Chapter 26: Batur's Confession (Part II)

"I borrowed a car, drove it to the red willow tree, which was 500 meters away from Moonlight Village, and walked into Moonlight Village on foot. The people of Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Moonlight Village have almost moved to the ground, and there are only a few people left in the entire Gobi, and the entire Moonlight Village also looks desolate and desolate. I sneaked into the village, lay down on that stone pier, and began to check my gear.

With the last experience, a flashlight was a must, and I also brought some rope, gloves and a saber. After counting my things, I lay down and went to sleep. It's almost evening, not as hot as the day, and it's a good time to sleep. As soon as I closed my eyes, I fell asleep. That was the last time I watched the sky and slept on the stone piers of Moonlight Village. I dreamed of Maisha, who was still the same as when she was a child, wearing a red dress and smiling as brightly as the sun. But in the dream, I had grown up, we stood face to face, and when I looked at her, there was no hatred in my heart. But she smiled at me. Looking at her smile, my heart hurts like a pinprick in my heart. When I woke up, my heart ached. I looked at the time, and it was nearly midnight. I picked up my gear and jumped off the stone pier to find the few people who were still in Moonlight Village, who were playing cards at the door of the house.

I had nothing to do, just leaned against the wall and listened to them chatting while looking at the stars. It's okay if you don't listen to it, but if you listen to it, you can't put it away. They talked and talked about things intermittently, and at first I didn't understand it and I was bored, because they seemed to gossip and talk very ordinary. It wasn't until I heard them say that they were going to move out of Yueguang Village and return to the underground village, that I realized that these people were not from Xinjiang at all, they lived in a place we didn't know about - underground. The qanats I went down to last time was the entrance to their home.

I began to wonder if the entire Moonlight Village had gone back underground, was Mayisha there too? I wanted to find her, but at the same time, I began to hesitate. I was afraid that the secret that I would open would be too big for me to bear. After all, in the past month, I have gone through almost all the books about Xinjiang, and there is no record of them at all.

While I was hesitating, the men began to sort things out. I knew I didn't have a choice, no matter how hard I struggled, I would follow them, and whoever was there, in my position at the time, would definitely follow them. It's not about anyone, it's just driven by human curiosity.

Like last month, I still saw the lake, and this time, instead of being attracted to the lake, I was staring at them. I looked at them as I pulled my gloves out of my backpack. By the time I put on my gloves, they had already gone down the well. I figured that they must have walked some way to the bottom of the well, so I came out from behind the thorn bushes where I was hiding, and ran quickly to the well, and went down the ladder on the wall of the well. They had just turned a corner, and their light could still be seen in the distance at the turn of the passage. I wrapped my clothes around the flashlight, turned it on, and in the dim light, I slowly followed them forward.

I don't know how long it took me, but it's a very long time. I couldn't walk anymore, but the people in front of me were like machines, and they kept moving forward. If it weren't for the flat passage of the qanats, I'm afraid I would have given up a long time ago.

After that, about ten minutes later, I noticed that the lights in front of me had stopped, and I couldn't go any further, and I couldn't see what they were doing, so I hid around the bend and watched the light change on the wall. After a long time, nothing has changed. I began to feel strange and mustered up the courage to poke my head out to see what was going on, but before I could see clearly, I was knocked unconscious.

By the time I woke up, I was already in Moonlight Village. I thought it was all a dream. When I found out that the flashlight I had brought with me was gone, I couldn't believe that it had really happened. In the last moment when I was knocked unconscious, I saw the men standing quietly in the passage of the qanats, wearing fox masks on their heads, facing in my direction. They probably noticed that I was following all the way, so they attacked me at that time. Fortunately, they didn't do anything to me, they just knocked me unconscious and sent me back to Moonlight Village.

Since then, those people in Moonlight Village have disappeared and never reappeared.

I've been there a few times, and I can't bear to see how desolate it is......"

"You can really do it, and you know that you can......'t bear it" Ah Shen was quiet for a while, and finally blurted out.

