Chapter 18: A good hand in pretending to be b
"In this way, it is the way, haha, Zhao Gongzi, please don't refuse, now the guards are dead and wounded, and the safety of the caravan is no longer guaranteed, you see that since you are on the way, let's go together, the caravan will be paid here, and the food and drink on the road are provided by the caravan." ”
After the old man finished speaking, he gave Na He Wu a look, let him say good things, and Na He Wu didn't know how to turn his head, and the angry old man blew his beard and glared.
Zhao Xu didn't know how to refuse, scratched his head, and didn't know how to reply for a while.
"Zhao Gongzi, why are you going to Wucheng here? My Feng family has some ways in Wucheng, so I can help you......"
The old man saw that Zhao Xu was hesitant, so he had to say better.
"I'm going to go to Wucheng to learn martial arts, huh...... It's going to the Upper Martial Academy."
"That's right...... That's better, the tuition fee of the Martial Arts Academy is ridiculously expensive, if the son is willing to go along, the little old man is willing to pay the child's tuition for one year. ”
The old man stretched out his hand, five silver coins?
That's too little, isn't it......
"Fifty gold!"
I'll go! Give fifty gold?
Oh, no...... This Shangwu Academy costs fifty gold a year......? That's not right...
The money I brought with me when I went out was not half of it, what did this grandfather and old man think, so I gave this ......
Wait, yes, when I went out, I said that I was going to the Lower Martial Academy, but now I am going to the Upper Martial Academy, and the tuition is naturally not enough!
But it's too much worse, Zhao Xu reached into his pocket and took out the only two silver coins left, his face was embarrassed, it was a lot......
Ten silver and one gold.
It seems that there is no way.
As soon as the old man saw Zhao Xu take out two silver coins from his pocket, his face was embarrassed, and he knew that this matter was done.
"Then bother"
Zhao Xu originally planned to go to Wucheng to work earlier and earn some money for tuition and living expenses, but what he didn't expect was that the tuition fee was ridiculously high, so he could only agree, otherwise the money earned by working for more than two months was far from enough, alas, the money he brought out of the Wushu Academy might be enough, but the Wushu Academy was too bad, and he could easily earn a year's tuition by escorting the caravan to Wucheng.
"He Wu, I have a question for you. ”
Oh?
"You want to ask, why don't you save those guards when they die, and only protect the carriage?"
Zhao Xu shook his head.
"I understand, the identity of the people in that carriage is definitely not ordinary, and those guards are like that, scaring people, there is no real ability, if you go to help these guards to let the horse bandits get their wish, the gains outweigh the losses, and it is the best policy to protect the carriage from letting the people on the carriage fall into the hands of the horse bandits. ”
He Wu was a little surprised to hear Zhao Xu say this, he could think of these things at a young age, but he was different from his peers.
"Yes, the most important thing is that I have only one duty in the caravan, and that is to protect the person in the carriage, and only when that person's safety is ensured can I think about anything else, well, since you know, then, what do you want to ask?"
"I want to ask, are there any procedures and requirements for signing up for the Martial Arts Academy?"
"This ...... I don't know a lot, the registration process and requirements are actually very simple, every September directly take the letter of recommendation to the college you want to apply for registration, the college will have a simple test, and then pay for admission can be. ”
Zhao Xu was confused, what kind of recommendation letter, why didn't he hear the old monk say it......
What kind of dantian can go to the Upper Martial Academy......
He Wu saw that Zhao Xu was a little flustered
"Alas, aren't you already married, why don't you have a letter of recommendation? Or is the tuition not enough? Didn't the old man promise to give you a reward of fifty gold?"
"I don't have a letter of recommendation...... How is this going to happen?"
I'll go, you don't have a letter of recommendation yet?
"This letter of recommendation is written from the teacher who taught you to form a dantian, after graduating from the martial arts, the college will privately select talented students for a period of time for a period of individual teaching, the teaching content is the dantian, generally three or two months, and so on after the formation of the dantian, the teacher who teaches alone will write a letter of recommendation, and then the student can take this letter to the martial arts academy in September to register, the letter of recommendation is very important, no letter of recommendation has to go to the private martial arts academy. ”
Alas, after a long time, you have to go to the Martial Arts Academy to start, and then perform outstandingly, graduate with excellent grades, and then wait for the teacher to come and find yourself to open a small stove, and write you a letter of recommendation after forming a dantian, and then you are qualified to go to the Martial Arts Academy.
"Oh, by the way, the Shangwu Academy is strictly managed by the state, the scale is not large, the number is small, they are all elite geniuses, there are few Shangwu Academies in the country, but there are slightly more private martial arts academies, and they are also registered and approved by the state, but the level is different, the scale is small, and the teachers are few. ”
"I made a note of it, thank you. ”
Zhao Xu was a little lost when he heard what He Wu said, he lost his spirit, and he was furious...
Then the caravan was reorganized, the sacrificed guards had been dealt with, and the wounded guards treated their wounds and continued to defend the caravan.
Zhao Xu also followed with a bag.
"Zhao Gongzi, there is no place to sit in the carriage, but there are more horses to guard, I will bring you one, you can use it for transportation, it is more convenient. ”
"Thank you, Brother He. ”
Since walking with the caravan of the same scholar who killed Matt, Zhao Xu's mouth has become more and more able to speak, no, they all call Brother He.
"Hahaha... Zhao Gongzi doesn't have to be polite."
Zhao Xu nodded, took the reins and stepped on the horse, his movements were skillful and chic, and he pulled the reins, and the horse's front hooves jumped high and neighed.
He Wu was a little surprised, it was just a matter of being able to ride a horse at a young age, and he was so skilled, and the royal horse was so powerful, could it be that he was a child of a family?
"Zhao Gongzi has learned the art of imperial horses?"
"Brother He just calls me Zhao Xu, I am also riding a horse for the first time, and I have not learned it before. ”
......
He Wu's face was full of doubts, it's strange to believe you.
“...... I have to go to the carriage, if Zhao Gongzi has anything, he can go directly to the old man. ”
Zhao Xu nodded, "Knowing Brother He, you are busy, I have nothing to do." ”
On the carriage, the eldest lady lifted the corner of the curtain and kept paying attention to Zhao Xu and He Wu's words and deeds, although she couldn't hear clearly from a distance, but she could see clearly, and when she saw Zhao Xu take the reins and turn over the horse in a dashing manner, the eldest lady's smart eyes became more and more shining.
It's a little far away, if the conversation between the two is heard clearly, this eldest lady is afraid that she will be very surprised, and I am afraid that she will not believe that Zhao Xu is riding a horse for the first time today.
But what does it matter......
Zhao Xu is really riding a horse for the first time, as for why he is so skilled......
It can only be said that Zhao Xu has seen others riding horses a lot, and he is very envious, so when he sees how others get on the horse and how to ride a horse, he secretly notes down the movements, and then often fantasizes that one day he can be like today, and the action of riding a horse just now is also seen from others, and he doesn't want to practice it so smoothly for the first time.