Since we rode all the way during the day, everyone slept very early at night, and I slept in the same room with Brother Dong and Chenfeng. The mobile phone has no network, and there is no information about the place to go. The dust wind was already covered with the quilt and didn't move, and I saw that Brother Dong didn't sleep and asked,

"Brother Dong, what do you think of that Saya Ancient City?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of it before, this way to the northwest of the motherland, my family doesn't know anything about this side at all, I only know that the side is the Taklamakan Desert, also called the 'Sea of Death', yes, there is another one here, there is a Loulan ancient city." Brother Dong wiped his gun as he spoke.

"Oh, I also remembered when you said that, a dry corpse of Loulan was also found around the ancient city of Loulan. It is said that in ancient times, it was a place where the vegetation was dense and it was a necessary place to pass through on the Silk Road. Now it has become a desert, and the dried corpses are also formed because the climate is too dry. "I took all the knowledge out of my head.

"Yo, Xiaocao, then according to what you say, maybe there will be some valuable things in the ancient city of Saya." Brother Dong's eyes suddenly lit up.

I thought to myself, Brother Dong, when is this, you are still thinking about finding a baby. So he teased, "Yes, Brother Dong, there are not only treasures, but also a few good-looking Loulan corpses waiting for you." ”

"Hmph, let me tell you Xiaocao, as long as this dried corpse is a woman, you will definitely be fascinated by me." Brother Dong shook his hair confidently.

The two of us squeezed each other for a while and then fell asleep.

Early in the morning, we were woken up by some sounds,

"Which ones are going to the ghost town, come out and let the old lady see how many heads you have." A woman in the courtyard was shouting.

I hurriedly dressed and went out to look, only to see a Uyghur girl with two braids and a red headscarf on her head that was very conspicuous. Her facial features are three-dimensional, very similar to the faces of Europeans, her eyes are very dark, and she stares at the people who come out of us with her hands on her waist.

"Little sister, we're going, what's wrong?" As soon as Sister Yue saw that it was a girl, she opened her mouth to answer.

"I can take you there." The girl glanced at Sister Yue, raised her head and said.

Sister Yue smiled when she heard this and said, "Oh? Is it? Little sister, you know that place is dangerous. Are your parents home? If they could... Before Sister Yue finished speaking, the little girl reached in front of Sister Yue and kept shaking her fingers, Sister Yue froze for a moment, and her eyes became cautious.

Then John also walked over, grabbed the girl's hand, and said, "Where did you get this ring?" John asked, staring at the girl's fingers.

"That place you are talking about. What do you think? ”

We walked over and saw that the ring had the symbol of the black travertine on it, the same symbol on the knife of Dustwind and the parchment.

"Tell me how much is it, will you take us there?" Sister Yue looked at the girl and said.

"Is this ,..." the girl held out three fingers.

"3,000, it's easy to say," Sister Yue was ready to ask someone to take the money.

I saw the girl shake her head, "30,000, give it to me before leaving."

"30,000? Little sister, you're kidding, there's no bank here, how can there be 30,000 now. Sister Yue said with a frown. Seeing that Sister Yue wanted to be rude, I hurriedly stopped her.

"30,000, Emma, you're robbing, the little girl has such a big tone, can you come back?" Brother Dong was also anxious.

"No, you have to give it before you go, because you may not be able to come back if you go, and I don't make a loss-making deal." The little girl still wouldn't budge.

John waved his hand behind him. After a while, two people came over with boxes.

"Oh, beautiful Uyghur girl, this is some imported medicine, and some survival equipment, plus some of our cash, it must be worth more than 30,000, what do you think?" I have to say that this foreigner still has some means.

The girl looked at us, then at us again and said, "Okay then, but I have one condition." ”

"What other conditions do you have? You are simply sitting on the ground and starting the price, eating people without spitting out bones, so many things are given to you. Brother Dong looked at the box of equipment, reluctant and helpless, and shouted angrily.

Then the little girl came to Dusty Wind and said, "I want to sit on a camel with this man." ”

Damn, everyone was dumbfounded in an instant. I thought to myself, it turns out that handsome guys can sometimes use it like this.

"Well, no problem, this is easy to do. Seriously, we're in high demand, and you're cheaper. As soon as Brother Dong heard this condition, he immediately agreed. I only saw Dusty Wind glaring at Brother Dong, turning around and walking away.

"Okay, I'll prepare the camels, and the camel money will be counted separately." The little girl turned around and left, and I hurriedly stopped.

"Wait, what's your name?"

"Just call me Nilou." After saying that, he gave me a sweet smile.

After Nilou left, I looked at the village in front of me, and sure enough, it was a typical *** building, made of rammed earth and gravel masonry, the houses were all flat-roofed, the windows and doors were pointed arches, the window holes were very small, and there were shaded houses everywhere drying raisins, full of pores. This earthy yellow building complex is integrated with the desert, like an old man who has gone through vicissitudes. I never thought I would see the old villages of Xinjiang in such a way.

