Xiang'er was overjoyed when he heard this, covered his palms and said: "Eh... eh..."
Jiang Shuo said: "No."
Xiang'er sneered and said, "I know how to ride a horse."
Jiang Shuo squinted at her, looked her up and down, and said, "Xiang'er, you are so short and your legs are so short, can your feet reach the pedals?"
Xiang'er said disdainfully: "My riding skills are even good at riding a horse."
Xiangqi refers to riding without a saddle, which is naturally much more difficult than using a saddle and yang. Xiang'er means that he has superb riding skills.
Jiang Shuo said: "There is no horse here, so just say you can ride backwards."
Xiang'er said, "Why don't you have a horse? I'll take you to the stables." After saying that, he took Jiang Shuo's arm and walked out.
Jiang Shuo said: "I haven't practiced the Star Step today."
Jiang Shuo has made rapid progress in the past half month, and he can already practice footwork with Xiang'er by advancing and retreating. He has just gotten a glimpse of the secret, and he is practicing vigorously every day. He expected that Xiang'er's claim that he has superb riding skills is probably a lie, so he I don't want to go to the stables, I just want to practice my kung fu again.
Xiang'er didn't let him say anything, and just pulled him out and said, "You can't practice at Chuanxing? Aren't we just practicing all the way there?" After saying that, he shook off Jiang Shuo's hand and stepped forward. Jiang Shuo was stunned. However, she had no choice but to catch up. In the past half month, Jiang Shuo had memorized "Bu Tian Ge" by heart, and he was also familiar with the four signs and twenty-eight constellations. The two started chasing each other in the corridor of the villa using "Star Steps" .
When it comes to running, Jiang Shuo is naturally much faster, but the two chase each other not based on speed, but on whose footwork is agile and can block the other's path. Xiang'er ran in front. She was very familiar with the situation of the villa. She used Qinglong Qisu's footwork to walk between the pillars and trees. She even pushed the door directly into the house next to the corridor a few times. This was natural. It was much more fun than chasing in the bare courtyard. Jiang Shuo called it "interesting" but used the entanglement technique of Xuanwu Qisu to chase Xiang'er. Xiang'er kept changing directions between the houses, and the angles were always unexpected. Jiang Shuo Shuo didn't hesitate to give in. He outflanked and seemed to be running against Xiang'er, but suddenly turned and cut into Xiang'er's next turning point. Xiang'er almost ran into his arms several times, but finally avoided it with his flexible body. . The two of them rose and fell suddenly, gathered and dispersed, walking through the courtyard at extremely fast speeds without touching anything, not even a leaf. They were just like two swifts in the courtyard after a new rain. Flying by at low altitude.
The two of them chased each other. Although the route was tortuous, they ran out of the gate after a while. It turned out that there was a large carriage and horse racing field outside the door. Jiang Shuo heard that there were many large carriage and horse racing fields outside the mansions in Chang'an City, but he didn't expect this mountain and wilderness. The land is also laid out in this way. This is a real horse farm, definitely not an ordinary flat land in the countryside. The field is no less than eighty feet long and no less than fifty feet wide. The dark red sandy land is not only flat but also barren of grass. The ground is paved with gravel. Sanhe soil is made of mixed clay and lime. After Sanhe soil is tamped, the ground can not only remain flat for a long time, but also prevent Cordyceps from growing.
Jiang Shuo couldn't help but admired: "It's such a good place, I'm afraid it's enough for horse racing."
Xiang'er smiled and said: "Xiao Jiangshuo is very knowledgeable. This place is a horse racing ground."
Jiang Shuo couldn't help but was speechless when he heard this. It should be noted that horse riding is a sport for the aristocracy. There is no horse riding field in Nanling County. Only the Anlu Governor's Office has a small horse riding field. It is paved with ordinary sand, but this field is paved with ordinary sand. It's red sand, and the size is larger. Could it be that the wealthy people here also like to play horses?
