Chapter 678 Devil City (the last two days, ask for a monthly pass)

  Many people listened to Dao Lang's song "KS Geer's Populus euphratica", but they didn't know what the last chanting was.

  That’s right, that’s Dolang Muqam.

  At this moment, in the Gobi desert, under the lonely Populus euphratica tree, Liu Qingshan’s vast singing voice merged with the desolate Muqam’s singing, and the people present seemed to have passed away.

  It seems that three thousand years have passed in a flash.

   Populus euphratica trees are half dead and half prosperous, which is the testimony of these years.

  Miss Xiaoxu was sobbing for a long time. She pressed her body tightly against the Populus euphratica tree, as if she wanted to become one with the Populus euphratica tree.

  Even though her body is gradually weathered by the years, she still wants to wait for her lover here.

  Finally, the voices of Liu Qingshan and those Uighur compatriots faded away.

  Liu Qingshan clasped his hands together and bowed to the Populus euphratica tree: "Live like Populus euphratica!"

  The Uighurs around also worshiped the Populus euphratica tree, and then surrounded Liu Qingshan, talking in their mouths, with a very friendly look.

  Although they don't understand each other's language, music connects their hearts together.

  As for the other passengers, they also cast strange glances at Liu Qingshan: My little comrade is amazing, he can win the respect of the local people.

  Li Likun also squeezed into the crowd, cheerfully acting as an interpreter for Liu Qingshan.

  His heart is also full of respect, you know, he was recognized only after saving the lives of his mother and child.

   "Boss, these folks ask you, did you write the song you sang just now?" Li Likun translated.

  Liu Qingshan shook his head: "It's a friend of mine. Maybe ten years later, he will also come to this vast land. You will definitely hear his singing by then."

  The current Dao Lang is still a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, and he is still more than ten years away from the great style.

   Only when he comes to this land, will he become Dao Lang.

   "Let's go!" The driver's voice came from the direction of the bus.

  Liu Qingshan was about to go to take care of Xiao Xu, but found that she was already walking straight towards the bus. Although her eyes were red, they were full of determination.

  Perhaps it was the Populus euphratica that taught her to be strong.

  After everyone boarded the car again, the atmosphere in the car became much more relaxed. Even the locals lightly plucked their musical instruments, and many people hummed along. The scene was very harmonious.

  The bus swayed until it was almost dark, and then arrived at KLMY. Everyone seemed to be falling apart.

  When getting off the car, Liu Qingshan waved goodbye to those local people, and some even invited Liu Qingshan to their home as a guest, including the middle-aged man with the eagle on his back.

  The workers of the oil system also invited Liu Qingshan and the others to the guest house.

  Liu Qingshan thought about it, thanked these big brothers of workers, and then followed the big man with the eagle, and left the small town of KLMY together.

  He planned this way. If he wanted to find Brother Hai in the Gobi, it would be best to have the help of local people, after all, they are the most familiar with this place.

   With Li Likun’s translation, Liu Qingshan also learned that the big man’s name is Aizmaiti, which means “good man”.

   On the way, Aizmaiti went to a family on the edge of the city, and then brought out a big camel. He put the bag he was carrying on the hump, and then led the camel to lead the way.

  It seems that when people come here, they store their camels here and ride them when they are going to go back, but now, there are a little too many people.

  Out of the city, after walking a few miles, seeing that Miss Xiao Xu was exhausted, but still gnashing her teeth, Liu Qingshan asked Li Likun to discuss with the heroic uncle, whether she could be asked to ride a camel.

   Aizmaiti stopped, then waved his hand, signaling for everyone to take a break together, and muttered a few words in his mouth.

   Li Likun could only translate with a strange expression: "Either they all ride camels, or they don't ride. The same friends can't treat each other differently."

   Makes sense, Liu Qingshan also nodded.

  It was only then that he noticed that the falcon on Aizmat's shoulder had already flown away at some point.

  The group of people rested for a few minutes, and suddenly there was a distant eagle cry in the sky, and then, a black shadow flew over and landed on Aizmat's shoulder.

  A piece of cowhide was placed on Aizmat's shoulder, so he was not afraid of the eagle's claws falling on it.

   Then they saw a burst of dust flying in the distance, and a dozen camels appeared in their field of vision, walking towards this side at a leisurely pace.

   Aizmaiti stood up: "Although the camel walks slowly, it can reach the destination."

  Liu Qingshan suddenly understood a little bit, no wonder there are wise men like Avanti in this land.

  The wisdom summed up by the working people does not sound esoteric at all, but it is very practical.

