It was already late at night when Li Yanqing returned home, the village was silent, every household was darkened, and only the whimper of the family dog was heard occasionally. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he came to the door, Li Yanqing had just jumped off the donkey, the yard creaked open, and the magpie ran out, saying with tears on his face: "Little official, my sister is gone!" ”

"Where did she go?" Li Yanqing was slightly stunned.

"I don't know!"

The magpie choked up and said, "In the evening, a young man rode a horse to pick her up, and my sister went with him. ”

Li Yanqing understood that it must be Zhang Qiao, Zhang Qiao was defeated by himself, he would not stay in Tangyin County anymore, so he took the wild goose away by the way.

"Let's go back! Your sister will be fine. ”

Li Yanqing led the donkey to the yard, he saw that the magpie's eyes were red and his face was full of worry, so he smiled and comforted her: "I saw that young man in the afternoon, he is the third place in the martial arts, not a frivolous prodigal, so don't worry." ”

Hearing what the little official said, the magpie relaxed a little, and at this time, she remembered something again, and hurriedly said: "Little official, someone sent a horse at noon today, saying that it was a gift from the patriarch to the little official." ”

Li Yanqing was pleasantly surprised, left the donkey and ran to the backyard, the patriarch gave him a gift that was actually a horse.

Wang Gui and Tang Huai both have a horse of their own, and Li Yanqing is also thinking about buying a horse, but he has never been able to see a suitable horse, either a horse for farming, or a heavy horse for pulling a cart.

Unexpectedly, the patriarch thought about himself first, Li Yanqing prayed while running, he must be a good horse that satisfies him.

He ran to the backyard in one breath, and saw a horse standing quietly in the livestock shed in the backyard, like a noble and beautiful man, quiet and elegant, Li Yanqing liked it at a glance.

Although it was night, the horse's appearance could still be seen by the lantern hanging on the shed, the coat was vaguely white, the head was small and full, the neck was long and powerful, the limbs were slender, the physique was strong, and a pair of prominent, shining bright, joyful eyes were watching him in the light.

"Little official, this is a good horse!"

Uncle Zhong led the donkey to appear behind Li Yanqing, and said with a smile: "I have raised horses in Li Mansion for nearly thirty years, and I have seen a lot of all kinds of horses, this horse was bought by the master from a horse dealer from the north two years ago, and it was only one and a half years old at the time, and it was the best horse in Li Mansion. ”

As Li Yanqing approached, the white horse became excited, snorting constantly, and tossing the hay under his feet with his hooves.

But when Li Yanqing walked under its head, it was quiet again, its brown eyes revealing a soft gaze, and its muscles trembled slightly under its soft, graceful fur.

Li Yanqing gently patted its strong neck, carefully adjusted the tangled mane on its neck, Li Yanqing's face approached its nostrils that opened wide like bat wings, the white horse took a deep breath, squirted out again, trembled, pricked up its pointed ears, stretched out its black and thick lips to Li Yanqing, and gently arched it on his head, which made Li Yanqing's heart almost melt.

"Does it have a name?" Li Yanqing asked lovingly, stroking the soft and fine mane of the horse.

"It was originally called Snow Sword, which was the name given by its original owner, and the petty officials could also give it another name."

"Snow Sword!"

Li Yanqing thought about it and said with a smile: "This name is good, it's called Snow Sword!" ”

"The master also sent a saddle and a bridle, and tomorrow I will put it on, and the little official can ride it around."

"Let Uncle Zhong bother, so please ask Uncle Zhong to take good care of it for me."

Li Yanqing fed his beloved horse some more feed, and then went back to the room.

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In the early morning of the next day, Li Yanqing came back from a steamy run, only to see that Uncle Zhong had led the horse to the yard, it had been brushed clean, under the sun, the snow-white fur was as shiny and smooth as silk, the horse's hooves were like steel casting, and they were beating the ground vigorously, and the long horsetail fluttered in the wind, and it was equipped with a new pair of saddle bridles, which made it even more elegant.

"Little official, do you want to try it." Uncle Zhong patted the saddle and smiled.

Li Yanqing is no longer the young boy who rode a donkey and had to fall down, he learned to ride a horse in Wang Guifu, although he is not enough, but his height has exceeded many adults, five years of unremitting running has made his legs strong, enough to control the running horses.

Li Yanqing pressed the saddle, turned over lightly and got on the horse, the snow sword walked a few steps in the yard chaos, Li Yanqing pulled the reins, the front hooves of the snow sword were raised, and with a sly neigh, he suddenly rushed out of the far gate and rushed along the trail to the outside of the village, Uncle Zhong ran a few steps and shouted urgently: "When will the little official come back?" ”

"I'll go to Tangwang Village and come back in the evening!"

