Li Shiyi followed Ma San to the stable in the backyard, along the way, the men of the carriage and horse shop loaded boxes of goods into the carriage, the whole backyard was very noisy, Li Shiyi carefully avoided the crowd, and followed Ma San to the stable.

A fart horse is eating forage in the stable, enjoying his leisurely time, Li Shizhi looked at the horses in the stable, to see which one is suitable for a long distance, Ma San accompanied Li Shiyi to explain the characteristics of each horse, age, whether there is any disease.

After watching it for a long time, Li Shizhi didn't make up his mind to choose that one, Ma San didn't bother, just quietly accompanied him, Li Shiyi shook his head and said to Ma San beside him: "Ma San, you said that I chose that one better!! ”。

Ma San replied with a smile: "This guest officer, at first glance, is going out to study, and I don't know where to go??? ”

"Yangzhou, I want to study in Yangzhou on the orders of my father!!"

"The guest officer wants to study in Yangzhou, why don't you take the waterway!! Go to Hanzhong or Chengdu and take a boat down the Yangtze River, it will be there in a few days, why buy any man! ! ”

"Don't hide it from Brother Ma, I have been afraid of water since I was a child, and I dare not be a boat, so I can only take the Taurus Road to Yangzhou!!"

Hearing Li Shiyi's embarrassing explanation, Ma San smiled and said: "Fear of water is not a big deal, don't be shy, since the guest officer is going to Yangzhou, you can choose an old horse!" ”

"Why is this !!"

"The old horse has a docile temperament and good endurance, although the guest officer is afraid of water, but how can he not take the waterway when he arrives in Yangzhou!! The old horse does not need to be blinded by the boat, and can also wade to survive in times of crisis, the key is to have a little cheapness!! ”

After listening to Ma San's explanation, Li Shizhi made a decision in his heart, turned his head and arched his hand to Ma San: "Then ask Third Brother Ma to choose an old horse for me, but I don't know what the price is??? ”

Hearing Li Shiyi's answer, Ma San replied quickly: "The guest officer doesn't have to be polite, the price of the old horse can be cheaper, and the copper money of the bus is needed to go out to study, food, clothing, housing and transportation, so that the old horse only needs seven times, but if the guest officer is small, then he needs ten times, if it is okay, I will go to discuss with the shopkeeper!" ”

"Yes, just Brother Yima!!" Li Shiyi nodded and said.

Ma San didn't answer, nodded and signaled Li Shiyi to return to the hall to ask the shopkeeper, Li Shiyu watched the busy crowd in the backyard to pass the time.

After a while, Ma San walked back from the front yard, came to Li Shiyi and said happily: "Guest officer, my shopkeeper has agreed, my shopkeeper heard that you are out studying, and specially gave you a set of horse harness as a gift, and I will lead you to pick a horse!! ”。

Ma San led Li Shiyi to the penultimate manger on the right, pointed to the horses in the stable and said, "Guest officer, you can choose any horse in this stable!" With that, he stepped aside.

As a descendant of the Li family in Longxi, the selection of horses is a compulsory course since childhood, no matter how arrogant their parents were when they were young, but they were never sloppy when they arrived at the art of the battle array, and the retainers at home would also teach them wholeheartedly, the Li family relied on bows and horses to ride and shoot the world, and the descendants of the Li family had a blood and courage in their blood.

And the method of Soma, the first phase of the ear: the ear is like a bamboo, the eyes are like a bird's eye, the upper deer and the lower chapter spine, the abdomen, the tiger's chest, and the tail is like a broom.

Secondary skull: angular achievements, front look, back look, side view, but see the bone side narrow, see the skin is thin and exposed, the nose is balanced on the side of the column, the high and low forehead want to be subdued, the table bones are distinct, the segments are up, the vision is far away, and the spirit and body are high.

Standing hooves gathered, walking in a good manner, walking suddenly and lightly, the hair is light, the wheezing is fine, the head is like an eagle, the head of the dragon is held high and looking far away, looking obscene and listening from afar, the front looks like a rooster crows, the back looks like a squatting tiger, stands like a lion, the army is thousands of miles, and the jaw and nose want to be punched.

Regardless of size, fat or thin, there are twelve, thirteen, and four hundred miles in the number of ribs; Fourteen, fifteen, five hundred miles. Those who twist their wrists and knees, six hundred miles.

There are children in their eyes, such as those who stand and sit side by side, thousands of miles; The distance between the sheep's whiskers and those who are like chickens, five hundred miles. The lower corner of the book is one or two inches long, a thousand miles of head like a thirsty bird, a thousand miles of horses are born without ** hair, and those who can do it in seven days, thousands of miles;

If the urine is over the front hooves an inch above, five hundred miles; Urine lift is like a foot big, a thousand miles; Those who have reverse hair under the abdomen, thousands of miles; There are tendons and hairs in the blue hole, five hundred li; The upper hole of the eye is also, the hooves are green and black, red and white, hard as a mussel, there are those who are longdao, those with soft mouths and thick kisses, those with hard mouths and shallow mouths, and those who cannot eat insects and bones under their eyes, bite; The eyes are small and white, the feet are bent after shock, the wrists and ears are urgent, and the horses are behind; The white-footed, the old foal; The first two-legged white, the foal.

This Soma Sutra, is the grandfather or the king of Yue, the palace of the Soma everyone told that the grandfather recorded it as a way to educate future generations, and his father told himself when he was thirteen years old, and he often went to the East City to verify, eight times out of ten accurate.

Li Shiyi carefully observed these old horses in front of him, and found that these horses were only used to pull carts in the prime of life, and none of them could be used for conquest.

Li Shizhi looked back and forth three times, and finally chose a suitable horse, this horse no matter how noisy the horse next to him, he stood quietly and calmly, not noisy or noisy, very gentlemanly, and the eyes were big, round and full of shiny, the ears were small and pointed, and the rotation was flexible, Li Shizhi nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the horse and said to Ma San: "Brother Ma, I want this one!! ”。

Ma San looked at the horse chosen by Li Shiyi, and was stunned, and then his old face turned red, and he couldn't help but smile and said: "Guest officer, if you choose another horse, Ma San will not stop it, but you choose this horse, no!! ”。

"Why not??? Li asked puzzled.

"Because this horse is a blind horse!! This was originally the mount of my shopkeeper, and then because of the horse's blindness, it was supposed to be slaughtered, but the shopkeeper would ride it from the beginning of the horse, so I couldn't bear it, so I left it in the stable, and only took it out every evening, and the whole town knew that it praised the benevolence of the shopkeeper!! Ma San explained.

After listening to Ma San's explanation, Li Shiyi's face was flushed, and he didn't know for a while whether to lament that his teacher was unfavorable, or to praise the benevolence and righteousness of the shopkeeper of this car and horse shop, how could Li Shizhi not have made any big jokes for many years, and blushed for a long time, Li Shizhi had no mood to choose, turned to Ma San and said: "Ma Sange is an expert, please ask Ma Sange to choose on your behalf!" ”。

Ma San nodded in agreement, he looked at the horses in the stable carefully, and then walked into the stable and led a black horse out, and said to Li Shiyi: "Guest officer, how do you see this horse??? ”。

Li Shizhi looked at the horse in front of him, his limbs were powerful, his eyes were bright, the only deficiency was that his ears were big, drooping, and he didn't rotate well, but it was very good that he could buy this with seven dollars, Li Shiyi nodded with satisfaction and said to Ma San: "Brother Ma, I want this one!" ”。