228 Big Black and Little Snow II (2/2)

The Big Black Horse had no time to sigh. Since it was born, it had been in the Military camp in the North of the Tang Empire and the stud-farm outside Chang'an City. It had bullied countless peers and human beings and was only bullied by one person. But it was the first time to run so madly and pant with such difficulty as it had today.

When all others believed that it could not surpass the snow-white horse, it just could not admit it, accept it, and reconcile it. It pressed all its power out and ignited all its desire. Although it seemed to be impossible for it to win, it still quickened its pace, stamped on the ground, and chased after the snow-white horse inch by inch, like the way darkness covers the ground!

Its hooves broke the black ground and the darkness devoured the blizzard.

Just when they were about to reach the finishing line, it finally surpassed the snow-white horse and won first place!

The Wilderness sank in silence, and then it burst into thunderous cheers!

Those bigwigs before the tent were all silent and then they made numerous sighs.

Some strong ones with sharp eyes even noticed that just before they had reached the finishing line, the Big Black Horse even had the strength to turn back and give a mocking look at the snow-white horse, and meanwhile turned over its thick lips at high speed, showing a contemptuous expression.

General Shu of the big Tang Empire blankly looked at the Big Black Horse, muttering, ”That horse looks so familiar.”

The chief figure sent by Divine Hall to negotiate with the palace was the Priest of the Revelation Department. Looking at those horses passing by the finishing line, he frowned and looked indifferently at the commander of the cavalryman of Divine Hall beside him.

The eyes of the Priest of the Revelation Department were cold and frigid.

The commander of the cavalryman of Divine Hall felt cold and frigid too.

He knew what was hidden in the cold eyes of the Priest—The cavalryman of Divine Hall riding that snow-white horse was the excellent one that he had specifically selected from the cavalrymen ahead of time, and he rode the horse of Princess Chen Jia. However, he was defeated by a Big Black Horse that no one knew where it had come from and furthermore, he was defeated in such a way!

The cavalrymen of Divine Hall were in charge of the Judicial Department and were not directly managed by the Revelation Department. But the Priest was of such a high status, and if Princess Chen Jia was unhappy with the result, how would Prince Long Qing deal with him?

Such ideas made the commander even more frightened. He bitterly stared at the Big Black Horse, which was gasping in the Wilderness, and thought to himself, ”Where on earth did you bitch come from? I will definitely kill you later!”

”Which tribe does this Big Black Horse belong to?”

The Chanyu of the Left-Tent Palace, standing at the very front, looked at the steed with the bright black skin under the sun and was very fond of it. Then he waved his hand, ordering, ”Go and ask them. I want it, I can exchange anything for it!”

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There was some distance between the gentle slope and the grassland, yet how could Ning Que not recognize his dear adorable horse, especially the enchanting glance back before reaching the finishing line and its degrading behavior of crazily turning over the thick lips. Those behaviors were so unique. He thought in silence, ”What is wrong with this guy today? He should come to race with others, which was totally different with his usual laziness.”

Cat Girl had already confirmed that the Big Black Horse was the horse of the Senior Brother beside her when it was halfway through the day. Now when she saw that the Big Black Horse had so amazingly won victory, she excitedly applauded on the gentle slope and grasped the sleeve of Ning Que to constantly shake him, excitedly saying, ”Senior Brother, you see, Big Black won!”

Ning Que sighed with emotion, ”This guy always likes showing off. Why isn't it like me?”

The excitement of Cat Girl was interrupted by his sigh, so she pursed her mouth and asked, ”I can't understand what's wrong with showing off? You should know—victory is the greatest honor.”

Ning Que did not answer her but helplessly thought to himself, ”Big Black behaved so arrogant publicly, what if it was recognized by others? I am still hesitating about when to show my identity, and shall I be guided by a horse? Anyway, isn't it right for a man to guide the horse?”

