Li Hongji took the small silver hammer from the maid's hand, stood up, took out two lake crabs from the silver plate, placed them in front of Xiao Yanbei and Zhuo Wu, and said: "I hold the hammer to break the shell and get the meat, just like a general."
The joy of leading troops and horses to attack a city and plunder a stronghold is the true taste of this crab. How can you let others do it for you? What do you think, sir? Haha..." After laughing, he broke off the crab's legs and struck it with a silver hammer.
, peel off the broken shell and eat it.
Xiao Yanbei felt that the only person in the world who could eat crabs with this kind of artistic conception was Li Hongji. He was originally a person who expanded the land and opened up new territories. After carefully appreciating the meaning of these words, he also laughed: "It's so happy."
, King Yan is young and heroic, I admire him."
If Xiao Yanbei had said this when they first met, it was just to be polite, but now it was really praise.
Li Hongji thought he was a master at eating crabs. He took out the meat from a crab and finished it in an instant. His behavior was extremely elegant. He reached out sideways and washed his hands in the silver basin held by the maid next to him. He took the silk cloth and wiped it clean, and raised the wine.
Zhan said to Xiao Yanbei: "My envoy is still an important minister of the Liao Dynasty. It is a great honor for me to allow you to condescend to come here. I would like to offer you three cups of wine..." After saying this, he drank three cups in a row.
Xiao Yanbei was nearly 20 years older than Li Hongji, and he was an envoy. He accepted the offer naturally, but he also offered a toast in return.
After Li Hongji stood up and was honored, he put down his wine glass and said, "I am a little good at playing the piano. The moon is bright and the wind is beautiful today. I want to play a piece of music. I hope your envoy can give me some advice."
Since Li Hongji met Xiao Yanbei, he has never mentioned anything about the coalition, since it was related to the scruples in his heart. However, Xiao Yanbei remembered the words "Qinyinboxin" on the Cambodian post, nodded and said with a smile: "I can hear Yan
Wang Xiuqu should be a blessing to this envoy."
Li Hongji smiled and said, "Bring a cup and fill it up with wine. I would like to offer a glass to Miss Narcissus."
After hearing this, the two maids hurriedly took the cup and the pot to Narcissus, poured the wine into the cup, and brought it to Narcissus who stood up. The Narcissus took the wine cup handed by the maid and smiled lightly at Li Hongji,
Saying "Thank you, Your Highness", he drank the wine, walked away, and knelt down on the soft blanket given by the maid behind him.
Li Hongji drank it all in one gulp, his smile faded, he handed the golden cup to the maid, sat on the soft carpet behind the piano table, cupped his hands towards Xiao Yanbei, then raised his hand to plucking the strings, but when he heard the sound of the piano, he
But if the rain suddenly falls, sparsely, suddenly heavy rain hits, thunder and lightning, mixed with gold and iron horses, and like a flying dragon flying into the clouds, roaring up to the sky...
Suddenly, a "clang" sound was heard, and one of the strings was cut off. Everyone's expressions changed, but Li Hongji didn't seem to notice it. The sound of the piano suddenly changed, like a sword clanging, and then galloping with iron hooves, rising with the momentum.
Or if a strong wind howls and sweeps through the forest, the sound of "clang" is the breaking of a string.
But when Li Hongji pressed the string with his left hand and waved his right hand, he lifted the string with both hands. The crisp sound gradually faded away, but he seemed to be riding away alone. In the astonishment of everyone, he stood up and laughed: "
Killing one thousand people, harming oneself five hundred, haha...it's embarrassing."
When Li Hongji raised his instrument, he already had the intention of killing. With thousands of troops and horses fighting, he marched all the way. Unexpectedly, the string suddenly broke. However, after the string broke, he refused to lower the tune. He responded to the situation and turned to light troops.
He advanced quickly, and when he was about to gather his troops for a fierce charge, he broke another string. In desperation, he charged into the battle alone.
In ancient times, it was considered unlucky to break a string while playing, but Li Hongji looked calm. Xiao Yanbei secretly admired Li Hongji's bold words when he heard them.
When it comes to piano skills, Li Hongji is inferior to Narcissus. Just like drinking wine, Narcissus's piano music is as mellow as the flower sculptures, which makes people have endless aftertaste and forget to return. However, Li Hongji's piano music is like strong wine, making people's blood boil with passion and pride.
