Xiangzi saw that Maimaiti had brought the horse, and was beckoning Shuzhen Juanzi to go, when he saw the clever Anarhan happily rushing out of the courtyard gate, while shouting: "You follow my Ah Da from this side, and I will take Brother Bahar's big black horse from the lake." Before the words fell, the dexterous body had already floated on the jujube red horse, and immediately, a distant and rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the courtyard.

Anarhan came back safely, and he also roughly had the direction of Huzi, although the thief was on the run with information, and the situation was unknown, but Xiangzi was still in a happy mood and talked and laughed. Among the group, Shuzhen was slightly depressed and a little worried.

Seeing that Shuzhen was not in good spirits, Juanzi pursed her lips and smiled and said, "You can rest easy!" Huzi hasn't passed through any wind and waves, what miles is there to chase a thief, and it's not for him to break into the enemy camp alone, to see that it worries you. ”

Shuzhen smiled faintly and said: "That is, I dared to fly into the enemy camp when I was a teenager, and the bullets were whizzing from my head, and I didn't know how to be afraid." This will be like an old man, and this little thing about Huzi also makes me feel upset and upset. ”

Xiangzi turned his head and smiled when he heard this: "In the past, it was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, but now it is a scheming and calculating, and the former is afraid of wolves and tigers." ”

Shuzhen pursed her lips and glanced at Xiangzi, and said angrily: "Who is like you two!" Heartless, the baby is busy all night and has no letter, but it looks like no one, I really convince you. ”

Xiangzi grinned and said: "Don't worry, Huzi has passed through you, the thief's godmother's master*, and the average thief is not a problem, I'm just worried that the gang will answer in front, and I'm afraid that Huzi won't be able to take care of it alone." It is necessary to find a clear direction to go forward and provide support, and we must not allow the results of the test to flow abroad. ”

Shuzhen snorted coldly: "What bullshit is more expensive than my son, as long as Huzi can come back safely, it is better than anything." I thought about your in my heart, so I didn't take the baby to heart. ”

When Juanzi heard this, she sighed and said jokingly: "Oh, I see that your godmother is more concerned than my own mother, so I will simply let Huzi call your mother in the future, so as not to make others unable to distinguish which is the real mother." ”

Shuzhen sneered and said, "My mother is my mother, anyway, Huzi and I have the same surname, so it is pleasing to outsiders." ”

Juanzi put her hand on Shuzhen's lap, twitched lightly with the reins, pouted and smiled, "You think beautifully!" The girl has a grin, and Musa's son also has a grin, and he still wants to occupy the tiger, but he has never seen such a greedy person. ”

The two women were laughing and laughing, when they saw in the distance, the red horse and the big black horse galloping one after the other, and when they looked closely, Anarhan's small body was almost close to the horse's back. Shuzhen pursed her lips and smiled when she saw it, and said, "This girl is exactly the same as me riding a horse." ”

In the blink of an eye, Anarhan stretched out his hand and pointed to the dirt mountain not far away while holding the jujube red horse, and said with a little excitement: "Brother Bahar's yurt is behind that mountain col. So saying, he ran to the front to lead the way.

Bahar, who was lazy in the sun, seemed to hear the chaotic sound of horses' hooves, raised his head and glanced at it, and immediately stood up, staring a little nervously ahead. When he saw that it was Maimaitianarhan and them, he hesitated a little anxiously for a moment, and then rushed down the hill quickly to meet them.

Ten paces away, Bahar, who looked lost and dejected, fell to the ground, struck the ground with both hands, and cried loudly: "I am not human! I misheard the bad woman's words and tied up my sister ......" and couldn't stop crying.

I saw Maimaitifei dismount, angrily kicked Bahar, raised the whip and was about to whip, but was stopped by Anahan and Xiangzi who followed. Xiangzi stretched out his hand to help him up, and Bahar, who had lost all his former majesty, said calmly: "Where is Natasha now?" Were you here last night? ”

Bahar seemed to be stunned for a moment, and said with a ashamed face: "She went out yesterday afternoon and never came back, Anarhan knows." As he spoke, he glanced timidly at Anarhan.

Shoko groaned slightly and asked, "Why are you together?" Did she come to you on her own initiative? ”

Bahar glanced at Shoko with a guilty face, and recounted the meeting with Natasha at the spring that day. Of course, he didn't mention the fact that he tricked a woman into the yurt. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Koizumi's location.

Shoko glanced in the direction of her finger and said, "Which direction do you think Natasha would run away from if she came out of that deep ditch?" ”

Bahar seemed to be startled, and asked a little nervously, "What?" Did she really enter that mysterious place? Huzi is alright, right? ”

Seeing that he looked panicked, Maimaiti raised his hand and gave him a horsewhip, and scolded angrily: "You are not as good as a beast!" You told her that the deep ditch could lead to that, right? Well? Brute! As he spoke, he was about to raise his whip and beat again, but he was stopped by Anarhan.

Analhan pouted and said, "It's not my brother Bahar, which woman deceived him, and said that he would live with Brother Bahar after the matter was done,—— phew!" As he spoke, he slammed it to the ground.

