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Chapter 344 Princess: The Jade Lion Shining in the Night, I Am Determined to Have It! [3 Updates]

"what?"

Li Jinwu stared wide-eyed in disbelief:

"To buy a thoroughbred horse, you must first buy a half-step thoroughbred horse?"
"What kind of business is conducted this way?"

"That's how we do business in Zengtou City!"

The burly, demonic man glared at him: "What? You're not convinced?"

"Li Da!"

When the princess saw that Li Jinwu was about to argue with the evil ghost, she frowned slightly and shouted a rebuke.

Li Jinwu had no choice but to step down, and Wuyan proudly took his place, asking the monstrous demon:
What is a "half-step a thousand-mile horse"?

The monstrous demon said, "A horse that can travel eight hundred li a day is called a 'half-step thousand-li horse'."

Wu Yan asked again, "How much?"

The monstrous demon said, "Two thousand taels of silver per bolt."

Wu Yan nodded, looked around, and suddenly asked him:
"You have three half-mile-long horses here?"

broken!

The burly demon was stunned.

He underestimated this promising young man; with just a few words, he was turned the tables on him.

He could never admit that he overestimated himself...

The conversation had escalated to this point, and the burly demon could only say:

"As long as you can buy, I guarantee I can sell!"

Wu Yan smiled slightly: "So, this place is just the tip of the iceberg."

“You also have an even larger horse farm.”

"A deal worth six thousand taels of silver is no small sum."

"What, we buyers aren't allowed to inspect the goods first?"

This is the gap!

The princess glanced at Wuyan with appreciation.

Although both Wuyan and Li Jinwu came from military families, Li Jinwu was undoubtedly far inferior to Wuyan.

The burly demon was stunned, and said helplessly:

"If you want to buy it, I will naturally take you to see it."

Wu Yan chuckled: "Of course we want to buy. Please lead the way, brother."

"Come with me!"

The burly demon gave Wu Yan another look before turning and walking into the dense forest.

Wu Yan turned back and gave the princess a smug smile, and the princess nodded slightly in approval.

Wu Yan glanced smugly at Li Jinwu, whose pale face darkened, and he could only swallow his anger.

The three followed the monstrous demon into the dense forest. There was no path at first, but somehow a path appeared after taking a few steps.

Wu Yan was focused on the monstrous demon, while Li Jinwu looked around, trying to remember the route they had taken.

The monstrous demon led them through the dense forest, winding their way around.

I don't know how far we went, but suddenly my eyes lit up and everything became clear.

It turned out they had already left the dense forest and arrived at another large horse farm.

This large horse ranch is located in a mountain valley, and it is many times larger than the previous one.

The three of them looked around and saw that there were at least three to five hundred horses in the large horse farm, each with a bright coat, a big head and long legs.

Wu Yan lowered his voice and said to the princess, "Miss, this big man is not honest!"

"I suspect they have more than just these two horse farms. I'll see how I get more information out of him later."

The princess nodded: "That would be best."

The monstrous demon arrived here and found a giant who was over ten feet tall:

"Fourth brother, they've come to buy horses."

As he spoke, the evil ghost man winked at the giant man, and the fourth giant man nodded knowingly.

Wuyan surveyed the men guarding the area, then whispered to the princess:
"Miss, the men here are all very tough; I'm afraid they're not doing legitimate business."

Li Jinwu seized the opportunity to mock him: "This is an underground horse market, of course we're not doing legitimate business here!"

Loser!

Wu Yan rolled her eyes at him, then said to the princess:
"Let's be prepared in case they kill and rob us."

Li Jinwu quickly patted the zither case he was carrying on his back:
"Don't worry, Miss. With me here, I will make sure they don't harm a single hair on your head!"

The princess nodded and said, "Please be careful."

A little while later, the Huo family brought several more customers who had come to buy horses, and they stood outside the horse farm pointing and gesturing.

The princess glanced at them and exclaimed, "The Central Plains is indeed a land of outstanding people and abundant resources, teeming with heroes and valiant men!"
“These customers who came to buy horses are all handsome and have an imposing presence; they are no ordinary people!”

Li Jinwu immediately looked over warily, and only when he saw that the others were not looking in his direction did he feel relieved.

The giant fourth brother had several fine horses brought over and asked Wuyan in a deep, gruff voice:
Would you like to take a test drive?

"Of course."

Li Jinwu dismounted and eagerly rode each of the horses around the track.

He returned excitedly and told the princess, "Miss, they really are all steeds that can travel a thousand miles in a day!"

The princess nodded.

Wuyan then took out six hundred taels of garlic-shaped gold from his bundle and gave it to the giant fourth brother:

"Now we can see the thoroughbred horse."

The giant fourth brother and the evil demon man exchanged a glance and asked:
"What are your requirements for the fine horse, sir?"
"For example, breed, teeth, coat color..."

"Nothing else matters, the most important thing is the coat color."

Wuyan glanced at the princess and said:
"My young lady loves white horses the most, and she can't stand even a single stray hair on one."

The giant fourth brother and the evil demon man subconsciously exchanged another glance:
"A fine horse, a white horse, not even a single stray hair can be seen..."

"This kind of top-quality item is priceless and extremely rare. Even in Zengtou City, we don't have any."

The princess frowned slightly, and Li Jinwu couldn't help but say upon seeing this:
"We heard that a horse trader stole a fine horse from the north and sold it to Zengtou City!"

"That thoroughbred horse was as white as snow, without a single stray hair on its body!"
"It is ten feet long from head to tail, and eight feet high from hoof to spine... How can it not be there?"

