Chapter 131: Come and watch the show
Jinsui didn't sleep all night thinking about how to deal with the imperial envoy.
Because she knew that there would be a tough battle to fight after dawn, she rarely went into the space and drank a cup of black coffee.
She generally doesn't drink coffee because it makes her very excited and, uh, affects her stomach.
When Gu Changxiao came to call for breakfast, she quietly closed the door and said, "Hush!"
"Let my grandfather and Jin'an sleep for a while longer. When they wake up naturally, I will send them to the Tuntian Camp. Tell your little Liuyun to protect them in secret."
"Come on, I'll have breakfast with you, and then we'll wait for the imperial envoy to come!"
Gu Changxiao: ...Brother Ji, are you too excited to see your family? He called Han Xing over, and patted his shoulder with an excited expression, saying: "Get ready. Today we can catch Zheng Yun's horse thieves in one fell swoop! But I want to tell you, brothers, horse thieves are different from Tartars. After checking, don't kill those who haven't killed anyone. Bring them back to do hard labor. We are short of people now."
"It's the hardest to raise a few people. It takes sixteen years to raise one person until he can work!"
Han Xing looked at Gu Changxiao and asked quietly, "Did the prince drink so early in the morning?"
Gu Changxiao smiled and shook his head: "He is just too happy."
Han Xing also smiled. He was happy to have captured Zheng Yun and wiped out his den of horse thieves. He hurriedly asked the soldiers to prepare.
Jin Sui and Gu Changxiao arrived outside the new city area and waited quietly for the imperial envoy to come. They even had two meat buns for breakfast. As a result, they waited until the sun was high in the sky, but there was no news from the scout team.
Jin Sui's coffee effect wore off and he began to feel sleepy. He stroked his chin and asked Gu Chang Xiao:
"What's going on with this imperial envoy? Shouldn't he bring his troops and Zheng Yun to the border town to investigate me, the fake Li King?"
Gu Changxiao was also speechless: "Lord Liu has always been timid and cautious, but I didn't expect him to be so timid! Father actually sent him as an imperial envoy. By the time he finished his mission, the plague in Luocheng would have been out of control!"
Jin Sui shook his head: "No, the spread of the plague will be slow when the weather gets cold. But this man is really useless, he is so afraid of death!"
Instead of waiting for Liu the Imperial Envoy, a secret letter from Yan Jiulang arrived: "Zheng Yun secretly instigated the nobles of Yanzhou to come to the border town to jointly expose the true face of the King of Li."
Below was a line of small characters, the handwriting was elegant, as if one could see Yan Jiu's calm attitude, as calm as the breeze and the bright moon: "May I ask what the prince's true identity is?"
For some reason, when Jin Sui saw this sentence, Yan Shier Niang's words scolding Gu Chang Xiao immediately emerged in his mind: "You vixen!"
Haha, do you believe that the King of Li's true identity is a vixen? After looking at Gu Changxiao, he didn't dare to say this joke out loud.
Jin Sui now understood that the reason why Imperial Envoy Liu had not come was because he was timid and cautious and wanted to collect more concrete evidence.
The second reason was that he didn't quite trust Zheng Yun and failed to convince Li Heng. The most important reason was probably that Yan Jiu secretly stopped them from taking action against the border town.
Jin Sui was very grateful to Yan Jiu, holding up the note and said to Gu Chang Xiao: "I said that the head of the Yan family is a good person! You see, he doesn't know anything, but he still helps us secretly."
Gu Changxiao snorted coldly: "Adding legs to a snake!"
Well, that's true, Yan Jiu did more harm than good. But judging by his actions, he did help the King without knowing anything, unlike Li Heng who was a fence-sitter.
Jin Sui hurriedly wrote a letter back to Yan Jiu, which only had a few words: "Bring more people to watch the show."
I believe that with Yan Jiu's intelligence, he would immediately understand her plan, which was to lure Imperial Envoy Liu and Zheng Yun to the border town to cause trouble.
Gu Changxiao was thinking about how to persuade Taoist Xiao Ji to treat Yan Jiu as a partner, but never regard him as a friend or trust him too much.
Suddenly, he felt a heaviness in his arm. He turned his head and saw that Taoist Xiao Ji, who was full of energy and vigor just now, had fallen asleep on his arm, as if all his strength had been suddenly drained away.
Looking at his defenseless sleeping posture, Gu Changxiao had so much to say that he couldn't say it out loud. He even despised himself a little. To some extent, what was the difference between him and Yan Jiu?
In Yanzhou City, after Yan Jiu received the reply from King Li, he instantly realized that he had done something unnecessary and laughed at himself.
He thought he was a close friend of Prince Li, but after going through so many things, he still couldn't guess what our imaginative prince was going to do.
Summon Yan Shiyi: "You said that the King of Li invited you to play polo in the border town?"
Yan Shiyi raised his chin and said, "It's not polo, it's a two-way match. No, it's a multi-way match! I have invited twelve teams, and I will definitely beat the Border Town team!"
