Ghost Blowing Lamp II

Chapter 26 Gadfly (Part [-])
Ding Sitian had already led three horses out, and when she heard what Old Ni said, she said to him: "You are worrying too much, the herd of cattle will not run into the desert, at most they will go around in circles on the grassland, and no matter how the cattle run There are not many wolves in the Barun Left Banner, and the few prairie wolves dare not attack them. There should be no other accidents. We will definitely complete the task and bring back a lot of cattle.”

I saw that she was leading three horses, so I asked Ding Sitian, why do you want to go west with us to chase the cattle?It is said that it is dangerous there, so you should not go there.Ding Sitian said stubbornly: "Although you claim to dare go to the nine heavens to catch the moon, but you can go to the five oceans to catch turtles, but you have never even ridden a horse. How can you chase a cow if you don't know how to ride a horse? Besides, I am an educated youth who jumped in the queue in this pastoral area. I am also responsible for any accidents in the pastoral area, so of course I will go." After she finished speaking, she went to bring some saddles and stirrups, and the fat man and I didn't know how to ride horses at all, so we had to admit it and let her lead.

At this time, "Lao Yangpi" came over hesitantly. Even the three educated youths could venture close to the "Hundred Eyes Cave" for the sake of the pastoral area.And the most important thing is, if not only the cattle are not found, but the educated youth has an accident again, it will be even more impossible to explain. He finally made up his mind to ask his son and daughter-in-law to find other herds of cattle that ran away, and then leave them behind. Come down to take good care of "Chief Ni", and repair the cattle pen and sheep pen. He himself and the three of us went to the direction of "Baiyan Cave" to chase the cattle.

We didn't dare to be negligent. In another yurt that was not trampled down by the cattle, we found some emergency supplies and took them with us, and everyone hurriedly set off separately. Riding horses for beginners does require a familiar process, but Fatty and I We are born with strong adaptability to this kind of thing, and with the guidance of Ding Sitian and "Lao Yangpi", within a few miles, we have basically mastered the essentials.

The key to riding a horse is not to compete with the horse. When the horse is walking or running fast, the calf, knee and inner thigh clamp the horse hard, leaning forward, maintaining a feeling of touching the saddle but not touching the ground, and following the running rhythm of the horse. , Don’t let your body become stiff, the four of you urged the horse to gallop on the grassland, like gliding against the wind on the grass sea, the fat man and I were very happy, thinking that this time we really had a fucking horse addiction, Just for this, it is not a waste of hard work to catch up with the cattle.

The blasted herd of cows will not stop running, and there was a delay just now, and they will not be able to catch up for a while. Fortunately, there are obvious traces along the way, so there is no need to worry about losing them. "Old sheepskin" is worried that I have played with the fat man With no riding boots on, once we fall off the horse, falling into the stirrups is no joke. We only allowed us to gallop the horse for a distance, and then gradually slowed down.

I took this opportunity to ask "Lao Yangpi", the place name of "Baiyan Cave" is so strange, but why did it get its name? "Old Yangpi" said that he didn't know too much about it. He only heard that there were many holes in the nearby grassland. The holes were surprisingly big, and they were all dry water holes. The holes were one after another. Maybe it was because there were so many holes that they were called. "Hundred Eyes Cave", because there are too many people and animals missing there, so no one has approached it for many years, and it is not clear whether this is really the case.

"Lao Yangpi" has always been afraid of the black dragon that haunts the "Hundred Eyes Cave". I think it is probably because his brother's disappearance cast a shadow on his heart, and there is a knot in his heart that cannot be solved. Knowing how to persuade him, I had no choice but to comfort him that there is no such thing as a "dragon" in the world, it is just a totem created by the ancients.

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered the broken book "Sixteen Characters of Yin and Yang Fengshui Secret Art" handed down by my family. There seemed to be many chapters about "dragons" on it. This broken book is the only one left in my family. I always carried my property with me, but I hadn’t looked at it carefully at the time, so I took it out and flipped through it a few times on horseback. It turned out that there was a "Looking for Dragons", which said: "Mountains and rivers rise and fall like dragons. The terrain stretches and condenses into a dragon." It seems that the dragon is also a symbol of the mountain, and this book does not say that the dragon is alive.

The fat man has always disliked my old book, and when he saw me talking about it again, he immediately mocked me and said, "Why haven't you thrown away this four-old book? This kind of nonsense book is poisonous." Yes, you are my comrade who will be poisoned in the long run, and you dare to show it to others, trying to instill low-level tastes in poor and lower-middle peasants and revolutionary comrades?"

I retorted: "You know what, you, nonsense is justified, vulgar taste is not guilty, not to mention that I always look at it with a critical eye..." While speaking, "Lao Yangpi" suddenly reined in, The three educated youths told us that at the end of Caodianzi was the Baiyan Cave. He dared to swear to Changshengtian that he was the demon dragon he saw there, and he would never forget the terrifying scene until his death.

At that time, the red sun was in the sky, and we rode on horses, set up a pergola and looked westward. The silent prairie was full of yellow grass and the sky was vast. An isolated island, that is the Baiyan Cave that made "Lao Yangpi" talk about it. It seems that the cattle are rushing there. If you don't find the cattle, you can't explain it when you go back. It seems that no matter it is the dragon's lake or the tiger's lair, you have to go to explore it. Check it out.

"Lao Yangpi" came out with a Mongolian knife, which was a veritable Kangxi treasure knife, which was given to a Mongolian prince by the emperor. Throw it away. Lao Yangpi knew that this knife was a precious knife. At that time, his consciousness did not improve for a while, and he thought it was a pity to throw it away, so he hid it in his home. The composition of his home is low, and no one paid attention to him, so he kept it. down.

He felt that the Kangxi sword could ward off evil spirits, so he took it out with him. Maybe this time, he didn't plan to go back alive. With a bang, he drew his knife out of its sheath, roared into Qin opera to embolden himself and the educated youths, and urged the horse forward while roaring, only to hear his broken gong-like voice roar and sing: "Zhao Zilong..." This A line of Qin opera blurted out, roaring high-pitched and passionate, with inexplicable grief and indignation.

Our scalps were numb from the earth-shattering voice of "Lao Yangpi". Although we had never heard the real taste of Qin opera, we all felt that his broken voice was too authentic. The courageous Zhao Zilong who needed to sing encouraged everyone, and just wanted to applaud him, but he suddenly stopped yelling, and his eyes were fixed on the traces trampled by the cows on the ground. It turned out that the cows ran here Afterwards, the angle of running was slightly deviated, no longer pointing directly in the direction of the "Hundred Eyes Cave", "Lao Yangpi" was overjoyed, thanking Changshengtian, these cattle ancestors did not enter the "Hundred Eyes Cave".But we were not happy for too long. We followed the trail and chased it all the way. After a few miles, the footprints of more than a hundred cows on the grassland disappeared out of thin air, and the chaotic hoof prints stopped in one place. Could it be? This large herd of cattle all evaporated on the grassland?Everyone was dumbfounded. Could it be that they were blown away by the tornado?But there was no sign of wind blowing around at all. What happened to the place where the herd of cattle disappeared?
(End of this chapter)