At the end of the month, the Marquis of Nanping organized a polo club. I heard that there will be many dignitaries in this polo game. Wang Qingye received the invitation at the beginning of the month. I thought it might be inappropriate for him to go as a merchant, but he didn’t expect that a few days ago The invitation letter from Hou's mansion was sent to the house again, and many people who wanted to ask for a post failed to get it. He was personally invited by Lord Hou, so there is no problem in going there.

It has been raining for the past two days, Mianshu didn't go out much, he was holding back, and when he heard that the polo field was in the suburbs of Beijing, he immediately became interested. Seeing Wang Qingye preparing things, he also personally helped.

"The post said not only to play polo, but also to play chuiwan, cuju and other recreational activities. There is a big village near the horse farm, where deer, sheep and other animals are raised, and they will be grilled at night. It is estimated that it will take two days to get everything ready."

Wang Qingye packed the custom-made polo uniform, wristbands, etc. into the bag, and Mian Shu was not idle, and ate some snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, strange flavors, and beans. less to go.

"By the way, take these two sachets too. There's patchouli in them, which can be used to repel mosquitoes."

Mian Shu obediently tied the sachet around his waist. There are indeed a lot of mosquitoes when he goes out this season. He ignored Wang Qingye's words last time, and the wind did not hurt him in Zhuangzi. Those rotten mosquitoes seemed to be following him , Chasing and biting him, buzzing and buzzing is very annoying, Jing Zhi also joked that it was because of his noble blood that the mosquitoes came here.

At dawn the next day, the two took a carriage and went out of the city.

There were not many servants in the family, so Ah Zhong and Uncle Jiu were left to take care of the house, so they went out of the city without any servants, and hired a long-term laborer to drive the carriage in a carriage and horse dealer alone. no problem.

However, considering the convenience of everything, Wang Qingye still said to Mianshu: "When I get back, I'd better buy two servants from the shop, so that I can order them at home."

But Mian Shu said: "We will go back to Xiacheng in the spring of next year, and we won't live in the capital permanently in the future. It's enough for someone to take care of the house here. There is no need to buy so many servants to support it."

"You know something about housekeepers." Wang Qingye smiled: "Actually, it doesn't cost much money to raise some servants, and ordinary servants only cost three to five or eight taels a month. The room fee is more expensive, and the bill in one month is like running water."

"Our family does not have these expenses, and it is more than enough to raise twenty more servants."

Mian Shu said: "You feel that you have nowhere to use the money you have earned, and you are even comparing with those three wives and four concubines."

Wang Qingye laughed: "It's just a casual joke with you, all the money I earn is for you."

Mian Shu felt a little more at ease, and moved closer to Wang Qingye and said, "I actually collected a lot of treasures for you a few years back, and I wanted to bring them back to you, but when I came out, there were too many things that I couldn't take with me. If I have a chance, I'll bring it back to you."

Wang Qingye smoothed Shun Mianshu's hair: "Our family is not short of money now, there is no need for you to subsidize the family like this."

"It took me a lot of time to find it, but I always feel regretful that I didn't get it in your hands."

The two were talking when the carriage stopped suddenly, and the coachman's voice came from outside: "Lang Jun, the horses and carriages of the Hou's Mansion are ahead, and a young man was sent over there to ask if Lang Jun would like to go to the front of the house. Take a rest in Guanli?"

Mianshu lifted the curtain of the car, and was so busy talking to Wang Qingye, he didn't know how far he had gone out of the city. It was cool under the shaded woods, and he could faintly see the corners of buildings in the valley in the distance.

"Can you think about it?"

"Let's go for a stroll in Guanli."

The carriage followed the chariots and horses of the Hou Mansion all the way to Liuqing Temple. From a distance, I thought it was a small temple. When I got closer, I realized that it was only covered by lush trees. It was actually very grand.

Nowadays, a lot of carriages and horses have parked in the wide open space outside the temple, some of them came to offer incense and practice rituals, but most of them went to the racecourse to rest here.Wang Qingye saw that there were not only men, but also many rich ladies and daughters of high families. Polo is a rare activity that both men and women can have fun, and it is organized by the Marquis, so it is not surprising that so many women come.

Jing Zhi who had just got off the carriage and was waiting outside greeted her, "Are you thirsty?"

Mian Shu waved his hands, looked around, and said, "It's so lively."

"The incense of Liuqing Temple has always been very prosperous. Does Your Highness want to add a stick of incense?"

I am not very interested in praying, anyway, no one will realize his wish, no matter how effective the Taoist temple is, it is useless, but it is good to go to see the excitement.

"Let's go." He looked back at Wang Qingye again: "Do you want to go?"

"You go, I'll wait for you to come back here."

Watching the two enter the Taoist temple together, Wang Qingye took water from the carriage to drink. Most of the carriages stopped here were watched by young servants, and many masters stopped by to burn incense.

He idly watched the people coming and going, and saw that there were some horses tied to the door. The vigorous black horses swept their tails to drive away mosquitoes. There should be many people who came here on horseback. He regretted not bringing a horse out. The road is lined with trees, and riding a horse is just right.

