The merchant went to a small town outside the Tianshan Mountains to stay for two days, and then he was ready to return to his hometown far away in the Central Plains, at night, he couldn't sleep for a long time, the merchant walked out of the courtyard alone, this is a folk hotel, the earthen wall and green tiles, the self-made fire kang, the outside is three walls, the merchant thinks that the courtyard is narrow and pushes open the courtyard door, the door is a wooden bolt, with a squeak, the merchant flashes out of the door, outside the house is a wide laneway, the alley is hung with a palace yarn lamp, the merchant walks to the alley and looks far away, the yellow sand in the distance seems to have no road, the clusters of sand dunes loom like monsters, or sit or stand vividly, the merchant is happy to retract his focused gaze, I saw that my shadow under my feet was getting longer and longer, and my fluffy hair was a little messy.

The merchant laughed sadly, tears and said to himself, 'Half of my life is burdened by fame and interests, and I have never lived for myself, since the benevolent love others and all living beings are equal, why do you want to be successful and famous, why, the heavens, you tell me why'.

The merchant suddenly yelled at the sky twice, and in the blink of an eye, he seemed to have an epiphany again, and he sneered twice. He laughed at himself and said, 'The equality of all beings is just talking about themselves, not three, six, nine, etc., and those who strive to be superior to others are arrogant and arrogant, to plunder more resources, and to accumulate the inheritance of exploiting others for themselves and for their descendants and families.

In fact, the subconscious is that I want to be a superior person, and I want to take advantage of the conditions of a superior person to absorb the interests of the toiling masses.

The businessman realized in an instant, the person he was pursuing, the sense of accomplishment of pointing fingers, the sense of glory of being high, and enslaving others to elevate himself.

In fact, how filthy and unbearable. Once the merchant had an epiphany, he despised himself more and more in his heart. The night became more and more gloomy, and the thick could not be dissolved, and the mist rose and swirled outward in circles and circles, and the yellow sand haze was like a lion's roar, and the town seemed to be swallowed up in an instant.

The merchant closed his mouth tightly, his mouth still felt bitter, he took his collar and turned around to go back to the hotel, he heard a camel bell, the merchant wanted to leave and couldn't help but look back more, a slender camel carrying two water bladders in the sand and gravel walked hard, next to a thin figure staggered along, the merchant seemed to feel a little familiar, and couldn't think of it for a while, couldn't help but be stunned for a while, suddenly a flash of inspiration in his mind, lightning and flint hurriedly followed.

A man and a beast obviously draw water from the only ancient well in the town, I don't know where to go, the north of the Tianshan Mountains is a long stretch between the yellow sand and the world, although it is a forbidden place for life, he fell in his early years, abandoned literature and business, died nine times on the way to the Western Regions, and was lucky to have a small gain, but he was also exhausted, he had no interest in life, and he had nothing to do with life.

Life and death, drunkenness, and dreaming of death. The merchant did not have time to think that the camel had already climbed over a sand dune and had lost its tracks, so the merchant hurriedly pursued a few steps up the sand dune in one breath, and a man and a camel were hurrying ahead.

The sun gradually rose, and the bright light sprinkled on the desert like a mist. A man and a camel dragged a long figure silently walking on the gravel, the sky was vast and vast, and the blue sky was like a huge dome, exuding a bit of a strange atmosphere.

The man and the beast were even more insignificant, the lonely atmosphere wanted to be more poignant, the merchant's eyes were a little moist, how could he not be like this, tiny as sand, Gu Ying felt self-pitying, and became more and more miserable.

Unconsciously, a few hours passed, the time seemed to be noon, the temperature was suddenly hot, the heat wave was rolling, the scorching sand was steaming and flashing a fox light, dazzling eyes, the merchant suddenly realized that his mouth was dry, and the subconscious event was not good, he had inadvertently entered the hinterland of the desert, the merchant regretted in his heart, and hurriedly wanted to live and turn back, but he could not distinguish the direction of the southeast and northwest.

The merchant sweated coldly and sweatily, like an ant on a hot pot turned several times in place, I don't know how to be good, a little cold for a moment and then look up, a person and a camel have also disappeared, the merchant was disappointed and stood in the desert, suddenly laughing and laughing, the things in the world are inexplicable, comfortable and peaceful in danger unexpectedly, the so-called victory is not arrogant and defeated, and it is the foundation of life to be cautious as walking on thin ice.

The merchant stared blankly at the sky, the scorching sun was like a flame, the mountains in the distance towered into the sky, and the snow on the top of the mountain was still unmelted and covered with snow.

Down the hill is like some scorching. The merchant's clothes were drenched, and his consciousness gradually became confused. His eyes were black and he fell headlong in the sand.

I don't know how long it has passed, the merchant wakes up slowly, there is a dead silence all around, but he is lying on an earthen bed, the merchant struggles strangely in his heart to get up and walk out of the door, outside the house is a village, more than a dozen families are scattered, there is no figure to see, the merchant is more and more surprised, tiptoe around, from some half-opened doors, see a few sad and desperate faces, indifferently look out of the door, the merchant does not know whether they see themselves, secretly wonder, they heard the camel bell, the merchant quietly hid in a corner, only to see a figure covered in black veil, leading the camel, to the earthen pot under the eaves of each house into the waterand mix it with some yellow powder.

