We looked back and found that the person who spoke was actually a peacock guarding the safety of the Eagle Lord.
As one of the Western Saints of the Samana, I know that camels are good at surviving in the wild, sand foxes are good at strategizing, and crows seem to be the breeders of little black and white, but this peacock has never shown any of its tricks.
But since he can become Diao Ye’s right-hand man, how can he be a mediocre person?
Master Diao also smiled sadly at this time: "I have forgotten you..."
"Go!"
Peacock is dressed in red gauze. As she moves, her graceful figure is looming, and her snow-white waist makes people unable to take their eyes away.
Even though most of her face was covered by gauze, you could tell just by looking at her watery peach blossom eyes that she was definitely a rare beauty.
The peacock twisted her waist and came to the edge of the golden sand. Her voluptuous figure stretched out, like opening a tail, and shook out the pen end of a rope hanging behind her back.
The strange thing is that this is obviously an extremely weak hemp rope, but under her inner strength, it actually looks like a spear thrust out!
There is also a movable lasso at the front end of the rope. The lasso just hooked slightly and firmly pulled back the Kinnara statue.
The whole action was just a blink of an eye, like a magic trick, and the clay statue fell into the hands of the peacock.
I couldn't help but watch this scene and sighed: "One is blindfolded and hurts the enemy, and the other is retrieving objects from a distance. He is really a master among the people."
Lao Jiang also did not hesitate to praise the peacock. The first compliment made half of her face turn red with embarrassment.
Yueyue snorted in dissatisfaction and glared at me sideways: "A gangster is a gangster."
Peacock waved his hand modestly: "No more, no more, just a little bit of craftsmanship..."
I deliberately said loudly: "No, no, no, sister Peacock is beautiful and has skillful hands. She is worthy of being a golden flower among the ascetics. She is not like some people who look average and have such a bad temper."
Before Yueyue could say anything, Diaoye knocked the ground with his crutch viciously, reminding me to stop.
Yueyue's unruly temper was probably caused by him, this crazy girl-protector.
Peacock covered his face in embarrassment and said: "Little brother, if you really have this heart, help me find a man to go on a blind date with when you go back. I haven't gotten married yet."
"No problem! We Qilin just have more men." I said with confidence.
However, at this moment, a "bang" sound suddenly came from the tomb. Lao Jiang was a master of mechanisms, so he naturally knew what this sound meant.
Two words popped out of his mouth: "It's over!"
Only then did we discover that after the Naluo statue was taken away, the crystal platform under the clay statue actually retracted. At the same time, there was a crackling sound above the head, and the moonstone embedded in the dome suddenly disappeared. It exploded, revealing transparent holes one after another.
Lao Jiang quickly explained: "This is a weight balance mechanism. Unexpectedly, the owner of the tomb played a series of tricks. The golden sand outside is just a blinding trick. The real killing move is actually here."
Although the clay statue weighs less than a few ounces, it has maintained a balance with the mechanisms in the tomb for thousands of years.
Once this balance is broken, the mechanism will activate, just like when we pull the trigger of a pistol, we only need to click the finger.
At this moment, I didn’t know whether to praise Lao Jiang for being smarter than Zhuge Liang or scold him for having a crow’s mouth. I just heard that as soon as he finished explaining the principle of the mechanism, the transparent holes above his head began to pour in streams of gravel. .
Thousands of gravel poured on top of the head, as if it was raining sand.
Lao Jiang stared at it dumbfounded and murmured: "The yellow sand is pouring in, trying to bury us alive."
But now we have no way to go, there is no way to go back, and there is no way to go forward. The gravel poured into the main tomb faster and faster. Even if we stood at the entrance of the tomb without entering, our shoes were already submerged.
If this continues, it won't be long before we are buried with Prince Liang's deformed son.
Thinking that in ancient times, all the maids and eunuchs who were buried with the emperors, I couldn't help but look at Lao Jiang and thought to myself: "If this guy shaved off his beard, he would really look like an old eunuch."
It's a pity that I'm so young and ended the game before I even found a wife. I'm sorry to all the folks in Lei Town...
Just when I was thinking wildly, Lao Jiang suddenly shouted: "I know."
Everyone asked him what he knew. People were going to be buried alive, so there was no need to lie about it.
Lao Jiang quickly analyzed: "Aren't you curious? When we went down to this tomb, the lotus well at the entrance was sealed tightly, and there was no sign of the mechanism being activated. The one that lured us here How did the sprite get in?"
I immediately realized: "There is a second entrance to this tomb."
Lao Jiang nodded: "Yes!"
