In the middle of the night, Zhang Meng was shivering with cold, and when they came, they had already prepared to put on a thick coat, and the coat was still covering their bodies at this time.

However, the coat made of pure cashmere still has no way to shield itself from the cold, and it is no wonder that Zhang Meng is shivering from the cold, you can imagine how cold the temperature here is.

When Zhang Meng slept in a daze early in the morning, he was pushed up.

"It's only past five o'clock in the second uncle, and it's not yet dawn, so let's sleep for a while."

Zhang Meng said in a daze.

"No, let's go now! In another half an hour, there will be more people, and there must be no surprises in what we are investigating this time. ”

Zhang Meng sat up suddenly, he took a breath of cool air, and suddenly his body trembled involuntarily.

"I said how many degrees is there here, I covered the quilt last night, and I was still fighting a cold war."

"It must be around zero! We came this month, although it is not the coldest climate, but if we go to the southeast of Golmud, we may also see the snow scene of Kunlun Mountain. ”

Zhang Shaotu shook his head and smiled.

They sorted out a simple itinerary and then went out in the dark.

Walking all the way in one direction, Zhang Meng suddenly found that they had unknowingly come to a noisy clearing, which seemed to be a market.

"Eight towns and hundreds of villages, the road is not easy to find! I'll take you wherever you want, and buy any antiques you want. A few days ago, a few bosses also received a superb ice crack cup from Jiguan Village, and there are several villages that have not been outsiders for decades, and I only need a hundred yuan I will sell it to you today, does the boss need a guide? ”

A thief-looking man asked Zhang Shaotu and the three of them.

"You don't need a guide, but I'd like to rent a car if you have one."

Zhao San grinned.

"Poor ghost."

The man scolded in a low voice, and then lost interest in Zhao San and them, and he shouted at himself.

Like Zhang Meng, there are not a few people who know at a glance that they are from other places, Zhang Meng was a little surprised, he originally thought that in such a cold weather, how could there be pedestrians in the early morning? But he didn't expect that the scene in front of him was completely beyond his expectations.

Soon the lean guide followed a group of sturdy guys.

"Look for death."

Zhao San said in a loud voice.

"Third uncle, do you mean that guide?"

Zhang Meng leaned over and asked.

"Bullshit, even a pig knows that a strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, that kid doesn't look courteous, thief eyebrows, one accidentally brought him around, and he didn't know how he died."

"This kind of gray area, casually leading people to a place where birds don't, killing them and burying them on the spot, even the gods in the sky can't solve the case. So when you come to this kind of place, you must put your tricks on, Ah Meng. ”

Zhang Shaotu said softly: "There are no rules and restrictions in this place, even the guys who came over from us before are walking on thin ice step by step!" ”

In the end, they stepped on a somewhat yellowed van, the whole car plus Zhang Meng, the three of them and the driver, a total of seven people, and this car had already drawn a route, along the central axis of Golmud, to a few small villages nearby to see if they could receive some antiques, and then they had to go around a big circle to see the 'devil's city' in Golmud.

Devil's City is located in the western part of the Qaidam Basin in the area of Nanbaxian and Niubiliang, and is a landform formed by wind erosion for thousands of years.

It is made up of a variety of oddly shaped mudstones.

In this area, although it is unlikely that there are any large tombs buried, but before the liberation, many people died here, so there are often people who pick up some valuable things in it, but there are some strange things here, not only do there often appear mirages and other strange things, but the disappearance rate is also extremely high.

Once, a group of local bandits in Golmud wanted to go to the Devil's City to try their luck, and they prepared a series of guns and cannons to advance into the Devil's City, and the whole team had more than 40 people and five vehicles.

Unexpectedly, when he came out, only the leader of the bandits was left, and the pockets of his clothes were full of gold coins with a smiling face printed on the front, and he shouted strange things that others could not understand.

An old man in the van was very talkative, and he didn't care about Zhang Meng along the way, and the three of them were on the other side, carefully telling the story to the other two people.

"Old man, you are not fooling people, you must be afraid that I will go out with the tiger boy and come here to scare the cannon!"

A young man with a thick northern accent grinned.

Zhang Meng glanced at them and nodded slightly, these three people were all very thinly dressed, and they had the same idea as them, that is, not to attract the attention of others, so they would take a car with Zhang Meng and them.

I guess I also want to come here to see if I have the luck to find a good product, if my eyes are accurate, I can do a lot of oil and water, and it is possible to have a worry-free life for the rest of my life.

