It seemed that he was subconsciously afraid that the black horse knight with strange behavior would turn his head and kill him again. Frodo was concentrating on his ears and listened to the sound of the wind whirling in his ears.

It was not until he confirmed that the sound of the horse's hooves trampling on the ground completely disappeared, and there was no sound of horse galloping at the end of the road in the distance that he squatted down softly as if he had given a breath.

His unusual and strange look made the other two companions even more curious. Tom, who was the most curious among them, was even a little annoyed that he had just accidentally hid in the deepest grass, and thus missed the opportunity to observe where the strange dark horse knight was in Frodo's mouth.

However, seeing Frodo just watching the knight pass by, he was so trembling before he could even look at him and was so frightened that he could not help but feel a little grateful that they hid in good condition and did not provoke the terrible knight.

Of course, fear is fear. As we should know, Tom and Pipin still think they need to do it together.

After listening to Frodo's detailed description of his experiences, the three hobbits lowered their heads and squatted in this extremely hidden bush and held a small, extremely hasty and temporary exchange of opinions.

As the only Frodo who saw the knight's behavior and rough appearance, he naturally couldn't wait to express his feelings about the knight.

"Although I haven't figured out the reason yet, the dark horse knight must have a problem. Almost the moment I saw him, my instinct made me hide. He must have wanted to confirm our location by sniffing. If he was a native of Charles, we would definitely say hello when we met. Usually, this kind of sneaky and sneaky behavior is not like a serious person we are familiar with..."

"But how could there be a big guy interested in the three of us?" Pipin said. "Or what did they do when they come to Charles?"

"Have you heard that the most intimate thing in the Charles area is foreigners," said Frodo. "It seems that there is some conflict with these big guys in the Charles area. Strangely, I have not received any information from the horse-riding knights coming to Charles. There are not many ways to get into Charles, and maybe the knight is not in the right way at all!"

"Wait a minute, I suddenly thought of it!" Sam suddenly shouted in surprise, scaring the other two companions: "Maybe I have really obtained a little bit of information about this rider. If my dad had made a mistake, then I might know where he was going."

"What information? Why is this related to your dad again?" Frodo asked in surprise. "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"I'm sorry, because I just remembered this news. Until then, I didn't take him seriously!

That's right. When I went to put the last spare key of the bag bottom hole back to my house last night, I happened to meet my nagging father. During a few chats, I gave me a strange message. Now it seems that it is clearly a very important piece of information. Just after we set off from Charles, a strange knight on a dark horse covered in his robe asked the old man who lived next to the bag bottom hole, where did my dad, Mr. Frodo. After getting the news from my dad that we had already set off, the knight was still hissing under his robe and scared my dad!"

"The story is that simple, the only problem is that my dad trusted strangers too much at the time. Now, the dark horse knight knows the destination of our journey... Oh, this is so bad!"

"It's not your father's fault," Frodo said. "If you're right, the Dark Horse Knight must have come for me!"

"Maybe the strange rider that the Dark Horse Knight and Tom's father met are two? This is not good." Pipin said. "Our actions are already secret enough. I think he shouldn't be able to track us."

"Sir, what's going on with the 'sniff' you just said?" Sam said.

"To be honest, I really miss Gandalf now." Frodo gurgled. "With him here, maybe things won't be that bad."

"Do you know about this knight?" Pipin couldn't help asking when he heard Frodo's muttering.

"To be honest, I'm not sure. Therefore, I can't give you an accurate and credible guess," Frodo said.

"I don't think this is a good time to keep a fuss, Frodo. What should we do now? I really want to take a break and have a meal, but continuing to rush is the best choice. The performance of the dark horse knight you mentioned is really abnormal. Although I don't want to admit it, this story really scares me!"

"That's not a story, it's just what I saw with my own eyes. But you're right. I think we'd better continue on the road," Frodo said. "Of course, it's a big hit with the Dark Horse Knight who turned around. We need to change to a secret path. It seems that we have to walk a little more today, and the stag land is still far away."

....

When they set out again, the long shade of trees dragged onto the grass.

"We'll go this way," Frodo said, leading the way.

They walked to the huge branches of a big tree not far from the intersection.

The surrounding environment happened to be pretty good, with no damp eumatum, no annoying insects in the forest and other abominable little animals coming to disturb them.

Just in front of the branches of the big tree, Frodo sat down with two companions, had a simple meal and was about to start a break.

I don’t know if the image of the dark horse knight described by Frodo was too scary. Anyway, this time everyone unconsciously started to lower their voices and chat. At the same time, everyone was still very nervous and could listen at any time to listen to whether there would be a sound of horse hooves approaching.

When they crawled out of the trunk and returned to the road, the sky had become very dark again. The west wind began to shuttle between the treetops, and the leaves also whispered rustlingly. Gradually, the dark night gradually climbed to the end of the sky - the sky was completely dark!

Perhaps the changes in the environment made everyone relax their vigilance without realizing it and no longer worry about the attack of the knights riding on the dark horse. The three of them finally regained their habits when the Hobbits traveled home and began to hum songs.

After the song was finished, "Haha, it's so satisfying!" Pipin opened his throat and sang the last line of the song.

"Shh!" Frodo said. "The sound of horse hoofs! It's the sound of horse hoofs!"

