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She pointed to the equipment truck on the side: "Take whatever you want, leave on time at twelve o'clock, don't be late."

Wu Xie smiled happily. Fortunately, he has cinnabar. He also thought about it. Without Aning, as long as he has cinnabar, he can still go to Tamu Tuo. He believes in cinnabar's ability, but he didn't expect Qi Hei to say that he would go with cinnabar Going away directly changed Aning's mind.

The jeep team was speeding on the endless Gobi Gobi, the climate was dry, and the cars were far away from each other to avoid the yellow dust raised by the previous car.

Wu Xie sat in the car and looked out the window. Aning told Wu Xie about his plan before departure, and found that it was completely in accordance with Wenjin's route, starting from Dunhuang, passing through Dachaidan and entering the area of ​​Chaerhan Lake. That place leaves the road and enters the no-man's land of the Qaidam Basin.Then Dingzhu Zhuoma led the way and brought the team to the place where she broke up with the expedition team back then.

The convoy replenished supplies all the way, and soon arrived in Dunhuang as planned.Zhu Sha hugged the two kittens, wondering what she was thinking.Wu Xie was also very curious about the two kittens, which were about the size of a palm.

In the next two days, the convoy penetrated deep into the Gobi, and the "Land Rover" was very fast. In these two days, it entered the hinterland of Qaidam.

A Ning's people are very invisible, and they camped several times. The few people who were in Jilin together got along well with Wu Xie and Zhu Sha, and the others became familiar with the two. Getting along with others is quite easy.

Zhang Qiling didn't pay much attention to Wu Xie, but that Qi Hei seemed very interested in Wu Xie and always came to talk to Wu Xie.

After the car entered the Gobi, it left the road very quickly, and Dingzhu Zhuoma began to lead the way. She was accompanied by her daughter-in-law and a grandson, and she was in the same car with Aning, at the front of the convoy.Wu Xie didn't know their situation. He only knew that after the old woman started leading the way, it became difficult for the car to walk. It was either a gravel beach or the dry riverbed of a river canyon. Soon the team complained.

Dingzhu Zhuoma explained that in order to find the mountain pass she saw back then, she had to find a village first. They started their travels in that village, and Wenjin bought all his horses and camels in the village.The village may be deserted now, but the ruins should still be there. Find it to proceed to the next step.

The old woman's memory is still quite good. Sure enough, in the evening, she came to the small village called "Lancuo". There were still people living in the village. There were four families with more than [-] people.

This discovery made everyone ecstatic. Firstly, it proved the ability of the old woman, and secondly, things went smoothly, and they have been traveling in the Gobi for a long time, and they are always very happy to see places where human beings gather.It was late at that time, so we decided to camp in the village.

Unfortunately, there was an accident when we entered the village. A car fell into a wind-eroded ditch. People were fine, but the car was scrapped. At this time, we were quite far away from the nearest road, and it was impossible to get any assistance.This meant that another car had to stay behind to take care of it.

After this incident happened, Aning began to appear preoccupied.That night we were resting next to the scrapped car, and Aning expressed her concerns.She is a little worried. Although they are equipped with first-class off-road vehicles, the surrounding conditions are too harsh. If they cannot find the mountain pass in a short period of time, these vehicles will definitely be scrapped here one by one. Sometimes they may be repaired. Very small problems in the garage, but here it can cripple the car.

And the farther they go into the depths of the basin, the abandoned car and the people with it may not be rescued in time and may encounter danger in the Gobi.

Cars are different from camels and horses. Camels will heal themselves when they are injured, and minor injuries will not affect their journey. However, once an accident occurs in a high-tech car, it is so fragile that it makes people sad. After all, these are civilian cars. No military sturdiness.

But this is not Aning's mistake, because in this era, it is impossible for this team of nearly 50 people to enter Qaidam on camels. First, it is impossible to find so many camels at one time, 50 people, Including camels carrying luggage and spare camels, it may take nearly a hundred camels. Such a huge camel caravan is too conspicuous and will definitely be noticed by the government.

The mechanic who accompanied the team told her that there is no need to worry so much. The Qaidam Basin is not a big place at the speed of the "Land Rover". Twenty years ago, Qaidam might still be as popular as the Taklamakan Desert. The feared sea of ​​death can now cross half of the development area in just a dozen hours. There are a large number of exploration bases and industrial bases, so there is no need to worry so much.

