The carriage followed behind, and soon followed the team members, heading towards the provincial capital except for Xianyou Town.
Liu Yifang, who was riding a horse, was a little curious and came to the side of the carriage to ask Fang Xiaoxi: "County Master, how long can they run like this before they can rest?"
Fang Xiaoxi smiled and said, "One morning, maybe. I'll be hungry at noon, so I'll take a break when it's time to rest."
Liu Yifang said, "Are all those carriages behind us used for rest? But I see that there are a lot of things loaded on the carriages. They are very heavy."
Fang Xiaoxi explained with a smile: "That's normal, it will get better along the way, don't worry."
Why didn't he tell me what this mysterious thing was? He would eventually find out along the way.
Liu Yifang soon found out because it was noon and the team members in front of him slowed down until they stopped completely.
Fang Xiaoxi smiled and told the two girls: "Okay, go prepare lunch."
The two maids were used to running around outside with Fang Xiaoxi, so they naturally knew what lunch was.
After getting off, she went to the carriage at the back with the coachman and the cook to take out the ingredients they brought.
The cooking started, and soon the aroma wafted out. Liu Yifang and Zijiang looked at each other and then at Fang Xiaoxi.
"Mr. Xiang, is it possible that the carriage behind is loaded with food?"
Fang Xiaoxi nodded: "Yes, running all the time consumes a lot of energy, so of course I have to eat better."
When Zi Jiang heard this, he couldn't help but frowned: "Then I have to walk a little bit and gain a few pounds. I can do without running."
Liu Yifang looked at Zijiang with amusement: "What's there to worry about? We won't gain weight if we exercise more."
Fang Xiaoxi felt a little strange when she heard what the two said, and asked curiously, "What kind of exercise do you usually do?"
Uh! Zi Jiang and Liu Yifang stiffened for a moment, then laughed: "Just running, fighting or something."
Fang Xiaoxi was surprised: "I didn't expect that Painter Zijiang, who looks so gentle, would actually fight. You can't judge a person by his appearance."
Zi Jiang's face flushed red, and he laughed dryly: "It's normal for men to fight."
Fang Xiaoxi nodded: "That's true."
At this time, Nan Nan came over and looked at the three of them: "What are you talking about? Why is Painter Zi Jiang's face so red?"
Zi Jiang smiled and said, "Nothing."
Nan Nan looked at Fang Xiaoxi, and Fang Xiaoxi blinked: "There's nothing to talk about. Let's continue running in the afternoon or take a rest. We've already done enough exercise today."
That's true. We can't tire people out to death. "Okay, let's go riding this afternoon."
If you ride in the afternoon, you will go much faster.
Three days later, the group arrived at the city. Liu Yifang looked at Nan Nan and Fang Xiaoxi and said, "I'm going to find a place to live."
Fang Xiaoxi blinked her eyes and said, "Look for Nan Nan where to live."
Liu Yifang was still a little confused, Nan Nan raised an eyebrow and said, "Let's go, we have a place to stay here. Without a place to stay, how can we ensure that our team members can get sufficient information?"
What a boast! Can you just buy a yard wherever you go? That's too much money.
Nan Nan didn't know what Liu Yifang was thinking, so he led the team to the courtyard in the city. A large courtyard with three entrances was more than enough to accommodate a Cuju team.
After settling down, Nan Nan looked at Liu Yifang and said, "Let's go and report to the government."
The competition here began to enter a more formal situation. After all, it was a competition for strong people from so many villages in each town.
Fang Xiaoxi stayed behind to take care of the internal affairs, while Nan Nan took Liu Yifang and Zijiang and walked towards the government office.
The government office has been very busy recently, because the Cuju teams from fifteen towns under its jurisdiction are coming to the city to compete.
Together with the three teams from the original capital city, there are a total of eighteen teams.
There are eighteen teams, and the competition is also based on a draw, but this time the competition is held once a day in a fixed place.
This game will take at least a month. It is really convenient for all the teams to have fixed accommodations.
The team had no place to stay, so of course the government arranged accommodation for them, and they stayed in an inn in the city.
If two or three people live in one room, it will easily affect their rest.
After Nan Nan brought Liu Yifang to the government office, he discovered that the teams from the other fourteen towns had already arrived.
"Greetings, Mr. Prefect. We are the Cuju team of Xianyou Town, the Tianxia Yifang Cuju Team."
The prefect sitting above was named Lin, and he had just arrived not long ago. Because he knew how the previous prefects had worked, he had special respect for the people of Xianyou Town.
"So it's the team from Xianyou Town. It looks like all our teams are here. There are fifteen teams in total. Let's take a day off today and start drawing lots tomorrow."
