Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

In Jinming Pond,

The top floor of the dragon boat,

Grand Prime Minister Shen had already stood by the railing, smiling at Xu Zaijing who was walking towards the small dragon boat on the deck below.

Next to Mr. Shen, Wang Shaowang, a high-ranking official of the Great Zhou Dynasty who had the same qualifications as him, also stood on the railing and said softly: "Brother Shen, you are really powerful to be able to invite this young son of the Yongyi Hou family!"

Turning to look at Mr. Wang Shao, Mr. Shen smiled and said: "I didn't ask for this. The younger generations have already discussed it! They only care about the Zheng family's face, and it's all about my brother Rui. mutual affection."

"Hahaha!"

Mr. Wang Shao stroked his beard and laughed, then continued: "That's it!"

time to speak,

Huge oars protruded from both sides of the dragon boat.

The dragon boat began to move slowly with the paddles and the tug of dozens of boats in the pool.

Master Shen glanced at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne and said: "Now that your majesty has a grand plan in mind, it is not a bad thing for the civil servants and generals like us to live in harmony!"

"Only by twisting the rope and moving it in one place can we deal with the strong enemy in the north!"

Mr. Wang Shao nodded in approval: "Although Brother Shen has not been in Beijing for a long time, his thoughts are much longer than those of lower officials! In this way, I have a good idea of ​​the marriage of the dog in the family."

"Master Wang is too modest! Oh, the little dragon boat that the Xu family brother is on is quite impressive."

Listening to Mr. Shen's words, Lord Wang Shao also looked over there.

A small dragon boat in the pond,

There is a thick cable decorated with colorful threads tied to the tail of the small dragon boat.

Although there are oars on both sides of the dragon boat, when approaching the Linshui Palace, it is upside down and does not need to be changed.

However, there are two floors of buildings above such a large dragon boat. In order to stabilize the hull, there must be heavy objects in the cabin.

There are dozens of table-sized ingot-shaped iron ingots in the bilge of this large dragon ship as ballast stones.

Therefore, the cable at the tail of the small dragon boat was stretched straight.

At this time, Xu Zaijing had tied up his sleeves with loops, holding the oar in his hand and sitting at the rear of the small dragon boat near the helmsman, paddling hard.

"Dong dong bang!"

The drummer in front beat rhythmically,

There were fifty people in this small dragon boat, including Xu Zaijing, and the rhythm of the oars was consistent with the sound of the drum.

"Goro, you can use more force!"

shouted the elderly helmsman behind Xu Zaijing.

Hearing this, Xu Zaijing rowed harder.

The old helmsman felt the change in the "power" of the small dragon boat and adjusted the tiller in his hand to keep the small dragon boat moving forward.

The old helmsman was born in the navy of the Huyan family. He had spent decades at the helm, and his skills were very high. After getting used to it for a while, he adjusted his rhythm at the helm.

soon,

The big dragon boat left the shore and stopped in the pool.

"Retract the cable!"

There was a shout from the big dragon boat,

The cable at the tail of the small dragon boat was untied and put back.

Dozens of small dragon boats gradually moved away, heading towards the starting point of the dragon boat race.

The atmosphere was quite relaxed at this time. Xu Zaijing was paddling while talking to Zheng Xiao, Gu Tingye and the Li family's gluttonous demon brothers who were moving in front of him.

"Brother Jing, have you seen that thief today?"

Gu Tingye turned his head and shouted against the spring breeze in the pool.

"Not coming!"

"Isn't it very fierce yesterday? How can I be so dumb today!"

After Gu Tingye finished speaking, he rowed hard, as if the man who chased him yesterday was under his oar.

"Erlang, don't waste your energy like this. You'll save yourself the trouble of losing your strength later!"

Zheng Xiao shouted from the side.

After shouting, Zheng Xiao watched Gu Tingye stop using force and looked back at Xu Zaijing: "Wu Lang, don't be impulsive! After all, that guy is also His Majesty's personal guard, so he can't be killed easily!"

"I know the pros and cons!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and nodded at Zheng Xiao.

The small dragon boat slowly stopped at the starting point, and someone was busy putting up the flags of each family on the small dragon boat.

"Gu Erlang, I heard that your horse ran very fast yesterday!"

"Tomorrow I will invite the Zhang family brother to play polo outside the city. Are you going?"

On the small dragon boat on the side, there were noble children from Beijing laughing and shouting.

Gu Tingye turned around to look, and then replied: "Han Wulang? I don't have time to play polo with sissies!"

"Who are you calling a sissy!?" Han Chengyun shouted.

"No time? Gu Erlang, don't you dare to go?"

Hearing the voice, Gu Tingye glared over: "Lu Sanlang, what's the matter with you? What are you doing with a weak kidney?"

"Tomorrow I will team up with Fifth Brother Han! Why is it none of my business? Kidney deficiency? Who the hell has a kidney deficiency!"

Gu Tingye glared at Lu Sanlang, who had not dealt with him since childhood, and then he had an idea and said: "Okay, then I will team up with Brother Jing and wait for you at the polo ground tomorrow!"

