Chapter 42: Soma

On the third day, the venue in the west of the city was still lively, and there was still not much novelty, and in the afternoon, as the players kept taking the stage and getting off the stage, it was almost Song Yang and the others' turn.

The girl Xiao Qi's number plate was a few days ahead of Song Yang, and she was the first to take the stage. The closer he got to the front, the more nervous Xiao Qi became, his little face turned pale, and his hands began to tremble irrepressibly, and finally, the little official's singing horn sounded: "Xiao Qi, a person from Qingyang City, Qingyang Prefecture, is sixteen years old, and he is performing Soma." ”

Song Yang stretched out his hand and patted the girl's shoulder, and the second fool also clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and whispered: "Come on!" Xiao Qi wanted to smile at her companion, but her cheek muscles tightened, and the expression she finally squeezed out was more like crying...... When she got on stage, the girl was even more at a loss, and she didn't know what to do at all.

Lord Changshi Gao angrily reprimanded: "Rude woman, don't meet Her Royal Highness the Princess and Lord Taishou yet." ”

In the past few days, the behavior of Song Yang and others, Qin Cone has already reported to the princess, Ren Xiaozhu naturally will not embarrass this poor girl, and said with a smile: "Excuse me, Xiao Qi, will you be a horse?" That's a good skill. ”

'Soma' is indeed a great skill, but there is a big difference between the high and shallow of this knowledge, and the most ordinary horse dealers in the world also know Soma, and the real advanced horse master is not inferior to the great master of martial arts in the eyes of the court and the emperor.

After all, the 'horse' is the most important component of the army, and to put it mildly, from the number and skills of the horse division, you can basically see the strength of the national army.

Capable people who were also well versed in the way of Soma came on stage before, and they were the first to speak, but they didn't pass the election.

Xiao Qi hurriedly saluted, and responded with a trembling voice: "The folk girl knows a little bit about it." ”

Taishou's attitude has always been consistent with that of the princess, Ren Xiaozhuo's voice is soft, and he is also amiable: "Soma Twelve Classics, how many have you read?" What are the thoughts, let's hear them now. ”

Xiao Qi looked at her blankly and shook her head, she had never heard of the 'Twelve Classics of Soma', and replied in a low voice: "I haven't read a book... I just know how to watch horses, and I also know a little bit about raising horses. ”

Many people in the audience laughed when they heard this, how can they talk about horses if they don't understand the Book of Horses, and they still raise horses? Taishou frowned, Changshi wanted to scold angrily, but Ren Xiaozhu said generously: "Come on, bring a few horses to Xiao Qi to see, ten horses." As soon as she spoke, Lord Taishou immediately gave an order and ordered the garrison guards to bring up ten excellent military horses.

When getting along with people, Xiao Qi looked panicked and never dared to look directly at others, but when he saw the horse, he unconsciously hung a quiet smile on his face. She was different, stepping forward and reaching for the nearest horse.

The soldier leading the horse frowned and reminded: "Be careful, my horse's surname is unruly, and he never recognizes outsiders!" ”

But what's even more strange is that when these healthy horses saw Xiao Qi approaching, they first exhaled with a fierce look of anger, but after being caressed by Xiao Qi's little hand, they quickly became docile, and even Qin Cone in the audience didn't expect it to be like this, and smiled in surprise: "The little girl is a little interesting." ”

Soma is very particular about the arts, phase ears, phase skulls, several ribs and even urine, all of them, but Xiao Qi Soma is different, walking in the horse as if in a group of close friends who have not met for a long time, sometimes hugging, sometimes grinding ears and temples, from the expression to the action are very affectionate.

The girl shuttled between ten high-headed horses, which had a unique mood. Everyone looked at it strangely, and they were silent for the time being, but the two were stupid and kept muttering, bringing out their experience of watching sheep, and whispering to accuse Xiao Qi of being a 'crooked and evil way'.

Soon after, Xiao Qi reluctantly walked out of the herd, the happy expression on his face disappeared, and he changed back to his previous appearance, and said in a low voice: "They are all good horses." ”

As soon as the voice fell off the stage, he laughed out loud, and some good deeds shouted loudly: "Our military horses in Qingyang City are divine horses, do you still need to say it?" Let's step down as soon as possible. ”

Xiao Qi was in an unusually embarrassing position, and Ren Xiaoyu patiently asked: "What about the footsteps, can you tell which one is faster?" ”

Xiao Qi stretched out his hand and pointed to one of the horses, his lips moved lightly as if he wanted to say something, but before she could be born, the soldier who led the horse to the stage sneered disdainfully: "It is the slowest runner!" ”

This time, even Ren Xiaozhu was deflated, sat behind the silk curtain and sighed, but did not speak.

Lord Taishou slowly waved his sleeves: "Get off the stage." ”

Xiao Qi's eyes dimmed suddenly, and before he could say the words, he stayed in his mouth forever, turned around and was about to step down, when a familiar roar suddenly sounded in his ears: "This is only one chance." ”

It was Song Yang who yelled, he was waiting in the queue of contestants to perform, very close to the high platform, there was no need to infuse true qi, just shouting with his voice was enough for the girl to hear.

