Kunlun Mountains, a large mountain system in central Asia. It stretches from the eastern part of the Pamir Plateau in the west, across Xinjiang and Tibet, and extends to Qinghai, with a total length of about 2,500 kilometers and an average altitude of 5,500-6,000 meters.

The ancients called Kunlun Mountain the "vein of the dragon ancestors" of China and is considered to be the birthplace of the Chinese nation.

Towering Kunlun, how many myths and legends were born! Legend has it that the immortal lord of Kunlun Mountain is the Queen Mother of the West, in the "Biography of Mu Tianzi", there is a legend that "King Mu Eight Horses Cross Chishui, Kunlun Yao Pond will be the Queen Mother", and the "Yao Pond" recorded in many ancient books is the Black Sea at the source of the Kunlun River.

Li Bai has a poem that says: "If you don't see it at the head of the Jade Mountain, you will meet under the moon in Yaotai", which is to describe Kunlun Mountain.

The climate of the Kunlun Mountains is dry and cold, full of alpine deserts and permafrost, and the temperature difference between day and night is very large. Fortunately, it was already summer, and the climate was much warmer.

After Shuyun left Beijing, he released Xiao Jin, and Xiao Jin was vigilant to explore the road, and he really avoided a lot of dangers along the way.

When he arrived in Hotan, it was the evening of the first day of the fifth month of the twenty-third year of Kangxi.

Hotan is located in the southernmost part of Xinjiang. It is pillow on the Kunlun Mountains in the south and deep into the hinterland of the Taklamakan Desert in the north. It is bordered by Mongolia to the east, Tibet to the south, India and Pakistan to the southwest, of which the mountains and desert Gobi occupy more than 95% of the area.

During this period, Hotan was not called Khotan, but was called Khotan, which means "place where jade is produced" in Tibetan. It is an important town on the southern route of the ancient Silk Road and the hub of the exchange of the four major civilizations in the ancient world. It was once a sacred place for the spread of Buddhist culture, and was once known as the "Land of Buddhas". Now Buddhism and Islam coexist.

Since entering the Kunlun Mountain Realm, Xiao Jin has become extremely cautious. Even the flames became tense. Shuyun asked him if there was anything wrong, and he only vaguely said that it was not simple. As for how it is not simple. No matter how Shuyun asked, he kept silent. Just covered his head and hurried.

Nominally, it was under the jurisdiction of the Qing government. In reality, however, the Qing government's control over the area was almost non-existent. On the contrary, a considerable number of people are anti-court. Therefore, for the sake of safety, the clothes on Shuyun's body have also changed from Mongolian costumes to the national costumes of this region, of course, the style is men's, and the face is also painted, as much as possible to dress up like the people here. Although there are some differences, especially the eyes. But try to keep your head down and not speak, and find a remote place to walk, it's still not a big problem.

Due to the arrival in Watan. It's getting late. Shuyun found a remote place and took Xiao Jin and Flame into the space to rest.

Just then Xiaoshu woke up, leaning against the head of the bed, smiling at Yuanyuan and Bubbles happily playing together.

When Shuyun entered the room, she saw such a warm picture, so she smiled and said, "Son, wake up." Hungry? E-Niang went to get you some food, what do you want to eat? ”

"Eniang, you're back, let's rest first. Xiaoshu was not hungry, and had already eaten the puree prepared by Eniang just now. Xiaoshu said happily.

Shuyun glanced at the white porcelain bowl on the bedside table, and when she saw that it was empty, she was relieved. He nodded and said, "Okay." You have a good rest, Eniang feeds Yuanyuan and Bubbles. Now that we are in Khotan, we can start looking for chalcedony early tomorrow morning. If it goes well. Your poison will soon be cured. ”

"Eniang, let you worry about your son." Xiaoshu's mood seemed a little low.

Shuyun gently touched her son's bright head. smiled and said: "Don't say stupid things, you are Eniang's son." E-Niang is happy to worry about her son. When the little tree grows up in the future and becomes self-reliant, E-Niang is afraid that she won't be able to worry about it, and it will be the turn of the little tree to be filial to E-niang. ”

Xiaoshu leaned his head on Shuyun, drilled into Shuyun's arms, and said sullenly: "Xiaoshu will definitely be filial to his mother." ”

Shuyun hugged the son in her arms tightly, and joked with a smile: "E-Niang believes that you little thing who loves to be coquettish." Okay, don't be nicknamed E-Niang, E-Niang still has to feed your younger brothers and sisters, you see that both of them are in a hurry. ”

Sure enough, the two little dots who were playing on the cotton mat had arrived at Shuyun's feet at some point, drooling, holding Shuyun's calves, trying to climb up.

Xiaoshu let go of Shuyun a little embarrassed, looked at the two little dolls under the bed and smiled, and said, "It's my brother who is not good, delaying Yuanyuan and Bubbles to eat fragrant." ”

As if they understood, the two little ones raised their little heads, split their mouths, and smiled toothlessly at their brother.

Even the little guy's food is prepared in advance, just take the boiling water and brew it, stir it.

Shuyun quickly got it right. While feeding the two little ones, looking at the little tree whose spirit and complexion have improved a lot, my heart is no longer so helpless.

"Eniang, where's Uncle Jin?" Seeing that Shuyun has been back for a long time, Xiao Jin, who has always followed Shuyun, has not appeared, Xiaoshu couldn't help but ask with some worry.

