"Forbidden land?" Torture looked at Samuchuan, "What do you mean?" ”

Tan Tong also asked, "Mu Chuan, why are you strange this time?" ”

Samuchuan stopped there, pointed to the ground in front of him and said: "There are soft soil in some places in the cave, you look ahead, don't you see half a footprint?" ”

In fact, the torture technique had already been discovered, but he didn't figure out what was going on, and he was afraid that saying it would cause everyone to worry, so he didn't say it at all.

Torture nodded: "What do you say?" ”

Yan Gang said at this time: "What he means is that we are ahead of everyone, whether it is Sheng Yutang, the Xu brothers, or Sheng Zitai, we have all been left behind, and the man in black has pointed us to another way, but this road may lead to the hole we are looking for**, maybe not, Samuchuan, what do you know?" ”

Samuchuan shook his head: "I only know that the front is a forbidden place for the Miao people, that is to say, the Miao people can't enter, of course, this rule is not dead, this is the rule set by the new Miao people." ”

"New Hmong?" Yan Gang looked at the torture technique, He Chenxue was also deeply surprised, and Tan Tong looked ahead, not knowing what Samuchuan was referring to.

Xingshu said: "It's outsiders, since the end of the Qing Dynasty in Xiangxi, those who have come to integrate into the life of Miao Village are collectively called New Miao people, but they are not Miao people originally, but they later call themselves Miao people, or intermarry with Miao people." ”

Samuchuan nodded slightly: "In front is the cemetery of the new Miao people, I haven't been here before, but I heard my uncle talk about it, saying that this place is very strange, the Miao people can't enter, and their burial methods are also very strange, different from the Miao people." ”

The burial methods of the Miao people, from ancient times to the present, are divided into several types, Xiangxi and Guizhou Songtao areas, which are more influenced by the Han people, while other places in Guizhou basically retain traditional customs. For the Miao people, the burial methods are divided into multiple types, including life-ending, murderous death, childbirth death, etc., which are actually the same in other ethnic minorities, such as the Yi people. The funeral ceremonies of the Miao people are mainly presided over by the shamans of their own ethnic group, but now, the Miao people, who are affected by the customs of the Han people, most of the time invite Han Taoist priests, because the traditional shamans of their own nationality are almost extinct.

The time of the suspension after the death of the person is also different, and the specific original Miao tradition is how many days, and it is impossible to find out now. However, the Miao people prepare Shoumu is not quite the same as other ethnic groups, in some Miao traditions, they will find a big tree near the cemetery selected by the wizard, cut the tree at that time, make a coffin at that time, and then dig ** on the spot, inlay the coffin in it, and then put it into the funeral goods, most of which are mainly silverware.

Samuchuan explained this, and added: "The Miao people like silver, everyone knows this, but the new Miao people are different, they like jade, the reason is that silver will turn black, and jade will not, but because of the integration of cultures, they have created a new thing, called 'silver jade', but because it has the same sound as '**', it has been changed to 'jade seal', which is actually a combination of jade and silver products, in other words, similar to gold inlaid jade." ”

Hearing this, the torturer frowned and said, "I haven't heard of this at all. ”

"Normal, I only found out a few years ago." Samuchuan said lightly, "Because the new Miao people are very strange, they are almost isolated from the world, especially now, there is a strange saying, that the descendants of the group of intermarriage with the Miao people have long migrated to the deep mountains, in order to maintain the purity of the so-called new Miao blood, no one knows where they are, but there are also legends that point out that as long as the forbidden land of the new Miao people is found, maybe they can find their whereabouts." ”

"Wait." Tan Tong interjected, "I don't understand what you're saying now, what does it have to do with what we're going to do?" ”

The torture technique actually didn't understand what Samuchuan meant by this, but speculated: "Samuchuan means that maybe the man in black deliberately led us to this place, and maybe, to go to the cave of the Jiacuo Palace, there was no need to go through there?" ”

"No, I think so." Samuchuan shook his head, "In Xiangxi, there are many places that are so-called no-man's land, no one has ever been, and the mountains in front of it are basically no man's land, except for the new Miao people who may exist, basically no outsiders have ever entered." ”

As soon as Samuchuan said this, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in the sky, and a few seconds after the lightning, a thunderclap sounded, and the thunder shook in the cave, shaking the five people dizzy, if it weren't for the openings in some places around, it wouldn't have been so that the thunder kept echoing, maybe they would have fainted a long time ago.

