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Chapter 12

() Found the way home!

Changdong's plan is to go straight west, cut across the Yadan Sanlong Sand Devil City, rub the edge of the Kumtag Desert, and enter the center of Lop Nur Lake.

He got up early in the morning to look at the sky, but in fact he knew in his heart that good weather and good itineraries had nothing directly related to itineraries, and he was just a habit.

After breakfast, load the truck and check it before departure.

The materials and equipment are divided into two cars, he and Fei Tang. Fei Tang's car weighs more than one ton, and his car is even heavier. As for Ye Liuxi's car, he had no hope at all: the van has a low chassis, and it is estimated that the van will be paralyzed at most for one day. Then I will throw it there and find a way to drag it on the way back.

After loading the car, Changdong gave the final inspection of each car. At this time, those who are capable work harder and those who are unable to chat. Fei Tang leaned over Ye Liuxi and talked about "sister Xi" at once, and the chat was extremely enthusiastic.

When Changdong passed by, he was spitting everywhere.

"When it comes to this beast-headed agate, it is a peerless product. Its shape is not Chinese, but it is in the Persian style of Central and Western Asia. Experts speculate that it came from the Silk Road. The Western Regions paid tribute to me the national gift of the Tang Dynasty. But it is hard to say. If it is a national gift, why don't history books record it, right? So the origin has become a mystery..."

"The price is so high that the country is reluctant to leave it for exhibitions. It is said to be worth half a Hong Kong..."

Changdong said: "What are you talking about?"

Fei Tang saw him: "Brother Dong, Sister Xi knows that I am a man who makes antiques. After asking me, I will tell her..."

Changdong interrupted him: "Please turn on a flashlight and I'll check the bottom of the car."

Fei Tang Ying shouted, took the strong flashlight and followed excitedly: He had a very high IQ today. He deliberately revealed in front of Ye Liuxi that he was a man who made antiques. As expected, she asked about beast-headed agate, which was enough to explain the problem... She must have this thing, otherwise why would she ask.

Changdong pushed the floor mat into the bottom of the car, held the edge bar with his hands, and slid it in quickly.

Fei Tang poked his butt and leaned in, and the flashlight swayed under the car: "Where? Where are you looking at?"

Changdong stared at the plate guardrail, and the wrench slammed the head twice: "Fei Tang, for everyone's understanding, I remind you that Ye Liuxi already doubts you, don't worry about her things."

Fei Tang said: "How is that possible!"

"Brother Dong, you don't understand the situation. She asked me on her own initiative..."

Changdong said: "A coincidence, at most, once, if you have more, you will deliberately be deliberate. How many times have you been?"

"She went to Xi'an and took advantage of the agate cup. After two days, you came from Xi'an. You made antiques. You know that this thing is valuable. You searched for her car and you still had to go into the Gobi Desert with her. She doesn't doubt you. Could it be that you think you were a fate arranged by God?"

Fei Tang said: "…ha?"

Changdong pressed his head and pushed him out.

It is said that smart heads do not have hair, and Fei Tang's hairline is so white that it fades so high.

Everything is ready. When we set off, Ye Liuxi came over to confirm with Changdong.

"After getting on the road, you should have food and water, right?"

"Bag."

"Where is gasoline? Do you have to pay more?"

"No, the reserve fuel tank has been installed, and you can make up for it along the way. But you need to add it again when you go to Rob Town."

Ye Liuxi felt that her money could not be saved. Her car had a small displacement, and it would cost 500 yuan to fill it up. The off-road vehicle was even more oily, and thousands of plans were made.

"The equipment you bought," she stressed, "I don't want it. I just use it. The money I gave is enough, right?"

"enough."

Ye Liuxi felt that his tone was a little impatient, so he needed to say something to himself: "I am just when I am tight and have enough money recently, I have spent money like a lot of money."

Did she have any misunderstanding of the word "spending money like soil", Changdong couldn't help it: "Do you know how much money you need to spend money like soil?"

Ye Liuxi said: "I don't need to know that I am ready to spend money as much as the earth at any time. I will just swipe it if I give it to me."

...

This time we set out, it was no different from Liuyuan to Dunhuang. We were going to take action... Fei Tang didn't dare to take the lead and honestly asked Changdong to take the car.

The car headed northwest and the road was smooth. Fei Tang read some guides more or less. The so-called adventure now is no longer a life-threatening life. Thanks to the country and technology, even a liquid desert like Takramagan runs through the highway. You should know that the Uyghur meaning of Takramagan is "I can't get out once I go in."

As long as he doesn't act to death, he feels that he can come out at any time.

I walked for about two hours and slowed down and stopped.

Fei Tang looked out and found that there were still many big and small cars stopping along the way. He looked at Changdong who got off the car and walked here with puzzled eyes: "Carriage jam?"

It's not right, it's all about to stop.

"I've arrived at the attraction, Yumen Pass, buy tickets."

Fei Tang wondered: "Brother Dong, aren't you still getting commissions for leading the team? I don't want to visit attractions."

He is here to explore! Explore! He actually brought him the scenic spots. Should he take the next stop to shop?

Chang Dong replied: "If you don't look at it, you can buy tickets. If you want to walk on the road of Yadan Devil City, you must go to Yumen Pass. I have already given the money and put it in the fee. Do you look at it? You haven't come before, just take a look at it if you want to look at it, and if you don't look at it, you will continue on the road."

Fei Tang got out of the car quickly.

Changdong used to take the line and came to Yumen Pass several times, but there was only a large dirt platform. He was not interested and looked at it again and again: "You guys go, I'll wait in the car."