As soon as Xiao Shu's words fell, a golden light flashed, and Xiao Jin suddenly rushed out of the way from nowhere, and said with a smile: "What? Little one, miss your little Uncle Kim, right? ”

Hearing the sound, Yuan Yuan and Bubbles, who were eating happily, actually left their favorite food and crawled towards Xiao Jin.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Xiao Jin has a child's fate. When he first introduced Xiaojin to Xiaoshu, looking at the creatures that looked so unique that he had never seen or even heard of them, Xiaoshu showed that he was not afraid, but interested, and could even be said to like it. actually stretched out his little hand and gently stroked back and forth on Xiao Jin's crystal horns and golden scales, and Xiao Jin was also happy to let him.

When Xiao Jinkou spoke and greeted Xiao Shu, Xiao Shu first showed surprise, and then excitement. At that time, Xiaoshu also asked a question that made Shuyun cry and laugh - he actually asked Xiaojin if he knew Sun Wukong. Can you introduce him to him?

Xiao Jin was even more desperate, and actually lied to Xiao Shu and said: That Sun Monkey is just a splash, and a person with status like him Xiao Jin disdains to take care of him, and tells Xiao Shu not to mention the monkey again, and he has lost the identity of the prince.

For a while, the two chatted enthusiastically, and Xiaoshu's spirit seemed to be much stronger. Later, somehow, while talking, Xiaoshu actually called Uncle Xiaojin. Even Yuanyuan and Bubbles, the two ignorant milk babies and Xiaojin, are very close and show considerable interest.

This made Shuyun feel that the children's courage was big enough, and it would be good if it was put on ordinary people, let alone close, not shouting monsters, and being scared. I think it's because children have a stronger ability to accept new things. Of course, such a situation is something that Shuyun would like to see. And Xiaojin also likes children very much, and basically responds to requests.

Early the next morning, when the sky was bright, Shuyun rode on the flames, and under the guidance of Xiao Jin, he marched towards the jade mining area in the cold wind of the early morning.

Hetian jade is distributed in Shache-Kashgar Kurgan, Hotan, and Jimo counties in Xinjiang, stretching for 1,500 kilometers on the northern slope of Kunlun Mountain, with a total of 9 origins. The metallogenic belt is more than 1,100 kilometers long. Hetian jade is born in mountain rocks at an altitude of 3,500 to 5,000 meters above sea level. After a long period of differentiation and peeling into pieces of different sizes, they collapsed on the hillside, and then flowed into the river by rainwater, producing a lot of precious Hetian jade. In the high mountains, there are also primary deposits and ore points of Hetian jade, all of which are above 4,000 meters above sea level.

Jade is definitely a stone that can drive people crazy. Since the beginning of the Yin Shang period, Hetian jade has entered the Central Plains, and can only be transported from Xinjiang to Henan through Gansu, Shaanxi or Shanxi, which is a long and precious journey. Therefore, there has never been a shortage of jade miners in the Hotan area who rely on jade for food. Fortunately, at this time, it was just summer, and the river was abundant, which was not conducive to jade picking, so there were basically no jade pickers along the way, and one or two sporadically avoided it in advance under Xiao Jin's prompt. If it's a dry season in autumn, it's really a bit of a problem.

The terrain of Kunlun Mountain is dangerous, the road is difficult to travel, thanks to Shuyun's previous life, he liked the sport of mountaineering, Kunlun Mountain has also climbed, and he has some experience and experience. Some of the tools are also very complete. Moreover, Shuyun and Xiaojin have been searching along the Yulong Kashgar River to the upper part of the river. The terrain along the river should be relatively gentle, so it is easier to walk, but it saves a lot of effort.

There are a lot of wild plants along the way, but most of them are low shrubs. There are also many wild animals, such as Tibetan antelopes, wild yaks, wild asses, bighorn wild sheep, green sheep, etc., which are relatively docile, and there is no danger when encountered. But be careful if you encounter brown bears, wolves, and the rarer snow leopard.

Shuyun relied on Xiao Jin and space, but nothing happened. On the contrary, I picked a lot of high-quality snow lotus, snow lotus, Ibemu, cistanche, safflower, comfrey, almond, Suoyang, Luobuma and other medicinal materials. Those more docile wild animal Shuyun also let Xiao Jin subdue some by the way and throw him into the space ranch. Among them, the fritillary hen catches the most, and this bird is also called the green-tailed rainbow pheasant, which is very beautiful. Males, in particular, have very showy plumage. Now in the official breeding season of fritillary hens, many of them are brought into the space with the whole nest of chickens and eggs.

There are a lot of excellent jade seeds in the Yulong Kashgar River, Xiao Jin will run into the river from time to time to fish out a piece, for jade, Xiao Jin's induction is very accurate, but Xiao Jin can only sense the location and quality of the jade, but whether it is the chalcedony that Xiao Shu needs must be personally investigated to know the way. That's where the challenge lies.

Every time, Xiaojin hurriedly left with hope, but returned disappointed. Shuyun is the same, every time she looks at the place where Xiaojin disappeared, full of hope, but what she waits for again and again is disappointment. The best jade is not old or young. But these are of no use to the little tree.

Looking at the piles of gorgeous, warm and luster, heart-pounding stones, Shuyun couldn't laugh at all, and her mood became a little anxious. Those superb medicinal herbs and cute animals at her fingertips could no longer arouse Shuyun's interest even the slightest.

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