However, this statement was immediately rejected by the grandson of Dingzhu Zhuoma. This young man named Tashi said that we trust the power of machines too much. Although Qaidam has been conquered, the safe place is only limited to the place where the road network radiates , only about 90.00% of the entire basin, and the other 50% of the area is full of deserts, swamps, and salt caps. Those of us who have less than a dozen cars and no. Insignificant in a land that devours life.

He said that even along the least dangerous tourist routes designed, people get lost and die in accidents every year, not to mention that we are now planning to go deep into no-man's land.

He also said that the people he met before were all travelers with the purpose of crossing the basin. These people would not stay in the basin for more than two days, and our purpose was to search in the basin.That is to say, our journey has no end, so going around in circles in the Gobi was the biggest taboo of the shepherds here before, so Miss Ning's worry is not unreasonable, it's better to be careful in everything.

Tashi's words made us fall into silence. Aning thought for a long time and asked Tashi: "Then what advice do you have for us?"

Tashi shook his head and said, "Since you are going to enter Qaidam, your head must be pinned to your trouser belt. It has been like this since ancient times."

After he finished speaking, the rest of the people were not interested in talking anymore. They sat by the campfire in silence for a long time, and then went into their sleeping bags to rest.We will set off early tomorrow morning. Aning didn't set up a tent, but only slept in open-air bags. The temperature here sometimes drops below zero at night, so they all hid behind the raised ridges and got close to the campfire to keep warm.

Wu Xie was thinking about things while looking at the night sky, and Zhu Sha was sleeping beside Wu Xie. I don't know how long it had passed, but when Wu Xie was also drowsy, he suddenly felt someone walking in front of him. , Zhu Sha felt someone approaching and immediately opened his eyes, Wu Xie shivered, and when he woke up, it turned out to be Tashi.

Wu Xie was taken aback by him, and sat up quickly, wanting to speak, but he knelt down and pressed my mouth, and said softly: "Don't talk, come with me, my grandma wants to see you."

Wu Xie looked at Tashi, a little puzzled, because Wu Xie and Zhu Sha had never spoken to that old lady, nor had any communication, even I didn't see her often, why did she suddenly want to see us?

But Zhaxi's expression was very serious, with an undeniable momentum, as if missing someone his grandma wanted to see was a capital offense. Seeing that Wu Xie was a little strange, he said softly, "Please be sure to come with me, it's a matter of death." Very important thing."

Wu Xie froze for a moment, but Zhu Sha got up: "Let's go and have a look."

Immediately afterward he turned around and asked to follow him.Qi Hei, who was far away from them, saw his mother was invited away, so he got up and followed.

Dingzhu Zhuoma's resting place is far away from our place, separated by parked cars, probably because he dislikes the noise of this group of people.After walking about 200 meters, I arrived at their bonfire. I saw that Dingzhu Zhuoma and her daughter-in-law were not asleep. They were sitting by the bonfire. The ground was covered with thick felt, and the bonfire was very hot. Besides the two of them, there was another person sitting on the blanket by the fire.When I got closer to look at it, I was even more surprised. It turned out that the person was none other than Zhang Qiling.

With their backs facing the two, I couldn't see their expressions, but under the flickering firelight, I found that Zhuoma Dingzhu's expression was a bit sullen.Wu Xie and Zhu Sha walked to the bonfire in a daze, thinking that this is really weird, why is this old lady secretly looking for us in the middle of the night?

Tashi waved his hand to invite the two to sit down, and the old woman's daughter-in-law brought buttered tea to Wu Xie and cinnabar. Wu Xie took it over thanks, and glanced at Zhang Qiling next to him, and found that he also looked at himself, and there seemed to be something in his eyes. A little surprise.

Then Tashi looked at the direction of the camp behind him, and whispered something to Dingzhu Zhuoma in Tibetan. The old woman nodded, and suddenly said to us in Mandarin with a strong accent: "I have a message here, to You three."

The three of them remained silent, Dingzhu Zhuoma glanced at the three of them, and said again: "The person who asked me to deliver this message is called Chen Wenjin. I believe you all should know each other. She asked me to deliver a word to you."

