Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 59 The Valley of No Return

Seven days later.

The Tuan army passed through Donghun, Changyuan, Weixiang, Puyang, Dunqiu, and Yin'an, and then went upstream along the Wei River, and finally entered the boundary of Yuancheng.

At this time, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were not hostile. Although the territories of the two were clearly divided, there were actually no guards at the junction. The defenders of each were stationed in the nearby cities, but they would occasionally send people out to patrol to ensure that their territories were safe and sound. No outsiders broke in.

Therefore, the Tuan army, who pretended to be refugees and did not take the main road, encountered no obstacles along the way, let alone delayed their journey.

But when we enter Yuan City, we need to be more careful.

This is Yuan Shao's border town, and defenders will definitely be deployed in the city. If the Tuan army is accidentally bumped into by the Yuancheng defenders, then it is very likely that they will end up in the same fate as Yang Wanli.

Speaking of Yang Wanli, Wu Liang also took him with him on this trip as a guide for the trip.

"Brother Dianwei, keep an eye on this man along the way. If he wants to escape, or if we encounter Lu Bu or Yuan Shao's soldiers, immediately wring his hands and feet, and leave the rest to me."

Before leaving, Wu Liang deliberately explained to Dian Wei in front of Yang Wanli to warn Yang Wanli.

"No, Sima, Sima, I can't argue with Lu Bu's soldiers and horses. If you want to kill me, I will admit it, but Yuan Shao has nothing to do with me. How do I know where they will appear? It depends on luck!"

Yang Wanli immediately argued for himself.

"So, your bad luck hurt us, shouldn't you be punished?"

Wu Liang asked back with a smile.

"..."

Yang Wanli was speechless immediately.

So along the way, especially after entering the territory of Yuancheng, Yang Wanli led the way with more caution. It was no longer that he could walk on the small road and never take the big road, but that he could walk on the mountain road and never take the small road.

In this regard, the soldiers of the Tuan Army complained endlessly, but Wu Liang expressed his satisfaction.

It's a little bit bitter, but it's better than accidentally encountering Yuancheng defenders and being arrested. God knows if there are any "perverted" cruel officials like himself in Yuan Shao?
On the way, Yang Wanli told Cao Ti and Wu Liang some details before the discovery of the tomb:
"Captain, Sima, there is a local saying that the place we are going to is called the Valley of No Return."

"The local people say that every night, there will be a woman's cry in the valley. The cry seems to have been wronged greatly, and the sound can be heard far away."

"As long as people enter the valley, nine times out of ten they will never come back. That's why the Valley of No Return got its name."

"A group of four of us searched the nearby village for a while, and only found one person who came out of it alive more than ten years ago. It was an elderly charcoal seller. He said that he encountered a man-eating monster inside, and whether I gave him food or put a knife on his neck, he refused to lead us the way."

"But you two also know that those who do our business are outlaws who take gold from the mouths of the dead. The place that others dare not go is exactly the place we want to go."

"So even if no one leads the way, the four of us still entered the Valley of No Return."

"As a result, not long after we went in, we found the wordless stone tablet and the tomb-suppressing beast. We discussed it on the spot and decided to continue to investigate further. As a result, we heard the cries of the locals not far away. .”

"The crying sound was so infuriating that we were a little flustered when we heard it. Later, someone mentioned something, so everyone changed their minds temporarily and decided to rest in place for a night and wait until the next morning."

"But when I woke up the next day, two people disappeared for no apparent reason. The remaining person and I yelled for a long time but couldn't find them. My heart suddenly became a little hairy. I didn't dare to go further into the valley, so I hurried back the same way. Withdrew, I originally planned to go back to Wuyi to report the matter to Lu Bu, and then bring more people, but in the end..."

At this point, Cao Ting couldn't help staring and scolding: "Bastard! Why didn't you say this earlier, if you said it earlier, we can also bring more people!"

Obviously, this guy is already a little guilty.

In the face of war, Cao Ting would definitely not hesitate, and he could even die. History has already proved it, but he was really at a loss in the face of such a strange event with nowhere to focus.

Wu Liang asked intently: "Where those two people disappeared, did they leave any suspicious traces?"

As for the weird crying of the woman in the valley, he felt that it could be attributed to the whistling sound of the wind blowing across the special terrain, which is often the case in some rocky valleys.

So I didn't focus on asking.

"No, I checked everything carefully and found nothing, so this matter is even more weird."

Yang Wanli had just been scolded by Cao Zhi, and he was a little flustered, but now he heard Wu Liang, an even more terrifying "cruel official", questioning him, so he quickly and carefully replied.

Wu Liang nodded, and said to Cao Ting: "Brother An Min, don't tell the people below about this for now, so as not to cause unnecessary panic. Maybe those two people didn't encounter any accidents, but just found something good. Greedy and wanting to be alone, so he left without saying goodbye, which frightened Yang Wanli and the two of them."

"Yes, yes, this possibility is not impossible."

Cao Ting repeatedly said yes, but at the end of the day, he gave Yang Wanli a vicious look, and asked Wu Liang with some anxiety, "But how do you explain the reason for not returning to the valley?"

This is indeed a problem.

Wu Liang couldn't give a reasonable explanation for the time being, so he could only take one step at a time.

……

After going on like this for another day and a half, the Tuan army finally entered the valley of no return under the leadership of Yang Wanli.

This is a very primitive foothills. After passing through a crack in the rocks that cannot be called a road at all, everyone finally came to a relatively flat terrain.

"Captain, Sima, that's the wordless stele I found."

While leading the way, Yang Wanli pointed to a stone tablet standing among the trees not far away and said.

This stone tablet is about two meters high and one meter wide, and there is a square base buried in the ground below it, which looks like it was made by man.

Wu Liang first walked around the stele, carefully inspecting every detail, but found no clues on the stele, but found a small black-brown trace on the land one meter in front of the stele, as if Some unknown liquid dried up here, and it shouldn't take too long.

"This is……"

Just as Wu Liang was about to squat down to check, he heard Yang Wanli who was walking in front screamed: "Captain, Sima, you have lived a long life! All the tomb-suppressing beasts that the villain saw here before are gone!"

(End of this chapter)