Cat Gu Notes

Khan, Iran, Iraq, and finally reached the coast of the Mediterranean Sea—unfortunately not the Aegean Sea, so as to mourn Guodong’s dead love—Rome (Daqin).

In fact, there was originally a middle road, and it was the earliest middle road. Zhang Qian took the middle road through the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain for his first envoy.The middle road first goes to Lop Nur, then along the northern shore of the dry sea to Loulan, and then goes north to Kashgar, but because of the abandonment of Loulan, the middle road has long since ceased to exist.

This time, the scientific investigation has gone in the middle of the road.

The scientific expedition team consisted of fifteen people, two of whom were guides; they brought 27 camels, almost half of which were used to carry instruments and supplies; a high-power radio, which is a new weapon for contacting the outside world.But even so, crossing the Gobi Desert is still a gamble, and there are many people who died in the desert because of scientific research over the years.

In the vast Gobi, there is not a bird in the air, and there is no green in the ground.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent general Li Guangli to crusade against Dawan, he suffered heavy losses when he crossed Lop Nur, and returned in a disastrous defeat when he arrived in Dawan. When he arrived in Dunhuang, only one of the ten people was left.But there was still water in Lop Nur at that time, and now there is no water, and the danger is even more dangerous than before.

In addition, it is the cold winter, and the dripping water turns into ice at night, which means it is slightly better at noon.Of course, there is no road, no hoofprints of the camel caravan, and the guide, relying on his amazing memory and topographical skills, led the expedition team slowly along the dead branches of Populus euphratica and dead animal bones.

Most of the time on the road is at night, during the day it is windy and sandy, and sometimes you can’t see anything; although the sun has no heat, it makes people dizzy.And according to the guide, it is easier to recognize the way at night. In addition to the astrology to see, the moonlight in the desert is bright, and you can even read and write according to it.The most important thing is that Qian Dabeard is a nocturnal creature, and he advocates exercising to generate heat every day, which can prevent him from freezing to death.

After walking like this for a few days, the leopard regretted it and complained while eating dry food.

Xia Mingruo covered his face with a gauze, lay in the tent and said to him, "There is an easy way. If you go out now, within three days, you will be able to reach the Western Paradise forever."

Leopard scolded him: "Fuck you."

Xia Mingruo raised his veil and smiled at him, the leopard immediately dropped his rations and threw himself in front of him, kowtowed and begged, "Don't believe brother, please deal with me now, don't wait for later. The sea of ​​sand will be vast in the future, and there is no guarantee that it will be killed one day. You are dead."

Xia Mingruo said magnanimously, "It's good to know your mistakes, and learn from them."

The leopard said, "That's that, that's that. Brother, you rest, I will retreat first."

Xia Mingruo said, "Wait for me, I'll go find Haiyang."

The uncle happened to get into the tent at this time: "I'm still lying down, get up quickly, I'm going to close the tent."

Xia Mingruo looked behind him: "Isn't Haiyang with you?"

"The ocean is feeding the camels." The uncle sat down and took a sip of water.

Xia Mingruo ran out, and heard someone yelling from afar. Qian Dabeard was crying out of breath holding an old camel lying down.Xia Mingruo blinked, wrapped his military coat tightly, walked to Chu Haiyang, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chu Haiyang said: "Let him go. It will be fine after crying. It's not because a camel is sick. We want to throw it away, but he refuses."

Leopard also came to watch the fun: "Is it necessary to throw it away?"

Xia Mingruo nodded and said: "Sometimes it has to be like this. If it is not useful, it will waste fodder, and other camels will also be affected."

Qian Dabeard is a person with multiple emotions, so of course he doesn't want to, and for a while the quarrel is so hot that he doesn't listen to anyone's persuasion.After a while, the uncle came out of the tent, whispered a few words in his ear, and he immediately agreed: "Throw it away."

Xia Mingruo murmured: "What..."

He ran to question the uncle: "What magic method did you use to confuse us Qian Dazi?"

The uncle said: "It's beautiful."

Xia Mingruo reloaded the gun with a click, and the uncle put up the orchid and pointed it in the direction of Chu Haiyang and fled. While fleeing, he accused: "Bad boy! You hate it!"

Chu Haiyang smiled and threw the straw bag to him: "It deserves it."

The uncle took it and continued to feed the camel: "You are not much better."

The moonlight shone on the rugged Gobi. He fed the sick old camel more water, patted it on the back, and let it go.It is said that old camels, like horses, can also know the way.

"Come on," he said, "go home."

The old camel seemed to understand, and stood up staggeringly. When Qian Dabeard saw it, he took the rein and sent it off.

Then the expedition team set out to move forward, and with the sound of camel bells, they crossed one sand dune after another.During this time, Xia Mingruo kept yelling that his butt hurts and his legs hurt, saying that he wanted to cry when he saw the camel saddle, and finally invented a horizontal lying posture. It is said that this posture is more elegant. In the past, people killed wolves, wild dogs, and wild boars. , are hanging like this.

But two or three hours later, the camel team stopped.

