Two days later, Tang Qianlin and his entourage finally walked into the "northwest side" of the Great Xing'an Mountains as Yan Liuyan said.

For them, this was already the fastest speed, if it weren't for the horses that Bei Zihong's men had already prepared after leaving Rouge Valley, I am afraid it would have taken them at least three days.

"This is the Northwest Side?" Tang Qianlin looked at the phoenix tail compass in his hand, "What do you mean?" This is obviously not the northwest side. ”

Bei Zihong looked at Yan Liuyan, raised his hand, and signaled that he was ready to press the acupuncture point.

For a few days, Yan Liuyan has been tortured by Bei Zihong all the way, and everything that was previously stubborn and manifested in his personality seemed to have been polished away.

Similarly, it also made Tang Qianlin see Bei Zihong's methods, and these methods also made Li Yunfan feel that what was standing in front of him was not Bei Zihong, but a demon.

Yan Liuyan said in a low voice: "The so-called northwest is also called the northwest low, as a catcher, you shouldn't know it, right?" ”

Yan Liuyan said the three words "Northwest Low", except for An Ran and Tang Yushi, almost everyone understood what it meant.

Tang Qianlin asked, "What are you talking nonsense?" How can Snow Ridge have anything to do with the low northwest? ”

Yan Liuyan said: "That's the case, if you don't believe it, you can follow the method of the northwest low to find it, and I guarantee that you can find it, in the past, many people couldn't find Xuefeng Ridge, just because they didn't understand that Xuefeng Ridge is not a ridge, but a mausoleum." ”

What is "Northwest Low"? This is a code word of the Song Dynasty, which means the tomb of the Song Dynasty, and its meaning comes from the imperial tomb of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The imperial tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty gathered in Gongxian County, Henan, and the mausoleum area was 15 kilometers north and south and about 10 kilometers east and west. The southeast is Songshan, the northwest is close to Luoshui, the topography of each mausoleum is high in the southeast and low in the northwest, this is the origin of the low in the northwest, so that the ancient tombs or ruins of the Song Dynasty were found later, and the different roads are collectively called "low in the northwest".

In the Northern Song Dynasty, because of the prevailing feng shui saying of "five-tone surname Li", the emperor's surname was Zhao, which belonged to the horn sound, and it must be "the southeast dome, the northwest land drooping", and the layout of all imperial tombs was basically the same, and each mausoleum had a Zhaoyu (meaning the boundary around the purpose), an upper palace, and a lower palace.

In addition to the emperor's mausoleum, there are also attached tombs of queens and burials of clans and important ministers. But its scale is far less than that of the Tang Dynasty mausoleum.

Tang Qianlin held the compass and searched for it according to the low exploration method in the northwest, and sure enough, he found a few polished stones, that is, the boundary stone, the folk legend is a stone that only exists between the yin and yang realms, and it is actually something similar to a boundary monument at the boundary of the mausoleum Zhaoyu.

Tang Qianlin took the stone and said in surprise: "There really is, what the hell is going on?" ”

An Ran asked puzzled: "Qianlin, what do you mean?" ”

Tang Qianlin said: "In short, the so-called Snow Sealed Ridge is not a mountain range, but a Snow Sealed Tomb, the mausoleum of the mausoleum, and this so-called mausoleum is from the Song Dynasty. ”

Ye Da looked at the stones: "How is this possible?" In this generation, the Northern Song Dynasty began to belong to the Khitan, later to the Liao, and then to the Jin, even in the same era, it is impossible to build a mausoleum in the style of the Northern Song Dynasty? And who is buried? ”

Bei Zihong looked at Yan Liuyan: "What about you, what's going on?" ”

Yan Liuyan said: "It's not a mausoleum, it's just a feng shui pattern built according to the mausoleum, our Yan clan has only stepped into a small part of the Snow Seal Ridge for so many years, and can no longer move forward." ”

Tang Qianlin asked, "Why?" ”

Yan Liuyan said: "Instead of listening to me, why don't you go and see it with your own eyes, climb up the mountain, and walk north along the ridge to reach the Snow Sealed Ridge." ”

Bei Zihong asked, "It's that simple?" ”

Yan Liuyan smiled: "Simple!? It took us six years to get into that area, you say, easy? ”

Tang Qianlin didn't know if Yan Liuyan was alarmist, so he had to beckon everyone to pack up their things and prepare to leave.

At this time, Bei Zihong said: "We are going to go, I'm afraid that there will be a shortage of manpower." ”

Li Yunfan asked, "Master, do you want to gather people?" ”

Bei Zihong said: "This generation is entrenched in some bandits who are familiar with the terrain, and it is more appropriate to ask them for help." ”

As he spoke, Bei Zihong took out some bits and pieces of tools from his pocket, pieced together a crossbow, and after putting on the arrows, shot them into the air, and then said, "Let's go, I will leave a mark, and they will catch up." ”

On the way out, Ye Da whispered to Li Yunfan: "Sure enough, it is a tyrant in the Kanto region, and even bandits can be summoned at any time." ”

Li Yunfan didn't know what to say, so he just smiled reluctantly.

Tang Qianlin stared at Bei Zihong, who was holding Yan Liuyan in front of him, and that strange feeling was still crashing in his heart.

Two hours after Tang Qianlin and the others left, Maeda Masaji and the German observation team also rushed to this place to meet with the two soldiers of the Mikawa Team who had been keeping track of them.

