Chapter 656 Divine Assistance (Two Updates)
In the previous round, Tianqiong Academy successfully defeated Qingyue Academy, which had a royal polo player. To be honest, it was quite impressive. They are looking forward to the showdown between Tianqiong Academy and Pingyang Academy.
I wonder what kind of trouble that freshman will cause this time.
Mu Qingchen is the team leader. Last time he appeared, Mu Chuan and Yuan Xiao followed behind him, and Gu Jiao was the little tail.
Today, Mu Chuan was substituted, and Zhao Wei came on. However, Zhao Wei and Yuan Xiao both gave up their second place to Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao didn't feel there was anything wrong with it; being second or fourth made no difference to her.
As soon as Mu Qingchen stepped onto the stage, all the girls in the stands became excited. This was in ancient times with strict etiquette. If it were in modern times, Gu Jiao estimated that she would hear a large number of people calling him "husband".
"Young Master Qingchen! Young Master Qingchen!"
Some of the bolder ones actually shouted loudly at Mu Qingchen.
Since everyone is wearing a veil, no one recognizes anyone else.
This shout was like a ripple opening, and the people around her also started waving their handkerchiefs and shouting.
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow: "You have so many female fans."
The last time was already enough, but after winning a polo match, Mu Qingchen's popularity soared again, and many women who weren't from the academy came through the back door to watch him play polo.
Amidst the cheers of the young master Qingchen, Gu Jiao actually heard someone call out "Young Master Xiao".
Clearly, Mu Qingchen heard it too.
When Mu Qingchen was called "Young Master Qingchen", he didn't even blink. But when Gu Jiao was called "Young Master Xiao", he couldn't help but turn his head and look in that direction.
With so many people, how could you tell who was shouting?
Wherever his gaze swept, the young ladies clutched their chests, as if they were about to faint!
Young Master Qingchen is actually looking this way?
Did he hear them calling him?
He didn't look anywhere else, he just looked in their direction.
"Is Young Master Qingchen... looking at me...?"
"I think he was looking at me..."
"It was clearly me..."
Mu Qingchen's action was subconscious. When he realized it, he frowned slightly and quickly looked away.
Gu Jiao glanced at the crowd several times.
Hmm, where are her fans?
It only made one cry and then disappeared; its fighting power was weak.
Xiao Heng had some business to attend to in the morning and did not come over, but the stands he had used last time were still reserved for him. Three classmates from Canglan Women's Academy sat smiling in their respective seats, with the frontmost seat reserved for the most beautiful girl.
Thanks to the First Beauty, they can once again comfortably watch polo in the shady pavilion!
The neighbors next door were still from the Duke's mansion.
Master Jing sat upright on the cushion, while his second wife sat gracefully beside him.
The second wife smiled and poured a glass of fruit wine for Second Master Jing, saying gently, "Didn't you want to watch polo? Why are you silent now?"
Master Jing remained as still as a bell.
Don't you know why I'm not saying anything?
"I can't even look at the beauties anymore," he muttered resentfully to himself.
"What did you say, my husband?" The second wife didn't hear clearly.
Master Jing lowered his eyelids listlessly: "It's nothing, I'm just worried about my elder brother."
The second wife turned to look at the Duke beside her: "With Miss Mu here, my elder brother will be fine."
The Duke sat in a wheelchair, with Mu Ruxin by his side.
Originally, the second wife had not planned to bring the Duke to watch the polo match, since he had just recovered from a cold and needed to rest. However, Mu Ruxin said that going out and exercising would be good for the Duke's condition.
The Duke stared intently at the polo field.
Mu Ruxin wasn't sure if he was conscious, but she still smiled and asked, "Lord Duke, do you like watching polo?"
The Duke had no answer.
Mu Ruxin added, "I've heard that Madam Jing is skilled at playing polo."
Lady Jing, the birth mother of Jing Yinyin, is the eldest daughter of the Xuanyuan family.
The children of the Xuanyuan family are all highly skilled in martial arts, and are adept at riding, shooting, and playing polo.
The Duke's cheek seemed to twitch slightly.
When Mu Ruxin looked at the Duke again, he was gone.
"Miss, here's your spring water!"
The maidservant, beaming with delight, handed Mu Ruxin a porcelain bottle filled with spring water. "Everyone says that Lingbo Academy has a natural spring that is drawn down from the mountain by a waterwheel. Miss, please try it and see if it's sweet."