After a while, Nilou called a few young men to bring a lot of camels, and brought a lot of water bladders, which I had never seen, and which were of the kind of leather, and which felt very old.

"Nilou, bring so much water?" I asked curiously.

"We've been there for about two days, I don't know how many days you're going to stay there, but there's still a long way back to that, and we need water. Hehe, unless you guys don't plan to come back, I can unload half of the water. Nilou answered me fluently in Chinese, and explained the work of a few young people in Uyghur as she answered.

As he was talking, he heard someone shouting from behind:

"Nilou, what are you doing here, are you going to be a guide for them? It's too dangerous, how can I account for your dead parents? Stop, stop. "When I looked back, it was Uncle Ai who was running and calling.

"Uncle, it's okay, I've been to that place, and if you have money, why don't you make money."

"You're fooling around! Your parents just went there and never came back, you... You.. Ahem. Uncle Ai coughed angrily.

Nilou went up and hugged her uncle and said, "Uncle Ai, that's why I have to go, and I'm going to prove it to them." Maybe you'll find them ... The uncle glanced at Nilou, slowly squatted down to wipe his tears, and did not speak. I looked at them and couldn't help but admire this little Uyghur girl.

After dinner in the afternoon, we were all ready to go, all the camels were squatting on the ground, and when the people were in their places, all the camels stood up when they heard Nilou shouting, and I dangled on the camelback, which I had never sat on, and quickly grabbed the hump to stabilize it. Nilou sat with Dustwind as she wished, and it was amusing to see Dustwind's reluctant and helpless look. I thought, buddy, it's not good to have a beautiful woman in her arms, I really envy me.

Nilou needs to lead the way, so they're camels. Looking at them, I suddenly thought of Xiaoli, because things developed unexpectedly, I was going to solve the matter of the female ghost and go to her, alas, it seems that it has been a while now, recalling the good times with her, it feels like a different world, is it really impossible to go back? Recalling the fragrance of Xiaoli's hair in my mind, I couldn't help but start to wander, and suddenly felt that the vision in front of me was a little blurry, something was wrong, so I quickly took the medicine given by the ninth master, and the spicy taste made me sober up instantly.

The softness of the sand makes the walking speed not fast, looking at the sand dunes in front of you, it is really like the poem of the ancients, 'the desert is lonely, the sun sets on the long river', the eyes are full of yellow sand, lifeless, only the sound of camel bells is echoing. From time to time, you can see the dry bones of some camels or other animals. And the most unbelievable thing is that there are also several dried corpses, of course, these are some tourists or explorers who have been killed. It is said that these dried corpses cannot be taken out of the desert, and Nilou did not say why, only that we should not touch the corpses, perhaps because of the local customs.

Now, although it is not the hot season, I can't stand being baked by the sun all the time, and after a while I feel some pain in the skin on my face, and even the air I breathe feels hot in my throat, and finally I know why people in the desert need to wrap their faces with headscarves, so I found a T-shirt that I didn't wear and wrapped it all over my face.

After a long day of travel, the vicious sun was finally about to set. People began to pitch tents, eat simple compressed biscuits, and boil some water to drink. I took another look at the desolate desert, it was really not a single grass, if I wasn't well prepared, I would definitely die here, the temperature at night dropped quickly, I put on everything I could, it was still cold.

"You can use it at night if you have a warm baby." Nilou said as she packed her bags.

"Is it cold at night here?" I asked curiously.

"Yes, the temperature is very low at night, especially in the early hours of the morning, and if you don't dislike it, you can sleep with camels, it will be warm." Nilou was still busy cleaning up and putting fodder for the camels. I couldn't help but be amazed at how experienced she was.

"Then do I have to pay for sleeping with the camels?" Brother Dong took a bite of the biscuit and said.

"Yes, 100 on the back of a camel and 200 on the belly." Nilou gave Brother Dong a blank look, and the work on her hands did not stop.

"Oh, little girl, are you kidding me?" Brother Dong shouted.

"Oh, you just found out." With that, Nilou continued to busy herself. I pulled Brother Dong and asked him to say a few words and hurry up and continue eating.

Although there were brothers on duty in the evening, it was obvious that the group of foreigners and Sister Yue's people did not communicate too much. That John seemed to be arranging something for his people, and Sister Yue was holding the parchment in her hand and kept looking at it, and after Brother Dong was full, he began to go to Kan Dashan with Sister Yue's brother, and the dust wind had already laid down, so I walked to Sister Yue and said:

"Sister Yue, I think this Nilou seems to be very experienced, do you think we can arrive smoothly tomorrow?"

"It's only a gamble to get there, but her ring should have something to do with the ruins we're looking for, and I'm curious now about how to get the photons here? Last time, because I deciphered the text of the record, I also knew the process of the sacrifice, so I was able to get it smoothly. This time, there were no written or recorded records, so I had to improvise at that time. Saying that, Sister Yue frowned and looked at the dark desert in the distance, in fact, this is also what I am worried about.

