Chang Suining and the ladies subconsciously looked over, only to see four chamberlains opening the way in front of them, and then a young woman in an official robe walked into everyone's sight.

Wang was a little surprised: "It's actually the county lord of Gu'an who has arrived." ”

The identity of the county lord alone will not make the Wang family and other officials pay so much attention to it, what Mingluo really values has always been her identity as a female history, and she is a female history in front of the palace who is highly trusted by the saints.

She appeared outside the palace with her inner attendants, and most of them came on behalf of the Holy Book Emperor.

Sure enough, this time was no exception.

After giving salutes to Qiao and several important ministers, she said with a smile: "Mingluo came to watch the students bow this time on the order of the saint, and was ordered to bring this thing to add to the color of this bow competition——"

As she spoke, she looked at the chamberlain holding the long box at her side.

Another chamberlain opened the carved box, revealing a bowing stick, several feet long, depicting a dragon wrapped around the body, the end of which was like a glaive.

"This bow rod is specially commissioned by the former emperor and the first prince, His Royal Highness the first prince was in the palace when he was young, and often held this bow staff to bow with the first emperor." Ming Luo smiled and said, "Today's saint will add some color to all the students, and the winner of this bow final competition will be awarded." ”

The prisoners suddenly became noisy.

The significance of the imperial gift is already extraordinary, not to mention the rod used by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

The inmates who were waiting for the competition in the bow arena were all gearing up, and their fighting spirit became more and more high.

"Ning Ning, what does the bow staff used by His Royal Highness the First Crown Prince look like?" Qiao Yumian asked Chang Suining curiously.

Chang Suining had already retracted his gaze: "It's nothing special. ”

And she didn't have much of an impression, she had a lot of bowing sticks, and they all looked similar.

Listening to the boiling voices of the students, Qiao Yumian said "ah": "I thought it must be very different." ”

After thinking about it, it became clear again: "Although the bow rod itself is not too different, it is very different because its former owner was His Royal Highness the First Prince...... This lottery must be something that everyone wants to fight for. ”

Chang Sui Ning faintly showed a hint of not daring to compliment.

The former owner was just an unlucky one, and the unlucky things were inevitably unlucky, but I don't know what to fight about.

Mingluo had been guided to her seat, and her place was not on the side of the women, but among the officials, and because she had come by order of the saints, she was at the top.

In the field, with the sound of a drum, the 24 inmates who participated in the competition all led their horses into the field.

Most of them were young faces, all dressed in blue and white narrow-sleeved robes, black boots, holding reins in their left hands and bowing canes in their right hands.

These twenty-four people are all selected from the competition in each hall in advance, Guozijian has a total of six halls, and each hall finally selects four people as a team, and these four people represent the glory of their respective halls.

At this time, they were divided into six teams, and the ribbons tied around their waists were also divided into six colors.

"Ning Ning, have you seen Brother A?" Qiao Yumian tugged at Chang Suining's sleeve.

Chang Suining looked over and saw Qiao Yubai with a blue ribbon tied around his waist, he was standing at the head of the team, which was the position of the vanguard.

"See, Brother Yubai is in the fifth column, it should be the last to play in the preliminary round, and it will be an hour later."

Polo two teams a game, six teams need to be divided into three matches, Dasheng's game system is five quarters per game, each quarter of an hour, so the two teams after the game to divide the winner, plus the rest time of each quarter in the middle, it takes about half an hour.

Qiao Yubai has four teams in front of him, and he needs to play two games, which is an hour.

Hearing that she was so familiar with the rules, Wang asked with a smile: "Ning Ning also likes to watch polo now?" ”

In the past, Ning Ning didn't love these.

Chang Suining nodded: "I've seen a few shows." ”

Wang said: "If Ning Ning likes it, he can learn it in the future." ”

"Yes, let Brother teach Ning Ning." Qiao Yumian had a bright smile in her eyes: "Brother's bow is very good, Ning Ning hasn't seen it yet, right?" ”

Chang Suining smiled and said "um": "I'll be able to see Brother Yubai's skills later." ”

"Speaking of bowing, I'm also a little more vulgar—" A laughing woman's voice suddenly sounded.

Chang Sui Ning looked over, and saw that it was Duan who walked over with a smile, and there was a little girl like a flower and jade beside him, it was Wei Miaoqing.

Chang Sui Ning was just about to get up, but he was lightly pressed on the shoulder by Duan: "Don't be polite, just sit and talk." ”

While speaking, Duan smiled and nodded to each other with Wang, and then sat down next to Chang Suining.

Chang Suining asked, "Madame also came to see the bow competition?" ”

"Well, I came with my boy." With a smile on his face, Duan raised his chin to the opposite side.

