Chapter 591 Horse Racing

Li Ke gritted his teeth and said, "I want him to break his head!"

As the prince, Li Shimin's favorite son, he was naturally arrogant and had few people who dared to be angry with him in his life. At most, the father rarely saw him and did not respond much. Changsun Wuji repaired him without any trouble. This was helpless and he could only endure it!

But Wang Ping'an is the old man, just a boy under 20 years old, and he was speaking a man with a country accent in Xuzhou. Such a person dared to be angry with him. He was tolerant and unbearable, so he had to take revenge!

An aide reminded: "Prince, if you and Wang Ping'an turn their faces on each other, then Gao Wanquan will be over. His identity has been exposed, but he is still detained in Wang Ping'an. If something happened to Wang Ping'an, his life will be difficult to protect and he must be used to vent his anger!"

Li Ke said angrily: "The reason for this is not because of Gao Wanquan. He brags about his cowhide so much, but as soon as he entered the Wang family, he became a groom. What's the use of keeping such a thing? Even if Wang Ping'an doesn't kill him, I will kill him!"

It’s all because Gao Wanquan was fooled by someone as a monkey, which made him think of a monkey. This kind of shame and humiliation not only wanted to settle the score with Wang Ping'an, but also Gao Wanquan!

There were several aides standing beside Li Ke. He heard that he was so vicious that he was disappointed. Li Ke was ruthless to Gao Wanquan today, and it is hard to guarantee that he would treat them the same way in the future. As the saying goes, being with the king is like a tiger, but this prince is a thousand years old. Before he became the king, he is like a wolf or a tiger!

The capable and strange people heard what Li Ke said, patted their chests together and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, let the little people do this."

Li Ke waved his hand and said, "You guys go and prepare, don't miss it, don't let me down!"

The powerful people agreed in unison and turned around to prepare. They walked aside and tightened their horse's bellyband. A capable person asked, "Hey, I said, "You guys, the prince just asked to interrupt Wang Ping'an's head. This is not easy to deal with. The thing on his head can only be kicked flat and beaten to pieces, but it just can't be interrupted unless he cuts it with a knife!"

Another stranger said: "The prince is called a hint. Do you understand the hint? You just can't say it openly. If you say you are cutting your head, then others have to know that it was our attack, so you have to interrupt it, so no one will doubt it!"

The capable man said, "Whether the head is broken or cut off, it will be dead! The prince's instructions are quite clear, but not dark enough!"

The few people laughed. They were all rascals. People in Chang'an called evil boys, but they called themselves sluts and those who committed suicide. Don't want to hear good things from their mouths, of course they never do good things!

A strange man wearing a black short-skinned dress said, "That Gao Wanquan is really a bastard. He sent me a fake news, and he just ran away like a dog. He just ran away. He was scolded by the prince. I must be scattered today!"

The capable and strangers laughed together and said, "Just sprinkle on Wang Ping'an's head. We will depend on you how to break his head!"

Wang Ping'an's guards were also tightening their horse's bellyband and checking the reins and kicks. Ouyang Li personally checked it carefully and even looked at the horse's hooves to ensure that they were foolproof. Then he stood up straight and looked at the sidelines, wanting to see his opponent, know himself and his enemy, and he will be defeated in a hundred battles!

After watching most of the time, he knew that the people participating in the polo competition were all "literary men" and some noble women, but the people participating in the horse racing were not the case. It seemed that they were all soldiers and generals from the Guards, and they were all brave men. These people would probably have no appreciation value when playing polo, but if they competed in the horse racing, it would be exciting. In this way, even if the prince arranged it, it would be difficult to guarantee that something would not happen!

He then observed again and suddenly saw a group of arrogant warriors, one of which he recognized, was the man in black whom he followed that night. The man in black was from Li Ke's mansion. Could it be that he would also participate in the horse racing?

Ouyang Li immediately said to a brother: "Go and listen, what are they talking about? Do you also want to participate in the horse racing?"

The Ouyang brother immediately sneaked over and replied for a moment, saying, "Brother, they really want to participate in the horse racing. We are discussing how to harm the owner!"

Ouyang Li was furious and snorted: "What a courage. How dare you tell such a thing openly? Are they all fools? Are you afraid that someone will follow up afterward?"

The Ouyang brothers looked at the group of "capable people and strangers" together. Ouyang Yi said: "From their appearance, they all seem to be people who are not afraid of Jingzhao Yin in life and are not afraid of King Yama in life. They are all rascals!"

Ouyang Li sneered: "They forgot that saying, "The King of Hell is easy to see, but it is hard to be a little ghost. Let's treat the little ghost today and give these kids some colors. What color do you think they want to see the most?"

