Pei Ruyi's expression changed when he heard this, and he ran outside the inn, only to see that Lu Gongzi pressed the red pill to the ground, raised the whip and was about to beat the donkey.

Xiao Jinyan stopped and said, "Miss Pei, this donkey is my mount." I'll teach it a lesson!"

As he spoke, he picked up Lu Gongzi's ear, dragged it over, and scolded, "Fool, how many times have I told you that I don't have a long memory, it's time to do bad things, you have to weigh it, whose horse is this, don't you know, this is the horse of the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building, you can afford to move, you are happy, have you considered my feelings?"

Lu Gongzi's nose snorted, expressing dissatisfaction with Xiao Jinyan's bad deeds. Xiao Jinyan then scolded, "This is still a virgin horse, can you afford to seal the red envelope?"

Pei Ruyi's red pill is a good horse purchased from Dawan for five thousand taels of silver, with pure blood, she has been personally taking care of it for several years, and she has poured a lot of effort into it, and today she was careless, and was almost bullied by this leprosy donkey, her face was pale, and she said, "I'm going to kill this donkey." ”

Xiao Jinyan stopped, "Miss Pei, this donkey has been dependent on me for several years, and has accompanied me through thousands of mountains and rivers, for my sake, I hope to spare a donkey's life, besides, isn't this not yet in, your red pill is still there?"

Pei Ruyi exclaimed angrily, "That can't be counted like that." ”

"Yes, this leprosy skin has caused me trouble along the way, and I have decided not to spare it, so I might as well castrate it, how about it?"

Pei Ruyi listened to Xiao Jinyan's words so vulgar, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he didn't make a sound, obviously acquiescing to Xiao Jinyan's treatment. Listening to Xiao Jinyan said again, "However, it will be a polo tournament in a few days, and when the game is over, I will do it myself, if Miss Pei is not at ease, she can supervise it herself." ”

Pei Ruyi said dissatisfied, "I'm not interested, as long as I can win the polo tournament, I will spare its life." ”

Xiao Jinyan raised his hand and promised, "From tomorrow, training will begin." ”

Not long after Pei Ruyi left, he sent someone to send two horses, Xiao Jinyan looked at it for a long time, and said, "Spring Breeze Night Rain Building is so big, why haven't you heard of this gang before?"

Li Chengcheng said, "I haven't heard of the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building before, their rise is only a matter of the last few years, Pei Chunqiu used to be an unknown person in the rivers and lakes, and in the past two years, he has suddenly become very high-profile, and his shots have become very generous, attracting many masters on the rivers and lakes to come to take refuge." Our Li family has investigated them, but there is not much valuable information, it may be a side branch of an unknown sect. ”

Xiao Jinyan knew that he said that there were two pavilions, three sects, and four sects, and these sects had been hidden in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and they rarely heard from them, and even the location of these sects was very mysterious. If the Spring Breeze Night Rain Tower is a side branch of a certain sect, then it may be that they are the first time in the past three hundred years that these mysterious sects have set foot in the rivers and lakes. It is very likely that this matter has something to do with the Supreme Heavenly Dao on the Book Sword Mountain.

However, they also stopped in Fuling City for a while, earned some entanglements and then went to Yinyang, and did not pay much attention to this matter.

......

Xiao Jinyan had never played polo, and he had never even seen it, and when he came to the polo field, he couldn't help but be shocked by this place.

The course is about 500 zhang long, 250 zhang wide, there are wooden walls erected on both sides, there is a round hole in the middle of the wall, when the game is played, six people and six horses on both sides, the horse hits the ball into the hole, and the winner is divided by the number of goals.

Along the way, Zhao Lanjiang told Xiao Jinyan about the relevant rules of the polo game, Xiao Jinyan thought that there was martial arts, and it was not difficult to learn, but after a few laps, he found out the difficulties.

First of all, the requirements for equestrianism are extremely high, the two sides swing the ball and compete for the ball, if the equestrian is not exquisite, then there is only the share of eating soil behind them. Zhao Lanjiang was born in the army, a son of Li Chengcheng's family, and his equestrian skills were already quite high, Xiao Jinyan suffered a little, Lu Gongzi was used to slacking, other horses were running wildly on the field, and Lu Gongzi took two steps and went to gnaw the dry grass on the ground.

Secondly, polo requires quite high swing skills, and the strength, angle, and timing must be grasped well in order to hit a good shot.

Thirdly, playing polo is like marching and fighting, and there must be certain tactics in coordination, positioning, offense, and defense. The game of polo is like a small battle.

Fortunately, Xiao Jinyan has a very high level of understanding, practiced all morning, and basically mastered the skills of playing polo, and when the Pei brothers and sisters came to the training ground, they had mastered the seven, seven, eight, eight.

