199 Ancient city
If we continue to move forward in such a bad environment, we are afraid that our lives will not be long.
At noon, the direct sunlight of the whole desert rose sharply, and our heads were groggy due to the severe lack of water.
In a desert like a place where there is no hair, seeing a plant can make us a little excited, and the desert is so short of water. But it's not true that there is no water, everything must grow without water, as long as you can find plants
We can find water, but sometimes we dig into the roots of the plants and find water that doesn't fit even a kettle lid. But sometimes with a bit of luck, you can get an unexpected surprise.
Cistanche is a parasitic herb, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Cistanche is still a medicinal herb, the water content is generally 15-30%, and finding it is like finding a natural water jug. Peeling off the skin and devouring its flesh not only solves the problem of water, but also fills the hungry with rich protein in the body.
It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone, but this thing tastes a little weird, but in order to survive, horse urine can be drunk as long as there is one.
People with high temperatures can't stand it, and the burning air in front of them makes people can't stop moving forward. Looking around, there was still a desert as far as the eye could see, and Huzi peeled off the cistanche he had just found and stuffed the flesh into Li Zhen's mouth.
Huzi half-opened his eyes and said weakly, "Brother! Eat it, leave me alone, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. Li Zhen seemed to feel like a burden even to speak, and it was quite difficult.
Huzi fed him in his mouth, and said, "Eat you, I still have it, don't talk nonsense, my brother will definitely take you out even if he dies." ”
Huzi's mouth was dry, and he couldn't wait to stuff that piece of cistanche directly into his mouth in one bite, but seeing that Li Zhen was so weak and deceived him, how could Cistanche be so easy to find.
I gave half of the aloe vera I dug up just now, and each of them stuffed it into his mouth and pouted the water inside. "You've been walking for more than a week, but the ruins of that ancient city have still not been found, so there is no such ancient city at all." Pei pouted with difficulty and said.
"It's hard to say, the slightest wind in the desert is full of yellow sand, and maybe the ancient city is buried in the ground by sand." It is recorded in many books that the ruins of an ancient city suddenly appeared in the desert as if they were overnight, but disappeared overnight.
The appearance and disappearance of such ancient ruins were formed in windy and sandy weather. Perhaps the ancient city we were looking for has long since disappeared. Thinking about it this way, everyone also retreated.
Success or failure often depends on whether you're willing to hold on for an extra second or take one more step forward. I couldn't help but sigh and look west, the road was bumpy, almost risking the lives of all of us to get to this point.
At this moment, I am going to return, and I am really unwilling. Just as we were about to get up and return along the road, suddenly a building that looked like a spire loomed in the distance. I was so excited that I ran up a relatively high sand pile in a few steps, and when I looked west, through the burning air, a vigorous ancient city appeared in front of me.
The towers in the city are towering, and the layout of the houses reveals the domineering spirit of the emperor, giving people the first glance to see the former glory of this ancient city, and the down-and-out phoenix is always more beautiful than the chicken.
Seeing this, I was so excited that I almost burst into tears, dancing at the tigers under the sand slope and shouting, "Ancient city, look at the ancient city there." ”
"Where? Where? "Huzi heard my shout and hurriedly crawled directly, climbed up the sand slope and saw the ancient city Huzi was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly, who knew what he was talking about.
Everyone was very excited to see the ancient city, but behind the joy there was also a trace of lamentation, for this mysterious ancient city, everyone suffered a lot.
Now that we have found the ancient city, and we are short of food and water, even if we reach the ancient city, what can we do? Will we be able to find what we are looking for, and now that we are seriously exhausted, what will we do if there is a little more danger?
Even if fate is on our side, we find information about the fire talisman, but how can we go back? Thinking of this, I began to hesitate again, but according to the personalities of several of us, we must rather die than walk for a while, anyway, even if we go back now, it is unknown whether we can get out of the desert.
In the direction of the ancient city, the four of us supported each other and walked on this devilish desert, looking at the mountains and tired horses, this sentence is not false at all, and we feel that we have walked for several hours in the ancient city in front of us.
In front of you, there are still a few miles away from the ancient city, victory is ahead, and no one wants to rest. Unconsciously, the night gradually fell, everyone cheered each other on, and the pace under their feet slowly accelerated.
Huzi suddenly stopped, bumped my arm, and said, "Yang Xiuyuan!" That's not right! You see there's a fire over there? ”
When I fixed my eyes, there seemed to be a real fire in the direction of the ancient city, and the distance was not very far, and I could almost conclude that the fire came from the ancient city, and there was more than one place.
It seems that the whole ancient city is brightly lit, is it that I am dazzled, rubbing my eyes and taking a closer look, it is from the ancient city. I was suddenly confused in my heart, could it be that there are still people living in this desert where no one lives, if there are really people, we will be saved now.
Thinking of this, everyone seemed to grasp the straw that saved their lives, and accelerated their pace and continued to move forward in the direction of the ancient city.
Outside the gate of the ancient city, everyone really didn't know how to express their feelings, excited, curious, and suspicious、...... Wait, I can't find a suitable word to describe it.
The ancient city is brightly lit, people come and go, and the scene of prosperity is really unbelievable, and there is such a paradise hidden in such an isolated desert.
Perhaps due to geographical conditions or customs, the people here use white linen cloth to wrap the entire head tightly, and only the eyes are exposed.
We tried to communicate with a few locals guarding the gate outside the city, but unfortunately the language barrier was not clear, and they just shook their heads without saying a word, no matter what we said.
"Dude! We are passing by, can we make it convenient and give us something to eat and drink? We have money. Huzi asked in a Shaanxi version of Mandarin
Several of the city guards looked at each other, as if no one could understand what Huzi was saying, and then shook their heads at us.
You can't tell people what you mean, and they can't let you in, and you can't break in. Looking at the swords glowing with cold light in the hands of these people, it is estimated that they were poked into a sieve before they rushed in.
Huzi was in a hurry, so he danced and gestured to others, signaling to tell them that we were passing by, we had no food, could you let us in.
But people look like monkeys, looking at the tiger dancing, and they don't understand what he means at all. Huzi looked at it for a while and saw that there was no situation, so he gave up and squatted on the ground.
(End of chapter)