The map was specially installed in an ebony box, with a velvet cloth underneath, which was only half the size of a4 paper, and was preserved in full. The picture marked the mountains, rivers, and several place names, and a red dot was pointed in cinnabar in the middle, but there was no text next to the red dot.

According to the verification of Huazhaoqi, the main Huatantan, it should be the northern part of Shennongjia. Whether it is verification of the ancient place names above or comparing with the current satellite map, the basic situation is consistent.

Ding Qi has a master here. He asked Shi Buquan to take a closer look at this picture. Shi Buquan thought that this was indeed an original antique from the Song Dynasty and was not fake. But just looking at this picture does not mean anything. It is just an ordinary map. The cinnabar red dot was clicked on later, and I don’t understand what it means.

Why did Hua Zhaoqi think that the red dot is the location of Xiaoyang Kingdom? Because this map is sandwiched in a note left by the ancestor, the page in the note just mentioned Xiaoyang Kingdom.

Ding Qi did not get the original note, but Piaohuatan provided a high-definition photocopy, which did say: "The night rain on the road in Fangshan is like a country of Xiaoyang, people are like beasts, and beasts are like humans?"

After reading this, Shi Buquan frowned and said, "Why do I feel that what I said above should be the beast country? Don't forget that the beast country is also in Fangshan."

Fangshan is a place name, and ancient place names are often repeated. The location of the Beast Kingdom is in Fangshan District outside Beijing, which was also called Fangshan in ancient times. Interestingly, the ruins of Zhoukoudian Ape Man and Shandingdong Man are also in that area.

This sentence can be interpreted from another perspective, that is, the ancestor of Piaohuatan knew the existence of the beast country. When he passed by Fangshan, it rained at night. When he thought that when people entered the beast country, they would turn into beasts. He couldn't help but sigh and quoted the allusion of the legendary Xiaoyang country.

However, because there is an ancient map in the note on this page and a red dot is pointed on the ancient map, it is easy to think of another possibility.

Fang County, Hubei was called Fangling County in ancient times. Fangshan could also refer to the mountains and fields in Fangling County. This title was used in the Fang County Chronicles and clearly mentioned the existence of "Mao people".

There is no conflict between Piaohuatan and Ding Qi for the holiday. It is said that there is no need to deliberately forge such a thing to mislead anyone. Moreover, they did not determine that the red dot in the picture is the location of Xiaoyang Kingdom, nor did they say that Xiaoyang Kingdom is a foreign world, but they only found clues that were suspected to be another foreign world.

After this material was submitted to the headquarters of the Fangwai Alliance, there were other materials to support it. For example, the ancestor of Wuxin Valley also left a paragraph of text, and Ye Zongqing provided a high-definition photocopy, which read: "The ancestors talked to the Lord of Lu Yu Cave to talk about the secret house in the world. If the door is closed and the place is closed, they will be lost. Although they have wild interests, how is it different from the Xiaoyang Kingdom?"

There is no problem with the information provided by Ye Zongqing. From this record, we can see that Lu Yu Cave and Piaohuatan had exchanges in ancient times. This passage is what later generations recorded in the past.

When a certain ancestor of Wuxin Valley communicated with the then Lord of Lu Yu Cave, he sighed that if he just lived in seclusion in the secret realm of heaven and earth, one day the inheritance was cut off or the portal was completely closed, then the person living in the secret realm would be almost the same as the legendary savages who ate raw meat and drank blood.

This text record also has background. At that time, the clans of Kuragua village moved to Wuxin Valley in large numbers. They did not intend to temporarily avoid the war, but planned to settle down there. It seems that the ancestors of Wuxin Valley also realized that this situation might lead to certain problems in the future, and they were worried, so they sighed.

Just looking at this passage cannot prove the existence of Xiaoyang Kingdom, nor can it prove that Xiaoyang Kingdom is a prescription for the outside world. The ancestor of Wuxin Valley may have read the legend of Xiaoyang Kingdom, and it is just a quote.

Lu Yudong provided another note left by the ancestor, which read: "I heard that there was a country in Xiaoyang in ancient times. People in the country were furious and kept in caves and had blood and food. But now they are not visible. Is it a secret realm of heaven and earth?"

This passage actually cannot explain any problem. It only mentions the legend about Xiaoyang Kingdom since ancient times, and then speculates whether it is also a prescription outside world, where there are Mao people living, and the Mao people people see accidentally ran out of the outside world. As the master of the secret realm of heaven and earth, it is normal to make such guesses if you are interested in such legends.

