"Old man, are you asleep? I have invited the Ape King here."
Zhang Xiaozu took Heiyuan back to Yueyang Garden. Seeing that the lights were still on in the old man's house, he went up and knocked on the door.
"I didn't sleep, here I come."
Butcher Zhang's voice of agreement came from the room, and after a sound of footsteps, the door opened.
Butcher Zhang's eyes fell on the black ape in front of the door, and the expression on his face was stunned because the image of the black ape was so different from what he had imagined.
If he hadn't known in advance that it was a black ape, he felt that he would never have recognized the species of the round, dark thing in front of him.
After a brief moment of surprise, he quickly bowed to Black Ape and said, "Fellow Taoist has come to visit us. It would be disrespectful to greet him from afar, and disrespectful."
The black ape stood with his hands behind his back, taking a correct posture, but he didn't know that his round figure had already completely destroyed his image.
It didn't respond vocally, but stared directly at Butcher Zhang.
Butcher Zhang was so stared at by it that he thought he had tweed on him.
Black Ape stared at Butcher Zhang for a long time, then suddenly shook his head and said, "I thought you had reached the saint realm, but it turns out you are still a little short of it."
"Fellow Taoist, you really have sharp eyes. You can see through my humble state at a glance. I admire you." Butcher Zhang said in surprise and respect.
Black Ape raised his chin proudly and said: "You don't have to be humble. You have few opponents under the saint, and you can even touch the saint's authority a little."
"Fellow Taoist, you are overly praised." Butcher Zhang shook his head and said with a smile, but the smug look in his eyes showed that he enjoyed Black Ape's praise very much.
He looked at the black ape up and down, his expression suddenly became serious, and he asked in shock: "I can't see clearly the cultivation level of my fellow Taoist. It can be seen that my cultivation level is far higher than that of me. Could it be that my fellow Taoist has already reached the imperial realm?"
"Haha, it's still a little bit close, a little bit worse." Black Ape laughed happily.
Butcher Zhang's compliments made Black Ape feel comfortable all over.
Listening to each other's compliments, Zhang Xiaopou couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He was originally worried that the old man would not be able to communicate happily with the black ape due to his upright character and inability to say flattering words, but now it seemed that he was completely over-worrying.
"Fellow Taoist, please come in quickly. I have some fine tea that I have collected for many years. I would like to invite you to have a cup of tea."
"Haha, my Majesty, I just want to drink a cup of tea to relieve my tiredness, so I would rather obey my orders than to be respectful."
"Please come in, please come in."
"Old man, I'm thirsty too." Zhang Xiaozu followed Hei Yuan into the house.
But Tufu Zhang stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "I and fellow Taoist want to discuss some cultivation issues. Your cultivation level is too shallow. It is useless to listen too much. Please go to sleep."
After saying that, he closed the door.
"——" A black line appeared on Zhang Xiaozou's head, feeling deeply disgusted, but unable to refute.
If Su Zheng were here, he would definitely understand how Zhang Xiaozhu was feeling at this moment, because he was so ruthlessly disliked by Zhang Xiaozhu in the Yunzhu courtyard during the day.
Early the next morning.
Su Zheng and his 18 people came to the door of Guowei Mansion in bright clothes and angry horses, but you looked at me and I looked at you. For a long time, no one dared to come forward and knock on the door.
We can't blame them for being timid, because they were so daring that they once broke into Guowei Mansion at night, but they all escaped dragging their wet crotches.
Since then, there has been a lingering shadow in their hearts, and they still occasionally wake up from nightmares.
"It's getting late, Su Zheng, go knock on the door and call someone." Suning said, breaking the silence.
"Why me?" Su Zhengzheng shook his head.
"Raise your hands if you agree." Suning refused to explain to him.
brush!
Seventeen hands were raised at the same time.
"Fuck!" Su Zheng yelled depressedly, but he could only bite the bullet, he couldn't keep staring here.
He turned over and dismounted, took a deep breath to embolden himself, and then walked towards the vermilion gate of Guowei Mansion.
