America 1881: Legend of the West

"Bring me the rope and the torch!"

Chen Jianqiu stood on the edge of the cliff and said to the people behind him.

They had been standing on the edge of the cliff waiting.

One after another, bats flew out from the hole below, flying vigorously for a long time. Finally, after the sun completely set, it completely disappeared.

These cave-dwelling bats take advantage of the evening to fly out in groups to look for food, leaving no mosquitoes behind wherever they go.

When they looked down, the sky was completely dark and nothing could be seen.

The three Chinese young men behind him hurriedly opened the canvas bag and took out the torch.

Fortunately, these torches soaked in kerosene were not affected too much by the lake water.

They lit torches and brought them over to provide some light.

Chen Jianqiu passed the rope through his crotch, wrapped it around his legs, then wrapped it around his waist and tied a knot.

He pulled, testing the strength of the rope and knot, and then walked to the edge of the cliff.

"I'll go down first, Sifu. You, Hanif, and Johnny will stay up there. The others are waiting for news from me." Chen Jianqiu took the torch from Li Sifu and said to them, "If anything happens, call us as soon as possible. Don’t take action.”

He took out the sticky mass from the black man's pocket and stuffed it into Hanif's breast pocket.

Hanif patted his chest, and the smelly gland juice flowed out again.

It's hard to imagine that a few months ago, the mustache in front of him was a senior bounty hunter who paid great attention to his image.

"Don't worry, if those Pinkerton brats dare to come, I won't let any of them go."

Chen Jianqiu nodded and said to Hanif with a smile on his face: "If the treasure is real, I will let you come down and be the first to pick."

"No problem, I'll take whatever I see first, hehe." Hanif was very happy.

Hanif knew what Chen Jianqiu was worried about. Even though the situation in the cave below was unknown, the biggest known threat so far was the lingering Pinkerton detectives.

God knows if they will follow again.

In the West, the greatest danger always comes from people.

Although it is a pity that he cannot witness the opening of the treasure for the first time, the fact that the boss can entrust such an important matter to himself is enough to prove his status in this team and to have a qualitative improvement.

After arranging the above matters, Chen Jianqiu came to the edge of the cliff.

He held the rope in one hand and held the torch in the other, keeping a certain distance to prevent the fire from burning the rope.

Chen Jianqiu stepped back out of the cliff, and his whole body hung outside the cliff.

The surface of the cliff is neither smooth nor rough, and it is barely enough for a foothold.

He motioned for the rope to be placed on top, while stepping on the vertical cliff and swinging down.

Holmes held a torch in his hand and looked down from above. From another angle, he could see many things that Chen Jianqiu could not see.

He originally volunteered to go down first.

As a geologist, he was familiar with this kind of thing, but this proposal was rejected by Chen Jianqiu.

Holmes is now the most important member of the team, and there is no need for him to be the vanguard.

There are quite a lot of moths here.

It was hard for Chen Jianqiu to imagine how this unarmed geologist would cope if another "demon" emerged from the hole below.

Corn also flew back, patrolling back and forth around Chen Jianqiu on the cliff, watching vigilantly for anything that might threaten its owner.

However, the downward journey went surprisingly smoothly, and even the night wind passing through the deep valley did not have much impact on Chen Jianqiu.

He was on the lee side and the rope didn't move at all.

Chen Jianqiu even had a guess as to whether the person who drew the treasure map also chose the same path as him to enter and exit the cave and transport the treasure.

When he slid down further, his suspicion was confirmed.

Near the cave, some traces of man-made excavations began to appear, allowing people to climb and stay.

With these inconspicuous potholes, Chen Jianqiu went down much faster.

The forerunners of the Nahua tribe not only visited here, but also left traces here.

It’s hard to imagine them hanging in the air with ropes tied around their waists while chiseling away at the cliff.

But what puzzles Chen Jianqiu is why there are no man-made marks left on the upper part of this path?

But before he could think about it, the rope had already been lowered to a position parallel to the entrance of the cave.

Chen Jianqiu stepped on the hollow, took a step forward, and landed easily on the platform at the entrance of the cave.

He held a torch and approached the cave entrance.

The hole is not big, but it is dark inside and looks very deep. It is impossible to see what is going on inside from the outside.

If it weren't for the large group of bats, no one among them would have thought that there was the entrance to such a cave directly under the cliff.

He turned on the shooter mode.

With the light of the torch, everything in front of him became brighter.

However, when his eyes swept over the edge of the hole, the hairs on his back suddenly stood up.

There is a "person" sitting there.

Chen Jianqiu's hand subconsciously touched his waist and pulled out his Colt.

The "man" sat there motionless, seemingly indifferent to the actions of the cowboy in front of him.

Chen Jianqiu narrowed his eyes, and he quickly discovered something fishy.

In the shooter state, he can sense the enemy's weaknesses, but there is nothing special about the "person" in front of him.

This is a dead thing.

When Chen Jianqiu got closer to the "person", he realized that it was a dead person who had already weathered into a skeleton. It was just that the bones were stained with a bunch of sticky stuff, so he looked like a living person with full muscles. people.

"Come down!" Chen Jianqiu returned to the edge of the platform and waved the torch upward, "There is no problem down there for the time being."

Except for the three people who stayed on top, everyone climbed down along the rope.

"Dear me, there is actually a hole here!" A Chinese young man named Liu Dabao exclaimed.

Two Chinese young men came down, the other was named He Jiasheng, and they were carrying several spare torches behind them.

"Hey! There's..." Chen Jianqiu was picking up the next Holmes, but when he turned around, he saw Liu Dabao already holding a torch and looking into the cave.

"Ah~"

But he was still too late. Liu Dabao had a close face-to-face contact with the skeleton. He took two steps back and sat down on the ground. The torch also fell at the entrance of the cave.

Chen Jianqiu shook his head. This young man was three Downeys behind Li Sifu.

Holmes also came over holding a torch.

He also saw the skeleton.

But for a senior geologist and archaeologist, this thing is no more surprising than the scarecrow in his own field.

He went up and observed it, and after confirming that there was no danger, he put something from the bone with his hand and put it to his nose and smelled it.

"Bat guano," Holmes said, looking around. "There may be some sad stories happening here."

He pointed to the abyss outside the platform: "His friends may be down there."

Chen Jianqiu finally understood why there were only man-made chiseling marks on the lower half of the cliff outside.

"You follow Uncle Holmes and I, don't touch anything, and follow the path we took."

Chen Jianqiu gave instructions to the people behind him, then raised the torch and walked into the cave first with Holmes.

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