Chang Sui Ning looked over, and saw that Wei Shuyi had just sat down under the pergola, he was not wearing an official uniform today, wearing a moon-blue embroidered bamboo fine silk gown with a clear color, after sitting down, he raised his eyes as if he had checked, and between his eyes, his eyebrows and eyes gradually appeared a smile, like the first exhibition of a green mountain painting.

He smiled and nodded with Chang Suining.

Chang Sui Ning also nodded with him.

Wei Miaoqing, who was sitting next to Duan, saw that her brother quickly withdrew her gaze, and talked in a low voice with her colleagues beside her, only to feel angry - her brother didn't even look at her!

And the mother—

Wei Miaoqing saw that the Duan family had been holding Chang Suining's hand, and couldn't help frowning incomprehensibly-on such a hot day, didn't her mother even feel sweaty?

Since the previous spring family flower meeting after the first meeting, the mother somehow has to mention this lady of the Chang family in three days, and from time to time she has to invite people to come to the house to talk, and the enthusiastic life is like being evil!

She felt depressed more than once, and repeatedly asked Fang Steward - I don't know what her mother likes about the Chang family's lady?

Steward Fang always wanted to speak and stopped, and only persuaded her to dissipate her anger.

It wasn't until the last time that I finally answered her words, but it was still a rhetorical question with a complicated tone - girl, isn't the answer obvious?

At that moment, she was strangely silent for a moment, only to feel that it was unfair - what kind of truth is this?

Steward Fang still asked rhetorically - but didn't you say before that Chang Niangzi looked unreasonable?

At this moment, Wei Miaoqing looked at the answer that was close in front of him-the face in the mouth of Steward Fang, "It is reasonable to make people evil", and couldn't help but grit her teeth secretly.

In the sight, the owner of the face smiled at her at this time.

Wei Miaoqing's clenched back molars loosened uncontrollably, and the "hostility" that was not solid dissipated most of the time, and a slightly arrogant nod was her last insistence.

The drums begin, and the bow race begins.

The two teams of students with red and dark green ribbons tied around their waists got on horseback and galloped on the field with their canes in hand.

The hollowed-out colored ball inside was knocked away by the stick in the student's hand, accompanied by the dense drum beat, and was knocked into the color door.

"Entered!"

For each goal scored, the referee will plant a bunting of the same color as the ribbon on the waist of the scorer.

At the end of each quarter, the team with more flags wins the game.

After the end of the fifth quarter, the final winner can be divided according to the number of wins.

"After the first match, the Red Fang Guangwen Pavilion wins!"

At this end, in addition to the four students with red belts in the field, the invigilators of the Guangwen Hall who were watching also immediately cheered.

They won three quarters in five quarters, and the two sides were only one side apart in the last quarter, and the difference between the two sides was only two goals, which was a narrow victory.

A narrow victory is also a victory, and it makes people more excited because of their hard-won achievements.

The next two teams are about to play, and the victorious red team students leave the field for a while to rest.

"Wen Zheng, your last ball is wonderful, and you should be rewarded with two fish for Qiao's sacrificial wine!"

The classmate of the same team patted the young man named Wen Zheng on the shoulder: "I have to fight well in the next game!" ”

Wen Zheng nodded, and then raised his hand to wipe his sweat to hide the uneasiness in his eyes.

"When you win the bow of His Royal Highness the First Prince, no one is allowed to grab it, and it will be offered in our academy——"

"We drew the first column, the first to play, if you want to win the bow, there are at least two more games to play, where is this, you think far away!"

"We have Wen Zheng here! Of course I dared to think about it! ”

The students wiped their sweat, laughed and walked away.

As the second race began, the crowd of onlookers grew crowded.

Although the sun is in the sky, the enthusiasm of the event is even more intense.

The students rode their horses and sweated, and the eyes of the spectators were busy and nervous because they were always following.

There are scholars shuttling through the crowd, delivering herbal tea to the spectators to relieve the heat, and they feel cool and refreshing after taking a sip.

In the pergola where the officials were, some people were late.

Yao Yi, who was resting today, was dressed in regular clothes and chose an inconspicuous position to sit down.

The daughter of the Yao family also came, Yao Xia could always search for Chang Suining's location in the crowd, but this time she couldn't squeeze to Chang Suining's side as she wished, first, there was no vacancy next to Chang Suining, and secondly, Yao Xia saw that Wei Miaoqing was also there-

Seeing Wei Miaoqing looking at him, Yao Xia used his eyes as a ruler, picked a position in the row behind the two, which was exactly the same distance from the two of them, and sat down cautiously.

Next, when it comes to Duanshui, Miss Yao Er is a little busier than the scholar who shuttles through the crowd to deliver tea.

Another half an hour passed, and the second winner was the yellow team.

This time, the two sides won and lost very differently, and the yellow team won four quarters before and after.

