Late Tang

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"We accept Qi Guogong's 500 million gamble, but please place your bet first." Although Tian Lingzi still had a smile on his face, the smile was obviously stiff.

"It seems that everyone here didn't get any money for betting, right?" Li Jing smiled slightly, "Why, Eunuch Tian thinks that I, Li Jing, can't come up with 500 million yuan? Or are you looking down on me, Li Jing?"

Tian Lingzi opened a gambling house, and almost all the thousands of nobles and officials present bet, but everyone is noble, so there is no need to pay for the bet first, just need to register a name and write down the bet. .After all, in the city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, there is still no one who dares to owe Eunuch Tian money.Li Jing placed a heavy bet of 500 million at once. With Tian Lingzi's eyes, it was natural to see that Li Jing had a high chance of winning in the end.In other words, if Li Jing really wins in the end, he will have to pay Li Jing 500 million guan.

It's not that he can't afford to pay. After all, in this game, thousands of nobles bet, and each of them bet at least tens of hundreds of bets, or even tens of thousands of bets.He had done the math just now, those nobles had already placed more than ten million bets. According to the ordinary way of opening a bank, in fact, when opening a bank, the odds they set basically guaranteed that they would not make a profit. About [-]% of the commission has been left on the odds.And this time they set a high rate of goals scored by many players. The bets made by the nobles were very few, so they calculated that they had at least [-]% to [-]% of the profit.

With this profit alone, he can compensate Li Jing for this game.However, Tian Lingzi was blocked by Li Jing and took a bet that he was reluctant and obviously lost, so he was naturally unwilling.

As soon as Li Jing said this, the atmosphere suddenly changed.

Li Xuan also heard what they said, and seeing that the two people who had finally reconciled might have a grudge, he hurriedly said: "Gambling, it's just for fun. A small gamble is fun, but a big gamble hurts one's health. No one in the world does not know that Qi Guogong has the right way to make money. , but the bet of 500 million is still too amazing. I think, bet less, and the bet of [-] is enough."

Now that the emperor had stepped forward, Li Jing had no choice but to take a step back.

In the end, Li Jing changed to bet 100 million on the white team's victory, and the odds were also changed to 80 to [-].If Li Jing wins, Tian Lingzi will pay [-] yuan.

"Dang!" A bell rang, and the game continued on the field.

The second game is the middle game, which is also the decisive game. Now the white team is leading. If the white team wins this round again, there is no need to play the third game at all.

The white team is currently leading by one goal. At the beginning of the second game, the most cruel and fierce side of the polo game gradually began to be revealed.Especially when Tian Lingzi went down to the front hall before the start and went to have a few words with the generals who were on the field in person, the second match started with an extremely fierce fight.

In the fierce confrontation, people collided with each other and were injured.

The movements on both sides became more and more rough, with horseshoes criss-crossing, and the crescent sticks of both sides even ran towards the opponent more than the ball.

At the beginning of the field, several people from both sides fell off their horses at one time, and even their faces were covered with blood and their arms were broken.

However, this did not stop the game. Fierce confrontation is the most exciting and attractive part of polo.The royal relatives, princes and nobles, civil servants and military generals who watched the game on the court were all red-faced, and they kept getting up and waving their arms and shouting.Especially after Tian Lingzi's opening bet, everyone is more enthusiastic now.

However, if they are playing seriously, the Shence Army's cooperation is more tacit, but now that they have the idea of ​​hurting others, they are surprised to find that they are even more disadvantaged.Li Jing's six disciples still played in the second game. After Li Cunxiao scored the first game, he was even more excited on the court.In addition to crashing and intercepting troubles, he also began to frequently try to score goals.

Wang Yanzhang, Yang Shihou, and Fu Cun also cooperated with Li Cunxiao several times to charge.

These four were originally the worst skilled members of the White Team, but now they caused the Shence Army a headache.Sending people to defend them, it doesn't work if there are fewer people, but if there are too many people, they will release powerful players like Xin Yan.

The situation on the field has changed drastically, and the Shence team is now facing two teams, Xin Yan and Li Cunxiao.

The second game was only halfway through, when Li Cunxiao and the others went on a rampage, causing the Shence team's defense to be like a fish, with loopholes everywhere.Although Li Cunxiao failed to hit the goal several times, it attracted countless sighs and boos on the field.But their style of play forced the opponent to send several people to mark them. As a result, Xin Xun, Liu Xun and others were released. After a few exquisite passes, Xin Xun scored three goals in a row.

The game was still going on, Wang Yanzhang intercepted the ball again and passed it in front of Li Cunxiao's horse, Luo Yuangao came to intercept, the two fought fiercely, the horses collided directly, there was a neigh, and the two horses fell together Li Cunxiao and Luo Yuangao both fell off their horses.Luo Yuangao's leg was directly crushed by the battlefield and had to be carried off the field.On the other hand, Li Cunxiao, although he was also suppressed by the battlefield, he raised his hands on his knees abruptly and raised his horse.Everyone could clearly see that the injured horse was really completely lifted by him, and it was still a few feet above the ground.

With a loud roar, Li Cunxiao pushed the wounded horse aside, stood up by himself, and was unscathed except for the dust on his body, which caused bursts of screams.

