bastard seizes tang

Chapter 355
The first month, afternoon, East Palace.

After the East Palace, between Shedian and Yingyao Courtyard, there is a horse farm. The horses in the horse farm are the horses of Prince Li Chengqian. Go hunting outside the city, so there are more than ten horses in the horse farm of the East Palace.

"My servant pays homage to the prince." Li Chengqian led a group of Eastern Palace guards and his followers, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the racecourse, the horse slave who raised Li Chengqian's horses hurried forward and bowed to Li Chengqian.

"Well, get up." Li Chengqian nodded in response.

Ma Nu got up, looked at Li Chengqian and the crowd behind him, and asked, "I don't know what orders the crown prince has here today?"

Li Chengqian replied: "I came here recently to select horses, and by the way, I also want to see how your horse is doing."

The horse slaves hurriedly led Li Chengqian into the racecourse, pointed to the several horses being fed in the stables beside the racecourse, and said to Li Chengqian: "Don't worry, the prince, the horse slaves in the palace have constant fodder every day, and they often go out of the palace to herd horses. The horses are all fat and strong, so the prince can choose them."

Li Chengqian walked to the stable, looked up at the dozen or so horses in front of him, glanced quickly, but shook his head slowly, obviously not very satisfied with the horses in the stable.

Seeing Li Chengqian's reaction, Manu immediately panicked, afraid that Li Chengqian would blame him, so he quickly asked: "I wonder what's wrong with these horses, the prince is not happy."

Li Chengqian pointed at these horses, and said to the horse slave: "Aside from other things, this head alone is far from enough. There is no one with a shoulder height of four and a half feet. How can I use it?"

After listening to Li Chengqian's words, Manu's face suddenly revealed a bitter look.

As the crown prince, Li Chengqian is one man under ten thousand people. As long as he wants a good horse, it is not difficult, but Li Chengqian is young and not good at riding, so he can only ride a gentler pony. The slave is also worried that Li Chengqian will not be able to control it, if he falls, how can he afford it.

But Li Chengqian wanted face the most, Ma Nu dared not say these words to Li Chengqian, Ma Nu just said: "There are also those over four and a half feet, but they are still raised in the stables of Taipu Temple and have not been taken back yet. "

Li Chengqian asked: "There are good horses in Taipu Temple?"

The horse slave replied: "The Taipu Temple is in charge of the country's horse administration, and there are countless good horses in the stables. It is not difficult to find a horse with a shoulder height of four and a half feet."

Li Chengqian frowned and said: "It's only four and a half feet? How can it be four and a half feet, but there are people whose shoulders are higher than five feet?"

"The prince is joking. The shoulder height is more than five feet. How can there be such a tall horse in this world? It is General Qin's sudden thunder, which is famous all over the world. It is only four feet and eight inches. If it is really taller than five feet, I am afraid that ordinary people You can't even go up." Manu said in surprise when he heard this.

Li Chengqian said in displeasure: "Could it be that you can't count when I'm in this palace. Yesterday in Qujiang, I saw with my own eyes the white horse bestowed by my father to Sanlang. It was at least five feet and four inches high. How could there be no A horse over five feet tall."

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Ma Nu finally understood. No wonder Li Chengqian said that. It turned out that it was because of seeing the white horse. There is no one good horse in the world, and this horse is the horse king Xue Yantuo, not to mention in the Tang Dynasty, even in the Mobei Grassland where there are many good horses, it is rare to see."

Since this horse slave is a horse slave, he is a man of good horses. It can be said that he is addicted to horses. Speaking of horses, Li Keding is a rare steed in the world. Dingbei is mostly a beautiful word.Manu's words were considered fair, but they fell into Li Chengqian's ears, and it was not a pleasant feeling after all.

Li Chengqian made a special trip to the racecourse today to select horses, not on a whim, but for another reason.

