Chapter 50 Exercise
The next day, the people of Chang'an City were almost intrigued, and no one wanted to miss this rare final, not to mention that the emperor would come to the scene in person. As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, many people wanted to see Longyan. Li Ke woke up early and took Ma Zhou and others and Dinghan team members to the Weishui River in a frame. Before the sun came out, the Cuju venue was lying quietly there. It was late autumn. The morning weather was a little chill. Li Ke was wearing a cloak and did not feel cold. He sat down on the seat on the sidelines, and Ma Zhou and Su Dingfang began to assign tasks to his subordinates.
After a while, people came to the venue one after another. Ma Zhou placed a long table at the intersection turning to the river. Two servants sat behind the table. A flag was erected on the flag, which read "New Cuju Piao Astronomy writers signed and sold books in a hot spot.
When Dugu Mou came, there was a man next to him, Cheng Mingzhen, the general of the Right Qianniu Guard, and the number of people he brought was twice as many as before. After the two met with Su Dingfang and Deng Tongda, Dugu Mou gave a brief introduction to the two. The four teams immediately took their positions and performed their duties. The audience saw that the field was surrounded by railings and knew that the emperor was going to watch the ball, they all stood outside the fence. Chai Zhewei arrived shortly after Li Ke came, and took his followers and team. Seeing Li Ke sitting on the sidelines, he also walked over to sit down. Li Ke looked at him and reminded him: "Zhewei, tell your players that even if you don't win the Dinghan team today, you must spare no effort." Chai Zhewei agreed: "Don't worry, third brother, we are brothers off the court. On the court, our team is the opponent."
After the sun rose, the heavens were very beautiful and gave a rare warm weather. Soon, Qin Huaiyu, Cheng Huailiang, Li Zongshao and Yuchi Gong also came. Li Ke was talking to everyone, and suddenly heard a commotion in the crowd. Then, "Long live the grass people, see!" It came one after another to Li Ke's ears. Li Ke quickly stood up, and Chai Zhewei and others also stood up. There were already kneeling inside and outside the venue. The only ones standing were several chariots, and the iron-armored imperial guards standing straight beside the chariots. On the front chariot, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat high. In the sedan parked in sequence, there were Yang Fei and other concubines respectively, and behind were two chariots. Li Chengqian and Li Tai sat on it expressionlessly, followed by official sedans of Changsun Wuji and several ministers.
Li Ke hurriedly brought everyone forward to greet him, knelt down and said, "My son welcomes his father."
Li Shimin looked down at the well-known venue and the thousands of spectators next to the venue. He nodded slightly and said to the audience: "Don't give me a gift, get up."
"Long live thanks!" The kneeling people said in unison, and stood up one after another, like mushrooms springing out of the ground after the rain.
After Li Ke got up, he saluted and greeted Empress Changsun, Concubine Yang, Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji and others in turn. After Li Ke saluted Li Chengqian, Li Tai smiled and said to him: "Third brother, it's not simple. It's so prosperous. Congratulations to you, Fourth brother."
"Thank you, my fourth brother, thanks to my father's support." Li Ke said modestly, but with a meaning.
After the ceremony, Li Ke returned to Li Shimin's chariot and said respectfully to Li Shimin: "Everything is ready. Please move to the VIP stand to watch the game."
After hearing this, Li Shimin ordered someone to help him and Empress Changsun get off the sedan chair. Then, Concubine Yang and several other female relatives walked out of the sedan chair one after another. At the same time, Li Chengqian and Li Tai also got off the frame. Li Ke led everyone to the VIP desk and arranged for everyone to sit down, and then he sat down next to Concubine Yang.
Chai Zhewei, Qin Huaiyu and others naturally could not sit on the VIP stand today. After celebrating Li Shimin, they sat on the chairs beside the venue with some wealthy and wealthy families. The lively Cuju venue a few days ago, because of Li Shimin's arrival, it became silent at this moment. The audience's expression seemed to have been copied, and they all looked respectful.
Ma Zhou walked onto the explanation stage in this atmosphere and announced loudly: "The final of the Cuju drill competition begins now!" After Ma Zhou said that, Dinghan and Chaifu team walked into the field with great pride, and still threw copper coins first to decide the kick-off. Chaifu team won.
