Zhurou

Chapter 270 Extra Win or Lose
But before Wei Chengyan finished shouting, the horse took advantage of the situation and jumped and turned several times on the spot. It did not go to where there were many people, but found a direction, raised its hooves and rushed forward.

Only then did Zhao Hong realize that there were three horsemen standing there, each leading a horse. One of the horses looked very familiar; it was the horse "Huaihua" that he usually rode.

The black horse was running very fast. The three grooms were watching the fun at first. By the time they reacted and hurriedly pulled their horses to avoid it, the black horse had already raised its hooves and rushed into it.

People can hide behind other horses, but horses have nowhere to hide. No matter how docile a horse is, it doesn't want to be kicked, so it will naturally run away.

But some horses could not dodge, and some bumped into other horses when dodging. For a while, several horses lost their direction and ran around in a panic.

Zhao Hong broke out in a cold sweat. Although he had heard Zhao Mingzhi's explanation just now, he was already worried when he saw this situation. He saw that one of the horses seemed to be running towards him. Although the horseman tried his best to pull, he didn't know what was wrong with the horse in his hand. It was like a madman and was not afraid of the pain. It pulled the reins forward.

The horseman was exhausted and let out a cry. The reins slipped from his hands and he watched the horse he was in charge run away.

There was already a team of guards outside the door. They split into two groups. One group rushed to Zhao Hong's front to serve as a barrier, while the other group was about to lead the emperor and the princess away. Other guards also followed and prepared to stop the crazy horse.

At this moment, a man appeared from the side of the horse. He bent down and picked up the reins dragging on the ground and pulled them hard. The crazy horse was actually stopped by him. It raised its front hooves high and tried to break free several times, but it was completely unable to break free. It could only let out a loud neigh and jumped repeatedly on the spot.

The man just held the reins tightly without moving at all, with his legs firmly fixed on the ground, as steady as a rock.

When the horse could no longer drag itself, and the bridle caused pain in its mouth and tongue, it finally slowed down its movements.

The man then slowly stepped forward, took out something from his arms, and put it in front of the horse's nose.

When the horse smelled the scent, it stopped making a fuss, exhaled, put its nose close to sniff, and licked it with its tongue. As it ate, it slowly calmed down.

At this time, the horseman limped forward, apologized, and went to pull back the reins.

All these actions actually took only a moment. Zhao Hong was frightened and admired at the same time. Now that the situation had eased and he had the energy to make decisions, he realized that the man who had stopped the crazy horse and had infinite arm strength was actually his new brother-in-law Pei Yong.

After Pei Yong handed the reins back to the groom, he looked up and shouted, "Old Third, watch out, there are people around us!"

After saying this, he arranged for the people nearby to disperse to make room for Wei Chengyan to perform, and then he walked to the side of Zhao Mingzhi and Zhao Hong.

Zhao Mingzhi had never expected that the horse would be startled suddenly, and could not help but say: "If I had known that this horse had such a stubborn temper, I would have waited until there was no one around, found an open place, and then led it to Brother Wei San. But it almost caused trouble."

Pei Yong said, "He couldn't move when he saw the horse, and he wanted to show off his BMW everywhere, so he caused trouble. We should be more careful next time."

If it was just Zhao Mingzhi herself, she would naturally have no problem with it, but today her brother was by her side, so no matter how careful she was, it would not be too much.

Upon hearing this, she couldn't help but look at Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong was sensitive and understood what his elder sister meant. He was afraid that he would be surrounded by guards again and not be able to get any freedom. He hurriedly said, "Sister, didn't we come out to have some fun? Besides, wasn't there nothing wrong just now?"

As he spoke, he looked at Pei Yong. Thinking of the way he had reined in his horse earlier, he thought it would not be an exaggeration to praise him for his supernatural power. After hesitating for a moment, he wanted to call him brother-in-law, but he was too shy to say it.

Pei Yong understood the meaning of the song without hearing it, and followed suit: "The third brother was just a little reckless, he is still reliable. Since he asked me not to help, he must be confident. We just need to watch."

Zhao Hong then remembered that there was a third brother Wei who was training a horse. He turned around quickly and found that after just a moment's delay, Wei Chengyan had already climbed onto the horse's back at some point. He was holding the horse's belly tightly with his feet and wrapping his hands around the horse's neck, pulling repeatedly with the black horse that was running and jumping non-stop.

It was not until this moment that Zhao Hong realized that although the black horse had a bridle on its head, the bridle was only half-fastened and not put into the horse's mouth, but only fixed the horse's head. Therefore, people had no control over it, and there was not even a saddle on its back, making it even more difficult for people to sit steadily.