This place was open and flat, and the two lost their interest in playing and stopped chasing each other. Xiang'er led Jiang Shuo straight across and walked diagonally toward a shack. It must be the stables. The horse farm is backed by the villa, and there is a road at the other end. The road winds northward to an unknown destination. It is also backed by a lake on the west side, but on the east side is a stream flowing down from the mountain. On the east bank of the stream is a large bamboo forest. From a distance, there is no end to the vast expanse of water. The stables were built next to the stream, presumably to make it easier for the horses to drink.
The stable was built with bamboo cut down nearby. Although it was made of bamboo, the interior was quite large with multiple beds and stacks. There were no less than thirty stalls housing horses. It seemed that it was not the horse season. All the horses had long hair and manes. The tails are all loose. There were many old men being washed and fed in the stable, but they were dressed differently from those in the stable. The leader, Jiang Shuo, recognized him as a farmer among the five leaders of Hanshui Dragon Slaying. The scene was chaotic that day, and they were far away. Jiang Shuo shouldn't have recognized him, but he was only able to recognize him because he was holding a steel rod as tall as a person and had a sickle on his waist.
Looking closer, this man had deep eyebrows, wide eyes, and sideburns, and he looked like a foreigner. Looking closer today, I realized that he was not wearing a farmer's felt hat that day, but a strange-shaped leather tricorn hat. Xiang'er didn't dare to make any mistakes towards him and saluted, "Uncle Tie, hello."
The barbarian nodded to Xiang'er and nodded slightly to Jiang Shuo. Seeing this, Jiang Shuo quickly bowed his head and crossed his hands in salute. Although he knew that these heroes were not robbers, he was still a little scared.
Uncle Tie said to Xiang'er, "Why did Xiao Xiang'er want to come to the stable today?" Although he looks like a foreigner, he speaks Chinese fluently.
Xiang'er said: "Uncle Tie, I said I could ride a horse, but this guy didn't believe me, so I brought him here to see it."
Uncle Tie smiled and said: "Xian'er naturally knows how to ride a horse. She rides very well, just like the daughter of our Tiele people."
Jiang Shuo thought to himself: It turns out that this man is from Tiele, his name is Uncle Tie, I'm afraid it's just a pseudonym. Jiang Shuo was thinking and looking around when he suddenly saw a thin yellow horse's head peeking out from among the tall horses in the stable. He said "Huh" and walked closer to take a look. The horse was not equipped with a saddle and bridle, and under the yellow hair The ribs are looming, isn't it the happy horse that He Jian rode that day?
Uncle Tie heard him say something, and came over to see Jiang Shuo looking at the yellow horse, and asked curiously: "Little brother, do you know about horses? This is Longxiang Pegasus, and it is indeed a good horse."
Jiang Shuo was stunned when he heard this: "This is a good horse? But it looks so thin..."
Xiang'er also came over and said, "Then what are you doing?"
Jiang Shuo said: "This horse was ridden by Inspector He that day, and it ended up here somehow."
Uncle Tie said: "This horse did fall into the water from the official boat that day, but the situation was chaotic and no one noticed it. The next day, we returned to the river beach. The official boat had gone far away, but we saw this horse The Pegasus was grazing on a sandbank and brought it back.”
It turned out that the belly of the water transport ship was huge, and several horses were kept in the cabin. But that day, the old dragon jumped on the deck and tore a large piece of the ship's side plank. It must have been at this time that the old horse accidentally fell into the water.
The old horse actually recognized Jiang Shuo, and came over to rub his big head against him. Jiang Shuo stretched out his hand and stroked its neck, saying to himself: "Hey... old horse, old horse, we both fell off the boat, we are in the same boat. , and they are all lucky enough to survive and get together here, it’s fate.”
Xiang'er said: "This horse looks old and ugly, and its appearance is not good. Uncle Tie, how do you say it is a 'dragon or a Pegasus'?"
