We had a night's rest at the driver's house that night and hit the road the next day, just differently from the original plan. It was not the pickup truck that pulled the goods, but a broken van, and it was not the driver's eldest brother who was driving, but his drooping buddy.

The van was so dilapidated that it should have been scrapped a long time ago, with a rusty shell, holes in the saddle cushions, and a tractor-loud engine. The driver's eldest brother was not willing to collapse his job, and found such a car to send us to the city, in fact, I guess he didn't believe us very much, but he didn't want to cause more trouble, just do another good deed, send the Buddha to heaven.

Hangu Town is a small town on the border of the desert, and now the itinerary is to go out and leave the desert area, so even if there is yellow sand flying along the road, the road is also smoothed a lot. From Yang Wenhao's mouth, I learned that the guy who drove the car was called Ah Khan, and he was called by the driver, and Ah Khan never talked to us on the way, but only drove with his head bored.

Sometimes he felt that he had been driving for a long time, and Zhou Tong suggested whether to change hands, but Ah Khan didn't even look back until it was dark and stopped the car, turned off the fire, and saw that this posture was going to rest here tonight. Everyone got out of the car one after another to loosen their muscles and bones, and after sitting for a day, their backs hurt, and their hands and feet were a little difficult to stretch. When I drove all the way before, I knew that this place was extremely desolate, and it was a barren land with sparse weeds growing as far as the eye could see.

After walking around the neighborhood casually, I returned to the car, and they came back one after another, but Khan was nowhere to be seen. Zhou Tong pointed outside and said, "He took the bread and sat outside to nibble, leave him alone, he's a weirdo." I guess I don't speak Chinese, so I don't understand our language. ”

I nodded, ate something and fell asleep, a habit I've developed over the years. If you don't think about it, eat when it's time to eat, sleep when it's time to sleep, and empty your head when you don't do anything, then you won't have emotions. I found that once people lose their emotions, they will not have those images at night, and they will not dream, and they will really fulfill the old saying - think about it by day and dream by night.

I woke up in a daze in the middle of the night, opened my eyes and looked around, as if I saw a spark flickering outside the window, but I was sleepy, I closed my eyes again and continued to sleep. When I woke up again, it was already dawn, the car was running, they took care of me as a girl, so they gave me the whole back seat to lie down, and when I turned over, I found that they were all awake, Zhou Tong said hello to me and handed over the dry food.

I gnawed and looked out the window, remembering a small episode in the ancient town of Han. The afternoon before yesterday, after discussing with the driver's eldest brother, we sat behind his car again and drove in the direction of his house.

The three of them all looked in the direction I pointed, and it was the sixth son who spoke first: "It's Alimu!" Hearing him say this, the three of us opened our eyes wide, and found that it was indeed Alimu, and next to him was a young girl who looked very similar to him. Zhou Tong stood up suddenly, and wanted to jump out of the car, I grabbed him and asked him what he was going to do, and he said angrily that he wanted to settle accounts with Alimu. said that if it weren't for the calculations of this Alimu and Chen Bing and the surnamed Huang, how would we have been planted in that quicksand pit?

I shook my head at him, Alimu was just a cover for Chen Bing, the real mastermind among the three was Chen Bing, in fact, even without Alimu and Huang, he was familiar with the desert like home. So no matter what, we will fall for Chen Bing's plan, and he is already buried there. Besides, what kind of account can you calculate if you find Alimu? Can what is lost come back? He didn't lie, if his daughter was married to the other side of the desert, and he had to cross the desert round trip.

In the end, Zhou Tong was silent and didn't insist on catching Alimu anymore, and he tossed and turned for a long time that night before falling asleep.

So the day and night rest for five days, finally arrived at the driver's eldest brother said that the "big town", the house is withered and old, not to mention, there is really a bank in the town, but Yang Wenhao and Zhou Tong are carrying the documents and cards with them, so they quickly took out the money and solved our downfall. I also heard that there is a long-distance station in this town, and there is a door for the return trip.

Zhou Tong shouted that he was going to find a restaurant to have a good meal, Yang Wenhao echoed continuously, and even the six sons were gearing up, it was really so many days, every day I gnawed on bread and wanted to vomit when I smelled the smell of bread. But I tugged at Zhou Tong's sleeve and pointed at Khan, who was standing next to the van, and said, "Don't worry about ourselves yet, people are still waiting for you to reimburse you for the gas bill." ”

Zhou Tong turned his head to look at Ah Khan, the car was parked more than ten meters away from us, and Ah Khan was leaning on the car door, drooping his eyelids listlessly as if he was dozing. In the past five days, Zhou Tong has proposed many times to change hands to drive, but he has never responded, and it is estimated that the driver's eldest brother gave him an explanation before he came. Without waiting for Zhou Tong to respond, Yang Wenhao reacted first and dropped a sentence: "Wait for me." He trotted over to talk to Khan, and when he saw that he had stuffed a dozen of money in Khan's hand, the door was opened, as if he was about to leave immediately. I couldn't help but walk over and persuade, "Master Khan, don't be in such a hurry, let's sit down and have a meal together." ”

Khan ignored me and raised his foot to step into the driver's seat, but I grabbed his arm with a lunge, "You were so sleepy that you couldn't open your eyes just now, so you will have an accident when you drive tiredly." He didn't seem to expect that I would suddenly hold him, turn his face sideways and raise his eyelids slightly to look at me, and before I could see his eyes clearly, his gaze fell on my hand that was holding his arm, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

I turned my head to look at the stupid Yang Wenhao, and he hurriedly comprehended and persuaded: "Yes, Khan, let's have a light meal and then leave, we have to thank you for sending it all the way here." Zhou Tong and Liuzi also came over at this time, although they didn't speak, but their eyes were fixed on Khan. In the end, the silent man was naturally left behind, and they walked into a restaurant together.

