Chapter 5: The Secret Road

Su Li threw the broken bent bow into the fire and looked at Wu Erlang with complicated eyes.

Wu Er held his hands under his armpits, thrusting his chest, his tiger-like head flew up angry, and his eyes were full of evil light.

His woman was bullied, but she couldn't find a partner to vent her anger. The second master was so depressed that he wanted to dig out Dagu's body and chop it up again.

The woman in Huamiao sang a sang in a low voice. Xiao Wei knelt in front of the fire on one knee until the flames went out, and his fingers holding the crossbow machine were petrified.

Wu Zhanwei and Yi Biao stood beside him, not knowing how to comfort him.

I wanted to take her away.

Later, Xiao Wei told Qi Yuan that he might stay in the flower seedlings.

But in the end he could only leave with a strand of black hair.

The treetops sank slightly, and Xie Yi jumped down with a man in his arms.

At that hour last night, Cheng Zongyang felt even more tired than walking for ten days. Now he was sitting on the ground, not even a finger was raised.But when he saw Xie Yi hugging, he shivered immediately.

What's wrong with Ningyu?

Seeing him here too, Xie Yi showed a little relief, she was fine.Maybe it was because yesterday was too hard and the old injury relapsed.

Xie Yi handed Ningyu to Cheng Zongyang, and then said to Qi Yuan: I will chase you in your traces.I saw a path made of turtle-backed stone near Hecha, and I was wondering if I had chased the wrong one.

Old Man Zhu immediately snatched it, and I said it was not far away!It’s a big road if you can’t walk a few miles!

Sixteen miles.

Xie Yi said gently: It will take about an hour to turn back.

Wu Zhanwei glared at Old Man Zhu, causing us to walk thirty or forty miles!

If it weren't for me, could you find Xiao Chengzi?And that girl from Biling?

Old Man Zhu looked around and said to Le Mingzhu with salivation: Miss Le, do you think so?

Le Mingzhu nodded repeatedly, it was Ah or Ah.

Old Man Zhu smiled and I knew this girl was the most sensible.

Yun Cangfeng took a step forward and helped Xiao Wei up, and the dead were gone.Little brother, be more open-minded.

Xiao Wei stood up stiffly.Yun Cangfeng patted his shoulder and shouted: Get rid of the horses, it's time to go on the road.

The man named Yi Wei of the Yun Chamber of Commerce was shot by a ghost soldier in the lower abdomen and was most seriously injured.Yi Biao and others tied a rope into a net bag and took him to the front.Some of the injured were on horseback and some on foot.

Le Mingzhu became the busiest person in the caravan. Although this girl was a little clumsy, she even had to say "benefit" like Wu Zhanwei, an old man like him.

There are really two brushes from this Guangming Temple.

Wu Zhanwei said: That shot stabbed Lao Wei’s intestines, and she actually rescued him.Biaozi, how are your lungs?

Yi Biao spitted hard, then punched his chest and said in a thick voice: It's OK!

He was choked by the sea water in Biling Bay and injured his lungs. Le Mingzhu didn't know what to use to burn it into ashes. He let him drink it for two days and stopped coughing up blood.

Xie Yi held his mount and walked slowly beside Cheng Zongyang. Miss Ning's injury occurred in the middle of the night last night.Xie carefully visited her meridians and did not find the source, so he had to seal her acupoints.

When Cheng Zongyang heard about time, he knew what was going on.

Touching Ning Yu's cold fingers, his mood sinks to the bottom of the valley.

Speaking of which, Ning Yu's situation was caused by himself.

But I never thought that the pills Duan Qiang brought would be so powerful.

Ningyu's withdrawal was almost a month long, and it was still affected by it.

After a moment of silence, Cheng Zongyang sighed and put down Ning Yu's palm. It would be great if we killed Ge Luo yesterday.

oh?

In that way, we will have a white elephant sitting.

It doesn't feel good to curl up in the net pocket.

However, the path is so narrow that it cannot accommodate two horses in parallel, and the net bag used to accommodate the injured cannot be spread out and can only be hung on the side next to the saddle.

Cheng Zongyang estimated that it would take more than an hour for Ningyu's symptoms to be completely raised before the sun could be eliminated.

This thing is so harmful...

Cheng Zongyang said to himself.

