Curiosity killed the cat.
There have been casualties, and some people want to get closer to find out.
"Don't go there, there's a trap down there." Gu Shengchao shouted loudly to stop.
I had only heard about the mechanism of the ancient tomb, but I never expected to see it with my own eyes today.
After the dust cleared, he slowly approached and looked down.
A green brick ancient tomb corridor with a dome roof structure appeared in front of us. The corridor was straight and sloping down. The walls were painted with colorful patterns. It was difficult to see clearly in the dim light.
Light a piece of paper and throw it down. It will be extinguished after half-burning. The miasma inside is full and cannot be allowed to enter.
This place is dry and rainless, so there are no conditions for erosion, so it should be preserved intact.
Seeing that the ancient sage Chao was fine, others gathered around and looked at him carefully.
Lu Shouwen also marveled: "The structure of this tomb is the same as that of the Central Plains, so it must not have been built by Beihu. It is really strange that an ancient tomb from the Central Plains appears in the vast desert."
The miasma below prevented them from taking risks for the time being, so everyone dug a big hole in the distance and buried the dead.
After fighting the storm, everyone was exhausted, so they packed their luggage and rested on the spot to recharge their batteries.
When the red sun hangs high, the strong north wind blows again.
Although the wind was strong, it did not carry any sand or dust. Instead, it blew away the haze in the air, revealing the clear blue sky.
The ancient sage Li Feng lit a piece of paper and threw it down again. The flame did not go out until it burned out.
The howling wind has blown away all the miasma.
"I'll go down and take a look."
After pondering for a long time, Gu Shengchao decided to take the risk. Because he sensed that there were strands of spiritual energy floating down below, there must be a spiritual stone hidden there.
The adopted sister Dong E's progress in practicing martial arts is slow, and she needs a lot of spiritual stones to help her break through.
"Brother, take me with you." Dong E held his arm and begged.
He glared at her and refused decisively: "It's dangerous down there, just stay safe up there."
There were many people watching the excitement, so Lu Shouwen tried to dissuade him: "Why don't we forget it. We are on a mission to Beihu as envoys, not to rob tombs."
"Tomb robbing?"
Seemingly misunderstanding his intention, Gu Shengchao smiled and said: "Second brother, don't worry, I will be careful and evacuate immediately if there is danger down there."
He lit the torch and threw it down, and the fire illuminated the pit.
Gu Shengchao spotted the location and jumped down.
While jumping down, he used the "Iron Arm Magic", and his true energy quickly condensed into a layer of soft iron armor on the surface of his skin.
After falling steadily, he raised his hand and looked. The iron armor glowed with a faint copper color, and he was not far from a breakthrough.
The reason why he didn't use the "Iron Arm Magic" until he got down there was because he didn't want to expose everything in front of outsiders.
Only by being reserved and hiding your strength can you survive for a long time.
After picking up the torch and checking it for a week below, I found that the top collapsed and knocked down the wooden dummy standing against the wall, triggering a mechanism to fire a volley of crossbows.
Then he slowly walked into the corridor holding a torch.
It hasn't been long since the top collapsed, and the bright paintings on the walls have become dim. Although the colors have faded a lot, the content of the paintings can still be clearly discerned.
The first mural shows the appearance of the Emperor of the Central Plains. The emperor's jade chariot is in the center, surrounded by dozens of knights in front and behind, and escorted by military officers on both sides.
The person driving the vehicle is just turning sideways at this moment, with obvious facial features. The driver is the center of the painting.
As an official in the capital, Gu Shengchao also knew a little bit about these etiquette. When the emperor appears, he must be driven by the imperial servant himself.
It can be seen from this that the owner of the tomb once served as a minister in the Central Plains and was one of the nine ministers.
Further forward, there are wooden figurines standing against the walls on both sides, all dressed in court clothes, as if they are welcoming visiting distinguished guests.
