Chapter 9: The Liquid Pool
Taiye Pool, ladies and gentlemen, don't really think that it is a pool, it includes the waters of the South China Sea, the Middle Sea and the North Sea, and the area is as big as a lake, as far as the eye can see, and the sky is like a mirror. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This ice play, since it is the "national custom" of the Dajin Dynasty, there are special skating arms in the Eight Banners, called the "Jiyong Ice Skate Battalion", the skating soldiers are collectively called "skates", and the management department is called the "skate department", which is subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
As for the folk, the popularity has not diminished at all, and ice activities such as dragging ice beds, ice rubbing, shooting balls, running skates, skidding tarts, and smoking ice snails are countless, and ice frolic is a national sport.
Su Wen and other Xian'an Palace officials and students looked into the distance with everyone, and saw that around the ice rink in front of the Yiyang Hall of Taiye Pond, there were already colorful sheds, colorful flags fluttering, and colorful lanterns hanging high, which was very grand and lively.
Emperor Xuanguang, the Queen Mother, the concubines, Gege and the princes of the Eight Banners, the Fujin, the important ministers and family members of the study and the six departments, everyone was smiling, all of them were fresh and gorgeous, and they were very excited.
When he arrived at the lake, Emperor Xuanguang smiled and stepped on a large sedan chair with a yellow satin curtain and a sable seat, and under the traction of eight sturdy soldiers, he slowly walked to the center of the lake, and only stopped in front of the three colored gates.
All the princes and ministers wearing mink clothes also followed each other to the lake and stood behind Emperor Xuanguang, while the queen mother, concubines and women wearing fox fur mink furs stayed in the Yiyang Hall on the shore.
There can be two or three miles away, and I can't see everyone's faces clearly, so the seven grids are here, right? Su Wen suddenly thought of Ji Yue again, it stands to reason that she should also come, alas, why don't you bring clairvoyance?
He guessed correctly, Qige Hongqi and Ji Yue were both sitting in the Yiyang Hall, Hongqi was talking to a woman next to him, and Ji Yue was sitting next to her aunt, and she was also looking at it!
I saw Emperor Xuanguang on the sedan chair smile and said a few words, and as soon as James Xie Tu, who was standing beside him, turned his face, there were guards who immediately passed the word, and not far away, there were soldiers who skated to the middle of the ice, and with a colorful big move in their hands, the people and horses in the forest divided into two wings immediately rushed out of the woods.
The two wings, one wearing a red vest and a yellow vest, and the other wing wearing a yellow coat and a red vest, both with flags on their backs and leather knee pads wrapped around their knees, slid towards the three colorful gates at a gallop under the leadership of forty leaders.
I saw that the two wings were lined up in a column, rushing to the front of them in a blink of an eye like a long dragon stepping on the clouds, but they passed through the three colored gates respectively, and gradually spread out into a large circle of cirrus clouds on the crystal transparent ice rink, they slid quickly on the ice, constantly making various movements, some drew arrows, some bent bows, some raised flags, some raised guns, the momentum was magnificent, and it was magnificent.
Iron is like a sword, and ice is like a mirror, like stepping on a sword and rubbing a mirror.
Emperor Xuanguang smiled and discussed with Hongyi, Yintang, Zhang Fengzao and others around him, pointing, his mood was very high, and the conversation was quite interesting.
On the shore, in the rippling hall, pointing and pointing, warblers and swallows, all of them are also laughing.
At this time, I saw that the colorful Daqi was once again showing in the wind, and the two wings of the centaurs slowly returned to the longitudinal length, lined up in a row, and slowly slid back into the woods to the east.
"Okay, the opening ceremony is over, it's time to wait." Su Wen look at everyone.
Tu Erchen couldn't help but be a little afraid, "Second brother, it's a shame that you came up with this, people do this, in terms of speed, we really can't compare to others." ”
Su Wen looked at him, then at the people behind him, and waved the big banner in his hand, "Ready!" ”
I could only hear the roar of a cannon not far from Emperor Xuanguang, and the cannon on this side of the forest immediately roared in response.
