Chapter 7 Chapter VII
By dawn, the storm had finally stopped.
Su Luke and Che Erku immediately set off to gather the tribe to track down the Han robber.The footprints in the snow are very clear, not to mention that he was seriously injured, and he must not be able to escape far.It would be best for him to meet the rest of the Han robbers, and this time he will have his revenge for the twelve years of hatred.
More than 300 strong Kazakh men immediately formed the first tracking team, and the rest of the second and third teams followed one after another.To capture Chen Dahai alone, of course there is no need for these many people, but the main purpose is to annihilate the Han bandits who caused harm to the prairie.
Su Luke and Che Erku are the vanguard.They asked the rest of the tribe to keep a distance of more than ten miles, and follow slowly, so as not to be discovered by Chen Dahai, so they did not go to meet their accomplices.Su Pu was injured last night, but the injury was not serious, so he had to follow his father.Aman insisted on following her father, but everyone knew that she was unwilling to leave Su Pu.Che Erku picked two apprentices to accompany him, one was the agile Sang Si'er, and the other was a young man as strong as a camel. His nickname was "Camel", and everyone called him "Camel", but his real name was forgotten. up.
Li Wenxiu also wants to join the vanguard team, and Su Pu is the first to welcome him.After what happened last night, Li Wenxiu has become a hero respected by everyone.Che Erku did not object to her participation.Su Luke was somewhat reluctant, but he couldn't say any objection.
Old man Ji seemed to be frightened by what happened last night. When drinking goat milk in the morning, he accidentally broke the milk bowl.Li Wenxiu poured tea for him, his hands trembled, and when he took the tea bowl, he splashed the tea on his clothes.Li Wenxiu asked him what was going on, his eyes revealed a look of fear and annoyance, he suddenly turned around and entered the room, and closed the door heavily.
The snow was so deep that it was difficult to ride a horse. The seven members of the vanguard were all on foot, following the footprints in the snow all the way.Seeing that Chen Dahai's footprints are going straight to the west, it seems to be leading to the Gobi Desert.It is expected that although his arms are injured, his footwork is still very good.The six Kazakhs couldn't help muttering when they remembered the legend that there are many evil spirits in the Gobi Desert.
Su Luke said loudly: "Even if we knew we were going to run into an evil spirit today, we had to go and catch the robber. Su Pu, will you avenge your mother and elder brother?" Go together. Oman, you should go back!" Oman said: "If you go, I can go too." But she was saying in her heart: "If you die, can I live alone?" Sulu Ke said: "Aman, you'd better go home with your father. Che Erku is very timid, most afraid of ghosts!" Che Erku gave him a hard look, and left before he could.
The most frightening thing in the Gobi Desert is that there is no water for thousands of miles. As long as you drink up the clean water you carry, you will die of thirst.Although you can't ride an animal, you don't have to suffer from the yellow sand blowing your face.The farther west he went, the more obvious the footprints left by Chen Dahai became. Later, his footprints were no longer covered by snow, which must have been left after the wind and snow stopped.Che Erku murmured: "This villain is really powerful, and he survived the heavy snowstorm." Su Luke suddenly shouted: "Hey, another person's footprints!" He pointed to the footprints and said He said: "Every step of this man is in the footprints of the robber. If you don't pay attention, you can't see it." Everyone looked carefully, and they saw that each footprint had two layers of dark and light.
Everyone speculated one after another, not knowing why.Luo Tuo suddenly said: "Could it be a ghost?" This was what everyone wanted to say for a long time, but when he said it suddenly, everyone couldn't help shivering.
A group of people bravely continued westward.The snow was deep down to the shins, and walking was very slow, so I slept in the snow that night.Sweep away the snow, dig a sand pit, wrap your body in a blanket, and lie in the pit, it will not be so cold.
Li Wenxiu's bunker was dug by camels.He had great physical strength and respected this Han hero in his heart, so he dug a bunker for her, which was between the camel and Su Pu's bunkers. Seven bunkers formed a circle, with a big fire burning in the middle.
The sky overhead was blue, with bright stars twinkling.A gust of wind blew up the white snow on the ground and danced in the wind.Li Wenxiu looked at the two pieces of white snow flying up and down, and said to herself: "It really looks like a pair of jade butterflies."
Su Pu interjected: "Yes, it really does! A long time ago, a little Han girl told me a story about a butterfly. There was a Han boy and a Han girl, and they were very close, but the girl's Father forbade the young man to marry his daughter. The young man was very sad, and died of an illness. One day, the girl passed by the grave of her lover, and she lay down on the grave and wept bitterly."
