Jiaochu

Chapter 78: Punishing scoundrels at horse racing ([-])
After finishing school early in the morning, Shen Ning led the team to the Jockey Club.

When the group arrived, Pingyang County Prince had already greeted him outside the door. After some greetings, Pingyang County Prince asked the young men to take the young masters from each family to sit down. He personally gave Ye Lingjue, Ye Xingye, and Ye Lingxi He and Shen Ning, the uncle of the state, led the way and arranged the four of them in the middle seats.

Ye Lingxi turned around and looked around, and found Mrs. Su Gu and Su Wan on the left, and the second wife of the Yan family, Zhang and Yan Chuchu. She turned around and looked around again, and found Yan Fei and Su Shi on the right. Looking down, I found Yan Fei's third uncle, Yan Jiang, who was calming a big reddish-brown horse and seemed to be preparing to compete.

"Second brother, I'm going to find Sister Su and the others."

After telling Ye Lingjue, Ye Lingxi slipped away.

"Second brother, I'm going to see the horses."

After talking to Ye Lingjue, Ye Xingye also left happily.

Seeing Ye Lingxi coming over, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Zhang, along with Su Wan and Yan Chuchu, stood up and saluted. Sitting with them were Mrs. Dongping Bofu and Luo Jinxiu, the fourth lady of Dongping Bofu. However, this fourth lady When the young lady saw Ye Lingxi, her eyes seemed to show some hostility.

Ye Lingxi also noticed it, and in her impression she had no interaction with this fourth lady.

"So many people came today, including the two royal highnesses and the princess." Mrs. Dongping Bofu said, "Prince Pingyang still has more face."

Ye Lingxi felt a little weird after hearing these words, and she didn't know what dissatisfaction the lady of the uncle's house had in her heart.

It turned out that when the old lady of Dongping County passed away, the number of princes and nobles who came to express condolences was less than half of the number of people present. However, there is nothing comparable between an uncle and a county prince. The ancestor of Pingyang County Prince was also the founding hero of the country.

Seeing no one to answer her question, Mrs. Dongpingbo stopped talking and picked up a grape without eating it, putting it on the plate in front of her.

Zhao Ce looked at Ye Lingxi, then stood up and walked to Yan Fei and said, "Do you dare to compete with me?" Yan Fei glanced at him and ignored him.

"Are you scared? It's okay not to compete. Stay away from the princess from now on." Zhao Ce said proudly, raising his neck.

As soon as the words were spoken, Yan Fei stood up and Zhao Ce took a step back as if on reflex. When he saw Yan Fei walking away, he followed him not to be outdone.

Ye Xingye saw a maroon pony in the stable and thought that the little princess would like it. He was about to take it out to show the little princess when he turned around and saw Yan Fei and Zhao Ce walking over.

Hearing that the two were going to race a horse, Ye Xingye suddenly became interested and wanted to participate. He went to choose the horse without asking whether they agreed.

The sound of a gong attracted everyone's attention.

When Ye Lingxi saw Ye Xingye, Yan Fei and Zhao Ce each rushed out on a horse. The horses' hooves kicked up dust. The three figures rushed over in the blink of an eye. Before Ye Lingxi could carefully identify who came first and who came last, A figure crossed the finish line.

Another gong sounded, and a loud voice announced the result: Yan Fei won the first place.

Zhao Ce believed that there was something wrong with his horse and insisted on changing horses for another match. Yan Fei was too lazy to pay attention to it. When he was about to leave, Zhao Ce yelled that he could not win with force and was playing tricks.Ye Xingye couldn't stand it anymore. Just when he was about to say a few words of justice for Yan Fei, someone took action first.Ye Lingxi poked Zhao Ce's back with one finger. Zhao Ce was yelling about who was so bold, but when he turned around and saw that it was Ye Lingxi, he fell silent.

"Lingxi, I just saw a pony in the stable, do you want to go and have a look." Ye Xingye said.

At this time, Yanjiang came over with the big brown horse and said, "Winning or losing is a common thing for a soldier. Just practice more in the future."

Zhao Ce turned his head unconvinced, looking like a stubborn duck.

"Uncle, what kind of horse is this? It's so big." Ye Lingxi asked curiously.

Yanjiang reached out and touched the horse's head. The big red horse looked very tame, "This is called a sweat horse. It was brought from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It is very brave in battle. Even ten ordinary horses cannot match it. Unfortunately, it is difficult to breed successfully." , the breeding conditions are also harsh, and they are prone to illness in the first three months of life, and very few can grow to such a big size.”

Seeing that Ye Lingxi was looking at the big red horse intently, Zhao Ce said in order to save some face: "If I had ridden this horse just now, I would have won."

Yanjiang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't look at it. It is quite tame now. It was very fierce at the beginning and I couldn't get close to it. It took me half a year to tame it, and I even broke a rib in the process."

"Is it so difficult?" Zhao Ce didn't believe it and felt that Yan Jiang was exaggerating.

Yan Fei crossed his arms and said, "Why don't you put your hands up and try."

Zhao Ce looked at the tall red horse and felt a little frightened. He didn't want to lose face, so he turned his head and said, "Why should I listen to you?"

"I think you are scared." Yan Fei said, "What did you say just now? Just do it later."

Zhao Ce remembered what he said before the horse race, and he rushed up to Tianling Gai with a rush of energy. He reached out to touch the horse's belly, but when he was about to touch it, another hand took his wrist and sent it back.

"What can I do at such a young age? If this horse goes crazy, I may not be able to control it." However, Zhao Ce got into trouble and insisted on touching the horse's belly. Yanjiang shook his head helplessly and let Zhao Ce touch it. Once the horse's ears are pointed, it's done.

After retracting his hand, Zhao Ce raised his eyebrows at Yan Fei proudly. Seeing that Yan Fei ignored him at all, he gave a disdainful cut. When he was about to show off in front of Ye Lingxi, he saw her looking in one direction, and he looked at her too. He went over and saw Su Shi, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

In fact, Ye Lingxi was looking at Prime Minister Zhou who was talking to Su Shi, and then saw Su Shangshu walking over. After the two adults said a few words, Prime Minister Zhou left first.

At this time, Shen Ning and Mr. Luo from Dongping's Mansion came to Yan Jiang to go horse racing together. They happened to bump into Mrs. Sun's younger brother Feng Ren. So much.No one answered him, but Feng Ren became more and more energetic as he talked, and tried to get close to Yan Fei again. Yan Fei had a cold face and didn't even bother to look at him.Zhao Ce looked like he was gloating about his misfortune, but when Yan Fei glanced at him, he turned his head, raised his neck and rolled his eyes.

Seeing that Ye Lingxi was well-dressed, Feng Ren thought it was a young lady from some family, "This little sister is really good-looking." After saying this, Yan Fei stepped forward to block Ye Lingxi behind him and glanced at her with a cold look. , Feng Ren shrank his head in fright, and Shen Ning took the opportunity to greet Yan Jiang and Mr. Luo to leave.Feng Ren still wanted to follow, but was blocked by two boys. He angrily asked the two boys to get out of the way, and wanted to hit them. With a whoosh, a stone bounced off the ground and hit his kneecap. He groaned in pain and fell to the ground. After standing up and cursing, he looked around and found no one who had done the murder. Seeing that Yan Fei had left a few days ago, it was not interesting for him to stay here alone, limping. The ground is gone.

(End of this chapter)