i'm not human

It was almost night when I saw the cement stele in large red characters that read "Jiamu Ancient City Ruins Protection Station" from afar.The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is huge. It is still too hot at noon, but now it will turn into ice sand in one breath.Kong Yan looked at the thermometer, it was almost ten degrees below zero, and it was still going down. He felt cold just looking at this number.

The road is deserted, except for the stretch of desert road, which is the golden sand dunes, and I haven't seen a second car after running for an afternoon.Later, because of boredom, several people took turns telling jokes in the car, laughing until their faces hurt, so this activity could not continue.

At this time, seeing the place where people lived, Kong Yan was still inexplicably happy.

The house of the Jiamu Ancient City Ruins Protection Station is a brick-red bungalow, showing a thick blood color under the setting sun.But in the vast Gobi desert, it looks very small and fragile.

Zheng Hui introduced, "This row of bungalows were all built more than ten or twenty years ago, but the land here is vast, as long as there are materials, you can build as many houses as you want next to each other. The ruins of Jiamu Ancient City are often There are tomb robbers who come to patronize, I used to write an article about the robbery of cultural relics when I was in college, because tomb robbers were so rampant at that time, even I practiced superb martial arts because of this.”

This is the place where he grew up and his home. When talking about his home, Zheng Hui has a smile on his face.

But when Zheng Hui approached the row of brick-red buildings step by step, he suddenly felt that his steps became heavy.

"What's wrong brother?" Yan Qingtang patted him on the shoulder with concern.

Zheng Hui smiled and shook his head, what should he say?He felt that he had come out without telling his father—that he had betrayed his father.Seeing his expression, Yan Qingtang probably understood, and couldn't say anything, so he patted him on the shoulder again as encouragement.

The sun set below the horizon, the only source of heat disappeared, and the temperature on all sides dropped suddenly, as if to freeze the blood in the blood vessels.The car stopped next to the stele, and several people got out of the car and had to walk 200 meters to the accommodation area of ​​the protection station.

Kong Yan walked on the sand step by step, his shoes were half sunk, and it was very difficult to walk.Zheng Hui looked at it and said aside, "During the winter vacation when I was a teenager, I caught a tomb robber in his 30s because he came out to act at night, but because of the cold, his feet became stiff and he got stuck in the sand. Can't even move."

Moving his hand, which was as stiff as a wooden stick, Kong Yan felt that tomb robbery here is actually a technical job, and it also requires a lot of physical fitness, not just any tomb robber can do it.

Walking into the courtyard of the dormitory, several people found that the surroundings were terribly quiet. Shen Ren was a little surprised, "Zheng Hui, didn't you say that there are more than 20 people in the entire protection station? Why is there no sound at all?" This is too scary Well, are they late and all dead?

Zheng Hui looked at the light from the flames through the gaps in the closed windows, feeling a little helpless, "Everyone is here, but they are all in the room. After the two female interns died, everyone was a little nervous. Later, the people from above The death of the three people is unclear, and everyone has tried not to go to the ruins to work, and even if they want to go out, they will be in small groups."

His tone was a little sad, "Although my father asked to keep the death of the two old professors a secret, the place where I live is only a little big, and everyone doesn't know what's going on, so people are panicking now, and they dare not open the door easily."

He led the way, bypassed two rows of small bungalows, and came to a separate bungalow, "This is my father's office, and the bedroom is here."

It was completely dark now, and the howling of the lone wolf in the desert could still be vaguely heard. Standing on the loose ground, Kong Yan felt goose bumps.He looked around and found that the window of the house next door was opened a small crack, and a person was watching them.Kong Yan subconsciously gave a friendly smile, but the window was slammed shut.

Am I so scary?Kong Yan touched his white hair, not knowing why.

On the other side, Zheng Hui had already gone up to knock on the door, and an old voice came from inside, "Who is it?"

Zheng Hui hesitated for a moment, swallowed his saliva, and answered without confidence, "Dad, it's me."

Not long after, footsteps were heard inside, and then the door opened.

Standing inside the door was a gray-haired man, about 60 years old, with dark skin and many wrinkles. There were three deep creases between his eyebrows. The corners of his mouth were pursed. Deep lines and some old scars.Living and working in a place with such harsh natural climate conditions, he looks ten years older than his age. He is wearing a military overcoat at this time, and he looks a little stooped.

"You still know to come back?" Zheng Shuguo, the head of the protection station, spoke coldly to his son, and didn't give Cang Li and the others any good looks, and turned around and walked inside.

Zheng Hui looked back a little embarrassed, and apologized for his father, "I'm sorry, my father is angry with me, and he gets very angry when he gets old. I'm sorry, I neglected everyone." He said and made a gesture of please.

