no soul

Chapter 090

"If we can't communicate, how can we get information?" Someone began to complain.

"There is always a way." Someone comforted.

Wan Guchuan picked up a small knife on the table next to the shop, looked at it, and pointed to the words carved on the scabbard, "This is the word for two weeks."

"Two weeks? Before the Chen Dynasty?" Lin Hong took a closer look at the knife in his hand.This hand is so beautiful, ah no, this knife is so beautiful.

Wan Guchuan picked up a few knives and a few silver vases, all of which were engraved with the words of two weeks.

Obviously, this small shop does not sell antiques.

It has been 300 years since the Dazheng Dynasty. Before that, there was the Chen Dynasty that existed for 94 years. Going back further, it was two weeks in 800 years.

That is to say, this city was built between 200 and [-] years ago.

The owner of the shop opened and closed his mouth with enthusiasm, as if he was selling his products to them, but Lin Hong and Wan Guchuan couldn't hear what he said.

Lin Hong smiled at the boss, "Boss, you see that we can't hear you talking so much, take a break, take a rest."

The boss stopped talking, looked sad, said something again, shook his head with a sigh.

"..." Lin Hong felt that what he said was: What a pity, he became deaf at a young age.

"Boss, I want to ask you a few questions. Please speak slowly. I should be able to understand the shape of your mouth." Lin Hong said to the boss.

The boss nodded and pointed to the knife on his table, meaning he wanted them to buy one.

"..." Lin Hong took out some broken pieces of silver, "Do you want to take it?"

The boss's eyes lit up, he nodded, and took it. Lin Hong understood the shape of his mouth: close.

Lin Hong took the knife that Wan Guchuan picked at the beginning and put it in Wan Guchuan's hand, and glanced at him with a smile, "I'll send you off."

"Then boss, let's start. Slow down." Lin Hong said to the boss.

The boss nodded while biting a piece of broken silver with his big teeth.

"Which dynasty and year is this?" Lin Hong asked.

The boss glanced at him, thinking that the young master really knows how to play now, so he asked the question truthfully for money: Southern Zhou, Tianyun 18 years.

The two weeks were divided into the Southern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty because of a great political change. The Southern Zhou Dynasty was 420 years and the Northern Zhou Dynasty was 370 years.

The 18th year of Tianyun in the Southern Zhou Dynasty is the 130th year of the founding of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and it is worthy of its heyday.

Therefore, the city was in the heyday of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, more than 1000 years ago.

Lin Hong didn't expect that the people of Nanzhou and himself could communicate through lip-syncing.

Lin Hong asked the boss again: "Where is this place?"

The boss stared at him and looked at him, wondering if he had been tricked: Kavandia City.

"Cavantia City." Lin Hong looked at Wan Guchuan, "Have you heard of it?"

Wan Guchuan's eyes shifted from the knife in his hand to Lin Hong's face, "The heart of the Tasu Desert—Cavantia City."

The boss nodded proudly.

"What's the background?" Lin Hong asked.

Wan Guchuan said: "There are few records about it in the history books, and the location is not even clear."

That's why Wan Guchuan couldn't deduce where it was just now. It seems that the "Heart of Natasu Desert" has already hinted at its location. Previously, Wan Guchuan was only because of its prosperity.

"What is recorded in that?" Lin Hong urged him.

Wan Guchuan continued: "Because of its convenient geographical location, Kavantia City has gradually become the hub of the Central Plains and the Western Regions. Caravans coming and going will pass by here, trading and buying, and the prosperity is unprecedented. Later, it disappeared inexplicably in the vast desert. History books There is no reason mentioned above."

Lin Hong rubbed his chin, "So...do you want us to find out the reason this time?"

"I don't know yet." Wan Guchuan looked around again, wanting to take a closer look at the legendary city, but found that more than [-] people had surrounded him at some point, listening to what they were saying.

Make eye contact with him as he looks back.

Wan Guchuan: "..."

Lin Hong didn't realize it at all, and continued to ask the boss: "Is there anything strange here?"

Boss: Are you weird?

"Not counting." Lin Hong shook his head resolutely.

Boss: There is nothing weirder than you guys.

Lin Hong: "Oh..."

It seems that they have to continue to dig the rest.

But no matter what, the boss still provided some useful information. Lin Hong was delighted and couldn't help but praise him, "Boss, your mouth is so beautiful."

boss:"………………………"

Wan Guchuan: "........."

People: .

The boss is now very sure that he was being played.

Lin Hong turned around and stared at everyone.

