Chapter 25 – Disappearance (above)

The prairie is filled with yellow grass, like the undulating yellow-green sea, the grass is about the same height, but the dunes under the grass are undulating, the terrain is uneven, the height of the grass, most of the areas on the prairie, such as this undulation is not too big, it is difficult to distinguish from a distance or from a high place, the prairie is also rocky or sandy mountains, because of the sky and the earth, from afar just feel the heaven and earth are connected, undulating and stretching, the only thing is to get close to the front to be able to The only way to get close is to feel the big difference in slope.

Cattle fleeing the trail, just in an uphill disappeared, we hurried to bring the horse carefully search, look at this turf hoofprints messy, around the grass and gnawing traces, indicating that the cattle fled here, has been recovered from the frenzy in the down in the stay to gnaw on the grass.

But the strange thing is, the big cattle here disappeared in thin air, even if the cattle here encountered wolves attack, will also leave hoofprints of a kind of traces, after all, we are back and forth feet chase over, so short time what power can make the cattle disappear? I asked Ding Si-Tian on the horse: “Is there a tornado in your grassland? The gusts of wind swept the cows away?”

Tinselia said, “I heard that there are occasional tornadoes in Mongolia in the north of the desert, but our grassland here is very rare, and how big is a tornado that can roll away hundreds of cows? If there really is a tornado, today’s clear sky, we should be able to see it from afar, besides, there is no trace of wind destruction in the grassland near here.” Said she turned her head to ask the old sheepskin, after all, the old sheepskin in the grassland life for decades, experience is far richer than we know the youth.

The old sheepskin did not say, he came down from the horse, touching the ground cattle hoofprints look half a day, and finally disheveled sitting on the ground, face old tears, it seems that more than two hundred head of cattle must be let on the grassland “demon dragon” swallowed, the old sheepskin weeping and wiping the tears and beat his chest: “Why does the Everlasting Heaven want to punish the bitter life of the shepherds so? Why does the Everlasting Heaven punish the poor shepherds like this?” A few decades ago, his own brother is to this neighborhood after the disappearance, and now cattle ran here also disappeared, these cattle are the collective property of the brigade, if not yesterday drunk, did not go to reinforce the cattle fence, would not be such a thing, the responsibility is really too big, and the higher-ups once inquired about, simply can not be explained, said the cattle were swallowed by the dragon, not even a hair is left, who would believe it?

Dingsi sweet also anxious to tears, her appearance strong, in fact, the inner sensitive, and ordinary girls like very fragile, can not withstand such a big blow, fat man and I see the situation is very anxious for them, I rolled off the horse, persuade the old sheepskin said: “I see things now, do not find the whereabouts of these cows, we can not hand over the goods, and now anxious is useless, let’s hurry to the surrounding to look for! Even if we turn the grassland upside down, we must find them.” In addition, I do not believe in what demon dragon devouring human and animal legend, back a thousand steps, even if the grassland deep really hides a shape similar to the dragon beast, it is not possible to swallow so many cattle in one bite all swallowed, there is so big appetite? And then back up a million steps, swallowed, have to spit out the bones, right? Find the bones of the cattle, there can be an explanation, so many hats these days, can not find the whereabouts of the cattle, randomly to the old man and Ding Sistern put a hat, that is a sin that can not eat, some things even if the fear can not hide, the key moment can only bite the teeth to hold on, have to cry for the sake of the effort, might as well hurry up and then look for the cattle it.

Fatty also advised: “Si sweet don’t cry, in my impression, you are not the kind of only crying and complaining, what are not the top of the big girl, think of the years we can be stirred up the five continents shaking the wind and thunder excitement, the four seas tumbled cloud and water anger, sweeping away all the bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods of the Red Guards, you have also said that in the future you want to be full of excellent wisdom and foresight, with a profound theoretical thinking and unyielding fighting spirit of the People’s Liberation Army Civilian Corps warriors, the spirit of the war. You have also said that in the future you want to be a People’s Liberation Army Civilian Troupe soldier full of excellent wisdom and foresight, with profound theoretical thinking and unyielding fighting spirit, you mustn’t shout all day long that low-grade interest is not guilty like Hu Bayi, don’t forget that death doesn’t belong to the working class.”

Ting Si-Tian was broken into tears by the fat man, wiped her tears and nodded, “Right, death does not belong to the working class.” She and the old sheepskin this old and young, under our persuasion, finally recognized the situation, this world can save their own destiny, only their own, complaining about the heavens and others is meaningless, now there is no other way, lost the cattle can only rely on their own to go on looking for, crying and howling can not be cried back to the cattle.

In fact, I still have an idea that I did not tell everyone, yesterday the old sheepskin talked about decades ago, his brother was forced to lead the way to the “hundred-eyed cave” thing, had mentioned that the bandits from the mountains, carrying a large box, I felt that this matter is very strange, the age of this incident, and the time of the four aunts said that very much in line with, maybe it is the “mud child”, the “mud child”, the “mud child”, the “mud child”. Maybe it is the “mud will” of the bandits, the things dug out of the mountains to the grasslands, they chose the grasslands of the motives I can not guess, but the yellow fairy box, 80% of the valuable gold, if the herd of cattle can not be found, in case of gold, may be able to let Ding Sistian and the old sheepskin will be punished for the crime.

Because in Xing’anling heard too many legends about the gold mine, the “hundred eyes cave” imagine as a treasure trove of gold Hu bandits this idea, has been in my mind preconceived, the formation of a subjective impression, so then all the imagination guess, are this as a prerequisite, I want to think about those who have disappeared, most likely are guarding the treasure of the Hu bandits! Killed to silence, and finally “mud will” appeared internal struggle, in order to scramble for gold and the tomb of the four old, fight to the death of the same, eighty percent is so, at that time, I was still shallow, do not think about the depths of all things, but also for their own deduction of this very satisfied, think that in all likelihood it is the case.

This slope full of long grass is flanked by a depression, along the road down to the undulating hills and ridges of the ghostly place – “hundred eyes cave”, we are not dead for the time being, remounted the horse, in the vicinity of the wandering continue to search for traces of clues.

At this moment the day has passed noon, we can just get on the back of the horse not more than a moment, the horse will suddenly seem extremely uneasy, “whinny, whinny” hissing, around the air as if there is something abnormal things, so that they are anxious and panicked, I worry about cross the horse backward pouting to throw me off, and hasten to use one hand to hold on to the reins, and the other hand grasping the saddle iron ring! But the horses did not kick back, just circling in place, I see the rest of the three horses are also in this condition, crowded to the old sheepskin called: “old master, these horses how?”

The old sheepskin lifted the reins tightly and stiffly brought the panicked horses to a halt, telling us that the horses on the prairie were all spiritual and much more sensitive than human intuition, and that they must have felt that there was something frightening in the vicinity that could not be sensed by a human being. The old sheepskin’s mount is a retired military horse, one head higher than the ordinary Mongolian horse, this horse’s teeth are long, but the psychological quality is much more calm than the average horse, with it leading, the rest of the three horses for a moment is not in a state of disarray.

Horse’s mood slightly stabilized, we take the opportunity to raise our eyes and look around, want to see what the surrounding grassland situation, maybe with more than a hundred head of grazing cattle will be related to the disappearance of a time all of the nerve line is like screwed full of strings of the clockwork, tightly taut, in order to guard against prairie wolves, the old sheepskin also brought an old hunting rifle, the old sheepskin has a KangXi treasure knife to defend themselves, then asked the fat man: “That fat baby, will not discharge the gun miles?”