This time it was Li Sheng, and a group of people in Li Mi's house had bitter expressions on their faces.
The rural soldiers who were originally biased towards them suddenly changed their attitude and kept them far apart. They were told not to enter the town within three days and left without giving them a chance to ask why.
Li Qingshuang felt bitter in her heart. What other reason could there be for offending someone?
The young man lined up in a long queue and entered Yuqiao Town directly without using his privileges. After about half an hour, the young man and the boy gradually disappeared from the gate of the town.
After entering the town, He Xu seemed to be still immersed in the fear just now, with his head sullen, or he kept holding Xia Ze's hand and apologizing.
Xia Ze patiently comforted He Xu and said that he would take him to buy a little donkey first, and then he gradually started to smile.
Yuqiao Town is larger than Yunxi Town and has a special mule and horse market. This is the only way to Daqi. You have to climb over the towering Diancang Mountain, go down the mountain and walk ten miles. Only in Qingshen County can one enter the relatively prosperous city of Daqi.
If you want to climb over Dian Cang Mountain, with ordinary people's foot strength, even if you walk slower, your neck will be swollen when you get off the mountain, so a fast horse is necessary. The horse dealers here are very familiar with the business. Enthusiastic, upon hearing that Xia Ze and He Xu were from Yunxi Town, they all nodded in praise.
Xia Ze took He Xu for a spin, and several horse dealers gathered around him, praising how outstanding their horses were.
Although Xia Ze has never learned to read horses, his eyes are different from ordinary people and he can tell the aura of a horse.
After just a cursory glance, I immediately lost my favorable impression of this group of horse dealers and walked away. This made the originally proud horse dealers confused. They didn't know which link had gone wrong and let the horse to be slaughtered run away. of fat sheep.
In the distance, there was an old man with a wrinkled face, wearing linen clothes and smoking a hookah. He saw Xia Ze approaching and before he could speak, he asked, "Do you know how to tell a horse?"
Xia Ze also made it clear directly: "No."
The old man laughed loudly and thought to himself: "The horse's head is king. If you want the head to be tall, it should be shaved like a skinned rabbit's head. The horse's head should be tall and handsome, with a thin face and less flesh, with obvious subcutaneous blood vessels exposed, and the forehead must be large and wide. And broad, the ears should be straight and uniform in length, the forehead to the tip of the nose should form a line, light and small, and the corners of the mouth should be deep and long to look noble."
Xia Ze waved his hand: "I don't want to buy a horse, but I just want a little donkey. Grandpa, do you have one?"
The old man was a little surprised: "Donkey? Aren't you going to go over Dian Cang Mountain to Daqi? How can a pony and a donkey be enough? Young man, in Cang Mountain, there are rugged mountain roads and thick trees. There are rich wolves and hungry tigers, but there are many fast horses. It can save your life at the critical moment."
The old man suddenly felt that he had made a mistake, slapped himself in the mouth, and then said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, sir. I see that you two are still young, so I'm afraid you don't know the pros and cons. I have all the fast horses here, so why don't you just go wherever you want?" Take a look, maybe you'll find the right one."
Xia Ze nodded and looked at the group of horses in the fence behind the old man. There were seven or eight horses with enlarged chests, thin waists, high hips, thin heads, and bright eyes. Without exception, they were all extremely good at it. A good and fast horse for a long journey.
The biggest reason why Xia Ze lost his favorable impression of those horse dealers before was that he saw that they wanted to bully him for his young age and pass them off as good ones. Many horses looked strong, but in fact their eyes were already dim. , there is a hidden disease in the body, but they used some secret medicine to forcibly lift the spirit.
If a fledgling young man follows their path and goes up Diancang Mountain, encounters a fierce tiger on the road, or his horse becomes ill, then the heavens and the earth will be at a loss.
A cloud of clear air rose above the old man's head. It must have come from his hard work and business these years.
Xia Ze's eyes lit up, he walked into the stable and pointed at the little white donkey huddled aside: "Grandpa, I want this one, how can I sell it?"
When the old man saw that he had not chosen any other fast horses, but instead chose a small white donkey that was about the same height as He Xu, he couldn't laugh or cry: "A fast horse sells for thirty taels. If you buy a horse, this donkey will be given to you for free."
Xia Ze took out the silver and put it in the old man's hand, and went straight to lead the donkey: "Grandpa, I want this one and not the others."
That white-haired little donkey was lazy and motionless, no matter how you pulled the horse's rope, but in the end it just glanced at Xia Ze casually and immediately neighed obediently. It didn't look like a horse, but more like a eating animal.
Milk of sheep.....
The old man nodded and said in surprise: "Little brother! You have too much silver, too much!"
Xia Ze tilted his head and smiled, looking at the clear air: "The extra money is the money I spent to treat grandpa to a drink."
The old man was moved and thanked Xia Ze profusely. He insisted on giving Xia Ze a horse, but he still couldn't defeat him, so he gave them a brand new rein, a saddle, and a decent pony whip.
On the way back, He Xu kept stroking around the little donkey and was very happy. However, the little donkey didn't give him much face. He Xu would spit everywhere or turn his head and ignore him.
"Xia Ze, I'm very surprised. Grandpa's horses seem to be pretty good, so why did you choose this little donkey?" He Xu asked in confusion as he was trying to get rid of the donkey.
Xia Ze led the donkey: "We pure martial artists are most particular about spiritual practice. We practice when we sleep and walk. For this reason, I have to keep exercising my body all the way to Cangshan Mountain. Riding a horse is a bit wasteful. Moreover, if I fight with others in the future, I will have to fight with others."
If you worry about where your horse has gone, you will be restrained and unhappy if you try to do anything with it."
The little donkey seemed to understand what he said, and turned its head. A pair of eyes, inadvertently by He Xu, turned into golden vertical eyes, and soon returned to normal.
Xia Ze smiled faintly and confirmed his thoughts more and more. In his eyes, this donkey was extraordinary. In addition, Tuntian, who had been sleeping just now, kept conveying secret messages to him in his heart.
Along the way out of the town, we found an inn to stay, and the donkey was being cared for. He Xu would still go to the stable to see his little donkey from time to time, and talk quietly. He was miserable on the mountain road for three days.
He Xu and Xia Ze first ordered some delicious side dishes, had a delicious meal, and took a comfortable hot bath in the bathtub.
He Xu couldn't bear the sleepiness for a long time, so he lay down on the bed and fell asleep as soon as it got dark. Xia Ze tucked him in, and with the flickering candlelight, he wrote quickly and wrote several talismans.
I kept writing until Haishi, when I looked at the table full of talismans with satisfaction and let out a long sigh of relief.
Xia Ze stood up and put two golden talismans on the door and beside the bed. He glanced at He Xu who was sleeping soundly, opened the door and walked out.
A calming charm is enough for him to sleep until dawn.
He turned over and jumped to the roof. Li Sheng had been waiting on the eaves for a long time.
"Old senior, we are going to kill them all." Xia Ze showed no fear and was gearing up.