Ghost Blowing Lamp II

Chapter 30
But I was eager to save people, and I forgot that I was on a slope. The front legs of the horse were raised high, and the two hind legs that were kicking the ground lost their center of gravity. I staggered in the direction I was going down, but this time I didn't rein in the horse, and the horse rushed me down the grassy slope.

When I looked back, I saw that the experienced "Lao Yangpi" was not galloping on the slope. He knew that there might be other rat holes on the grassy knoll, and this kind of terrain, if one shot missed, he would not be saved. Before Ding Sitian, it would be too late to pull the horse back, so he was half a step behind me and the fat man. At this time, Lao Yangpi had already pulled the "Kangxi Precious Sword" out of its sheath, and the fiery red sunset reflected the blade's edge. With a cold light.

It was too late, it was too soon, seeing that the gnat was about to pounce on Ding Sitian, I saw the light of the knife in Lao Yangpi's hand, and he slashed at the opposite foot beside the gnat. The outer shell will gradually become harder, but only the pair of legs are so thin that they don't match the body, and they will often break, and they can regenerate after breaking. Lao Yangpi's knife swung down and cut off three big gnats. great strides.

The gnat turned over in the long grass a few times in pain, and finally failed to bite Ding Sitian, but it twisted its body, swam in the grass like the wind, and then leaped into the air with a burst of force, heading straight for the old sheepskin. Pounced over, Lao Yangpi saw that he failed to swing the scorpion into two parts with a single knife just now, and the opponent made a comeback. Fortunately, although he was old, but the perennial nomadic life made his skills still flexible, he hurriedly bent down on the saddle bridge, The gnat rushed over his back with a gust of wind, and fell into the air.

The gnats have strange habits, they cannot be seen in the daytime, but come out after dusk, and move when they smell fishy. The black-spotted gnats on the grassland are the most poisonous, and it is not surprising that they kill horses, cattle and sheep. I saw the empty gnats land behind the old sheep. Without turning around, he climbed straight to the bay red horse with broken legs, the bay red horse was unable to move, saw a thick gnat crawling on him, knew that if it was bitten by it, it would be doomed, so he wanted to turn the horse over to kill himself The weight of the snake crushed the poisonous insect to death, but before it could move, it was pierced into a nerve by the gnat's jaws and feet, its eyes turned blue in an instant, and it died stiffly in the grass.

Although gnats can poison cows and horses to death, they are thick, so they usually only eat small animals, and some big gnats occasionally eat people. He felt sorry for the horses, and was even more worried that a lot of cows and horses died this time, and he couldn't explain to the pastoral area when he went back, but then he found that the big yellow-green-and-black-spotted gnat killed the horses and rushed towards him and Ding Sitian again. come over.

In an emergency, he didn't care about being sad for the bay red horse, so he quickly extended his hand to Ding Sitian, and pulled her onto the mount. The two of them rode the retired old army horse together, knocking their feet on the stirrups. He and Ding Sitian jumped down from the slope of the grassy hill.

The fat man and I turned our horses and were about to go back again, but saw the old sheep belt and Ding Sitian running towards us, the grass behind them was rustling, and the big snag that was more than one meter long followed closely behind. Finally, I saw that the gnat was coming so fiercely that it could poison a Mongolian horse in an instant, so I didn't dare to step on it again, so I made a gesture, and Fatty Yu turned the horse's head again, and everyone urged the horse to flee into the forest , wanting to use the speed of the horse to shake off the chasing snake.

But as soon as I entered the woods, I regretted it. The deeper the valley was, the denser the trees became. Running a horse on the broad grassland without any shelter or hindrance is indeed a pleasure, but riding a horse in a place with trees is really dizzying. The horse galloped through the bushes, seeing the strange-shaped ancient trees passing by, feeling as if they would hit the trees at any moment.

I didn't run very far, the branches on my body had already taken several holes in my clothes, and I didn't know where the dog fur hat fell. Seeing the trees in the forest grow upside down, towering and blocking out the sun, if I continue to run, everyone will have to run away. , I quickly pulled the rein, but a specially trained horse can stop as soon as it says stop. My horse is not very obedient. Instead of stopping, it rushed out diagonally, and squeezed the fat man who was riding beside him as far away as possible. route.

Fatty's mount led him to an old tree. The old tree had a thick branch growing very low, just across the path of Fatty. Seeing this, Fatty hurriedly hid in a pedal. He only looked at the grassland with this move. The herdsmen on the mountain had tried it before, but had never practiced it. He pulled his leg out of the stirrup, awkwardly tilted his body on the horse's back, and curled up on the side of the mount. Although the movement was ugly, he just avoided the Hengzhi.

Fatty was very proud of his performance, afraid that other people would not see his hand, and shouted to everyone to pay attention to his movements, but he could only imitate half of his hiding place, he was fat and heavy, It was very difficult to get back on the horse's back. At this time, his mount was about to run between two big trees. It was no problem that the width of the two trees could pass a horse, but the side of the horse and the fat man couldn't get through anyway. The fat man Seeing that he was about to hit a tree, there was no way to hide, and it was impossible for the horse to stop, so he just closed his eyes and abandoned the horse and rolled to the ground, falling into a mess of grass, and the horse didn't look back Jumped into the depths of the dense forest.

I patronized to watch the fat man kick up and hide, but I was also knocked off the horse by a thick branch. Thanks to my thick clothes, my ribs were not broken, and I hugged the branch with both hands and hung in mid-air, while the horse galloped. Getting excited, he and Fatty's mounts rushed into the dense forest fog one after the other, and they both disappeared in a moment, leaving only a series of broken hooves.

I was hanging in the air with a branch in my arms, unable to reach the sky or descend to the ground, my ribs were hurting from the impact, I just wanted to let go and let myself down, but I heard a few "rustling" sounds in the grass under my feet, and the rib was cut off Three paired big gnats popped out of the grass, raised their heads with open teeth and claws, and rushed towards my feet. I couldn't see it, so I quickly turned my back and legs and climbed up the branch.

Lao Yangpi is skilled in equestrian skills. Although he and Ding Sitian are riding together, and he is riding an old horse, he still runs much faster than us in the forest. After entering the forest, he left the fat man and me behind, Ding Sitian When I turned around and saw the fat man and I fell off the horse, I immediately told Lao Yangpi that the two turned around and saw me avoiding the attack of the gnats on the branch of a tree.

The gnats advanced and retreated like lightning in the old trees and long grass, and before the old sheepskin horse came forward, it turned from the grass behind them, stood up, spread its legs and bit the old army horse's rear, I lay on the tree branch Seeing it clearly, he exclaimed, thinking that it's a pity that this retired military horse who can understand people's minds died tragically at the mouth of the snake.

(End of this chapter)