"In that case, if the ancient city is buried underground, we won't be able to find it. If you can't leave at dawn, this time you will be a tourist. The scholar was unconsciously a little pessimistic.

"Brother scholar, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense." Linglong glared at the scholar: "Have you heard of the Luoyang shovel?" Ah Shun and Ali are both masters of probing shovels, and with a Luoyang shovel, you can know in minutes whether there are ancient tombs and crypts within a radius of a few hundred meters. ”

"Hey, Miss Cao has a lot of tools. However, the Luoyang shovel is generally used on dirt soil. This is the Gobi, and the sand layer is very thick, so it is difficult for the shovel to play a role. Lao Xu said.

"Don't bother with Xu Ye, our Cao family's tools are all custom-made. Luoyang shovel has been improved by us, and different soil types have different shovels. "Ah Shun has a very hot temper, and his words are full of thorns.

Lao Xu and the scholar still wanted to fight back, but suddenly there was a strange noise. A whining sound could be heard faintly in the distance. We were all frightened by the sand scorpion, and immediately instinctively put on our shoes and bounced. Ah Shun and Ah Li stood on the left and right of Linglong.

The fourth master did not stand up, but put his face on the ground. Suddenly, the fourth master shouted: "Everyone gathers, takes out ropes, ties each other around their waists, and moves closer to me!" ”

We don't know why, but the words of the fourth master made everyone act immediately. The people joined the ropes together and wrapped them around their waists. As soon as I was done, by the moonlight, I saw a black cloud surging from the side of the sand dunes, and then the sand hit my face like countless bullets, and the pain was incomparable. I was shocked: "This is a fucking sandstorm!" "When I used to work in Beijing, I encountered many floating dust, blowing sand and sandstorms. But compared to the sandstorms on the Gobi Desert, it is simply the difference between drizzle and heavy rain.

In the blink of an eye, the sandstorm was already overwhelming, and the bonfire that had just been exuberant was blown out like a small match. Everyone hugged each other and lay on the ground with their faces down. The wind and gravel kept hitting us, and my ears were whining and my headache was cracking. I tugged on the rope around my waist tightly, and suddenly remembered that Mr. Lao She wrote in the article "Wind": "The wind is afraid of the sunset". Oh my God, why is the wind near Lop Nur so strong after sunset?

This sandstorm came and went quickly, and a moment of effort had passed. We all had a thick layer of sand on our backs. The crowd stood up, shaking their clothes and clasping their ears. When I lit the torches again, I found that everyone had become earth monkeys. After taking stock of the equipment, except for the two backpacks that were scraped away, everything else was unharmed. The loss is that the fourth master has experience, and the place where we set up camp is in the leeward direction of the sand dunes.

Ah Shun suddenly ran over and said, "Eldest Miss, Fourth Master, a corpse was found in front of you." ”

I was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" ”

"Not our people. Identification unknown. Ah Shun said.

We immediately followed Ah Shun forward. On the windward slope of the dunes, there was a corpse lying on its back on the ground. This dead man was dressed in the same clothes as us, and he was also in a black jacket. Because his face was covered in sand, he couldn't see his exact age.

The fourth master squatted down and touched the man's neck with his fingers: "They are actually there!" ”

"They? Who? Linglong asked.

"Oni!" After the fourth master said these two words, me, the scholar and Lao Xu unconsciously gasped.

"Fourth master, you read it right?" Lao Xu asked.

"No, only the Oni people tattoo a skull on their neck under their ears. And according to the grade from high to low, they are distinguished by black, red, yellow, blue, purple, green and other colors. ”

Sure enough, I also saw a purple skull around the neck under the corpse's ear.

"This man had only recently died, and his body was not yet completely stiff. It seems that the ghost clan is nearby, so everyone should be extra careful. These guys aren't fuel-efficient lamps. The fourth master instructed everyone.

"Regardless of his god clan and ghost clan, I will greet him with the guy in my hand when he comes. Why should the fourth master be afraid of them, even real ghosts have to be afraid of Lao Tzu's guns! "Ah Shun used to be a soldier and was good at marksmanship, so he didn't care about the ghost clan.

The fourth master just glanced at Ah Shun and didn't speak. We know how powerful the ghost clan is, and the evil spell of the walking dead alone makes us tremble. Unexpectedly, they actually came here. Did you come to find the bronze box?

The fourth master turned around and said to Linglong: "Linglong girl, I don't know if Old Man Ling Zucao has told you about the ghost clan, I will briefly say a few words to you today." The leader of this organization turned out to be a member of our Holy Dragon Sect, but he was expelled from the Holy Dragon Sect for violating the canon. However, this leader was gifted, his mind was not right, and he turned to evil arts, and later recruited some people who were on the sidelines, established an organization, named the 'Ghost Clan', and called himself 'Ghost Uncle'. The people of the ghost clan, especially the hall master and above, that is, those with black, red, and yellow tattoos under their ears, are very powerful in evil magic. ”

"Giggles, that's not as good as my fourth brother." Linglong said with a smile.

"Linglong girl, this ghost clan is really difficult to deal with. Suddenly appearing here today is likely to serve the same purpose as us. In short, everyone must be careful. ”

According to the command of the fourth master, we all extinguished the torches, turned off the flashlights, and marched only by moonlight. The fourth master said that since the corpses of the ghost clan were found here, it means that they are nearby, and they must be found first.