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Han Wulang and Lu Sanlang, the two disciples of the Duke's Mansion, looked at each other as if their plan had succeeded.

They knew what happened yesterday, and they wished they could see Xu Zaijing beating someone on the polo field tomorrow. It would be best to kill someone! This will put Xu Zaijing in jail!

Wait until the benchmark pole in the distance is installed,

On the big dragon boat, a navy captain appeared holding a flag.

"Into the water!"

Xu Zaijing and others put the oars into the pool one after another.

shore,

In previous years, the best place for the Xu family's tent was now filled with the women of the Zheng family.

Watching the big dragon boat stop in the pond and the small dragon boat unmooring,

The ladies and ladies in each tent looked towards the pool one after another.

In the Zheng family tent,

Mrs. Zheng looked at Zheng Ni, who was surrounded by noble ladies in the capital, such as Gu Tingyi, Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan, with a little smile in her eyes.

"When we got married, there were no such gimmicks!"

Lady Yingguogong said with a smile while looking at the girls.

"Madam is right! But the meaning of this Jinmingchi jade carving is good!"

Mrs. Zheng replied softly.

"Look at An Jie'er from Xu Hou's family, and the girl from Tao's family who married into your family. Their marriages are all happy and happy, and An Jie'er even got a boy in one fell swoop!"

Thinking of the big belly of Zhang Fangling, the fourth son of the family, the smile on the face of Lady Yingguogong deepened.

On the other side, Madam Chai said with some worry:

"Speaking of which, those guys all got on that small dragon boat, and they haven't practiced together before! I don't know if they can get the jade carving."

Madam Zheng waved the handkerchief in her hand and said: "Brother Shen Jiarui is weak, and he is also on that boat now! I am happy that he has such a thought! Whether he can win or not is up to fate!"

"It's starting, it's starting!"

Mrs. Zhang pointed to the big dragon boat in the distance and shouted.

"Let's go out and take a look!"

As she said that, the noble ladies surrounded Zheng Ni and walked out.

Afterwards,

the navy lieutenant in front of the big dragon boat in the distance waved the flag in his hand vigorously,

and the drums in Jinming Lake suddenly sounded noisily.

At first,

the small dragon boat with the flag of "Shen" did not move forward,

but after rowing about ten feet,

every time the rowers on the Shen family dragon boat rowed hard, the dragon boat rushed forward a lot.

In just four or five breaths,

the Shen family dragon boat stood out from the crowd,

and its advantage was constantly expanding.

When approaching the bamboo pole with the peony jade carving hanging on it at the end point, it actually slid past.

Shen Herui at the bow stretched out his hand with a look of disbelief on his face and gently took the jade carving in his hand.

Shen Herui moved gently, but the old helmsman at the stern panted and wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking at Xu Zaijing in front of him with some disbelief in his eyes.

The old helmsman has been steering for many years, and he has never encountered a situation like today.

Luckily, when he was pulling the big dragon boat and going to the starting point just now, he got used to the "powerful" rower who came on board,

plus he has accumulated decades of rich experience in steering, otherwise this small dragon boat would have deviated from the direction today.

At this time,

Xu Zaijing took back the oars, smiled at the old helmsman who was steering the boat easily, and bowed his hands and said: "My father-in-law is very skilled!"

The old helmsman smiled: "Wulang is also."

"Haha!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and bowed his hands.

As he spoke,

the small dragon boat sailed towards the shore of Jinming Lake.

On the shore,

Zheng Ni was surrounded by noble ladies and stood behind Madam Zheng, watching the small dragon boat approaching in Jinming Lake.

In Zheng Ni's eyes, the man standing at the bow looked much thinner than during the Lantern Festival last year.

The small dragon boat docked,

Shen Herui, like the previous winner, walked to Madam Zheng holding the jade carving and talked.

Zheng Ni looked at Shen Herui,

Gu Tingyi was looking at his second brother Gu Tingye,

Chai Zhengzheng and Rong Feiyan looked at the young man in brocade clothes who was standing on the boat with his sleeves tied and making a fuss.

Because there was another match later,

After sending the jade carving, Shen Herui returned to the dragon boat and headed towards the starting point.

On the shore,

among the crowd,

Chai Zhengzheng took Madam Chai's arm and walked towards the tent.

Looking at the noise around and no one paying attention,

Madam Chai whispered to Chai Zhengzheng: "Look at how lively Jing is, he must be uninjured!"

Chai Zhengzheng nodded.

"The character of the Zhang family kid is too weird."

Madam Chai shook her head.

Entering the Zheng family's tent,

Chai Zhengzheng and Gu Tingyi and others went to Zheng Ni together to appreciate this first-class good thing in Jinming Lake.

"It looks a little different from the one in Sister Anmei's room!"

Mrs. Zhang said as she looked at the jade carving in Zheng Ni's hand.

Rong Feiyan replied with envy in her eyes:

"I heard that this is a new style made by the master craftsman of the Li family! If it is the same every year, it will be meaningless!"

