The man with the beautiful beard looked happy, but he already understood something in his heart.
"Do you know this horse?"
"I don't know him."
He quickly denied it and turned his head away, trying not to look at the messy horse's butt.
"That means it knows you."
Hao Bai looked up at the sky.
"The rain was so heavy that it lost its sight and recognized the wrong person."
This time, before the man with beautiful beard could say anything, a burst of laughter came from the carriage, and then turned into a low cough.
Upon hearing this, the man quickly turned around and went back into the carriage to comfort her.
After a while, the coughing stopped, and then an old voice sounded.
"This horse seems to be very intelligent. Perhaps something happened to its owner, which is why it is like this."
Hao Bai lowered his head, his expression becoming a little more reserved.
"So, according to Great-grandfather, you mean that we should... go and take a look?"
"Hmm." The voice pondered for a moment, then continued brazenly, "It's you who should go and take a look, not us."
The doctor in white shuddered and stammered.
"But great-grandfather, it's raining so hard now."
"Xingzi."
When the man with beautiful beard heard his name, he quickly responded respectfully.
"Go get Mo'er a piece of oilcloth and get him on his way. If he delays any longer, he'll miss the roast goose dinner at Youqingju tonight."
Upon hearing this, Qu Xingzi obediently pulled the oilcloth and handed the thing to Hao Bai with a friendly look on his face.
"Nephew, please."
Hao Bai looked at the oilcloth, opened and closed his fingers, closed and opened them again, and finally took it with gritted teeth.
The rain was getting heavier. He looked down at the white boots he had just put on yesterday, then at his spotless white sleeves. He gritted his teeth in grief and anger, put on his oilcloth and jumped out of the car.
The horse looked at him in the darkness, and he looked at the horse.
Only when the sound of the carriage wheels behind him gradually faded away did he resigned himself to his fate and walked forward, grabbing the pommel of the saddle.
"I haven't ridden a horse for a long time. Don't bully me."
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The rain was pouring down with a roar as rapid as a drum.
A chaotic sound of horse hooves came from afar, and after lingering for a while, a figure appeared in the rain.
Hao Bai grabbed the tuft of hair on Jixiang's head with both hands and hung crookedly on the horse's back.
He seldom rode a horse, and had never ridden a horse through such rugged mountains.
The rain had made the rocks extremely slippery, and the horse's hooves were slipping on the steep cliffs. Although he was on the horse's back, his heart was always hanging in the air, and he had entrusted his life and property to the four hooves.
Because of nervousness and bumps, he almost slipped off the horse several times. The oilcloth on his body had long disappeared and he was now soaked. He tried hard to open his eyes in the splashing rain, but it was no use. He could only rely on the beast under his butt like a blind man.
Because he was nervous, his hands were very strong, but Jixiang, who would usually lose his temper even if things went his way, actually endured it all the way. He sniffed the faint smell of blood in the heavy rain and finally found the place.
This is a half-collapsed mountain road. The end of the road disappears in chaos. A faint light at dawn shines coldly on the road surface, reflecting a strange blue light on the water accumulated overnight.
The rain was still falling, and there was a white mist everywhere.
There was nothing to be heard around except the sound of rain. Jixiang stopped and turned around in place, but he did not dare to get off the horse.
He had a premonition as a doctor: something must have happened here just now.
"Is there anyone there?"
He opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't even hear what he said.
"Xiao Nanhui?"
He raised his voice, but there was still no movement around him.
Jixiang snorted louder than he did. He sensed the animal's mockery and finally decided to risk it all and save some face.
"Xiao Nanhui!"
He roared with all his might in the heavy rain, but the sound seemed to be muffled by the dense rain, and only he could hear it.
He didn't give up, took a deep breath and yelled again: "Xiao Nanhui! Your grandpa is here to find you! If you're not dead, make some noise!"
There was still only the noisy sound of rain all around, and even if I tried hard to distinguish it, I couldn't hear any small sound.
Hao Bai's heart sank little by little. He gritted his teeth, untied the stirrup that had been wrapped around his feet, staggered off the horse, and groped in the dim light.
He didn't dare to walk far. He counted his steps and looked around. After taking ten steps, he would turn back to hold Jixiang's hand. In short, he was extremely cautious.
In this desolate mountain wilderness, the only thing that can give him a sense of security is a horse.
After repeating this seven or eight times, he finally saw the vague shadow on the ground.
He paused, then quickened his pace, and stopped again when he reached the target.
She lay motionless in the mud, her clothes already ripped to pieces at the back, blood stains visible from beneath. The rainwater that had gathered around her filled the depression where she lay, and her face was buried in the mud, with only half of her mouth and nose exposed.
Hao Bai closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, he looked much calmer. He walked forward, carefully turned the person over, took out a handkerchief to clean the mud on her face, and checked her breath.
No breath at all.
"Xiao Nanhui!"
He slapped her face while shivering.
The person on the ground showed no reaction, as if he was asleep.
He quickly took out the silver needles and inserted three in a row. Three didn't work, so he inserted five. Five silver needles were inserted one after another, each one more ferocious than the last.
"Xiao Nan replied, you bastard! You wasted my two bone-burning needles! And you made me spend three months in jail in that godforsaken place! If you die, I will peel off your skin and take out the needles! Do you hear me?! I will peel off your skin..."
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