Xu Ruyu and the others stayed at the Songling Inn in the east of Shangnan Town, and then went to the horse market in the north of the town to select horses to replace their legs. The Huo family in Jinyang used troops against Jing County and strictly controlled the private sale of horses, which made the horse market in Shangnan Town extremely active. The horse farm covers an area of more than 50 acres, there are thousands of horses neighing, in front of the horse farm is a more than 200 acres of horse land, if you see the horse you like, you can first pull out a circle.

Xu Ruyu remembered the Moyu Shenjun he had ridden in Wanling, and told Youli and Jue'er about the experience of almost being thrown off the horse for the first time. Jue'er giggled for a while, worried that she would also have Xu Ruyu's kind of encounter, and she was very nervous when choosing a horse.

Jue'er took a fancy to a maroon foal and reached out to stroke the satin-smooth mane on the horse's back. The foal snorted suddenly, and Jue'er avoided behind the foal in shock, but the horse raised its hind hooves and kicked at her. Fortunately, Buyunti's longitudinal technique was a little successful, and Jue'er could avoid it, and the pink skirt was splashed with black mud spots, which was very conspicuous.

Jue'er's face turned pale with anger, but she was helpless, her beautiful eyes looked at the jujube red foal angrily, without saying a word, and Xiu Shou leaned sideways to figure out how to deal with the foal whose surname seemed to be very impatient.

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old stableman greeted him and said, "This foal is called Angry Hongyan, but it is a divine horse, but its surname is too strong, and it is not suitable for a noble lady like you to ride." ”

Jue'er's pretty face was grim and said, "Are you saying I can't surrender it?" The stable's face was scornful, and he retreated to the side without saying a word.

Jue'er said: "I'll take a test ride, okay?" ”

Xu Ru knew that she had achieved a small success in Buyun technique, even if she was thrown off her back by the fierce horse, she would not hurt her muscles and bones, and motioned to the stableman to untie the reins.

Jue'er rolled over and jumped onto the pony like a pink cloud attached to the dancing flames. Jue'er has no experience in driving a fierce horse, although she is attached to the horse's back without being thrown off with her exquisite longitudinal technique, but she has been unable to control the law, and she can't lower the martyrdom of "angry red face".

Seeing that Jujube Red Pony couldn't get rid of Jue'er, he turned around and rushed towards the racecourse. As they approached the racecourse, there was a sudden loud neighing like thunder, and the horses in the racecourse were frightened and shook together. Seeing the jujube red horse rushing into the racecourse, Jue'er was unwilling but had to float off the horse and return to Xu Ruyu and them.

The foal threw Jue'er off her horse, neighing proudly. More than a dozen stables came to the horse farm from all sides, and the red horses were very cunning, rushing from side to side, and if only one or two stables stood in front of them, they would press their heads low, and rush over with their hooves, and the stables would be so frightened that they rolled away; If four or five stables came together, the red horse would turn and run away, and constantly disturb the horses tied to the stakes behind them, blocking the stables behind them. More than a dozen stables were exhausted, but they didn't even touch a single mane, but a few people were hit by it and their noses and eyes were swollen.

Jue'er was still angry just now, but now seeing that it is so smart, she feels that she has a good eye, and she is triumphant and wants to rush into the horse farm to tame it.

Youli grabbed her and said, "Just look at how people control horses." ”

The foal seemed to have had enough of the horses, and with a clear roar, he suddenly jumped more than two feet high, crossed the heads of the three stables in front of him, and rushed towards the west gate of the racecourse.

Xu Ruyu is far away, and if he wants to make a move, he must reveal a shocking cloud technique. Just as he was hesitating, a very fast figure in the crowd at the west gate of the racecourse swept towards the jujube red horse, stretched out his hand and put it on the horse's neck, and swept the horse's huge force to the left side. The jujube red horse was caught off guard and suddenly fell sideways. However, this horse is a very divine horse, and just as it touches the ground, the horse's body rotates to the left, turning the out-of-control force into a side-spinning force, and re-stabilizing the body.

The man rode his horse slowly, jumped on his horse, picked up the reins and lifted it upward; The foal suddenly stopped his momentum in pain and hissed incessantly.

The crowd burst into applause, not only for the divine steed of the jujube red horse, but also for the rider's superb riding skills.

The rider gently rode his horse to Xu Ruyu and the others, jumped off the horse, and said with a smile: "I didn't want to meet you here again." ”

He was the boy with a mole between his eyebrows who met Xu Ruyu twice in Huailai and Changshou on the mountain road.

