The sun on the ridge enthusiastically interprets the ten thousand golden rays into pieces of silver-white shining lenses on the vast snow trails. The originally slippery pavement has gradually become sticky.

The car used its due energy and drove forward with all its might.

Suddenly, Shoko waved her hand and shouted, "Stop!" ”

So, the car swayed left and right a few times before it stopped firmly on the side of the road.

Xiangzi eagerly jumped out of the car, picked up a few straws on the road, looked at them carefully for a while, and sniffed them thoughtfully. A smile crept across his cheeks.

He took a few steps forward with a little excitement, picked up a few more straws and looked at them. Smiled happily and said, "It seems that old friends are not far from us." ”

As he spoke, he jumped into the car and held up the wheat straw in his hand and said, "This wheat straw fell from that car, and it smells like a camel." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Jia Hu and said, "Don't come forward when you meet the carriage, for fear that someone will recognize you." I can't startle the snakes, I plan to clean them up when I get to Yili. ”

As he spoke, he saw a four-wheeled carriage loaded with half a cart of wheat straw walking leisurely in the distance. Xiangzi gave the driver Xiao Li a look, and Xiao Li overtook him and stopped not far in front.

Xiangzi jumped out of the car, beckoned to the person who was driving the car, and greeted him warmly and said, "Fellow countryman, ask for a way, is it this way to go to Yili?" ”

The driver stretched out his head in a whiteboard jacket. He said with a tired and puzzled face: "This is the lane, there is a fork in the road to Bole, ask people when the time comes, don't go wrong." ”

Xiangzi hurriedly thanked him, glanced at the carriage casually, and asked casually, "Where are you going on this cold day?" ”

The driver seemed to hesitate slightly, and muttered, "Go to Bole to deliver some goods." ”

As he was talking, a black and thin head came out of the wheat straw on the roof of the car, glanced at Xiangzi suspiciously, and said in a cold tone in a stiff Han dialect: "Hurry up!" Without further ado. ”

As if he was afraid of him, the driver sneered at Xiangzi, then threw out a whip and continued to walk forward.

When they arrived in Bole County, Xiangzi and Jia Hu changed horses. I stayed at the camel shop at the fork in the road beforehand, and both of them changed their faces. To outsiders, the two are like a pair of brothers who are on a trip to visit friends.

As soon as it was dark, I saw the carriage enter the courtyard unhurriedly. I saw the Uyghurs and the shopkeeper muttering for a while, and the shopkeeper beckoned to the handlebar and drove the car to a big house in the corner of the courtyard. While opening the door, he beckoned the guy to unload the car. The wheat grass slipped down, and five large wooden boxes that were haunting the dream were revealed in front of him.

Jia Hu suddenly became excited, and just wanted to shout, but was stopped by Xiangzi waving his hand. Seeing that the wooden boxes were moved into the house one by one, Xiangzi smiled easily, patted Jia Hu's shoulder, and motioned to go back to the house.

Xiangzi took a sip of tea comfortably, looked at Jia Hu, who was eager to try, and said lightly: "Do you dare to explore the warehouse at night?" I was dropped last time, I don't know if it will be repeated this time? ”

Jia Hu smiled knowingly, and said shyly: "Mo Ma, I'll go at night." Dog's day, the ghost is very big. ”

Jia Hu scolded hatefully, looking at his expression, he had a posture of revenge. Seeing this, Xiangzi smiled slightly and said: "You don't have to blame yourself too much, as the saying goes: there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people." The opponents we have encountered are not general. ”

After a pause, Xiangzi glanced at Jia Hu with a worried face, and said contemplatively: "If you are not fully sure, don't go, this is our last chance, we must not startle the snake." ”

Jia Hu smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, you can do this job." I'm going to take the pee and step on it, and then I'll do it in the middle of the night. ”

God seemed to know Jia Hu's hardships, the moon was still bright in the first half of the night, and in the second half of the night, he actually used a black curtain as a veil. The originally gray sky gradually became darker.

With his skills, Jia Hu quickly entered the warehouse and opened the wooden boxes one by one. With a good hand, he immediately became enthusiastic with joy.

Jia Hu was a little carried away with excitement, and just took two steps forward, but he happened to meet the shopkeeper who went out to check the night.

Stunned, the shopkeeper raised the lantern in panic and said, "Who is it?" ”

Jia Hu seemed to be startled, and then made a casual appearance and said: "I didn't see where the thatched house was during the day, and my stomach hurt in the middle of the night." ”

As he spoke, he covered his stomach with both hands and sighed. The shopkeeper glanced at him suspiciously, pointed to the east wall angrily and said, "The thatched house is over there, you can find it when you smell it, what is the nonsense." ”

Jia Hu thanked the shopkeeper and ran and jumped eastward.

Seeing Jia Hu enter the door, Xiangzi said with a smile: "You can't hide things when you look at your face, right?" ”

Jia Hu smiled a little meaningfully, lowered his voice and said, "That's right, that's it." ”

In the middle of the night, as soon as the sky was numb and bright, there were snowflakes fluttering.

Shoko looked at the big house opposite from the window, wondering how to deal with the shopkeeper's rhetoric. Because, he himself doesn't know how long he will stay here.

The mysterious camel caravan crossed the fruit ditch and the Qingshui River, and finally came to Huocheng, an important border town, when the sun was just red.