Speaking of this, in the hearts of Su Pu and Li Wenxiu, the scene from eight or nine years ago appeared: on a small hill, a boy and a girl were sitting side by side taking care of the sheep.The girl told the story, and the boy listened with fascination. When the Han girl cried on her lover's grave, the girl's eyes were filled with tears, and the boy felt sad and uncomfortable.
However, Li Wenxiu knew that the boy was the Su Pu in front of him, but Su Pu thought that the little girl was already dead.
Su Pu continued: "The girl lay on the grave and wept very sadly. Suddenly, a big crack opened in the tomb, and the beautiful girl jumped in. Later, the lovers turned into a pair of butterflies, always Fly together and never be separated again." Aman interjected: "This story is very good. Is the one who told this story the little girl who gave you the map handkerchief? Is she dead?" Su Pu said sadly: "Yes, it is She. The old man said she was dead." Li Wenxiu said: "Do you still remember her?" Su Pu said: "Of course I do. Then how could you forget?" Li Wenxiu said: "Why don't you go and see her grave " Su Pu said: "Yes! When we kill those robbers, I want the old man who sells wine to take me to have a look." Li Wenxiu said: "If there is a big crack in the tomb, will you Won't you jump in?"
Su Pu smiled and said: "That's what was said in the story, it can't be true." Li Wenxiu said: "If that little girl misses you very much and expects you to accompany her day and night, so the grave is really There is a big gap, are you willing to jump into the grave and stay with her forever?" Su Pu sighed and said, "No. That little girl is just a good friend of mine when I was young. I will be with Aman for the rest of my life. .” As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and shook hands with Aman.
Li Wenxiu stopped asking.She didn't want to ask these few words at first, but she already knew the answer, but she couldn't help but still wanted to ask.Hearing the answer now made me sad in vain.
Suddenly, a sky bell bird sang softly in the distance, singing so melodiously, so sadly and sadly.
Su Pu said: "In the past, I often went to catch the sky bell bird to play with, and killed it after playing. But that little girl liked the sky bell bird very much, and gave me a jade bracelet, telling me to let the bird go From then on, I stopped catching, and only listened to the sky bell bird singing in the middle of the night. Listen, how well it sings!" Li Wenxiu said "Yes", and asked: "Where is that jade bracelet, do you have it with you? Su Pu said: "That happened a long time ago, it was broken long ago and disappeared."
Li Wenxiu said quietly: "Well, that happened a long time ago, it was broken long ago and disappeared."
The sky bell bird kept singing.On a cold winter night, the Tianlingbird didn't sing at first, so I don't know what's sad about it, so I can't help but pour it out?
The snores of Su Luke, Che Erku and the camels are much louder than the song of the bellbird.
At dawn on the second day, the seven people got up and ate dry food, and followed the footprints.The sun was faint, and there was only slight warmth on the body.But with sunlight, no one is afraid of evil spirits. In the afternoon, one footprint in the desert turned into two.The second man was obviously impatient to walk in the footsteps of his predecessors.Su Luke cheered.This is a human being, not a ghost.But who is that? The direction the seven people were walking at this time was no longer Li Wenxiu's usual route to Master's residence.She suddenly thought: "I'm afraid this bandit didn't go to meet the bandits, but went to find the Gaochang Labyrinth by himself according to the map woven on the handkerchief." She conjectured in her heart, and Su Luke waited for a while. , Qi claims to be.Sang Si'er said: "There is not even a drop of water in this area of the desert. The Han robbers will not come here." Su Luke said loudly: "He fled to the maze, so we will chase him to the maze. Catch this wicked robber." It has been passed down from generation to generation in the tribe that there is a maze in the Great Gobi, and there are countless treasures in the palace, but no one knows the way to the maze.But now that there is a map, the snow and ice in the desert will not disappear for 20 to 30 days, and there will be a large group of people to respond, so what are you afraid of? What's more, Su Luke has always prided himself on being the number one warrior on the prairie.He only hoped that Che Erku would show weakness, and retreated, not daring to chase after him.But Che Erku showed no sign of fear. Li Wenxiu said: "Yes, let's go and see if there really is a Gaochang maze in the world." She thought that her parents lost their lives because of this, if she can find the maze, it can be regarded as fulfilling her parents' will. Aman said: "The old people in the clan say that the treasures in the Gaochang Labyrinth can make thousands of people in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains live happily ever after. It has been said for thousands of years, but no one can find