Seven days later.

The army passed through Dongdu, Changyuan, Weixiang, Puyang, Dunqiu, Yin'an, and then went upriver along the Wei River, and finally entered the boundary of Yuancheng.

At this time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao did not fight each other, although the territory of the two was clearly divided, but there was actually no guard at the junction, and their respective defenders were stationed in the nearby city, and only occasionally sent people out to inspect to ensure that no outsiders broke into their chassis.

Therefore, the Wanren army, which pretended to be a homeless and did not take the main road, did not encounter any obstacles along the way, let alone delay any journey.

But when you enter the Yuancheng realm next, you have to be more careful.

This is Yuan Shao's border town, and defenders will definitely be arranged in the city, if the Yuanren army is accidentally bumped into by the defenders of Yuancheng, then it is very likely that they will end up with the same fate as Yang Wanli.

Speaking of Yang Wanli, Wu Liang also took him with him on this trip and served as the guide of this trip.

"Brother Dian Wei, watch this person all the way, if he wants to escape, or if we encounter Lu Bu or Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, immediately break his hands and feet, and then hand it over to me."

Before leaving, Wu Liang deliberately gave a good explanation to Dian Wei in front of Yang Wanli, so as to warn Yang Wanli.

"No, Si, Sima, I can't argue when I meet Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, if you want to kill me, I will admit it, but Yuan Shao has nothing to do with me, how do I know where they will appear, this matter depends entirely on luck!"

Yang Wanli immediately argued for himself.

"So, if you have bad luck and have caused us trouble, shouldn't you be punished?"

Wu Liang asked rhetorically with a smile.

“……”

Yang Wanli was speechless for a moment.

So along the way, especially after entering the territory of Yuancheng, Yang Wanli led the way with a little more caution, it was no longer possible to take a small road and never take a big road, but to be able to take a mountain road and never take a small road.

In this regard, the soldiers of the Hingren army complained bitterly, but Wu Liang expressed his satisfaction.

It's a little bitter, but it's better than accidentally encountering the defenders of Yuancheng and being arrested, God knows if there is a "perverted" cool official like himself on Yuan Shao's side?

On the way, Yang Wanli told Cao Yu and Wu Liang about some details before the discovery of the tomb:

"Captain, Sima, there is a local saying about the place we are going to, called the Valley of No Return."

"The locals say that at night, a woman's cry can be heard in the valley, and the cry seems to have been greatly wronged, and the sound seems to be far away."

"As long as you enter the valley, there is a chance that you will not be able to come back, hence the name of the valley of no return."

"A group of four of us searched the nearby village for a while, and only found a man who came out of it alive more than ten years ago, it was an elderly charcoal seller, who still had lingering palpitations when he talked about it, and kept saying that he had encountered a man-eating monster inside, and whether I gave him food or put a knife on his neck, he refused to show us the way."

"But the two of you also know that the people who do our job are outlaws who dig gold from the mouths of the dead, and the place where others dare not go is the place we want to go."

"So even if no one leads the way, the four of us still enter the Valley of No Return."

"As a result, not long after entering, we found the wordless stone tablet and the tomb beast, and everyone discussed it on the spot and decided to continue to investigate further, but it was not long before we heard the cries of the locals."

"The cry was so pervasive that we were a little flustered when we heard it, and then I don't know who mentioned it, so we changed our minds temporarily, and decided to rest in place for the night, and wait until dawn the next day."

"But when I woke up the next day, there were two people who disappeared inexplicably, I and the rest of the people shouted for a long time and didn't find them, my heart suddenly felt a little hairy, I didn't dare to continue to go deeper into the valley, and hurriedly retreated the same way, originally planned to go back to Wuyi first to report the matter to Lu Bu, and bring more people back to come, but the result was ......"

At this point, Cao Yu couldn't help but stare and scolded: "Bastard! Why didn't you say this earlier, if you said it earlier, we could have brought more people! ”

Obviously, this thing is already a little empty in his heart.

In the face of war, Cao Yu will definitely not be cowardly, and he can not take his life, history has already proved it, but in the face of this strange incident with nowhere to focus, he is really a little overwhelmed.

Wu Liang asked intently, "Where those two people disappeared, did they leave any suspicious traces?" ”

As for the strange cries of the women in the valley, he felt that it could be attributed to the whistling sound of the wind blowing through the special terrain, which was often seen in some strange rocky valleys.

So I didn't focus on asking.

"No, I've looked at it and found nothing, which makes it all the more weird."

Yang Wanli was just scolded by Cao Yu, and he was a little flustered in his heart, but at this moment, he heard Wu Liang's even more terrifying "cool official" question, so he hurriedly replied carefully.

Wu Liang nodded, and said to Cao Yu: "Brother Anmin, don't tell the people below about this matter for the time being, so as not to cause unnecessary panic, maybe those two people didn't encounter an accident, but they just found something good, and they were greedy and wanted to swallow it alone, so they didn't say goodbye, but it scared Yang Wanli and the others." ”

"Yes, yes, that's not out of the question."

Cao Yu said yes again and again, but he glared at Yang Wanli viciously, and asked Wu Liang with some uneasiness, "But how to explain the origin of this Valley of No Return?" ”

This is indeed a problem.

Wu Liang couldn't give a reasonable explanation for the time being, so he could only take one step at a time.

……

After another day and a half, the Hsionaine army finally entered the Valley of No Return under the leadership of Yang Wanli.

It was a very primitive foothill, and through a crack in the rocks that could not be called a road at all, everyone finally came to a relatively flat terrain.

"Captain, Sima, that's the wordless stele I found."

Yang Wanli pointed to a stone monument standing among the trees not far away.

This stele is almost two meters high and one meter wide, and there is a square base buried in the ground below, which looks like it was artificial.

Wu Liang first circled around the stele, carefully examined every detail, and found no clues on the stele, but found a small black-red trace on the ground directly in front of the stele, a meter away, as if some unknown liquid had dried up here, and it shouldn't be too long.

"It's ......"

Wu Lianggang was about to squat down to check, but he heard Yang Wanli, who was walking in front, already screaming loudly: "Captain, Sima, it's too late!" All the tomb beasts that the villain saw here before are gone! ”