Shoko smiled at Maimaiti, who was still angry, and motioned for him to put his anger away for the time being. Turning to Bahar, he said, "In which direction do you think she'll get in and out of this place?" ”

Bahar pondered for a moment, looked around, and then said in an uncertain tone: "It is said that it should be from the west along the lower reaches of Bosten Lake, all the way to Bayingoleng." Once there, you can go around Ili from the north and south to enter the Soviet Union. ”

Seeing that Xiangzi glanced at himself with an inquiring gaze, Maimaiti hurriedly took a step forward and said: "Bayingolin is a beautiful place, more than a hundred miles away from Yanji, and it is a place where Mongolians live. ”

Shoko said decisively: "Go!" Let's take a look. So saying, he flew on his horse. Bahar did not have time to prepare his saddle, so he climbed into the big black horse and walked ahead.

Approaching the lower reaches of Bosten Lake, Shoko stumbles upon a string of faintly visible wolf paw prints surging towards the hillside. So, his heart moved, and he turned his head to Maimaiti and said, "It rained last night, will there be footprints left at the mouth of the deep ditch?" ”

Maimaiti patted his head excitedly and said: "Your brain is really useful, that place is a saline-alkali land, and when it rains, it is a mud beach, as long as someone passes by, it will definitely leave footprints." ”

Shoko smiled with relief and said, "Let's go there first." So saying, he followed Bahar and changed the direction of his progress.

It seemed to be nearly ten o'clock in the afternoon, but the gloomy sky, like a little daughter-in-law who had just been reprimanded by her mother-in-law, was not hot and lively, and the damp ground was a little cool.

As soon as he approached the mouth of the ditch, Xiangzi saw Wuzi slowly walking out of the ditch, raised his eyes and saw Xiangzi and them, and greeted them with a happy face. Xiangzi Zhuma asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

Wuzi grinned and said, "That cargo is still very burdened, so it is hidden in a watery waist pit in the ditch, and it seems that it will live for several days." ”

Xiangzi snorted softly and coldly: "It's not that people are bold, but we are too careless." So saying, he dismounted and walked towards the mouth of the ditch.

Seeing that there were two sets of footprints on the slow slope of the ditch, as if they were left last night, Xiangzi squatted down and carefully examined them. Juanzi was clever, and quickly detoured behind the clump of grass in the direction of Xiangzi's look, measured it with her feet mysteriously, and shouted in surprise: "It's Natasha's footprints!" ”

Xiangzi said casually as he approached, "Why do you think it's someone else's footprint?" ”

Juanzi pursed her lips and smiled, "I wore her shoes, the same size as mine." As he spoke, he gestured with his hand to another footprint, and then exclaimed, "Huzi's footprints! It's the military galoshes. ”

Xiangzi sighed and said to himself: "God really has eyes, otherwise it will be difficult to do." As he spoke, his spirits perked up, and he said, "Get on the horse!" Follow the footprints to see where she can go. ”

However, the footprints are intermittent, and there will be obvious footprints in alkaline soil, but there will be no traces in the case of gravel beaches. As a result, they can only stop and grope forward. After crossing a gentle slope, Maimaiti's expression gradually became solemn.

Seeing this, Xiangzi hesitated and asked, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

Maimaiti said with a hesitant face: "If you go in this direction, you will enter the depths of Lop Nur, where there is no water or food, and there are wolves, and the sand dunes are all the same, so it is easy to get lost." Even on a sunny day, the sun seems to be shining overhead, making it impossible to accurately determine the direction, let alone this kind of weather. For as long as I can remember, I've only heard of anyone going in, but I've never heard of anyone coming out alive. As he spoke, Maimaiti shook his head sadly.

Seeing that Xiangzi and the two women seemed to be stunned, Maimaiti sighed lightly and muttered to himself: "Crazy, that woman is really crazy." ”

Xiangzi was silent, but Shuzhen and Juanzi couldn't hold their breath, and shouted anxiously: "What can I do?" Let's figure it out. ”

After a moment of silence, Xiangzi sighed, as if giving an order to fight, and said: "Bahar and Anarhan go back to the yurt to get water and food, the more the better, Shuzhen and Juanzi leave one for every two miles of progress, and Maimaiti and I continue to walk forward, marking every 100 meters." When Bahar returns, Bahar will take food and drink and follow the markers to find us, and you two and Anarkhan will return to the yurt and wait for news. ”

As soon as the words fell, Shuzhen shouted: "No! I'm going to go too, and if I can't see the tiger, I'm going anywhere! ”

Xiangzi turned his head and glanced at Shuzhen, and said in a faint voice: "This is an order, one less person will have one more ration." As he spoke, he said with a look of concern: "Do you all have guns?" Seeing that the two of them patted their waists at the same time, they got on their horses and continued to move forward.

However, this is a place of ten miles of different days, leaving Shuzhen on a sand dune, when you can still see the figure of Juanzi clearly, the feet suddenly become a little waterless, and the fine yellow sand is surging with the wind, even the footprints you have just stepped on are instantly covered without a trace.

Shoko suddenly fell into a panic and confusion.