I looked at the few people in front of me, especially the appearance of Wenmo, which gave me a lot of confidence.

I thought about it for a moment, and suddenly said, "Hey, Wenmo, have you ever been to the desert before?" ”

Wen Mo was slightly stunned, "Why do you ask that?" ”

I said, "We're having some problems right now, we can't find a suitable guide, now you're here, we have the route, can you take us into the desert as a guide." ”

Wen Mo looked at me with a helpless expression, and said after a while: "If you didn't rent Lao Leitou's boat last time you went to sea, do you think you can go to the island alive with just the three of us?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, then shook my head slightly, "It seems that guides are still indispensable." ”

Shi Tao patted me on the shoulder, "Zhuo Ran, let's talk about it later, Brother Wenmo just came, let's let Lao Sa arrange a place to live first!" ”

After Shi Tao's reminder, I noticed that Wen Mo was still carrying a big bag on his shoulder, and I felt a little embarrassed, "Yes, yes, look at me, Wen Mo, you go with Brother Tao to put things away first, and we'll talk later." ”

Wen Mo nodded and followed Shi Tao.

Watching them walk towards Sadiq's room, Kong Xue walked gently to my side, "I used to think that this visit to the desert was my business, because I coveted the legend of the Fountain of Life, and because I wanted to take back my father's relics. And you're the one who joins temporarily. But now it seems," Kong Xue said and looked at me, "I think I'm the one who joined temporarily, not just me, but of course Brother Tao." And you are the ones who are destined to go into the desert. ”

Listening to Kong Xue's words, I couldn't laugh or cry, "But I, the one who is destined to enter the desert, don't know why?" I was the one who was pushed and ran in a daze, until one day I was tired to death, and I didn't know why I was running, you said I was wronged! ”

Kong Xue sighed, "Fate, if you believe in it, but it is unpredictable, you can't see it or touch it, if you don't believe in it, and it is always making decisions about things." ”

"Anyway, since we're going into the desert, we still have to hurry." Kong Xue looked in the direction of the desert, "The Tang family should have been far ahead of us. ”

We sat in the hall, first explained the previous and current situation to Wenmo, and then began to discuss the next step.

Kong Xue said: "It is imperative that we find the guide as soon as possible!" It doesn't matter if you're looking for something or something, or if you're looking for someone else. ”

"I've asked someone to inquire about this matter," Shi Tao said, "Dawut is indeed the best guide in this area, and if we want to go to the depths of the desert, I'm afraid he must be the one." ”

Kong Xue was still a little uneasy about Dawuti's state, "Is that drunk really that powerful, I don't believe it." ”

In fact, I don't feel very at ease about Dawuti, maybe he was really powerful back then, but now that he is like this, does he still have the ability to enter the depths of the desert. I'm not referring to his drunkenness, I'm referring to his state of mind.

So I suggested that we could try to find the location of the ancient country of Shan Huan according to the location of the map and the GPS satellite positioning in our hands.

Wenmo disagreed with my proposal, "The topography of the desert changes rapidly, not to mention that it has been thousands of years, and the GPS locator itself in our hands is not very accurate, and the coordinates are offset to a certain extent." In the desert of tens of thousands of square kilometers, the difference is a thousand miles. In the depths of the desert, when food and drinking water are scarce, dozens of kilometers of senseless waste may cut off our livelihood. ”

I admit that Wenmo does have a point, we have limited food and water, and we can't look for it aimlessly for a long time.

Wen Mo continued: "I know a little about the Shan Huan Ancient Kingdom. It is located at the end of the tributary of the Tuya Dark River, so the most effective way is to look all the way along the Dark River, we have no experience in desert survival, there is no way to find the Dark River, so we must find an experienced guide. ”

It seemed that Dawuti couldn't get around this level, Shi Tao stood up, "I'll talk to him again, I hope to move him." ”

Although Shi Tao said this, I don't think there is much hope, Dawut's attitude at that time was very resolute, and there seems to be no room for negotiation. In fact, I can also see from Shi Tao's expression that he doesn't have much confidence.

And at this time, Wen Mo actually stood up, "I'll try it." ”

I was immediately stunned, "Wenmo, are you going to try?" What to try? ”

Wenmo looked at me, "I want to meet this Dawut." ”

I really didn't expect that I could still do negotiation work with excellent Wenmo! Shi Tao and Kong Xue were also a little incredulous, but since Wenmo said so, they had to let him give it a try.

Led by Sadiq, we arrived at Dawut's residence.

