Chapter 24 Xiangzhou Horse Market

Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhang San, and Li Si drove the carriage to leave Bianjing early in the morning, maybe the trip to Bianjing was too smooth, so that Xiao Qi and their hearts had an illusion that the Taiwei Mansion was not enough, plus Zhenniang was eager to see Lin Chong, so they did not follow Junchen's original plan to leave Bianjing, go north to Longde Mansion, pass through Xiangzhou and Daimyo's Mansion, and return to Liangshan, and directly took the east.

It is said that with Zhang Yun's identity as the commander of the forbidden army and his age, he should not be such an easy person to get along with, after all, when he was still teaching in Bianjing, Zhang Yun had almost no contact with the rest of his colleagues except for Wang Jin's father Wang Sheng, and compared with those who were good at dancing with long sleeves, he didn't seem to know how to manage the relationship with his colleagues at all. But it's no wonder that this is the case, with his skills comparable to Lin Chong now when he was young, how could he put those people in his eyes.

However, things were beyond everyone's expectations, since Chen Liu, Zhang Yun's family of three was able to see the light of day from the secret cabinet, he seemed to be a different person, and Xiao Qi had a hot fight, so that those pedestrians on the road thought that this was the two of them. It's just like that, after all, Xiao Qi's identity is different, but what kind of identity is Zhang San and Li Si, they were originally just ruffians on the streets of Bianjing, Zhang Yun actually talked and laughed with these two, how can this make people not fall through their glasses!

It's still Mrs. Zhang's words, "It's finally "keeping the clouds open and seeing the moon"! "Think about it, first Lin Chong committed the crime, followed by Zhang Yun being targeted, and then Gao Ya brought people to the door, and the front and back of the house were monitored layer by layer, the entire Zhang family seemed to be surrounded by a layer of shackles, a piece of haze tightly surrounded by it, the space to breathe is getting smaller and smaller, and the mood is naturally very heavy, how can there be a heart to laugh! Now that I can break the shackles and break through the haze, it is like removing a big stone in my heart, and my body and mind have been relaxed to the greatest extent, not to mention Zhang Yun, even Zhang Zhenniang's face has a long-lost smile!

Besides, Junchen, who saw the carriage leave early that morning, went to Xiangzhou first with the time. The reason why he went to Xiangzhou first was not to accompany him all the way, the reason is very simple, firstly, it was agreed that Xiao Qi would drive the carriage first, and he and Shi Qian would then rush to meet each other in Xiangzhou; The second is that when he came to Bianjing, the horse he bought in Dingtao was unaccustomed to the water and soil, and he could no longer go out on the road, and Shi Qian said that when he was wandering on the rivers and lakes, he knew a horse dealer, this horse dealer usually sells horses to the north, only in Xiangzhou, and Shi Qian also said that the horse dealer really has some good horses in his hands.

If you want to say that if this person concentrates on doing one thing, whether it is this action or speed, it is much faster than usual, and in a few days, Junchen and Shi Qian have already arrived in Xiangzhou, but the two horses used to travel are already foaming at the mouth from tiredness.

When the two of them arrived in Dexiangzhou, one did not stay, the other did not eat and drink, and went directly to the mule and horse market, and when they got there, Shi Qian was dumbfounded, because there were a total of four or five mule and horse merchants in this mule and horse market, and they could read them all at a glance, but among these few people, there was no one he knew.

Junchen saw Shi Qian standing there stupidly, felt strange in his heart, slapped him on the shoulder, and said: "I said Qian'er, you are still running very fast, why didn't you move when you got to the place, which one do you know, let's buy it quickly, so we can hurry up and get away as soon as possible." ”

After all, these mule and horse dealers are not very good at business, and even with a bad temper, if they catch up with any brother whose temper is twisted, and whip him, this face will be lost, just look at him looking left and right in place, hesitant, anxious like ants on a hot pot, I don't know what to do.

Just when Shi Qian didn't know what to do, a big hand full of golden retrievers appeared behind him, and he was about to shoot it, but the owner of this hand didn't expect that just when he was about to shoot Shi Qian's shoulder, a white and pure hand reached over and grabbed his vein, so that he couldn't enter an inch.

"I said, what kind of reason is Your Excellency hurting people behind your back, isn't it a bully to me and others passing by here, isn't it a Xiangzhou clan?"

When Shi Qian heard Junchen's voice, he couldn't help but look back, and was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother, brother, the right and assistant, this person is my old acquaintance." ”

When Junchen heard this, he hurriedly let go of the man's hand, the man withdrew his hand, grinned for a while, rubbed it for a while, and saw a red mark on his wrist that was eye-catching, and his heart was shocked, looking at Junchen's eyes erratic, "This person looks like Sven, but he never thought that he had such a lot of strength in his hand." "There's a bit of a drum in my heart.

