Cat Gu Notes

There is nothing wrong with the film, right? "

Qian Dabeard nodded: "There is nothing wrong, continue."

Xia Mingruo said, "It's over."

"What?"

Xia Mingruo emphasized: "I may have seen Chishe City."

"Wait, wait, let me sort out my thoughts," Qian Dahuzi tapped his head, "That is to say, the red willow ditch just now may be..."

"The Chishe Water used to be," Chu Haiyang said, "now it has dried up into several small pools."

"Is there any evidence?"

"Twin Towers," Xia Mingruo raised two fingers, "very clear."

The bearded man stared at his face, Xia Mingruo nodded solemnly.The bearded man took a deep breath, suddenly jumped three feet high on the flat ground, rushed out of the tent and rolled twice in the sand, ran back and pulled Xia Mingruo, his eyes were shining green: "Now! Now! Go and see!"

Xia Mingruo raised his eyelids and said, "Just take a rest. If you don't rest, I will still have a rest. I have been busy since seven or eight in the morning."

Qian Dahuzi said: "Hey hey hey! You little guy! Is it possible that I am more free than you?"

Xia Mingruo patted Chu Haiyang: "Go, go back to sleep."

Chu Haiyang followed him, turning his head to show concern for the bearded man with a smile on his face: "Take a break earlier."

The bearded man yelled and hit people with a ball of waste paper: "Stinky boy!" Chu Haiyang walked away with a smile.

The uncle was woken up by the noise, and Mi Mi poked his head out of the sleeping bag, and said in a familiar tone: "Oh, the child is growing up, I can't help it."

The bearded man nodded and said yes, turned off the light and asked, "Why are you running into the tent again? Didn't you think the leopard and I snored like thunder last time?"

The uncle turned over and muttered, "I'm not going back there...there's a cat over there that sheds its hair and keeps slipping into people's arms..."

Before dawn, Qian Dabeard got out of the tent, with a fur hat in one hand and a coat in the other, and hurriedly raised the curtain of the tent to wake up the team members one by one: "Slackers, spanking! They all slept for six hours Don’t get up yet!” His hair was unkempt, and his brown-yellow beard covered his entire face.

Reluctantly, the crowd crawled to the sandy ground to yawn. Fortunately, the weather was good, and the wind speed was about the same as the seventh grade on the plain, but it was colder.During breakfast, today's itinerary was announced, and the intellectuals approved it unanimously.

The uncle slapped his thigh and screamed: "You people! Walk and stop--! If you see a fork in the road, you have to turn! How long will it take to get to Loulan--! After walking the night road, you have to take the white road! !"

The team members washed their faces with salt and brine, and now at least they can see that it is a person; the camels that are full and full of food are also vigorously raising their heads, and the kind-hearted Uighur boy Gulim put the cooking utensils Hanging on the meaty camel, he hummed happily and comforted the uncle in Mandarin with eight turns.

The uncle said: "Speak Uyghur and understand."

Gulim felt as if he had received an amnesty, so he hurriedly chattered, meaning there was no other way, and he had been with many scientific expedition teams, and each batch was the same, so he would die when he saw something new!

The uncle pointed to his own nose and said, "Then my old man is terrible!"

"Suanla, Suanla (forget it)!" Gulim pushed him onto the camel.

Xia Mingruo's camel took the lead, and Lao Huang sat upright on top of its head.Qian Dabeard followed them closely, patting the saddle and kicking the stirrups: "Hurry up! Let's go! Comrades, let's go!"

The uncle sighed loudly: "Look, you are in a hurry."

The north wind whipped up the fine sand, flying on the tip of the red willow. Chu Haiyang rode on the camel and studied the map. The uncle asked, "What? Can you see the flowers?"

"...Well," Chu Haiyang bit the tip of his pencil, "If the guess is correct, then it's a big discovery. I'm afraid you won't believe me, so I have to help him out."

"Don't you beards agree?"

"Hey!" Chu Haiyang smiled and waved his hands, "Those two people are in the same line, and to put it bluntly, they are crazy."

The leopard came over at some point, and leaned over to look at the map in Chu Haiyang's hand: "The place we are going to is not on the map."

Chu Haiyang said: "This is the map drawn by our Academy of Sciences in 1960, of course not."

"Oh," Leopard asked, "that city is called..."

Chu Haiyang said: "Chishe."

Leopard asked: "What is Chishe?"

Chu Haiyang raised his head and thought for a while, "It actually means Red City. There are many ancient cities in the desert named after their colors. For example, the capital of Helianxia is called Baicheng, and the capital of Xixia is called Heicheng—these two are not the same. There was a difference of more than 1000 years——for another example, Qingcheng. Now Qingcheng is still there, which is Hohhot.”

"Oh, Red City." Leopard seemed to understand.

"In the 30s, I discovered this city by the Chishe River. Because it could not be found in ancient books, I have not figured out its origin until now, so I simply named it after water. However, due to the crisis of the country, it has never been organized. The archaeological team conducted an on-site investigation, but the result was delayed."