Lin Hong: "..."

Fortunately, everyone is not stupid, and imitated Lin Hong's method to communicate with the people here.The information obtained is generally the same as that obtained by Lin Hong.

They found a fairly good inn, everyone pooled money, the wife and master gave the money to relieve the disaster, the poor tried their best to contribute, everyone shared weal and woe, and they were all easy to talk to - before life and death, there was no energy left to care about these things.

Everyone is ready to stay.

There are three beds in a room. Although the crowd has basically been divided into threes, threes, fives, and fives, it is still very problematic to allocate rooms.

Although it is a special situation and in a dangerous situation, it is still too negligent to let go of the etiquette between men and women.

But if the girls lived together and the men lived together, it would be very unsafe for the girls to encounter danger.

In the end, everyone discussed and decided that the two girls and two men would live in one room, and they would supervise and protect each other.The two girls shared a bed, separated by a screen.

There were no more girls than men, so Lin Hong, Wan Guchuan, and Cheng Jinjiu slept in one room, each with a bed.

Lin Hong searched around but could not find Yu Tianyi, and did not know where the single had gone.

The desert is extremely short of water, and the levels in the inn are divided. Everyone doesn't drink much, and there is not enough food.

"It's the first time in the city, everyone should have a good rest tonight." Fang Louxi said to everyone.

Everyone also agreed.

Cheng Jinjiu is a capable person. He has just reached the crown. He has a handsome face, looks thin and tall, but has a strong body. He should have good martial arts.

The three of them got together and introduced each other briefly.

Cheng Jinjiu is a ranger in this world, and he is currently working as a guard for a not-so-famous merchant's house. This is the third time he has entered the world of grieving ghosts.

He speaks and behaves generously, and Lin Hong is happy to go with him.

The night in the desert was dry and cold, and Lin Hong barely fell asleep wrapped in a thick quilt.

In the middle of the night, in the silence, Lin Hong was awakened by the sound of footsteps outside the window. When he opened his eyes to look at the window, he saw Wan Guchuan go out of the window and chase him out.

"Wan Guchuan!?" Lin Hong sat up immediately.

"Go and go back." A sentence floated from afar.

Lin Hong lifted the quilt and got out of bed to the window, looking outside.

But in the desert, the bright moon is like a bucket, and several figures on the earth building are as fast as lightning!

Lin Hong's eyes were looking for Wan Guchuan.

Upon closer inspection, he was chasing three unidentified masked men in black.

His footsteps kicked up light dust on the roof, his body flashed, and he jumped several meters.

The slender figure is like a ghost in the moonlight.

Wan Guchuan held the Zuigu sword and followed the three of them.

What did these three people take.

The three of them have excellent lightness skills, and their cooperation is excellent. Even if the three of them cooperate with each other, they can swing through extremely dangerous places.

Judging by his body skills, his martial arts are by no means weak.

It was very close, Wan Guchuan shook out his Zuigu sword and struck up!

The three of them dispersed, turned over and jumped out, avoiding the menacing sword.

The three of them landed in the same direction, and at the same time drew out the shining scimitars on their backs, and confronted Wan Guchuan.

Lin Hong watched from a distance, his heart tightened, and he turned to go downstairs, but someone held his shoulders.

It's Cheng Jinjiu.

"Friend Lin, it's safer to stay indoors." He turned over and jumped out of the window.

Lin Hong hesitated for a moment, afraid of going out and causing trouble, so he had to stare at the window.

He found that the noise did not disturb other residents, the windows of the opposite building were dark, and the street was empty.

Some of the people traveling with them were startled awake, and they also leaned on the window to watch, not daring to act rashly.

The three held scimitars and surrounded them like fierce tigers, rushing towards Wan Guchuan!

Wan Guchuan leaned back to avoid the knife that was coming across his nose, turned over, raised his sword in mid-air and knocked open another knife. The movement was simple, but the strength was even, and Zui Gu bit one person's neck fiercely!

The scimitar and Zuigu collided with a loud noise!

The three of them exchanged only a few tricks, their strength was like a tiger, and their figure was like lightning, Wan Guchuan didn't give an inch with each sword.

Not long after, another sword was inserted into the three knives and one sword, and this sword opened one of the knives, and the sword was as fast as the man.

Wan Guchuan knew that Cheng Jinjiu was coming.

The three of them are already difficult for Wan Guchuan, and one more person will definitely be at a disadvantage.

Wan Guchuan didn't know how they reached an agreement in an instant, two of them suddenly became violent, and rushed towards them with the style of killing each other!

