The five of Qiuxin galloped all the way to the east, and the town behind them was gone, and this boundless desert gradually showed greenery.

At this time, Kong Xiangyu couldn't help but turn his head back on the horse, and asked Dao Ba again, "Brother Dao, is what the shopkeeper said true?

Daoba touched the scar on his face and muttered, "Whether it's true or not, it's better for us to be careful in everything, as long as we cross the Swallow Gorge, we will be safe." ”

Everyone had a heavy face, according to what the innkeeper said, the two people who died in the inn last night may not be simple, and this shopkeeper can build an inn here, and the words of the enemy have to be guarded against.

The territory of Zhuozhou is so large that it is faster than the sum of the two states of Hailkui, almost spanning east and west, including north and south, and those northern Xinjiang barbarians are north of the Sanjue Desert and west of the Tianshan Mountains.

And the person who assassinated the two Northern Xinjiang people at night is even more unpredictable, coming and going faster, being able to kill two people with martial arts silently, and hanging the corpses in the inn in a grand manner, it seems that he does not just want to vent his hatred, but more like another sign.

Qiu Xin took a deep breath, it seemed that this time the dart was not so peaceful, and what worried him more was not this matter, but the man in gray.

Unlike Kuizhou, this place is dry and hot due to its proximity to the desert, but fortunately these white-maned horses are very enduring, and the five of them have reached Swallow Gorge.

The entrance and exit of the Swallow Gorge are sandwiched, about dozens of miles long, it used to be left by the snow water of the Tianshan Mountains flowing through this place, but after the snow water was diverted, only this Swallow Gorge was left, and through this canyon, it was really to the land of Zhuozhou, and the vast place west of this canyon, although it was called Zhuozhou, but because the population was too small, the Canglan faction rarely governed this place.

Walking to the entrance, Qiu Xin bowed forward, squinted his eyes and looked into the canyon, the stones on both sides were also washed and weathered, but the depth of the canyon was very rare, the sun hanging high did not fully illuminate, and looking inside, the twists and turns were not visible.

The others also stopped, turned over and dismounted, and looked behind them, and saw the vastness behind them, the wilderness and desolation, with no living creatures to move, only dead trees and low dead grass swaying in the north wind.

"Come, worship the land god here!" Shi Weihu took a bag of water from his horse and said to Qiu Xin.

"Brother Shi, what is the god of the land? Do you also believe in this thing of the cow, ghost, snake and god?" Qiu Xin had never heard of any land god, and he didn't even believe in the Buddha, let alone any ghosts and gods.

Shi Weihu laughed when he heard this, and said, "Brother Qiu, compared to you, I have become a well-informed person." Qiu Xin rolled his eyes, picked up the water bag and took a sip, and looked around carefully.

This time when he dismounted from the horse, it was completely different from the feeling on the horse just now, and he could feel a sense of depression, which made Qiu Xin feel shocked, when he turned to other places, it was empty, and although the canyon was low, but on both sides of the canyon were high mounds and plains, I don't know how to extend geometry, and the contrast was very strong, such a discordant terrain actually existed here for a long time.

Kong Xiangyu held a fan in one hand and a teapot in the other, and when he saw this, he said with a smile, "Brother Qiu, do you know why we don't take a detour directly from both sides of the canyon, but instead have to go through the canyon?"

Qiu Xin shook his head, his eyes were still switching between the canyon and the wilderness, his brows were furrowed more and more, and his heart became more and more panicked, and then Kong Xiangyu continued, "In the past, in this desolate place, it was very prosperous, and the people here were fierce, but later due to the diversion of snow and water in the Tianshan Mountains, there was a shortage of water here, and there were fewer and fewer people living around the desert, and all this was caused by Swallow Gorge. ”

"Huh?" This Swallow Gorge can give people a strange feeling, but if it is like Kong Xiangyu said, then Swallow Gorge seems to be really conscious.

Kong Xiangyu bent down, grabbed the sand under his feet, held it in his hand and slowly flowed down, "According to Taoist feng shui, this kind of terrain that is wide on three sides and high on one side is called Pixiu swallows wealth, and Pixiu is an ancient beast, which can swallow everything endlessly and accept the wealth of the four seas. ”

Speaking of this, Shi Weihu, who was still laughing on the side just now, pushed Kong Xiangyu away and said, "Go, Confucius, you are a Confucian who talks about these feng shui, or me, Brother Qiu, in fact, this kind of feng shui treasure land can swallow the water of the four directions, so this place was also called Swallow Lake before." ”

No wonder there is such a heavy feeling here, the faint feeling of wanting to swallow yourself into the district, after listening to Shi Weihu's explanation, Qiu Xin finally stopped looking for his gaze, let out a long breath, and said, "Then why did it become like this?"

"It's not the Canglan faction, leading the water of the Tianshan Mountains to the Canghai Lan Lake, the east of Zhuozhou, but the west of this place has become like this, and if according to Taoist feng shui, this Pixiu land has nothing to swallow, it can only suck the bad breath of this heaven and earth without spitting, and over time, it will lose the role of the auspicious beast, but become a place of great evil. ”

Shi Weihu seemed to know this very well, and Qiu Xin couldn't help but ask deeply, "Then what Mr. Kong said must go into the canyon, not around the canyon?"

