Everyone obviously understood the rules, and they were all eager to try it. Li Ye also vaguely guessed that it must be an iron pill or a stone pill.
At this time, two servants brought a table and placed it two feet away. The butler placed three porcelain bottles on the table.
"Just two feet away!"
Qiao Xingzhong stood up and walked down the steps, with several stone pellets the size of table tennis balls in his hands.
He smiled slightly at Li Ye and said: "I throw stones, and you hit them. The one who breaks the most porcelain bottles wins. Do you understand?"
Qiao Xingzhong glanced at the young man again and said with a smile: "Wang Shun, you hit me often, you go first! Set an example for Brother Li."
The young man took off his outer robe, revealing his muscular upper body. He moved his muscles, and the muscles on his arms were particularly plump and strong.
"Ashun, show your true skills!"
Several polo players cheered the young man up. They were all servants of the royal family who practiced martial arts together and were very familiar with each other.
The young man picked up the polo club and took a good stance. Qiao Xingzhong suddenly threw a stone pellet. It was like playing baseball in later generations. The young man swung the club and the stone pellet flew out. 'Bang!' A porcelain bottle was hit.
smash.
Everyone cheered loudly, "Well done!"
Li Ye also nodded. He played well and must have worked hard. Qiao Bin was particularly nervous. This Wang Shun was recommended by the palace early this morning. He ranked third among the polo players of King Si Ning's servant. He has real ability. Qiao Bin
Bin was worried that Li Ye could not control his aura.
"Come again!"
Qiao Xingzhong threw another stone pellet, and the young man swung it out. He heard a "Dang!" sound and hit the bottle, but the bottle did not break, it just shook a little.
This is a stoneware bottle specially used for polo practice. Although the quality is poor, the wall of the bottle is very thick. It must be hit on the front to break it. If hit on the side, it will easily slide over.
"Wang Shun, this doesn't count!"
"I know, please ask Manager Qiao to vote again!"
The young man swallowed, his hands kept holding the club, and his body shook slightly. He was a little nervous.
Qiao Xingzhong threw the third stone ball again. The young man swung hard and the stone ball hit in a straight line, which was very powerful. Unfortunately, it just missed the ball and missed the porcelain bottle.
Young's face suddenly became full of frustration, and he could not hide the disappointment in his eyes.
Several polo players cheered him up, "One out of three is pretty good. That kid couldn't hit one."
Qiao Xingzhong sighed secretly, feeling a little disappointed. The shooter he was looking for was Qi Yong, who was ranked number one in the palace, and he could hit seven out of ten goals with porcelain bottles.
"Brother Li, it's your turn!"
Li Ye nodded, carrying his half-old club and walking forward, half-crouching on horseback, his heart was still and his mind was empty.
After the butler placed the three porcelain bottles, Qiao Xingzhong shouted loudly and threw the stone pellet, much faster than before.
Li Ye was as still as a mountain. When Ishimaru came in front of him, he swung out the club like lightning. There was a crisp sound of hitting the ball, followed by a 'bang!' sound. The ball speed was too fast. Before everyone could see Ishimaru, the porcelain bottle on the far left had been hit.
smash.
"Okay!" Qiao Bin clapped his hands excitedly. He was the only one in the yard who cheered. The other polo players had unnatural expressions on their faces. This shot was so beautiful and impeccable.
"The second one is coming!"
Qiao Xingzhong threw the stone ball, and secretly screamed, "Oh no!" He missed the throw, and the stone ball hit Li Ye's body. He should have moved forward so that Li Ye could swing. Now that it was thrown toward his body, how could he swing?
Qiao Xingzhong was about to say that the shot did not count, but unexpectedly, Li Ye turned his body 180 degrees and hit the stone ball accurately with a backhand shot. The stone ball was shot with great force, and 'Bang!' The second porcelain bottle was smashed to pieces.
"Beautiful!" Everyone couldn't help but cheer. This turn around and backhand shot was really brilliant, and no one else could do it.
Wang Shun's face was burning, this guy was indeed better than him.
Qiao Bin raised his arms with excitement, "Two hits, two hits, Brother Li wins!"