Mu Ruxin glanced at her, then took the porcelain bottle: "I know, I'll drink it later."
The maid smiled, lowered her eyes, and retreated to Mu Ruxin's side.
"Oh my! Young Master Qingchen is here!" A female student from Canglan Academy next door couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.
Mu Ruxin had seen Mu Qingchen up close at the Duke's mansion, but she wasn't as excited as the others. She glanced at the Duke unintentionally and found that he seemed very excited!
His fingers, resting on the armrest, trembled slightly, and his vacant eyes seemed to regain their sparkle.
This is the third match.
The Duke wasn't like this in the first two rounds.
In the past, she wouldn't have bothered with anything other than treating illnesses, but things are different now. Her status in the Duke's mansion is getting higher and higher, and it may even be higher in the future.
Her confidence naturally increased compared to before.
She turned her head and looked at the Second Master Jing and his wife at another table, and asked, "Second Master Jing, Second Madam, are Young Master Qingchen and the Duke old acquaintances?"
Of course, they were old acquaintances; otherwise, Mu Qingchen wouldn't have brought a doctor to treat the Duke.
The reason Mu Ruxin asked this question was that she wanted to know more about the two of them.
There's nothing wrong with saying that.
Master Jing said, "When Yinyin was little, my eldest brother took her to stay at Yunxue Manor for a while. Mu Qingchen happened to live in the manor next door, and it was my eldest brother who taught Mu Qingchen to write."
"I see." Mu Ruxin nodded.
No wonder the Duke reacted when he saw Mu Qingchen; he probably regarded Mu Qingchen as his prized student.
Mu Ruxin couldn't help but look at Mu Qingchen again. Just then, Gu Jiao rode up from behind, and Mu Ruxin immediately saw her face!
"How could it be him?"
Mu Ruxin looked at Master Jing in disbelief, "Master Jing, didn't you tell me that you beat him so badly that he couldn't get out of bed and that you even paid him five hundred taels of silver? Look at him now! Does he look like he's been injured?"
Master Jing choked instantly.
Damn, I forgot about that.
Last time, when Gu Jiao dislocated Mu Ruxin's arm, Mu Ruxin threatened to treat the Duke's illness and force him to bring that boy to her.
Unexpectedly, not only did they fail to catch him, they also lost five hundred taels of silver.
He was humiliated and naturally wouldn't admit it. He could only say that he originally wanted to arrest the kid, but the kid refused to submit, and he didn't know his own strength and crippled him.
The second wife also looked at Master Jing: "Yes, that's what you told me too."
Master Jing coughed lightly, looked at Gu Jiao who was swinging her mallet on the polo field to test her hand, and said seriously, "I...I...I did beat him up! Who told him to recover so quickly!"
To distract himself, he jumped up and went to his older brother's wheelchair: "Big brother loves watching Mu Qingchen play polo, right? Come on, let's go watch!"
After saying that, he decisively pushed the wheelchair out and placed it next to the railing.
After the polo players from Tianqiong Academy took their positions, the polo players from Pingyang Academy came onto the field from the other side of the track.
All four men were dressed in black, holding polo mallets, their eyes sharp as they rode on tall horses. The aura of the four men and four horses was so strong that it seemed as if a powerful killing intent enveloped the entire polo field in an instant!
Zhao Wei suddenly touched his arm: "Why is it a little cold?"
Yuan Xiao: Don't say that, he's cold too.
Gu Jiao was still playing with her cue stick when she heard the approaching sound of horses' hooves and slowly raised her head. At that moment, four students from Pingyang Academy rode up to them.
She clearly felt that, apart from Mu Qingchen's mount, her own horse, Zhao Wei's horse, and Yuan Xiao's horse all shrank back and took a few steps back.
The horse got scared before the fight even started.
Gu Jiao frowned.
The leading student from Pingyang Academy glanced at the group, his gaze lingering on Gu Jiao's face for a while, but he finally looked at Mu Qingchen with a confident smile and said, "I watched your last competition. You did have some tricks up your sleeve, but this time, you probably won't be so lucky."
Mu Qingchen said indifferently, "The fact that the Han family was forced to bring out the Black Wind Riders for the competition shows how much your Pingyang Academy fears the Sky Dome Academy."
Gu Jiao caught two key words: Han family and Black Wind Riders.