As for Jingsha Island, it once became a fishing village that could hardly survive. Of course, no classics of the ancestors were passed down. The news provided by Ma Yuanling was that when he was very young, he seemed to have heard from his grandfather that there was a Xiaoyang Kingdom in the Three Gorges area, which was also an outside world, and there were all isolated savages living in it.

Ma Yuan just needs to listen to these words, but he can't take it seriously. "I remember when I was a child, I seemed to have heard my grandfather say it." Such excuses cannot be confirmed at all. Who knows whether his grandfather really said it or hypothetical it, or he made it up by himself. It is possible that he remembered it wrongly, but he can't come up with any evidence anyway.

However, Piaohuatan, Luyu Cave, and Wuxin Valley all provided relevant information. Their ancestors all left records about the Xiaoyang Kingdom, especially Wuxin Valley was really cooperating with Fangwei Alliance to find new clues to the secret realm of the world. It should be emphasized that first of all, Piaohuatan took out records and maps, and other companies provided their own supporting information.

These information are summed up together, which cannot be ignored. As the chairman of the Fangwai Alliance and in charge of the research department, Ding Qi must continue to investigate and research.

Zhu Shanxian, the district party secretary, is not in Jinghu City at present. His daughter went to the United States for one year to be an exchange student. She just returned to China with her mother this summer. The university is about to start school. Zhu Shanxian took leave and went to Shanghai to accompany her wife and children. Tan Hanchuan also has a job on weekdays. It is said that she participated in a research project, which involves national defense and needs to be kept confidential, so she cannot contact her at present.

Zhejiang University is about to start school these days, and Shang Ni returns to Hangzhou. Zhuang Mengzhou is still in Dali, Yunnan, and hides in Wuxin Valley. No one outside can find him. So that night, only Ding Qi, Xian Hao, Shi Buquan and others were studying these materials in Nanqi Community.

Shi Buquan concluded: "I can't see any problems from the perspective of data verification alone."

Ding Qi reminded: "Don't always be technical, but also consider the problem from the perspective of routine flow. If there is something wrong with this matter and someone is deliberately setting up a plan, what do you think is the key?"

Xian Haoyi nodded and said, "Yes, A Quan, don't you think things are too coincidental?"

When everyone was talking, they turned on the computer. There was a map on the screen. Zhangjiajie Scenic Area and Shennongjia Scenic Area were facing each other across the Yangtze River Three Gorges. The Three Gorges area is the place with the most legends of savages since ancient times. Qu Yuan also wrote a poem "Mountain Ghost". The so-called cleverness refers to two things discussed at the regular work meeting today.

Ding Qi will set off for Zhangjiajie tomorrow to review the newly joined Fangwai League member Chang Chengfu Land. At this moment, he has obtained these information again. It is natural to go out from Chang Chengfu Land and go to Shennongjia. Under normal circumstances, Ding Qi cannot be uninterested in this kind of thing. Before Fangwai League organized an inspection team, he would go there himself.

Shi Buquan looked up at Ding Qi and said, "Teacher Ding, will you definitely go to Shennongjia this time?"

Ding Qi nodded and said, "Under normal circumstances, I will definitely go there, and you are not unaware of me."

Shi Buquan: "There may be a problem or a problem. The key is actually that map. The map and the note are not fake, but people may lie. Find an ancient map in the Shennongjia area and then say it is stuck in the page of the ancestor's note, which becomes a clue to the clear direction."

Ding Qi pondered and said, "It's better to act according to the plan. I don't want to have any problems, but if someone really wants to target me, it's not a big deal to wait every day. Since the other party has set up a plan, let them jump out on their own initiative."

Shi Buquan: "I'll go too."

Ding Qi shook his head and said, "It is impossible to have too many people in that kind of place. We have enough staff. Just stay at the headquarters of Fangwai Alliance to observe the movement. You are the headquarters staff. If you suddenly disappear, you will make the other party alert.

Piaohuatan's move may not be problematic, and the information provided by each company may not be problematic. But the problem is as A Quanfang said just now. If someone knows this, he can guess that I will definitely go there."

Shi Buquan: "I hope we are thinking too much and it's fine. Maybe we can really find a new outside world."

Xian Hao said with a cold face: "Those who want to take action will sooner or later, so it's better for us to take the initiative."

Because Jinghu did not have a direct flight to Zhangjiajie Airport, Ding Qi and Ma Xiao set out from Jinghu the next day and took a bus to Nanjing. Fangwai Alliance headquarters also purchased office vehicles in the name of the research association. The one who drove them was Li Zhiyao. Ma Xiao was able to perform such a task, and was on a business trip with Ding Qi, and I felt very excited.