it." Su Puxi said "It would be great if we found it and everyone lived happily!" Aman said, "Aren't we happy now?" Su Pu scratched his head and said with a smile, "Very happy, very happy!" .” He really couldn’t think of anything else in the world that could make his life happier than it is now. But Li Wenxiu was thinking: "No matter how many rare treasures there are in the Gaochang Labyrinth, they must not make my life happy." On the eighth day, the seven people followed their footsteps and entered the mountains.The rocks are rugged, and the more you go, the more difficult it is to walk. Fortunately, the footprints are very obvious in the snow, but the mountains are dangerous and the roads are rugged. The journey is endless, and two lines of footprints in the snow seem to lead straight to hell. Seeing the dangerous situation around them, Su Luke and Che Erku's heart already felt nervous, but they kept fighting with each other.Su Luke said: "Che Erku, you are trembling all over. It's not fun to be scared. Why don't you just wait for me here. If you find any treasure, I will give you a share." Che Erku said: " Act like a hero now, and when the evil spirits come out later, will you run away first, or your son?" Su Luke said: "That's right, our father and son still have the strength to escape when we see the evil spirits. It's not like you, kneeling on the ground trembling with fright." The two talked about it, and they always couldn't do without the evil spirit in the desert. After walking for a while, the surroundings were already pitch black.Su Pu said: "Father, let's rest here and leave tomorrow!" Before Su Luke answered, Che Erku said with a smile: "Very well, you and your father rest here to avoid danger. Aman, you Come with Daddy, Luo Tuo, Sang Sier, let's not be afraid of ghosts, let's go!" Su Luke spat on the ground with a "Pooh" sound, and walked first.Li Wenxiu saw that the two of them were trying to fight each other, and neither of them wanted to show weakness, so they had to follow behind, but Aman was too tired to hold on.Su Pu and Sang Si'er picked up some dead branches and made them into torches.Seven people walked in the forest, looking for footprints.Walking in such a ghostly place in the dark, everyone is frightened. Occasionally, a night bird sings, or a piece of snow falls from a branch, which makes people jump.The strange thing is that there is a road in the forest. Although the long grass has no path, the traces of the ancient road can still be discerned. The seven walked in the forest for a long time, when Oman suddenly shouted: "Oh, it's not good." Su Pu quickly asked: "What is it?" Oman pointed to a shining silver bracelet on the side of the road ahead, and said: "Look ! This is the bracelet I dropped earlier." The bracelet was two or three feet away from the seven people, but somehow it suddenly appeared here.Aman said: "I dropped the bracelet, I thought I had to look for it when I came back, why did I end up here again?" Che Erku said: "Look and see, is it really true?" Aman didn't dare to pick it up, Su Pu went up He picked it up before, and before Oman could recognize it, he had already recognized it, and said, "Yes, it's hers!" As he said, he handed the bracelet to her. Aman didn't dare to pick it up, and said in a trembling voice: "You...you threw it on the ground, I don't want it anymore." Su Pu said: "Is it really a trick played by evil spirits?" Under the firelight, the faces of the seven people were very strange . After a while, Li Wenxiu said: "Maybe it's worse than evil spirits. Let's go on the old road. We walked this road before." Instantly, everyone remembered the famous legend: The traveler lost his way, walked and walked, and suddenly found a footprint. He was overjoyed and followed the footprint, but he didn't know that it was his own footprint. to die. Everyone didn't want to believe Li Wenxiu's words, but it was obvious that A'man had dropped the bracelet for a long time, and after walking for a long time, he suddenly saw the bracelet on the road ahead, so it was naturally a detour and went back to the old road.In the dark, when we were tired, no one could tell whether the footprints on the road just now belonged to only two people, or if seven people had been added.The camel took a few steps, took a torch to shine on the footprints in the snow, and shouted: "Many footprints are our own!" The voice was full of fear.The seven people looked at each other in blank dismay.Su Luke and Che Erku could no longer boast and laugh at each other. Li Wenxiu said: "We followed the footsteps of that robber and another person. If they were also going around in circles, they would come here after a while. Let's rest here and see if they come or not." .” At this point, everyone agreed with her words.Immediately, he swept away the snow on the road, unfolded the blanket, and sat down.Camel and Sanser lit a fire, and seven of them sat together.No one can sleep, and no one wants to talk.They waited for Chen Dahai and another person to come, but they were also afraid that they would really show up. If they made a detour