Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 145
On August [-]th, the Cuju Competition finally started.It was a very lively day. People in Song Dynasty liked to play Cuju. From the high officials and nobles to the common people in the market, they all looked forward to this day. It can be said that this was a national event in the Song Dynasty.The competition venue is still in the South Park, and the South Park has been closed the day before the start of the game to clean up the internal venue.

Song Ting knows how to have fun with the people, so the Cuju Competition has never been closed over the years, it is open to the outside world, and ordinary people can also come here to watch it for free, so people came here to wait in line on the night of August [-]th, just to grab one The good location near the front is like queuing up to buy tickets for future generations.

The South Garden is as big as four football fields and can accommodate a lot of people. However, the best viewing position in the southeast is reserved for princes and nobles. The area with a radius of more than ten meters is a restricted area, and ordinary people are not allowed to approach it. It is also for the safety of the emperor and princes and nobles.

The northeast is the resting place for various Cuju teams. At this time, Li Ce has led his team to wait here, and several other Cuju teams have also arrived. There are a total of eight teams participating this year, one of which is a private one, and the rest are princes For the nobles, because it costs a lot to raise a Cuju team, even ordinary wealthy families can't afford it.

The seven teams belonged to the prime minister Ding Wei, the privy envoy Zhang Qi, the Xiaoyuan king Zhao Ji, the deputy prime minister Lu Yijian, the eight virtuous king Zhao Yuanyan, the privy envoy Xia Song, and Zhao Zhen's team.

At this time, it was Mao shi, and the morning court had not yet dispersed, so the officials of the imperial court had not come yet, but the common people in the market had already occupied all the stands in the South Garden.

Li Ce came out and walked around, and couldn't help feeling that this grand event was almost catching up with the football games of later generations. It was unexpected that the ancients loved sports so much.He was watching with great interest when a middle-aged scribe dressed like a businessman stopped him and said anxiously: "Brother, have you made a bet? There are ten teams participating this year, and the highest odds have already reached one." Pay ten!"

Li Ce was stunned, and couldn't help blurting out: "Isn't this a sham? Does the court not care?" The man rolled his eyes and said, "What sham? Why did the court order that betting is not allowed? Many court officials are very enthusiastic about it. Just now Du Your Excellency’s official family came here and bet 500 taels of silver! To tell you the truth, hurry up, it will be too late later! Don’t regret it.”

Li Ce smiled dumbly, and said in his heart: "Gambling houses and brothels were not banned in ancient times, let alone this small bet on guessing the ball, go and see how many people bet on your Cuju team."

As soon as the man saw that Li Ce agreed, he was overjoyed and hurriedly led him to the northwest corner of the South Garden, because he took the head to bet, and he himself got a commission.

At the northwest corner, a lot of people were already surrounded. Among them was a large wooden board, about the same size as the blackboards of later generations. On it were written the owners of the ten teams with a calligraphy brush. Li Ce saw the words written on the bottom part at a glance. "Zhao Guan's family" has three big characters, and the odds behind it are actually - one loses ten!

Li Ce glared, and moved forward deliberately, wanting to make sure if he was mistaken, "Damn it, did you make a mistake, it's actually the bottom one?" Zhao Zhen loses face.

What's even more embarrassing is that even though the odds are so high, no one bets on this team, even if it's one or two silver... And the first place is generally believed to be Xiaoyuan Wang Zhao Ji, whose odds are basically There is no difference between one to one, but many people still bet on him.

Li Ce stood and watched for a while, there were people betting on Zhao Ji, some betting on the civilian team, some betting on Lu Yijian, Zhao Yuanyan, and no one was betting on Zhao Zhen's team. He finally couldn't hold back , pulled a person over and said: "Brother, why don't you bet on His Majesty's team?"

The man looked at Li Ce like an idiot and said, "Are you blind? Didn't you see that the odds are all ten and no one is going to bet? Let me tell you, if you bet on this team, your money is basically It's like being in vain! Your Majesty... this team is too bad."

Li Ce was dumbfounded: "You...you..." The man said impatiently: "Hey, just stay there without placing a bet, don't block us."

Li Ce felt that he was deeply despised. He took out the only 30 taels of silver he had on his body, and shouted, "Give me that one!"

"Hey, brother, you mean this one?" The rich man who was in charge of the betting asked hurriedly, pointing to Zhao Zhen's team.

"Yes!" Li Ce nodded firmly.

"Shh..." The crowd booed.

"Okay, okay, come on, Ah San, put this brother on the record, bet on Zhao Guan's house, 30 taels, ten for each!" The man shouted loudly, for fear that Li Ce would go back on his word.

"This man is crazy about money." Someone mocked with disdain.

"Zhaoguan's Cuju team is at the bottom every year and has never won..."

Li Ce can finally understand Zhao Zhen's mood now. As the king of a country, it is really sad to be ignored like this...

When Li Ce came back, he found a group of girls gathered in the rest area of ​​the Cuju team. One of them was wearing a light green cross-neck skirt and a flying bun, covering her mouth with her hands and giggling non-stop, pretty and exquisite. Her figure fluctuated up and down with her laughter, and she could be seen as a beauty from behind.Li Ce couldn't help but secretly rejoice, is there also cheerleaders or female fans in this era?He hastened to walk forward.

