Chapter 489 The place of death
When the delegation set off early the next morning, it felt very cold. On the same day, it gradually found that it became hot. This enthusiasm has not appeared since it left Luoyan Town.
Moreover, as we headed north, the air-dried and cracked stone pillars next door no longer appeared, and the heat became stronger and stronger. The wind blowing from the front actually brought a wave of heat.
When they set off, everyone was wearing cotton robes, but they had to take them off at this time. The color between heaven and earth also began to turn from light yellow to dark yellow. Qiu Yinghao had turned his horse's head to Chu Huan's side and said, "Mr. Chu, the edge of the desert is a few miles ahead. We are going to enter the desert. The climate of this desert is unusual. As long as there is sunshine during the day, the sand will heat up and become tight. However, at night, the sand will cool quickly and will become very cold at that time."
Chu Huan asked, "Dangqiu, are you saying that this enthusiasm is coming from the desert?"
Qiu Yinghao nodded and said, "No, but before entering the desert, it will be hotter after entering the desert." He paused, glanced at the long queue, and frowned and said, "I'm afraid that someone among you can't hold on!"
Xue Huaian was already wiping the sweat on his forehead. He was weak and could not bear the cold at all. He couldn't stand the heat at all. After leaving the seclusion, he was exhausted. At this time, the heat surged. He had already taken off his cotton robe. He heard Qiu Yinghao claim that it would be even hotter to enter the desert. He couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "I am afraid that I will be the first one who can't hold on."
Qiu Yinghao smiled and said, "Uncle Chu, enter the desert and let your people dismount. After entering the desert, do not ride a horse easily unless it is absolutely necessary."
Chu Huan nodded, called Xuanyuan Shengcai, and asked him to send orders. Once he entered the desert, he would immediately dismount.
Walking forward a few miles, the sun shines in the sky, it is noon, and the heat waves are surging ahead. There is no wind, and many people are already sweating. They feel that the golden color is dazzling in front, and there are already fine soft sand on the ground.
Chu Huan rode his horse forward, and soon saw a golden piece of sand in front of him, like thin golden sand, with dunes undulating, completely different from the flat Gobi Desert.
The light was dazzling, and the team slowly followed, and they all dismounted. Seeing the golden world in front of them, people in the desert were all stunned.
At first glance, this desert is really amazing and refreshing. Someone has already squatted down and grabbed a handful of fine sand in his hand, which is a bit hot.
Many people stared at this desert blankly, but were a little nervous while amazed. Everyone knew that the vast Jingulan Desert in front of them was also called the land of death. No one knew whether he could safely cross this death zone by stepping on it.
The yellow sand is everywhere in the sky, shining brightly in the sun.
Xuanyuan Shengcai was busy preparing for the formation at this time. Qiu Yinghao bowed to Chu Huan and said, "Mr. Chu, we will enter the desert from now on, and we will have a difficult journey. I hope we can work together!"
"This is natural!" Chu Huan said solemnly: "Everything is done with Qiu's head of the family!"
The camel tourists in the Ma family did not contact the mission along the way, just like strangers who were walking with each other. At this moment, the camel tourists had already dismounted their horses and fed the horses water.
After resting for a while on the edge of the Jingulan Desert, Qiu Yinghao led his horse and was the first to walk in front. The team immediately started to pull up and slowly entered the desert with Qiu Yinghao.
Qiu Yinghao was not wrong. The enthusiasm I felt before was just a try. Only after everyone actually entered the desert did they know what the real heat was.
The sun shines on the golden sand, and the heat evaporates from the sand, and the air floats with heat waves. After only a short moment, many people want to take off all their clothes.
Stepping on the sand feels very different from walking on the Gobi Desert. It is soft and many people are not used to it at the beginning.
The civil servants, including Xue Huaian, were already complaining in their hearts at this moment. As soon as they entered the desert, they felt dizzy and really uncomfortable. They looked ahead and the yellow sand was everywhere. It was just beginning. When they thought of the long road behind, they were all in a desperate situation.
The only carriage in the team was pulled by two camels. After entering the desert, they realized how powerful the camels were. Although the two camels walked slowly, they easily pulled the carriage forward.
Chu Baihu and several other divine guards also dismounted, separated from the carriage, and protected them very strictly.
When I first saw the desert, I felt amazing. Many people even praised the scenery of the desert in my heart. But not long after, this thought disappeared. When I entered the desert, there was no other scenery except sand, and there was no other scenery in all directions. There were only high or low sand dunes. After passing through a sand dune, there were another one behind it, one after another. Before dusk, Xue Huaian was exhausted and was breathing rapidly.
The sunset shone on the sand and the heat had not yet disappeared. Xue Huaian wanted to stop and rest several times, but before leaving, there was a word first. Qiu Yinghao couldn't listen without saying that he would stop. He had no choice but to find a wooden stick and walk forward.
Chu Huan's forehead was also sweating, but he could still hold on to the hardships. Suddenly, he thought of Liu Meiniang, a weak woman who could withstand the hardships of the desert. He couldn't help but look over and saw that the cotton jacket on Liu Meiniang had already faded. She only wore the green brocade long gown, holding the horse, slowly moving forward on the side of the team, raising her hand from time to time to time, and it was obvious that it was hard to bear the heat.
