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During the Song dynasty, a general was ordered by the emperor to guard the frontier. After four months in camp without any women, he grew extremely restless. Yet, strangely, all his soldiers looked perfectly cheerful.

One day, he stopped a soldier and demanded, "You've spent months here without women, and you're still happy as can be. What have you been doing? Speak up!"

The frightened soldier stammered, "Well, General... we use horses..."

"Get out before I have your head, you pervert!" the general roared.

But the more he thought about it, the more the idea made sense to him. Late that night, after the camp had gone to sleep, he secretly took a mare and tried it himself. Finding it pleasurable, he felt thoroughly cheered up.

The next morning, he greeted the soldier warmly. "Tell me—how exactly do you use the horses?"

"We ride them to the village to visit the courtesans, sir."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• frontier: biên ải
• restless: bứt rứt; không yên
• stammered: nói ấp úng
• mare: ngựa cái
• courtesans: kỹ nữ