When people are unlucky, they will choke to death when drinking cold water, and they will fall to death when walking on a flat road. Li Hongji never thought that he would have an unlucky day, but in fact, at this moment, he understood this sentence deeply.
Originally he was very prosperous in the capital, but he was kicked out of the capital because he offended someone. He just arrived in Zhongdu and spent two days living and drinking when he was picked up by a group of people again.
Come.
This is truly a disaster!
This group of people arrested him and asked him to help do something, which was actually to be an undercover agent. Of course he was unwilling, but he was already caught, so how could he be left alone? In the end, under the other party's control
Under threat, he could only obey.
The other party's request was quite simple, that is, to report to the other party all the information that he had heard during the archaeological team. After deciphering the original shaman writing on the piece of cloth at noon yesterday, he reported the matter, and the result was that
The other party asked him to steal the stone called the ancestral stone.
The whole process of stealing the ancestral stone went smoothly, but for some unknown reason, when he handed the broken stone to the other party, the other party slapped him on the spot and said that he had used a fake stone to fool him.
them.
He looked at the fake stone and found that something was wrong. It seemed that it was not the one he had stolen in the first place. This puzzled him. After thinking about it, he thought that he might have made a mistake because he fell on the road.
He turned back and looked for it, but couldn't find it. Normally, that place was so far away from the camp, so no one would go there, and no one could see it clearly at night.
This confused him.
Fortunately, although the other party did not get the ancestral stone, they already knew the location of the archaeological excavation. In the end, they let him return to the archaeological team, and their group arrived at the ghost site in advance.
Xiong Ling has gone.
They should have gotten the treasure by now.
In his opinion, this group of people deliberately wanted to learn about the archaeological team, so there must be a treasure buried in Guixiong Ridge. They came here just for the treasure, but it was a pity that they did not have their own share of the treasure, damn...
Li Hongji cursed bitterly in his heart. At this moment, he was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. When he walked past Chen Ran, he didn't give Chen Ran a good look. He didn't like anyone now. The reason why he was with Wang Zhiqing
In front of him, he didn't show any expression, but it was because he felt guilty. After all, until now, he still hadn't figured out what happened to the ancestral stone, whose hands it was in, and who had it stolen.
Naturally, Chen Ran didn't know what Li Hongji was thinking, and he wasn't interested in knowing. After cleaning up and returning to the camp where he was stationed, he saw Wang Wentao and Gao Lihui carrying a wild boar back.
Seeing Chen Ran, Gao Lihui waved his hand and shouted: "Brother, come here quickly, let's roast wild boar!"
Without him yelling, Chen Ran walked over with interest. To be honest, this was his first time seeing a wild boar.
Chen Ran still has a deep impression of wild boars, but this is because of an incident when he was a child.
Chen Ran's hometown is also in the countryside of Shangouzi, just at the foot of Baiyun Mountain. In their local area, it is not called Baiyun Mountain, but Baimoduo. Why it is called that way, he doesn't know.
When Chen Ran was young, groups of wild boars would often run into their village. At that time, everyone in the village would drive away the wild boars with shovels and hoes. Once, when the wild boars were going down the mountain, a wild boar knocked them away.
He walked through the door of his house. At that time, he was the only one crying in the yard.
He was only two or three years old at the time and didn't remember anything. This was what his parents told him later. This wild boar entered his family's compound and swarmed around like a headless fly. It almost hit the Chen family.
Ran's body.
Of course, they didn't collide in the end. If they had, perhaps the wheel of fate would have changed.
The reason why we almost hit him was that Chen Ran and his uncle happened to run in. As soon as he saw this situation, he jumped up in a panic and took Chen Ran away. Then his uncle took a hoe.
There was a fight with the wild boar. In the end, the wild boar was made into rice dumplings by everyone who came together. However, in order to save Chen Ran, Chen Ran had three thumbs of his right hand bitten off. Since Chen Ran heard about it
Regarding this matter, I was very close to his uncle, and I always felt guilty in my heart.
At that time, several wild boars were killed in the village, and each family shared a lot of meat. Because his uncle contributed the most, his family also got a lot of wild boar meat. He heard about these things later.