The horse's belly was very slippery, and the horse underneath shook hard, throwing Wei Chengyan halfway up several times, trying to throw him under the horse's hooves, but he regained control of the situation.

Zhao Hong was extremely nervous. Not only did he clench his fists, he dared not even breathe loudly. He just watched Wei Chengyan training the horse intently.

"Can this horse really be subdued?"

I don't know which guard was so fascinated by the scene that he murmured questions.

The others also watched, and no one answered.

Pei Yong, on the other hand, looked at the sun, asked about the time, then looked at Wei Chengyan, thought for a moment, then turned around and asked someone to find a new bridle, took out a bag from his sleeve and put it in the bag, then strode towards the black horse. Seeing that there were still thirty or forty steps to go, he stopped and shouted, "Third brother, catch up!"

As he spoke, he seized an opportunity, raised his hand and threw the bridle far away, directly onto the horse's back.

Wei Chengyan looked up when he heard the voice, stretched out his hand to grab the object thrown to him, and was immediately delighted when he saw it was a bridle. He leaned back on the horse's back again, first pulled off the bridle that was originally on the black horse's head and threw it aside. He then adjusted the new bridle in his hand and was about to try to put it on the black horse's head when he suddenly found a fist-sized cloth bag in it.

Wei Chengyan had been fighting with the horse for half a day, and his hands and feet were actually a little exhausted. He could also feel that the horse was not as strong as before and had become quite weak.

He wanted to open the cloth bag, but for fear of being thrown off by the black horse, he did not dare to let go of both hands. He had to hold the black horse's neck with one hand, circle around it, put his face against the horse's neck, and turned his head to open the cloth bag.

It was naturally difficult to operate on horseback, especially since the rope on the end of the cloth bag was quite thin. He tried several times but couldn't find the end of the rope. In a fit of irritation, he had to put it close to his mouth and bite it with his teeth.

The horse's hoof had been jumping non-stop without stopping for a moment. As Wei Chengyan finally bit a corner of the cloth bag, he heard a "ripping" sound, but only a hole was opened - it turned out that there were several pieces of brown sugar inside, but the brown sugar was too big and could not fall out of the small opening.

Wei Chengyan had to take a short break and prepare to gather his strength before trying to get the cloth bag.

But he had rested for a while and was very alert, fearing that the black horse would do something strange again. But after waiting for half a day, the movement became quieter and quieter. The black horse even turned its head, its nose twitching, and its black eyes as big as copper bells rolled around as it stared at the bridle.

Not sure if it was Wei Chengyan's illusion, but there seemed to be some disdain and urging in its big eyes. Not long after, the black horse snorted, suddenly stopped, shook its head gently, flicked its tail a few times, lowered its head to bite the cloth bag in the bridle that Wei Chengyan was holding, and after biting it, it first licked it a few times with its tongue, but it only licked for half a day and only licked the cloth, so it had to bite the cloth bag again and turned half its head back, blowing air from its nose a few times, as if urging him.

Wei Chengyan was overjoyed. He sat up straight, patted the horse's back gently a few times, stroked the horse's head, then bit open the cloth bag in one breath and put it to the horse's mouth.

While feeding the horse with one hand, he gently put the bridle on the black horse's head. While the horse was eating the candy, he slowly put on the bridle and tied it into the horse's mouth. After everything was ready, he let out a series of loud laughs, and kept rubbing his head against the horse's head, calling "Xiao Hei" and "Xiao Hei" repeatedly.

The horse felt annoyed and helpless after hearing this, but was too lazy to bother with it so it just let him go. After eating a small bag of brown sugar, it slowly walked back to the gate of the yard carrying the person on its back.

This time it didn't make any trouble at all and walked lightly and steadily.

"Brother Zhao, today I and my BMW will hunt down some good stuff for you!"

Wei Chengyan sat high on the horse, looking very excited. After calling Zhao Hong, he said hello to Pei Yong and Zhao Mingzhi, and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhao, thank you for giving me the BMW. I won't return it. I'll just ask my second brother to return it to you on my behalf!"

As he said this, he laughed heartily, apparently extremely excited, and danced on the horse. He even turned the horse's head, shouted, and galloped away on the black horse.

Pei Yong smiled and shook his head, then turned to Zhao Hong and said, "Let's go too."

As I was getting ready, I heard a burst of barking. It turned out that a few dogs were running towards me on a lead.

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Pei Yong pointed and said, "It's snowing heavily. I asked the hunters in the village and they all said there are wild boars in the mountains. Let them take their hunting dogs with them so that they can be looked after."

The three of them went to each other's doors, chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at the back mountain.

