Da Lei and Xiao Hai glanced at each other, then sighed and replied a little regretfully: "No." ”

"That's right..."Chen Lao said with a little disappointment.

Wu Zi stood aside, looked at Ganu and suddenly said, "This kid is your brother?" Not quite like that... They don't look like Han Chinese. After speaking, he looked up at Da Lei and smiled meaningfully.

"yes, we met on the road. He has no father or mother, he looks strange and pitiful, and he also feels quite fateful, so he takes it with him. Da Lei took advantage of the situation and pulled Ganu behind him.

"Where did you come across it?"

"Ili."

"In Ili? Then why did you take him to the desert, how dangerous it was! Wu Zi was a little incredulous.

"Alas.... Don't mention it. Da Lei waved his hand: "At that time, Xiaohai and I thought about taking this child back to Hebei directly after going out of the desert, but this child insisted on following, for fear that we wouldn't want him!" I don't listen to what I say, and I ...... His sense of direction is not ordinarily good, don't look at his young age, a compass that is alive! So I brought it with me. ”

Wu Zi narrowed his eyes, his face became darker and darker, he approached Da Lei and asked faintly, "This kid... You can't have been trafficked, right? ”

"Nonsense!" Da Lei just wanted to push Wu Zi away, but because he saved his life, he finally put down his hand and then clenched his fist uncontrollably, and said fiercely: "How can I do such a lack of morality!" ”

"Hahahahaha I'm kidding! Look, it scares you! Wu Zi raised his head and laughed, then patted Da Lei on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't be angry." So where are you going to go next? ”

Da Lei looked around, they were all exactly the same loess sand dunes, and he couldn't tell which one was which, he looked down at Ganu, who raised his hand and pointed to the sun that had just risen in front of him and said, "There!" There it is! ”

"Hey, little one, what are you talking about? Uyghur language? Do you speak Chinese? Wu Zi bent down and looked at Ganu curiously.

"He doesn't say much, but he understands it." Da Lei said.

"Then you can both understand what he said?" Wu Zi was still very interested.

Da Lei scratched his head and wanted to end the topic quickly: "Most of it, or how to talk about fate." ”

"Yo! To the east...... What a coincidence..."Chen Lao said: "We are also going there." ”

"Ganu, are you sure you're going in that direction?" This time it was Xiao Hai's turn and he was not at ease, he asked a little uncertainly.

"Hmm!" Canu nodded.

"What are you doing there?" Wu Zi asked.

"We just want to go out and get out of here, and there may be the border area of Ruoqiang County." Da Lei replied.

"Ruoqiang?!" Wu Zi raised his voice, looked at Da Lei incredulously, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Impossible, I remember that the map shows that there is Peacock Lake, which is also deep in the desert, hundreds of kilometers away from Ruoqiang!" ”

Hearing this, Da Lei's heart suddenly became half cold, and as soon as he opened his mouth to say something, Xiao Hai held down Da Lei and took the first step to speak: "Brother, you two go to that lake.... What is it for? Are you sure Chen Han is there? ”

"Of course, that's what he's here for!" Wu Zi replied: "I, my uncle and Brother Chen Han, we are all very fond of archaeology, it is said that the Peacock River is a thousand-year-old river in the desert, and there are many things that can be investigated, so we have always wanted to come and see." But my uncle is old and his body is inconvenient. I was busy with some things at that time, so Brother Chen came over first, but he left for several months this time, and he took his sister-in-law with him. The situation was not quite right, and my uncle and I were a little worried, so we came to him. ”

"That means you two haven't been to that Peacock Lake, and you don't know what's over there, right?" Xiao Hai asked.

"Hmm... The same can be said. ”

"Well, in that case, let's go over and see. Even if it's not Ruoqiang, maybe it's the border of a different county! After all, none of us have been there, so we can't talk too much right now. Xiaohai touched Da Lei: "Brother, am I right?" ”

"Hmm... Right. Da Lei knew that Xiaohai was comforting himself, but if he thought about it carefully, what he said also made a little sense.

"That's good..."Chen Lao carefully put the few torches he had just used into his backpack, packed his bags and said: "There are many companions on the road, this desert is unpredictable, and many things can't just look at the surface. Let's take this desert demon wind as an example, it can summon wind and thunder, but it was frightened by a few torches. The map is not necessarily comprehensive, maybe there is a way out there, let's take a look. ”

Da Lei looked at Xiao Haiqing's purple calves that still had blood, and asked, "Can you still walk?" ”

"Yes, it's just a little painful, it's not a big deal."

"In that case, let's get out of here as soon as possible, and we'll get there one step sooner if we go faster." Wu Zi patted the sand in his hair as he took the bag from Old Chen's hand and put it on his back.

