Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Man of Soma
Huang Qiong doesn't know how to get married, and Jia Quan, who thinks he is full of poetry and books, is even more confused about this kind of cheap industry in his eyes. When two non-professionals come to buy a horse, it's almost difficult to avoid being cheated. However, Huang Qiong and Jia Quan don't know anything about Soma's technology. But it doesn't mean that some of the people they bring are also ignorant of this kind of technical work.
At least the guard brought by Huang Qiong, the servant chosen by Jia Quan, still knows a lot about horses. After entering the horse market, although the two of them did not dare to relax for a moment after Huang Qiong, their eyes kept sweeping over the surrounding horses. From time to time, they whispered something together.
For the two of them muttering, Huang Qiong didn't pay much attention to it at first. I thought that the two of them were the same as themselves, they were both entering the horse market for the first time, and they were more or less full of curiosity. After all, just like Huang Qiong's previous life, there are not many men who don't like cars. There shouldn't be many men in this era who don't like horses.
However, just as Huang Qiong, who was walking and strolling, and saw a tall horse that looked majestic, the young servant walked up to Huang Qiong and whispered: "Master, this horse looks good, but at most it is a horse." If you buy it back, it will be just an ordinary transportation at most. ”
"Most of the horses here are party horses from Longyou, and a few are Khitan horses. Most of them, however, are ordinary riding horses or droves. If you want to buy a good horse, I, no, the minions think it's better to take a look. Of course, it depends on what kind of horse the master wants to choose. ”
Hearing this person's words, Huang Qiong looked back with some doubts, this young man who was still a little unnatural to Huang Qiong and was obviously a little uncomfortable with his identity. He didn't expect that this slave bought by Chen Yao would actually know how to deal with horses.
What Huang Qiong doesn't understand is that in this era, going out is mainly on horseback riding or riding in a carriage. Although there are many people who know how to read horses, there are not too many people who are proficient in Soma. Since this person can see the quality of a horse at a glance, it at least shows that his ability to be a horse is in the middle and upper.
And judging from the scale of this horse market, for such people, general life is still not a problem. It's just that such a person, how could he be reduced to his own house and become a minion? Could it be that Chen Yao accidentally pulled out a piece of gold from a pile of sand? If that's the case, then it's interesting.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong carefully looked at this bookish face, although he had fallen to the point of being a slave. But in his eyes, he still showed three points of unwillingness and three points of arrogance, plus a generous person. He frowned slightly without a trace and said, "You know horses?" ”
That person heard Huang Qiong's question but didn't answer immediately, and only nodded unnaturally after hesitating for a moment. Regarding this guy's answer that was not an answer, Huang Qiong smiled but didn't ask deeply, but said, "Since you understand horses, then we will listen to you all today." You say buy that horse, let's buy that horse. Also, you should call yourself me in the future. ”
With that, he didn't pay attention to this man, but walked towards the depths of the horse market. Huang Qiong's actions confused this person, and he wanted to ask what Huang Qiong meant, but he didn't dare to ask. can only bite the bullet and follow Huang Qiong all the way to continue shopping in the horse market. He didn't stop until he came to a thin-looking horse.
He walked up to the horse, which looked thin and had a lot of scars on its body, but its eyes were as bright as him, and after carefully looking at the horse that was obviously unnoticed, he walked to Huang Qiong's side and said, "Master, you can buy this horse." ”
Regarding his request, Huang Qiong looked at the horse and didn't say anything. When I came to the horse dealer, I asked for a quote directly. And this horse dealer who is afraid of losing money and just wants to get rid of it as soon as possible because his horse is unwanted, where is he still thinking about asking for a sky-high price? When he saw Huang Qiong coming over to inquire, he said: "This master, this small horse has suffered a big loss when he bought it." ”
Originally, this horse was bought back in front of Qinghai Cong, but I didn't expect to be fooled by Tuyuhun's gang with a sick horse. This horse has been sick since it was bought, and it barely survived to this Jingzhao Mansion. If you insist on buying it, you can take it away as fodder along the way. ”
Regarding the price offered by the horse dealer, after turning his head to look at the man and nodding, Huang Qiong did not make a counteroffer. directly paid for the sick horse that the horse dealer could not sell in the eyes of the horse dealer. After receiving the money, the horse dealer, who thought he had slaughtered the wronged man, left happily.
And after the horse dealer left, he took the reins from the horse dealer's hand and was stroking the messy fur on the sick horse, before he looked up and said to Huang Qiong: "Master, he is not fooled, this horse is indeed an authentic Qinghai horse." And I promise, it's definitely a thousand-mile horse. ”
"This horse is indeed sick, but it is not incurable. If I'm not mistaken, this horse should have been weaned when it was singled out. Along the way, he traveled and the fodder was poor, so he contracted the throat bone swelling of the young horse. Although this disease is difficult to treat, it is not untreatable. ”
"I think the horse dealer refused to ask a veterinarian to treat him in order to save money. In order to rush along the way, he did not treat the horse well, so the horse is now very sick. As long as it settles down and takes care of it, there is no problem at all in restoring its original complexion. After that, he touched the horse with some distress, and the scars on his body were obviously whipped by the whip.
