Shang Cheng and the others walked into the small courtyard where the stables were, just in time for the horses to feed the horses.

There were only three rooms in the courtyard, one on either side of which was inhabited by horses, and the other was supposed to be used to store forage; Right in the middle is the stable. The stables were indeed new, and they were roof with grey bricks and grey tiles; These two things alone show that this horse is extraordinary. Because the season has just entered autumn, the heat is still hovering on the ground and has not dissipated, the owner is afraid that the horse will be hot, and deliberately only builds waist walls on both sides of the stable to ventilate. The bars for tethering horses and feeding the horses are also very new, and there are many traces of axes on the tips of the bars, and the chisel marks on the edge of the trough are not as black as the blackened straw residue left by unwashed and brushed everywhere like the long-used troughs......

Right now, the horse that Nanyang had invited him to look at was chewing on a mouthful of horse feed, tilting his head, and looking at them with a playful curiosity.

Good horse!

At first glance, when he saw this horse, Shang Chengcheng couldn't help but cheer in his heart. Even if he doesn't know how to shoot horses at all, his understanding of horses is only at the level of being able to roughly distinguish Mongolian horses from Central Plains horses, and he also admits in his heart that this horse in front of him is really a rare horse!

The horse was about one and a half meters tall from its hooves to its armor, and its body length was nearly one meter six, and its shape was graceful and well-proportioned, and its chestnut fur was as smooth and shiny as silk. The muscles of the neck, armor, and lower back flow with a texture that is difficult to describe in poor words, and you can tell at a glance that it is full of strength. The horse's head is not big, but the big eyes are very spirited, and at first glance you know that he is a psychic guy; Even the way it chews the feed is very elegant, as if it is not eating a concentrate mixed with soybeans and drizzled with chicken paste, but a king enjoying his own sumptuous dinner. This guy is not afraid of life at all, and while eating, he still looks himself up and down with interest. It seems that this horse has a very tame personality and is easy to get along with; Nature is also easy to domesticate.

"Good horse!" Shang Cheng commented again.

As for what exactly is good about this horse, he really can't say. So he could only express his opinion a third time in words that could not be more concise: "Good horse! This time he nodded vigorously, using this gesture to accentuate his tone.

He knew that just based on a simple evaluation of "good horse", Nanyang would definitely not be able to stop. It's a pity that he never expected that he would be ridiculed as "sir" and then dragged by a princess to Soma, and he really couldn't describe the advantages of this horse from beginning to end in ancient words like Soma master Guo Biao. Therefore, after he repeatedly expressed his judgment, he looked at Nanyang and waited for her to provoke. It's a big deal to lose face today!

Nanyang said with a happy face: "Mr. also thinks of this horse god horse? ”

Shang Cheng grinned and nodded.

Nanyang then asked, "Then what do you think is good about it?" ”

Shang Cheng was silent. He was about to scold his mother in his belly. What's so good about this horse? It's good because it's a good horse!

He had a black face, and he planned to admit that he had disappointed the princess, he didn't have Guo Biao's ability, and he wouldn't be able to do it. He was also ready to drag in the military department, the prime minister's office, and Nanyang's father; Since you want to lose your ugliness, then let's lose it together! Whoever let these princes of Da Zhao not be Bole, they actually picked a general who didn't know how to go to Yanshan to guard Yanshan!

But Nanyang didn't stab him right away. She walked over to the bar; The horse poked over her beautiful head and rubbed her cheek affectionately against her sideburns. Nanyang gently patted the concave horse's face, looked at Shang Cheng and said, "Even if Mr. doesn't say it, I know ......"

Shang Chenghei said nothing with a calm face.

Chen Pu has known him for a long time, and has seen him get angry twice, and knows that his expression is a precursor to an imminent tantrum. She didn't have time to dissuade Nanyang, so she had to grab Shang Cheng's shirt and pull it first, hoping to appease him and teach him not to make too much trouble. But she wasn't sure about it at all. Even if Shang Cheng makes things so big that they can't end it, what can he do? One is the instrument of the town, the other is the widowed princess, and Nanyang has repeatedly provoked in front, and the final result can be known regardless of the question. But Nanyang is her dearest, and she can't watch her sister suffer......

