Chapter 75 Part 2 - Thrilling (1/2)
The laymen only joined the crowd and were naturally unable to see anything. They only knew that the Jiang family’s second miss wasn’t ignorant of equestrianism, at least she knew how to get on the horse. The experts could point out the method and Kong Liu saw something more than meets the eye. He whispered in Zheng Hu Chen’s ear: “Jiang second miss is pretty good.”
Zheng Hu Chen frowned slightly.
Jiang Li had mounted the horse, the heavy arrow tube was carried on her back. She pulled the reins, the summer wind blew on her face; it was very warm. She remembered Xue Huaiyuan’s instructions and Xue Zhao’s smile.
Suddenly there’s tears in Jiang Li’s eyes.
The tears quickly disappeared because the drumbeat that indicated the start had sounded. With a “woosh”, six horses rushed out wildly at the same time.
To say “rushed out wildly” wasn’t actually the case. Nie Xiao Shuang and Zhu Xin Er were just trotting, they didn’t even brandish their whips and merely cautiously maintained the posture of “running”. Kong Liu wiped his face, and said with frustration: “Truly a waste of this father’s good horses.”
Jiang You Yao and Jiang Yu’e were better than these two ladies. At least their actions of brandishing the whip were still very valiant. However, the horsemanship they displayed while on horseback was very simple, it was more for the display of beauty, making people take note of the person on the horseback and not on the horse.
Zheng Hu Chen also secretly shook his head, clearly very dissatisfied with the conduct of these ladies. But there was no way, equestrian archery was not the strong point of Ming Yi Hall. So to say, it was very rare to find ladies who were willing to bear hardship and learned this kind of skill that was not usually used.
In the entire examination field, Meng Hong Jin took the lead.
She was like a ball of fire; her attire blazing on the mounted horse, making her appear both proud and beautiful. The clear outline of a slender figure of a woman made the heart thump. Along with the jolt of the horse, her long hair undulated, creating a very beautiful picture. Although Meng Hong Jin’s looks couldn’t be compared to Jiang You Yao, the Meng Hong Jin on horseback was indeed more eye-catching than Jiang You Yao.
“The Meng family’s young lady is amazing,” someone said: “at least on horsemanship, no one could surpass her.”
“Then what about Jiang second miss?” Someone made fun from the side: “In the previous four exams, didn’t Jiang second miss wasn’t behind anyone and turned defeat into victory?”
“Mm, but look, currently Jiang second miss is lagging behind.” The person who spoke before replied: “Besides, Jiang second miss doesn’t seem to be rushing forward, Miss Meng is way ahead of her, so it should not be possible to overtake Miss Meng.”