His father told him the story about Jiuding, and he thought it was a fantasy when he first heard it, but as time went on, too many things began to subvert his perception. The seed of wisdom planted in his body by his father is also quietly changing his physique and consciousness. After leaving Beiping, his sleep improved a lot, I don't know if it was because the internal strength method taught to him by Yan Tianxin worked, or because the journey was too tired, or because of the effect of that wisdom seed, the insomnia that had plagued him for many years had almost no attacks recently.

But he still often dreams, not all nightmares, there are often some strange thoughts in the dream, and usually wake up and can't remember the scene in the dream, he will remember the things in the dream clearly, and even he will dream of the scene when his parents were young, will dream about Jiuding, will dream of many scenes that cannot appear in reality at all.

Luo Lie didn't think that all the scenes in the dream were illusory, the words that his father had said to him before his death were deeply engraved in his mind, and all these things happened after his father planted the seed of wisdom in his body, and he even thought that many of them were memories given to him by seeds.

In this barren and empty desert, people often can't distinguish the boundary between reality and illusion, and even the confusion of the past and the present will be blurred in the wind and sand.

Luo Lie recalled this journey, he could have chosen a smoother and easier path, but in the end he embarked on a journey that bordered on masochism, and he began to realize that such a journey did not bring peace to his heart, let alone find true happiness.

Although the fall of the late Qing Dynasty brought a new era, this era still did not bring a stable life to the people, foreign enemies were eyeing each other, domestic warlords were divided, and most of them were fighting for power and profit, and the lives of the common people were even more difficult than those in the late Qing Dynasty.

Luo Lie often thinks of what his father said, all this suffering may continue on the land of China for more than 30 years, the reason why history is history is because the times are constantly advancing, parents have experienced the future, and they are experiencing history that they have not set foot in. Whether he belongs to this era or not, whether he is an orphan from the future or an outcast of history, has always haunted him. The wind and sand showed no signs of abating, and it became more and more violent than before, and the howling wind set off the sand and dust to cover the sky and the moon, and the beast-like roar and roar pulled Luo Hunt back to reality. He took off his luggage, and although he had a tent with him, he couldn't finish setting up camp in such bad weather.

So Luo Lie simply wrapped himself in a blanket, clinging to the narrow space between the broken wall and the camel, yawning, living in the present, the more severe the environment, the more clearly he could feel the rhythm of life, he decided to abandon all the messy thoughts, in the desert full of wind and sand, in this piece of ruins abandoned by history and eroded by wind and sand.

When the sand and dust passed, the sky was about to dawn, the eastern sky appeared white, but the sky overhead was still a deep blue color, from east to west from shallow to deep, a golden crescent moon hung high in the sky, there was no trace of wind, and the sky and the earth seemed to be suddenly still.

Luo Hunt shook off the dust, the camel was still lying aside, and the lake basin not far away was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the sky before dawn, but the color was more intense than the sky. This sudden sand and dust blew away the heat of the day, and it won't be long before the place becomes a hot world again as the sun rises.

Luo Lie took a big breath of cool air, and he realized that he had to hurry up, and walk more before the temperature of the ground rose. He tugged at the camel's reins, and the awakened camel shook its body, and the camel's bell made a clear sound in the morning light.

Luo Lie rolled over and stepped onto the camel's back, and as the camel got back up, his vision was even farther, the sand dunes were undulating, and the harmony and tranquility in front of him made it hard to believe that last night's wind and sand were just two different sides of the desert.

Luo Hunt made his way in the morning light, and the camel continued his lonely journey.

However, Luo Lie soon found that he was not the only traveler in this desert, a camel team appeared on the sand dunes behind him, marching, melodious camel bells echoed in the empty desert, the scale of this camel team is not small, although the glorious Silk Road has long been lonely, but there are still business travelers on this world-famous ancient road.

Although Luo Lie did not want to make contact with this caravan, his mount was not competitive, and the rising sun made the camel more and more lazy, and was soon overtaken by the caravan behind.

The caravan of nearly fifty men was full of laughter, and it seemed that the bad weather of the previous night had not affected their mood, and the members of the caravan were quite interested in the lonely traveler in the desert, and cast curious glances at him as they passed by.

Among them was a young girl, with a high nose and deep eyes, her skin tanned by the sun, her features were not pretty but well-born, and her two thick eyebrows, which rarely appeared on a woman's face, looked at the well-wrapped traveler.