More than 1,600 soldiers who had just warmed up immediately scrambled out of the woods, as fast as lightning and as fast as meteors, galloping and racing, intricately intertwined and side by side, and rushed straight towards the throne.
A group of guards, under the leadership of James Shettu, stopped in front of the emperor with a smile, these soldiers were too fast, and their duty was to help these soldiers stop.
One of the soldiers skated the fastest, and in the blink of an eye it was before the Imperial Rim, he excitedly raised his hands and waved them in the air, but he forgot to slow down in excitement, and Jameschetu smiled, raised his foot and kicked lightly, and the soldier turned a corner, and slid straight into the distance, leaving only an exclamation.
Emperor Xuanguang couldn't help but be happy, "Quick, stop them!" ”
The guards laughed and stretched out their hands to stop people, some succeeded in stopping them, and some of them were too fast, the guards and the people who were stopped collided together, and they rolled out of the distance together, which caused everyone to laugh, and the pool was full of joy and laughter.
Looking at the soldiers standing in front of him, no matter standing or lying, no one was an official or student of Xian'an Palace, Hongyi frowned, what about people?
"Sixth, didn't you say that the students from Xian'an Palace are also here?" Emperor Xuanguang looked at the black pressure in front of him, and the red and yellow were staggered, "Why don't you see that Su Wen?" ”
Hongyi hurriedly smiled, "There are too many people, I haven't looked at it, I'll look for it again." ”
A leader in a red and yellow coat laughed, "You haven't slipped out of the woods yet, have you?" ”
"Confused, huh?"
"These stinky children, where have they ever seen this meeting?"
……
In the Yiyang Hall, two different women, but their minds are exactly the same.
Ji Yue raised her eyes and looked to the east, but Hongqi couldn't help but secretly blame herself, the emperor was in front of him, it was better not to come if he was too low-key, where did he go?
Xuanguang also glanced at the woods to the east, looked at Hongyi, and said with a smile, "Don't wait." ”
Just as the colorful daqi was about to unfold, a team of centaurs quickly slid out of the woods.
The first person holds a big silk, the strong wind blows, the big flag hunts, the wind pulls the flag, looking at it from afar, the three big characters of "Xian'an Palace" are very eye-catching.
The man who carried the flag was none other than Su Wen, who was in the first row, sliding quickly, followed by a neat and well-groomed student team in helmets.
Under the sun, I saw ninety people lined up in nine rows, ten people in each row, rushing straight towards the emperor like a fast-moving military formation.
Emperor Xuanguang also noticed this team, and he looked at Hongyi with a smile, "You arranged it?" ”
"The younger brother didn't arrange it, this was their spontaneous rehearsal." Hongyi said with a smile, Emperor Xuanguang looked at Yuxiu standing behind him, but Yuxiu stared intently at the team in the distance.
"Okay, look, see." Emperor Xuanguang said with a smile.
In the Yiyang Hall, all the concubines and Fu Jin were whispering, their eyes were staring at this neat and strict team, and Hongqi and Ji Yue couldn't take their eyes off it, their eyes moving quickly on the ice.
In the blink of an eye, when there were more than a thousand meters left, Su Wen stretched out his hand and shouted, "Slow down!" ”
I saw all the students with their legs together, two knives parallel, their bodies turned to the left at 90 degrees, their upper bodies leaned forward, their bodies leaned to the left, and the blades of the knives under their feet pressed hard to cut the ice surface, leaving a series of snow-white bars behind them.
The whole team moved in unison, without dragging the mud and water in the slightest, and the speed of the team immediately slowed down.
"Upright!" When he was about 500 meters away, Su Wen shouted again, "Look to the right!" The big sword in his hand shook and slashed straight forward.
"One, two!"