Immediately afterwards, Diao Ye also said in a hoarse voice: "For such a smart thing, it is definitely not a dead end for it to be injured and escape, unless these seemingly life-threatening golden sands are an entrance and exit to the outside world..."
Lao Jiang said: "Exactly, the reason why quicksand is called quicksand is because there is an underground river hidden underneath, which can support the floating sand on the surface. The way of playing chess is that instead of loving the child to survive, it is better to abandon the child to win! "
"Everyone dance with me!"
He yelled, but strangely, there was no movement after he shouted.
I bet he didn't want to be the first one to jump down. He could only shout slogans. I just flattened my mouth and was about to use the provoking method.
However, just when I looked at him, Lao Jiang's tone changed: "Everyone dances with my apprentice Li Jinglan!"
Then he kicked me in the butt and kicked me into the golden sand.
The moment I fell into the sand, I felt like my nose and ears were all blocked by something. My whole body felt extremely uncomfortable and wet, and I was dragged deeper into the sand by an inescapable force of nature.
Gradually, I couldn’t feel anything anymore…
When I woke up, I was already near the camp.
Lao Jiang and the others were all here, even the unconscious Da Wu and the dead Xiao Wu.
From Lao Jiang’s words, I learned that there was indeed an underground river connected under the golden sand, and it was the underground river that washed us to the foot of the sand mountain.
My nostrils were blocked by sand, causing a brief shock. I was the last one in the team to wake up.
The first thing I did when I woke up was to kick Lao Jiang in the butt.
"Honestly, how many of your former apprentices have you tricked to death with this method? Fortunately, I am lucky, otherwise you would have just waited for Qilin to find you a new apprentice."
Lao Jiang knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't say anything more, but I couldn't stop cursing him.
Although we successfully recaptured the Kinnara statue on this trip, we lost a brave comrade, and the entire Free Commune was enveloped in an atmosphere of sadness.
Xiao Wu's body was carried out, but it was obviously impossible for us to carry his body deeper into the desert.
Firstly, it takes a lot of manpower, and secondly, the weather here is hot, and the body will rot in a short time.
Rather than letting him rot and stink, it is better to take this moment to leave him with the last bit of dignity, because he sacrificed his life for us!
After Xiang Wanli learned about Xiao Wu's heroic feat of protecting everyone, he couldn't help but burst into tears: "When I joined the Free Commune, I asked Xiao Wu why he wanted to join us?"
"Xiao Wu said this. Mr. Lu Xun once wrote this passage in the collection of essays "Hot Wind": I hope that Chinese youth will get rid of the air conditioning and just move up. Those who can do things will do things and those who can make a sound will speak out. If there is a bit of heat, make a sound. A moment of light, no need to wait for the torch.”
This is Xiaowu's dream and his belief.
If there is no torch in this world: I am the only light!
He is willing to be a young man of this generation and use his own weak light to light up this dark world.
"At that time, I felt that what he said was really good. If our young people could be like him, the people would be saved. Why should we be afraid of foreign powers or invaders?"
Yueyue comforted Professor Xiang Wanli: "Xiao Wu's sacrifice is worth it. He is a brave man."
Xiang Wanli wiped his tears and said repeatedly: "Yes, we should be happy for him!"
Finally, Xiang Wanli took Yueyue, Dawu, Yijianmei and two other young people from the Free Commune to hold a simple funeral for Xiaowu.
Xiang Wanli was like an embalmer, quietly arranging Xiao Wu's clothes and wiping the blood on his face with a handkerchief. However, there were so many holes on his body that he couldn't even wipe them away, so he could only leave them there. Give up...
It is really hard to imagine how much perseverance a person has to use his flesh and blood to clear all the institutions for others?
Finally, Xiang Wanli put on the armband of the Free Commune for Xiaowu and placed a copy of "New Youth" on his chest.
Xiao Wu is the symbol of this new generation of young people, and he will become a role model for the new generation of young people.
Soon very soon...
We led the camels and left this sad place. If the predictions are correct, the next sandstorm will cover Xiao Wu's body, and he will forever be integrated with the Desert of the Dead.
On the way, Professor Xiang Wanli was still a little sentimental, but Lao Jiang's face remained calm. I asked Lao Jiang: "Don't you have a conscience? Just now Yin Ling'er cried all over his face."
Lao Jiang replied calmly: "Qilin has long been used to it."
"Many times, we don't even have time to bury the bodies of our comrades, and we have to rush to the next battlefield. They were born nameless and died nameless. When we pay homage to them, they will be equally nameless and can only be collectively called: Hua, Xia !”
I didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence at the time, and I didn't realize it until one day in the future.