"Hey, why does the back of this beauty seem familiar..." Li Ce has never left her eyes since he discovered the beauty. While muttering, he turned his head to see her face clearly.

"Huh?!" When the beauty in the light green dress turned around when there were still five or six steps away, Li Ce was startled—how could it be Zhao Qin'er!Subconsciously, he wanted to turn around and run away, but Zhao Qin'er also saw him, and when she saw Li Ce turned around, she knew that this guy was going to run away.

"Li Ce, stop!" Zhao Qin'er's almond eyes widened, and Qianqianyu pointed at Li Ce.

"Oh, my God, why is this aunt here?" Li Ce dawdled, looking around for Zhao Zhen to see if he came, but he was disappointed after looking around, Zhao Zhen didn't Come on, it's over, no one can control this aunt.

"Hee hee, princess, you are here. You came here specially to visit the villain, right?" Li Ce said with a smile, he wanted to stretch out his hand so as not to hit the smiling face, Zhao Qin'er would not be so savage.

"Damn! Did I come to see you?" Zhao Qin'er frowned and kicked Li Ce.

Li Ce had been guarding against her sudden move, and when he saw her move her right foot, he dodged aside in advance. "Hey, the princess is still so agile." Li Ce teased her deliberately.

"Shameless!" Zhao Qin'er scolded in a low voice.

"Who is this person? He's so shameless." The girl behind Zhao Qin'er who was wearing a long purple satin dress frowned and asked, that girl was also extremely beautiful.

Zhao Qin'er's face turned red when she heard the words, and she seemed a little angry, but she didn't turn her head to talk to that person.

"Sister Qin'er, who is this person? Why is he so indifferent, without manners?" The girl in the purple dress came forward and looked Li Ce up and down in disgust.

Li Ce didn't wear a long gown and Confucian gown today, but changed into a gray and short brown suit, with his waist tied and cuffs tied up. He looked very heroic. In fact, Zhao Qiner's eyes lit up when he saw him dressed like this It's just that she didn't say it out. Unexpectedly, the girl in the purple skirt looked down on Li Ce because of this, thinking that he was just a martial artist.

Li Ce heard her address Zhao Qin'er's younger sister, and thought to himself, could this girl in purple be a princess too?Looking at his temper, it seems to be worse than Zhao Qin'er.

Zhao Qin'er snorted, and replied: "Sister Ziyu, I'm not angry when people talk to me, why are you so anxious."

Oh, it turns out that this girl is called Ziyu, Li Ce secretly observed the expressions of the two of them, and thought to himself, it seems that the two of them are not getting along well, hey, these two princesses are arguing, please don't involve yourself in it, I still feel sorry slip away.

"Stop, come back!" Seeing that Li Ce was about to run away, Zhao Qin'er called out to stop him.

Li Ce turned around with a sad face, looking pitiful and helpless.Seeing him in such a mess, the girl in purple couldn't help laughing.When Zhao Qin'er heard her laughing and glanced back, she gave a cold snort. She stepped forward and lowered her head to Li Ce and said in a low voice, "Can you fight me a little bit!"

Li Ce was embarrassed, and said anxiously in a low voice: "Grandma, how can I win you?"

"I don't care! If you want to make me lose face today, I will tell the queen mother about it!" Zhao Qin'er stared viciously and threatened.

Li Ce petrified in an instant, and said in his heart: Damn it, you are ruthless!
Seeing him in a daze, Zhao Qin'er was even more annoyed, stretched out her jade feet and stomped hard on the back of his feet.

"Oh!" Li Ce jumped away in pain, and continued to look at Zhao Qin'er with a mournful face. Seeing Zhao Qin'er staring at him, he hurriedly regained his seriousness, put on a polite look, and bowed his hands and said: " I don’t know where the princess came today, and why?” Li Ce’s previous job at the bank had received special etiquette training, and his temperament, so he came just as soon as he said it, and what kind of aura he saw. .

Seeing that Zhao Qin'er regained his spirit in an instant, his gestures and gestures had the connotation of a romantic and talented man, and what was even more rare was that there was such an undisguised masculinity in him.

The girl in purple was also stunned, she didn't expect this street rogue-like man to have such an aura.

Zhao Qin'er's face looked much better, she said warmly: "Brother Huang hasn't come to court yet, he entrusted me to come over and see how the Cuju team is getting ready."

"Oh, this matter, no problem, whoever meets it will destroy whoever it is." Li Ce winked and said with a playful smile again.

Zhao Qin'er was a little happy when she heard this. What she wanted was this kind of guarantee, so she didn't pursue his dishonesty this time.

But the girl in purple seemed to have heard something extremely funny. She covered her mouth and laughed wildly, and even the other girls behind her giggled lightly. Obviously, they didn't believe Li Ce, and even felt that he was a little bit boast.

Zhao Qin'er looked at the girl named Ziyu angrily. Seeing this, Ziyu tried her best to calm her chest, and slowly stopped laughing. She coughed twice and said, "Oh, sister Qin'er, if you can get rid of the last one this time... One is considered an improvement, don't think too much about the others. As for the first place, let my family Zhao Ji go. "

Zhao Ji?Little Yuan Wang?Li Ce suddenly realized that this person named Ziyu was Zhao Ziyu, the elder sister of King Xiaoyuan Zhao Ji, Princess Yonggu.

(End of this chapter)