After a night of silence, the procession continued its march to the west early the next morning.

After walking for nearly two hours, the soil under my feet was completely sandy, and as far as the eye could see, it was golden, a bit like a desert.

Be brief. Three days later, the team came to a place called "Lop Nur", and heard that there used to be a beautiful lake, a flock of birds, and thousands of lights.

However, at this time, Lop Nur has long lost its former glory, can only be regarded as a small oasis in the desert, the overall area is not large, there is a small backwater lake, the lake is clear and bright, the lake is surrounded by lush vegetation, when my grandfather and they arrived, a group of cattle and sheep were grazing leisurely by the lake, and several shepherds were riding horses with long whips to guard the vicinity.

Not far from the lake, there are more than a dozen yurt houses dotted with stars, and you don't need to look at it to know that it is a nomadic tribe again, but this tribe is a little smaller than the previous tribe.

Here in Lop Nur, the money is not very good, because it is about to step into the real desert, that is, the "sea of death" that Xiao Dawa and Lao Tsomu call in their mouths, the team stopped and rested for two days, replenished the water and food, and replaced some horses and locals with camels, because they are all stallions, they can't give off cubs, and three horses can be exchanged for one camel, which also leads to many of those foreign mercenaries having to advance on foot, but my grandfather and Chu Xuan did not exchange their horses with these herdsmen.

After leaving Lop Nur, continue to march westward, at this time, it is considered to have completely entered the desert area, the yellow sand is full of boundlessness, if it were not for a long series of footprints behind him, it would make people mistakenly think that they were spinning in place.

After eight days of marching, in the evening of this day, the crowd faintly saw a large protrusion in the desert in front of them, like a city, when George cried out excitedly.

The foreign monk hurriedly greeted everyone, saying that they had arrived at the place, which was the place where Count George was going to find and explore.

When everyone heard this, they were in high spirits and quickly rushed over, and sure enough, it was a city.

Standing in front of the city, raise your eyes to see, this city is actually quite large-scale, no less than those large cities in the Central Plains, just look at the huge city gate, it is not difficult to imagine the majesty and glory of the year.

Xiao Laodao said to my grandfather, don't look at it as just a city, this was a small country back then, maybe it was one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions in ancient times.

The ancient city has obviously been abandoned for a long time, and I don't know how many years it has been standing silently in the desert, not only does it seem lifeless at this moment, the city walls have almost been completely eroded by the wind and sand, and the whole city is almost no different from the yellow sand under my grandfather's feet.

Since leaving Lop Nur, my grandfather has noticed that George began to hold a picture and a notebook, looking at the sun, and then at the picture and the notebook, as if he was comparing something, and only after determining the direction did he move on. Along the way, he also held a disc-shaped object in his hand, and glanced at it from time to time.

Xiao Laodao said, that is the old George's map and notebook, others can't read it, only this little George knows the mystery in the map and book, otherwise the sand wolf gang wouldn't have to go to such great lengths, they would have slaughtered him a long time ago.

The disc in Little George's hand, Xiao Laodao said, is Sinan Needle, which is similar to the nature of the compass, but it is not as useful as the compass.

At that time, after leaving Lop Nur, the team also changed, George led those foreigners to lead the way, Chu Xuan Mubai followed, and my grandfather and they last. In the past few days, they have encountered windy sand, quicksand, wolves, mirages, etc., which can be regarded as frightening.

At this time, George stood in front of the gate of the ancient city, took out the map and notebook again, and then asked the foreign monk to beckon everyone into the city.

However, at this time, the little Dawa and the old Tsom stopped doing it, and refused to enter the city. Chu Xuan asked the two of them what was going on, and the two of them turned pale and said tremblingly, this is a devil city in the desert, there are devils living in it, and few people who go in can get out alive.

Those foreigners don't believe much in ghosts and gods, especially these mercenaries who want money and don't want their lives. Pound looked unhappy, and came over to the old and the young and said, if you don't want to go into the city, you can stay outside the city, but you won't be given any water and food.

Chu Xuan disagreed, leaving at least one camel with water and food for them, but Pang De refused, and the two argued. At this time, George did not speak, but stood in front of the city gate and watched coldly, looking like that, he was on Pound's side.

Of course, the dialogue between Chu Xuan and Pang De was carried out under the translation of the foreign monk, in order to look at the ink, the translation and the like were omitted, you just need to understand.

In the end, Chu Xuan and Pang De stiffened their words, Chu Xuan pulled out the short knife in his waist, his figure flashed, and before Pang De could react, he had already put the short knife on his neck, and when Mu Bai saw this, he also coldly pulled out the long sword in his waist. Seeing this, the thirty-odd foreigners immediately picked up the muskets in their hands and ran over, aiming the muzzles of the black hole at Chu Xuan Mubai and the old and the young, seeing that the two sides were in a fight.

My grandfather doesn't want to see such a situation appear, at least he doesn't want to watch Chu Xuan and them die at the guns of these foreigners. On the road, he saw the power of these muskets of foreigners, they had encountered a small group of wolves who wanted to attack the camel team at night, the musket in the hands of the foreigner "bang" as soon as it burst into flames, and a wolf fell in a pool of blood, it was not my turn to do it at all, more than 30 foreigners were divided into two rows before and after, one row of guns went down, and most of the wolves were killed and wounded, and the other row did not wait for the guns to be fired, and the wolves ran away without a trace, and the end was extremely powerful.

