Tibet

Chapter 14
Li Ye practiced for a full two hours tonight, diving into the bottom of the water twenty times, at most one swing was ten times, and at least one time was seven times.

Li Ye climbed up to the well platform, and sat on the well platform panting heavily, at this moment, he suddenly saw the small wooden box next to him.

Uncle actually came, Li Ye hurriedly raised his eyes to look around, but did not find Pei Min.

Li Ye quickly opened the box. The box was quite deep and had three layers. The upper two layers contained ten small porcelain bottles, which were the potions he drank yesterday. The bottom layer contained ten black pills and a note.

Li Ye picked up the note and looked at it carefully with the help of the moonlight, "Ten days' dose, the potion is applied externally, and the pill is taken internally!" '

"Ah!" Li Ye's face was hot, no wonder the potion was so bad.

At night, Li Ye was lying on the small bed. He had something on his mind and couldn't fall asleep.

At this time, he heard faint voices in the yard, and felt strange, so he got up, put on his clothes and went out.

It turned out that Aunt Mu was squatting by the courtyard wall and burning paper, what was she chanting?
Li Ye was a little curious and walked over slowly.

Aunt Mu looked up at him, sighed and said, "It's so late, why don't you go to sleep?"

"I can't sleep, who is the aunt burning paper for?" Li Ye squatted down and asked.

"My dead husband, my aunt told you, have you forgotten?"

Li Ye scratched his head, "I forgot everything!"

Aunt Mu said in a low voice: "His surname is Yang, he is a soldier of the Tang army. In the sixth year of Kaiyuan, he was conscripted to Jiuqu to fight against Tubo, and he never came back."

"Does the aunt have any children?"

Aunt Mu nodded and sighed, "She's also a young lady. Her father died not long ago, and unfortunately died of an illness. She is only one year old!"

Li Ye felt a pang of guilt, he really shouldn't have asked.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry!"

Aunt Mu touched Li Ye's head and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, it's been 30 years, and Auntie's tears have dried up long ago. I'm just worried that they will have no money and hunger in the underworld. I will burn them for them at this time of year. Order paper, you used to like burning paper for me the most."

"and after?"

"Later, my grandmother was pregnant again. At that time, your mother was only two years old. No one took care of her. I took care of your mother and treated her as my own daughter. Until now, my aunt recites scriptures every day to hope that you and your mother are safe and sound." , This is my only wish in this life."

Li Ye silently picked up a stack of money papers and put them into the fire one by one. The flames were blazing, and the faces of the grandfather and grandson were red.

Early the next morning, Qiao Bin found Li Ye.

Li Ye smiled and said, "I'm still preparing to go to your house! Why are you here?"

Qiao Bin said anxiously: "Brother Li, the game time has been changed, it will be changed to tomorrow morning!"

In fact, Li Ye didn't really want to play polo anymore, but he still wanted to play for the Qiao family. He owed Qiao Bin a favor, and he even took 20 taels of silver from him.

Li Ye showed embarrassment, "Tomorrow is the game, but we haven't practiced yet!"

Qiao Bin shook his head, "The servants train every day, and there is no problem in cooperating. My father wants to make two-handed preparations. If it's a martial arts competition, Wang Shun will take part, and if it's a literary competition, brother Li will take part."

This is a compromise, Li Ye thought for a while and said: "But Wen Sai also wants to hit the ball on horseback!"

"Yes! So today I brought two horses and let Brother Li practice for a day."

It was only then that Li Ye realized that there were two horses outside the door, led by the servant from last time.

"What about the venue?"

"It's right next to the polo field. I asked. The army doesn't train today."

Li Ye went back to the house and took the polo club, "Let's go!"

Sure enough, there was no army on the polo field. Zhang Xiaopang, Xiao Huangmao and Wujilang were all there. They were supporting Li Ye in his practice. Qiao Bin promised to treat them to meat pies at noon.

Li Ye now knows that Zhang Xiaopang's real name is Zhang Ping, and he is the same age as him, but one month younger than him. His family runs a grocery store and belongs to a wealthy family in the workshop, so his family has children who can go to school. But it was not Zhang Xiaopang, but his younger brother Zhang Xiaoshou.

Little Huang Mao's real name is Huang Miao, and he is two years younger than Li Ye. His father works as a manager in a wine shop in Xishi, and his two older sisters are both married. He is the only son.

Wujilang's real name is Wu Changxing, and he is one year younger than Li Ye. His family transports goods, and his family owns a cargo ship. His father and uncle transport goods on Tianbao Canal, and his family is not bad.

Speaking of which, Li Ye's family background is the worst among several families, mainly because he has no father, and it is really hard to support his family with his mother's meager income from seeing a doctor.

