"Grassman Zagal sees the son and the prince."
The head of the Dele family, Zagal, greeted Xiao Yi in blunt Dayu words. He is a Nanliang man in his forties, with a mustache on his chin, and he looks quite shrewd.
Xiao Yi ignored Zagal, and walked directly to the black horse in the fence with Guan Yubai.
As Meng Yiliang said just now, the Dele family's horse is indeed a good horse with great strength and good running. No matter in size, coat color, limbs, muscles... they are all first-class.
Guan Yubai compared the horse skillfully, from beginning to end, not even missing the horse's teeth.
In the end, he praised with a smile: "The spine of the roe deer, the belly of the lin, the breast of the tiger, and the tail like a broom...it is really a good horse!"
Hearing this, Zagal secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and respectfully said from the side: "Thank you for the compliment, Lord Marquis." As he spoke, he looked at Xiao Yi expectantly, hoping that Xiao Yi would make a decision on his own horse on the spot.
It's a pity that Xiao Yi still had that casual look, as if he was looking at the horse, and he seemed to be running away.
After Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai walked around the black horses, they leisurely went to the last fence of Aixi's house.
The head of Ai Xi's family also heard Guan Yubai's compliment just now, and he was feeling a little depressed: It seems that his own horse will not be selected this time.
He barely suppressed the disappointment in his heart, and respectfully stepped forward to salute: "Caomin Court Zhan sees the son and Lord Hou. Caomin brought a total of fifty good horses this time."
For this horse selection, it is obvious that every horse dealer will bring their best horses, just to be able to successfully seize this opportunity. However, compared with the first two families, the horses of Ai Xi's family are really "ugly".
This made Xiao Yi couldn't help but take another look with great interest.
Compared with the black horses of the Dele family, the ten mixed white and red horses of the Essie family are obviously inferior in appearance. They are a little shorter than the black horses of the Dele family, with thicker coats and rough coats. , and the luster of the hair is also a little bit worse...
But even so, Guan Yubai still carefully selected several horses for a photograph, meticulous and impatient.
Meng Yiliang, who was waiting at the entrance of the fence, was almost impatient, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: Is there still a choice? Even an ordinary person can tell that the Dele family's horse is the best among them.
But Zhiguan's language is as white as Xiao Yi, but he can vaguely see some eyebrows, raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Xiaobai, are you planning to..." Choose this horse
Guan Yubai looked at him and smiled, "What if it is true?"
Xiao Yi shrugged his shoulders, as if to say, he said it earlier, Xiaobai, you can make the decision.
Guan Yubai gently reached out and stroked a white horse beside him, from its thick mane to its slender neck, and then slowly said: "Ayi, according to my idea, we need Equip each cavalryman of the Youqi Battalion with two or three spare war horses...these horses cannot all be the same. The horses of our Youqi Battalion must not only be good at running, but also have other characteristics."
After a pause, Guan Yubai said again: "A Yi, look at its teeth..."
The horse's age can be roughly inferred from the horse's incisors. As a child of a military general, Xiao Yi grew up on a horse, so of course he understands this, but obviously, Guan Yubai made him see otherwise.
After all, Xiao Yi is Xiao Yi. Guan Yubai just pointed to the white horse's incisors and molars, and Xiao Yi understood it clearly.
The degree of tooth wear.
Ai Xi's horse farm is located in the most remote southwest corner of Nanliang. There are few people there, and most of them are grasslands and deserts. As a result, the horses there are much rougher because of the local conditions. Adapt to some tough situations.
War is not a cozy conservatory.
A warhorse like this kind of tenacious, weed-like vitality may be able to save the lives of soldiers in the most critical time!
"Interesting." The corner of Xiao Yi's mouth curled up, and he applauded without hesitation, "Xiao Bai, you really have a bright eye."
Seeing that Xiao Yi understood what he meant, the smile on Guan Yu's white lips deepened.
Meng Yiliang was dumbfounded. What did Shizi and Marquis An Yi mean, they decided to choose the Aixi family's horse
He looked at Guan Yubai in surprise, it was obvious that the Dele family's horse was better, but why did Marquis An Yi choose the second best
Could it be that…
Fortunately, I was prepared just in case!
A look of complexity flashed across Meng Yiliang's eyes, and he suddenly suggested: "Master Hou, do you want to try horses?"
To find a horse, of course you have to try the horse. Guan Yubai nodded in response, and then directly nodded the white horse beside him.
