| Yuanzhi's sword was in her hand, but the hunchback did not attack herHe grabbed the tail of her horse, and the animal, which was galloping along, reared back on its hind legs with a loud screamThe hunchback's strength was frightening: the horse had not pulled him forward an inchHe chopped at the horse's tautly-stretched tail with his right hand, and snapped off the end as if with a knifeThe horse lunged forward, and Yuanzhi was almost thrownThe hunchback turned and ran off swiftlyIn a second, he caught up with his horse, still galloping westwards, leapt onto its back and soon disappeared from view
"Teacher!" Yuanzhi called out in a plaintive voiceLu frowned and was tiffany bracelet about to berate herBut seeing her eyes glistening with tears, he stopped himself
Later, they heard a shout from behind: "Weiyang
Yuanzhi was mystified"What's that?" she asked
"It's the call of a bodyguard agency shouter," he said"The agencies hire out bodyguards or escort goods and people, especially on long journeysEvery bodyguard agency has a different call, and they use it to let both outlaws and friends know who they areThe bodyguard agency business is based seven parts on goodwill and three parts on fighting abilityIf the head of an agency is generous and creates a lot of goodwill, he will gain many friends, and his business will prosperOutlaws will hear balenciaga yellow the call and let them pass without attacking'Being friends is better than being enemies,' as the saying goesNow, if you were to try the bodyguard agency businessa! With allthe people you have annoyed in less than half a day, you would have trouble travelling an inch, even if you were ten times the fighter you are now
"Which bodyguard agency's call is that?" she asked, ignoring his teasing
"The Zhen Yuan Agency from Beijing, probably the biggest in north ChinaThe head of the agency is 'North China Earth Shaker' Wang WeiyangHe must be seventy by now, but they're still calling 'Weiyang', so he hasn't retired yetAh, perhaps he ought toThe Zhen Yuan Agency has been fake chloe bag making big profits for 40 years nowThat should be enough for anyone
"Have you ever met him?" Yuanzhi askedHe uses an Eight Diagram sword and the Eight Diagram boxing techniqueIn the old days, there was no one in north China who could beat him
Yuanzhi was elated"They're travelling very fastWhen they catch up to us, you can point the old hero out to me
"Now why would he come out himself?" Lu said"You really are a silly girl!"
Yuanzhi sulkedShe was always being told off by her teacherShe spurred her horse forward and caught up with the carriage, planning to talk to her mother for a while to relieve the frustrationGlancing round, she saw the stub of her horse's tail rolex submariners and shudderedThere was nothing unusual about breaking a spear with one blow, but a horse's tail was pliableHow had the hunchback managed to snap it? She reined in her horse, meaning to wait for Lu to catch up so she could ask him, but changed her mind and galloped up the line to Officer Deng instead
"Officer Deng," she said, pouting"My horse's tail looks very ugly
"I don't know what to do with this horse of mine," Deng replied, guessing her meaning"He's in a bad mood today and won't do anything I sayYou are a good horsewoman, mistressPerhaps you could help me break him in
"I probably won't be able to handle him either," she said modestlyThe two exchanged mens cartier watch horses |
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