and returned to the old road, they were afraid that their fate would be the same as theirs. After waiting for a long time, suddenly, I heard footsteps. When the seven people heard footsteps, they jumped up together, but they heard the footsteps suddenly stop.In this short moment, the seven people could even hear their own heartbeats.Suddenly, footsteps sounded again, but they gradually moved away to the northwest.At this moment, a gust of wind blew up, blowing up a large amount of white snow on the ground, all of which hit the fire, the fire went out immediately, and the surrounding area was pitch black. Only a few clicks could be heard, Su Luke, Li Wenxiu and the six people's swords all unsheathed.Oman exclaimed "Ah", and threw himself into Su Pu's arms.Under the reflection of the white snow, the blade of the sword shone brightly.The footsteps got farther and farther away, and finally disappeared. Until dawn, there was no abnormality in the forest.The first ray of sunlight in the morning came in through the leaves, and everyone was refreshed, so they looked for the road again.After walking for a while, O'man noticed that the bushes on the left had broken down, and shouted: "Look here!" Su Pu pushed aside the trees, saw two rows of footprints on the ground, and shouted, "They went from here!" Said: "The robber must have misread the map, went around in a circle, and then walked from here, we were so tired that we were frightened all night." Su Luke laughed loudly, and said: "Yes, Che Erku's family The coward was frightened all night, but the two warriors of the Su Luke family only hoped for the appearance of the evil spirit, so that they could grab the devil's ears and find out." Che Erku didn't even look at him, as if he didn't hear him, and suddenly, In turn, he grabbed his ear.With a loud cry, Su Luke punched him in the back with a bang.Che Erku swayed, but he didn't let go of the hand that was holding Su Luke's ear, which only caused blood to flow from his ear, and if he tried harder, the ear might also be pulled off. Li Wenxiu saw that these two people were both in their forties, and they were arguing endlessly like urchins, half of it was true, and half of it was false.Really funny.Seeing Su Luke and Che Erku punching each other several times, they separated.One has a blue nose and one has swollen eyes. The two quarreled all the way and moved forward.At this time, the road twists and turns, and it is very difficult to walk. Sometimes it bypasses the rough mountains, and sometimes it goes into caves. If it is not for the footprints in the snow to guide the way, it will be difficult to recognize.Li Wenxiu thought: "This labyrinth is extremely secretive, if there is no map to guide, how can I find it?" At noon, everyone hadn't slept all night and was extremely tired. Only Li Wenxiu, who had already established a solid foundation in internal energy, was still in high spirits.Su Pu said: "Father, Aman can't walk anymore, let's take a rest!" Before Su Luke could answer, Che Erku, who was walking in the front, shouted: "Ah!" Going forward, turning around a row of trees, I saw two iron gates embedded in a rocky mountain opposite.The rust on the door is mottled, obviously it is an old thing that has lasted for a long time.
The seven cheered in unison: "Gaochang Labyrinth!"Su Luke stretched out his hand and pushed the iron door hard, but the two doors did not move at all. Che Erku said: "The villain has locked the bar inside." Aman carefully looked at the iron door for any gaps, but saw that the door seemed to be in place by nature. In the rocky mountain, there is no gap at all.Aman held the door knocker and turned to the left, but it didn't move. This labyrinth has been built for hundreds of years. Although the desert is very dry, the iron gate must be rusted, and even if there is a lock, it should not be able to turn. Unexpectedly, when she turned to the right again, she was actually very loose.She turned around a few times, Su Luke and Che Erku were pushing the door vigorously, when suddenly the iron door opened inward, the two fell in together by surprise.Startled, the two laughed and got up. Inside the door was a long, dark corridor. Su Pu lit a torch, held it in one hand, and held a long knife in the other, leading the way.After walking through the corridor, three forked roads appeared in front of you.There are no snow footprints in the maze to guide them, so I don't know which way the two are going.Everyone leaned over and took a closer look, and saw faint footprints on the left and right roads. Su Luke said: "Four go to the left, three go to the right, and we will meet here later." Li Wenxiu said: "That's not good! Since this place is called a labyrinth, the road must be tortuous, we are still together Good." Su Luke shook his head and said, "Excuse me, how much space can there be in this cave? Han people are born cowardly, there is nothing they can do about it." That's what he said, but the seven of them still left together, see the first line on the right If the road is wider, all go to the right. After walking more than ten