Master Liang pointed at me with his chin, and looked contemptuous. I cursed in my heart, "You are a traitor, I can take care of you all the way here, but I didn't expect that I would treat me like this. If I had known this, I would have done you at the beginning to avoid any future troubles."

The fat boss took out a solid fuel wind lamp from his backpack and lit it on the ground. This thing is used to climb snow-capped mountains at an altitude. It can be used to illuminate and keep warm. The entire cave suddenly lit up. Then he took out a few compressed biscuits and threw it to me. When doing these things, the short rifle in his hand was always facing me.

I took the biscuits he threw, and felt inexplicably strange. I thought I was singing it. I threw the biscuits back to him and said, "Two guys, let me kill you if you want to kill them, so why do you talk more nonsense?"

Master Liang grinned, turned to the fat boss, and said, "I'll tell me, Qingtou is Qingtou, and I still can't figure out the situation."

Boss Wang shook his head, threw the biscuits to me, and said, "Young boy, come out and run around the world, and your forehead is bright. I'm giving you something to eat, but I don't plan to touch you. If you are like this, if you have a bad temper, you will be dying."

Compared with Lao Tai, this person has a completely different temperament. Lao Tai looks like a kind of outlaw who kills without blinking. This fat boss is kind and looks a lot more relaxed, but the kick he kicked me just now is very powerful. It is not that kind of antique boss who can kick it out. I can't figure out what his identity is.

Boss Wang glanced at me, as if he had read the doubts between my eyebrows, took a deep breath of cigarettes, and continued, "I am different from Lao Tai and others. I am a businessman. In the business world, there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies."

Master Liang said, "Boss Wang. Why don't you tell them directly? These two kids can't be fooled by the mind. The boy named Wu is easier to talk to. When the sleeping kid wakes up, I'm afraid he will have to make trouble."

Boss Wang laughed and said to me again, "Okay, I'll be more straightforward when I don't tell lies in front of a real person. I'm a business and don't like to use swords and guns. Now you have seen this situation yourself. Even if it doesn't fall into my hands, it's hard for you to get out. Lao Tai is dead, and it's not interesting to deal with you. You think about whether to cooperate with me? I'll keep you from suffering losses, and you still have some profits."

When I heard that this wasn’t what I said to Master Liang, he turned to me again every few hours. It’s really a turn of feng shui.

Seeing that I didn't say anything, he handed over another cigarette and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't agree. I will give you some equipment. Let you go down by yourself, but, you have you thought about how to go with a patient alone?"

What he said was honest, and I was a little moved, but then I thought, he had equipment and weapons. Why do you want to cooperate with me? Isn’t this the same as setting up a stall and letting others make money? There must be a conspiracy. They are too scheming to run around the world. You see, Master Liang has always followed us with a flattering face. When he finds an opportunity, he will immediately rebel. We are not prepared at all. Compared to them, we are really too young. They ask me to cooperate with me. There must be a targeted purpose.

My thoughts flashed in an instant. I had a plan in my mind, and their conditions. I had to agree first, just like Master Liang followed us at the time, and then I would find a way to escape later. Besides, as he said, if I want to take Lao Yang safely, I need at least one person's help. I am too forced to do so. These two people obviously despise me. This is the same as my mistake at that time. I can definitely find an opportunity to rebel, at least get a gun.

Thinking of this, my face calmed down, pretended to be hesitant, and asked him: "Okay, even if you make sense, I can cooperate with you, but you must let me know first, what do you need me to do?"

Boss Wang breathed a sigh of relief and gave Master Liang a wink. The latter patted me and said, "The practitioner is a Junjie, Xiao Angkor. Since you nodded, we will still be our own people. I won't hide anything from you. I will naturally tell you what you know, but this is a long story. How about we talk about it while eating?"

I saw him leaning over and really wanted to strangle him to death, but when I glanced at the corner of my eyes, I saw the gun in Boss Wang's hand, still pointing in my direction, suppressing the internal fire in my heart, and forced a smile, saying, "Please say it."

Master Liang looked at the copper tree outside and said, "It's amazing to talk about this thing. According to the records in "Hemu Ji", the first discovery of this copper tree was in the 13th year of Qianlong's reign—"

Before leaving, Master Liang had carefully studied the chapters about this tomb in "Hemu Collection". "Hemu Collection" is a note that is written very casually. Sometimes it is in Manchu, sometimes it is in Chinese, and a small part is in Mongolian characters. Most of the paragraphs about this are written in Manchu. Now, there are no more than twenty people who can read Manchu in mainland China. Master Liang just found a little clue from the things recorded in Chinese.

There are two things recorded in Chinese:

The first thing was in the 13th year of Qianlong's reign, roughly an official mine in the Taibai Mountain area. A mining supervisor reported that the miner dug out an ancient bronze column and dug it down from the root for four months. He did not see any signs of the end. He did not know how deep it was.

