Section 7 Doom strikes
The sky was getting darker, there was silence all around, the sky was full of stars, and night had officially begun.
The two children were still lying on the top of the mountain and were asleep, they had obviously overslept, and the cool night breeze blew them together, as if they had entered a fairyland.
Suddenly, Cook felt himself awakened by a sharp kick, and the whole person kept rolling down the hillside.
Cook panicked, and he felt that the sky was spinning in front of him, and his body had lost its center of gravity! I don't know how many heels he rolled on the hillside, and in his panic, Cook grabbed a vine indiscriminately, and then stopped steadily.
Cook didn't figure out who was kicking him. There was no one else on the top of the mountain, and the first thing Cook thought of was his cousin Caldis, but why did his cousin kick himself?
Thinking of this, Cook hurriedly got up and wanted to go back to his cousin Caldis to ask what was going on! But the scene at the top of the mountain frightened Cook, and several strong black shadows were pressing his cousin to the ground! At this moment, from the top of the hill came the heart-rending cry of Caldis: "Cook, flee, flee on horseback." Ah......h
Before Caldis could finish his sentence, he let out a scream that frightened Cook into a cold sweat. Cook, who was a bit of a godless, climbed a large rock so that he could see the top of the mountain more clearly. In the distance, he saw a huge man loading the unconscious Caldis into a sack while two other stout men were running down the hill like crazy.
Cook was so frightened that he continued to flee down the hill.
At this moment, there was a roar of a war horse not far from the bottom of the hillside, and Cook fled and looked at the war horse! The horse seemed to be alert to the danger, and its front hooves kept scraping the ground, and its mouth was panting from time to time.
At this time, Cook did not know where to get the strength, and he sped up the hillside, ran straight to the horse, and with a turn he stepped onto the horse.
Cook had just learned to ride a horse an hour earlier, and now it was the only way he could escape!
Cook completely forgot about the fear of the horse, only knew that there were bad guys chasing him, he pulled the reins hard, waved his right hand and slapped the horse's buttocks! The horse roared, and sped away from its front hooves, carrying Cook along the hillside as fast as he could.
The horse's hooves beat steadily on the ground, the whirring wind in his ears, and tears wet his eyes. Cook was so frightened that he didn't dare to look back, staring intently ahead, and drove his horse to Uncle William's manor at a gallop.
As Cook galloped back with his horse, the chickens and sheep in the manor were frightened and messed up, and the horses rushed into the manor with Cook at a gallop! Cook didn't pull the rope, and for a moment he thought of his cousin's danger and wanted to tell his father and uncle-in-law as soon as possible, so he rushed directly into the door of the house on his horse, and broke into the hall where his fathers were like crazy.
When he reached the hall, Cook could no longer judge the speed of his horse, and only pulled the reins with all his might.
The horse's head was suddenly restrained, and the hind hooves immediately came to a sharp brake. The horse's front hooves were raised high, and the horse's mouth let out a tearing roar, startling the fathers who were drinking.
No one expected that it would be Cook who rode into the hall like a thunderbolt, which was completely beyond what a child could do.
But Cook pushed too hard and pulled the whole horse's head off. Due to the speed of the warhorse, the horse mistakenly thought that Cook was going to turn around, and the centaurs lost their center of gravity and fell to the inside of the hall together.
Fox and William reacted very quickly, and the two jumped out of their seats together. William stretched out his thick arms, directly in front of the war horse, carrying the body of the war horse with his shoulders, and tried his best to make the war horse stop. If the horse is not stopped in time, Ruth and Lacey, who are sitting behind them, will be in danger.
Fawkes swooped over, swooped in and out of the air, lifted Cook from his horseback into his arms, and then carried Cook to the ground and did a tumbling motion, and then stood firmly.
A centaur crisis, with the cooperation of two powerful knights, was easily resolved.