zhang away, Su Luke thought: "This Han man's words are quite good." He saw another fork in the road ahead.The seven people carefully identified the footprints and followed them all the way. Sometimes there were footprints on both sides of the forked road, so they had to choose a road randomly.After walking for a long time, there were countless forks in the cave. Every time he came to a fork, Oman would mark it with a knife on the mountain wall, so as not to find the original way when he came back.Suddenly, a large open space appeared before the eyes, and at the end there were two iron gates embedded in the mountain rock. Seven people walked across the clearing to the door.Su Luke went to turn the knocker again, but unexpectedly the door was ajar, with a slight touch, it opened with a sound of "ah".The seven people walked in, and saw a hall inside, with clay sculptures and wood carvings of Buddha statues on all four walls. Entering from this hall, there is a continuous row of houses.There are Buddha statues in most of the rooms.Occasionally, I saw a few Chinese characters on the wall, which said "King of Gaochang Kingdom", "Wentai", "The Thirteenth Year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty" and so on.There are statues of Han people in a hall. There is an old man in the middle. On the plaque is written "Confucius, the most holy teacher of Dacheng". Gong", "Zi Xia", "Zi Zhang" and other names.When Su Luke saw these many Han statues, he frowned, turned his head and left. Li Wenxiu thought to himself: "Everyone here believes in Islam. How come there are Buddha statues and Han people in the labyrinth? The writings on the walls are all Chinese characters. It's really strange." The seven people went through one room and another room, and saw that most of the palaces had been destroyed, some halls were filled with yellow sand, and even the gates were blocked.The road in the maze is already extremely complicated and tortuous, and the walls are poured with sand, making it even more dizzying.Sometimes a few white bones and skeletons appeared on the passage, but none of the utensils and utensils in the palace belonged to Huijiang. Li Wenxiu vaguely remembered that these were all things of the Han people in Central China.He just dazzled everyone and called them different.But none of the gold, silver and jewelry in the legend. The seven of them walked forward along a dark corridor. Suddenly, a gloomy voice shouted: "I have lived here quietly for a thousand years, and no one dares to disturb me. Which one?" Come here boldly, and die immediately!" He spoke Kazakh, with a very pure tone, and the voice was not very loud, but he could hear it clearly. Aman said in surprise: "It's an evil spirit! He...he said he has lived here for a thousand years." Holding Su Pu's hand, he took a few steps back.The camel shouted: "This is a human being, not a ghost!" Holding the torch high, he walked forward.Not to be outdone, Sang Si'er took a few steps forward and walked side by side with him. Just as he reached a corner, the two of them suddenly yelled in unison and fell backwards.Everyone was shocked, Su Luke and Che Erku threw away the torches in their hands, rushed to help them up, only to hear a strange laugh coming from the front, the voice said: "I have lived here for a thousand years, and I have lived here for a year. Thousands of years. Everyone who comes in will die." Che Erku didn't even think about it, he rushed out with the camel in his arms, Su Luke carried Sang Si'er in his arms, and followed them out with the others, but strange laughter filled the corridor.When I came to the courtyard to see the camel and Sans, blood flowed from the mouth of the two, and they were both dead.The five people looked at each other in blank dismay, both sad and terrified. Aman said: "This evil spirit does not allow anyone...to disturb, let's go!" At this point, how dare Su Luke and Che Erku show any courage?Holding the two corpses in his arms, he returned to the outside of the maze following the marks he had drawn earlier. Che Erku was very sad that two of his beloved disciples had died, and couldn't help wiping away tears.Su Luke no longer ridiculed him, instead he comforted him, and said: "The two Han robbers disappeared after entering the maze, they must have been killed by the evil spirits in the palace, that's fine, call These two robbers did not end well." Aman said: "Let's go back the same way, from now on...don't come to this place forever." Che Erku said: "Our clan's brigade is coming soon, we have to tell them , don’t let the brothers break into the palace and die one by one." Su Luke said: "Yes! As long as it is outside the maze, then... then it doesn't matter." Whether it really doesn't matter, no one knows.To be on the safe side, the five people withdrew straight for six or seven miles, and stopped when they reached a large open field.Su Luke said: "Evil ghosts are afraid of the sun, if they want to walk through this open area, they must be exposed to the sun." Aman said: "What about at night?" Su Luke scratched his scalp, unable to answer.