At that time, Qian didn't know what he was thinking, so he stepped forward to him with a bear hug, and then hooked his shoulders and said to Junchen: "Brother, this is the friend I mentioned to you about selling horses, surnamed Duan Jingzhu, and the people in the rivers and lakes call him "Golden Retriever". When I was in distress back then, I was able to survive thanks to the care of my brother. ”

Junchen had to take a good look at this person at this moment, only to see that he was red-haired and yellow-bearded, skinny and thick, but it was not Duan Jingzhu who was called the "Four Masters at the Bottom" together with Shi Qian, Bai Sheng, and Yu Bao in the original trajectory!

Shi Qian introduced Junchen to Duan Jingzhu at the moment, and the two exchanged a long look of admiration, and Shi Qian began to entangle with Duan Jingzhu over there. originally thought that he and Duan Jingzhu were old acquaintances, and when they could spend less money to get a good horse, they never thought that this Jingzhu was not in the oil and salt, and he refused to let go at all, which made Shi Qian's hateful teeth itch.

Seeing this, Junchen didn't know that it was Shi Qian's big words, and he didn't break him at the moment, but just hugged his fist towards Duan Jingzhu and said: "In the past, Qian'er was in the rivers and lakes, thanks to Brother Duan's care, today's meeting is fate, if I am the east, let's eat a bowl together, how about it?" ”

Hearing the title "Qian'er", Shi Qian suddenly had three black lines on his forehead, knowing that it was going to be bad. Sure enough, Duan Jingzhu immediately burst out laughing, and while laughing, he pointed at Shi Qian: "I said stealing, when did you get such a nickname, Qian'er...... Ouch, laugh at me, haha. ”

Shi Qian glanced at Junchen resentfully, who would have thought that Junchen would only do it without seeing it, and suddenly let his eyes fall on the empty place, so he had to turn the spearhead to Duan Jingzhu, "Have you laughed enough, do you want to eat or not, give a happy word!" ”

"Go, go, of course ......!" Duan Jingzhu covered his belly and nodded in response.

This Jingzhu is worthy of being a horse seller in Xiangzhou for a long time, and he is very familiar with Xiangzhou, so he took the two of them to a fairly spacious restaurant in Xiangzhou City. If you want to say that everyone in my Celestial Empire loves to talk about things at the wine table, after all, after these bowls of wine, they have gone a lot in this life, and they have begun to get acquainted with each other.

"Steal, but this official wants to buy a horse?"

"Yes, it is in the next place to buy a horse, I heard Qian'er say that the Duan family brothers have good horses, I wonder if they can sell me two horses?"

Duan Jingzhu groaned slightly, and said: "Don't hide it from the officials, the horses sold by my brother are different from the horses sold by others. The other people usually sell the best horses and war horses stolen from the Khitan and Jurchen horse farms, and the Khitan people also mix wild horses and horses with horses, and I am also proficient in horses, horse training, horse breeding, and horse medicine, so that I can repeatedly succeed and pull teeth in the mouth of the Khitan. ”

"Good! Brother Duan is really good, it's really amazing. Junchen couldn't help but give a thumbs up, originally thought that this Jingzhu was just a horse dealer who was good at stealing horses, but he didn't want to be an expert in taming horses and raising horses, thinking about it, if he didn't know how to raise horses and heal horses, if the horse died, he would smash it all in his hands, and he couldn't help but have the intention of soliciting in his heart at the moment.

And Duan Jingzhu also found that this Junchen was also different from those sons and scholars, he did not shy away from his ninth-rate identity at all, and he was very polite to himself, and he couldn't help but feel the intention of making friends in his heart.

Shi Qian saw Junchen and Duan Jingzhu talking happily on the side, and he was also quite happy in his heart, and was thinking about how to let Duan Jingzhu give up two good horses, but he didn't want to listen to the person at the next table say there: "Have you heard, something big happened in the capital!" ”

"What's the big deal?"

"That Gao Taiwei made people regain face, and the woman that his son fancied was robbed!"

"What! There is such a thing! What kind of person is so bold that he dares to pluck the feathers in the mouth of a tiger! ”

"Who knows, I heard that the maids and servants who were bought by the man's house and the people who were in charge of keeping an eye outside the house were all fascinated, and then I heard from the forbidden army at the city gate that a carriage left the city early in the morning and went east. Gao Taiwei was furious, not only took down all the forbidden troops who were watching and guarding the door to ask for the crime, but also sent masters to chase and kill along the way, not to mention killing! ”

"Why is this time so powerful, is it any different from the past?"

