Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 432: Don't bully me because I can't read. How could this happen? [1 more]

The pale-faced scholar's crab-faced follower went to lead a horse over and stood in the open space in front of the hotel.

Duan Jingzhu stroked his yellow beard and walked forward to take a look:
This thousand-mile horse...why does it look like a donkey?

It's not a real donkey, but it's six feet from head to tail and five feet from hoof to back, so it's not much bigger than a donkey.

It's dry and rough, not round at all!

Duan Jingzhu couldn't help but want to play with it!

"That's not right, Brother Dou!"

Duan Jingzhu was originally full of hope and wanted to show off his skills, but when he saw the horse:
“Is this a Maxima?”

The pale-faced scholar nodded firmly:
"Yes, I received fifty taels of silver!"

Good guy!
Duan Jingzhu opened his eyes wide:
“Fifty taels for this?

"No, Brother Dou, how much do you plan to sell it for?"

The pale-faced scholar said confidently:

"I think this thousand-mile horse must be worth a hundred times more, right?"

"A hundred times?"

Duan Jingzhu couldn't believe his ears:

"Five thousand taels?"

The onlookers around burst into laughter.

They are either horse dealers or horse buyers, and they are all experts.

"Good fellow! You call a donkey a horse!"

"Is this guy stupid?"

"Don't even mention fifty taels. It's not even worth five taels!"

"No way, no way? No one really thinks that they can get a thousand-mile horse for fifty taels of silver, right?"

"You still want to sell it for 5,000 taels. That's ridiculous!"

Although the crowd seemed to be whispering, their voices were quite loud, and Duan Jingzhu was very unhappy:
This is my big fat sheep, why do you have to be so nosy?

"Brother Dou, please forgive me for being blunt!"

Duan Jingzhu saw that he couldn't make much money from this deal, so he kindly told the scholar a few words of truth:
"You are not a thousand-mile horse!"

The pale-faced scholar still doesn't believe it:

"impossible!

"I am the steed of a thousand miles!"

"That's really not the case!"

Duan Jingzhu was also drunk:
Normally no one believes me when I tell lies, so why is it that no one believes me when I tell the truth today?

"Do you dare to take a gamble?"

The pale-faced scholar's face turned red:

"I'm known as 'Little Bole', there's no way I can make a mistake!"

You are so blind, and you still call yourself a young Bole?
Duan Jingzhu asked him, "How do you want to bet?"

The pale-faced scholar patted the horse's butt:

"Of course it's about who can run faster!
“Find a good horse to compete with!
"Your horse runs fast, I will pay you ten taels of silver!
"My horse runs fast, you lose ten taels of silver to me!"

Is there such a good thing?
When the onlookers heard this, they rushed over:
"Little brother, I'm going to bet with you! I'm going to bet with you!"

"What are you doing! What are you doing!"

Duan Jingzhu was furious and started arguing with the onlookers:

"Brother Dou is betting with me, get out of the way!"

"It doesn't matter!"

The pale-faced scholar said confidently:

"Let's bet! Bring your horses over here!"

"We'll bet on this horse!"

The onlookers pulled Duan Jingzhu aside and reached some kind of agreement, but when they came back they became partners.

They picked a good horse and had Duan Jingzhu lead it over.

Duan Jingzhu couldn't help but advise the pale-faced scholar:
"Brother Dou, it's not too late to regret now!"

"What regrets?"

The pale-faced scholar patted his chest and said:
"Come on, I'm sure to win your money!"

It is true that good words cannot persuade a damned ghost, and long arms cannot hold back short legs!

Duan Jingzhu smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"In that case, let's compete in charging!
"It's just a thousand steps. The one who comes back first wins!"

The pale-faced scholar: "As you wish!"

So Duan Jingzhu rode on the good horse.

Next to the pale-faced scholar appeared a burly man with a blue birthmark on his face.

The big man with a blue birthmark rode on the "Thousand-Mile Donkey" of the pale-faced scholar.

Because this "Thousand Mile Donkey" is so short, his two long legs are dragging on the ground...

The onlookers burst into laughter again, and Zengtou City and its surroundings were filled with a happy atmosphere.

"Go away!"

The pale-faced scholar flicked his sleeves!
Duan Jingzhu rode the good horse like an arrow shot out!
The big man with a blue birthmark rode on a "thousand-mile donkey", bouncing back and forth, causing another wave of laughter!
"Are you stupid, little brother?"

"You're blinded!"

"You can't even pull a horse like that!"

“Could it be a donkey that looks like a horse?”

The onlookers mocked the pale-faced scholar to their heart's content, but no matter who watched, it was impossible for the pale-faced scholar's horse to win.

The handsome scholar and the pretty boy all turned green:
“How could I possibly miss an eye?

“My thousand-mile horse is the one that starts from behind!

"The last one to come is the first one to arrive, understand?"

Before he could finish his words, Duan Jingzhu had already returned!
The onlookers laughed even louder:

"Where's the promised push?

"What about the promise that the last one to come will be the first to arrive?
"That's it? That's it?"

At some point, a pretty boy mixed in with the crowd.

This pretty boy is no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, and he doesn't even have any hair on his mouth.

Because he is nine feet tall, he stands out like a crane among chickens even in a crowd.

He crossed his arms over his chest and looked at the pale-faced scholar as if he were a fool.

Amid the roar of laughter from the onlookers, the man with the blue birthmark finally came back riding his "Thousand-Mile Donkey".

Duan Jingzhu smiled and stretched out a hand with long nails to the pale-faced scholar:
"Brother Dou, thank you for letting me!" "What's the hurry?"

