Three days later, our group arrived at the northernmost point of Shaanxi Province - Shenmu County. Swallowing Novels www. We were accompanied by Professor Chen and two of his students, a man and a woman. The man was named Fang Cheng and the woman was named Lin Ling.

The reason why we stopped in Shenmu County was firstly to find a local guide, and secondly to find the villager selling bronzes to learn about the specific location of the tomb. The first thing was solved quickly. We hired a 20-year-old

A local girl, her name is Tana - which means pearl in Mongolian. Tana grew up in the desert. Later, her home was covered by sand, so she moved to Shenmu County. According to the local leader who recommended her,

There was nothing Tana didn't understand about the things in the Mu Us Desert.

The second thing I encountered was trouble. The person selling bronzes was a villager named Shiqi outside Shenmu County. The name of the place was Mongolian. I didn't remember it. This guy was stupid and stupid. He wanted such a hot thing.

I took it to the county town to sell it on the street, and kept saying that it was dug from an ancient tomb to increase the authenticity. So of course, this guy was arrested and is still in a detention center.

We met him in the detention center. Professor Chen spent a whole hour with him. This guy didn’t say where he picked these things. I almost fell asleep while listening. Professor Chen obviously didn’t follow this guy.

The number one has experience in dealing with people. He kept telling him how important his discovery was to the archaeological community and how helpful it would be to the study of ancient civilizations. That kid would only be smart if he understood!

This matter depends on our Lao Zhang's methods. We have experience in dealing with this kind of people. After brewing his emotions, he straightened his face, stepped forward and pulled Professor Chen away, and said to the boy:

"Do you know what you have committed? In ancient times, this was a crime of beheading!"

Before he could react, I continued: "You have betrayed the trust placed in you by the party and the organization. We suspect that you want to smuggle these cultural relics abroad. Do you know what you are doing? It is treason. We

I suspect that you are a spy sent by the capitalist elements, and the old man ** said that you must be dealt with seriously!"

The kid turned pale with fright and stammered: "**Does everyone know about him? I'm really not a spy!"

"Of course he knows. This Professor Chen was sent here by him. If you don't tell the truth, do you know what the consequences will be? Think about how the enemies in Zhazidong treated our comrades, and how we should treat people like you.

spy!"

I bluffed and lied, and scared this guy out of his wits on the spot. He cried and shouted and confessed everything.

It turned out that more than a month ago, he was grazing in the desert. For some reason, the sheep got frightened and ran away! Of course he chased after it. This sheep was his lifeblood and could not be lost. Later, the sheep was caught.

, the wind and sand in the desert have also arrived.

He and his sheep were swept away by the wind and sand. According to his own later estimation, he was swept at least more than 100 miles away. This guy was also a man who gave up his life and not his wealth. Even in that situation, he didn't do anything.

He put down the sheep, but this also saved his life. Just where he landed, he picked up several pieces of bronze. He didn't care at the time, he just put them in his arms just because they were new. After picking up the things, he

He hurried back in the right direction, and this journey lasted for more than two weeks. Fortunately, he also grew up in the desert, and he had some means of survival in the desert. Plus, he had a sheep on hand, which allowed him to

Came back alive.

He said that he came here to sell it because he heard that it could be exchanged for money. He also said that he couldn’t remember the exact location. Anyway, it was probably about 100 miles away from where he grazed sheep. I asked him to detail the place where he grazed sheep.

He made it clear to our guide Tana, then left him behind and stayed in the detention center, leaving with Professor Chen and the others.

The next morning, a group of five of us took water and food rations, and a camel each to start the archaeological trip.

To be honest, as soon as I walked into the Mu Us Desert, I was completely conquered by its beauty. It was almost dusk, and the setting sun was slowly setting under the endless sand dunes. The color was darker than golden and purer than water.

The clear sky creates a magnificent picture that is magnificent, majestic and harmonious.

We couldn't help but stop and admire the beautiful scenery in front of us. In front of us were endless sand dunes, dotted with a little greenery. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, even these sand dunes looked clear and bright. These sand dunes are arranged from northeast to southwest, with high

About 5 to 10 meters, most of them are mobile sand dunes, like winding dragons, swimming towards the place where the sky and the earth meet.

If there is any shortcoming, it is silence, pure, lifeless silence - there are only five of us in the boundless heaven and earth.

Professor Chen seemed to have seen what we were thinking, and said with emotion: "The Mu Us Desert was not like this in the past. Archaeological discoveries tell us that it used to be a pasture with fertile water and grass and pleasant scenery. Unfortunately, the sand dunes gradually moved eastward.

Moving, the desert is expanding step by step..."

Speaking of this, Professor Chen seemed to be quite emotional, shaking his head in regret. On the side, Tana also showed a sad expression after listening to Professor Chen's words, and said: "The old man is right! My family used to live in the desert, six or seven years ago.

We have to move once every year, and the house is buried in sand. We call this 'sand-driven'."

Professor Chen had a serious look on his face, and Tana said something painful, but none of this left any impression on the hearts of the three of us young people. I don’t understand and don’t care about the expansion of the desert. I only know that such beautiful scenery is the only one I have ever seen in my life.

of.

Perhaps the first impression left on me by the Mu Us Desert was so good that I thought willingly that the desert was friendly. However, the good impression did not last long, and the good impression was completely destroyed one morning two days later.

While I was sleeping, I felt my mouth was dry and it was difficult to breathe. When I woke up, I found that my mouth was full of sand. I shook my head and felt that something splashed out. My head felt much lighter. When I looked up at the sky,

I was suddenly shocked and quickly woke everyone up.

Everyone was stunned when they saw the scene in front of them. Fortunately, Tana was quite calm. She pulled the camels and asked them to lie in a group to surround us. Then she directed us to dig up sand and make a defensive line along the camels.

sand belt.

After finishing all this, everyone sat in the center and watched in vain as the wind and sand came. The sky was no longer pure and clear, it was gray, depressed and low. There was a strange sound all around, turbid and low, like the sound of wind.

It sounds like water stagnant with sand and gravel.

I don’t know how long it took, but the wind and sand finally stopped! A few of us looked up and saw that our bodies were covered with a thick layer of yellow sand, and nearly half a meter of sand was piled up outside the sand wall made of camels.

The weather has cleared up, but our moods are very heavy. Everyone was silent along the way, without the joy of surviving the disaster. Our minds were filled with the wind and sand that blocked the sky and the sun, as if casting a thick shadow on our trip.

The most normal one among the five of us is Tana. Although she is only about 20 years old, she is worthy of being a daughter of the desert. She seemed completely unaffected by the wind and sand that almost buried us alive. She smiled and gave guidance from time to time along the way.

The sporadic green dotted in the desert tells us: this is Artemisia oleifera, that is sandthorn...

Listening to her cheerful voice, our mood also improved. We listened to Tana's introduction with great interest and carefully identified: Artemisia oleifera, black willow, Salix, sandthorn and other common vegetation in the Mu Us Desert.

After walking like this for more than a week, we have gone deep into the hinterland of the Mu Us Desert and are getting closer to the place the villagers said. Seeing that the destination is in front of us, even Professor Chen can't help but get a little excited. Everyone speeds up the pace
Chapter completed!