The road up the hill began to be a little steeper, but the driver Todd was very skillful in driving, making the road a little smoother.

In the carriage, Pomegranate was worried that her girl was thirsty, so she poured out some hot tea from the small pot of white porcelain dyed blue and white that she carried with her, and handed it to Gu Xiangyi with a teacup.

But Gu Xiangyi was just about to reach out to take it, the carriage suddenly bumped, as if the horses were speeding a little, and the startled pomegranate didn't hold the cup, so the cup fell straight down, and the tea spilled Gu Xiangyi's body.

Fortunately, the cup was quickly caught by Gu Xiangyi, and the pomegranate said: "Ah, girl, your skirt is wet, it's not good for the slave, you can't even hold the cup steadily, the slave and maid will wipe it for you with a handkerchief." ”

Gu Xiangyi didn't respond to Pomegranate's words, so she took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the water stain on her skirt. Gu Xiangyi, on the other hand, lifted the carriage curtain, and the cold wind swished into the car.

She asked, "Uncle Tao, what's wrong with the horses?"

Seeing that the girls had asked questions, Todd did not hide it anymore, and said truthfully: "The horses seem to be a little frightened, and suddenly run faster, girl, sit tight." ”

As soon as the words fell, the horse neighed, and the front half of its body suddenly slammed to the left, throwing the carriage behind it a little slightly, if the strength was greater, I am afraid that the carriage would roll over on its side.

Gu Xiangyi was so shocked that she grabbed the frame of the car, and the sound of her heartbeat penetrated into her ears.

This sudden sudden made Pomegranate sit in the carriage in embarrassment, covering her waist in pain, Gu Xiangyi said: "Pomegranate, you are steady." ”

Her instincts told her that something was wrong with the horse.

Gu Hengjun would not want her to have an accident, so he sent the oldest and most loyal Tao De to send her out, and the horse was personally selected by Tao De, this horse is not young or old, it is a good time to understand human nature and physical strength, and I usually choose it when I go out, and I have never seen it behave so abnormally.

But after that time, the horses seemed to be quiet again, and still walked on the mountain road without slowness.

Maybe the horse was a little frightened, maybe the horse's hooves got stuck in the stone, maybe they were frightened by the birds in the sky. Gu Xiangyi comforted herself, instructed Tao De to give birth to a horse, sat back again, and stretched out his hand to lift the window curtain.

The cold wind of early spring mixed with coolness blew in from the window, but it blew Gu Xiangyi's head a little sober.

Although it is spring, the weather is still very cold, the flowers and trees are depressed and there is no greenery, and the mountain roads are full of bare trees.

Suddenly, with another neighing of the horses in front, the carriage behind trembled tightly, and Gu Xiangyi, who was trembling, almost fell out of the window with half of his body.

Now it can be determined that something is wrong with the horse, only to hear Todd say anxiously: "Not good, there is something wrong with this horse, and it can't be stopped!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, the master and servant saw the horse running forward quickly, and the carriage behind him staggered and almost rolled on its side, but the horse kept running forward, straight towards the cliff.

Pomegranate was frightened, her hands and feet were numb, and she couldn't even scream, but she felt a chill climb on her back. And Todd had developed a relationship with the horse for many years, and he was tugging at the reins, not wanting the horse to rush down the cliff.

But his strength was weaker than that of a horse, and despite his many years of experience in riding horses, he could only seem powerless compared to a mad horse.

Gu Xiangyi grabbed the collar of the pomegranate, pushed the girl in a cold sweat to the entrance of the car, and shouted, "Jump out of the car!"

Pomegranate was stunned, and then reacted to her current situation. If she hadn't jumped, the girl would have been trapped in the car, and the windows on both sides wouldn't allow anyone to jump out. Looking at the stones rolling backwards under the car, Pomegranate was so frightened that his palms were cold sweat, his teeth were biting again and again, and finally he mustered up enough courage, jumped down with his hands to protect his head, and the whole person rolled many times on the mountain road.

Looking at the carriage again, it was still rushing forward, and Pomegranate didn't care about the pain on her body, staggered up and chased after the carriage, and shouted, "Girl, jump quickly!"

In fact, like Todd's reaction, Gu Xiangyi didn't want this horse to die.

Today this fact is abnormal, the horse must have been passive, otherwise Todd would not have been so panicked. He had been with the horse for many years, and he couldn't do it, which means that someone was in control of the horse.

Of course, she wanted to spare the horse's life and didn't want it to die, but most of the reason was to find out who had done something to the horse.

Seeing that he couldn't do anything, Tao De was ruthless, turned around and said, "Girl, prepare to jump out of the car!"

Even he said so, and it seemed that the horse was not saved.

"Uncle Tao, let's dance together. Gu Xiangyi grabbed the frame of the car, and the cold wind blew her slender jade fingers red.

The two bodies, one large and one small, rolled off the carriage, and there was another heart-rending neigh, and the horse rolled off the cliff, and the carriage pulled behind it was silent for a moment.

In the end, the muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground sounded, as if it was far away in the sky, and it seemed to be a bell ringing on people's ears, which made Todd, a man who had been strong all his life, suddenly moisten his eyes.

It hurts, it hurts all over his body, Gu Xiangyi opened his eyes, and saw the pair of orange thin cotton shoes worn by the pomegranate running towards him in a hurry, and when he opened his eyes completely, he saw the whole picture of the pomegranate.

She had cracked the corners of her forehead, and there were small wounds on her fingers and cheeks.

"Girl, are you alright?" Pomegranate cried out, thinking that the girl had stumbled on something, and did not dare to help her up for a while, so she squatted there in a daze, crying into tears.

Until Gu Xiangyi was angry and said: "Your girl is not dead, I am afraid that if I lie down again, I am afraid that she will freeze to death." ”

It was freezing cold, and the stones on the ground seemed to be dyed with cold.

Pomegranate wiped away her tears when she heard this, helped Gu Xiangyi to stand up, and the two of them helped up the very sad Tao De.

I heard that Todd's wife died after giving birth to her son, and later he did not remarry, and raised his son until he was nine years old, and his son also died. Xu felt that his life was too hard, so he refused to get close to anyone, even if it was the masters of the Gu family who treated him very well, he just avoided it and didn't dare to step forward.

Later, he drove the horse, and among the horses, he singled out this jujube foal, when the foal was still a 'child', and followed him for a few years, others said that Todd attached his thoughts and sustenance to his son.

Jujube is the name that Todd gave to the horse.

The situation of the three of them at the moment is a little bad, Todd fell and injured his leg, because his leg was injured by a knife in the early years, it has not been too neat, and this time he has brought out an old injury, and he can't walk for a while. Gu Xiangyi is quite better, but there are different degrees of wounds on his body, and there is nothing on his face, but his calf bone hurts for a while, and it is estimated that he is bruised.