Shang Cheng was ready to be angry, Chen Pu was worried and worried, but he knew that Nanyang suddenly changed his words:

“…… The story of Bole Soma has been passed down for thousands of years, and there are many miscellaneous books to record the art of Maxima. When I bought this horse earlier, Hu Jia, who sold the horse, said that this horse has a unique feature that no one can know...... "Speaking of this, she raised her eyes and looked at Shang Cheng eagerly," ...... But I know that though others may not know, my husband must know. ”

Shang Cheng was completely confused by Nanyang. He couldn't figure out whether this woman was deliberately sarcastic about herself, or whether she was sincerely saying her praises. If you want to make yourself ugly, ask a few casual sentences of somatsu, and he, the "gentleman", will have to show his stuffing; If she is saying her own praise, how can she be associated with the evaluation of "the shore cliff is high and not tempting or confusing"? Moreover, he really didn't know what was so good about this horse, and what was so different about it. Strange! Even he didn't know what he knew, this Nanyang had met him once, why did he dare to say that he must know?

He couldn't figure out what Nanyang's purpose was, and he couldn't directly refuse her seemingly sincere plea, so he asked Chen Pu beside him in a low voice: "Is this a sweaty horse?" ”

Chen Pu shook his head slightly, denying Shang Cheng's speculation. On the way she came yesterday, she heard Nanyang say that this horse was strange. But Nanyang didn't tell her what the hell was weird about this horse. She had heard a little about the horse's origin. Around the Dragon Boat Festival, a Hu businessman from Quanzhou led this four-year-old horse to sell in Shangjing, because the horse was indeed extraordinary, so it quickly attracted people's attention. The Hu merchant ghost, seeing that there are many people who buy horses, does not ask for a price, but only claims that he has traveled all over the world to get such a heavenly horse, not asking for a high price, only asking for a sale with someone who is destined. As soon as he said this, the buyers who thought that their identity was not worth enough could naturally no longer entangle, and the rest of the people were either rich or respectful, and after several competitions with each other, the price skyrocketed; When he went to Nanyang to hear the news and go to see the horse, the steward of the Fuguo Gong Yang Du Mansion had already paid the price to 2,160 yuan. Nanyang looked at the horse, and without frowning, he bid four million dollars. She is a princess, and she has a reputation for being perverse and acting absurdly, this kind of person doesn't even dare to provoke the old Agni Yang Du, and the steward in his house doesn't dare to speak. In this way, this divine horse is in the hands of Nanyang. This incident also caused a storm in the capital. Although Nanyang behaved absurdly, he had never had rumors about horses, and suddenly throwing out a lot of money to buy a horse would naturally cause people to speculate. Fortunately, after buying the horse, Nanyang returned to Zhuangzi and did not come out again, and the rumors had no basis, so they gradually subsided......

Isn't this a sweaty horse?

Shang Cheng was really scratching his head. The only good horses he can name are sweaty horses; He couldn't even remember the names of the other famous horses.

He frowned and thought for a long time before he asked Chen Pu uncertainly: "This is an Arabian horse?" ”

Chen Pu stared at him with wide eyes, looked at him in confusion and asked, "What did you say?" ”

Shang Cheng didn't know how to explain the "Arabian horse", so he had to say: "...... I've heard people say before that the rest is still on the Persian side, and that there is a strange kind of horse that has only twenty-three vertebrae. He still didn't understand Chen Pu, so he could only explain to her again, "Ordinary horses have twenty-four vertebrae. Our two hippos, Jizhou horses and Qingzhou horses are all ......"

Chen Pu didn't speak, but the look on her face clearly showed that she didn't believe Shang Cheng's words. Although she was not bored enough to count how many vertebrae there were on the horse's body, it could be inferred from common sense that as long as the horses in the Central Plains were all twenty-four vertebrae, then the horses in other places should also have twenty-four vertebrae; The difference is only in the size of the bones and skeleton. She felt that these words were all reasons that Shang Cheng was making for because he didn't know how to do horsemanship. Anyway, he is tens of thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and the kind of horse he said only has twenty-three vertebrae, and no one else can confirm it, so it cannot be said that he is talking nonsense with yellow mouth and white teeth......

Nanyang also heard what Shang Cheng said.

Her face suddenly showed the happy smile that a child only has when he gets his beloved food. She knew that others did not know the strangeness of the horse, but the gentleman must have known; Even if those famous Soma generals in the army can't see the true magic of this horse, Mr. will definitely be able to point out the difference without mistakes!

She threw the horse away and hurried over, only to see Shang Cheng take a wary step back that she suddenly realized that she had been rude in doing so.

She hurriedly stood still, respectfully saluted Shang Cheng, and whispered, "Sir is indeed ......"

