"Horse riding..." Wei Cheng looked at the mute galloping gracefully on the grass, and suddenly he was yearning for it.
Just when he was hesitating whether to let the mute teach him how to ride a horse first like Zhengtou and Hao Zhao, a fragrant breeze blew from behind him.
Cai Yan didn't know when he came up behind him. He stared at him closely and asked tentatively: "Husband, do you also want to learn to ride a horse?"
Wei Cheng looked back at her, hesitated for a while, nodded and replied: "I have wanted to since I was a child, but I have never had the chance."
Wei Cheng was talking about himself. In modern society, if you don't have a ranch at home, it is basically difficult to come into contact with horses. Even if you encounter them occasionally, you just take a photo, let alone ride away. How can such a horse run? ah.
Cai Yan obviously misunderstood, and showed an expression that was true, and then felt a little sorry for Wei Cheng. Because he had been weak and sick since he was a child, he must have never done many things. After all, even things like horseback riding, his husband looked envious of others. look like.
Moreover, Wei Hao once explicitly prohibited anyone in the family from letting Wei Cheng engage in high-intensity exercise, such as carrying a few books or eating too hard food, because chewing also requires strength.
It sounds a bit exaggerated, but it is true.
Cai Yan may not know what Wei Cheng's achievements are in other areas of the Six Arts of the Gentleman: etiquette, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics. However, in archery and imperialism, she really has not seen Wei Cheng touch them. Touched.
It's not that Wei Cheng didn't want to, but that Wei Hao, his father, refused to be touched by him and was afraid that Wei Cheng would be injured, so he always protected him very well.
Cai Yan came from a scholarly family, and Cai was also one of the famous Chenliu family, so she was proficient in the six arts since she was a child.
Seeing that Wei Cheng was interested, she said, "Husband, how about I teach you how to ride a horse?"
It's not that she wants to harm Wei Cheng, but she prides herself on having absolute control and being able to make the horse run slowly, which will not only make Wei Cheng happy, but also allow her husband to understand her better.
Wei Cheng looked at her in surprise, "Can you still ride a horse?"
Cai Yan felt a little proud at this time. He looked up at Wei Cheng and said arrogantly: "I can not only ride a horse, but also drive a car."
As she said that, she took Wei Cheng's hand and taught him how to read a horse and taught him a few things to pay attention to when riding a horse.
Wei Cheng was completely new to this aspect. Listening to Cai Yan's eloquent explanation, he had to re-examine the almost perfect woman in front of him... Who could not love such a woman?
What's more, Wei Cheng is still a single who has just fallen out of love.
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At this time, there was a mountain col a few hundred meters away from Pingding Mountain.
Everyone in Hujiabao didn't look too good.
The leader of the team was Erdangjia Hutong. He was Hu Biao's cousin. The two grew up together and had always been close friends. After Hu Biao became prosperous, he immediately brought Hutong to work together. Hutong also turned from an ordinary fisherman to the second boss of Hujiabao in an instant.
Hutong has a very serious character flaw, that is, he is afraid of death. To put it more professionally, it is persecution delusion.
This was consistent with his early experiences. He had witnessed his father being hacked to death, his mother being defiled, and even having his face peed on. If Hu Biao's father hadn't arrived in time with his people, maybe he wouldn't have had to live so hard.
Because of this experience, Hutong developed a completely different appearance and personality from his cousin Hu Biao.
Compared with Hu Biao's daring attitude, Hu Tong is a bit greedy for life and afraid of death, and is always suspicious.
At this time, after hearing the report from his subordinates, Hutong felt that his eyelids were twitching, and he felt that there was an enemy ambush nearby.
"Are you sure it was the Yellow Turban rebels?" Half of Hutong's face was hidden in the shadows under the trees, and his voice was slightly hoarse.
The deputy who didn't know the truth nodded. He always thought that the second boss was a vicious and cunning person. He never thought that the reason why Hutong behaved so darkly was because he was afraid of death and was desperately trying to hide his uneasiness.
After receiving an affirmative answer, Hutong's palms holding the riding crop slowly began to sweat.
"Even if there are rebels, we have to guard against them. By the way, where is Haojiacun now? That should be the goal of the fourth child. How could we meet the rebels by such a coincidence? I have reason to suspect that the rebels are hiding in Haojiacun. On."
With the conscience of heaven and earth, Hutong just wanted to find a place to hide nearby, and then let people go to invite Hu Biao, while he hid and waited for support, but he didn't expect what he said. He unexpectedly approached the mastermind by accident. You know, the three wretched men were still tied to the big tree in the village.
When the deputy next to him heard this, he felt that what the second master said was reasonable. The terrain in Luliang Mountain was steep and there were not many places where people could live and hide. The yellow turban rebels had captured about twenty people from the fourth master and his party, and they were most likely hiding nearby. to Haojia Village.
