Great Zhou Empress

Seeing Yuan Jin, Xue Zhijing asked, "Ah Jin, what's the matter? Didn't you just say yesterday that you recruited more than [-] children from the families of generals?"

I caught a glimpse of the people on the field, dressed in luxurious clothes, and servants took care of them. Some even moved a chair and sat down, drinking with a teapot in their hands, and even chatted and joked with the people next to them, with white powder on their faces. fall down.

Xue Zhijing pointed to one of them, "What did you smear on that person's face, and how did it fall off?"

Yuan Jin said with a look of disgust, "The aristocratic children who put on powder, all of them are whiter than girls, and the powder on their faces is falling from the sky. Zhijing, we don't know what's going on. I don’t know how this matter leaked out, the whole Bianjing city knew that we were going to choose the Royal Polo Team today, so they all came one by one, my father is just an ordinary general, how can we stop them.”

Xue Zhijing's brows also frowned, "At first glance, there were hundreds of people, what kind of noble children are they?"

"There are those from the family of the princes and princes, and there are also those from the family of the governor, the executive, and the governor. They are all high-ranking officials who cannot be provoked. But what do you say they are here? You can't carry them on your shoulders. You just talk about training, and you have to train under the sun. After a few hours, I don't think they can bear it." Yuan Jin said angrily, his face was full of anger.

In Xue Zhijing's plan, today is the selection date. Yuan Jiegang told her that he had found more than 20 teenagers. Let's see how each of them is doing today and choose about ten of them.

Looks like it can no longer be done today.

Xue Zhijing had a new idea.

"Where's your father? I have something to discuss with him."

Xue Zhijing and Yuan Jiegang finished their discussion, and several people walked up to a high platform in front of the racecourse, standing on it just so that everyone could see it.

Xue Zhijing stood in front, standing upright, and said to everyone in the audience, "Hello everyone, I am Xue Zhijing, the female court secretary of the Shang Palace Bureau. I was ordered by the imperial concubine to select members of the Royal Polo Team. The imperial concubine asked me to do To be the best polo team, every member must be the strongest, most endurable, and most persistent, so we have a selection standard, and the one who can pass this standard is our Royal Polo reserve member of the team."

Naturally, someone asked below, "What standard?"

Xue Zhijing smiled, and greeted Yuan Jiegang to come forward, "Our Yuan Duzhi, please explain to everyone the situation of today's selection activities."

Yuan Jiegang stepped forward and said in a confident voice, "All the members who participated in the selection set off from the school grounds, each with a load of 30 catties, walked 20 miles along the imperial garden back to the school grounds within two hours, and then walked back to the school grounds in a cup. During the tea time, ride a horse around the racecourse 10 times, and after dismounting from the horse, shoot 50 arrows in the bull's-eye and 10 arrows at a distance of 3 steps before you can pass."

This plan was discussed by Xue Zhijing and Yuan Jiegang. Yuan Jiegang believed that as a young man with a healthy body, the difficulty of completing these three items was moderate. If he could not achieve it, then polo might not be suitable for him at all.When Yuan Jiegang led the troops to the expedition, the sergeants carried more than 50 catties every day, and often had to walk more than 100 miles a day.

However, these aristocratic children, if they can complete it, it is of course possible to participate.

After Yuan Jiegang finished speaking, the place below was as noisy as the vegetable market.

Someone else yelled, "Why is it so troublesome, who can do this."

Naturally, many people agreed.

Xue Zhijing and Yuan Jiegang on the stage looked at the people below, and waited for their argument to end slowly before Xue Zhijing took two steps forward and stretched out his hand to press.

Yes, as long as you tell the sergeant around you, you can quit directly. "

Xue Zhijing knew that cheating was a common occurrence. A group of people who brought their servants might let the servants carry their things, and they themselves would be carried away by the servants, so what's the point?The sergeant followed, clearly saying that they were protecting them, but in fact they also meant to supervise them.

"Give everyone a stick of incense time to move their hands and feet. After a stick of incense, the selection activities will officially begin."

There was another quarrel below, and Xue Zhijing could even hear a noble boy with powder on his face saying loudly, "Grandfather insisted on me coming, what can I say to get on good terms with His Highness the Crown Prince? I just said no, what kind of polo team is this?" , this is to let us become Qiu Ba, whoever loves to do it, this young master will quit."

Xue Zhijing sneered, and went to drink tea with Yuan Jin.

