Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Code: Black-bone Chicken
Luo Zhengxiong fell into silence.
This was the second day after Zhang Xiaotian and the others came back. The black storm had receded completely, and the desert showed its ever-changing face again.
After the storm, the sun is extraordinarily poisonous.
But after all, it was late autumn, and no matter how poisonous the sun was, it still couldn't stop the soldiers from conquering the desert.
The information provided by the Second Battalion Commander Zhang Xiaotian was crucial. It once again confirmed Luo Zhengxiong's conjecture that there were indeed poisonous scorpions hidden in this team!But Luo Zhengxiong didn't take action right away. It's not the right time yet. The surrounding enemies haven't been scouted yet, so if they act rashly, they can only startle the enemy. Luo Zhengxiong doesn't want to make such a low-level mistake.He told Zhang Xiaotian: "Calm down, just pretend you didn't see anything. In addition, you tell Du Lili to try to get close to Ahal Guli and pretend to be friendly. We must not act rashly without clear instructions from the division headquarters." .”
"Yes!" Zhang Xiaotian snapped a salute.After the respect, he felt something was wrong again, and asked with a frown: "Why did you ask me to tell you, wouldn't it be better for you to give the order directly?"
Luo Zhengxiong smiled: "I'm giving you a chance. Don't think I don't know what you have done."
Zhang Xiaotian blushed, and quibbled: "Leader, don't wrong the good guy, Du Lili and I have nothing to do."
"Look at your worthless appearance. If you have nothing to do, you are great. We are Iron Soldiers, and Iron Soldiers are invincible. Isn't it just Du Lili? It's like a big fortress. If you can't take it down, go back to the Corps to farm the land."
Zhang Xiaotian's face turned even redder, as if he had really done something to Du Lili, but Luo Zhengxiong's words made his heart itch again, wishing he could immediately take a blaster and take down Du Lili's fortress.
But Du Lili looked like a normal person, sitting far away among the red willow bushes, watching the late autumn red willows spit out residual red little by little under the autumn sun.In the past two days, she ate well and slept well, Luo Zhengxiong made an exception and gave her two basins of water for her to wash off beautifully.At this moment, that head of beautiful hair is loose, it is really eye-catching, when the breeze blows, the black and shiny hair dances, and the breeze is wrapped in a dark fragrance, which makes Zhang Xiaotian feel fluttering in his heart, hating how much he has grown Nose, can't inhale all this aroma into the heart and lungs.Luo Zhengxiong glanced at it, amused by his stupidity.What a brave man, when he meets a woman he likes, he turns into a mindless sheep.
Thinking of this, he left the camp and headed towards Shaliangzi.As soon as he crossed Shaliangzi, a strong fragrance hit his chest and lungs immediately filled with content.Looking up, Wan Yue was walking from the distant sand sea holding a jujube branch in her hand.The sea of sand is like a far-reaching background, which sets off Wan Yue more and more.This content is not just simple beauty, but more like, what is it like? Luo Zhengxiong thought about it, but still couldn't think of an appropriate word.Simply shaking his head, he walked towards Wan Yue.
After going through the water bag leakage incident, Wan Yue has changed, she is a different person from when she first came, no matter how Luo Zhengxiong does her work, she just can't be happy, and she always has a gloomy face, as if she has suffered a lot of injustice.Of course, that incident really wronged her, and it would be uncomfortable for anyone to put it on. At the summary meeting, Luo Zhengxiong severely criticized Yu Hai, and he was even more rude to the first battalion Changjiang Tao.He also specially told Tian Yuzhen to comfort Wan Yue more, after all, there are some things that he, the head of the regiment, is not easy to say in person.
Why is it hard to say?Luo Zhengxiong suddenly asked himself a question, then turned to smile. In the breeze, his smile was a bit like the color of sandy date flowers, but unfortunately there are no sandy date flowers now, only the dry and decayed branches, desperately sending out the last fragrance.
Of course, Wan Yue's mood didn't affect her work at all. It was because of her tenacity that the Special Second Regiment was able to draw out the topographical map of the early stage in the days when the black storm hit.Luo Zhengxiong really didn't expect that the army sent to him by the division headquarters had all kinds of talents.Hidden dragon and crouching tiger, Luo Zhengxiong couldn't help but sigh in admiration when he thought of Tian Yuzhen's concentration on drawing.He underestimated these young female soldiers. Rather than saying that they were female soldiers, it would be better to say that they were all elves.Oh elves.Luo Zhengxiong suddenly remembered the word Du Lili said: "East Turkistan Spirit". He wants to see who is the real "Elf".
Bu Zi had just met Wan Yue, before he could speak, the voice of Fifth Master Tuo sounded in the distance.Fifth Master Camel was waving at him, meaning to let him hurry over.
What's the matter again?Luo Zhengxiong felt a little dissatisfied with this weird old man, and blamed him for not disturbing him at this time.But he didn't dare to slow down in his footsteps, and walked towards Fifth Master Tuo tightly.The fifth master camel who has experienced a life and death has become more and more secretive recently. He has become the eyes of the special second group. He can be the first to catch any trouble in the group.
"Captain, Shuangyang is a woman with a brain. I tried to persuade her for a long time, but she couldn't return."
"What's wrong?" Luo Zhengxiong asked urgently.
"What else can you do? If you don't deal with the scholar, she feels uncomfortable, saying that it's unfair for the group to judge people and do things."
"This girl." Luo Zhengxiong smiled, and felt relieved when he heard about it.These days, he is most afraid of his comrades reporting the situation. A black storm will make everyone's nerves sensitive. As long as they see something, they will immediately report it, as if the enemy can be seen everywhere.Although this is a good thing, if it goes on like this in the long run, it will be detrimental to unity.Luo Zhengxiong has told Yu Hai that he must do a good job in the ideological work of the army, and must not make everything look like an army. At any time, unity must be the most important thing, and unity can completely isolate the enemy.
Luo Zhengxiong went to Zhang Shuangyang, who had been brought back by the guide Uncle Timur in the storm.When Uncle Timur found her, she had been in a coma for two days in the desert, half of her body was buried in the sand. If she hadn't tied the ruler to her body and relied on her body strength to make the ruler stand in the storm, she would have died a long time ago. Became a sacrificial object in the desert.This cute fat girl, the first thing she said when she woke up was: "Leader, you should shoot me, I don't think much of a scholar." But the next day, her words were not the same. "Head, when the scholar comes back, you must fire him. This kind of person cannot be used."
"Why?"
"Why, if he can throw away the ruler, he can also throw away the Special Second Regiment."
"Don't think so, he may have encountered some difficulties." Luo Zhengxiong tried to speak in a relaxed tone.
"Difficult? If you have difficulties, you can throw away the ruler. Didn't you repeatedly teach us that the ruler and the instrument are our guns and the weapons of the Special Second Regiment. They are as important as life. Why doesn't he throw away his life?" This girl , always speaking with reason.When the scholar Wu Yipeng and Ahal Guli returned to the camp one after the other, Zhang Shuangyang was the first to attack the scholar. "Aren't you in trouble, how did you come back?" Xiucai moved his mouth a few times, and said with difficulty: "Ahal Guli saved me."
