Jinbo Valley is located on the north side of Moheyan Moraine. A hundred years ago, it was originally a round valley with lush greenery and rich water plants. It has gurgling springs for several miles and is surrounded by green shade. It is a rare oasis in Moheyan Moraine. Passing by Travelers and caravans often come to the valley to stay overnight and fetch water.
There are more than a hundred families living in a small village in the valley. The villagers make a living by collecting green mud beads. They use the green mud beads in their hands to exchange for what they need to maintain their livelihood. Although their lives are hard, they are better. To be stable, there is no need to wander around and live in danger.
But due to an accident a hundred years ago, the water source in Jinbo Valley suddenly dried up, the poplar trees were all withered, and the village was deserted. Gradually, even the wolves thought it was bad luck to come here because there was no meat to eat.
Today, the valley is surrounded by yellow sand all over the place, inside and out, and almost no living things can be seen.
This once oasis has completely turned into a forgotten place of death.
Li Weiwei had already figured out the route to Jinbo Valley. He took the lead, leading the camel team and high cart behind him, walking along the towering and continuous rocky mountains.
This kind of rock mountain can be seen everywhere in Moheyan Moraine. The skinny and rugged mountain is covered with broken gravel, either black, purple or ocher, showing beautiful colors. It has been shaped by time and wind and sand into various weird shapes. shape.
The rocky mountain became narrower and narrower as we walked, and at the end, the horse's hooves landed on the gravel, swaying, and threatening to slide down if not careful.
The horse could no longer be ridden, so everyone dismounted and led the horse away.
Master Kang also got out of the high cart, stood on the ridge, looked down at the scene in front of him, and asked the driver to drive the high cart and move forward carefully, while he himself walked slowly over with his hands behind his back.
Leading the horse to walk on the rocky mountain covered with snow-white sand and hard camel thorns, every step, the hardness penetrated the soles of the leather boots, and the thorns hurt the feet.
This road is extremely difficult to walk, but it cannot stop the pursuit of treasures.
Fortunately, this place is only a few steps away from Jinbo Valley. Otherwise, such sharp camel thorns would sooner or later pierce the soles of the boots and pierce the soles of the feet.
After passing through this high and low rocky mountain, the sight of the long-abandoned Jinbo Valley suddenly opened up.
Li Weiwei breathed a long sigh of relief.
After working so hard for so long, it’s finally here.
The vast valley is extremely desolate, with clusters of splendens, white thorns, and Haloxylon ammodendron swaying silently in the wind, adding to the desolation.
The bottom of the valley is covered with abandoned thatched huts, and dead poplar trees either stand or fall down, all lifeless.
Mr. Kang's Huang Baba couldn't hide the joy on his face. He waved his hand behind him and shouted eagerly: "Jinbo Valley is here, let's go down."
But Li Weiwei grabbed Mr. Kang and said cautiously: "Mr. Kang, wait a minute, I will take people down to explore the way first."
In the presence of treasures, it is inevitable for people to be obsessed with money. After hearing what Li Huwei said, Mr. Kang regained his clarity and reason and nodded repeatedly: "It's okay, after all, it has been abandoned for hundreds of years, but Li Huwei must be careful." He paused and said, It was half temptation and half threat: "Brother Li, thank you for your hard work along the way. If we can successfully find the Qingni Pearl this time, I will give you another thousand tea coupons on top of the previously negotiated financing."
Li Huwei naturally understood the meaning of Kang Sa Bao's words. His gentle smile, as if he was studying, was actually a little bit more ruthless. He held his hands in disbelief, greeted five or six guards, and rushed ahead. Go down.
The valley is covered with gravel and sand. At this time of year, the remaining vegetation has turned yellow and withered, without any vitality.
Li Wei and the guards walked deeper and deeper into the valley. Along the way, they saw that the houses collapsed and were dilapidated. Even the dust was caked into thick gray blocks. It didn't look like it was inhabited at all, let alone See the existence of water sources.
He couldn't help but become suspicious. The legendary green mud beads were born with water. Now that there is not even a drop of water in the valley, how could there be green mud beads?
His face darkened, that old guy couldn't have lied to him.
Mr. Kang stood facing the wind and stood on the rock ridge. After waiting for a long time, he did not see Li Weiwei and others turn around. He felt something was wrong.
At present, the so-called contracts have become shaky, and the businessman's nature of focusing on profit over justice has been completely exposed.
He was afraid that Guard Li would swallow the green mud beads for himself, so he led his men into Jinbo Valley without thinking.
Shortly after these people left, Han Changmu and his party also arrived. On the rock ridges, in the valley, and in the collapsed ruins, there was no one at all. The wind whimpered at the bottom of the valley, and it sounded like there was someone there. Hundreds of ghosts cry and howl.
Han Changmu frowned tightly, with a gloomy look on his brows. They had been following Mr. Kang and his group at a short distance, and they had watched them enter the Jinbo Valley with their own eyes. How come there was no movement at all.