Ye Liuxi looks at the ticket price, 40 yuan.

Once converted, you have to sell two medium-sized green hemp skins, and half a basin of meat filling. You can take three or four baths in a public bathroom.

She pinched two tickets and felt it was a pity. She thought about it: "This is a bit of a waste...either I go into the ticket gate twice, go in once, come out once, and then enter again..."

Changdong was simply incredible: "What are you trying to do like this?"

Ye Liuxi said: "It's time to feel comfortable."

When you get off the bus and go to the ruins of Guancheng, you have to walk a long road paved with stones. You can pull it up with hemp ropes on both sides of the road, just treat it as a railing.

Although the Golden Week has passed, the popularity of tourist attractions remains unabated. Many large and small tourist groups have made the quartz passers-by crowded.

A staff member is standing by the roadside and asks tourists who pass to show their tickets.

Ye Liuxiliang sent a ticket and walked about ten steps in. He was about to go out and feel the fun of "entering with tickets" again. Changdong's voice came from behind...

"My ticket is in the hands of the woman in front."

Ye Liuxi sighed: There are some people in this society who are narrow-minded and are afraid that others will feel comfortable.

Fei Tang next to him suddenly shouted: "Damn, isn't it? It's just a rustic platform, robbing money?"

When I got closer, I found it was a bit hard to describe. To put it nicely, it was to keep the original appearance without too much manual interference.

It was just a small square pan city, rammed with yellow glue. It took only five minutes to go in and go around the city in a blink of an eye.

Those tour guides leading the tour group were loudly squeaking around their mouths, chatting...

There is perfunctory and real.

"Friends, here is not interesting. Give everyone a fifteen minutes to take photos and hurry up. After all, our focus today is Yadan Devil City..."

There are people who recite the guide according to the script.

"Please see, this is the world-famous Yumen Pass. The majestic posture of the ancient pass makes people feel mixed emotions. Those famous poems that can't help but come to mind, such as 'Lonely City Looking at Yumen Pass from afar', 'The spring breeze does not cross Yumen Pass'..."

Ye Liuxi approached an old couple. They were gray-haired and wore glasses, both of them looked like scholars. They hired a tour guide alone. During the Q&A, they might be able to hear some useful information.

The tour guide was talking: "I just introduced that there are two famous passes in Dunhuang, Yumen Pass and Yangguan. It is because the ancient Silk Road is divided into north and south Dunhuang. The north is Yumen Pass to the west, and it will pass through today's Lop Nur and Loulan. The south is to the west, and it will pass through the Takramakan Desert. It is a very difficult route..."

The old man said: "I have a problem... Dunhuang is not a big city today, it was even smaller in ancient times. Even if the north and south are divided into different roads, is it necessary to build two passes in such a small place?"

The tour guide coughed and said, "This may be because the Han Dynasty is strong..."

If you have money, you spend money like soil, so you want to build a few.

The old lady said: "I also want to ask, historical books record that Yumen Pass was a messenger caravan and kept commuting, but is the size of this small Fangpan City a little small? We visited Yangguan yesterday and felt that that was much bigger, and we also built a memorial hall..."

The tour guide said: "...History has indeed left many mysteries. Let's take a look at the back of this Guancheng..."

Ye Liuxi wanted to listen to the following words, hoping that the old lady could hold on for a while, but she didn't expect that the old couple were easy-going and just smiled.

She was a little disappointed when she suddenly heard Changdong talking.

"Actually, many people have mentioned that this Yumen Pass is a bit too small."

Ye Liuxi turned around and saw that he was not far behind him. It seemed that he was listening just now.

"so what?"

Changdong said: "According to historical records, Yumen Pass should be nearby, but no one has found it. In 1907, an adventurer and archaeological thief Stein dug many Han bamboo slips nearby, so he determined that this small Fangpan City was Yumen Pass."

"But it is really too small, so some people insist that the real Yumen Pass has not been found yet."

Ye Liuxi said: "This is unlikely, right?"

After all, Yumen Pass is not located in an unmanned area, and the scale of the pass will not be small. With the current scientific and technological development level and archaeological development efforts, the ancient city of Loulan, buried deep in the desert, and the ancient city of Jingjue have already exposed the light of day. The location of your Yumen Pass is still near Dunhuang.

Changdong said: "There is nothing impossible, or it is still buried deep... A more romantic statement is that it has become weathered."

"weathering?"

"Yes, the conditions here are barren. Unlike the mainland where you can burn blue bricks and quarrying walls, when building cities, you can use local materials to build cities, and use reeds, loess, red willow branches, and gravel. The northwest is windy and sandy, and the wind blows the stones all over the ground and it is not uncommon to have them flattened."

Ye Liuxi looked up at the ruins of Guancheng in front of him: "The entire Guancheng has been eroded by the wind, and it is really impossible to find it."

Changdong Interview said: "That may not be necessary. Guancheng will disappear, but the sand is still there. The closest to Dunhuang is the Kumtag Desert. Maybe Yumen Pass has been corroded into a gentle sand dune in the desert by the wind, and maybe, once a sudden huge sandstorm was swept into the sky by the wind, the entire Guancheng."

He stopped talking.

Not far away, Fei Tang yelled at them impatiently: "Brother Dong, you can leave. No matter how long you look, you won't be able to recover..."

Ye Liuxi turned around and walked back. When she passed by Changdong, she looked back at Yumen Pass and said, "If the sand in the entire city of Guan City was rolled into the sky, would you say, would it be reassembled into the city in the sandstorm? That would be quite..."

She couldn't find a suitable word to describe it. Is it horror, romantic, or spectacular?
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