Yun Cangfeng looked at Ning Yu with a strange expression, and after a while, he slowly said: There was a senior in our Yun family who was addicted to taking A Furong...

It's Yunzhongke.

Xie Yidao.

Oh, Brother Xie has heard of it?

Yunzhongke is a traveler.His travel notes have been read one by one below.

Yun Cangfeng nodded. His uncle had no intention of merchants, but he was very obsessed with travel.In the past, he traveled between mountains and seas and brought A Furong back from outside the region and cultivated it in the garden.My uncle once said that once this thing is spread, it will inevitably poison the world.Before his death, he wiped out A Furong in the garden...

Yun Cangfeng must have seen some clues, but Cheng Zongyang didn't want to continue this topic at all.Xie Yi said next to him: Deacon Yun must have a good time for the mountains and rivers.

Yun Cangfeng was stunned and then smiled and said: Mr. Xie is good at it.I am not the director of my business career.

This time I went to the Southern Wilderness because I know a little about the scenery in the Southern Wilderness.

Xie Yi was not polite and said straight: Yun family is willing to accompany us to Guiwangdong. After all, it is better to be uneasy about the situation in the Southern Wilderness.Maybe, there is still Mr. Six’s meaning here?

Yun Cangfeng smiled and said: Harmony brings wealth, only harmony can bring wealth.If the Southern Wilderness is controlled by the Guiwangdong family, our Yun family's future business will inevitably be greatly affected.Mr. Xie guessed very accurately, which is indeed what my sixth brother meant.Since we are in the Southern Wilderness, we must explore the bottom of Guiwang Cave.It would be best if we could win over a few tribes close to our Yun clan.

Cheng Zongyang breathed a sigh of relief, Brother Yun said this.Otherwise, Brother Yun would be so willing to help, and I would be grateful and worried.

Yun Cangfeng smiled and said: Everyone will be a family in the future, why both parties talk?

Cheng Zongyang laughed and said: Brother Yun is a businessman.There is a saying that brothers must settle accounts clearly.Everyone cooperates and get what they need, so that it will be pleasant.

Cheng Zongyang gently erased the family that Yun Cangfeng said, implying that the two parties had an equal cooperative relationship.

Yuncangfeng has been through the world for a long time, and he realized it as soon as he heard it. He smiled and said with a smile: That's right, I hope our Yun family can have a happy cooperation with Brother Cheng.

Cheng Zongyang breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Yun Cangfeng has no malice, due to the power of the Yun clan, he habitually treats himself as a disciple who defects to the Yun clan.

But in this world, I am not interested in becoming anyone's employee.

A mottled ancient road appeared in front of everyone.

The road surface is paved with black rocks shaped like a turtle's back. I don't know how many years have passed, but it has been uneven and the surface is covered with cracks and pits.

But this is a road after all, and the best road for the caravan after entering the southern desert.

The caravan crossed Panjiang and went deep into the sphere of influence ruled by Guiwangdong. Strangely, they did not encounter many villages along the way.When asked about Old Man Zhu, the old guy said angrily: Isn’t this all thanks to my old man?

These ghost villages in the south of Panjiang have to peel off the skin when they enter...

Cheng Zongyang said impatiently: To be honest!

Why!

Old Man Zhu agreed, quickly changed his face, and said honestly: From Baiyi tribe to Biling, there are more than a dozen villages to walk on the main road.Aren't we in a hurry?I led the guy to pick up the shortcut.But when you walk this road to Guiwangdong, there will be no village on the way.It turned out that there were a few people from Guiwangdong who were killed or rushed to the mountains to work as a hardworking laborer.

Cheng Zongyang narrowed his eyes slightly, where is Guiwangdong?

How to say this?

Old Man Zhu was tugging his beard and rolling his eyes again, he hesitating: Ghost King Cave is a tribe in the Southern Wilderness. He lives in the mountains and does not see the sun all year round. He looks like a ghost and has no contact with the outside world.I was grinding the ball and they probably did something witchcraft.It was just over ten years ago, and it suddenly became very powerful.

I heard you say that those warriors are not Ghost King Dong’s own people?

I don't look like it.Yesterday's group is a bit like...

Yun Cangfeng said slowly: Black Fang.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: I said they still have fangs on their noses...