A landslide-like shout immediately sounded in the procession, and everyone's heads turned to the right at forty-five degrees to salute Emperor Xuanguang.
Immediately afterwards, eighty-nine people shot out with their swords, straight in front of their chests, the ice surface was like a mirror, the sword light was shining, the phalanx was strictly organized, neat and mighty, and the light between heaven and earth was advancing unhurriedly.
"Good, good, good," Emperor Xuanguang stood up happily, "Bing Xi is not all for entertainment, training martial arts and strengthening soldiers, not forgetting the ancestors is fundamental, good, good!" ”
I saw the torrent of iron armor slowly gliding to the sedan chair, and Su Wen shouted, "The emperor - long live!" ”
Immediately afterward, a thunderous voice sounded from behind, "Hurrah-hooray-hooray!" ”
"Your Majesty - Long live!"
"Hooray-hooray-hooray!"
The voice was deafening, and the majestic and majestic formation was simply breathless, Emperor Xuanguang couldn't help but restrain his smile, his face was stern, and he slowly waved his hand to all the officials and students, and the ministers behind him were also full of praise.
Hongyi looked at the shade hall around him, and then at Su Wen who was holding a big banner, and looked up at the sky, there were only a few flowing clouds in the sky, and he was looking at the world leisurely.
The neat line slowly slid across the sedan chariot, "Look ahead!" Su Wen shouted again, took it back, and with a "brush" sound, all the people turned their heads to put away their knives, still with serious faces, and then, without hurrying, slid into the distance.
"Okay, spectacular, boost the army's prestige, drum up morale," Emperor Xuanguang excitedly looked at the Hongyi and Yin Hall standing aside, "Reward!" ”
The sergeants who slipped ahead were deflated.
"Holy shit, this can be done?"
"Then we don't have to practice next year, we just come to practice this!"
"Look, they'll look good when they shoot and grab the ball later."
In the midst of discussion, it was full of unconvincing.
In the Yiyang Hall, Hongqi smiled and picked up the teacup, Ji Yue looked at her aunt, and her aunt also looked at her, and said in a low voice, "It's all down!" ”
Before Ji Yue could reply, she only heard the front shouting loudly, "The emperor has decreed that the first class will be three first-class, ten taels of silver, three second-class three, eight taels of silver, three third-class and six taels of silver, and the rest of the soldiers will be rewarded with four taels of silver,...... Xian'an Palace officials and students, all rewarded with silver - ten taels! ”
"Long live the emperor!"
A mountain on the Taiye Pond shouted long live, and the earth shook the mountain.
The color daqi was lightly unfurled, and James Shetto shouted, "Turn the dragon and shoot the ball!" ”
Emperor Xuanguang waved lightly, and James Xie Tu immediately ran over, "Xian'an Palace is a separate school and does not participate in Eight Banners shooting." ”
The prince and the minister standing behind him looked at each other, but they all knew that the emperor was deliberately lifting the Xian'an Palace to see their real ability.
In the blink of an eye, 1,600 soldiers were divided into eight flags, with yellow flags at the head, only to see one person holding a small flag as a leader, two soldiers holding bows and following him, but the soldiers behind were all holding bows and lined up in a column, and at the back was a child holding a small flag.
Looking from afar, the long queue winds like a dragon, there is a dragon head and a dragon tail, when sliding to the color door, only listen to the bowstring turning, the "heavenly ball" hanging above the color door has been the arrow burst, become a bouquet, the bouquet immediately hangs down a hanging firecracker, automatically honks up.
"Good!" The sound of applause immediately echoed over the Tai Liquid Pool.
"Bang!"
The "earth" under the color gate was hit by an arrow and burst again, and the long line slid out of the color gate in the blink of an eye.
I saw that the whole team was constantly circling, shuttling in the color gate, the celestial sphere and the earth bloomed one after another, and the sound of firecrackers was endless, "Reward!" Emperor Xuanguang shouted happily.