Chapter Twenty-Three: Galloping Horses
As the starting horn sounded, all the racehorses rushed out like arrows from the string. In an instant, the horses galloped, and thousands of people cheered, and the magnificent momentum seemed to shake the earth.
An Youran also followed closely behind and galloped, he originally knew nothing about horseback riding, and finally thanks to Luo Han's patient teaching last night, plus some cleverness today, he was able to be safe and sound on horseback, so as not to be ugly. However, when compared with these skilled riders, they must be dwarfed, and they will be pulled away in a short time. But thinking of the tragedy of those white flowers and silver that was about to leave him, he still turned his heart and caught up.
However, there was one thing that Ann leisurely expected: I originally simply thought that the so-called horse race was at the specified distance, and the first to reach the finish line was victory. Although the form here is similar, the distance is much beyond his expectations, and it is a long-distance horse race. All the runners must race along the colorful flags set up on both sides of the road until they get the red pennant planted in the Luqi cliff, and the first to return to the starting point will be the winner.
So when I ran for half an hour, my buttocks hurt so much that my whole body fell apart, and I still couldn't see the colored flags on the edge as far as I could see, and I didn't even see the shadow of the cliff, An Youran's heart was full of sorrow. And because it is at the very end, the mud and dust splashed by the horses in front of them when they run are rushing towards them, which perfectly interprets the essence of the idiom 'gray and dirty'.
"It seems that people should not be too greedy, and those who are content should always be happy!" An leisurely looked at the long road in front of him, and muttered in a low voice: "Liu Kun has already won half of the money if he doesn't participate, although I can't be upset, but life is inherently imperfect." Besides, there is still a Luo Han to count on, that guy ran away at the beginning of the game, and he should still have a good chance to win the championship! ”
After comforting himself, he seemed to be relieved, grinned without the slightest shame, and leaned into Ma's ear in a very good mood and said, "Brother Ma, let's go home." It doesn't matter if anyone laughs at him, I don't want to have money to spend, my good days are still ahead! ”
At this moment, a sharp bird whistle pierced the sky, and An Ran hurriedly raised his head to look at it. In the blue sky, a big gray bird was flying towards the running horses.
"This bird is so stupid, there are horses in front of it, what does it have to chase!" glanced at An and complained leisurely, "Could it be that he thinks he is a tiger!?" A horse is so heavy, how can he carry it?! I guess this bird is hungry enough, and even its brain is not good! ”
He was about to turn the horse's head and leave, but he felt faintly uneasy in his heart, and it seemed that something very important was about to come out in his mind. It made him stop his movements for a while, and he froze in place and couldn't move.
What the hell is going on!? Why do you feel wrong? Obviously there wasn't anything unusual until the bird appeared!? "That's not right!" An Youran suddenly screamed in shock, "The bird's call!" Before he had time to think about it, he waved his whip and followed the bird's flight path and chased after the horses.
It turned out that what made An Youran feel unrelieved was the whistling sound of the big bird flying just now, such a special dragging, that sharp feeling...... That's right! It was the same bird cry that the Assassins had heard on the night of the royal banquet! You can't go wrong!
And if I'm not mistaken, that bird should be a falcon! When I was in college, I studied the habits of falcons as an elective. Gyrfalcons are supposed to grow in the cold north, although in winter they will fly to lower latitudes due to lack of food. But it's June, and it shouldn't be the time to migrate. Then there is only one answer......
Someone has bad intentions! Could it be that Su Chen and the others are going to assassinate Liu Kun again? But when others are in the camp, why do the falcons chase the horses? Or did Su Chen change the target of their attack? So who is the target this time?
An Youran couldn't figure it out, but the matter was urgent, and he couldn't allow him to hesitate for a moment, so he could only chase after it first to find out, and then make plans.
However, the horse he was riding on was overworked, or infected by An Ran's leisurely burnout, although it was in a state of running, but the speed was not satisfactory, and it was gradually moving away from the horses in front of him. Seeing the falcon flying lower and lower, and gradually there were signs of diving, An Youran was in a hurry! Just when he was helpless, he suddenly glanced at the long sword worn by the racer in front of him, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and took out a dagger from his sleeve.
If an animal is stimulated, it stimulates its potential! I can't bear it in my heart, but it's a matter of life and death, and there is really no other way. He gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, picked up the dagger and stabbed the horse's buttocks.
Sure enough, the sudden pain made the horse startled, spread its hooves, and galloped forward, An Youran only felt that the shadows around him were constantly fleeting, as if the mount under him was not running but flying.
Because the speed was too fast, the degree of bumps was greatly increased, and he desperately grabbed the reins, constantly adjusting his body posture to barely maintain balance. Although it was dangerous, fortunately, the expected effect was achieved, and after a while, he overtook all the way and came to the front of the team.
