The sky is clear, the sun is shining, the river is wide, and there are more ships than crucian carps.
Bai Yutian was wearing white clothes and holding a black horse. He walked leisurely to the ferry and looked around several times to find a large ship crossing the river.
Suddenly, a child rushed over from the crowd, ran to Bai Yutian's side in a few steps, glanced at Bai Yutian's face and the peach wood sword at his waist, and asked extremely excitedly: "Are you Bai Yutian?" Big brother?"
Bai Yutian was surprised and replied with a smile: "Why, do you know me?"
The child was very happy after hearing this. He bowed to the ground and shouted loudly: "Disciple Shi Xingyun pays homage to Master!" Bai Yutian did not allow Bai Yutian to answer and kowtowed several times in succession.
Bai Yutian was very surprised. When the child raised his head, he saw that his face was delicate and his eyes were lively, which was incompatible with the blood stains on his clothes. He asked nicely: "Kid, we don't know each other, why did you call me so hard? Master is here?" He took the child up smoothly.
Shi Xingyun smiled and replied: "The night before yesterday, a big brother named Zhao said that you are handsomer than him and will accept me as your apprentice. He asked me to come to this ferry to wait for you. I will wait at this ferry. is you."
Bai Yutian said: "A big brother named Zhao, does he have a name?"
Shi Xingyun replied: "I didn't ask him, but he said something."
Bai Yutian said: "What are you talking about?"
Shi Xingyun said: "He laughed loudly and said: 'These two sentences are well said. I, Zhao Yuheng, have heard it thousands of times in the world. There are many people who share the blessings, but there are only a few people who share the difficulties. We Let’s go!’”
Bai Yutian said: "Zhao Yuheng? Why did he guide you to worship me as your teacher?"
Shi Xingyun said: "I saw that he was very capable and wanted to learn from him. But he said that he had killed too many people and had committed many crimes. He was not worthy of a young hero like me. He also said that people who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black. If I follow him, I will only learn bad things, so it is better not to follow him. I said that I really want to learn a skill to protect my sister and pray for the people, so he recommended me to become your teacher."
Bai Yutian smiled slightly: "A small person has big ambitions. Do you have any contact with him?"
Shi Xingyun said: "We didn't have much contact. But the night before yesterday, he was having fun in the Mingcui Courtyard where my sister stayed, and got into a fight with a group of salt owl from the Salt Gang. He seemed to be injured, so I sent him out of the compound. Later he He gave me a big gold ingot and I didn’t ask for it, so he called me a little hero.”
Bai Yutian said: "If you don't ask for it, it won't be beautiful if you ask for it."
Shi Xingyun asked: "Why is it not beautiful if you want it?"
Bai Yutian said: "A person who is greedy for money is easy to betray others. In order to prevent his whereabouts from being betrayed, he will most likely kill you."
Shi Xingyun asked: "Is he bad?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "He is willing to risk being betrayed and choose to let you go. He also guides you to learn from his teacher. He is a person who knows how to repay his kindness. He does not kill innocent people indiscriminately and knows how to repay his kindness. It’s not particularly bad.”
Shi Xingyun said: "Are you willing to accept me as your apprentice?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "I don't want to."
Shi Xingyun asked very uncomfortably: "Why?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "You are already a kid, so it's natural that an old friend has come to accept you as his apprentice. I'm only in my early twenties, and I'm not an old friend, so naturally I can't accept you as my apprentice. I can at most do A big brother."
Shi Xingyun saw that Bai Yutian had no intention of accepting him as his apprentice, and knew that a good man never imposes anything on others, so he said: "Then I will worship you as my eldest brother. Can you help me find an old friend, a hero, to be my master?"
Bai Yutian said: "No problem."
Shi Xingyun asked happily: "Is he strong? What is his name?"
Bai Yutian thought for a while and replied with a smile: "He is very capable. He is nicknamed Jianghu and Huanghe sword."
Shi Xingyun had heard from books that there were only two big rivers in China, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. That man could actually bear the name of "Yellow River Sword". He was obviously very capable, so he couldn't miss it. So he lightly clenched his fist, pointed his little finger towards Bai Yutian, and said happily: "Then let's pull the hook and trick people into thinking they are puppies."