Li Yanqing's answer came from afar, and the horses had already galloped away.

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Good times are always very short, in a blink of an eye to go to the county school, early this morning, Li Yanqing said goodbye to Uncle Zhong and his wife, and took his sister-in-law and magpie to Lushan Town in a rented wide shed ox cart, Li Yanqing rode his white horse in front, the ox cart slowly followed, and a donkey was tied behind.

At this time, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Tang Huai were already waiting at the door of the inn, they also brought three ox carts, all kinds of daily necessities were stuffed full, and in the front of the ox cart sat Wang Gui and Tang Huai's little maids, and the two waved to the magpies.

The three of them were all riding horses, Wang Gui was riding his beloved horse Black Hammer, he was wearing a tour crown, wearing a white background embroidered purple flower samurai robe, the hem was exposed to the crimson underwear, the feet were wearing long riding boots, the waist was tied with a leather belt, and the back of the Heavenly King's whip, which looked particularly energetic.

Tang Huai's horse was a yellow horse, which his uncle bought from the capital at a high price, but today he was dressed as a scholar, wearing a loose white robe, holding a new gold-painted folding fan in his hand, and fanning the breeze leisurely.

And Yue Fei also wore a blue scholar's uniform and a scholar's scarf, although he was not as radiant as Wang Gui, his waist was straight, his shoulders were broad and his legs were long, his figure was strong, and he also looked energetic.

He rode a big green horse under his crotch, the coat color was a little mottled, the horse's rump was mixed with a few gray miscellaneous hairs, the belly was slightly fat, and the fur was flabby, it could be seen that the big green horse was a little old, but the physique was quite tall.

When the four of them met, they were very affectionate, Li Yanqing patted Yue Fei's horse and said with a smile: "Lao Yue, this horse is good!" ”

Yue Fei scratched his head a little embarrassed and said: "It was given to me by my uncle, although I am a little older, there is no problem with short-distance running, Master Zhou wants to teach riding and archery, no horse!" ”

Speaking of mounted archery, Wang Gui suddenly became excited, "I always thought that there was no cavalry archery in the county school and the state school, if you want to learn riding and archery, you can only go to the state martial arts, but I didn't expect that the county school also opened mounted archery this year, and it is also the world-famous 800,000 forbidden army head professor, we are really lucky!" ”

"Are there any requirements for learning to ride and shoot?" Li Yanqing asked again.

Tang Huai gently shook his small golden folding fan and said with a smile: "Of course there are conditions, first of all, there must be horses, the county school does not provide horses, you must bring your own, the second condition is that the foot shooting score must be excellent or above, that is, at least ten shots and eight hits, we have all reached the standard, I heard that there are only twelve people in the entire county school who meet the conditions." ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "Lao Tang's news is always very well-informed, the hour is not early, let's go!" ”

Four ox carts lined up in a line and drove towards the county seat.......

After several days of exhausting busyness, the mess was finally over, and their school life began to get back on track, but soon the new students were at a loss again.

There is a master in the primary school who stares at him from morning to night, who wants to practice calligraphy, to silently read scriptures, to read books, to memorize poems, and if they can't finish it, they will be beaten, forcing them to work hard like a cow, and they can't stop for a moment, and after entering the county school, the previous learning methods have all disappeared.

There are only eight professors in the county school, but there are more than 500 students, and each professor has a fixed place, and they will have people post the content of the next day's lecture on the door of the dining hall the day before.

As for whether the students like to come or not, whether they like to listen or not, it has nothing to do with them, they only teach the scriptures, and they will not assign any homework for the students to go back to do, let alone have exams, only a very small number of particularly outstanding students, the professor will call them to the study room to answer questions alone.

The casual and free atmosphere of the county school is a severe test of the will of the students, and if the students want to be admitted to the state school, they can only rely on their own hard work and redouble their efforts.

But teenagers are ignorant and yearn for unrestrainedness, and the casual and free atmosphere of the county school has gradually turned many children into wild horses.

But there are also many children who want to get rid of their fate by studying, and they are not relaxed because of the looseness of the county school, on the contrary, they work harder.

Soon after entering the county school, the students began to quickly diverge and embark on different educational paths.

For Li Yanqing, the county school is just a short stop on his way to study, he will participate in the end of the year to take the exam, he quickly calmed down and began to study hard, Zhang Xian is the same, their master knew that the county school is loose, so he set a goal for them early.

But Yue Fei was more diligent than them, sometimes it was very late at night, the light in Li Yanqing and Zhang Xian's house had been extinguished, while the other one was on, and under the lamp, Yue Fei was still engrossed in reading.