Later, when he could remember, his family had moved out of the countryside, and there were fewer wild boars. They were only found in the mountains. It seemed impossible for wild boars to go down the mountains and enter the village. However, pheasants, wild rabbits and the like were seen.
A lot.
Chen Ran walked over, and everyone else came over. Even Mr. Ma and Professor Yue were very interested, pointing at the wild boar. The wild boar weighed about a hundred kilograms, not too big.
Not too small either.
Gao Lihui and Wang Wentao directly carried the wild boar to the pool below the spring. After playing with it for a while, they used knives to cut open the belly of the wild boar, remove the internal organs, then cut off the meaty parts and skinned them.
Extremely skilled, obviously, he does this kind of thing a lot.
Chen Ran was watching from the side. While Gao Lihui was busy, he would brag to Chen Ran from time to time about how he caught the wild boar. According to Gao Lihui, he and Wang Wentao knocked it out with their bare hands.
Chen Ran looked at Wang Wentao's expression and knew that this statement was probably a big deal, but he didn't mind. Instead, he felt that Gao Lihui was sincere. Obviously, this kind of bragging would only be done to friends, which shows that Gao Lihui
Consider him a buddy.
After tidying up the wild boar, other people came forward to help. Some lit the fire and others made racks. Within a short while, the wild boar was put on the fire.
After roasting for more than 20 minutes, the aroma of wild boar meat came out. It was an indescribable meat aroma that was both fragrant and not cloying. When it was almost done, I sprinkled some on it.
Salt, a chirping sound was heard immediately.
After the roast was cooked, Wang Wentao took a knife and cut off a piece for everyone. Perhaps because he was taking care of Chen Ran, he cut a piece for Chen Ran that was larger than the others. Chen Ran was grateful and at the same time dumbfounded.
, even the three women Yan Ruyu also ate a little bit to try it out.
The roasted wild boar meat was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, which was much better than the roasted mutton skewers. Even though it was early in the morning, Chen Ran ate a lot, but he still didn't finish the big piece that Wang Wentao cut for him.
After eating the roast pork, Chen Ran ran to the spring and took a swig of water, sighing secretly that he was satisfied.
After eating and drinking, Wang Zhiqing asked people to clean up, and everyone went to Ghost Bear Ridge under the leadership of Boss Zhao. Compared with the previous journey, perhaps because of the death of two wolf dogs, Boss Zhao
It seems much quieter.
Under the leadership of Mr. Zhao, we walked along the right side of Dajianshan and passed through the dense virgin forest. The farther we go, the denser the primitive forest becomes. It is so big that it is even indescribable. In many places, there is no foothold at all.
There were layers of dead branches and leaves on the ground. As soon as you stepped on it, you suddenly fell in, so that no one dared to walk too fast. This was fortunate to be led by Boss Zhao. Otherwise, I would have been afraid.
No progress can be made.
Chen Ran and the others were moving forward slowly like this. The rotten branches and leaves accumulated on the ground were unknown for how many years. Especially when they encountered the carcasses of some rotten animals on the roadside, they could smell the rotten stench.
The smell, in addition to the rancid smell, also includes the smell of various trees, flowers and plants, which are mixed together to make people feel breathless. Professor Yue and Mr. Ma can't stand it.
Even Chen Ran was suffocated and didn't want to say a word. He kept his head down and hurried on silently.
Fortunately, after passing through this dense primeval forest, the road ahead suddenly opened up, and in front of everyone was an open valley entrance, and between the valley entrance and the primeval forest was a green grassland.
After walking in the depressing virgin forest for such a long time, and suddenly stepping into such an environment, Xue Xiaohong couldn't help but scream happily.
Although the others did not shout or scream, they were also in high spirits.
Chen Ran couldn't help but breathe in the fresh air. Compared with the virgin forest he passed before, the grassland in front of him was like a paradise.
Boss Zhao sat down on the grass, pointed to the mouth of the valley in front of him, and said breathlessly: "If you enter from this place, you can see Ghost Bear Ridge."
When Boss Zhao was talking, he was looking forward. It was easy to see that there was a deep sense of purpose in his eyes, as if the mouth of the valley was the mouth of a beast. As long as he entered this
The big mouth of a beast can never be imagined again.