"Xiao An!" Luo Han was obviously taken aback when he saw An Ran appearing leisurely, "When did you catch up!?" How can it be so fast! ”
But how can An leisurely have the leisure to answer his questions? All of his energy was spent on stabilizing his body and keeping an eye on the Gyrfalcon's movements.
Seeing that An Youran didn't answer himself, Luo Han said to himself: "Your speed, maybe you can surpass Li Yan and get the first!" Hold on, I just need to be in the top three anyway! Don't worry about me, hurry up! ”
An Youran noticed that he had unknowingly begun to surpass Luo Han and approach the first son. Maybe this time you can really kill two birds with one stone, not only to resolve the crisis but also to make money? Could it be that a peaceful and leisurely spring is coming?
But he didn't have to be happy for long, and things began to develop rapidly, and the spear falcon in the sky chirped again, but this time the meaning was different from the previous cry, but the signal of attack.
I saw that the spear falcon spread its wings, paused slightly in the air, and then turned sharply like lightning, and rushed straight towards the mount that the prince was riding. Its sharp claws were between expansion and contraction, and one of the eyes of the horse running at high speed was bloodied!
The horse was attacked for no reason, and not only was he bereaved but also frightened. It screamed in pain, struggling to escape, trying to escape unknown dangers with speed. However, in the continuous rapid gallop, he has come to the Luqi cliff where the game has returned, and there is no way forward at all, and some are just an abyss!
But how can the horse manage so much, driven by the escape instinct, it did not slow down at all, and still galloped forward like a fly, seeing that the prince was about to fall off the cliff with people and horses, An Youran couldn't help but exclaim: "Master, be careful!" ”
Shizi's heart was bright, and before An Youran's words landed, he had already slapped his palm on the saddle, jumped off the horse's back with the help of palm power, and fell to the ground easily.
Seeing that the prince was safe and sound, An Youran finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to get off the horse to check the situation, but found a serious problem-
"Master, help! My horse can't stop! It turned out that his own horse had become irritable and uncontrollable because of the knife he had stabbed. Even though An leisurely tightened the reins and still spoke, the horse ignored it and rushed towards the cliff with an iron heart.
This reversal of the role swap immediately made An Youran scramble, her mind was blank, and she didn't know what to do at all.
"Bajie!" At this moment, Shizi's voice sounded like a dawn breaking through the darkness, "Jump the horse!" ”
Right! Horses are horses, people are people! It doesn't make sense that he, a good young man with a brilliant tomorrow, should die with a horse being buried? The screams of the prince woke up the dreamer. An leisurely quickly twisted her body, eager to escape from this miserable situation! But......
"Master, it's dead!" An Youran's mouth opened and he cried, "I'm afraid that I will fall, so as soon as I got on the horse, I asked Tang Ning to tie his hands and feet with a rope!" I can't run even if I want to! ”
The corners of Shizi's mouth twitched a few times involuntarily, and he shouted angrily: "Are you a fool!?" How could you use such a stupid method! It's self-defeating! ”
"It's not that you want me to make a fool of myself that made me do this! In the final analysis, the culprit is you, the master! An Youran cried while struggling: "I am not blessed in this life, I just ask you to burn more ingots and paper money after my death, so that I will not be subject to others in the underworld!" ”
"Xiao An!" Luo Han also rushed to the scene, and when he saw this dangerous scene, he hurriedly shouted: "Why are you still on the horse, jumping down is at most seriously injured, it is better than dying!" What are you doing! ”
Eldest brother! Do you think I'm stupid? Do you think I don't know! But I need to be able to jump! An leisurely wailed in her heart: Could it be that I really did too much evil in my previous life, and God will kill me? Seeing the cliff getting closer and closer, and feeling the breath of death coming to his face, he had no intention of explaining more, so he simply gave up the senseless struggle and closed his eyes to prepare for the arrival of death.
"Li Yan, is Xiao An crazy!?" Seeing that An was unmoved, Luo Han shouted in a panic: "What did you just say!?" Stimulated, he wants to seek death! ”
"He tied himself to the back of the horse and couldn't get up and down!" Shizi replied with a gloomy face, "What do you have to do with me!" ”
"We'll talk about this later, save people first!" Luo Han looked at the imminent emergency, and he waved his horsewhip to catch up.
Who knew that the prince stretched out his hand to stop it, and said coldly, "No, the horse is too heavy!" The geology here is loose, and you have to collapse as soon as you pass by! ”
"What then! You can't watch Xiao An die! Luo Han exclaimed excitedly.
But before he could finish speaking, he heard an exclamation from the racers behind him, "Your Royal Highness! ——”
Luo Han looked up, and suddenly his whole body was cold, as if he had escaped into an ice cellar! Because the last scene he saw was: Li Yanfei fell behind An Youran, and the two of them fell off the cliff alive. The light dust, the fluttering silver robe, was the only sight he saw......
"Li Yan ——!" Luo Han's desperate voice echoed between the cliffs, unable to disperse for a long time......