  When the camel team approached, the front camel was riding a little boy about ten years old, with two red spots on his face, talking to Aizmat.

   Aizmaiti waved his hands and told everyone to get on the camel, but the camel's four long legs were almost as tall as a person's, so it really couldn't climb up.

  Wang Xiaobing even made a sudden leap, and fell onto the camel's back, but the camel shook its hump slightly, and Wang Xiaobing fell from the other side.

  I saw that little Balang slid down from the camel's back, then stretched out his little hand, and patted the camel's forelegs.

  The camel first knelt down on its front legs, and then on its hind legs. Its whole body lay on the ground, less than one meter high.

  Wang Xiaobing first tried to sit on it, and then the camel stood up slowly, with two humps stuck one behind the other, leaving out the saddle.

  When other people saw it, they followed suit and rode on camels one after another.

  Little Barang led the way in front, and Aizmaiti was in the back, sprinkled camel bells all the way, and walked slowly in the twilight.

   Aizmaiti was right. They finally arrived at their destination around midnight.

  It is said that it is twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, which seems very late, but in fact, it has only been dark for an hour or two.

  It was a yurt, and the surrounding scene could not be clearly seen. Liu Qingshan and the others entered the yurt, and there was already a hostess wearing a headscarf, offering milk tea and setting up a belated dinner.

  Mostly dairy products, and then meat products, everyone was really hungry, and devoured the meal.

  Cao Xiaofei was still quite vigilant, worried that there might be something wrong with the food, so he asked Liu Qingshan in a low voice.

  Liu Qingshan waved his hand. He knew that once these herdsmen recognized you, they would treat you like relatives. They would definitely have no bad intentions.

  Sleeping until eight o'clock the next morning, Liu Qingshan got up and left the yurt to see the surrounding scene clearly.

   But the sky is gray and the wild is vast, but there is no stretch of grassland around. The ground is mostly sandy, more yellow and less green, and then there are plants like camel thorns that are resistant to drought.

  Dozens of tall camels are slowly eating the plants on the ground, and there are more than a dozen horses, swinging their tails leisurely.

   There is a flock of sheep in the distance, moving slowly on the Gobi Desert.

  This is really not a good pasture, but the herdsmen are still tenaciously alive.

  Facing the rising sun, Liu Qingshan started jogging. After the activity started, he gradually increased his speed.

   Da da da, there was the sound of horseshoes behind him, and it was Xiao Balang who rode his horse to catch up.

  Liu Qingshan already knew that little Balang's name was Ye Erjiang, so he waved to the little guy on horseback.

  The little guy grinned, that smile was very pure, he stretched out his hand, and pointed in the direction of the sheep in the distance.

  Liu Qingshan also nodded with a smile, and his feet began to accelerate again, one man and one horse, galloping away on this slightly desolate grassland.

   Aizmaiti and his wife were milking camels. Looking at the situation over there, they couldn't help smiling and shaking their heads: How can people outrun horses?

   After milking two buckets of camel milk, Aizmaiti walked towards the yurt with a big bucket in one hand.

  He accidentally glanced at the flock of sheep in the distance, and then his arms shook in shock, and the two barrels of camel milk fell to the ground.

  One of the buckets turned over, and the milky white milk dripped on Aizmat's boots. He didn't seem to know it, but just stared into the distance blankly.

  I saw two small black dots, moving quickly towards the flock of sheep, the one with four legs behind it, and the one with two legs in front.

How is this possible?

   Aizmaiti rubbed his eyes, could it be that Yeerjiang released the water?

   No, he knows his son too well, he is a competitive child.

  Aizimaiti finally understood: It turns out that people can really outrun a horse.

  Liu Qingshan rushed to the vicinity of the flock of sheep, and then gradually stopped his pace, and Ye Erjiang finally rode his horse to catch up.

  The little guy quickly got off his horse, ran to Liu Qingshan, grabbed his arm excitedly, and said something.

   Liu Qingshan wanted to reach out and touch the little guy's head, but he didn't know if there was any taboo.

   Many ethnic groups are very taboo to touch children's heads, fearing that bad people will take away their souls.

  So Liu Qingshan still patted Ye Erjiang on the shoulder, then gave a thumbs up, and praised the little guy's ability to ride a horse.

  He really praised it. If it were Liu Qingshan who rode a horse, he would have ridden it before, but he could only walk slowly, not daring to gallop.

  Yerjiang, the little boy, was quite interesting. When he went back, he had to ask Liu Qingshan to ride on the horse, and he would lead the rein in front.

