Ghost blows out the lamp world.

Regarding Shirley Yang's questioning, Lin Chen just stood quietly and did not make any other movements.

He had to wait for the fat man to introduce himself first.

Seeing that the American woman looked down on him, the fat man pursed his mouth and said angrily: "What is Xinjiang, when my lord I went to the Xinjiang desert to suppress bandits, killed the bandits in the Niya Oasis, and killed the bandit leader with my own hands." You see, this is the spoils of war. After that, he took out the piece of jade pendant and shook it in front of everyone's eyes, "Have you seen it, you guys?" ”

Lin Chen and Hu Bayi laughed beside them, saying that the fat man said that this thing was made by his father, when did it become something for him.

However, Shirley Yang and the others didn't pay attention to what the fat man said, but looked at the jade pendant in the fat man's hand blankly.

Shirley Yang originally did not agree to the fat man's participation in the archaeological team, but since she saw the fat man's jade pendant, she did not hesitate to promise to pay each of us $10,000, and if we can find the exquisite ancient city in the heart of the desert, we will pay twice as much. But the money won't be cashed until we come back from Xinjiang.

However, at this time, Shirley Yang's eyes fell on Lin Chen.

Lin Chen was a little too young, so she couldn't trust Lin Chen a little.

Lin Chen smiled, and said very forcefully: "Looking for the dragon and dividing the gold to see the winding mountain, a heavy entanglement is a heavy pass, if there are eight dangers when closing the door, there is no yin and yang gossip." Heaven and earth have aura since ancient times, gathered in the mountains and rivers, and manifested in the wind and clouds, which is called the dragon vein, and there must be a heavy treasure where the dragon vein; Touching the gold school Wei uses the compass to palm the eight directions, divides yin and yang, and surveys the veins of mountains and rivers, which is called gold; Observing the clouds with formulas, astrological fields, and fixing the dragon's lair, it is called looking for the dragon; The two techniques of dividing gold and finding the dragon are in the body, and the world can go; ”

Hu Bayi looked at Lin Chen blankly, saying that Lin Chen's words seemed to be an expert.

Shirley Yang looked at Lin Chen with a puzzled expression and said, "You don't seem to be a Tianxing Feng Shui technique, what is this?" “

"This mantra has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has not been extinguished for thousands of years, and the same way calls it: Seeking the Dragon."

Lin Chen didn't know any feng shui techniques at all, he only knew that the dragon hunting trick he had heard before was still very easy to fool people.

Looking for the dragon? Hu Bayi looked at Lin Chen in surprise, he finally knew why he felt that what Lin Chen said was familiar, it turned out that Lin Chen was the heir of the Dragon Quest.

Hu Bayi looked at Shirley Yang and said, "Miss Shirley Yang, Lin Chen is the successor of the Dragon Quest, and the Dragon Quest relies on the compass and leylines to determine the location of the ancient tomb, and he can be regarded as a good hand at finding the tomb." ”

Shirley Yang nodded as if she didn't understand, and then didn't bother with Lin Chen's origin, and directly agreed to Lin Chen's joining.

After Lin Chen and the three of them joined the gang, Professor Chen took the fat man's jade pendant and introduced the three of them.

The fat man's jade pendant is a relic of the Exquisite Ancient Kingdom, and there are words of the Exquisite Ancient Kingdom on it, although it is impossible to translate what the symbols on it represent for a while.

But it should be of great help to this trip to the Ancient Kingdom.

Shirley Yang wanted to buy the jade pendant in the fat man's hand, but the fat man gritted his teeth and didn't sell it, after all, judging from the introduction just now, this jade pendant can be said to be a strange commodity.

In this way, Lin Chen and the others joined the expedition team composed of scholars and photographers, Hu Bayi mixed with the leader, and Lin Chen and the fat man mixed with the deputy captain. The matter of going to the desert was thus finalized.

The first stop of the archaeological team is Xi'an, where they will meet several of Professor Chen's students, and then go to Urumqi, where the expedition's equipment will be directly consigned.

Hao Aiguo walked in, and then looked at Hu Bayidu: "Comrade Xiao Hu, the professor is looking for you to discuss something, come over for a while." ”

Hu Bayi nodded, then approved a piece of clothing, called Lin Chen and followed Hao Aiguo out.

Coming to the next car, Professor Chen and Shirley Yang were looking at a map.

Hao Aiguo poured a glass of water for Lin Chen and Hu Bayi.

Professor Chen motioned for the two to take their seats, and then said, "We can go to Xi'an tomorrow morning, pick up my three students, and the personnel will be all there." You're our captain and want to discuss the route with the two of you in advance. ”

Shirley Yang also said on the side: "Yes, Mr. Lin, Mr. Hu, I have discussed with the professor, and plan to start from Bosten Lake, go south to find the ancient Peacock River, and then, through the ancient Peacock River into the depths of the desert, along the Ziduyan River south, to find the ruins of the exquisite ancient city, we would like to ask for your opinion." ”

Lin Chen didn't speak, he listened to Hu Bayi for this kind of thing, because he had to follow Hu Bayi, so that he could find the mysterious Godhead fragment.

