The city gate was as crowded as ever, with an endless stream of pedestrians coming and going. However, when this group of galloping officials roared towards them, the people at the city gate suddenly dispersed. They were the guards guarding the city gate.
They all quickly got out of the way.
In feudal society, status as a powerful person is the best passport! This is an unbreakable truth.
Zhu Ping'an rode his horse out of the city gate with the group of distinguished disciples. The guards at the city gate nodded and bowed and watched the horses go away. This was the first time Zhu Ping'an left the imperial capital since he came to the capital to participate in the examination.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the fragrance of earth and the lush green mountains.
Zhu Pingan was riding on the horse, looking at the lush green mountains in the distance, blowing the fragrant breeze with the earth, and letting the horse play freely, and he couldn't help but feel very good.
We drove all the way out of the imperial capital, walked along the official road for a while, and then turned to a small road. Along the small road, we entered a woodland. This woodland is well maintained, and many of the trees are more than a hundred years old.
The tree body that reaches straight into the sky spreads its branches and leaves in mid-air, blocking the wind and clouds, cutting off the sunlight, and scattering it in patches all over the ground.
After leaving the woods, there is a low hillside. Behind the low hillside are rolling mountains and dense forests. What to see
"Brother-in-law, this is Jinji Ridge. If you go and stamp your feet under the stone over there, you can hear a clanking sound, like the crow of a golden rooster, so this place is called Jinji Ridge." Fatty Zhou said.
After slowing down his horse, he turned around and said to Zhu Ping'an beside him.
"Yes." Zhu Ping'an nodded and also slowed down his horse.
Zhu Ping'an is very satisfied with the horse under him. Compared with the idiots who kill Matt and the Dark Horse, this horse is a real horse. It is fast, smart and obedient. Its overall level can beat the Black Horse by a hundred.
More than twice as much.
While Fatty Zhou and Zhu Ping'an were chatting, a group of second-generation officials in front slowly stopped their horses and gathered around an open space. A second-generation official in the middle was proposing something, and everyone applauded and agreed from time to time.
When Fatty Zhou saw this, he was very curious and gathered around the horse's belly, acting aggressively, as if being late would be a huge loss.
Zhu Pingan rode towards the crowd slowly and unhurriedly. The reason why Zhu Pingan was not in a hurry was because he could clearly read what the second-generation official in the middle said through his eyes, and he had no interest in joining in the fun.
Judging from the lip reading, the flamboyant second-generation official was proposing a horse race to go around the hillside and take another path that is not often used to gather at the spring outing place. When the time comes, they will enter the hunting area according to the ranking of the competition. The first one to arrive can
Priority is given to entering the hunt, and those who arrive later can only enter the hunt in sequence.
When Zhu Ping'an drove the horse over, the second-generation official's horse racing proposal had been unanimously approved by everyone. Fatty Zhou was also eager to give it a try. He kept rubbing the horse's belly between his thighs, with a look of excitement on his face.
If you think about it, you can understand that horse racing is in line with the competitive mentality of young people, and the ranking is also related to the order of hunting. For these noble children, the harvest is related to the reputation of their ancestors. They have always valued this. If this time
If you catch a lot during hunting, you will be envied by your peers and praised and valued by your elders. This will have a non-negligible influence on your future assignments in the army and local recruitment.
Another point that cannot be ignored is that the spring outing and hunting place is not only for their boys, there are also countless girls, including young ladies from the Duke's family, beauties from the civil servants' families, and some ladies from the noble family who come here because of their fame, such as Xiaojiabiyu
, it can be said that this spring outing is almost the ancient version of "If You Are the One".
Therefore, it is understandable that these second-generation officials are bursting with male hormones.
After the horse racing proposal was agreed upon, everyone dismounted and rested, and then their respective entourages went to clear the roadblocks on the only way to the horse racing, and also acted as referees to supervise and prevent cheating.
After Fatty Zhou dismounted, he lay on his horse's head and chattered for a long time. Zhu Ping'an also read the words roughly through lip reading. It's just that you want to gain some momentum. You spent more than two hundred taels of silver specifically from
I bought a good horse from the northwest. If you don’t live up to expectations this time, I will burn you. If you help me get a good ranking, I will buy ten or eight water-spirited mares and give them to you.
Intimidation and inducement. Carrot and stick, haha, Fatty Zhou is very good at playing. But the only question is, can the horse understand you?
During the break, everyone invariably fed the horses with grass and water, and Fatty Zhou even gave his horse a massage. However, Zhu Pingan was more casual, leading the horse's fart under the tree and letting it chew it.
Some green grass and leaf buds.
After resting for about half an hour, everyone was adjusted to the best condition, and the horse power was sufficient, so everyone led the horses to the starting point.
The place everyone chose to start is a gentle hillside. The hillside extends for hundreds of meters, and at the end of a few hundred meters is a small road. The end of this small road is where the various families gathered for this spring outing.
Although there are a large number of people, the hillside is large enough for everyone to drive horses abreast, and the starting line is considered fair. As for the trail in front, which is only big enough for two or three horses, everyone will have to rely on their abilities.
"Hahaha, Fatty Zhou, you are such a fat pig and you dare to race a horse. Why bother? You will be the last one to enter the park."
At the starting hillside, a noble boy who was familiar with Fatty Zhou pointed at Fatty Zhou's lump of meat and started laughing.
After this man laughed, many noble disciples around looked at Fatty Zhou and started laughing too. Because of Fatty Zhou's fat body, Fatty Zhou had raced against them many times, except for a few times.
Basically, I ran at the back every time, and there were even a few times when the horse was so tired that I foamed at the mouth and rolled my eyes.
"Fuck you, little monkey, just wait and eat the dust of Lao Zhi." Fatty Zhou raised his head and cursed, then touched the horse under his crotch and boasted, "Do you know if the horse under Lao Zhi's crotch is in the northwest?
Even the famous sweat-blooded BMW is no match for it."
"Pull it down, last time there was a horse that you said was the descendant of Luma, it was still at the bottom. How about, don't admit defeat, okay, do you dare to increase the bet, we both lose.
The winner will be given a girl's school for a month." The second-generation Xungui who was familiar with Fatty Zhou laughed and challenged.
"Add more, whoever is afraid of whom." Fatty Zhou raised his head and accepted the challenge, his face full of confidence, full of confidence in the horse he bought with a lot of money.
Compared to everyone's eagerness to try, Zhu Ping'an was much calmer. He drove the horse to mix with the crowd, with a completely soy sauce mentality, which was in sharp contrast to the blushing and thick-necked Fatty Zhou beside him. (To be continued.)