Chapter 407
Chapter 407
The day of the bowing competition, which has attracted much attention, has finally come.
The venue is naturally located in the bowing field of the imperial palace. The venue is very spacious, oval and half surrounded by three grandstands. The grandstand in the middle and north is higher than the other two, with bright yellow curtains for emperor Xi, empress Xu and imperial concubine Xu. On the left and right are the seats of Royal relatives, princes and ministers.
The bowing ground is square, and there is a wooden goal with a stone lotus seat on the East and west sides, which is more than 30 feet high. There are 24 embroidered flags on both sides of the goal, and an empty flag frame is set next to the goal. Hitting a ball is called getting a raise. Two guards holding a small red flag sing the raise loudly, and an embroidered flag is inserted on the flag frame beside them to indicate getting a raise.
There are five war drums under the goal flags of both sides. In front of the drum, there are drummers shouting cheers. One side is dressed in red and the other in blue, which is consistent with the color of the forehead band tied by the personnel of the two teams in the field.
At this time, the stand in the middle is still empty, but there are many people sitting in the stands on the left and right sides. Two teams of people wearing soft armor and wearing red and blue forehead belts are walking their horses in advance to warm up.
The horses that can go to the bowing field are naturally good horses. Among them, a white and a black horse are the most divine horses. They are slender, fat and healthy. They look like a top-grade sweat BMW.
As for the owner of the horse, needless to say, of course, it is the prince and the king of Jin.
The people on the stand gradually filled up. After a while, Emperor Xi came with the queen and the imperial concubine.
"See your majesty, long live our emperor, long live the queen, long live the empress, long live the empress, long live the empress, long live the empress, long live the empress, long live the empress."
Everyone in the two stands knelt down, and even the people walking their horses to warm up got off their horses and saluted.
Xi Di smiled and said loudly, "get up."
Emperor Xi came to the Dragon seat and sat down. The queen stood side by side on the left and concubine Xu on the lower right. After the following two teams were called up, they led their horses to the grandstand where emperor Xi was located.
"Father, emperor, children and ministers are ready." the prince hugged his fist and said.
"OK." emperor Xi's fingers moved, and Zheng Haiquan made a gesture towards the corner of the stand. An eunuch came up with a carved gold lacquer tray covered with yellow silk, but you can guess from the shape that this is the Xianglong Tengyun pendant.
"Since you want to compete, you have to compete well. The leader of the winning team will give Xianglong Tengyun Pei, and the others will be rewarded by me."
The two teams under the stage responded: "yes."
Then they turned over and mounted their horses. People with the same color on their forehead gathered together and waited for the start with the other team facing one side. Drummers on both sides beat drums one after another, "Dong Dong Dong Dong" rang through the audience.
The drum sound and momentum made the onlookers' blood boil.
With the sound of the Gong, the prince in charge of serving threw the red and blue bow ball in his hand to the distant goal. After a loud drink, he and the king of Jin drove their horses and sticks to the ball respectively. Behind them, the people were in different directions. Some went to the back to pick up, some went to the front left to the front right to intercept, and some followed the prince of Jin.
There was a lot of dust and smoke in the field. Horses hissed and people shouted. It was very lively.
"Oh, left."
"Right, right."
"Get out of the way!"
At this time in the field, where can we distinguish who is who? The horse riding crowd will turn left and right for a while, rampage and break through left and right. Suddenly, he went forward and turned back. What a modest gentleman, such as young master Yu, had long been thrown out of the sky. Winning is the right way.
Beating Ju is a thing loved by everyone. The son of a rich family has never played two strokes. At the beginning, he was afraid of the presence of emperor Xi and dared not be presumptuous. After a while, the stands began to cheer, sigh and stamp their feet.
"The red side is better."