Just thinking about it, Gu Yixin suddenly glanced at me, and I was caught off guard and quickly rushed at her and shook the roast leg of lamb in my hand.

Gu Yixin walked towards us, I quickly broke away the black bull and asked him to go to the sixth master to find out the situation, and by the way, inquire about the next plan.

"Well, I'm not a light bulb for you! Call me for something! The black bull said, nibbled on the leg of mutton, and walked towards the crowded place.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Yixin had already walked in front of me, she smiled at me with the corners of her eyebrows raised, and asked, "Seeing that I was so fascinated just now, do you have something to say to me?" ”

"Really." As I spoke, I handed her the roast leg of lamb in my hand, "This is what the black cow just snatched from those people, it's fragrant, and the taste is different from the roast in our capital, you can taste it!" ”

Gu Yixin frowned slightly, twisted his head slightly, waved his hand, and replied, "That's what you want to tell me?" I don't like mutton, so you might as well keep it for yourself! ”

I was stunned for a moment, and secretly said in my heart: When I first returned to Beijing, we went to Donglai Shun to rub a meal of mutton, and I didn't see you eat less at that time, and it was only more than ten days of work, why don't you like to eat mutton?

There are probably two reasons for a person's taste to change: one is the eating habits developed since childhood, and the other is that he is tired of eating something at one time, and Gu Yixin in front of him doesn't know which situation it belongs to.

Seeing the change in my expression, she slowly explained: "After a day of driving, I don't have any desire to eat meat. ”

At this time, Miao Yiding shouted from afar beside the bonfire: "Miss Gu, the sixth master is looking for you to discuss things!" ”

Gu Yixin agreed, glanced at the place where there was a lot of noise in front of him, and found that Tom. Li's entourage was staring at us, and she lowered her voice and said to me: "There are so many people here, it's inconvenient for me to tell you all the plans, but, Lao Su, you have to believe me, I will always be on your side!" ”

After that, she glanced at me affectionately, her eyes were as tender as water, which made people's hearts ripple, and Gu Yixin had looked at me affectionately several times during the previous trip to Black Tiger Mountain.

Perhaps, as she said, the reason why she was hiding something from me was because there were so many people around me.

Gu Yixin walked towards the sixth master, and while I was nibbling on the roast leg of lamb that was still warm, I carefully observed the old city in front of me.

The Yadan landform on one side of the old city is only twenty or thirty earthen houses in total, the adobe rammed walls are dilapidated, some of the end walls are filled with gravel, and there are only two relatively well-preserved places, one is the earthen temple with the spire scraped off, and the other is the large earthen house next to several bonfires, although there is a hole in the wall, but the roof is still there, which can still resist the cold wind and sand and stone at night.

The hollows in the roofs of temples and earthen houses hide the gravel, and these signs seem to confirm that the old city was buried under the sand dunes for a long time.

As for the age of these buildings, they have been mottled by the desert wind and sand and it is difficult to identify.

The temperature at night in the desert is extremely low, and between the openings, it has turned into fog.

It wasn't until near the campfire that there was a hint of warmth. Four bonfires were arranged in a large circle in the open space in front of the earthen house, and several Uyghur men were boiling water, roasting naan, and hot meat around the blazing bonfire, preparing dinner for the group.

Gu Yixin, the sixth master, and a thin Uygur man with a white cloth scarf wrapped around his head stood by the fire, as if they were discussing things, and the flickering fire reflected on Gu Yixin's slightly frowning face, which looked moving. She caught a glimpse of me walking towards the campfire, beckoned at me, and motioned for me to pass.

As soon as I got closer, I listened to Gu Yixin's suggestion to the sixth master: "Su Nianbei has been following the archaeological team to excavate archaeology for many years, and he has a lot of experience in surviving in the wild, I think we should listen to his advice!" ”

Without waiting for the sixth master to answer, the Uyghur man said in stiff Chinese: "No matter how experienced this person you say, in this big desert, you have to listen to me!" I am the Messenger of Allah! As he spoke, he folded his arms over his chest as if a believer were praying.

I looked around at them and asked, "What's wrong?" Did you encounter any situation? ”

The Uighur guide pouted, tilted his head to the side, and seemed to be full of disdain for me.

Gu Yixin nodded, his face was a little solemn, and said: "This is a Uyghur guide hired by Qin Liuye, who has rich experience in desert walking, he concluded according to the sunset and wind direction that tonight, there will inevitably be a strong wind in the desert, and all people and animals will not be able to travel overnight!" But if we spend the night here, we're likely to miss that landmark river that surfaces! ”

The sixth master shrank his neck from the cold, and echoed: "Yes, Brother Su, look, are we going to leave or stay tonight?" ”

I looked up and felt the wind, it was indeed a little stronger than when we first got out of the car, and the air began to fill with fine grit, and it seemed that the Uighur guide was right, and the wind was about to rise in the desert.

Time is precious to us, but right now, it's all about keeping the team safe! In the vast desert, there are no screens, and perhaps only here is the best place to escape the storm.

I suggested, "Let's just listen to the Uighur guides, camp here, and shelter from the storm." During this season, there is a large temperature difference between day and night in the desert, and this large temperature difference causes changes in air density and atmospheric pressure, resulting in the formation of high winds. As expected, the storm should stop before dawn. Let's take a night's rest and hurry tomorrow, maybe it's just in time! ”

The Uyghur guide looked at me and said in stiff Chinese, "Huh! This guy is okay! Before dawn, this gale will stop, and then we can make up for the lost distance! ”

With that, he stooped down and threw a few poplar trunks into the campfire, and the flames fluttered and sparks flew everywhere!

We hurriedly took a step back to dodge, Gu Yixin glanced at the sixth master, and said, "Then listen to Lao Su, set up camp tonight to avoid the storm." ”

The sixth master nodded again and again, and leaned towards the fire again. Obviously, the older people can't stand the biting wind and cold in the desert north.

Gu Yixin turned around to find Zhang Xuefeng, informed him of his plans for tonight, and arranged for him to prepare for the defense against wind and sand.

I glanced at the black bull, he was pulling Alai to learn an exotic dance with a few Uyghur men, I was too lazy to join in the fun, remembering that Gao Mo had left the temple for a while, and he hadn't come out for a long time, so I was ready to look for him.

Uighur guides dragged a sack full of fodder from a collapsed earthen wall to feed the camels tethered to the broken wall.

The broken wall surrounding the camels was close to the temple, so I walked in the same direction as the Uighur guides.

I glanced at the Yadan landform next to me, the rocks that had been eroded into strange shapes by the wind, and at the edge of the flaming firelight, they were like ghosts and ghosts, extremely eerie!

I couldn't help but ask the Uyghur guide beside me, "What's the name of this old city?" ”

"Devil's Town!" He pointed to the dilapidated temple in front of him and added, "That's where the devil is worshipped!" ”