Chapter 123: Poisonous Scheme
Seeing Minglan go to the back field of the polo field, Qi Heng also started to go to the back field of the polo field soon. Jiacheng County Lord began to doubt again. He always felt that Qi Heng treated this Sheng family girl differently. With the attitude of killing someone by mistake rather than letting her go, Jiacheng County Lord called the maid beside him and told her to do something. The maid took the order and left, and Jiacheng County Lord felt a little relieved.
Qi Heng and Minglan met in the back field of the polo field.
Lin Yunting looked at Qi Heng and Minglan with a smile, and joked, "Young Master is our opponent today, Sixth Miss, you can't show mercy!"
"If we want to fight, we will go all out. General Lin, you can rest assured that Sixth Miss is not a person who is partial to others. Of course, I am not either!" Qi Heng also smiled and replied to Lin Yunting on behalf of Minglan.
"Young Master, you should go over there quickly. If you continue to talk to us, the people in your team will suspect that you have ulterior motives." Zhang Guifen looked at the eyes of the girls who looked at her eagerly, and quickly sent Qi Heng away.
The rules of playing polo today seemed to be different. When several people went to pull the horses, the groom distributed the horses to several people separately, as if there was a specific order. Minglan and the others thought that the princess was very strict with the rules and even the choice of horses was particular, so they didn't pay much attention to it.
Minglan led the horse into the arena. When the command sounded, Minglan jumped lightly on the horse's back. Somehow, the moment she got on the horse, Minglan felt that the horse was a little anxious, as if it was in pain. But the competition was imminent, and Minglan had no time to think too much, so she rode the horse onto the arena.
As soon as Minglan got on the horse, she keenly noticed the abnormality of the horse under her crotch. The horse seemed to be driven by an invisible force and kept neighing in a low voice. Seeing this, the other teammates also realized that the horse might not be easy to ride. Several people quickly exchanged glances and tacitly adjusted the tactical layout. Minglan was decisively removed from the front line, and Lin Yunting was made the forward, while Minglan retreated to the second line and assisted from the side.
The game became more and more intense. Qi Heng, as the opponent's defensive general, followed Lin Yunting like a shadow. Every interception was accurate and fatal, forcing Lin Yunting to find a new breakthrough. At this critical moment, Lin Yunting was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and with a wonderful pass, he sent the ball accurately to Minglan's feet. Minglan tried hard to control the horse she was sitting on. She clamped her legs around the horse's belly, and the horse let out a loud roar, bursting out with amazing power, carrying Minglan forward like an arrow from a bow.
The wind whistled in her ears, and the dust was rolled up by the horse's hooves, forming a series of yellow barriers. Minglan held the club tightly, her eyes were sharp, and she had only one thought in her mind - score a goal! Qi Heng tried hard to chase after her, trying to intercept Minglan's ball.
But in fact, the horse under her crotch seemed to be controlled by some force. Although it rushed in the direction Minglan wanted, Minglan had difficulty controlling its speed. Minglan had already felt that the horse seemed to have fallen into a crazy state, which forced Minglan to do her best to keep her balance. She leaned forward, almost parallel to the horse's back, and every bump tested her will and skills. The people in the stands thought it was a show of skill and kept cheering.
Qi Heng was behind Minglan and found that no matter how he rode, he was still getting farther and farther away from Minglan. He watched Minglan try her best to adjust her posture and swing the club with all her strength. The ball drew a perfect arc in the air and went straight to the goal. But the horse did not stop.
Qi Heng squeezed the horse's belly and chased Minglan. After the people in the stands cheered, they found that the horse was still running forward and realized that something was wrong. On the Sheng family's stand, everyone stood up in shock and worried about Minglan's situation. Only the Lord of Jiacheng County was in a good mood and drank tea leisurely.
Qi Heng shouted behind Minglan, "Minglan, stop pinching the horse's belly, soothe it and slow it down!"
Minglan didn't dare to turn around when the horse was going so fast, for fear that the horse would throw her off. At such a speed, she would die if she fell off. She could only lie on the horse's back and try her best to stretch out her hands to touch the horse. Minglan stopped pinching the horse's belly, and the horse was not so crazy anymore. Qi Heng drove up and slowly approached Minglan's horse, driving side by side with her horse.
"Ming'er, give me your hands quickly! I'll hold you and you jump over!"
Minglan was a little scared, and Qi Heng tried his best to control himself and let his horse get as close to Minglan's horse as possible.
"Ming'er, believe me!"
The two horses were almost close to each other at that moment. Qi Heng stretched out his hand, Minglan grabbed his hand, kicked the horse's back with both feet, and jumped onto Qi Heng's horse with Qi Heng's strength. The two leaned against each other on Qi Heng's horse, and could clearly hear each other's heartbeats like drums. After a long pause, Qi Heng spoke, "Ming'er, I'm glad you're okay."
Minglan hadn't come back to her senses yet. Her face was pale and her body was limp. She could only lean weakly in Qi Heng's arms.
The Lord of Jiacheng County watched Qi Heng rescue Minglan from the stands and clenched his fists. When he saw the two of them riding together, he was even more jealous and crazy. He waved his hand to sweep away everything in front of him and also had murderous intentions towards Minglan. Seeing Minglan lying powerlessly in Qi Heng's arms, Jiacheng County Lord had completely lost his mind and wanted to separate the two. It was the maid beside him who desperately pulled her back.
Qi Heng rode a horse with Minglan back. Zhang Guifen cooperated with Qi Heng to help Minglan down. All the people from the Sheng family also came and surrounded Minglan in the middle to check if she was injured.
Seeing Minglan being protected by a group of people in the middle, Jiacheng County Lord did not hide his disgust and murderous intent. Knowing that he had failed today, he did not stay any longer and evacuated with the people from Prince Yong's Mansion.
Minglan drank a large bowl of tea and then she had some strength.
"Horse! There's something wrong with the horse!" Minglan shouted.
Zhang Guifen massaged her arm, "The young master and General Lin have taken people to check on the horse. You should have a good rest. You don't have to worry about other things."
"My heart almost jumped out of my throat just now. Thanks to Brother Yuanruo, otherwise you, Xiaoliu, wouldn't be able to see me!" Ruolan was really scared.
"I'm glad you're okay! I'm glad you're okay!" Molan massaged Minglan's other arm. It was because she pulled the reins too hard just now and it was a little hurt.
"Yuanruo and Yunting are back!" Wang Ruofu watched the two of them walk over together.
"How is it?" Everyone asked.
Lin Yunting took out the silver needle wrapped in cloth, and everyone's face changed drastically.
"It was found under the saddle. It was inserted under the saddle. When the rider exerts force, the needle will pierce the horse's flesh and blood, and the horse will go crazy because of the pain." Lin Yunting explained. "
No wonder the horse was still controllable at the beginning. At that time, Minglan assisted and her movements were small, so there was no need to clamp the horse's belly. When it was time to pass the ball, it needed to sprint, so we clamped the horse's belly to make it run, and the needle was all inserted. The person who plotted it had a vicious mind, and wanted to kill Minglan!" Zhang Guifen said angrily.
"Have you found out who did it?" Hualan asked.