Ting Zhan, the head of Ai Xi's family, immediately ordered the accompanying servants to quickly put the white horse on a bit and saddle.
Guan Yubai took the reins of the horse, and quickly turned on the horse.
He usually looks elegant and looks like a scholar, but now he reveals a heroic posture from the inside out, which is something buried in his bones and blood.
"drive-"
As soon as he clamped the horse's belly, the white horse under his crotch raised its four hooves and galloped out, bringing up a cloud of gray smoke.
Driven by Guan Yubai, the white horse galloped along the track of the racecourse. The hoofs of the horses were flying, and the speed was getting faster and faster, so that almost all the eyes of the audience were focused on this person and horse.
The other two horse dealers looked at Ting Zhan with envy or jealousy.
Aixi lives in the southwest corner of Nanliang. Although she also raises horses, she is far from being one of the top ten horse dealers in Nanliang. This time, for some reason, she went through a lot of screening and was left at the end. The other two horse dealers felt that his family was just lucky, and they didn't think they would become their competitors at all. They didn't expect...
The Shizi really fell in love with his family? !
Ting Zhan straightened his chest, his face full of complacency.
At this moment, an accident happened suddenly!
The originally docile white horse suddenly let out a violent neighing sound, raised its front hooves high, and the horse almost stood upright. After snorting upwards, the white horse continued to gallop forward, running even faster...
The limbs running at full speed reveal a trace of obvious loss of control, and madness!
Everyone in the racetrack naturally saw this scene, and it was unknown who was the first to exclaim: "The horse is shocked! The horse is shocked!"
The entire racecourse suddenly turned up, and thought that the luck of the Aixi family was coming, and it was about to soar into the sky. Unexpectedly, the horses sent by the Aixi family suddenly startled the horses after a while!
In addition to being brave, aggressive and physically strong, one of the most important qualities of this war horse is to have a calm temperament and not to be surprised by changes, so that it can survive on the bloody and cruel battlefield and not become a drag on its master.
Xiao Yi's complexion changed suddenly. The situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to give an order. He randomly picked the red horse closest to him, turned on the horse without using a saddle, and rode out.
There was another red horse galloping out at the same time as him, and the person on the horse was Xiao Si.
The two red horses chased Guan Yubai almost neck and neck.
Ahead, the white horse was neighing continuously, galloping like lightning, and almost turned into a white phantom. Judging by its crazy appearance, even if there was a wall in front of it, it would run into it without hesitation.
The oncoming gust of wind bulged Guan Yubai's robe, and made his figure look thinner, as if he was about to fall off his horse at any moment...
The other people around the racetrack were all looking at this scene in shock, and even the soldiers of the Southern Border Army didn't know what to do for a moment. Some soldiers asked Meng Yiliang in panic: "Old General Meng, should you prepare arrows?" Horse shooting?"
It's Marquis An Yi who is here right away, if something happens to Marquis Anyi, will the emperor think that the son did it on purpose
But if after shooting the arrows, the horses were even more crazy and threw An Yihou out, wouldn't it be...
Meng Yiliang pursed her lips, and said after a while: "Wait for the order of the son..."
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Amidst the sound of chaotic hooves, Xiao Yi and Xiao Si lowered their bodies and kept speeding up their horses. Gradually, they finally got a little closer...
Fifty feet, forty feet...
Xiao Yi blinked, and suddenly realized that it was not he who caught up with Guan Yubai, but that the speed of the white horse had begun to slow down. Even though it looked a little crazy, its speed was indeed decreasing.
It seems that Xiaobai has stabilized Crazy Horse.
That's right, although Xiaobai is weak, he is a general's son, this horsemanship is the basic, and Xiaobai's horsemanship is even better, far surpassing ordinary people.
After comprehending this point, Xiao Yi felt at ease. Sure enough, after galloping for another few tens of feet, he saw that the speed of the white horse slowed down significantly, and the original irritable feeling gradually faded away.
After a while, Guan Yubai finally stopped the white horse, stroked the white horse's head, and said with a bit of sigh and pity: "You poor little guy."
The white horse paced back and forth a little restlessly, Guan Yubai rolled over and got off the horse, but he looked at his thin body as stable as Mount Tai, calm and calm, as if he was just riding the horse for fun, not a thrilling, life-and-death encounter.
Almost the next moment, Xiao Yi and Xiao Si also arrived on horseback. Xiao Si's usually indifferent face seemed to be covered with ice for thousands of years. Guan Yubai could naturally understand the worry hidden in Xiao Si's eyes, and gave She gave him a comforting smile: "Ayi, Xiao Si, I'm fine."