Hu Bayi saw that Lin Chen had nothing to say, and then he looked at Shirley Yang and said: "Miss Yang, although I am the team leader, we are not qualified to participate in the decision on the arrangement of the route, you have determined the route and goal, and we are responsible for leading everyone to the place, in other words, your, the shopkeeper's work, ours, the coolie work." ”

Seeing that Lin Chen had no opinion, Shirley Yang didn't say anything.

After this conversation on the train, I had a vague feeling that they were so determined that they might not have to run back a few days after entering the desert.

In Xi'an, I met the rest of the members of our archaeological team, all of whom were students led by Professor Chen, the simple-looking Sa Dipeng, the tall Chu Jian, and a female student Ye Yixin.

With the addition of the previous five, there are nine people in total. Arrived in Xinjiang.

Arriving in Xinjiang, Hu Bayi contacted a former comrade-in-arms Liu Gang, who was a descendant of the 359th Brigade of the Xinjiang Army, born and raised in Xinjiang, but he was not very familiar with the locals, and it was not easy to find a local guide who was familiar with the desert geography.

The old man's name is no longer called, and people call him Anliman, which means a living map in the desert.

An Liman's words are indeed very funny, and listening to his words is still very pleasant.

An Liman held a cigarette pouch in his mouth and shook his head non-stop: "No, no, it's the wind season, go into the desert, Hu Da and his old man, that's to blame." ”

Everyone grinded hard and soaked, but An Liman still didn't go.

In the end, Hu Bayi asked Professor Chen to show the documents, and then explained to him that we were cadres sent by the state to work, and the local comrades must cooperate, and if An Liman did not give us a guide, we would find the police and confiscate his camels and donkeys, so that he could not do business.

This kind of thing can be said to be the practice of bandits, but there is no way, there is no other way to convince An Li to be full.

Shirley Yang also told him that as long as he came to be our guide, we would be willing to buy all his cattle for double the price, and when we came back from the desert, the animals would be his, and the money would be his.

An Liman was helpless, so he had to agree, after all, he couldn't go against the country if he followed suit.

But he made a request: "Don't drive the car, Hu Da doesn't like machines, camels have a lot of areas, Hu Da likes camels." ”

In this link, Hu Bayi and An Liman agreed that camels are much more reliable than cars in the desert.

On the day of departure, we loaded all our equipment and supplies on the camelbacks, and then brought a large amount of soybean cakes and salt.

However, Lin Chen and the three of them only symbolically got a little bit and brought the materials, and the other materials were in Lin Chen's storage ring.

Our team of nine people is not so much an archaeological team as an ancient camel team, and the amount of food carried is less than a month, and the clean water is enough to be used for more than ten days. In addition, there are several large leather pockets of yogurt soup, when you are thirsty in the desert, you can drink a sip to quench your thirst, which can withstand ten mouthfuls of water. Coupled with the various equipment and equipment of the expedition team, the weight of each camel is very large, and when traveling, the personnel can only rely on two legs, walk half the way, and ride half of the camel.

The first leg of the route starts southwest from Bosten Lake and follows the Peacock River west until you find an ancient channel to the south. Bosten can be translated as standing, and the origin of the name is due to the fact that there are three mountains in the middle of the lake. In ancient times, this lake was also called the Sea of Fish, and it is the largest inland freshwater lake in China, from which the Peacock River originates and flows to the depths of the Taklamakan River.

In the first two days after the departure, the professor's three students were in great spirits, they were all young, and for the first time in their lives they went into the desert, and they found it fresh and fun, and they learned the whistle of the camel commanded by the old man Anliman, and then you chased me and sang songs.

The initial part of the journey, according to the words of the old man Anliman, is not a desert at all, this section of the ancient channel of the Peacock River existed before the river was diverted, the riverbed in some sections was not completely dried up, the surrounding sand was also very shallow, there were scattered small lakes and seas everywhere, and occasionally a small group of red-billed gulls and red-billed pochard swam on the water surface, and along the bay of the Peacock River, there was a small oasis with sand dates, poplars and some shrubs.

After passing this bay, we will really enter the desert, and the Peacock River will be diverted to the southeast, and there will be Loulan, Lop Nur, and Tanya, and we will go southwest and enter the "Black Desert". The old man An Liman said that the Black Desert was created by Hu Da's punishment of greedy infidels, and that countless cities and treasures were buried in the desert, but no one could bring them out of the Black Desert, even if you only took a gold coin, you would lose your path in the Black Desert, and be buried in it forever by the wind and sand, and never think of it again.

The most spectacular in the desert are those battlefields left over from ancient times, which have a different taste after being submerged by wind and sand.

There are also those thousand-year-old poplar trees that live in the desert, and it can be said that it is a miracle of nature that they can survive for so long in such a place where there is no scarce water source.

In order to avoid the fiery sun during the day, everyone basically slept during the day and set out at night.

An Liman would kneel and pray to the sky every day, and Lin Chen couldn't figure out what god he was looking for.

On this day, after An Liman finished praying, he quickly jumped up, and then packed his things and planned to leave.

Looking at his hot appearance, it is very scary.

Many camels are also very panicked, because animals are naturally much more sensitive to disasters than humans.

Lin Chen looked at everyone and shouted, "Hurry up and get on the camel, the desert storm is coming." ”

After saying that, Lin Chen turned over and got on the camel, and when the other people heard Lin Chen's shout, they all quickly got on the camel, and then began to act.

(End of chapter)