao at this time: "This Keju rule is modeled after the old practice of the Tang Dynasty with reference to the rules you said, and now there are six teams that have been pulled in by me, and two of them are on the field, which are the teams of the Lingguo family and the Weiningbo family, led by Yang Wenyuan, the fifth lang of the Lingguo family, and Li Yixing, the third lang of the Weining Bo family."

In addition, there are also people from Xuanninghou, Yongjiahou, Tong'anhou, Xin'anbo, Anxiangbo, and Yingchengbo today, and I will introduce them to you one by one. ”

Then Gu Tingye took Li Hao into the main hall and sat down, and everyone who was originally scattered on the court saw Gu Tingye bring people back, so they all slowly stopped, and then several of them walked in from outside.

After everyone came in, Gu Tingye got up and introduced Li Hao one by one, and Li Hao also got up to face everyone when he saw this.

Then with Gu Tingye's introduction one by one, Li Hao can be regarded as knowing a group of second-generation lords who stand at the top of Bianjing, including Yang Wenyuan of the Lingguo family, Li Yixing of the Weining Bo family, Cao Shiji of the Xuanning Hou family, Zhu Liangzu of the Yongjia Hou family, Meng Shan of the Tong'an Hou family, Li Jun of the Xin'an Bo family, Zhang Xing of the Anxiang Bo family, and Sun Yan of the Yingcheng Bo family.

After introducing them, Gu Tingye introduced Li Hao to them and said: "This is this Tanhualang, I think you have all heard of it, and this time he said that he wanted to hold a league, and it was also Brother Li's first idea." ”

After hearing this, the second generation of the group was still quite polite in front of Gu Tingye.

But after a brief greeting, Yang Wenyuan said: "Sure enough, it is worthy of being a new science and technology Tanhua, thinking is thoughtful, the reason is that we have to come out of the house to play, and we have to think of an excuse, now with this reason, we can come out openly, thank you Tanhualang, in the future, Tanhualang will also come to walk around with us more, in Bianjing City, we people still have some use to talk." ”

Gu Tingye's face was a little unbearable after hearing this, and Li Hao also thought to himself after hearing this, the polo game and football game that I have worked so hard for a long time are things that you can play if you want, so I still have to lose face.

To say that Li Hao endured this breath on weekdays, after all, a group of people from the princes, marquises, and earls here, who are minor officials of the sixth rank and have no prominent family background, it is normal for them to despise things.

But Li Hao was dependent today, so he said: "Originally, this matter was indeed a bit of a joke, but somehow, this matter later reached the ears of the official family, and the official family agreed with it after knowing it, and even gave it grace, so it was not good to just play around." ”

As soon as he said this, the faces of everyone below changed, and even Gu Tingye looked at it curiously, and then Yang Wenyuan took the lead and asked, "I don't know what Your Majesty's grace is that Brother Li said." ”