"Okay!" Bai Yutian and Shi Xingyun pulled the hook, put Shi Xingyun on the saddle, and walked towards a big boat at the ferry.
Shi Xingyun was very scared when he saw the broad river in front of him. Bai Yutian asked why, and Shi Xingyun replied: "I don't know when I can see my sister now, and I don't know how she will be when I see her again." Whether it’s good or bad, I really won’t recognize you in the future.”
In the land of fireworks, girls rely solely on their years to make a living. The lucky ones were taken away to be good, and from then on they became anonymous and had no past. For those who are unlucky, their flowers will wither and they will die, and they will be lonely for the rest of their lives, worse than a beggar.
Bai Yutian saw Shi Xingyun's eyes full of family affection, and was happy and sad about it. Fortunately, if a person can deny even blood relatives, then if he wants to claim other emotions, he must first think of charging. Then how can a great hero serve the country and the people? What's sad is that I only have a little money in my bag. If I use it all to redeem the girl's life, why don't I go all the way north in the northwest wind?
Seeing Bai Yutian's solemn expression, Shi Xingyun asked for some reason, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Bai Yutian asked in a low voice: "If I want to help your sister redeem her life, how much money will it cost?"
Shi Xingyun replied: "Last year, a customer offered one hundred taels to redeem my sister. My sister didn't agree. The madam immediately raised the price to two hundred taels. The man thought it was too expensive, so he gave up the idea of redeeming my sister. .”
Bai Yutian said: "Why doesn't your sister agree? Doesn't she want to get out of the yard?"
Shi Xingyun said: "My sister said that that person is already in his fifties, and she is only sixteen or seventeen years old. By the time she grows up, that person will be old already. Rather than being a widow for a lifetime, it is better to wait and see. Let’s see if we can meet a nice guy of about the same age.”
Bai Yutian stopped and said with a smile: "Your sister is really a child's family. Let's get out first. If you are not happy in the future, you can remarry!"
Shi Xingyun said: "That won't work. My sister said that a person lives for one breath and a tree lives for one bark. Since you choose to marry him, you should treat it as willingly and commit it to the end. You can't regret it halfway. If someone says Three opinions and four opinions will last a lifetime."
Bai Yutian said: "Then no one will make irresponsible remarks when trying to make a living in a brothel?"
Shi Xingyun said: "My sister said that in order to support me and herself, she went there to make a living because she was forced by life. She should be criticized by others, and she can feel at ease. If she has received kindness from others, she should still be kind to her. It is extremely inappropriate and unacceptable to have others make irresponsible remarks about others who have been disloyal, ruined their reputations, and others."
Bai Yutian smiled and led the horse back. Feeling that the road was extremely solid, he quickened his pace.
Shi Xingyun asked: "Are you going to cross the river?"
Bai Yutian said: "Take your sister to cross the river with you."
Shi Xingyun said: "Do you have that much money?"
Bai Yutian said: "No."
Shi Xingyun said: "Then how can we bring her with us? The territory of Chizhou is very strict about the rule of law, and we cannot buy or sell by force."
Bai Yutian said: "Just sell these horses."
Shi Xingyun asked: "Can a horse be sold for one hundred taels of silver?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "Fifty taels at most. But adding this sword is enough."
Shi Xingyun said: "Is your peach wood sword worth fifty taels of silver?"
Bai Yutian said: "At most one tael of silver. But with this strength, it will be enough."
Shi Xingyun said: "Injuring people at will will lead to imprisonment, and that is not acceptable."
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "I didn't intend to hit or hurt anyone. At most, I would complain and damage some furniture or something."
Shi Xingyun said: "That's okay. Then let's sell the horse. I'll pay you when I have money later."
Bai Yutian said: "Do you know where to sell horses?"
Shi Xingyun said: "There is a donkey and horse market not far away, but the people there are very smart, you can't be fooled by them."
Bai Yutian was very happy to see that Shi Xingyun was a kid. Under his guidance, he headed towards the donkey and horse market to look for him.
After a while of walking, a meal passed, and the two of them arrived at the donkey and horse market.
