Chapter XVIII: The Sixty-Two Horse Incident

Xianzhou is far away from Liuzhong, more than a thousand miles, Xiao Yueming can't walk so far on his legs, so he plans to buy a horse, and by the way, he changed the clothes on his body, what happened just now is a lesson, this dress is too eye-catching.

In a tailor shop in the western suburbs, he selected a set of ready-made clothes, spent two taels of silver, and walked out of the store, Xiao Yueming has changed a lot now.

Dressed in a black robe that was close to the body, the placket and cuffs were embroidered with crimson edging, and the long hair of the shawl was tied up with a black cloth at will.

Xiao Yueming is now less elegant than the original son of a family, and has more of the coldness and ability of a chivalrous man.

The eastern part of the western suburbs is relatively much more prosperous than other areas, tea stalls, inns, pawnshops, and a lot of people who carry burdens come and go, Xiao Yueming is one of them, spare half a street, Xiao Yueming stopped outside a shop, looked up, and the plaque read: Wanli Ma Shop.

Raising his feet and walking into the store, Xiao Er and the boss greeted him.

"Yo, this guest officer, do you want to buy horses, the horses in my store are all imported from the Western Regions, the quality is not to say, the plaque of this horse shop has opened several branches in the entire Zhongzhou, and it is absolutely guaranteed. "

The shopkeeper is a lean middle-aged man, with a sallow complexion, and at first glance he looks like he has been hollowed out all year round, and his small eyes reveal a shrewd look.

"You want to buy a horse, do you have a good horse here, take me to see it." Xiao Yueming said to the shopkeeper.

When the shopkeeper heard that this was an owner who wanted to buy a good horse, he immediately looked happy, and hurriedly led Xiao Yueming to a stable, which covers a large area, and there are dozens of horses, which looks quite regular.

"Guest officer, where are you going, I will give you a staff officer. "

"I'm going to Xianzhou, do you have a good recommendation?" Xiao Yueming knew that he couldn't easily reveal his whereabouts outside, but now that he had just entered the rivers and lakes, he didn't have any enemies, besides, even if he was in trouble, he could turn the danger into a disaster with his own strength, and it just so happened that he didn't know horses very well, so he could let the store owner recommend it.

"Oh, go to Xianzhou, that's about a thousand miles away, you have to buy a good horse, Ermao, go to the back stable, lead the horse." "

The shopkeeper quietly glanced at the fellow named Ermao next to him, who understood and trotted towards the stable.

This scene naturally failed to hide from Xiao Yueming, but he did not expose it on the spot, but waited quietly, wanting to see what conspiracy this store had.

After a while, a man named Ermao brought in a brown-red horse, this horse was tall and burly, with smooth muscular lines, and even those who did not know horses could see that it was extraordinary.

The shopkeeper then introduced: "Guest officer, this horse is a new breed of hybrid between a thousand miles of horses and a stallion from the Western Regions, it runs fast and has a docile personality. "

"Oh, eighty taels is a bit high, sixty taels, sixty taels I'll buy it. "

When the shopkeeper heard this, his face was bitter, and he seemed to be very embarrassed to see his appearance, and after half a sound, he sighed and said, "Okay, I will suffer a little loss this time, so I should make you a friend." "

When Xiao Yueming heard this, Xingzhong was even more sure that there was a conspiracy in this matter, Xiao Yueming also knew a little bit about horses, this horse was worth at least ninety taels of silver, and the owner of the shop asked for eighty taels at the beginning, and he bargained to sixty taels, he even accepted it, which is not logical, but at this time, Xiao Yueming didn't know what tricks the owner of the store was going to play, so he could only continue to act according to the boss's script.

After determining the horses, Xiao Yueming carefully inspected the horses, and there was definitely no problem, and couldn't help but wonder even more, what was this boss's routine.

The shopkeeper led Xiao Yueming to the counter money, and after paying sixty taels of silver, he took out a contract, which roughly stated that the horses could be replaced if there was a quality problem, etc., there was no difference, and there was also the seal of the local yamen under the contract to ensure the validity of the contract.

Xiao Yueming also kept an eye on the sign and drew the charge, and the fake name of the signature was drawn only after grinding off part of the fingerprints with internal force.

After signing the contract, the shopkeeper did not show any abnormality, which made Xiao Yueming very puzzled, and led the horse out, just as the horse stood in the sun, a change appeared.

As soon as Xiao Yueming led the horse out of the store, the horse lay down directly at the door of the store, refusing to leave no matter how much he dragged it, Xiao Yueming's eyes narrowed slightly, and he faintly sensed the boss's plan.

