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"There are five paths on the left here," said...
Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 5:57 AM
"There are five paths on the left here," said Chen pointing"The map says left three right two, so let's take the third
"If it's a dead end, we won't have time to come back again," replied Huo Qingtong
"In that case, the three of us will die together," said Chen
As Chen spoke, Huo Qingtong felt a sudden warmth in her breast and tears welled into her eyesShe raised her horse whip and led them into the middle path
The track narrowed into a stone-walled corridor which had obviously been hacked out of the mountainside by menAfter a while, they came to another crossroads from which three paths branched out to the right
"We're saved! We're saved!" Huo Qingtong shouted with joy, and they spurred their horses up the middle path with renewed energyBut the track had not been traversed for many years, and in some places, it was completely overgrown by grasses taller than a man, while in mens cartier watches roadster others, it was blocked by sand driftsThe three had to dismount and lead the horses over the obstaclesChen also moved rocks onto the top of the drifts to slow the wolves' pursuit
Less than half a mile further on, they came upon three more paths forking to the leftSuddenly, Princess Fragrance screamed and pointed to a pile of white bones at the mouth of one of the pathsChen dismounted to investigate and found they were the remains of a man and a camel
"He must have been unable to decide which path to take and ended up dying here," he sighed
They entered the third path and found it suddenly steepened sharplyThe cold and darkness became oppressiveA short while later another skeleton appeared by the side of the path with jewels glistening amongst the bones
"He was rich but he couldn't get out," Huo Qingtong said
"But it means we're on the right path," replied Chen"There must be even more balenciaga most popular bag skeletons on the wrong paths
"When we leave, none of us must take any jewels, all right?" Princess Fragrance said
"You're afraid the ghosts won't let us go," said Chen with a smile
"Promise me!"
He heard the pleading tone in her voice and hurriedly replied: "I won't take anything, don't worry All the jewels in the world could not match having you two sisters as companions, he thought, and suddenly felt ashamedWhy did he include them both together?
They continued up the twisted path the whole night, and by morning, they and the two horses were exhausted
"Let's rest a while," said Huo Qingtong
"We must concentrate on finding shelter first and then we can all sleep easily," Chen replied firmly
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** 10 **
A short way further on, the path opened out into a wide, flat valley of extraordinary beautyThe sun was just rising and the white mountain soared up into the sky from louis vuitton denim pleaty bag the valley floorAround its base was a city that looked as if it had once been very prosperousBut now, the thousands of houses that they could see, although magnificent in scale and design, were in various stages of ruin and collapseNot a sound was to be heard, not even the twittering of birdsThe three had never seen a place that was at once so beautiful and so terribleThey stood for a moment, over-awed by the crushing silence, hardly daring to even breathe, then Chen urged his horse forward and they entered the city
The area was extremely dry, so dry that there was virtually no vegetation on the groundThe contents of the houses had stayed undisturbed for countless years and most appeared to still be in good conditionThey entered the first house they came to and Princess Fragrance noticed a pair of ladies' shoes on the floorTheir colour was still fresh, but as soon as she touched them, they ladies vintage cartier watches disintegrated into dust, and she jumped in shock
"This city is in a basin surrounded by high mountains which protect it from rain and wind," Chen said
As they continued through the streets, they found skeletons everywhere and swords and other weapons thrown about at random
"It doesn't look as if the city was buried in a sand storm as the story says," Chen commented
"No," Huo Qingtong agreed"It looks more like there was a big battle and all the people were killed
"But there's so many paths outside the city," Princess Fragrance objected"How would the enemy find their way in?"
"There must have been a traitor," Huo Qingtong replied
They went into another house, and she spread the map out on a table and leaned over to examine itBut the table was completely rotten despite its apparent sturdiness, and it collapsed under the weight of her armsShe picked up the map and studied it for a chanel tote bags moment
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