The sun was still hot, reflecting a hot and scorching white, cloudless, and the yellow sand seemed to be beating on all sides, causing dizziness in front of me. Although Xiaohai was able to walk, he was still injured after all, so he walked relatively slowly. Da Lei supported him and walked behind with Canu.

Chen Lao and Wu Zi walked in front, the old man was old, and he didn't walk fast, so he had to find a stone to lean on and take a breath from time to time.

"Brother." Xiaohai asked in a low voice, "Isn't it good that we lied just now..... I think this old man is also quite pitiful, he is a lot old, he ran so far to find his son, and when the time came, he was busy until the end to find out that his son was dead, and his daughter-in-law went crazy and became a murderer, trapped in the village... How sad it is...."

"yes." Da Lei wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, "That's why we can't say it." It seems that he is also in his sixties, and knowing this bad news, he has to fall into the desert and go directly to his son! Alas, let's keep it a secret. ”

"What about Ganu?" Xiao Hai stretched his neck to look at Ganu and said, "Why did you lie to them and pick them up in Yili?" I guess Canu doesn't even know where Ili is. ”

"You're stupid!" Da Lei was angry, and stretched out his hand to flick his brain: "They are all archaeological!" If I say that there is a mysterious village in this Lop Nur, there are more than 200 people in it, and all the men are there, they will not be allowed to visit it then! What if I find Sister Zhu. Besides, that place... Anyway, don't you think that village is weird too..."

"Also to ......"

Speaking of Sister Zhu, Da Lei's heart sank, and it was a little blocked. Xiao Hai saw it and asked cautiously, "Brother, you said Sister Zhu ...... she?"

"Murder pays for life, even though it is in the desert, no one knows if you don't say it...... But the cycle of cause and effect, and looking at Sister Zhu's current appearance, she is crazy, even if we want to take her away, we can't do it...... Besides, the sixth is not from their clan after all, and the death of an outsider will not have much impact on them. It is estimated that those people just locked up Sister Zhu, giving saliva to drink when thirsty, and eating when hungry......"

"It's almost there! It's almost there!! Whew...! Ganu suddenly jumped to his feet and shouted. Wu Zi and Chen Lao in front of them were startled, and the two of them turned their heads and looked at Ganu with a suspicious expression.

"Ganu, do you mean we're coming?" Xiao Hai asked, looking at the yellow sand desert in front of him in confusion, and muttered, "There is nothing here......"

Ganu stretched out his hand and pointed ahead: "Wow...!" There! There! ”

Da Lei crouched down and stood behind Ganu, squinting his eyes in the direction of his finger, there was only an unusually high sand dune. Well...... More like a hill to be exact.

"You mean, turn over that sand drum and we'll be there?" Da Lei asked.

"Hmmm! Right! Ganu nodded.

Da Lei looked up at the sky, the sun had turned above his head, and it was noon. Although Xiao Hai was injured and there was an old man in the team, it was not very far from the location of the sand bulge, and if nothing else, they could walk there before dark.

"Hey!! No..... I don't mean what you mean! What's coming? Where?! What does this little kid say? Wu Zi in front heard Canu's shouting, and hurriedly walked over and asked. It may be that Wu Zi's tone is more impatient and he looks a little fierce, and Ganu was obviously frightened by him, hiding behind Da Lei and not daring to speak.

Da Lei pointed to the front and said, "He said, let's go over the sand drum bag and get there." ”

Wu Zi looked in the direction of Da Lei's finger, looked down at Ganu again, paused, and asked, "What, this kid has been here before?" ”

"Nope."

"Then how was he so sure he was there by turning over the sand drum bag in front of him? You both believe it too? ”

"It's a good idea for you to be sure that you'll go that way to Peacock Lake. We also had a map that was there, but unfortunately it was lost. And the compass is also broken, and Xiaohai and I can't tell the difference between east and west, north and south, so the rest can only rely on Canu. ”

"The map only marked the direction, and there was no note of how long it would take to arrive, let alone write that you can see the dawn with a sanddrum bag, who are you bluffing!" Wu Zi said unhappily.

"Wu Zi!" Chen Lao came over panting, he was old, and the environment was harsh and his physical strength was exhausted, so he walked relatively slowly. He pointed at Wu Zi and said, "When will your stinky temper change!" The three brothers of Da Lei are not wrong, they turned over the sand drum bag in front of them! ”

"It's not...... Uncle.. How can you..."Wu Zi was even more puzzled, and before he could finish asking, he was interrupted by Chen Lao.