"True God of salvation, why did she find you in such a big desert?"
"You—" Wu Yipeng, a scholar, is afraid of Zhang Shuangyang, and he made Zhang Shuangyang subdue him.
Luo Zhengxiong didn't ask any further questions about this matter. He knew better than anyone what happened in the storm, but he pretended to be confused.As long as everyone comes back alive, it is the greatest victory.But at a meeting held afterwards, he separated Zhang Shuangyang from the scholar, and transferred Zhang Shuangyang to a group to follow Tian Yuzhen.Zhang Shuangyang was not convinced, and said that he wanted to stay in the second group, so he partnered with Xiucai. "If I don't let him leave the Second Special Regiment in tears, my surname will not be Zhang."
Luo Zhengxiong severely criticized Zhang Shuangyang, pointing out that she has the bad temper of a peasant. "Crying, who do you want to cry?" Zhang Shuangyang burst into tears when Luo Zhengxiong pointed the finger at her, and said aggrievedly while crying: "Good people are not rewarded well, I am a farmer, if I am a farmer, I will Let's go, can't I go?"
Of course, this all happened a few days ago. Later, Luo Zhengxiong went to Zhang Shuangyang alone. Although he didn't say anything clearly, his words still showed his trust in her.Luo Zhengxiong was really selfish. After discovering Tian Yuzhen's hard work in drawing and calculation, he wanted to hand over Zhang Shuangyang to her so that the girl from the farm could learn a few more things.Tian Yuzhen also likes Zhang Shuangyang very much, especially her straightforward temper. The two have become very intimate recently, almost like sisters.If Tian Yuzhen was not busy sorting out the information at this time, Zhang Shuangyang would never be alone.
"Why, still can't figure it out?" Luo Zhengxiong came to Zhang Shuangyang and asked with a smile.
"I just can't figure it out." Zhang Shuangyang got up and said pouting.
"It's good if you can't figure it out. If you can't figure it out, it proves that you have been thinking. Only by thinking can people make progress. But thinking is not a dead end, you know?"
"Head, why are you..." Zhang Shuangyang still wanted Luo Zhengxiong to fire the scholar.Luo Zhengxiong stopped her with a hand gesture, "Comrade Zhang Shuangyang, your task now is to learn the techniques from Tian Yuzhen and Wan Yue. When you master the techniques, you will be the future expert of the Special Second Regiment. No one will underestimate you. Is it?"
"Captain..."
"Stop talking, go back to the camp, Tian Yuzhen can't do it alone, you are an assistant, you can't desert."
Zhang Shuangyang left unconvinced, looking at her chubby back, Luo Zhengxiong smiled knowingly.
the next day.The rested team set off again, and must regain the time delayed by the black storm, and complete the measurement task ahead of schedule.Luo Zhengxiong made a bold adjustment. He switched the guides Uncle Timur and Master Tuo, and separated Uncle Timur and his daughter.
The scholar Wu Yipeng was really lucky, finally he was no longer angry with Zhang Shuangyang, but when he heard the name of his new partner, his head bowed abruptly.
This time, his partner was Liu Wei, the deputy team leader!
The troops were pulled out again, but Luo Zhengxiong's heart was not at all relaxed.Scout Qi Shun hasn't come back yet, could something really happen to him?Thinking about it, Luo Zhengxiong regretted it to death, he shouldn't have sent Qi Shun to follow the leader Azi Baiyi.According to the latest information, the headman Azibayi Mahasi did not move with the camel caravan, and he is still under the close surveillance of the reconnaissance company.In other words, the camel caravan that Luo Zhengxiong and Qi Shun saw was fake!
The news was sent by Sun Hu, the commander of the reconnaissance company after the storm weakened. Before Luo Zhengxiong and the others entered the desert, the division commander Liu Zhenhai called Sun Hu to meet with Luo Zhengxiong. The more important task is to lure the snake out of the hole, wipe out the remaining enemy agents, and retrieve the top-secret information lost by the spy group.Therefore, Luo Zhengxiong and the others entered the desert, and Sun Hu and the others began their work.According to the comrades of the reconnaissance company, there are currently many reactionary forces in Xinjiang. The most dangerous ones are still the East Turkistan elements. Backbone, waiting for an opportunity to plot revenge on me.Among them, Azibai Mahasi, the leader, is the most staunch supporter of the East Turkistan elements.However, judging from the current situation, Azibai Mahasi still adopts the strategy of holding back and doing nothing, but it does not rule out that he used his subordinates to secretly collude with the East Turkistan elements and plot wrongdoings.
Luo Zhengxiong guessed that the person who claimed to be the leader might be Azibayi Mahasi's subordinate.Mahasi has a force that cannot be underestimated in the territory. He has fought for independence since he was 16 years old, and it has been at least 40 years now. In the past 40 years, this Xinjiang tycoon has developed many evil forces, and he There is also the covert support of foreign hostile forces.
We must destroy this stubborn force!Luo Zhengxiong secretly said to himself.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, scout Xiao Lin came back. The young man seemed to have lost a lot of weight during the journey.
"How's the situation?" Luo Zhengxiong didn't bother to comfort him, and asked as soon as he entered the nest.
Xiao Lin wiped off his sweat and said, "I was going to come back early, but the teacher refused to let me go. I have to wait for the black storm to subside before leaving."
"I didn't ask you this, tell me quickly, what did the division say?"
"The teacher has important instructions." As he spoke, Xiao Lin bent down, fumbled in his trouser legs for a long time, and took out a letter.Just from the location of this letter, we can see its importance.Luo Zhengxiong took the letter and looked eagerly.Seeing this, Luo Zhengxiong's heart darkened.
The camel caravan was really a fake, the leader was not named Azibay, he was Azibay Mahasi’s second housekeeper Uygul, a very cunning guy, he was in Azibay The master is responsible for training his subordinates, known as the "Smiling Demon King".Over the years, many of his subordinates have been mixed with various forces in Xinjiang, intending to develop members for the family in a wider range.Uygur has close contacts with East Turkistan elements and is the bridge connecting the Azibayi family with East Turkistan forces.These facts were confessed by a camel team intercepted by the division headquarters a few days ago, and the camel team was also sent by Uygur, with the purpose of disturbing the sight of our liberation army and acting as a smoke screen for him to enter and exit safely in the desert .
The letter stated that before the black storm, the 36th Regiment of the Second Division had received a distress signal, but by the time the soldiers rushed there, the desert had already fallen into silence, and the surroundings were quiet, nothing unusual.But the traces of the struggle were clearly left on the ground.According to this analysis, the distress signal must have been sent by Qi Shun, and the location mentioned in the letter coincided with the direction Qi Shun was following.Based on this, Luo Zhengxiong judged that something happened to Qi Shun.
A wave of sadness came, and he endured a little bit, but still shed a stream of tears.
