There were about thirty or forty foreigners in this group of foreigners, each with a short gun pinned to his waist, a waist knife, and a long spear on his shoulder, fully armed, like a well-trained army, but none of them wore military uniforms, all wore bells and whistles, very casual, and they were all a little older, between thirty and forty years old. Behind each of them, they all had a large bulging luggage, and looking at the posture, it seemed that they were also going to enter the desert to explore.

The group of men and horses stopped near the yurt, did not dismount, and had no intention of attacking, but those herdsmen had already pulled out their waist knives at this time, this was their home, and it was impossible for these foreign devils to approach without greeting.

Xiao Laodao walked over with Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi, and stood beside my grandfather and the little ghost monkey, Xiao Chujiu was holding a big axe in his hand, Xiao Shiyi was holding a short sword in his hand, and the two of them were also engrossed in guard.

Xiao Laodao was better, shook the dust lightly, put it in the crook of his arm, turned his head and glanced behind him, my grandfather glanced in the direction he was glancing, it turned out that he was looking at Chu Xuan and Mu Bai.

Chu Xuan and Mu Bai were standing at the door of the yurt where Chu Xuan was resting at this time, the farthest away from this foreigner team, Chu Xuan crossed his arms and hugged his chest, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, Mu Bai stood beside her with his hands behind his back, although his eyes were cold, he looked unfazed, and the two of them seemed to be used to this kind of scene.

At this time, George took the foreign monk Pang De and they came to the foreign team and the herdsmen, Pang De said something to the foreign monk, and the foreign monk immediately turned to the herdsmen and my grandfather and shouted, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, this is a friend invited by Count George, and it is here to protect everyone's safety." ”

Those herdsmen couldn't understand what the foreign monk was saying, Chu Xuan hurriedly walked over and said a few words to them, although the herdsmen's faces were not friendly, but they took back all the waist knives in their hands.

A herdsman led by him pointed to the foreign people and horses, and said a few words to Chu Xuan, Chu Xuan nodded, walked up to the foreign monk, and said to the foreign monk: "These people can only be outside the tribe, if they dare to enter the tribe, my herdsman friends will not be polite to them!" ”

At this time, George and Pound had already walked in front of the group of foreigners, and a group of foreigners dismounted one after another, and Pound laughed and walked up to a foreigner who seemed to be the leader, and the two hugged intimately.

Turning back, Pound muttered a few words to George, as if to introduce George to the leader of the team, and George immediately walked over with a smile on his face and shook the leader's hand.

At this time, Monk Yang walked over and said a few words to a few people, as if he was relaying what Chu Xuan had told him just now. Pound listened, and glared at the group of herdsmen viciously with the bear's eyes, which were extremely unfriendly, as if with the support of this group of heavily armed foreigners, the yaksha face and beard came with full confidence, and cocked his tail and stood up.

At this time, my grandfather looked at the dead virtue of "lying on his stomach", and wanted to beat him more and more.

George patted Pound on the shoulder and pointed to an open field not far from the yurt, as if to ask Pound to take these foreigners to rest.

Pound seemed too satisfied, but he didn't object, waved his hand at the foreigners, and led them towards the open field.

Waiting for George and Monk Yang to return to the yurt, Xiao Laodao walked up to Monk Yang, stopped Monk Yang and asked what he said.

Then, Xiao Laodao waved his hand at my grandfather and a few of them, signaling my grandfather and them to go back to the sleeping bag and continue to sleep. At this time, Chu Xuan also began to persuade those herdsmen to go back to the yurt to rest.

After my grandfather and the others returned to the sleeping bag, they picked up some firewood and re-lit the bonfire, but by this time several people had already fallen asleep.

Sitting around the bonfire and roasting the fire, my grandfather asked Xiao Laodao, "What do these foreigners want to do, so many people come, is this going to explore or to fight?" ”

Xiao Laodao smiled and said, "This George wants to play big, do you know the real purpose of him inviting a few of us over?" ”

My grandfather looked at Xiao Laodao and didn't speak, since Xiao Laodao said the names of Chu Xuan and Mu Bai before the Jade Gate was closed, my grandfather felt that this Xiao Laodao had a lot of things to hide from him, and he seemed to have deceived Xiao Laodao into a thief ship this time.

Xiao Laodao continued: "This George's grandfather, that is, George's grandfather George, when he was young, he came to the Western Regions once with a few people, and they somehow encountered an ancient city in the desert, and under the ancient city, they found an ancient tomb, I heard that the ancient tomb was full of gold, silver and jewelry, but I don't know what happened later, those people all died in the ancient tomb, only this George's grandfather Old George survived, and he couldn't bring out the objects in the ancient tomb. After the old George returned to China, he remembered the good objects in the ancient tomb, so he drew a map and wrote a note, and this map and notes are now in the hands of this little George. ”

"You mean, they're here to rob the grave, too?" My grandfather asked.

Xiao Laodao nodded, "Yes, otherwise how could this little George make such a bloody investment, just hire a few of us, and promise to give us five thousand taels of silver, the team of foreigners just now was also hired by him with money, that Pang De is the big leader of these people, I heard the foreign monk say, these people are veterans of their country, and they are all masters who want money and don't want to die." ”

In fact, these people were early mercenaries, who only recognized money and not people.

"Then the purpose of his hiring us is not to let us show him the way, but to let us help him rob the tomb, right?" My grandfather asked again.