"I haven't been to the border town these days. I wonder how the polo field is being repaired?"
Yan Jiu spread his sleeves and drank tea from his cup: "Notify your team members to go to the border town tomorrow."
Yan Shiyi asked excitedly: "King Li sent someone to prepare for the competition in advance? Really, why didn't he notify me instead of my brother?"
Yan Jiu shook his head: "No, let's go watch a big show tomorrow."
At the same time, Yan Jiu also asked people to spread the news, believing that Zheng Yun would take action tomorrow after hearing it.
It was just as Yan Jiu expected. Zheng Yun almost knelt down and begged Liu Qinchao: "This is a golden opportunity! Tomorrow, all the young men in Yanzhou will gather in the border town. If we expose the true face of the thief in front of so many people, no one will dare to oppose even if we kill him."
Imperial Envoy Liu was still hesitant: "Since he is a fake, how can he be so bold? He dared to send me a letter and invite me to the border town. He also dared to hold a polo match!"
This is indeed hard to believe. If you are a normal person and you are pretending to be King Li, you should keep a low profile and rarely see outsiders.
Well, of course, no normal person would pretend to be a prince.
"Oh, sir! Why don't you understand? He is a madman! What is there that he dares not do? He dares to fight even the Tartars, so what is the big deal about playing polo?"
"Think about it, even His Royal Highness Prince Yu's people couldn't expose him. If you expose him in one fell swoop, the credit you've earned will be greater than getting a prescription and curing the plague!"
This reminded Liu, "Is the medicine for the plague owned by the fake Li King or the real Li King?"
Zheng Yun hurriedly said, "Once we catch the fake King Li, the truth will be revealed! Sir, please do not hesitate any longer, this opportunity cannot be missed!"
Imperial Envoy Liu looked at the date of the imperial edict and realized that he had indeed delayed too long. Even if he used the excuse that there was a war in the border town, he could not convince the court.
There would be no improvement if we wait and see, so we might as well take this opportunity to resolve the matter once and for all.
Anyway, if something unexpected happens, we can still put the blame on Zheng Yun...
Of course Li Heng also heard about this. All the young people in the city were preparing to go to the border town. Some were participating in the competition, some were watching the fun, and some were preparing to gamble.
Accompanied by servants, guards and maids, at least a thousand people rushed to the border town.
Li Heng hurriedly walked around the room, imagining thousands of possibilities in his mind. What exactly was the King of Li planning to do? Li Heng scoffed at Zheng Yun's claim that the King of Li was a fake. He was really desperate and could even make up such a lie.
If he was fake, would he fight the Tartars desperately? Only the King of Li, who had served in the Hexi Army for many years, had such courage and ability.
Li Heng believed that this was a game between Prince Li, Prince Yu, and Zheng Yun who got involved and colluded with the imperial envoy.
He really didn't want to get involved. Although he was openly a member of Prince Li's party, he didn't want to offend Prince Yu to death!
But he was also worried that these noblemen who went to the border town would be implicated, and if something really happened he would not be able to escape.
While hesitating, he heard that Yan Jiu was going there in person, and he immediately had an idea. Even if we don't come in person, we can still send gifts! This way, no one will be offended.
King Li likes gold and silver, and this is the first time he is hosting such a big event, so let's offer ten golds, uh, ten golds are too little, let's offer a hundred golds as a prize...
When Jin Sui received the gold sent by Li Heng, he was already well rested and walking with his grandfather. When he saw the gold, his eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "What a pleasant surprise! I can actually receive gifts! When is your birthday, grandfather? I'll hold a big birthday party for you and we'll take the gifts away! Hehe, let's get all the nobles from the sixteen states of Yan to send gifts."
Grandpa Ling sneered and reminded her: "I am not the King Li's biological grandfather, how can I accept the gift?"
Jin Sui felt as if he had been poured with a bucket of cold water, as if he was watching pieces of gold bars growing wings and flying away. Looking at Gu Changxiao not far behind him, he thought that as long as his grandfather was alive, he would not be exiled to the border town.
Well, it’s his grandfather’s birthday, and everyone in the world should give gifts, and people won’t look down on a few gold bars.
Not far away, Heihu was carrying Jinan to play. Jinan was particularly concerned about what Liuyun said last night, that he could be friends with Heihu.
When I woke up in the morning, I asked the guards I met which one was the Black Tiger Captain.
Unexpectedly, Heihu, Hao Duojin and others came to play with them first. Grandpa Ling and Hao Duojin chatted about what happened after they separated, while Jinan played with Heihu.
The two of them really got along well and soon became friends. At this time, Hei Hu carried him to watch the soldiers training in the distance. Jin An thought of the other person Liu Yun mentioned and asked with a smile: "Brother Hu, who is Yan Shiyi? Why didn't he come to play with us?"
