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Chapter 193 Sudden Changes to the Schedule

After a while, the gongs and drums sounded again.

Everyone stopped talking at the same time and turned their heads to look at the water's edge.

For a while, only the guys from the casinos were running back and forth on the long embankment, holding flags and sweating profusely.

"Horses don't get fat without night grass, and people don't get rich without windfalls. XX is a century-old village with a reliable reputation."

"The dragon boat race is about to start, and time is running out. If you don't seize the time to bet, the windfall will fall into the hands of others."

"Ma'am," Jixiang said with a tingle in his heart, "this servant wants to hold some money and bet on our general's victory."

Yingpan glared at her, then took out a bank note and gave it to her, "It's not too much pressure. Go back and work honestly to make money."

"Got it!" Ji Xiang nodded grinningly, and left with Miao Dong like a tail.

At this time, more than 20 dragon boats were finally finished.

Ren Yi heaved a sigh of relief, walked back with a smile on his face.

On the dotting stage, a waiter raised a thin voice: "The captains of each team come to draw lots, and the rest of the contestants board the dragon boat!"

The contestants listened to the order one after another, and the captain turned around and walked towards the dotting table.

Not long after,
thump!
A captain in a pink uniform slipped and fell hard.

Maybe it was a hard fall, he struggled a few times, since he couldn't get up immediately.

quiet!
silence!

The whole audience was stunned, and even the atmosphere group, which was beating gongs and drums, almost stopped.

Haha!

After a while, the dense crowd of people realized that a burst of laughter broke out immediately.

As the saying goes, the more pink you dress, the harder you curse.

After a while, Yu Tao, who was dressed in pink and tender, got up with a red face.

He yelled: "Which bastard who gave birth to a son without an ass hole, stand up for me! Dare to wipe the ground..."

While talking, Yu Tao suddenly realized what the occasion was, and quickly shut up.

It's just that the anger in his stomach has no place to vent, his mouth is gurgling, and his eyes are so red that he almost wants to choose someone to eat.

When they heard the movement, Ren Ning and the others had all stopped, turned around and looked for Sheng Sheng curiously.

After seeing the movement in front of the dotting stage, everyone including Ren Rong looked at Ren Ning in admiration.

"Look," said one team member proudly, "Old Ren's eyes have always been sharp. If there is something he says, there must be something."

Ren Ning ignored these, but looked at the happy Xiao Gang, "He is that Yu Tao from Uncle Zhongqin's residence, your elder brother's cousin?"

"It's him!" The current situation is obviously not suitable for attacking each other, Xiao Gang could only suppress the pleasure in his heart, and nodded slightly.

It was this Yu Tao who fooled Xiao Gang into buying the Zuixian Tower in Yonghefang before, and even made a trick, so that the new restaurant that Xiao Gang spent a lot of money to decorate was empty.

Not only did he lose a lot of money, but it also made him a joke among the princes of the imperial capital.

When the others reacted, they were immediately relieved: "It turned out to be this bastard, so it was a good fall."

Huo Qing went to draw lots, and Ren Rong was the person most familiar with the situation in Xingji City.

He said sternly: "Although Yu Tao and Xiao Gang have a feud, it's nothing to worry about at this time. His team is here to escort, so he shouldn't take the initiative to provoke us. Don't just stare at him."

The crowd nodded.

Escort is to protect the master's dragon boat, so that the master's boat will not be disturbed by other teams.If necessary, these convoys may also secretly attack the dragon boats of other teams.

It is said that in order to ensure that they can rank among the top spears or even win the laurels, some smug princes even formed several escorting dragon boat teams, just in case.

Therefore, there are more than [-] teams participating in this dragon boat race.

clap clap clap!
Hasty footsteps sounded.

There was a mistake at the dotting table, and the forbidden army hurried over to check the situation.

Not long after, Zuo Fu, the commander of the Forbidden Army, saluted in the direction of Emperor Changxing.

"Your Majesty," he said loudly, "everything is normal at the dotting table. Third Young Master Yu just stepped on a small pebble and accidentally fell, so he is fine."

Emperor Changxing's eyes darkened.