At dawn on the second day, the seven people got up and ate dry food, and followed the footprints.The sun was faint, and there was only slight warmth on the body.But with sunlight, no one is afraid of evil spirits. In the afternoon, one footprint in the desert turned into two.The second man was obviously impatient to walk in the footsteps of his predecessors.Su Luke cheered.This is a human being, not a ghost.But who is that? The direction the seven people were walking at this time was no longer Li Wenxiu's usual route to Master's residence.She suddenly thought: "I'm afraid this bandit didn't go to meet the bandits, but went to find the Gaochang Labyrinth by himself according to the map woven on the handkerchief." She conjectured in her heart, and Su Luke waited for a while. , Qi claims to be.Sang Si'er said: "There is not even a drop of water in this area of the desert. The Han robbers will not come here." Su Luke said loudly: "He fled to the maze, so we will chase him to the maze. Catch this wicked robber." It has been passed down from generation to generation in the tribe that there is a maze in the Great Gobi, and there are countless treasures in the palace, but no one knows the way to the maze.But now that there is a map, the snow and ice in the desert will not disappear for 20 to 30 days, and there will be a large group of people to respond, so what are you afraid of? What's more, Su Luke has always prided himself on being the number one warrior on the prairie.He only hoped that Che Erku would show weakness, and retreated, not daring to chase after him.But Che Erku showed no sign of fear. Li Wenxiu said: "Yes, let's go and see if there really is a Gaochang maze in the world." She thought that her parents lost their lives because of this, if she can find the maze, it can be regarded as fulfilling her parents' will. Aman said: "The old people in the clan say that the treasures in the Gaochang Labyrinth can make thousands of people in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains live happily ever after. It has been said for thousands of years, but no one can find it." Su Puxi said "It would be great if we found it and everyone lived happily!" Aman said, "Aren't we happy now?" Su Pu scratched his head and said with a smile, "Very happy, very happy!" .” He really couldn’t think of anything else in the world that could make his life happier than it is now. But Li Wenxiu was thinking: "No matter how many rare treasures there are in the Gaochang Labyrinth, they must not make my life happy." On the eighth day, the seven people followed their footsteps and entered the mountains.The rocks are rugged, and the more you go, the more difficult it is to walk. Fortunately, the footprints are very obvious in the snow, but the mountains are dangerous and the roads are rugged. The journey is endless, and two lines of footprints in the snow seem to lead straight to hell. Seeing the dangerous situation around them, Su Luke and Che Erku's heart already felt nervous, but they kept fighting with each other.Su Luke said: "Che Erku, you are trembling all over. It's not fun to be scared. Why don't you just wait for me here. If you find any treasure, I will give you a share." Che Erku said: " Act like a hero now, and when the evil spirits come out later, will you run away first, or your son?" Su Luke said: "That's right, our father and son still have the strength to escape when we see the evil spirits. It's not like you, kneeling on the ground trembling with fright." The two talked about it, and they always couldn't do without the evil spirit in the desert. After walking for a while, the surroundings were already pitch black.Su Pu said: "Father, let's rest here and leave tomorrow!" Before Su Luke answered, Che Erku said with a smile: "Very well, you and your father rest here to avoid danger. Aman, you Come with Daddy, Luo Tuo, Sang Sier, let's not be afraid of ghosts, let's go!" Su Luke spat on the ground with a "Pooh" sound, and walked first.Li Wenxiu saw that the two of them were trying to fight each other, and neither of them wanted to show weakness, so they had to follow behind, but Aman was too tired to hold on.Su Pu and Sang Si'er picked up some dead branches and made them into torches.Seven people walked in the forest, looking for footprints.Walking in such a ghostly place in the dark, everyone is frightened. Occasionally, a night bird sings, or a piece of snow falls from a branch, which makes people jump.The strange thing is that there is a road in the forest. Although the long grass has no path, the traces of the ancient road can still be discerned. The seven walked in the forest for a long time, when Oman suddenly shouted: "Oh, it's not good." Su Pu quickly asked: "What is it?" Oman pointed to a shining silver bracelet on the side of the road ahead, and said: "Look ! This is the bracelet I dropped earlier." The bracelet was two or three feet away from the seven people, but somehow it suddenly appeared here.Aman said: "I dropped the bracelet, I thought I had to look for it when I came back, why did I end up here again?" Che Erku said: "Look and see, is it really true?" Aman didn't dare to pick it up, Su Pu went up He picked it up before, and before Oman could recognize