As soon as Zhao San and Zhang Shaotu got into the car, they looked like they were not approaching, and they were closing their eyes and recuperating all the way.

Zhang Meng, who was bored, set his eyes on the driver, who was very strange, or to describe him as peculiar.

This driver is a monk, and he does not charge a penny for his journey, but only makes a shocking request: take his car, and you will sit all the way to the end!

Since they got on the car, who would get off at will in this place where there is no shop in front of the village, and several groups of people in front of them shook their heads and left, as if they felt that this monk was a little unreliable, maybe a ruthless character.

Along the way, the car went farther and farther, leaving a deep ravine behind it.

The road was not silent, and from time to time a car overtook them.

Whenever this happens, Zhang Meng will feel a burst of fear, and he even saw the weapons pinned to the waists of some people, which is simply a sign that they will start fighting immediately if they don't agree with each other!

"Don't worry, young man, although this is a three-way area, there is also a training camp for the army not far away, and they don't dare to mess around anyway. But out of this region, it's hard to say. ”

The old man with a sturdy look seemed to see Zhang Meng's worry, and he said with a smile.

"The army?"

Zhang Meng frowned, and he suddenly remembered Lady Na in his mind.

The car slammed, and there was a checkpoint in front of them.

"There have always been checkpoints in this place, mainly to see if there is poaching, or if there is contraband, all will be confiscated......"

The old man said again.

"What is a prohibited item?" Zhang Meng was a little puzzled.

"For example, drugs, guns, and poached furs, these are all prohibited items, so you didn't mess around, little brother."

Zhang Meng shook his head, and there was a cold sweat on his back.

It turns out that there are still military checkpoints set up here, if they travel alone, even if they change their appearance a little now with makeup, I'm afraid it will be easy to be discovered, and it is estimated that all their actions will be known to Lady Na.

"The second uncle is really a god."

Zhang Meng secretly admired that Zhang Shaotu had almost done everything in some small things, and Zhang Meng sometimes didn't understand.

But now he understands that it is this little thing that has made them still like an ordinary antique dealer, and has not attracted anyone's attention.

Otherwise, they will have to obediently listen to the lady Na control zhì this time, and once they violate the will of the lady Na, they will be cleaned up at any time.

This situation is different from the previous avoidance of the Ye family's eyeliner, this is the direct monitoring of the government, they only need to set up a checkpoint at each intersection, unless Zhang Meng and they go around in a huge circle, otherwise they can only obediently accept the inspection.

"Get out of the car and check!"

The servicemen, dressed in green uniforms and carrying automatic rifles, rummaged in the van for a while, came out and waved their hands and let them go.

Seeing that the car was getting farther and farther away from the checkpoint, Zhang Meng's heart gradually relaxed.

"Old man, has the sentry here always been so strict?"

Zhao San suddenly asked at the sturdy old man, and he threw three cigarettes over.

"Not really, I often run this line, and it seems that it was only half a year ago that I slowly became stricter! I often engage in some exercises, scientific expeditions, and military deployments, but no one cares about them when they get out of this area. There are many ethnic groups with different customs living here, and the language is not understood, there was a big official who came here to publicize the action of disarming and exchanging rice, and in the end I don't know how to do it, but there was a big conflict, and six or seven people died, and now the policy is much more relaxed, and it has also caused many small villages here to have some weapons, you should be cautious when walking, don't be angry with the locals, even if they spit on your face, you have to laugh like a dog. ”

The old man sighed, as if remembering something, he took a puff of his cigarette, and pointed to the crowd walking back and forth outside the car window, and said:

"The Kazakhs in the Golmud area are mainly active, and their number should be relatively large, and there are some villages that are reluctant to come out, and they also have good things, but they can only barter, and they can't tell you what it is, and the gold, silver and jewelry here are as worthless as mud and sand. If you guys are just here for sightseeing, you can't keep things going with me......"

The old man said with a smile.

"Admire, the Tao is like life, there should not be many people who are more meticulous than you on this road." Zhao San said sincerely, no wonder it is said that the masters are among the people, if they come, where do they know all the ways and the way.

"Don't talk about me, I said Master Monk, why do you have to go to the depths of that devil's city, it's not a good place, it's very evil!"

The old man turned the conversation to the driver who was driving.

"Go to the memorial."

The monk recited the Buddha's name lightly before replying.