Chapter 22: Under the Shomuro Mountain

Zhao Xiaoyong and his entourage arrived in the next city in the afternoon. After resting in the inn www.biquge.info, Zhao Xiaoyong wanted to go to the horse market to buy two horses, so he asked Ye Mingxuan to take him to the horse market once.

As soon as he entered the horse market, Zhao Xiaoyong first smelled a smell of horses. Zhao Xiaoyong subconsciously covered his mouth and nose. When he turned around, Ye Mingxuan's face was as usual, as if he didn't smell anything. When Zhao Xiaoyong saw it, he sighed in his heart and put down his hand. Comforted himself: "It's okay, I'll get used to it in a while." ”

Ye Mingxuan said to Zhao Xiaoyong after entering: "If you look at the speed of our journey today, we will be able to reach the foot of Shaomu Mountain tomorrow, so we don't need to buy too good horses, when we get to Shaolin, we often guard your side, so we don't often ride horses, but when we usually take care of horses, we have to waste a lot of silver taels." ”

Zhao Xiaoyong heard this and said: "It's all up to the master, anyway, I don't understand." ”

Ye Mingxuan nodded after hearing this, and continued: "The best horse in this horse market is the Yanjing horse of Daliao, which has sufficient endurance and explosive power, but unfortunately it is often out of stock and cannot be bought. This is followed by the Western Xia horse, which is smaller and a little more flexible. The market price of these two types of horses is very expensive. So we just bought local horses. ”

After Ye Mingxuan finished speaking, he added: "Most of the local horses are in captivity, and most of their physical strength is not as good as that of foreign horses, but it is still a good choice for transportation. ”

Zhao Xiaoyong nodded as if he didn't understand. At this time, Ye Mingxuan walked to a horse shop and said to the horse dealer: "Come here with two local horses, the price is fairer." ”

The horse dealer looked rugged, with small eyes and a wide nose and slightly curly hair. It should have been a long time since he had taken a bath, and Zhao Xiaoyong smelled a horse smell when he approached, and he seemed to be a horse lover.

The horse dealer didn't turn his head, and said directly: "The local horse is fifteen taels a piece, and I will never bargain, if you want, I will take you to pick it now." ”

When Zhao Xiaoyong heard this, he secretly smacked his tongue. Xin said: "My good girl, I spent thirty taels in less than a day after I came out." But it seems that the greatest treasure my dad has given me is those eight horses. ”

Ye Mingxuan said with a smile: "Your price is fair, take me to pick a horse." ”

Only then did the horse dealer turn his gaze to Ye Mingxuan and Zhao Xiaoyong, and then smiled at Zhao Xiaoyong: "The son of the family came out to play?"

Zhao Xiaoyong thought for a while and said, "No, my master and I came out to do some errands, and now we are going home." ”

The horse dealer looked at Zhao Xiaoyong with interest and said, "Come with me, my horses are all behind the market." After that, he led the way.

After walking for a while, Zhao Xiaoyong saw a fence with dozens of horses in the middle circle. Zhao Xiaoyong had never seen so many horses before, and they appeared on the same screen.

Ye Mingxuan pointed to the horse in front of him and said to Zhao Xiaoyong: "Go, pick two horses, and we can go back." ”

Zhao Xiaoyong looked at Ye Mingxuan and nodded. Walked to the horse farm. Ye Mingxuan and the horse dealer began to talk.

Zhao Xiaoyong walked up, surrounded the fence and began to pick horses. To be honest, at a glance, Zhao Xiaoyong felt that these horses all looked the same. I want to take a closer look, but after a closer look, I still don't think there is much difference.

Zhao Xiaoyong looked at it again, and took a fancy to a red horse and a horse with a somewhat gray color. The reason for picking the jujube red horse is that when Zhao Xiaoyong read the novel in the past, most of the protagonists rode the jujube red horse. I chose the gray horse to see if the pig's foot halo would happen to me, and whether this gray horse would be a thousand miles horse.

Zhao Xiaoyong pointed to the two horses and said to the guys in the racecourse: "Brother, please take out the jujube red horse and the gray horse." ”

Under the guidance of Zhao Xiaoyong, the man led the two horses out, put on the saddle, and handed the reins to Zhao Xiaoyong. Zhao Xiaoyong pulled the reins of the two horses and walked in front of Ye Mingxuan. Ye Mingxuan said: "Have you chosen?"

Zhao Xiaoyong nodded and said, "If you choose it, it's just these two horses." Then, Zhao Xiaoyong took out thirty taels of silver from his arms.

Ye Mingxuan took the silver, handed it to the horse dealer, and said, "The money and goods are clear, I took the horse away." ”

The horse dealer took the silver and weighed it in his hand. After looking at the fineness of the silver, he kicked the silver in his arms with confidence. "Thank you for your patronage, I hope there will be a chance to trade next time." ”

Ye Mingxuan smiled faintly and said, "There will be a chance." With that, he took up the two horses. Called Zhao Xiaoyong and walked to the inn.