Full of love, but unfortunately once the strings are broken, it is like cold water splashing on the face, and the artistic conception is naturally greatly reduced.
Li Hongji returned to the round table and took his seat. He smiled slightly at Xiao Yanbei and said, "This song of breaking the formation is still created by me. I hope your envoy can give me some advice."
In his spare time, Xiao Yanbei would also listen to Xiao Muyun's music to cheer up his feelings. He could only be said to have a rough understanding of music, but his martial arts skills were very high. He could also hear Li Hongji singing loudly before the first string broke.
Below, it could have been slightly changed without breaking the string, just like capturing a city. The soldiers and horses could have rested temporarily, but for some reason, Li Hongji's heart seemed unwilling to break the string, and the string broke for the second time.
But it seemed to be driven by momentum.
He also heard that there was an intention to kill in the piano, and he guessed that Li Hongji wanted to join forces with the Liao and Han Dynasties. However, he was not the person appointed by the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty to negotiate an alliance with him. Even though he was a prince, he was not in a position to talk to him.
Alliance matters.
After hearing this, he looked at Narcissus sitting not far away, and with a thought, he looked at Narcissus, "I am a warrior, how dare I give instructions. I heard the sound of King Yan's piano, which was overwhelming, but I felt it was so majestic and regrettable... Miss Narcissus
What do you think?"
When Xiao Yanbei saw that Li Hongji did not talk about the alliance to his face, he must have some scruples in his heart. However, he acted cautiously, but he allowed the woman Narcissus to participate. There must be a deep meaning in it. He did not know that Narcissus was a prostitute, but when he saw Li Hongji
Toasting her was a courtesy, and I guessed that Li Hongji might have used the mouth of the Narcissus to convey the hidden meaning.
Narcissus smiled slightly when he heard this, stood up, walked to the piano case, knelt down and saluted Xiao Yanbei and others, without saying a word, sat on the light carpet behind the piano case, took off the broken string, and
Then he started playing the piano again, and it turned out to be the formation-breaking song that Li Hongji had just played.
The five strings were pressed and pulled between her hands. Although the sound was not as high-pitched and passionate as Li Hongji's playing, the wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and the rhyme of the horse's neighing sword were coherent and smooth, still touching people's hearts and majestic.
The momentum is no less than that played by Li Hongji. When it comes to the end, the hands suddenly stop and then move quickly again. However, the sound of hoofbeats gradually sounds, but it seems like a hero is returning on horseback.
After the lingering sound faded, Narcissus stood up and saluted, saying, "My little lady, I have overstepped my bounds. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
"You know very well what I mean, and why you are guilty, haha..." Li Hongji looked at Narcissus with admiration, "How could you guess what I mean in the end?"
At the end of Li Hongji's song, the sound of the piano sounds like a horse riding away from the dust, while Narcissus is the sound of a horse riding back.
"The little girl heard that His Highness was so excited that she could have gone smoothly, but for some reason she broke a string... But the second time, the broken string was vibrated by sound waves and entangled the Wu string. As a last resort, Your Highness was shaken.
Break the martial arts string." Narcissus said slowly.
"I just heard that this song was a formation-breaking song. The little girl guessed that breaking the string for the first time was an intentional move by His Highness. She thought that His Highness must have removed the baggage and restraints to make the march smoother... It was a formation-breaking song.
It must be a triumphant return, so it is beyond the power of a little girl to boldly play this music and follow the music's meaning."
What Narcissus said is true. She has superb piano skills and extraordinary understanding. However, as the tune changes, she finally plays the artistic conception of Li Hongji's triumphant return smoothly.
After hearing this, Li Hongji looked at Narcissus for a long time, nodded and said, "This is what I think of as a close friend. Girl Narcissus's piano skills are probably unparalleled in the world."
"Your Highness is so flattering that I cannot take it seriously. This little girl has something unclear, so I dare to ask His Highness for advice."
Li Hongji smiled slightly and said, "Do you want to ask me, after I broke my string for the second time, I was disturbed by it, and I should have withdrawn my troops sadly, but why did I sound like I was rushing alone, which also goes against my intention of returning in triumph?"