"It has been delayed until today?" the uncle asked.

"Well," Chu Haiyang said, "It is said that the Xinjiang Institute made a special search for it at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but failed to find it."

"why?"

"Because it can move." Chu Haiyang said.

The leopard stared wide-eyed: "Does it still have legs?!"

"Where is it?" Chu Haiyang carefully put away the map, "It was only later that I figured it out. This city is surrounded by quicksand. I don't know if it was like this when the city was built. In short, it is the sand dunes that move, not the city. Of course, there are also rivers." Everyone thought that the city was near the water, but desert rivers often change their course frequently, and sometimes disappear out of thin air. At first, I occasionally found that there was no mark left, and the vast Gobi is vast and boundless. Where did I find it?"

"Indeed," the uncle said with emotion, "we were lucky to bump into it."

"Xia Biexin bumped into him. Since he was young, his probability of bumping into ghosts is higher than ordinary people." Chu Haiyang stretched his neck and looked around, "Huh? What about others?"

The uncle said: "Do you still need to ask? You should charge early."

On the way, we passed the reed beach and the ice lake, the surroundings were extremely quiet, and the surface of the lake reflected light like a mirror in the sun.The ice was very thick, and everyone confidently let the camels step on it.

Chishe City is just opposite the ice lake, only 600 meters away from the water surface. At this time, you can see the earthen wall and the towers occupying the east and west corners.Big Beard Qian held up his binoculars, "The one to the east is a Buddhist pagoda," he turned his head, anxious again, "What are you looking at? What's there to see? Have you never seen water? Hurry up, hurry up!"

The uncle smiled and said, "Okay, you're old, and the city can't run away. Come over here and smash the ice! It's better to take it along the way, otherwise it will be a camel to transport the iced water back and forth."

The bearded man obeyed immediately, and obediently ran to swing the pickaxe.After whirling for a while, I was really anxious, so I called the idlers who were not working and said, "Come here quickly! Come here quickly!"

Xia Mingruo asked: "Why?"

The bearded man said, "If I tell you to come here, you will come here!"

Xia Mingruo trotted to his side.

The bearded man said solemnly: "Amir! As the commander, I now order you to be the captain of the first assault column! You will lead your subordinates..." He pointed to the rest of the idlers, "Occupy the high ground quickly at all costs! "

Xia Mingruo said, "Amir understands!"

Hu Zi said: "I will award you the Medal of the Republic after the matter is completed! Go! Chishe City is ours!"

Xia Mingruo said: "Yes, that's right, it belongs to us!" He tapped his heels, pretended to salute, and turned back after walking a few steps: "I have conditions."

Beard asked: "What?"

Xia Mingruo said: "I want to eat dumplings at noon."

Qian Huzi raised his giant spirit palm, Xia Mingruo ran away with his head in his arms.

"If you don't give up, I will rush!" Beard shouted, "Poland is ours! North Africa is also ours!"

Xia Mingruo ran to tell Chu Haiyang, Chu Haiyang was sweating, and asked, "Who will accompany you?"

"No one," Xia Mingruo said, "Just me, Lao Huang, and cook Gulim. Do you want uncle to follow?"

"Come on." Having learned from the past, Chu Haiyang knew that the uncle was also unreliable.After thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing to worry about. The cook went first, and he would definitely be able to eat early today.

"Remember to help Gulim," he ordered, "we will be here soon."

"Got it." Xia Mingruo waved his hand casually, calling Gulim to go.Unexpectedly, Gulim's old camel Rouzi refused to leave the water. The two tugged and pulled, and the leopard also came to help. Finally, the three of them went to Chishe City together.

Half an hour later, the second column entered the city. As soon as the bearded man ran past the east gate, he hit a tripping rope and fell far away with a plop.The rest of the people were startled, and when they were stunned, they only heard a whistle, and many people appeared on the top of the city wall, all of them holding guns, and the black muzzles of the guns were aimed at them.

The crowd panicked and pulled the reins to flee back. Someone on the city wall fired a shot into the sky, scaring them all to the ground. They could only obediently be led away from the camels and their luggage. Did not dare to keep it.This is not over yet, and finally everyone entered the city under the threat of weapons, holding their heads, squatting in a row under the gray-white city wall, which was mostly buried by quicksand.

After squatting down, I realized that Lao Huang and Rouzi Luotuo were standing next to him in a daze.Three members of the first column were tied to the two-high thick wooden frame behind them, Gulim and the leopard were on the bottom, and Xia Mingruo was tied to the wooden tip.All three were stripped to only one shirt, their hats and shoes were taken off, their mouths were stuffed with rags, and their faces were pale in the cold wind.

People on the city wall came down one after another and stood in front of the scientific expedition team with their guns raised.

They also seem to have lived in the Gobi for a long time, their faces are rough and dark, their lips are peeled, and their eyebrows and beards are covered with stains.