Xu Ruyu snorted and said, "Yes, where do you not meet in life." ”

The rider clenched his fists and said: "In Xu Duanguo, in the south of Xiayu, dare to ask my brother Taigao's surname." ”

Xu Ruyu saw that the Confucian student was also walking towards this place, pointed to Jue'er and said, "This girl's name is Jiang Jue'er, we are all her doormen, and our names are insignificant." ”

Confucian called: "Qilang, why did the dates come off the leash?" ”

Jue'er said happily: "It turns out that it's still called 'jujube', which is much better than 'angry red face'." ”

Xu Duanguo saw Confucianism coming, and hurriedly introduced him to Jue'er and others: "This is my cousin Xu Boying." San Lang, this is Miss Jiang Jue'er and his family. ”

Xu Boying stepped forward to salute, a pair of handsome eyes stopped on Xu Ruyu's face, and said, "Brother Tai is also going to Henan Mansion?" ”

Xu Ruyu saw that he observed his words and emotions according to Jue'er, Youli and others' attitudes towards him, speculated about his identity, and knew that he had a few more eyes than the one named Xu Duanguo, and said with a salute: "We are floating in the rivers and lakes, and we have no fixed place to live, just like the lonely leaf with the wind, tossing and turning in the troubled times." Lingering in Shangnan Town, he has not decided where he wants to go? ”

Xu Boying sighed: "How can Taoyuan be sought outside the world? Just like this Shangnan Town, which is lined with Shangfu and accessible to three counties, there is also an undercurrent in it. All the major forces in the world want to infiltrate, but it is the local family of Shangnan, and the power of Fu Xian, the second sect of the Nanyang Fu family, is weak. ”

Xu Ruyu thought to himself: Shangnan is the most important land and water intersection in Nanyang, and its topography is far better than that of Longzhong City, which is more than 50 miles to the southeast. The Huo family in Jinyang controlled this place, and they could ensure the safety of the Danjiang River and the Guanghan Canal; The Xunjia family of Fenyang controlled here, and went up the Danjiang River to Huailai Mansion, and up the Guanghan Canal to Gucheng Mansion, thus occupying an absolute advantage in the strategic confrontation with Jinyang. The family forces that rivaled the Xun family and the Huo family naturally hoped that the situation in Shangnan Town would be as chaotic and complicated as possible, so that they could contain the strength of the two families. However, the powerful chamber of commerce in the three counties hopes to make money here.

Uncle Fang Wu secretly came over: "Xu Duanguo, Xu Boying, the children of the Henan Ma Gang, Xu Boying is one of Han Chu's six juniors. ”

Fen County, Jinyang County, Yongning County belong to the old county of Han Chu, in recent years, six young heroes have risen in the three counties, such as Jiangjin Yi Huaxi, Huailai Huo Qingtong, Henan Xu Boying, Jining Xun Fan, Qinghe Shen Yue, Gucheng Zhang Shi, people all over the world admired the "six handsome" in the world that year, called them "Han Chu Xiao Liujun".

Xu Ruyu smiled slightly, signaled that he knew, and said to Xu Boying: "When I first arrived in Shangnan, I saw that there was a lot of traffic here, and it was bustling, and the family would not bear to destroy the prosperity here in the future." I yearn for it, I wanted to stay longer, but since my brother reminded us, we should leave early. ”

Xu Duanguo said: "Don't listen to San Lang's appalling news, although the various forces here are entangled, it is exactly like this, but it is not easy to have trouble here." ”

Xu Ruyu said "oh", with a puzzled look on his face, and asked, "I don't understand this, can Brother Xu explain a thing or two." ”

Xu Duanguo said: "The Huo family in Jinyang used troops against Jing County, and the Xun family in Fen County also gathered heavy troops in Xiangzhou and prepared to invade Qingzhou. These two are the most powerful here, and if they form an alliance to maintain the status quo in Shangnan, Shangnan will not be in chaos. After speaking, he looked triumphant, but seeing his cousin Xu Boying's uncertain face, he knew that stealing his words made him unhappy, but there was no way to show himself in front of Miss Jue'er. Xu Duanguo smiled, and immediately turned his gaze to Jue'er's face, and sure enough, he was overjoyed to see her envious.

Xu Ruyu suddenly realized, arched his hand, and said, "Thank you Brother Xu for reminding us, we can rest assured that we can stay a little longer." Ignoring Xu Boying's suspicious gaze, he said to Jue'er: "Miss Jue'er, how long can we stay here?" ”

Jue'er's beautiful eyes glanced at him, and she didn't pay attention to him, and said to a horse stable who was walking over: "How much gold does this jujube red horse sell?" ”

Xu Duanguo said: "If Miss Jue'er likes it, just ride it." ”

Jue'er said, "Are you the owner of the horse farm?" ”

Xu Duanguo said: "No, but I can be the master of this horse and send it to Miss Yu Jue'er." ”

Jue'er said: "What do I do when I accept your gift for no reason, how much does it cost?" ”

Xu Boying replied: "The jujube didn't want to be sold, since Miss Jue'er took a fancy to it and made it for four hundred gold, what do you think?" ”

Jue'er let out an "ah" and retreated to Youli's side, not hiding the disappointed look on her face at all.