This feeling is obviously biased towards the Xianyou Town team. Everyone has rested for such a long time, waiting for the Xianyou Town team to come.
As a result, the team made it, but they didn't expect that they would have to rest.
Nan Nan finally thanked him: "Thank you, Master Lin. It would be disrespectful for us to refuse."
Prefect Lin looked at Nan Nan happily and said, "Do you have a place to stay? If not, you can stay at the inn we arranged for you."
There has always been a large courtyard at the inn, which has been preserved, and now the leaders of these teams know about it.
This large courtyard was to be reserved for the people of Xianyou Town to live in. Everyone looked unhappy.
Yes, they all belong to the downstream town, but the preference for Xianyou Town is too much.
Could it be because Xianyou Town is the birthplace of Cuju? Wait, this time they must defeat the Cuju team of Xianyou Town.
To prove that even the place of origin is not as good as them. Let the people of Xianyou Town see how useless they are.
Prefect Lin didn't know that because of his attitude, the people of Xianyou Town had become the target of public criticism.
Of course Nan Nan didn't care at all, she smiled and said, "No thanks, thank you Master Lin for your kindness. We have a place to stay."
"Then we'll gather here tomorrow to draw lots, right?"
Lord Lin nodded quickly: "Yes."
Nan Nan hummed: "Okay, then we'll come back tomorrow."
Just as Prefect Lin was about to say yes, he saw an old man with a white beard next to him speaking: "Master Lin, what's going on in Xianyou Town?"
"No one left? Why did they send a kid to be in charge of this competition? Do they not take the imperial court seriously?"
At this time, another laugh came from the side: "You don't know this. There is a reason why Xianyou Town came so late this time."
"I heard that the county magistrate of Xianyou Town is a new one, and he was transferred from Kyoto! It's understandable that he's late, and it's normal that we can't find anyone to come."
Liu Yifang's face looked ugly. Looking at the two people who were insulting each other, he frowned and wanted to speak.
Nan Nan glanced at him and looked at Lord Lin: "Lord Lin, we will leave first. As for the others, if you have extra energy, you might as well put it into the competition."
"Let's see whether you old guys are more powerful or a young boy like me can lead the way."
A bunch of old guys, poof! That's too direct. The corner of Prefect Lin's mouth twitched. This prince really has personality.
If he didn't know that this was the prince, how could he, a prefect, be so servile and even try to please him
These old guys are really old and blurry-eyed. They can't see the situation clearly: "Okay, then you guys go back first."
After Nan Nan and Liu Yifang left, Prefect Lin looked at the other people in the town and said, "You guys should also come and participate in the lottery tomorrow."
"Mr. Mu is right. In a Cuju match, results are everything. Age is not the only thing that matters when judging a player."
After saying this, Magistrate Lin turned and left.
The rest of the people were trembling with anger. Most of the people in charge this time were indeed old.
Most of them are legal advisors from the yamen who come along to help with odd jobs. These people are usually superior to the common people below them.
When has he ever been humiliated like this? He actually called them old guys in front of them. It was simply unforgivable.
"Tomorrow, no matter who draws Xianyou Town, beat them up."
At this moment, all these teams reached a consensus. They just regretted that they couldn't have a group fight on this field.
Otherwise, these 17 teams would rush forward and beat up the Cuju team of Xianyou Town until they cried.
Of course, imagination is beautiful, but they cannot contact the people in Xianyou Town at all.
"The yard in the inn was reserved for Xianyou Town. Now that no one from Xianyou Town lives there, can we move in?"
As soon as these words came out, a group of people immediately began to fight for the right to live in that yard.
After Nan Nan and Liu Yifang returned, Nan Nan saw Liu Yifang and said, "Guard Liu, do you want to take Painter Zi Jiang out for a walk?"
"Anyway, we won't be drawing lots until tomorrow, so there's nothing else for everyone to do. I also have something to do with Xiangjun, so you don't need to follow me."
Liu Yifang nodded: "Okay, then I'll go ask Zijiang if he wants to go out."
Nan Nan had no one around him, so he went to find Fang Xiaoxi. Fang Xiaoxi was waiting for Nan Nan to come back: "Brother, you're back."
"How is it? When does the game start?"
Nan Nan shook his head: "I don't know. We can only decide by drawing lots tomorrow! Come on, I'll take you to see the girl you want."
This sounded really weird, but Fang Xiaoxi was still very happy to hear that her cheerleading team had arrived.
"Why didn't you bring anyone here?"
Nan Nan raised an eyebrow: "Aren't you sure to ask them if they are willing? If they are willing, bring them back."
Fang Xiaoxi thought about it and said, "Okay, what you said makes sense. Let's go and see the candidate you found for me."
If the person is not here, he must be somewhere else.