Turbulent Times Chapter 118: Secret Chamber of the Hou Mansion (3rd update)

However, now that Shen Guang saw the blood-maned horse from a distance, his eyes lit up after being surprised, and he cried out: "The legendary blood-maned horse actually exists."

Hearing the sound, Wang Junlin turned his head and looked over, beckoned to Shen Guang and Guo'er, whose face was full of nervousness and fear, and motioned for them to go over.

Did not dare to neglect, Shen Guang led his younger sister up quickly, and when he was five steps away from Wang Junlin, both of them knelt down and said, "Shen Guang and his younger sister, Shen Guoer, to see the Lord Marquis."

Wang Junlin came up, helped Shen Guang up himself, then pulled Shen Guo'er up casually, and said, "My rules, you don't need to kneel down when you see me in the future."

After speaking, he turned his head and said with a smile to the nervous and pale Guoer: "This is sister Guoer! She looks so delicate, but her body is too thin and her complexion is not very good. Take care of your illness in the mansion."

Speaking of this, Wang Junlin turned to Zhan Peng next to him, and said, "I will arrange a separate small courtyard for the brothers and sisters later, pick two clever maids to serve Guo'er, and then send someone to come with my name card. Jin Wang's mansion invites Dr. Mao to come over and take a look at Guo'er's illness."

Although Zhan Peng didn't understand why his lord valued the Shen brothers and sisters so much, he would not disobey Wang Junlin's order, so he quickly bowed his head to say hello.

Shen Guang and Shen Guoer were a little taken aback by Wang Junlin's words. Although their brothers and sisters have extraordinary minds, they never thought that the legendary poisonous general Lord Hou would be like this on the first day they met Value them and give them such high courtesy.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, it's just us..." For a while, the brother and sister felt like they were dreaming, but then they became a little uneasy, which is a common problem of smart people.

How could Wang Junlin fail to see the changes in expressions and thoughts in the hearts of the two brothers and sisters? You know, Lord Hou loves soldiers like sons, not to mention being kind to the people around him, before coming to the capital, Lord Hou even rewarded his subordinates with more than twenty beautiful beauties worth thousands of gold!"

When Zhan Peng said these words, Wang Junlin had already returned to the blood-maned horse and said, "Shen Guang, I heard that you know how to look at horses. Tell me about the art of looking at horses."

Shen Guang thought that Wang Junlin had sent someone to inquire about him yesterday, so he didn't think too much about Wang Junlin knowing that he would meet a horse.

Hearing the words at this time, Shen Guang took a deep breath, walked forward, looked at the blood-maned horse with strange eyes, and said: "Return to the Marquis, the skill of looking at horses is actually far from what the world imagines." It’s as profound as it sounds, just like ‘seeing’ and ‘touching’ when you say it, it’s similar to a doctor’s diagnosis, half of inheritance and one’s own experience, there is no other shortcut to follow.”

Shen Guang was not stage frightened. He talked and looked around. He went to the nearby haystack and grabbed a handful of alfalfa. This thing is the favorite of horses, no matter how handsome and noble the horse is. It is also an essential horse feed for raising horses.

From the corner of Shen Guang's eyes, he noticed that Wang Junlin was listening seriously, so he was encouraged even more, and continued, "When approaching a horse, don't approach it from the side and back, but from the front. It's best to make some noise." , let it know that he is coming."

"Because the horse's eyeballs are not very good, and generally can't see people clearly, but its ears are good. As long as it speaks, it knows that someone is coming. Please look, Lord Marquis. This blood-maned horse is watching right now. Little man, in fact, it can't see very clearly, it just heard the voice of the little man."

"At this time, don't be afraid. An untamed horse would have run away long ago. If this blood-maned horse hadn't been tamed by Lord Hou, it wouldn't run away. It would only attack people who came by. Now it doesn't move, it doesn't snort, and it doesn't attack, which shows that Lord Hou is here, and he believes in his own safety. However, the villain is a stranger, so if you want to get in touch with it, you'd better The best way is to feed it something to eat first, as the old saying goes, if you want to take something, you must first give it, that’s the truth.”

As he spoke, he stretched out the alfalfa in his hand to the mouth of the blood-maned horse.

The blood-maned horse smelled the scent of alfalfa, and immediately came over, smelled it, and opened its mouth to nibble.

Wang Junlin saw it in his eyes, and when he thought about what Shen Guang said, he couldn't help but think of adults using sugar to trick children. The rationale for this may be the same.

"Hou Ye, look, the blood-maned BMW has a short mouth after eating the food fed by the villain. At this time, the villain can touch it."

Guoer heard it was interesting, and burst out laughing, but immediately covered her mouth, stuck out her tongue, and secretly glanced at Wang Junlin next to her.

Wang Junlin nodded slightly, expressing his affirmation of what Shen Guang said and did.

Shen Guang continued: "The blood-maned horse is the most spiritual horse in the world. It is very smart and has a good nose, so when you touch the horse, touch the nose first. If you want the blood-maned horse to recognize it, you must let it smell it. Its ears are also sensitive to the scent of the villain, so talk to it and let it remember the voice of the villain.”

