Chapter 14 Missing (Part 2)
The fat man curled his mouth contemptuously: "I told you, I really fired two shots when I was a child." But he then took the shotgun from the old sheepskin and looked at it, and smiled bitterly: "I haven't shot your gun like this. Is this a shotgun? I think it's not much better than the bird guns that the Boxer Regiment used to attack foreign devils." The herdsmen's hunting rifle are also advanced, but the old sheepskin only has one hunting gun, because there are not many jackals on the grassland of the Kron Left Banner. Occasionally, one is seen from afar, and it is a kind of jungle. This small-caliber musket actually has a legendary history. Its original form appears in Tianjin, which is a kind of jungle.
The equipment of the ducks is simple and durable. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom entered the Northern Expedition, when it came to Tianjin, the capital of the Qing Dynasty would not be preserved. At this critical moment, the magistrate of Tianjin Xie Zicheng formed a musket team to fight wild ducks, using the tactics of platoon guns to defend, and was known as the "duck platoon". In the end, he relied on the "duck platoon" to repel the Taiping Army. Therefore, in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, a large number of such workshop-style firearms were actually built by the people. There were still people using this type of weapon during the Long March of the Red Army, but no matter how powerful it was, it was a guy more than half a century ago. Now it should be treated as an antique and sent to the museum.
But now I don’t have time to argue whether this hunting gun can have lethality. The equipment that only defends itself is always strong like two fists with naked fists. The four of them try to get closer and spread their eyes towards the grassland in a fan shape. The horses are still trembling in "王, 王". I looked forward intently. The grassland has a wide view, the sky is vast and the wilderness is vast, and all of them are in sight. But except for the long wind stroking the grass, the wilderness is empty and I can’t notice any abnormal movement.
The more quiet the more I feel, the less I feel. A whole group of cattle suddenly disappeared on the grassland, and it was so completely missing. I felt that there seemed to be a mysterious power in the dark, which was definitely not something that human power could fight against. Seeing the horses so uneasy, maybe that terrible and mysterious power was approaching us, but we didn't even know where it was. I repeatedly asked myself what to do? Fight or flee? After thinking about it, I can only wait and see what to change now.
The thoughts that rolled in my mind were suddenly interrupted by the cry of geese in the sky. I heard the geese singing in the sky, and together with the other three, I subconsciously looked up into the air. I saw a row of herringbone geese formations passing by above us. The migrating in autumn in autumn is a common sight on the grassland. We didn't think it was concerned, but in front of the flying route of this row of geese formations, there was a black cloud hanging in front of the clouds. The cloud was astonishingly thick, a bit like a mushroom cloud exploded by an atomic bomb. However, the scale was much smaller and the color was different. It was quite common on the grassland. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to attract attention. The clouds hang down from a high altitude. This is a kind of cloud called "Sky Hang". Experienced herders knew that there would be rain and snow recently when they saw this kind of cloud.
When we looked up, the flying geese formation just cut into the clouds. Because the herringbone shape was very long, there were several geese surrounding the formation before they were approaching the clouds. With the tragic geese ringing in the clouds, the geese finally dispersed like geese and fled backwards. When we saw this, we immediately burst into tears: "My heaven, there is something in the clouds!" The old sheepskin hugged his head and exclaimed, "God of immortality, the demon dragon hides in the clouds."
There seemed to be strong wind blowing in the sky, and the thick clouds of "sky hanging" quickly dispersed into silk tiles. The blue sky and red sun were particularly clear. The clouds were empty and there was nothing, and the flying geese were still wailing in the distance. The geese that just flew into the clouds seemed to evaporate into the clouds, leaving no hair left behind.
We were stunned. If we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, who would have believed the terrible situation just now? At this time, the sunshine scattered in the sky seemed to turn darker in an instant, but our eyes seemed to be that there were still blue sky and white clouds in the sky, and nothing should not be available. But the horses then became panicked again. Because we were strangling the reins in order to take the horses, the horses knew that the owner had not issued a running order, but were just hovering in place, but they refused to stop.
Just as I was not sure how to move forward and retreat, I suddenly felt like my eardrums were swollen. I thought something was wrong. The thing from heaven came towards us. The old sheepskin also reacted, waved the whip, and whipped the hips of our mounts. Everyone knew that they would not be able to run. They knocked on stirrups together to urge the horse: "Run, run!"
The four horses were finally relieved and rushed to the back of the grass slope. The most feared thing about riding a horse was to go down the steep slope. It was easy for the horse to lose its hooves, but no one could care about that at this time. Without anyone urging them, the horses all ran wildly, with only the whistling sound of the wind in their ears.
The horses only picked up the low-lying areas and ran around the rolling grass hills. We knew that the horses were much more sensitive to danger than people. There was no need to ask the reason. Just lean on the saddle and let the military horse take us to escape. During my busy schedule, I did not forget to look back and look behind me. I saw gusts of autumn wind creating layers of waves on the sea of grass. The sky was high and the clouds were faint, and there was nothing behind me.
After running for about two or three miles in one breath, the four horses slowed down and the horse's emotions recovered from panic. It seemed that they had escaped. We stopped and looked back. No one could tell what we had encountered just now. But the missing cattle, like the wild geese flying into the clouds, were inexplicably swallowed by some invisible thing.
I asked Lao Sheepsie, last time he said that he had seen a dragon in the depths of the grassland decades ago. Is it the same as what we had just experienced? Lao Sheepsie had a confused expression on her face. He said that the situation was completely different. That time it was at dusk. He saw a hideous dragon in the sky, with dark all over his body, just like a terrible ghost. It was not like the sunny day just now. So many creatures disappeared just now. This is really a ghost.
Everyone discussed a few random words, but they were helpless. No one could tell why. Ding Sitian's parents were both museum managers. She had been in contact with many since childhood. Among us, she had the widest knowledge among us. But even she had never heard of this phenomenon. She just said that there are many natural phenomena in the world that are terrifying. Human beings just look at the world as small things, and how can they recognize the mystery. However, whether we look at the current situation from the perspective of materialism, idealism, or criticalism, most of our cattle herding will never be found.
Just as Ding Sitian sighed that fate was so good, I suddenly found that the weeds in the valley not far away were sad, and there were signs of foxes and ghosts appearing. I thought to myself that I was just rushing to escape, where did you escape? Hurry up and let the old sheepskin see the terrain, where is this? The old sheepskin calmed down, turned his horse's head and looked around, and his expression suddenly became nervous. He looked at the valley and said, "I will definitely commit evil in my previous life, why did we run into the "Hundred Eyes Cave"?"
Chapter completed!