The two of them went from Nanjing to Zhangjiajie. Ma Xiao always followed Ding Qi, his expression and tone were a bit charming and shy. Ding Qi was a little uncomfortable, but he also pretended to be nothing and was very polite to her. When the two came out of the airport, they saw Tian Zhongluo on the face.

Master Tian has always been very pompous. He basically has to seize the position C wherever he appears. However, today it is rare that he does not bring a bodyguard. There is a middle-aged man standing beside him. Seeing Ding Qi and Ma Xiao coming out, Tian Zhongluo stepped forward and introduced: "Mr. Ding, Ma, this is Yang Dadizhu, who is Changhuanhuan's blessed land, Yang Chengong."

Ma Xiaojiao smiled and said, "Dizhu Yang? This title is so interesting!"

Yang Chengong shook hands with Ma Xiao and said, "Old Tian is kidding me, Miss Ma just needs to call me Lao Yang."

Ding Qi also reached out and said, "Hello, Master Yang!"

According to the conventional rules of the Fang Foreign Alliance, the Lord of the Blessed Land should be called Landlord Yang, but the word Landlord is not very good and can easily cause misunderstandings, so it is called the Benevolent Lord in custom, which sounds very blessed. Only people who are very familiar will call Landlords to make a joke.

Yang Chengong held Ding Qi's hand again and said, "Are you Chairman Ding? You have been admiring for a long time! You and Miss Ma came over just now, and my eyes lit up. What a pair of golden boys and jade girls!"

Ding Qi almost choked by him. This Yang Fuzhu should be praising someone, but the praise is not very good. Do you think of him and Ma Xiao as a pair? What kind of eyes are they?

Tian Zhongluo did not bring his bodyguards, but Yang Chengong took his men. Everyone left the airport and got on a seven-seater business car. There was another Suv trail ahead. After walking along the winding mountain road for nearly two hours, he arrived at a place called No. 5 Valley in Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie. It was almost dinner time.

Valley No. 5 is both a valley and a B&B. Nowadays, many tourist resorts are named "village", but they don't look like villages at all, but Valley No. 5 is different. When Ding Qi got off the bus, he thought he had arrived in front of a Tujia village built on the mountain, and this B&B resort was actually transformed on the basis of a Tujia village.

I walked into Muzhai Gate by the stone steps, and the house I saw on the front was covered with earthen walls and grass. After walking in, I found that it was decorated very exquisitely. The entire B&B is very large in scale, distributed from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, with various scenery interspersed and dotted.

There are two other lakes in the "village", one is a fish pond, and the other is transformed into a swimming pool that can see the scenery of the sky from afar. At the foot of the mountain is a stone path, and it becomes a wooden plank road. In order to protect natural vegetation, there is still a piece of wood plank road missing in many places on the wooden plank road, allowing trees to emerge and grow.

In the public restaurant, they saw a middle-aged man with long white hair and a braid on his head. Beside him was a gentle woman with a blue printed shawl. This was a couple full of literary atmosphere. Yang Chengong stepped forward and introduced: "Everyone, this is the Lord Chen Zimo of No. 5 Valley and the Lord's wife Wan'er!"

Lord Chen? This title is interesting, which made Ding Qi think of many masters of the outer world, such as Lord Ye Gu in Wuxin Valley and Lord Wu Gu in the former famous valley. Although this place is not the outer world, it also has a bit of a paradise.

Tujia style village is built on the sunny slope, with orchards and bamboo forests in the village. A vegetable garden is built in the valley opposite the village, so you can taste fresh fruits and vegetables in all seasons. For example, order a dish of fried peppers with eggs. The eggs may be just laid in the chicken coop, and the peppers are picked from the ground after they come out.

Everyone greeted the Guzhu and his wife with a smile, while Guzhu Chen held Yang Chengong's hand and said, "Chairman Yang, what wind has blown you again? He also brought so many distinguished guests..."

Yang Chengong: "This place is so good. The valley master is living a life of a god! You were just named the "Top Ten Must-Sleeping B&B in the World" last year. Of course, I want to find more opportunities to enjoy it."

Master Chen: "These are all support from leaders and encouragement from colleagues..."

