When Zhou Tong came up again, he was already worried, and he told him all about the situation just now, looked at Sheng Shiyao and asked, "Brother Yao, what do you say?" Do you want us to live in a new hotel? ”

Sheng Shiyao said: "In the desert borderland, even if you change to another hotel, the situation is similar to this." Forget it, it's almost seven o'clock, just hurry up. After speaking, he pushed the door and walked into the room, naturally he spoke, and we all had to listen, Liu Yue pushed the door into another room with bathroom equipment, Zhou Tong said to me: "Little sister, you still have to mix with Brother Yao, the three of us here want to grab a bathroom for use, and we have to take care of Liu Yue's time." ”

I shrugged in understanding. After entering the room, I saw Sheng Shiyao standing by the window, I don't know what I was looking at, at this time the window was already dark paint, the whirring wind came from time to time, and the window was nailed with horizontal strips, which should play a role in reinforcing it, that is to say, the windows are rarely opened. In case of a fire or something, there is no place to escape, and safety protection is seriously lacking.

Seven o'clock was over, I hurried into the bathroom to wash, when the water came out of the faucet, it was really tearless, so how to take a shower? In the end, I ran downstairs and borrowed a basin from the boss, filled it with some water, and dragged it with a towel at will, even if it was freshened. When he came out, he found that the room was empty, Sheng Shiyao didn't know where he went, the water supply time was only half a point, if he didn't come back, he wouldn't want to have water tonight.

Opened the door and poked out, and saw Zhou Tong and Liuzi leaning against the wall outside the door of Liu Yue's room chatting, each carrying a bag in his hand, and faintly seeing clothes inside. Hearing the sound of the door opening on my side, Zhou Tong turned his head to look over, "Little sister, are you looking for Brother Yao?" He went out for a while, and he came back in a while. ”

I thought about it, walked up to them and asked, "What did he do?" ”

Zhou Tong said: "Every time we go to a strange place, we have to explore the terrain first, and generally this thing is done by my brother, but Brother Yao said that this place is different from the general territory, and he has to walk around in person to rest assured." Slightly moved, it turned out that they were so careful when they walked outside, so the last trip to Jiuzhaigou was careless or ......

Suddenly, the door was opened from the inside, Liu Yue walked out with a look of chagrin, glared at Zhou Tong angrily and roared: "What the hell are you looking for, the water is gone." "Huh? The water has stopped again? Isn't it time yet? Zhou Tong went in to inspect, and sure enough, there was no more water coming out of the faucet, and Liuzi's face darkened, they had been waiting for so long in vain. I suggested they should not go to our bathroom, but when they came to our bathroom, there was no more water coming out.

Zhou Tong could only go downstairs to negotiate again, and the answer he got was that the whole town would stop the water, so don't think about anything.

Sheng Shiyao came back at about nine o'clock, and I took a towel to dust off the dust outside the door for him, and then he took off his coat and walked into the room. Fortunately, I asked the boss before I borrowed the basin and didn't return it, I also filled a basin of water there, wrung a towel to wipe his face, and suddenly saw his raised arm, the sleeves of his shirt fell down, revealing a slender opening, and I was taken aback, "Have you ever done it with someone?" ”

He glanced at the wound lightly, and said lightly: "No, it's just a bruise." ”

I have some suspicions, the wound is not like an abrasion at all, but like it was cut by some sharp instrument, and the person who can hurt him must be very serious, could it be that he ran into the Huang family as soon as he went out? asked him if he wanted to inform Liu Yue and let her get medicine to bandage it, and he said no, there was a band-aid in the bag, just stick a few sheets.

I thought that after arriving in this ancient town, I would immediately investigate the Huang family's related matters, but the next day everyone didn't go out, just nested in the room, only Zhou Tong couldn't help but sit downstairs and chat with the boss. When lunch time came, our group went downstairs, Zhou Tong led the way in front, walked two streets, and saw a storefront that looked like a restaurant. Following the old style, even the signboard is in the style of a pennant, there seems to be a restaurant next to it, and the sarong is hung on the door, if you don't know that this is an ancient town, you must think that you have traveled back to ancient times.

Looking at Zhou Tong's familiar knowledge, he understood that he was not sitting in the morning to be idle and boring, but to inquire about the local situation from the innkeeper. Thinking of Liu Yue's performance at the rest station before, I couldn't help but feel that the cooperation between the several of them was really tacit, and they could spontaneously search for relatively useful information without Sheng Shiyao's instructions, and they were cautious and cautious about strange places and strangers. Compared to them, I was useless, purely soy sauce.

After sitting down, I looked around, and the store was bustling with two or three tables of customers, and business was not very good. Because the doors and windows are closed, no wind penetrates, so customers take off their headscarves and hats when they come in, revealing their true faces. I found that most people don't look like Xinjiang people, because because of ethnic differences, Han Chinese and Xinjiang people can basically be identified at a glance.