The referee bell rang and the final kicked off. Because they knew that Li Shimin was also watching, the players of both teams were very excited and played very vigorously. Not long after the game, Ye Xi cleverly intercepted the ball, and Teng Chong rushed up to stop and rob. Ye Xi suddenly used his left foot and squeezed over Teng Chong's side. The speed was as fast as a flash of lightning. Teng Chong caught him off guard and watched Ye Xi drip the ball by. However, Teng Chong was also very fast, and he quickly pulled out to chase, but he did not fall much by Ye Xi. Ye Xi obviously realized this problem, so he crossed and passed the ball to a teammate on the sideline. After Ye Xi broke through Teng Chong, Xu Jie of Dinghan team saw an opportunity and immediately rushed to the front midfielder to respond, further expanding the team's attack lineup. The sideline teammate who got the ball did not choose to break through. After passing it again, the ball was passed to Xu Jie.
In this three passes and two passes, the defense line of the Chaifu team was completely opened. After Xu Jie stopped the ball, he raised his head slightly and flipped his right foot, passing the ball through the air between the two defenders of the Chaifu team, and accurately divided it to Ye Xi's feet. Ye Xi got the ball, ran a few steps quickly, and then raised his foot to pass. The ball flew up instantly, with a very low line, but very fast speed, and rushed to the Chaifu team's penalty area like a dart. Unfortunately, he was a little far away from the goal, and Xu Jie and Tengchong chased the landing point together. Xu Jie was half a step faster, and with his right foot, bounced the ball towards the goal. The goalkeeper of the Chaifu team hurriedly jumped up to block it. At the same time, the ball was blocked, he fell to the ground.
It was so dangerous! The audience couldn't help but be worried about the Chai Mansion Team. Li Shimin, Empress Changsun and others were also thrilling to watch. Time passed without knowing that two moments passed, and both sides had several chances, but neither scored the goal. Ye Xi organized the attack while looking for the opponent's flaws, trying to find a breakthrough. But the Chai Mansion Team was too tightly guarding him. As long as he received the ball, two or three Chai Mansion Team members immediately surrounded him.
Ye Xi decided to take the initiative. At this time, the ball was passed to him through his teammates again. Ye Xi received the ball and quickly accelerated, and rushed towards the opponent's frontcourt with all his strength. The defenders of the Chai Mansion team naturally quickly touched it, but the ball was at Ye Xi's feet, as if it was one with his feet, and could not break it. They just wanted to rely on their bodies to block Ye Xi's pace of progress. However, Ye Xi was anxious and blocked his shoulders and rushed out of the defense line. The players were not discouraged and continued to chase Ye Xi. When the No. 9 striker of Chengfu team saw it, he also rushed forward and blocked Ye Xi in front. Ye Xi flashed, shook past No. 9, and continued to move forward quickly. In a flash, he arrived at the midfield. The members of the Chai Mansion team surrounded him again. Ye Xi rushed left and right, and took the ball
After rushing three or four meters, freed from the siege, Ye Xixin made a cross, and with the help of running inertia, he raised his right foot and volleyed the ball, kicking it out. This kick was a bit incredible. When the ball just flew out, it soared into the sky like a rocket, and it was not what a long shot should have. Not only that, he also ran in the direction, making people feel that Ye Xi was not shooting, but passing the ball to the side. However, the ball seemed to be pulled by an invisible rope. After leaping to the highest point, he strongly turned a corner and flew straight towards the goal. This sudden change shocked the goalkeeper of the Chaifu team for a few seconds. He hurriedly reached to block it, but the ball flew quickly to the upper right corner of the goal and fell into the goal. The angle was amazing.
In an instant, the audience applauded thunderously, and had already forgotten that Li Shimin was watching the game, cheering and shouting. Li Shimin couldn't help but clapped and praised, "It's really a magical foot!" Then he asked Li Ke, "Li Ke, what's the name of the player who scored the goal just now?" Li Ke stood up and replied, "Report to my father, his name is Ye Xi, and he is the captain of the Dinghan Team in my mansion." After saying that, Li Ke secretly looked at Li Shimin, and saw the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, Li Ke was secretly happy. It seemed that Li Shimin was satisfied with the Cuju match.
Li Chengqian saw it and jealously called Li Ke despicable. Although Li Tai was jealous and hated Li Ke, he did not show it on his face and watched the game with a smile. Concubine Yang's eyes were full of love, and she was proud of Li Ke's doing such a grand thing. But when she saw Li Chengqian's gaze, her heart tightened. As the saying goes, a tree attracts wind, Concubine Yang began to worry about Li Ke.
Chapter completed!