On the fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival, if it were the past, the most lively event in the capital would naturally be the dragon boat race on the Yongding River. However, this year it was stolen by the "Tiger Cup" of the Culien Competition.

Since the beginning of last month, a new type of Cushion game has gradually spread in the capital, especially after the Duke of Wei Xu Pengju released the news that he would spend a lot of money to hold the first Cushion "Tiger Cup", this new type of Cushion game has become more popular.

This is the effect of rewarding and adding celebrity.

A trophy made of 1,000 taels of silver and a pure gold is undoubtedly a huge sum of money. In addition, Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei, often held various literary associations, and was quite well-known in the eyes of both the official circle of literati and ordinary people. In ancient times, fame was a kind of credibility.

The most important point is that there is no threshold for the "Tiger Cup". As long as you gather enough people to participate in the competition, you can name the Cuzhi team. There is no registration fee. You will also have lunch on the day of the competition. Such a good thing will naturally be flocked to you. Regardless of whether you will give it or not, you will register first. As Boss Ma said: People still have to have dreams, and maybe one day will it be realized?

Because of this, until the registration deadline for the first day of May, the organizer received nearly 200 teams of Culin, with nearly 3,000 people participating in the competition, most of which were ordinary people, and some were merchants, gentry, and even Culin teams formed by various Beijing camps.

Such a large team of participating teams will have to be held for a month even if they play ten games a day. Of course, this is what Xu Jin is willing to see. The longer the game is held, the more popular the natural gathering. The prize of a thousand taels of silver can bring such an effect, which is absolutely worth the money.

The fifth day of the fifth month is a holiday. Xu Jin ran outside the palace to wait before dawn. The excuse for the young emperor to leave the city this time was to inspect the 500th battalion. In fact, those ministers knew it was a false patrol of the little emperor and to go to watch the cubicle competition. But because the young emperor is still diligent on weekdays and today is another festival, they are very tactful and not disturbing.

This time, Xu Jin waited outside the palace gate for a longer time. It took more than an hour for Zhu Houcong to appear surrounded by the guards. What was strange was that this time he did not ride a horse, but instead rode a chariot, and two small eunuchs with greasy heads and flour faces were "serving" by the side.

Xu Jin felt that the two eunuchs looked familiar. After staring at them carefully, his heart skipped a beat and he quickly saluted: "Xu Jin has seen two princesses!"

The two little eunuchs next to Zhu Houcong were the two princesses Yongfu and Yongchun. Although they were dressed as little eunuchs, they were so fragile and tender. Especially Princess Yongfu was nearly seventeen years old and had obvious curves. The timid temperament was like a weak willow and Fufeng, which could be recognized by those who were interested.

Princess Yongfu was recognized by Xu Jin, and the pretty oval face suddenly filled with red clouds, and she said in a slight voice: "You don't have to be too polite to be a man!"

Yongchun, the little Loli, is only thirteen years old this year. She stuck out her tongue and made a face at Xu Jin, which is very playful.

Xu Jin coughed lightly and asked, "Emperor, do the two empress dowagers know about the two princesses leaving the city?"

Zhu Houcong said indifferently: "The Queen Mother doesn't know, but my mother knows..."

Xu Jin felt relieved after hearing this, but Zhu Houcong added another sentence: "I told my mother that I will take Yongfu and Yongchun to Jing'an Bo Mansion to visit Sister Xiaowan today."

Oh my god, Xu Jin swallowed speechlessly!

Zhu Houcong said a little apologetically: "Yongfu and Yongchun have been here in the capital and have been bored in the palace all day. It just so happens that today is the Dragon Boat Festival, and I also want to take them out of the city to relax. Don't worry, I brought three thousand Tengxiang Guards and three hundred Jinyiwei masters this time, so there will be no surprises."

What else can Xu Jin say? You can't drive the two princesses back to the palace, not to mention that he is not a pedantic official like Mao Chengshi and Shi. He does not think it is a great sin to sneak out of the palace to play, so he no longer dissuades him.

At this moment, a team of thousands of people flirted with flags from Fuchengmen and headed towards the direction of the Five Hundred Battalions. However, they saw that pedestrians were constantly running along the way, and they obviously ran to watch the Cuzhi competition. Wherever the imperial guards passed, the people retreated to the side of the road and knelt down. If anyone dared to look up at the imperial chariot rashly, they would immediately receive scolding, or even pointing straight at swords and guns. It was not that these guards were arrogant, and they were really worried that the evil people would assassinate the emperor, and they could not be careless.

The closer it is to the five hundred camp, the more pedestrians there are on the road. Some clever small vendors either carry loads or push carts, and start small businesses on both sides of the road, selling breakfast, fruits, and tea...

There is a saying in Feng Shui: Popularity means wealth. Where there is a large flow of people, it will naturally become a place for wealth gathering.

When the imperial guards and his party came to the camp of Wubai Camp, they looked over from the official road and saw that there were tens of thousands of people rushing over Dongshan, just like a tide. Wang Lin'er and Qi Jingtong were leading brothers from Wubai Camp to help maintain order on the scene.

