Huang Xing originally planned to go to Xi'an and defect to Wang Changgui. But when he arrived in Xi'an, he hesitated. Wang Changgui is now the manager of his second uncle's firm. There are dozens of people under his command, and they are in full swing. He was worried about his own affairs, and sooner or later his brother would be affected. After thinking about it, I decided to go further.

So, he ate a bowl of oily noodles beautifully, and went straight to Lanzhou. In Lanzhou, he had a friend of the dart industry named Ma Biao.

Ma Biaosheng's tiger back and bear waist, a pair of leopard eyes, and a thick circle face beard, known as Sai Li Kui by the people of the rivers and lakes. Back then, with a ghost-headed broadsword, he also made some prestige in the northwest. Later, I got acquainted with Huang Xing and learned how to use a gun from him. At present, it is also a dart head on the Northwest Road.

He is bold and righteous, and he has many friends in the rivers and lakes. Huang Xing's arrival, he was naturally very happy. When he heard what happened to Huang Xing, he glared at the leopard and scolded angrily: "Little Japan on dog days, I have long heard of their animal behavior. Unexpectedly, even the doll was not spared. Really, it's not even as good as a brute! ”

After a pause, he sighed deeply again and said, "Things have already gone wrong, don't be too sad." In the future, just stay and work with me! ”

At this time, Huang Xing was once again tortured by a sudden grief and couldn't stand up. After only a few glasses of wine, I felt that the alcohol in my body had turned into a turbid heat wave, which gradually surged from my abdomen to my head. Heavy, the neck is difficult to support. He reluctantly raised his hard eyelids and nodded slightly at Ma Biao.

Ma Biao, arrogantly holding a glass of wine, his face, which was not covered by his beard, was glowing red. Yuan opened a pair of leopard eyes and said loudly: "Our brothers, we will be a family from now on." Come! Cheers! ”

As he spoke, he raised his head and drank the contents of the cup. wiped his wet beard with his hand, and then said: "He is Japanese, if he dares to make trouble at our door, I will take the dart brothers and fuck his mother." I don't believe it, the Japanese have three heads and six arms. Come one, let's kill one until we kill them all. ”

Huang Xing, try to cheer up. Let my heart gradually calm down. When Ma Biao talked about the Japanese, the roots of his teeth bulged out one by one. said with a relaxed and rational demeanor: "Actually, the Japanese are also raised by their fathers and mothers, and they are also flesh and blood." It's just that people have been preparing for this war for a long time. In terms of weapons and equipment, and the quality of personnel, they are far superior to us. And our country, not only is it not prepared to resist foreign powers. Moreover, just in time for civil unrest. The little devil took the opportunity to call in.

Although there is a government of the Republic of China, the warlords in various places still go their own ways and do not form a united front. Therefore, it led to the Japanese occupying the northeast and looking at the interior. In order to free up its hands and encircle and suppress the Red Army, the government gave up again and again to the Japanese. I don't know when I'm going to make it a head. ”

When Ma Biao heard this, he said angrily: "I heard that Lao Jiang ordered Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army to withdraw to Xi'an. Dog's day, in vain to give up the Northeast to the Japanese. ”

Huang Xing smiled bitterly at him and said, "Old Jiang, I am afraid that someone will rob him of his country, and he is busy fighting a civil war all day long. If we had devoted all our attention to dealing with the Japanese, it would not be the way it is now. ”

When Ma Biao heard this, he hated and said: "When we meet this government, in the end, it is not our people who are unlucky. ”

Huang Xing also said angrily: "Isn't it? When the government army withdrew, the devils came in and harmed the people. Murder and arson, rape of women, capture young men to work as coolies. I also heard that a lot of no man's land was created. That miserable situation doesn't look like a human thing did it. ”

Ma Biao listened, clenched his bowl-sized fist, struck the table, and said, "These beasts! ”

Although Huang Xing said that he stayed in the dart game for the time being. But his whole person, as if hollowed out by a spell-like force, turned into the walking dead.

Ma Biao offered to make him the deputy dart head. In the future, the income of the dart game, the two of them opened three or seven, but he politely declined. Just promised to be an ordinary dart player. Huang Xing knows Ma Biao, he is bold and righteous. But the narrow-mindedness is difficult to tolerate people.

This was discovered a few years ago, in a martial arts competition between the two. At that time, although Huang Xing gave him three points, he still beat Ma Biao by one and a half moves. Although Ma Biao said that he admired, Huang Xing still saw a little frustration and jealousy in his eyes. Therefore, the dart game is not a place for Huang Xing to stay for a long time, he just takes this opportunity to temporarily raise his almost shattered heart, and the soul that is always fluttering, like a broken kite.

Since coming to Huangxing, Ma Biao has become an idler. Every time it is delivered, Huang Xing personally escorts the dart. With Huang Xing here, Ma Biao is 10,000 at ease. Moreover, although Huang Xing is just an ordinary dart player. But in the dart game, everyone up and down knows that his prestige and ability are convinced of him from the heart. Every time a dart is played, it doesn't matter who leads the dart. In fact, at the critical time, it was Huang Xing who had the final say.

