Eight hundred li of yellow sand. A camel caravan of thirteen. Fewer than three would make it back alive.
A Li wasn't making this journey for money. He was looking for his father.
Ten years ago, his father had taken a shipment along the Silk Road and never returned. Some said he was dead; others said he'd deserted. A Li refused to believe it.
He slipped into the caravan, disguised as a young member of a horse-trading band. His mixed-race features made him seem above suspicion.
But he hadn't expected that this trip had nothing to do with “transporting goods.”
The Hu merchants from Chang'an were delivering a jade pendant that could cost someone their life.
Waiting for him in Shule was a group of people who had been waiting for his father for ten years.
And the reason his father disappeared all those years ago was directly connected to this shipment.
Only after crossing eight thousand li of yellow sand did A Li realize:
He hadn't found his father. He'd found a secret that devoured people.
The psychological activities of the characters are simple and unsophisticated, with a strong lyrical meaning. When I read that looking eastward is the hometown I cannot return to, looking westward is the distant Western Region, and the mental state of the veterans guarding the border with no hope of life and waiting to die, it suddenly becomes clear: most people's lives are meaningless, but they are still living day after day. In boring days, only emotions can nourish the spirit and make life hopeful and motivational.
Real and very readable! At that time, after leaving Yumen Pass, it was no longer Chinese land! More than 20 years ago, I took a coach from Urumqi to Lanzhou. The bus drove on the road for 2 hours and there was no human habitation. Most of it was loess Gobi Desert...
Real and touching, multi-dimensional description, clear thinking, super beautiful! Like 👍👍👍👍!
Different subject matter, different vision! I'm tired of watching Rebirth, I'm tired of watching Tall, Rich and Handsome. Watching this for the first time gave me a sense of desolation, vastness, human nature is common and affectionate, but there is also a ruthless side in front of nature. It makes people calm down and watch slowly, and follow them.
The book records real historical cases and analyzes the scenarios to simulate the long road ahead in life... Highly recommended! There is no more transportation and no Internet era. I don't know how bitter and sad the seniors are compared to their predecessors! We are the flowers in the greenhouse!
A wonderful novel. The characters, settings, writing, suspense, and rhythm are all top-notch. Highly recommended.
So well written! Combine the Qinggan Ring Road and Xinjiang that you have traveled through, and indulge in it
Different perspective
A roll of Hexi, thousands of miles of Silk Road. The long wind of the desert enters the writing, and the thousand-year-old road enters the chapter.
The author has a rare good writing style, and the plot does not drag on. I like it very much.