"I heard that his son has a crush on Lin ......" Before the man finished speaking, he was covered by the person at the same table, "Drinking, drinking, this kind of thing is not something you and I can mix, or ...... with our wine"

Although the voices of these people were soft, Junchen and Shi Qian still heard it clearly, and Junchen shouted in his heart at the moment, "It's not good! Xiao Qi didn't do what he planned and should be bad! ”

That section of Jingzhu is not only proficient in the art of Soma, but also a master who is good at observing words and feelings, and at a glance he found that Junchen's face changed greatly, but it returned to normal in an instant, and his heart was shocked, "Could it be that this robber has something to do with him." ”

Junchen was afraid that something bad would happen to Xiao Qi, so he didn't hide it anymore at the moment, and said: "Brother Duan, I'm not hiding it from you, I'm the one who saved people in Bianjing City!" Just because Gao Yanei fell in love with my sister-in-law, his father Gao Yu insisted on framing my brother Lin Chong, and wanted to put my brother to death, God is pitiful, my brother was rescued by me from the wild boar forest safely, and now I am falling grass in Liangshan, I am going to Bianjing on behalf of my brother to pick up my sister-in-law! ”

"Smack", the wine bowl in Duan Jingzhu's hand fell to the ground, causing everyone in the tavern to turn their heads to look, and saw him slowly bow his head, pick up the wine bowl, and say to himself: "I don't drink much, why are my hands shaking?" ”

When the rest of the people turned their heads, Duan Jingzhu said in a low voice: "Isn't my brother the one who picks Ouyang Shoutong with a gun?" ”

"Yes, that's right."

"It's really "effortless", my brother's great kindness, my brother's revenge, my brother has avenged it! Duan Jingzhu was overjoyed.

Junchen and Shi Qian looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes, but fortunately, Duan Jingzhu quickly explained it to the two. It turned out that Duan Jingzhu had gone to Bianjing to sell horses, and the line was quite smooth, but he didn't expect that on the return trip, Ouyang Shoutong looked at the horse he was riding, so he forcibly wanted to buy it, and Duan Jingzhu was willing to sell it, and if he sold it, there would be no livestock to travel, but Ouyang Shoutong didn't care about it, seeing that Duan Jingzhu insisted on not selling, he was a whip at the moment, grabbed his mount and left, this whip broke his bones and tendons, and he was raised for nearly a year before he recovered.

"I knew that my brother avenged me so much, not to mention buying a horse, even if I gave my brother two horses, what does it matter!" The more Duan Jingzhu talked, the more excited he became, and he was going to pull Junchen to see the horse.

Seeing that this matter was in his mind, Junchen did not postpone it, and after signaling Shi Qian to settle the bill, he followed Duan Jingzhu to a stable, and saw that there were five or six horses of different colors tied to it.

Duan Jingzhu pointed to these horses and said to Junchen: "Brother, please see, these are the good horses that the younger brother stole from the Khitans some time ago, and he hasn't had time to make a move. ”

Where does Junchen know how to pick a horse, he will repeatedly excuse himself at the moment, that section of Jingzhu regards Junchen as a benefactor, where is he willing to let go, seeing Junchen in the three resignations, he didn't say much at the moment, directly picked out two horses from them, and directly stuffed the reins into Junchen's hand, and said: "If my brother refuses again, he will look down on his younger brother, not to mention that my brother has to save people, and he should have a good horse to help." ”

When Junchen heard this, he didn't shirk, he immediately turned over and got on the horse, hugged his fist at Duan Jingzhu and said: "Thank you Duan family brothers, for giving away the horse today, Junchen will have a good reward in the future!" Brother will come to Liangshan to find me if he is free in the future! With that, he grabbed the horse's belly and rushed out.

Shi Qian saw that Junchen was gone, stepped forward and patted Duan Jingzhu, and said: "Big brother, the younger brother Domeng took care of him in the past, but now the world is becoming less and less able to live, if the eldest brother feels that he can't live anymore, come to our Liangshan!" With that, a "harrier turned over" rode on horseback and chased Junchen.

The order of Gao Yu, who wished Yongqing and Wannian both masters, stayed overnight and chased all the way, but before they knew it, the two had rushed to the head of the carriage.

Seeing that it was about to arrive at Dingtao, the more Zhu Wannian thought about it, the more wrong it became, and said to Zhu Yongqing: "Brother, we came all the way, and we didn't see any Zhang Yun, it's not that we have missed it!" ”

Zhu Yongqing is obviously more intelligent than Zhu Wannian, and after a little contemplation, he saw him pat his thigh and said: "It's bad, brother, I just cared about hurrying, forgetting that Zhang Yun was running away with his family, presumably he must be in a carriage, you and I only know Zhang Yun, and I don't know other people, I think I must have rushed to front of them." ”

"Then how about I wait to find it back the way I came, and check it again when I see the carriage?"

Zhu Yongqing waved his hand and said, "No, I heard that Lin Chong fell into the grass in the western part of Beijing, but I don't know where he is at the moment." Since he is in western Beijing, this road is the only way for Zhang Yun to go to Lin Chong. You and I have been traveling for many days, and we are already tired, if we meet Zhang Yun, I am afraid that we will not be able to avoid a fight, so it is better to rest here and wait for them to send them to the door! As he spoke, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

"Okay, it's up to you!"