The next few days were calm, the Dou family never went to the wine shop again, the group of ruffians who had been harassing the wine shop also stopped, Guo Song was also completely in a state of vacation, going all out for polo training, experience and ball skills are improving at a rapid rate, and the Shuofang polo team began to have the ambition to reach the second or even the third round.

In the early morning of this day, the 15 million salt tax and 300,000 stone grain transported from Yangzhou finally arrived in Chang'an, and Li Yu, the son of heaven, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to Qujiangchi to greet the arrival of the fleet.

Guo Song was indifferent, as if the tax money was released into Beijing and had nothing to do with him, he changed into a samurai uniform and prepared to go out to school.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, Guo Song walked out quickly, and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"It's me!"

It was the voice of the senior aunt, Guo Song hurriedly opened the door, only to see the senior aunt and Aunt Sun standing at the door, wearing a Taoist robe and holding a whisk in her hand, Guo Song was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did the senior aunt become a monk?" ”

"I've always been Aunt Dao, don't you know?"

Guo Song shook his head, "I never saw it. ”

"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense to you, hurry up and carry something."

Only then did Guo Song notice that there was a carriage parked behind his aunt, and a long pole was exposed in the window, wrapped tightly in cloth.

"It's ......"

"It's the halberd you want, it's going well, it's going to be built for you a month in advance, it was originally eighty-seven catties, but with the addition of the halberd blade joint, now it's a total of ninety catties."

Guo Song was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly went out, and carefully pulled out the halberd from the car window, he checked it, very handy, he couldn't wait to carry the halberd into the atrium, untied the rope that tied the cloth, revealing a black and cyan Fang Tian painting halberd, the middle halberd thorn is streamlined, full of beauty, the halberd blades on both sides are like two thin crescents, the cold light is shining, and the sharpness is abnormal.

The whole Fang Tian painting halberd is three feet long, the lines are smooth and balanced, it is a masterpiece at a glance, Guo Song simply can't put it down, dancing in the yard with the halberd flying up and down, murderous, the fierce son on the big tree is also shocked to flutter and fly into the sky, looking at Guo Song with a dissatisfied face, it suddenly let out a long roar, and flew in the direction of Qujiang Pond.

"When I'm gone, you can play, I still have something to say to you." Aunt Gongsun next to her was also a little dissatisfied.

Guo Song leaned the halberd on the corridor and said with a smile: "Sit in the aunt's house!" ”

"No need, I'll say a few words to you and leave."

Aunt Gongsun took out a yellowed silk book and handed it to Guo Song, "This is a little bit of halberd experience left by my master, how to turn the nine styles of the sword into a halberd, give it to you!" ”

"Thank you, aunt!"

This is also what he needs the most, and with the experience of his predecessors, he can avoid many detours.

At this time, Aunt Gongsun's face sank and said, "I heard that you had dinner with King Lu yesterday?" ”

Guo Song sighed in his heart, the Son of Heaven really knew.

He nodded, "It was King Lu who took the initiative to invite me to go, and I didn't know it was him beforehand." ”

Aunt Gongsun looked at him sternly and said, "The battle for the heir has reached the last moment, I remind you not to get involved in it as much as possible, until the end, you don't know who will win." ”

"I know there won't be a next time."

Aunt Gongsun's eyes softened, and she said: "It was the saint who told me, although the saint did not express any opinions, but he told me about this matter, just hoping that you will not have any more private contact with a few Xiao Wang, especially not with King Zheng, you understand what I mean!" ”

Guo Song nodded silently, it seemed that King Zheng was in danger, and Aunt Gongsun smiled again: "The problem is not very big, just be careful, continue to play your polo, if there is any arrangement in the Holy Lord, I will tell you in time." ”

Aunt Gongsun left after speaking, Guo Song didn't take it too seriously, he didn't have any interest in seeing Li Shi, the king of Lu, in comparison, it was the black and cyan Fang Tian painting halberd that made him very interested.

Guo Song practiced for a while, then put Fang Tian's halberd back in the study, went to the horse shop opposite to pick up the horse, and went to the school field to practice.

When he arrived at the school ground, he saw everyone sitting on the grass waiting for him, and he hurriedly urged him to step forward and apologize: "There is something wrong today, which delays everyone's practice." ”

Lin Tai waved his hand and said with a smile: "This morning, I practiced continuous batting, and Captain Li went to buy the ball, and he hasn't come back yet." ”

As soon as the words fell, team member Hu Liang pointed to the gate and said, "The captain is back!" ”

Guo Song turned around, only to see that Captain Li Ji and Liang Ling'er had come back together, with a horse behind him, carrying a big sack, followed by five or six children, it was estimated that he had just recruited a caddy, a child who was responsible for picking up balls.

