In order to avoid being fooled by the second uncle again, I decided to go straight to the point, and directly asked the answer I wanted to know the most, the second uncle listened to my question, slightly stunned, and didn't seem to be particularly surprised, obviously he seemed to have been mentally prepared for my question, but the more so, my heart was a little unsteady.

The second uncle frowned and glanced at me, "I said you kid, don't you ask me about my situation when you see the second uncle, ask me if I have eaten or drunk water, and whether I have worked hard in the past few days." I'm pretty good to you on weekdays, do you kid have a little conscience! ”

"Hey! You! "I was robbed by the second uncle, and I was choked up, I thought that he would be silent, would lie, and might "play Tai Chi", but I didn't expect him to come up with a deck of family cards!

Shi Tao saw that the scene was a little embarrassing, and hurriedly got up to play the round, "Zhuo Ran, don't be too anxious, let's take a rest first and then chat." As he spoke, he brought some food for the second uncle.

Kong Xue also stood up, "Yes, yes." The second uncle is a master, and I have to rely on you this time! Then he secretly glanced at me and handed the second uncle a glass of water.

The second uncle nodded with a smile, "It's still Brother Shi Tao and Xiaoxue's thoughtfulness!" What like you! ”

When I heard this, I also got angry, "I said second uncle, don't bury no one when you talk to the old man!" What did I go all the way to this place where birds don't? You really think I'm here for sightseeing! If you hadn't said a word and played with me missing, would I have been here? I'm not afraid that something will happen to you, come and save you! ”

The second uncle said while eating, "Okay, you kid's heart, the second uncle understands it, but you came to save me, didn't you still be saved by me in the end!" You always say that you came here for me, and I'm not worried about you having something happen to me when I've been here for the past two days! It's very ...... weird."

I suddenly heard that there was something wrong with the second uncle's words, so I hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Second uncle, listening to you, you already knew that we were coming back?" ”

The second uncle was stunned, "I said this?" ”

I sneered, "You just said you were waiting for us here for two days, if you didn't know that we would be here, why did you wait for us here!" Second uncle, you must have something to hide from us! ”

The second uncle laughed a few times, "You kid has watched too many TV series, so I'll hide it from you, what is there to hide from you!" He took a sip of water and continued: "Actually, after I woke up from the hospital and found that you were not there, I knew where your kid had gone." So I asked someone to inquire about the news of this matter, and learned that the Tang family had released Kong Xue. The Tang family was able to release Kong Xue, which must have achieved their goal, and their purpose was very clear that the statue of the horse stepping on the snake. Now that they have got what they want, their next plan must be to go to the place recorded above, which is Gurbantunggut! So, that's probably how things are," the second uncle shrugged, "So I'm here, it's as simple as that!" ”

Simple? What's simpler? Shi Tao and I looked at each other, and I asked, "Second uncle, I don't understand a little, this desert is so vast, how do you know that you want to come here and wait for us?" ”

The second uncle smiled strangely, "Although the area of Gurbantunggut is extremely large, there is no specific route at all. But this place is the only exception, if you want to enter the deepest part of the desert, this should be the only way to go," said the second uncle, looking at Dawut next to him, "Am I right?" This Uyghur brother? ”

Dawut's expression changed, and he was stunned for a moment before he nodded and said, "If you enter the desert from the direction of Urumqi, it is indeed like this!" ”

The second uncle turned his gaze to me, "It's easy to verify this statement, the Tang family and you are in different directions and at different times, and they didn't meet here in the end?" ”

Hearing the second uncle's words, Kong Xueluo stood up suddenly, "The people of the Tang family are also here?" ”

I nodded, "That's right, just to the northwest of us, a few sand dunes." ”

Kong Xue said angrily: "It's really a narrow road!" I won't let them go this time! ”

The second uncle said with a smile: "Xiaoxue is right, but there are many of them, we can only outwit them, not attack them." Let's rest early and recharge our batteries. As he spoke, he pulled up a blanket and lay down to sleep.

I hurriedly rushed up and stopped him, "Second uncle, second uncle, don't be in a hurry, there are still two sentences, it's not too late to sleep after chatting!" ”

The second uncle looked at me in surprise, "You still have questions?" Isn't that clear enough? ”

I said in my heart, you old fritter, what do you know? I want to fish in troubled waters again, and you haven't said a single key question!

