Xue Shaochen still crossed his hands and said: "Your Majesty Xie cares, my father has always been in good health, before the minister came to Beijing, my father was still in the training ground, holding an iron tire bow, and shot three arrows in one go, all of which hit the bull's eye." He also mounted a horse with a gun and defeated a group of generals. My father said that the old wound on his leg had long since healed, and he had always hoped that His Majesty would let him gallop on the battlefield again and kill the enemy to serve the country. ”

Emperor Chu smiled and stroked his beard and said, "Okay, your father is healthy, and I will rest assured." However, the matter of going to the battlefield will be discussed later, after all, your father's leg injury is not trivial, and if there is any mistake, your mother will have to go to Beijing in person and blame me fiercely. ”

Xue Shaochen said: "Don't dare, don't dare, my mother has been listening to the old monk's lectures in Qingshan Temple recently, and if she doesn't get involved in the world, how can she disturb Your Majesty." ”

It turned out that Xue Shaochen's father, Tang King Xue Yi, had led the army in Liangzhou to fight against the invading Xiliang barbarians, and later in a battle, Tang Wang's calf was hit by an arrow from the barbarian, and the arrow was smeared with poison. Therefore, the king of Tang had to retreat to Huai'an County, the fiefdom of Qingzhou, to recuperate.

And Xue Shaochen's mother is the eldest cousin of Emperor Chu, the eldest princess of Taoyang.

This eldest princess is the only daughter of Song Zhe, the half-brother of the first emperor, the king of Dongxiang, when Song Zhe conquered the Nanban, unfortunately was injured by a stream, touched the heart, and died, the first emperor deeply felt his loyalty and brotherhood, so he adopted Song Zhe's only daughter, and was named the princess of Taoyang.

When the princess was young, she had a strong temperament, and her temper was not small, and she was good at dancing with guns and sticks. Although she is beautiful, it has been difficult to marry because of her martial arts, so the eldest princess of Taoyang has not yet left the cabinet at the age of twenty-eight.

Later, the first emperor personally came forward as a matchmaker to marry the eldest princess to Jingnan general Deng Feihu, but Princess Taoyang refused to live or die, it turned out that she had already fallen in love with Xue Yi, the king of Tang.

At that time, Xue Yi commanded the Youzhou army, broke the invasion of Beirong Di in the Tiger Pass, and personally killed the wolf lord of Rong Di, Domug Khan, won a complete victory, and returned to the dynasty in triumph. It was praised by both inside and outside the imperial court and the people of Dachu.

Once the first emperor summoned Xue Yi into the palace of nourishing hearts, it happened to be the eldest princess on the way to the back mountain met by chance, the two greeted each other a few words and hurriedly separated, but the princess fell in love at first sight, at first because Xue Yi was born majestic, dignified appearance, any woman will see the spring heart sprout, after that, the eldest princess knew his name, but even more admiration.

But the first emperor was unwilling, mainly because Xue Yi was married, but a few years ago, his wife died of illness, although Xue Yi has been widowed for many years and has not renewed, but he wants his righteous daughter to marry a man who has been married, after all, he is not very comfortable.

But the eldest princess of Taoyang didn't care about this, and once made a big noise in front of the first emperor, and even said that "if you are not Xue Yi, you will not marry".

Later, the first emperor thought about it, although the Tang King had married a wife, but he did not leave the original heirs, and after he was the founder of the country, his ancestors made great achievements for Dachu, and now Xue Yi is a general, and marrying the princess to her is not an insult to the royal lintel. I also agreed to this family business.

Now, the eldest princess of Taoyang is also in her forties, and she does not have the momentum of her youth, but she did not expect to slowly believe in Buddhism. Xue Shaochen devoted himself to studying martial arts in Xuanyin Temple, and a large part of it was influenced by his mother.

Emperor Chu said: "Shaochen, speaking of which, you are also my cousin, and you have the best relationship with Mill, so you will stay tonight and have a family banquet together." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xue Shaochen bowed his head and bowed again.

East City, East City, Jingkangfang, Huachang Street, not the end

Huachang Street is the closest big block to the city gate of Jingkangfang, and there is one of the largest private horse markets in the Eastern Capital - Feijun Racecourse, Xiao Chongguang changed into ordinary people's coarse cloth thick clothes, and then entered this racecourse.

He hurried and walked around the stalls, and he was desperate to find a fast horse, so that he could ensure that he could travel back and forth between the eastern capital and Yancheng as quickly as possible.

There are more than 30 stalls in total, which are managed by the owners of the horse farms, and then put their horses in the mangers they bought, and each shop is separated by an iron plate.

To be able to withstand the land required by so many horse dealers and horses, only the Flying Horse Farm has the courage to do so.

However, the owner of this horse farm has always been very mysterious, except for the core insiders, outsiders have no way of knowing, and the daily care is handled by the seedling manager of the horse farm.

"Come and see, this guest officer! The small shop is a new adult Dawan good horse imported from the Western Regions! You can trek through mountains and rivers, and travel hundreds of miles a day! Don't miss it if you want a good horse! ”

When Xiao Chongguang heard this, he was overjoyed, and quickly turned around to look, only to see that this was a small stall, and it looked a little shabby, and the number of horses sold did not exceed ten.

