"My little boss is benevolent and righteous." Liu Wu looked solemn and raised his hands to clasp his fists. After traveling around for more than ten years, he could see that the little boss in front of him was more like a friendship.
"My dear boss, come with me to see the horses."
Xu Mu did not refuse. This kind of horse transaction must be seen before you can feel confident.
Under the wind and snow.
Xu Mu and three horse traders hurriedly walked to the stable horse gallery in the south of Zhuangzi.
"Southwestern-maned horses are loyal by nature. If they recognize their master, they will protect him to the death." Liu Wu said eloquently, "And southwest horses are not like Liangdi horses. Liangdi horses are unruly and need to eat beans every day to be able to survive."
feed."
"Even if a southwestern horse only eats grass and runs long distances, it still has amazing endurance."
"My dear boss, please take a look."
Liu Wu walked up to a mane horse and stroked the horse's neck twice. The horse, which was a little anxious at first, immediately calmed down, waved its head, and kept rubbing against Liu Wu's arm.
"The belly of a southwest horse is full, its legs and legs are ready to spring, and its mouth is like the edge of a sword. This is the appearance of a superior horse."
Xu Mu didn't know much about horse fortune-telling, but what Liu Wu said actually made sense.
"Brother Liu, how does it compare to Di Ma?"
"Di Gou's horse?" Liu Wu sneered, "Don't mention that kind of short-necked horse. Although it has some speed and is suitable for detours, it will foam at the top if it runs for a long time."
There are more than 400 horses in Zhuangzi. Most of them are indeed as Liu Wu said. When the charging time is long, they need to rest for a while, otherwise they will really die in the middle of the run.
"Brother Liu, if a southwestern horse is mated with a Di horse, will it produce a good colt?"
Liu Wu paused, then suddenly raised his head and laughed.
"Xiao Dong, don't have this kind of thought. No matter Ji people or Shu people, they all hate Di Dog in the north. This is true for people, let alone horses."
"Brother Liu, how do you say this?"
"Ma's understanding of human nature is like a young lady who plays chess, calligraphy and painting. How can she be matched with a shabby stick man?"
Listening, Xu Mu had a strange look on his face and turned his head unconsciously, looking in the direction of his maid's wife.
When the servant girl saw him, she raised her head and showed a slight shy smile.
The unfortunate fate made them exhausted, but also made them meet.
"I'll give my little boss another one."
Liu Wu seemed to have made up his mind, and his tone suddenly became serious. He turned around and shouted, and a packman braved the wind and snow to bring a gray horse covered with wooden armor from the side.
The mane was neatly combed, and there were tear troughs under the eyes. Every time he breathed from the nostrils, he exhaled two thick white breaths. The horse's belly should have been stabbed, and a long scar extended to the horse's buttocks.
But at first glance, it doesn't seem to be much different from other southwestern horses.
"My little boss, his name is General Feng." Liu Wu stroked the horse's neck lovingly several times, "Two years ago, I was selling horses to Muyun Prefecture, and I accidentally suffered a strongman's poison. I couldn't even lift the knife.
The dozen or so packmen accompanying me were all killed. Only General Feng endured the pain of being cut open in the horse’s belly and flew me dozens of miles away to escape the disaster.”
"If you move like the wind, you are called General Wind."
"It's very loyal." Liu Wu showed a nostalgic smile, "Little master, wait a moment, I will ask it if it is willing to follow my little master."
"Sir, can horses talk?" Chen Sheng, who was standing by, obviously didn't believe it.
"Yes. As I said, horses understand human nature."
Liu Wu stroked the gray horse's neck and seemed to be murmuring, and the gray horse seemed to understand and kept making gentle hisses.
Xu Mu was confused, but he knew that all things have animism. If Liu Wuzhen gave this good horse to him, why not do it.
"My little boss, he said that you have the spirit of conquest and you don't look like a mediocre person, so he is willing to go with you."
"Brother Liu, how can I bear to take away someone's love?"
I like it, but I still have to do face-saving work.
"It follows me, but it is just a mediocre horse. It only knows how to sell goods until it grows old, and does not do much. But it may be different if it follows a small boss."
Liu Wu raised his head and looked around Horseshoe Lake.
"I was born as a horse dealer, and I have traveled around for most of my life. I have entered many houses, but there has never been any one like my little boss's."
"The villagers are well fed and happy, but they look murderous."
"Other Zhuangzi, if two or three official officials came to visit, they would probably be trembling with fear. But the Zhuangzi of Xiaodong's family will definitely not be like this."
Xu Mu was slightly startled in his heart. Liu Wu was not wrong. Now, even if hundreds of officers and soldiers come to cause trouble, he will not be afraid.
Liu Wu stroked the horse's neck and then spoke slowly.
"But there is something else that I must tell my little boss seriously. General Feng has tear troughs in his eyes. Putting them in the horsemanship is an obstacle to the master's theory. Moreover, he has also had a horse's belly cut before. If the little boss doesn't like it, next spring
At that time, I will send another good horse over."
Xu Mu knew that the tear trough was a hindrance to the Lord. According to the history books of later generations, Uncle Liu Huang at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty rode a horse with a tear trough, and was called the horse that hinders the Lord. But in the end,
This horse, Lu, was loyal to the savior and crossed the river with a leap of three feet.
"The idea of hindering the Lord is a fallacy. If something bad happens, how can you vent your anger on a good horse?"
"Best regards, little boss!" Liu Wu looked excited.
The horse "Wind General" seemed to understand, pawing happily and neighing loudly.
"Little boss, it also likes you very much."
"Giving this gift to my little boss is also a sign of my kindness and righteousness."
If you are pretentious at this time, you will really look like a hypocrite.
Hurrying over the reins, Xu Mu couldn't hide his excitement and approached the gray horse. The horse suddenly bent its knees in the wind and snow, waiting for Xu Mu to turn over.
Everyone present looked surprised. Even an old horse dealer like Liu Wu couldn't help but look surprised. General Feng had been following him for two or three years, but he had never seen anything like this.
"Okay!" Xu Mu was even more delighted. After getting on his horse, General Feng straightened up and rushed into the snow curtain with his horse's hooves.
"General Feng, how about following me to conquer the enemy?" Xu Mu shouted angrily as he reined in the reins.
General Feng, who was sitting on his crotch, seemed to be responding. He raised his horse's head, swung it left and right, and neighed excitedly.
"The silver saddle shines on the white horse, and it rustles like a shooting star."
"Kill one person in ten steps and leave no trace in a thousand miles!"
"General Feng, how dare you charge!"
General Feng hissed angrily, and his horse's hooves trampled through the thick snow, traveling a mile or two in the blink of an eye. The snowy scenery on both sides of the path quickly retreated backwards.
An unknown little beast looking for food was startled on the snowy road.
Xu Mu pulled up the reins coldly, and under the faint sunlight of the snowy curtain, General Feng instantly leaped into the air, hissing loudly and loudly, piercing the snowy scene and sunlight.
tread.
Xu Mu pulled up the reins and General Feng stopped steadily.
Looking back, I saw that the little foraging beast that had survived the disaster had already hurried into the forest.