Xu Wentao pointed to the group of horses and happily introduced to Zhu Daolin: "My lord, please see, that white horse and two jujube red horses are purebred Hequ war horses specially transferred by Gonggong Cao from the Imperial Horse Supervisor for adults. ”

"I heard from a few hundred households who sent horses, they are all descendants of the batch of horses that paid tribute to the imperial court in the Western Regions more than ten years ago, the two jujube red horses are three years old, the white horse of the highest divine horse is four years old, and the other 572 are much worse, most of them are Mongolian horses, a quarter of which are Mongolian horses and Ding Ling horses are hybridized horses, and they are tall and strong, but they can't run fast."

Xu Wentao was born in the horse army, and served in Liaodong for seven years, he is very familiar with horses and cherishes them, but he didn't expect that he would become a sailor after being transferred to Jiangnan.

Zhu Daolin looked at the horses that had been led off the cargo ship one after another, and suddenly found that the white horse that walked alone to the foot of the deep mountain was very unsociable, and he had been looking in the direction where he was.

Zhu Daolin looked at the unusual white horse for a while, and found that there was nothing special except for the tall, just about to look away, there was no throbbing in his heart, he subconsciously moved his right hand, covered the diamond ring on his left wrist and turned slightly, facing the tall and lonely four-year-old white horse fifty meters away, the white horse also turned around at this time to face Zhu Daolin, motionless and Zhu Daolin looked at each other.

Xu Wentao, who was on the side, quickly discovered this vision, looked at the white horse standing with his head held high in surprise, turned to Zhu Daolin and said happily: "My lord, that white horse is likely to have a fate with my lord!" ”

"Fate?"

Zhu Daolin was quite puzzled, vague thoughts appeared in his mind, and an indescribable sense of intimacy gradually emerged.

Xu Wentao explained with great interest: "This kind of thing is not new, but few people have seen it with their own eyes, and I have been fortunate to meet ......"

"I remember that not long after I arrived at the front line in Liaodong that year, the scout captain of our left flank front station led 17 elite brothers to go out overnight. At the end of the morning, he successfully ambushed the Tartar scout team and grabbed 14 war horses from the Tartar scout team, one of which was the killed Niu Lu Ezhen Ding Ling war horse, which was taller and bigger than this white horse, and the whole body was brown and red and very beautiful, and was brought back to the guard camp. Thousands of comrades watched onlookers, but the unreasonable commander made the lord take it for himself, and only gave our scout captain ten taels of silver as compensation. ”

"After we returned after receiving the bounty, although we were deeply dissatisfied, we no longer dwelled on this matter, but we did not expect that in the middle of the night that night, the Ding Ling horse, who was supposed to be in the camp of the guard post 25 miles behind, actually found our left flank barracks, and the brothers on duty thought that the Tartars had attacked and immediately alerted the police, which frightened more than 400 of us very much. The copyist rushed out to take a look, and the Ding Ling horse walked towards the torch without fear, walked directly to the stunned scout captain, and arched his head into the scout captain's arms one by one, arching out the tears of the scout captain who had always been stubborn, alas! ”

"And then?"

Zhu Daolin was very interested in the scout captain and the Ding Ling horse, and also knew that the so-called Ding Ling horse was actually a Kazakh horse.

Xu Wentao sighed faintly: "Half a month later, our scout team was ambushed by more than 100 Tartar cavalry. The captain of the scout and his horse were shot dead, according to the brothers who had fled. The Tartar cavalry knew the horse, and not long after the battle, all the Tartars' bows and arrows were fired at the horse......"

"The scout captain's surname is Li, his name is Li Demao, a native of Cangzhou in the north, and he has a hereditary hundred households. After he died in battle, there was only a lonely old lady left in the family. ”

Zhu Daolin was very uncomfortable after hearing this, thought about it and walked straight to the white horse at the foot of the mountain, and only stopped when he walked one meter in front of the white horse, staring at the white horse's jewel-like bright eyes with kindness.

Xu Wentao stopped three steps behind Zhu Daolin. Take a closer look at Hakuba's reaction.

The white horse still didn't move, Zhu Daolin didn't move at all, one person and one horse looked at each other quietly for more than three minutes, and finally the white horse surrendered, raised his head and let out a loud and long neighing sound, which frightened dozens of horses twenty meters away from him and hurriedly turned around and fled, almost causing chaos among all the horses, this strange phenomenon made Zhu Daolin and Xu Wentao stunned.

After a long neigh, the white horse stomped on the sturdy left hoof, lowered his arrogant head and walked towards Zhu Daolin, and the extremely happy Zhu Daolin stretched out his hands and opened his palms, gently put them on the forehead and neck of the white horse, and the whole person slowly leaned up and began to caress the elegant neck and forehead of the white horse.

