Forty-three: Inn Fright
The sky was just bright, and the lake in front of me was shimmering. The camel was lying on the ground, chewing in his mouth, and sometimes making a loud noise.
Breathing the breath of water and looking at the kettle in his hand, Cheng Geng came to his senses from his memories, raised his head and took a few sips, and burped. It is the happiest thing to be able to meet water in the desert.
Qian Mazi angrily pissed off and looked at Cheng Geng, "You are dead and escaped. The two you met are subordinates of the Flying Eagle of the Desert. They are good at using beauty tricks and are very powerful. I just heard people say that they have never seen a real person."
Cheng Geng said confusedly, "I don't know how Jing Fang and Xiaohu are doing now."
"I feel that the desert flying eagle you mentioned is an impostor." Qian Mazi firmly believed, "Never one of the desert flying eagles has left the desert since my ancestors are here, and no one has ever seen his true face. They just want to be as mysterious as Uhana."
"Uhana? What is Uhana?" Cheng Geng heard too much along the way. He didn't know what Uhana was?
Qian Mazi's face changed drastically and he hurriedly scolded, "Shut up, Uhana is the god of the desert, it is everywhere."
"God?" Cheng Geng smiled faintly.
"Don't believe it, Uhana is in charge of the entire desert. The desert climate changes are repeated, and it is all Uhana's sorrow." Qian Mazi reminded.
"Why have I never heard of this god?" Cheng Geng asked strangely.
"Don't believe it. In the distant times, there was a Sun Heaven on the Longbei Plain, standing on this golden desert. They were possessed by this golden world, with powerful force, fighting with the sky and the earth. The master of the Sun Heaven Kingdom was very talented and powerful, defeating the rest of the tribes that had surrendered the entire desert and allowing them to surrender for generations."
"However, the master of the Sun Heaven Kingdom may have killed too much and had no son in his life. He prayed to God and abandoned the government until one year when his 36th concubine was conceived, and the king was very happy and the whole country celebrated."
"Finally, when he was pregnant for ten months, the concubine gave birth to a daughter. The originally happy king fell into grief and named his daughter Wuhana. In the Sun Heaven Kingdom, Wuhana means to instruct.
The king was depressed and thought he was a poor man and was in a military state. For this reason, he began to implement benevolent policies. However, the men in the desert were as rebellious as the desert. Those tribes that surrendered thought that the king was old and the old tiger was not aggressive."
"Finally, all tribes began to resist and gradually attacked the Sun Heaven Kingdom, all wanting to replace them. After wars again and again, the king finally retreated step by step, without the former glory. He was injured in the battle. When he was dying, he told Uhana a secret."
"In the Sun Heaven Kingdom, there is a mysterious army, which is the messenger from hell and the clone of the god of death. In the past, the king defeated the major tribes with the help of the mysterious army. Now he does not want to violate his oath, so he has never summoned that strange army. As for whether to summon that army after he dies, it depends entirely on Uhana."
"After the king said to me, he died of exhaustion. Uhana was not sad. She brought the holy objects and summoned the army of the god of death and swept and suppressed the nine tribes. When Uhana saw her father die, she felt sad and angry and offered sacrifices to the god of death. She wanted this army to destroy all tribes."
"It was a bloody storm, and the entire desert was dyed red. Only then did everyone see the terror of the Sun and Heaven Kingdom, surrender to Uhana, and sacrificed the holy objects of the clan to protect the entire clan."
"Wuhana looked at the entire bloody desert and was finally awakened to her compassion. She used holy objects to send the demon soldiers back to the area and began to take charge of the Sun Heaven Kingdom. Uhana may have driven the demon soldiers and caused the murder to be too serious. She had thirty-six husbands in succession, but none of them died in a bad life on the night of marriage."
"This has become a curse. From then on, Uhana has been lonely for a lifetime until the end of the day
There was a child left behind, and she felt that her life was about to reach a limit. She summoned all tribes and explained her affairs after her death."
"It is said that when Uhana died, blood clouds appeared in the sky, like the desert dyed red in the killing. That day, strange flowers fell, and many people couldn't help but feel sad and followed Uhana. It's strange that since Uhana's death, the patriarchs of these nine tribes were heartbroken, wiped their tears until dawn every night, and finally died of hunger strike and followed Uhana."
"From then on, the Sun and Heaven Kingdom fell. People say that Uhana is a god, otherwise how could so many people be willing to follow him? This is what the great wise man can do. From then on, there have been many stories about Uhana on this mysterious desert, but Uhana did not die. He would come out to walk on the desert every few years. Although the Sun and Heaven Kingdom fell, the tribe guarded for generations regarded Uhana as a god."
"Then what you mean is that Uhana is still alive now?" Cheng Geng couldn't help asking.
A gust of wind blew, Qian Mazi trembled, hurriedly got up and jumped onto the camel, shouting at the camel and stood up, "I haven't seen it before, but the whole desert says this. No one will doubt it after generation."
Cheng Geng sat on the camel and followed Qian Mazi toward Hulan Town. He couldn't help but look back at the lake behind him. Under the morning light, the lake water was like an eye staring at him in this vast desert.
"Don't talk about these." Qian Mazi reminded her ugly face, "It is known that the entire desert is that Wuhana was born with three eyes, and the third eye could see through the entire desert. She had a pair of wind-catching ears. No matter who, no matter where, or what she said, she could hear clearly, including the prayers and confessions of the believers."
