Seasonal migration, and gradually to March, the ice and snow gradually melted, and the wind blowing in the face also swayed a bit, and this long bitter winter was finally over.
There was a large open space around. After the land gradually thawed, Jiafu sowed vegetable seeds in the open space in front of the house. After a few days, the young leaves poked their heads out of the soil. He built a chicken coop for himself, bought a few chicks from the city, and the little stallion born in the first month, Jiafu often fed it, bathed it, groomed it, and under her careful care, Growing up day by day, the strange thing is that the black hair at birth gradually turned red, the whole body was shiny, the four hooves also faded black, revealing the snow-white horse's hooves, running like snow, very beautiful, only three or two. At the age of a month, she was already running like the wind. The fence of the stockyard was 20 feet high, and she jumped over it with ease. Her temperament was also very different from that of a mare. She often sneaked out and ran wild. She was very violent. Intimacy, others are not allowed to touch, and even Pei You'an is not very happy to approach.
In the stockyard, there was an old man who had raised horses all his life. He claimed to be good at horses. He said that the mare was of good quality, but there was nothing special about it, but the Hua that he gave birth to was nothing like a horse. The hoof is by no means the breed of an ordinary stallion. It seems that this mare went out privately and got married with a wild horse from nowhere. It has only been three or two months, and it already has such a good appearance. . Jiafu was delighted and gave it a name, calling it "Treading Snow".
On this day, Ta Xue went out early in the morning, but did not return in the evening. Pei You'an and a few old soldiers trained the healed horses in the open space of the racecourse. Jiafu watched for a while, a little worried about stepping on the snow, and after talking to Pei You'an, she went to the nearby gate and waited for it. Finally, From a distance, I saw its black shadow galloping towards this side, but behind him there was a group of about ten people chasing, shouting and shouting, Ta Xue seemed to be frightened, and when he saw Jia Fu's figure from a distance, he let out a grievance. With a neigh like this, he ran towards her, and when he got close, he stopped behind her, sweating like rain, snorting, shaking his ponytail uneasily, and rubbing his face against Jiafu's arm, as if seeking protection.
Jia Fu saw that it was frightened and scared, and was extremely distressed. She turned her head and saw that the dozen people were chasing closer and closer. They looked like they were all soldiers. In the blink of an eye, a man in his twenties rode his horse, slammed open the gate of the paddock, and rushed in front of Jiafu. The horizontal horse blocked her path, raised the whip in his hand, and shouted loudly: "This foal is In the stockyard? Excellent! I want it…”
Before he finished speaking, his eyes fell on Jiafu, his eyes were fixed, and the hand holding the whip also stopped in the air.
Jiafu saw that he looked at her right and wrong, and she was disgusted in her heart. She hurriedly pulled Du Xue, bypassed the man's horse in front of him, and hurried in.
The sergeants who looked like entourages outside were also rushing in at the moment, shouting at Jiafu's back: "Do you know who this is? Lord Du Sihu's younger brother! Why don't you leave the horse!"
This man's name is Hu Liangyou, and he is indeed the younger brother of Hu Liangcai, the governor of the prime minister's office. I was bored for a winter in the city, and I couldn’t bear it any longer. Seeing the weather was getting warmer, I took my cronies out for a hunt today. I occasionally ran into this little red horse in the wilderness. When it came out, he used a noose to lasso it. He didn't want the little red horse to be very flexible and escaped by it. Hu Liangyou led the people to chase him all the way to the stockyard. Seeing that the little red horse was taken away by a woman, it seemed She was raised by her, and she was self-reliant, so she rushed in on a horse and unexpectedly saw such a beautiful little woman, not to mention in such a place outside the fortress, it was the past and the future here, Jiangnan romantic, ten miles of fireworks, it is also rare Seeing such a stunning look, Xie Nian suddenly woke up, saw his subordinates shouting, hurriedly retreated, and smiled at Jiafu: "Is this little red horse raised by a little lady? Forget it, leave it to the little lady. I am General Hu. My brother, a good friend, I don’t know what to call the little lady, this year Guigeng?”
Jiafu took Ta Xue, lowered her head and hurried away, how could Hu Liangyou let it go so easily, the so-called cowardly, turned over and dismounted, and stopped in front of Jiafu with a stride, snorted, and said with a frivolous smile: " Little lady, this place is desolate and lonely, why don't I take you into the city, you follow me into the Dusi Mansion, someone will serve you, eat delicious and spicy food, silk and satin, I don't know how much better than here..."
As he said that, he rolled up his riding whip and stretched it frivolously, trying to pick Jiafu's chin. He didn't want the little red horse to suddenly go into a rage. He neighed, raised his front hoof, and kicked Hu Liangyou.
Although this little red horse was only a few months old, it stood taller than anyone else. Suddenly, he got angry and gave such a ruthless kick. Hu Liangyou was kicked to the ground at once. , the dozen or so sergeants rushed up, drew bows and arrows, and surrounded Jiafu and the little red horse in the middle.
"Shoot this beast! I think it dares to kick me—"
Hu Liangyou was helped from the ground, limping towards the little red horse, waving the whip in his hand, towards the little red horse's head, slashing the whip fiercely.