Hei Hu snorted and said disdainfully: "He is a coward who shrinks when he hears the sound of wind!
The assassins were so scared that they dared not come to the border town, and they took Miss Yan away, so I couldn't see Miss Bai. "
These two sentences confused Jin'an's little mind, and he grasped the key points and asked, "Who is Miss Yan? Who is Miss Bai?"
Hei Hu put Jin An down, smiled and twisted his fingers and said with a blushing face: "Miss Bai is, is mine... I tell you, don't tell anyone else."
Jinan nodded heavily: "Promise not to tell anyone."
"It's the girl I like."
Jinan understood instantly: "Your future daughter-in-law?"
"Yes! When I have a fortune, I will marry her."
"What about Miss Yan?"
Hei Hu quietly pointed at Jin Sui:
“That’s the prince’s future daughter-in-law!
Even though the prince keeps saying that he cannot marry and asks Miss Yan not to come to Border Town, I can see that Miss Yan will never give up on the prince, and one day the prince will marry her!"
Jin'an opened his eyes wide and his mouth dropped open, not caring about the fruit in his hand falling.
I ran to Grandpa in a panic. What a disaster! Not only was my sister pretending to be a man, she was also going to marry a wife!
When he found Grandpa, he found that Grandpa was talking to Sister, and he didn't dare to ask directly. Grandpa Ling asked him: "Why are you running so fast? You are sweating all over."
Jin'an's eyes flickered between Jinsui and Grandpa, and when Jinsui asked him again, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Jinan didn't dare to say what his wife said, he only thought of the previous sentence that Heihu said, and said loudly: "Which one, what does it mean to be so timid that birds shrink when they hear the sound of wind?"
Jin Sui let out an "ah" and stood there in a daze. It took him a while to realize what the little guy was saying.
Even though Jin Sui was used to pretending to be a man, she couldn't help but blush. She didn't dare to joke with her grandfather, so she pointed at Gu Changxiao who was not far away: "Which one? Let your elder brother Gu explain to you. I... don't have a bird."
Gu Changxiao: ...
Grandpa Ling grabbed Jin'an's ear and said, "You and Master Gu should do your business. I will teach this kid a lesson!"
Jin An yelled at the top of his lungs, "My Lord, help me!" Jin Sui could only helplessly stroke his forehead. Is it okay to throw his brother into the army to get enough nutrition? Don't learn nothing, just a bunch of jokes.
Gu Changxiao and Jinsui were walking on the way to the polo field. They were both silent for a long time and felt very embarrassed. Jinsui regretted that he shouldn't have made fun of him.
It’s all because the boss is too approachable, which caused me to forget his true identity.
It was Han Xing who came over to break the silence. He was holding something with a strange taste in his hand with a look of disgust on his face: "Your Majesty, is this how it is made?"
Jin Sui suppressed his disdain, stretched out his hand to take it, looked at it, and nodded, "That's it, blow up a pig bladder, sew a cowhide cover on the outside and it's Cuju."
"Make more. This thing will be very wasteful."
Han Xing asked again: "Isn't it okay to just play polo?"
"It's different. The new Cuju rules I set up are much more interesting than the original ones! I guarantee those young masters will fall in love with it after playing it once."
"And this game has spread so that even children in the countryside can play it. It's not like polo, which only the rich and powerful can afford."
My friends from a thousand years later, I tried my best!
I'm already trying to spread the formal rules of football. If our family still can't play well a thousand years later, don't blame me! Gu Changxiao replied naturally: "I think the way you teach Cuju is really interesting. There's no need to build a new stadium. Just modify the horse race field."
Jin Sui smiled and said, "Gambling is prohibited in our border town. This game is the only one where we can bet openly. I believe this game will make the border town famous."
The two men rode around the stadium and saw that both the stadium and the spectator stands had been built, although due to the tight schedule, they were a little simpler than those in Chang'an.
The advantage of the border town is that the field is large, rugged and naturally wild, which can stimulate the passion for the game.
When Cheng Yu saw the two, he hurried over to salute and pointed to the valley not far away and said, "In addition to the temporary bamboo houses, wooden houses, straw huts and other inns of different styles, there is a camping site over there."
He pointed to the team of women led by Chen Yunniang and said, "The logistics team that the prince mentioned is also ready. Yunniang and the others are divided into a medical team and a cooking team to ensure that medical care is in place and food is safe."
Chen Yunniang saluted Jinsui from a distance. Jinsui smiled and waved, praising Cheng Yu: "Sister-in-law is amazing! She has trained the team well in such a short time."
Cheng Yu didn't feel anything when the prince praised him, but he became very proud when the prince praised Chen Yuniang.
Jinsui had long known that this guy was a wife-control freak, so he deliberately tried to satisfy him and ended every chat by praising Chen Yunniang.
Dear book friends, 300,000 words have been written so far. I plan to write Jinsui’s story to one million words, which is almost one third. Thank you for your company, and I hope you will continue to support me in the future!
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