Xiao Lin said that at present, the division has sent forces to search and rescue Qi Shun everywhere. According to the judgment of the division commander Liu Zhenhai, Qi Shun must still be alive. Wuyigul has a quirk. If he does not kill the person he has caught, he will torture him in different ways Until you can't stand it anymore and agree to work for him.According to Qi Shun's strength, Wuygur's plot will not succeed easily.However, teacher Liu Zhenhai was worried about another person.During the investigation of the Special First Regiment, the headquarters of the Corps discovered an important situation. It was none other than Deng Jiapu who was in charge of data analysis in the Special First Regiment.Deng Jiapu was originally an engineer of the Gansu Institute of Geology. On the eve of liberation, he went to Xinjiang for exploration and was controlled by the Ma Bufang Department of the Kuomintang. After Gansu was liberated, Ma Bufang fled to Taiwan. Deciding to revolt, Deng Jiapu became the first generation of geological engineers in New China.When forming the Special First Regiment, he took the initiative to ask Ying to work with the regiment. Considering that he was an engineer, the organization approved his request and entrusted him with the important task of serving as the technical consultant of the Special First Regiment. He did not expect...
"I didn't expect it to be him." Luo Zhengxiong's tone was full of regret. He knew this Deng Jiapu. When he first arrived in Xinjiang, that army was persuaded by him to revolt. Huimin is currently working in the logistics department of the military region. He is a very dedicated veteran and has a good relationship with Luo Zhengxiong.At the beginning, the Deng family's Pu Jinte regiment was recommended by Luo Zhengxiong, saying that he was young and had rich professional knowledge, so he should be the main force in frontier construction.Who knew he was actually a traitor!
"This person is still alive," Xiao Lin continued. "After the accident in the special regiment, Deng Jiapu and a man named Wang Tao took all the materials and wanted to escape from the desert. They didn't want people from East Turkistan to find out, so they separated the materials. Each took half. Later, Wang Tao fell into the hands of Azibayi’s people, but Deng Jiapu has never been whereabouts. According to the analysis of the headquarters, Deng Jiapu is still in the desert, and he has to wait for Wang Tao before those materials can be sold to Taiwanese at a high price.”
"Sell to Taiwanese?" Luo Zhengxiong became more and more confused as he listened.
"Deng Jiapu worked his life for the remnants of the Kuomintang. He naively thought that the Kuomintang would give him a high official and rich salary if he got the information, and he could be taken to Taiwan. Who knows, the Taiwan side has issued an order a long time ago. For the information, let him go to see Yan Wang immediately. Deng Jiapu was connected with an old spy named Iron Cat. This person is very good at disguising. The elite forces sent by the headquarters smelled his breath several times, but they all let him escape. As for the situation of Iron Cat, we don’t know much at present. The headquarters is doing its best to investigate. As soon as there is news, scouts will be sent over. The division headquarters wants us to do a good job in keeping the information confidential, and we must not let the enemy take advantage of it. .In addition..." Xiaolin lowered his voice and reported another important situation to Luo Zhengxiong. Luo Zhengxiong let out a long breath after listening.I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it...
With this information, Luo Zhengxiong quickly judged that those men in black who attacked Fifth Master Camel were the East Turkistan elements who were looking for Deng Jiapu in the desert. Of course, if they had the opportunity, they would also wait for the opportunity to attack the Special Second Regiment.The man in black knew the whereabouts of the Special Second Regiment because of the insider codenamed "Black Chicken".It seems that Master Tuo's suspicion is correct. As early as when the division was selecting and matching forces, the opponent had already prepared the game, so the division was confused, and this led the East Turkistan elements to the Special Second Regiment.
But who is the other man in black that Kobayashi mentioned?Could it be Iron Cat?If yes, who is his internal response?
When will the fog after another be lifted?
The news that Xiao Lin brought back was correct, Qi Shun really fell into the jaws of death.
In fact, the second steward, Wu Yigul, deliberately exposed the camel team to Qi Shun, in order to lure Luo Zhengxiong into the bait.When Qi Shun brought Luo Zhengxiong to the front, the second butler Wu Yigul showed a wicked smile.Luo Zhengxiong, aren't you a condor, why would you jump into my pocket?
The second housekeeper Wuygur is indeed a person who is good at disguising. This talent is innate. Otherwise, how could this little pickpocket who has made a living by hunting hares or stealing on the grassland since he was a child, get rich man Ah? How could Zibaiyi take the position of second butler in just a few years with such high regard?What he relies on is that smiling face and a stomach full of bad ideas that can never be used up.
After the special regiment's accident, Azibai soon got the news that the information fell into the hands of engineer Deng Jiapu and recruit Wang Tao, and his own people got nothing and lost three lives in vain.Azibai jumped into a rage, pointing at Wuygul's nose and scolding: "You fattened rabbit, what did you do?!" , his life is gone.He patted his chest and said: "Master, please don't worry, within a month, I will capture these two robbers for you, and let him kneel down for you holding the materials." Wuygur did what he said, relying on Eyeliner everywhere, he quickly caught Wang Tao, this young soldier, who actually wanted to escape his palm, Wuygur beat him up and locked him up.He wants to use Wang Tao to draw out the cunning Deng Jiapu.Because what he found from Wang Tao turned out to be fake information, but the real one, he believed to be in the hands of Deng Jiapu.It's a pity that after waiting in the yurt for ten days, he still didn't see Deng Jiapu taking the bait, so he suspected that Deng Jiapu had fallen into Luo Zhengxiong's hands, so he came up with such a plan, wanting to find out what Luo Zhengxiong said.
After just one short meeting in the desert, the seasoned Uygul concluded that Deng Jiapu was still "free". This cunning rabbit could not even be found by Luo Zhengxiong. This shows how many ways he has to hide. wonderful.
After Luo Zhengxiong and Qi Shun left that day, Wuyigul laughed for a long time, as long as Deng Jiapu didn't fall into the hands of the People's Liberation Army, he would have a solution. "Let's go at ease, they won't see any flaws." He shouted to the camel team.Just when the camel team left the sandy bay, an accident happened.Wang Tao, who was tied up in his pocket like a sheep, bit the rope and escaped from his pocket when the camel turned over the sand beam, and ran towards the sand beam without his life.The men who followed behind shouted: "Escape, escape, shoot quickly."
Wuygul looked at Wang Tao, who was killing him like a hare, and raised the shotgun in his hand. The moment he pulled the trigger, he suddenly thought of Luo Zhengxiong.No, the gunshots rang out, didn't they startle them?He retracted his gun angrily: "Let him go, he can't escape, he will come back to me obediently."
It was right that Wuygur didn't shoot that day. If he did, not only would they be exposed, but Wang Tao would also fall into Luo Zhengxiong's hands.Wu Yigul had heard about Luo Zhengxiong for a long time, how many things he had done in the vast territory with that sharp knife group that bothered the leader Azibai.The headman, Azibayi, once offered a reward for his head with fifty camels in exchange, but unfortunately no one dared to pat his chest, including the wily Wuygul.Later, when I heard that Luo Zhengxiong was going to change jobs and return to Wangshui, Wuyigul smiled and said to Azibai, the leader: "Master, that wolf from the wilderness can't stand, he has to go back to his place." It’s home, and our territory can finally be quieter.” Unexpectedly, the surname Luo led another weird team and entered the desert again. This time, they couldn’t let go of the opportunity.Wuyigul had already reached a secret agreement with the East Turkistan group, and they must cancel this mixed team of men and women the moment Luo Zhengxiong and the others left Honghaizi.