The tense and fierce horse race had quickened the heartbeat of all those participants in the Ge Mumu, who thus neglected their surroundings. Cat Girl, who knew the background of the Big Black Horse, was even more nervous and it was unknown where she had left the gigot handed previously by Ning Que with only gradually condensed mutton fat and fragrance in her hand.

After she wiped her hand clean with the handkerchief, she thought it over and then said to Ning Que, ”Senior Brother, the handkerchief is dirty now. How about I wash it and then return it to you?”

Ning Que smiled and directly took the handkerchief, answering, ”I can do it myself.”

All the things that he wore and in his package were prepared by Sangsang before his departure, so he was always careful. If the handkerchief was left in the Wilderness, he was afraid that he could not explain it to Sangsang when he got back to Chang'an.

Cat Girl had no other intentions by saying that and was unaware of what Ning Que was thinking about at the moment. Looking at the Big Black Horse in the Wilderness, she happily waved her hand to it and said with a delightful smile, ”Senior Brother, although you never give Big Black enough food to eat, and enslave it every day, it still shows its talent when it is necessary. If you continue to treat it in such a way, you should be careful that when it is selected by others and taken away that it doesn't miss you. Then you should not feel regretful and distressed.”

Hearing those words, Ning Que recalled a busy and thin figure, as well as that dark face, then his heart somewhat contracted. Following Cat Girl's eyes, Ning Que looked downward and his heart uncontrollably contracted in a more fierce way. Under such a shock, he held Cat Girl into his arms at the quickest speed and took out his hand to cover her eyes.

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In the Wilderness, those steeds that had successively passed the finishing line were all heavily gasping. They were sometimes slightly kicking their front hooves to resume their strength following the methods they were familiar with. And there were specially assigned persons to help the riders off the horse to take a rest.

The Big Black Horse gathered its strength at an unparalleled speed. After only a short moment did it restore its power and spirit. Over 10 people from the palace standing around it curiously looked at it up and down, and meanwhile inquired from the surrounding people about its master.

It seemed that the Big Black Horse quite enjoyed the feeling of being focused on by millions of people. It slightly waved its tail, appearing to be very proud, and sometimes it stretched out its red and long tongue to lick at its thick lips.

A few paces off, the snow-white steed was heavily gasping while being led by the cavalryman of the Divine Hall to slowly walk to the side. When seeing the degrading behavior of the Big Black Horse to roll its tongue and lick at its lips, it showed an expression of hatred in its eyes.

The Big Black Horse happened to see it and was suddenly stimulated like when it had been threatened by Ning Que previously. So it madly squeezed those people off to the side and rushed at the snow-white horse at full speed.

The snow-white horse was also a rare steed with gifted talents, who had never yet seen such a silly peer with a rough body and abnormal energy as the Big Black Horse. When it intended to kick back to defend itself, it failed to do so because of its extreme weakness.

The Big Black Horse severely bit at the neck of the snow-white horse. Although no blood was seen, it really bit in a bitter way.

The snow-white horse wailed out in pain.

Biting at the horsehair of the snow-white horse, the Big Black Horse put its front hoof on the white horse, with its strong body unreasonably pressing on its opponent, from which everybody could figure out what it would do next.

Then laughter burst out from all directions.

The queen looked embarrassed, who then stood up to severely order her subordinate to quickly separate the two horses.

Looking silently in that direction, Lu Chenjia still remained as tranquil as a newly-bloomed orchid, yet her hands inside her sleeves gradually clenched.

All of sudden, a sharp whistle was heard from the distance.

The Big Black Horse suddenly shivered as if it had heard the spirit-inducing bell ring. It got off of the snow-white horse and knocked away those who wanted to rein it. It began to crazily run ahead again to the outside of the campsite as quickly as black lightning.

During the crazy rushing, it proudly thought, ”I just scrambled a supper from your trough last night, yet you, white hag, should ask for so many sisters to deal with me? So you really think I have no way to tackle you?”

The chilly wind was as biting as knives and the Big Black Horse was as energetic as fire, whose paces were like dancing steps.