That afternoon, Huang Xing had just returned from Zhangye. The dart bureau took a long-line dart to Turpan, Xinjiang.

Ma Biao saw that Huang Xing had been rushing for days, and he didn't take a break. arranged for him to guard the dart bureau and personally escorted the dart to Xinjiang. Where is Huang Xing willing, he insists on accompanying Ma Biao. Ma Biao didn't say anything anymore, thinking to himself, there was someone to talk to in the wilderness along the way.

Huang Xing is the first time to walk out of Jiayuguan. He had only heard of this kind of place where there were no birds flying in the sky and no dogs barking for ten miles.

As far as the eye can see, the vast wasteland, a patch of yellow. The undulating sand dunes, and the stubborn dirt bags, are all the same color. Even the occasional clusters of weeds, and the leaves of plants are not gray, and there is not a trace of emerald green luster. Moreover, they all tried to crawl on the ground. As if they were afraid that after a strong gust of wind, they would be uprooted.

Faced with the barren scene, Huang Xing felt both novelty and inexplicable sadness. The novelty is that there is such a barren land in the world. And the sad thing is that this situation is just like my own inner world.

Since separating from Yingzi and his son, Huang Xing's heart has been so desolate that he has lost a little water. Every time the heart fluctuates, it will shake up bursts of dust and haze. In the gray world, there is no color to be seen.

Along the way, there is no carriage shop. The occasional people and carriages were also in a hurry.

At night, on the side of the road, behind a sheltered dirt bag, Shema lit a fire. The people gathered around the fire, drank water, and at the same time stuck the baked cakes on wooden sticks, and when they were hot, they ate them with dried horse meat.

Huang Xing took a piece of cake and choked in his mouth. Wandering around blindly, aimlessly. Hot and dry during the day, and cold at night. Two very different worlds are formed. The blue sky is sprinkled with sparkling gemstones. A thin moon, like a damaged jade plate, is hung high in the endless sky.

Suddenly, with a "suddenly" sound, a gray hare sprang out from Huang Xing's feet. It ran out a few steps in a hurry, stopped its feet, stood up and fanned a pair of big ears, and looked at Huang Xing curiously.

In normal times, Huang Xing would not hesitate to raise his hand and fly over with a stone. Then, there will be a delicious meal.

But today, instead of the idea of killing it, he felt compassion for it - can such a barren place survive? From this, Huang Xing seemed to have realized something. He looked up at the sky and took a deep breath of cool air. Refreshed, he walked towards the fire.

After handing over the goods, Ma Biao received another order of dart. But it won't be able to leave until a week later.

This means that the people of the dart game will stay in Turpan for seven or eight days. For the dart game, it is better to have a back dart, and it is better to wait for a few days than to let it go.

Just when Ma Biao arranged for everyone to rest, the shopkeeper Zhao of the warehouse found Ma Biao and said that he had a dart to Dihua to see if he could pick it up. As soon as Ma Biao calculated the time, it took just six days to go back and forth, and he agreed. I thought: This dart is really smooth, from Lanzhou to Turpan, not a single shot was fired. When I arrived in Turpan, I received a return dart. Even when there is a break between rest, there is work to do. It's really a fortune.

At that moment, the goods were all loaded into the car, and early in the morning of the second day, they headed for Dihua. Traveling with two cargo owners. Riding the sun before he could exert his strength, he urged the cattle to drive away. At noon the next day, I came to the border town, Daban City.

Huang Xing, for the first time, ate Xinjiang's famous "pulled noodles". What they want is "vegetable cover noodles", that is, pure mutton and piyazi chili peppers are stir-fried together. Then, drizzle some stock and bring it to a boil and pour it directly over the large bowl of noodles. Turn it over a few times with chopsticks, and the entrance is cool.

It can really be said that the vegetable noodles are tough and have an endless aftertaste. The taste is different from the oily noodles in Xi'an. Huang Xing likes the taste of food, and is even more obsessed with the path of noodles.

After eating and resting for a while, Ma Biao hurried away. He was worried about the dart that turned back, and he was afraid that something would delay him on the way. Therefore, I want to finish the delivery as soon as possible, and I feel at ease.

The midday sun, like a puffed up fireball, stares at people's heads. Although Huang Xing was wearing a cowhide top hat, he still felt that the top of his head was hot and hot.

As far as the eye can see, the barren land is magically glowing with ghostly light waves. Sometimes it is scattered, sometimes it is clustered together. A beautiful pattern is formed. Perhaps, this is what people often say, a mirage.

When the sun turned west, the dart team came to a place called the Grass Lake Stall. It is said to be a grass lake stall, but in fact, not much grass grows on the stall. It was a low-lying area, a high-lying area, and when it rained, the water carried with salinity, and gradually seeped out and spread to the low-lying areas. Over time, a salt-alkali flat with no water was formed. On the stall, in addition to the white saline, there are also some stubbornly growing, sparse alkali artemisia seeds. From a distance, in this dry land, there is some moisture and rare green.

Huang Xing and Ma Biao walked side by side, and the scenery in front of them could not lift the spirit of the two of them at all. The two of them held their slightly heavy heads, their eyes slightly open, and moved forward with their horses.