Lu Xiaofeng's words did not arouse any objection.
So the three of them dispersed, and after a while, Huamanlou was the first to notice something was wrong.
When he noticed that after he stepped on a certain floor tile in the corner, the sound made by his feet was different from when he stepped on other floor tiles, he had doubts in his heart, so he immediately squatted down and carefully looked at the edge of the floor tile. Fumbled around.
Sure enough, the floor tile was loose!
It can be removed, and when the floor tile is removed, a downward passage is revealed underneath.
"Lu Xiaofeng, on the seventh day of the lunar month, I found the entrance to the secret room. It's here."
After being attracted by his words, Lu Xiaofeng praised Hua Manlou's carefulness without hesitation, and then took the lead and was the first to go down, followed by Chu Qi, Hua Manlou walked last, and he came down. Before, I didn’t forget to restore the floor tiles that had just been removed.
This passage is not long, and it reaches the bottom within a few steps. At the end of it is a stone door carved from top to bottom with grape vines and sea buckthorn.
The tiny and imperceptible keyhole is hidden in the center of the stone door—that is, where the grape vines meet the large bush of sea buckthorn.
Here, the craftsmen have carefully carved a very small desert scorpion, which cannot be seen without looking carefully, and its tail hook is the keyhole.
In order to find the keyhole, Lu Xiaofeng and Chu Qi searched together for a full quarter of an hour, and their eyes were almost blurred.
After taking out the key and opening the door, there was a small stone room inside, with no mechanism or fancy decorations.
Compared with the door that is full of carvings, it is so simple!
However, given that this was a secret room built by Zhu Ting, Lu Xiaofeng would not underestimate it based on the appearance in front of him. After all, he saw the arrow marks on the ground as soon as he entered, not to mention that Huamanlou also smelled a touch of saltpeter in the air. Oil smell.
They have no doubt that if someone breaks in without a key, the consequences for that person will be miserable.
In the middle of the stone chamber stands a stone platform half a person's height, with an arc-shaped notch in the middle.
It can be seen that the Golden Eye Orb was once placed here.
Lu Xiaofeng threw himself on the stone platform and observed it carefully, but unfortunately, he couldn't find any clues.
Just as he was raising his hands on the stone platform, Chu Qi had already taken the fire folding piece from Hua Manlou's hand and lit the two torches around the stone room.
The light of the fire flickered, and the stone room suddenly became brighter. It was only then that Chu Qi discovered that the three walls of the stone room were actually painted with murals.
She was attracted by the content on the mural and came closer to watch it. Combined with the story about the Golden Eye Orb that Princess Jin Ling had told before, Chu Qi deduced that this should be the fortune experience of the founding ancestor of the Golden Eye Kingdom.
The content of the first mural is that before the Taizu became the king, he was caught in a quicksand, and then survived the catastrophe and obtained the Golden Eye Orb deep in the quicksand.
The second mural describes how he relied on the power of the orb to predict storms and quicksand, successfully defeated the enemy, and established the Kingdom of Golden Eyes.
The content of the last mural is very thought-provoking. It shows that after Taizu died, he hid most of the money gained from half a life of military service in a secret place, which can guide people to the location of the treasure. The treasure map is hidden in the Golden Eye Orb.
Chu Qi told Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou what he had guessed on the mural, and then asked:
"Do you think the story told in this third mural is true or false?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiaofeng also moved closer to the wall to take a look, and saw the golden eye orb, which had been specially painted larger, appearing in the middle of the third mural.
The old king raised his hands and threw it into the air, and under his feet was the treasure trove. There were countless gold and silver treasures inside. The sun in the picture spread its light on the golden-eyed orb, making it shine with brilliance. So the whole wall looked golden.
The impact of this picture is very strong, just looking at it can't help but make people feel itchy.
"It's fake, maybe it's just a story. Why are there ghosts and gods in the world? I don't believe that one can explore quicksand with just one bead... Ah, that's not necessarily true. After all, sword spirits are real."
Lu Xiaofeng was originally convinced. His personal experience told him that most of the things that happen to gods and ghosts in the world are caused by human beings. Therefore, he personally did not believe in ghosts and gods. But when he turned around, he saw Chu Qi standing aside, so , his tongue froze involuntarily, and he suddenly turned around halfway through his final words.
Huamanlou also nodded and said:
"It's true. Nothing is so absolute. Maybe this orb does have something magical about it, and the king may indeed have left a secret in it, but later generations have not been able to decipher it."
Chu Qi nodded thoughtfully, not paying attention to Lu Xiaofeng's gaffe.
After ignoring the question of the authenticity of the content of the mural, Lu Xiaofeng reluctantly checked around the stone platform again. After seeing that there was really nothing, he announced that tonight's adventure was over and everyone was ready to go home.
So, they extinguished the torches and restored the stone door. Lu Xiaofeng still took the lead and returned to the entrance along the passage. Just as he was reaching out to move the floor tiles out, the sound of two people talking softly came from the top.
He immediately stopped and let out a very low "shh" to signal everyone to keep quiet.