"If you want to occupy our territory, there is no way!"
Uygul led his camel team forward, a little disappointed. He wondered, how could Wang Tao, who had been starved for several days and was tied tightly with ropes, escape from his pocket?Before he could figure it out, his keen ears heard the movement.
He stopped the camel, pretended to be looking at the sky, listened quietly for a few seconds, and then said to his subordinates: "Quick, put the bag on that camel." At the same moment of the movement, he also heard the sound of the horse's hooves, and he knew what to do without Wuygurdo's words.So when Luo Zhengxiong and the others blocked the camel team for the second time, the camel did not show any weakness because of Wang Tao's escape.The one-eyed man who is loyal to Wuygul still has this ability. He even hid the people from East Turkistan in a daze, and he was afraid that he couldn't hide it from Luo Zhengxiong, who was not very experienced with the camel team?
Relying on his extraordinary composure, Wuygur once again managed to hide the truth from Luo Zhengxiong.But he saw something strange in Luo Zhengxiong's eyes.It's a well-deserved reputation, such a small change is suspected in his eyes.Uygul no longer dared to take it lightly, he reminded the one-eyed man: "Open your eyes wide, prick up your ears, don't just think about your reward, if you fall into their trap, you will lose your right eye." After a few minutes, he felt a change.This change is an instinctive reaction to the surrounding environment of a person who often travels in and out of the desert. As long as there is a slight sound in the desert, even if a gerbil slips past, it will never be hidden from his ears.Uygul's sensitivity to the desert is almost invincible. How many times, he has escaped catastrophe by relying on this unimaginable induction.
As soon as Qi Shun followed up, he immediately fell into the scheme of Wu Yigul and the one-eyed man.Wuygur waved at the one-eyed man, signaling him not to startle the sheep, and let him follow along, as if he was here to give them rewards.
Every time they complete a task, the leader rewards them.This time, the reason why he took the risk of taking Wang Tao with him was to transfer Wang Tao to another place according to the order of the headman.Because the astute leader had discovered that the People's Liberation Army was increasingly suspicious of him, and it was really dangerous to keep Wang Tao locked up in the stockade.
Of course Wang Tao was upset that he escaped, at least he would not be able to get the bounty this time, but this regret was much smaller if he could hunt a new prey again.
Wuygur smiled again.
They walked in the desert for three days and three nights.In the middle, Ayikhan was very upset, and asked Uygul why he walked so slowly, and why did he deliberately take more detours?Uygul said with a smile: "My Ayikhan, the road cannot be finished in one day. If you want to share delicious fruits, you must first learn to be with the sun and the moon. Look at how blue the sky is and how crystal the stars are." Liang, on such a beautiful night, we should smile."
Ayi Khan is the pregnant woman with a big belly. In fact, her big belly is a fake. The real identity of this woman is the instructor of the "East Turkistan Elves", who is responsible for training the elves.After the accident in the special regiment, one of the most powerful elves she sent in could not be seen alive or dead. She was afraid that this cute elf would fall into the hands of the PLA and expose her entire organization, so she was in a hurry to meet the leader. Azibai.Unexpectedly, Azibai had a very unpleasant talk with her, meaning that she sent the elves to the special regiment without communicating with him in advance. As a result, all parties sent forces, but in the end the people in Taiwan got hold of the information. "Losing troops and losing generals. I, Azibayi, have never encountered such a bad ending." Ayikhan knew that she was wrong. When she sent the elves in without telling Azibayi, she was hiding her selfish intentions and wanted to take advantage of the fire. , The information was stolen in the chaos, and it was taken as his own.Unexpectedly, a storm in Heihe disrupted everything.But for Uygur, Ayikhan could not tolerate his presumptuousness, let alone his arrogance and rudeness.Even if Wuygur was beaten to death, he would never have guessed that it was because of her secret help that Wang Tao was able to escape.Long before setting out on the road, she carried Wuygul on her back and tampered with Wang Tao's rope. When the camel caravan crossed the Shaliangzi, it was she who coughed at Wang Tao, and Wang Tao dared to jump out of his pocket and go deep into the desert. flee for their lives.
Ayikhan did this with only one purpose, that is, not to let the information fall into the hands of Uygul.Her people will be waiting for Wang Tao deep in the desert. Maybe Wang Tao has fallen into his pocket at this time, and he is obediently recruiting her people to find out where the materials are hidden.
Ayi Khan gave Wuygur a gouged look coldly, without arguing with him.She heard another meaning from Wuygur's words, this old fox is playing tricks again.
That night they lived in an earth enclosure, and it was almost midnight when they slept, the sky was covered by dark clouds, and the sky and the earth were completely dark.Ayikhan took out the stuffing from his clothes, and not long after he lay down, he heard unusual footsteps in the dirt enclosure.She knew that something was going to happen to that soldier who followed the camel caravan like a shadow, so just wait and see, there will be another good show to watch.Ayi Khan smiled, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep.
Qi Shun couldn't forgive himself, how could a scout make such a stupid mistake?Later, he thought about the process of that night several times, and finally Mingyue, he fell for it.Wuygur, an old fox, is really cunning. It is not a strange thing that he was exposed under his nose as soon as he was on the road, and then fell into his clutches.Qi Shun was very tired that night. For three days and three nights, he followed the camel caravan on two legs, how could he not be tired?Uygur, an old fox, teased him in a stupid way. He deliberately walked slowly in the desert and kept going around in circles, in order to drag Qi Shun down.It's a pity that Qi Shun was not alert at the time, he only thought that the old fox had such a habit and always liked to play hide-and-seek with others.He cautiously followed in the distance, taking every step he took, risking being hit by a shotgun. Uygul's marksmanship is well-known in the territory, and he can hit a hare with his sound.By this night, Qi Shun had already concluded that it was not Azibai who was following him. He knew a little about the Azibai family, and he had heard many rumors about his opponent, Azibai. He was a person who never bargained. , and it is impossible to give in or submit to anyone. If he crosses the desert, the desert will be his, and no bird is allowed to disturb him.It can be seen that the person who led the camel team around was not Azibai at all. As for the real identity of this person, Qi Shun was not sure yet.After all, he has not long been in Xinjiang, and he has only been a member of the scouts for a year. There are too many unknowns in the vast territory. Every time he performs a mission, it is a severe test for the scouts.
Seeing the camel caravan walking into Tuweizi, Qi Shun thought that they were going to rest tonight, yes, if they go any further, the camels might not be able to bear it.Looking for a small earthen kiln nearby, Qi Shun cat lowered his body and watched everything quietly.Qi Shun's heart was not at ease until the dark clouds covered the sky and there was no more sound from the side of Tuweizi.The drowsiness surged, irresistible, and he followed it really hard along the way.Qi Shun wanted to squint for a while, even if he just took a nap, thinking so, he squinted his eyes.With a chug, his body slid away softly, the exhausted Qi Shun fell asleep together with the desert.