Boss Zhao's words immediately cheered up everyone except him. After all, the purpose of coming this time was to go there. How could one not be excited when he heard that he had arrived at a place.
As for Boss Zhao and the other people in Palm Village, they all talk about the matter of Gui Xiong Ling, but no one takes it to heart. In the rural areas of the ravine, there are too many such things, and it is even better now, like in the past.
, which mountain village doesn’t have such a place.
However, when everyone was about to move forward, Boss Zhao refused to go any further. In desperation, Wang Zhiqing decided to just set up camp here. This place was far away from the Guixiong Ridge in front of him.
It's not too far, just two steps away.
Mr. Ma and Professor Yue also nodded, and then they got busy.
Chen Ran didn't need to do anything else. He only needed to find a place to set up his tent. After doing it, he stood in front and looked towards the mouth of the valley. At some point, the skull pendant was also taken by him.
He caught it in his hand and played with it.
At this moment, his heart felt as if he had been scratched by a cat. It was extremely itchy. People are all curious, not to mention everything in Ghost Bear Ridge might be related to the source of his powers. If
Before getting the ancestral stone, he was not sure, but now he is almost sure, and there is a secret hidden in this skull pendant...
What secrets are hidden in Gui Xiong Ridge? Chen Ran thought.
After Yan Ruyu helped Sister Ru unfold the tent, she saw Chen Ran standing there alone, so she walked to Chen Ran's side, but did not say hello to Chen Ran, but quietly looked at the Ghost Bear Ridge in front of her, until
After a long while, he said softly: "Do you think this Ghost Bear Ridge is heaven or hell? Is it beautiful or cruel?"
Chen Ran was stunned for a moment, and then asked instead of answering the question: "Teacher Yan, why do you want to participate in such an archeology?"
To be honest, he had wanted to ask this question for a long time. Although antiques and archeology are somewhat related, they are not the same thing after all. Collecting is an elegant thing for some people, but archeology is not.
Yan Ruyu smiled faintly, but fell silent. After a long silence, she said faintly: "Why are you?"
Chen Ran was silent, but thinking in his heart, everyone has everyone's secrets, he has his own secrets, and she also has hers. I can't go on talking about this, so I might as well stop asking...
While thinking about it, Chen Ran suddenly thought of Yan Ruyu's first sentence, yes, is this Ghost Bear Ridge heaven or hell?
For some reason, Chen Ran suddenly had an ominous premonition as he looked at the mouth of the valley in front of him, maybe... maybe.
Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu stood together, and everyone else couldn't help but look at them frequently, except for one person. This person was Li Hongji. At this moment, his mind was obviously not on Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu, and he kept poking his head around.
I don’t know what I’m looking at…
"Xiaoyan, Xiaoran, let's go take a look first."
Naturally, Mr. Ma and Professor Yue didn't have to do anything. They had been waiting impatiently for a long time. After taking a short rest and regaining their composure, they couldn't help but want to go and take a look first.
Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu naturally had no doubts, and walked with them towards the entrance of the valley. When Li Hongji saw this scene, he quickly chased after him, and then the rest of the people also chased after them...
On both sides of the valley entrance are large mountains with virgin forests, but the mountains on both sides are already very gentle, with a high density of trees. The entire valley runs east-west. The place where Chen Ran and the others set up their tents is about 200 meters away from the valley entrance.
About meters, very quickly... a group of them stepped into the mouth of the valley.
As soon as we stepped into the valley mouth, our eyes suddenly lit up. The first thing that caught our eyes was an isolated island. It was surrounded by clear lake water, and the island as a whole looked like a bear's head. It was obvious that this was Xiongtou Mountain, that is,
Ghost Bear Ridge.
The top of Gui Xiong Ridge is bare and barren. The top looks like a mountain that has been cut in half. At a glance, there are only some large and small stones. Surrounding Gui Xiong Ridge are
Lake, and in the four directions of the entire valley in the east, west, north, and south, there are four mountains. Each of these four mountains is densely wooded and appears to be prosperous, but the Gui Xiong Ridge in the middle is a barren land.
.
"This...this is..."
Just as Chen Ran and the others were observing the environment in front of them, a trembling exclamation suddenly came from behind them: "Oh my God, this is the legendary... Four Spirit Pilgrimage Blood Curse, it actually exists.
