We climbed the mountain to the south of Baili Tujia, walked for half a day, and saw a wide avenue and a big river in the distance, and there was a boundary monument standing on one side of the road, which was engraved with the word "Chenzhou". Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Lin Nan told us that Chenzhou is surrounded by mountains and mountains, located in the two mountains and two rivers area, since ancient times, it has the reputation of "the beauty of Hengyue in the north, and the rush of the five mountains in the south". The city of Chenzhou is vast, but most of it is covered by mountains, forests and hills, so it has the reputation of "city in the forest". The people here are good wine, the hinterland runs through the water again, during the Taizu Kaibao period, the imperial court has a great water conservancy, the water is completely renovated, although the water is a tributary of the river, now it is wider than the river, the water source is sufficient, the people are naturally happy, and the place of winemaking has become countless.

Walking along the avenue, there were more and more people, and the eyes of us were a little strange. Baili Tu is tall, and it will inevitably attract attention, and if he shows the knife behind his back, he must not scare people away.

At this time, Lin Nan, who was walking in front, said: "Brother Baili, Brother Gu, you see, the front is Yongxing County." ”

I looked ahead, and sure enough, a city gate appeared in the distance, and several officers and soldiers at the gate were checking the pedestrians entering and leaving.

I thought about it for a while, and said to Bailitu: "Brother Baili, you wait here, Brother Lin and I will go to the county town to bring a few horses back." ”

Baili Tu is too eye-catching, and the officers and soldiers guarding the gate will definitely investigate him severely.

Baili Tu smiled: "It's okay, you just go, I'll wait for you here, just to rest." ”

We said goodbye to the hundred litu and walked towards the city gate.

At the gates of the city stood six guards, left and right, with broadswords at their waists. A table was set up under the gate, and a prison keeper was sitting at the table drinking tea. There were many pedestrians and merchants driving horse-drawn carriages in and out of the county, and there were also many people from the rivers and lakes with swords on their backs and knives in their hands.

We successfully entered Yongxing County, which is very lively, although it is not as prosperous as Hengzhou City, but there should be everything, and naturally the horse market is indispensable. We searched around and found the location of the horse market very easily, and there were many people who bought horses, most of them like us, in pairs of threes and threes.

The horse market was full of shouts, horse dealers were shouting things like "good horses" and "fair prices", and most of the horse buyers were gathered in front of each stable.

Lin Nan and I came to a stable, and a young man ran over happily and said, "Uncle, are you here to buy a horse?"

I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that he looked five or six years older than us and was calling us that.

Lin Nan said: "Well, we want to buy three fast horses. ”

The young man smiled and said, "It's really good time for you to come, I just got a few fast horses here this morning, so I'll take you to see them." ”

Lin Nan turned his head to look at me and said, "Brother Gu, let's go and have a look, shall we?"

I don't know about horses, and I don't know how to pick a horse, and I am blind to go, I am only responsible for the silver, and the horse will be handed over to Lin Nan to pick. I smiled and said, "Brother Lin can go and see the horse, I'll wait for you here." ”

Lin Nan nodded, and followed the young man to the back shed stable, while I wandered around the stable.

Some horses can travel thousands of miles in a day, some horses can gallop on the battlefield, and even some horses can go to the field to plow the fields, and different horse breeds have different roles. But the horses in these stables seem to me to be the same, and I really don't see the good or bad of these horses except for some of the different colors and sizes of the horses.

I was looking around, and there was a shouting not far away, and at the same time a lot of people gathered around, and I was curious, so I followed.

I saw that in front of a small wooden shed, three young men in strong suits were surrounding an old man, and one of the young men with a short body was saying at this time: "It's ridiculous that you dare to charge twenty taels of silver for your thin horse." If you want me to say, it's worth five taels of silver at most. ”

The short young man had a two-foot short sword with a beautifully crafted scabbard hanging from his waist, and the other two young men carried a large sword at their waists.

The wooden shed was built against the wall, and the old man, who was cleanly dressed, was squatting by the wall and smoking a dry cigarette unhurriedly.

The old man spat out a cigarette, pointed to the outside of the wooden shed, and said: "This horse has been with me for many years, I know the strength of its feet best, twenty taels and one sons are indispensable, if this young man does not buy it, he can leave, why do you have to be strong?"

I looked behind the old man, and there was a very thin horse on a leash, probably not eaten in a long time, and the ribs under the horse's skin were protruding. I couldn't help but glance at the old man, such a horse, let alone five taels of silver, even if it was given for free, I'm afraid no one would want it.

The short young man said, "But I have taken a fancy to your horse, and I will buy your horse today." ”

There were already quite a few onlookers, and the old man knocked off the ashes in the smoke pot, got up to untie the horse, and said: "What an unreasonable young man, my old man just wants to sell horses for some money, that's it, I won't sell this horse." ”

After he finished speaking, he had untied the reins of the horse, and was about to leave with the horse, but the short young man suddenly rushed forward and grabbed the reins of the horse, and the other two also surrounded the old man at the same time, and the short young man smiled: "Don't be in a hurry to go, old man, we haven't negotiated the price yet, what are you doing in such a hurry?" Maybe as soon as I am happy, I will really pay twenty taels to buy this horse. ”

The old man said angrily: "You ......"