Now that the Shangyuan Festival has passed, all local officials from other prefectures, whether civil or military, have left Beijing one after another to return to their posts. As the governor of Yangzhou, Li Ke is among them.But today, during the family banquet in the harem, Li Shimin gave special permission to Li Ke to stay in Chang'an temporarily, and then leave Beijing at another time after the first lunar month.As for the reason why Li Shimin wrote Li Ke's postponement of leaving Beijing, Li Chengqian is also very clear.

According to the old rule of the court, in a few days, it will be the time of spring hunting in Kunming Pond. The important officials of the court, both civil and military, should go there. As the crown prince, Li Chengqian is naturally among them.Li Shimin wrote that Li Ke postponed his departure from Beijing, probably because of this.

Li Shimin was born in the army. Since his ascension to the throne, at the end of the first lunar month, he must have spring hunting in the Kunming Pond in the west of Chang'an City. He has been on the throne for eight years, and he has had seven spring huntings. The most proud thing is the time when Li Ke hunted a tiger in the sixth year of Zhenguan. At that time, Li Ke won the first prize in the spring hunting, and his family's martial name was famous, which really made Li Shimin look good.

But among Li Shimin's sons, Li Ke is the only one who is proficient in bow and horse, riding and shooting. Last year, Li Ke was released as an official in Yangzhou, so he left Beijing and went south before the spring hunting. Among the descendants of the clan, only Li Daozong, the king of the city, can still take a look at it, and the rest are unsightly.

This time Li Shimin made a special trip to keep Li Ke behind before the spring hunt, just to make Li Ke look good for him, so that the clan's children would not be as embarrassed as last year.

Li Ke was already well-known in martial arts in the court, and in addition to the fact that thunder from heaven helped Li Ke to fall from his horse yesterday, it has even been rumored that Li Ke descended from the star of Tianshu in Zihuiyuan, and was assisted by Emperor Ziwei of the North Pole. , so it is.

Li Ke's prestige is already high, if Li Ke wins the top spot in the Spring Hunt and firmly overwhelms the crown prince Li Chengqian, then his position as crown prince will become even more precarious.

It is precisely because of this that Li Chengqian came to the racecourse to select horses. Firstly, he wanted to ride a tall and handsome horse, so that he could not lose face in appearance; secondly, he wanted to practice riding and shooting. With the help of his guards, he would lose For Li Ke.It's just that Li Chengqian took a look around today, but there was no mount he liked.

Li Chengqian was worrying about this matter in his heart, but at this moment, a loud neighing sound came to Li Chengqian's ears. Li Chengqian followed his reputation and found that in an inconspicuous corner of the racecourse, there was standing a black horse with a full body. Cyan horse.

This horse has a long neighing sound and a well-proportioned body. It is a good horse at first glance. What's more rare is that this horse is more than four feet seven inches tall, which can be called a steed.

Li Chengqian pointed to the horse and asked: "This horse is very good, why didn't you take it out earlier?"

Seeing this, the slave hurriedly explained: "This horse comes from Tuyuhun, its name is Wuhaiqing, it is indeed a good horse, but this horse has only been in the stable for a few days, and it still has a bit of wildness, and the ground is very fierce. I am afraid it will be difficult for the prince to control it. , the servant is thinking of offering it to the prince after the wildness is gone."

Li Chengqian was immediately displeased when he heard the words, and asked: "How does the wildness of this horse compare with Sanlang's Dingbei?"

The horse slave looked at Li Chengqian's appearance, and had no choice but to reply truthfully: "This horse has been tamed for a few days, and it has lost a lot of wildness. Compared with the wildness, it may not be as wild as King Chu's Dingbei."

In terms of wildness and horsepower, even if Wu Haiqing has never been tamed, it is far inferior to Li Ke's Dingbei, not to mention that the wildness of this horse has been tamed by seven points, naturally even more so.

Hearing this, Li Chengqian pointed to this Wu Haiqing and said: "Sanlang can train a horse, so can I. I will ride this horse today."

(End of this chapter)