Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 58 Horses
On the grassland three miles northwest of Rehe Palace, by the river.

Cao Yong stood there, his eyes didn't know where to fall, he chewed the dry and hard beef jerky in his mouth, and tried to swallow it, but he didn't know the taste.

Suddenly, Elder Sixteen called out to him in a high voice: "Cao Yong, Cao Yong, look over there!"

Cao Yong came back to his senses, patted his forehead, and told himself to forget that it has been 300 years apart, and there is nothing he can't let go of.He followed Sixteenth Elder Brother's fingers, and saw a large herd of horses swarming far upstream on the bank, wriggling at a slow speed, and some people could be vaguely seen riding behind them with long poles.

Elder Sixteen’s eyes lit up, he dragged Cao Yong excitedly and said, “Wild horses, they must be wild horses, they seem to be harnessing horses!!! Go, go, let’s go and have a look!”

In his previous life, Cao Yong had only seen Mongolian horses on TV. In this life, he has been under the fortress for more than half a month, but this is the first time he has seen this scene, and he also wants to see the world in the past.Immediately, the two of them rode their horses and ran towards the horse herd.

When they were 300 meters away from the horses, Cao Yong and Sixteenth Brother pulled the reins and reined in the horses at the same time. There was no high ground nearby, so they could only be seen clearly by widening the distance. This is the best place to watch the excitement.

Those riders are all strong Mongolian men. They are divided into two teams and scattered around the wild horses. They are gradually encircling the wild horses, waving the long poles in their hands, and whistling to slowly drive the wild horses that have slowed down. .

The group of wild horses is headed by the strongest male horse, the adult male horses protect each other with two wings, and the female horses are in the rear, protecting the foals in the herd.At this moment, the leading horse seemed to have understood that his group was in a trap, and stood vigilantly in front of the group of horses, looking at the Mongolian men who were neighing like horses.

The encirclement circle has been formed, and with the sound of a whistle, the white pole above the black horse herd shakes, and the wild horse herd immediately becomes a mess and falls apart.For a while, the dust was flying and people were screaming, it was really lively.

The group of Mongolian men skillfully divided the group of horses, and did not rush to the top horse, but repeatedly selected among the horses that had been separated into small groups. Soon, the wild horses that won the bid were caught by the covers on the white poles one after another. Drag and drop out of the column.

Which free wild horse is willing to be chained?Neighing, kicking, struggling, every horse struggled with the arrester, trying to break free.Among them, a pure black male wild horse is the most violent. It turned around and jumped several times, as if it wanted to break the white wax pole that was more than ten feet long.

The pole holder was a man in a brocade robe. He obviously didn't expect Ma Lie to be like this.It seemed that he was a little helpless, but in the end he jumped on the horse.

The black horse was not willing to obey, it suddenly stood up, kicked its hind hooves vigorously, trying to knock the man on its back off the horse's back.The brocade robed man clutched the horse's mane desperately with his left hand, and bent down, almost sticking to the horse's back.The black horse neighed and galloped back and forth. The man in brocade robe clamped the horse's belly tightly, and his body rose and fell with the horse's back, so that he was firmly nailed to the horse's back.After struggling for nearly a quarter of an hour, the black horse gradually calmed down.

At this time, except for a few big and small wild horses that were trapped by the crowd, the other wild horses had rushed out of the crowd led by the leading horse, and rushed to the depths of the grassland, leaving only black spots in the distance.

Cao Yong learned to ride a horse for seven or eight years, but it was the first time he saw such a superb equestrian, so he couldn't help saying hello.Brother Sixteen looked at the black horse enviously, and urged Cao Yong to drive the horse over together.

The man in the brocade robe was only eighteen or nine years old, with a solid figure, broad shoulders and thick back, and a head that was a circle larger than ordinary people on his neck looked somewhat ridiculous.Under the thick black eyebrows, there were actually a pair of shy eyes. Seeing a stranger approaching, he showed a bit of panic for a while.

Seeing the stranger coming, the Mongolian men all around shrank back to the man in brocade robe, faintly forming a square formation, protecting the man in the brocade robe, obviously well-trained, not like ordinary guards, more like personal soldiers.

Cao Yong and the sixteenth elder brother looked at each other, they were able to appear near the palace, and they were dressed like this. It seems that they are nobles from some part of Mongolia.

Among those guards, there was an older man, who seemed to have some knowledge, carefully looked at Cao Yong and Brother Sixteen, and finally his eyes fell on the yellow belt on Brother Sixteen's waist, his eyes flickered, and he bent over there The man in brocade robe whispered something in his ear.

After hearing this, the young man in brocade robe hurriedly got off his horse, led the horse two steps forward, performed a Mongolian salute, and said in Manchu: "I...I...I am here...from Ke...Ke... Ke...Korqin...Qin, Horqin's Su...Su...Su...Suhe...He...Suheba...Balu, please...Please...Excuse me...Two...Two...If...If... ...how to call it?"

