As I walked, I shouted other people's names, but after shouting for a long time, I didn't get a response from other people, and I felt vaguely uneasy in my heart. www.biquge.info At that moment, my heart sank violently, I really couldn't accept such a thing, I had never even thought about it.

But looking back, Tan Jia and I didn't have any food on us, let alone drinking water, and this situation is not much different from death, maybe the next moment, everyone will meet in the underworld.

If people are unlucky, they will really say anything, and after walking for less than half an hour, Tan Jia couldn't stand it, her whole body began to become soft, her consciousness was blurred, and she kept saying the words "I'm so thirsty" in her mouth, and I almost dragged her forward.

After walking for so long and not seeing the other members of the group, I have begun to despair, and more importantly, my throat is like being burned by fire, and I am so dry that I am almost out of saliva, I really have no choice but to help Tan Jia sit under a house wall to rest.

In order to save physical strength, Tan Jia directly began to close her eyes and recuperate, I looked at her quietly, and suddenly found that these days of hard work and running have made this girl with a strong personality become very haggard, not only the whole face has been reduced, but also the skin has become yellow, which makes people feel a sense of pity in their hearts.

I don't know if she felt my gaze, and suddenly opened her eyes, and I could see for a moment that I forgot to look away. By the time I felt something was wrong, the two of us had already met each other's eyes, and at that moment, I felt an embarrassment in my heart that I had never felt before, and my face was hot.

Tan Jia is a girl after all, she looked at each other for a moment, then looked away, but said faintly: "Are we really going to die here this time?" She said this as if she was asking herself, and it was like asking me. But to my relief, she finally came out of her confusion.

From the current situation, we have a better chance of dying than we are alive, but I really don't want to see this woman who has always been strong become such a desperate look, so I can't help but comfort: "Don't look too pessimistic about things, maybe everyone else is safe and sound, and they are coming here with camels to find us at this moment?" ”

Tan Jia smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "You don't need to comfort me, I know better than you what the situation is now." Turning her head to look at me, her face returned to its previous seriousness, and said to me: "I may not last long, you leave me alone, at least it is a chance." ”

I can't see this kind of scene of life and death, the more she says so desolate, the more uncomfortable I feel in my heart, but I have to pretend to be strong and say: "What nonsense, you have to go together, you have to stay together, otherwise you want me to live a restless life for the rest of my life, don't talk nonsense, I'll carry you." ”

She wanted to stop me, but now that she was injured, she could survive me and was forcibly carried by me. She knew that she couldn't persuade me, so she simply stopped struggling, and just whispered in my ear: "I sometimes feel that you and Sun Dabiao are really not suitable for this job, and I even regret my original decision." But now, it's too late to regret it, you're already involved in this matter, even if you want to get out, it's impossible, you won't blame me, right? ”

I wanted to say that everything was over, even if it was useless to blame you, but suddenly I realized that something was wrong in her words, and I couldn't help asking, "What do you mean by that, why can't we get out?" Didn't you say that as long as the task is completed, we will be free? ”

Tan Jia didn't say anything, probably organizing the language, and after a long time, she said: "Things are not as simple as you imagined, but I can't reveal too much information to you, because the more you know, the more bad it is for you, you just need to remember that if one day I suddenly leave the scientific research group and no longer become your leader, you and Sun Dabiao should not have the slightest hesitation, and leave the scientific research team quickly, or even leave China." ”

It seems that my guess is correct, Tan Jia does have something to hide from me, I vaguely feel that something is wrong, but I can't figure it out for a while, and I can't help but say urgently: "Can you make it clearer, why did that situation happen, what do you want to say to me?" ”

Tan Jia just wanted to say something more, when suddenly a figure flashed out from the front, the speed was so fast, I didn't react at all, and the person came to me. When I saw the man's face clearly, my heart suddenly became excited, and I don't know why, but as soon as I saw him, my heart felt much more steady.

Wu Jian glanced at me and Tan Jia, and didn't feel curious, just said lightly: "It's okay if you're okay, come with me, everyone else is looking for you." ”

I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, listening to the meaning of Wu Jian's words, everyone else seemed to have already met, and no one had an accident. I couldn't help but think in my heart, it seems that God still favors us people, not only did not let us be buried in the belly of the desert marching ants, but also sent us to find the old site of Guloulan, which is a miracle.

I was still carrying Tan Jia on my back, and Wu Jian was leading the way in front, he seemed to be familiar with the environment here, and led the two of us through a few alleys, around a few ruins, and stopped in front of a fairly well-preserved earthen house. Tan Jia might be afraid of being laughed at, so she asked me to let her down and let me help her in.

