The communication between me and the leader is very difficult. His Chinese is indeed very poor. He can only speak some simple words and rely more on body language to express. Yes, Kelsang can be used as an interpreter, but it is obvious to both of us.

They didn't trust him. So at this moment, he was tied to a tree with a sad look on his face.

After about half an hour of communication, I had a general understanding.

This group of Tuva people is different from the Tuva people we understand. When Genghis Khan went on his western expedition, he passed by Kanas Lake and spent some time renovating it. Seeing that there was abundant forage and water here, some of the wounded soldiers from before were left behind.

They cultivated here. When they came back from the Western Expedition, they stayed here for a while. They carved many of the totems we saw before and buried them around Kanas Lake. Many of them are still standing in the desert.

When they left, they left behind a group of people who were in good health and had good martial arts to protect the totems buried by the lake from being discovered. These people called themselves guardians, and from that time on, they vowed to protect them from generation to generation.

Kanas.

It's just that their identities are relatively hidden, so they live among the current Tuva tribes and only gather together when necessary. It is true that the current Tuva people are descendants of Genghis Khan, but only these guardians have pure blood.

The descendants of other people intermarried with immigrants who came from the south. It is now called the Republic of Tuvali, so they are called Tuva people. As time goes by, they have long downplayed their Mongolian origins. And they who value bloodlines

People's options for choosing a spouse are getting smaller and smaller, resulting in fewer and fewer guardians. Now there are only the twelve people in front of me.

During hundreds of years of guardianship, they were surprised to find that along with the totem buried around Kanas Lake, there was a terrible curse. Anyone who saw or touched the totem would be haunted by evil spirits.

, and finally couldn't stand the torture of fear and ended his life early.

They, the guardians, always follow the orders of their ancestors and never try to see these ancient totems. But occasionally people passing by the lake will see one or two and become ill. At this time, they are the ones doing the aftermath.

Work. The so-called two hunters who were eaten by the lake were actually taken away and hidden by them because they also saw the totem. And the old man had his memory erased by them and instilled some knowledge of the lake monster.

Rumors, I want to warn outsiders to stay away from this place, it is dangerous. As everyone knows, people nowadays have already exceeded their ability to understand. The more dangerous the place, the more people have to come and see it, leading to more and more rumors of lake monsters.

, the influence grew and grew, eventually becoming the tourist attraction it is today.

Regarding these, they, the guardians, also have a headache. Because of the reduction in the number of people, it is difficult for them to make a difference. However, they still carefully patrol regularly to take care of and rescue those who are haunted by evil spirits. They cannot let these people go out.

, otherwise once the news spreads, government and private explorers will swarm in to dig out the totems by the lake. In this way, their mission of guardianship will end, and they will not be able to see the ancestors under Jiuquan.

They had no way to cure people haunted by evil spirits, so they could only hide them in inaccessible places and let them wait for death. Having witnessed the death of too many people, they were also torturing their own souls, until one day, they discovered that a person was quietly

Digging totems, and this person did not go crazy like others after seeing the totems, nor did anything abnormal happen. This greatly attracted their attention. If everything was normal with this person, then they could save more totems.

The Wa people, and they no longer have to act cautiously every time.

This man has been digging here for two years, and he is a very careful person. He always moves in the dead of night, and he seems to know their existence. He always carries a totem with him, so they can't stop them.

Or ask. So day after day, until now, there was finally a chance for him to leave the stone, so they attacked decisively, attracting two mink bears to drive us out of the visible range of the previous totem, and then showed up, thinking

We arrested him and asked him why.

After understanding this, I immediately understood why this guy Gesang didn't let Xiao Ai run away. It turned out that after he ran out, he had no totem to protect him, so he would rather die fighting the mink bear. Or in other words, let us feed the mink bear and let him

His kid ran away. This girl is quite vicious.

The leader apologized for the harm caused to Xiao Ai before, because they had no choice but to get this person to lift the curse of the evil spirits. Although this went against the instructions of their ancestors, their generation was originally the guardian.

The end, so we must work harder for the tribe before the mission ends. These people are not married yet, and there are no pure-blooded Tuva girls in the tribe anymore.

The person who took away the totem while we were sleeping and placed it behind us while we were watching the big fish was Gesang. He thought that we would become crazy, but he miscalculated. This is why the guardians did not understand it.

Yes, because in so many years, only three people have nothing to do after seeing this totem, and today all three of them happened to be here, so they didn't care about the ancient curse and came out to find out what happened.

While they were talking, several people who went to chase Xiao Ai came back, and it was obvious that they returned empty-handed.