Xiao Laodao nodded again, "Nominally, we are asking us to show them the way, in fact, after finding that ancient tomb, I want to let us explore the way in a few advanced ancient tombs, there must be some powerful mechanism in that ancient tomb, or maybe there is something evil, otherwise the old George will not be able to take out the same object, this little George, is trying to use a few of us as pawns across the river." ”

My grandfather smiled bitterly, "Brother Xiao, why didn't you tell me these earlier." ”

"It's not too late to tell you." Xiao Laodao glanced at my grandfather, and continued: "The sand wolf guys, they may also know about the ancient tombs, their few good diggers have not shown their faces, but I am afraid that they are also waiting for a few of us to advance the ancient tombs, if something happens to a few of us inside, they will depend on the situation, if they can dig it, if they can't dig it, they will give up this wealth, the little ghost monkey said that we have been followed by someone, I now suspect that it is the sand wolf's spies, Chu Xuan and Mu Bai left marks along the road, and those spies wrote down the mark, Go back and pass it on to the people on the sand wolf's side. Especially this Chu Xuan, girl, there are always inconvenient times, and it is easiest for her to make marks. The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and the sand wolf guy is the yellow finch, let's, hehehehe...... It's the cicada. ”

My grandfather doesn't understand, this is all a "cicada", Xiao Laodao can still laugh.

My grandfather asked Xiao Laodao, "Brother Xiao, how do you know this?" ”

Xiao Laodao smiled again, "When we get those riches and return to the Central Plains, I'll tell you again." ”

Only then did my grandfather understand that Xiao Laodao didn't really come to be a pawn for foreign devils, but also came to that ancient tomb, seeing that Xiao Laodao was confident, it seemed that he didn't take these foreigners and sand wolves in his eyes at all. It's been three years, although I get along day and night, my grandfather has never been able to see through this Xiao Lao Dao, and I feel that there are still many secrets hidden in Xiao Lao Dao, including Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Eleven.

At this time, Monk George Yang had already gotten into the sleeping bag and then fell asleep, as for whether he fell asleep or not, I don't know.

Chu Xuan and Mu Bai were also like my grandfather and a few of them, sitting around the bonfire with Xiao Dawa Lao Cuom, although the two of them rarely talked along the way, but they didn't know what to whisper at this time. Maybe these dozens of foreigners who came in the middle of the night were something they didn't expect, and they were discussing how to deal with it.

After roasting the fire for a while, sleepiness swelled up, at this time, the sky was just three watches, Xiao Shiyi Xiao Chujiu little ghost monkeys got into the sleeping bag one after another, and Chu Xuan, who was not far away, also got up and went back to the yurt.

My grandfather stretched, added some firewood to the campfire, and got into his sleeping bag.

The yurt was quiet again, and only the moon hung lonely in the sky.

The night passed like that, and nothing happened.

Early the next morning, when my grandfather opened his eyes, his vision was white, and when he got out of his sleeping bag and looked around, there was actually a layer of mist, especially on the swamps in the distance, the fog was much thicker than in other places.

At this time, Xiao Laodao also got up and told my grandfather that at this time, you must not go to those swamps and waterholes, these things are not fog, they are miasma, and they are highly poisonous.

It is said that there is no such thing as "miasma" in this world, it is made up by people, Xiao Laodao said that you can't go near swamps and pools, there is poison, and the "poison" he said should be biogas.

Chu Xuan obviously knew how powerful these fogs were, and after coming out of the yurt, he looked around and said to the foreign monk that after breakfast, wait for the fog to dissipate before leaving.

After everyone had breakfast, the fog gradually faded, and after a while, the sun broke through the fog and scattered on this Gobi desert, looking at the blazing posture, it would be a hot day again.

After the fog completely cleared, Chu Xuan instructed the foreign monks, beckoned everyone to get on their horses, and continued to hurry. At this time, it was probably already midday, that is, more than nine o'clock in the morning. The Last Ghost Hunter:

The expedition suddenly had more than 30 people, camels and horses, which looked quite spectacular, but fortunately these people had enough supplies, otherwise they would have had to go home for a lack of water and food after walking in the desert for a few days.

When a group of people left the Changma tribe and continued to move along the Changma River, the road became more and more difficult to walk, and the soil became soft, and the horses were particularly difficult to walk on.

I don't know how long I walked, but the sun hung high above my head, and at this time, the whole ground seemed to be roasted, and the unhindered scorching heat made people upset. Pound in the back didn't know what to mumble, George hurriedly asked Monk Yang to call my grandfather, and they and Chu Xuan stopped and rested.

After eating and resting for a while, the group got on their horses again and continued on their way. It was still Chu Xuan and the two who led the way, my grandfather and they followed behind, and a large group of foreigners walked in the back.

I don't know how long I walked, the Changma River was gone, and it didn't go far, the swamp and the clusters of meadows were gone, the sun was setting in the west, the temperature had dropped a lot, the breeze was actually a little chilly, and the eyes had become extremely desolate, and all that could be seen was the hair-like shrubs scattered on the vast land.

After walking like this for a day, I didn't see the desert, and this barren land was unimaginable.

As the sky gradually darkened, the team had to find a place to stop, and everyone went around to find some dead bushes to light a bonfire, and eat around the campfire, hoping that tomorrow they would be able to enter the desert and reach the strange ancient city as soon as possible-the last ghost-hunters-