The Ouyang brothers said in unison: "Red!"

Ouyang Li said: "Then let them do it!"

Among the Ouyang brothers, except for the two of them protecting Wu Meiniang in Yangmazhuang, the other six are there, plus Ouyang Li, there are seven. All of them are very skilled in martial arts. Not to mention dealing with Li Ke and other capable people, even if they have ten times more, they will still be even!

They immediately went to check their pedals and planned to attend the horse racing conference later to protect Wang Ping'an!

After a while, the sun rose into the air, and a team of people came to Xuanwu Gate. It was Li Shimin's imperial chariot. After his imperial chariot, he followed about a dozen carriages. The carriages were all concubines with official titles, and there were also several princesses. Except for Li Yiren's carriage, the other princesses were accompanied by the princesses.

The flags were waving and the sashes were flying. The emperor's emperor arrived at the polo field. Everyone on the side of the field knelt down together, shouting long live the mountain!

Li Shimin went to a high platform on the sidelines, with concubines accompanying each other, and on both sides of the platform, civil and military personnel separated and sat in order according to the ranks. Although Wang Ping'an had become a duke, if he had been a scattered official, the seats could be very high, but he was sent by the Governor of Qingzhou, and his actual ranks were reduced. In this era, he was always on the actual ranks, so the seats of the Wang family were ranked last.

There is no way. The fifth-rank official is really among a group of nobles, and he is not the princess who has become his relatives. He can’t even borrow the princess’s light, so he can only sit down from a distance.

Wang Youcai was fine, but Yang was very dissatisfied and said, "Ping'an, aren't you a second-rank? Why did you sit here? Who is the person in front of you?"

Wang Ping'an took a look and said, "It's the Chief Secretary of Yongzhou, a real power figure. Mom, you speak less, don't let him hear it!"

Wang Youcai has a lot of life experiences of ordinary people, but when it comes to senior figures, he can't do it and said, "Chief? That's not a high-ranking official. We also have a Changxue in Xuzhou!"

But Yang's face changed. She knew much more about these things than Wang Youcai. She whispered: "Are you really a person who can't offend me, maybe you have to use them in the future." She turned to Wang Youcai and said: "Don't look like a chief minister, you have more power than our Xuzhou governor!"

Wang Youcai said, "Some places like Chang'an are indeed full of high-ranking officials!"

The chief of Yongzhou was the deputy governor of the governor of Yongzhou, and the governor of Yongzhou was Jingzhao Yin. In the early Tang Dynasty, the governor of Yongzhou was appointed as the prince, and the one who actually held power was the chief of Yongzhou. To put it bluntly, this official was the highest administrative officer of the capital.

Wang Ping'an looked at the Chief of Yongzhou, and the Chief of Yongzhou also came over. The two bowed their hands and smiled at each other, but neither spoke.

The emperor and the concubine on the stage had already sat down, and the equestrian began to perform in the venue, which was a warm-up performance for the conference. The skilled knights were having fun in the venue and made various difficult moves, which attracted a lot of excitement.

At this time, a small official asked one by one, asking who would participate in the horse racing for a while. Wang Ping'an took this time to tell Li Zhi's arrangement to his parents. Wang Youcai and Yang were naturally overjoyed and agreed repeatedly.

When the minor official asked about Wang Ping'an's seat, Wang Ping'an naturally had to participate, and the Ouyang brothers signed up together. After signing up, they could not sit and watch. Wang Ping'an stood up under the blessing of the Wang couple and walked towards the sidelines.

Wang Ping'an came to an end and everyone looked at him. Everyone knew who this polo was held for. It was an open engagement ceremony. If Wang Ping'an wanted to be the son-in-law, he naturally had to show his style.

When he arrived at the sidelines, Wang Ping'an grinned, okay, there were about 200 people participating in this horse racing! He thought to himself: "Why are there so many? The prince said he had arranged it, could it be that he sent these people?"

Ouyang Li whispered: "Master, Li Ke has also sent someone to participate. I guess they will be against you, so you have to be careful!"

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "This time your golden gourd seeds are useful. If anyone dares to plot against me, you can plot against them!"

Ouyang Li smiled and said, "This is exactly what I am best at!"

After the equestrian performance in the field, Wang Ping'an and the others boarded the horse and circled around the stadium. This was to let everyone see them. Although it was difficult to place bets in front of the emperor, the ministers could still bets among the ministers. For example, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji bet to see who can win. Before making a bet, they naturally have to look at the knights and their horses.