Luo Lie noticed her gaze, turned his face away, and smiled at her, although he only showed a pair of eyes, he could still accurately convey his friendliness.

The girl laughed too, revealing her neat white teeth, and then she muttered.

Luo Lie guessed that she was speaking a certain minority language, but unfortunately he couldn't understand it.

The girl got the answer from his confused gaze, and changed to jerky Chinese: "Your camel is sick!"

Luo Lie was stunned in his heart, and lowered his head to observe, but he never thought that the camel knelt down as soon as its front hooves were weak at this time, and collapsed on the sand slope without warning. Luo Lie jumped off the camel's back in time, so as not to be crushed by the camel's body.

Looking at the camel's mouth foaming at the mouth, his body was constantly twitching, obviously he was sick, Luo Lie sighed in his heart, he was too negligent, and he didn't find out that the camel was sick in time, if it wasn't for the girl's reminder, I was afraid that I would not notice until the camel fell to the ground.

Luo Lie didn't know anything about veterinarians, and he couldn't help looking at this camel that suddenly became ill.

The girl who reminded Luo Hunt just now grabbed the reins of the mount, turned over and got off the hunchback, came to Luo Hunt's camel, lifted the camel's eyelids and looked at it, and broke its lips behind its ears, and found that the camel's tongue had turned purple and black, and the two thick eyebrows wrinkled together: "What did you give it to eat?"

Luo Lie shook his head, only remembering that the camel ate some aquatic plants next to the lake basin, but he didn't know exactly what it ate.

The girl said, "It's poisoned, and I'm afraid this camel won't make it." ”

Luo Hunt couldn't help but tighten his scalp, and it was impossible to leave the camel in the desert.

Several more merchants in the caravan gathered around, and one of them, an old man with a white cloth wrapped around his head, muttered something to himself.

At this time, the camel of Kung Fu Luo Hunt was already angry, and the girl said to Luo Hunt: "Where are you going?"

Luo Lie said: "Yabulai Mountain." ”

The girl nodded, turned to the old man and repeated it in her own language, the two talked a few words, and the girl turned to Luo Lie again and said, "We just passed there, if you don't dislike it, you can go with us, and our camel team can provide camels for you to ride." ”

Luo Lie was full of gratitude: "Thank you! ”

At this time, there were two sturdy young men to help carry luggage from the dead camel, someone selected a sturdy camel for Luo Hunt to ride, through conversation, the girl's name was Martha, the old man was her father Desire, they were all from the Tajik tribe in the Western Regions, this time they returned from Shaanxi business, traded some materials and returned to the tribe, in order to avoid the warlord melee, so they also chose a relatively difficult but inaccessible road like Luo Hunt.

The only one in the caravan who knew Chinese was Martha, and Luo Hunt also needed to communicate with others through Martha's translation, Martha was outgoing, warm and kind, and soon became acquainted with Luo Lie, and she asked Luo Lie about the purpose of going to Yabulai Mountain.

Luo Lie received their enthusiastic and selfless help, so he was naturally embarrassed to lie, and honestly told Martha that he was going to Yabulai Mountain to visit an old friend this time.

Martha translated Luo Lie's answer to his companions, not wanting his companions to laugh, which made Luo Hunt a little confused.

Martha smiled at Luo Lie, "They said you must be looking for a lover, right?"

Luo Lie said: "It's a friend, not a lover!"

Martha translated his words to his companions, which led to another burst of laughter, and Martha said, "It must not be for friends, especially you Han Chinese, who dare to take such a great risk to cross the Tengger Desert." ”

Luo Lie heard the meaning of her words from her voice, and couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong with us Han people?"

Martha said: "You Han people don't often say that you love the country more than the beauty, you can do without the beauty of the country, you can naturally put your life aside." ”

Luo Lie laughed out loud at her explanation, and several people around him laughed too, although most of them didn't understand why Luo Lie was laughing, which was a courtesy to the hospitable Tajiks. Luo Lielang said: "Life is precious, love is more valuable, if it is for freedom, both can be thrown." He recited the masterpiece of the Hungarian poet Pedolfi.

Martha's eyes lit up when she heard it, she had never heard of this poem, she thought it was still Luo Lie's original, and said with admiration: "You Han people are talented." ”

Luo Lie laughed and said, "I didn't write this poem. He told Martha about Pei Duofei's identity.

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