This is a castle left over from the Peacock Kingdom, which was built around 200 B.C., located in the southwest of the ancient city of Loulan, the two places are less than ten kilometers apart, the city is rectangular, covering an area of about 30,000 square meters. The rammed city wall was five meters wide, and there was a moat outside the city.

Due to the perennial wind and sand, the appearance of the Peacock Castle is difficult to distinguish, and if you don't look closely, you will think that it is just a huge sand dune.

Xiaohu is a young man in his twenties, who didn't study well when he was in school, and stepped into society with a high school diploma. He didn't want to go out and look for a job, so he followed a gang of ruffians around the streets and alleys all day long, and when he got a few dollars in his hand, he ate and drank heavily, and spent all the money, so he had to lie in bed and starve.

One day, his distant cousin Da Mao, who had not seen him for many days, found his family and asked him to go to work in other places to make money with him, Xiaohu said very reluctantly: "Oh, cousin, you also know that I am usually idle, where can I have the strength to do hard work!" ”

Da Mao smiled and said to him: "Nephew, I didn't ask you to move bricks on the construction site!" This errand is very easy, you just need to follow me to the mountains and waters, not only do you not have to do any work, but I will also reward you with a lot of money! ”

Xiaohu was very happy when he heard this, and asked, "Cousin, can you still find such a good thing outside?" What kind of work is it? ”

Da Mao didn't tell him the truth directly, but pretended to be mysterious and said: "Keep it secret for the time being!" Don't ask so much, just follow me, and you'll know when the time comes! ”

After arriving in the desert, Xiaohu realized that his cousin was lying, and tricked him into going to other places just to rob the tomb. Da Mao first persuaded him with good words, and then forced Xiaohu to join the gang by means of intimidation and temptation. Da Mao laughed and said, "That's right, my eldest nephew, as the saying goes, it's a fool to put money and not make money, you are idle at home, no one will give you money for no reason." ”

Indeed, at that time, he Xiaohu was worried that he had no financial resources, and if he didn't go outside to make some money, I am afraid that he would not be able to maintain his daily expenses. In the face of money, he can only obediently obey, bow his head and be a faithful slave, sent by others.

The sixth took two experts who were familiar with tomb robbing and went to the grave, leaving Xiaohu and two other young men in the castle.

With a metal detector in his hand, Xiaohu went to the castle wall and began to investigate the situation. When the light of the flashlight shone on the sand in the corner of the wall, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow flickering by, startling him and blurting out: "Who? Who's over there? ”

Qiao Benliang, who was hiding on the nearby sand dunes, mistakenly thought that those tomb robbers had noticed them, and Lunengda was about to climb out of the sand pit, but he was frightened by this shout and shrank back: "Xiaoliang, have we been discovered by others?" ”

Qiao Benliang looked over to the castle, and a tomb robber was shaking back and forth with a flashlight, and called his companion urgently: "Ah Hai! Calf! Come here, you two! I saw two other young men, and they quickly ran to the base of the east wall.

At this time, Qiao Benliang relieved his heart, and he whispered to Lu Nengda: "Brother Lu, it seems that he is not shouting at us. Suddenly, Chen Jie spoke next to him: "Look, look!" There's one more guy there! ”

Qiao Benliang and Lunengda poked their heads out, hurriedly looked over, and sure enough, they saw a thin figure standing under the east eaves of the castle.

Xiaohu shone the flashlight on the man's face, and asked fiercely, "Where are you a wild man?" What are you doing in this place? ”

Under the light of the electric lamp, it can be seen that this is a young man in his thirties, medium height, wearing a leather coat and leather pants, a slightly thin face, a pair of big bright eyes are particularly prominent, and he speaks very quickly: "Boy, are you talking to me?" Don't you think how childish and ridiculous this sentence is? ”

As soon as the man's words came out, Xiaohu was so angry that he blushed and jumped straight to his feet, his eyes widened and he scolded angrily: "You dog mongrel, now it's the uncle who asks you, not for you to teach the uncle a lesson!" Hurry up and be honest, what are your intentions here? Otherwise, hehe, be careful that grandpas bury you alive in this desert! ”

However, the man was not intimidated by his words, but just raised his head and laughed, and said, "Who do you think you are?" Do you think I'm scared? What are the things that dare to be strong in front of your ancestors! Boy, aren't you so proud to be a tomb robber? ”

Ah Hai, who was standing on the side, said to Xiaohu: "Brother Tiger, don't give him a mouthful, catch him and hand him over to the boss to deal with!" ”

"That's right! This guy is deliberately trying to sabotage our good deeds, and we can't let him run! Another man named Maverick also shouted.

Qiao Benliang here heard it in his ears, anxious in his heart, and couldn't help but worry about the man opposite, he turned around and asked Lu Nengda: "Brother Lu, do we want to go over and help that person?" ”

Lunengda thought for a while and said: "Brother Qiao, don't be in a hurry to show up, things in society are very complicated, it's not as simple as you think, it's unknown who is the good guy and who is the bad guy, let's wait and see what happens!" ”

In the world, people's hearts are unpredictable, and superficial phenomena can often hide the true essence; Perhaps, a momentary good thought, not only can not move the heavens, but will harm oneself, and you must not be rash.

Qiao Benliang is a lover of temperament, and he can't see bullying things, he really wants to go out to fight for the man, but Lunengda doesn't agree with him doing it. In desperation, he had no choice but to stay where he was and continue to watch.

At this time, the three tomb robbers on the other side of the castle had already begun to besiege the young man.

I saw Xiaohu take out a dagger from his arms and stab it at the man's thigh, the man was very agile, and he turned sideways slightly, and avoided the edge of the dagger. Ah Hai and Maverick wielded shovels on both sides, striking the man left and right, but he also easily defused it with a backflip.

"If you want to use force with me, I'm afraid you guys are still a little tender, just looking for death!"

As soon as the words fell, the man had an extra soft sword in his hand, and the silver light flashed with a shake of his wrist, like a firefly in the night, and pounced on the three young people respectively.

The action was too fast, and before these guys could react, they all cried and called their mothers to roll to the ground and threw away the murder weapon in their hands. The man stepped forward, pointed his sword at the three of them and said, "I won't be as knowledgeable as the next three people, today is a lesson for you, go back and tell your boss, don't want to move anything here except me!" Get out! ”

At this moment, a scream was heard, and in just a few seconds, a behemoth descended from nowhere and rushed over like crazy.

The man was really not simple, he jumped a few meters away with an arrow, jumped to the top of the sand dune, dug a hole in the sand with his hands and feet, and dodged into it.

The three young people lying on the ground here, when they saw that the monster appeared again, they were so frightened that they called their mothers, and they didn't care about the pain in their bodies, so they gritted their teeth and got up and ran.

The monster screamed "woo-woo-woo-wow" and spitted flames in hot pursuit, perhaps because these people had completely irritated its nerves, and it had become much more manic than it had been yesterday.

The man named Ah Hai was not careful, fell on the sand, and the monster who caught up hit him with his head, and rolled over for a long distance. Then, the monster jumped over and opened its mouth and spewed a ball of fire at him, and the young man screamed a few times before being burned to ashes.

Immediately afterward, the monster continued to run forward and soon reached the back of the calf.

This man still did not escape the doom, and was also burned to the bones by the monster.

He didn't run in a straight line on the sand, but hid when he saw a pit, and hid when he encountered a sand dune, and the monster couldn't find anyone, and roared with his face to the sky, and disappeared into the night.