Yue Guanchao narrowed his eyes and said, "If it wasn't for illusion, could it really be the demon dragon in the desert, just now we didn't see any living creatures in the sandstorm at all, how did they hurt these domestic animals." ”

Song Siyuan recalled the cattle and sheep corpses they had just dissected, and the blood in the blood vessels was still there, but it was like a coagulated blood clot, showing the texture of tofu clotted fat.

Whatever the contents of the sandstorm are, at least what they need is not blood, but some moisture in the blood, which is the only way to explain the clotting of blood in their veins.

Realizing this, Song Siyuan's eyes lit up, and her face became serious and said: "Could it be that it is because of some toxins in the blood that these livestock will die in half a day, and even after death, the blood will completely coagulate, and the water in the body will not exist." ”

"What do you mean?" Yue Guanchao looked at Song Siyuan, with her character, she would not just ask questions, but often followed by solutions or rough guesses.

He obviously guessed correctly, Song Siyuan nodded at them: "I know that there is a kind of eye king snake venom, after entering the human body, it will quickly enter the aorta and branch blood vessels along the capillary channel, this toxin is completely non-toxic if it does not come into contact with the blood, even if it is drunk in the stomach, there will be no danger, but as long as it is mixed with the blood, within a few hours, the blood in the blood vessels can completely coagulate, just like the blood clots we see, forming a tofu-shaped or porridge-shaped blood vessel embolism, thus causing the death of the injured." ”

"This process is completely irreversible, even if the injured person is really injected with serum, it can only prevent the normal blood vessels from being damaged, and the blood that has been coagulated will not be reduced, forming a blood embolism in the human body, accompanying the person's life, if the treatment is not timely, the injured person will die within a few hours because of the pain of blood clotting."

She paused and motioned to everyone to look at the cattle and sheep whose blood vessels had been cut: "The situation in the blood vessels of these cattle and sheep is very similar to that kind of snake venom, and more importantly, many snake venoms in nature enter the capillaries through self-biting wounds, and then react with the blood, endangering the safety of the injured." ”

Song Siyuan's eyes lit up when she mentioned this: "I'm wondering, is there some creature in the sandstorm?" Can lurk in the sand, by biting the living creatures to send toxins into their veins, this is the state we see, now, the biggest problem is that these cattle and sheep have no wounds, this does not mean that these living creatures in the sandstorm, there are more clever ways to harm living creatures, can do it unknowingly, the toxin into the body of cattle and sheep. ”

"It's a possibility!"

Keli interjected: "These cattle and sheep have no wounds, which shows that the way the creatures in the sandstorm attack people is not to bite, and they can enter the body without passing through the wound, I think there is probably only breathing, we have to look at the mouths and noses of the cattle and sheep." ”

Keli's words are a new direction, they raised the head of the dead cow and sheep, carefully looked at the mouth and nose of the cattle and sheep corpse, and could clearly feel signs of bleeding in the mouth and nose, as if the capillaries in the nose had ruptured, mixed with mucus and solidified in the nose!

Yue Guanchao observed several livestock corpses again, and determined that the nose of the corpse was full of such features, and then determined that the bleeding from the mouth and nose was not an isolated case, but a common feature that caused the death of cattle and sheep. ”

"In this case, it means that these things are very small, they can leave wounds in the noses of cattle and sheep, and at the same time, they can release toxins into the body through capillaries, and at the same time, they can also absorb the water in the body, and then they can escape through the sandstorm without knowing it, if so, could it be some insects?"

Before they could discuss the results, the old herdsman began to snot and tears again: "What is the use of what you say about this? My cattle and sheep have all died, this is our family's ration for several years, and I don't know how to spend the winter? ”

The old herdsman didn't care how his cattle and sheep died, nor did he want to know what killed them, he only knew that their family would have a hard time in the coming year!

Hotan Oasis is close to the mountainous area, a winter will be severe cold to close the mountain, often from the autumn begins, the grass has withered and shortened, even if you start to raise these livestock again, you have to wait until they grow up at least in the spring and summer of the next year, whether you can survive this winter is not necessarily, the desert is the norm of frequent strange things, the old herdsmen are not good at digging into the roots, knowing how the cattle and sheep died to no avail, how to spend this winter is the most important thing.

Yue Guanchao and the others originally thought that the sand succubus demon dragon only existed in legends, but seeing these domestic animals die as in the legends, they were even more sure that there was indeed some kind of creature in the sandstorm, but they didn't know what this creature was.

"Uncle, do you have any camels at home?" Song Siyuan asked, how many herdsmen in the Western Regions have camels in their homes, which are usually used to carry goods or walk and rest.