Bang bang bang!
"Brother Zhang, go and sign up!" Su Zheng knocked on the door three times and then shouted.
No response for a long time.
He raised his hand to knock again, but just when his hand was about to fall, the closed vermilion door suddenly opened by itself.
Creaking——
The old and rusty door shaft made a tooth-aching friction sound.
The door opened, and there was no one inside, only the cold wind blowing in the face.
Su Zheng's heart suddenly jumped to his throat, and he was so frightened that he almost screamed.
"Is there anyone there?" He poked his head into the door, swallowed and asked.
Suddenly, a human face silently dropped from above, almost touching Su Zheng's face, accompanied by a loud shout: "Ha!"
"Ah -" Su Zheng was so frightened that he lost his voice, jumped up and turned around to run away.
"Haha——" Zhang Xiaozu hung upside down on the door beam above the door, laughed out loud at Su Zheng's embarrassed figure, and mocked: "Look at your courage."
"Fuck!" Su Zheng turned around and saw that it was Zhang Xiaozu who was playing a joke on him. He couldn't help but turned livid with anger, and roared at Zhang Xiaozu: "Have you never heard of people scaring people to death?!"
Zhang Xiaozu turned over and jumped down from the door beam, looked at Su Zheng and others seriously, and said: "I want to tell you that when you feel fear in your heart, your first reaction should not be to run away, but to use your fists
Or weapons to kill the enemies that make you fearful."
Su Zheng's anger slowly subsided after hearing this, and he frowned and began to think deeply.
"What if we can't beat him?" Suning asked.
Zhang Xiaozu replied: "Of course you have to run away if you can't beat him, but you can't be completely dominated by fear and run away without a soul like Su Zheng did just now.
Although escaping is embarrassing, you still need to stay calm and know how to escape and where to escape. Only by being calm can you escape more confidently.
In addition, when you encounter an enemy who is stronger than you but not strong enough to crush you, running away may not be one of the ways to win."
Su Zheng and others nodded thoughtfully.
Zhang Xiaozu walked down the stone steps in front of the door, his eyes fell on the two horses with no people on their backs, and asked: "Which one should I ride?"
"Brother Zhang, oh no, from today on, we should call you Jiaoxi." Su Zheng said with a serious expression.
After saying that, he turned around and cast a look at the others.
Suning's seventeen people understood this and all got off their horses. Together with Su Zheng, they walked up to Zhang Xiaopou. They respectfully performed a student salute to Zhang Xiaopou and shouted in unison: "Teach me!"
Zhang Xiaozu nodded and said: "In that case, I will be your tutor for three months. I hope I can teach you something useful, and I hope you can study hard so that we can all live up to these three months."
"
"Please follow the instructions and learn from them!" eighteen people said in unison.
"It's getting late, let's go. Is this horse prepared for me?" Zhang Xiaozhu walked towards a tall horse with shiny hair, because when he just asked him which horse he was riding, everyone looked at it.
A horse, so he guessed that the horse was prepared for him.
With just one look, Zhang Xiaopou knew that this horse was excellent.
This horse is completely red, with not a single hair of other colors visible. The sunlight shines on its soft and smooth hair, making it even more red.
The breeze blows, and the hair trembles with the wind, like a burning fire.
Its limbs are slender and strong, and the horse's body looks skinny, but the lines outlined by the protruding bones and strong muscles are as graceful as a blade.
Its eyes are sharp and possess a domineering power, as if it is looking down on everything.
Zhang Xiaozu had seen many good horses on the battlefield and ridden several famous colts, but none of them were as good as the one in front of him.
The flaming horse in front of him reminded him of a horse, the white horse under Li Haotian's crotch.
But it was just a reminder that there was no comparison. Li Haotian's white horse had already been raised by him.
"This horse's body is like a blazing flame, and its sound is like thunder, so it is named Thunder Flame Horse. It is a tribute horse from other countries, but it is a bit fiery. If you like it, teach me, please take it and ride it." Su Zheng stepped forward and introduced.