Regarding this person's explanation, Huang Qiong just smiled faintly and said: "I said that today's affairs will be handled by you with full authority, so what do you say about what we should do." Those of us, just follow you. But it's not enough to choose only this one horse, since we're here today, let's just buy a few more. You like horses, and I'm not too bad as a master, can I? ”
Although he was in a hurry to go back to heal the BMW in his eyes, since Huang Qiong, who was the master, said it, this person was in a hurry, and he had to accompany the master to continue shopping. It's just that after a round of the horse market, he can re-enter the good horse in his eyes, but he has never seen a horse again. In desperation, only a few party horses with some divine horses were selected, and two Khitan horses were selected.
It's just that when a few people were about to walk back, an exclamation suddenly came from outside the horse market: "This horse is startled." After this shout, the sound of men shouting and neighing sounded from the place where the shout came. Hearing the neighing of one of the horses, the person who had just handed over the reins of the horse in his hand to Huang Qiong's guards because he had not chosen a good horse, almost trotted all the way over.
Seeing that this guy rushed over regardless of the danger, Huang Qiong, who was worried about what would happen to him, pulled Jia Quan and followed him all the way. When he arrived at the scene and saw a horse that was neighing at its own kind, and no matter how much the owner controlled or appeased it, his eyes lit up.
Just before the guy could calm down from the surprise, the startled horse suddenly broke free of the reins in his master's hand and rushed directly towards the guy. Seeing that this guy was in danger, Huang Qiong couldn't care about anything else. dragged this guy behind him, but he didn't have time to dodge. I could only grab the horse's mane and turn over the horse with the horse's momentum.
Huang Qiong didn't know how to ride a horse, and she didn't dare to show her martial arts, so she could only hug the horse's neck and clamp the horse's body with her legs. Fortunately, after the horse found out that there was actually a person on it, it ran away instead of turning around. On the contrary, it seemed to be more excited, constantly jumping around there.
Sometimes Yang raised his front hooves and stood up, and sometimes his hind hooves pouted desperately. It's just that no matter how much it tries to throw the person off its back, Huang Qiong, who is holding the horse's neck, is worried that this crazy horse will hurt the innocent, but she refuses to let go. One person and one horse kept playing here, until everyone was already sweating profusely, but no one gave up.
Looking at the scene in the field, Jia Quan's heart was in his throat, but he didn't dare to shout. I was afraid that my shouting would make the horse, which was already crazy, fall into even more madness, and hurt Huang Qiong on the horse's back. Jia Quan was helpless here, so he could only helplessly look at the scene in front of him, worried about Huang Qiong's safety.
On the contrary, the troublemaker was there, constantly telling his master in a loud voice how to adjust his posture so as not to be thrown off by this crazy horse, completely ignoring the gaze of Jia Quan next to him who wanted to strangle him. In fact, at this moment, all the attention is focused on this horse, and Huang Qiong, who always avoids himself from being thrown down, and who has the leisure time to listen to his shouts.
As for the guard who led the purchased horses and hurried over slowly, he was even more stunned and a little overwhelmed when he saw the scene in front of him. It is true that he is the guard installed by the prince in Huang Qiong's mansion, but he is now Huang Qiong's guard in the final analysis.
If something really happened to the master in front of him, the emperor would not be able to spare him at all, and even the crown prince would not be able to protect him. What's more, not all of the guards that the prince planted in Huang Qiong's mansion were his henchmen. Although he wants to keep Huang Qiong's every move firmly in his hands. But under the emperor's nose, the prince still knows some measure.
At the same time, the crown prince also wanted to take this opportunity to kick out some unreliable people around him or people appointed by the emperor. Therefore, among the guards and guards placed in Huang Qiong's mansion, only some of the principals and forty percent of the guards are his henchmen, and some are just ordinary guards. As for the protectors, there are only a few henchmen.
The guy who came out with Huang Qiong today was just an ordinary guard. Originally, in the East Palace, he was the kind of person who didn't rely on all sides. Don't say that he is not the prince's henchman, even if he is, but today he followed Huang Qiong out. Once Huang Qiong, the king of the county, was injured even slightly, the result of his being a guard would not be any better.
It's just that he's in a hurry, and he doesn't know what to do with the current situation. Just as the guard gritted his teeth and drew his waist knife to take a risk in order to save the county king from danger. was stopped by the perpetrator: "Dude, you wait a minute." The horse is now tired, and it is estimated that the master will be fine after holding on for a while. ”
"This horse is not an ordinary horse, and if you carry a knife now, it will stimulate the horse's vigor even more, and it will be easy to put the master in a more dangerous situation when the time comes. Your brother is a cavalryman, and you should know that good horses are all lords. If the master can really tame this horse, you will kill it, and it will not leave the master half a step. ”