The old herdsman didn't know what they were going to do, so he wiped away his tears and nodded at them with a slightly wary look in his eyes: "There are more than a dozen camels at home, all of which are used to stock up on goods, and they are not so strong. ”

"That's good, we have something to discuss with you, let's go back to your house first."

After that, the old herdsman took Yue Guanchao and them to the north courtyard of the grain drying field, and after entering the courtyard, more than a dozen camels were all locked in the livestock shed, their noses trembling slightly, spewing hot air to chew the grass.

Yue Guanchao looked at the old herdsman: "Uncle, we want to rent your camel to go to Hongbai Mountain, of course, we also know that Hongbai Mountain is in the hinterland of the desert, where the environment is the most harsh and dangerous, you must be afraid that the camel will not return after entering the desert, in order to show our sincerity, we can buy all these dozen camels, if we come back, we will return the camel to you, so that you can have money to buy new sheep and cattle and horses, we can also go to Hongbai Mountain, how about it?" ”

When the old herdsman heard Yue Guanchao's proposal, he was obviously a little moved, no matter how good a dozen camels were, at most they could only transport goods, not as good as dozens of cattle and sheep, the current situation is special, his cattle and sheep have all died in vain, and they can't even get their books back, and it's useless to have these camels.

These dozen camels eat and chew a lot of fodder every day, and when the cattle and sheep are dead, he can no longer make money to feed these camels, so it is better to sell these camels to them, and the money obtained can also buy some cattle and sheep calves, and the family can survive this winter in peace.

When the spring and summer pastures come out in the next year, the cattle and sheep will be able to sell their meat for money!

Now as long as the camels are sold, they can buy the calves of cattle and sheep first, and they can prepare the food for the winter in advance, which is much better than their whole family being hungry in winter, and when it is really difficult to continue in winter, their only chance to survive is only to sell camels.

Since the camels will be sold sooner or later, it is better to deal with it now and sell all the camels at once!

Thinking of this, the old herdsman didn't feel sad at all, looked at Yue Guanchao and asked, "Young man, although it is the first time we have seen you, it is rare for us to care about you, I don't know what you are doing in the Red and White Divine Mountain?" It's a waste of money to keep this camel in my hands, so it's better to sell it all to you, I don't know what price you are willing to give? ”

Although southern Xinjiang is far away in the south, the price of camels is about the same as Dunhuang, about twenty to thirty silver yuan can buy one, Yue Guanchao settled down and said: "Uncle, you have suffered a disaster now, we can't take advantage of the fire to rob, if you want, we can buy all your camels at the price of forty silver yuan a peak." ”

"Multi-...... How much? Forty oceans. ”

The old herdsman's eyes widened and he couldn't understand, the camel is not a valuable domestic animal, plus the meat is inedible, it is basically equivalent to ordinary livestock such as donkeys and mules, not to mention thirty silver yuan, even twenty silver yuan can buy a smaller camel, Yue Guanchao gave forty oceans, and a little money can buy a horse, which can be said to be much higher than the price of the camel in his hand.

"What? Uncle, if you are too little, you can raise a price yourself. Yue Guanchao saw that the old herdsman's expression was abnormal, and continued.

The old herdsman waved his hand: "Where do I dare to have any opinions!" I just think that you buy a camel with forty oceans, which is already a high price, this is a full fifteen camels, which is not a small amount, my family has such a disaster, and I am really anxious to use the money, but the old man, I am not a greedy character, you give a little too high. ”

Yue Guanchao thought it was, it turned out that the old man thought that the price given to them was too high, he took a long breath, and didn't want to change the price: "We also look at Uncle you are pitiful, so we have to spend a high price to buy your camels, there are about fifteen of these camels, which can be sold for six hundred oceans, if you are willing, we will give you money according to this, but there is a little trouble for you, before we set off, we have no way to keep them in captivity, we can only bother you to raise them for us for a while, and we will pay for the forage, It was kept until the day of our departure. ”

The old herdsman nodded: "That's for sure, I'm sure I'll give you camels to be fat and strong." ”

Promote the sale, everyone is happy, Yue Guanchao and they let the old herdsman set up a note, returned to the inn to get the ocean silver money two clear, with the experience of the past of Miran City, they directly bought the camel more securely.

The old herdsman thought that the death of cattle and sheep was a disaster, but he did not expect to be able to sell his camels at a high price, this money is enough to buy dozens of cattle and sheep calves, and there is still money to improve life.

Yue Guanchao took the note, and was sent out of the courtyard by the old herdsman with a smile, and a few days after the Dragon Club play, Yue Guanchao and they sorted out their things, and soon arrived on the day of departure.