Chinese New Year's Eve is not in sight, the ancient city of Loulan has looked extremely dilapidated, this dilapidated is not that there are ruins everywhere, but that those thick dust, the whole city is covered with dust, some fluffy grass is blown by the night wind to move on the ground, the rustling sound makes the whole city seem more quiet.

The starlight does not illuminate the market, nor does the fire, the orange flame dyes people's faces red, Di Renjie is holding a book in his hand, and his body is covered with a big bearskin, which is a white bear skin, but in the night, his bear skin seems to have turned black, so there is a strange strange scene of half white and half black.

He occasionally changed his hand, and warmed up the hand holding the book close to the fire, and Xu Jingzong, who was sitting opposite him, took a sip of wine and said to Di Renjie: "Xiaojie, are you sure that the yellow squirrel can find the entrance to the tunnel on a moonless night like this?" What is the truth of this, you can't see it in the daytime, and you can't see it when there is a moon, so you have to see the clues at night like this? ”

Di Renjie put down the book in his hand and said to Xu Jingzong: "Sir, we have all looked for what we should see, and we have looked for everything we should see, but we found nothing, and the people in this new city are still nowhere to be found."

Uncle Cheng has thoroughly checked the border troops here, and he was almost tortured, the students thought they were not lying, and the disappearance of the people in Loulan City was none of their business, since we had finished reading and listening, it was now time to investigate the stage, and the sunshine and moonlight would not help our investigation in the slightest, and would only disturb our inherent thinking.

Now that the investigation has begun, we might as well reacquaint ourselves with Loulan blindfolded and relive it with our own hands, what day can be better than such a dark night as Chinese New Year's Eve? “

Xu Jingzong raised the wine jug in his hand and raised it towards Di Renjie to show his respect, took a big sip and said, "You look like your master, I sometimes doubt it." Will you both be tolerant of murder? ”

"Murder is actually a laborious thing, and since we have the idea of family and country, we think that we cannot kill our own kind casually, and we are restrained with the most severe punishment.

Since these punishments, our methods of killing have become hidden and secretive, hidden from everyone's eyes. In this way, you can enjoy the pleasure of killing alone.

My master said that he liked the ancient times the most, everyone wrapped animal skins around their waists, held wooden sticks, and knocked to death with a stick when they saw something unpleasant, and knocked them back to the cave to give birth to a baby when they saw a woman who was pleasing to the eye. Simple, all qiē speak with wooden sticks, what a good era. “

Xu Jingzong laughed after hearing this, not only did he laugh, but Cheng Chumo, who closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, also laughed, Cheng Chumo took out the horizontal knife in his waist and stuck it in the sand and said: "I also like that era, but if your master goes, it is estimated that he was knocked down by someone else's stick, and your small body is not good." But I Lao Cheng went, and that era would definitely be alive and well. ”

The three of them were talking and laughing, and their voices were heard far away. Loulan City seems to be a little more alive because of their existence, uninhabited houses will soon be dilapidated, inhabited houses are very different, even if it is a broken cave if inhabited will also appear vibrant, this is a law, with people the world seems very different.

The pawns of the Tang Dynasty are almost fearless. On the way to Loulan, I saw a lot of strange animals, salamanders flying on the sand, and scorpions hiding in the cracks of the stones, these things are not strange. But it's not uncommon to encounter a large lizard that is more than a foot long. (See the Ming anecdote where a general killed a giant lizard, said to be a dragon.) ）

The first reaction of these thugs when they saw the big lizard was not to turn around and run away, but to rush forward with cheers, especially the fastest run by Cheng Chumo, the lizard wanted to run too late, the overwhelming javelins, crossbow arrows had already flown over, and so Cheng Chumo chased after him, jumping to his feet and scolding the soldiers under his command, the giant lizard had become a porcupine, full of javelins and arrows, and a good dragon skin was destroyed.

There is never a waste of things in the academy, and those who like to make specimens remove all the skin and flesh of this lizard, and remove the bones to make specimens, and the lizard meat is not wasted, and it is said that it is a little sour and unpalatable when it is eaten by Cheng Chumo and those soldiers.

The time to talk and laugh passed quickly, Di Renjie stood up and looked around with a torch, and said to Xu Jingzong a little worriedly: "Sir, the yellow squirrel has been down for a long time, why hasn't it come up yet, the student is a little worried." ”

Xu Jingzong shook his head and said: "The weasel ancestors have eaten this bowl of rice for generations, and it is a trivial matter for him to dig holes in the ground, and if he waits, maybe he will come up." ”

While talking, a pitch-black human hand came out of the sand, several soldiers hurriedly pulled this hand up, the sand and soil were flying, and the wet yellow squirrel came up from the ground, threw away the shovel in his hand, poured a large mouthful of water into his mouth to rinse the sand in his mouth, and rushed to the fire in three or two steps and began to undress, until he was naked, and then wiped his body with a dry cloth, Di Renjie hurriedly put his big coat on him, and asked repeatedly: "Have you found the water vein?" ”

"I found it, then it's not a water vein, it's an underground river, this river is obviously a man-made canal, the water is very abundant, I have tasted it, the water is very sweet, and there is no problem at all in drinking."