The man's lips twitched, he tightened the reins, and turned his horse around: "Let's settle this with a polo match!"
"The Han family?" Gu Jiao turned to look at Mu Qingchen.
"A prestigious family that can be ranked among the four great families of Shengdu, with every disciple of the family being proficient in both literature and martial arts. Back then..." Mu Qingchen paused, unsure whether to say something or not, but when he met Gu Jiao's eager eyes, he sighed and said it anyway.
"After the Xuanyuan family's rebellion failed, military power was divided among four families. The Nangong family held the most power, followed by the Han, Wang, and Mu families. It is worth mentioning that the Xuanyuan lineage's iron cavalry was assigned to the Han family, which became the Black Wind Cavalry. To ensure the strength and purity of the bloodline, the Black Wind Cavalry's breeding was extremely rigorous. Of course, their training was even more rigorous."
Gu Jiao grunted, glanced at his mount, and asked, "Why isn't your horse afraid?"
Mu Qingchen patted the horse's head reassuringly: "My horse wasn't afraid, it was just that I used my internal energy to stabilize it."
Gu Jiao glanced at Mu Qingchen's mount, then at the three horses, including her own, which were clearly trembling: "So when we go on stage later..."
Mu Qingchen took a deep breath and said, "Let's leave it to fate."
There is no horse in the world more valiant and skilled in battle than the Black Wind Cavalry. Just as there is an overwhelming aura between masters, the same applies to a herd of horses.
Where the Black Wind Riders appeared, ten thousand horses retreated!
In the stands, many people who had seen the Black Wind Riders expressed their regret for Sky Dome Academy.
"It's all over, it's all over now." Master Jing sighed helplessly as he looked at the small figure on the field who had an aura that resembled his brother-in-law.
"What... is it over?" Mu Ruxin walked over and asked, puzzled.
She was from the state of Chen and knew nothing about the politics of the state of Yan.
Master Jing pointed to the horses of Pingyang Academy and said, "See those horses? Those aren't ordinary horses, they're Black Wind Riders!"
Upon hearing the name Black Wind Riders, Mu Ruxin was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
Legend has it that the Xuanyuan cavalry are brave and skilled in battle; ten thousand can break through a city, and one hundred thousand can destroy a country. They rely on the invincible Black Wind Cavalry of the Xuanyuan family.
I've heard that this kind of horse is more ferocious and domineering than ordinary warhorses, and is known as the "death warrior among horses".
"Is it necessary to play a match?" Master Jing muttered.
He knew in his heart whether it was necessary or not. The Han family and the Mu family were at odds with each other. The young master of the Han family must have been thinking of crushing Mu Qingchen under his feet, which was why even the Black Wind Riders were mobilized.
"well."
Master Jing scratched his collar impatiently.
bother.
I don't want to watch anymore.
etc.
What's bothering him?
Isn't it just what he wanted for that kid to lose at his academy?
Master Jing smiled mischievously, his eyes gleaming as he stared intently at the polo field.
The gong sounded, and the competition officially began.
The first ball was thrown by Tianqiong Academy. As the team leader and to boost morale, Mu Qingchen personally threw the first ball.
He fired in the direction where Yuan Xiao was.
Yuan Xiao had already understood his meaning and was ready to receive the ball, but before he could even swing his cue, the horse beneath him suddenly leaped up in fright, almost throwing him off!
By the time he regained his footing, the ball had already been snatched away by the students of Pingyang Academy.
The horses of the Sky Dome Academy cannot outrun the Black Wind Rider.
Once the Pingyang Academy students get the ball, they basically have no chance of turning the tide.
It feels a bit like her riding her electric scooter to chase after someone's Lamborghini—can she even catch up?
At the end of the first section, Pingyang Academy had won three flags, while Tianqiong Academy had not won any flags.
At the end of the second section, Pingyang Academy gained three more flags, Tianqiong Academy gained one flag, and Mu Qingchen launched a long-range attack into the cave.
At the end of the third section, Pingyang Academy had four flags, Tianqiong Academy had one flag, and Gu Jiaoyuan had entered the cave.
"If this continues... we're doomed to lose, aren't we?"
On the stands of the Sky Dome Academy, Zhong Ding asked in a low voice.
Zhou Tong's expression tightened: "I believe in Xiao Liulang!"
Another student said timidly, "It's mainly because the horses from Pingyang Academy are too fast and too fierce."
