Li Daqi saw that his son's face was wrong, and he felt a little guilty in his heart, so he forced a smile and said, "Qing'er, look at this horse?" Originally, it was not for sale, but Uncle Wang heard that it was bought for you, so he agreed to sell it to me. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Yanqing stepped forward to look at the horses, the horses were indeed good, with strong muscles, thick skeletons, and slender limbs, no less than his own snow sword, he also smiled: "This horse is really good, Daddy just keep it for himself to ride!" ”

"Daddy doesn't need to ride a horse, this is for you."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I have my own horse, it's too luxurious to raise two horses, my father usually travels back and forth between Anyang and Tangyin, and he just needs a horse." ”

Li Daqi was helpless, he really couldn't force his son in this matter, he could only reason and persuade his son, so he said to Li Yanqing: "I went to see the ancestors of the three clans this afternoon, let's talk about it again." ”

Li Yanqing knew that his father must not have categorically rejected Li Wengui, he must have been caught by Li Wengui's rules, this is his father's weakness, since the imperial examination incident ten years ago, his father is most afraid of violating what regulations, especially the clan rules.

Li Yanqing didn't want to embarrass his father for a trivial matter, so he nodded and asked the groom to lead the horse to the stable first, and then returned to his yard with his father.

"It's a nice house!"

Li Daqi looked at the yard and said with a smile: "When will we buy a house like this in Anyang, and plant more than a dozen peach and plum trees in the yard, this has always been my dream." ”

Li Yanqing smiled: "If Daddy likes it, I can buy a house now." ”

Li Daqi was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I'm just talking, now we need to keep a low profile, and besides, we can't rush things like houses, we have to take our time." ”

At this time, the magpie stepped forward to make a blessing salute, "The magpie sees the master!" ”

Li Daqi laughed, "It turns out that you are a magpie, quite well-behaved, and I want to thank you for taking care of Qing'er." ”

The magpie blushed and whispered: "Thank you for your praise, this is the magpie's business." ”

Li Daqi saw that she was well-behaved and obedient, and he liked it in his heart, so he took out a piece of broken silver weighing two or a little weight, handed it to her, and said, "The first time we met, this is for you as pocket money." ”

When the magpie saw that the old man actually handed him a piece of silver, he suddenly panicked in his heart, and looked at Li Yanqing at a loss, Li Yanqing didn't expect that his father, who had always been restrained and rigid, also understood these people's sophistication, so he smiled and said: "Since it is a little bit of the master's heart, you can accept it!" ”

Only then did the magpie timidly accept the silver, "Thank you, master!" ”

Li Yanqing invited his father into his study and sat down, and without the master's instructions, the magpie obediently ran to order tea.

At this time, Li Daqi suddenly saw a thick stack of notes on the table, and a familiar feeling poured into his heart, he hurriedly picked it up, and sure enough, it was his own notes back then.

It's been more than ten years, except for the paper is a little yellow, the others are well preserved, exactly the same as back then, seeing things and thinking about people, Li Daqi thought of his deceased beloved wife again, his nose was slightly sour, and the corners of his eyes were a little red.

Li Yanqing didn't disturb his father's thoughts, and after a while, the magpie walked into the room with tea, and Li Daqi walked out of his memories, and the two sat down.

"I went to see the Three Clans today... That Li Wengui. ”

Li Daqi knew that his son was extremely disgusted with Li Wengui, so he hurriedly changed his words, and continued: "As expected, he really proposed the matter of horses and asked us to return the horses to him, and he insisted that it was his horse, of course I would not agree, so I asked him to go to the patriarch to discuss this matter." ”

"And then?" Li Yanqing asked again, he wanted to know how his father fell into Li Wengui's trap and actually brought a horse back.

"And then of course he turned his face, and then Li Wengui released cruel words...."

Li Daqi hesitated for a moment, sorted out his thoughts and said: "Qing'er, being a father is not afraid of Li Wengui, of course he will not give in and hand over the horses to him, but he moved out of the clan rules, which is very bad for us!" ”

"Clan rules!"

Li Yanqing smiled contemptuously, "Could it be that the clan rules require that I must hand over the horse to him?" ”

"Exactly! The clan rules clearly stipulate in a property dispute between the clansmen that if there is a property dispute between the younger generations of the clan and the elders, the younger generations need to hand over the property to the elders first, and then appeal to the patriarch for mediation. ”

"I know that my father cares about the clan rules very much, but there are also regulations in the clan rules, when the clan is down, the family must also try their best to help, we couldn't even eat back then, and we didn't see what role the clan rules played?"

