Chapter 59 It’s better to have less trouble than more!
"Who is in charge? Come out and speak?"
This captain not only had a cold expression, but his voice was also as cold as expected.
The middle-aged man leading the officers stepped forward and saluted respectfully. "General, I am in charge of this place. What can I do for you?"
The captain took off the token from his waist and threw it to the officer to identify himself.
After the officer looked at it, he quickly took it in his hands and sent it back.
The captain asked, "Is there a merchant named Hu Sheng here who has driven a group of horses from the northwest these days?"
The officer was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied, "General, there really was such a merchant, but he only stayed for three or four days and drove his horses south yesterday."
"Heading south?" Qian Zong frowned, very impatient. He thought for a moment and ordered, "Find all the dark horses here. We need to check them."
The officers did not dare to delay. Although they did not know why they had to inspect the dark horses, they still urged the merchants to prepare quickly.
Soon, all the dark horses were brought out, and the captain personally checked them one by one, and in the end he looked even more disappointed.
He simply said hello and led his troops south.
They came in a hurry and left in an even more chaotic manner, leaving the officials and merchants confused and at a loss as to what was going on.
Someone asked, "Could it be that someone stole the army's horses?"
"It's possible, and it's black. Fortunately, we don't have it here, otherwise we would be in real trouble." Another person responded with a smile.
Suddenly, one of the officers seemed to remember something and said, "Didn't we sell a sick horse yesterday? It was also black?"
Everyone was suddenly aware of what was happening, but after looking at each other, they all decided that less trouble was better.
Besides, this sick horse might not be the one that the commander was looking for.
If I say too much, I might delay the commander's work, but good intentions won't bring good results...
Dusk will not stop for anyone and will come as promised.
In Taijia Village, smoke began to rise from the chimneys of every household.
The women were busy in the kitchen, trying to fill the stomachs of the whole family. They wished they could sprinkle a handful of rice and cook a big pot of thick porridge.
In the Tai family yard, Grandpa Tai was holding his granddaughter and feeding water to the black horse.
The dark horse is becoming more and more energetic, and his pathological state has been reduced by 70% or 80%.
Old Man Tai reached out and patted the big black horse's head, helping it clean the grass fragments on its mane, with an indescribable love and nostalgia in his eyes.
Zhuzhu hugged her grandfather's neck, stretched out her chubby little hands, and stroked the black horse together, laughing from time to time.
The old man was in a good mood and chatted with his granddaughter with a smile.
"Zhuzhu, do you know that Grandpa also raised a black horse when he was young. It was even more majestic than our Dahei. It was the king of the entire herd and the general's mount. It was so smart! Sometimes, Grandpa thought it was going to become a spirit!"
Before Zhuzhu could understand, Heima became jealous. He shook his big head and rubbed it against the old man's palm, humming his lips.
The old man laughed heartily and quickly coaxed the black horse, "My Dahei is still young. He will be even more majestic in another year, the most majestic horse in the world!"
The black horse then gave up and lowered its head to eat the hay in big mouthfuls.
Zhuzhu thought of the horses in the sky, who ate the tenderest and sweetest grass, and felt a little sorry for Dahei.
Then, her little fat boy pointed to the big mountain east of the village and shouted, "Grandpa, go up the mountain, there is green grass for Dahei to eat!"
The old man tapped his granddaughter's nose and complained, "Is it because your brothers are naughty and want to go up the mountain, so they sent you to bother Grandpa again?"
Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue happened to come in from outside carrying firewood, and when they heard this, they quickly protested.
"Grandpa, we didn't say we were going up the mountain!"
"Yeah, we wouldn't dare take Zhuzhu with us even if we went up the mountain!"
The old man waved his hand and dismissed his grandchildren, "If you didn't say anything, then don't say anything. Hurry up and heat the kang."
After saying that, he put his little granddaughter on the back of the black horse and changed the water in the basin for the black horse.
Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue were envious and ran into the house like crazy to light the kang quickly, thinking that when they came out again, they could also follow their sister and ride the horse for a while.
The old man watched Heima drink the water and was about to pick up his granddaughter when he heard a loud "thump" in the house, shaking the whole house.
Zhuzhu was startled and her body tilted, almost falling off the horse. Fortunately, the black horse was smart and turned its body.
Old Master Tai was also quick-witted. He picked up his granddaughter and placed her on his shoulder, holding her with his broken arm, then ran quickly to the main room.
Yang Lihua and Liu Dongniang also came out from the kitchen, and Tai Jizu and Tai Jizong, who were working in the back garden, also hurried over to dig.
As soon as everyone pushed the door open, Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue rushed out.
The two boys looked like two burnt sorghum stalks. Except for their teeth, there was no white spot on their bodies. A large patch of hair on their foreheads was burnt.
Everyone was startled, then burst into laughter.
Liu Dongniang slapped each of them and scolded them, "Did you stuff too much firewood in again? It's blocking the kang hole so much that smoke is coming out of it?"
Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue scratched the back of their heads, feeling ashamed and aggrieved.
Tai Yonglu was a quick-witted talker and was the first to shout, "We saw my sister riding a horse and wanted to ride one too. So we thought we'd light the fire and get out quickly..."
Tai Yongyue also nodded vigorously. "I didn't expect the firewood to be jammed so tightly that it choked (firewood is jammed too tightly, lacking oxygen to burn). We were trying to blow at the stove door, and we were sprayed by the flames."
As he was talking, he probably felt his eyebrows itchy, so he raised his hand to rub them, and as a result, his eyebrows fell off...
Everyone looked at the boy who was missing an eyebrow and almost laughed themselves crazy!
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