Chapter 14 The Buddha Ends the Horse Race
When the boy looked up, he saw the bird's nest towering among the branches, about ten feet high, helpless, swaying from side to side with the wind. No, he had to nod his head, turned around and came to the tree, spit a few mouthfuls in the palm of his hand, hugged the trunk of the tree, climbed up, barely climbed more than a foot, the bark was smooth, bare, and there were no branches to climb, his body fell straight down, he had to hug the tree tightly, after a long time, he still couldn't stop the slide, the young man was so anxious that he was sweating, the princess stood under the tree, looked up at him, clapped her hands and laughed: "Climb up! You stupid! Oops, you slide down again! You, what a stupid pig!"
The boy couldn't help but get angry when he looked at her, and suddenly remembered an idea, grabbed the trunk of the tree between his legs, took off the two rotten shoes with his exposed toes, and threw them at the princess, who was looking up and laughing at the joke and mocking him, when suddenly two black things fell in the air, and she hurriedly turned around and dodged away, and the two shoes grazed her body, one after the other, and fell to the ground.
The princess was so angry that she picked up the stones on the ground, no matter how heavy they were, and smashed the boy, who in order to avoid the flying stones, used both feet and hands at the same time, and rushed up, and soon approached the vicinity of the bird's nest. The princess stopped smashing him, threw stones and shouted, "Mmmmmmmmmm
The boy was about to reach into the bird's nest, only to hear a terrible chirp in his ears, a black shadow quickly pounced, the sharp beak pecked at his neck fiercely, it hurt him, he screamed, lost his balance for a while, leaned against the tree, and slid straight down. I didn't stop until I was halfway up the tree, and then I looked at my belly and arms, as well as between my legs, and the skin that had been worn out was broken and bloody.
Inevitably under the tree is the sound of the swallow warbler stamping his feet to scold, the young man ignored her, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and climbed up again, to the edge of the bird's nest, he clamped his legs between the trunks, one hand propped up the rags, resisted the attack of the bird's beak, one hand reached into the bird's nest, quickly caught two "chirping" chicks, stuffed into his arms, and then quickly slipped under the tree, and the bird, all the way to peck him, until he landed on the ground, then around his head, flew around twice, screamed, back to the nest.
The princess hurried over, approached the young man, stretched out her head to look into his arms, the young man took out the two birds from his arms, only to see them furry in his hands, kept squirming anxiously, the young man let go, stretched out his hands to hold them, and sent them to the princess, and said: "These two birds are for you, in the temple my masters often taught me that all beings are equal, and you should not kill at will, and I have caught them for you today, it is already a sin! You must take good care of them!"
When the princess saw it, she said, "Hmph!" and said, "I want a litter!" Why don't you get two of them? Why don't you go and get them all for this princess!"
When the young man heard this, he burst into tears and said, "I'll get these two, I don't know how sad the mother bird is! If you catch all of them, it will naturally not survive! Even if you accumulate virtue, you just want these two!"
The princess looked at him, her eyes widened, and she said, "You still cry! I didn't see you cry when I wanted to kill you just now! What a stupid thing to do this for a few birds! hehe"
Then she stretched out her hand and took the two birds, and when she looked at them, she suddenly came up with another idea, and said, "Two are just two! But you must listen to me in everything in the future! Otherwise, I will have someone stab off all the nestlings in the nest and fall to death! These two will also fall to their deaths!"
Seeing that the young man's face immediately showed a look of horror and unbearable expression, the princess was even more happy, holding two birds, and said to the people behind her: "Quickly tie him in the saddle, I want to ride a horse!"
The young man looked at the bird in the princess's hand, and was speechless for a while, so he had to bend down and prostrate on the ground, and let the saddle be tied.
"Drive, drive!" the boy had to crawl along the fence. The princess was even more comfortable, her feet kicked wildly, her body swayed from side to side, and she said happily: "Hehe, you can run steadily! Otherwise, you will kill the bird in my hand, but it is your fault!"
Since the two birds were caught, the princess had a flat-topped thrush cage made of gold wire, which was hung under the cloister of the transept on the edge of the stable, and Su Yu was responsible for taking care of and feeding them. Su Yu and they are sick and sympathetic, and they naturally take care of them very diligently, and Princess Nalandor also comes here every day, teasing the birds for fun, and after teasing the birds, she will use the birds as a handle, and come up with many tricks to make Su Yu happy. When those horsemen saw it, they all tried to hide as far away as possible, because Su Yu was secretly happy that they had protected them from the disaster.
On this day, early in the morning, Princess Narandol had already come to the horse farm alone. She saw Su Yu feeding the two birds with her back from a long distance, the princess had a wicked smile on her face, quietly tiptoeing, cautiously passed, a few horsemen in the distance saw it, and was about to come over to say goodbye, so angry that the princess waved with one hand, and several people understood, quickly shut up and stopped, just holding on to the horse pen, and looked to see what kind of trick Nalandor was doing.