"Oh, you horse, why don't you go away, stand up quickly. The shopkeeper and Xiao Yueming pulled and pulled a few times, but they refused to go out, but as long as they were led to the stable, it immediately stopped resisting, and instantly became obedient.

In the store, the shopkeeper said bitterly to Xiao Yueming: "Guest officer, you have also seen it, this horse refuses to go out of the horse shop, but please rest assured, this situation happens from time to time, as long as I give me three days, I am sure to return you a horse that obeys your words, and you may have to ask the guest officer to stay here for a few days, but the money for accommodation is wrapped in me, and it must be my mistake, please forgive me."

The shopkeeper's face was sincere, and he couldn't hear anything wrong with his words.

Xiao Yueming sneered in his heart, and already had a general understanding of the shopkeeper's routine: first find the kind of traveler who carries a package on his back, and then ask the other party about his origin, and then determine the target, such as Xiao Yueming, a person who exposed his whereabouts at once, plus he was not very old, he was quickly selected as a target by the shopkeeper.

After selecting the target, pull out a good horse, and the price has been very low to the target of the inexperienced Jianghu, as long as the target pays the money, the routine is half completed.

When the target leads the horse out of the store, the specially trained horse will not go, forced to return, at this time, the boss suggested that the target stay for a few more days, and promised that the hotel expenses will be borne by themselves, as long as the target agrees, once the hotel is lived, it will be a tiger's mouth, involuntarily, obviously, this is a black shop.

Xiao Yueming knew it in his heart, but his expression was normal: "Boss, according to the contract, the horse can be replaced if there is a problem, I see that there is an identical horse in the stable, why don't you give me that one." "

When the shopkeeper heard that Xiao Yueming was going to change horses, he smiled and said, "Guest officer, this person is alive, the contract is dead, you give me some time, how about I take you to the hotel first?"

After several fruitless arguments between the two sides, Xiao Yueming pointed to the official seal on the contract and said: "If you still keep prevaricating and refuse to change horses for me, I will go to the yamen to sue you for not abiding by the contract." "

Seeing that the kid didn't enter, the shopkeeper seemed to have seen through his plan, and then he also took off his disguise and said ruthlessly: "Sue me, you can try it, and see if I will go to prison or you will go to prison when the time comes!"

"Okay, I don't bother you to talk too much, you take these sixty taels, and you can go!"

The shopkeeper saw that this kid didn't know how to make trouble, and he didn't want to make more trouble, he didn't know how many customers came and went in a day, and he was not inferior to Xiao Yueming, so he planned to pay back the money to this kid and send him away.

Xiao Yueming took the silver ticket thrown by the shopkeeper, put it in his clothes, and said coldly: "Do you think Xiao is so easy to deal with, I have been acting with you for so long, is it time to recover some interest." "

When the shopkeeper saw that Xiao Yueming was planning to find trouble, he didn't panic, and immediately shouted loudly: "Someone!"

Suddenly, the small stables were full of people, each holding a snowy big knife in his hand, obviously ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Xiao Yueming was surrounded by more than a dozen men holding big knives, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, his right hand pulled out the Qing Yuan behind him, the internal force surged, raised the sword with one hand, and then slammed the sword into the ground, and suddenly, the internal force spread out along the sword body, the floor shattered layer by layer, and all the enemies around him flew high, and then fell to the ground, making a muffled sound, as if he had passed out.

After all the internal forces were dissipated, the entire horse shop was already unrecognizable.

"Zheng~"

Qing Yuan returned to the sheath, this group of people is just a group of ordinary martial artists, and he has no power to fight back against a second-rate master like him, he found the shopkeeper who had passed out under the counter, touched his neck, and was already dead, Xiao Yueming's heart did not fluctuate much, the rivers and lakes are like this, dead people are the norm.

Crossing the already dilapidated façade, he walked towards the stable, the horses in the stall trampled on all fours, looking extremely restless, looking around, a horse with black and brown and dark red mane attracted Xiao Yueming's attention, when the other horses were restless, only it was still as steady as an old dog.

Xiao Yueming walked to the horse and patted its head, the horse also snorted as if in response, Xiao Yueming nodded with satisfaction, untied the reins, picked up the saddle next to him, and put it on.

Outside the store, there was such a big movement in this horse shop, no one came to watch, at most they glanced at it, and then walked away, for fear that something unfortunate would involve them.

Xiao Yueming led the horse out of the back door, looked back at the Wanli horse shop where the plaque had fallen on the ground, and then got up and got on the horse and walked away, bringing up a piece of dust.