When he felt something was wrong, Qi Shun had lost the ability to resist.Wuygul took two men and held him in his hands like he was catching chickens. As soon as Qi Shun struggled, he was hit hard on the head. He seemed to have heard a sentence: "Tie him up!" and then disappeared Consciousness, when he wakes up again, he has been locked in a dark room.
Black, really black.Qi Shun thought it was the cellar at first, but after being closed for three days, he realized that it was not a cellar, but a dark room specially used by the master to punish servants.There were no facilities in the room, and the ground was cold and damp. He was tied behind his back, and his feet could not touch the ground.Uygur took a rope and suspended him in the air.Not to mention, Wuygur also ripped off his pants, viciously hanging a small hammer in his crotch.
According to Uygul, he didn’t want to torment him, “I’ve never liked to torment others, and it takes a lot of trouble for everyone, as long as you say what you need to say, I’ll let you go, or do it with us. "
Uygul asked him: "What exactly is the People's Liberation Army going to do? They ran into the desert again and again, are they looking for mines?" Qi Shun said he didn't know.Uygur asked again: "What did you find in the Takla Desert, oil fields, or coal?" Qi Shun still said he didn't know.As a result, he suffered two fire sticks.The one-eyed man holding the fire stick is far more ruthless than Wuygur, and he is Wuygur's most powerful thug.The brazier was placed in front of Qi Shun, the burning charcoal made crackling noises, and the jumping flames licked Qi Shun's face, the one-eyed man got a little impatient, and would press Qi Shun's face onto the brazier with a sudden force.Qi Shun's eyebrows were gone, his hair was gone, and even his lower body was scorched.The one-eyed man seemed to be particularly fond of the lower body, so he attacked the fire stick there suddenly. Qi Shun couldn't cry out, his mouth was tightly gagged. past.
"Pour cold water on it." Wuygur's voice was full of magnetism, and it even sounded like a texture in this room specially used for interrogation.Qi Shun later thought that it was caused by his hallucinations, perhaps because he was tortured too cruelly, so he relied on fantasies to soothe his nerves.
Qi Shun couldn't remember how many times he was tossed, anyway, every time he was tossed, he passed out once, and he would come back again after waking up.The one-eyed man got really impatient afterwards, probably he had never seen Qi Shun such a stubborn person who could stand all kinds of troubles, and said angrily: "If you don't tell me, I'll cut it off with a knife and feed it to the cat. Do not believe?"
If there wasn't something wrong in the middle, I'm afraid it was...
The sound came from the next room, not long after Qi Shun was thrown into the dark room, about two days later, he heard a sound from the next room.The sound was very weak at first, Qi Shun in the dark thought there was a mouse in the room, but later he listened carefully, it was not like, it was like a low cry of a human being, indistinct but clearly sad.Afterwards, Qi Shun discovered that other people were still locked up in this courtyard. Under the sunlight leaking from the hollow flower railing in the middle of the small duplex building, a pair of Han women who looked like mother and daughter were sitting, the old one was sobbing and the young one was holding flowers Wipe your face with a towel.Just as Qi Shun cast his gaze over, he was hit hard.A one-eyed man is not allowed to look around in this courtyard.This elegant-looking courtyard is a typical Uyghur building with corridors and colorful carpets.The front room and the back room are clearly distinguished. Under the patio covered by vines, there is an attractive grape trellis.Qi Shun only took a few glances before being brought back by the one-eyed man.Later he heard the noise, it was from the next room, and Qi Shun understood that the pair of women were also deprived of the right to bask in the sun.
Who are they, and why do they have to suffer such a tragic experience?Hanging alone in the dark room, Qi Shun couldn't help thinking about it.Later, from the few conversations between the one-eyed man and Wuygur, he heard that they were not mother and daughter, the younger one was a daughter-in-law who hadn't married yet, and the older one was a prospective mother-in-law, and they were locked up here because of their son.
What a bunch of beasts!
Every time he heard the tragic screams from the next room, Qi Shun couldn't help being angry, but unfortunately he was in prison and couldn't help them.Unexpectedly, they were the ones who saved him that day.
Just when the one-eyed man was holding a Uyghur knife with a gloomy light to kill him, a cry came from the courtyard. Look, it must be that something happened to the pair of women.Sure enough, Qi Shun heard later that it was the mother who couldn't bear the inhuman torture and wanted to commit suicide, so she bumped her head against a brick wall while letting the wind pass.Probably they didn't want the mother to die, so they stopped torturing Qi Shun and rushed to save the poor mother.
On this day, Qi Shun saw a face, a beautiful face wrapped under a scarf.
It was a Uighur girl, at most seventeen or eighteen years old, she seemed to be a yard worker, and Qi Shun didn't seem to have seen her the few times before.There are many people in this courtyard, but there are very few that he can see.It seems that this is a well-regulated courtyard, no one walks around in the courtyard carelessly, especially when Qi Shun is letting the wind out.But this day, when the one-eyed man and Wuygur ran to the other end of the corridor, that face appeared, protruding from a door in the side room, facing Qi Shun, and looked around for a while.When the two looked at each other, the girl didn't avoid it, but intentionally gave Qi Shun a look.
Qi Shun firmly remembered that look.