Suddenly he hit a thunderous attack and said in disbelief: Black Fang?

Cheng Zongyang grabbed Su Li and lowered his voice and shouted: You want to die!

Su Li's face was quiet, what?

Cheng Zongyang said angrily: You already saw it yesterday, right?Those who attacked us were all Black Fang people!

Yes.

Cheng Zongyang almost called out, isn’t Hei Liao your ally?Now even the Black Fang people have been made into ghost warriors by the Ghost King, and you guys are even going to be too bad!

Before we set out, the Black Lane people fought a battle with the Ghost King Dong and were captured.

Su Li said quietly: According to our agreement, Hei Liao will continue to fight with Ghost King Dong and attract their soldiers to the mountains and forests.Our flower seedlings and red seedlings will take advantage of this time to enter the Ghost King's Cave in the name of sending off the marriage.

Cheng Zongyang looked around and said with great concern: Are you really the only ones?

We can't bring too many people.But as long as there is a front-line opportunity, we will try it.

Su Li suddenly smiled, don’t worry.The most ferocious warriors in Ghost King Cave are fighting against the Black Fang people. The rest will have to rule such a large land in the Southern Wilderness, and not many people will be left behind.

Cheng Zongyang said angrily: Is it the chef who reported the letter?

Su Li once said that there was a chef next to the Ghost Witch King who was a Hongmiao person. He inferred from the food sent to the palace that there were actually very few people in the seemingly strict Ghost King's palace.

Hearing the doubts in his tone, Su Li raised her chest slightly, and we believed him.

Cheng Zongyang retorted: What he said is that there are very few living people, right?Didn’t you say that the Ghost Witch King can control ghosts and gods?

Maybe there are dead people in the Ghost Palace that can move!

Ghost warriors are not dead, they also need food.

Cheng Zongyang glared at her for a while and said angrily: I hope everyone is lucky enough to not be killed by him.

The turtle-back-shaped path under your feet brings a rare ease to everyone, at least they don’t have to drag their injured bodies into groups to open the way.

The vines meander along both sides of the road, and the bushes grew even to one person's height, submerging the caravan in the thick green.

Old Man Zhu was boasting about his divine tree again, but without Shi Gang, Old Man Zhu felt a little boring when he blew.

Cheng Zongyang said: We have even been to the beach, why haven’t we seen the tree that you mentioned taller than the sky?

This is still a road?

Old Man Zhu sneered: The southern desert is thousands of miles away, and it takes more than two months to walk from east to west. Then you have to walk away, what can you see when you are a piece of slap?Have you never seen the swamp going east before?Where is the Great Lake?Where is Tongyun Mountain?

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said: It sounds good.Why don’t you take us to see it?

Old Man Zhu shouted, Xiao Chengzi, you are bad conscience!If you don’t give money, you will still lead the way!

Cheng Zongyang sneered, then where did you come from so much nonsense?I don't know, I thought you were advertising.

Old Man Zhu raised his face and said inexplicably: What advertisement?

Nothing is.Popular!

Cheng Zongyang spat, nothing!

I don’t know where Old Man Zhu’s mouth was from with juice and smell, but as he spoke, he took it into the ditch.

Old Man Zhu is right.

After five days of travel, the caravan did not encounter a single village.

There was a heavy rain on the way, and the footprints that had been appearing and disappearing from time to time finally disappeared.

Su Li was getting more and more anxious. According to the agreement, the Hongmiao people should have arrived at Guiwangdong by this time.

They followed the caravan in a big circle. Although Old Man Zhu led the way, they saved the caravan a lot of time, but their time was getting less and less.

A statue carved from black stone was revealed in the weeds. Although the surface of the statue has been weathered and peeled off due to the long years, the strange and dead atmosphere is still uneasy.

These statues began to appear two days ago, and the closer they are to the Ghost King Cave, the more they are.

Most statues resemble totem stones.

On the black rocks that are tall, strange human faces and patterns are carved on the surface.

There are also some carved into unknown animal shapes, falcons with snake tails, winged apes, and even humans with two faces.

Starting from the fifth day, the barren turtle-patterned ancient road began to enter the mountainous area.

The cliffs on both sides are getting taller and steeper, and there is no end to see.