Yao Yao took the telescope and looked at it carefully for a while, then shook his head and said: "Sir, there is indeed no one in the valley, but we obviously watched them come in."
Gu Chen urged his horse to take a few steps forward: "Is there some mystery underground in Jinbo Valley? They went underground."
Meng Suige nodded: "This place is very evil. I think anything can happen."
Chen Gui was still scratching his head and ears, and the shirt on his face was wet. He trembled his lips and said, "Well, why not go down and take a look."
Wang Xian remained silent as before, just listening to other people's opinions.
Han Changmu thought for a moment, then waved his hand: "Let's go down and have a look."
Unexpectedly, just after taking a few steps, noisy and miserable screams came from the valley, and the sound of hoofbeats was chaotic, but it was obvious that they were all rushing towards the rock ridge.
Han Changmu and others hurriedly took a few steps back and made a way out of the way. They watched helplessly as Master Kang and his party rushed up the rock ridge like crazy.
All of them looked pale and panting, but they didn't seem to be injured, just overly frightened.
Mr. Kang had already seen Han Changmu, his expression changed, and the dense anger in his heart replaced the excessive fright just now.
He sincerely invited Han Changmu, but he was rejected. Unexpectedly, after the rejection, these people followed him with ulterior motives.
It's so hypocritical and duplicitous.
He was so angry that he wanted to curse, but when he thought of Han Changmu going on a killing spree at the Fifth Beacon, he swallowed back the curse words.
He only greeted Han Changmu's ancestors, relatives and friends in his heart.
Yao Yao looked at Mr. Kang's wonderfully changing expression and suddenly remembered something.
The city is full of traps, and he wants to return to the countryside.
Mr. Kang suppressed his anger and sneered: "I didn't expect Mr. Han to look like a gentleman, but he turned out to be a villain who openly refused and secretly stalked me."
Han Changmu didn't care whether he was a gentleman or a villain, and he didn't bother to explain anything to Mr. Kang.
He smiled, urged his horse to walk in front of Guard Li, and said in a very light but powerful voice: "Guard Li, what did you encounter in Jinbo Valley?"
Li Huwei was stunned for a moment, with a look of fear on his pale face. He trembled his lips and said tremblingly: "Yes, there is a ghost, there is a ghost."
Han Changmu and the others looked at each other in confusion. Ghost, what ghost? Could it be that the disappearance of the transport team was not caused by man-made actions as they thought, but by unexpected ghosts and gods?
Han Changmu never believed in ghosts and gods. In this world, people are often more terrifying than ghosts.
He pressed hard and asked: "What the hell?"
Guard Li almost cried in fear: "Yes, yes, they are all dead."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
What's so scary about dead people? I'm afraid they have seen more dead people than they know living people.
Han Changmu did not rush down rashly. He still stopped Guard Li and asked, "Guard Li, what is the situation inside? Can you tell us in detail?"
Although Li Huwei was still in shock, he had slowly calmed down. He clarified his thoughts and said clearly: "Down there, there are all dried corpses buried in the sand. There are hundreds of them." ."
Han Changmu was quiet for a moment, then turned to Gu Chen and said, "Maybe they are the villagers here."
Gu Chen nodded: "Sir, go down and take a look. They are afraid of mummies, but we are not afraid."
Han Changmu thought about it and said, "Let's go down and take a look." He turned to look at the two messengers and said politely: "Two military masters, please keep an eye on these people. Don't let them move around at will, let alone leave."
When Xu Xiangli sent these two people to follow him, he had already said that he would obey Han Changmu's orders in everything. The two of them nodded in agreement with a slash of their swords.
Han Changmu's voice was as cold as ice, like a thin ice blade, which was so blunt that it cut his heart and drew blood: "Two military masters, if anyone disobeys you, don't show mercy, just kill him directly."
Mr. Kang and the others shuddered, and all the little Jiujiu thoughts they had in their hearts immediately dissipated.
After arranging these things, Meng Suige rushed in front of Han Changmu and rushed down the valley at the lead.
After Han Changmu will be Yao Yao and others, and the one who will be succeeded will always be Wang Xian.
Several people entered the valley in a mighty manner.
In the lonely valley, the dry and hot wind whimpered and swirled, and the sand and gravel rolled on the ground, making a crackling sound.
Layers of corpses were buried in the sand, and the wind blew away the sand and gravel covering the surface, revealing an astonishing number of mummies.
The sun moved slowly and fell in the valley, illuminating every detail on the mummy.
These mummies have been here for who knows how many years, but they are still well preserved. Except for the shriveled bodies, the clothing and accessories on these mummies are the same as when they were alive, but the colors are no longer as bright as before.
The sunken eyebrows on these corpses, the wrinkled beards on their faces, and the teeth exposed in their unclosed lips all seemed like these people were still alive.
This scene was so weird that Han Changmu and his party had seen too many tragic scenes, and they couldn't help but feel layers of panic.
No wonder Mr. Kang and his party were so frightened that they didn't even bother to look for the Qingni Pearl.