Ding Qi learned from the greetings between the two that Yang Chengong was the chairman of the local trade union and was also considered a party and government cadre. The lords of the outside world in all parts have different identities. They have inherited the secret techniques of the eight zodiacs of the rivers and lakes, and many people are in the public hall. Everyone has had supper here, tasted fresh special dishes and several local wild game, and drank the wine brewed in the valley, which is very good.

The day after dinner was dark, and Tian Zhongluo said he was not in a hurry to visit Changcheng Blessings because there was still a road to go. It would be not too late to stay here for a night tomorrow. If Mr. Ding and Ma were interested, they could also go to Zhangjiajie Scenic Area to have fun after visiting Changcheng Blessings. Anyway, the Fangwai Alliance is now sufficient funds, and the public funds spent on official travel like this.

Ding Qi arranged an independent suite that night. He walked along the wooden plank road halfway to the end. There was a wooden platform and a green tree emerged from the center of the platform, just like a large umbrella, with tables and chairs under the tree for a rest. The house was also wooden, with long floor-to-ceiling windows on the south side, not only the living room, but also a small tea room in the bedroom.

The floor-to-ceiling windows allow you to look at the valley opposite. This view is very good, but it is not the best from the perspective of Feng Shui. Because it is too unobstructed, the view at first glance gives people a feeling of being on the high cliff, and it may not be comfortable to live on weekdays. The designers of the B&B obviously know how to be particular. There are a few ancient pine trees outside the window, and the hanging branches make up for this defect.

Looking over from the valley in the distance, the pine branches are hidden and cannot be seen clearly, but when you sit in the house and look out, the scenery is very clear. The pine branches hanging in front of the window near the nearest are also embellished with composition.

Ding Qi sat on the ground in the tea room, brewed a pot of tea on the table in front of him and drank it himself, looking at the dusk valley outside the long window. The weather was still very hot at the end of August of the Gregorian calendar, but this area felt very cool. It had just rained during the day, and the water vapor in the mountains rose, forming layers of white mist near the top of the peak, looming in the dim light, like an ink painting.

This is located in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area of ​​Zhangjiajie, and Wulingyuan is named after Tao Yuanming's "The Peach Blossom Spring". Zhu Shanxian was in the living room of the building in Nanqi Community, and he hanged the "The Peach Blossom Spring" written by him, as well as the poem by Pei Di, a Tang Dynasty man: Go back to the depth of the mountains, you must be able to enjoy the beauty of the hills and valleys. Don't learn from the people of Wuling and visit Taoyuan temporarily.

Perhaps everyone has their own paradise in their minds, which is both a yearning, and a sentiment and realm. The so-called free scenery does not have to be found in the outer world. Every prescription outside world he sees may be the spiritual manifestation of the pioneer... I still remember that in the early summer last year, Mr. Zhuang talked about that bowl of bamboo shoots, and what he talked about was the realm of life.

Ding Qi's perception at this moment is that life is not only pursuing a certain seemingly illusory state, but what is really important is that when you have that state, you will truly enjoy life in that state...

Just at this moment, his thoughts were interrupted by the knock on the door, and Ma Xiao's sweet voice came from outside the door: "President Ding, have you rested?"

Ding Qi was stunned. With his cultivation level, he didn't notice that Ma Xiao had arrived outside the door. He suddenly felt something when he looked at the scenery in the distance and became a little distracted. Ma Xiao was obviously also a little bit of cultivation, so he calmed down when he came over. This place was a distance from other houses, and at the end of a wooden plank road on the hillside, it seemed that no one was disturbed.

Ding Qi stood up and went to the living room to open the door, and smiled politely: "I haven't rested yet, I'm drinking tea and watching the scenery. Is there anything wrong with Director Ma?"

Ma Xiao walked into the room and said, "President Ding, don't always call me Director Ma. You're so disgusting, just call Ma Xiao. It's really nice here! Are you drinking tea alone? It's so elegant... Master Chen and his team are having a bonfire party. I'll call you, don't you go and have fun together?"

Ding Qi shook his head and said, "I won't join in the fun."

Ma Xiao said with the flow: "I don't like to join in the fun either, so I'll have tea with Alliance Leader Ding. It's still comfortable here."

Ding Qi: "You are here just now. I just saw the scenery there is a good one and I was about to go out for a walk in the valley."

This summer, my clothes are very cool. I am alone in the room. Even if I have nothing to do, I will be arranged to make trouble. Ding Qi quickly found an excuse to flash. Ma Xiao immediately said, "The scenery over there is really good, and I will accompany Teacher Ding to relax."

Ding Qi: "It's too dark, I'm afraid it's not safe, so don't go out."