Qiao Xingzhong was stunned. He didn't expect that he made a mistake in throwing the ball, but the opponent could still hit it. This was the first time he saw it. His son was right, this guy is really smart!
His eyes gradually glowed, and he laughed loudly: "Brother Li, how about we do a double jump for the third hit?"
Everyone around was in an uproar!
Li Ye bowed slightly and said, "Uncle, please explain, what does double jumping mean?"
"oh?"
Qiao Xingzhong was even more surprised, "Is this your first time?"
"It's my first time for you to hit me. You don't understand the rules!"
Qiao Xingzhong gave a thumbs up, "It's so great for the first time. It's like you have been tempered for thousands of times. You are so talented!"
In fact, he misunderstood. It was his first time to hit porcelain bottles, but Li Ye had been hitting Ishimaru since he was four years old. It was really hard work. Of course, talent is another matter.
Li Ye did not explain deliberately and listened quietly to him explaining the rules.
"Double jump means that if the stone pill moves, the porcelain bottle will also move. Do you understand?"
Li Ye nodded. He was just shooting sports targets. He didn't know if he had practiced with them before, but he had completely mastered that wonderful control and could hit anything.
He took up his posture again, held his breath, and felt calm, but the corners of his eyes were catching the movement of the porcelain vase. The third porcelain vase was now in the butler's hand.
"start!"
Qiao Xingzhong threw the stone pill violently, the position was right, and there was no deviation this time. At the same time, the butler also threw the porcelain bottle high.
Hitting the moving stone pill to break the moving porcelain bottle is more than ten times more difficult than the static bottle just now. Of course, there are masters who can do it, but none of the hundreds of servants in the Sining Palace can do it.
Li Ye narrowed his eyes. At that moment, a wonderful feeling of control arose from his heart. He swung the club and said, 'Pop!' A gray shadow flashed across the stone ball in the air. With a 'Bang!' sound, the porcelain bottle disintegrated in the air.
Beaten to pieces.
There were cheers in the courtyard, it was so wonderful.
Qiao Xingzhong's eyes shone, he stroked his beard and laughed, "This boy is a rare creature!"
Li Ye was invited into the study, Qiao Xingzhong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Please sit down!"
But there are only a few couches, which really bothers Li Ye. He is most afraid of visiting rich people's homes. Unlike poor people who sit on benches or long benches, rich people sit on couches and have to kneel down. How will his knees feel?
Come on?
Qiao Xingzhong noticed Li Ye's embarrassment, chuckled, and sat down cross-legged, "Young Master Li, feel free to do whatever you want!"
Li Ye also sat down cross-legged, which was pretty much the same.
"This is what happened!"
Qiao Xingzhong told him the reason for playing polo, "Steward Tian of the Sining Palace has gone back to his hometown to retire. I am the second steward. Normally I should be promoted to the chief steward.
But! There is also a third steward in the palace, surnamed Hu. His wife used to be the princess's personal maid. He took the wife route, and the princess wanted this third steward Hu to be the chief steward.
The prince didn't want to break the rules, but he didn't want to make the princess unhappy, so he thought of a way. The prince liked polo the most, so he asked me and the steward Hu San to organize a polo team. Ten days later, the winner would be the winner.
As a big steward, the princess agreed.
There is a difficulty here. There are hundreds of servants in the palace. The prince’s intention is to select polo players from the servants and not to hire foreign players. Brother Li, do you understand?"
Li Ye said sadly, "Uncle, what you mean is that even though I won just now, I still can't play this game for you?"
"No! No! Mr. Li misunderstood. I think the prince meant that you are not allowed to invite professional polo masters from outside. But you are not, so there is still a glimmer of hope. I want to invite you to be a substitute, even if you have no chance to play.
, I will still give you 20 guan of money. If you can play, it will be 50 guan of money, no matter you win or lose, how about it?"
What else can I do? I still owe Qiao Bin thirty taels of silver!
Li Ye nodded, "Then we will make an agreement!"
At first I called him Little Brother Li, but it felt good, so I changed my name to Young Master Li.