Batur smiled contemptuously, "I'll let some homeless beggars in Turpan move to Moonlight Village, so that they can have a place to stay." For the sake of their livelihood, I regularly bring some tourists to Ayding Lake to stay in Moonlight Village, which can be regarded as bringing them some income. Slowly, I started working as a local tour guide. In order to do this well, I have to learn Chinese, fortunately, I am talented, and there are many Han people in Xinjiang, and people like me, who do not have much cultural foundation, follow those Han people every day, and within half a year, I am very proficient in daily Chinese.

One day, I was taking a tourist on a tour of Turpan, and I happened to see a magazine he was carrying with me, which published an interview article with Mayisha, and coincidentally, a photo of Mayisha during the interview was attached next to the article. I recognized her at a glance as Maisha, and when I saw her name Martha, I was even more sure.

So, I wanted to get in touch with her, but I didn't know how to get started. When I saw Miss Yu as a guest on "Bico Says Science", I had an idea.

I wrote a novel about Moonlight Lake, and I didn't expect it to be in a magazine so quickly. I know that your magazine is concerned about it, so I wrote an anonymous letter, hoping to attract you to Turpan through a column called "Lost in Wonderland" that you are working on now.

What I didn't expect was that Maisha actually took the initiative to contact me and asked me to help with the reception. This was completely unexpected by me. Mayisha, you know what? At that time, I almost felt that I hated you for so many years, and suddenly I didn't hate you anymore.

People are so cheap.

Just as I was preparing for your arrival, something unexpected happened.

I picked up a tourist, a Chinese-American. I've received so many people, and there's never been one who's been as uninterested in anything, no matter what I show him to see, he's not interested. I tried my best, but he remained unmoved. Out of love for my hometown and my self-esteem as a tour guide, I started telling him the story of Moonlight Lake on the way. Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, he immediately became interested, listened to me very carefully, and asked me all kinds of questions.

Of course, I won't let go of this opportunity to please him, so I added fuel to it and told him a lot of things. He was very generous, tipping me enough for a month's salary, and promising that he would bring his friends and that I would be needed when the time came, and he left.

They arrived in Turpan two days before you arrived, and I obviously noticed something unusual, but it was too late to regret it. The group was tall and muscular, and the packing they carried with them was not a travel necessity at all. I vaguely sensed that the purpose of their trip was not simply tourism, but to Moonlight Lake and those people underground. Fortunately, they didn't know that Maisha was one of the people they were looking for. I have to be careful to keep you as far away from them as possible.

They probably noticed it. So, when I went back, they took my father. And they want me to cooperate with them, and when I am in Moonlight Village, I will be charmed by you......" Batur hung his head, "and I did." ”

What Batur said was unexpected. Everyone stopped talking, even Ah Shen sat cross-legged and listened carefully.

"Late at night, I lit incense to your room, and it wasn't long before they came. They rushed into Yu Yue's room and took Yu Yue away without saying a word. I knew they were looking for Maisha, but by the time everyone rushed in, Maisha was no longer in the room. I was somewhat relieved. I think Maisha should have gone back...... But those people won't stop. Sure enough, they were halfway there, and after finding out that Yu Yue was not the person they were looking for, they threw Yu Yue and me out of the car together. ”

"What about Zhuo Fan? Do you know where Zhuo Fan is? ”

"Don't worry, they threw Zhuo Fan at the entrance of the village, Zhuo Fan is safe." Batur looked at Yu Yue and replied, "I stayed by Miss Yu's side until she woke up, and I hid behind the shuttle bush on the side. Later, I followed Yu Yue and walked for a long time, and we all had no strength to walk. I saw from a distance that Miss Yu found a well, probably because she had no strength, and she planted herself in the well.

I hurried to the well to rescue Miss Yu, but there was nothing around. When I found out that there was no water at the bottom of the well where Miss Yu was, I suddenly had a thought, could this well also be a passage to the underground village. As I was thinking about it, I heard a voice from the bottom of the well, and I wasn't sure who you were, so I kept watch at the mouth of the well. I saw that you seemed to know Miss Yu, and I took Miss Yu to a cool place to wake her up, and I was relieved. It wasn't until Miss Yu said Dr. Shen that I suddenly realized that maybe, I could find Mayisha through you. After this incident, I want to tell Mayisha everything, including everything after she left, and the group of people who are looking for the underground village, I want to tell her. Tell her how much I hate her over the years, how much I miss her......

So, while you're not looking, I sealed the wellhead. ”