Chapter 66: Legend of the Demonic Horse
After hearing Wang Er's words, Ji Hao's expression did not change at all. He said calmly: "How many times has this happened? Every time I thought it was top-notch, but every time I was disappointed."

After giving the Red Hare to Lu Bu as a betrothal gift, he has been looking for the trace of the Black Hare over the years.

To be precise, it is the trace of the "peerless black horse".

Putting aside Zhao Yun's "White Horse Dragon Colt" and Liu Bei's "Di Lu", the best war horses in the world are "Red Hare" and "Black Horse".

Among them, Red Hare originated from Xiliang and is also known as the "blood-sweating horse".

Its characteristic is speed. It is famous for traveling a thousand miles a day and is also called "Qianlima".

The pinnacle among them is Lu Bu's "Red Hare".

The Wuzhui is a "dark horse" native to the Central Plains. It is faster than ordinary war horses, and is extremely strong and has amazing endurance. The best of them is Xiang Yu's "Wuzhui".

The number is even rarer.

Ji Hao has been searching for several years, but has only found eight black horses of average quality. The kind of top-notch horse that can truly be called "Wuzhui" has not yet been found.

We suspected we had found it several times, but when we actually found it, we discovered it was all in name only.

Just like Sun Ce was nicknamed "Little Overlord", claiming to have the courage of an overlord, but in fact he was not even top-notch. Looking at the world, he was barely in the top ten, and his strength was not greater than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"It's different this time. It's a wild horse. Even if it's not the best, it's definitely top-quality!" said Wang Er.

Ji Hao still had little interest in this.

He asked coldly, "Where did you find it?"

"In Qiaojiazhuang, the first person to discover the horse was the owner of the manor, 'Mr. Qiao.' But he didn't know the value of the horse. Instead, he thought it was a demon horse, so he was recruiting heroes from all walks of life to go into the mountains to eliminate the demon!" said Wang Er.

At this point, Ji Hao finally became interested.

"Tell me the details!"

"The story goes like this. A few days ago, Mr. Qiao took his two daughters, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, out for an outing. When they came back in the evening, they suddenly encountered a goat on the road. The guards put their arrows on and were about to shoot, but suddenly an unusually tall black horse rushed out and bit the goat to death!" Wang Er said, "The black horse was not afraid of people either. It tore the goat apart and ate it in front of everyone. The guards shot with arrows, but found that the black horse's skin was as hard as a cow, and ordinary bows and arrows could not penetrate the fur at all!"

After saying that, he took out a book called "Bo Le's Horsemanship" and started flipping through it.

He continued, "Mr. Qiao was shocked and thought it was a demon horse, so he took his guards and took a detour. After returning home, he thought he was possessed by a demon, so he offered a huge reward and asked all the talented people in the world to get rid of the demon!"

After he finished speaking, he placed the open book in front of Ji Hao.

Ji Hao didn't read it, because he had read it before and remembered it by heart. He said directly: "The black horse looks like a sweat-blooded horse, and its temperament is like a donkey. It eats grains instead of grass. It is nine feet tall and four feet long. Its teeth are sharp. The best ones occasionally eat meat, and the worst ones are no different from tigers and wolves. It is the king of horses!"

Wang Er nodded repeatedly.

After a round of flattery, he added: "How can there be any demon horse in this world? It must be the top-grade Wuzhui!"

Hearing this, Ji Hao nodded and said, "Even if it's not top quality, it must be top quality, otherwise they wouldn't eat meat. Send someone to catch it!"

In fact, when he first got the book "Bo Le's Horsemanship", he suspected that "Wuzui" was actually a "mule".

Because it is so rare, there is no record of its reproduction.

In terms of diet, it can eat both meat and vegetables, and is very much like a donkey.

But there is one thing that doesn't match up: the mule is bigger than the donkey, but smaller than the horse, and has no reproductive ability, while the black horse is bigger than an ordinary war horse.

It is a native horse breed in the Central Plains, and it is not a hybrid of a foreign horse and a donkey.

Therefore, Ji Hao could only regard it as a specialty of this world, just like the 300-jin Yellow River carp, which was something that had never existed in his previous life.