The wooden figurine has a nice smile, but under the flickering light of the torch, the flickering shadows on its face are a bit strange.
The ancient sage was extremely cautious and knew that the wooden figurines had mechanisms and did not touch them.
He took a few steps forward and came to the second mural. He was about to look at it carefully when he suddenly felt that the floor tiles were loose under his feet.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Countless sharp arrows were shot out from the small holes in the wall, flying everywhere in random directions, shooting up, down, left and right aimlessly.
Although he had the iron arm to protect his body, Gu Shengchao tried his best to dodge, but even so, his thigh was still hit by random arrows.
Although the armor on the body is soft, it has excellent protective function.
There was a "ding" sound.
The sharp arrow fell, and the sharp edge of the arrow cluster was knocked crooked.
The ancient sage was overjoyed when he moved his body and was unscathed.
"grown ups!"
"Brother Shengchao!"
"Brother, are you okay?"
When the onlookers above heard the noise, they all leaned down and shouted, fearing that something might happen to him.
"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine." Gu Shengchao replied, so as to save the people above from worrying.
He held up a torch and observed carefully, and found that there was a slight bulge on the floor tile in the middle of the corridor. He couldn't find it unless he looked for it.
Returning to the place where he just went down, he picked up a number of green bricks from the ground and threw them in the right direction, hitting the raised floor tile closest to him.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Another round of arrows.
Only then did Gu Shengchao realize that the mechanism was not a wooden figurine, but was actually on the floor tiles under his feet.
While walking, use green bricks to continuously destroy the mechanisms, and there will be no more danger in the corridor.
He also roughly understood the story on the murals. There were more than ten murals. From the time when the owner of the tomb was an official in the capital, to the war, he led his family to Mobei, where he put on Hu people's clothes, and finally stood on the grassland. , looking at the countless tents, cattle and sheep in the distance, showing that we live a prosperous life here.
At the end of the corridor are two thick stone doors. There are no handles on the doors. There is nowhere to pull them, and even if they push hard, they won't budge.
The stone door should be shattered using internal force, but that would be disrespectful to the owner of the tomb, so let’s give up this idea for now.
Less than ten steps back, there were ear rooms on both sides of the corridor. One was open and contained some bronze vessels, which were common items in daily life.
The other ear room is special. The door is closed with a long bluestone strip. No matter how hard you take one, it cannot be taken out.
The spiritual energy he sensed outside the corridor could no longer be detected when he entered it, which was extremely strange.
Gu Shengchao thought about it carefully and found that his hearing and sense of smell were normal now, but there was a problem with his perception, which was no different from ordinary people.
Could it be this?
Looking at the iron armor formed by the condensation of zhenqi on the surface of the skin, he guessed that it blocked the ability to perceive.
Slowly absorbing the energy, the iron armor was eliminated.
really.
His keen perception returned, and the rich spiritual energy was right in front of him.
This is the ear room.
Abundant spiritual energy slowly overflowed from the gaps in the stone strips, and there must be a lot of spiritual stones stored inside.
In desperation, Gu Shengchao had no choice but to return and explain the situation to the people above.
Hearing that there was a spirit stone and that there was no danger, in a moment, more than ten people jumped down and each held a torch to go and find out.
Finally, Lu Shouwen also took a torch and jumped down, joining the crowd watching the fun.
Seeing that the bluestone strips were stacked interlaced to block the door of the ear chamber, several burly men stepped forward and moved it vigorously. Although there was a slight misalignment in the gaps between the stone strips, the entire structure remained unchanged and was perfectly blocked in front of the eyes.
Several people did not give up and found sticks to pry with all their might, but to no avail.
Dali did not perform miracles.
The strong men stood in front of the door and were busy. Others wanted to help, but the corridor was so small that they couldn't get close enough to intervene.
At this time, a thin man who had been watching from behind whispered: "Brothers, please take a break. Why don't you let me try?"
