After leaving the Kunlun Glacier, the group rested at the foot of the mountain for another night before preparing to head to the Western Regions.
Because several members had died one after another, there were only five or six people left in the archaeological team. They were already a little short on numbers.
Fortunately, Professor Chen had a wide network of connections. Before he set off, he contacted a few archaeologists and agreed to meet up with them in a small town on Bosten Lake in the Western Regions.
Two days later.
The group arrived at Bosten Lake and arrived at the town they had agreed on.
"You must be Professor Chen? Welcome, welcome!" When the mayor heard that the person was a professor from Beijing, he did not dare to be negligent. In addition to personally coming out to welcome him, he also sent someone to arrange the best dormitory for the archaeological team.
"By the way, Professor Chen, two days ago, a few young people said that they were from the archaeological team of Beijing. They came to meet you in advance. I've already arranged for them to be next to your dormitory.”
Professor Chen smiled and said,"Okay, okay. Thank you so much, Comrade Mayor!”
Half an hour later.
Under the leadership of the mayor, everyone moved into the temporary dormitory and got to know the new archeologists.
This time, there were a total of three members who had joined at the last minute. They were two men and one woman.
The men were called Lin Hong and Lin Ze respectively. They were brothers.
As for the girl, her name was Huo Xiaoling. She was very beautiful and cute.
Jiang Chen vaguely felt that the girl's face was familiar.
However, he did not think too much about it.
"Professor Chen, we will be entering the desert in two days. Before that, I think we should find someone familiar with the desert terrain to be our guide!”Old Hu thought for a moment and said,""After all, sometimes experience is more reliable than professionalism!”
The others also felt that Old Hu's words made sense.
After some inquiries, everyone found out that there happened to be a person in this town who was known as the Living Map of the Desert. His name was An Liman.
Unfortunately, An Liman had committed a crime a few days ago and was locked up in the detention center.
So, Professor Chen took Jiang Chen and Old Hu to the detention center in the town to bail An Liman out.
"Professor Chen, it's not that I don't want to let him go, but are you sure you want An Liman to lead the way?”The director looked at the old expert from Beijing with a troubled expression.
Professor Chen frowned." Why? Isn't Anliman known as the Living Map of the Desert? Could it be that he's lying?"”
"That's not it." The director shook his head and hesitated for a moment before saying,"However, this fellow An Liman…His character isn't very good."
"Moreover, he has a very bad temper. If ordinary people want to invite him into the desert, he won't even pay them any attention!”
Hearing the director's words, Professor Chen was a little conflicted."Are there any other guides in your town who are familiar with the desert?”
"No, just Andrew." He sighed and said helplessly.
At this moment, Jiang Chen walked out.
"Let me go. I'll talk to him.”
"And you are?" The director looked at him in confusion. An Liman didn't even care about what they said. Why would he listen to such a young man?
"Comrade, this is Jiang Chen, the leader of our operation. Although he is young, he is very capable!”Professor Chen stood up and said with a smile,"Since Comrade Xiaojiang said so, let him try!”
At this moment, Professor Chen was completely at ease with Jiang Chen. With him, this matter might really be settled!
"Is that so…Then, alright then, come in with me.”The director looked at Jiang Chen suspiciously, but since the professor said so, he couldn't question him directly.
A few minutes later, Jiang Chen was brought into a small room in the detention center where An Liman was locked up.
The director left after giving him a few instructions.
Jiang Chen pushed open the door and pulled a chair to sit by the bed.
"Hmm? Who are you?" An Liman turned around and saw that the person who came was an unfamiliar face. He could not help but be a little puzzled.
"You must be An Liman. I am the leader of the archeological team from 49 City. I would like to hire you to be our guide and bring us into the desert.”Jiang Chen glanced at him and went straight to the point.
"Enter the desert? Friends, it's windy season now. Do you want to die?”An Liman looked at Jiang Chen as if he was a fool. He shook his head and refused to agree,""No, no, you should find someone else!”
As someone who was familiar with the geographical environment of the desert, he naturally knew the dangers of entering the desert during the windy season.
Although he was greedy, he was not a fool!
"Are you really not going?" Jiang Chen asked again.
An Liman originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw that Jiang Chen seemed to be really anxious to find a guide, he suddenly changed his mind and said,""Ah... It's not impossible to go, but I have conditions!”
"Tell me." Jiang Chen nodded.
"Well... First, you have to bail me out, and then... You still have to let me take back my camel. Do you still have it…" An Liman paused for a moment.
"Also, the reward this time."
"Twenty thousand dollars." Jiang Chen interrupted.
Hearing this, An Liman's eyes lit up with joy, but he still said,"Twenty thousand? It was too little, at least…Double it again?"
Seeing Jiang Chen's generosity, An Liman's mind started to work.
"Also, I have to decide the exact time of departure!”
An Liman crossed his legs and looked relaxed. He felt that he had Jiang Chen in his grasp, so he began to be unscrupulous. In any case, if Jiang Chen didn't agree in the end, he wouldn't suffer any losses, but if he agreed, he could make a lot of money, so why not?
"An Liman, I heard that you have been relying on those camels and donkeys for a living all these years, right?”
Jiang Chen suddenly said.
An Liman was stunned for a moment." That's right.”
"That's right. When I entered the detention center just now, I happened to see a few camels tied to the door. Tsk, tsk, tsk. From the looks of it, I'm afraid they haven't been fed for a few days. They're so skinny that they're almost skin and bones.”Jiang Chen shook his head with a regretful expression.
"I also heard from the director that in two days, when these camels die, they will be sent to the slaughterhouse and made into bacon.”
Hearing this, An Liman immediately became anxious.
"Impossible! He promised me that he would feed my camels on time!”
"Besides, this is a society ruled by law. How can we kill camels?!”
"Tsk, a society ruled by law is in charge of people. It has nothing to do with camels. Do you think your camels are protected animals?”Jiang Chen sneered and said disdainfully.
"This, this…No, I want to go out, I want to go out!”An Liman stood up abruptly and was about to rush out of the door.
However, Jiang Chen pulled her back.
"What are you going out for? Don't forget, you're still locked up.”
"Uh…" Didn't you say you were going to bail me out?”
"That was just now. Now, I suddenly don't want to think about it anymore. After all, you're not the only guide. Besides, your camel is about to die. How are you going to take us to the desert?”Jiang Chen shook his head and got up to leave.
"Wait!" An Liman quickly grabbed Jiang Chen's clothes and said anxiously,""I... I'm willing to go to the desert with you as long as you promise to let my camel go!”
"Are you really willing?" Jiang Chen looked down at him suspiciously.
"Really, really!" An Liman nodded frantically.
"Tsk, but I'm not willing. What should I do?”Jiang Chen teased.
At this moment, An Liman finally saw the teasing in Jiang Chen's eyes.
But when he thought of his camel, he gritted his teeth and said,""I beg you, take me out…As long as my camels are safe and sound, I will listen to whatever you want to do!”
After hearing this answer, Jiang Chen's mouth curved up.
"That's right. Come with me.”
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