Seeing such a strange thing, where did the caravan dare to stay longer, and hurriedly packed up and continued to hurry. Xie Yixiang and Shang did not abandon their journey with the caravan, although they encountered two bandits along the way, and they were also sent away by the caravan leader with filial piety silver, but they never encountered anything strange, it seems that the walking corpse that night was just a strange thing encountered by chance, not that someone deliberately came to this caravan.

In this way, the caravan marched northwest along the official road, through the desert where people are extinct, and it took more than half a month to finally come to Beshi Bali City. In other words, this "don't lose eight miles" is not only the name of the country of the fearful Wu'er, but also the name of the capital. Its capital is located in the northeast of the Tianshan Mountains, which was originally an important town in the northwest of the previous dynasty, and was also called "Bei Shili", "Turtle Sima" and "Beishijiao", etc., which is taken from the meaning of "five cities" in Turkic language, and was also called "Beiting" by the previous dynasty. Among them, the inhabitants are basically Wu'er people, and there are also people from various countries in the Western Regions, and the Han people continue to use the names of the previous dynasties, and call the people of these Western Regions countries as "Semu people".

The two said goodbye to the caravan, all the way into the city, looking around, this lost eight miles of success is also prosperous, but because of the current dynasty to Jiayuguan to divide the border, now in the city in addition to the merchant team, almost no Han people lived. Seeing Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi, the two Han people came, and the people in the city were very curious, and they took out local delicacies such as roasted naan and pilaf to greet the two of them to taste. The two were in a foreign country and had to be careful, so they chose a secluded inn in the east of the city and asked for two rooms to live in.

It is said that since this place is already the capital of other countries, Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi's identity as head catchers are naturally useless, and they can no longer go to the local government for help as before. Fortunately, the owner of this inn is a lean old man in his fifties, whose full name is Yushan Xiriahun Iliya, who used to run around to make a living when he was young, so he can speak some Chinese, and it is for this reason that the two of them chose this inn to stay. After the settlement was completed, Xie Yixiang asked the Yushan father about the 'Tianshan Falling Dragon' to see if he could solve the last dumb riddle left by Ning Cui.

Who knew that the father of Yushan was puzzled, and replied: "Of course I know 'Tianshan', but what does 'falling dragon' mean?" In the end of the conversation, it was Xie Yixiang who explained to him in turn. It turns out that the so-called "falling dragon" is a strange animal in Chinese legends, which can be traced back to the Yin Shang period, which was originally used to symbolize auspiciousness, and gradually became a symbol of imperial power. As for whether there is really a "dragon" in this world, no one can say, many people claim to have seen dragons with their own eyes, basically from the phenomenon of "falling dragon".

As the name suggests, a dragon that falls from the sky to the ground, and sometimes a dragon that runs aground near water. Just like the "Legend of Red Dragon Town" that Xie Yixiang heard on the shore of Poyang Lake that day, saying that the red dragon was seriously injured, but was disturbed by the people on the shore of Poyang Lake, and finally floated on the surface of the lake, which actually belonged to a "fallen dragon".

Therefore, the "falling dragon in the Tianshan Mountains" left by Ning Cui, literally, refers to the phenomenon of "falling dragons" in the Tianshan Mountains. After the Yushan father understood Xie Yixiang's meaning, he hurriedly shook his head like a rattle and said: "In our belief in the fear of Wu'er, there is no so-called 'dragon' of your Han people, let alone any 'falling dragon' in Tianshan. ”

Xie Yixiang was not discouraged, and then he and Shang Buqi looked for other people in the city who knew Chinese to ask, but they had never heard of any "Tianshan Falling Dragon". Seeing that this road would not work, the two immediately changed their minds and inquired about Ning Cui's whereabouts in the city to see if Ning Cui had also come here. Shang Buqi relied on the "art of portrait" to solve the case, and his Danqing skills were not bad, so he painted a portrait for Ning Cui at the moment, and even Xie Yixiang felt that he was ready. Then Shang Bu gave up hiring a carriage to simulate Ning Cui's behavior to "paint" her portrait, so as to find out Ning Cui's route into the city, and then take her portrait and ask along the way.

It didn't take much time to get the news from a fruit vendor that she had seen a woman come into the city alone three days before, buy two bunches of grapes at a fruit stand, and then head north of the city.