After finishing speaking, he leaned close to the horse's ear, stroked the blood-maned horse's neck, and murmured a few words in a low voice.

"Look, Lord Hou, when it looks at the villain now, it has completely lost the ferocity and hostility just now, and is willing to get close to the villain. If it is an ordinary horse at this time, the villain will You can even ride it for a few steps, but the bloodmane horse will only be ridden by one owner in its life."

"That's right, let's continue." Wang Junlin expressed his appreciation.

"Thank you, Lord Hou, let me take a look at the teeth of the blood-maned horse first."

He took the alfalfa to feed the blood mane horse again, took the opportunity to look at it carefully, and said: "A good horse breeder can tell how old it is just by looking at its teeth, but it depends on years of experience. Accumulation, although the villain has a long history of family education, but he doesn't have a lot of experience, we can only tell that this blood-maned horse should be about two years old."

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After lunch, Wang Junlin and Shen Guang walked to the study while waiting for the latest information from the Nighthawk envoy. Shen Guang has already briefly told Wang Junlin about the original owner of the mansion and his past.

Such a coincidence also surprised Wang Junlin slightly, so he simply asked Shen Guang to take him to familiarize himself with the mansion.

The study is located at the east end of the main courtyard, surrounded by lush osmanthus trees, and behind it is a three-foot-high rockery.

Wang Junlin had actually been to the study last night, but just now he heard from Shen Guang that there was another secret room in the study, so he started to check as soon as he came in.

Not long after, Wang Junlin, under Shen Guang's extremely surprised expression, smiled and pointed to the bookcase with no books in the corner and asked, "This is the entrance to the secret room."

"Hou Ye's gaze is like a torch, and he admires his humble position extremely." Shen Guang flattered him sincerely.

Seeing that Wang Junlin just smiled and didn't answer, he went on to say, "This is Yu Qingze's study outside. The home was confiscated three years ago, and all the books were confiscated, but it doesn't seem I found that there is also a secret room inside."

"What's inside?" Wang Junlin asked with interest.

"Yu Qing has a hobby of collecting famous weapons, and half of his life's wealth is used to do this. As far as I know, it should be extremely rare armor and weapons, which were collected by Yu Qing for decades Treasure."

When Wang Junlin heard the words, he couldn't help being overjoyed and became more interested. What would be the famous weapons in Yu Qing's collection?

Since he learned how to use the horse lance with Yu Juluo, he has been thinking about getting a suitable horse lance for use, but the horse lance is the most troublesome weapon to build among the eighteen weapons. The most expensive weapon, with Wang Junlin's current wealth, it is not difficult to sell an ordinary horse lance, but if you want to find a famous craftsman to make a top-quality horse lance, it will take three to five years.

A horse lance is very expensive and difficult to make. It is not a wooden stick tied with an iron head to be called a lance. It can be said to be a precious weapon since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Unlike the wooden poles used by the lance, the main trunk of the high-quality tough wood is stripped into uniform thickness and glued together. The most tough wood is the extension wood for bows, followed by mulberry, oak, Rattan, or at worst bamboo. Soak the noodles in oil repeatedly until they are no longer deformed or cracked, and the first step has just been completed.

This process took nearly a year. After one year, the strips were taken out, dried in the shade for several months, and then glued together with high-quality glue to form a thick, eight-foot-long, and the outer layer was wrapped with hemp rope. When the hemp rope is completely dry, it is coated with raw lacquer, wrapped with Gebu, and wrapped with a layer, until it is cut with a knife, and the lance makes a metallic sound, but it does not break, so it is considered qualified.

Then remove its head and tail, shorten it to about six feet long, install a fine steel lance head in the front, and install a red copper lance head in the rear, and adjust it continuously. Zhangba Maqiang can stand in mid-air like a beam without falling or falling. Only in this way can the military commander keep the tip of the spear forward without any effort while riding on the horse.

The lance produced in this way is light, tough and strong. Generals can use their horsepower to charge with their hands, or they can wield them for melee combat. It's just that the whole spear will take at least three years, and the success rate is only 40%, so the cost is astonishingly high.

So since the Han and Tang Dynasties, Ma Chan has always been a symbol of generals from aristocratic families. In the south, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty was so rich that he built a lance that was two feet and four feet long, and he had to show off to others everywhere. In the Sui Dynasty, only the direct descendants of the Royal Guards were equipped with a large number of standard horses. Soldiers and horses from other prefectures usually find a wooden stick with an iron tip as a pretense. Strictly speaking, this kind of fake and inferior product can only be called a spear, and has nothing to do with the lance.

So, during this period of time, Wang Junlin has been asking Sun Wentao to ask for a lot of money to buy a good horse for his own use, but more than a month has passed, and there is no news so far.

The study of a big family can be divided into inside and outside. The study here is strictly an outside study. The outside study is very bright and covered with a thin layer of dust. Shen Guang pointed to the bookcase more than ten feet high in front of him, and said: " Three years ago, I was lucky enough to stay outside, and I saw Yu Qing open the secret room with my own eyes, and walked into it alone, but Yu Qing never allowed anyone to enter it except himself."

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