Becoming a literary master starting from the story of Minglan

Chapter 372 Cheng Family
After a cup of tea.

When Sheng Changquan walked out of the Sheng Mansion, Xu Changqing had already prepared the horses and was ready to set off at any time.

"go!"

Upon seeing Xu Changqing approaching, Sheng Changquan didn't say much, but simply nodded to him and said, "Go to my cousin's place."

Sheng Changquan had already told him about today's itinerary beforehand, so Xu Changqing wasn't surprised.
"Yes, Master!"

After Xu Changqing responded, he handed the horse he was leading to his young master.

"Eh~"

Upon seeing Sheng Changquan, the black horse being led let out a long neigh and began to shake its head and wag its head at him "excitedly."

It's clear that it really likes Sheng Changquan.

"Hahaha!"

At this moment, Sheng Changquan patted the horse's head with a smile and said affectionately, "Black Wind, it's been quite a long time since we last met!"

"But don't rush!"

"This time, after we leave the city, I'll run around with you to your heart's content!"

That's right, this big black horse is Black Wind, the thoroughbred that Xu Changqing has always coveted.

"Hmph! Hmph!"

Black Wind was quite intelligent; at this moment, it seemed to understand its master's words. It immediately stopped what it was doing, nodded, and stared intently at Sheng Changquan with its big, wet eyes, as if to say, "You said it!"

"Hahaha, you bastard!"

Seeing Hei Feng's intelligent performance, Sheng Changquan could only smile wryly and say, "Alright, alright, I promise you, I will definitely keep my word!"

It's clear that Black Wind is expressing his previous dissatisfaction!

However, we can't blame it.

After all, it was originally a king, until it met Sheng Changquan...

He transformed a king of the grasslands into a mount.

"Okay, let's go!"

After calming Hei Feng down for a while, Sheng Changquan jumped onto his horse and gave instructions to Xu Changqing.

Seeing this, Xu Changqing didn't say much, just grinned, then took Heifeng's hand with his left hand and his own Hongying's hand with his right hand, and walked ahead first.

Because they were in Bianjing City, Sheng Changquan and his men couldn't ride at full speed. The only ones who would dare to do that, besides messengers, were probably those spoiled brats who did evil deeds.

But Sheng Changquan, an "ambitious young man," would naturally not do that.

Not to mention, he also has an extremely cautious father who is keeping an eye on him!

……

Bianjing City truly lived up to its reputation as a vital capital city. Apart from the imperial palace, which required heavy guard, every other place was extremely prosperous.

Even though this path is in the outer city, it is still crowded with people.

Fortunately, Xu Changqing was leading two horses, which made the surrounding people realize that he was either a wandering knight or an official. Therefore, the crowd managed to squeeze in a way for him to come out.

After a while, when they were much further away from the outer city, and even beyond the city gates, Xu Changqing finally breathed a sigh of relief and loosened his grip on the reins.

"Young master, Tokyo is becoming increasingly wealthy!"

As Xu Changqing spoke, he mounted his horse without a second thought.

"Hey!"

Xu Changqing pressed down with his right hand and immediately sat up. Taking advantage of the momentum, he grabbed the reins of the red-tasseled horse and said, "If you compare Tokyo with the places we've traveled to before, it's like comparing heaven and earth!"

"Who says it isn't?"

Seeing this, Sheng Changquan also sighed with emotion: "But!"

"No matter how prosperous and peaceful the capital city of Tokyo may be, it would all be in vain if it couldn't ensure that all the people in the world could live without worry about food and clothing!"

"Putting everything else aside, just look at the Daliang Mountain area. If we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, how could we have believed that such a terrible place existed in this world!" Recalling everything they had experienced in the Daliang Mountain, Sheng Changquan and his servant couldn't help but tremble at the same time!
The horrific scene of exchanging children to eat each other was especially unbearable for them to recall!
"Ugh!"

Sheng Changquan sighed, but quickly rallied again!
"This matter can only be dealt with later!"

"Right now, let's take care of our own affairs first!" Sheng Changquan sighed inwardly.

Sheng Changquan was not a kind person to begin with, so he naturally had no noble sentiments of sacrificing himself to save others. If one day he really did such a thing, it must be for a deeper purpose.

Of course, this guy isn't a bad person. In the end, he's just an ordinary, selfish person.

"Changqing, let's go!"

Putting those thoughts aside, Sheng Changquan gave a shout and immediately squeezed his legs together, signaling Hei Feng to run.

Now that they were outside the city gates, they could naturally ride at full speed to Jiang Xingzong's residence.

In fact, the residence chosen for Jiang Xingzong back then was in the western outer city, which was a relatively remote area. Although it was within Bianjing City, it was extremely remote. Otherwise, with the Jiang family's assets, even with Sheng Changquan's help, they would not have been able to afford to rent it.

Because the Sheng Mansion is located in the eastern inner city, one would have to pass through the inner city to reach the western outer city. Taking a sedan chair would be much faster, but it would be far less convenient than riding a horse around the city.

Therefore, Sheng Changquan and his companion chose to travel by horseback.

"Yes, young master!"

Xu Changqing was a straightforward man. Seeing that his young master had skipped the previous question, he didn't think much of it either. He just raised an eyebrow and shouted to Sheng Changquan, "By the way, young master, we still have to have a good competition this time to see who can get to the young master's house first!"

It seems that Xu Changqing has never let go of the comparison between Heifeng and Hongying.

……

Black Wind and Red Tassel were indeed exceptional horses, rarely seen in the world. In just over half an hour, they arrived at the western outer city.

"Xu~"

Sheng Changquan squeezed his legs together and gently lifted the reins in his hand, signaling Black Wind to stop.

"throat!"

Upon receiving the signal, Black Wind snorted happily, then trotted forward for a while before finally pawing at its hooves and stopping.

"call!"

A strange noise was heard, and a white mist shot out from Black Wind's nostrils.

It was clear that Black Wind was somewhat satisfied now—it had run quite well!

"Hehe, it seems Hongying is still not as good as you!"

Sheng Changquan glanced back at the small black dot in the distance, which was Xu Changqing, and couldn't help but reach out and pat Heifeng's head, praising him.

"Hey!"

Black Wind simply rolled his eyes dismissively, indicating that he didn't want to answer such an obvious question.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing that Xu Changqing would not be able to arrive for quite some time, Sheng Changquan decided to go to his cousin's house first.

"tread!"

Sheng Changquan jumped off Black Wind's back and led it forward.

"Huh? Whose house is this?"

After walking a few steps, he suddenly noticed a strange farmhouse that had been newly built next to Old Man Liang's house.

"The Cheng family?"

Sheng Changquan looked up and saw that the rather strangely built farmhouse had its gate tightly closed, but the plaque above the gate read "Cheng Courtyard".

"Hey, this family is interesting!"

Sheng Changquan didn't think much of it, but he did find it a bit strange.

After all, this courtyard has a rather "postmodern avant-garde" feel.

(End of this chapter)