Li Yanqing's words were not serious, but they were extremely sharp, and one sentence tore off the hypocrisy of the clan rules. Li Daqi smiled helplessly and said: "The clan rule is a very sharp knife, but it is in Li Wengui's hand, under the blade, we can only avoid it, Qing'er, let's listen to my father's words!" Give him the horse first, gag him, and when the patriarch returns, we will plead our case to the patriarch. ”

"But our fate is not in the hands of Li Wengui!"

Li Yanqing said categorically: "Let me hand over the horse and compromise with Li Wengui to admit humiliation, I Li Yanqing can't do it." ”

Li Daqi suddenly became a little anxious, how could his son stubbornly admit death and not know how to be flexible at all?

"Qing'er, my father didn't really give him the horse, just to block his mouth and prevent him from using the clan rules to catch us, in order for us to gain time, as long as the patriarch comes back, I will ask the patriarch to bring the horse back, this matter is over, this is a strategy, Qing'er understands?"

Li Yanqing shook his head secretly, the cowardice in his father's bones has not changed, and he always uses compromise and concession to calm down the incident.

As everyone knows, the horse incident is just a temptation by Li Wengui, and compromise and concession will only make the other party more arrogant and even worse, and his father should not go to Li Wengui at all, ignoring Li Wengui is the best way to deal with it.

Thinking of this, Li Yanqing tried his best to say to his father in a calm tone: "Daddy, don't worry about this matter, I will go back to Anyang early tomorrow morning, and I will deal with it myself!" ”

"You ......"

Li Daqi was speechless for a while, he was so anxious that he wanted to persuade his son again, but the decisiveness and perseverance revealed in his son's eyes made him unable to speak.

After thinking about it, this matter really can't be solved by himself, Li Daqi had to let out a long sigh, "Okay!" I went to the patriarch, and it seems that this matter can only be resolved if the patriarch comes forward. ”

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Early the next morning, Li Daqi rented a donkey spare car and returned to Anyang County, and he still insisted on keeping the red horse for his son, he was worried that if Li Wengui really snatched the horse, his son would at least have a spare horse.

But Li Yanqing didn't take this matter to heart at all, he still ran normally, studied, and practiced martial arts, as Li Daqi left, the horse turmoil was like a popped soap bubble, there was no news and trace, for three days, Li Wengui did not trouble Li Yanqing, as if nothing had happened.

On this afternoon, Li Yanqing practiced riding archery on the school field as usual, and his archery talent made Zhou Tong breathtaking, and in just over a month, Li Yanqing's achievements were a few points stronger than ordinary people's hard training for three years.

"Wang Gui, how many times have I told you, you must hold down the bow while shooting arrows!"

Seeing that Wang Gui shot another arrow, Zhou Tong was a little angry, pointed at Wang Gui with a wooden stick and shouted: "I asked you to practice strength every day, have you practiced it?" ”

Wang Gui hung his head and said: "The student did practice, but for some reason, the moment he pulled the bow, his arm just couldn't be steady!" ”

"That's the lack of strength, it is estimated that you are usually lazy, there is no hard training, from now on you suspend riding and shooting, give me a dedicated training strength, raise twenty pounds of stone locks with both arms and walk five hundred steps, go now!"

Wang Gui's face was full of fear, and he walked 500 steps with a twenty-pound stone lock, do you still want your arm? He asked tremblingly, "Master, can you lift the ten-pound lock first?" ”

Zhou Tong's eyes widened, "You still dare to bargain with me?" ”

Wang Gui was frightened, "I'll practice now!" ”

Zhou Tong glared at Wang Gui's back fiercely, and then shouted to Li Yanqing: "It's your turn now, shoot three shots in a row today, shoot eighty steps!" ”

Although Li Yanqing can already practice shooting the bow left and right, Zhou Tong feels that it is better not to be in a hurry, and he must let Li Yanqing accumulate and precipitate for half a year before starting to start.

This is also Zhou Tong saw a weakness of Li Yanqing, that is, the ability to control horses is not enough, and the foundation must be solid, and Li Yanqing will become a real master of riding and archery in the future.

Li Yanqing didn't say a word, turned over on his horse with the quiver on his back, and rode towards the school field, looking at the arrow target eighty paces away with sharp eyes.