Chen Lao handed Wu Zi a telescope and said, "That sand drum bag is also called 'Golden Horn', if you look carefully, there is a layer of golden light around it. ”

"Hey!" Wu Zi held the binoculars and became excited: "It's really true!" If you don't look closely, you can't see it! Glitter gold! ”

After reading it, Wu Zi handed the telescope to Da Lei, who raised it curiously and looked at it, and sure enough, the high sand drum bag seemed to be plated with a layer of golden light, and it flickered slightly, like a golden mountain. At that time, the distance was far away, and the sunlight was so fierce and dazzling, I couldn't notice it at all.

It's really crooked, and it's almost exposed......

"Uncle, what is the origin of this 'Golden Horn'?" Wu Zi asked.

"The 'Golden Horn' is the guardian of the thousand-year-old river of the desert." Chen Lao said: "It is rumored that Taishang Laojun's mount Banjiao Green Ox, that is, it is like a cow, pale and black, a horn, and the world will be prosperous, and it will come out of the world." It's a beast. One day, because of greed, he secretly drank the queen mother's wine and got drunk and hit the alchemy furnace, and one of its corners was shattered and fell here. With the wind and sand and years of light baptism, it has become one with the desert. Alas...... It is said that this place was once a vast ocean that gave birth to the lives of thousands of people. It's a pity that after thousands of years of changes, the former glory is no longer there. ”

After speaking, Chen Lao shook his head, as if he was still regretting.

"Yo, it turned out that there was a misunderstanding..."Wu Zi scratched his head, with a guilty face, he smiled at Da Lei a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, brother, my temper is anxious, what do you say, I don't like to hide it.... But it really doesn't mean anything else, don't mind if there is an offense just now. ”

"No, it won't." Da Lei waved his hand: "You are my life-saving benefactor, why should I care about you." ”

"Okay brother, let's hurry up and leave first." Xiao Hai returned the telescope to Chen Lao and said, "I don't think the distance is very far, let's try to arrive before dark." ”

Da Lei nodded, and picked up Xiaohai with one hand.

"Well, then I'll explore the way ahead with my uncle."

The sun was still scorching, Da Lei hugged Xiao Hai, and felt that the place where the two of them were close was like a torch doused with hot water, hot and humid. It seemed that they saw hope, although everyone was silent, but the soles of their feet were full of strength, and they did not rest all the way, and soon walked to the bottom of the Golden Horn Slope.

Chen Lao raised his head and drank a large sip of water, panting all the time, looking a little exhausted.

"Uncle, let's take a break. Da Lei, if you don't help your brother to sit here for a while, I think this slope is quite laborious. Wu Zi asked back.

Da Lei looked down at Xiao Hai's legs, although the compress was better, but it was still a little red and swollen, he just wanted to say yes, Xiao Hai shook his head: "It's okay, it's useless to rest for a while, it's a waste of time." ”

"Yes." Chen Lao also nodded: "Let's spend so many days, isn't it just for this place, now it's in front of us, what are you delaying." Let's go. ”

Seeing this, Da Lei and Wu Zi didn't say anything more.

When going uphill, somehow, there was still a wind, not a strong wind, or a blow of yellow sand, which made people unable to open their eyes, and even when they spoke, they felt that the sand was pouring into their mouths.

In the faint sound of the wind, you can vaguely hear the roar of "grunt", and it is getting bigger and bigger, Da Lei doesn't have to think about it, it must be the beast again.

It's really annoying, and I've followed myself all the way.

“...... Elder brother... Ahem..."Xiao Hai said: "Do you think... Phew... This fucking sand... Bah! Don't you think this bird's call is worse than before... Something is wrong? ”

Da Lei squinted his eyes and looked up, only to see the beast flapping its wings frantically, even if it was far away, he could feel its restlessness. It seemed to try to get closer, but the wind and sand blew and could only hover in the sky.

The sand is easy to be confused, and Da Lei didn't have time to look at it too much, so he continued to bow his head and walk forward. He really couldn't hold it anymore, this uphill walk was not an ordinary effort, and he had to hold Xiaohai with one hand and Ganu with the other.

After about half an hour, the wind gradually subsided, and I felt that I was not walking so hard. Da Lei rubbed his eyes, remembering that when he first walked up, he looked up at the front, it was a high slope, and he couldn't even see the apex. Looking at it now, the top of the slope is close at hand, but when I look down, I see endless sandboarding.

It's finally almost here.

After a little more walking, the wind was completely gone. Da Lei looked up at the sky, and the beast was gone.

"Brother, what's wrong with the two people in front?" Xiao Hai asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Da Lei was stunned for a moment, and saw that Wu Zi and Chen Lao had already reached the top of the slope in front of them, but the backs of the two of them were frozen there straight, motionless, like two paper figures.