But the path was going down, and the sun dimmed. Half the day, the caravan walked in the shadow of the cliff.

On the sixth day, the sun finally disappeared.

The domes on both sides closed in the air like a dome, leaving only a narrow gap to reveal the sky light.

The caravan seemed to be walking into the night, and even during the day, he had to set up a torch to illuminate the trails under his feet.

In the darkness, I vaguely saw the rugged peaks on both sides, like monsters lying on the hidden side.

This ghost place...is the coolest place in the southern wilderness?

Wu Zhanwei's joke did not resonate too much.The feeling here gives everyone is colder than coolness.

The rocks hidden in the dark emitted a ghostly spirit. The ancient turtle-patterned road in the foot factory seemed to have no end and stretched to the ground. Everyone felt a sense of ominous premonition, as if they were walking on a road in the underworld, rushing to the underworld in the underworld.

Everyone has this feeling, but even Wu Erlang, who has always been big-mouthed, never mentioned it, but just kept touching his swords.

In the darkness, his eyes flashed like tigers with a faint green light.

Every small sound made his eyes sweep away like lightning.

Don't be so vegetation and trees are all soldiers.

Cheng Zongyang said: We are here to do business, not fighting and killing, just be more relaxed.

Wu Erlang snorted in his nostrils, and his mind still did not relax at all.

Ningyu's footsteps were as light as flying, without any sound.

After waking up that day, Ning Yu fell silent again.

As the road is getting closer and closer to Ghost King Cave, everyone dare not scatter their accommodation.

At night, Ningyu quietly entered the dense forest and did not retreat until dawn.

Cheng Zongyang knew whether Ning Yu wanted to see her drug addiction attack, but there was no way to help her.

He had discussed with Le Mingzhu several times, but when he heard the pills, the little girl gritted her teeth, as if she wanted to silence him immediately.

As for Xiao Zi, she always had a cute smile, like a little tail, and was busy with Le Mingzhu, and she could eat and sleep, without causing trouble for everyone along the way.

Whether it is the man in the caravan or the woman in Huamiao, they all love and regret this little girl.

No one knew how far they were going underground, and the last little light above their heads was also blocked by the cliff. They were like walking underground, reaching their sight, only black rocks and dark green moss.

Qi Yuan grinned. After living in this place for a year, the living person also turned into a ghost.

Wu Erlang sneered: Those grandchildren have lived here for several lifetimes.

The sound of water flowing comes from afar. It is like another world, with towering mountains and rushing rivers, just missing: the sunshine as the source of life.

Facing this strange and inexplicable world, everyone felt a little afraid.

Of course, there are also people who are completely unaware of fear—such as Le Mingzhu and Xiao Zi.

These two girls seemed to be here for a trip. At first, Le Mingzhu looked around and was curious, and Xiao Zi explained happily.Later, Le Mingzhu was tired of watching it, and the two of them started to guess riddles.

There was a dog that crawled over a tree and stopped barking.Why?

Xiao Zi thought for a while, but didn't know.

Le Mingzhu smiled and said: Because it’s not too much.

What is a treacherous treasure?

That's...I'll give you another riddle!Xiaodouzi and Xiaobunzi fought and accidentally killed Xiaobunzi, guessing a food.

Xiao Zi thought about it for a while, but she didn't know.

Very stupid.It's a bean paste bun.

Xiao Zi likes to eat bean paste bread the most.

Xiao Zi said happily: I like to eat red bean paste.Which one does Sister Le like?

I like red bean paste, too.Hey, don’t you always eat raw in the sea?

Xiao Zi has eaten Ah in Guiwangdong.The bean paste bread made by Uncle Saan is the most delicious.

Really?

Le Mingzhu widened her eyes. Can Guiwangdong have bean paste bread to eat?

Xiao Zi nodded vigorously, and the bean paste made by Uncle Saan melted when it was held in his mouth.It's sweet, with a lot of honey added.

Le Mingzhu thought hard about the deliciousness of the bean paste melting in her mouth, and her saliva almost flowed out.

Su Li suddenly said: Xiao Zi, how far is the Ghost King Cave?

I have no idea.

Xiao Zi said: But when you see a sharp mountain, you will arrive.

Cheng Zongyang gasped and looked at the blade-like mountain in the darkness.