"Quick! Go through this hole! The torture technique grabbed He Chenxue's hand and ran forward, but it was also a trot, because the ground in the cave was slippery, and if you were a little faster, you would fall and be injured.

"Run, run, run!" After the torture was finished, he saw lightning flashing in the sky again, and immediately shouted, "Open your mouth wide, don't keep it closed!" ”

Saying that, there was another explosion of thunder poured into the hole**, and the hole they were in ** was like a recorder buried in the ground, with countless holes at the top, and at the same time pouring thunder, it would also dissolve part of the shock, but it always made people dizzy.

This kind of vibration is not something you can resist if you plug your ears.

The five people stumbled, and finally ran out of the hole**, and when they were about to run out of the hole**, Yan Gang at the front stopped his steps and stopped the people who were about to rush out, because when another lightning struck the sky, he saw a person running in the woods outside the cave through the electric light, and vaguely, he also saw that the person's face was covered with blood.

"Who?" Yan Gang knew that it was too late, so he had to shout, this shout, the person running on the opposite side was stunned, stunned at the same time, the thunder roared, the man subconsciously raised his eyes to look, and shivered all over his body, and then stretched out his hand towards them, opened his mouth to say something, but the voice of the voice was masked by the thunder, and then he continued to run towards this side.

Xingshu and the others stopped, and at the moment when the person was about to walk into the cave, a lightning bolt slashed down, and at the same time as the camphor tree next to him, the lightning that broke through also hit the person at the entrance of the cave, and the huge force directly hit it in the direction of the torture and others, and at the same time that the person flew out, Yan Gang also saw something flying out from behind him and inserting it into the soil at the entrance of the cave next to him.

The man flew straight over, and the torture technique dragged He Chenxue to avoid it, and subconsciously kicked Tan Tong next to him, while Yan Gang and Samuchuan easily avoided it.

Because he was already close to the entrance of the cave, the impact of the roaring thunder on the torture and others was no longer so serious, on the contrary, the person who was killed by lightning made everyone feel nervous and even frightened.

The torture technique motioned to He Chenxue not to move, he slowly approached the man, looking at the blackened person, unable to discern his identity, while Yan Gang walked to the side of the cave entrance, looking at the thing that had flown out of the man's body earlier.

Just as the torture technique was inspecting the corpse, Yan Gang shouted from there, "Iron rod! ”

"What?" Xingshu turned his head and shouted, Tan Tong immediately stepped forward and walked to Yan Gang, and after a glance, he understood.

Tan Tong turned to the torture technique and shouted, "It's an iron rod!" ”

As if he understood, Yan Gang added: "When I saw him being hit earlier, this stick flew out, and it seems that he was inserted into his backpack without knowing it, and this person was calculated. ”

Xingshu squatted there, put on gloves, and turned the body over with Samuchuan, although his face was no longer clear, he still found a Xu Sheng's ID card when he was rummaging through his wallet.

Xingshu picked up the deformed ID card and said: "It's Xu Sheng, the eldest brother of the Xu brothers, it seems that the other three brothers are more than lucky." ”

Yan Gang stepped forward and took his ID card: "How could it be Xu Sheng?" How could they be ahead of us? I didn't see any footprints. ”

Xingshu looked at Samuchuan, who was looking down and looking through the corpse: "Samuchuan is right, there is more than one route in and out of here, maybe several, I think, Sheng Yutang and Sheng Zitai, it is estimated that it is not safe." ”

Tan Tong watched Samuchuan rummaging things there, and He Chenxue on one side also frowned slightly, approaching the torture technique and grabbing his hand.

Tan Tong squatted down and asked, "Mu Chuan, what are you turning over?" ”

"Let's see if there's anything to be used for." Samuchuan explained simply, and then used a dagger to cut open Xu Sheng's backpack, and after rummaging in it for a while, he found an iron box, he sniffed it, and used the dagger to pry open the iron box, after prying it open, a puff of black smoke came out of it, Samuchuan subconsciously took it away, covering his mouth and nose.

The moment the black smoke dissipated, Yan Gang stepped forward, illuminated the iron box with a flashlight, and his face changed: "It's an earthen fuse!" ”

"What?" The torture technique frowned, and He Chenxue didn't understand.