it, he had already recognized it, and said, "Yes, it's hers!" As he said, he handed the bracelet to her. Aman didn't dare to pick it up, and said in a trembling voice: "You...you threw it on the ground, I don't want it anymore." Su Pu said: "Is it really a trick played by evil spirits?" Under the firelight, the faces of the seven people were very strange . After a while, Li Wenxiu said: "Maybe it's worse than evil spirits. Let's go on the old road. We walked this road before." Instantly, everyone remembered the famous legend: The traveler lost his way, walked and walked, and suddenly found a footprint. He was overjoyed and followed the footprint, but he didn't know that it was his own footprint. to die. Everyone didn't want to believe Li Wenxiu's words, but it was obvious that A'man had dropped the bracelet for a long time, and after walking for a long time, he suddenly saw the bracelet on the road ahead, so it was naturally a detour and went back to the old road.In the dark, when we were tired, no one could tell whether the footprints on the road just now belonged to only two people, or if seven people had been added.The camel took a few steps, took a torch to shine on the footprints in the snow, and shouted: "Many footprints are our own!" The voice was full of fear.The seven people looked at each other in blank dismay.Su Luke and Che Erku could no longer boast and laugh at each other. Li Wenxiu said: "We followed the footsteps of that robber and another person. If they were also going around in circles, they would come here after a while. Let's rest here and see if they come or not." .” At this point, everyone agreed with her words.Immediately, he swept away the snow on the road, unfolded the blanket, and sat down.Camel and Sanser lit a fire, and seven of them sat together.No one can sleep, and no one wants to talk.They waited for Chen Dahai and another person to come, but they were also afraid that they would really show up. If they made a detour and returned to the old road, they were afraid that their fate would be the same as theirs. After waiting for a long time, suddenly, I heard footsteps. When the seven people heard footsteps, they jumped up together, but they heard the footsteps suddenly stop.In this short moment, the seven people could even hear their own heartbeats.Suddenly, footsteps sounded again, but they gradually moved away to the northwest.At this moment, a gust of wind blew up, blowing up a large amount of white snow on the ground, all of which hit the fire, the fire went out immediately, and the surrounding area was pitch black. Only a few clicks could be heard, Su Luke, Li Wenxiu and the six people's swords all unsheathed.Oman exclaimed "Ah", and threw himself into Su Pu's arms.Under the reflection of the white snow, the blade of the sword shone brightly.The footsteps got farther and farther away, and finally disappeared. Until dawn, there was no abnormality in the forest.The first ray of sunlight in the morning came in through the leaves, and everyone was refreshed, so they looked for the road again.After walking for a while, O'man noticed that the bushes on the left had broken down, and shouted: "Look here!" Su Pu pushed aside the trees, saw two rows of footprints on the ground, and shouted, "They went from here!" Said: "The robber must have misread the map, went around in a circle, and then walked from here, we were so tired that we were frightened all night." Su Luke laughed loudly, and said: "Yes, Che Erku's family The coward was frightened all night, but the two warriors of the Su Luke family only hoped for the appearance of the evil spirit, so that they could grab the devil's ears and find out." Che Erku didn't even look at him, as if he didn't hear him, and suddenly, In turn, he grabbed his ear.With a loud cry, Su Luke punched him in the back with a bang.Che Erku swayed, but he didn't let go of the hand that was holding Su Luke's ear, which only caused blood to flow from his ear, and if he tried harder, the ear might also be pulled off. Li Wenxiu saw that these two people were both in their forties, and they were arguing endlessly like urchins, half of it was true, and half of it was false.Really funny.Seeing Su Luke and Che Erku punching each other several times, they separated.One has a blue nose and one has swollen eyes. The two quarreled all the way and moved forward.At this time, the road twists and turns, and it is very difficult to walk. Sometimes it bypasses the rough mountains, and sometimes it goes into caves. If it is not for the footprints in the snow to guide the way, it will be difficult to recognize.Li Wenxiu thought: "This labyrinth is extremely secretive, if there is no map to guide, how can I find it?" At noon, everyone hadn't slept all night and was extremely tired. Only Li Wenxiu, who had already established a solid foundation in internal energy, was still in high spirits.Su Pu said: "Father, Aman can't walk anymore, let's take a rest!" Before Su Luke could answer, Che Erku, who was walking in the front, shouted: "Ah!" Going forward, turning around a row of trees, I saw two iron gates embedded in a rocky mountain opposite.The rust on the door is mottled, obviously it is an old thing that has lasted for a long time.