As she said this, Rong Feiyan looked at the peony jade carving handed over by Zheng Ni, and hurriedly waved her hand to indicate that she didn't need to take it.

After another round of gongs and drums,

the second dragon boat bidding ended.

The two winning dragon boats sailed under the big dragon boat, and Shen Herui and another person boarded the big dragon boat.

When Xu Zaijing was about to take Qi Heng on the dragon boat to go fishing with Liang Liulang and Qiao Jiulang at Aowu, a young eunuch walked to the side of the boat.

After bowing slightly to Xu Zaijing, Gu Tingye and others, he smiled and said, "Wu Lang, His Highness asked you to come over and talk."

Gu Tingye looked a little disappointed and said, "Alas, Wu Lang, I may not be able to compete with you in fishing skills today."

Qi Heng, who was on the dragon boat, also nodded repeatedly, with a look of disappointment on his face: "I guess Liu Lang will be even more regretful."

Xu Zaijing, who was very self-aware, looked at the two and waved his hand and said, "Go away! You can even say such things! Taotie, Chimei, you two go with them, don't lose our prestige!"

The Li brothers smiled and bowed.

Xu Zaijing went directly on the big dragon boat.

The small dragon boat sailed towards the shore on the side of Aowu.

Gu Tingye sat in the small dragon boat without rowing, but just talked to the Li brothers and asked a few words about the battle formation in Baigao.

After rowing for a while, when they were about to reach the shore, Qi Heng, who was sitting next to them, pointed to the Ao House and said:

"Second uncle, look quickly!"

Gu Tingye looked up and smiled: "The maid next to Liang Han looks pretty! He even touched her hand, you thief!"

"Second uncle, doesn't that maid look familiar to you?"

"Hiss! Brother Heng, you really look familiar now! It seems that she went to the Ao House with Liang Han last year."

The small dragon boat approached quickly,

Liang Han also let go of the hand of the maid next to him early.

Looking at the people getting off the small dragon boat, Liang Han blinked: "Where is my brother Jing?"

On the big dragon boat,

Xu Zaijing and Zhao Fang stood by the railing,

The little eunuch and the female official stood not far away,

Listening to the question Zhao Fang asked in a low voice,

Xu Zaijing looked around, coughed lightly, and whispered a few words to Zhao Fang's ear.

Zhao Fang looked at Xu Zaijing sideways: "Jing'er, does that mean he has given up?"

Xu Zaijing nodded: "If he really dared to answer, he would still be a man! Now it seems that he is a coward!"

"If he comes today, Jing'er, you really have to use heavy hands!"

"I won't offend others unless they offend me! I will treat him the way he treated me yesterday. How can I say I used heavy hands!"

Zhao Fang glanced at Xu Zaijing, hesitated and said: "I heard from the eunuchs around my father that the Zhang family will live in the house of the Imperial City Guard City in the future, and will not leave the palace easily in the future."

Xu Zaijing bowed to Zhao Fang: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Zhao Fang smiled: "Jing'er, so many soldiers of the Western Army came back yesterday, and we will do the same as before"

Xu Zaijing was stunned: "Your Highness, this matter still needs the approval of His Majesty!"

Zhao Fang sighed.

The Sheng family tent,

The location is the same as last year,

But there are many more people in the tent than last year.

Listening to the drumbeats of the dragon boat competition in Jinming Lake and the cheers after winning the bid,

Wang Ruofu glanced at the eldest wife Li, who was full of surprise, and raised the teacup with a smile and pride: "Sister-in-law, have some tea!"

"Ah, ah!"

After Li leaned sideways to hold the teacup, she looked out and sighed: "I heard in Youyang that the opening of Jinming Lake in March in Bianjing is a great spectacle. Today, I see that it is indeed well-deserved!"

Wang Ruofu smiled: "Alas, I have come to see it every year since I came to Beijing, and I am tired of seeing it too much!"

Mrs. Li thought about the nobles of Bianjing in the tents along the coast, smiling and lowering her head to drink a sip of tea.

Wang Ruofu put down the teacup: "Come to think of it, I accompanied the master to that big dragon boat last year!"

"Ah? Oh!"

Mrs. Li was surprised, and then leaned forward and said: "Didn't they say that His Majesty was on that big dragon boat!"

"Yes, I met His Majesty and the Queen at that time!"

Listening to the conversation in the tent,

Shulan and Pinlan, who were watching the scenery at the door of the tent, looked at the three Lans in the second room in surprise.

Rulan nodded,

Minglan whispered: "It's true."

Molan turned sideways to look outside, rolled her eyes secretly, and whispered with her lips, vaguely saying "What's the big deal".

Then, I don't know what she saw, Molan's face suddenly changed into a smile, and bowed to the distance.

This action caused Rulan to look over and she quickly bowed: "Young Master! Second Uncle!"

Qi Heng smiled and nodded, Gu Tingye smiled and waved his hand: "I'll go fishing with your brother!"

As he said that, he walked towards Sheng Changbai, Changwu and Changfeng who were on the shore.