Even if he said that, it still couldn't dispel the coldness on Xiaosi's face, as long as he thought that the young master almost had an accident in front of his eyes just now, he would... There was a deep darkness in Xiaosi's eyes.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of chaotic footsteps came, and several soldiers of the Southern Xinjiang Army headed by Meng Yiliang ran over quickly.
Xiao Yi's face was gloomy. He looked at Guan Yubai, who smiled slightly and said, "We'll talk when we go back."
Xiao Yi didn't object, so the group returned to their original place.
Ting Zhan, the head of Ai Xi's family, was already sweating profusely, and immediately fell to his knees on the gravel of the racetrack with a "plop", "My lord, please spare me!" Panic.
His robe was already soaked by the sweat from his back, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat, as if he had been fished out of the water.
He came to present the horse to give the family a chance with the new owner, but he never thought it would develop to this point.
Now, losing one's wealth and life is already a light matter. If the son of the elder son is dragged into Ai Xi's house... Everyone in Nanliang knows the name of the "killing god" of the son of the son. I'm afraid I won't be able to escape.
"Forgive me?!" Xiao Yi asked indifferently, looked at Ting Zhan coldly, and shot out an undisguised murderous aura in an instant.
For a while, except for Ting Zhan's begging for mercy, there was no sound around.
"Ayi," Guan Yubai interrupted him calmly, "It was just an accident..."
It was just a simple sentence that instantly changed the atmosphere around him that was already on the verge of breaking out.
The coldness in Xiao Yi's eyes receded, and he looked at Guan Yubai, as if he saw something in his eyes, and raised his brows slightly.
After a while, he glanced at the pale Ting Zhan and said, "Since Marquis An Yi said so, let this cowardly fool be spared."
Since even the white horse that got into trouble survived, the owner of the horse would also be spared.
Ting Zhan hurriedly kowtowed, thanking him again and again: "Thank you for your magnanimity, and thank you for your kindness." He heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and wiped the cold sweat off his face gratefully.
But the other people around were all shocked, and couldn't believe their ears, especially Meng Yiliang.
Regardless of how An Yihou would easily let go of this matter, just a few words from him can calm the anger of the prince who is in a rage, and Meng Yiliang is amazed. This is simply unbelievable! No one in southern Xinjiang knows that the son has a violent temper, he won't listen to anyone's words, even the prince can't do anything to him...
This Marquis An Yi is really a crafty and sycophant!
Meng Yiliang lowered his eyes to hide the haze in his eyes, took a step forward, clasped his fists at Guan Yubai and said, "Hou Yeji is blessed by God, as long as he is fine." Then, he looked at Xiao Yi questioningly, and said , "My lord, although accidents are inevitable, in the future, even if this Aixi family's horse is very good, it is so easy to be frightened, but it is not suitable for war horses."
This point, everyone present is well aware.
Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai exchanged glances, and said casually: "I think the horses of Dele's family are not bad, let's go with them."
One sentence made Zagal of Nadler's house overjoyed, and he quickly responded and thanked him.
Today is really a turn of events.
This time it was 3,000 horses. If his horse won the favor of the eldest son, once their Dele family became the only horse supplier in the new dynasty, they would definitely replace the ancient family's former position, and the family's glory is just around the corner!
Now that the horse merchants were selected, Xiao Yi sent them all away, even Meng Liangyi was no exception, so he and Guan Yubai headed towards the Sun Yao Palace.
The sun was high in the sky, so bright it was almost impossible to look at.
The weather was so clear, so was Guan Yubai. There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if the incident just now had not left any shadow in his heart.
But Xiao Si behind him seemed to be shrouded in a cloud, following Guan Yubai step by step.
Guan Yubai suddenly stopped, looked back at Xiao Si, and said solemnly, "Xiao Si, I'm fine."
The last time I saw Xiaosi like this was after he rescued himself from the dungeon. For several months after that, Xiao Si carefully guarded himself, and refused to go far away, just like a child who almost lost a loved one.
Xiao Si still had a straight face, he was blaming himself...
Xiao Yi looked back and forth at the pair of master and servant, a little funny. My white cat raises big and small oranges, and little gray raises big cold feathers... It turns out that Xiaobai and his little four have this kind of relationship.
He burst out laughing.
Xiao Si frowned and looked over, always feeling that Xiao Shizi's playful smile looked extremely annoying.