And the other person, holding the black bag in his hand, put away the giant knife and tried to escape.

The situation is still unclear, and Wan Guchuan didn't want to hurt their lives. In desperation, Wan Guchuan took out the knife that Lin Hong gave him, turned his wrist, and threw it towards the fleeing man!

The shiny knife flew towards the thing in the man's hand with the sound of breaking the wind!

Unexpectedly, in order to avoid the throwing knife, the thing in his hand came out and was thrown into the air!

The black bundle unraveled in the moonlight.

Thousands of large and small crystal clear things scattered down!

In the night, the exquisite faintness is shining, like a sky full of stars scattered in the world, as if the god's prayer is coming, and the gong is sounded to clear the way.

Wan Guchuan turned over to pick up a piece, and stood beside Cheng Jinjiu.

The other two saw that the mission had failed and was of no help, so they retracted their knives, pulled the man in front, and fled quickly, regardless of their belongings.

Cheng Jinjiu wanted to chase, but Wan Guchuan stopped him, "They will come again."

"How does Wanyou know?" Cheng Jinjiu was puzzled.

"Their goal was not achieved." Wan Guchuan said.

"For what purpose?"

Wan Guchuan took a few steps forward, picked up the knife that Lin Hong gave him, glanced at a few rangers not far away who had been late to help, and said to Cheng Jinjiu, "Go back and talk."

He was really afraid of procrastinating by explaining.

Seeing that Wan Guchuan was fine, Lin Hong was relieved, "What were those just now?" He saw the bright lights in the sky from a distance.

Wan Guchuan spread out his palms for him to see.

diamond. (Note 1)

Lin Hong was startled, "Diamond City?"

Wan Guchuan nodded, "I didn't expect that either. The city of Katifanya turned out to be the legendary Diamond City."

According to historical records, the two weeks were extremely rich, and the Central Plains had close trade with the Western Regions, exporting silk tea, importing Hetian jade, and later various commodities could be traded.

There is never a lack of gold and silver in the two weeks, and jewelry and diamonds are everywhere.

Zhouzhou has a strong economy. According to historical records, there are many cities in Zhouzhou that were ordered by the emperor to mine diamonds and gold. For the sake of convenience, the names and addresses of these cities are a mystery.

Two weeks later, there are few diamond fields left.

At least the Dazheng Dynasty is gone, so the diamonds that occasionally appear on the market are also expensive.

Unexpectedly, the city of Katifanya, known as the transportation hub between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, is actually a brick city.

To be precise, a city built for mining diamonds turned into a hub city by accident.

And the reputation of this hub just conceals its most original mission.

"So that's it." Cheng Jinjiu said, "So they came to help the emperor transport diamonds?"

Lin Hong said, "It's hard to say, it might be a thief."

"It should be the thief," Wan Guchuan said, "They didn't show their imperial badges before the battle."

Thinking about it carefully, if they are the emperor's people, they can stop the battle by showing their waist cards-who dares to stop the emperor's people.There is no need for them to try their best, or even die together.

"Why steal diamonds? How do they know there are diamonds here? Is there any big conspiracy behind this?" Lin Hong still couldn't figure it out.

"No matter what, they should come again." Wan Guchuan put the diamond in Lin Hong's hand, "Go ahead and rest, and wait to answer their questions tomorrow."

Many people should have seen that scene just now.

And the next morning, a group of people woke up among thousands of miles of yellow sand.

The domineering sunlight woke them up, and at some point, the silent and prosperous city last night disappeared silently.

Everyone sat up and looked at each other.

It was like having the same big dream.

The author has something to say:

Note 1: Diamond.Diamonds were first discovered in India in 800 BC, 3000 years ago, which happened to be the Tang Dynasty in China.

"Stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade" recorded in "The Book of Songs", some experts speculate that it may be diamond.

"Liezi? Tang Wen" contains: "King Mu of Zhou conquered Xirong, and Xirong presented the sword of Kun, which is as long as a finger. It is practiced with steel and red blade, and it is used to cut jade like mud." There is a saying, among them, The sword of Kunyi mentioned may also be made of diamond.

The earliest record about diamonds in China that can be determined comes from the Jin Dynasty's "Life Notes": "In the third year of Xianning, Dunhuang sent King Kong to Dunhuang, and it was born in gold. It can be cut into jade and left in Tianzhu."

There are different opinions, and I will make a statement about diamond mining. Don’t be too entangled, little cuties~