The pale-faced scholar's face turned purple, and he looked like a stubborn person:
"Who said I lost?"

"We all saw you lose!"

"Admit defeat, Qingzhou boy!"

"Stop talking nonsense and pay me back!"

Duan Jingzhu didn't need to say anything, the onlookers became anxious and asked the scholar for money.

"I already said that!"

The pale-faced scholar said unconvincedly:
“My thousand-mile horse is the one that starts from behind!

“A thousand steps is just a warm-up!
"I am a thousand-mile horse, not a thousand-foot horse?

"Running a thousand miles counts, a thousand steps doesn't count!"

Someone shouted, "You can't afford to lose, can you?"

"Who can't afford to lose? Who can't afford to lose?"

The pale-faced scholar was as if someone had stepped on his tail, and said angrily:

"I'll pay you the money, but I want to gamble again!"

Duan Jingzhu: "Brother Dou, what are you still betting on?"

“Better than running long distances!”

The pale-faced scholar put his hands on his hips and said angrily:

"At least one that starts from a hundred miles!"

Someone else shouted, "Pay the money first, and we will compete with you!"

The pale-faced scholar flicked his sleeves in annoyance:
"Pay them compensation!"

A round-faced follower came out behind him and paid the silver to dozens of horse dealers including Duan Jingzhu.

Dozens of horse dealers were all grinning:

This is really a fat sheep from Qingzhou!

"Gamble again!"

After paying several hundred taels of silver, the handsome scholar and pretty boy all turned pale:

"Do you dare to bet with me?"

"You can gamble, but we have to come up with the questions!"

Said the nine-foot-tall pretty boy who was mixed in the crowd.

The pale-faced scholar: "You come out, you come out!"

The nine-foot-tall pretty boy thought for a moment:
“Xu Huji in Damingfu has the most delicious candied kumquats!

“I ask someone to buy it for me every year. You can’t get their unique flavor anywhere else!

"I don't need any other horse, just yours, a thousand-mile horse, to run to Damingfu to buy candied kumquats!

“You’ll have one day to buy it back before dark!
"I ate it and it tasted good, I will lose one thousand taels of silver to you!

"How about you lose me one thousand taels of silver?"

The nine-foot-tall pretty boy was obviously a man of considerable status, for when he spoke the crowd around him fell into complete silence.

Duan Jingzhu winked at the pale-faced scholar.

The pale-faced scholar pretended not to see it and agreed immediately:
"Just bet!"

"Okay! Let's bet!"

The nine-foot-tall pretty boy laughed:
Dou Erdun, please start your performance!
The man with the blue birthmark wanted to mount his horse again, but was rebuked by the white-faced scholar:
"It's all your bad riding skills!
"Go away!"

The man with the blue birthmark had no choice but to step aside.

The pale-faced scholar hooked his finger at the crab-faced follower:

"You come!"

"Yes!"

The crab-faced follower immediately rode on the "Thousand-Mile Donkey".

The pale-faced scholar sneered and told the nine-foot-tall pretty boy:

"My thousand-mile horse is called 'Wanliyun'!
"It is also called 'One Word Carved on a Blackboard'!
"Just wait and see!"

The nine-foot-tall pretty boy sneered.

His family does this, how could he not see a good horse?

This "thousand-mile donkey" of the pale-faced scholar would be exhausted even if it ran a hundred miles, let alone a thousand miles!

Where on earth do you get such strong self-confidence?

The nine-foot-tall pretty boy smiled and said:

“I’m waiting for you!

"You can't leave until the horse comes back!"

"Don't worry, I won't leave!"

The pale-faced scholar snorted coldly:
"No one is allowed to leave until the horse comes back!"

As the pale-faced scholar spoke, he waved to the crab-faced follower.

The crab-faced follower got on the horse:
"Master, I am leaving now!"

“Quack… quack…”

The crab-faced follower rode away on the "Thousand-Mile Donkey".

The onlookers all had an expression of "Wrong billion".

Duan Jingzhu grabbed the pale-faced scholar:
"Speaking of which, I will test you!
"How do you write the word 'hui' (return)?"

White-faced scholar: “…”

……

Let’s say that your crab-faced follower rode on a “thousand-mile donkey” and ran out of Zengtou City towards Daming Prefecture.

The crab-faced attendant ran to a deserted place, got off his horse, and took out four armored horses from his side.

The crab-faced follower tied two armor horses to each of his legs.

Grabbing the horse's legs with both hands, he lifted the "Thousand-Mile Donkey" up on his back with an effort!
Carrying the "Thousand Mile Donkey" on his back, the crab-faced follower muttered something and blew on his legs!
Immediately, he took off and flew away as if riding on a cloud!
Under the scorching sun, a man carried a horse on his back and galloped all the way...

"Sorry..."

The "Thousand Mile Donkey" was terrified:
Don't take advantage of me because I can't read. How could such a thing happen in this world?
It has never encountered such a scene in its life!
All they heard was the sound of wind and rain near the ears of the two big donkeys, and the houses and trees on both sides seemed to fall backwards in a row!

It was so fast that it ran many times faster than itself!
The "Thousand-Mile Donkey" pondered for a long time and felt that it was still faster for a person to run with a horse on his back!
The crab-faced follower ran all the way to Daming Prefecture, then stopped and rode his horse into the city.

After the meal, the crab-faced follower went to buy some candied kumquats from Xu Huji and hurriedly rode out of the city.

When they reached a deserted place outside the city, the crab-faced follower put on armor and horses again.

Carrying the donkey on his back, the crab-faced follower rushed back to Zengtou City at lightning speed.

(End of this chapter)