Shang Cheng hurriedly cut off her words: "...... I'm guessing too. Seeing that Nanyang's cheeks were red with excitement, he knew that he had guessed correctly. He didn't remember whether there were Arabian horses in the Central Plains in history, but he just guessed based on Chen Pu's words. Since the horse seller is a Hu man from Quanzhou, it is likely that this Hu man used a sea boat to pull the Arab Malays from the Middle East to the Central Plains to sell; The peculiarity of the Arabian horse is that it has only 23 vertebrae. He said that this horse was an Arabian horse, and he was forced by Nanyang to have no choice, so he insisted on treating the dead horse as a live horse doctor. How do you know that casual rambling really made him bump into the right one; This horse is really an Arabian horse! This result surprised him a little.

Chen Pu was even more surprised. She really didn't expect that Shang Cheng would not only be able to fight and know government affairs, but also know horses and understand horses. Other horses are based on the records in the Book of Horses, judging by the appearance of the horse's head, ears, neck, waist, shoulders and hooves, etc., he is even more powerful, and he can tell the origin of the horse by the number of vertebrae that a horse has......

Nanyang lowered his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Sir, do you think this horse can be regarded as a divine horse?" ”

Shang Chengba smacked his mouth and didn't answer. Earlier, he said casually that this Zhuangzi is good, and Nanyang will give him Zhuangzi without saying a word; He estimated that if he said that this horse was good now, Nanyang would definitely have to give him the horse next. But this horse is really good, otherwise it would not have been possible for the Hu people to buy it when they were selling it before. It's hard for him to talk nonsense with his eyes open, right?

He hesitated for a moment and said, "In my opinion, it's a ......."

"Sir can see at a glance that this horse is extraordinary, it must be a person who knows horses, good horses and loves horses, I will give it to Mr. now!" Nanyang said and went to untie the horse's reins. And she didn't let Shang Cheng refuse, and said with a heartfelt voice, "Although Nanyang is blunt and stubborn and unreasonable, he also knows that Mr. cares about the common people, has the world in mind, and is not afraid of hard work for my Dazhao to guard the frontier and protect the society and the people. Although this horse is strange and unusual, I also cherish it very much, but as the saying goes, 'a good horse should be a hero', Nanyang is stingy, and he does not dare to be a slow hero; Not to mention, even if there is such a good horse, it can't match the respect I have for my husband in my heart. ”

Shang Chengcheng knew that she was going to send the horse, and before she could prepare the manuscript and politely excuse herself, she crackled such a large paragraph of the article, and every sentence was written in a crepe book, and she suddenly felt that her scalp was numb, and she couldn't say a word. Seeing that Nanyang led the horse out and the reins were about to be handed to him, he remembered that there was a Changsha princess next to him, so he hurriedly took his eyes to look at Chen Pu: For the sake of fighting side by side for thousands of miles of grassland, pull the brothers!

Chen Pu was staring wide-eyed and carefully counting the bones on the horse's back, not paying attention to his glances at him at all, until Shang Cheng touched his arm with the back of his hand. Finally, she was still a little anxious, so she took the reins handed over by Nanyang, grabbed one of Nanyang's arms by the way, narrowed her eyes and said with a smile: "Sister, lend me the horse to play for a few days, okay?" ”

This heavenly horse was bought by Nanyang after selling the Zhuangzi in the south, and he was originally prepared to have the opportunity to give it to the great scholar Mr. Yu Que. But now that her sister-in-law is softly pleading, and Mr. You Que is beside her, even if she is reluctant in her heart, she can't say the word "no". She smiled helplessly and said to Chen Pu, "I have already given the horse to Mr. If you want to borrow it for a few days, it depends on whether the gentleman is willing or not. ”

Chen Pu asked Shang Cheng and said, "Sir, you see ......" She deliberately said the word "sir" very clearly. It's really incomprehensible, why does her sister still call Shang Zida a "sir"?

Shang Cheng smiled with relief and said, "This is the princess's thing, what the princess says, then what." He vaguely did not specify which princess he was talking about. There are several meanings to this, whatever the two of them think. In short, he did not accept Nanyang's generous gifts.

Not only did he not want this Arabian horse, but he also didn't want Nanyang to continue the topic. So he deliberately made a very vulgar appearance, rubbed his belly, and asked bluntly like a country worker: "When can I have dinner?" ”

He thought that there would definitely be wine on the dinner table at the princess's house, and he would pretend to be drunk if he drank two and a half bowls casually, and the conversation with Chen Pu would be forgotten, and he would go on the road before dawn tomorrow, no matter how crazy Nanyang was, it would be impossible to chase him to Yanshan, right? It is clearly written in the "Great Zhao Law": The clan left Gyeonggi or the fief by itself for no reason, but it was going to be robbed of the title and charged......