Shi Weihu laughed again, causing the four of them to pout, and then heard Kong Xiangyu say, "This is also a local rumor, and the passers-by must let this Pixiu swallow it and relieve their hunger for a while, so as to avoid disasters and pass through the land of great evil." ”

No wonder Shi Weihu leaned forward and leaned back with a smile, it turned out that he didn't believe it at all, but Dao Hachi coughed at this time and said, "Although everyone doesn't believe in this kind of thing, it's not like this has happened, we still follow the rules of this place, worship the land god early, and pass through the canyon." ”

The five of them stood side by side, bowed deeply in the direction of the canyon, sprinkled half of the water in the water bag, and then got on their horses and walked towards the canyon.

After just turning over the explanation, the atmosphere of the rush is a lot easier, at this time into the canyon, it seems more quiet, only the sound of horses' hooves is echoing, and as the five people go deeper and deeper, the canyon becomes wider, and the sunlight can also pass over the stone walls on both sides and shine into the canyon.

Moreover, the ground in the canyon is very flat, and there are footprints of people and animals on the ground, but the route is relatively crooked, and after ten miles, the narrow entrance is gone.

What makes Qiu Xin feel that there is some truth is that it is very appropriate to compare this place to Pixiu, the center of this canyon is wide, and I don't know how much water can be stored, which makes Qiu Xin feel a little pity.

Because he rode forward slowly, he walked for two hours in just twenty miles, and the time was almost noon, and he arrived at the place where the tail of Swallow Gorge folded and intersected, and it was also the widest place in the entire Swallow Gorge, and the sunlight could reach the ground directly, dispelling a bit of darkness.

It is said that the swallowtail is like a cut, and I didn't expect the turn to be so abrupt, and when the four of them walked through a big bend, there were many people waiting for them on the side of the canyon exit.

.........

Without any warning, without any sound, just behind this canyon like a high wall, there were so many people, there were almost more than twenty people, and the hands of the five people in Qiu Xin immediately held their weapons, and they stopped and looked at these people.

The people on the other side were dressed in the same clothes as the two northern Xinjiang people yesterday, looking at Qiu Xin and the others with great resentment, and there was a person in front of these people who looked a little older, on his head, there was an unknown bird feather, his eyes were closed, and in front of him were the corpses of the two dead northern Xinjiang people.

The corpse's clothes had been changed, the blood had been wiped dry, the wound on its neck was white and swollen, and flames were lit in an orderly manner around it.

Seeing this situation, Qiu Xin instantly understood what was happening, although he didn't know how these people dared to reach this place in front of him, and they also carried two corpses, but the intention of these people to ask for guilt was obvious.

Seeing this, Dao Ba knew that this matter could not be good, and arched his hand, "Why did Your Excellency block our way?" At this time, the old man opened his eyes, but he spoke fluent Central Plains dialect, if it weren't for the difference in dress, Qiu Xin and the others would not be able to distinguish it.

"Why did you kill Gu Nu, the two Bone Axe?" the old man stretched out his dry hands, the upper veins were clearly visible, and the bone joints were thick, gently brushing away the two Gu Nu and Bone Axe, and the color of kindness and regret was undoubtedly revealed.

Qiu Xin saw it in his eyes, and then looked at Daohachi, and now he didn't know how Daoba would explain it to these people in order to show that he didn't do it himself.

"I didn't kill these two people, I think you misunderstood. ”

A northern Xinjiang man behind the old man pointed angrily at the corpse on the ground, and then pointed at Qiu Xin and a few others, but what he said was completely different from the Central Plains dialect, and Qiu Xin's face was full of doubts when he heard it.

The old man raised his flickering hands, and when the person behind him saw it, he immediately stopped and stopped talking, and the old man lit a candle flame and said, "Since you didn't kill anyone, why did you run?"

I didn't expect a few people to rush here for fear of misunderstanding, but at this time, it was more like killing people and fleeing for their lives, and it was very suspicious for anyone to look at, which made Qiu Xin carefully recall the words of the innkeeper, if it weren't for his guidance, several people would not have left in such a hurry.

And the distance that a few people left, why are these people from northern Xinjiang so familiar and waiting here first.

Thinking about it again, Qiu Xin and his party are not the only ones in the inn who have martial arts, and how many people in black are there at night, Qiu Xin and no one knows, the shopkeeper said that five people are five people, so that a few people are also gullible, so this is so anxious.

So thinking about it this way, there is only one explanation, I'm afraid that the shopkeeper is not so kind, not only borrowed the psychology of a few people who are afraid of getting into trouble, but also made a few people hurry on the road with a few words.

And it is more likely that these northern Xinjiang people later went to the inn to inquire, and the shopkeeper pushed the matter to Qiu Xin and a few people, and let these people ignore the fact that two northern Xinjiang people died in the inn, and they chased it without thinking about it.

The shopkeeper almost didn't make any effort, and he led the trouble to the east, and he made two shares, this method is really clever.