We marched silently upwind for about an hour before we saw a bright light in front of us. From a distance, there were no less than three fires. The fourth master made a gesture, and everyone lay behind a small sand dune.

The fourth master whispered: "Don't move here, I'll touch it and explore." Then I saw the fourth master crawling all the way and touched it. Ah Shun said that the fourth master is really not simple these two times, and his movements are smoother than those of special forces.

I pulled my binoculars out of my bag, adjusted the focus, and vaguely saw a number of people sitting around the fire, others patrolling back and forth around the camp. The distance was a little far, and I couldn't see the faces of those people clearly, but some of them were carrying guns, and they couldn't help but secretly worry about the fourth master.

After a long while, the fourth master returned. He drank some water and whispered, "Sure enough, it's a member of the ghost clan, I saw Atu." About 30 people came, and they brought a lot of weapons and equipment. They were drilling in the middle of the camp. It seems that it is indeed with us for the same purpose. ”

"Damn, Fourth Master, I'll take the brothers over and kill them!" Ah Shun grabbed the gun behind him and was about to take people over.

"Presumptuous! Listen to the arrangement of the fourth master, and then be so organized and undisciplined, watch me break your dog's legs! Linglong let out a low shout, and only then did he suppress Ah Shun's gang.

I thought about it for a while and said, "Fourth Master, Linglong, I think it's better to let them drill." The fourth master does have a lot of information about the chieftain tribe, but the most critical point, that is, the exact location of the ancient city ruins of this tribe, we don't know. The ghost clan is very powerful, and it is very possible to obtain more information and even the exact location of the ancient city. You also said just now, Fourth Master, the vicinity of us should be the location of the ancient city of Chieftain, maybe the camp of the ghost clan is the entrance to the ancient city. Let's just give him a praying mantis cicada catcher and yellow finch behind, and when their homework is completed, let's follow in, they are in the light and we are in the dark, and they don't suffer. ”

"Hey, I said you are really good, Mr. Xia. Your trick is enough to damage, let them use us as cannon fodder to clear the obstacles first? High, really high! The Sprinkle family really admires you more and more. The scholar said with his fingers cocked.

"Well, Xia Nan's idea is not bad, then let's wait and see what happens, and then talk about it steadily." After the fourth master finished speaking, he began to arrange. According to the method of the fourth master, our brigade first withdrew a few kilometers back, found a large sand dune as a shelter, set up camp, repaired and waited. Then two other people were sent as sentry posts, and they used binoculars to monitor the movements of the ghost clan in the same place, and reported to us at any time if there was a situation.

There were several rounds of people at the sentry post, and each time there was no situation. I don't know what the hell the people of the ghost clan are doing. Ah Shun even complained that those people of the ghost clan were too slow to work, and if it were for the Cao family's guys, they would have already made a hole to enter the entrance of the ancient city.

The waiting time seemed unusually long, and I, the scholar and Lao Xu were even bored, at first smoking and chatting, and later, pulling Linglong to play poker. Those who don't know really think that we are a group of desert adventure tourists.

At noon on the third day, one of the sentry men came back and said that there was movement on the Oni side. Those people were patrolling and working all night last night, and this morning it suddenly seemed as if they had all disappeared.

When the fourth master heard the news, he asked us to stay put, and he followed the guy to investigate the situation.

This time, the fourth master came back quite quickly, and the fourth master said that the ghost clan should have opened the hole to the entrance of the ancient city, leaving only two people to guard the camp, and everyone else went down.

Without further ado, we all picked up our gear, grabbed our gear, and headed straight for the ghost camp.

When I got there, I found two people tied up in a tent. Linglong asked them what they were doing here. The two of them panicked and kept shouting at their aunt and grandmother to spare their lives, but they were brought by Ah Tu to explore the treasure, and they didn't know anything else.

The fourth master said, don't be embarrassed for them, two little minions, it is impossible to know too much.

We were discussing how to deal with these two people, but Ah Shun suddenly walked over, the cold light in his eyes burst out, and his hand rose and fell, one by one, to solve these two people.

Although I have seen a lot of these murderous scenes on TV and movies, and now I see two fresh lives with my own eyes, and now when I donate blood and convulsions in this Gobi desert, my psychological shock is beyond words.

The fourth master glanced at the two corpses, silent, not knowing what to think again.

I pulled out the dagger on my leg strap and was about to go over and fight with Ah Shun. When the scholar saw me running away, he was not ambiguous, and rushed over side by side. Lao Xu pulled the two of us to death.

Ah Shun glanced at me and the scholar contemptuously, the corners of his mouth curled, and he turned his head to the fourth master and said, "Fourth master, eldest lady, it's not that Ah Shun doesn't listen to the words of the palm, but what we do, it's the business of licking blood on the tip of the knife." Soft-heartedness can only wait for death in this industry..."After speaking, he glanced at me and the scholar again, and then said: "If these two people don't die, how can they be handled?" If they are released, it will definitely ruin our great affairs; If you don't let them go, they will be tied to this next door, and they can only be buried alive when the wind and sand come, not to mention that there are wild beasts and sand scorpions here, rather than starving to death, dying of thirst, and being bitten to death by wild beasts, it is better to give them a happy one. ”