"This song was composed by me after I was guarding the border and fighting the enemy. The two armies faced each other, and the outcome was unpredictable. Even if I anticipated the enemy's opportunity, there would be many changes, just like the first broken string was wrapped around the martial arts string. I, the king,
The Wu strings were broken, and they were afraid that the two strings would disturb the other sounds again, so they changed from rising to suppressing, and followed the trend... Just like Miss Shui just played according to the meaning of the piano." Li Hongji smiled faintly.
Xiao Yanbei was shocked when he heard this. Although he was not good at music, he could still hear the clues from the conversation between Li Hongji and Narcissus. Li Hongji was able to forcibly change the trend of retreating in despair and charge alone, which shows that he has a firm mind.
, I thought that if the Liao Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty went to war, Li Hongji would be a difficult person to deal with.
Narcissus felt admired and knew that with his own state of mind, even if his piano skills were superb, under the turmoil of broken strings, he would probably make a sad sound of withdrawing his troops, and then said: "Your Highness is a talented person, and the little girl has learned a lesson."
"The formation-breaking music that Miss Narcissus just played, with the remaining five strings...even if it were repeated by me, it might not be possible to advance and retreat as appropriately and appropriately as the girl."
Li Hongji looked at Xiao Yanbei, "What do you think, the envoy, this king thinks of Miss Narcissus?"
When Xiao Yanbei heard this, he thought in his heart that the purpose of Li Hongji's invitation to him was nothing more than to do with the conditions of the alliance between Liao and Tang. At this time, by praising Narcissus' piano skills, he metaphorically measured the scale of advance and retreat, and recalled what Li Hongji had said before, killing a thousand people.
He could guess Li Hongji's general thoughts by saying that he would sacrifice five hundred yuan, and guessed that he was willing to give 50% of his property in exchange for three thousand horses.
Just as Xiao Yanbei expected, Li Hongji knew that if he wanted to go north to the Central Plains, he would need many good horses to gallop on the battlefield. When he heard in Runzhou that the Southern Tang Dynasty wanted 3,000 good horses from the Liao Dynasty as a gift, he guessed that someone in the court did not want to fight with the Liao Dynasty.
Only when people form an alliance will the lion open its mouth to make things difficult.
The Liao people's diet was mostly beef and mutton, and they needed tea to eliminate the greasy pain. They had a great demand for tea. The clothes of officials and nobles were deeply influenced by Han customs, and they had a special liking for silk and satin. And in Jiangnan
Rich in tea and silk, but short of war horses, they exchanged tea and silk for horses with the Liao people. Fifty kilograms of tea or twenty pieces of silk could be exchanged for one war horse. However, due to the wealth of Jiangnan, tens of thousands of kilograms of tea and tens of thousands of silk
It can also be taken out.
However, when talking about alliance cooperation, it is not an ordinary market transaction, where rare goods are available, and must be mutual concessions. So he invited Xiao Yanbei to gather together to test the bottom line of the Liao Dynasty, so as to persuade Li Jing to join forces with the Liao and Han Dynasties to attack the Later Zhou Dynasty.
However, Xiao Yanbei had no control over this matter. The bottom line of the Liao Dynasty was to give five hundred horses as a gift, but it would not be a problem if they were trying to keep each other secret. Maybe Li Hongji had great supernatural powers and could have contributed to this matter. Thinking of this,
Then he chuckled and said, "Ms. Narcissus's piano skills are extraordinary, and His Highness Prince Yan justly praises her. Come on, I'll give you a drink to Miss Narcissus."
The maid behind him was busy pouring wine and handing it to Narcissus. Xiao Yanbei stood up, raised his glass to Narcissus, drank the wine, turned to Li Hongji and said: "I am already eighty percent drunk, I will drink again."
It will be a mistake, so I say goodbye and hope King Yan will forgive me."
Li Hongji was not yet full of wings, so he was cautious in his actions and words, but he wanted to use the music of the piano to convey his intention to form an alliance with the Liao and Han Dynasties, and as Xiao Yanbei had guessed, he also wanted to persuade Li Jing to give him 50% of his goods in exchange for 3,000 horses.
, but after hearing Xiao Yanbei's reply that he was quite drunk, he knew what he was talking about, so he turned to Qu Yuan and said: "Get on the boat and dock, and send the envoy back to the hotel to rest..."