This incident has been a hot topic in the local area. When it comes to saying that this pillar is spiritual, the more you dig, the more it grows, and you will never be able to dig it. It also says that this is when Pangu opened the world, using the handle of the ground axe, and digging it again, you can dig out the axe. Some Feng Shui master even said that it was a nail laid by the Jade Emperor to nail the Qinling Earth Dragon Vein, otherwise the earth dragon would fly to the sky. This copper pillar has 800 miles into the ground and cannot be dug again. Once it is dug, it will be unlucky in China.

Soon, the Tietou Cavalry Camp where Li Pipa’s ancestors were located received a secret order to lead three thousand death row prisoners to take over the mine. The mountains were closed and camped and continued to dig.

The second thing was in the spring of the 18th year of Qianlong, which showed that this digging lasted for four years and three months. Three thousand death row prisoners dug upwards and dug upwards to the bottom of the mountain, and did not dig out the roots of the copper tree. However, a dragon pattern stone box was dug out, which was hollow inside, and there was something hidden, but there was no gap. They could not open it no matter how hard they were hit. They did not dare to move and sent the box into the palace.

The third thing was very brief, at the end of the 18th year of Qianlong's reign. The "Hemu Ji" records that the emperor gave rewards and awarded second-class titles, each of whom was rewarded with 100 taels of gold to reward the entire camp. Everyone was drunk, and Li Pipa's ancestors were confused with a few familiar soldiers and were confused and bet to climb the bronze ancient tree.

Master Liang told us that another boss, Li Pipa, could understand these things, but when asked what he wrote below, he decided not to say it, it was so mysterious. This point is very similar to Lao Yang's behavior, and I don't know why.

At the end of "Hemu Collection", there is a Chinese character climbing process. When we go up, there will be a plank road around the rock wall. They prepared for the emperor to finally see the land. Unfortunately, they couldn't get up when they reached the top. Moreover, when building the plank road, people often fell off the cliff for no reason, and then left it alone.

We climbed out of the low hole. Boss Wang handed me a telescope and used a flashlight to illuminate me. After adjusting the focal length, we saw that there seemed to be several wooden plank roads stuck on the cliff wall, and several circling upwards. The power supply of our hand point was weak and could not be so far away, so we didn't find it at that time.

Boss Wang means that if you can reach that plank road, climbing along it can save a lot of effort, but there will inevitably be something strange on the plank road. Master Liang is a literati, so he can't do it by asking him to study the world and fight, so we have to go on this road.

I am not as optimistic as him. I looked at the telescope for a long time, but I couldn't see clearly what these plank roads look like. The light here is too dark, and the edges of the plank roads seem to be wrapped around some plants with roots, which is very different from the steel structure plank roads that I have climbed in the tourist area. "Hemu Collection" was written in the Qing Dynasty and has been passed down to this day for a hundred years. It is not clear whether these plank roads are complete, let alone whether they are solid or not.

Boss Wang said that when this thing was built, it was for the emperor to visit, not for the temporary plank roads on mining sites, so the materials and workmanship must be very particular. Now many ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties were very solid, so he thought it was not a big problem, and it was really not possible. We still had a lot of ropes. With these plank roads, it was naturally much more convenient to get up.

He said it very resolutely and did not give anyone any discussion tone. I cursed inwardly and had to stop expressing my opinion. He and Master Liang discussed it for a while and decided to let me rest for another fifteen minutes. Then the fat boss took me up, Master Liang and Lao Yang stayed here.

I just slept and my energy recovered a lot. After eating something, Boss Wang sat down and chatted with Master Liang in Cantonese. I didn’t understand it very much, but I probably knew that what they were talking about was the fat boss talking about. I always had a knot in my heart about this matter, thinking that the relationship with them was on the surface, so I took the opportunity to ask clearly, and asked Master Liang, what is this Kirin Jie? Will there be any harm?

Master Liang said, "Don't worry about this. I didn't tell you all the matter just now. I'm leaving a hand for myself and leaving yourself with the capital to exchange your life when you run away. Now that we have officially formed an alliance, I'll say that you won't feel uncomfortable."

Qilinjie is a blood clot formed by Qilin blood. It is very precious and important. However, it is not the real Qilin blood, but the juice of a plant. This plant is called Qilin Blood Vine, also known as the Blood Snake Vine, which is usually found in a relatively south place.

The longer the Qilin is placed, the better the effect. In the early days, it only had some ordinary functions and was generally used as medicine. However, in traditional Chinese medicine, there is also a rare usage, which is used to infuse corpses. In ancient times, some ethnic minorities and some mountain village customs would press a Qilin on the navel of the corpse and put them into the trap together, which could remove the yin energy of the corpse. The corpse would rot, but would not attract maggots.