这一天正是侦察员小林回到营地的日子，祁顺已无法辨清，自己在这里关了多长时间，甚至那场黑风暴，他也不知晓。
秀才吴一鹏这些天可真是怨言满腹，你简直想像不到，副团长刘威将他折腾得有多难受。
刘威原本不会摆弄仪器，黑风暴那些天，窝在地窝子里难受，他跟女兵田玉珍说：“你教我吧，看着你们摆弄它，我心里痒痒。”田玉珍惊愕地瞪住他：“你是副团长，摆弄仪器是我们战士的事。”“哪来的这些歪道理，让你教你就教，不教我请别人。”刘威佯装生气。
“副团长的命令，我哪敢不接受。”田玉珍扮了个鬼脸，打开箱子，取出仪器，就在地窝子里教起来。啥事都怕上心，只要一上心，天下就没啥难事。等黑风暴刮完，自以为很笨的刘威已能对着尺子很准确地读出数字了。这次跟秀才吴一鹏做搭档，是他自己的主意，一则，他刚学会，还没实际操练过，换一个熟练的尺子手，他怕对不住人家。秀才吴一鹏也是个半瓶子，半瓶子对并瓶子，正好。另则，黑风暴中发生的很多事，令他们对吴一鹏有了怀疑，这层怀疑又不敢当面讲出来，毕竟，人家是师部来的，又是师长刘振海的红人，胡乱猜疑，是会犯原则性错误的。他跟罗正雄私下商量后，决计利用这个机会，彻底搞清吴一鹏跟阿哈尔古丽之间的秘密。
甭看在地窝子里他能将仪器整平，一到了测点，三角架支在沙滩上，那个小水泡就变得不听话起来。第一个测点，他费了三个小时，还没能将水泡调到中间，地窝子里田玉珍教他的那些法儿，全都不管用，仪器像是跟他作对似的，越急越不听摆弄。折腾出了几头汗，那个小水泡居然找不到了，气得他一脚踹起一团沙：“老子能对付得了一个旅的日本鬼子，却对付不了一个小水泡！”
在远处扶着尺子站了半天的吴一鹏跑过来：“这样整下去，到明天也整不平，要不你再找个仪器手，让他重新教你？”
“你放的啥臭屁，站回去，把尺子扶好，没我的命令，要敢再乱跑，小心我先把你整平！”
骂完了秀才，他接着再整，这次那个小水泡居然很听话，没几下就给到了中间。真是怪了，刘威心里疑惑着，却悟不到窍门。后来他请教仪器手，人家告诉他，摆弄仪器时一定要心静，手上动作稍微一大，小水泡就跑远了。
“真是个秀气的家伙！”接连测了两天，刘威才发现，仪器手不但要沉着、冷静，更要培养对仪器的感觉。这感觉就在手上，就跟你玩枪一样，玩得越熟，手跟枪的默契就越高，久了，枪就成你手上一个部件，一会儿没了它，你就难受。他变得温和，变得有耐心，尽管每天都被其他仪器手远远甩在后头，可他一点儿不慌，甚至有点慢条斯理。吴一鹏却受不了，有时他得在一个点上站两三个钟头，还不能把尺子放下。刘威骂他：“干啥就得有干啥的样，你是尺子手，扶尺子是你的天职，我整平整不平是我的事，你把尺子扔一边，躺沙滩上，跟放羊的有啥区别？”他心里不服气地道：“你整不平，我抱着个尺子，站给谁看？”刘威却不管他的委屈，哪怕一个点熬上一上午，也要他中规中矩。更可怕的，每天都让人家甩后头，沙漠里就剩他跟刘威，两个大男人，守着这一片荒漠，心里多寡味。
他有点思念阿哈尔古丽，一阵见不着她的影子，心里就闹得慌。这真是一种荒唐的感觉，怎么会思念她呢？秀才吴一鹏把自己也给搞糊涂了，自己不是发誓要跟她划清界限么，前些日子他还在犹豫着，要不要把阿哈尔古丽说过的话报告上去，怎么这才几天工夫，就变了？Could it be...
吴一鹏不敢想下去，这是件很危险的事，闹不好，自己会让这个女人毁掉！还是向罗正雄如实坦白吧，免得……这个念头刚一蹦出，阿哈尔古丽的声音便响起来：“你要是敢把秘密泄露出去，我让你死得比孙旺子还难看。”
孙旺子是吴一鹏的老乡，同学，也是他最最亲近的一个人。当年他跟孙旺子一同从山西老家参军，两个人在同一个班，后来又到同一个连，一路从太行山打过中原，打过八百里秦川，在甘肃又跟马步芳部打了几个月的恶仗，最后总算活着进了疆。原想到了新疆，他们的日子可能好过点，没想又遇到一次次的叛乱。那些个日子，两个人很是苦闷，特别是孙旺子，已经有点后悔跟着大部队进疆了。“早知道新疆这么苦焦，还不如不来。”“不来能到哪去？”吴一鹏也是一肚子牢骚没地儿发。“当初留在延安就好了，都怪你，嫌延安穷，还说到了新疆，有吃不完的葡萄、哈密瓜，还有漂亮的维族姑娘，这下好，天天跟叛乱分子玩命，哪天要是落他们手里，怕是连个全尸也落不下。”“能怪我么，前面的路黑着哩，早知道这样，我黄河都不过。可现在说这些顶啥用，得想个办法，不能这么盲目地混下去。”
“能想啥法啊，要是有办法，我还犯得着这么垂头丧气？”
这是两人间的悄悄话，每次执行完任务，两人总要找个地儿，把压在心头的郁闷说出来。一则两人都有种怀才不遇的恨憾，眼下他们所在的团，就数他俩有文化，也有脑子，可团里有好差，总也挨不到他们，这就让他们有一种梦想落空的感觉。二则，他们原以为，只要解放了新疆，仗就彻底打完了，剩下的，就是该论功行赏，给个县长什么的当当，也好把这些年吃的苦受的罪担的惊弥补一下。至少，应该能讨一房漂亮的媳妇，多生几个儿子，享一下人生的福。谁知上头突然下了令，不让进疆的队伍回了，真要在这大漠戈壁困一辈子，谁也不甘心。
那次谈过之后，两人暗中都采取了行动，就是改变自己命运的行动。老天可能格外开眼，让吴一鹏遇上了师长刘振海。刘振海到团里检查工作，吴一鹏让团长抽去搞总结，顺便帮团里写些宣传材料，正巧刘振海就在找这样一个人，能写会说，读过书，肚里有墨水。眼下不比战争时期，师里有很多宣传工作要做，再者，刘振海也想多学习，提高自己，有个这样的人在身边，自己提高起来就快。就这么着，吴一鹏被刘振海看中，谈过一次话后，他就坐着刘振海的吉普车到了师部。这一下，他飞黄了，高升了，再也用不着提上脑袋跟那些叛乱分子打游击了。一度时期，他跟孙旺子失去了联系，后来有一天，孙旺子突然找到他，很神秘地说：“想不想结识维族姑娘，很漂亮的。”
“漂亮顶啥用，又不能通婚。”吴一鹏似乎对这话题不感兴趣，他现在有更高的志向了。
“干嘛非要想着结婚，再说了，也不是没可能，只要答应信她们的教，这事听说也有办法通融。”