Not long after entering the mountain, they saw Wei Chengyan standing by the road with a horse. When he saw them, he hurried over and said, "Horses can't run on the mountain roads, and Xiao Hei hasn't had his shoes nailed yet. I'm afraid someone in the mountains has set a trap and hurt him."

He stroked the horse's mane for half a day before reluctantly giving the reins to the guards. He then negotiated with the horse in a gentle tone, "I'll brush your hair when I come back in the evening. Do you like hay or beans? You can't eat too much sugar because it will damage your teeth. Other foods are good enough to fill you up. Go back with them and wait for me."

He added, "I will go into the mountains with other horses later. It's not that I won't take you with me, nor that the others are better than you. It's just that you haven't had your hooves nailed yet, and I'm afraid you'll get hurt. Don't be angry!"

He also told the guards that if the horse felt bored, they should take it out for a run and never restrain it.

Zhao Hong had never seen such an operation before, but as he watched, he felt that this Third Brother Wei Chengyan was really a genuine person, and he felt more inclined to be closer to him.

Only when the black horse disappeared did Wei Chengyan heave a long sigh and go to get a new horse. He turned his eyes and looked at Zhao Mingzhi and Zhao Hong, saying with a smile, "Xiao Zhao, how about we have a competition?"

Zhao Mingzhi asked, "What are you comparing?"

"We will split into two groups, each with a deadline of 3 p.m. We will meet here after the end and see which team has hunted more prey! How about we only go by weight, not quantity?"

Wei Chengyan was talking, and when he saw Zhao Mingzhi nod with a smile, he grinned and looked at Zhao Hong, saying, "Brother Zhao, are you willing to choose my team?"

Zhao Hong nodded immediately.

Wei Chengyan said, "Bring enough arrows here, and we'll go with a few other people."

Zhao Hongxing counted the two barrels of arrows, put on his bow, put a short knife on his waist, and eagerly followed Wei Chengyan on his horse. Then he said to Zhao Mingzhi, "Sister, we're leaving first!"

Then he turned to Pei Yong and wanted to address him, but in the end he called him "Mr. Pei". When he saw Pei Yong smiling and nodding at him, he trotted away with Wei Chengyan.

Seeing two teams of guards following behind and several hunters with dogs following his brother, Zhao Mingzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't help but look at Pei Yong again and asked, "Second brother, are we going with them?"

Pei Yong smiled and said, "We will hunt our own animals and let them have fun."

He looked at the sky, then at the ground, and said, "The uphill climb ahead looks like it's frozen. You'll need a pair of shoes to make it easier to walk."

As he spoke, he took out a pair of straw overshoes from the bag on his horse's back, half-knelt on the ground, and put them on Zhao Mingzhi's sheepskin boots. After she stepped on them and made sure that she could walk steadily with the overshoes, he stood up, lowered his head to look at her feet again, then looked up again, stretched out his hand to adjust Zhao Mingzhi's felt hat and the gray cloak she was wearing. After he had adjusted them, he lowered his eyes and stared at her face for a long time, smiling as he looked at her, but saying nothing.

His brow bones were already very beautiful, and when he lowered his head, his eyes flickered with an expression that was hard to describe and truly intoxicating.

As Zhao Mingzhi watched, she couldn't control herself and was filled with intoxication. She glanced around and saw that there was no one around, only a group of guards and several hunters in the woods ahead with their backs to her, sorting out their hunting gear. She seized the opportunity, stood on tiptoe, and pecked Pei Yong lightly at the corner of his mouth.

Even though they were in the wilderness, there were people everywhere, so she used very light force this time, wanting to separate at the touch. But before she could separate, Pei Yong held the back of her head with his backhand, leaned over and kissed her hard.

In just one breath, he straightened his back again, with a smile in his eyes. It was hard to tell what the smile meant, but his eyes never left Zhao Mingzhi. After a long while, he praised her in a seemingly irrelevant tone, "What a pretty female hunter. Where are you taking me hunting today?"

Having said that, he openly and brazenly took Zhao Mingzhi's hand, pointed out the direction, and slowly pulled him forward. He then approached and whispered, "Since the Third Brother wants to compete with you, do you want to win?"

Zhao Mingzhi's fighting spirit was aroused immediately. He didn't care that the two of them were holding hands openly. He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said hurriedly: "They look so proud today. We can't lose!"

He hurriedly urged, "Brother, let's go faster, otherwise they will take away all the good prey. It will be too embarrassing if we can only eat what others hunt at night!"

Pei Yong just laughed and said, "Don't worry, I will make you win beautifully today."

The two men first led the horses, then rode on horseback. When they reached the trail at the back, Pei Yong said there was a water source ahead and there might be prey. Fearing that they would be scared away by the sound of horse hooves, the two men abandoned the horses and cleared the way on foot.