Originally, there was a polo team in the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building, but after the three of them joined, plus the Pei brothers and sisters, and a young man named Shang Jie, the rest became reserves. After Pei Ruyi saw Li Tingcheng and Zhao Yanjiang's ball skills, he couldn't help but say, "This year's polo match, we will definitely win." However, seeing Xiao Jinyan swinging and hitting the ball, both the strength and the accuracy were miserable, she frowned and said, "Xiao Jinyan, it's really not good, you can go to the standby." Don't worry, not a penny of silver is not less than yours. ”

Xiao Jinyan didn't think it was anything, anyway, he wasn't interested in polo, but Li Tingcheng disagreed, "If Xiao Jinyan enters the alternate, I will also refuse to play." On this point, Zhao Lanjiang's opinions are also surprisingly unanimous.

Xiao Jinyan said, "I can't fight, won't you help me if you bring me in?"

Li Chengcheng said proudly, "If you don't play, how can you highlight my level?"

"You two just sincerely want to see me Chu Qiu!" Xiao Jinyan snorted, "Then let you see what it means to bring your own talent!"

Everyone practiced all day, Xiao Jinyan first came into contact with polo, although he had martial arts, but after all, the ball was not familiar, when riding a donkey to hit the ball still, the accuracy was extremely high, but once he exercised, there was nothing to be done.

Zhao Lanjiang has military experience, is responsible for the command of the game, plus the ball skills are good, and the cooperation is very smooth, after Xiao Jinyan scored a goal, he said loudly, "This kind of game is very simple." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said coldly, "We are training without confrontation, if it is a real competition, there is an equestrian competition, as well as formation layout and physical confrontation, in that case, hitting is the real level." He drove his horse to Xiao Jinyan, "I'll defend, you can try?"

Xiao Jinyan said that he dared to disobey his fate, poured his true qi into Lu Gongzi, and brought the donkey technique to the peak, the man and the donkey were one, and he waved the club to send the ball forward, and the donkey moved forward, and came more than ten zhang away, and hit it with one shot.

Bang!

Zhao Lanjiang polo stick stopped in front of him, Xiao Jinyan changed his moves again and again, Zhao Lanjiang responded calmly, and with a "Su Qin back sword", he picked the polo from behind him and ran towards his own goal.

Seeing this, Xiao Jinyan clamped the donkey's belly with his feet, Lu Gongzi was in pain, and ran forward, he knew that he could not block Zhao Lanjiang's forward route, walked side by side, and entered within thirty zhang in an instant, Zhao Lanjiang was about to swing, Xiao Jinyan was angry, and smashed a shot on Zhao Lanjiang's horse's buttocks, Zhao Lanjiang's horse was frightened, his front hooves were raised, and the horse pole was hollowed.

Foul!

Xiao Jinyan scratched his head, "This can't work?"

Li Chengcheng said coldly, "If you want to compare them like this, everyone will simply fight, and whoever stands in the end will win." ”

The game continued, Xiao Jinyan tried his best, but Zhao Lanjiang's ball skills were too high, and the game soon ended 5-0.

Zhao Lanjiang said, "In a short period of time, it is useless for you to improve your skills, you still practice the static pole to swing the ball, maybe it will have a miraculous effect." ”

In this way, Xiao Jinyan practiced a day of static batting.

Xiao Jinyan's whole body was like falling apart, today he hit nearly two or three thousand strokes, at first he was a little powerless, but later, he hit the ball within 50 zhang, and every ten balls must be able to hit seven or eight balls, which made him more confident.

"My mother, I didn't want to practice so painfully, and I didn't feel so tired when I practiced martial arts. No, I have to drink it tonight!"

Li Chengcheng said, "Practice 5,000 strokes tomorrow!"

Xiao Jinyan jumped up, "After coming down like this, I'm afraid I'm already tired before the day of the competition." ”

Li Tingcheng didn't have a good breath, "If you practice stupidly like you today, even if you can persevere, your fork psoas muscles may not be good, hitting the ball is like punching, pay attention to the unity of waist and horse." Come and see!"

Li Tingcheng stood on the center line of the court at the moment, dribbled his internal force, and hit it with one shot, and the polo crossed a beautiful arc and went straight into the net.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Obediently, more than a hundred zhang, can this work?"

"If you practice well, so can you. ”

Xiao Jinyan also did the same, standing in the middle of the court, pouring the internal force into the club, holding his breath and concentrating, and swinging it out.

Burst!

Xiao Jinyan exerted too much force, and the polo was hit by a club out of a hole, flew more than ten feet away, and fell to the ground.

Not far away, Pei Ruyi looked in his eyes and said worriedly, "I don't understand, this guy doesn't know polo at all, why do they have to let him play?"

Pei Renfeng said, "Sister, don't say this in front of Xiao Jinyan, with his irritable temper, I can't guarantee what he will do." For some reason, Pei Renfeng always shuddered every time he remembered the scene when the three of them killed Sun Shaoming.

Li Chengcheng was explaining to Xiao Jinyan the skills of power and batting, and not far away, there was a man wearing a hat, standing on the periphery of the court, quietly paying attention to everything in the court.

Li Chengcheng gave birth to an induction and said, "There are masters snooping." ”

Xiao Jinyan pretended to pick up the ball, and inadvertently glanced at it, and the man also noticed him and turned to leave.

