Not long after, they arrived at a small town at the edge of the Western Desert.
The person who received them was the head of the Western Region Culture Research Department in the town. The head of the department was surnamed Zhao, and he also wore a pair of glasses. One could tell at a glance that he was a cultured person.
Hao Aiguo supported Professor Chen and introduced him to Section Chief Zhao,""This is Professor Chen Jiuren, our archeologist from the Western Regions.”
Professor Chen took out a red certificate from his pocket and handed it to Section Chief Zhao." This is my work permit. I don't deserve to be an expert."”
Section Chief Zhao took the work pass and looked at it. He quickly smiled and returned the work pass to Professor Chen. He nodded and bowed."It's an honor for a small place like ours to have such a great professor! How about this, you can stay at the guest house first. If you need any help, we will do our best.”
Professor Chen put his work pass back into his pocket and smiled humbly."We are all students in the Western Regions.”
"The experts 'speaking skills are indeed different!" Section Chief Zhao laughed out loud. Specialist Chen, if you need any help, just let me know. We'll give you all the green lights.”
These scholars flattered each other and exchanged pleasantries. When they were finally done, Hu Bayi asked,""Section Chief Zhao, who in our town is more experienced in entering the desert? Did you know?"
After Xi Hao heard this, he added,"I want the most experienced, and it's best if we can set off immediately.”
Hearing that Xi Hao wanted the most experienced guide, Section Chief Zhao looked troubled and rubbed his hands awkwardly.
"This requires the most experienced guide. I'm afraid this will be a little difficult.”
"No, or what?"
Fatty Wang muttered to himself.
Section Chief Zhao did not dare to be negligent and quickly replied,
"There is. The most experienced person was An Liman. Everyone in our town knows that he's very godly and has a good camel. Even the children in the town knew that there were four things to bring into the desert: food, water, camels, and An Liman. However, this person was very difficult to find.”
Old Hu was stunned and asked in surprise,
"What do you mean? Does he live far away?"
Section Chief Zhao sighed and said,
"Our town isn't that big to begin with. How far can it go? We haven't seen this person for more than half a month. Why don't you go to the police station to take a look? Our place is small, and we know everything.”
Everyone agreed.
Under Section Chief Zhao's hospitality, they stayed in the guest house.
Then, they split into two teams and began to move.
Hao Aiguo led his men to prepare the desert supplies.
Professor Chen brought his work permit and accompanied Xi Hao and the other two to the police station to look for An Liman.
The supervisor of the institute was called Wang Bawan. After checking Professor Chen's work permit and explaining his purpose of coming, Wang Bawan brought them to see An Liman.
Wang Bawan told everyone that An Liman was very quick-witted. Foreigners often came to the Western Regions to travel, and An Liman worked as a tour guide for them, earning a lot of money.
However, a few days ago, he brought a group of foreigners into the desert. In the end, after a few days, the foreigners did not come back. Only the old man came back. It was most likely that the price was not agreed upon, and An Liman left the group of foreigners in the desert.
Therefore, Wang Bawan detained An Liman along with his camel. He was still locked up in the police station.
Not long after, Xi Hao and the others met An Liman.
As soon as everyone entered the house, they saw An Liman waving two bells around. He looked like he was talking about something.
Xi Hao saw that An Liman was ignoring everyone and smiled lightly. He deliberately said," Wang Suo, why do I see the camel outside drooping its head? Is it going to die?
"Bastard Wan, how did you promise me that? Didn't you want to treat my camel well? Are you trying to kill my camel? I haven't seen my camels for a few days. What have you done to them?”
After An Liman heard this, he opened his eyes wide and glared at Wang Bawan.
Twenty years ago, An Liman brought people into the desert and everyone died. Even he was on the verge of dying in the desert. Just as he was about to faint in the desert, he suddenly saw a white camel. Under the guidance of the white camel, he successfully found a water source and was dragged out of the desert by the camel. Only then did he manage to save his life.
From then on, the camel was his everything. He would fight anyone who dared to touch his camel!
Wang Bawan was both angry and amused. He said,"Who tortured your camel? Everything was fine. As long as you help the country complete the mission and bring these few comrades from the capital into the desert, the camels will be returned to you.”
An Liman's eyes swept over Xi Hao and the others sneakily. Finally, he stood up unsteadily and looked straight at Wang Bawan.
"Bastard Wan, if I bring them into the desert, will you really return all the camels to me?”
Wang Bawan said patiently,"
"I'll definitely return them to you. How are you going to bring them into the desert without camels?”
"Alright, alright, there's no problem.”
An Liman heaved a sigh of relief and nodded. Then, he spread out his hands with a smile and faced Xi Hao and the others."Friends, friends."
Hu Bayi was very thoughtful. Seeing that An Liman looked unreliable, he asked,"
"It's windy season now. Are you sure you can take us into the desert now?”
Do you know that it's windy season now?
Wouldn't it be suicide to enter the desert during the windy season?
However, An Liman was very cunning. As he packed his things, he pretended to say,
"I don't know what the wind season is. I've been to the desert all year round.”
Professor Chen saw that An Liman had agreed, and his tone was especially confident. He smiled and said,
"Thank you, big brother.”
"Don't be polite, don't be polite. Friends, friends."
An Liman said sincerely.
Among these few people, only Xi Hao knew.
An Liman didn't really want to take them to the desert. He just wanted to use them to leave the police station.
Even An Liman didn't dare to venture deep into the desert during the windy season!
Not long ago, that group of people had been tricked by him!
Xi Hao didn't expose him, but watched him quietly act.
After we leave the police station, let's see how long you can be smug for.
Not long after, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang went through the procedures and Professor Chen returned to the guest house.
Xi Hao and the others followed An Liman home.
As soon as he got home, An Liman picked up a haystack and fed it to the camels.
Looking at the fat and strong camel, his face was filled with heartache. He muttered,
"Come on, come on, come on. Aiya, these people don't know how to raise camels at all. They've all lost weight, lost weight, lost weight.”
Fatty Wang looked at An Liman calmly feeding the camels and asked impatiently," Old man, when are we leaving?”
An Liman replied while feeding the camel," That depends on when my camel can eat and drink to its fill.”
Hu Bayi frowned and asked,"
"Then when can I eat and drink enough?”
An Liman replied slowly,"
"That will depend on you."
Fatty Wang was confused. He looked at Hu Bayi and Xi Hao and asked,""We wait for him, he waits for the camels, and the camels wait for us. What does this old man mean?”
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