First without Niu Xu, and now without Luo Yuangao, the end of the two generals, the offensive of Shence's army immediately began to fail.

The initiative on the entire court is completely controlled by the white team, and the rhythm is completely controlled by the white team.Xin Yu, Liu Xun, Gao Siji, Mi Haiwan, Shi Jingcun, and Qi Bizhang, Li Cunxiao, Wang Yanzhang, Fu Cun, and Yang Shihou, and the white team were directly divided into three teams to fight. .

The three small teams form a large team. They seem to be fighting independently, but they can often play incomparably exquisite coordination. What the polo master Li Yan in the stands is flushed with excitement, he slaps his thighs fiercely from time to time, throwing Tian Lingzi grinned in pain, but didn't dare to blame.

Xin Yan and the others became more and more courageous, and the more they fought, the tacit understanding became better.On the contrary, after two consecutive core members of the Shence army were dismissed, although there were substitutes, the morale was greatly affected, and even the rhythm could not be brought up. They played defense, and the whole team shrank, as if they had been castrated. Withered head and brain.

With the cooperation of Liu Xun and Gao Siji, Xin Xuan pierced through the gates of the Shence Army three times in a row, bringing the ratio between the two sides to fifteen to seven.The voices of the guards who sang the numbers beside the stadium were almost hoarse, and the fifteen white flags were unfurled, almost securing the victory, and it was impossible for the Shence Army to come back.

In the last two quarters of an hour, there was an eight-ball gap, and the Shence Army had already given up.

However, Li Cunxiao and the others were unwilling to let it go. They were still rushing and fighting. The three teams charged in turn, and finally they were almost on the wheel.The gates of the Shence Army were pierced again and again, and the nobles in the stands seemed to have lost their enthusiasm.

During the last period, there was no suspense at all.

Not only did Xin Yan score two more goals, reaching the game-high personal score of [-] goals, but each of the other nine scored.Mi Haiwan scored three points, Shi Jingcun scored two points, and Qi Bizhang scored two points.Liu Xun got three points, Gao Siji got three points, Li Cunxiao got two points, Wang Yanzhang got one point, Fu Cun got three points, and Yang Shihou got two points.

With the bang of the gong, the game was over. The white team won both games, with a total score of 32 to [-]. There was no need to play the third game.

At the end of the game, Tian Lingzi's face was so dark that it couldn't be darker.The Shence Army had a complete advantage at the beginning. They were the champion team in Chang'an last year. Not only did they lose to a temporary polo team, but they were also brutally abused by them. It was embarrassing. 32 to seven, this score ratio made him feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

Li Jing stood up immediately, and smiled at Tian Lingzi: "Oh, it was really not easy to win, but luckily we won. 80 guan, thank you!"

"Don't worry, our family can still afford to lose 80 yuan, and someone will send it to Qi Guogong's mansion in Qinrenfang in a while." Tian Lingzi said these words almost through gritted teeth.

Li Xuan also smiled and said: "Although the second half was a bit disappointing, overall, this is still a very exciting match, especially the old general Xin Yan, who really deserves to be number one in the Tang Dynasty." Swordsman, he scored eleven goals alone, creating a record for the number of goals scored by a single player in a polo tournament." After speaking excitedly, he said loudly, "I said before the game that this game, the winner One side will be awarded the official position of the commander-in-chief of the Datong Army, and the losing party will be appointed as the official post of the commander-in-chief of the Pinglu Army."

After changing their clothes, the two teams came to the emperor to listen to the emperor's rewards for them.

Xin Xun was awarded the title of deputy ambassador and envoy of Jiedu of the Datong Army, and he was also granted the title of Minister of Zhuguo and the Ministry of Inspection and Industry, and the founding uncle of Dingxiang.Mi Haiwan was awarded the deputy envoy of the Datong Army Jiedu, Shi Jingcun was awarded the title of Marching Army Sima, and Qi Bizhang was awarded the title of Jiedu Judge.These three persons also served as governors of the three prefectures of Datong respectively, and were conferred the posts of training envoys of the regiments of each prefecture, and each was conferred the title of Earl of the founding of the country.

And Li Cunxiao's six people also performed brilliantly in this competition, which was appreciated by the emperor. All six of them were conferred the titles of riding generals from the upper rank of the fifth rank, captains of light vehicles from the fourth rank at the seventh rank, and all received the title of viscount of Jianguo County on the fifth rank. .

Although the Shence army lost, it was not for nothing. In the end, as Li Jing expected, although Chen Jingxuan was almost a substitute in the two games, he only played for a quarter of an hour and did not gain anything.But in the end, he was appointed Deputy Ambassador and Envoy of Jiedu of Lulong Army, Yang Shili was appointed Deputy Envoy of Jiedu of Lulong Army, Niu Xu was appointed Sima of Marching Army of Lulong Army, and Luo Yuangao was appointed Judge of Jiedu.

Finally, Li Xuan issued another appointment, appointing Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Jianxiao Situ, Tongping Zhangshi, Shangzhu State, Xiangyang County Kaiguo Gong, and Shiyi Erqianhu Du Shenquan as Zhaoyi Jiedu envoys. To replace the vacancy left by Li Jun's death. (To be continued.)