When the meal was served, everyone's eyes were like hungry wolves glowing green, gobbling them up, eating the plates and bowls all the way upside down, Zhou Tong said with emotion that this was the most refreshing meal he had ever eaten, which made the six sons laugh on the side. I discussed going to the long-distance station in the afternoon to see what trains were available, and I would not have to worry about the days when I had money. During this time, I saw Khan get up without saying hello, and when I saw that he was not going to the door, but to the bathroom, I looked away.

But by the time we finished discussing and preparing to leave, Khan didn't return. Zhou Tong asked Liuzi to go to the bathroom to have a look, and I ran out of the restaurant door with a flutter in my heart, squinted over, and found that the broken van was no longer there. Soon the three of them came out and said that there was no one in the bathroom, and after seeing that the car was not there, Yang Wenhao sighed and said let him be, what a weirdo.

After it was very smooth, the long-distance bus station had a car to Urumqi, and after buying a ticket, I found that it was still a sleeper ticket, which was a few grades higher than the previous treatment. Our location is on the upper floor of the double-decker bus, unless necessary, I don't get off the bus, and then Zhou Tong came to persuade me, saying that I can't lie down like this, I have to get off the bus to walk around.

I didn't go against his will, I got off the train with them, and within five minutes of standing at the bottom, I got on the bus. After three days of tossing and turning, they finally arrived in Urumqi, and it was already night, and the four of them found a good hotel to stay. As soon as I freshened up, I heard someone knocking on the door outside the door, and when I opened the door, I saw that it was Yang Wenhao, who had changed into clean new clothes and restored his original image.

After letting someone in, I asked him what he was looking for me, and he groaned and asked, "Cheng Xiao, what are your plans?" ”

I froze, raising an eyebrow, not knowing what he meant. He explained: "We're back in the big cities, it's easy to go wherever we want, planes, trains, coaches can get to all places, what if you ...... When you go back home, we can be together. ”

It turned out that I was talking about this, but my mind was stagnant for a long time, and my brain was dull, so I didn't think about the reality of the situation. But since he mentioned it, I couldn't avoid thinking about it anymore, and after thinking for a while, I raised my eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I don't want to go back to my hometown for the time being, and I want to go somewhere else, so I'm not with you." If you're leaving tomorrow, then I'll wish you a smooth journey. ”

Yang Wenhao was stunned and asked, "Where are you going if you don't go back?" Do you want to go back to Jingzhou with Zhou Tong and them? ”

I couldn't help laughing, shook my head and said, "Yang Wenhao, Zhou Tong and I, and Liuzi, never mentioned Jingzhou from beginning to end. His expression suddenly stared, and his gaze became amazed at me.

Seeing him like this, I sighed in my heart, I didn't intend to expose him, everyone traveled all the way, and thanks to him repeatedly rescued and took care of him. But when he heard him mention the name of Jingzhou, he couldn't help but ask the question in his heart: "You were arranged by Aunt Mei to protect me, right?" Although it is a question, it has long affirmed this fact.

Yang Wenhao's eyes flashed and flashed, and after a long time, he asked, "How did you find out?" ”

I curled the corners of my lips bitterly and looked out the window. It's because I'm too coarse, from acquaintance to coincidence with Yang Wenhao, to going to the desert together, and falling into the dark space, too many coincidences mean unusual. The first thing that made me pay attention to Yang Wenhao's attitude towards Professor Qin and others, he showed very deliberate concern at that time, and when they died, he didn't show too much sadness, which proved that he actually joined the archaeological team later.

After that, he obviously looked very badly injured in his foot, and he was even more prostrate and weak after diving, but he was able to fly to save me at a critical moment, and when I was about to fly up to the crack in the stone with the help of the bat's black wings, he pounced more quickly than Zhou Tong, at this time I was sure that this person was not simple, but the situation was critical, and I could not think too much. Later, when I got out of that space, I watched him shush me and go through the whole process, and I figured out everything.

Let's just say why Aunt Mei asked me to meet Yang Wenhao before I decided to go out again, in order to pave the way for another encounter in the future. It is very likely that Yang Wenhao followed me all the way to Jingzhou, and then to Horijo, and finally estimated our route, first found Professor Qin's archaeological team to join in, and had a "coincidence" with me on the periphery of Jinsha Ancient Town.

Or maybe there's another possibility, which puts a tracker on me and immediately reminds me of that phone. No wonder the man was about to throw away the phone, he must have noticed it, and under the circumstances, he probably had suspicion of me again, but he kept quiet and only secretly observed me. Thinking of this, the familiar dull pain in my heart returned.