Jiang Shuo was confused when he heard Uncle Tie call the old horse Tianma. When Xiang'er said this, he also turned to look at Uncle Tie.
Uncle Tie smiled and said: "It is said that a thousand-mile horse is easy to come by, but a bole is rare. Because a thousand-mile horse is not what ordinary people think a thousand-mile horse should look like. In fact, horses are not animals with very good endurance. They can run one or two hundred miles in one breath. If you can run more than five hundred miles in a day, it is considered good. Look at these Dawan horses and Qing Cong horses in the stable. They look tall and powerful. If they are used to charge into battle and run for more than ten miles, it is no problem, but If we go by the standard of a thousand-mile horse, let alone a thousand miles a day, I'm afraid it can't even run five hundred miles a day. Why? They are fat and strong, and if they run for a long time, their own weight will tire them out."
Xiang'er said: "Oh, then this thin horse is light and can run farther."
Uncle Tie said: "Xian'er is only half right. A thousand-mile horse is lean rather than thin. Look at the horse's hips, back, legs and feet. In fact, the muscles are not thin. It's just that the chest and ribs are prominent. It looks thin. This kind of bone appearance has a certain The name is "Tou Gu Long", which means the horse is strong where it should be thin and strong."
Xiang'er said: "This name is incredible. It's not a horse anymore, it's Jackie Chan."
Uncle Tie said: "There is also a saying about the color of this horse's coat. What do you think the color of this coat looks like?"
Xiang'er pouted and said, "It's like a haystack. If it lies in that pile of grass, it won't be found."
Uncle Tie said: "Yes, this horse's alias is Yudinghaicaohuang."
Jiang Shuo asked: "What is this jade top?"
Uncle Tie pointed to the horse's head and said, "Come and see the horse's head."
The two children looked closer and saw a large patch of white hair on the horse's forehead. Uncle Tie patted the horse's head and said, "This is the jade top."
The old horse snorted comfortably, Uncle Tie patted the old horse's body again, and the horse turned around obediently. Xiang'er said: "The fur on this butt is mixed, not as good as a jade lion." The jade lion Xiang'er said is Her favorite white Dawan horse in the stable,
But Uncle Tie shook his head and said: "The jade lion has a big butt and thin legs. It is not of the highest quality."
Uncle Tie continued: "The so-called hair is blood, and you can tell the essence and blood of a horse by looking at the color and luster of its coat. If you look at this horse from the front or the side, it is an ordinary yellow gelding, and it can be considered to be of high quality. But it can't be called a "Pegasus", but you want to see it from behind..."
Jiang Shuo said: "The stripes on the horse's back and buttocks look like tiger skin."
Uncle Tie said: "Yes, yes, little brother, you are right. Why do tiger skin-like stripes appear on the horse's body? It is because his body is full of essence and blood. When comparing people, it is like some cultivators." A master of Kung Fu, if his body is full of Qi, his skin will also shrink."
Jiang Shuo had never seen any masters in the field, so he didn't know what wrinkled skin looked like. But after what Uncle Tie said, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the old horse was indeed a good horse. He stroked its back with his hand, and it really felt like the muscles and bones Strong and strong, I closed my eyes and felt that there were waves of "internal force" coming from the horse's body. He unconsciously used the inner strength and mental methods taught by Xun Ni, and felt that there were ripples in his heart, as if there were waves of "internal force". The "inner power" surged out, and the warmth was so uncomfortable. The "ripples" rippled out layer by layer, and soon passed to the horse.
The horse suddenly roared as if it was stabbed by a cone and kicked up. Fortunately, they were separated by the bamboo fence and no one was hurt. Both children jumped and took a few steps back. Uncle Tie quickly went up to hold the bridle and called a few others to comfort it. Uncle Tie turned around, smiled and said to the two children: "Thousand-mile horses have a bad temper. If you want to ride a horse, you'd better dismount."