However, the shopkeeper who came over to greet him looked like a Xinjiang man, and after listening to Zhou Tong and talking to him, and pointing out a few dishes on the menu, the boss took the menu and left. I asked adoringly, "Do you speak Xinjiang?" ”

There was a pop from the side, it was Liuzi who laughed, and he teased: "How can Lao Zhou say anything about Xinjiang, he is just babbling, people only know what dishes we order by looking at the menu he refers to." Zhou Tong was not annoyed when he was exposed, shook his head and said: "Who said I wouldn't, I said thank you to people just now, and I learned it from our hotel owner in the morning." ”

Immediately made several of us laugh, even Liu Yue couldn't help it, she is a person who doesn't like to laugh, but she laughs beautifully. Zhou Tong saw that he coaxed the beauties to be happy, and deliberately said some half-hung nonsense, which was weird, and I was also laughing.

The play ended when the dishes were served one after another, all of which we couldn't name, and tasted the taste, not delicious, but not bad, better than the dry food we ate in the car. After Sheng Shiyao coughed lightly, Zhou Tong restrained his hippie smile, lowered his voice and said seriously: "Brother Yao, according to the boss, most of the surnames in the town are Zhou, then Chen, and the rest are all kinds of surnames, as well as some local ethnic minorities, as for the Huang surname, there are yes, the number is very small, there may only be one or two families." ”

As soon as I heard that it was related to the Huang family, I pricked up my ears and listened very carefully. After hearing this, I felt that it was wrong, according to Huang Daxin, the family surnamed Huang was not only mysterious, but also should be huge, otherwise Sheng Shiyao would not say that he wanted to engulf his family by recruiting ghosts. If there are only one or two families, isn't it too thin, how can it be called a family?

Sheng Shiyao pondered for a while and said: "Continue to inquire in the afternoon, and ask the boss, if there are any patriarchs or the like with the surname Zhou and Chen, or if there are any special events." In addition, let's see if you can find out the specific addresses of the two families surnamed Huang, and go around a few more times when you ask, don't reveal the target too clearly, you know? ”

"yes, I know." Zhou Tong should take a bite.

Sheng Shiyao said to Liu Yue and Liuzi again: "In the afternoon, the two of you stay in the hotel, pay more attention to the car parked underneath, Liuzi is better to sit in the car, and don't let people do anything with our equipment and materials." Because of the heavy stuff, a few people only took the clothes and backpacks into the hotel, and the water source and other equipment were stored in the car.

I asked curiously, "Could it be that there will be people in this ancient town who are not good for us?" ”

Sheng Shiyao glanced at me lightly and said, "Every time you go to a strange place, it doesn't hurt to keep an eye on it." Hearing what he said seemed to mean something, he immediately thought of the scratch on his arm, and thought that he must have found something or encountered danger when he went out to investigate the terrain last night, so he arranged it like this.

After eating, we went our separate ways, Sheng Shiyao dragged my hand and walked on the streets of the ancient town, as if wandering, but the power transmitted from his hand, I felt his muscles tense, as if ready to shoot at any time. Don was nervous by him, always on alert, looking left and right.

His whisper came from his ear: "Don't look around, learn to observe the people and things around you quietly." The Huang family you are looking for is very likely to be around observing our group of outsiders. ”

With a movement in his heart, he meant that the Huang family might be nearby, or could it be anyone passing by? Thinking back to what he told Zhou Tong just now, a certain thought flickered in his heart, could it be that the people surnamed Huang have been incognito in this ancient town? It may be Zhou, Chen, or any of them.

As they walked, the two walked to the surrounding area of the ancient town, and the wind and sand were relatively much bigger than in the town. If it weren't for the clever design of the hood of the jacket, which can cover most of the face, you would definitely be blinded by the sand, but it also blocks the view. Feeling my hand being pulled down, I looked up slightly and found myself in front of an ancient castle.

From the outside, it is very old, and there seem to be some creeper-like greenery growing on the outer wall, and when you look up, you immediately see that this is an abandoned castle, with an open and dilapidated roof, as if it has been baptized by war. Looking back, it was actually some distance from the ancient town, how could such an abandoned castle be built here?

Sheng Shiyao brought me over, what did he want to do? I only heard him come over and say: "Wait a minute, you must follow me closely, don't take half a step out of my sight, be careful of those plants, they will attack people, and the hole on my arm is cut by them." ”

I was taken aback, green plants still attack people? This is unheard of. He added: "Don't be surprised, any creature in the desert can rebel against natural sense, especially animals and plants, which are more ferocious than humans. ”

Hearing his words, I immediately had a wake-up call in my heart, thinking that it was not appropriate, it would be better to pull out the shadow moon. When I reached the gate of the castle, I held the Shadow Moon in my hand, and the green creeper-shaped plant suddenly stood up and came towards me, and I raised my hand and waved it away, as if I heard a very small whimper, and then the plant broke off and fell at my feet.