There is no suspense in this game. Wang Ping'an must have won. If he can't win, something big will happen!

The minister pointed at Wang Ping'an and told his wife and daughter who was Wang Ping'an. However, Wang Ping'an is a famous person and a superstar, but no one doesn't know him.

On the stage, Princess Gaoyang smiled and said, "Little sister, your prince consort is here!"

Li Yiren pretended to be angry and said, "What are you talking nonsense? Be careful I will tell you the man to go!"

The princesses laughed together, you man? Oh, the little girl is much bolder than before. She would not say such words in the past no matter what!

Princess Nanping received the benefits of Wang Ping'an, and she shouted: "Gaoyang, don't bully my younger sister. My younger sister, I'm going to guess that I will definitely win the first place without illness. If you don't believe me, just look at me and see if I say it correctly!"

She spoke a little louder, and everyone on the stage heard it. Not only did the concubines look over, but even Li Shimin glanced at her and thought to herself: "Wang Ping'an can win, is that more than that!"

Li Ke was also on the stage, but he said: "Wang Ping'an can win naturally. If you want to talk about horse riding, he is not bad anymore, but I'm afraid he is not familiar with the road, and his horse is not very good at short distances. If you run a few miles, you'll be afraid that it won't work. Such Dayuan horses have never had much endurance!"

Li Shimin nodded. Wang Ping'an's white dragon horse looked good. He knew it was a horse with extremely strong explosive power but could not run long distances. He said: "In terms of endurance, it must be a Dian horse. This kind of Dayuan horse cannot do it."

Li Zhidao: "The Dian horse looks so ugly, and it's still good to carry luggage. It's far worse than the Dayuan horse's divine horse. What about horse racing... it's still the Dayuan horse looks better!"

Although the royal family cannot tell everyone that they know horses, the difference between Dayuan horses and Dian horses can still be distinguished. They looked at the field and saw more than 200 people, not even a single one riding Dian horses. The worst of all was the Shandan horse, which was the war horses in the army, all of which looked good.

The royal family members on the stage spoke, and the circle had already turned around in the field. The clerk whispered the rules of horse racing. From here, he walked through the big wood in the distance. At the end of the woods, someone guarded the wooden pole, and a lamb was tied to it. Whoever arrived first took the lamb, then walked around the woods and returned from the avenue. He did not say who could return first, but who could carry the lamb to return as the winner!

The horse racing rules came from the Turks. They were a competition held by Turks when they were adults. They were introduced to the Tang Dynasty and became the horse racing rules in the early Tang Dynasty. They were not only faster, but also brave. They were also one of the methods of training cavalry in the army.

Wang Ping'an listened to the rules and thought to himself: "It's a bit savage, not as good as the modern horse racing civilization. It's okay when he went there, it's faster than the horse, but when he came back, he had to fight. Isn't this encouragement of fighting?"

There was no need to line up. As soon as the horn sounded, the knights rode their horses and rushed into the woods. Wang Ping'an immediately surrounded him with a group of people, all of whom were guards of the Eastern Palace.

Wang Ping'an turned his head and saw that there were Meng Datian and Meng Xiaotian, so he must have helped him!

Although Li Zhi made arrangements, it was impossible for him to tell every knight that in fact he didn't even know who participated, but if he wanted to win, he didn't need to know who participated. Some methods were there.

The guards of the Eastern Palace were pulled into a row to block other people's horses and not allow others to surpass Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an rode the horses all the way, quickly entered the woods, and easily ran to the first place!

As soon as they entered the woods, the East Palace guards were not very good at protecting him. Many other knights followed him and they didn't necessarily want Wang Ping'an to show off. Since they participated in the competition, they wanted to win, especially many Hu people. They were subordinates of the envoys of foreign countries, so they didn't care who Wang Ping'an was!

Although the Hu people were not as good as Wang Ping'an, they had excellent riding skills. When they walked through the woods, they were getting closer and closer. Wang Ping'an listened to the sound of horse hooves behind him and looked back, and saw more than a dozen Hu people, Brother Ouyang also came up!

Anyway, it was in the woods that the people on the polo court could not see it. Brother Ouyang showed his fierce look, waved his whip, and whipped at the Hu knight, and slapped seven or eight of them!

The Hu Knight was not willing to be outdone, so he waved his whip and fought with the Ouyang brothers and others, but his speed inevitably slowed down!

Wang Ping'an ran all the way and arrived at the big pole, but when he arrived at the place, he was shocked!

It turned out that there was no sheep tied up on the big pole! What about the sheep... was taken away by the wolf?
Chapter completed!