Because the moon is down, and there is a large Yardang landform ahead, it is easy to get lost when passing in the dark, maybe you will circle around in this maze of mounds caused by strong winds and currents until dawn.

So they set up the tent again to rest, packed up and paused, Xia Mingruo hugged Lao Huang and got into the sleeping bag.

The uncle smacked his lips enviously: "Hold the cat, it's so warm, my toes are almost freezing off, why don't I have a cat to sleep with me?"

The leopard immediately offered courtesy and said, "Master, I will sleep with you."

The uncle said: "Go away."

"..." (Yuwen Leopard facing the wall)

Chu Haiyang laughed and shouted, "Old Huang."

Lao Huang raised his head from Xia Mingruo's sleeping bag, and in the darkness, he saw two eyes, one yellow and one green, like small light bulbs.

Xia Mingruo said: "Old Huang, go and sleep with uncle, uncle is cold."

Lao Huang hesitated, and the uncle stood up and sat up: "What are you waiting for? Come on!"

Old Huang meowed into his sleeping bag.

The leopard finally collapsed, and he rushed to the uncle and asked, "Master, which one do you choose, me or the cat?"

His master said, "Cat."

"Which one do you choose, me or the camel?"

"camel."

"Aww! What about me and cantaloupe?"

"Of course it's cantaloupe," his master yelled, "quickly put me to sleep! If you keep talking, I'll chop you up!"

The leopard cried and said, "Woooo... I might as well die." After a while, he didn't give up and asked, "Then what about me and Shazao?"

He continued to babble and pester, and the others plugged their ears and tried to fall asleep.

Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow...

After passing this Yadan group, Loulan is not far away.

When I woke up in the morning, the temperature was minus [-] degrees Celsius. All the team members shivered and shivered. Only Qian, with a beard, was honest and shouted cold.His thumb was damaged by frost in the early years, and he couldn't bend it when the temperature was low.

Cold to cold, Qian Dahan didn't care at all, he sang lively and lively from the moment he opened his eyes, saying that he fell in love with a girl who was as beautiful as the moon in the sky, and to marry her he brought fifty sheep, and ended up marrying the girl's mother …After singing the song of the day, he announced the discipline: Today, you are still not allowed to wash your face, shave your beard, brush your teeth, and the cook is not allowed to wash your hands outside of cooking.

So everyone envied Lao Huang: cats don't need water to wash their face.

After tidying up, eat breakfast, mutton bibimbap that has not changed for decades.

The weather was cold, and a layer of white sheep fat quickly condensed on the rice as soon as it came out of the pan. Xia Mingruo struggled for a long time every time he swallowed. The bearded man encouraged him: "Be strong, think of the revolutionary martyrs..."

Xia Mingruo got into his big tent and chewed dumbly, thinking about the Red Army on the Songpan Prairie.

After a while, the uncle opened the curtain and brought a copper basin with unburned charcoal: "The leftovers from cooking, let it come to your place to use the residual heat."

The bearded man was very happy: "Great, I just thought about how this broken finger will draw a route today!"

The uncle asked, "When shall we leave?"

Huzi stretched his fingers and warmed it by the brazier: "Wait for the temperature to rise a few more degrees... I mean, Xia Mingruo, you've had your breakfast for 45 minutes."

Xia Mingruo curled up in the corner of the tent, turned around at this moment, his mouth was bulging, with an expression that he could spit out immediately.

Huzi looked at it for a moment: "Yo, you go ahead, I won't talk to you anymore."

The uncle laughed unceremoniously, Xia Mingruo continued to chew with annoyed expression.

The uncle praised: "What a good boy..."

Xia Mingruo swallowed the mutton rice and said coldly, "I'll kill you."

The uncle is now dressed in the same way as a guide in the Western Regions: wrapped in a fur coat, wearing a fur hat, and wearing long boots.He stroked his characteristic mustache, croaked with his neck up, but Xia Mingruo ignored him again.

Qian Huzi moved his fingers and felt that it was almost done, so he began to pack his things.Putting it away, he took out a roll of paper, frowned for a while, then suddenly remembered, and hurriedly handed it to Xia Mingruo: "I almost forgot, don't lose it."

Xia Mingruo took it over: "What?"

"The comrades of the Dunhuang Research Institute found something in the secret cave of Yulin Grottoes. It may be something from the Northern Dynasty. The news has not been announced yet," said Qian Huzi. "The original is a scroll, which is being repaired. This is their copy. We After reading it, I thought it was a sheet music, so take it home and show it to your dad."

"Okay." Xia Mingruo took it over.

"Show it to your dad?" the uncle asked with his hands on his hips, "Your dad makes music?"

"No," Xia Mingruo said, "My dad repairs radios."

The uncle pointed at Xia Mingruo, then turned to Huzi: "Huh?"

Huzi smiled and said, "My friend, the truth lies with the people. Do you know the bell of the Warring States Period?"

The uncle asked: "The one in Hubei? What is it called Zeng... the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng?"

"That's right," Hu Zi said, "Actually, one was dug up ten years ago, and it was older than the one in Zenghouyi's tomb.