Cheng Geng smiled and refused to comment. Perhaps in the past, he would believe it when he heard such a story. Now he has seen more and has some of his own opinions on many strange things in this world.
The camel went forward and looked at the ups and downs of the sand dunes. Qian Mazi couldn't help but think of Lu Tao, shivered, took a deep breath, put his hands behind his head, coughed a few times, and opened his mouth to sing the song that Lu Tao often sang.
His singing was very harsh, and Cheng Geng couldn't help frowning, but in this endless sea of sand, the sound actually added a bit of popularity.
Slowly, the Hulan Town appeared in the field of view while looking through the sight. You could see the rising smoke from cooking and the shadows of people. It was a prosperous scene.
"Why don't you need anyone's recognition here, right?" Cheng Geng remembered the incident in Liangping Town.
"This place needs Uhana's recognition. It is close to Yingchou Gorge. No one dares to make trouble here. It forms an order here and no one dares to disobey it. Otherwise, he will die in the desert the next day. This is a small town in Uhana's sight."
The more Qian Mazi said it, the more magical it became, and Cheng Geng almost became more curious.
Finally, I came to this Hulan town, which covers a much smaller area than Liangping Town, but the popularity here is obviously high, everyone lives in harmony and is in a prosperous scene.
Qian Mazi pulled Luotuo and took Cheng Geng into Hulan Town. He smelled the strong aroma of wine and vegetables, swallowed, and said to Cheng Geng, "It's been a day and a night. Let's go eat something, find a place to rest for one night, and you can set off tomorrow." In fact, he was thinking about asking Cheng Geng to write a letter to himself as soon as possible. After all, he was about to arrive at Yingchou Gorge soon, and he didn't want to go to that ghost place.
Cheng Geng did not object, and reached out to take out a small yellow croaker from his arms, weighed it, gave Qian Mazi a look, and headed towards the largest inn in the town.
This so-called largest inn, a two-story earthen building, looks mottled and fallen, and it is obviously a bit old. On the top floor of the inn, there is a flag with the word "Shop" written on it.
Cheng Geng and Qian Mazi just got in the guest
The guy rushed up, took the camel from the two of them and headed towards the backyard. The boss who came out was a black-faced man. He clasped his fists at Cheng Geng and said, "Do you stay in the hotel?"
Cheng Geng nodded and walked inside.
This space of about 100 meters is full of guests, with all kinds of outfits, obviously from different places.
Cheng Geng and Qian Mazi sat down at a table in the corner, ordered a few side dishes, and started eating them in a sloppy manner.
"Have you heard it? The desert has not been peaceful recently, and there have been several major events in a row."
"Isn't it? The Tu tribe who has always been low-key was actually completely wiped out in Liangping Town."
"Whose move is this? Isn't this seeking death? This Tu tribe is blessed by Uhana."
Another man smiled and said, "What do you know? This Tu tribe is Uhana's betrayer, otherwise how could he die so miserably?"
"I think this is like the style of a flying eagle in the desert."
"You're desperate, so loud, don't you see where this is? If you are discovered by the desert flying eagle, no one can afford to take it." The few people looked at each other and chewed in a low voice.
At this time, a gust of wind blew, and then more than a dozen big men walked in, carefully looked at the inn, frowned, and shouted to the shopkeeper, "Make a place for us."
"How many guests are you?"
"About thirty people." The leader glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "Open us thirty rooms."
"I'm so sorry, no more. There are too many customers today. There is no way, and I'll be full early."
"Hmph." The big man groped in his arms for a while, took out three big yellow croakers and slapped them on the counter, "Let those people let us out some rooms."
The shopkeeper's eyes shone, staring at the gold bars on the counter for a long time, and withdrew his greedy gaze, "I'm really sorry, we have rules here, we really can't drive the guests away."
"If you want toast, you will be punished." The man took out a short gun from his waist, pressed it on the shopkeeper's forehead, and said angrily, "Either you take these gold bars and help me squeeze out the room, or I will shoot you today and ask you to report where the King of Hell. What to do, you can choose yourself."
The shopkeeper was in a trembling pain and said, "Uncle, there is really no way. You, you should spare me."
The big man gasped and said angrily, "You are provoking my patience." He said, grabbing the shopkeeper's collar, and his big hands slapped him with a slap.
"Slow down." A sharp voice sounded, and the man paused, quickly slapped, and stepped aside respectfully. Then, a majestic middle-aged man walked in as everyone watched. His moustaches were neatly repaired, and his eyes were solemn. He swept over the dozen men and said, "Didn't I say it? Try not to make trouble."
The man who had been clamoring before stood up and said, "Yes."
The middle-aged man said to the shopkeeper, "I have no other requests, I just need a room. I wonder if I can free up one?"
The shopkeeper's face looked ugly. Looking at the fierce and evil men, dozens of people rushed in from outside at this time. What was even more shocking was that these people escorted this person with scarred faces in their hands.
The shopkeeper couldn't help but take a breath and could only reply to the middle-aged man, "I'll give you my room."
The middle-aged man did not refuse, took the gold bar from the man and put it in the hands of the shopkeeper and said, "Can I, brothers, make do with me, in the hall tonight?"
The shopkeeper looked at the gold bar in his hand and nodded blankly.
The middle-aged man swept into the hall, and after a long time, he withdrew his gaze and walked towards the empty table. The rest of them looked for seats one after another.
The escorted man also sat down. The man scolded the shopkeeper, "Good wine and good meat."
Chapter completed!