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Zhong Zhaolin is the only native Chinese in Susan's team, his father is from Henan, and he joined the team in Inner Mongolia in the seventies to marry a Mongolian woman and settle in Inner Mongolia. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoA month ago, a Chinese-American named Susan approached him and said that she had a few American friends who wanted to come to Inner Mongolia for a self-guided tour and wanted him to be their guide. Hearing the generous price offered by the woman, Zhong Zhaolin readily agreed. However, it wasn't until he actually joined the "tour group" that he realized that things were far from being as simple as he first thought.

Susan paid the deposit and left. Half a month later, a group of 20 people knocked on his door and began his guided tour. The tour group was half Chinese and half Western, calling each other by their English names, and their weekday conversations were muttered in a foreign language that he didn't understand at all. They refused to visit any of the famous tourist attractions in Alxa, such as Moon Lake and Bataan Scenic Area, but went to the no-man's land in the northwest of the Badain Jaran Desert.

Zhong Zhaolin originally thought that American foreigners like to explore, but one evening in the team, a Chinese named James accidentally lost his hand and threw something on the ground while carrying luggage, and all the oil paper on the surface was scattered, and there were actually long-barreled guns and detonators inside.

When he was a child, he followed his father to fight coyotes, and Zhong Zhaolin recognized these real guys at a glance. Probably because his expression was too exciting, the red-haired foreigner and Susan muttered a few words, and the woman went to his tent to do ideological work in the evening. Susan and Zhong Zhaolin said that guns are American culture and a symbol of American freedom, and they hope that he will relax and not think about it.

No matter how stupid Zhong Zhaolin is, he has a rough idea of what he has in his heart before and after, secretly thinking that this time he is greedy for money and has entered the wolf's den, seeing that this battle can be done except to turn a blind eye to one eye, he can't let them do it. While stating that he would not ask blindly and asked if he could increase his salary, Susan said that she discussed it with her boss and left, and then the matter was not resolved.

Zhong Zhaolin stayed in the team for a few days in fear, and found that those foreigners did not deliberately warn him or anything, and finally let go of his mind a little. Then one day, there was an extra young man in his twenties in their ranks, who looked like college students, and a group of people came to rob them that night. Zhong Zhaolin hid in the tent all night, listening to the shouts outside and the sound of gunfire was deafening. The next day, there were a few fewer people in the group, not only were there a few foreigners, but Susan and James were also gone. Looking at the faces of the rest of the people who wanted to kill and vent their anger, Zhong Zhaolin remained silent knowingly.

No one ever mentions the events of that night, and Susan and the rest of the vanished people never reappeared. The foreigners sent a new young man to communicate with him, named Jack. According to Jack, his parents are both from Henan, and Zhong Zhaolin is a fellow countryman. Zhong Zhaolin listened in disbelief, thinking that it was still the girl named Susan before, and her figure was not bad. However, as the last few remaining Chinese faces in the team, Zhong Zhaolin still hopes that this Jack will stay long, and not disappear like the previous two.

On the morning of the third day of Susan's absence, they arrived at the ruins of an ancient city, and Zhong Zhaolin heard from the herdsmen that it was a ghost town with many unlucky things, and they were very resistant to entering the ancient city. The red-haired foreigner and Zhong Zhaolin grunted for half a minute, and when they saw Zhong Zhaolin shaking his head resolutely, he angrily pulled out a gun and pointed it at his head, but was stopped by Jack in time.

Jack said a few words to the red-haired foreigner in foreign language, and the two yellow-haired foreigners stood up and went into the city to check. The two of them didn't come back until the evening, and they saw that something bad should happen to their faces. Several people deliberated and decided to drive around the area in a jeep. As soon as Zhong Zhaolin breathed a sigh of relief, he was led to the passenger seat of the first jeep, looking at the red-haired boss with a black face in the rearview mirror, and his heart hung again.

Let-him-tell-me-if-there-are-lakes-nearby. ）”

"Excuse me, boss, what did you say?" Thinking that the red hair was still pointing the muzzle of his gun at his head a few minutes ago, Zhong Zhaolin's voice trembled a little.

"Mr. Black said, if you find any traces of Haizi along the way, let me know." Jack, who was the main driver, patted Zhong Zhaolin on the shoulder to let him relax, and then drove off.

The wheels creaked over the rolling yellow sand. Jack seemed to remember something temporarily, and added lightly: "We have checked your background before, you grew up here, you are very familiar with the climate here, and you can smell the sea wherever there is a sea in the desert, which is why we asked you to be our guide." The above gave clear information that there must be a Haizi around here, and what we have to do now is to follow Haizi to find the place to find, if you can't find it, then it will be a little difficult to do. ”

I don't know if it's an illusion, Zhong Zhaolin felt that Jack put his right hand on the steering wheel when he said the last sentence and quickly made a gun gesture. He poked his head out to look at the three jeeps following behind him, then looked up at the black red hair that was lighting a cigarette in the rearview mirror, leaned back on the seat and took a slow breath.

With Jack's quiet threat, Zhong Zhaolin naturally didn't dare to fool him. He soon discovers that Jack is driving around the outer edge of the ancient city, do these people think there will be an oasis next to the abandoned city? , no.

"Nolakes? Black's voice came from the back seat, vicious.

"No.I-don't-think-he-dares-lie-to-us. ）”

You-bastard! ）”

"Found it! Excuse me! Zhong Zhaolin didn't know what the hell they were muttering, but it didn't sound like a good thing. Jack was probably holding his breath and slammed the brakes rather rudely, and Black in the back seat was strangled by the seat belt and scolded. The jeep behind also stopped, and a few people came down, holding something a bit like a Luoyang shovel in their hands. Jack asked, "Where is the place you said?" ”

The noon sun was so poisonous that it was a little dazzling. The moisture that I vaguely felt in the car just now is gone, so I guess I misjudged...... He walked a few steps on the sand, and finally stopped on a piece of sand and said hesitantly: "That, boss, I felt that there should be a Haizi here in the car, but I didn't see it, maybe what you are looking for is a moving Haizi, and now it has been removed......"

Jack frowned and said a few words to Black, and as soon as Black gave the order, several foreigners pushed away Zhong Zhao Lin and began to make holes where he stood. Zhong Zhaolin looked at them inexplicably, and said in his heart, Grandpa, could it be true that I met a few foreign dealers who resold cultural relics, and wanted to put this bird in the big desert where they don't to hunt for treasures? After about half an hour, a man cheered, and they pulled out their shovels, and Zhong Zhaolin and the others gathered around to look, and found that the bottom of the shovel was wet sand.

"Groundwater. Black muttered, turning to discuss his next move with the foreigner next to him. Jack breathed a sigh of relief: "Looks like you've found the right place this time." ”

"What are you going to do?" Zhong Zhaolin asked.

"Let's go back to the car and wait, it's still early." Jack put his arm on Zhong Zhaolin's shoulder, and the two of them turned and walked in the direction of the jeep.

"Early in the day?" Zhong Zhaolin glanced up at the scorching sun overhead, a little confused.

Jack smiled rather mysteriously: "You'll know at night." ”