I was slightly angry in my heart, and I was about to step forward to relieve this old man.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind me: "Okay, then you can take out twenty taels of silver." ”

The three young men and the old man were all stunned and turned their heads to look at him.

I looked back and saw Lin Nan coming over, he smiled at me, and said to the short young man, "Aren't you going to buy a horse?

I am happy in my heart, Lin Nan has been involved in the rivers and lakes longer than me, his brain is fast, and he is also very clever, and he will definitely be smoother than me in handling things.

The short young man looked at Lin Nan, then at me, and said, "Who are you?

Lin Nan said: "Of course we came to the horse market to buy horses, we didn't come to grab horses." ”

There were already a lot of onlookers, and the word "rob" in Lin Nan's mouth was even more serious, and there were bursts of discussion around him, and the spearhead was probably pointed at the short young man.

The short young man looked left and right, and the three of them let go of the old man and the old man's horse, and walked towards us, the short young man looked at Lin Nan and sneered: "Your Excellency likes to be nosy?"

Lin Nan's words had already angered the three of them, and while the short young man was talking, the other two had already grasped the handle of the knife on their waists. My heart was cold, these two people were expressionless, their eyes were bright, and there was a murderous aura between their eyebrows, and my intuition told me that these two people were definitely not very human, but I was afraid that if Lin Nan said one more word, these two people would probably make a move on us.

When I thought of this, my body began to slowly condense. In the battle with Boss Ding, I don't dare to despise anyone anymore, no matter what the identities of the three people in front of me are, it's better to be careful.

Lin Nan didn't seem to notice it, but still smiled and said, "Aren't you going to buy a horse? Of course you have to pay for buying a horse, do you really want to rob that old man's horse?"

Sure enough, the face of the short young man in front of him suddenly changed, and the two young men behind him pulled out the big knife from their waist with a "poof". I didn't hesitate any longer, and the shadow-chasing sword on my back was also held in my hand, and I pulled it out almost at the same time as the two of them.

Slowly draw a small stream of qi into your legs and feet. I have already thought about it, as long as I start to move, I will first hold this short young man, he seems to be the small leader of the three, as long as he is restrained, those two young people will naturally not dare to act rashly.

The short young man's face was stunned when he saw me pull out the Shadow Chasing Sword, and then he said excitedly: "It's just in time, I just practiced a set of swordsmanship recently, so I'll compare with you! Chang Wen, Chang Wu, you two stand down for the time being." ”

I was stunned, the short young man in front of me was obviously not as refined as the two behind him, but he had some courage, he was half a head shorter than me, and his hands were also very white and tender, unlike my hands full of yellow calluses. Although I already regarded him as a formidable opponent, he didn't look like a martial arts practitioner at all, and I felt that I could knock him down with two moves.

A person behind him said: "Childe, I'm afraid this is ......"

The short young man said, "Shut up!" When the two people behind him heard this, they hurriedly hugged a fist and stepped back, but the knife in his hand was not put away, still pointing at me and Lin Nan.

I saw him "poof", pulled out the short sword at his waist, danced the short sword, put on a sword posture, and said to me: "Please!"

Regardless of whether he really has two hits or only has some swordsmanship routines, I will never underestimate the enemy at this time.

I stretched out my hand to hold Lin Nan back, my legs made a false step, my left hand pinched a sword finger, and the shadow chasing sword in my right hand also danced on the top of my head, and then I held it behind my back with the hilt of my sword facing down. This move is the master's water-clearing sword gesture.

The shadow chasing sword roared when it met the wind, and the surrounding crowd let out a burst of cheers.

I said in a deep voice, "Please!"

"Slow down!"

But at this moment, there was a shout from the gate of the horse market.

I paused, and turned my head to look.

I saw a man galloping over on a horse, and the crowd around him got out of the way, and when the man came to the reins of the horse near us, the horse landed on both feet, and the man neighed. The man was dressed in fine scale armor, carried a longbow on his back, and had spears and horizontal knives hanging from his saddle, and his face was covered with sweat.

The short young man and Chang Wen Chang Wu behind him hurriedly bowed to this person.

"Big brother. ”

"Subordinates, see Lord Zuo. ”

This person looked at me and Lin Nan on horseback, hugged his fists and said: "Two young heroes, my third brother is young and has not happened, and he has offended the two young heroes. ”

This person is not good-looking, he apologizes to us without asking right or wrong, and a few words make me feel good. I hurriedly put away my sword momentum, and I also hugged him with Lin Nan, and I said: "Your Excellency is serious, as long as this person does not embarrass that old man, we will naturally not entangle him." ”

He sat on his horse and nodded, and suddenly shouted at the short young man, "Why don't you hurry back!"

The short young man hurriedly hugged his fist, said "yes", and hurriedly left with Chang Wen and Chang Wu.

As soon as the three of them left, a soldier ran in from the gate of the horse market, came to this person, knelt on one knee, and said: "See General Zuo, the envoy from Chenzhou City has arrived at the south gate, and the magistrate has ordered you to go and respond." ”

The general Zuo said, "So fast?"

The soldier said, "General Huizuo, exactly." ”

General Zuo nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the South City Gate." The two of you took your leave. ”

Before Lin Nan and I could speak, he had already ridden away, followed by the soldier.