Tan Tong took the iron box, sniffed it, pinched the black and gray ashes inside with his fingers and said: "Yes, it is an earthen fuse, which means that the Xu brothers brought **!" ”

The torture technique stepped forward, looking at the iron box, Tan Tong explained on the side: "They must carry the handmade ** ingredients separately to avoid danger, Xu Sheng is carrying the fuse part, this ** is very simple, according to the dosage to control the power of the blast."

"Oh no, it's the same as part of the police's intelligence, when they robbed the grave and dug up the grave, they used violent means, that is, ** directly blasted away." Xingshu looked out of the cave, "And in the deep mountains, even if there is an explosion, it can't be heard." ”

Tan Tong looked at the torture technique: "You are the employer, you say, what should I do?" ”

Xingshu looked at Yan Gang: "Hades, you are an expert in this area. ”

Yan Gang pondered for a while and said: "Since they packed the ** items separately, it means that if there is no fuse, it will be difficult for them to do anything, and it will take time to make a fuse temporarily, and I don't know what happened to the other three now, we should move forward and figure out what happened to Xu Sheng, agree?" ”

Xingshu looked at the others, Tan Tong nodded, Samuchuan also nodded, and Xingshu and He Chenxue of course did not object.

The torture added: "Now the situation is serious, Xu Shengsheng is dead, and the five of us are eyewitnesses, proving that he was killed by lightning and deliberately inserted with an iron bar, no matter what, this matter must always be handed over to the police, but the time has to be delayed." The way we march must also be changed, Hades, you still explore the way in front, keep within ten meters of my line of sight, Tan Tong is in front of me on the left, Samuchuan is behind the right, and Chenxue and I are in the middle. ”

After arranging everything, the five of them set off towards the outside of the cave, and at the same time, they all checked each other's bodies to see if there were metal objects hanging on their bodies, and at the same time took out the raincoats prepared in advance and put them on.

In the woods ahead, although gusts of wind blew from time to time, the dense fog in it was not dispelled, but instead divided into clumps and moved with the wind in the trees, which looked very strange.

At the same time, Sheng Zitai and the Duan brothers had already walked to the confluence of the two streams pointed out by the man in black, Sheng Zitai looked to the left, tightened the raincoat on his body, and now it was still lightning and thunder, before the rain fell, it was very sultry, and he couldn't wait to rush to the banyan tree immediately.

When Sheng Zitai raised his feet to leave, Duan Weiguo stopped him, and Duan Weijia also subconsciously walked behind him and looked behind.

Sheng Zitai asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Duan Weijia tilted his head slightly and asked, "Little brother?" ”

"Shhhhh ”

"Gasoline?" Sheng Zitai also smelled it in his nose after asking, and it was very strong, he followed the smell and found that the smell of gasoline came from the stream under his feet, at this moment, a fire suddenly rose in the upper reaches of the stream, the fire flashed, and then a fire belt jumped down directly along the top of the stream, like a fire dragon that was quickly attacking the stream.

"Brother Sheng!" Duan Weijia pushed Sheng Zitai away, because Sheng Zitai happened to step on the stream, and then Duan Weijia dodged to the right, Duan Weiguo avoided the incoming flames and ran towards the source of the flames.

"Defend the country, don't go! Turn the tiger away from the mountain! Duan Weijia shouted, but it was too late, a few seconds after Duan Weiguo ran to the source of the flames, three crossbow arrows shot down from the tree on the right, Duan Weijia was quick and reached out to grab one of them, but the remaining two shot towards Sheng Zitai, who was slumped next to the stream and had not found the crossbow arrows at all.

"Brother Sheng!" Duan Weijia shouted, and then saw the crossbow arrow hit the location where Sheng Zitai was, he immediately ran over and found that the two crossbow arrows, one of them shot on the ground on the left side of Sheng Zitai, and the other one hit between his legs without bias or obliqueness, and ten centimeters higher, Sheng Zitai's lifeline was over.

Sheng Zitai froze there, first looked at the crossbow arrow between his legs, then slowly got up, pulled out the crossbow arrow on the left side, and said with palpitations: "It's just a little bit." ”

Duan Weijia nodded, protected Sheng Zitai and retreated to the side, observing the gloomy forest in front of him, and calling Duan Weiguo's name at the same time.