When the princess arrived behind Su Yu, she could only hear Su Yu whispering softly while feeding the bird: "Poor little bird! It's all my fault, and you have no mother like me, I will definitely protect you well and don't let that evil princess hurt you, don't worry, I will definitely release you in a few days!"
Nalandor was angry when she heard this, stepped over, reached out and grabbed his ear, and dragged him out of the corridor, Su Yu bared his teeth in pain, and reached out to break Nalandor's hand, Nalandor said angrily: "If you dare to resist and disobey, I will pinch those two birds to death! Pinch to death! Pinch to death now!"
When Su Yu heard this, he immediately didn't dare to move again, and the princess looked at him, angry and funny, grabbed his ears hard, and said with a wicked smile: "You dare to call me an evil princess behind your back!
Then, beckoning to a few grooms, several people hurriedly came over with ropes, and one of them grabbed Su Yu's arms and was about to tie them, so angry that the princess raised her legs and kicked him away, and said with a cross eyebrow: "What are you tying him for!" I don't know that this princess is the kindest person, although he scolds me behind his back, I still want to give him a chance to atone for his sins!"
Then, he glanced at Su Yu and said with a smile: "I don't know if you are willing?"
Su Yu just lowered his head, blushing, and didn't hum. Seeing his appearance, Nalandoer pinched his ear again before letting go, a pair of slightly narrowed Danfeng's eyes still flashed with a wicked smile, and looked at him and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't speak, it's up to you whether you agree anyway!"
After that, he pointed to a groom with his hand and said, "You go and lead two horses, race with him, and circle the racecourse three times, whoever arrives first wins! If you win, the princess will be rewarded, but if she loses, there will be a penalty! And it will be a heavy penalty! So, you have to race well, don't be lazy! Hehe."
After that, he ordered a groom to go to the birdcage, and then looked at Su Yu and said: "You go and race with the groom now, if you win, I won't punish you! And there will be a prize! If you lose! Then you will be punished for both crimes, and you will consider yourself unlucky! How about it? You scold me, I will give you a chance, see how kind and merciful this princess is! I actually scolded me for being an evil princess, hum!"
After that, seeing that Su Yu did not move, Nalandor pointed to the groom on the edge of the birdcage and laughed: "You are still obedient, otherwise, if I wave my hand, the groom will strangle those two birds to death!"
Su Yu glanced at the groom viciously, turned to the edge of the wooden fence, took the reins from the other groom, moved the saddle, and got on the horse.
The princess stood outside the fence, and when she saw that they were ready, she waved her hand high and shouted, "Begin!"
The two horses flew out as if they were flying, and the dust was rising, only to hear Nalandor shouting from behind: "You have to compare yourself to the smelly food!" If I see that you are lazy, I will pinch those two birds to death first! And the groom didn't want to be punished, he still wanted to be rewarded, and he ran all the way. After a while, I saw that on the horse farm, two horses were flying with four hooves, stirring up billowing smoke and dust.
Outside the wooden fence, Nalandor's pretty face was flushed, and she was also running around with the whistling horses, clapping and whistling, and excited.
Seeing that the two laps passed, the groom gradually surpassed Su Yu, and the princess clapped her hands and cursed, and said with a smile: "Stinky food, you are really a big lazy bastard! If you don't go any further, I'll pinch those two birds to death?
Su Yu was in a hurry to catch up, but he was not as skilled as the horseman, the princess shouted wildly, his heart was even more chaotic, and he looked at the birdcage in the distance from time to time, and when he was distracted, he was even slower. When the princess saw this, she jumped to her feet and scolded with a smile: "Lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy! Are you riding ants, so slow? When you lose, I will pinch those two birds to death! Pinch to death! Pinch you to death with you! Hehehehaha"
Su Yu was upset, had to work hard to urge the horse to catch up, the horseman thought that he was riding a horse every day, the equestrian skills were exquisite, and he did not put Su Yu's half-sized son in his heart, he urged the horse to raise the whip, seeing that he had surpassed Su Yu, his heart was proud, who knows, the Luan bell behind him rang chaotically, Su Yu rode the black horse and had followed closely, he couldn't help but be surprised, unprepared, suddenly raised the horse whip, waved in the air, went around in a circle, turned around and hung the wind, straight to Su Yu's horse head pumped, Su Yu urged the black horse to run in the middle of the run, never expected this kind of black hand, the horse's head was whipped by the whip, only heard"Smack!", the black horse roared, the front hooves rose into the air, Su Yu was almost thrown out, when the black horse landed, the horse had a headache, Su Yu was unwilling to stop, and had to crawl on the horse's back, shaking the reins with both hands, and the flying tiger trembling with both feet, and the black horse was a long body, chasing away like a whirlwind.