After a long time, Zhu Daolin laughed in a low voice: "You guy is strong enough, with a shoulder height of at least 1.45 meters, well-developed chest muscles, a flat back and a short waist, and it is estimated that he will not run slowly...... Come, let me see your dirty feet, and see what kind of horseshoe the craftsmen of the Imperial Horse Prison have nailed for you. ”

"Congratulations, sir!"

Xu Wentao hugged his fists and saluted, envy and joy in his heart.

Zhu Daolin patted the white horse's cheek, and turned to Xu Wentao happily: "You can also pick a good horse, which one you like to take back directly." ”

Xu Wentao was overjoyed and pointed to the two jujube-red meandering horses leaning together fifty meters in front of him: "I just want those jujube-red meandering foals, okay?" ”

"Why not? If you like it, go over it, haha! ”

After Zhu Daolin finished laughing, he suddenly remembered the Arabian horses and Andalusian horses that had been transferred to the new horse farm, so he asked more: "Is the other one a female?" ”

Xu Wentao, who ran a few steps, turned around: "That's right, the three-year-old mares have all been tamed by the Imperial Horse Supervisor and can be used." ”

Zhu Daolin hurriedly advised: "It's a pity to use it, I want to send it to the new horse farm at the foot of Laoshan to be a stallion, you help me keep an eye on it, and I will call the guards to come and take it away later." ”

"Don't worry, I'll stay."

Xu Wentao is happy to go to his beloved horse.

Zhu Daolin looked at the white horse beside him, and an interesting idea suddenly popped up in his mind, so he put his arm around the white horse's neck and slowly took it into his arms, approached the white horse's ear and whispered for a while, and then let go of his hand, and said to the white horse who shook his ears, "Go home" and raised his feet forward.

The white horse really followed him silently, and after passing the back of the fort and entering the wide camp, the white horse suddenly took a quick step, hit Zhu Daolin's ass with his head, and then raised his head and continued to move forward very proudly, Zhu Daolin, who was caught off guard and stumbled a few steps, stabilized his figure, looked at the white horse who walked to the front, and couldn't help laughing.

The two soldiers on duty at the gate of the compound saw Lord Zhu with a smile on his face enter the courtyard gate, and hurriedly raised his hand to salute, but before he could put down his hand, a tall white horse suddenly appeared in front of him, and the two of them hurriedly retreated.

The white horse didn't look at them, went straight between the two, and followed Lord Zhu through the garden unhurriedly, and when the two came back to their senses and observed carefully, they found that the white horse only had a dragon head and no reins, and knew that he was walking obediently behind Zhu Daolin without traction.

Zhu Daolin led the white horse to the middle of the courtyard in front of the main hall, signaled the white horse to stop, and instructed the chief of the guard to go to the dock to find Xu Wentao and Master Xu, and send the three-year-old little mare to the new horse farm, and then went to the backyard to find a brush and two wide cloth towels, led the white horse to the front of the faucet behind the rockery on the left, turned on the faucet and began to scrub the mud on the body of the horse.

Xiaoying, Xu Fu, Ruyan and others heard the maid's report, and hurriedly ran out of Xiyuan to watch Zhu Daolin, who was bathing the horse.

Xu Fu curiously asked where did such a tall and beautiful white horse come from? The girl asked if she could ride? After the girl Liu exclaimed, she asked loudly if the horse was running fast? Xiaoying, who has always been steady and studious, actually asked if it was male or female? The more people asked, the more outrageous they became, and the more they asked, the more funny they became, and Zhu Daolin shook his head again and again.

Zhu Daolin patiently washed the white horse clean, wiped it with a dry cloth towel, and talked to the horse while drying.

The beauties on the steps were amazed, and after asking each other, most of them did not believe that the beautiful white horse could understand her husband's words.

Xiaoying has a different opinion, asking why everyone forgot to move their dog Mulan to the back study? The others remembered Mulan's tall body and smart and arrogant temperament, and they were immediately confused again, wondering why Mulan was so smart? Will the beautiful white horse in front of him be as human as Mulan?

Without waiting for them to come to a conclusion, the exchange between Zhu Daolin and Bai Ma almost made them drop their jaws, Zhu Daolin gestured with his hand and asked Bai Ma, "Do you go ahead or do I go ahead"? The white horse immediately pressed against Zhu Daolin with his head, and only stopped when he arched Zhu Daolin onto the stone road in front of him.

Zhu Daolin laughed and strode towards the front yard, and the white horse immediately raised his proud head and followed very elegantly, and the horse's hooves knocked on the stone road with a very rhythmic crisp tapping sound, and a group of beauties on the steps were stunned.

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