Because of the secret operation, Maeda Masaji only led 10 Mikawas soldiers, and the rest were the 7 Germans, but with the combat effectiveness of these 17 people, it was not a problem to deal with ordinary armed forces.

While the soldier was giving a detailed report to Maeda Masaji, two bandit spies also rushed to the top of the hill and lay there and looked carefully through monoculars.

The bandit in the fur hat said, "Damn, how can there be Japanese?" And the dress is different from the average devil. ”

The fat bandit next to him handed him the binoculars: "Look, there are a few foreign devils next to him, I don't know which country they are, wearing military uniforms, and the style is different from that of devils, I haven't seen the guy in my hand." ”

The fur-hat bandit took the binoculars and looked at it carefully: "Yes?" It's a strange dress, and the rifle is familiar to me, as if it was a mid-formality of the Kannai military. ”

The fat bandit asked, "What to do?" ”

The fur-hat bandit said: "You are staring here, don't act rashly, I will inform the big cabinet (bandit leader), this transaction is a bit troublesome." ”

As soon as the fur-hat bandits left, Maeda Masaji gave the order to advance, and the team of 17 people walked in the direction where Tang Qianlin and the others went first.

After Tang Qianlin and the others walked to the ridge, they knew why Yan Liuyan would say that it was not easy, because there was only one road on the ridge that could not be called a road at all, it was almost a sheep's intestine path, and it would fall down if you were not careful, and the two sides of the ridge were full of smoke, and they couldn't see anything clearly, and they didn't know whether it was a cliff or a snow slope.

Tang Qianlin turned around and pulled the rope around An Ran's waist: "It's okay, just follow me, understand?" Grab my shoulder if you're scared, but remember, always have one hand on the rope. ”

An Ran didn't say anything, just nodded, because the wind was so strong that it was difficult for her to open her mouth to speak.

Yan Liuyan, who was at the forefront, was smiling: "It's just the beginning now, you'll know in a while, hahahaha-"

Yan Liuyan's laughter echoed in the mountains, spreading farther and farther, reaching the ears of the group of bandits who took a shortcut to catch up with them in the rear, as if the mountain god was roaring.

After hearing the laughter, Liu Zongchang, the leader of the bandits, looked around, waved his hand and signaled the bandits under him to speed up their pace and move forward as soon as possible.

Maeda Masaji in the rear suddenly stopped as he walked, looked at the messy footprints on the ground, and raised his hand to signal the team to stop.

Victor hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Without waiting for Maeda Masaji to explain, he glanced at Berghardt on the ground and said: "The number of people in front has increased, and the footprints of no more than ten people before have at least three times as many as now, that is to say, the previous ten people have become thirty people, or even more, and judging from the depth of the footprints, some of them are still carrying heavy objects, maybe heavy weapons or ammunition or something." ”

Maeda nodded slightly, indicating that Berghardt had said what he wanted to say.

Maeda Masaji waved his hand to signal the soldiers of the Mikawa team to be vigilant and prepare for battle, but Victor shook his head and said, "No, no, no, we don't need it at all." ”

Masaji Maeda asked, "Why?" ”

Victor laughed: "When we go deep into no man's land, if our opponent is in front, it is our luck, it is like using a hound to find our way." ”

Maeda Masaji said, "But they will take the lead." ”

Victor said: "If you are the first, you will pay the price, and when they get the results, it will not be too late for us to make a move, understand?" Mr. Maeda. ”

Maeda nodded slightly, signaling the troops to continue advancing at a uniform pace.

After walking along the ridge for a long time, and when the sun was about to set, Yan Liuyan, who was at the forefront, stopped and said, "Everyone, now is the first test!" You'd better close your eyes, or you'll be blind. ”

When Tang Qianlin was about to ask what it meant, he found that the sun was gradually setting more and more dazzling, as if it was close at hand.

Tang Qianlin immediately closed his eyes and said to the people behind him: "Close your eyes!" Close it all! Don't open your eyes! ”

Everyone immediately closed their eyes, but even if they did, there was still a feeling that their eyes were burning, and everyone had to bow their heads and stand there motionless, waiting for the sun to completely set and darkness to come.

This is the only time in Tang Qianlin's life that he is looking forward to the coming of darkness.

Finally, the sun set and darkness fell, although everyone's eyes were much more comfortable, but the chill hit in an instant, and the temperature around the area, which was not high, instantly dropped by at least ten degrees or so.

Yan Liuyan said in front: "If we don't rush to the mouth of the Snow Sealed Ridge in the shortest possible time, then we will all be frozen to death on this ridge, go quickly!" ”

Everyone accelerated their pace towards the front under the leadership of Yan Liuyan in front, although it was accelerated, but it was only a little faster than before, because there was really no way to be too fast.

The bandits in the rear also chased up along the way according to Yan Liuyan's markers, but unfortunately, at the moment when the sun set and the strong light hit, many bandits fell off the cliff because of the pain in their eyes, and some of their eyes were burned and became blind.

Finally, Yan Liuyan led Tang Qianlin and the others across the ridge and came to the so-called Xuefengling Ridge Pass.

Yan Liuyan stood there, looking at the huge black stones in front of him, and then turned to the others and said, "This is the mouth of the Snow Sealed Ridge, as long as you pass through this black forest, you can enter the Snow Sealed Ridge." ”

Tang Qianlin was puzzled: "Black Forest? ”

Yan Liuyan said: "Yes, there are such black stones everywhere in front, and they will kill people invisibly, we died more than 20 people in order to pass through here, I really want to see how many of you die before you can pass here." ”