After entering, only Liu Feiyu and Chen Zidie were there, and the others might still be looking for the whereabouts of me and Tan Jia. But what I didn't expect was that there were four camels in that room, and there was food and equipment on our backs, and my biggest worries were food and water, and now seeing those four camels, my last worries have disappeared.

Seeing the two of us, Liu Feiyu and Chen Zidie were very happy, and immediately helped the injured Tan Jia over, and while bringing him mineral water, she asked her how she was. Wu Jian knew me very well, came over and gave me a bottle of mineral water, and told me to sit down and eat something to recover my strength.

I drank a few sips of mineral water and felt much more comfortable, but I still didn't have an appetite, so I lit a cigarette to pass the time. After about ten minutes, there was a sound of talking outside the house, I looked up, and saw Biaozi and Professor Zhang and others walking in, and the first time they saw me, they were all stunned, followed by enthusiastic cheers.

Biaozi almost burst into tears of joy, and immediately had a bear hug with me, and scolded with a smile: "I said Lao Yang, Lao Yang, why do you always like to toss your buddy's little liver, this time I was really scared to death by you, if I can't find you again, I really can't live." ”

I know that among all the people, the person who cares about me the most is still the standard, and I couldn't help but be moved, but I pretended to be relaxed and said: "Your little liver should be put away first, the fortune teller has shown us the eight characters, they are all against the sky, and they will not swallow their breath if they are less than eighty years old, have you forgotten?" ”

After chatting for a while, I realized that when the storm came, everyone else had been swept up into the sky just like me. At that time, everyone thought that they were dead, but the ghost made the gods send, and after the storm blew for a while, the wind became smaller and smaller, and everyone began to fall slowly. In the end, the wind could no longer bear everyone's weight, and without a trace of preparation, everyone fell from three or four meters in mid-air.

Fortunately, this is a desert, and it will not be much of a problem to fall, but the desperate thing is that everyone is scattered, and in the absence of food and water, this is undoubtedly a death sentence. Later, thanks to Wu Jian, after his search all the way, everyone reunited again. However, even the camels found four horses, but they couldn't find the whereabouts of me and Tan Jia, and everyone felt that something was wrong, suspecting that most of us were swept away by the storm and carried to other places.

Everyone discussed for a while, if they searched again and still couldn't find the whereabouts of me and Tan Jia, they went to the outside of the old site of Guloulan to find it, and if they still couldn't find it, they had to give up. Fortunately, Tan Jiafu and I had a big life, and just when everyone was about to despair, we were found by Wu Jian.

Professor Zhang said in high spirits: "That storm not only saved our lives, but also made the ancient kingdom of Loulan reappear in front of the world, which shows that we are all blessed people, and even God is bless us." ”

At this time, Liu Feiyu found Sankla and said that Tan Jia's foot was dislocated, and asked him to come over and take a look. Sankra grabbed Tan Jia's right foot and looked at it for a while, then said, "Don't worry, when I was in the temple, I often gave people bones, and this kind of thing is a piece of cake for me. ”

After Sankla finished speaking, without waiting for Tan Jia to get ready, his hands suddenly moved, and we heard a "pop" sound of dislocation of bones, and when we asked, we saw Tan Jia twisted in pain. However, Sankla's craftsmanship is really not blown, Tan Jia rested for a while, and the dislocated right foot was fine, as if there had never been a problem.

After chatting for a while, it got dark, we ate some eight-treasure porridge and milk, cleaned up the place, and prepared to spend the night in this house. Because the day was so tormenting, the person lay on the sleeping bag for less than ten minutes, and then fell asleep, and when I woke up, it was already more than nine o'clock the next day.

However, what is very surprising is that today is actually cloudy, such weather is very rare in the desert, and it seems that we have really been favored by God. We packed up our things, led the camels, and went out of the house.

Most of the buildings in Guloulan have collapsed, and the only thing that can be preserved is the section of the house wall. It is recommended that you go to the area of the Peacock River, and you may find a large ancient tomb there, because the Xiaohe cemetery is found on the other side of the Peacock River.

Tan Jia seemed to have a fear of this big desert, and she didn't agree to explore other places, and declared early that if she didn't find anything valuable in the old site of Guloulan, she could leave and return.

Seeing that all the places were about to be explored, but still no place to explore was found, everyone thought that this time it was going to be in vain, but at this moment, more than a hundred meters in front of us, a tall tower appeared, about four stories high, and the whole body was made of stone.

After looking for so many places, only this tower is still well preserved, and everyone suddenly came to the spirit and put their last hope in that stone tower.

There are many kinds of towers in China, including brick towers, stone towers, iron towers, copper towers, wooden towers, and even gold towers and silver towers, but no matter which one they are, the number of floors of the tower is between five and thirteen floors, and the acquisition is all singular. However, the stone tower in front of you is very different, with only three simple floors, and it is not the usual hexagonal, octagonal, and circular, but a strange triangle, which looks like a pyramid from a distance.