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Luo Xiaoyao followed Xiao Muyun out of Nanping Prince's Mansion in confusion. Along the way, he looked at Xiao Muyun beside him who was smiling. Thinking about what Gao Baorong in the mansion had mentioned about Tingtaoyuan, his face turned red and he stopped talking several times.
Xiao Muyun secretly laughed in his heart, but pretended not to see him, led Luo Xiaoyao to the "Yelai" Inn, and asked for a room adjacent to his own for Luo Xiaoyao to stay.
When he came to the door of the room, looking at Luo Xiaoyao who looked suspicious, Xiao Muyun said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't worry, Princess Gao will send someone to deliver Shuilongyin later, and then everything will be up to Mu Yun's arrangement." Hee
He smiled and turned around to go to his room.
Ever since Luo Xiaoyao was enlightened by Zhe Shoude and fell in love with Xiao Muyun, getting along with her was no longer as natural as before. At this time, he was just afraid that she would ask about Tingtao Courtyard. In embarrassment, he saw Xiao Muyun enter
After entering the room, she came back to her senses. She felt extremely lucky and thought about what Xiao Muyun said. For a moment, she couldn't figure out how she persuaded Gao Ruoyu to return Shuilongyin.
After a while, Luo Xiaoyao was greeted by Xiao Muyun, who had changed into men's clothes, and went to the front hall of the inn to order food and drinks. When the two of them finished eating and left their seats, they saw Han Yue entering the store holding "Water Dragon Song".
Han Yue was slightly startled when she saw the handsome and handsome Xiao Muyun dressed in men's clothing. After bowing, Xiao Muyun brought her into the room with a smile. Han Yue handed her sword to Luo Xiaoyao with both hands, "By the order of the Princess, I will
The sword is returned to the young master."
Luo Xiaoyao was surprised and took the water dragon chant, but he also took off the "Jingjia" worn on his waist, "I would like to ask Commander Han to hand over this sword to the princess, and thank the princess for looking for the eminent monk... Tell the princess,
After I’m done with my business, I’ll definitely stop by and say thank you.”
He is a man with a clear sense of grudges. In the final analysis, Shui Longyin was captured by Mo Bushan. Now that he has captured Gao Congyi and exchanged Shui Longyin from Gao Ruoyu, he is not indebted to either of them. However, Gao Ruoyu's help in finding out the traces of the monk Mingwu is another matter.
Don't talk about it.
Han Yue smiled slightly after hearing this, and after taking the "Jing Jia", she turned around and offered it to Xiao Muyun, "The princess feels deeply for Miss Luo's help in suppressing the rebellion, and ordered this sword to be given to the girl for self-defense."
Gao Ruoyu expected that if he gave the sword to Luo Xiaoyao as Xiao Muyun said, he might refuse, but he ordered Han Yue to give the "Jingjia" to Xiao Muyun.
She only said that Xiao Muyun was Luo Xiaoyao's biological sister, and it would be more beneficial for her to give it to Xiao Muyun. Firstly, Luo Xiaoyao accepted the favor indirectly without being able to refuse, and secondly, Xiao Muyun would help her after accepting the favor.
say.
Unexpectedly, this hit Xiao Muyun's heart. She learned the "Yueshuang Sword Technique" and the "Taisu Eleven Styles" sword technique. Zhengqi was good at weapons. After seeing the "Jingjia" that was both a sword and a sword, she was overjoyed.
Angry that Gao Ruoyu's brother and sister were bullying Luo Xiaoyao, they first prevented Gao Ruoyu from returning the sword in the palace to prevent Luo Xiaoyao from returning the "Jing Jia" on the spot; then he said that he could maneuver around and lure Gao Ruoyu to use the strategy of loving the house and the black, but it was
I got the 'Shock Armor'.
While Luo Xiaoyao was in shock and doubt, Xiao Muyun took the "Jingjia" with a smile, looked at Han Yue and said: "I would like to ask Commander Han to thank the princess for the gift of the sword on Muyun's behalf. I will definitely go there with my brother to express my gratitude in the future."
"Han Yue will convey your gratitude to the princess and take leave." Han Yue bowed and left.