Song Yang didn't know if Qin Qi had real skills, but he had his own ideas, Qin Qi came to power because this was the only way she could find a way out, but with her timid and introverted surname, if she didn't have some certainty, she wouldn't take this selection as an 'opportunity'. Just go on like this? Song Yang felt sorry for her.

You only have this one chance.

If you step down like this, it's really over. is relieved to accept his fate and be sold into the green building to let people be happy; Or did he plunge into the Qingyang River and cry when he went to Jiuquan to find his mother to hug his head and cry?

Last chance, do you want to retreat? There is no way back...... Xiao Qi suddenly stopped, gritted his teeth and said what he had not said just now: "That horse should be the fastest, but the way to raise it is wrong, give it to me for two months... No, fifty days is enough, and the head of the people guarantees that it will be the first out of ten horses. ”

Gao Changshi was displeased: "Bastard, do you think Your Royal Highness the princess, the lord can wait for you for fifty days?" Your head can't even be exchanged for a moment, come and drive this Diao people out of power. ”

The officials held the sticks, separated the crowd and wanted to go to the stage to drive people, and everyone else was busy getting out of the way, except for three...... One of them had a delicate face, one was ugly like a ghost, and one was holding a box with a smirk on his face, these three people refused to take the initiative to give way, so that the poor people delayed for a while, and took advantage of this effort, Xiao Qi's voice on the stage was strong, ignoring Gao Changshi's shouting, and said downward: "For now, this dark horse is the fastest within ten miles; Thirty miles should be honored by the jujube red horse; If fifty miles, rouge white spots; 100 miles, it will belong to this yellow horse; If it is three hundred miles, it will be this dark horse again; But there is another premise, knights cannot wear heavy armor and travel lightly; If the weight is more than 200 pounds, it is it! ”

As he spoke, Xiao Qi stretched out his hand and kept pointing at the mentioned horses, and his voice became higher and higher, until he was almost hoarse and shouted at the end.

Her Royal Highness the princess heard it clearly, and couldn't help but take a breath of cool air, and muttered, "Really? Then he let go of his voice and asked the pawn, "Is she right?" ”

Ma Zui looked stunned, and shook his head in a daze: "The little and the little people don't know either." Usually he only takes care of the horses, and occasionally walks the horses without letting the horses run desperately, and he can't distinguish Xiao Qi's comments.

I don't know if it's okay, the princess waved her fair and tender little hand: "Take the horse down, try it now!" "If you want to verify what Xiao Qi said one by one, you have to run three hundred miles, and you can't get results in a moment or three, but Ren Xiaozhu is not afraid to wait, she has time.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ren Xiaozhuo's order fell, Xiao Qi shook his head and said, "No! ”

The officials were stunned, but Xiao Qi didn't expect that she was just drinking the princess. The princess smiled disapprovingly: "Why not?" How can you prove what you say? ”

Xiao Qi shook his head: "It's not that it doesn't verify, but it's that it's too late to let the horse run like this...... It's good to limit it to three miles, and I'll mark the ranking. As she spoke, Xiao Qi began to point again, and before she could run the horse, she had already arranged the front and back rankings of the ten horses.

Then the soldiers led their horses down, and a group of Red Bowei followed to seek justice...... Soon after returning from the Red Wave Guardian Competition, he went to the princess and whispered to the princess that Qin Qi's pre-arranged rankings were eight out of ten, and only the fifth and sixth were reversed, and this small mistake actually had nothing to do with her horses, after all, when running a horse race, not only depends on the horse's foot strength, but also the knight is also an important part.

Ren Xiaoyu Huo Ran was overjoyed.

It's not because of half-baked acquaintances. Qin Qi Xiangma is unique, but you don't care how she distinguishes horses, as long as she says the result correctly, this kind of skill finally gives Ren Xiaoyu the confidence to make a difference, and the selection of talents is nearing the end, and finally find a good candidate who can bring it back to other Qincha to 'show'!

The most important thing is that the art of Soma is related to national strength, and bringing an excellent and almost magical horse master to visit Dayan is not a hint to several other powerful countries that 'Nanli cavalry is good', such a skill is much more powerful than poetry and songs.

The art of Soma has been passed down since ancient times, profound and profound, and the methods are complicated, but Xiao Qi's skills are not in the classics at all, she does know Soma, but it comes from the talent of the underworld, and has nothing to do with 'technology', maybe God is like this, while giving the girl a poor life, he also quietly gave a magical ability...... Her Majesty the princess was completely unflattering, slammed the table, and announced the result loudly: "Ten horses are all in the middle, Xiao Qi deserves the word strange person!" ”

There was no difference between the eighth middle school and the tenth middle school, Ren Xiaozhu simply chose the most catchy rhetoric, and the people in the audience were stunned at first, and then cheered in unison after a while! Ren Xiaoyu continued to laugh loudly: "Xiao Qi was selected and returned to Beijing with Ben Qin. Come on, reward! ”

Xiao Qi's strange art convinced everyone, and there was finally a 'strange person' in Qingyang City, and everyone in Qingyang was elated and thunderous.

In the laughter, applause, and cheers that surged around, Xiao Qi threw herself to the ground and cried loudly...... A new life, so without warning, how can she not cry.

The final retreat is really a golden strip.