Chapter 403: The Origin of the Name

White-hoofed black?

When Li Shimin heard the name of his mount, he couldn't help but pause and look at the corner of the shop.

The eighteenth on the right saw Li Shimin and the eldest grandson when they came in, and when he saw Li Shimin staring at the corner, he said in a low voice: "Master, this is a newly opened place by the owner, close to the reading area, which is specially used to tell books. ”

Li Shimin saw that just like the teahouse, there was a storyteller to attract customers.

The storyteller on the stage spoke impassionedly, as if what he said was what he saw with his own eyes, and the people in the audience were infected by his emotions and looked at him attentively one by one.

The eldest grandson was fascinated by what he heard, and he didn't hear Li Shimin talking to her at all.

"Go ahead and don't reveal my identity." Li Shimin stood aside with the eldest grandson and sent away the shopkeeper Li and others who rushed to hear the news.

The storyteller unfolded a painting and introduced it to everyone: "This is the mount of the King of Qin's expedition against Xue Rengao, everyone take a closer look at it."

"Its coat is pure black, its head is raised and its eyes are angry, and its mane is facing the wind, and its momentum is extraordinary.

"This is a rare steed in the world, and its name is White-hoofed ......."

"Its fur is black, why is it called Whitehoof?" Some people shouted in the audience.

The storyteller looked at the painting, and found that his sleeve was blocking the horse's hooves on the painting, so he quickly withdrew his fingers and displayed the whole painting in front of everyone.

"Look, everyone, although the white hoof is pure black, its four hooves are white, so it is called the white hoof."

"That's not right."

Someone stood up and retorted loudly: "I heard that this horse was a Turkic war horse, a war horse captured by the King of Qin when he was at war with the Turks.

"The name 'White Hoof' is a translation of its original Turkic name, and its Turkic name means 'Young Khan,' which is where its name comes from."

The storyteller was stunned, why hadn't he heard of it?

Li Shimin was stunned, how could this person know the origin of the "White Hoof Crow" so well?

Wrong.

Li Shimin whispered to the guards: "Send someone to keep an eye on that person." ”

Today's escort is Zuo Yi, who has followed Li Shimin for many years, and immediately understood what Li Shimin meant, "Yes, master." ”

He turned to leave, but didn't come back long after.

After the storyteller was stunned, he smiled slightly: "Brother Tai's statement, contemptible people have never heard of it. ”

Seeing that the man was about to speak, the storyteller rushed ahead of him and said in a loud voice: "Whatever the name may be, this is a rare horse, if you like it, you can buy a painting and take it back to view."

"In addition to paintings, we also have ornaments made in the shape of the white hoof, such as ceramics, wood, copper, and other materials.

"If you are interested, you can take a look, as for the next story, we will tell it tomorrow, today you can buy the album and go back to see it."

Everyone was very interested and went to choose "White Hoof".

A regular customer pointed to the exquisite box on the top floor of the bookshelf and asked, "Is that the album of the imperial approval?" ”

The eighteenth on the right walked over, glanced at the bookshelf, and replied: "Today's imperial approval album has been sold, it is not a picture album, it is a painting, there is no imperial approval, it is a painting painted by Princess Jinyang." ”

"How much does that painting cost?"

"Ten taels of gold."

"What?" A scholar next to him shouted: "Without the imperial approval, it is so expensive to buy?" ”

"That is, there are dozens of paintings in a picture album, and there is only one painting here, and it sells for the same price, is it because it was painted by Princess Jinyang, do you sell it so expensive?" The companion echoed, looking indignant.

If you sell a picture album every day, you can earn ten taels of gold, which is too easy to make.

When Shopkeeper Li heard the movement here, he walked over and said to everyone: "The original album and paintings drawn by Princess Jinyang are stored here and sold, and the price is also set by Princess Jinyang.

Princess Jinyang said that if these albums and paintings are sold, part of the money will be returned to the treasury and used for the people.

"We help with consignment, but we won't force you to buy and sell, if you like it, it's hard to buy your favorite.

"If you don't like it, you don't have to buy it."

Everyone was silent, the shopkeeper was right, Princess Jinyang was a princess, and she was not short of money, she put the album and paintings here to sell, maybe it was just for fun, as for whether she could sell it or not, she wouldn't care.

However, Princess Jinyang can think of enriching the treasury with private money at a young age, which can be regarded as righteousness.

"Can I take a look at that painting?" Someone suddenly asked.

Shopkeeper Li looked at the person who spoke, his appearance was very ordinary, and he would forget it in a blink of an eye. Shopkeeper Li felt that this person was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was.

"Absolutely."

Shopkeeper Li then ordered someone to take down the painting and carefully unfold it for everyone to see.

At first glance, it looks exactly like the one the storyteller showed before, but if you look at it twice, you will find that the white hoofed black on this painting is more realistic, with well-defined hair and lifelike eye movements.

Everyone looked at the white-hoofed black on the painting, and after looking at it for a long time, they actually had a feeling that the horse was about to gallop out of the painting.

The eldest grandson fell in love with the painting at a glance, pulled Li Shimin's sleeve and said, "Erlang, I want that painting." ”

"Okay, I'll buy it for you." Li Shimin was very bold and immediately agreed to buy it for the eldest grandson.

Qi Shui hurriedly stopped him: "Lady, Xiao Yu'er said, if you like her paintings, you don't have to pay to buy them, she will paint them for you."

"These ten taels of gold can be saved, so don't buy it."

Princess Qin likes Princess Jinyang's paintings so much, every time Princess Jinyang sells a picture album or painting, Princess Qin has to spend ten taels of gold to buy it, and if this continues, King Qin's Mansion will definitely become a "poor palace".

"This ......" Changsun Shi showed an unbearable expression: "This painting is a lot of thought at first glance, there is no three or five days that can't be painted, Xiao Yu'er is now heavy on schoolwork, paint one more, she will be tired." ”

Kishui: "......"

It's just one more painting, how can you be tired? She saw that Princess Jinyang was very energetic every day, running around.

Sang Zhong thought for a while: "Lady, today I heard that the society sent something to the house, maybe there is this painting among those things." ”

The eldest grandson recalled, today, the guys from the Shiwen Society sent a lot of things, except for the picture album, the others were about the white hoof black ornaments, but there were no paintings.

Sang Zhong reminded: "Lady, you fell asleep when you read the album in the morning, and there are still some things in the back that have not been opened to see." ”

“......”

Changsun: "In that case, then don't buy it first, and go back to the house to see." ”

"I'll buy it."

At this time, a man in gray walked in from outside the door, he casually glanced at Li Shimin and Changsun, and then pointed to the painting in the hand of the shopkeeper Li: "I bought this painting." ”

After saying that, he placed ten taels of gold heavily on the counter.

Does anyone really buy it?

Everyone looked at the man in gray, their faces full of incredulity......

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