Duan Weiguo ran back in response, stopped his steps, and just stopped to speak, Duan Weijia stepped forward and grabbed him and roared, "Are you a pig brain!?" That's obviously to divert the tiger from the mountain and attract you to the past, the purpose is to plot against Brother Sheng! You're still fooled by this! ”

Sheng Zitai pressed Duan Weijia's shoulder and signaled him to stop talking, Duan Weijia stopped talking, and Duan Weiguo nodded to Sheng Zitai apologetically and apologized, and said, "I saw who made the shot." ”

"Who?" Sheng Zitai immediately asked, "It won't be my eldest brother's person, right?" ”

Duan Weiguo glanced at Duan Weijia: "It's Xu Cai!" ”

As soon as he said this, Xu Cai's voice sounded from the darkness not far away: "I'm sorry, I was forced, if I don't do it to you, my brothers will all have to die, and now that my eldest brother is dead, I can't lose the other two brothers!" ”

After listening to Xu Cai's words, Duan Weijia subconsciously threw the crossbow arrow in his hand in the direction of the sound source, but the crossbow arrow only hit a tree there, and the arrow did not enter the trunk, and after the hit, the arrow shaft and the arrow feathers were still shaking at a high frequency, which was enough to show that Duan Weijia used a lot of force and made a ruthless move.

Xu Cai didn't speak again, and because of the wind and thunder, he couldn't tell whether he was gone or hidden.

The three of them waited for a long time, and Sheng Zitai slowly got up and said, "Keep going!" My life is big, and I don't die so easily! ”

Duan Weijia nodded, raised his head and motioned for Duan Weiguo to open the way in front, and at this time, the raindrops finally fell from the sky, and it was getting heavier and heavier......

Half an hour later, in another cave, because of the thunder and lightning and the rainstorm, Sheng Yutang and the others did not go out immediately, but hid in a position at the corner of the cave to avoid the wind, and at the same time used the stove to cook compressed soup, decided to drink some hot soup here, warm the body, and then move forward, because the rainstorm is coming, even if you wear a raincoat, in the territory of Xiangxi, the moisture seeping from the ground will spread all over your body from your feet.

Mu Tianjian, who was staring at the small pot on the stove, went to cover his abdomen from time to time, all that was shaking in front of him was Yan Gang's face, and his mind was also stuffed with Yan Gang's words, which made him feel very annoyed. In those years, he fought with the Americans, the British, the Thais, the Laotians, the Japanese, the Koreans, and even had "exchanges" with South American mercenaries who went deep into the jungle, but none of them were as powerless as they were in the face of Yan Gang.

Yan Gang does not embody a single toughness, but a kind of control of the situation on the spot, in other words, Yan Gang is a person who is still thinking quickly while fighting.

In the words of Mu Tianjian, a retired British officer, soldiers in conventional forces are rarely able to do this, but special forces come out differently, even if they are captured alive by the enemy, they will keep thinking in the face of the muzzle that is about to shoot a warhead.

At that time, Mu Tianjian naively thought that it was a real war machine, but the retired British officer shook his head and said: "You are wrong, the real killing machine is vulnerable." ”

Mu Tianjian was puzzled: "Why?" ”

"Man needs power, machines need energy, even if it is a killing machine, without enough power to propel him, he can't function at all, let alone be powerful." The officer smiled and touched Mu Tianjian's head, "What is your motivation for going to the battlefield?" I don't think it's the big truth that your KIA leaders said, right? ”

Mu Tianjian nodded: "For my mother." ”

"Look, that's what drives you." The officer crouched down, "You can become stronger because of this motivation, if you lose your feelings, if you lose the ability to perceive everything around you, you will not think anymore, war is like this, and peace is like this." ”

"Tianjian, pour me a cup of soup." Sheng Yutang's words pulled Mu Tianjian back from his memories, Mu Tianjian carefully picked up the small pot, poured the soup into Sheng Yutang's cup, and then showed a long-lost smile, a smile of trust, because it was Sheng Yutang who saved her mother, if it weren't for him, her mother would have died in that dilapidated village in Myanmar.