While drinking, I listened to other people's reports, why did more than a dozen people quit before the selection, why everyone has already set off, how many people are walking in the first echelon ahead, and how many people are walking in the second echelon in the middle , how many people are at the end.

After almost an hour, Xue Zhijing greeted Yuan Jindao, "Let's go and have a look on horseback~"

"That's exactly what I mean~"

The two masters who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal got on their horses and ran forward along the route chosen by a group of people.

The imperial garden is a flat wilderness. It occupies an area larger than the entire Bianjing city in the north of the imperial palace. It belongs to the royal private garden and is dominated by forests and lakes.

The route chosen for the selection of teenagers is actually not difficult. They are all flat paths, and there is no need for climbing or wading. However, the things on the back are heavier and the walking time is longer. The most important thing is physical strength and endurance.

Soon, Xue Zhijing and Yuan Jin saw the people in front, and this group should be at the end.

Xue Zhijing asked Yuan Jin, "How far have they traveled, can they arrive on time?"

Yuan Jin sneered, "A bunch of useless people have only traveled less than 10 miles. It's been more than an hour, and there are still 1 miles left. It's strange if we can walk."

I saw a group of people in front of me from a distance, and the load given to them was a large cloth package filled with wood. Many of them had already thrown the package on the ground, and some of them were lying sprawled on the grass, saying nothing. gone.

The sergeants around were just standing. Many of them were still wearing armor and holding iron weapons in their hands. They were not light in weight, but they were used to such a weight, so naturally they didn't think it was a big deal.

When Xue Zhijing and Yuan Jin passed by on horseback, all the soldiers stood still and saluted Yuan Jin, and Yuan Jin nodded coolly at them.

Xue Zhijing inexplicably remembered the gangster movies he liked to watch in his previous life, and felt that Yuan Jin was particularly like the kind of black and shady young lady who would be a big boss. Although he was young, his arrogance had already been initially revealed.

"Zhijing, what are you laughing at?" Yuan Jin curiously asked Xue Zhijing why he suddenly laughed secretly.

Xue Zhijing said with a smile while controlling the horse, "I feel that you are really a born general, you have that style."

Yuan Jin was surprised by the sudden compliment, but she had a hearty personality and laughed, "Is this a compliment to me? I didn't even feel it myself."

"Really," Xue Zhijing praised without hesitation, "A qualified general must not only have strong personal abilities, such as the art of horseback archery, but also the ability to convince everyone. I won't talk about the art of horseback archery. I know you. Question. When passing by just now, a group of soldiers saluted you, obviously sincerely, doesn't this mean that you have the ability to convince everyone?"

This is a compliment to the details, to the point, Yuan Jin's face turned a little rosy, and he was obviously agitated, "That's natural, my idol is the former General Hua Mulan."

"Then I have to call you General Yuan in advance."

"Hahaha~"

When the two of them reached the middle row, they just heard someone in front of them throwing the weight on their backs with a slap, and shouted loudly, "I don't want to play, I don't want to play anymore, I'm here to ride a horse and play ball." Yes, not to be a donkey, anyone who likes to be a donkey will be a donkey."

The two happened to be riding forward, and Yuan Jin seemed to know each other, huh

He laughed, "I said, Tong Fu, is the young master sick?"

The boy named Tong Fu seemed to be very afraid of Yuan Jin, and jumped back a few times when she said a word, "Yeah, Yuan Jin, why did you appear suddenly?"

"Get up quickly, and show off your ability to moleste me before. You have the ability to moles girls, but you don't have the ability to face such a challenge."

Hearing that there was still such a past, Xue Zhijing propped himself on the saddle, his face was full of gossip, and he took a leisurely look at the young man in front of him. He had red lips and white teeth, and he seemed to have grown up eating well. Show your face, it's too childish.

Well, Xue Zhijing, who has an old soul, is not very old at the moment.

The young man named Tong Fu, whose face turned blue and white, was obviously stimulated by Yuan Jin's words, and stood up forcefully, "I, I don't have one, I just want to take a rest."

"Heh! Then you should have a good rest, Zhijing, let's go!"

The two rode forward, Xue Zhijing asked about the man just now, Yuan Jin said, "Oh! An idiot from Duke Qi's family once molested me in the street, and I chased him for several streets with a whip, so when I saw him, I thought Damage him a few words."

"Ha ha!"