In fact, whether Li Xun is free or not, I will take him away, the difference is whether he voluntarily follows me, or whether I need to "invite" him.

Li Xun looked at me very warily at first, but when I explained my intentions, he immediately smiled.

When he learned that I wanted to know about Ruyi City, he said with some pride: "Then you really have found the right person, the people in China who know about Ruyi City can be counted on one hand, and the rest are all experts in the archaeological field, and it is impossible for people of our class to see them......"

After that, Li Xun greeted his group of people, and then took me and Dawu to find a teahouse.

Sitting in the teahouse, Li Xun took a sip of tea, and then said to me, "How did you become interested in this Ruyi City?" As far as I know, everyone in the world knows the ancient kingdom of Loulan, but they never know that there is an affiliated city-state called Ruyi City in the ancient kingdom of Loulan. ”

After a few exchanges, I found that this Li Xun is really a very talkative person, I don't have so much time to slowly entangle with him, and I immediately showed my work card for working in the scientific research institute.

Li Xun was dumbfounded when he saw my work card, obviously he didn't expect that I was actually a person from the scientific research institute, and immediately said excitedly: "My mother, disrespectful and disrespectful, it turned out to be an official person...... It seems that the above has finally noticed this place in Ruyi City, if you have anything to ask, just ask me. ”

Dawu gave me a vague smile, and I ignored him and asked him directly about the news about Ruyi City mentioned in the disc.

Then I also learned a very shocking news, the reason why this Li Xun knows so much about Ruyi City is because he was fortunate enough to see this Ruyi City that only exists in some legends a few years ago!

Li Xun told me that two years ago, a group of their buddies went to the Tarim Basin on an expedition of their own. The most mysterious thing in that place is Lop Nur, as the expedition team has gone to the Tarim Basin, if they don't go to Lop Nur once, they are embarrassed to say that they have been here.

The most legendary in Lop Nur is the ancient kingdom of Loulan, who at first just entered the place known as the "Desert of Death" with a playful mentality.

At that time, the expedition team of Li Xun and others had just been formed, and they did not have very rich experience in exploration. There were seven of them when they entered the desert, and none of them thought of hiring a local to be their guide.

As a result, not long after they entered, they encountered an extremely terrifying sandstorm. In the panic of escaping the sandstorm, the seven of them scattered, and Li Xun followed the two slightly older men, who walked in the desert for several days, and they had forgotten how long it was.

The water they had with them quickly ran out after they lost their way, and they began to regret entering the desert of death. But one night they continued their journey staring at the great temperature difference between day and night, and after passing through a wind-eroded area, they came across a ruin.

Several people excitedly threw themselves into the ruins, where they found a group of explorers who had lost their way like them, and the most surprising thing was that the group of people did not know where they had gone, but all the equipment was scattered in place, and there was not only food but also enough water for the three of them to drink for a long time.

After they had eaten and drunk, their fear of the desert was gone, and they immediately began to investigate their surroundings. Combined with the trio's understanding of the legends of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, they quickly determined that 80% of this place was the ancient kingdom of Loulan.

But the oldest of them soon discovered that this was not the ancient kingdom of Loulan, but rather the legendary subordinate city-state of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, Ruyi City.

At that time, Li Xun didn't know anything about Ruyi City, and it was only under the narration of the big brother that he learned about the place of Ruyi City.

Legend has it that Ruyi City, as a subsidiary city-state of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, will be given a large number of trade orders by the ancient country of Loulan every year, compared with the prosperity and financial resources of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, the city of Ruyi is not lost to it at all.

But after the ancient kingdom of Loulan disappeared overnight, Ruyi City also disappeared on this Silk Road along with their main city.

A large amount of treasure was buried in the desert, and many people who heard about the fame of the ancient kingdom of Loulan went to look for it, but they all returned empty-handed, and the more serious ones lost their lives in the desert.

Li Xun was lucky, they met Ruyi City, a small city-state that was rich, and they also picked up two or three cups made of pure gold.

Li Xun and the three of them carried the gold cup they had picked up, and the three of them wandered around the desert for a long time, and the water and food they picked up were eaten again, and the big brother who knew Ruyi City couldn't help but faint in the desert.

Li Xun and the other person were already exhausted at the time, and neither of them noticed that Big Brother had fallen behind.

By the time they reacted, the big brother was already far away from them, and another person said to Li Xun: "Old Li, let's not go back, he would have fallen on the sand after we walked so far, I don't say how high the temperature on the sand is during the day, I don't know how high it is, even if he didn't die of thirst, he was scalded to death by this sand......"

In this way, Li Xun and another person left this big brother and walked in the desert for another day.

Fortunately, the group of people who were separated from them successfully walked out, and also brought local people to search and rescue Li Xun and others.

Li Xun and the other man were saved in this way, and sold the golden cup they found in the ruins of Ruyi City, and they have not spent the money until now.

After listening to Li Xun's narration, I couldn't help frowning and said, "You mean to say that there is only one ruin left in Ruyi City?" ”

"No, after I came back, I searched around for information about Ruyi City, and found that there was almost no record of Ruyi City in books. After that, I went back to the place where we had entered the desert alone, and I heard from the locals that when many nomads who entered the desert had to spend the night in the desert, they almost always saw the appearance of a city not far away..... We were in the ruins, on a broken stone wall, with the same picture of the city as these people had sketched it. ”

After a pause, Li Xun took a sip of tea and continued: "I was thinking that this Ruyi City was mostly buried in the ground, and he wouldn't disappear out of thin air, otherwise what would these wanderers see?" ”

I looked at Li Xun's appearance, narrowed my eyes and said, "The reason why you inquired so much about Ruyi City is probably because you still want to go back and check more gold artifacts, right?" ”

Li Xun nodded very frankly and said: "This is natural, after all, those things are worth a fortune for a casual piece, I don't have any ability, so I want to bring professional equipment and bring more things back, and I can also provide for my father when he is old." ”

Dawu said at this time: "Then why haven't you left to go back?" ”

Li Xun smiled bitterly, he thought for a moment, and then said: "I tried to go back, but this is simply an impossible thing, because ......"