After pondering for most of the day, I still couldn't figure out what Qing Gu told me.

"Okay, Lu Yuan, it's time for me to leave!"

Lao Wang took a short rest for a while, stood up and picked up his black travel bag again.

I know that his intention to leave was decided.

I was stunned for a moment and said to Lao Wang: "Then, let me send you old man out!"

Lao Wang didn't say anything and walked straight outside.

When he arrived at the gate of the yard, he looked back and showed a hint of reluctance on his face, "I have lived in this place for nearly thirty years, but I didn't expect to leave in the end..."

I said, since I can't bear to leave, why do I have to leave?

Lao Wang looked at me with a wry smile, but still turned around and walked up the path.

I followed him closely. Maybe this parting was eternal life. The old man was kind to me, but now he was about to leave. I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Lao Wang didn't say anything along the way. When he was approaching the road, Lao Wang asked me to go back.

He said that you must leave after a thousand miles, and you still have to walk your own way.

I nodded and asked him to take care of himself all the way.

Then, he turned around and walked back.

"Lu Yuan, wait!"

Just after walking a few steps, Lao Wang suddenly called me.

I turned around and Lao Wang had already come closer.

"Lu Yuan, if you want to know something, there is a place you can go and see, which may help you."

I was delighted and asked him quickly, where is it?

"That place is in Wanfu Town, formerly called Jiguanyan."

After the talk, Lao Wang took a passing car and left.

Looking at the car going away, I was stunned for a long time.

Before leaving, Lao Wang told me about such a place, and probably made a lot of decision.

Although he didn't say it directly on the surface, I'm sure that that place is definitely related to Qinggu and Tie Abacus!

After thinking about it for a while, I got on the bus to Wanfu Town.

There are some things I have to go and see in person!

After all, it is related to life and death. I just want to figure out what Qing Gu has to do with me as soon as possible. Whether it is a blessing or a disaster, at least it must be clear.

On the way, I called Wang Ling'er and said that I might have to go back later in the evening, so I asked him and Wang Weizi to go there first.

I also called Lu Le and asked him to help take care of Li Yue.

Lu Le asked me if I was doing something urgent?

I made up an excuse to say that there was news about my father on the archaeological team, so I asked me to go there.

I can’t say anything about Qing Gu, I can only investigate it myself and I can only investigate it secretly.

It was almost noon and arrived in Wanfu Town.

I ate a bowl of noodles casually, and then I asked people everywhere for information about Jiguanyan.

But after asking several people in a row, they shook their heads and said, "I have never heard of such a place."

I was immediately anxious. It was impossible for Lao Wang to lie to me, right?

After thinking about it carefully, I felt that I must have asked the wrong person. The people I asked before were all young, so I should only be clear about this by asking the older generation.

In rural areas, some place names have several names, which are known best by the older generation.

So, I went to the street to find some old men and the old ladies to ask.

Fortunately, this time, it really worked.

An old lady selling vegetables told me that she knew a little about Jikongyan.

I quickly asked her where is the place?

The old lady thought for a long time before she slowly said to me, "Young man, what are you doing in that place? It has been abandoned for a long time!"

I asked her, what was going on?

The old lady recalled that Jiguanyan was more than 20 miles away from the town, and it was originally called Caotouzhai.

There is an old temple above, and before liberation, a bandit was entrenched on the mountain all year round.

Later, for some reason, all the people above died overnight. It is said that they had been involved in some plague, and even the nearby villages were not spared.

The old lady said that her mother told her before, and not many people know about it now.

I asked her where to get there?

The old lady roughly told me, and then kept advising me not to go to that place, saying that it was unclean.

I thanked her immediately. Seeing that it was still early, I called a motorcycle out of the town.

When I walked to Laomagou outside the town, I got off the car and paid. Following the old lady's direction, I was not far from Jiguanyan when I got here.

After getting off the bus, I went to the nearby area to ask several villagers before I found the direction roughly.

When these villagers heard that I was going to Jiguanyan, their faces changed and advised me not to go, saying that they had been abandoned for a long time and no one dared to go.

I ignored it and walked straight along the rugged mountain road towards Jikong Rock.

This area is almost everywhere, and there is no sight to see it.

I walked down in one breath and climbed to the middle of the mountain.

I was gasping for breath, but suddenly, my head was covered with dark clouds, followed by a series of strong winds.

Seeing that it was about to rain heavily, I cursed in my heart and hurriedly found a place to shelter from the rain.

Fortunately, not long after, I found a small cave. As soon as I stepped in, the heavy rain outside started to sensation.

I was so glad that I had to squat in the cave and wait for the rain to stop.

But it rained for several hours. Seeing that the sky was getting darker outside, I had no choice but to call Wang Ling'er and say that I would not go back tonight.

They asked them to find a way to heal Li Yue's injuries first, but Wang Ling'er didn't ask much, so she simply hung up the phone.

As soon as he put down his phone, a man wearing a straw hat suddenly rushed in.

I was shocked and quickly leaned over.

"Hehehe, young man, don't be afraid, I'm here to shelter from the rain!"

When I saw that it was a thin old man in a straw raincoat, I took a breath.

But I was still wondering, why did this old man come in to shelter from the raincoat even though he was wearing a straw raincoat?

Maybe when I saw me wondering, the old man smiled and said, "Young man, I often come to shelter from the rain in this place. There are unexpected situations in the weather, so don't worry."

I nodded slightly.

The old man then asked me if I want to go up the mountain?

I nodded and said, "Yes."

The old man laughed, and a hint of wrinkles appeared on his shriveled face: "Come on, I'm going to go up the mountain too, and the rain will stop and walk together."

I hesitated and asked him, "Master, why are you going up alone tonight?"

"Of course I'll go home in the middle of the night, why don't you do?" The old man's tone was very calm.

I was immediately puzzled, "Is there anyone living above?"

"Of course someone lives there!" The old man replied angrily.

Not long after, the rain outside finally stopped.

The old man photographed me and said, "Let's go, the rain has stopped for the young man, I'll take you on the way!"

I smiled awkwardly, and then followed the old man and walked up the mountain.

It was already dark at this time, and the mountain was cold and quiet. Because it had just rained, it was very laborious to walk on the mountain road.

Finally, I climbed to the top of the mountain.

"Young man, look, that's my home." The old man suddenly pointed to a vague place in the lower place and said to me.

I looked over and saw a light vaguely illuminating the place where the old man pointed, as if it was indeed a room.

Moreover, depending on the situation, there is far more than an old man in that valley.

I immediately became confused. The old lady who gave me the way before said that the place had been abandoned for a long time, so why are there still people living there now?

After thinking carefully, the old lady and the villagers at the foot of the mountain could not lie to me. It must be that there was something wrong with the old man on the mountain or the one who brought me here!

So, I quickly looked at the old man beside me.
To be continued...