This young man named Luo Buzanggunbu blushed and had a thick neck, before he stuttered and finished a sentence.

It turned out that this young man had a stuttering problem, no wonder he was a little cautious when he saw a stranger, presumably he was afraid of being ridiculed.Although his stuttering Manchu language is really funny, Cao Yong doesn't have any discriminatory thoughts.Cao Yong knew that the status of the visitor was not low, but Horqin had a total of eight banners, entrusted four princes and four county kings, but he didn't know which family this Suhebalu belonged to, so he looked at the sixteenth brother.

The sixteenth elder brother looked solemn, and he no longer had the laughing look just now. He got off his horse and said seriously: "I am the No. 16 son of His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Empire. Which banner do you belong to the Horqin Department?"

"Original... original... original... original... it was... it was... it was... it was sixteen... six... sixteen... elder brother, I... I am... Ke... Ke... Horqin ...Qin Zuo...Left...Left Wing Middle...Central Banner...Zha...Zha...Zhasak...Da...Darhan...Hanqin...Kiss...Prince...Wang...Number... ...the first...third...third son."

Sukhbaru was the third son born to Bandi, Prince of Darhan, and Princess Duanmin of Shunzhi, so he was Kangxi's nephew.It was the first time that he came to court with his eldest brother, the eldest son Luo Bu Zang Gunpo, and he had not met the princes yet.Now that he met a prince of the same generation, Suhebaru became a little excited, eager to tell the other party who he was, but stuttered even more.After finally saying everything, he himself felt a little annoyed, for fear that this defect would be underestimated by these two people.

In the end, Elder Sixteen gave a hearty smile, clasped his wrists and said, "It turns out to be the third prince of Lord Bandi. Speaking of which, the prince is still my cousin." He turned his head and smiled at Cao Yong in Chinese: " What, I met a cousin again."

Cao Yong suddenly thought of the libretto in "The Red Lantern" - "My family has countless cousins", and then smiled, and called Suhebalu, saying: "Cao Yong, the third-class guard in front of the imperial court, has seen the third prince. .”

Seeing that the two of them didn't have any sarcasm, Suhebaru was very happy to see that the two of them were talking very intimately. He heard the conversation between the two in Chinese, so he also said to the two in Chinese: "Ten...ten...sixteen... ...Brother is good... good life... flat... flat... approachable, both... both... since, yes... yes... good... good friend, just... direct... direct, call... call me ... Su... Sukhbaru... Alright. This... this... brave... warrior, hurry up... quickly... get rid of the ceremony, ten... sixteen... my brother's friend... A friend...also...also...that is, I...my friend."

Cao Yong heard him speak in Chinese, knew that he was taking care of himself, and heard him say that he was also his friend. He deeply felt the generosity and hospitality of the Mongolians, and his affection for the three princes deepened in his heart.

Elder Sixteen also thought this way, but felt that Su Hebalu was very friendly, because he said with a smile: "Since the prince has said so, it can be seen that the prince is a straightforward person, Cao Yong, you don't have to be polite. Prince, this Cao Yong is my companion and my cousin. As you said, we are now good friends, so there is no need to make such nonsense. Just now, we saw the prince taming the horse, and we really admired it. The prince is not bad. He is a man who lives on horseback, and he is a hero."

Sukhbaru was overjoyed when he heard that, he pulled them over to see his newly tamed wild horse, and pointed to the horse from head to toe to comment.Brother Sixteen and Cao Yong knew very little about Xiangma, so they listened very interestingly and asked a few questions from time to time.Suhebaru's speech became better, his stuttering was worse, and sometimes he could speak a whole sentence coherently. After this conversation, he already regarded the two of them as close friends.

This Suhebalu is the 37-year-old son of Princess Duanmin. He is loved by the prince and his wife as a baby. If he didn't have the physical defect of stuttering, he would be the sunniest prince on the grassland.It's a pity that since he became a stutterer, although others are afraid of the prince's love for him, they will still laugh at him openly and secretly, causing him to always carry a certain shadow.

Sukhbaru is a very strong kid. He always feels that because of his stuttering, people look down on him, and even embarrass his noble parents. Therefore, he works very hard no matter whether he is riding, shooting or studying, and wants to do everything. It's best, as long as he knows that he is capable, no one will despise him again.However, as he grows older and more capable, there are more and more people around him who fawn on him, but apart from his family, there are no people who really ignore his blemishes.

Now that he has two friends who treat him as equals and treat him sincerely, Sukhbaru is like a treasure, and he can't wait to share all the best things with the two friends.At that moment, he pulled sixteen elder brothers and Cao Yong, and insisted on giving them wild horses, and asked them to choose their favorite horses from the horses they set up today.

(End of this chapter)