Fortunately, he didn't say this speculation out loud, otherwise the alley might have changed its direction again.
Just like this, the large group of people came towards Pingding Mountain by mistake.
However, when he was nearly a hundred meters away, he was discovered by the villagers who were on alert on the mountain.
When the notice came to Wei Cheng, Wei Cheng couldn't believe it. He suddenly felt that he was very useless. Yesterday, he asked the leaders to spread suspicion and spilled a lot of blood. Now it seems that he was found out in one face to face.
Standing on the top of the mountain, Wei Cheng sighed: "There are too many capable people and strangers in the Three Kingdoms. I thought we could delay it for three to five days, but I didn't expect it to be discovered in one day. Alas, it will be so embarrassing."
When everyone came to the lift platform, people from the alley just happened to arrive as well.
Looking at the villagers on the top of the mountain, Hutong seemed to have suddenly regained his confidence.
"It seems that the rebels are not here." Hutong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body became nervous.
Seeing that the place where Haojia Village is located is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Hutong immediately decided to occupy the area where Haojia Village is located and wait for his cousin Hu Biao to bring people to support him.
As for going to wipe out the Yellow Turban rebels or something like that, he would never dare.
"Hey, these people don't seem to be here to challenge us."
On the top of the mountain, the condescending Wei Cheng immediately noticed something was wrong. These people didn't seem to be here for the wretched men.
Hao Dadao also looked at the people at the foot of the mountain curiously. When he saw the leader, Hutong, he frowned and recognized the identity of Hutong.
At this time, someone from the bottom of the mountain shouted: "People from Haojia Village, put down the hanging board quickly. I am the second head of Hujiabao Hutong."
Hutong cleared his throat, crossed his arms, and waited patiently for the hanging board to be lowered.
However, what surprised him was that after waiting and waiting, there was still no movement above, which made him a little angry.
It was true that he was timid and afraid of death, but what he was afraid of were the Yellow Turban rebels. The mere mountain people dared to ignore him, which made Hutong, who was used to the power of foxes and tigers, suddenly feel offended.
"Where are all the people?" The deputy next to him also became impatient and started swearing at the top of his voice.
His sudden roar frightened Hutong so much that he dropped the riding crop in his hand and dropped it to the ground.
On the mountain, Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows. This scene happened to fall in Wei Cheng's eyes. Coupled with the fear and panic in Hutong's eyes, Wei Cheng's frown gradually relaxed unconsciously, and then the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
I saw him calling me to his head and whispering a few words.
Zhengtou was stunned for a moment, a little hesitant.
Wei Cheng said: "Believe me, even if the plan fails, I will still have a way for you to escape unscathed."
Hearing this, Zhengtou hurriedly shook his head and explained: "Young Master underestimates me. The reason why I hesitate is that I am worried that he would rather die than obey."
Wei Cheng couldn't help laughing and assured: "Don't worry, he doesn't have the courage."
Just when the pedestrians in the mountain alley felt something strange, the hanging board finally slowly lowered.
The first person did not carry any weapons, but was holding a shiny object in his hand with a respectful look on his face.
Hu Tong was looking at the weighing head suspiciously, when suddenly the deputy beside him exclaimed: "It's a jade crystal, it's a jade crystal cup!"
Hu Tong was stunned and asked curiously: "What is jade crystal?"
The deputy swallowed his saliva, his eyes full of covetousness, and after thinking for a while, he finally said: "This jade crystal is a rare mineral. It is said that it is condensed from the essence of water. If you eat it, you can live as long as the heaven and the earth. "
"Seriously?" Hutong said excitedly.
Seeing that he had no chance to take it all for himself, the deputy could only respond: "I don't dare to lie. The year before last, when I visited the man above with Mr. Hu, I had the honor to see this thing. The steward next to me at that time said that this is a priceless treasure that has not been seen in thousands of years." an auspicious thing."
In fact, what the weighing head holds in his hand is three glasses worth ten yuan. But the deputy is right. Jade crystal is also known as crystal. In the early days, it was called Yuying or Shuiyu.
The earliest poem mentioning crystals in history is written by Qu Yuan, "When you climb the Kunlun Mountains and eat jade maidens, you will have the same life span as the heaven and the earth, and the same light as the sun and the moon." It means: if you eat crystals from the Kunlun Mountains, your life span will be the same as the heaven and earth, and the same life span as the sun and the moon. Share the light.
In addition, the ancients were superstitious about the way to immortality, and regarded these so-called genius treasures as miraculous elixirs. Not to mention eating crystals, there were not a few people who ate mercury, lead, and mercury. I don’t know how many emperors were poisoned by eating these things. dead.
Just as the two of them were staring at the glass, they had already reached the alley.