When the little emperor Zhu Houcong saw this lively, he was so excited that he stood up from the imperial chariot. The little loli Yongchun looked even more excited. Princess Yongfu's pair of wonderful eyes were like spring water, glanced at Xu Jin riding on the horse, with a strange look.

It is said that although Princess Yongfu lived in the deep palace for a long time, she was not ignorant of the things outside the palace. For example, Xu Jin was played with by the Minister of Revenue and had only obtained thousands of acres of barren mountain land for military farming. Princess Yongfu also heard of it. She had always been worried about Xu Jin before, but when she saw the lively scene in front of her, she immediately realized that her worries were a little redundant.

Princess Yongfu is sometimes really strange. Why can a serious scholar who won five yuan in a row, get so many ways to make money by doing business, such as carriages, black tea, glass mirrors, and underwear...

When she thought of "underwear", Princess Yongfu felt a fever on her face. This kind of thing was very popular in the circle of upper-class women in the middle and upper class of Beijing in the past two months. Even the Empress Dowager (Jiang) wore it. Some time ago, she gave her daughter Princess Yongfu two sets. But Princess Yongfu learned from Yue'er that this kind of woman's close-fitting clothes were actually written by Xu Tanhua...

Princess Yongfu naturally thought of the yoga practice map that Xu Jin drew for herself, so her face burned even harder and subconsciously spat.

"Sister, what's wrong with you?" The little loli Yongchun next to him looked at her for no reason.

As soon as this said, Zhu Houcong and Xu Jin subconsciously looked at Princess Yongfu, and the former said strangely: "Hey, Yongfu, why are your face red?"

"It's okay, maybe... it's probably because the weather is too hot!" Yongfu raised his hand and covered half of his face with his sleeve, showing his embarrassment. Fortunately, a group of people came to greet the imperial guards at this time. It was Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei, Zhang Lun, Duke of Britain, and Xu Guangzuo of Ding.

The nobles bowed to the emperor and led the way in front and took the imperial chariot to the Cuhua site at the foot of the East Mountain.

Speaking of this month, Duke Xu Peng of Wei State used thousands of civilians to build infrastructure on Dongshan day and night. Therefore, Dongshan changed a lot again at this time. Not only did the roads widen several times, but the sunshade stands, pavilions, restaurants, teahouses, etc. were also built.

These buildings are obviously carefully planned and arranged very neatly. There are several long stone benches placed at any distance, and garbage pools are built, making people feel very comfortable and clean.

Zhu Houcong was in a great mood and walked around the grassy court, played a few more penalty kicks, and then he came to the stands and sat down.

Only after the little emperor and his party were seated were allowed to enter the field. Under the guidance of the soldiers of the 500th battalion, they entered in batches and stood in order according to the designated location, so that there would be no trouble.

At around 10 a.m., Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei, personally beat the drum three-way drum to announce the official start of the first "Tiger Cup" Cuhua competition, and the young emperor Zhu Houcan threw a Cuhua with a ribbon tied into the court from the stands...

Ordinary people don’t have the chance to see the beauty of heaven, so when the little emperor Zhu Houcan stood up in the stands with a Culi, a climax instantly set off. Tens of thousands of viewers knelt down and shouted long live. The scene was really shocking.

Zhu Houcong was extremely excited and threw the cui to the stadium below. The two teams in the stadium immediately rushed towards the cui like chicken blood and started a fierce battle.

Because there are too many teams participating and most of them are at ordinary levels, Xu Pengju deliberately shortened the game time, which is about thirty minutes per game, regardless of the first and second half, and it is an elimination system.

After watching two games, Xu Jin was really amused and couldn't help but laugh because most of the participants were wild ways, they didn't abide by the rules, hitting people, tripping their legs, pulling their pants... and doing everything they could. There were even those who ran away with the ball in their arms. The referee on the court shouted and ignored him. In the end, they simply ignored it. As long as one side put the ball into the opponent's goal, it would be considered a win.

In this way, those viewers were watching with relish. If anyone's pants were torn off on the court, they would also cause a wave of earth-shaking cheers and laughter.

"Haha... hurry up, oh... no... that fat man is too slow. If I were replaced, this ball would definitely be scored!" Zhu Hougui shouted in disguise. It was not until the eunuch of Silijian coughed and reminded him that the boy realized that he had lost his composure. He coughed awkwardly, and returned to his posture of sitting upright.

Little Loli Yongchun was enjoying watching it at first, but soon she got tired of it, and yawned boredly, and suddenly came to Xu Jin to whisper: "Xu Jin, is there anything else you have fun here?"

Xu Jin felt aroused in his heart and smiled: "Of course there are. We also have club and grass slitting here, which are suitable for my daughter's home."

The little loli's eyes suddenly lit up and she leaned over to Zhu Houcong and whispered: "Brother, I want to play clubbing and grass slimming with Xu Jin!"
Chapter completed!