Mu Tianjian's smile surprised Sheng Yutang a little, because he rarely saw his smile, it was too little, he could count it, but he still quickly responded with a smile: "You drink some too." ”

"Eighth master, drink soup." Mu Tianjian brought the pot to Yuan Zhenba.

Yuan Zhenba shook his head slightly, pointing to his mouth: "I'm chewing something." ”

Yuan Zhen Eight Chewing is a kind of herb, a kind of herb made by mixing a variety of plants, mainly used to ward off the cold, but not too much each time, otherwise the throat will not be able to stand it and become inflamed.

After Yuan Zhenba finished speaking, he looked at Fan Meng and He Yuejia, who were sitting not far away, eating biscuits and drinking cold mineral water, and motioned to Mu Tianjian to pour them some.

Mu Tianjian stepped forward with the pot, and didn't speak, just put the pot in front of the two of them, and then sat aside and waited.

"Thank you." Fan Meng poured a cup for He Yuejia, but he didn't drink it himself, because there was not much left in the pot.

Sheng Yutang walked over with a cup, stood in front of the two, looked down at the two sitting on the ground, and asked, "How far is it?" ”

"Out of the cave **, after passing the basin, and then walking through a stone river, you can see the cave ** at the bottom of the mountain." Fan Meng replied simply.

Yuan Zhenba also stepped forward: "How far have you two walked in?" ”

"I've been to the Chiyou Tomb." He Yuejia looked up at Yuan Zhenba, "But I didn't go in, it was too dangerous, we didn't have enough manpower and equipment, so we had to turn around and come back." ”

Yuan Zhenba smiled: "I've always been curious about one thing, and I hope the two of you can answer it." ”

Fan Meng and He Yuejia looked at Yuan Zhenba, Sheng Yutang looked at them, and then Yuan Zhenba asked: "Why do you take the initiative to find the eldest prince and tell me about the Jiacuo Palace, why don't you go back to find the people of the Jade Casting Society?" You must know that the Jiacuo Hall is a holy place that both the Heyumen and the Jade Casting Society want to find, and whoever can find it can almost truly reach the pinnacle of the Chinese jade school. ”

Fan Meng looked at He Yuejia and said with a smile: "If I go back and tell the Jade Casting Society, they may not necessarily find someone to explore, the strength of the Jade Casting Society is not as strong as your Heyumen, we are just a group of craftsmen, traders, and besides, everyone knows that Heyumen has been staring at the market of the three eastern provinces, and on the premise that the Jade Casting Society is not interested in the Jiacuo Palace, I will use this in exchange, and the Heyumen should be able to let go of the Jade Casting Society, because, once you find the Jiacuo Palace, you no longer need the market of the three eastern provinces." ”

Sheng Yutang shook his head: "I really don't know whether to call you smart or stupid." ”

Fan Meng shook his head and said that he didn't understand, Sheng Yutang said: "Maybe in the three eastern provinces, the jade casting will be nothing, but there is a Zheng Cangqiong, and now there is a torture technique, even if my old man didn't say it, I also know that he is very afraid of Zheng Cangqiong, if it weren't for Zheng Cangqiong, Heyumen would probably have entered the market of the three eastern provinces a long time ago, and there is no need to wait until today." ”

He Yuejia frowned: "No matter how strong they are, they are always just two people, not two gods, what do they protect?" The Jade Casting Society has nothing to do with them, even if it is related now, the torture technique is forced, and what he is interested in is not the Jiacuo Hall at all. ”

Yuan Zhenba interjected at this time: "He is a cargo chaser, and the cargo chaser is interested in Qimen." ”

Sheng Yutang looked at Yuan Zhenba: "Zhenba, you are also a cargo chaser, are you interested?" ”

Yuan Zhenba smiled: "If I say I'm not interested, it's a lie, isn't it for Qimen to save money now?" ”

Fan Meng smiled and said: "Then you either become a friend of the torture technique, or you will become his enemy, however, I advise you not to become his enemy, although the torture technique is kind, but if you hurt him or hurt the people, things, and things that he thinks are important, he will make you unable to turn over for the rest of your life." ”

Yuan Zhenba grinned and only responded with three words: "Me too." ”

At this time, lightning crossed the sky outside the cave, and then there was a huge thunder, and the moment the lightning slashed, He Yuejia, who was at the corner of the cave, clearly saw a hunched person lying at the entrance of the cave, and he was carrying a backpack.

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