As the age goes, the Qilin Ding will gradually change from dark red to black, and the longer the age, the darker the darker it becomes. At a certain time, the nature will change, and the change will melt in the mouth. After people eat it, the evil blood insects will not be close to you, and in summer, even mosquitoes dare not look for you.

Of course this is just a legend. Master Liang only heard others say that he had just heard this situation. He began to believe that there was such a thing. As for whether there would be any side effects, there was no relevant record. However, Chinese medicine is generally very low in toxicity, so he made me not have to worry: "Instead of thinking about this, I think the most troublesome thing is the insects. When the Hemu Ji recorded that he did not dig any such masks. Is it a mystery set up by the ancients? Or the hands and feet of killing all the thousands of people outside? I am not sure. When you go up, you should be more careful and not careless."

We rested for a while. Lao Yang was still not awake. The fat boss took down one equipment for me. I brought a tactical headlight and carried a rope on my back. Continue to head towards the edge of the plank road upwards.

According to common sense, it is not far from the plank road, but there is always a hint of helplessness in reality. The distance is always much closer than the actual distance. We expect to reach the top in an hour, but it took half an hour to climb to the plank road below.

Then I realized that the fat boss's statement was correct. The plank road was preserved very well. It was not because of the plank road that the emperor wanted to walk on, but because the plank road was being repaired all the time, so there was a layer of corner frame made of oil bamboo tangerines outside. This kind of thing was very moisture-proof and still very strong after hundreds of years of corrosion. When you walk up, you can still hear the creaking of toughness.

It should be very close to the surface. The roots of many trees hang down from the cliffs on the edge, like tangled plants and lingering the railings on the edge. Some roots are very thick, just like tentacles of octopus. The more you go up, the more you get, it is very difficult to walk. There are several sections wrapped in the root system, and you can hardly find a place to stand. You have to use a machete to open the way or simply crawl over.

Due to the invasion of the roots of the trees, the rocks here cracked and stones fell from time to time. While we held our heads, we had to be careful of our feet. We felt even more tired than when we climbed.

We just walked around and didn't know how many times we went up, a very large gap appeared on the plank road ahead, which was nearly ten meters away. Because the rocks on the side burst and collapsed, I drew a few more distances and said to Boss Wang: "There is no way, I can't jump over, I have to put on the rope."

It was almost an hour since we set off, but when we looked up from the top, it seemed that we had not come much. It seemed that we could not reach the top of the tree in an hour. We crawled too fast before and were exhausted very much, so we had to take a break for a while. The vertical cave was very cold and very wet. After I walked away, my clothes were all covered in sweat, which made it very uncomfortable to stick to my body. It was not dry thoroughly for a while and it was easy to get sick. We must find a way to get warm.

We found a tree root hole wrapped in a tree root and a plank road. Boss Wang took out the solid wind light and hung it on a tree root with a dagger. I took off my clothes and dried my underwear first, and then ate a little something randomly. Boss Wang's expression was very serious. While eating, he used a strong light and tactical flashlight to light the copper tree opposite. After a while, he said to me: "Come on, you can see the top here, what is on it?"

I picked up the telescope and observed. It was only about ten meters above it. It was already the top of the copper tree. Many roots fell from the top of the hole, blocking all the area. I could barely see that it was wrapped in a large ball of roots, and a large number of roots were tangled along the copper tree. I couldn't see clearly what was inside.

The plank road surrounding the cave wall is much higher than the top of the copper tree. This is different from the records in "Hemu Ji". It is possible that after years of excavation, the heavy copper tree tends to sink into the rock formation again. Over the past few hundred years, the height has dropped below the plank road.

These roots hanging from the top of the cave may be the big banyan trees surrounded by more than a dozen people when we came. Now it seems that their roots are even more spectacular than their branches and leaves. These things like pale ghost claws are twisted together like twists, like a giant hand, grabbing this copper pillar and trying to pull it out of hell. It also seems like a huge totem wrapped around the fossil python, which makes people get goosebumps all over.

I was just watching it, but I heard the fat boss say to me: "Looking at the roots of the tree, it means that the topsoil layer should be above the rock shell. This is a natural cave. It is impossible for the ancients to come to worship to pass through the mountains. There must be a cave system on it that can lead to the outside. If it is not done well, we don't have to go back the same way."

I was happy to hear her words. If she didn't have to go back the same way, it would be a beautiful thing. But the natural cave must be a peaceful place. Whether she can go out at that time will have to make a decision. Boss Wang pushed me and said, "This is the situation on the top of the copper tree, but you can't see it in those piles. It's too far away and I can't see clearly. Let's take a look at it in another place."
Chapter completed!