Chapter 12 horse man

It was almost dawn, and the horsemen of Baichuntai came out of the sheds where they lived in twos and threes. They saw a strange frog when they were cleaning their horse manes by the river.The frog jumped along the river bank, sometimes landed in the grass, sometimes lay down on the water, and wandered around the horse people with an inexplicable kindness. No matter how they drove the frog, the frog would never leave their sight. The man noticed the frog's eyes, he laughed suddenly, and shouted, "Look at that frog, it's blind, and it's jumping so happily!" Most of the horse people are adults. At first glance, they are a group of sturdy and strong young men. If you look closely at their backs, buttocks, necks, and bare legs, they all radiate the demeanor of magical horses.When they bent down to wash their manes by the river together, they looked like a herd of drinking horses, and when they straightened up and looked across the river, all eyes were filled with the vague desire that is typical of youth.They had seen the figure of a woman, but that figure was shrouded in mist, flickering, and then disappeared altogether. It was a frog that came to the river.

They didn't mind the frog's visit at first, but gradually with the arrival of the centaur Xuecong, they noticed all the abnormalities of the frog.Not long ago, a weaver girl flew into the bed of the horse man Qingpi, the horse man Qingpi dreamed of his wife in his hometown for several nights, and every night he dreamed of nocturnal emission, and the horse man Ziju also found a huge grasshopper in his rice bowl. As soon as the grasshopper blew in the bowl day and night, Ziju could clearly hear the coughing of the old father. The sound made Ziju panic for no reason. A hatchet, said to go up the mountain to cut firewood.Those mysterious insects aroused the homesickness of the horse people, so the blind frog by the water finally aroused their interest in discussion. Some people boldly guessed the origin of the frog, saying that it might be a frog looking for relatives, and found Xue Cong here coming.

Xue Cong is ready for the morning riding and shooting.He put the saddle on his shoulders and the horse's hooves on his ankles, he put the cleaned mane on his head, shaking off the remaining drops of water, and then he stopped suddenly and watched his feet not move.The frog was lying on his instep. Xue Cong stared at the frog on his feet in disgust, what are you doing?Why did you jump on my instep again?He told the other centaurs that the frog had come to the shed during the night, jumped on his belly and stood there for a long time, and let him drive him away.He also asked Zi Ju, you sleep next to me, did the frog stand on top of you?

Ziju said, the frog didn't recognize me, so how could it stand on me? It jumped on your stomach only when it recognized you, and stood on your instep only when it recognized you. Xue Cong still glared at the frog on the back of his feet, with a sullen expression on his face.The frog knows the worm, but not me!He said, don't you see it is blind?It's a blind frog, how can it recognize people?