"you?"
A strong man smiled: "With your small body, I'm afraid you can't even move the stone bars!"
These words made everyone laugh.
Hearing their teasing, the thin man ignored them and said sternly: "My family has passed down the structure of weapons, and I serve as an weapons supervisor. If brute force cannot open an object, there must be something under control. Although tomb robbing is not my specialty. , Fortunately, all methods are unified, and the principles should be the same."
When he said this, Lu Shouwen immediately remembered the other person's name.
The roster of the mission has been carefully considered by Lu Shouwen, and there are many hidden dragons and tigers in the team. Everyone has specialties and specialized skills.
"This is the Ordnance Superintendent, Jia Qi. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You're overqualified to do this." Lu Shouwen said politely.
Seeing that the official Lu Shouwen was very respectful to him, the others did not dare to neglect him and gave way to a passage.
"Lord Lu, you are so proud of me."
Jia Qi said, coming to the bluestone strip.
He took out a delicate small hammer from his arms and struck the stone bars one by one from top to bottom, carefully distinguishing the slight differences in the sounds.
Then he took the short stick from the hand of the man next to him and carefully pried it back and forth. Every time a piece of bluestone is moved, put your ear to it and listen carefully.
There were echoes in the corridor, the voices of everyone talking echoed, and the loud noises interfered with Jia Qi's judgment.
"Quiet, don't talk yet."
Jia Qi motioned for everyone to shut up and waited until there was silence in the corridor before listening again.
When he stood still, concentrating on his thoughts, Lu Shouwen asked softly: "Have you found out the problem?"
Nodding, Jia Qi affirmed: "The mechanism should be in the middle. There are things hooking up inside. As long as the mechanism is opened, the stone strips will lose their restraints, and they can all be removed easily."
Seeing how confident he was, everyone was full of expectations.
He took out a thin patch and a thin curved hook from his pocket. Just as he was about to take action, he saw everyone gathered around and stopped and said, "It's not that I'm afraid that you guys will learn my skills, but there may be traps in them. Just in case. If something pops out and hurts everyone, the gain will outweigh the loss."
Everyone believed that the random arrows that started shooting had already killed two people, so they all retreated and returned to the place where they started to jump to avoid it.
Only Gu Shengchao was left in the corridor beside Jia Qi.
"It's dangerous here, why don't you, adults, go up and take shelter?" Jia Qi sincerely consoled him.
Gu Shengchao shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, I'll stand behind you, maybe I can be of some help."
After thinking about it, Jia Qi stopped insisting and calmed down to figure out the mechanism hidden among the stone strips.
Quietly, the ancient sage used his "Iron Arm Magic" to protect his body, and the iron armor once again protected his skin.
Jia Qi had no idea what was happening behind him. Sometimes he would use a small hook to test it, and sometimes he would insert a thin piece of iron into it and not know where to press it.
Currently trying.
Suddenly I heard a "bang" sound.
The stone bars that were tightly pressed together exploded toward the front and sides.
Jia Qi was also startled when he saw a stone hitting his head. He stood there dumbfounded, as if he was dumbfounded.
When there was no time to spare, Gu Shengchao hugged him and ran outside, carrying everything on his back.
"Bang!"
The stone struck him horizontally on the shoulder and broke into two pieces.
Fortunately, I was protected by iron armor. I only felt something hit me, but there was no other discomfort.
After a violent smash and "bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang,", Gu Shengchao hugged Jia Qi and rushed to the end of the corridor. Above were the anxiously waiting people.
Seeing that the two of them were fine, everyone felt relieved.
When the dust inside cleared, more people jumped down to watch the excitement.
I saw that the door of the ear room had been opened, and the broken stone bars were all over the floor, even the opposite ear room was not spared. The ground was covered with small pebbles made from broken stone bars.
Suddenly I heard someone exclaim:
"I've made a fortune. It's full of fine spiritual stones."