Ma Xiao: "With League Leader Ding here, what's there to be afraid of?"

Ding Qi was also helpless and walked out of the room and down the hillside along the wooden plank road. There was a bonfire party in the open space beside the fish pond, and there were also waiters guarding with fire extinguishers. Master Chen and other guests of the resort were drinking beer on barbecue. This was a very happy entertainment on summer nights.

Ding Qi smiled and nodded and greeted him. He walked out of the gate of the villa along the stone steps and entered the valley opposite the simple road. Yang Chengong and Tian Zhongluo also followed him. When they saw that they were moving, six more strong men followed him. On this evening, Ding Qi wanted to take a walk around, but actually pulled out a team.

There were also round wooden plank roads built in the valley, and grass pavilions were built in several places where the plank road led to, which were for tourists to walk and see the scenery. There were many vegetable fields on both sides of the road based on the terrain, which was a bit of pastoral interest, but it was not very real at night. Ding Qi was not affected. Even in an absolutely dark environment, he could sense external objects without any obstacles and had already been trained.

The sky was not too dark. After the rain, the sky was clear and the bright moonlight vaguely illuminated the road beneath her feet. Seeing that Yang Chengong also followed, Ding Qi asked in a low voice: "The gateway to Changcheng's blessed land should not be in the B&B in Valley No. 5, right?"

Ding Qi had already explored the location of the B&B with his spiritual sense, but no traces of the portal of the outside world were found. Yang Chengong pointed to the depths of the valley in the distance and said, "It's a coincidence that Boss Chen set up such a B&B opposite the portal of Changcheng Blessing Land. There are about three or four miles to enter from here, which is the entrance to Changcheng Blessing Land."

While speaking, he had reached the end of the wooden plank road, and continued to move forward and turned around. Ding Qi said, "Since we have arrived here, let's go in and take a look."

He jumped down from the empty wooden plank road very lightly. Yang Chengong quickly shouted: "It's dark and the road is not easy to walk on. Why don't you go again tomorrow?"

Ding Qi replied: "Don't you bring flashlights? It doesn't matter if you walk around, just take a walk after dinner."

Yang Chengong jumped down, and the people behind him jumped off the wooden plank road one after another. Ding Qi also reached out to support two of them. It had just rained during the day, and the wilderness was a little slippery, which was indeed difficult to walk. Dante Qi had the ability to walk on the water surface, so this naturally couldn't help him, and he still walked forward.

Tian Zhongluo smiled and said, "The atmosphere of the League Leader Ding is here and I can't stop it. Then let's visit the blessed place together at night." While he was speaking, he made a gesture. Two young men rushed forward and turned on the strong flashlight, leading the way ahead. Ma Xiao followed Ding Qi closely, and seemed to have slipped under his feet, holding Ding Qi's arm, and then holding it in a while.

Ding Qi was also helpless. He ran out of the room and didn't want to stay alone with Ma Xiao, which turned out to be a blessed place for night visits. Although the gesture that Tian Zhongluo had just made was behind Ding Qi, Ding Qi also noticed it.

Yang Chengong, Tian Zhongluo and Ma Xiao obviously have cultivation, so there is no big problem walking in the mountains and fields at night. The other six should be good at it. They are guarding everyone with strong light flashlights. They are obviously prepared, otherwise how could they carry the flashlight with them?

In the No. 5 Valley B&B, Master Chen was also holding a summer bonfire with his guests. A waiter ran over and said, "Chairman Yang took the guests to the valley over there."

The wife of the Valley Master Wan'er waved her hand and said, "The plank road has been repaired, it doesn't matter if you take a walk. There are so many of them, so there will be no problem."

Master Chen held the wine glass and said, "The valley opposite, you must not run deeper. I heard from the local old man that someone had been inexplicably lost to find him."

A guest came over and asked, "Oh, what happened later?"

Master Chen Guzhu: "The villagers searched for two days but couldn't find anyone. Later, the person who lost came back by himself. Everyone asked him where he had gone, but he only knew that he had been walking around somewhere in the mountains. After somehow, two days passed without remembering anything. It is said that such a thing happened several times in ancient times, and he didn't know whether it was true or not."

Another guest said, "Didn't they run into the Peach Blossom Land?"

Lord Chen nodded and said, "It's very possible. Don't forget what our name is, Wulingyuan!"

We had a happy chat here, but we didn't know that Ding Qi and others had jumped off the wooden plank road and walked into the depths of the valley in the dark, heading to the outer world that people didn't know.
Chapter completed!