Shui Yong was really complaining at this time.
For Liu Meiniang, he slapped his chest and followed him into the desert. He also hinted many times along the way, but although Liu Meiniang's fox spirit is charming, he is even smoother than a loach. Not to mention being taken advantage of by Shui Yong, he couldn't even touch his hands.
He thought that Liu Meiniang was really moved by her, so he hoped to embrace the beauty in his arms. But he just walked along the way, but found that Liu Meiniang seemed to be very close to Mu Tou. When he saw these two people avoiding him and saying something, obviously he regarded himself as an outsider. Shui Yong was also angry several times, and sometimes he wanted to find an opportunity to force Liu Meiniang to kill him. However, the wood was so singular, Shui Yong was still a little afraid of him. He wanted to leave, but he couldn't bear to give up this delicacy. Whenever hesitated, Liu Meiniang just teased a few words at will, and then he fascinated Shui Yong and followed him wholeheartedly.
But after entering the desert, in this harsh environment, Shui Yong asked himself if it was worth it.
He walked behind Liu Meiniang, looked at Liu Meiniang's graceful back, and looked at the slender waist wrapped in a belt. His slender waist was like a willow. When he walked, he swung gently, and his buttocks tightly wrapped in a long gown were tight, round and upturned, and his throat was dry. It was already very hot at this moment, and the temptation brought by Liu Meiniang made Shui Yong sweat profusely.
The sky gradually darkened, and as the sun set, it became darker on all sides. Although the sunlight fell, the heat in the sand still remained and evaporated quickly.
The sand evaporated the heat quickly. Soon, the heat had dissipated. Everyone gradually felt a coolness surge. After most of the day of heat, the coolness rose and people suddenly felt a sense of relief. Unfortunately, the coolness quickly turned into coldness. When Qiu Yinghao ordered the team to stop and rest, the coldness was getting stronger and stronger. Not long ago, he was tortured by the heat and sweated profusely. At this moment, many people began to wear cotton robes to resist the coldness.
Xue Huaian sat on the ground and could no longer move. The guards and Camel had a very strong body and could still hold on. However, the civil servants were not adapted at all. They sat on the sand and pressed their calves. Xue Huaian could only blame his bad life, but these civil servants cursed and insulted Xue Huaian in their hearts.
The five or six civil officials who came from the mission were all transferred by Xue Huaian from the Ministry of Rites. They were exhausted all the way and had to suffer this torture when they entered the desert. These people cursed Xue Huaian's ancestors in their hearts, and they were still unhappy and began to curse back.
The team was still like next door, divided into several camps. Xuanyuan Shengcai was still arranged to camp as usual. However, compared to the Gobi, camping in the desert took more energy and time a lot longer. The terrain of the desert was completely different from that of the Gobi. The Gobi was flat, and the desert was undulating and there were many dunes. Finally, it was difficult to set up the camp tent. The wind began to blow again in the desert. The cold wind blew up the sand and dust. Although the cold wind blew on his face like a knife cut, the thin sand hit his face, but it hurt. The wind came quickly and went slowly, one after another, one after another, one after another, and one after another. When it came, it was hard to open its eyes, but when it went, everything was quiet. The sky was vast and the earth was vast. I saw sand and dust. I looked around and looked around, and there was nowhere to know where the end was.
The deeper the night, the heavier the colder the air, and there was no firewood in the desert, so naturally I couldn't cook the fire. I just brought some lamp oil and lit a few lamps in the camp.
However, when the lights of the mission were lit, Qiu Yinghao quickly came over in person and reminded him not to light the lights at night. There were several sand bandits in the desert, and no one knew when and where they would appear. In order to avoid the threat of sand bandits, do not light the lights at night, so as not to be seen by sand bandits.
According to Qiu Yinghao, the sand bandits in the desert are like a gust of wind. When you find out, they have appeared in front of you and waved their swords at you. When you react, they may have already rode away.
The sand bandits may not have high abilities, but they are very familiar with the climate and environment of the desert, and they act resiliently and extremely fast in this harsh environment. The desert is the nightmare of ordinary people, but their natural protective film. They have the most suitable horses in the world to adapt to the desert climate and can find the best time in the desert to launch an attack on the target.
The wind comes, and the wind goes.
Xue Huaian and others listened to Qiu Yinghao's introduction, Chu Huan was calm, but the others secretly prayed in their hearts that it would be better not to meet the group of sand bandits who killed without blinking.
There was no wind in the dark night, and the camp was silent. Today, the troops were exhausted. Many people entered the desert for the first time and felt uncomfortable. They were the trained guards, but many of them complained in their hearts. After a day, they were exhausted and ate dry food. Except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else went to bed early.
Chu Huan was still on duty in the middle of the night, but before he had finished patrolling the camp, he heard a scream from a camp tent, and then someone shouted: "No, come, come, come, come!" His voice was terrified, as if he had encountered something very terrible-
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