The gentle charm of Xu Xianlou's Jiangnan is not only reflected in the murals and decorations, but also in the soft classical guzheng music in our ears.

On weekdays, I also like to listen to some soothing light music, and coincidentally, I like classical songs such as "White", "Run" and "Beijing Rhyme" here.

In such an environment accompanied by soothing music, Yiyi's mood also stabilized. The fat man also regained his full state.

The fat man who was in high spirits asked for some wine to cheer up. Although there are many things that we don't want to bear and have to accept suddenly put on us, but, fortunately, the three of us share it.

After the wine was served, the fat man poured three glasses of wine, handed me one, and put another glass in front of Yiyi.

To Yiyi relieved:

"Yiyi, Master, what kind of person he is, even if he encounters any dangerous things, he will easily get out. Besides, with your senior brother and Xiao Su, we will set off tomorrow to find Master. ”

I also struck while the iron was hot and said:

"Your senior brother is right, your father's business is on the two of us!"

I made a confident look, and as I spoke, I sandwiched a piece of "fairy chicken" for Yiyi.

"I know you are capable, but Lop Nur is different from other places. Not only is it dangerous, but there are many strange things that cannot be explained by science. How many explorers are folded there, I'm worried about ......"

Yiyi didn't clink glasses with us, and took a sip of the wine that the fat man put in front of her alone.

It's the first time I've seen a girl from the south drink so much, and I can't help but feel a little ashamed. Don't look at me as a native of the north, but when it comes to drinking, I'm particularly bad.

"Xiao Su, you don't know. My junior sister is a heroine among women, in addition to the excellent amount of alcohol, she is still a high-ranking black belt in taekwondo, that, Yiyi, how many are you? ”

The fat man saw my surprise, and Yiyi became worried because of Master Liu's situation, so he deliberately pulled away from the topic and asked Yiyi.

"Seven paragraphs."

Yiyi replied.

Did you hear that, Xiao Su, seven paragraphs. There may only be six stages in total, and my junior sister will reach seven stages! ”

The fat man saw that Yiyi was distracted by his own topic, and continued to speak incoherently.

When I heard the fat man's words, I almost squirted out the wine.

"Senior brother, don't say it if you don't understand. There are nine paragraphs in total. I'm the seventh dan. ”

Yiyi drank another glass of wine and sneered at the fat man.

It's probably because there are a lot of things, and we can't breathe. The soothing music in our ears made all three of us relax a lot, and before I knew it, I had a few more drinks.

I don't know what I look like now, if my face is red, but what I do know is that my head is dizzy.

Yiyi's originally creamy, pretty face, under the influence of alcohol, looks pink and pink. The same blurred eyes as me make her charming appearance stand out.

And the fat man's big fat face has not changed at all, or it may be that he has been running around for a long time, and he has tanned his skin and can't see the color of burgundy.

As I shook my head slightly and looked at me like Yiyi, I saw that the fat man had been glaring at me, and his eyes were on the flask in front of me.

I immediately understood what he meant, he wanted me to pour wine for Yiyi.

I have no reason to trust fat people, this is a kind of relationship that only comes after experiencing life and death.

Without hesitation, I picked up the flask, poured another glass for Yiyi, and said some toasts that can only be seen during the New Year.

Yiyi saw me pour him a full wine, and suddenly grabbed my wrist, fluttered his big blurred eyes, and put his head close to my face. After looking at it for a long time, he laughed, sat down again, and said:

"I know... You guys... Thoughts.. You want to dump me... Go to Xinjiang by yourself, hum! Don't! ”

Her tongue seemed to be knotted, and when she said this, her red face and beautiful Hangzhou soft language looked very cute.

After saying this, he lay his hands on the table and fell asleep.

Seeing Yiyi asleep, the fat man sighed lightly. Gave me a thumbs up, looked at Yiyi, who was sleeping, and said:

"Xiao Su, you don't know, this little girl is stubborn and ruthless, if you don't use this method, she will definitely go to Xinjiang with us tomorrow! Lop! Hmph, that's a forbidden area for life......"

The fat man rarely changed his previous demeanor and changed it to a jealous expression.

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At four o'clock in the morning of the second day, I was woken up by the fat man while I was still asleep.

There are two more packages on the table of the hotel, which are bulging, which should be the necessities that the fat man went out to buy in the morning.

I was sleepy-eyed when I heard the fat man say:

"When we go out in a while, our steps are lighter, and Nizi is very sensitive, and I can hear any small movements."

