Chapter 22: Beginners
Early the next morning, Xiao Yurui led a horse and an entourage and appeared in front of the gate of the Ling Mansion.
As soon as Wei Chifeng saw that it was Xiao Yurui from afar, he greeted him with a smile on his face, and after greeting him lightly, he shifted his gaze to the entourage following behind Xiao Yurui, only to see that the entourage lowered his head and pushed a half-human-high thing that looked like a box and not a box with both hands, except for the two wooden handles held in his hands and the four wooden rollers under the object were exposed to the outside, the rest were covered under a huge cloth, Wei Chifeng looked up and down, and couldn't help but ask Xiao Yurui curiously: " Xiao Gongzi, what is this thing you are bringing? ”
Xiao Yurui replied with a light smile: "Xin'er saw a thing to play with in the book before, and I was quite interested in it, so I asked a craftsman to make a similar one for her to relieve her boredom." It's just a wooden gadget, but General Wei wants to check it? ”
Wei Chifeng hurriedly said: "Don't misunderstand Young Master Xiao, how can Wei suspect Childe, I just asked just now because I was just a little curious, Childe is not strange, Childe please." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand sideways to make way for Xiao Yurui.
"Thank you." Xiao Yurui bowed slightly, and then calmly passed by Wei Chifeng with the entourage behind him, and after arriving at the gate of Deling Mansion, he handed the reins in his hand to a guard in front of the door, and then walked into the mansion with his entourage Shi Shiran.
At this time, Ling Yuxin had already finished breakfast and was waiting anxiously in the room. As soon as he heard the sound outside the house, without waiting for Bai Zhu to react, he ran to open the door, and after seeing Xiao Yurui, he first happily called "cousin", and when he saw the entourage behind Xiao Yurui and the things that looked like boxes, his face showed doubts, and then he cast an inquiring look at Xiao Yurui.
Although Xiao Yurui saw Ling Yuxin's expression and received her questioning gaze, he didn't answer her immediately, just pretended to smile mysteriously, and then ordered his entourage to move things into the house first, and then followed him into the house.
Ling Yuxin couldn't help but widen her eyes and watched, after the cloth was uncovered, the first thing that was revealed was the top package, and there was a layer of cloth under the package, at first glance, judging from the appearance and the four feet exposed, it looked like a wooden table, but there were four more wheels than an ordinary table.
Ling Yuxin raised her head and cast a puzzled look at Xiao Yurui again, Xiao Yurui smiled even deeper, "For you." After speaking, he first picked up the package above, and then uncovered the square cloth under the package, a square sand table with a depression in the middle came into view, and there were many small clay figures densely arranged on the sand table.
After Ling Yuxin saw these clay figurines clearly, she immediately understood their purpose, and immediately became excited, and looked up and asked Xiao Yurui, "Is this for me?" ”
Xiao Yurui replied with a smile: "I save you from tossing those beans all day long." In fact, it has been done a long time ago, but it is inconvenient to transport it to Twilight Villa, so I have to wait for you to come back. ”
"Great, this is much better than beans, thank you cousin." Ling Yuxin said as she reached out to fiddle with the clay figurines.
Xiao Yurui looked at Ling Yuxin impatiently fiddling with the clay figurine, and shook his head with a smile, "Don't be in a hurry to fiddle, this sand table is already yours, you will have time to play slowly in the future, go and change your clothes first, we will leave before my uncle comes back." Xiao Yurui opened the package in his hand as he spoke, took out a piece of clothing and handed it to Ling Yuxin.
Ling Yuxin shook off her clothes and saw that they were exactly the same as the clothes worn by Xiao Yurui's entourage, and immediately understood Xiao Yurui's intentions, and immediately agreed to enter the inner room to change her clothes.
After she came out again, Bai Zhu looked at Ling Yuxin, who was dressed as a family member, and then looked at the entourage behind Xiao Yurui, and found that from the body shape, the two were indeed extremely similar.
Xiao Yurui immediately instructed Bai Zhu to help Ling Yuxin tie up her hair, and after tidying up, Xiao Yurui looked at Ling Yuxin and nodded with satisfaction, "After you leave the house, just bow your head and follow me, no matter who you encounter or what situation you encounter, you don't need to raise your head or answer, I will deal with it." ”
"Yes, young master." Ling Yuxin smiled and saluted Xiao Yurui.
Xiao Yurui shook his head a little crying and laughing, then opened the door and walked out, Ling Yuxin hurriedly lowered his head and followed behind him.
After getting out of the gate, Xiao Yurui glanced left and right, Wei Chifeng was not at the door, thinking that he must have gone to patrol, it was better not to be there, so he saved his tongue, immediately took the reins handed by the guard, and led the horse to stride away, while Ling Yuxin always followed closely with his head down.
After turning two street corners, Xiao Yurui made sure that no one was following him, and when he reached a secluded corner, he stopped, first helped Ling Yuxin onto the horse, and then turned over on his horse and rode out of the city.
After riding all the way to the outside of the city, Xiao Yurui slowed down the horse's speed and began to guide Ling Yuxin to sit, "Step on the front half of your feet, stand upright with your upper body, sit firmly in the saddle, try to relax your waist slightly, experience the rhythm of the horse's march with your heart, let your body follow the rhythm of the horse, swing with the horse, and get in tune with it as soon as possible." ”
Ling Yuxin did as she was told.