Suddenly, bursts of loud but immature hawk cries came from above their heads. The three of them subconsciously followed the sound, and saw Han Yu flying above them at some point, spreading his wings and screaming carefree. cry.
The sharp-eyed Xiao Si immediately noticed that Han Yu's claws seemed to be grabbing something, remembering the last time the carrier pigeon was caught by Han Yu, the corners of Xiao Si's mouth suddenly became a little stiff.
Han Yu obviously saw them too, and swooped towards them, and when he was only two or three feet away from them, he casually threw his head down.
Xiao Si intuitively reached out to pick it up, grabbed a ball of soft fluff, and a round gray rabbit trembled in his palm...
"puff-"
Xiao Yi laughed unceremoniously, leaning forward and backward with laughter, interspersed with the crowing of eagles in mid-air and reverberating around...
After talking with Guan Yubai for a while in the Sunshine Hall, it was already past noon when Xiao Yi returned to the Moon's Rest Hall.
Nangong Yue came back from the water pavilion a long time ago, leaning against the window in the inner room, playing with the small jade carving in her hand by the sunlight.
Dragonstone Jadeite is indeed the best among jadeites. It is as transparent as crystal without any impurities. It has a moving luster under the sun, a precious luster, and the water is so moist that it seems to overflow at any time.
Seeing Xiao Yi coming back, she raised her head and showed him a sweet smile.
Xiao Yi leaned over and squeezed into the same high-backed chair with Nangong Yue. He was quite satisfied with this Nanliang chair in his heart. It was just big enough for him and Ah Yue to stick together tightly. It was more space and less space. It was too crowded, so he might as well wait for them to go back to Luoyue City, and then he would go to Luoyue City's master to give him a beating... Or he could just take this chair away and let the master make a few of them just like that.
As a good big brother, good things are naturally to be shared with younger brothers. When the time comes, I will also give Xiao Hezi a gift as a wedding gift.
While thinking about it, Xiao Yi went to look at the jade carving in Nangong Yue's hand, only to find that this piece of jade looked good in appearance and texture, and it was carved like a unicorn giving birth.
Xiao Yi asked casually: "Where did this come from? It looks pretty good."
"Don't you think this piece of dragon stone jade looks familiar?" Nangong Yue brought the jade carving close to his eyes, and asked with a smile, but Xiao Yi got a bewildered expression.
Nangong Yue laughed, how could she expect A Yi to have any impression of Yushi? If it was a famous BMW blade, it might arouse his interest.
She didn't pretend to be foolish, and replied directly: "It was sent by the ancient family." Afraid that he would not remember, she added, "It is the one we met when we went to the jade market that day."
It's the royal merchant! Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "This and that ancient family have quite good eyesight." Qilin giving a child has a good meaning, and it would be even better if it was carved as a female doll!
Nangong Yue looked at him with a smile, and asked casually: "Ayi, I remember that Gu's family also runs a horse farm. Is someone from their family here today?"
Xiao Yi shook his head casually, and simply hugged Nangong Yue on his lap, and told about the three horse dealers who came today.
Nangong Yue was unavoidably a little surprised. Since the Gu family had sent this precious and thoughtful gift, they must have wanted to show their face in front of Xiao Yi and please Xiao Yi. It is a great opportunity to provide horses to the Southern Border Army this time. Gu Na's family should not give up voluntarily. In other words, their family has been wiped out
Gu Na's family has been the largest horse supplier for the Nanliang Army for decades, and his horses should not be so bad that they can't even pass the preliminary screening.
This is worth pondering.
"Ah Yi," Nangong Yue raised her small face in Xiao Yi's arms, and asked, "Did anything happen today?"
Since Nangong Yue asked, Xiao Yi of course knew everything, and told everything that happened at the racecourse just now.
Nangong Yue's expression changed several times following Xiao Yi's narration. She didn't expect that Xiao Yi had only been out for more than two hours, and such a thrilling thing happened in the racetrack.
Nangong Yue's complexion was unavoidably serious, and she couldn't help but ask, "Ah Yi, why did you startle the horse?"
Even though Nangong Yue knew neither horses nor military affairs, she still believed that the horse dealers in Nanliang would definitely choose the best horses from their own horse farms in order to win the opportunity to supply horses for the Southern Border Army. How could it be easy to startle the horse without riding half a lap
Xiao Yi didn't answer directly, but cast a weird wink at Nangong Yue, that look seemed to say, what do you think
Nangong Yue narrowed her eyes slightly and understood.
The horse must have been tampered with secretly.
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