The leader briefly exchanged a few words with them, and then explained to me: "Your friend is a very smart person. She knows how to avoid the totem's curse. This person is the same, but you are the only one who doesn't understand. Her escape route is very complicated."

It’s weird, my people can’t track it.”

In fact, this was all a misunderstanding. I shook the leader's hand with a little regret and said to myself, if you had made it clear earlier, I wouldn't have gone to all this trouble and made Xiao Ai hate me to death.

"Ask me to interrogate this person." I pointed at Gesang. He was the one responsible for all this. I will definitely not let him go.

The leader made a please gesture. It seems that the impact of external civilization on the ancient culture is still very destructive.

"What do you have to say?" I asked Gesang.

"There is nothing to say. You are all dead, and only I can live." Gesang said disdainfully.

"We will not die. You have forgotten. Xiao Ai knows how to break the curse. We will kill you and continue to live."

Gesang hesitated for a moment, but said calmly: "Kill if you want, that woman can't save you."

To be honest, I am afraid of such scoundrels. If a person doesn't even care about his own life, how can he care about other people's lives?

I carefully recalled everything the leader said. No, this Kelsang does not value his own life. On the contrary, he values ​​his own life very much. Otherwise, what kind of perseverance is there to keep the stone from leaving his body for two years? Most people can't do it.

Even if the mink bear comes, he doesn't want to step out of the totem's protective circle. This is not because he is not afraid of death, but because he is terribly afraid of death. He must be living with a purpose. It is obvious that the purpose has not been achieved, and it is with

Totem related.

Thinking of this, I asked Gesang: "Are you going to release the lake monster?"

Suddenly, Kelsang stood there as if he was dumbfounded. The leader was also smart and looked at Kelsang coldly.

"What lake monster?" Gesang said with a smile. It was obvious that he was no longer as calm as before.

"Xiao Ai said that these totems are not just totems, but a kind of animal-suppressing stone. And the rumors of the Kanas Lake monster only appeared thirty or forty years ago, which means you started digging thirty or forty years ago.

Totem. Although I don't know your intentions, I know that you are not alone, and the people behind you will not care about your life or death." I boldly speculated on all this. If I was wrong, I would have to be tortured.

Gesang became silent and didn't say a word. It was clear that he was thinking hard.

The leader walked up to me at some point and asked me, "How did you know?"

I pulled him aside and spoke quietly: "I was just making a guess, but judging from his reaction, at least I guessed most of it right. This is a technique commonly used by people over there, called bluffing."

The leader nodded in understanding, beckoning the other guardians over, as if he wanted to understand what I meant by bluffing.

When Gesang saw the guards leaving, he struggled to hold on and broke the ropes on his body. He didn't expect that he still had such strength.

I always thought that Gesang was just a small character with no great abilities, otherwise I wouldn’t have to rely on totems to defend myself all day long. Moreover, I knocked him out and held him hostage for a long time just now. It seems that my scheming is not enough after all, and others are.

Laojianghu.

Gesang stood up easily, smiled at me and said, "Do you want to know how I can remove such a big stone without making any noise?"

"I'm not interested in this. It seems that I still underestimated you, and I hid it deeply enough." I hinted to the leader to go up and surround him.

"I underestimated you too much. I saw that you were stupid and clumsy. I didn't expect that your brain was quite good. Maybe you guessed part of it right, but you will never understand the truth. I have to leave." Gesang returned to his previous state of mind.

of calmness.

"You can't leave." I said calmly. The Tuva people had formed an encirclement, and it would not be easy for Gesang to leave.

Gesang didn't seem to care much about the people surrounding him, but stared at me and said, "Ye Fei, I have a hunch that we will meet again soon." After saying that, he quickly climbed up the tree behind him.

, and then prepare in a toad posture.

The leader and other Tuwan people were stunned. I could even say I was shocked. He knew my name! His climbing speed was amazing. No monkey could be that fast. It was like something on TV.

Lightness skills are average.

Gesang took off in this strange posture, jumped to another tree, then grabbed a thicker branch with his hands and swung around. After swinging back and forth twice, he jumped to a farther tree. Just like that, after a while

The kung fu disappeared. To my naked eyes, this set of movements was smooth, beautiful, and practical. This place looked like it was really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

I said to the leader: "It seems that we can't catch him anymore. Take me back first. I will find my friends to help you. Didn't you just say that Xiao Ai also knows how to break the curse?"

The leader was unwilling to take away his gaze from afar for a long time. He seemed to have thought deeply about it, and then slowly turned his head.

I seem to feel that the atmosphere is a bit lacking.

Just listen to the leader shout: "Kunawa!"

Then I thought wildly for a while, damn, a dozen knives were held to my neck.

"What is going on!" I asked the leader.
Chapter completed!