With that, without waiting for me to fully get up, he put one of the packages against my waist, preventing me from continuing to fall down and stretch.

I subconsciously touched the package, and something hard touched my finger. When I opened the package and saw the contents clearly, my memory suddenly returned to the scene when I first met the fat man in the dungeon. In the package, the black thing that appeared unexpectedly was the black donkey hoof that the fat man used to deal with me after treating me as a zombie in Zhao Tuo's underground palace.

The smell of the fishy whirring made me feel refreshed!

In addition to these two black donkey hooves, there are also zongzi and glutinous rice...... Some things used for tomb robbing. This big fat man with a bad conscience treated me as his treasure chest, and handed over such a big bag of things to me!

I don't know what his package contains, but the backpack has been on his back ever since he threw it at me. It can be seen how much he attaches great importance to it.

After a brief wash, I followed the footsteps of the fat man and walked towards the door.

We didn't turn on the lights, and the curtains in the house had been open since last night. This season, in Beijing at four o'clock in the morning, the sky has been slightly brightened. However, there is still not enough light.

This scene is very familiar to me, I and the fat man, tiptoeing like a thief, exactly the same state as when I entered the second floor of the dungeon.

This time I was more careful, and kept my distance from the fat man, because behind him was a bulging backpack, not his fat like dough. If I hit him like the dungeon, then I don't think it's impossible for my head to be knocked out of the bag.

Sure enough, after the fat man opened the door and just took a step, he suddenly stopped!

I was admiring my foresight when I caught a glimpse of Yiyi leaning against a wall on the red carpet in the hallway of the hotel. She buried her head in her knees, and the two beautifully colored pigtails stood out between her long silky black hair.

Yesterday, after Yiyi fell asleep drunk, I personally carried her to the room next to us.

I don't know what time it was, but she came to the corridor alone and slept like this all night, just for fear that we would leave her behind.

This kind of persistent character, I am both distressed and admired.

The fat man stopped, then turned back to me and made a silent gesture to me. After that, the second step was taken.

I also stepped out of the door, but to my surprise and the fat man's surprise, the alarm went off when we had already turned around and skipped the gap between Yiyi.

Yiyi woke up in an instant.

In the days that followed, whenever I remembered the scene of the first action of the three of us, I would admire Yiyi's persistence. Neither the fat man nor I thought that Yiyi, in order to prevent himself from falling asleep, set the alarm on the phone to ring every five minutes.

In these five minutes, she will be found before I and the fat man walk to the elevator......

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At 7:50, the three of us boarded the Airbus 330 plane flying from the capital airport to Urumqi.

Yiyi sat next to me, and the fat man sat in the aisle.

Although the act of pouring alcohol into Yiyi yesterday was instructed by the fat man, I was still a little embarrassed and didn't dare to look at her eyes.

Fortunately, Yiyi is still in a state of unsober, and she has been closing her eyes since we got on the plane.

The fat man sitting next to her also made a false sleep because of his weak heart.

Because I woke up too early, my mind was a little groggy. But that sleepy state that can't work, I want to sleep, close my eyes, and can't calm down, and now it's starting to bother me again.

In desperation, I had to look out the window at the scenery.

After the plane entered the boundless Tianshan Mountains, it was as if time had stood still at that moment. The unchanging snow-capped mountains outside the window make me feel as if the plane we are flying on is standing still at a height of 10,000 miles. This is probably the experience of everyone who has been to Xinjiang, how insignificant the existence of human beings is in front of nature.

Our destination is not the "Lop Nur" where Master Liu disappeared, but the vast Altay steppe.

This location was suggested by Aunt Ming to go first, and as for Lop Nur, where Master Liu was missing, Sister Ning and her team went first.

Aunt Ming's suggestion, after I, the fat man and Yiyi discussed, decided to adopt it.

The vigorous and resolute style of Sister Ning's team, I and the fat man have seen it, and their equipment and ability to use equipment are far superior to me and the fat man.

Yiyi also agreed to let Sister Ning and the others search for Master Liu first.

I know the fat man's intentions, and I have also heard of the mystery of "Lop Nur".

During the Han Dynasty, there was a large and large-scale ancient kingdom of Loulan. It is the throat gateway of the southern branch of the Silk Road, which is famous at home and abroad. After thousands of years, it has become one of the most mysterious forbidden areas in the world.

Our destination, Altay, is located in the northernmost part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, connected to Kazakhstan and Russia in the northwest and Mongolia in the northeast, with a border of 1,205 kilometers.

There is the "Prairie Stone Man" that we want to see.