I saw him respectfully raising the glass, oh, jade crystal cup to his head, and said: "General Hu, this is a little thought from our Haojia Village. I hope you can let us go. Our village suffered heavy casualties in the previous rebellion by soldiers and bandits. , now it can no longer withstand the torment.”
Hu Tong raised his eyebrows and looked at the jade crystal cup in disbelief, "This, this jade crystal was given to me?"
Zhengtou nodded very reverently, "Please accept it, General Hu." After saying that, he also raised the cup, making it shine even more under the sun.
Hu Tong glanced at the deputy and saw the greed in his eyes. He knew that he might not be able to keep the cup and would have to give it to Hu Biao later. However, if I can secretly break off a piece and taste it, can I also live forever?
Everyone wants to live forever, and Hutong is no exception. He quickly reached out and took the jade crystal cup, ignoring the white gauze padding under the cup.
When Zheng Tou saw the cup was taken away, he threw the gauze aside in fear of avoiding it.
When Hu Tong and others couldn't see it, he carefully wiped the sweat on his palms with his pants, for fear of contaminating it with something.
At this time, Hu Tong and others' attention was focused on the glass. Hu Tong couldn't put it down and played with it, dreaming that if he could swallow the glass alone, he might be able to live forever. So what if Hu Biao was held accountable? Hahaha.
Where they didn't notice, on the cliff, Hao Zhao led twenty or thirty people, wearing leather armor, holding bows and arrows and other weapons, and slowly sneaked into the dense forest along a rope ladder woven with vines.
On the mountain, Wei Cheng stood high and looked proud. Seeing Hao Zhao and his men forming an encirclement, the smile on his lips gradually grew stronger.
Behind him, Cai Yan witnessed the whole process, from the moment she walked down the mountain with a cup to the time Hao Zhao led the people to form an encirclement, the brilliance in her eyes became brighter and brighter. I never thought that my husband also has the talents of Guan Zhong and Wu Zixu. How could I not love him!
At this moment, Zhengtou, who was originally submissive, received the signal from Hao Zhao.
When Hutong was still struggling with how to swallow the jade crystal cup, he suddenly laughed and said: "General Hu, don't you think something is wrong?"
Hutong was already timid and fearful, and he was very suspicious and ill. When he saw Mingtou acting like this, he immediately woke up from his fairy dream.
"What's the meaning?"
He pointed at the cup and said: "This cup is smeared with poison. If General Hu doesn't want to die too early, it's best to have all your men dismount and capture him without mercy."
"Poisonous?" Hutong was so frightened that he threw away the cup. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a burning sensation in the palms of his hands, followed by an unbearable itching, as if there were millions of ants biting him. "You bastard, how dare you harm me?" , come here, chop him down."
Before the men nearby could react, they saw the sudden change in the situation. Just as they were about to raise their swords, they saw dozens of people jumping out of the surrounding woods and surrounding them.
When the deputy saw this, he immediately shouted: "How brave, brothers, follow me and fight out."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhengtou hurriedly shouted: "General Hu, do you want your life?"
Hutong came back to his senses and looked at the red spots and streaks gradually appearing on his palms. He was horrified. He grabbed his deputy and shouted: "Stop, stop it all."
He looked at the weighing head and said, "Antidote, give me the antidote quickly."
Zhengtou chuckled, took a step back, took the bow and arrow from the encircling Hao Zhao, and calmly said: "General Hu wants an antidote easily, just ask your men to dismount and throw their weapons in front of me. ."
"Goucai, you are just wishful thinking." The deputy was furious. This was no different than asking them to die.
However, what he didn't expect was that the timid Hutong shouted sharply: "Get off your horse and do as he said. Who dares to disobey? After I go back, I will ask all your family members to be buried with me. If you don't believe it, you can try it." "
"Second boss...this..." The deputy still wanted to struggle.
Hutong turned around and glared at him. Because of the strange change in his palms, he firmly believed that he was poisoned. Thinking that he would die, his eyes gradually became bloodshot, and he was quite powerful: "Do as you are told. I asked you to do as you are told. You don't understand." What do you mean, motherfucker, dismount me and give him the weapon."
The deputy could only swallow the words that came to his mouth, glanced at the palm of the alley, sighed helplessly, and with a bang, he threw the sword on his waist in front of Chengtou, his eyes widened, as if to It was as if the weighing head had been eaten alive.
Unexpectedly, Hutong was caught in Wei Cheng's weak spot, and their family's lives were also controlled by Hutong. If they didn't follow the instructions, it would not only be them, but also their families.
(Do you know what kind of poison is in the alley? Book friends who keep potted plants at home should know it. It is a very common plant, but few people know that it is also poisonous. In a harmonious society, the less everyone knows, the better.)
