The prairie with yellow grass is like the undulating yellow-green sea, the grass is almost high, but the sand dunes under the grass are undulating, the terrain is high and low, most areas on the grassland, like this undulating drop is not big, it is difficult to distinguish from a distance or a high place, there are also rocky mountains or sandy mountains on the grassland, because the sky is high and the ground is wide, from a distance, I just feel that the heaven and the earth are connected, the ups and downs are continuous, only when I get to the front, I can really feel the slope difference.

We hurriedly took the horses and searched carefully to see that the hooves on the turf were messy, and there were traces of gnawing on the surrounding grass, indicating that the cattle had recovered from their frenzy after fleeing here, and stayed here to graze the grass.

But the strange thing is that the big herd of cattle disappeared out of thin air here, even if the cattle are attacked by wolves here, they will leave traces such as hoof prints, after all, we are chasing the front and back feet, what force can make the herd disappear in such a short time? I immediately asked Ding Sitian: "Is there a tornado on your grassland?" The wind swept the cattle away? ”

Ding Sitian said: "I heard that there are occasional tornadoes in Outer Mongolia in Mobei, but our grassland here is very rare, and how big should a tornado that can sweep away hundreds of cows?" If there is a tornado, the sky is clear today, and we should see it from a distance, and besides, there is no trace of wind damage in the nearby grassland. After speaking, she turned her head and asked the old sheepskin, after all, the old sheepskin has lived on the grassland for decades, and his experience is far richer than that of our educated youth.

The old sheepskin didn't speak, he got off the horse, touched the cow's hoof prints on the ground and looked at it for a long time, and finally sat down on the ground with tears on his face, it seems that the more than two hundred cattle must have been swallowed by the "demon dragon" on the grassland, the old sheepskin cried and wiped his tears and beat his chest: "Why does Changshengtian punish the hard-working shepherd so much?" "Decades ago, his brother disappeared after coming to this vicinity, and now the cattle are nowhere to be seen, these cattle are the collective property of the brigade, if it wasn't for the drunkenness yesterday, there was no reinforcement of the cattle pen, there would be no such thing, this responsibility is too great, and once the superiors inquired about it, they couldn't explain it at all, saying that the cattle were swallowed by the dragon, and there was not even a single hair left, who would believe it?

Ding Sitian was also so anxious that she burst into tears, she had a strong appearance, but in fact, she was sensitive inside, she was very fragile like an ordinary girl, and she couldn't bear such a big blow, I and the fat man were very anxious for them when they saw this, I turned over and dismounted, and persuaded the old sheepskin to say: "I see things so far, if we don't find the whereabouts of these cattle, we can't pay the difference, and it's useless to be anxious now, let's hurry up and look around, even if the grassland is turned upside down, we have to find them." "In addition, I don't believe in the legend of the demon dragon devouring humans and animals, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if there is a fierce beast similar to a dragon hidden in the depths of the grassland, it is impossible for it to swallow so many cattle in one bite, does it have such a big appetite? Take another 10,000 steps back and say, if you swallow it, you have to spit out the bones, right? Find the cow bones, you can also have an explanation, there are so many hats these days, you can't find the whereabouts of the cow, just give this old man and Ding Sitian a hat, that's the sin of not being able to eat and walk around, some things can't be avoided even if you are afraid, you can only grit your teeth at the critical moment, and you can only hold on to it with your teeth at the critical moment, and you have the kung fu to cry your nose, so it is better to find the cow immediately.

The fat man also persuaded: "Si Tian, don't cry, in my impression, you are not the kind of big girl who only cries and complains, and doesn't use anything, I think back then we were all Red Guards who stirred up the five continents and thundered, the four seas were churning and the clouds and water were angry, and swept away all the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods, you also said that in the future, you want to be a soldier of the People's Liberation Army Art Troupe full of outstanding wisdom and foresight, with profound theoretical thinking and unyielding fighting spirit, you must not be like Hu Bayi shouting low-level fun and innocence all day long, don't forget, death does not belong to the working class. ”

Ding Sitian was laughed by the fat man's words, wiped his tears and nodded: "Yes, death does not belong to the working class. "She and the old sheepskin, the old and the young, under our persuasion, finally recognized the situation, the only person in the world who can save their own destiny, only themselves, there is no point in complaining about the heavens and others, now there is no other way, the cow can only rely on themselves to continue to find, crying and howling the cow can not cry back.

In fact, I still have an idea that I didn't tell everyone, yesterday the old sheepskin said that his brother was forced to lead the way to the "Hundred Eyes Cave" a few decades ago, and once mentioned that the gang of bandits from the mountains, carrying a large number of boxes, I felt that this matter was very strange, the time when this incident happened, and the time that the fourth aunt said was very consistent, maybe it was the bandits of the "Mud Society", who brought the things dug out of the mountains to the grassland, and I couldn't guess the motive why they chose the grassland, but in the box of Wong Tai Sin, Eighty percent of the valuable gold, if the herd really can't find it, if the gold can be found, maybe Ding Sitian and the old sheepskin will be able to atone.

Because I have heard too many legends about gold mines in Xing'anling, the idea of imagining the "Hundred Eyes Cave" as a treasure trove of gold hidden by the bandits has been preconceived in my mind, forming a subjective impression, so all the subsequent imagination and speculation are based on this premise, I think as for those who are missing, it is likely that they were killed by the bandits who guarded the treasure, and finally there was an internal struggle in the "Mud Society", in order to compete for the gold and the four old in the ancient tomb, you and I died together, and this is the case. At that time, I was still uninformed, and I didn't think deeply about everything, and I was very satisfied with my inference, and I felt that this was the case nine times out of ten.

This grassy slope is flanked by a mountain col, and down the road is the undulating ghost place - "Hundred Eyes Cave", we did not give up for the time being, re-mounted our horses, and continued to search for clues in the vicinity.

It was past noon at this moment, and we had just gotten on the horse's back for a short time, when the horses suddenly seemed extremely uneasy, and the horses neighed, and there seemed to be something unusual in the air around them, which made them anxious and panicked, and I was worried that I would get off the horse and throw me off, so I quickly grabbed the reins with one hand, and grasped the saddle ring with the other, but the horses did not pout, but circled in place, and I saw that the other three horses were also in this situation, and they were crowded and shouted to the old sheepskin: "Old man, what is wrong with these horses?" ”

The old sheepskin tightened the reins and led the frightened horses, and told us that the horses of the steppe were spiritual, much more sensitive than human intuition, and that they must have sensed something terrible in their vicinity, which man could not feel. The mount of the old sheepskin is a retired military horse, a head taller than an ordinary Mongolian horse, although the horse's teeth are long, but the psychological quality is much calmer than that of ordinary horses.

The mood of the horses stabilized slightly, we took the opportunity to look around, to see what was going on on the surrounding grassland, maybe it would have something to do with the disappearance of more than 100 herding cattle, for a while everyone's nerves were like clockwork full of strings, tightened, in order to guard against the steppe wolf, the old sheepskin also brought an old-fashioned shotgun, the old sheepskin had a Kangxi treasure knife to defend himself, so he asked the fat man: "That fat baby, will you let go of the gun?" ”