Kong Yan followed into the house, and found that the room was large, but very simple, with all kinds of books covering the walls, many of which were yellowed.On a large table, there are thick materials of all kinds, printed, handwritten, and many of them are pictures and hand-drawn manuscripts, which are piled up all over the table.At the corner of the table is an old desk lamp from 30 to [-] years ago. A magnifying glass is placed beside the lamp holder, and several circles of scotch tape are wrapped around the handle of the mirror.After that is a single bed with a half-old quilt on it.The lights in the whole house are a bit dim, and there is almost no heat inside, and the temperature is about the same as the outside.

Zheng Hui moved a few folding chairs in the corner of the room, invited everyone to sit down around the stove, rubbed their hands together, "I'm sorry, I don't have any hot water right now, the main reason is that there is a lack of water and electricity here, everyone Boil the water at the same time." Shen Ren and the others waved their hands, saying that there is no need to be so polite, the conditions here are difficult, everyone knows.

Seeing that his father had no intention of speaking at all, guessing that he might not calm down easily, Zheng Hui could only say awkwardly, "Dad, this is a staff member sent from above to investigate the accidental death of someone on our side. Yes." There was a flattering tone in his tone.

Zheng Shuguo glanced at Zheng Hui with his slack eyelids, hummed, and then looked at the few people sitting in front of him, full of doubts, "Staff? You ran out secretly by yourself, and you just asked these few people to come over." ?" Focusing on Kong Yan's white hair and Mu Dianmo's braid, his expression seemed to say, "Can the staff grow like this?"

Zheng Hui squeezed his fist and put it to his mouth and coughed lightly. In fact, when he saw these people, he didn't believe it very much.But after getting along for a short time, he felt a sense of conviction in his heart.

"Dad, let's talk about our matter later, and I will explain to you later." There was pleading in his voice.His father has always been very strict with him, and the education of his children is like academics.So even though he is 30 years old, not a child anymore, he is still very afraid of his father, there is a deep-rooted fear there.

But this time, he didn't back down because of his father's attitude, because those were human lives!He has to face it.

Zheng Shuguo saw that his attitude towards him was so presumptuous this time, it was completely against the sky!With a bad expression on his face, and even a bad attitude towards these "staff", he said stiffly, "If you have any questions, you can just ask, and I can rest after asking."

Cang Li didn't speak after sitting down, watching the father and son back and forth.Seeing that they had finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Yanqingtang, "Qingtang, call the leaders of your branch and ask them to arrange people to come over overnight, and take all the people here tomorrow. As for the materials, you can pack them Take away what you take away, and seal up what you can’t.”

When Zheng Shuguo heard this, the anger he had been holding back exploded in an instant, and he stood up abruptly, and shouted at several people in an old voice, "Who are you, and what right do you have to do this? There are so many cultural relics here, If you say withdraw, then withdraw? You don’t understand anything! Go and find someone who understands, and I will not hand over these national treasures to you baffling people!” The shadow falling on the wall was like a ferocious beast, Protect your territory.

He roared and coughed, his whole body was shaking with excitement.Cang Li's gaze rested on his slightly trembling little finger for a second, then he stared at Zheng Shuguo with ice-cold eyes.The loose skin on Zheng Shuguo's face trembled, and he took two steps back in fear, his face full of vigilance.

Shen Ren wiped the sweat from his forehead, Zheng Hui's father is really a hero among mankind, he dared to yell at the boss, he is so brave!

As if he didn't hear what Zheng Shuguo said, "As I said, everyone will leave, and everything that can be taken away will be taken away, and those that cannot be taken away should be sealed." Cang Li slowly repeated what he said just now, There is no special tone, it is still the same as usual, but it makes people feel afraid from the bottom of their hearts and want to follow his instructions.

Yan Qingtang nodded "Yes", and then quickly went out to the door to make a phone call.If you start from Urumqi within an hour, you will definitely be here tomorrow morning.

Zheng Shuguo's legs trembled a few steps back, his knees softened and he sat down on the chair, a little flustered.

He knew before that Zheng Hui went to Jiamu City to find these people, but because the three people who came before were not very good, he didn't ask anyone to chase Zheng Hui back.I didn't expect that the person who came this time turned out to be such a ruthless character.Just one look, almost made him kneel down.Although these people don't look very right, they must have seen blood on their hands.

He comforted himself in his heart to be calm and there would be no problem.But subconsciously, he no longer dared to meet Shang Cang Li's eyes.

The author has something to say: I have seen the incident in the ancient city of Loulan, because the ancient city of Loulan has a very large area, and the places that the ancient city protection station can look after are limited, so many tomb robbers will go to the ancient city of Loulan to try their luck, which once became a problem for Loulan... However, I feel that the conditions of the ancient city protection station are really very difficult, the climate is bad, and the desert is deserted. Those scientific researchers really need a lot of perseverance to persevere. ——Write the impressions that are written.