Sadiq pointed to an adobe house in front of him and said, "That's Dawut's dwelling, go in, I won't go." ”

We couldn't help but look at Wen Mo, and Sadiq also looked at Wen Mo curiously, I guess he must have speculated in his heart about the negotiator we "invited".

Wen Mo looked at the house and said, "You guys are waiting for me here, I'll do it myself." Immediately, Wen Mo walked towards the house, knocked on the door, and pushed the door in.

Kong Xue asked us, "Hey, you say, what method will Wenmo use to get Dawuti to agree?" ”

Shi Tao shook his head, "I really can't see this, Brother Wenmo doesn't look like a person who can speak well." ”

"In my opinion," I said, "Wenmo might go up and grab it, restrain Dawuti at once, and force him to agree." ”

Actually, I was just joking, but I didn't expect Sadiq to take it seriously.

Sadiq looked at us with some unease, "It won't be a problem, they won't have a conflict, right?" Seeing that we were all looking at him, he changed his words and said, "Ah, I'm actually worried about your friend, Dawut, who is sometimes very weird, especially after drinking, I am worried that he will do impulsive things. ”

I smiled at him, "Boss Sa, you can rest assured of this, in terms of skill, twenty Dawut is no match for our friend." ”

Sadiq was stunned, "That's it, that's good!" But don't hurt Dawut, he's pitiful enough. ”

Shi Tao waved his hand to signal Sadiq to be quiet, stop nagging!

Dawut's house seemed to be peaceful, and there was no conflict as we expected. Just a short time later, Wenmo opened the door and walked out, followed by Dawut.

Dawut walked out of the door and saw us waiting outside, a little surprised, but quickly regained his composure, glanced at us lightly, and slowly said a sentence: "I'll take you into the desert!" ”

A few of us opened our mouths wide all at once, and our jaws were about to drop. "This, this, how is this possible!"

Wenmo walked to our side, "Let's go, go back first, gather tomorrow, and get ready to go!" ”

A few of us nodded blankly.

Back at Sadiq's place, the three of us couldn't wait to grab Wenmo: "What did you say to Sadiq?" ”

"Did you hit him?"

"Did you scare him, or threaten him?"

"Or did you drugged him?"

Wen Mo listened to our various speculations and sighed lightly, "I just said a word to him. ”

"What!" We asked eagerly.

Wenmo said: "I just asked him if he wanted to know how his wife died?" The answer is right where we're going. ”

As soon as these words came out, we all suddenly realized that this was the case. The death of Dawut's wife is a knot in his heart for so many years. It is this knot in his heart that makes him drunk and dreaming of death every day, and now there is a chance for him to untie this knot, Dawuti is willing to die, of course he will not let go of this opportunity.

Shi Tao gave a thumbs up to Wen Mo, "Awesome!" ”

Kong Xue clapped her hands, "Okay, the guide's problem is solved, everyone pack up their equipment tonight, and we'll set off tomorrow." ”

That night, I lay in bed, I didn't fall asleep for a long time, and I was going to embark on a new journey tomorrow, I didn't know what I had to face, and I couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Is it fear? Or excited? I can't tell, since the time to come is always coming, let's come early! Anyway, I must find the second uncle!

The next day, I woke up early and looked at the time, in fact, it was not early, but Xinjiang is located in the west, and the sun appeared later than in the east. I looked at Shi Tao on the other bed, all of whom were still asleep.

I crept out of bed, pushed the door open and walked out, a chill that shivered through my face as soon as the door opened. This is the case in desert areas, where surface sand particles do not retain heat and emit quickly, so the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large. It seems that our trip to the desert will be difficult!

But the chill woke me up quickly, and I pushed the door open and walked out, thinking that I must be the first to get up this time, and this time I could always reverse my image of being lazy.

But as soon as I reached the courtyard, I saw a figure standing on the edge of the fence, looking out into the desert in the distance. With just one glance, I knew that person was Wenmo.

I walked over, Wenmo heard my footsteps, turned his head to look at me, didn't speak, and continued to look into the distance.

I walked up to Wen Mo's side, looked at him and said, "So early." ”

"You're pretty early, too." Wenmo said.

I thought about it for a while, and said, "Although I know that it is a vain question to ask, I still have to ask, what are you entering the desert for?" ”

Wen Mo didn't look back, just said lightly: "I have already said, I received a message from your second uncle, and I went into the desert to find him." ”

I don't believe Wenmo's "official" answer at all.