The Hobbit people immediately stopped and said nothing, as if they were blending into the shadows.

As Frodo said, there were indeed bursts of rapid horse hooves on the road behind everyone, and the breeze just spread the faint but clear sound in waves.

Almost the first time the sound of horse hooves sounded, Frodo and his companions hid quickly in the shadows under the oak trees beside the road.

"Be careful!" said Frodo. "I don't want to be discovered, but I want to see if this is another black knight."

"Of course it's okay!" Pipin said. "But pay attention to hiding the smell. I don't want him to smell everyone!"

The horses galloped much faster than everyone estimated.

During the short period of time when the sound of horse hooves came to galloping, Frodo and others had no extra time to find a perfect hideout. Pipin and Sam squatted beside the big tree, while Frodo was lying a few yards away from the trail.

At this moment, only the stars shone brightly in the sky, and as for the moonlight, they were unknowingly covered by dark clouds.

The sound of hoof stopped. Frodo noticed that there seemed to be a shadow passing through the brighter place between the two trees, and then stopped. It looked like a shorter black shadow was leading a dark horse. The black shadow stopped where they left the path, looking around. Frodo thought he heard the sound of the other party sniffing again. The black shadow bent over and lying on the ground and began to crawl towards him.

Frodo's mind was once again in his mind, and the desire to wear the ring was once again. But at that critical moment, a loud and beautiful song and laughter suddenly came from the forest in the distance. The moment he heard the sound, the black shadow stood up and retreated. The black shadow climbed onto the shadow-like dark horse and disappeared into the darkness on the other side of the road. Frodo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Elf!" Sam said in a hoarse voice. "Sir, it's an elf!" If the other two hadn't pulled him back, the overly excited guy might have rushed to the road.

"Yes, they are elves," Frodo said. "The reason we can stand here safely is that we have all tested them. You haven't seen it, but before the song begins, the Black Knight was standing here and ready to climb towards me. It seems that when he heard the elves approaching, the Black Knight ran away in a sloppy state."

"What about these elves?" Tom, who had longed for elves since childhood, met the elves of his dreams. "Can we go and see them?"

"Listen! They're going here," Frodo said. "Let's stand there, wait and see first."

The singing is getting closer and closer. A clear voice overwhelms the other singing. He uses beautiful elf languages, and only Frodo, who understands the higher elf languages, can understand some of the three hobbits.

"What we met was the high elves! The content of their conversation just now was Yiner's green silk!" Frodo said in surprise.

The Hobbits remained motionless in this way, standing in place waiting for the elves to approach him. Soon after, the elves walked onto the path and began to move towards the valley.

When the last elf walked past them, the other party suddenly turned his head, looked in the direction of the Hobbit, and gave a hearty smile.

"Hello, Frodo!" he shouted. "I have never met you in the outer area of ​​the Charles for so many years! Are you lost?" Hearing the sound, many elves gathered to the Hobbits while talking and laughing.

"It's really strange today!" Only the elves were talking. "Three Hobbits hid in the forest at night! Since Bilbo left, we have not seen the Charles residents who were still spending the night at night. Tsk, novelty!"

"Hello, elves. I'm very curious, how did you know my name?" Frodo asked back.

"We know more than you think." The elves replied. "We used to see you walking with Bilbo, but you probably didn't find us."

"Who are you? Who is your king?" Frodo asked at the leader of the elves.

"In Gildo," said the leading elves who were the first to greet Frodo, "we are wanderers, but we want to browse some beautiful scenery before leaving this continent. We heard some of your stories from fellow Rivendale, and of course the legendary story of the famous friend Bilbo. Frodo, please tell us what you need. Because we can see that you have a scent of fear."

"I am worthy of being the legendary wise and sensitive elf!" Pipin added anxiously. "Can you tell us about the Black Knight?"

"Black Knight? Are you talking about the knights riding a dark horse?" they whispered. "Strange, how did you know about the Black Knight?"

"Because today two black knights caught up with us, or one black knight came twice," said Pipin. "If you hadn't come and scared them away, maybe we would be safe today!"

Hearing this, all the elves did not answer immediately, and Frodo frowned when he saw their handsome faces.

After a little discussion, Gildo turned to the Hobbit and said, "After discussing, we unanimously agreed that you should follow us immediately. Maybe you will find it strange, but for your safety, you'd better spend it with us tonight."

"This is our honor, thank you all." Pipin thanked. Sam on the side was so happy that he couldn't speak. "Thank you for your Kang Qing, respect for Gildo, who was Kang Qing Qing." Frodo bowed. "The lucky star wishes this meeting." He said in the high elf.

"Haha, you can speak the high elf! Let's be careful when we whisper next!" Gildo said with a smile. "Bilbo is indeed a good elder. Frodo, the junior of the friend of the elf, please allow me to pay tribute to you!" As he said that, he bowed.

"Join us with your friends! We will escort you to a safe place. You may feel a little tired before we stop."

"Can I ask where you are going?" Frodo asked.

"Tonight we are going to the forest on the hill next to the Giant Wood Hall. It is not close to this place, but to be honest, if we rest there overnight, the safety is much safer than in this forest."

After that, the group gathered again, and the queue of people dragged into a long shadow in the darkness.
Chapter completed!