“还通融哩，我看你是想女人想疯了，居然动起这个脑子来，小心人家拿你当祭品祭了。”那天吴一鹏很忙，师部来了新兵，清一色女的，刘振海让他把二师的辉煌战绩全写出来，贴到墙上，让这些女兵一来就受到教育，所以没工夫多陪孙旺子。孙旺子一看他对自己的话题不感兴趣，遂失望地说：“你现在有出息了，把兄弟不当兄弟了，算了，我走，就当我啥也没说。”
孙旺子的话吴一鹏并没深想，听完就忘在了脑后，直到孙旺子出事，他才猛地醒悟，当初，孙旺子的真实意图并不是跟他介绍维族姑娘，而是想拉他到“那边”。
“那边”是个很危险的词，进疆后，这种事儿不是没有，仅吴一鹏知道的，就有五六个，有些还是副团干部，不知怎么就让人家给拉拢了过去。按“那边”的意思办事儿，重点就是策反。“那边”抱着一个梦想，想把进疆的官兵全部策反过去，这事听起来有点像天方夜谭，但“那边”很执着，既或不能达到策反的目的，也要让进疆官兵立不着脚，乖乖儿离开新疆。你还别说，在他们的利诱或胁迫下，真还有人带着一个排的力量倒了戈，当然下场就不用说，跟孙旺子一样。
孙旺子死得真是惨，他被砍了头，身首分开，挂在一个叫布尔津的小城里。据说，砍他头的正是当初跟他关系很亲热的维族姑娘热娜。此事由于影响极坏，被兵团封锁了消息，吴一鹏也是在刘振海的绝密材料夹里偷看到的，当时只当是孙旺子可能做了让热娜伤心绝望的事，激怒了维族人，才遭此下场。直到黑风暴中阿哈尔古丽一怒之下吐出真相，他才震惊了。
原来热娜跟阿哈尔古丽一样，都是“东突精灵”。
天呀，真是可怕。东突精灵居然盯上了他！
吴一鹏矛盾死了，按说，如此重大的军事机密，他应该在第一时间向罗正雄报告，“东突精灵”是我人民解放军坚决打击并要彻底消灭的反动势力，绝不能让他们有任何渗透的机会，可他居然将此瞒了下来。罗正雄有意跟他谈起这个话题时，他居然傻傻地说：“啥叫精灵，我没听说过，我跟阿哈尔古丽真是迷了路，你如果怀疑，可以向师部打报告，让师部来人调查。”听听，这种时候，他还没忘提醒罗正雄，自己是师部的人，如果要调查，也只有师部有权限。
罗正雄只好将话题打住。
事实呢？他在黑风暴中根本没有迷路。黑风暴来时，他丢下张双羊，一个人钻进了坎儿井，他跑尺子，早就对那一带的地形做了观察，哪儿能藏身，哪儿能抵挡黑风暴，他摸得比谁都清，而且他备有足量的水。张双羊那傻丫头，舍不得喝自个的水，老把水和食物节省下来给他，阿哈尔古丽那一天也偷偷给过他一壶水，还向他抛了个眼神，那眼神，真是能迷死人。一想眼神，吴一鹏的心就荡漾了，无法控制。黑风暴中难忘的情景再次奔出来，令他热血沸腾。
阿哈尔古丽是在第二次风头到来前找到他的，其实压根就不用找，那个藏身的地方就是阿哈尔古丽告诉他的，当时好像很无意，他也装得极其自然，就像跟阿哈尔古丽谈论天气一样，让谁都觉不出话中还有话。一等跳进那个坎儿井，他才发现，阿哈尔古丽跟他说的地方真是特殊，不但风沙袭击不到，里面竟还备有食物，水，用来点火的柴禾，甚至还有供人睡觉的小炕。阿哈尔古丽跳下来时，他略略有些惊讶，没想她真的找了来，而且是在如此危险的关头。
“这儿舒服吧，我的秀才。”阿哈尔古丽一改平时的矜持，笑着说。阿哈尔古丽是轻易不笑的，在营地，你很难看到她漂亮的脸上盛开笑容，她矜持惯了，老给人拘谨或是羞怯的样子，那双明亮的黑眼睛更是绝少向人流露出什么，只有跟秀才吴一鹏在一起，她脸上的乌云才能散开，露出皎洁明亮比月光还要令人心动的面容来。
吴一鹏没说什么，有点痴傻地盯住这个比黑夜还让人看不透的女人。
“这是我们专门为自己准备的，所有的向导和驼队都能在这儿歇脚，当然，你们汉人是不能进入的。”阿哈尔古丽似乎看出了他的疑问，笑着解释。
吴一鹏哦了一声，这解释似乎有道理，但他没打算相信。跟阿哈尔古丽私下接触久了，他才发现，她的很多话都是不能相信的，但他也不打算怀疑，更不会傻到向她质问。因为她是一个漂亮的女人，一个漂亮的女人主动向你微笑，很是殷勤地照顾你，体贴你，一眼清泉般让你在烈日烧烤的沙漠享受到透心的温凉，你若再怀疑她，就有点太残忍了。
“谢谢你，阿哈尔古丽。”
阿哈尔古丽的目光动了下，脸上突地飞出一团红。那是吴一鹏最想看到的颜色，每次阿哈尔古丽脸上染上红云，他的心都要陶醉很久。真是一个美丽的姑娘。
他们在那座更像是家的洞穴里度过了三天三夜，起先好像很平静，两人谁也保持着应有的矜持和距离，但是后来，后来……
到现在吴一鹏也没想清楚，他跟阿哈尔古丽是怎么抱到一起的，这事真是不可能，怎么可能呢？两人中间隔着那么多障碍，况且他也从没想过在阿哈尔古丽身上捞什么便宜，他只想天天看到她，享受她的微笑，感受她的温柔，以此打发掉这枯燥而烦人的可怕日子。跟一个美丽的维族姑娘有肌肤之亲，这是吴一鹏想也不敢想的事。但是这样的事偏偏就发生了。
It really happened.
一切来得很没先兆，仿佛一刻间，他们被什么东西点燃，然后就不可遏制地走向了疯狂。Yes, crazy.吴一鹏认定那天是疯狂了，不但他疯狂，阿哈尔古丽也疯狂，比他还疯狂。多么可怕的一次疯狂啊。
可又是多么令人回味的疯狂！
忍不住的，吴一鹏就会沉迷到那天的情景中去，尽管一切早已朦胧，很多的细节他都记不起了，但那个场景在，那份如饥似渴的感觉在，那份迷醉在，那份……吴一鹏不敢想下去了，再想，他就会被这个女人折磨得疯掉。
远处又响起副团长刘威的喝喊声：“秀才，发什么呆，扶好尺子啊！”
吴一鹏打个激灵，惶惶地扶好尺子。
秀才吴一鹏被刘威断喝着重新骂回上一个测点时，另一个组里，团长罗正雄正跟向导铁木尔大叔展开一场看似艰难的谈话。罗正雄犹豫了很久，还是决定找铁木尔大叔好好谈一次。师部和侦察连反馈来的消息再次证明，铁木尔大叔是可信的，他是解放军最好的朋友。那么，问题一定出在阿哈尔古丽身上，会不会是驼五爷怀疑的那样，阿哈尔古丽是假的，铁木尔根本就没有女儿。
“铁木尔大叔，我很希望你把真话讲出来，你知道，师部是很相信你的，你是兵团的老朋友，也是汉族人民的老朋友。”
“你不要说了，罗，”铁木尔大叔打断罗正雄，“我知道你们在怀疑我，但是我铁木尔行得端，走得正，是草原上最光明的鹰。伤害解放军的事，我不会做。”
“铁木尔大叔，你误会了，我们只是想把事情搞清楚。”
