Entering the mountain pass, the front of the eyes suddenly opened, in front of a narrow Gobi, the width is only a dozen miles, extending forward is boundless, the ground is gray green, green lifeless, death-like breath, but it seems more and more desolate. The stone mountains on both sides are simply two black-brown boulders, there is no grass on the mountain, the ravines are distinct, as if a giant was lying there with a thousand knives, and a lock of ridges is like a clear knife edge, which makes people look a little uncomfortable.

Xia Ti said that she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say it, Da Zhuang didn't think so, saying that she should be scaring herself, and there was no need to make a fuss.

Riding out of the horse for more than an hour, suddenly, "Squeak! All of a sudden, I seemed to hear a very brief sound, and my ears were very uncomfortable, but everyone else said they didn't hear anything.

Warber explained that he might be too nervous, and the auditory hallucinations appeared, so he asked everyone to rest on the spot and relax their tense nerves. Everyone rested in place, stuffed a few mouthfuls of dry food to fill their stomachs, and after only a cup of tea, Warber asked me how my ears felt, and if I heard that strange sound again, I shook my head and said that it was fine, but my head was a little uncomfortable, and I guess I was tired from traveling for days.

At this time, it was good weather, neither hot nor cold, and everyone was about to get up and continue to move forward, when suddenly, they heard Xia Ti say: "Take a look!" What's wrong with our horses? ”

I saw our horses huddled together, bowing their heads and eating the weeds on the ground, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Da Zhuang blinked and said, "This horse is not much......"

But before the words fell, he realized that something was indeed wrong, the horse's legs were shaking wildly, each time it was like a brief convulsion, and the four horse's heads were huddled together to eat, and where was the grass in that field, even the ground was gnawed off a thick layer.

Suddenly, the jujube red horse I rode raised its two front legs high, stood upright, and pounced forward with both hooves, instantly knocking down a black horse in front of it, and the horse let out a sharp and piercing neigh, and then looked at the black horse that fell to the ground, not to be outdone, stood up, jumped up a foot high, and smashed heavily on the body of the jujube red horse. Seeing this, the other two horses also joined the "war group", and the scene was chaotic, and everyone was completely stunned by this strange scene.

Before I came back to my senses, I saw Xia Ti shoot out like an arrow, worthy of being a girl from the Western Regions, the ability to play with horses may be innate, she reached out and grabbed the mane of the red horse and turned over on the horse, her body was dexterous and light. But this aroused the interest of the horses even more, and they collided with each other even harder, and even bit each other.

It's the first time I've seen horses fight like this, it's a bit too abnormal, something must be wrong, I hurriedly shouted, "Be careful, hold on!" He rushed over as he spoke.

Xia Ti shook the whip to disperse the surrounding horses a little, and then hugged the neck of the red horse and shouted in its ear, the red horse immediately rushed out of the depths of the Gobi as if frightened, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, and before I could catch one, the other three horses also chased after him, Da Zhuang and Hua Bo were also in a hurry, and we hurriedly chased after it, but how could the two-legged one run over the four-legged one, and it was left without a trace in an instant.

Da Zhuang panted and said: "Don't chase, I'm tired of the master, these horses are wrong, I guess they're crazy." ”

I also felt that there must be something strange in it, and hurriedly said: "It seems that the horse is frightened, maybe a wild beast is approaching, maybe it is about to change the sky, the horse is more sensitive than the senses of people, prescient, no matter what, Da Zhuang, the guy first." ”

Da Zhuang and Hua Bo heard me say this, and they were also vigilant, I pulled out the Lu Lu sword given by Zhao Shengdao, and secretly said that it didn't matter what it was, only when it came out, I would give it two swords first. The three of us stood in a triangle, back to back, each the guy, guarding one side, watching the movement around us.

But we looked around for a long time, and we didn't find anything unusual, and there was still a dead silence here. Da Yu raised the knife, a little breathless, "Yang Zi, we've been here for a long time, why haven't we even found a ghost?" ”

I was also very puzzled, but after thinking about it, I really couldn't think of anything else that could make the horse's behavior so weird, so I said to Da Zhuang: "Watch your feet, maybe there is something underground, and I want to wait for us to relax our vigilance before making trouble." ”

At this time, Hua Bo suddenly said: "Don't look for it, it should be the fault of this thing." ”

Da Zhuang and I looked at it, and saw that Hua Bo was squatting on the ground, holding something in his hand. It was just some dark green weeds, which grew strangely, cylindrical in shape, and in sections, and when you broke it open, it was hollow in the middle.

Da Zhuang said: "This, this is not a new thing, in our hometown we all call it pig-hairy vegetables." ”

Hua Bo nodded, "Yes, but there are many kinds of pig-hairy vegetables here, like this is very unusual, I tasted a little bit just now, it tastes very refreshing, and there is a sweet aftertaste, but soon I will feel the special excitement of the mind, and if you eat a lot of it, you will hallucinate, and even more serious consequences, I estimate that our horses must have eaten this pig-hairy cabbage just now to have such a common behavior." ”

"But if they are really poisoned, what will happen to these horses?" Although they didn't touch the beasts, they didn't change the sky and were already Amitabha, but in this wilderness, if they only relied on two legs in the vast Gobi, it would be really fatal!