The leader of the yellow team was a boy who looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, although he was not very old, but the other three people in the team were more like obedient to him than to be obedient-

The boy looked very imposing.

And he played fiercely in the game.

Chang Suining looked at the young man who was about to throw the club to the scholar when he left the field, so he turned his head slightly and asked Xi'er in a low voice: "Do you know who this person is?" ”

"That's the Lang Jun of the Chang family......" Xi'er whispered: "The Chang family of the Chang family's mother's family of the Duchess of Yingguo." ”

Chang Sui Ning subconsciously looked at Ming Luo, who was sitting opposite: "That's the cousin of Ming Nushi?" ”

Although Mingluo is a concubine, she is not the Duchess of Yingguo, Chang's own family, but the relationship is such a relationship.

Xi'er nodded: "Yes, it seems to be called Chang Miao." ”

Chang Sui Ning said "oh": "The five elements lack water." ”

Xi'er: "...... I guess so. ”

While the master and servant were talking, Xi'er suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Girl, Lang Jun is also here!" ”

Chang Suining looked over, and saw Chang Suinian next to a pergola, he should have just arrived, his eyes were looking around, and when he saw Chang Suining, he waved to her busily: "Sister!" ”

Chang Suining raised his hand in response.

Because she is a female dependent, Chang Sui'an has never come, at this time he looked at Qiao Yubai, who had just come on the field, and pouted: "I came so late, why hasn't Qiao Yubai been beaten yet?" ”

Beside him, a literati who quickly waved a folding fan said: "This Langjun should be the first time to come back to Guozijian to watch the bow, this Qiao Langjun is a rare bowing master, and last year it was their academy that won the first prize!" ”

He also said in detail: "This Qiao Langjun is relaxed and relaxed, advances and retreats properly, never takes risks and is very good at accumulating momentum, and knows how to lead his teammates, always focuses on the overall situation, and is a rare calm person on the bowing field——"

Chang Suian was still unconvinced, and made a fist swing with a "hum": "That's because I didn't play, otherwise I would have beaten him to cry and call his mother!" ”

"......" The literati stopped talking, shook his head and walked away.

"Sword Boy, come on!" Chang Suian pointed to Qiao Yubai, who was already on the field: "Is Qiao Yubai my opponent?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, the sword boy had turned his head to look at the scholar who was passing by, and said, "Give me a bowl of herbal tea." ”

It was noisy, and it was reasonable that he couldn't hear Lang Jun's words.

Seeing that the sword boy turned around, when Chang Suian was about to ask again, the tea bowl was suddenly handed to his mouth, almost knocking his teeth: "Lang Jun eat a bowl of tea." ”

Chang Sui An could only take the "Gu Dong Dong" and pour it down.

Over there, Chang Sui Ning let out a light "huh".

Qiao Yumian hurriedly asked, "Ning Ning, what's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

At this time, her brother began to play, and she was inevitably extremely nervous and looking forward to it.

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect this person to be in Brother Yubai's team-" There is no need for Qiao Yumian to ask again, Chang Suining has already explained who that person is: "Cui Jialiulang." ”

loves to wear pink brocade robes, and puts bugs at the flower party in Zheng Guogong's mansion to scare the little girls - Cui Jing's cheap brother.

"I heard that this person ......is a gentleman," Qiao Yumian whispered, "Daddy said that he was taken by his family to study in the country, and he was very noisy." ”

It's just that I didn't expect that this person had only been here for the first month, and he was actually selected into the bowing team of her brother's school.

But she vaguely heard Brother mention it, saying that the other party's bow and beating are really good.

Chang Suining sighed again.

Qiao Yumian became nervous again: "What's wrong with Ning Ning?" ”

"It's okay, I just met an acquaintance."

Chang Suining, who was subconsciously paying attention to the comings and goings of the officials in the pergola opposite, fell on the young man who had just appeared at this time.

The young man was not wearing an official robe, but he was wearing a dark blue narrow robe, which was originally not public, but some people's appearance and aura were here, and he was not allowed to be unknown on any occasion.

"Governor Cui!"

"Governor, please take a seat—" Qiao Xianjiu hurriedly got up and gave up his seat.

"The sacrificial wine is the main thing, and Cui is at most a guest, so don't confuse the main and secondary." Cui Jing declined Qiao's hospitality for sacrificial wine.

Mingluo also stood up, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Why did Governor Cui come over today?" ”

Cui Jing only looked at the arena: "Invited by my brother." ”

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun, Lang Jun ——!" A pot on the sidelines suddenly clasped his hands to his mouth, and he jumped up excitedly and shouted: "Da Langjun has come to see you!" ”

The sound even drowned out the drums.

Cui Jing: "......"

Good night everyone!

(End of chapter)