Mr. Zeng's family came down from the side passage, waving his fan, and he was in a good mood to go out to have fun.After a while, he can show off his skills on the racecourse, maybe he will be favored by Hou Nanping, and he can work under his sect, so his father won't talk about scientific research in his ears every day.

What's the point of a manly man holding a book and fighting for the imperial examination every day? He still has to go to battle like Nanpinghou to kill the enemy and expand the territory to show his prestige.Back then, Marquis Nanping was just a boy from a family who was squeezed by others. He lost his mother when he was young, and was driven out of the capital early to a remote village. He joined the army and fought in the army.

The polo meeting will be held for a few days, and there will be opportunities to get close to Nanpinghou. At that time, he will let his father take a good look at it.

Just as he was enjoying himself, he suddenly saw a tall figure at the place where the carriages and horses were parked in front of him, and he looked very familiar: "Why is he here too!"

"Who is the young master talking about?"

Zeng Yan glared at the boy: "The one with the stick in the front, are you blind?"

The young servant followed his young master's gaze to look at the past, his heart was beating alarm bells, and he replied cautiously: "Perhaps he came to offer incense."

The man gritted his teeth: "Didn't this young master ask you to find someone to clean up that kid? I look at him today, he is very good, and he didn't lose his face. I think you took the money and didn't go to work." Son!"

"Young master, I dare not! I did find someone to clean it up before, but those bastards were useless. They didn't clean them up. Instead, they got beaten up with black noses and swollen faces."

Zeng Yan kicked the servant hard: "I can't do even a little thing properly, so I will make trouble for my young master by leaving you here!"

"It's a small one, please calm down, young master."

"Calm down." Zeng Yan sneered, his eyes were completely sinister: "It can be regarded as an old acquaintance, I see that the carriage is not very strong, you go to repair it."

The boy looked embarrassed, the man was strong and healthy, even a few gangsters were beaten to the brim, how dare he provoke him: "Young master...here, where is he... ..”

"You don't know how to lure people away! You idiot!" After saying that, Zeng Yan continued: "Wait..."

Wang Qingye was just putting down the kettle, when a servant from the Hou Mansion came forward and said, "Mr. Lang, Master Hou sent a young man to ask you if you want to ride a horse at the moment. If so, the Hou Mansion has brought a lot of good horses. You can go and ride a horse." pick."

Wang Qingye's eyes lit up: "That's exactly what I mean."

Seeing the people walking away, there was only a coachman left in front of the carriage, Zeng said along the way: "Isn't this a chance?"

"Find a Taoist boy to tell him that his master is looking for him and lead the coachman away."

"Yes."

After watching the coachman go away, the boy sneaked behind the Wang family's carriage, because there was also a carriage parked beside him, so he hid in the gap between the two carriages, so it was not easy to be discovered, even though he followed Zeng Yanzao There are more things about dirty hands and feet, but the sky is bright and bright, so I still feel a little scared after all.

He found a screwdriver, took out two nails from the wheel, and loosened a few more.

"There are too many people offering incense."

"There are many horses and horses stopping here today. Although the incense was strong in the past, it is not like today."

"I'm going back to the sedan chair first, do you want to sit with me?"

"Your Majesty will not be here."

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, the servant hurriedly withdrew his hands and was about to run. He panicked and jumped out of the gap. His head was hit hard. He didn't care about the pain and ran away in a hurry. There was a sound of being pulled on the nail, and he tore his sleeves in a frenzied manner, and hurriedly ran out from behind in a cat's body, mingling with the servants who were passing by.

Mian Shu heard a strange noise and saw the carriage swaying, turned his head to look but saw nothing, at that moment Wang Qingye came back with a horse.

"I'll ride a horse later, let's go with the chariot and horse team of the Hou Mansion."

Jing Zhi said: "In this case, I will sit with Your Highness."

"Alright." Wang Qingye didn't see the coachman, and asked, "Where did he go?"

"Lang Jun, the little one is here."

Wang Qingye thought it was convenient for the coachman to go, so he didn't ask any more questions when he saw the man came back, and the group set off again.

Mian Shu lifted the curtain and looked at Wang Qingye and Nan Pinghou who were riding horses outside, then turned to Jing Zhi and said, "It's interesting to see them riding horses, but I want to try it too."

"Your Majesty will try again when you arrive at the racecourse. When the time comes, let Langjun take you to ride, and you should be fine."

"I saw that you were injured last time when you fell off your horse. How could you be so careless?"

"The horse originally belonged to Master Hou, and someone tampered with the horse restlessly. It happened that Lord Hou gave me the horse to ride that day, so it was self-defeating and I fell off."

Mian Shu frowned: "Who is so courageous!"

"It has already been dealt with by Lord Hou, nothing happened. Where there are many people, there are many disputes, and there are many grievances and grievances in the Hou family. Your Highness must be cautious when living in the city in the long run, and be cautious at all times."

As soon as the words were finished, there was a click, and the stable carriage suddenly fell to one side, and went straight to the side.

作者有话要说:感谢在2021-09-0417:13:14~2021-09-0519:10:46期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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