Song Dynasty

Chapter 1 Like a Dream

"Is this a dream?"

The scorching sun hung high overhead, and the bright sunlight made it hard to keep your eyes open.

Everything is drying up.Trees and grass blades all turned a scorched yellow color, and when rubbed with hands, they immediately turned into dust.The ground is cracked, and a finger-wide gap extends into the distance.

There is no wind, and the withered yellow earth will raise high dust when people step on it, sticking to the head and face.

Lifting his already heavy eyelids, Wang Shen looked forward blankly and let out a sigh.Because of dehydration, he didn't even have the slightest fear at this moment, only tired and numb.

It was too hot, and the T-shirt on my body had been condensed into a stiff shell by a mixture of mud and sweat after two days of trekking, and my feet had been worn out by hiking shoes and were full of blisters.But even so, the wilderness in front of him still had no end in sight.

No, it's not exactly the wilderness.In fact, as far as the eye can see, we can vaguely see the field ridges among the weeds, and there are a few clumps of weeds growing among them, but they are also dull and dull under the scorching sun.If you guessed right, it used to be a fertile field.Probably because they worked really hard and were abandoned by farmers.

The wilderness is vast, and he seems to be the only one in the world, and the whole world seems to be lingering with his last breath.

"What a terrible drought... No, why is there no report on the Internet about such a severe disaster, and I can't see any disaster relief workers. Also, I walked on such a large plain for two days and two nights. Why is there no one there? See, as far as I know, there is no place like this in the hinterland of the Central Plains... What a hell!"

Wang Shen swallowed a mouthful of saliva that had turned into glue, took out his mobile phone and glanced at it, then put it back in his backpack depressedly.

There is still no signal, the battery is only 5.00% charged, and it is about to strike.

Fuck the Golden Week, fuck the crowds, if I don't drink water, I'm going to die in this damn place!
Wang Shen cursed rudely, and was so remorseful that he wanted to hit his head with his fist.

Yes, before the National Day, he made an appointment with a few old classmates from the Academy of Fine Arts to go to Mount Huangshan together, imitating Master Liu Haisu's depiction of the majesty and magnificence between the heaven and the earth, and searching for all the strange peaks to make a draft.But then I thought about it, when I went to Huangshan at this time, I was looking at people in addition to seeing people. Could it be possible to paint the back of the tourists' heads?
Besides, throughout the ages, the 72 peaks of Huangshan Mountain have been painted many times, and no new tricks can be drawn.

As aspiring artists of the new era, we have to go among the people and paint their emotions with brushes.

Besides, the water network and rivers in this area of ​​Hongze Lake are criss-crossed, the Huahua fishing boat sings late, and the Huahua small bridge and flowing water are not bad!

Just the night before yesterday, because he was busy with sketching, he missed Sutou and slept in the wild all night.When I woke up, everything changed.The beautiful scenery of small bridges, flowing water, people, and densely populated water towns has become a boundless saline-alkali land, and has become a deserted wilderness.

The most terrible thing is that the weather is too hot and I have not drank water for two days.Most people would have fallen to the ground due to dehydration in such a situation.Fortunately, since Wang Shen graduated from university and set up a cultural company by himself, bought a house and a car in Shanghai, and became a successful person in people's mouth, he paid great attention to fitness.Whenever I have free time, I go to the gym to lift irons, go to the jockey club to ride horses, and go to the archery club to shoot arrows, but I also practice a healthy body, which is barely supported until now.

It's useless to think too much, let's go quickly!
A person can live for 30 days without food, but three days without water is enough.

Hey, it smells like water vapor, save me!

"Crack" seemed to step on something under his feet, his body lost his balance, and he fell hard to the ground.Seeing it, Wang Shen was so startled by the situation in front of him that he was about to jump up from the ground, if he still had the strength.

It turned out to be a corpse in front of him, no, it should be said to be a mummy, sitting leaning on the edge of the field with its terrifying mouth wide open, and he stepped on it, which happened to be on his right arm, and stepped on that arm. It becomes an L shape.

This man was so dry that only a piece of skin was left on the skeleton, he was wearing a linen shirt, he was holding a step bow in his hand, his bag was full of feathered arrows, and the carved feathers on his tail quivered slightly in the wind.

Looking at his hair, there is a big bun on his hair, and he wears it with a thorn hairpin, which is exactly the dress of the ancients.

Here is a small hollow, two feet high, surrounded by rotting, dry wood.

"Could it be that I fell into an ancient tomb?" Wang Shen fell in and had no strength to get up again.His head was in a daze, and he had been knocked out of his head.

When his eyes fell on the mummy, he always felt that something was wrong.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally thought deeply. When the vest turned cold, thousands of hairs stood on end: No, no, no, this is not a mummy in the ancient tomb, but a fresh corpse that has just died two days ago.

Yes, the clothes on this man were clean, and his hair was black and shiny in the sun.Moreover, the string of the compound bow in his hand is still tense. As a bow master, Wang Shen naturally knows that when this kind of compound step bow is not in use, the string needs to be removed and replaced, and the bow arm needs to be fixed with bow weights. Apply pressure to maintain elasticity.If it was an ancient tomb, how could this bow still be like this?

Yes, this person died within two days, but because the weather was too dry and hot, he was baked into a mummified corpse by the sun before he could rot.

God, this is a murder case!

Who is this person?

"Who is it?" Suddenly, five or six people jumped out from the distant ridge: "Come out, we have already seen you, so don't try to hide it from Grandpa."

"Hehe, this is the only spring in a hundred miles. The grandpas have been guarding here for several days, and you still haven't shown up."

Hearing the human voice, Wang Shen was overjoyed, he was saved.But when he looked closely, his whole body seemed to be immersed in ice water, and he couldn't help shaking violently.

It's not because of fear. In fact, as a relatively successful successful person, he hasn't seen any kind of big storm after starting his business, so he is not afraid of it.

It's just that the situation in front of him is too weird, weirder than he imagined.

I saw that the six people who jumped out were dressed in the same clothes as the mummy, looking like ancient people.Whether they are tall or short, they are all as strong as bulls.Then look at them wearing thin leather armor, holding bright waist knives in their hands, their eyes are as green as two evil wolves, and there are blue seals tattooed on their cheeks.

"Where is this place? Could it be that you have traveled through time? What era is it now?" In fact, walking in the wilderness for the past two days, Wang Shen already had an ominous premonition.

These few people don't know the origin, but according to what they said, there is a spring here.They are guarding here, robbing passers-by, and doing worthless business.

Just now I heard the sound of myself falling, and knew that there was a prey in the net.

Forget it, since they saw me, I can only go out to meet them and give me some property, hoping they will give me a sip of water and let me go.As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

Thinking of this, Wang Shen touched the belt on his waist.Hanging on the belt is a jade toad used to ward off evil spirits. It was bought by the director in a jade shop when he was traveling in Lijiang. It cost 2000 yuan at that time.Although he knew it was a scam, but in order to calm things down, he had no choice but to save money and avoid disaster.There is no way, after entering the store, people close the shutter door with a bang, and they are not allowed to go out if they do not buy enough expected amount.

After returning home, he asked someone to have a look. In fact, this piece of jade was only worth a hundred, but the carving was not bad, so he hung it on his waist as a plaything.This time it is used as road money, which should be able to satisfy those people. It is worthwhile to spend 100 yuan to buy a sip of water.

Just as he was about to stand up, suddenly, there was a coquettish call from the front: "We'll come out right now, don't, don't!"

Wang Shen was startled, there was someone in front of him, a young soft girl?
The sound is nice.

(End of this chapter)