As for whether his uncle Pei Min helped them secretly, Li Ye didn't know, but with his mother's tenacious character, this possibility was unlikely, but Pei Min also said that he gave his mother some precious medicinal materials for his medicinal bath.

Zhang Xiaopang ran over and gave a thumbs up and praised: "Tomorrow, he will compete with Xiao Feilong, big brother is really awesome!"

Xiao Huangmao and Wujilang also said excitedly: "Brother must overthrow him, he will be famous in Chang'an!"

Qiao Bin said everything with such a big mouth, Li Ye smiled slightly: "He is ranked first in black golfers, we just went to play, if we lose, we don't feel ashamed, if we win, I'll treat you to a restaurant!"

The three cheered and ran to pick up the ball.

Li Ye got on his horse and held the club in his hand. He felt as if he was about to charge into battle.Polo was originally a game between cavalry.

"It's started!" Zhang Xiaopang shouted beside the board.

Li Ye urged the horse to gallop, and ran towards the polo dozens of steps away. These children grew up in the polo field and played on donkeys since they were young. Zhang Xiaopang's family had a skinny horse. All riding skills are good.

If it was Li Ye in the past, he didn't need training at all, his equestrian skills were so good that he could even get under the belly of a horse to play, but now Li Ye needs to integrate and must train to adapt.

After rushing to the front of the polo for a while, Li Ye swung his club sideways based on his feeling, "Pa! ’ The club hit the polo, it was the thirty-foot line, and the polo shot a straight line, right into the hole.

"nice shot!"

Qiao Bin shouted and decisively changed the rules, "Brother Li, hit the fifty-step line!"

Tomorrow's game must be the fifty-step line, so don't even think about it.

Huang Xiaomao and Wu Jilang moved the polo to the fifty pace line, and Li Ye galloped on the field, swinging left and right constantly, looking for the feeling.

He found that he had only practiced in the well for two days, and his golf skills were obviously better than before, with greater strength, better body coordination, and more importantly, the feeling of control was stronger.

It is no longer a little subtle feeling before, but a very obvious control.

In fact, this is the law of practicing martial arts. At the beginning, the breakthrough is very fast, and then stagnates for a while, and then breaks through, stops again, and breaks through again. It is a kind of spiral upward.

So his current sense of breakthrough is particularly obvious.

After running around, he urged the horse with both feet, and the horse started to gallop and galloped towards the polo dozens of steps away. The yellow dust billowed, and the polo and horseshoes could no longer be seen.

Li Ye shot a shot with precision, and the polo flew out in an arc and went into the hole again with precision.

"Good fight!"

Qiao Bin clenched his fists and shouted excitedly. Of course he knew that the [-]-step line was much more difficult than the [-]-step line. Only black and white golfers were qualified and able to play the [-]-step line.

Amateur golfers like them are usually on the ten-foot line, and they are already masters if they can hit the thirty-foot line, and they have never dared to think about the fifty-foot line.

Li Ye played very easily, and couldn't help laughing out loud, "It's nothing, come again!"

He urged the horse to gallop towards the polo again.

In King Sining's mansion, the third steward, Hu Jing, was listening to his subordinates' reports while holding a teacup.

He was a little puzzled, "You said that Qiao Xingzhong is looking for an unknown boy as a foreign aid?"

The subordinate nodded, "He is a poor boy from Yonghefang, he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, but he plays polo well. The humble officer secretly watched, and he can score fifty paces."

"Nonsense! Qiao Xingzhong is not a fool, he can't even beat fifty steps, will he want it?"

Hu Jing hesitated for a while and then said: "However, Qiao Xingzhong's work is not that bad. How could he gamble his future on a young boy? Could it be that this poor boy is just a cover-up? Qiao Xingzhong did it on purpose for us to see. A brilliant golfer."

"The steward is right. This young man may indeed be a fake, but the steward hired Xiao Feilong, the number one player. Unless he invites a white player, we will win!"

Hu Jing shook his head, "It's impossible for a white player. The prince said in advance that he would not allow it. If he dared to invite a white player, he would be considered a loser. Forgive him for not acting recklessly."

"Then don't worry about the manager. The second-ranked Shuiying went to Xianyang, and the third-ranked Feixiong is still injured. The latter is nothing at all. We will win tomorrow."

Hu Jing sneered, "When I become the chief manager, Qiao Xingzhong should also leave."

　Mrs. Mu's husband was killed in battle. It should be the sixth year of Kaiyuan, when Guo Zhiyun, the Jiedu envoy of Longyou, led the army to launch an attack on Tubo, the land of Jiuqu.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)