Chapter 30: Horse Racing (1st Watch)
On the second day, early in the morning, after breakfast, Su Rong took Yuewan to the guest house to find Zhou Gu.
Yuewan yawned as she walked, watching Su Rong eat and sleep well, refreshed, and very complaining, "Miss, you squeeze me, I'm so sleepy." β
"Or don't go."
"No, Miss and Zhou Xiaogongzi went out together, how could there be no one around." Yuewan shook her head, "The eldest lady said, give me the silver for the long moon next month." β
She got up again and said happily: "My monthly silver is the same as that of Wang Ma." β
"That's clatter." Su Rong patted her on the head, "Take a good look at the account book, if you learn well, when I marry out in the future, I will take care of my own housekeeper, and I will give you the highest monthly rate in the whole house every month." β
Yuewan suddenly stopped sleepy, "Okay, then I must study hard." β
When the master and servant came to the guest house, Su Rong stopped at the door and beckoned to a small servant inside, "Go and ask Zhou Gu, is he okay?" We went to Phoenix Mountain to play. β
The little guy should have been, and went immediately.
Zhou Xi walked out of it and bowed to Su Rong, "Miss Seven, the younger one is Zhou Xi, the head of the Protector Mansion." β
"Zhou is in charge."
Zhou Xi thought about the appearance of Miss Seven, and when she took it to the capital, she was also one of the best, and she was really a good match with the fourth son, except that her identity was poor, she was not cowardly, she was not restrained, and she was generous, so she really couldn't find anything.
He smiled, "The fourth prince just finished breakfast and cleaned it up, do you want to come in and wait for a while?" β
"No, I'll wait for him here!" Su Rong asked, "Do you want Steward Zhou to come with us to play?" β
Zhou Xi shook his head, "The little ones won't go, there should be people from the Jiangzhou Thorn History Mansion today, and the little ones will stay in the mansion and deal with them with Lord Su and Mrs. Su." β
Su Rong nodded.
Zhou Gu didn't let Su Rong wait for a long time, and soon walked out of it, saw Su Rong, and naturally asked her, "You said yesterday that you would ride out today?" β
"yes."
"I broke my stomach by eating fish last night, and I rested in the house today, and I don't have to go to Yuewan. I'll just bring a few guards. Zhou Gu saw that Yuewan looked sleepy, and said kindly.
Su Rong naturally had no opinion, turned back to Yuewan and said, "Okay, you can go back and make up for sleep." β
Yuewan was not at ease, and pulled Su Rong's sleeve, "Miss, is this really okay?" β
"Okay, mother won't talk about you, there are guards." Su Rong pushed her, "Go back!" β
"Okay!" Yuewan nodded, turned and went back.
Zhou Gu and Su Rong walked out together, and when they came to the door, Zhou Gu still rode the red-maned horse he rode, and Su Rong asked people to bring a black horse with a black body, which was very tall and tall enough to compete with Zhou Gu's red-maned horse.
Zhou Gu looked at her, "You ride such a tall and strong horse?" β
Su Rong smiled at him, "I'm okay at riding." β
Zhou Gu looked her up and down, remembering her unique skill of fishing yesterday that made his jaw drop, noncommittal, untied the reins of the horse, turned over on the horse, after he sat firmly, he saw that Su Rong didn't need to be helped, his slender wrist pulled the horse's mane, hugged the horse's neck, and even got on the horse neatly, he sighed in his heart, it seems that he miscalculated his fiancΓ©e outrageously.
He had the heart to test her, "Can you race horses?" β
Su Rong paused, "A little." β
"After we got out of town, we raced." Zhou Gu tried his best to be honest with her first acquaintance.
Su Rong agreed, "Cheng." β
In the early morning in Jiangning County, it was the most sparsely populated time of the day, there were not many people walking on the streets, and the guards were a short distance behind them, and the two of them went out of the city smoothly.
When he came to Chengwai, Su Rong stretched out his hand to show Zhou Gu the way, "Along this official road, after walking out of ten miles, there is a fork in the road on the left, leading directly to the foot of Phoenix Mountain, and there is a stone tablet at the fork to mark it, which is easy to find, a total of more than 20 miles." β
"Okay!" Zhou Gu remembered it and looked at Su Rong, "You really know how to race horses, right?" β
Su Rong wondered if this horse race would not let him like playing chess, or would it be as fast and accurate as fishing, and she would make him frightened again and again, would it scare him away? Not quite right? Even if you don't cheat on marriage, shouldn't you let him understand and accept it gradually?
"Show your chess and fishing skills." Zhou Gu was keenly aware of her tangled emotions, and smiled angrily, "Master grew up on horseback since he was a child, so he doesn't believe that you can't play chess, and horse racing can still lose to you, don't hide it." β
Su Rong suddenly stopped thinking, "If I really show my ability, will you be scared away by me?" β
Zhou Gu was disdainful, "Who do you look down on?" β
Su Rong was relieved when he heard this, and smiled at him, "That's good, Zhou Gu, this is what you said, I won't be polite." β
"Yes, you're welcome." Zhou Gu added, "You look light, you can't run up and be blown upside down, right?" β
"Who do you look down on?" Su Rong retorted to him with his words, "I am light, I can reduce the weight of the horse, so that the horse can run fast." β
"Okay, let's go!" Zhou Gu was aroused to win.
So, the two of them hit their horses at the same time and rushed out together.
Zhou Gu can walk, it can be said that he can ride a horse, Su Rong will be later, but when other children are playing with mud, Su Rong has grown into a little scourge, she can play, and everything has to be played well, so equestrianism is naturally good, at least, in the entire Jiangning County, she boasts that no one can match her.
But after all, Zhou Gu was born in the Protector Mansion, and the Protector Mansion relied on military merits to get the lintel of the Hehe now, when Zhou Gu was born, the world was too peaceful, although the old Protector did not let him join the army, let him follow the text, but there is a family background, he has been mixed with the guards of the Protectorate Mansion since he was a child, riding horses and archery, because of the family bloodline, he was born to be that piece of material.
Therefore, Zhou Gu and Su Rong raced horses, he never thought that he could lose, and he definitely wouldn't lose.
Playing chess lost face, and now in horse racing, he can't lose face anymore, and decides that he won't give in to anything, but when he really lets the horse run, he finds that Su Rong is only one horse behind him, which still surprises him.
The two horses walked forward one after the other, and when they were about to reach the foot of Phoenix Mountain, Su Rong's eyes rolled, and he suddenly threw out the silk silk that he was holding in his arm, and suddenly wrapped Zhou Gu's back horse and retreated, the horse under Zhou Gu suddenly paused, Su Rong patted the horse's buttocks, and the big black horse she rode jumped up and rushed to the front.
Zhou Gu was stunned, he didn't expect Su Rong to still have this operation.
Su Rong arrived early, turned around with a horse, and laughed at Zhou Gu, "Zhou Gu, you lost!" β
The laughter is as melodious as a silver bell.
Zhou Gu: "......"
He glared, "You're playing tricks." β
Su Rong was very calm, with a smile on his face, "I didn't say that I can't play tricks." β
Zhou Gu grinds his teeth, is this to blame him for being too upright? He laughed angrily, he reached out and hooked the silk silk tied to the horse's hind legs, "So treacherous, who dares to marry you?" β
Su Rong: "......"