After four quarters, the first half ended with the score at 12-2, Tianqiong Academy 2.
That's it, there's absolutely no chance.
I finally regained my confidence to watch a polo match, but I'm about to suffer a crushing defeat.
The students of Tianqiong Academy hung listlessly on the railings, like wilted eggplants.
In the waiting pavilion, Wu Fuzi was so angry he was practically spitting fire: "How could they even use the Black Wind Riders! This is too much! Isn't this blatant bullying?! They used ordinary horses in the last round!"
The polo horse of a noble young master is by no means ordinary, but it also depends on who it is compared to.
Before the Black Wind Riders, ten thousand horses would kneel.
Wu Fuzi couldn't swallow this insult. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "No way, I'm going to talk to their dean!"
"You're allowed to learn on the spot, but we're not allowed to use the Black Wind Riders?"
A mocking voice slowly rang out from the doorway.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Han Che, the polo player from Pingyang Academy and the young master of the Han family.
He leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed, a smile playing on his lips: "Has our academy broken any rules?"
In short, this completely shut down Wu Fuzi.
That's right, there's no rule that says you can't use Black Wind Riders, but that's because the people who made the rules didn't expect that one day someone would ride a Black Wind Rider to play polo!
You're using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
Is this how you're supposed to use the Black Wind Rider?
Han Che smiled dismissively: "See you on the field."
Master Wu clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, and turned to Gu Jiao, saying, "Xiao Liulang, your horse is no longer usable. You need to get a new one. All the horses in the academy are in the stables. Do you want to go and choose one, or should I?"
Gu Jiao charged the fiercest when blocking Pingyang Academy, and her horse trembled the most in fear—on one side was the oppressive aura from the Black Wind Riders, and on the other side was the threat from its master.
Gu Jiao said, "I'll go."
"That's true, they're all the same." There wasn't a single horse in the stable that wasn't afraid of Black Wind riding.
The stables of each academy were separated, with guards standing outside the gates. People from each academy could only enter their own stable.
The stables at Tianqiong Academy are located at the innermost part.
Gu Jiao walked forward, and as she walked, she suddenly felt a small dark shadow flash by.
She tilted her head, her brow furrowing slightly.
The next second, the small black shadow flashed past again!
Gu Jiao squinted and took a few steps forward. When the small black shadow flashed by for the third time, she decisively reached out and caught it red-handed!
The small dark figure was being lifted up and hung in mid-air.
Gu Jiao stared intently, then froze: "Jingkong?"
She always speaks in a youthful voice when she's out, but Xiao Jingkong is also familiar with that youthful voice.
Xiao Jingkong suddenly raised his head: "Jiaojiao!"
Xiao Jingkong rushed into Gu Jiao's arms.
Gu Jiao naturally put her arm around him: "Why are you here? Weren't you in class?"
Xiao Heng said he would send the little guy to Lingbo Academy before going to take care of other matters.
Xiao Jingkong's eyes widened in an instant: "I didn't skip class!"
Gu Jiao: "..."
Great, it's confirmed that he skipped class.
Gu Jiao put the little guy on the ground and made him stand obediently. Then she leaned down slightly to look him in the eye and asked seriously, "Why did you skip class?"
"I...I..." Xiao Jingkong lowered his head and clutched his little pocket.
Gu Jiao pointed to the spot his small hand was covering: "What's in your pocket? Take it out."
Xiao Jingkong guiltily took them out: "It's...it's the little flower and the little rope. I want to braid Xiao Shiyi's hair."
Gu Jiao was slightly taken aback.
Little Jingkong mustered his courage and raised his head: "But, but I've finished all my homework! I can recite all the lessons the teacher taught! I really, really learned them all before I came out!"
"Is Little Eleven here?" Gu Jiao asked.
Xiao Jingkong completely failed to notice that Jiaojiao had gone off-topic.
The little guy nodded, looking aggrieved, and said, "Yes, I miss Xiao Shiyi so much. Last time I told Brother Xiao Shun that if he and Brother Yan come again, I should secretly bring Xiao Shiyi over for me to play with."
Why didn't we use Horse King at the beginning? Because all the horses were afraid of it; as soon as it entered the arena, their own horses would kneel down.
Furthermore, King Ma had to work at home.
Pulling carts and grinding grain.
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I saw everyone's comments, thank you, it was very heartwarming.
(End of this chapter)
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