"The photons of Changbai Mountain are in your body, don't you have any reaction? Don't you think it's dangerous? Although Sister Yue's straightforward speaking style is very uncomfortable, it is a fact.

"I also think it's dangerous, and now it's okay to be in the body, but the female ghost who haunts me is really a little scary. For me, I had no choice but to gamble. And, I don't think John will let me go. He should have sent someone to assassinate me and Brother Dong before, but now it's different, he needs me. This kind of conversation made me clearly realize what this journey means to me, the hope of life and death are now half and half, if I don't come, I may have to wait for death, there is really no way back.

Sister Yue patted me on the shoulder and said that I would go back to the tent after resting early. I looked up and saw that some of John's men were looking at me, and when I saw them, they quickly looked away, which made me a little strange, and without thinking too much, I went back to the tent.

The night in the desert was really cold, and the day was calm, but at night the wind rose, so I slept half-asleep until midnight.

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire rang out. I hurriedly felt the gun and dagger on my waist, and when I got up, I found that Dusty Wind was no longer in the tent, Brother Dong looked at me, grabbed the gun and rushed out.

At this time, the wind outside was much stronger than when I was sleeping, and I squinted to see several of John's men and Sister Yue's men pointing guns at each other. And John put his arm around Sister Yue's neck, pointed a gun at him and yelled: "Whoever dares to move, I will shoot!" And his men had Nilou in their arms, and they pointed them at gunpoint.

"John, what do you mean!" Sister Yue's angry eyes stared at John.

"Hahahaha, what do you mean? My beautiful Miss Moon, you may not understand that the cooperation I need means that I only need what is useful to me, and other useless things are garbage to me, and I will throw them away very unceremoniously. John's expression was hideous, and he had a perverted smile.

Because John put a gun on Sister Yue's head, everyone didn't dare to step forward at this time, so they heard John continue to shout, "Come over two people, keep an eye on the one in black for me, and bring Mengchao over to the other one." Don't think of any tricks, unless Miss Xiangyue and the guide are dead here. I don't even care about my life to come here. ”

Seeing that two people put their guns against Dustwind's head, I thought to myself, if Dustwind can't be used like this, no matter how fast the darts are, they can't save two people at the same time. I panicked when I suddenly saw a foreigner walking towards me.

He almost lost his voice and shouted, "John, what are you going to do, it's a desert, it's stupid to do this, everyone cooperates, the odds are better." But my shouting seemed useless, and I was kicked straight into John's ranks. I sat on the ground with my stomach clutched, and the pain made it impossible for me to scream anymore.

"Hey, don't hurt anyone" Brother Dong rushed over angrily. was pulled by Sister Yue's brother.

"Xiaocao, hey, Xiaocao, are you okay?" Brother Dong looked at me anxiously.

I looked up at Brother Dong and shook my head, signaling that I was okay, and after Dusty Wind looked at me, he stared directly at John, his hand clenched into a fist, I could feel his posture of wanting to kill, and I also shook my head at him, signaling him not to act rashly. I know he shouldn't have a problem escaping on his own, but he can't really save all of us in the face of a few of us.

"Let go, let go of me, what's the matter with you!" Nilou was caught next to John.

John Pi smiled and said, "Little girl, I need you to continue to lead the way, but we will leave now." ”

"It's starting to blow the wind, there's a monster in the desert here called Black Wind, it may come, and you're still playing cannibalism? The gods of the desert will not bless you. Nilou shouted.

"Oh, little girl, I don't need God's protection, we have God." John glanced at them and said, "Take away all their guns and camels." ”

"Without camel food and water, they'll die, John, you son of a bitch. You can't do that, it's so inhumane! "I was in a hurry, really anxious, and was about to rush to John, when I tripped over one of his men.

John grabbed me by the collar and slapped me so hard that I felt my ears buzzing and my face hurting hotly. John stared at me with protruding eyeballs and said, "Humane,,, you talk to me humanely?" You monster talking to me humanely? Hahahaha! "I was taken aback by what he said.

At the same time, I heard Brother Dong's shout, "John,,,, don't hit people." ”

John didn't pay attention to Brother Dong, just let go of me, glanced at them, and dragged Sister Yue directly onto the camel with a pistol, and several of us were also pointed at gunpoint on the camel, each of us was followed by a foreigner.

Then the wind was getting stronger, and suddenly John looked down and said a word to one of his men, and then began to whip the camel and run, and our camel began to run. Sister Yue, who was controlled by John, suddenly shouted, "He's going to kill them, let them run!" I reacted suddenly. So he shouted in the direction of Brother Dong, "Run!" Come on!.... Run!". The sand blown by the wind poured into my mouth, and I continued to shout about this. I only heard gunshots behind me, and I heard the screams of several people. I was stunned in my heart, don't, Brother Dong, Chenfeng, don't have an accident, I can't care about my own situation, and I began to struggle hard. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my neck, and my eyes went black, and I was knocked unconscious.