For some reason, after Li Jinwu finished speaking, he felt as if everyone was staring at him. However, when Li Jinwu looked around, he didn't find anyone watching him, which made him feel uneasy.

The princess rolled her eyes at Li Jinwu, clearly annoyed.
With such limited cunning, you dare to be the Commander of the Imperial Guard?
After a two-second silence, the giant fourth brother and the evil demon asked:

Where did you hear that from?

Wu Yan said on behalf of Li Jinwu: "We heard about it from people when we passed through other horse markets."

"The horse trader had red hair and a yellow beard, and the horse was so white that it didn't have a single stray hair. Someone who saw it told us about it."

The burly fourth brother pressed, "Which horse market?"

Wu Yan frowned: "Why are you asking so many questions?"
"If you have it, sell it to us; if you don't, just say you don't have it."

"Since when do you have to check someone's background to bet on horses?"

The giant fourth brother shook his head: "No."

"We are not the only horse market in the Hebei and Shandong areas."

"Why don't the three of you try asking somewhere else?"

“My young lady is a true buyer; she loves white horses more than anything in her life and is willing to pay a high price for this horse!”

Wu Yan glanced at the princess, who nodded. Wu Yan then offered a high price to the giant, the fourth man:

"My young lady is willing to offer ten thousand taels of silver just for this white horse!"

Both the giant fourth brother and the evil ghost were taken aback.

The burly demon was tongue-tied and dared not speak, only glancing at the fourth giant.

The burly fourth brother asked, "What kind of white horse is worth ten thousand taels of silver? How could your young lady be so willing to part with it?"

Instead of answering, Wu Yan asked, "Is that so?"

The giant fourth brother shook his head: "No."

Wu Yan turned back to look at the princess again, and this time the princess spoke up herself:

"One hundred thousand taels, do you have that?"

"hiss--"

The giant fourth brother and the evil demon man couldn't help but gasp:
Although the Jade Lion is said to be priceless, that priceless is just an exaggeration!

How could it possibly be worth a city?
One hundred thousand taels of silver! The annual tribute that the Song Dynasty paid to the Liao Dynasty was only two hundred thousand taels of silver!

So much silver just to buy a horse?

The giant fourth brother and the evil ghost man subconsciously glanced at the customers buying horses next to them.

But he immediately realized he shouldn't have done that and quickly looked away.

The giant fourth brother shook his head: "There really isn't one!"

The princess sighed: "In that case, let's just consider these three half-step steeds as friends."

"Please keep an eye out for those fine white steeds. I'll come back and ask about them in a while."

Noticing that the princess spoke strangely, and her accent was odd, the burly fourth brother readily agreed:

"sure."

"Please take us there."

The princess turned her horse and rode away, not even bothering to look at the three half-mile-long horses she had bought for six thousand taels of silver.

Wu Yan hurriedly followed, while Li Jinwu, driving the three half-step thousand-mile horses, lagged behind.

The monstrous demon and the fourth giant exchanged a glance and went to lead the princess to her.

The giant, the fourth brother, then walked towards the customers who had bought horses.

Wu Yan glanced back and saw it, but didn't think much of it.

The monstrous demon led the princess and her two companions back to the pony farm and asked:

"Do the three of you need anything else?"

"That's all, please wait."

After answering him, Wuyan walked back the way they came with the princess and Li Jinwu, who was driving three horses.

Walking along the tree-lined path, with no one around, Wu Yan finally couldn't help but ask the princess:
"Princess, when you mentioned 100,000 taels of silver just now, those fellows' eyes darted around, clearly they had something to hide!"
"I suspect the Jade Lion Shining at Night is in Zengtou City!"

The princess nodded: "I am determined to have this horse. What methods do you have to help me get it?"

"If the soft approach doesn't work, we'll have to resort to the hard one!"

Wu Yan lowered his voice and said, "The princess just mentioned 100,000 taels of silver, which must have piqued their interest!"
"If they want to kill and rob, they will definitely come after us!"

"This tree-lined path is the best place for them to strike!"

"most!"

Li Jinwu became excited: "With my skills, no matter how many of them come, they won't be able to get close to the princess!"

"We can take this opportunity to turn the tables and capture their leader!"

"Force him to hand over the Jade Lion of the Night!"

Princess:"……"

Just then, a group of masked men suddenly rushed out of the dense forest!
One of the giants was ten feet tall and carried a mixed iron rod in his hand!

Upon seeing the giant man, who was ten feet long, Li Jinwu couldn't help but burst into laughter:

"Fourth brother, we just met, is there any need for you to wear a mask?"

Who is the fourth brother?

The giant was taken aback: When did we meet before?
But he certainly couldn't explain this to Li Jinwu, so he gestured with his hand:
"Kill them!"

The group of masked men rushed forward and surrounded the princess, Wuyan, and Li Jinwu, fighting them fiercely!

broken!

Li Jinwu tried to remove the zither case from his back, but found it was too close to be of any use...

Left with no other choice, Li Jinwu picked up the long, narrow package hanging on the wing ring of the Victory Hook Bird.

Without bothering to tear off the outer layer of cloth, Li Jinwu grabbed the long, narrow package and plunged into the battle.

“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”

His long, narrow bundle clashed with the masked man's weapon, producing a metallic clang; it turned out to be an iron weapon.

Wu Yan was the same; before he could even unpack his package, he immediately engaged in combat with the masked man.

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(End of this chapter)