The seven cheered in unison: "Gaochang Labyrinth!"Su Luke stretched out his hand and pushed the iron door hard, but the two doors did not move at all. Che Erku said: "The villain has locked the bar inside." Aman carefully looked at the iron door for any gaps, but saw that the door seemed to be in place by nature. In the rocky mountain, there is no gap at all.Aman held the door knocker and turned to the left, but it didn't move. This labyrinth has been built for hundreds of years. Although the desert is very dry, the iron gate must be rusted, and even if there is a lock, it should not be able to turn. Unexpectedly, when she turned to the right again, she was actually very loose.She turned around a few times, Su Luke and Che Erku were pushing the door vigorously, when suddenly the iron door opened inward, the two fell in together by surprise.Startled, the two laughed and got up. Inside the door was a long, dark corridor. Su Pu lit a torch, held it in one hand, and held a long knife in the other, leading the way.After walking through the corridor, three forked roads appeared in front of you.There are no snow footprints in the maze to guide them, so I don't know which way the two are going.Everyone leaned over and took a closer look, and saw faint footprints on the left and right roads. Su Luke said: "Four go to the left, three go to the right, and we will meet here later." Li Wenxiu said: "That's not good! Since this place is called a labyrinth, the road must be tortuous, we are still together Good." Su Luke shook his head and said, "Excuse me, how much space can there be in this cave? Han people are born cowardly, there is nothing they can do about it." That's what he said, but the seven of them still left together, see the first line on the right If the road is wider, all go to the right. After walking more than ten zhang away, Su Luke thought: "This Han man's words are quite good." He saw another fork in the road ahead.The seven people carefully identified the footprints and followed them all the way. Sometimes there were footprints on both sides of the forked road, so they had to choose a road randomly.After walking for a long time, there were countless forks in the cave. Every time he came to a fork, Oman would mark it with a knife on the mountain wall, so as not to find the original way when he came back.Suddenly, a large open space appeared before the eyes, and at the end there were two iron gates embedded in the mountain rock. Seven people walked across the clearing to the door.Su Luke went to turn the knocker again, but unexpectedly the door was ajar, with a slight touch, it opened with a sound of "ah".The seven people walked in, and saw a hall inside, with clay sculptures and wood carvings of Buddha statues on all four walls. Entering from this hall, there is a continuous row of houses.There are Buddha statues in most of the rooms.Occasionally, I saw a few Chinese characters on the wall, which said "King of Gaochang Kingdom", "Wentai", "The Thirteenth Year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty" and so on.There are statues of Han people in a hall. There is an old man in the middle. On the plaque is written "Confucius, the most holy teacher of Dacheng". Gong", "Zi Xia", "Zi Zhang" and other names.When Su Luke saw these many Han statues, he frowned, turned his head and left. Li Wenxiu thought to himself: "Everyone here believes in Islam. How come there are Buddha statues and Han people in the labyrinth? The writings on the walls are all Chinese characters. It's really strange." The seven people went through one room and another room, and saw that most of the palaces had been destroyed, some halls were filled with yellow sand, and even the gates were blocked.The road in the maze is already extremely complicated and tortuous, and the walls are poured with sand, making it even more dizzying.Sometimes a few white bones and skeletons appeared on the passage, but none of the utensils and utensils in the palace belonged to Huijiang. Li Wenxiu vaguely remembered that these were all things of the Han people in Central China.He just dazzled everyone and called them different.But none of the gold, silver and jewelry in the legend. The seven of them walked forward along a dark corridor. Suddenly, a gloomy voice shouted: "I have lived here quietly for a thousand years, and no one dares to disturb me. Which one?" Come here boldly, and die immediately!" He spoke Kazakh, with a very pure tone, and the voice was not very loud, but he could hear it clearly. Aman said in surprise: "It's an evil spirit! He...he said he has lived here for a thousand years." Holding Su Pu's hand, he took a few steps back.The camel shouted: "This is a human being, not a ghost!" Holding the torch high, he walked forward.Not to be outdone, Sang Si'er took a few steps forward and walked side by side with him. Just as he reached a corner, the two of them suddenly yelled in unison and fell backwards.Everyone was shocked, Su Luke and Che Erku threw away the torches in their hands, rushed to help them up, only to hear a strange laugh coming from the front, the voice said: "I have lived here for a thousand years, and I have lived here for a year. Thousands of years. Everyone who comes in will die." Che Erku didn't even think about it, he rushed out with the camel in his arms, Su Luke carried Sang Si'er in his arms, and followed them out with the others, but strange laughter filled the corridor.When I came to the courtyard to see the camel and Sans, blood flowed from the mouth of the two, and they were both dead.The five people looked at each other in blank dismay, both sad and terrified. Aman said: "This evil spirit does not allow anyone...to disturb, let's go!" At this point, how dare Su Luke and Che Erku show any courage?Holding the two corpses in his arms, he returned to the outside of the maze following the marks he had drawn earlier. Che Erku was very sad that two of his beloved disciples had died, and couldn't help wiping away tears.Su Luke no longer ridiculed him, instead he comforted him, and said: "The two Han robbers disappeared after entering the maze, they must have been killed by the evil spirits in the palace, that's fine, call These two robbers did not end well." Aman said: "Let's go back the same way, from now on...don't come to this place forever." Che Erku said: "Our clan's brigade is coming soon, we have to tell them , don’t let the brothers break into the palace and die one by one." Su Luke said: "Yes! As long as it is outside the maze, then... then it doesn't matter." Whether it really doesn't matter, no one knows.To be on the safe side, the five people withdrew straight for six or seven miles, and stopped when they reached a large open field.Su Luke said: "Evil ghosts are afraid of the sun, if they want to walk through this open area, they must be exposed to the sun." Aman said: "What about at night?" Su Luke scratched his scalp, unable to answer.