Chapter Forty-Six: Into the Valley of the Dead The heat is unbearable
Early the next morning, Jiang Zhongquan, the king of Yama, came to tell Qiao Er to get up with a smile on his face, and the dry food and horses were ready.
But when Qiao Er went out to see, did this Yama King want to take his entire mountain with him, there was a lot of black pressure outside, at least two or three hundred people, holding messy blades in their hands, the scene was bustling, so lively.
Qiao Er said to Jiang Zhongquan, the king of Yama:
"What are you doing, get so many people, let them all disperse quickly."
As soon as Jiang Zhongquan heard Qiao Er say this, he was a little panicked, and pulled Qiao Er aside with a smile and lowered his voice and said:
"That's right, Second Lieutenant Qiao, they all say that this Valley of the Dead is a desperate place where there is no return, I don't bring more people, I'm not sure."
Before Qiao Er could speak, Xiao Feiying stretched out a small head behind Qiao Er and said:
"Hey, isn't it the Ten Halls Yama of the Ghost Gate? He is also known as the king of Yama, how can he only have such a little courage."
When Xiao Feiying said this, Jiang Zhongquan also blushed, a little embarrassed, lowered his voice, and said:
"It's not like I've never heard of anyone who has entered the Valley of the Dead, if more people go in together, you can deal with any danger together, and it's easy to do things with many people."
Although Jiang Zhongquan, the king of Yama, said so, Qiao Er was naturally too lazy to demolish him, how much did he want people to do things, he was looking for a group of substitute ghosts to find a way for him.
Qiao Er patted Jiang Zhongquan on the shoulder and said:
"Okay, don't underestimate Captain Jin, as long as you have a map and can find an approximate location, we can naturally take you to the tomb and let everyone disperse."
"What? Scattered? How's that going, how dangerous it is."
Jiang Zhongquan was immediately anxious when he heard Qiao Er say that he wanted him to disperse everyone, and when Qiao Er saw Jiang Zhongquan like this, he also lowered his voice and said to him:
"I tell you, if you want to find what you want, you'd better listen to me, or any of your selfishness will make you die more than ten times."
Jiang Zhongquan was stunned, there was no way, he could only disband everyone in a huff, leaving only five personal masters to go with him, originally these five people Qiao Er didn't want Jiang Zhongquan to take it, but he asked hard, it didn't matter, anyway, it was important to get the map in the end.
Ghost Gate Pass is actually a three-way valley, one side leads to the Central Plains, one side leads to the Western Regions, and the other side is the Valley of the Dead, Qiao Erzi and his party each rode a tall horse, and behind them were two carriages, all of which were dry food and water, because he didn't know how many days he would have to go in, so Jiang Zhongquan still prepared things very well.
Everyone was ready, it was about to enter the early autumn season at this time, and there was no more heat than before, and a few people entered the legendary Valley of the Dead with the autumn wind.
It's just that on a hill not far away, a middle-aged man in a black robe was watching Qiao Er's and his party's every move.
Entering the Valley of the Dead, walking for about half a day, the surroundings are basically yellow sand, rarely see plants, and creatures are not seen at all, the more everyone walks, the higher the temperature, the scorching heat is unbearable, Jiang Zhongquan took out a sheepskin map, but he didn't let Qiao Er take a look, he looked at it for a long time and said:
"Captain, there should be a valley ahead, we need to climb over".
Qiao Er nodded, meaning that he knew, but at this time, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, a little hotter than the midsummer in the Central Plains, and it seemed to be getting hotter and hotter, the hammer was obese, and it was very easy to sweat, at this time it was already sweating profusely, soaking half of his clothes, and the water in the water bag was almost drunk by the hammer.
Iron Hammer panted and ran to Qiao Er's side and said:
"Second brother, why is this hellish place getting hotter and hotter, it's really about to make me dehydrated, there is yellow sand in front of me, and I can't see any valley at all."
Qiao Er also knew that there must be something strange in this place, how to get hotter and hotter the more you go, if you continue like this, the water will run out.
"Yes, we can't go any further, we need to find a place to escape the heat as soon as possible and rest first."
Qiao Er shouted at the convoy:
"Let's put up the shelter and rest."
"What, rest in place".
Hearing Qiao Er say this, Jiang Zhongquan, the king of Yama, was a little unhappy, got out of the carriage and walked to Qiao Er's side and said:
"Why do you suddenly want to rest, let's hurry up, according to the location on the map, we should not be far away now."
Qiao Er took a sip of water and said:
"You see this day, the more you go forward, the hotter it becomes, it's like being in a furnace, and if you go on like this, even if people can bear it, these horses can't bear it."
This Jiang Zhongquan doesn't know the heat, he should be the most afraid of heat among all the people here, but this neighborhood is too weird, Jiang Zhongquan doesn't dare to stop, originally the ghost gate is still cool in autumn, the breeze is gentle, and it is not hot, but the day's journey seems to have become a leftover, where has he seen such a situation, he just wants to get out quickly.
Jiang Zhongquan didn't have a choice, it was true that the horses were too tired to do it, everyone put up a linen cloth to shade the sun, eat something for the time being, drink some water, Qiao Er meant to wait until the temperature dropped in the evening before setting off.
Iron Hammer sat down next to Qiao Er, hit another water bag of water, took a sip, and said:
"Second brother, this is really strange, why is it suddenly so hot and unbearable, there won't be any fierce beasts here."
"Hey, this Valley of the Dead is said to be a Jedi, there will be something different about it, now it seems that this scorching heat is just an appetizer, it is estimated that there will be a lot of strange things to happen in the future, don't make a fuss."
Qiao Er said lightly to the hammer, and didn't seem to think that the weather was strange. Of course, Qiao Er's two sons are dignified captains in the world, murderous things, ghost things, what they have seen is more than a lot to describe.
Everyone rested simply, the sky gradually darkened, the temperature was actually much lower than during the day, and when it was completely dark, Qiao Er organized everyone to start again, taking advantage of the night, with a huge moon on his head, but he would not have a clear vision.
Jiang Zhongquan drove the carriage to the side of Xiao Feiying's horse, and said flatteringly to Xiao Feiying:
"Your name is Little Flying Warbler, don't you say that there will be any wolves, tigers and beasts in the dark night of this Valley of the Dead, this Valley of the Dead is so dangerous, you won't want to be outside, let's sit in the carriage."
Xiao Feiying glanced at Jiang Zhongquan and said lightly:
"Hey, King Yama is still afraid of wolves, tigers and leopards, it's really unheard of."
After speaking, Xiao Feiying slapped the horse's buttocks twice, and directly looked for Qiao Er and the hammer in front, Jiang Zhongquan saw that Xiao Feiying was gone, and it was pitch black all around, so he quickly let the two carriages speed up and catch up with Xiao Feiying.