"We sent people, but they couldn't catch him." Wang Er shook his head.

If possible, wouldn’t it be better if he just arrested him and then reported it?

But the problem was that one could not catch a horse with a crossbow or a sword, so he embarrassingly discovered that he could not catch the horse with human power.

On the contrary, there may be sacrifices.

No one was sent to arrest him.

"That horse was very strong and intelligent. We set a trap but it still escaped." Wang Er said, "That's why I am sure it is a top-quality black horse." At this point, Ji Hao was completely moved.

Although Red Hare is very stubborn and no one has ever been able to tame it, it is also very easy to capture.

It is impossible to catch it by human power. Even if it is not a top-grade black horse, the strength is enough for me to use!
"Then I'll go there myself!"

……

Qiaojiazhuang is a very special place: it is located at the junction of Xuzhou, Yangzhou and Yuzhou, but it does not belong to any of the three states. It is a no-man's land.

It belongs to the new aristocratic family "Qiao Family", and all the villagers have the surname Qiao.

The owner of the manor is "Mr. Qiao".

That’s right, it was the father of the two Qiao sisters, and the father-in-law of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce.

But now, it’s not.

Daqiao was seventeen and Xiaoqiao was fifteen, and they had reached the age for marriage, but Mr. Qiao had very high standards and rejected many people who came to propose marriage, saying that he wanted to choose outstanding husbands for both of them.

From this point of view, Mr. Qiao is indeed awesome.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, one a scholar and the other a warrior, are both top-notch in the world.

But unfortunately, they are all short-lived.

"Is there a possibility that during this 'demon horse' incident, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu went into the mountains to hunt and chase the demon horse, and that's how they got to know Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao?" Ji Hao thought to himself.

As for whether it was caught or not, it is no wonder why the "demon horse" is not famous at all.

Sun Ce died early, who cares about a horse?

"My lord, we have sent people to win him over many times, but Mr. Qiao has no intention of surrendering. It is obvious that he is quite hostile to us because of his noble family." Zhou Cang followed behind Ji Hao and said worriedly: "Should we call more people over? At the very least, bring a guard of several hundred people!"

Ji Hao went to look for a horse and took him alone.

This made Zhou Cang quite worried.

"That's not necessary. The Great Wall is thirty miles away. With one order, tens of thousands of troops can be summoned. Can't their safety be guaranteed?" Ji Hao shook his head and said, "Besides, I am the best general in the world. Don't worry."

Over the years, his martial arts skills have improved. By reading military books and combining them with practical applications, he has reached the pinnacle of "charging into battle."

In terms of martial arts alone, he is a combination of Lu Bu, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

Single combat, beheading generals, charging into battle array, all to the ultimate level.

He also has the world's number one magic weapon, the "Panlong Seven Killing Spear", and unparalleled divine power. Except for the lack of a warhorse that can carry him, he is already fully equipped.

It's not easy to kill.

Even a volley of arrows would not work, because his armor had now been replaced with "black iron heavy armor" which weighed two hundred pounds and was made to look like a divine armor!

It’s on the same level as divine weapons, and even compound bows can’t penetrate it!

"Besides, we have more than a hundred comrades from Datong Tiandi here. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Mr. Qiao summoning heroes from the martial arts world, a large number of them have sneaked in. Don't worry!" Ji Hao said again.

At this time, he and Zhou Cang had arrived at the gate of Qiao's compound.

He did not reveal his identity, but Qiao Zhuang disguised himself as a gangster and went to participate in the monster-hunting. After the failure of capturing the monster horse, Wang Er could no longer find any trace of the monster horse, but Qiao Gong seemed to still have a way.

It’s better to blend in first and then talk about other things.

However, when Ji Hao sneaked in, he found an acquaintance: Sun Ce had also transformed himself into a chivalrous knight and sneaked in with a scholar.

After looking at each other, both of them were a little confused.

The scholar smiled faintly, clasped his fists and said, "I am Zhou Yu, Duke Zhou, and I am honored to meet the King of the City!"

(End of this chapter)