As he spoke, he took out a kettle from his pile of wet clothes and handed it to Di Renjie, Di Renjie poured a little into the cup, and then carefully observed it for a while and said: "The water is very clear, there is no strange smell, the cup is silver, there is no acidic poison, there are no other poisons We need further testing, yellow rats, don't drink water of unknown origin in the future, the people of the entire Loulan City have disappeared, we are investigating the reason, I suspect that water is one of the triggers." ”

The words made the weasel turn white with fright, and hurriedly stuck out his tongue to let others see if his tongue had changed.

Mr. Jin Zhu, who was sleeping in the carriage, got down from the carriage and said: "The two major elements of human survival, water and food are not lacking, we have also seen the farmland, the moisture is okay, you see those tall poplar trees can survive, there is no reason why you can't grow crops, the smoke and waves of Daze next to it are vast, this is a treasure land, where have tens of thousands of Loulan people gone?" ”

Di Renjie shook his head and expressed his incomprehension, Cheng Chumo walked up to a captain and said: "If it was really you who did it, just say, we are all in the military lineage, it is easy to say anything, the people who came are also gentlemen from the academy, and we are also inextricably linked with our military, now say it, we can still think of ways to remedy it, if Your Majesty sends someone else over, once it is found out, you will die and have no place to be buried, not to treat you for the crime of murder, but to punish you for bullying the king, think clearly." ”

"Cheng Duwei, the matter of Loulan is indeed not done by the brothers, if it is done by the brothers, we will recruit you on the first day you come, after all, those people who don't see are Loulan people, not Datang people, if it is our Datang people, even if you have a hundred heads, it is not enough to cut off, since you are Loulan people, as long as the general says two good words, that is, a military stick thing, you can afford to be humble.

But the disappearance of these miscellaneous crumbs really has nothing to do with the brothers, and we can't bear the blame for others. The lieutenant of the border military was so earnest that he almost swore a curse.

But Di Renjie heard the clue from it, handed the wine jug in his hand to the lieutenant and said: "You are the local defenders living in the tun, so you naturally know that the shape here is very complicated, the Tubo people, the Rouran people, the Kucha people, and the Tuyuhun people are all trying their best to expand their own ethnic groups, one by one is too troublesome, and the time is too long, and plundering is actually the best way."

If these people are not our hands, tell me, who is the most likely person? “

The captain's face was flushed by the firelight, and his eyes showed an indescribable strangeness, and he hesitated for a long time before saying: "There are some strange things in the desert, we will see a big lake in the desert, even a fairyland, we will also hear the ghost crying in the desert, and when we are unlucky, we will meet the yellow dragon flying, and if we are unlucky, we will meet the black storm."

To put it mildly, I really can't stay here anymore, even if you are escorted back to Guanzhong as a prisoner of a crime, I don't want to stay here for a moment longer.

There is one thing that must be told to you, the legend here is that it is a cursed place, when Fu Jiezi killed the king of Loulan, the king of Loulan said before he died that his ghost will come back, and when the time comes, he will take away all the Loulan people, no matter who can stop it. “

Mr. Jin Zhu did not hesitate to cut off the words of the captain: "Fu Jiezi's killing of the king is a matter of Emperor Yuanfeng of the Han Zhao Dynasty for four years, and it has been seven hundred years now, do you want to say that a person who has been dead for seven hundred years has taken away all the Loulan people?" ”

The lieutenant did not reply to Mr. Jinzhu's words, but continued: "There is also the Sun Tomb here, and there were brothers who tried to dig up the Sun Tomb to find some treasure, but as a result, all the brothers who went down to the tomb died, and none of them lived. ”

Di Renjie saw the weasel who was drinking, and his body suddenly trembled, and he didn't want to ask what was going on in person, yawning and saying that it was not early, everyone should go to bed early, and they would go to the cemetery of the Loulan people tomorrow to see, it makes no sense that these Loulan people don't even want their ancestors.

Returned to the tent, a thin layer of cowhide was not enough to withstand the cold wind on the desert, before Di Renjie got into the sleeping bag, the dog and Xiao Tie also entered the tent, and the order they received was to ensure Di Renjie's safety no matter what, so the two of them never left Di Renjie a step.

The yellow squirrel also walked in with his sleeping bag, I don't know what stupid he made, he looked at Di Renjie with straight eyes and said, "Don't touch the Sun Tomb, don't go to ......" (to be continued......

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