More than a dozen families were quickly apportioned, and the masked man led the camel back to the hut where the merchant had come out, and the merchant hesitated and hesitated a little, and then heard the creaking of the door, and one or two withered hands brought back the clay pot one after another, and the merchant became more and more cramped and uneasy, and his heart was raised to his throat, but he did not know how to speak.

At this time, a round of crescent moon hung on the dusk sky, the black clouds were inlaid with a pair of yellow gold edges, like a huge devil, the merchant heard the tragic scream, panicked to the whistling place, a miserable person in front of him, a couple biting each other, full of blood, blood-red eyes because of hatred and walking, the merchant was timid and hurriedly withdrew, he heard a giggle, the merchant subconsciously walked to this house, a young woman was making a cheerful whisper, the young woman surrounded a dry well, sang and danced to the well, and suddenly the wooden well whispered to the moon in the sky。

The merchant was full of suspicion, and the young woman jumped into the well, and the merchant was so surprised that he could not bear to see it, and then the bones of the well were ringing, and he curled up a bundle of long hair, and a withered hand was on the edge of the well, and the young woman miraculously climbed out of the well, and the merchant gasped, and was cold from head to foot.

The young woman suddenly crouched down and called out to the well, and there was an empty echo from the well, apparently a dry well.

The sound was continuous, the young woman turned the rope, the merchant was a little dazed and was about to leave, the rope at the mouth of the well creaked, and a snow-white child corpse was hung on the rope, with long eyelashes, and closed eyes like a sleeping baby, the young woman hugged the child corpse and cried and laughed, suddenly turned her head and entered the kitchen, took down a steamer and put the child corpse in, and muttered, 'Mother wants to eat you, eat to your heart, so as not to worry about where you put it'.

The merchant was dumbfounded, 'Crazy, why are you all crazy, masked man, what have you done?' The merchant was filled with indignation, and ran to his original residence in one breath, the door was hidden, and the camel was lying in the courtyard weakly, and the merchant was about to rush in and felt a little reckless, and hesitated, and the heavy footsteps gradually came, and the merchant turned around and the masked man was looking at him, a pair of deep eyes like a lake, and no one spoke, and after a long time the masked man said, 'You are awake, you shouldn't come', and the merchant nodded. I really shouldn't have come, I know you saved me, but I really want to kill you now, what did you do to those old and weak women and children?' The masked man looked at him with some surprise, 'If I tell you that you have done nothing, you may not believe it, if I say that I am heroic and chivalrous, you think it is incredible, since you have come, I believe you'.

The masked man took a crockpot casually, played some yellow medicine and swallowed it in one gulp, looked up to the sky and sighed, "The rest of my life is only this moment, I might as well talk to you a few words, my Loulan people were poisoned by the corpse poison of the Dayue clan, and the clan was wiped out in a few days, only dozens of old and weak women and children fled from their homeland with me, and they wanted to sneak into the Central Plains to avoid the pursuit of the Dayue clan, but I waited for the corpse poison in my body and the war in the Central Plains, the population was dense, once the consequences of the spread of the plague were unimaginable, I found a pure land here to arrange my people, living expenses, living and eating, and living and surviving.

Seeing that their savings were exhausted and their lives were gradually strained, the clansmen began to be impetuous and wanted to indulge in Hengle in the customs for a while, so as not to lose their lives.

I couldn't control the situation for a while, and I thought about how innocent the people were, so that the lives were so miserable that I couldn't bear it, but I couldn't deceive and restrict the behavior of the people to show my nobility, so I added poison to the drinking water, and presumably there would be one after another attacks today and tomorrow, and I tried my best to apologize for my sins with death', the masked man's voice did not fall, only a loud sound was heard, the wooden door opened, and suddenly rushed into a man with bearded leopard eyes.

It was the leopard-eyed man, the leopard-eyed man holding the full moon scimitar and laughing, "Loulan Goddess, look where you are fleeing, even dig three feet into the ground, and you will find out your whereabouts when you walk all over the desert', the leopard-eyed man raised his knife and fell, the masked man's veil was open, revealing a face as white as marble, and a pair of resolute eyes were like the holy water of Tianchi, and the merchant was dumbfounded,' It turned out to be you', the Loulan goddess smiled sadly, there was a kind of mournful splendor, the two stared at each other as if there were a thousand words, no one spoke, the leopard-eyed man was jealous and burned the scimitar in his hand and slashed at the businessman next to him, the businessman was sad and blamed himself, completely defenseless, seeing that the businessman was cut off by the waist, a pair of gentle hands like ivy, a tight pull, the two of them crouched on the ground, the scimitar slashed from the back of the Loulan goddess, the blood instantly soaked her clothes, the leopard-eyed man was shocked, the scimitar fell to the ground with a bang, a little unbelievable, the merchant was completely crazy, suddenly like a lion, pounced on the leopard-eyed man, the leopard-eyed man was caught off guard, and felt a cold throat, was bitten through a hole.

fell headlong to the ground. To be continued, Wang Xiang's works, pen name reminiscences of red leaves, hugging Pu Zhi to thank readers for their love.