My grandfather hurriedly walked over, and after persuading Chu Xuan a few words, he turned his head and said to Xiao Dawa and Xiao Cuom that he still had some water and dry food with them, which was enough for two people to support them for seven or eight days, and he could leave two more horses for them, and if he didn't want to wait here, he could ride back now.

Little Dawa and Lao Tsom thanked my grandfather so much that they promised to stay outside the city and wait for these foreigners, who were reluctant to give up their camels.

When Chu Xuan saw that my grandfather helped her out of the siege, there was a trace of gratitude in his cold eyes, and he withdrew the short knife and let go of Pang De. However, Pang De's eyes when he looked at Chu Xuan and my grandfather at this time were full of resentment, and this Liang Zi was concluded.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, George came over to play a round and was glared at coldly by Chu Xuan. My grandfather thinks that after finding that ancient tomb, Chu Xuan is likely to be the first to kill this George, but don't forget, the sand wolf group is the Yellow Bird, and to this day, their expedition team is still followed by people, and the number has increased to more than a dozen, and it is likely that it will continue to increase.

Little Dawa and Old Tsom remained outside the city, and the others led the horses and camels, and the fish passed through the gates and into the city.

The situation in the city is not optimistic, it has almost been half-covered by yellow sand, and even those houses on the streets are full of gravel, and when you walk into those rooms, you can reach the top as soon as you raise your hand.

At this time, the sky was much darker again, and walking on the streets of the city, I could only see the general outline of the houses on both sides.

The foreign monk took a few horse lanterns from the camel's back, lit them and distributed them to everyone, and my grandfather also shared one with them, which was carried by my grandfather.

The dim lantern firelight, in the huge city, looks like a few ghost fires, indescribably treacherous.

According to George's wishes, find a place to rest in the city for the night first, and talk about other things tomorrow.

However, before everyone had gone far in the city, strange things followed, and I don't know where in the city, suddenly there was a beast-like whimper, and the voice was cold, like crying, and everyone's hairs stood up suddenly.

Those foreigners took off the guns on their shoulders and held them in their hands, and glanced around. My grandfather also wanted to pull out the Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword in his waist, but Xiao Laodao patted him on the shoulder at this time, signaling him not to act rashly.

Immediately after, there was a loud whimper, and the wind blew.

The wind came very strangely, suddenly, caused the whole city to be covered with yellow sand, the strange wind seemed to be conscious, actually wrapped in the yellow sand towards the crowd swept in, suddenly, everyone's vision became blurred, the eyes could not be opened, the horse lantern in the hand was blown out by the wind in an instant, and suddenly became pitch black, in addition to the sound of the wind in the ears, it was the crackling sound between the gravel, everyone hurriedly covered the door with the placket to cover the dust, and the back of the hand covering the placket was painful to the gravel.

At this moment, my grandfather suddenly heard a miserable scream, as if it was from those foreigners in front, because the wind and sand were so strong that he couldn't stand steadily, and my grandfather was squatting on the ground with his back to the strange wind at this time, and it was impossible to put down his clothes and look in the direction where the sound came.

The scream was not over, followed by a second scream, which shocked my grandfather, what happened?

At this moment, my grandfather felt his shoulders tighten suddenly, as if he had been grabbed by someone's shoulders, his heart suddenly sank, and he hurriedly threw away the horse lantern in his hand, and was about to raise his hand to resist, when Xiao Laodao's low and hurried voice came from his ears, "Hold my hand tight, follow me." ”

It turned out that it was Xiao Laodao who grabbed his shoulder, my grandfather hurriedly grabbed Xiao Laodao's wrist with his backhand, and was carried by Xiao Laodao in a daze in the wind and sand, and walked more than 20 steps, and the strange wind around him suddenly became much smaller, my grandfather tried to put down the placket covering his face, squinted his eyes, and was actually taken by Xiao Laodao into a small house on the side of the road.

My grandfather hurriedly shook the sand on his body, and only then did he find out that Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Eleven little ghost monkeys were also in the room, this is still an inner room, except for a small door, there are no windows on all sides, the wind and sand are much smaller in this room, and the horse lamp in his hand, I don't know when it has been lit again, the whole room is filled with yellow dust because of the dust, and it looks very dim.

Xiao Laodao took out a fist-sized cloth bag from his body at this time, which was bulging inside, and stuffed it into my grandfather's hand, my grandfather wanted to open it and look at it, Xiao Laodao said, "Put it in your arms first, and then look at it when you have a chance." ”

"What is this?" My grandfather asked as he stuffed the cloth bag into his arms.

Xiao Laodao smiled, and the thick sand and dust on his face fell down, "You'll know later......"

Xiao Laodao's voice fell, and there was another scream outside, which seemed to be those foreigners.

Xiao Laodao suddenly snorted coldly, "Hmph, these foreign devils, with the few burning sticks in their hands, they really think that they are masters, and they dare to come to the desert to find death!" -The Last Ghost Hunter-