The huge black peaks almost blend into the darkness.

It is hard to imagine that there will be enough space deep underground to accommodate such a huge mountain. Even the beautiful peak of the Baiyi tribe is only half that of this mountain.

The arc-shaped peaks are like the sharp corners of a rhino, or an arc-moon scimitar.The sharp peak seemed to pierce the sky and split the endless darkness.

The bottom of the mountain is full of beehive-like caves, and there is no light to be seen.The bare rocks on the peak make people doubt that there is life here.

Several people looked at each other and had the same doubt in their hearts: Is this the Ghost King Cave that the people in the Southern Wilderness turned their eyes upon hearing this?

Xie Yi sighed: Xie originally thought that the Ghost King Cave would be a village built among mountain caves, but he never thought that there would be such a wonder underground.

Yun Cangfeng's expression was very focused, showing the same interest as his uncle. There was no sunshine here, and there were no birds and beasts. Most of the people in Ghost King's Cave made a living by moss and earthworms, which was very different from what I thought was raw food and flesh.

Qi Yuan sniffed, feeling angry.

Wu Zhanwei smiled and said: The fourth brother is a dog, and his nose is the most agile.It seems that the people from Ghost King Cave have also used the fire.

Qi Yuan wiped the sweat from his neck and said with a smirk: To be honest, Lao Qi's heart is hanging in his throat all the way.I was also thinking that there were dead people everywhere in the Ghost King Hall, and the stench of corpses could be smelled dozens of miles away.

Cheng Zongyang said: What?Have you met Lao Qi?

you do not say.One year, I lived in a village with the caravan, and I was about to catch the disaster in the village and I gave sacrifices to living people.

We walked hundreds of miles away, but the stench on our bodies had not yet dissipated, making us unable to eat for several days.

Cheng Zongyang said: I see, there are not many living people in Guiwangdong.

Cheng Zongyang had never been exposed to such a strong aura of death. Even the battlefield with tens of thousands of corpses was not like the mountain in front of him. Every cave and every crack in the rock exuded a strong aura of death.

Only long-term massacre can make the place full of death.

Fortunately, Guiwangdong handled the corpse well, and there was no smell of rotten corpses in the air.

However, the scar on my temple was like a long-lasting fish swimming into the sea, continuously absorbing the breath of death that ordinary people could not detect.

The true yang that had almost been exhausted on the night of the Yin Sha was gathered again, his eyes became clear and his mind became much clearer.Cheng Zongyang was excited and shouted: The fourth brother!Let’s call out the store’s banner!

become!

Qi Yuan took out the flag and hung it on the side of the saddle.

Yi Biao was also preparing to raise the banner of the Yun Chamber of Commerce, but was stopped by Yun Cangfeng. He smiled slightly and said: Now we are all the friends of Baihu Commercial Hall.Brother Cheng is the deacon in the mall, and I am the accountant.As for Mr. Xie, I will be a traitor.

Xie Yi smiled and said: It’s easy to say.

The caravan arranged for a stop, but Huamiao people encountered some trouble.

Le Mingzhu happily put on her veil and continued to be her bride. The one who was in trouble was Wu Erlang.

He insisted on getting involved in the Huamiao people's team and acted with Su Li and the others.

But Wu Ersheng had a strange appearance, and the tiger spots on his head and neck could not be covered.

He and Hua Miao people were like a tiger squeezing into the team of little white rabbits, and it was hard not to attract attention.

In the end, Cheng Zongyang and Yun Cangfeng came forward to persuade him, and the second master reluctantly separated from Su Li.

Two rows of tall totem poles appeared on both sides of the road, and the hideous patterns on the pillars were still fresh inscribed.You can vaguely hear the jingling sound of iron chiseling on the stone behind a stone pillar.

Cheng Zongyang tied up his loose hair, waved his hand at Ningyu, then strode over, bowed politely, and smiled: May I ask...

The man was hunched over and carving on the rock, and he seemed not to hear his question.

Cheng Zongyang raised his voice, may I ask...Huh?

The man was wearing a gray robe, which had not been washed for a long time, and was already dirty.

Although he couldn't see his appearance from behind, the bun that was randomly wrapped on his head was completely made of the Six Dynasties.

He turned around and said in a clear voice: Give me the seventh chisel on the right.