After traveling for a while, Xiao Yurui felt that Ling Yuxin's body had basically adapted to the rhythm of the horse, so he began to slowly increase the speed of the horse, and at the same time told Ling Yuxin: "When the horse is slowing, you can relax your body as much as possible, but when accelerating, the calf knees and inner thighs should clamp the horse hard, and the body should maintain a certain forward leaning, and at the same time, it should not sit firmly, and it should not touch the saddle, and follow the rhythm of the horse." ”
Ling Yuxin immediately adjusted her sitting posture according to Xiao Yurui's words, and Xiao Yurui immediately gradually increased the speed of the horse, and gave timely guidance when she found that Ling Yuxin needed to adjust her sitting posture.
After traveling for about half an hour, Xiao Yurui slowed down his horse again, and stopped after Ling Yuxin gradually got used to it.
Then Xiao Yurui dismounted first, then pulled the reins of the horse, stood on the left front side of the horse, and made sure that even if Ling Yuxin could not dismount on her own, she could ensure that she landed safely, so he began to instruct Ling Yuxin how to dismount, "When you get off the horse, you must first push the toe of your left foot inward, step on it steadily, then release your right foot, and then lift your right leg to dismount." ”
Ling Yuxin slowly dismounted according to Xiao Yurui's guidance, although her movements were a little clumsy and slow, she was quite steady.
Xiao Yurui's eyes showed a hint of appreciation, and then he instructed Ling Yuxin again how to get on the horse, "When you get on the horse, you also push your left foot inward, and after stepping on it steadily, you can use your left foot hard, and while your body is up, lift your right leg to cross the saddle." ”
Ling Yuxin immediately re-mounted the horse according to her words, her movements were also clumsy and slow, and due to her height and strength, getting on the horse was much more difficult than getting off the horse, and it took longer than getting off the horse, but because Xiao Yurui always insisted on controlling the horse's reins and preventing it from moving, Ling Yuxin finally climbed up smoothly.
After Ling Yuxin sat down, Xiao Yurui said, "Let's take a look next time." ”
Ling Yuxin was already tired and out of breath after going up before, but after listening to Xiao Yurui's instructions, she immediately climbed down by herself again without saying a word, and after her feet landed, she took a breath and climbed up again.
The look of appreciation in Xiao Yurui's eyes was even worse, "Very good, Xin'er, you have to remember that you have to use your toes to pedal inward when getting on and off the horse, so that even if you encounter an unexpected situation where the horse is frightened or the fierce horse refuses to carry you and runs away, you can even withdraw to avoid being dragged because your feet are fully covered in the pedal." Also remember to never stand behind the horse and behind the side to avoid being kicked by the horse. ”
Although Ling Yuxin was sitting on the horse, she had been looking at Xiao Yurui intently, listening attentively to every word he said, and nodded solemnly at this time, "Well, I remember." ”
Xiao Yurui bowed slightly, then turned over on the horse, rode the horse forward, and after a while, Ling Yuxin basically fully adapted to the rhythm of the horse's march, so Xiao Yurui handed the reins to Ling Yuxin, tried to let her hold the reins of the horse, taught her how to control the speed of the horse, and then told her some things to pay attention to when riding a horse.
Ling Yuxin carefully wrote down the precautions that Xiao Yurui said, and at the same time tried to control the speed of the horse according to the method he taught, at first she was still a little powerless, but every critical moment, Xiao Yurui would help, and at the same time guide her how to adjust, just learn and practice while adjusting, soon, Ling Yuxin found some feelings, and her control over the horse gradually improved.
After running like this for about half an hour, Xiao Yurui turned the horse's head and ran towards a small hillside, after going up the hill, the two dismounted, Xiao Yurui tied the horse, and began to teach Ling Yuxin some basic martial arts skills, and then demonstrated a set of simple palm techniques and some dodging techniques. Ling Yuxin wrote down every move and style very carefully, and then carefully followed Xiao Yurui's appearance one by one, and Xiao Yurui pointed and corrected from time to time.
When it was close to noon, Xiao Yurui coaxed and urged Ling Yuxin, who was still unsatisfied, back to the Ling Mansion.
When he arrived at the door, he still didn't see Wei Chifeng, but Zhang Meng was guarding the gate, Zhang Meng saw that the person who came was Xiao Yurui, so he hugged his fists slightly and let him enter the house. When Xiao Yurui approached Zhang Meng, he nodded slightly in return, and Ling Yuxin kept his head down and followed closely behind Xiao Yurui, when he passed by Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng subconsciously looked at it twice, and seemed to think that this servant was a little strange, but until he saw him disappear into the door, he didn't understand what was strange.
Xiao Yurui and Ling Yuxin went straight to the backyard after entering the house, and the maids and servants they met along the way would salute Xiao Yurui respectfully, but no one noticed Ling Yuxin who had been keeping her head down, until she arrived at the house, and asked Bai Zhu to learn that no one had come to disturb her, Ling Yuxin immediately changed back into her clothes, and Bai Zhu opened the door of the house and served the two of them for lunch with Xiao Yurui's servants.
During the meal, Ling Yuxin asked some more things about practicing martial arts, and Xiao Yurui answered them one by one very calmly, but Bai Zhu on the side frowned when he heard it, remembering that Xiao Yurui had told her earlier that she must hide Ling Yuxin's affairs, she was anxious in her heart, and even wanted to interrupt the conversation between the two of them and prevent Xiao Yurui from continuing to answer.