I suddenly remembered something, "Hey, second uncle, did you contact Wenmo?" ”

"Wenmo?" The second uncle sat up again, "No! I never contacted him! Why, did you meet him? ”

Shi Tao said: "It's not just that we meet, we are all the way together!" ”

I said, "According to Wenmo, you contacted him and asked him to meet us, isn't that true?" ”

"Of course not!" The second uncle sat up straight, "I've never contacted this person!" Where is he? ”

I shook my head, "After we jumped from the top of the dunes into Haizi, Wenmo was gone. And we are also based on the fact that he disappeared in the sea. I found the ancient well at the bottom of the sea, and I also came here through the waterway under the ancient well! ”

The second uncle was dazed when he heard this, "Hey! Wait, wait, wait, what waterway, what ancient well? ”

Only then did I remember that the second uncle didn't know about the situation ahead, "You don't know about the underwater passage?" ”

The second uncle nodded firmly, "I really don't know." I didn't see that his expression looked like he was lying, so I told my second uncle what happened after we met the charred corpse.

After listening to this, the second uncle nodded, "It seems that Wenmo is taking you on a shortcut, maybe that dark river is the mysterious Tuya Dark River." ”

I suddenly remembered a key question, "Second uncle, how did you get in?" Don't tell me you came in alone! ”

"Well," the second uncle smiled slightly, "I came in behind the Tang family's team. ”

I asked, "You've been following them?" ”

The second uncle nodded, "Basically, yes, but I left a few times halfway." ”

"You just said a shortcut?" Dawut asked curiously. As a professional guide, I always care about the route.

The second uncle nodded: "That's right, according to your description just now, I know that the itinerary between you and the Tang family should be almost two days apart." And when you came here through the waterway beneath the ancient well, the gap between you was shortened by a whole day. They only set up camp a day before you set up camp. ”

"But how could Wenmo know such a hidden route?" I was curious, "Has he been here before?" ”

The second uncle didn't seem to be listening to my question, and lowered his head to himself and muttered, "Wenmo is actually here?" Do you know such a route, don't you ......" Speaking of this, he suddenly looked up at me, and when he saw that I was looking at him, he smiled at me slightly embarrassed.

I looked at the second uncle with some seriousness and asked, "Second uncle, can you tell me now why you came here?" ”

The second uncle pondered for a while and didn't speak, just glanced at Dawut with his eyes, and I knew that what he wanted to say didn't want others to know. Fortunately, Dawut is also very smart, he has been a guide for so many years, and he has seen a lot of this situation, and he immediately saw the intention of the second uncle, stood up and said, "I'll go outside to boil some water, you guys talk first!" With that, he walked out of the tent.

I said to the second uncle: "Okay, second uncle, Kong Xue and Brother Tao are not outsiders anymore, they also know what happened before, what to say." Just say it! ”

The second uncle nodded and looked at me, "Actually, what happened here is just a continuation of the submarine tomb, we should have discovered and obtained more things in the submarine tomb, but this is not the case!" ”

I thought about the situation for a moment, and then said, "You mean the stone box in the eyes of the last void?" ”

The second uncle shook his head, "It's not just that stone box, many things are different from what we expected!" ”

"Expected?" I said, "Also, are you referring to you and Yuan An?" Or someone else? ”

The second uncle said: "It's me and Yuan An, in fact, for this trip to the sea, we secretly had some contact before setting off again, but he has Tang Zhendong's undercover agent by his side, that is, the person named Qi Feng, you probably know." And the Tang family also had some more surveillance behavior on me, although I was later found out and dumped, but in order not to startle the snake, we still had to be careful. ”

I was a little surprised by the second uncle's statement, "Could it be that Yuan An's words and attitudes at that time were all said to others?" ”

The second uncle didn't speak, just nodded, "At that time, after we found blood sand in the stone box above the Eye of the Void, we basically locked the target of our next operation here—the Gurbantunggut Desert!" ”

"What about Yuan An?" I actually hope that the forces on our side can be stronger, so that they can fight against the Tang family, which has an advantage in personnel and equipment, so I hope that the Yuan family's forces are also nearby, which will be very beneficial to us.

But the second uncle's answer disappointed me a little, "Yuan An is not nearby, he has other things to do." ”

I couldn't help but sigh, "It looks like it's up to us!" ”

The second uncle yawned a lot, and I realized that our conversation today might be coming to an end, but there were still many questions in my mind that I hadn't answered, and my mind was a little confused, and for a while, I didn't know which one to ask first.

Suddenly, a question popped up in my head, and it stuck in my heart like a thorn, right! Just ask it!