Many horse dealers were very happy when they saw the horse in Bai Yutian's hand, which was five feet high at the shoulders, two feet long, black and shiny, with a shining look, and an extraordinary horse. They crowded over and asked questions non-stop. If you want to buy it, you can't afford it, but if you don't want to buy it, you can't bear to part with such a good product. When you come, your eyes will be golden, and when you go, you will look back three times.
The Song Dynasty was short of horses, especially good horses. Especially due to the war in the northwest, war horses were hard to come by. Although Bai Yutian was a martial artist, he had traveled all over the country for more than a year, so he knew that horses could show off his identity. No matter who it is, no matter how nice the words are, whether they really want to buy it or pretend to buy it, the fixed price is 50,000 yuan. Most people didn't know that there was a war going on in the northwest, and they didn't know that the imperial court was thirsty for knowledge about war horses. They always felt that they couldn't make much money by buying this horse and selling it across the river, so they ignored it and left.
Seeing that no one was willing to accept the price of 50,000 yuan, Shi Xingyun said to Bai Yutian: "Brother, if you want to lower it a little, 40,000 yuan is fine."
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "You get what you pay for. To lower the price at will is to say that your goods are not good. Not only do you wrong yourself, but you also wrong such a good horse. Fifty taels, the goods are genuine and fair." "
Shi Xingyun said: "But they just can't afford such a good price, so they are right to stick to it. They are afraid that times will change."
Bai Yutian said: "It is right, so you should stick to it to the end. It would be unwise to relax because of other people's unreasonable needs."
Shi Xingyun said: "Then we will stick to it until the clouds clear and the moon shines."
An elderly man in his fifties came over and looked around the horse again and again, looking around and around. After walking around the horse two or three times, he touched the beard on his chin, smiled to himself, and asked, "Young man, can you sell this horse for fifty thousand?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "I don't know, sir, do you think it's worth 50,000 yuan?"
The elder said: "For me in the Song Dynasty, whether this horse is worth money depends on whether it can run. This horse has high and solid hooves. It can travel six hundred times a day. If it is put on the battlefield, it will definitely be Swift as the wind, defeating enemies thousands of miles away."
Bai Yutian said: "As an elder, you can see at a glance that our Song Dynasty is short of horses, let alone war horses. If you are sincere in buying me, I can give you 40,000 yuan to the old man."
The elder smiled and said: "You have been saying that you will not sell it for 50,000 yuan. Why did it come down today?"
Bai Yutian said: "Reducing prices for those who know the goods is to let them earn one more when they resell them. Lowering prices for those who do not know the goods means devaluing their own goods. Good goods can be sold at a reduced price, but they cannot be sold at a low price. This is a violation of good goods. respect."
"Okay. The fixed price is 45,000 yuan. Good goods deserve respect." The elder smiled happily, took out four taels of gold and five taels of silver from his pocket, handed it to Bai Yutian's hand happily, and said happily: "This horse is mine now."
Bai Yutian collected the silver coins, cupped his fists towards the elder and said, "Old sir, walk slowly."
The elder smiled warmly, got on his horse, and rode away. Seeing the happy figure of the elder, many horse dealers kept shaking their heads and sighing: "Hey! A horse worth 60,000 yuan was sold for 45,000 yuan. It's a huge loss."
Shi Xingyun was a little discouraged after hearing this, and whispered: "Brother, are we at a loss?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "What's the point of suffering? People come here to make money, so how can they not make them satisfied. Besides, he seems to have earned so much, but he didn't get the money. Who can guarantee that he will not suffer a loss." Money is money when you earn it.”
Shi Xingyun said: "Brother, the horses are all his, haven't you earned the money?"
Bai Yutian said: "The war in the northwest is tense now, and the imperial court is looking for war horses everywhere. If you meet a black-hearted official who buys horses and goes there to earn fifteen taels of silver, it will be good if you don't lose money."
Shi Xingyun said: "Brother, can you introduce me to a master who is as good as you?"
Bai Yutian touched Shi Xingyun's head and replied with a smile: "They all say that Jiang is old and hot, and his ability must be higher than that of you and me."
Shi Xingyun smiled happily, led Bai Yutian out of the donkey and horse market, and walked towards Mingcui Courtyard.
