Zhang Fan thought for a while, recalled the relevant records he had seen, and said: "There are several situations, which one is the most likely?" First, it is normal for the city to be destroyed by sudden attacks, as there are many tribes here, and there have always been conflicts. ”

"Second, drought and water shortage, this is the official statement, due to excessive reclamation, soil erosion, serious desertification, ecological deterioration, and inland river diversion, zuihou has led to serious water shortages, and the whole country has migrated. Zuihou is scattered throughout the history of the Western Regions. But I think this statement is the most difficult to believe. How come there is no historical record left? Even the people of this era are not clear! ”

"Third, the plague disease, a sudden epidemic, wiped out this at once, the city-state with a small population, I think this statement is very credible, and the Black Death in Europe is a very good example. But it's hard to verify! ”

"There are several theories, I can't remember clearly, it seems that there is a pest infestation that caused the crops to be eaten up......"

"But these should be traced, after all, there are many tribal civilizations here, they communicate with each other, and they should always leave something, but there is no information left, so this ancient country disappeared overnight......"

Akon listened carefully to Zhang Fan's story, and did not put forward his own opinions, he was also thinking hard in his heart, but the direction was not quite the same as Zhang Fan. What Zhang Fan said was all speculation in the real shijie, while Akon was thinking about the possibility in the shijie of this precept holder.

"Zhang Fan." Akon took a pot of boiled tea from the campfire and poured a bowl for Zhang Fan and Lu Yi, "What do you say this scene will do if you want to cause us some trouble here?" ”

Zhang Fan thought for a moment and said, "Sandstorm!" There are often sandstorms and tornadoes on dry land, and if you are caught off guard, I am afraid it will make us very uncomfortable. ”

"What else?" Akon asked again.

"Disease, a sudden epidemic of a rare contagious disease, is prevalent in the army and caravanserais, but with me, it shouldn't be too much of a problem." Zhang Fan said confidently.

"What if it's a supernatural disaster? What will it be? Akon seemed to have something in mind.

Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he and his teammates were in the scene of this ring-bearer, Shijie, and anything could happen. And the encounters in the scene are often related to some events in ancient times.

So he thought about it for a while and said: "I met a lot of lonely souls and wild ghosts in the ancient city of Loulan, but they can beat our 1500 Tang army!" Do you think we will encounter any difficulties? ”

Akon nodded, "The scene won't really let us travel." ”

"But we have been on an envoy to the Great Food Country, and we haven't encountered anything for so long, Weishenme has seen the Tang Dynasty, but what is going to happen to embarrass us?" Zhang Fan was puzzled.

Akon shook his head, "I don't know, but I'm a little uncomfortable." ”

Then he changed the topic and said, "Hey, don't talk about that." We're going to the ancient capital of Chang'an, do you think we'll meet the poet fairy Li Bai? That Broken Leaf City is said to be Li Bai's hometown! ”

"It's hard to say, now Li Bai doesn't know where he is, he only cares about looking at the historical materials of the war. Didn't pay attention to the historical figures of this period, you know? Zhang Fan also became interested.

"I didn't go either, you know I don't like liberal arts." Akon also daxiao.

"Oh, yes. Our iron pestle may be related to Li Bai. Zhang Fan took out the black iron pestle that he had been grinding when he had time, "When my master lit me, he once said a proverb: As long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle!" Isn't this what the old woman who grinds needles by the river that Li Bai met when he was a child said? ”

"So you're grinding it all the time?" Akon took it and looked closely, and found that nothing had changed except for the small ones that had been sharpened.

"My forbearance has gone up." Zhang Fan said, "Maybe it has something to do with grinding this iron pestle." ”

Akon nodded, and Greenwing listened, took the iron pestle from Akon's hand, and looked at it carefully. Her forbearance is the highest, and when she helps Zhang Fan grind this iron pestle, she does feel more relaxed, maybe this is also a test in Shijie, the precept holder.

Zhang Fan said with a smile: "If it is really the relationship of grinding this iron pestle, then you need to sharpen it the most." Your patience is the lowest! ”

"I don't think maybe the green wing mill is the most haode. She has the highest endurance, and may soon be able to sharpen this iron pestle into a needle! You might even get an amazing item! Akon said another possibility.

Green Wing clapped his hands and said happily: "I know, if this iron pestle is sharpened by a person with low tolerance, it can exercise its endurance." If someone with high endurance grinds, it can be formed quickly! ”

Zhang Fan and Akon looked at Green Wing with some surprise, a little incredulous. Akon asked cautiously, "Sister Greenwing, have you increased your intelligence......

"How do you know? It's a little bit up. Not much, though. "Green Wing looked at his stats and found that his intelligence had increased.

"Of course it's not much, the problem of this iron pestle is too simple, everyone knows it." Akon teased.