"Big cousin—"
Jiafu rushed to the side of the little red horse desperately, stretched out her arms to hug its neck, protected it with her own body, and closed her eyes and screamed.
A horse sling fell from the sky and wrapped around Hu Liangyou's neck. Before Hu Liangyou could react, the live buckle was already closed, and Ma Suo was straight, and Hu Liangyou immediately fell back.
The force behind him was enormous, the rope was tightly squeezed into the flesh, Hu Liangyou's eyes were black, and he had difficulty breathing. Only when he stopped, two deep drag marks were kicked out on the yellow mud floor behind his feet.
Jiafu didn't wait for the whip to fall off her back, she turned around and saw Pei You'an coming, standing there with a horse rope stretched in her hand, she breathed a sigh of relief, turned around quickly, and ran towards Pei You'an.
The little red horse followed quickly and stopped behind him.
"Fur, are you alright?"
Pei Youan asked in a low voice.
Jiafu bit her lip, looked at Hu Liangyou on the ground, and shook her head: "I'm fine."
Pei You'an shook her hand to appease her, then motioned her to step back and let go of the rope.
"Er Young Master Hu is so majestic. It's just an animal, why bother with it."
Hu Liangyou was nearly fainted by the strangulation, but he was finally released. He exhaled a big breath, and his brain slowly came to his senses. His throat was sore and itchy. He coughed for a long time before he stopped. , looked up, and saw this talking man with a handsome face, twenty-four or five years old, standing with a long body, at first glance like a scholar with no strength to tie a chicken, it was unbelievable, he almost broke his neck just now The rope of anger was what he put down, suppressing the fear in his heart, and said sternly: "You are Pei Youan? You are so courageous! Do you think you are still a former court official? You are now the one to blame! My brother It was because of your father's sake that you were arranged to come here to guard the field. You don't want to repay, the Shangguan came, and you didn't receive it, but you committed the following! I will punish you for a crime of disrespect! Come on Tie him up for me!"
When the sergeants heard the words, they looked at each other.
Pei You'an used to have a great reputation in the imperial court, and Duke Wei served here for many years as a military envoy before his death. We all know that, seeing Pei You'an's two eyes, with a hint of prestige, he did not dare to go forward for a while, but was urged by Hu Liangyou, and hesitantly, Fang slowly surrounded him.
Pei You'an smiled: "Second Young Master, go back, this place is desolate, I won't leave you." After speaking, he turned around, holding Jiafu in one hand and the little red horse in the other, and walked in.
When Hu Liangyou saw that he didn't take him seriously at all, all his entourage looked at him, gritted their teeth, grabbed the bow and arrow from the hand of the person nearby, drew the bow and arrow, and aimed at the back in front of him.
Pei Youan seemed to have eyes behind his back, stopped and turned his head slowly, the smile on his face was gone, and he looked at him coldly, like a hawk, and then released the reins, and whispered to Jiafu, Then he turned around and walked towards the bow.
Hu Liangyou's hands gradually trembled.
Pei You'an stopped in front of Hu Liangyou, stared at him, slowly raised his hand, and held the handle of the arrow on the bow.
"Hu Liangyou, you step on a horse in the market on weekdays, which is a disturbance to the people and violates Article 3 of the military regulations; molesting a woman is a taboo in the military. According to my military law, you should be punished by fifty. As for the generals, Lord Du Si has not taught you on weekdays?"
He suddenly exerted force with his fingers, and with a "click" sound, the arrow handle was broken, split in two, and fell from the bowstring to the ground.
Hu Liangyou's face turned red and white, and he froze in place, motionless.
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The group was downcast, beat their horses and left, the sky was dark, and the stockyard returned to its original calm.
Catherine tied the snow to the stable. The little red horse seemed to know that he was in trouble just now, and usually didn't want to enter the stable, but this time, he was honest, standing there motionless, and then came over and stuck out his tongue to lick Jiafu's face, to please her, Jiafu. Fu pushed its face away, poked her fingers between its brows, and taught her a lesson: "It's you today who caused trouble! Next time you sneak out, I won't care about you anymore!"
Her tone was stern. The little red horse blinked, and continued to bring his head closer, rubbing against Jiafu's arm, and being pushed away by her, he bowed his head in dejection, and made a humming sound in his throat, as if he was coquettishly begging for mercy.
Jiafu taught it a few more words, and turned to see Pei You'an standing aside, looking at her with a smile, she let it go, and threw food into the manger, and the two went out. Along the way, she didn't speak again , Pei You'an asked her when she returned to the house and changed her clothes and washed her hands.
Jiafu hesitated and whispered: "Big cousin, I'm a little worried. Today, you offended the brother of Master Hu for me and Ta Xue, in case that Master Hu attacks you..."
Pei You'an helped her take off her coat. "Don't worry. This Hu Liangcai has led the army for many years, and is considered a capable person, but he has been here for less than a year, and his foundation is not stable. Although he secretly excluded my father's former army, he was polite to me on the surface. Today It's not enough for him and me to openly turn against each other."
"Then why did he send someone to bring the scraps at the end of last year to openly humiliate him?"
After she asked, she had an epiphany: "I see! Could it be from this Hu Liangyou?"
Pei You'an patted her head approvingly and nodded, "Don't worry. I'm measured."