Xu Duanguo hurriedly said: "San Lang is joking with you, where is this horse worth 400 gold, and Miss Jue'er can pay 20 gold, and she can ride away." ”

Jue'er shook her head, pulled Youli and whispered, "Let's go pick other horses." ”

Xu Ruyu laughed secretly, but when she saw Jue'er taking such a fancy to this horse, she was helpless. Horses that are ordinarily used as animal power are worth between hardware and ten gold; Sichuan horses, Yunnan horses can be used combat horses are very few, since the Hulan grassland was occupied by the Tutu people, the Central Plains excellent war horses mainly come from northern Hebei, Bohai and other places, and the war horses in these two places are also strictly controlled output, an excellent war horse is worth more than 100 gold, and there is no market. Although the jujube red horse has not yet grown, but the whirlwind hair under the neck is like milk, and it is beginning to show the posture of a thousand miles of divine horses, and it is difficult to buy a thousand gold, Xu Duanguo said that it is only worth 20 gold, which is obviously confused by Jue'er.

Xu Ruyu lowered his head and attached himself to Youli's ear, and said softly: "If you show your true face, won't this Xu Dachang owner have to pay a few hundred gold before he is willing to sell this horse?" ”

Youli gently pinched his psoas muscles, and said angrily: "You can't walk faster than this horse, if I'm tired, let you carry it." Seeing Xu Ruyu's smiling look, his cheeks were flushed, and his eyes met with affection, and he couldn't bear the strange feeling rippling in his heart, so he lowered his head shyly, and let Xu Ruyu take his hand and walk towards the racecourse.

Xu Duanguo whispered in the back complaining about Xu Boying, Xu Ruyu had a clear sense, listened to it and repeated it to Youli, which made Youli laugh secretly, and said in Xu Ruyu's ear: "Since you don't want to include Jue'er in the room, then you have to find a good man for her and don't wronged her." Henan is a place of right and wrong, not a place for a long time, otherwise the two behind him are good choices. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "Xu Boying may not be interested in Jue'er. ”

Youli said: "You don't know much about feelings, how can you see the reality of others?" Xu Boying is just cautious and knows how to cover up. ”

Xu Ruyu chose a green and variegated horse, Jiang Youli chose a small green horse, and his uncle and grandson Fangwu and his wife also chose their own horses, but Jue'er couldn't leave the jujube red horse in her heart, and she was also listless when she chose the horse, and finally didn't see any other favorite horse, and said lazily: "Forget it, I'll share a horse with Sister Youli." ”

Among Xu Ruyu's five people, only Jiang Youli and Jue'er are not proficient in equestrianism, but the ones they buy are all meek Yunnan horses, with small physique, agility and dexterity, and they are very easy to control.

Jue'er was playing well, and she was still very attached to the jujube red horse in her heart, and when she saw that the Xu brothers were still staying at the racecourse, she borrowed the jujube red horse from Xu Duanguo and took it to the racecourse.

There are few female guests in the racecourse, and the horse customers all come around to see Xihan.

Jue'er learned riding for a long time, and at this time she had a little experience, and carefully followed the riding essentials mentioned by Xu Ruyu to tame the jujube red horse surnamed Ruhuo. Jue'er was attached to the horse's back like a cloud, not daring to use too much force, for fear of hurting the horse, and after a while, it was drenched in sweat again, and her face was like a red tide, which made her more and more charming and moving. From time to time, the spectators on the sidelines burst into applause for Jue'er to show her exquisite light body technique.

Youli took off the pale gold fly-winged hair ornament on the snail, handed it to Xu Ruyu, and said: "This thing may be worth a thousand gold, you and Xu Duanguo exchange this horse, you should not lose much from him." ”

Xu Ruyu looked at the two jadeites that were falling like teardrops, the jade patterns flowed endlessly like light clouds, the jade was warm and moist, the golden wings were as thin as cicada wings, and the wind vibrated slightly, lifelike.

Xu Ruyu's expression was slightly gloomy, and he said, "I have wronged you." ”

Youli smiled gracefully, looked at the white-washed green shirt on Xu Ruyu's body, and said softly with shame: "The beloved Qingge, the ugly woman is clumsy." ”

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "You can still be regarded as an ugly woman, how can women in the world live?" "After that, I will go to negotiate with Xu Duanguo.