Professor Zhang excitedly told us that there is a great difference between the culture of the ancient desert country and the culture of the Central Plains, and the thing in front of us should not be called a tower, but a temple, which is used as a place of sacrifice, and it is an extremely sacred place.

There was a stone staircase in front of the temple, about thirty ranks, and we walked up with curiosity. When we got to the temple, there was only one gate, and when we went in to see it, we found that there was a lot of space inside, at least the size of a basketball court, but it was empty, and there was only a stone sculpture in the middle of it.

The stone sculpture, which was more than two meters high and more than a meter wide, depicted a woman in a mask, standing barefoot, her hands above her head, and a strangely shaped scepter. Why is the scepter peculiar, because the general scepter is inlaid with gems and other things, and the scepter in this woman's hand, the top position, is actually in the shape of a skull.

Tan Jia looked at it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Since the temple is a place for worship, the stone carvings that can be placed here for worship must have a very noble identity, and I suspect that this woman may be an outstanding empress in Gu Loulan." ”

Professor Zhang shook his head: "This woman has a mysterious mask and a skull scepter, she looks very evil, she shouldn't be an empress or something, I suspect that she is a wizard of Gu Loulan." ”

Biaozi nodded, and he said: "There is a very high possibility, as far as I know, the skull has a very high status in the minds of wizards, representing the existence of the god of death, and only they will use this kind of skull scepter, the royal family generally taboos this, and will definitely not use this kind of evil thing." ”

Tan Jia should have agreed with Professor Zhang's statement, but she seemed to be more curious, so she said, "There is a wizard on the first floor of the temple, so whose statue will be placed on the second floor?" Could it be the king? ”

Professor Zhang nodded, thinking that it should be like this, because under normal circumstances, the status of wizards is second only to that of the king. With curiosity, we stepped up the stone staircase that led to the second floor. When I went to the second floor, I saw that there was another statue, but what was unexpected was that the statue was actually a huge python coiled in a circle.

The python's head was triangular, and it was raised high, and the forked snake letter in its mouth was so long that it was long, and its eyes were even more eeriely red. This python is carved very realistically, at first glance, I thought it was alive, and its hideous face made people feel furious.

Biaozi suspected that the python's blood-red eyes might be gems, so he thought about it, took out a dagger, and prepared to pick out the snake's eyes. Professor Zhang was startled, and hurriedly blocked in front of him, and persuaded bitterly: "Whether it is a real gem or not, you can't touch this thing, this is an extremely precious cultural relic." ”

Seeing that Professor Zhang was about to make a tirade on educating people, he diverted the topic again and again and asked us: "This is really strange, the first layer is a statue of a witch, but it is still reasonable, but there is a big snake in the second layer, what does this mean, is the status of the snake higher than that of a wizard?" ”

Professor Zhang explained: "Maybe the ancient Loulan people worship snakes as animals, and even regard snakes as totems and guardian spirits, so it is not surprising, just like we worship dragons." ”

"You're right." After thinking about it, Biaozi said to Professor Zhang: "Lao Zhang, you are so knowledgeable, why don't you guess, what kind of statue is on the third floor?" If you're guessing correctly, I won't gouge out this snake eye. ”

Professor Zhang said confidently: "According to the division of ranks, the first layer is the wizard, the second layer is the guardian spirit, then the third layer with the highest status must be the king of Guloulan who represents the imperial power, I am sure of this, so you should break the idea of stealing treasures." ”

The area of the temple is smaller than the first floor, and the inner space of the third floor is at least half smaller than the first, and there is naturally nothing else in it except for a stone sculpture as we imagined. We walked to the front of the stone sculpture and were about to see if it was the king of Guloulan, but as soon as our eyes looked over, we couldn't take it off anymore, and we couldn't help but tremble a little, and our faces were full of surprise.

Li Yishan couldn't help but gasp, he glanced at me and Biaozi, and said in shock: "Isn't this the monster we saw under the haunted house?" How could it be here, could it be that the monster was the thing that the people of Guloulan worshipped the most? ”

I shuddered, and it was a little difficult to accept this fact, but the facts were in front of me, and I couldn't help but believe it, I said: "Damn this, this is obviously a monster with a snake head and a snake body, and the Guloulan people worship it as a god, either the brain is in the water, or it is perverted." ”

Biaozi swallowed his saliva and said to Professor Zhang: "Lao Zhang, this is what you call a symbol of imperial power, isn't this nonsense, according to your meaning, the kings of Guloulan in the past dynasties are not people, but monsters with the body of a snake?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. (To be continued.) )