Chapter 263: The Sorrowful Little Red Horse (2)
As soon as he heard that it was last year's champion, Nie Xiaohu couldn't help but look at the girl named Ma Lulu twice.
I saw that she was dressed in a green suit, her hair was high, and only a few strands of green silk were scattered behind her head, although she was not very old, her body was very well developed, her body was convex and backward, and she was in good shape, although the distance was relatively far away, and she couldn't see her appearance clearly, but she could also see that she was a Peugeot beauty, with a red horsewhip in her hand, and a fiery pony riding under her crotch, with a heroic appearance.
"What is the route of the horse race?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.
"It's not long or short, it's a journey of more than an hour", Xue Fei said, "From here straight to the east, out of the town is a forest, along the avenue on the edge of the woods, go straight forward, then turn right at the fork in front, and then go ahead is the crop field, after the crop field and then to the right is the Luoshui River, after crossing the Luoshui River, go to the westernmost end of this street and then to the right, the first to return to the square is the leader!" Xue Fei pointed to the west side of the square and said.
"That's half a lap around the town," Nie Xiaohu nodded and said.
"Exactly!"
"Ready!"
At this time, a stout man standing at the end of the white line shouted with a gong in his hand.
The crowd fell silent for a moment, except for the row of horses snorting incessantly, their hooves clattering in place, all ready to go.
"Bang!" As soon as the gong sounded, more than a dozen ponies suddenly rushed out, Ma Lulu deserved to be last year's champion, and the red horse under her crotch rushed to the front of the team like a flame.
Due to the light rain last night, there was a low-lying place on the road ahead, a little rain accumulated, the horses' hooves stepped on, and the stagnant water splashed, causing a burst of exclamations from the crowd of onlookers, and adding a lot of warm atmosphere to the game.
"Good! Good! An old man in the crowd clapped his hands and shouted loudly, dancing happily, which was particularly conspicuous in the crowd.
"That's Ma Yunfei and Ma Lulu's father, Ma Jianxiang and Master Ma, he is in the antique business, his family is very rich, and he is one of the best people in Fengyu Town!" , Xue Fei pointed to the old man and said.
Seeing the horses disappear in front, Xue Fei said: "My lord, let's go, I have reserved a seat in the welcoming teahouse next to this square, and I can just see them coming back by the window on the second floor, let's go and wait while drinking tea!" ”
Nie Xiaohu nodded, and the three of them immediately went to the teahouse and sat down by the window, asked for two pots of tea, and looked at the people downstairs while drinking tea and chatting.
An hour passed quickly, but strangely there was no movement in the streets west of the town, and there was no horse returning, and there was a commotion among the crowd of onlookers.
"Why are you running so slowly?"
"That's right, it's almost time to come back at this time of year!"
"Did it rain a little last night, and it was hard to run on the road?"
"Perhaps!"
People began to talk and talk.
"I'm back!"
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, and people immediately looked to the west, and Nie Xiaohu and the three of them also poked their heads out of the window, wanting to look west, but there was nothing.
"To the east!" Just when everyone was wondering, there was another shout from the crowd.
"Wow!" With a bang, everyone turned to the east again, and Nie Xiaohu and the three of them also turned their heads at the same time.
Sure enough, from the avenue to the east, more than a dozen ponies galloped towards the square like the wind, from far and near.
"What about Ma Lulu? Why isn't she the one in the lead? Nie Xiaohu's brows furrowed and asked casually.
"Really, I didn't see her either!"
Xue Fei looked forward with wide eyes, and then shook his head again: "There is really no her, her green clothes are very conspicuous, and the red pony is even more recognizable, no!" ”
"Let's go, go down and have a look!" , Nie Xiaohu got up and left his seat and walked down the stairs quickly.
"Oh no! Oh no! ”
More than a dozen horses soon came to the square, and it was Ma Yunfei who led the way, only to see him rein in the horse, turn over and jump down, while shouting "Oh no!" He ran towards Ma Jianxiang.
"Son, what's wrong? What about your sister? Ma Jianxiang grabbed Ma Yunfei and asked in a panic.
"I... My sister she... She...", Ma Yunfei said breathlessly, gasping for breath.
"What's wrong with her?" , Ma Jianxiang was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Miss Ma is gone!" , and then a young man in Tsing Yi who caught up shouted loudly.
Ma Yunfei gasped and nodded his head constantly.
"What?!" , Ma Jianxiang fainted when he boarded.
"Daddy!" , Ma Yunfei shouted and held him up, some of the people next to him hurriedly stepped forward to choke Ma Jianxiang's people, and some helped to pounce on their chests and beat their backs, so they were busy.
"Bang!" The sound of a gong frightened everyone into a tremble.
"Everybody's quiet!"
Xue Fei held the gong in one hand, raised his throat and roared, and the crowd suddenly fell silent.
"Huang Ziwen, you say, what happened?" , Xue Fei looked at the young man in Tsing Yi and said loudly.
"Xue Zhutou, it's like this!"
Huang Ziwen hugged his fist at Xue Fei and said: "We all ran to the right through the woods in front, and after passing through the crop field, we turned to the right, and found that Miss Ma's red horse was standing at the head of the bridge in Luoshui River, but the person was gone!" We couldn't find it, so we hurried back and reported it! ”
"Did you see Miss Ma dismount?" , Nie Xiaohu asked.
"No," Huang Ziwen shook his head and said, "Miss Ma has been running in the front, and after turning right through the crops, there is a sorghum field blocking the view, and when we turn over, we can only see her red horse." ”
"How long did it take from Miss Ma turning around to you turning around?"
"That's five or six breaths, maybe even shorter."
"Let's go! Check it out! Nie Xiaohu waved his hand.
"All of you come down! You, you, go to the yamen and call someone! Xue Fei shouted at several teenagers who were still riding on horses.
Nie Xiaohu, Cao Xiaohui and Xue Fei rode a pony and rushed forward like the wind.
Passing through the woods, on either side of the road is a field of wheat with only stubble left after harvesting, and on the right side of the road there is a small field of fiery red sorghum, which is more than two meters tall and gently swaying in the wind, blocking the view of the right turn.
After running to the end of the sorghum field, Nie Xiaohu led the horse to turn to the right, and a small river that was not too wide was horizontally ahead, there was a stone bridge on the river, and at the head of the bridge stood a fiery red pony!