Looking at the teary-eyed Cook, Fox yelled at him for the first time: "Are you crazy? Don't want to die? ”
Who knew that Cook hurriedly broke free from his father, and then shouted at everyone: "Go, go and save my cousin, my cousin was packed in a sack by the bad guys on the mountain, you go and save him." Woo woo, hurry up! ”
Fawkes was stunned when he heard this, and when he turned his head sharply to look at William, William directly turned over and got on the horse that Cook was riding, and sprang out of the door like the wind.
At this time, Ruby rushed over, he reached out and pulled Cook into his arms, and yelled at Fox, "Why are you stunned, hurry up and help!" ”
Hearing his wife's reprimand, Fox woke up in shock! He hurried out of the door, pulled another horse out of the stable, and followed William all the way into the pitch-black wilderness. The knights of the manor also began to act, and they rode their horses to follow, and a group of people disappeared into the dark night!
The whole manor was in a mess, and the knights who stayed behind lit their torches one after another, and began to send people to report to Fengdu, asking for more patience.
Ruth, who had never been angry with Cook, yelled at him for the first time, "Don't cry, what the hell is going on?" Hurry up and make it clear. ”
With tears streaming down his face, Cook continued to cry and said, "I don't know! All I felt was that I was kicked off the top of the hill, and then I heard my cousin shouting for me to get away. I didn't know what was going on, so I climbed up the rocks to see the top of the hill, and I saw a man knocking my cousin unconscious and putting him in a sack! Two other men were running towards me frantically, definitely trying to catch me. I was so scared, I didn't know what to do, so I listened to my cousin and fled all the way back on horseback! ”。
Cook cried so hard that Ruby couldn't hold back her tears. She hugged Cook in her arms and whispered comfortingly, "Good boy, mother knows!" Don't be afraid, be good, mother is here, don't be afraid. ”
Lacey, who was on the side, sat limply in her chair after listening, tears burst out of her eyes, her lips trembled slightly, and she couldn't say a word of sadness.
The men had gone out to save people, leaving only Ruby's mother and son and Lacey sitting in the hall in a daze! A knight crept over and carefully cleaned up the table, not daring to make a sound, and the whole hall was deadly silent.
Three hours later, William and Fox finally rode back together.
After hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Lacey rushed out of the door like crazy! In the darkness of the night, she searched for something, but the night behind them was empty, except for William and Fawkes.
Lacey couldn't accept the reality in front of her, and she fell headlong into the grass next to her. The two knights immediately walked over to pick her up from her fainting and carried her into the room.
William silently looked at Lacey's back, a trace of tears flashed in his eyes, and the pain of losing a child was like a knife.
Fawkes thought of something, and he hurriedly said to William: "These thieves should not have left the territory so soon, without further ado, I will rush to the Northland Fortress to strictly check the pedestrians." Big brother, you immediately go to Fengdu to find the Duke, and ask him to send more people to search the territory carefully! ”
Hearing Fox say this, William kindled a glimmer of hope and nodded vigorously at him.
The two got back on their horses, went their separate ways, and disappeared into the night together.
In the middle of the autumn night, the entire area of Kaede Capital Castle is busy, and the nearby mountains and forests are illuminated by torches. The barking of dogs, the barking of wolves, the noise of the crowd of people, and the sound of horses' hooves of knights all night long.
The search lasted more than a month, but they did not find a single clue. Fawkes also stayed in the Northland Fortress for a month, and there was no news of Caldis either.
Everything that could be done had been exhausted, but the robbers and Caldis had disappeared into the North without a trace, and everything was incredible.
Without Caldis, William's home was deserted, and the children could no longer be heard.
Lacey's spirit is very fragile, after the loss of her child, she became a little in a trance, just sitting at the door and waiting every day, looking at the gate of the manor from time to time! She had been looking forward to it, expecting Caldis to suddenly appear at the door, expecting him to return safely.
But the miracle did not happen, and Caldis disappeared completely, as if he had never been to this world.