Hua Bo tasted the pig-hairy vegetables, shook his head and said: "That's it, it's hard to say how the horse can be, it depends on how much these horses eat, if they eat too much, they will die, but the size of the horse is relatively large, and the possibility of eating death is not big, let's chase it quickly, the horse must not be able to run far after being poisoned, not to mention that Xia Ti is still on the horse." ”

I was worried about this, too, so I quickly chased in the direction of the horse's run.

There are a lot of weeds in this place, and after a few steps, the horseshoe prints on the ground are gone, and you can only walk forward in the general direction, but this is not a way, Xia Ti didn't find it, and if she got lost, it was really a mistake to steal chickens and rice.

I was in a hurry, Da Zhuang shouted and found a carved arrow on the ground, pulled it out and recognized it, it was my arrow, no need to ask, it must be Xia Ti who was afraid that we would not find her, so she took the arrow from my quiver and left us a mark, I have to admire the woman of the Western Regions is not ordinary, she is extraordinary and delicate as silk.

Following the marks she had left at every other point, we pursued her for more than an hour until we found her and the horses by a stream.

As soon as Shati saw us, "Wow! He cried out and choked up: "Horses, horses are dying, they are so painful, I feel sad, Hua Bo, think of a way." ”

"No hurry! With Hua Bo, it must be fine" Although I comforted her like this, I actually didn't know the bottom of my heart.

Warber checked the condition of the four horses, it was indeed not optimistic, it seemed that it was more serious than expected, they all fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and their bodies were convulsed intermittently, it was obvious that they had gone through a fierce struggle, running, and were exhausted, but fortunately the stream stopped them, but if they continued like this, it was estimated that they would not last long.

Hua Bo turned around and asked Xia Ti, "Don't worry, what happened?" ”

Xia Ti cried: "I rode on the horse and wanted to drink it, who knew that the horse galloped forward, no matter how I pulled the reins, it was useless, I felt that the horse's belly was trembling, no, it seemed that the whole body was shaking, and it was crazy to run, there was really no way, I was so scared, I could only take out the arrows from the quiver to leave a mark for you, and then I kept running here, I designed to trip them, they have been struggling, they have been struggling, they have been almost an hour, I am afraid that it is, I am afraid that it will not be able to stand up." ”

I said, "The road to hell is not credible, so what is it that you are not trustworthy?" ”

Da Zhuang heard me say this, and scolded: "His grandmother's, if you want me to see that we should go back, if there are no horses in this vast Gobi, when will it go!" Still not trapped here? ”

I don't like Da Zhuang to retreat at this juncture, but I have to admit that he has a point, it is indeed difficult to cross this Gobi without horses.

So he could only divert the topic and said: "Let's take a look at the horses first, although they are a few beasts, they are with us, so it is better to give them a good time!" As I spoke, I pulled out the Lu Lu sword.

Xia Ti saw that I was going to kill the horse, and cried even more, grabbed me and said, "Brother Yang Zi, don't kill them, don't kill them." ”

Seeing that Hua Bo had been beside the horses, he suddenly said: "Don't worry, come and help, these horses can still do some work, you first pour some water on the horses, so that you can dilute the poison, and then press the horse's belly hard, so that they can spit out the poison, maybe there is salvation." ”

There was a glimmer of hope in my heart in an instant, these horses didn't move much, Hua Bo said that he fainted, not really died, but he really called the dead horse a live horse doctor, but as long as there is a glimmer of life, we have to do our best, otherwise it will be difficult for us to go back.

Da Zhuang took water from the stream, Xia Ti and I stuffed the water bladder into the horse's mouth, poured it hard, and then squeezed the horse's belly hard, and sure enough, as Hua Bo said, soon the horses vomited black and green sticky substance, which was extremely fishy.

At this time, Hua Bo picked a large handful of green grass from the surrounding grass, and when he saw me looking at him with curiosity, he explained: "This is licorice, although it is a very common herb, but it is also divided into many kinds, this kind of grass that grows on the Gobi in the Western Regions is called Xicao, which is flat and sweet, and the effects of detoxification, expectorant, pain relief, and antispasmodic are better than ordinary licorice, and it can also detoxify poison." Quickly mash these and pour them into the horse, which can cure the poison. ”

We hurriedly did so, divided the mashed licorice into four parts, and poured the horse in turn, after the busyness, the sun had already set, the night of the Gobi was very cold, and the biting wind was mixed with the faint howl of the wolf, which made people feel frightened, and finally rescued the horse and fed the wolf, then it was in vain.

The night here is really as gloomy as hell, I hope not to attract demons and beasts, I don't even dare to light a bonfire, just set up a simple tent, huddle together in the dark, eat a few mouthfuls of dry food, and then sleep.

I cheered up and stood on the first shift, and after a while, Xia Ti got up for me, saying that Da Zhuang's snoring was too loud, and I couldn't sleep anyway, so it was better to keep vigil.

I was so tired, I fell asleep quickly, and I don't know how long it was, and I felt a crisp ringing in my ears, far away and sometimes near, very good, I don't know if it was reality or in a dream, horses, horses, I opened my eyes suddenly!