  Anyone can see the admiration on his face.

  Back to the front of the yurt, Liu Qingshan got off his horse, and Ye Erjiang began to talk to his parents.

   It can be clearly felt that the Aizmaiti family has more respect for Liu Qingshan and others, which can be reflected in the richness of the breakfast.

  Early in the morning, Aizmaiti actually slaughtered a sheep and roasted it.

  Liu Qingshan and the others drank camel milk first, then ate half of the naan to pad their stomachs, and then, led by Ye Erjiang, visited a circle of herdsmen nearby.

  The main thing is to ask them if they have seen Senior Brother Hai.

  Maybe Senior Brother Hai didn’t go in this direction, so they didn’t gain anything.

  However, after learning that Liu Qingshan and the others were looking for someone, Aizmaiti still sent several herdsmen to help, all riding horses, to the entire area around KLMY to inquire about news.

   Now even Liu Qingshan was moved: This is a big help.

  In the evening, a herdsman finally brought back the news that about 20 days ago, a Han man bought a camel from a herdsman's house, and then went to Wuerhe.

  The herdsman who sells camels can understand a little Mandarin, as if he heard the other party talking about Devil City or something.

   Devil City! Upon hearing this name, Miss Xiao Xu's face turned pale.

  It’s no wonder that a place with such a name is not dangerous.

  Liu Qingshan gave her a comforting look: "Devil City just sounds scary, but in fact it's mainly because of the wind and sand."

   "Because it is located in the mouth of the wind, it has been eroded by strong winds all year round, so it has formed a unique Yardang landform, and the howling wind sounds like a ghost howling, so it has this name."

  Miss Xiao Xu nodded: "Then he must have gone to Devil City, let's go there to find him."

  Liu Qingshan also felt that it was very possible that someone like Brother Hai would definitely go to Devil City to find inspiration.

  In order to confirm that it was Senior Brother Hai, Liu Qingshan asked the herdsman to lead the way. He was going to confirm with the herdsman who had seen Senior Brother Hai again.

  Looking at Liu Qingshan riding clumsily on the horse, the herdsman said in unproficient Mandarin: "Yerjiang said that you can outrun a fine horse."

  Liu Qingshan also felt that this way of traveling was too slow, so he simply dismounted and ran for a while, and sat on the horseback to rest for a while when he was tired from running.

   Even so, the herdsman who led the way was shocked, and looked at Liu Qingshan with respect.

  After confirming that it was Senior Brother Hai, Liu Qingshan came back and told Ai Zimaiti about his idea of ​​going to Devil City to find someone.

   Unexpectedly, the face of this hero suddenly changed color, and he muttered: "Why do you want to go there, why do you want to go there?"

  According to their folklore, Devil City really can eat people.

  Liu Qingshan saw Miss Xiaoxu go to pick out her pocket, so she stopped her immediately, this is not something that money can solve.

  Liu Qingshan gestured to Li Likun again, and then said:

   "Brother Aizmaiti, you can just take us to Devil City, you don't need to go in."

  Aizmaiti hesitated for a while, then nodded: "Then I will accompany you, but you must obey my command, otherwise, we will all be swallowed up by the devil."

  Liu Qingshan also nodded solemnly, he knew that it was the limit for Aizmat to do this.

  Even Liu Qingshan didn't know how to thank this hero after he came back.

   Then it was to prepare for this trip. Aizmaiti's wife baked two bags of naan.

   There is very little water in this thing, even if it is eaten for a month, it will not spoil.

  The other thing is to prepare a lot of food, mainly jerky and some solidified dairy products, which are easy to carry and have a long shelf life.

  The last and most important thing is water.

  Aizmaiti pulled all the water bags from nearby herdsmen's homes, more than a dozen large and small.

  The gall inside these water sacs is made of animal urine, that is, the bladder, and the outside is wrapped with animal skin, which is strong and light.

  Everything was ready, and early the next morning, Aizmat led the camel team and set foot on the road to Devil City.

   There are a total of more than ten camels, each riding a camel, and the rest are used to carry supplies.

   Liu Qingshan and his party did not all go, Wang Xiang and Wang Xiaobing stayed here.

  In case of any unexpected situation, they can also provide follow-up support.

   These two boys are not very happy. Those who have been soldiers will never shrink back in the face of danger.

  Liu Qingshan explained the stakes to them, and these two reluctantly stayed.

  The camel team lined up long and slowly on the road.

  The vast Gobi, the camel bell, seems to bring people back to the ancient silk road thousands of years ago...

  (end of this chapter)