He glanced at Ren Yi who was standing calmly beside him, then waved his hand.

Since Yu Tao is in good health, the dragon boat draw will continue.

This will happen to be Huo Qing's turn.

He strode up, reached into a large box covered with a red cloth, and quickly took out a number from it.

five!
The waiter on the dotting stage picked it up and showed it to all directions, and screamed: "Dragon Boat Team of Duke Zhen's Mansion, track five."

Huo Qing nodded, turned around, rowed his own dragon boat to the fifth track with Ren Ning and others and waited.

Not long after, the lottery or track draw ended.

Gongs and drums sounded again.

All the dragon boats sailed to their own tracks one after another, and took their places.

Huo Qingxiao: "The year before last, two teams got too close. In the end, the teammates on both sides fought directly, and some people almost drowned. So this time, the Ministry of Rites sent someone to delineate the track."

Ren Ning looked forward.

The dragon boat track is about two feet wide and consists of two colorful ropes floating on the water, stretching from the starting point to the midpoint ten miles away.

With such a wide track, in theory, as long as the participating dragon boats follow the track in a regular manner, it is impossible to interfere with the teams on both sides.

"The track is ten miles, and a round trip is twenty miles." Li Hebai was curious, "Is the schedule so long in previous years?"

"It's not that long." People like Xiao Gang who were familiar with the situation shook their heads strangely.

For the convenience of spectators along the coast, the race schedule in previous years is usually only five miles, and the dragon boats need to go back and forth once, and the total length is ten miles.

I don't know why this year it was suddenly changed to twenty miles.

This distance is not close, and the dragon boat needs a lot of physical strength to go upstream first.

The most important thing is that none of the teams practiced to row such a long distance during training.Because there is no need.

Huo Qing and Ren Rong looked at each other.

"That's what Your Majesty meant."

In the Dragon Boat Festival in previous years, Emperor Changxing occasionally went out of the palace to have fun with the people, but most of them would not come to the crowded and slippery moat for safety.

This year's dragon boat race, he came here to host it, just wanting to do something different.

"Yun Chuixiong lives in the Central Plains. Compared with the surrounding barbarians, the empire is vast and boundless, with countless soldiers and wealth..."

Emperor Changxing made a fuss about it.

In fact, just one sentence.

Yunchui has a profound background, the country is deep and broad, and the soldiers have sufficient stamina, so there is no need to be afraid of the enemies around.Because only those with great potential and who can have the last laugh are the final winners.

The emperor's golden mouth and jade words, the word is a certainty.

So Emperor Changxing doubled the schedule of the dragon boat race with a stroke of his pen.Exactly what he said.

Naturally, the Ministry of Rites would have no objection to the emperor's small change, so the schedule became what it is now.

Ren Rong took a look at Huo Qing: "The incident happened suddenly, and it was too late when Shizi and I got the news. This time, the dragon boat race is going against the current and going forward. Can everyone hold on?"

Hey!

Ren Ninglei and Xiao Gang, the Xingluo soldiers who came back from the south, smiled lightly: "It's only twenty miles, and half of it is along the water. It's a trivial matter for us."

When they first arrived in Guangxin County, the Xingluo Army forced the soldiers to climb the high and steep Yingshan Mountain with heavy loads every day.That mountain is more than ten miles high.

"We have no problem." Li Hebai replied on behalf of the soldiers at Zhennan Pass.

They have not received the harsh mountaineering training of the Starfall Army, but the soldiers at Zhennanguan have received strict water training, and they can be called the southern water tyrants.

The [-] sailors in Nanfeng were killed by them.The mere twenty-mile waterway is also not worth mentioning to them.

"How about you guys from Xingji City?" The people who came back from the south asked Huo Qingrenrong and the others, "Can you stand up?"

Huo Qing smiled and nodded, "Of course I'm fine."

He was born in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and at the same time had a grandmother like Princess Yiguang watching over him. The training Huo Qing received since he was a child was not at all easier than the soldiers of the Starfall Legion.

However, the others looked at each other, and everyone including Ren Rong showed embarrassment, "We will do our best."

(End of this chapter)