Strangely, just after arriving at the camel shop, the owner of the cargo unloaded the goods and sent away the camel caravan. Five large wooden boxes, as before, lay quietly in the middle of the courtyard.

Because I have been following for a long time, I have also met with the camel team twice. Therefore, Xiangzi was afraid of arousing the suspicion of the other party, so he did not live in the camel shop.

As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope. When Jia Hu saw Xiangzi living in the inn opposite the camel shop, he was anxious, and muttered worriedly: "You have to keep an eye on it this time, don't let people play tricks again." ”

Xiangzi smiled and said jokingly: "Scared of being made by others? ”

Jia Hu looked angry and muttered: "To tell you the truth, it's the first time I've suffered such a big loss since I made my debut." It's really a wretch, and it actually lets a group of Uyghurs play tricks. ”

Xiangzi sighed lightly and said to himself: "There are high-ranking people in everyone, but don't dare to underestimate the Uyghurs, seeing that they don't go to school or study, and they have a lot of ghost ideas in their heads." ”

Jia Hu looked out of the window and said with an uneasy face: "No! I'd have to step on a den, and at night I would stare at the storeroom without blinking, to see what else he could do. ”

Xiangzi hesitated slightly, sighed lightly and said, "That's fine, you can't make any more mistakes at this juncture." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Jia Hu with concern and said, "It's just that the weather is too cold, why don't you stay up all night." ”

Jia Hu said with a disapproving look: "Mo Mada, I often crawl in the snow in the middle of the night, and I have long been used to it." ”

Shoko still looked uneasy and said, "Bring my fur coat with you and wrap it around your lap to keep warm." ”

There is a lot of snow in the Ili area, and the sky is still clear in the first half of the night, and the stars and moon are shining. In the blink of an eye, the snow is flying, and the sky is like the bottom of a pot.

Jia Hu sat on the haystack only one wall away from the camel shop, quietly observing the movements in the courtyard, and turning his head to look up from time to time, hoping to indicate that the dawning star would show his face as soon as possible.

However, the endless sky has always had a black and gray face, and he refuses to even blink his eyes.

The rooster crowed three times, and the eastern sky seemed to suddenly burst into flames, gradually filling half the sky. The sparkling snowflakes still flutter like silver butterflies, but the colors are more gorgeous.

Jia Hu was stunned when suddenly, a stone fell on the thick cotton whiteboard leather jacket, and he knew that Xiangzi was nearby.

So, he quietly slid down the haystack, and not far away, an old man who was picking up dung used clever gestures to disguise himself to return to the inn.

As soon as the sun could shine on the hot people, I saw a few Uyghurs, with five-peaked camels, swaying into the camel shop. After a brief handover with the shopkeeper, the five-peaked camel and the three horses went on the road leisurely with wooden boxes.

Xiangzi was just about to turn around and go back to the inn, but saw Xiao Chen and Wuzi following from a distance. Xiangzi pretended not to know and deliberately blocked the middle of the road, swaying left and right to prevent the horse from passing.

Xiao Chen was anxious for a while, and shouted angrily: "You old man, why are you deliberately blocking the way?" ”

The old man looked at it, pouted and said, "Are you looking for a Uyghur camel caravan?" Dog's day, he didn't even pull the shit, so he hurriedly walked away. ”

Xiao Chen was slightly stunned when he heard this, and felt that the old man was a little interesting. I got off the horse and wanted to ask for an understanding, but when I didn't think about it, the old man turned around and became Xiangzi.

Xiao Chen was overwhelmed with surprise for a while, and Xiangzi smiled slightly and said, "They just crossed the mountain pass, you and Wuzi immediately contacted the other team members and ambushed in front of the pass." As soon as the caravan enters the circle, it is immediately fenced off. ”

The sun slanting to the west was particularly heavy, and it was still spraying dazzling golden rays just now, and in the blink of an eye, it dragged its reddened body and lazily on the western peak.

The border pass shrouded in the setting sun is unusually silent, and a group of sparrows returning early are jumping and dancing wantonly, cheerful and happy, as if this is their paradise.

A chaotic sound of horses' hooves ruthlessly broke the silence in front of him. Three Uighurs on horseback are in front, followed by caravans carrying wooden boxes.

The visitor was about to pass through the pass with a puff, and with the startled flight of a sparrow, several tiger-like public security officers, holding a Soviet-style *, in the blink of an eye, firmly surrounded the camel team in the center.

The leading shipper was just about to make a look of surprise and bewilderment to speak. I saw Xiangzi step forward immediately, tore off the beard on his face, smiled contemptuously, and said, "Adasi, Yakesi?" (Friend, okay?) ）”

The man was stunned for a moment, and then, hiding the fear in his heart, he sneered: "Oh, it turned out to be an old friend." How did you get here? ”

As he spoke, he looked puzzled. Xiangzi snorted coldly, and said in a flat voice: "I still want to see your goods, and by the way, I will ask you for some hemp smoke." ”

The muscles on the man's face twitched spasmodically a few times, and just as he wanted to say something, Shoko gave an order: "Open the box!" ”

In the face of hard facts, a group of lawbreakers finally hung their heads.

Xiangzi glanced at the bandit suspiciously, as if he suddenly remembered something, and looked coldly at the owner of the goods who had lost his spirit like a frosted eggplant, and said in a cold voice: "That young man of the Ha tribe?" ”

The man seemed to be startled for a moment, and then said with a cowardly expression: "I wanted to run halfway, so I shot him." ”