As soon as he turned around, You Li saw that he had not negotiated a few words with Xu Duanguo, and there was an inquiring look on his face. Xu Ruyu smiled, showed the deed of buying horses, and said, "Even if you give him a dry grass branch, he will be willing to replace it." ”

At this moment, a whistle sounded, and a black horse galloped into the horse with its hooves and chased towards the jujube red horse.

Jue'er is gradually taming the surname of Zao Hongju, but she didn't expect a change behind her. Jujube Red Horse suddenly suffered pain, people stood up, Jue'er was shocked but not confused, was thrown out of the back of the horse by the jujube red horse, when leaving the horse, the left foot lightly touched the horse's spine, borrowed a little strength, and ran high feet, only to fall to the ground lightly, to avoid making a fool of himself in public. Jujube Hongju hissed in pain, Jue'er heard a pain in her heart, her face turned white with annoyance, and she looked at the young man who disturbed the horse viciously, and saw that instead of apologizing, she leaned over her face and looked at herself, and the anger in her heart was even greater, and she was about to attack it with her breath and palm.

The young man in the cotton shirt raised the whip and twisted it into her hands, Jue'er twisted the whip, pulled it hard, did not pull it, but took two steps forward to the young man in the brocade shirt, which was worthy of touching the horse nose of the black horse spraying hot breath.

Jue'er avoided it in a panic, not wanting the horsewhip to wrap around her arm like a spirit and couldn't break free.

Xu Ru was so angry when he saw that the young man in the cotton shirt was teasing Jue'er like this with his self-righteous skills, and he couldn't hide his strength, so he suddenly attacked, and his figure swept the ground, as if walking in the void, which made people feel like they were in a dream. The sudden killing of a hurricane made the onlookers only feel that their hearts were suddenly hit hard by a heavy object, and only a few people came back to their senses in time to hear the black horse's terrible scream. The others just saw the black steed crash to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. The brocade-shirted boy stood there with a frightened face, covered with dust, and he didn't know how to wipe it.

The black horse struggled a few times and stood up, as if there was no big problem, but his expression was sad, and he no longer had the divine horse when he had just entered. Only then did everyone know that Xu Ruyu took the killing opportunity at the critical time, and did not hurt the young man in the brocade shirt, but just took advantage of the situation to knock the black horse to the ground.

Xu Duanguo immediately rushed to the field and shouted: "Luo Qiu, what are you thinking about worrying about the customers of my horse farm?" ”

Luo Qiu stood stunned on the spot, recalling the scene just now: the momentum of Pei Ran's strong momentum was like a frenzy in an instant, so that he could not have the slightest idea of resistance, he didn't seem to need to stagnate, and before his body was in shape, he directly poked out a palm from the void, allowing himself to give birth to a desperate feeling that everything would destroy this palm. The palm was only lightly slashed on the horse's neck.

Luo Qiu looked at Xu Ruyu with a bloodless face, although the doorman behind him was getting closer, but he knew that if the person in front of him insisted on taking his surname, no one present could stop him.

Xu Ruyu protected Jue'er behind him, raised his sword eyebrows lightly, obviously controlled his anger, his tone was full of impatience, and said: "Although we are civilians, we are not casual to offend, you can go." ”

Xu Boying saw Xu Ruyu's crying ghost skills at first glance, and stood there in horror on the spot, thinking about it for a long time but not coming up with his identity. The lightweight lifting technique he performed was even more unheard of. Xu Ruyu's cloud walking technique is like a cloud with Jue'er, Jue'er's light posture is already amazing, Xu Ruyu can only describe it with unpredictable. Since he is not a famous master, it is very likely to be a tantric master of the family, Xu Boying secretly wondered: What do they mean by tracking them all the way here, could it be that the Xun family has noticed an abnormality on Funiu Mountain?

Thinking of this, Xu Boying's back was dripping with cold sweat. Xu Ruyu was turning around at this time and looked at him intentionally or unintentionally, Xu Boying was shocked and hurriedly avoided his eyes.

Xu Duanguo said apologetically: "Luo Qiu is the youngest son of Luo Cheng, the second leader of the Danjiang Cao Gang, and the Danjiang Cao Gang is supported by the Huo family and has set up a hall in Shangnan, presided over by Luo Cheng, which is actually a branch of the Huo family's forces in Shangnan. ”

Xu Ruyu asked, "How many forces in Shangnan Town are inclined to Huailai Huo's family?" Xu Ruyu thought that he couldn't leave Shangnan Town immediately, if Huo Qingtong found out that they had avoided here, the conflict with the Huo family would be inevitable, so take precautions and learn more about the other party's situation in case of unpreparedness.

Xu Guoduan said: "This is not the place to talk in detail, if Brother Tai doesn't mind, you can go to Yuanju Tower with your younger brother for a drink." ”

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