"Really willing to give up?" Zhang Xiaozu looked at Su Zheng and asked.
"Of course." Su Zheng nodded.
"Haha, then I'll accept it." Zhang Xiaopou stopped being polite and laughed and got on his horse.
Phew——
As soon as Zhang Xiaosu got on the horse's back, the flaming horse suddenly became irritable, raised its front hooves and stood up, its violent neighing sound making people's eardrums hurt.
Zhang Xiaozu leaned his entire upper body on the horse, and was about to be thrown off the horse. He asked in a trembling voice: "Where is the registration office?"
"Over there, opposite the Ministry of War." Su Zheng pointed to the north, with a worried look on his face, fearing that Zhang Xiaopeng would be thrown off his horse.
"Let's go." Zhang Xiaozu pulled and loosened the reins of the horse in his hand, and the flaming horse immediately jumped out.
However, the lightning-fast scene was not seen, only the flaming horse was extremely violent, jumping up and down to throw Zhang Xiaopeng off its back.
Zhang Xiaopou was bumping on his horse like a fallen leaf in the strong wind, up and down, left and right, forward and back——
Su Zheng clearly saw that his saliva was being thrown out.
"This-" He opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know what to say because this was completely different from the picture he imagined.
In his opinion, Zhang Xiaopou would soon be able to conquer the Thundering Flame Horse, then gallop on the horse and lead them to sign up in a cool and handsome manner.
But the fact is that Zhang Xiaopou seems to be about to be conquered by the thundering and flaming horse. The pitiful way he is swaying around on the horse's back makes people feel distressed.
"Have you never ridden a horse before?" One person asked in shock.
"Why don't we give him another horse? If he goes to the registration point with this look, he will be laughed to death." One person worried.
"What should I do if I suddenly have no confidence in the iron cavalry competition?" one person said with a sad face.
"Wait-what are you waiting for? Hurry-go quickly!" Zhang Xiaozhu didn't forget to turn around and urge him, and his voice was shaking like a sieve.
Su Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "Let's go, he is not afraid of embarrassment, what should we be afraid of?"
drive!
The eighteen men got on their horses and caught up with Zhang Xiaopou within a few steps, because Zhang Xiaopou and the flaming horse under his crotch had been basically moving up and down for a long time.
Dedede——
Eighteen people followed slowly on horseback. They no longer thought about the handsome scene of galloping horses. They just kept praying, hoping that Zhang Xiaopou would have a decent appearance before arriving at the registration point, so that he would not be beaten by others.
What a joke.
However, after running a block further, they gradually discovered that Zhang Xiaozu and his flaming horse were making up and down movements significantly less often, while they were doing more and more vertical galloping movements.
"drive!"
They gradually increased their speed and kept up with Zhang Xiaopou's riding speed.
"drive!"
The speed became faster and faster, and happy smiles appeared on their faces.
"drive!"
The horses galloped wildly. They listened to the rushing sound in their ears and showed intoxicated expressions.
"Drive! Drive! Drive!"
They were waving their whips faster and faster, and their shouts were getting louder and louder because they could no longer keep up with Zhang Xiaopeng's speed.
"Wrong direction!"
"Wrong direction!"
"——"
Watching Zhang Xiaopou's back disappear at the end of the street, they sat in confusion on horseback because Zhang Xiaopou ran in the wrong direction, and they could not catch up or stop him.
"Is he unable to stop?" someone asked, dumbfounded.
"The devil knows." Su Zheng said with a dark face.
"What should we do? Should we continue to chase him, or go to the registration point and wait for him?" Suning asked.
Su Zheng showed a troubled expression.
Go chase Zhang Xiaopeng, who knows where he went and where to chase him?
Go to the registration point. Without Zhang Xiaopou's support, the eighteen of them would have been laughed at and humiliated by their enemies.
"Go to the registration point. If you extend your head and cut your head with a knife, you will also get a knife if you shrink your head. Who is afraid of whom?" Su Zheng yelled through gritted teeth.