Dawan horses are produced in the Western Regions and are one of the best horse breeds in the world, along with Jueying, Express, and Claw Yellow Feidian. However, if compared with the sweaty horse and the red rabbit horse, it is still a lot worse, but for Xiao Chongguang, having Dawan horse is already very satisfied.

Sogo stepped forward and asked, "This boss, I want to buy the Dawan horse in your hand, please make a price." ”

"Fifty-five thousand taels of silver, no two prices!"

The horse dealer said very resolutely.

Xiao Chongguang gasped after hearing this, not to mention that he brought so much money now, even if he pried open all the vaults of Tiwei Mansion, he wouldn't be able to take out so much.

"Boss, you see I'm in a hurry, can you lower the price a little?" Sogo asked with a smile on his face.

The horse seller glanced at Sogo up and down, and saw that he was dressed in coarse cloth, and secretly said in his heart, he couldn't afford to take out much money from this person, so he couldn't help frowning slightly, so he had to loosen his mouth and said: "Okay, in fact, I'm also in a hurry to use the money, otherwise I wouldn't have taken out this BMW and sold it, so it would be 52,000 silver!" It really can't go any further. ”

This man speaks with a pure Youzhou accent, and he should be from the bitter cold land of the plains in the quiet and cool areas.

When Xiao Chongguang heard this, he was silent.

When the man saw that he did not speak, he asked, "Then you say, how much money are you willing to pay?" ”

Sogo said very shyly: "Boss, see if you can do this, I will pay a thousand first, and then I will write an IOU, calculate the interest, you come to me every month with an IOU, and I will pay you the rest of the money slowly." ”

The man was furious: "Don't you understand people's words? I said I was in a hurry to use the money! Who has time to wait for you to pay it back? If you have money, buy it, if you don't have money, get out, don't hinder my uncle's business! ”

Xiao Chongguang was suddenly deflated, he was really a poor and short-sighted person, so he had to leave dejectedly.

"I paid for him."

Just as Sogo was about to open his legs, a familiarity suddenly sounded in his ears. A sound like a silver bell.

He turned his head suddenly, smiled bitterly in his heart, and said, "Miss Han, why are you here?" ”

It turned out that the person who came was none other than Han Yu.

The horse seller couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that such a delicate and beautiful little girl wanted to buy it.

"If I don't come, will you still be able to walk today? You conscienceless creature is ruthless, but I can't be unjust. ”

Han Yu's tone was cold, obviously still angry with Sogo.

"Miss Han, listen to me······"

"Boss, do you sell it or not!"

Before Xiao Chongguang could finish speaking, Han Yu immediately shouted impatiently, obviously asking the horse seller, but in fact, he deliberately interrupted Sogo's words, Xiao Chongguang had to stuff the latter words back into his mouth, very embarrassed, and didn't dare to say more.

When the man heard this, he reacted, and said with a smile on his face: "Okay! Since the girl is so cheerful! Then I'll sell it to you for fifty-two thousand taels. ”

Han Yu didn't answer, and directly took out a silver ticket of 55,000 taels from his arms and slapped it on the wooden table, Fang left a sentence: "Don't look for it." ”

The man untied the reins of Da Wanma and handed it to Han Yu: "Girl, please put it away." ”

"Okay!"

Han Yu happily took Da Wan, led it out of the stall, and gently stroked Da Wan's neck. Then, he squinted at Xiao Chongguang, who was standing on the side with his chest crossed. In a cold tone, he said, "Don't come and try it yet." ”

Hearing this, Sogo was stunned at first, and suddenly became ecstatic, and thanked Han Yucha again and again: "Thank you, Miss Han!" ”

After that, he couldn't wait to turn over and get on the horse, but before he could ride steadily, Han Yu also jumped on the horse and sat behind Xiao Chongguang.

Smelling the familiar orchid-like fragrance, Sogo exclaimed, "Miss Han, what are you doing here?" ”

The corners of Han Yu's mouth curled up and sneered: "What to do?" Don't you know it yourself? I bought it at my expense, and you want to ride it to Zhongzhou Mansion, okay, I can let you go, but you have to do two things. ”

Xiao Chongguang said: "You want me to do something, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"First, you just murdered me like that in the house, and you must apologize to me. Second, this time I went to Zhongzhou, and I had to take me with me by the way. If you don't agree to these two conditions, you won't want to ride this big horse. ”

Sogo gritted his teeth and insisted: "I can apologize to you, but I can't bring you with me, I still say the same thing, this matter, the girl should not continue to get involved." If the girl doesn't allow it, I'll choose a new horse. ”

"Okay," Han Yu crossed his hands on his hips and said with a smile, "Then you can go down and choose, I'll ride Dawan and see how you bought a horse in the late winter, the off-season when the number of horses is the lowest, I bet you, you won't be able to get your hands on a small wild horse today." ”

Xiao Chongguang once served in the battlefield, and he knew best in the hot season of horse trading, as Han Yu said, with the thousand taels of silver in his hand alone, I am afraid that he could not even buy a newborn cub.

"That's it! What's the point of taking her with you? This Han girl is also good at martial arts, even if she encounters robbers and thieves on the road, even if she can't kill the enemy and capture the thief, she can at least protect herself. ”

Xiao Chongguang thought so in his heart, and after making up his mind, he immediately flew off the horse, bowed to Han Yucha and said: "Xiao Chongguang was offended just now, I apologize to Miss Han this time, there is something rude, Miss Haihan!" ”