Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 59
Hu Sanniang slept well all night, woke up early from the silk quilt and was still reminiscing about last night's dream, and unexpectedly dreamed that Chai Lin was galloping on horses together, traveling in mountains and rivers.

In this era, women usually get married, but Hu Sanniang is 23 and still not married, which is a typical older leftover woman.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, since the Taoist emperor ascended the throne and sat in the palace, he paid more and more attention to the rule of the world by literati, and there was no room for military generals to raise their heads. The reaction among the people is that the sour and smelly scholars are popular, and the strong warriors are not welcome.As for looking for a daughter-in-law, weak women with willow waists are the most popular. They pay attention to walking with weak willows and Fufeng, and they need three-inch golden lotus feet.That's why Hu Sanniang procrastinated like this.

Hu Sanniang stretched out her foot to have a look, her own was also a three-inch golden lotus, but it was a pity that she measured it horizontally, and it was almost one foot vertically, so I don't know if he likes it or not.

Thinking of this, Hu Sanniang got up straight from the bed, put on a pink dress with arrow sleeves, put on deerskin cloud-toed boots, put her hair in a bun, inserted a silver hairpin, took a look at it with a bronze mirror, and put her hands on it. Patted on the face, it is still quite feminine.

Sanniang looked out the window, it was just dawn, and it was still Maoshi.

Hu Sanniang couldn't help walking out, and unknowingly came to the guest room in the front yard, where Chai Lin and Chai Meng were punching, punching back and forth, tossing and turning.

Chai Lin had seen Sanniang a long time ago and said, "Sanniang, you got up pretty early."

Hu Sanniang said: "It's a habit I've developed over the years. I get up every day and go outside the village to ride horses and shoot arrows."

Chai Lin sighed: "Fame is only obtained from horses, a real hero has a husband. Sanniang is so brave, it makes many men feel ashamed."

"Master Chai made fun of you. That's your real ability. By the way, last night I saw you slashing a fat monk with a knife, and you scared him away with just one knife. Can you take a look at it?" Hu Sanniang asked.

"Sanniang is being polite, there's nothing wrong with that." Chai Lin said and took the horizontal knife that was placed next to him and handed it to Sanniang Hu.

Hu Sanniang took it, and the knife in her hand didn't feel heavy, about four catties.The length is moderate, and the walnut handle is wrapped with hemp rope to prevent slipping, and there are two hand guards with iron hooks, and the word Chaijiazhuang is engraved on the handle.

The scabbard is made of ordinary cowhide, inconspicuous, and when you pull it out gently, you can only feel that the knife is shining and murderous, and the shiny knife has a snowflake-like texture, which is very beautiful.

"Is this the legendary snowflake iron knife?" Hu Sanniang said in surprise.

"Yes, the hair blowing blade is very sharp. With Sanniang's martial arts skills, if there were precious swords in hand last night, let alone twenty or thirty bandits, even if there were more, they would still be cutting melons and vegetables. They came in a hurry and did not bring any gifts. Give this knife to San Niang as a present." Chai Lin said.

How could Hu Sanniang want it? As a martial arts practitioner, the precious sword is his second life, so there is no reason to give it away so easily.

Chai Lindao: "It's not proper to gossip. Sanniang is a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes. How can she act like a little girl? If you let me accept it, you can accept it. Now bandits are everywhere and smoke is everywhere. This sword is as good as Sanniang's martial arts. Only by protecting the security of the old and the young in the Hu family village can the value of the precious sword be reflected."

Hu Sanniang thought about it, and said: "This is really the truth, then well, I will accept it. Why don't Master Chai also ride around with me to see the beautiful landscape of my Hujiazhuang."

"That would be great." Chai Lin replied.

Hu Sanniang found a white horse and a set of carved bows for Chai Lin, and then rode a bay red horse herself, and the two left the village to the east of Zhuangzi.

The two chatted while walking, and Chai Lin asked: "San Niang is good at martial arts, at what age did you start practicing?"

"I am different from other girls since I was a child. I started practicing martial arts at the age of seven, and I have found several masters by the age of fifteen or six. I have never found a master since then."

"Why is that?" Chailin asked puzzled.

Hu Sanniang said with a smile: "They can't beat me, so how dare they come to teach me. Since then, I have practiced blindly every day. I can learn everything from sword skills, bow and arrow, and horse riding, but without the guidance of a famous teacher, I can only be regarded as half a bottle of water." .”

"Actually, your martial arts should be regarded as top-notch among women. If you want to say that it is lacking, it means that you don't have actual combat experience. You are easy to panic when facing the enemy, and you are not strong enough as a woman." Chailin analyzed.

Hujiazhuang is really beautiful with mountains, rivers and scenery. To the north of the village is a big mountain, with mountains connecting mountains and ridges connecting ridges.Several miles to the west are fertile fields, and then woods.To the east is the land of Yimapingchuan, and there is also a river with green and clear water, and white steam is steaming on the surface of the river.

Farther to the east, there is no Zhuangzi, and there is a lot of wasteland around, with dozens of mules grazing there.

Chai Lin said: "San Niang, your village has such a vast wasteland and grassland, you can raise some cows and horses without worrying about fodder."

"Master Chai really has vision. My father made his fortune by raising horses back then. He raised more than a thousand horses, and later sold them to build this huge Hujiazhuang. Now my father is getting old and doesn't care about things. My brother has a sense of business. I am interested in forming a caravan, and now there are four or five hundred mules and horses. There are also a lot of free-range farmers in the village, just relying on this grassland. Mr. Cheng in Dongping Mansion is a rare good official, and he never collects taxes indiscriminately. , otherwise the common people would not be able to survive as in other places.”

"So that's how it is." The history of Hu's family fortune turned out to be closely related to mules and horses.

The two rode slowly, and the big geese who got up early and were not afraid of the cold actually came to the river, but the river was cold, and the big geese dared not go into the water, looking for something to eat in the withered grass on the bank.

Suddenly a gray wolf sprang out from the grass, grabbed a big goose in its big mouth with lightning speed, turned and ran away.

Hu Sanniang scolded: "Evil wolf, come to harm the villagers again, watch the arrow."

After saying that, he urged the horse forward, took down the bow, and swished an arrow. The arrow missed a little and hit the wolf's head on the ground.

Chai Lin bent his bow and shot an arrow, which hit the wolf in the stomach, and the wolf turned over and fell to the ground.

A few maidservants following Hu Sanniang went in the morning and killed the wild wolf with a fork.

Hu Sanniang praised: "Master Chai is good at shooting arrows."

Chai Lin felt ashamed, but in fact this was a trick, since riding and shooting is not Chai Lin's specialty.

"I was fooled, I was shot by a coincidence."

Hu Sanniang laughed and said, "Master Chai is modest."

Sanniang looked at Chai Lin, the more handsome he looked, the more he liked it, and wanted to ask Chai Lin if he was married, but he couldn't open his mouth.The two chatted nonsense, Chai Lin was well-informed, and Sanniang was also a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, and knew a lot.

Sanniang looked at the sun, and before she knew it, it was already time for breakfast.

Hu Sanniang smiled and said, "Master Chai, it's about five miles back to the village, let's race horses and see who gets there first."

"Okay." Chailin replied.

The two urged the horses, and the two horses accelerated and ran towards Zhuangzi quickly.

Hu Sanniang's horse was slightly faster, more than ten meters ahead.

No matter how fast Chailin's white horse speeded up, it was always a little behind the red horse and never overtook it.

(End of this chapter)