The two were overjoyed, and hurriedly searched all the way along the vine, who knew that it was smooth sailing after that, and every time they walked out of a dozen steps, there would be vendors who had seen Ning Cui, and they all said that such a beautiful Han girl was very rare in this Bali City, so she was quite impressed. Seeing that Ning Cui dared to swagger through the market like this, the two hurriedly became vigilant, carefully pursued it, and finally came to an inn built with white marble. I saw that outside the door of the inn in the Wu'er language written under the shop sign, but also in Chinese characters written "Tianju Inn" four small characters, listen to the pedestrian next to the explanation, said that this "Tianju Inn" is the best inn in the whole city of Bei Lost Bali.

From this point of view, Ning Cui has probably invested here, which is also in line with her style. The two of them stepped into the inn and asked the guy behind the counter with Ning Cui's portrait. As soon as the guy saw Ning Cui's portrait, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he muttered a lot of fearful words, and then shouted loudly, but in a few moments, more than a dozen elite men rushed out of the backyard of the inn, surrounded Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi, and scolded them in a fearful language.

The two didn't know what was going on, but fortunately a guy who could speak Chinese came out to explain, and the two learned that the Han woman in the original portrait had indeed come to stay at the hotel three days ago, and the registered name was Ning Cui, and she asked for an upper room alone, saying that she would wait here for the three companions of two men and one woman. Unexpectedly, the Han woman only stayed for one night, and the next day the man went to the room to clean, the room was empty, and she disappeared in the inn for no reason, but the room payment was not settled. The guys have been waiting for two days, although they couldn't wait for the Han woman to appear, but they waited for Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi to come, and of course they refused to let go.

After figuring out what happened, Xie Yixiang couldn't help but curse in her heart, fortunately, she had already exchanged the gold coins in circulation on the streets of Yumen Pass, and she had to take the blame for Ning Cui and pay double the price of the house, so the guys were willing to let the two go. But in this way, Ning Cui's clues were also interrupted, and the two walked out of the inn dejectedly, and went to inquire nearby along the road, but there was no more Ning Cui's whereabouts.

Obviously, Ning Cui had already expected that Shang would not give up the "Portrait Technique" and would definitely be able to find out her whereabouts, so he would swagger all the way and swagger into this "Tianju Inn", but he secretly disguised himself and quietly escaped, cutting off the clues that the two were tracking. The two of them had nothing to do for a while, and were about to return to the inn where they stayed in the east of the city, but when they passed by the "Tianju Inn" again, the guy who could speak Chinese suddenly stopped the two, and then handed a blank envelope to Xie Yixiang, and said: "I almost forgot that the Han woman had handed this letter to the villain, saying that if the three companions she was waiting for were found, and she happened to be not in the inn, she asked the villain to forward the letter to her companions." Since the two of them have paid off the house for the Han woman, this letter should naturally be handed over to you. ”

Xie Yixiang then came to her senses, Ning Cui's so-called "three companions" were not herself, Senior Brother and Shang Buren? But in this way, Ning Cui didn't know that Senior Brother didn't come with him this time. Shang Buqi was worried about fraud, so he hurriedly took the unsigned letter and examined it carefully, and then carefully opened it. I saw that inside the envelope was an ink painting, outlining a large area of mountains and rivers with freehand lines, and a red circle mark was drawn under the mountain peak in the upper left corner, which looked like a map.

The two of them couldn't understand the map drawn, and they couldn't ask this guy, so they had to go back to the inn where they stayed and ask the Yushan father to come and see. The old man of the Jade Mountain looked at it for a moment, then slapped his thigh and said: "The map drawn on this map is clearly the Tianshan Mountain Range, you see, these three mountain ranges are not the northern, middle and southern veins of the Tianshan Mountains? As for the upper left corner of the red pen circle, it is in the northern vein of the Tianshan Mountains, also known as the Borokonu Mountain. If I remember correctly, the mountain next to the red circle is the 'Suritang Peak' in the Borakonu Mountains, and the nearby lake is 'Lake Haribai', which is about ten days away. ”

Seeing that this Yushan Daddy actually knew this map, Xie Yixiang was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Since Yushan Daddy knows the location shown on the map, I don't know what is hidden there? Or something strange has happened?" Yushan Daddy couldn't help but glance at her, and said: "This is the map you brought, how do I know what is hidden there?" He then shook his head again and said: "It is said that this 'Suli Tang Peak', the name is derived from the ancient language of the Wu'er, which is the meaning of 'emperor' in your Chinese language. Because the whole mountain is extremely steep, and the four walls are almost straight up and down, no one can climb to climb it, so the name is taken from the meaning of 'unconquerable'. ”

Hearing this, Xie Yixiang suddenly had a bold thought, and blurted out: "Emperor...... Emperor's Peak...... Isn't the emperor a 'dragon'? Could it be that the so-called 'falling dragon from the Tianshan Mountains' actually refers to this 'Sulitang Peak'?"