Greenwing slapped Akon on the head, "Look for death." ”

Akon blocked it with his hand and said with a smile: "I mean, your intelligence is not reflected here......" Zhang Fan also nodded with a smile.

She didn't think much about it, and suddenly asked Zhang Fan and Akon excitedly, "Is there a Yang Guifei in this era?" ”

Zhang Fan smiled: "Yes, now is the time for Yang Guifei and Tang Xuanzong to fall in love." How? Do you still want to help Yang Guifei with makeup? But Ackon, you'd love to see one of the four beauties, right? ”

"Of course, I heard that Yang Guifei is very fat, and she still has a leg with An Lushan, who is about to rebel, I don't know if it's true or not." As soon as Akon heard this, he became energetic and immediately began to gossip.

"Do you want to have a leg with Yang Guifei......" Green Wing teased.

"You said that we entered Chang'an, did we secretly go to the 'Huaqing Pool' to have a look, maybe we can really see the concubine out of the bath!" Akon's saliva is going to be watering!

"Look at your head! Do you want to take a mandarin duck bath with Yang Guifei! Green Wing Haha said with a smile, this woman is now often messing with Tang Army soldiers, and she is also very reckless.

"Hehe, maybe you can really ...... Yes! Akon poured himself a pot of wine and took a sweet sip, but he didn't notice that the pot had just been heated in the campfire, and he scalded it so hard that he stuck his tongue out.

"Haha!" Zhang Fan Green Wing Hahadaxiao.

The hearty laughter of the three people wafted on this desolate Gobi, but next to the Tang army camp, in the distance, there seemed to be a faint and resentful reed flute, like crying......

It seems to be a caravan station......

The night was very calm, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, but it was quiet and a little dead. For the three vow-holders, accustomed to the hustle and bustle of the city, the silence was a little palpitating. Even the clear moonlight, spread on the vast Gobi, was actually a dead white color. In the vast world, this team of thousands of people still seems so thin!

After a calm night, the weather was cool, and it was a good time to hurry. The caravan and the army set out early, taking advantage of the time when the temperature was suitable, to the east.

Half a day passed, and it was the sun in the sky, and the procession marched to a place that seemed to be an ancient river channel. There are traces of people scattered along the river, but it is obviously very old.

Zhang Fan got out of the car very carefully and picked up some rough artificial objects, some ancient pottery pottery and broken wooden objects. Zhang Fan identified these things at least more than 3,000 years ago from modern times, and according to the current Tang Dynasty scenes, it has been more than 2,000 years!

This is not the legendary ancient Han Dynasty Loulan! Rather, it is based on the ruins of an earlier primitive tribe in Loulan. Zhang Fan couldn't wait to be stationed on the spot and began to search.

Akon summoned the Tang Jun, who was familiar with the road, and asked him where this place was. The Tang army is fragmented, and I don't know very well, but I just know that it is in the territory of Loulan. Akon told him to go to the caravan to find a guide who knew the place well to interrogate.

A short time later, an older local guide was brought in. His Tang official words are not very good, but he knows this place well! After comparing with the Tang army for a long time, Zhang Fan and Akon understood that this was the ancient channel of the Qom River, and if you went east along this river, you could reach the dry Great Yanze. Zhang Fan knew that it was the famous Lop Nur!

The guide asked Zhang Fan to quickly take everyone away from here, saying that ghosts and monsters are often rampant here, and they often come out to endanger business travel. Zhang Fan laughed and led the team to continue on the road.

Not long after walking forward, I found a large ancient cemetery, full of desolate graves and night coffins, corpses and bones everywhere, and those merchants were all panicked, thinking that they had gone to a ghost land.

Zhang Fan didn't care, got out of the car carefully, identified the antiquities, and the ancient ruins of Yujian in front of him were really the same era, and it was a cemetery of a primitive tribe. Back then, the population was still very dense, and the water source was abundant and the woods were luxuriant. It seems that the destruction of the environment led to the disappearance of Loulan, and this statement may have some basis.

The large army continued to move forward, and Zhang Fan took some antiquities and sat in the back of the car to study them carefully.

Aken pulled Zhang Fan, who was concentrating on studying antiquities, pointed around, and said, "Don't you think it's strange? There doesn't seem to be a trace of any living creatures here, not even birds! ”

"It's very desolate here, it's the Gobi Desert, there is no food, where are the birds and beasts?" Zhang Fan sat in the back of the car, fiddling with a few broken wood carvings. and some jade ornaments leaking from a broken cowhide boat coffin.

"But since we entered the territory of Loulan, we haven't seen a single bird! Birds and beasts are extinct here! ”

At this moment, I saw the Gobi in the distance, the sky changed, and there seemed to be a black-gray smoke rising on the horizon.

The local guide's face changed dramatically as he looked at the changing sky. It means that the Tang Army has angered the ghosts and gods in the sand sea and disturbed their dormancy, and the ghosts and gods have launched a sandstorm to punish them!