Halfway down, Ye Mingxuan suddenly said: "Xiaoyong, when the horse dealer asked you just now, you answered well, you are a little clever, and you will be like this in the future, don't let others know your purpose casually." It's just a little bit of a problem. ”

Zhao Xiaoyong didn't understand and said, "What's the problem? I think it's not bad." ”

Ye Mingxuan pointed to Zhao Xiaoyong's shoes and said, "If you have already finished your work, how can your clothes and shoes and socks still be new, and there is basically no dirt on them." And you don't have a rush look on your face, you look relaxed. It's more appropriate to give you a reason to visit your elders. That horse dealer also looks like an old man, and after a few glances at you, I guess I can see that you are not telling the truth. ”

Zhao Xiaoyong nodded thoughtfully and said, "The water in the rivers and lakes is really deep! I will pay attention to it in the future." ”

Ye Mingxuan looked at Zhao Xiaoyong and said, "You have to be more careful when you walk the rivers and lakes in the future, but with your identity, you can't be a guest in the rivers and lakes, at most you are a passerby." ”

Zhao Xiaoyong smiled ghostly and said, "Master, my goal is to become a successful businessman. ”

After hearing this, Ye Mingxuan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Business is not a business, and it will be looked down upon by others. ”

Zhao Xiaoyong said nonchalantly: "What's the matter, if those big families don't do business, they will all starve to death sooner." I'm just following in the footsteps of my predecessors, it's not a big deal. ”

Ye Mingxuan looked at Zhao Xiaoyong worriedly, and Zhao Xiaoyong gestured OK. Ye Mingxuan said in his heart: "What is Xiaoyong doing with me to compare three? I really can't understand this kid." ”

Zhao Xiaoyong returned to the inn and rested for the night. Early the next morning, the group began to rush to Shaolin. Finally, in the afternoon of the same day, we arrived at the foot of Mt. Shomuro.

Ye Mingxuan said first: "Let's rest for one night first, and then go to Shaolin early the next morning." "Hello everyone. Rested overnight at the inn.

Zhao Xiaoyong is in the inn, and it is a single room where he lives alone. Ye Mingxuan's family lived in one room, and the five guards lived in two rooms.

At this time, Zhao Xiaoyong began to be distressed. He remembered that when he first met Ye Mingxuan, he seemed to say that there was a Shaolin monk who said that "Yijin Jing" was destined for him. If Ye Mingxuan entered Shaolin with him, he found that when he met for the first time, he lied to him. Will it affect badly.

Zhao Xiaoyong felt that he had to find a way to leave Ye Mingxuan at the inn, but he couldn't let him go up, otherwise it would be embarrassing for me to debunk it.

After dinner, Ye Mingxuan came to Zhao Xiaoyong's room to discuss the details of tomorrow's apprenticeship with Zhao Xiaoyong. When Zhao Xiaoyong heard Ye Mingxuan's voice, he smiled in his heart: "Master, you have sent a sheep into the tiger's mouth." ”

Zhao Xiaoyong hurriedly opened the door and said, "Master, you're finally here, I've been waiting for a while." ”

Ye Mingxuan was a little confused, so he didn't know why Zhao Xiaoyong was so enthusiastic. "Didn't we just meet before dinner, do you have something you want me to do?"

Zhao Xiaoyong asked Ye Mingxuan to sit down, and then said, "This is not in a hurry, master." Let's discuss what to do tomorrow when we go to Shaolin. ”

Then the master and apprentice discussed for about a quarter of an hour. Zhao Xiaoyong probably understood the steps and details.

Zhao Xiaoyong looked at Ye Mingxuan first, and said cautiously: "Master, I think you can stay in the inn tomorrow?"

Ye Mingxuan was a little surprised when he heard this, and his legs trembled, as if he was about to stand up. But he still held back, looked at Zhao Xiaoyong suspiciously, and asked, "Why? If you can't convince me, I won't agree." ”

Zhao Xiaoyong cleared his throat and said, "Master, I think so. First, we all went up the mountain, and the luggage was taken care of by the guards, so I was not very relieved. Second, we can't stay in the inn all the time, I think the master will find a place where we can house everyone tomorrow, and we will live there in the future. Third, we are people from the Huashan faction, if we propose to read the "Yijin Sutra", they may not agree, if the master is not present, it is estimated that the possibility will be greater. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Xiaoyong was embarrassed to look at Ye Mingxuan, so his eyes kept staring at the teacup.

Ye Mingxuan was silent for a moment after hearing this, and sighed. Said: "Okay, since Xiaoyong wants me to stay here, I will stay, our family will not go up the mountain tomorrow, and when you come down the mountain, we will find a suitable place to accommodate everyone." I'll tell Liufeng in a moment, and let him lead the five guards to escort you up the mountain. ”

Zhao Xiaoyong heard that Ye Mingxuan was still calling him Xiaoyong, and it was estimated that Ye Mingxuan was not angry. Zhao Xiaoyong said happily: "The master is great, let's be honest." Actually, it was the Shaolin monk who didn't let me talk about teaching the Yijin Sutra. It is difficult to explain to the sects what broke the rules. ”

Zhao Xiaoyong almost told the truth, but let's tell a white lie. said that it was kind, but Zhao Xiaoyong still felt guilty. Zhao Xiaoyong said in his heart: "I'm sorry, master." It's a big deal, in the future, I learned the "Yijin Sutra" and taught some to you, then you didn't still earn it. ”

When Ye Mingxuan heard this, his frowning brows slowly loosened. Quipped off: "Okay, okay, I'm not going." Don't bother you to learn the first-class internal skills in martial arts. The tone of his words is still the tone of Zhao Xiaoyong when they met for the first time.

Zhao Xiaoyong smiled embarrassedly and said, "Don't laugh at me, master." ”

Ye Mingxuan and Ye Mingxuan chatted again and left. Zhao Xiaoyong shook his fist excitedly after Ye Mingxuan left. After a while, when he calmed down, he seemed to have a problem.

Zhao Xiaoyong said in his heart: "In order to prevent the master from seeing through one of my lies, I lied again, isn't this sick." I think if I had told the master directly, the master wouldn't have blamed me, I'd be so stupid. Zhao Xiaoyong scratched his hair.

However, he thought that he would be able to go to Shaolin tomorrow and learn one of the best martial arts methods in the world, the Yijin Sutra, and he was very excited.

That day, Zhao Xiaoyong was excited until the second half of the night before falling asleep.