Looking at the astonished Luo Xiaoyao, Xiao Muyun smiled and said, "This is compensation for her wronged senior brother..."
When Luo Xiaoyao heard this, he knew that Xiao Muyun believed in him and did not take the matter of Tingtaoyuan to his heart, so he breathed a sigh of relief. However, he also couldn't figure out why Gao Ruoyu gave the "Jingjia" to Xiao Muyun, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
At Mao o'clock the next day, the two set off by boat from the waterway, but it was already late when they arrived in Xiangzhou. Luo Xiaoyao saw that Fangzhou was still more than 400 miles away, so he and Xiao Muyun went to the Xiangzhou branch to pick up two fast horses and rode all the way.
He hurried to Lingxiu Village, but wanted to visit Luo Hanshui, so he went north to "Mingyue Villa" to wait for Mu Daocheng's return.
The two of them had traveled more than fifty miles out of Xiangzhou when they saw a man sitting on a donkey cart on the road ahead, shouting and urging them to move forward. There was a man lying in the cart behind him, covered with a quilt.
When Luo Xiaoyao rode his horse past the donkey cart, he glanced at the man lying on the cart, and his heart was shocked. It turned out that the man was Miao Changning, who had been separated for more than ten days, but he saw blood on his beard.
His eyes were closed tightly, and his head moved left and right with the vibration of the cart, as if he was dead.
Without thinking, Luo Xiaoyao quickly galloped his horse across the donkey cart and landed on the ground. The man driving the cart was stunned and got off the cart. He opened his stance and shouted with a wary face: "Who are you and how do you want to be treated?"
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Xiao Muyun, who was behind the donkey cart, also had a puzzled look on his face. Luo Xiaoyao was getting confused and didn't even answer. He wanted to rush to Miao Changning's side. When the man saw this, he punched out with a fierce palm wind. He was actually in the realm of spiritual consciousness.
Luo Xiaoyao used a move of Bairou Palm to "ride the wind and waves" to meet him. The two fists and palms collided, and each body shook. The man turned his fist into a palm and changed his move to cut across Luo Xiaoyao's neck. Luo Xiaoyao made a move with his left hand and right at the same time.
He struck out with his palm, but was hit by the man's left fist in the palm. However, he felt that the power of the punch was like a wave, with one wave breaking and the other rising again. When the palms and fists were against each other, the remaining force seemed to come through the palm. His heart was so powerful.
, closed his palms and retreated quickly, but at the same time shouted: "What's wrong with Senior Miao?"
The man wanted to take advantage of the situation, but after hearing Luo Xiaoyao's question, he stopped his move and asked: "Who are you?"
When Luo Xiaoyao called out "Senior Miao", Xiao Muyun, who had already dismounted, was also shocked. She was behind the cart, and the man was blocking Luo Xiaoyao in front. He couldn't guard her, so he ran to the side of the cart and stretched out his hand.
Miao Changning looked under his nose for a moment, looked at Luo Xiaoyao and said in a voiceless voice: "Senior Miao, he...he..."
She had never met Miao Changning, but she heard Luo Xiaoyao say that he could cure Luo Hanshui's injuries. At this time, she found that Miao Changning had no breath and was dead. She was so shocked that she could not continue talking.
Luo Xiaoyao was struck like thunder. At this time, no trace of the monk was hard to find. The only hope to cure Luo Hanshui was to rely on Miao Changning's "Eight Meridians Resurrection Needle". He only had to wait until Mu Daocheng returned to replace Luo Hanshui.
The cold water healed his wounds. At this moment, after hearing what Xiao Muyun said, he knew that Miao Changning was dead. He was stunned for a moment, looked at the man and said, "Senior Miao... why did he suffer?"
Seeing Luo Xiaoyao's dejected state, the man guessed that he had a close relationship with Miao Changning, so he lost his guard. He walked to the donkey cart, looked at Miao Changning's pale face, and said, "Miao Valley Master, he was murdered by a gangster."
, when Fang saw him... he was already dying." It turned out that this man was Fang Changsheng.
Luo Xiaoyao's legs moved to the side of the trolley as if they were filled with lead. He stretched out his hand to lift up the corner of the quilt, grabbed Miao Changning's right hand and felt for his pulse. Fang Changsheng shook his head when he saw this, sighed and said: "Young Master and Master Miao Valley are the same.
what relationship?"