Everyone was stunned. Zhu Sha knew about the relationship between Wu Sanxing and Chen Wenjin, so Zhuo Ma, who decided to be the master, went on to say: "When Chen Wenjin asked me to send the video, he had already predicted that this kind of situation would happen. If You came in to find Tamu Tuo according to the content in the note, so she asked me to tell you that she will wait for you at the destination for a while, but," Tashi moved his watch to Dingzhu Dolma.She took a look, "Your time is running out. From now on, if she doesn't wait for you within ten days, she will go in by herself. Hurry up."

reached.Wu Xie was already dumbfounded, Zhu Sha looked like Zhang Qiling again, this was unbelievable, Zhang Qiling also looked surprised.

But only a few seconds later, he returned to normal.He raised his head to look at Dingzhu Dolma, and asked, "When did she tell you this?"

Dingzhu Zhuoma said coldly: "I only pass on oral messages, and I don't know anything else, so don't ask, there are too many people here." Then, Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling looked at the campsite reflexively. direction.

Zhang Qiling frowned slightly, and asked again: "Is she alright?"

Dingzhu Dolma smiled strangely: "If you make it in time, you will know." After saying that, she waved her hand, and the daughter-in-law beside her helped her to stand up, and walked to her tent, looking It looked like he was going back.

Wu Xie stood up and tried to stop her, but was stopped by Tashi. He shook his head, expressing that it was useless.

But at this time, Zhuoma Dingzhu turned his head and said to us: "By the way, there is one more sentence, which I forgot to convey."

Everyone looked up at her, and she said, "She also asked me to tell you that it is among you, so be careful."

Zhu Sha glanced at the daughter-in-law next to her, feeling weird because she smelled the forbidden woman's cute smell.

After finishing speaking, she continued to turn around and entered her tent, leaving Zhu Sha, Wu Xie, and Zhang Qiling sitting in front of the campfire. , Zhu Sha took a sip of tea and suddenly said: "Come out, don't be like a thief, there are no outsiders."

Seeing Qi Hei coming out from the back of the car, Wu Xie was a little surprised, because he didn't feel that someone was eavesdropping all the time, Zhang Qiling just took a look, and continued to look up at the sky when he saw Qi Hei.

Wu Xie suddenly touched Zhu Sha with his arm, and said softly, "Zhu Sha, please avoid it for a while, I have some things I want to ask him alone."

Zhu Sha raised her eyebrows and didn't say anything, she got up and walked to Qi Hei's side, leading him away from the sight of the two of them.

Zhu Sha and Qi Hei walked side by side, they walked a long way, found a big rock and built it on it.There is no fire around, only the galaxy in the sky, which is really beautiful.

Qi Hei hugged Zhu Sha affectionately, "Mother, I really want to be as powerful as my father, but I find that I can't do it at all."

Zhu Sha patted Qi Hei's back lightly and said softly: "Your father guarded the whole street with a knife, even if he was pointed at with a gun, he was never afraid. He was always the first when he went to the grave. Never let the guys find their way."

"Later, I fell in love with opium and became a smoker. Once I went to the tomb and fell into a cigarette addiction. I was bitten by a zongzi, but I was lucky enough to survive. Later, I became crazy. After that, I fell in love with shopping in kilns. If not, I will find your mother."

"Afterwards, your mother was sold because the old bustard was getting old, and your father spent two months carrying your mother back to Changsha."

"After that, your mother followed your father. I was a little reluctant when he married Aunt Bai, who was your own mother. I was afraid that Aunt Bai would suffer with your father. After all, your father was crazy at the time, but in the end I But I found that your father is not stupid, he also knows how to make your mother happy, I don't know where I got the white jade hairpin, and gave it to your mother as a treasure."

"At that moment, I was really relieved. If he has no money, I can give it to Aunt Bai, as long as he treats Aunt Bai sincerely. But in the end, in order to give birth to you, a brat, he died of dystocia. Your father couldn't face you because he was sad. For you, because the war is about to start, I asked Ba Ye Qi to hand you over to me, and asked me to raise you up."

Zhu Sha's voice was already a little choked up, and Aunt Bai didn't have a good life.Because I was born in that era, I had no identity, no background, and no family, so I could only live in prostitution.