“误会？罗团长，你只相信你们汉人，从来不相信我铁木尔，这趟向导做完，我再也不给你们特二团做了，我要向刘师长建议，一个不畅开胸襟的人，是很难找到真朋友的。”铁木尔大叔显得很激动，他是在生罗正雄的气，他几次发现，罗正雄跟驼五爷深更半夜在一起，密谈着什么。铁木尔大叔猜想，一定是谈他们父女。
“如果你怀疑我，我现在就可以回去，没关系的，我不要你们解放军一分钱。”铁木尔大叔接着说。
“铁木尔大叔，你听我解释。”
“罗团长，不用你解释，该怎么做，我心里清楚。阿哈尔古丽是我的女儿，这一点你不必怀疑，不过……”
接着，铁木尔大叔讲出了一个鲜为人知的故事，罗正雄听完，哑了。
阿哈尔古丽真是铁木尔大叔的女儿，这一点绝对不会有错。十三年前，铁木尔家遭了灾，那是一场少见的瘟疫，疫情让周遭几百里陷入了恐慌。铁木尔大叔家的牛羊死光了，他美丽的妻子也染了病，躺在土炕上奄奄一息。三岁的儿子还有五岁的女儿阿哈尔古丽也整日发高烧，咽不下饭。铁木尔急坏了，天天爬在地上跟真主祷告：主啊，救救你可怜的子民吧，让他们远离灾难，过上平安的日子。可是第二天，他美丽的妻子还有可怜的儿子还是离开了人间，铁木尔大叔伤心无比，抱着烧成一团的阿哈尔古丽，不知道该怎么做。村子里不时响起哭嚎声，那是死了人的人家发出的，这样的哭嚎几乎隔上一阵就响起一次，后来，死的人太多，活着的人实在哭不动了，就学他那样，抱着孩子，傻傻地坐地上发呆。
就在这一天，离他们村落一百多里处的一个叫乌尔沁的部落来了人，说是受真主的旨意，来村落拯救孩子。一听是真主派来的人，村落里的老人感动了，纷纷爬地上，虔诚地磕起头来。几乎没怎么耽搁，阿哈尔古丽还有十多个活着的孩子都让头人带走了，说是真主让她们离开这被罪恶浸染了的地方，到有圣水的地方去。这一去，阿哈尔古丽便杳无音讯。
一年前，阿哈尔古丽突然回来了，她寻着牛羊的足迹，一路从天山那边找来，终于在这个叫库哈的小村落找见了自己的阿大。铁木尔大叔真是不敢相认，十三年未见，女儿的模样在他脑海中已很模糊，他只记得当年女儿傻兮兮的样，可眼前的阿哈尔古丽不仅出落得婀娜多姿，而且会多种语言，汉语甚至讲得比他还流利。阿哈尔古丽见父亲的眼神里流露出一股陌生，从怀里掏出一样东西，双手捧给了父亲。
一见香包，铁木尔大叔不再犹豫了，一抱子将女儿揽入怀中：“阿哈尔，我的女儿。”
香包是吉祥物，是她美丽的母亲在她三岁时做给她的，里面不但有来自草原深处的香草，还有一块鹰骨，意思是祝福她坚强、美丽。这个香包自从戴上去，就再也没离开过阿哈尔古丽的身子。如今看到它，铁木尔大叔真是热泪盈眶，感慨万分。
“那你有没有问过她，这些年，她去了哪些地方？”罗正雄小心翼翼地问。
“我的女儿，当然是去草原上飞翔。”铁木尔大叔忽然充满了激情，带着赞美的语气夸奖起阿哈尔古丽来。
“铁木尔大叔，有句话我真想问问你，可不知当讲不当讲？”
“没什么不能讲的，你说吧。”
“你……听没听过一个叫'东突精灵'的组织？”
铁木尔大叔猛然黑了脸，半天，哑着声音问：“你怀疑，阿哈尔古丽是精灵？”
罗正雄重重地点了点头。
铁木尔大叔的脸色更为难看了，不过他没冲罗正雄发火，其实，同样的疑问也在他心里悬着，所以不敢讲出来，是他不敢正视。
我美丽的阿哈尔古丽，你可千万不能让魔鬼符身啊。
这一天，罗正雄回到营地，意外地收到了两样礼品。礼品是师长刘振海派人送来的，一双布鞋，一把精美的藏刀。
布鞋是江宛音一针一线纳出的，藏刀是江默涵托人从藏区高价买来的。包裹里，还有一封信，是江宛音写给他的。
罗正雄捧着信，心情突然变得复杂。
就在他抱着布鞋发怔的时候，营地里传来万月悠扬低婉的歌声，那是首俄罗斯民歌，特二团只有万月会唱。
驼五爷不负厚望，终于查到黑衣人的线索。
派驼五爷到二组，看似随意，实则却是罗正雄深思熟虑后下的一步妙棋。尽管罗正雄从未向这个耿直倔犟的老向导明确要求过什么，但言行中，他却对这位老向导寄予了厚望。两个人坐在沙梁子后头深谈的那些个夜晚，罗正雄尽量避实就虚，目的，就是打消这位老驼人的顾虑，让他跟特二团铁起心来。罗正雄先是跟驼五爷聊一些过去的事，包括新疆解放时解放军跟驼客子之间鱼水相亲的故事。聊着聊着，罗正雄会冷不丁地说：“还是你驼老五厉害，新疆这帮驼客子中，哪个敢跟你比，别的不说，单说你能一个人带着二十多峰驼，穿过干驴皮滩，把粮食送到解放军手上，这事就让军区首长大会小会夸了一个多月。”说得驼五爷心里一片眩乎，不好意思地垂下头。罗正雄趁热打铁，猛就扯出一档子事。“哎，那个黑三的小老婆你最后给弄到哪去了？”驼五爷惊了一惊，等辩清罗正雄没啥恶意时，挠了挠头，不安地道：“那都是老早的事了，提它做啥？”
“喧喧么，反正又没外人，说出来让我也长长见识。”罗正雄不依不饶。
“嘿，丢死个人哩，不能喧，真不能喧。”驼五爷客套着，没喧，心里，却翻过一层细浪。
沙漠里奔命的人，有的，不只是那些悲天悲地的故事，隔空不隙，他们也闹些花花事，供驼客子们当笑料。驼五爷拐跑黑三的小老婆，算是件值得让人开心的事。黑三是沙漠里的一霸，仗着跟国民党一个团副是拜把子兄弟，又跟地方上的保安团混得贼熟，常常，就把沙漠当成了私家院子，谁要犯了他的戒，驼客子这碗饭，你就甭吃了。驼五爷偏是跟这人较上了劲，几次，都把黑三到手的活给抢了，惹得黑三放出话，要给他在干驴皮滩准备个好院子，让他安安稳稳睡里头。驼五爷听了，笑笑，照旧在沙漠里轻松出入。一次，黑三揽了活儿，跑不过来，意外地找到驼五爷，让他代脚，银子三七分。驼五爷没犹豫，说行。临上路时，黑三突然不放心，怕驼五爷起歹心，吞了这几十袋大烟，让自个二十来岁的小老婆带两个心腹跟在驼队里，做他的哨。谁知二十天下来，驼五爷不但瓦解了两个心腹，还把那花似的小老婆搞到了手。这在当下简直成了沙漠里一档子奇闻，谁都知晓，小老婆是黑三拿一年的脚钱从国民党一个营长手里买的，他垂涎这小妇人的姿色，费尽了心机，让营长染了大烟，硬是把原来唤嫂子的小妇人给弄到了怀中。还没怎么享受哩，竟让一个又憨又笨的驼老五给甜言蜜语哄骗走了。气得黑三带了五十多支猎枪，沙漠里追了十多天，最后，连人带枪让一股土匪收拾了。可怜的黑三，英雄了一辈子，最后竟栽到了驼老五手里。
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