Luo Xiaoyao put down Miao Changning's right hand and did not answer Fang Changsheng's question, muttering to himself: "What should we do...this..."
He stood blankly for a moment and suddenly looked at Fang Changsheng, "Who harmed Senior Miao?"
Fang Changsheng clenched his fist, but when he heard the crackle of his joints, he said in a deep voice, "Do you know that Liu Gongwen is an evil thief?"
"Is it him?" Luo Xiaoyao lost his voice.
"Yes, it was this villain who was so treasonous that he killed the Valley Master." Fang Changsheng said with hatred, thinking of Gan Shaolong's death in his heart, his face filled with murderous intent.
It turned out that Miao Changning saw Luo Xiaoyao injured in Fuzhou, and after learning that Liu Gongwen also had "Shenfeng San", he was confused. This "Shenfeng San" was derived from "Qianji San", among which
A vital medicinal herb, "Qianjicao", is only found in the mountains at the junction of Southern Han and Annan.
Returning to Yaowang Valley, I felt restless. I knew that the "pulling machine grass" was extremely difficult to find, but I was afraid that Liu Gongwen would get it, so I wanted to go to the Southern Han Dynasty to collect the "pulling machine grass", but I met Wu Wangbo and Luo Gongwen.
Xiaoyao came to invite, but was delayed for a whole day.
He left Lingxiu Village and returned to Yaowang Valley. After a brief explanation with Miao Xiuzhu and his wife, he went to the Southern Han Dynasty to collect the "pulling grass". After gathering the "pulling grass", he rushed back to Yaowang Valley day and night.
But he met Liu Gongwen in Anzhou.
When Chu Nanfeng and Weng Mu broke into the guard house, Liu Gongwen accidentally obtained the "Shenfeng Powder" left behind by Weng Mu during the fight. With the medical skills he had learned, he found out the medicinal ingredients and thought
Develop this "Shenfeng Powder".
After the battle with Luo Xiaoyao in Taiyuan, he also wanted to go south to collect "pulling grass", but he was also afraid of encountering Chu Nanfeng, Weng Mu and others, so he asked Yelu Zongwu to send people to help, but Yelu Zongwu saw his poison skills
Gao Chao, greedy to use it for himself in the future, so he sent two masters of the Divine Mind Realm to guard the mansion to accompany him, and happened to meet Miao Changning who was returning to the valley in Anzhou.
Miao Changning's martial arts skills were no match for Liu Gongwen and the others. Under the siege of the three men, he not only lost the "Leading Machine Grass" but was also seriously injured. He relied on his own medical skills and the Guiyuan Pill to escape to Xiang.
Miao Changning was already dying in a ruined temple in the mountains and forests of Xiangzhou. Fang Changsheng, who happened to come from Xiangzhou to visit Chang Qingqing, rested on this ruined temple. Miao Changning knew that his life was about to be in danger, so after telling Fang Changsheng the murderer,
He also taught Fang Changsheng the nine-stroke palm technique passed down by his great-grandfather Ling Buyi.
The nine palm skills taught by Ling Buyi are the culmination of what Ling Buyi has learned throughout his life. Unfortunately, the Miao family likes to study medical skills and do not pay much attention to martial arts. Although they are passed down from generation to generation, no one focuses on studying them.
Miao Changning originally taught these nine palm techniques to Miao Xiuzhu when he entered the realm of spiritual thoughts. Knowing that he would die soon, he gave it to Fang Changsheng.
After Luo Xiaoyao heard that the murderer was Liu Gongwen, his eyes narrowed and murderous intent arose. He bowed to Miao Changning's body and said, "This junior will kill this evil thief on behalf of my senior."
He turned around and looked at Fang Changsheng, "I'm in Xialuo Xiaoyao. I offended you a lot just now. I hope Mr. Fang will forgive me. Mr. Lao will send Senior Miao's body to the valley."
Before Fang Changsheng could answer, he quickly mounted his horse, nodded to Xiao Muyun who looked worried, turned the horse's head and headed towards Xiangzhou. Xiao Muyun was slightly surprised, and then he guessed Luo Xiaoyao's thoughts, sighed inwardly, and then
He also got on his horse, whipped up his whip and urged the horse to follow.