Chapter 234: Songlin Racecourse Competition for Seats
After chatting for a while, Sister Feng’s book boy Cai Ming came forward and said, “Brother Lan, Mistress Lian said that the girls are ready and can set off.”
Jia Lan responded, got on his horse, led Liang Yong, Qin Zhong, Wu Gui, etc., together with the newly joined Jia Yun, to clear the way, avoiding the crowds on Royal Street, and detouring along the east city to the Songlin Polo Ground in the south of the city.
Polo is a sport with a long history in China.
As early as the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Zhi had a poem that said, "Continuous riding and hitting the soil, there are countless skilful moves." Later in the Tang Dynasty, with the unprecedented strength of China's national power, polo also developed to a new height and became popular among the royal family.
Among the nobles, Tang Minghuang was an avid polo enthusiast.
After a short period of decline in the Qing Dynasty, polo regained its vitality in the Xia Dynasty and became a sport loved by the whole country.
The Pine Forest Polo Ground is located in the pine forest on the east side of the Temple of Heaven in Nancheng. Jia Lan only heard of its name in the past. Even with the experience of later generations, today, like Liang Yong, he was deeply shocked by this huge polo ground in front of him.
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In modern Jalan, he once visited the Chidori National Stadium in Shinkyo hundreds of years later.
At that time, he was shocked by the power behind the stadium that embodied modern industrial civilization.
Now, looking at the Pinewood Polo Ground in front of him, Jia Lan's heart was almost as shocked.
Seeing this magnificent building in front of you, no matter who you are, you can't help but feel proud and admirable for the civilization that built this building.
"Seeing this racecourse, I seemed to hear thousands of troops galloping inside, and saw my Daxia cavalry sweeping across northern Xinjiang..." Liang Yong was filled with emotion.
"In the dark sky of the Han Dynasty, Hu Tian is as white as a sweep!" Jia Lan said at the right time, which attracted praise from Liang Yong and Qin Zhong.
"Good, Gao Shi's poem is very suitable for the occasion!"
Compared to Liang Yong, who is so outwardly friendly, Jia Lan is also proud of the martial customs of Daxia.
At least, this is a country that has blood and will not bow down.
Leading the procession of the Rongguo Mansion to the downstairs of the main gate of the racecourse, Jia Lan took out his tooth tag and handed it to the hundreds of guards: "At the invitation of the noble lady, Jia Lan of the Rongguo Mansion came to watch the game together with the family members of the Ningrong Mansion.
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Si Baihu, the gatekeeper in front of the palace, was stunned when he saw the driver of Jia Mansion's car. He mechanically took the Jia Lan tooth sign. When he saw the inscription on the back that he had won the first place in the rural examination of Shuntian County, he couldn't help but be excited. p>
"It turns out to be Xie Yuanlang, please come in."
Jia Lan glanced at Baihu, thanked him, took back the tooth tag, and led everyone inside.
At this time, he heard the hundreds of households giving secret orders, and one of his men hurriedly ran out.
With the help of his spiritual sense, Jia Lan clearly heard what the other party said was, "Go and tell your lord, people from the Jia family are here!"
Looking at the soldier running past, Jia Lan was puzzled.
People from the Jia family came to watch the polo match. What should make these soldiers panic?
Entering the infield, a man on duty came over in a hurry. His face seemed to be well concealed, but Jia Lan could tell with his spiritual sense that this man was very panicked.
"I have seen Xie Yuanlang. Please ask your family members to get off the car there first, and then follow me there."
Baihu pointed to an open field of grass next to him.
Jia Lan nodded and led the people from Jia's family to the side, but his eyes kept falling on this hundred households, and there was some speculation in his heart.
Is there something wrong with the seating arrangements?
At this time, the female relatives of the Jia family got out of the car one by one, and each one looked at the spectacular polo field in admiration.
Even Jia Baoyu was amazed.
Hundreds of households on duty saw the female family members of the Jia family behind Jia Lan. Although they were all wearing curtains and hats, the maids beside them were all very good-looking. This alone showed that the ugly women in the Jia family were said to be ugly.
A lot of it is just nonsense.
Not to mention anyone else, there was the gorgeously dressed and slender woman standing behind Jia Lan. Even he, who was used to seeing noble ladies in the capital, couldn't help but stare at him, and was so amazed.
Seeing this, the hundred households became more and more respectful, lowered their gazes politely, and led everyone to sit aside.
This spectator seat is located on the west side of the stadium, made of brocade and divided into small sections.
The location of Jia's Mansion is just a little bit in the middle. Jia Lan noticed that the middle position is where the Queen Wu's family is, and Jia's Mansion is arranged very appropriately next to it.
However, just as he sat down, Jia Lan heard a faint quarrel on the sidelines.
"What happened? Didn't you say that this piece is also for our Wu family!?"
"Second Master, I'm really sorry. I really didn't expect that so many people would come from the Jia family. In the past, people from their family didn't come out very often..."
"It doesn't matter if it's a real family or a fake family. If you accepted my money and promised me, you should naturally handle the matter for me."
Jia Lan turned around and saw a man in gorgeous clothes catching Baihufen on duty saying.
The hundred households laughed with them, apologized, and said they would make other arrangements.
At this time, a young man wearing a light cyan satin cloak embroidered with gold came over surrounded by a group of men and women. After chatting with the Wu family for a few words, he looked in the direction of the Jia Mansion.
Afterwards, a group of them walked directly towards the Jia Mansion.
"Which one of you is in charge?"
In the audience, Baoyu's servants were the first to bear the brunt. Since Li Gui was expelled along with Grandma Li, the charming Mingyan became Baoyu's personal servant, while Wang Rong, Baoyu's nanny, became the head of the servants. Seeing a group of noble people dressed in extraordinary clothes coming to make trouble, Wang Rong didn't dare to make a mistake. However, he just bowed to Xiao and was pushed away before he could say anything.
Jia Lan saw it clearly. The two leaders had arrogant faces. Seeing that Wang Rong and others were dressed as servants, they looked completely disdainful.
However, there was a brother and sister behind the two of them. The elder brother had an arrogant look on his face and pushed Wang Rong away. Judging by their clothes, the brother and sister also had extraordinary backgrounds.
When he saw the final person, Jia Lan's eyes narrowed slightly.
There is another person behind the brother and sister, and he is surprisingly the second son of the Ningyuan Hou family, Gu Tingye, whom he has met in the Sheng family before!
They pushed all Baoyu's servants away and walked arrogantly inside, but they immediately stopped again.
A tall man stood in front of them with sharp eyes.
The two brothers and sisters at the head were startled, and they couldn't help but lean back, subconsciously trying to get away.
"You, what are you going to do?!"
The elder brother calmed down and shouted bluffingly.
However, the other party ignored him at all and just stood there, looking ahead.
"You!"
Feeling that he was being slighted, the man was instantly angered and was about to roll up his sleeves and step forward.
"Huh?" The burly man just lowered his head and glared at him, and a breathtaking aura burst out.
The man was so frightened that he almost staggered and fell to the ground. Fortunately, a force came from behind and held him steady.
"Thank you, Erlang, for your help..." After he recovered, he looked back and saw that it was Gu Tingye who was supporting him.
"Brother Yu, this man is extraordinary. It's better not to come forward easily." Gu Tingye gently reminded him. The man who called Brother Yu felt that Gu Tingye was taking care of his own face, so he nodded in agreement.
"You still have to come forward, Erlang!"
Before Gu Tingye could speak, a clear voice came from behind the burly man.