Xiao Jinyan said: "This person's martial arts are far above you and me, I don't know where it is sacred?"

Li Tingcheng shook his head, "I don't know." ”

"I always thought the man was familiar, but I couldn't remember seeing him anywhere. If it comes at us, we'll have to be careful. ”

In the evening, the three of them drove back to the inn, and as soon as they sat down, an old man with a sheep's beard came over and asked with a smile: "Three brothers, but you want to represent the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building to participate in the polo tournament?"

Xiao Jinyan asked, "Who are you?"

The old man with the sheep's beard smiled, "Businessman." He took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "In Xia Qin Dehai, he is the master of the prefect, and he came to find the three of them today, and he has a business to do with the three of them." The three aren't locals, are they?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled and asked, "Are you a local, and what does it have to do with this business?"

"It has a lot to do with it!" Qin Dehai smiled mysteriously, "Fuling Polo Competition, our Zhou Gongzi has won three times in a row, Gongzi has superb ball skills, and he is also determined to win this competition, but as subordinates, we will inevitably have to worry about some leisure in case there is any accident in the game." ”

Xiao Jinyan understood this person's intention, "You want to buy us and ask us to play match-fixing, right?"

"Eh!" Qin Dehai stretched his voice, "We can't say that, we just have a proposal, as long as the three of them accidentally make a mistake during the game, we are also willing to give some compensation." After all, you are not the people of the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building, playing polo for them is nothing more than to earn some silver taels, since it is for money, don't you make anyone's money?"

Li Qingcheng said coldly, "I'm not interested." ”

Zhao said, "Look at the price. ”

Qin Dehai laughed, "Refreshing! I don't know how much this brother is going to want?"

Zhao Lanjiang said fifty thousand taels!

Qin Dehai's face sank, and he said in his heart that you really stepped on your nose and put your face on it.

Today he got the news that the Pei family invited three polo masters to come to help, Zhou Gongzi was a little worried, and asked him to come and test it, This master boasted in front of Zhou Datong and said that a hundred taels of silver could be done. When he came, he made up his mind that he would pay a maximum of fifty taels, and the rest of the silver would be regarded as his own hard work, but Zhao Lanjiang opened his mouth for fifty thousand taels and almost choked him to death. I made up my mind that if I really couldn't talk about it, then I had to find someone to seriously injure the three of them and make them unable to play.

"Fifty thousand taels, the tone is really not small, I'm afraid you won't be able to move. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "We have donkeys. ”

At this time, a middle-aged man walked in outside the door, wearing a Confucian shirt and a square scarf on his head, and came to the three of them.

Seeing this, Qin Dehai hurriedly bowed down and said goodbye, "I've seen my lord." ”

Xiao Jinyan looked at this person, although he was dressed as a scholar, he walked in the shape of a tiger and a dragon, and his demeanor revealed a master's demeanor.

The middle-aged man arched his hand and gave the gift of the rivers and lakes, "In the next week, like the sea, it is the parent official of Fuling City." ”

Li Chengcheng said, "I didn't expect that the little Fuling City was actually a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger." With the martial arts of the Zhou people, if you walk the rivers and lakes, you must also be a sect master, but you succumb to this, which is really incomprehensible. ”

Zhou Ruhai laughed, "Life is unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten." Zhou didn't want to fight the sword world back then, walking the rivers and lakes, but he had no choice but to enter the officialdom. He paused and said, "Fifty thousand taels, no problem, but there is one condition." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said 50,000 taels, but he wanted them to retreat, but he didn't expect that this week Ruhai would agree.

Li Chengcheng said: "I'm not interested. ”

"You haven't listened to it, so how do you know you're not interested?"

Li Qingcheng said lightly, "That's not interesting, I don't want to do it, even if someone puts the sword around his neck, there is still no negotiation!"

Zhou Ruhai was not angry, and continued: "In the ancestral hall of the Spring Breeze Night Rain Building, there is a piece of jade, as long as you can destroy that piece of jade, the official will pay you 50,000 taels of silver." ”

Xiao Jinyan felt strange, Zhou Ruhai let them steal the jade, which was theoretically reasonable, but he asked the three of them to destroy the jade, but why? He was also a little confused.

Zhou Ruhai asked, "How?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "With your martial arts, even if you enter the Spring Breeze Night Rain Hall, few people can stop you, why do you want us to do it?"

Zhou Ruhai laughed twice, "For some reason, it's inconvenient for me to make a move." But the three of you are different, first, you are strangers, second, you are skilled in martial arts, and third, you are still short of money. ”

Xiao Jinyan shook his head, "Lord Zhou, let's ask another master!"

Zhou Ruhai's eyes became gloomy, "The three of you killed Sun Shaoming, and you swaggered in Fuling City, and now Sun Qiangu is looking for you everywhere, aren't you afraid that the official will call him?"

Xiao Jinyan looked at Zhou Ruhai, "You threaten us?"