Lin Tai greeted him and asked, "Got it?" ”

Liang Ling'er pouted and said: "We were tired half to death, and it took four stores to buy them all, and the size is not the same, some are big and some are small." ”

Li Ji said with a smile: "The size is different, just exercise the ball sense, ready to start, Lin Tai is the first." ”

Li Ji didn't care about resting, urging the horse to play, Lin Tai also urged the horse to go up, the two were like a marquee, Li Ji was responsible for feeding the ball, he threw the polo to the player from all directions, and Lin Tai also hit the ball towards the goal in the rush.

I only heard the sound of hitting the ball, and in less than half an hour, Lin Tai had finished playing a hundred polos, and twenty-one holes were scored thirty steps away, and it was very good to have this kind of result in moving balls, and his fixed balls could score sixty-seven in one hundred, which was already in the excellent category.

"The next Guo Song is on the field!"

Guo Song urged the horse to run to the field, moved his arms, urged the horse to run, Li Ji kept throwing the ball to the ground, Guo Song had to hit the ball according to the strength and angle of the polo rebound, and threw fifty balls, Guo Song actually scored thirty-eight, ushered in a warm applause, but unfortunately there were almost no others on the school field, whether it would definitely cause a sensation in Chang'an.

Li Ji was even more excited, and he shouted: "Change fifty steps to hit the ball!" ”

Hitting a shot at 50 steps is equivalent to a three-point shot in basketball, and if you shoot into the hole from 50 steps, you can score two points.

Therefore, many top polo masters are good at playing long balls, and the success rate of shooting holes fifty steps away has become a watershed between ordinary masters and top masters, generally speaking, 100 balls can be shot more than 20 from 50 steps away, it belongs to the top masters, and the general masters are only about ten, and most polo players are out of reach.

"Catch the ball!"

Li Ji ran quickly, the first ball in the run was thrown to Guo Song, Guo Song's war horse was also running, constantly adjusting the angle, when the polo whistled and flew, Guo Song saw accurately, a shot on the ball, the polo drew a long arc, shot to the hole more than 50 steps away, and the polo entered the hole.

There was an exclamation all around, "Come again!" Li Ji couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and smashed another ball at Guo Song........

At noon, Li Ji, who was exhausted, sat paralyzed on the grass, the excitement in his heart was still difficult to eliminate, and he threw fifty balls from fifty steps away, Guo Song actually scored thirty-one, which was simply amazing to him, and he found that he had unearthed one of the strongest polo players in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Everybody, come here!"

Li Ji gathered everyone together and said in a deep voice: "In four days it will be a polo match, although our Shuofang polo team has always been a weak team, but I hope that this time we can emerge, in order to ensure success, everyone must strictly guard Guo Song's secrets, I put forward two more requirements, first, normal competition training during the day, Guo Song will no longer conduct separate shooting training; Second, according to the usual practice, other teams will invite us to practice and play in the next few days, and Guo Song will not play in this case. ”

Lin Tai said: "I also add, in the past, there would be spies in the first few days before the game to spy on the opponent's training, although we are a weak team, but also inevitably to be peeped at, I suggest that we use a wooden board without a hole for training and competition, so that we are mainly for tactical training, and then the training of shooting holes Guo Song does not participate." ”

Li Ji nodded: "This plan is good!" ”

Guo Song raised his hand and smiled: "I also want to find a feel, if I don't train for a few days, my hands will be rusty." ”

Li Ji smiled and said: "I'll teach you a training method, dig a hole in the ground, and then practice hitting the ball into the hole thirty steps away, you can train anywhere, as long as there is open space, we train in Lingzhou like this." ”

Guo Song rolled his eyes, isn't this golf? But it's a good idea, and he can practice it at home.

..........

At night, Guo Song stood on the roof of the outer house, waved the polo stick, the polo flew out, thirty steps away, a tile on the roof of the back house was lifted, revealing a bowl-sized light hole, which could be seen very clearly in the night, 'Bang! With a muffled thud, the polo flew into the roof and fell into an empty house.

Guo Song took out another polo ball and put it on the ridge of the roof and swung it again.