When I secretly clenched my fists and looked at the iron box, Gongshu Siyue also said in a deep voice: "Remind you, you only have half a month. If you haven't found the mechanism master after half a month, they will definitely die."
Gongshu Siyue paused and said, "Of course, you can also go bring in reinforcements and try to see if anyone can open my red blood golden lock."
I said in a deep voice: "Okay, I will go find the mechanism master now. If they make any mistakes before I come back, even if the Gongshu family crawls out of hell, I will let you die again."
Gongshu Siyue smiled disapprovingly and said: "I'll wait and see. By the way, you can leave with peace of mind. I will help you attract opponents. Maybe, when you come back, the world will be peaceful here!"
I glanced at the iron box coldly: "Let's go."
Meng Tiandong said in a deep voice: "You go, I want to stay and protect the young lady. Besides, if we are with you, our target will be exposed easily."
It doesn't matter if Meng Tiandong stays, at least he is not controlled by Gongshu Siyue, and maybe he can leave some clues for me, which is better than running around with us.
As I nodded, Tao Xiyu suddenly shouted: "Wang Huan, I know a master. You can try to find her. I will give you her phone number. After you contact her, use my bell as a token."
Tao Xiyu pulled a bell from his head and threw it into my hand. I picked up the bell and quickly left the mountainous area with Ye Xun and An Ran. I didn't stop until I was sure I had reached a safe location.
I lowered my head and thought for a long time before saying to An Ran: "Do you know where I can find a mechanism master?"
An Ran said with a grimace: "My brother, where can I find a master of mechanism now? I can find one who has inherited a great carpenter and craftsman, but he is engaged in construction and is not close to the mechanism!"
Ye Xun said in a deep voice: "It is not necessary to find a master of the mechanism. Didn't Gongshu Siyue say that what she wants is to open the gate of the mechanism city. It is enough that we can find a master of unlocking."
"Yes!" My eyes suddenly lit up. My thoughts just now were always on the mechanism, and I never thought about unlocking.
In a sense, the lock is the earliest mechanism that existed. Wooden locks were discovered in the Yangshao cultural relics more than 5,000 years ago.
The early wooden locks were just a symbolic thing, shaped like some kind of beast, meant to scare away thieves or intruding beasts. According to legend, it was Lu Ban who added a mechanism to the lock and created the first real lock. It was not until the Han Dynasty that someone invented the three-spring lock.
I turned to look at An Ran: "Can you find a master lockpicker?"
An Ran shook his head and said: "Brother Huan, you don't know, basically no one tinkers with locks anymore."
"In the past, the lock-making industry was really prosperous for a while. The two major lock-making families, Nansuo and Beixin, have been famous for thousands of years. There are countless strange locks from Nansuo and Beixin. However, after the Republic of China, these two families declined. Now Even more so. Who uses padlocks these days?”
An Ran clasped his fingers and said, "Think about it for yourself. Nowadays, the streets are full of fingerprint locks, password locks, and voice-activated locks. Even bicycles have been scanned on WeChat. Who would still use a padlock if they have nothing to do? It is said that the successor of Nansuo Beixin They are still running a lock factory, but they are no longer comparable to the ancient machine locks, so what’s the use of finding them?”
I couldn't help but fell silent. The loss of ancient Chinese secrets is not necessarily due to improper inheritance, but more likely to be replaced by new things that no one wants to inherit. Just like the sand dragon in Lao She's novel "The Soul-Breaking Gun".
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, foreign powers invaded and the bodyguard bureau was replaced by foreign guns. The bodyguard Sha Shalong, who possesses the unique skill "Five Tigers Soul-Severing Spear", had no choice but to disband the bodyguard bureau, and the marksmanship of "Five Tigers Soul-Severing Spear" will never be passed down again. When an old man surnamed Sun came to challenge him, Shazilong was indifferent and never mentioned his martial arts. As a result, his reputation plummeted. Late at night, the old escort master was practicing marksmanship in the backyard, looking up at the stars, thinking of his days as an escort, and said four words: Don't pass it on, don't pass it on.
Does Sand Dragon really not want to pass down the Five Tigers Soul-Severing Gun? No one would want his or her skills to be lost unless absolutely necessary.
Sha Shalong clearly knows that the escort flags, steel knives, mouth horses, wisdom and slang, loyalty and reputation that have existed in the land of China for thousands of years have become yesterday. Trains, fast guns, and trade are the world today. Even if the Five Tiger Soul-Severing Spear is not lost in his hands, it will be lost in the world sooner or later.
Isn’t this the case with the ancient lock-making skills
I was silent for a moment and then said: "Where are the people on the road? Can they open the lock?"
"This..." An Ran hesitated for a while and said, "This is really hard to say."
Kongdao is the name given to thieves in the world, which means "the master's hand is empty".
An Ran said: "There are many people on the airway who practice skills, but not many people practice lock picking! Besides, even if they practice lock picking, they go to the security door. Who is free to tinker with the machine lock?"
When An Ran said this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Hey, didn't Tao Xiyu give you a call? How about you give it a try?"
I asked, "Tao Xiyu? Is she reliable?"
"Tao Xiyu is unreliable, but the Wugui Sect is reliable!" An Ran said, "The four sects of the Wugui Sect are known as: Earth, Fire, Wind, and Xuan. Earth is a tomb robber; Fire is a robber who specializes in intercepting and killing detectives; Feng is Kong Dao, that is, a thief; Xuan is a rumor sect, who mainly relies on deception to make a living. Tao Xiyu is from the Feng sect, and the people she recommends may be able to open the mechanism lock."
After An Ran finished speaking, he added: "If that person can't unlock the mechanism, we can also ask her to help introduce the person at the underground door. Those tomb robbers have never seen any mechanism before. Maybe someone can open that mechanism. door."
Ye Xun said at this time: "The people of Wugui Sect are not worthy of trust. If we go to find them, it is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth."
I narrowed my eyes: "If the Wugui Sect is not trustworthy, can the Detective Hand be trusted? The people in the world are just for the word 'profit'. With profit, they will dare to jump into it even if it means mountains of swords and seas of fire."
Ye Xun frowned and said, "Can we afford the price? What if the other party opens his mouth..."
"We can't afford the price, but someone can." I said solemnly, "An Ran, if you release the news, say that we have found Gongshuzi's secret mechanism, and we want to use it to exchange for a way to go abroad."
An Ran was startled: "Brother Huan, are you crazy? Once you let out these words, the Detective Hand will never be able to spare us, and will kill us all no matter what."
I looked at An Ran: "Do you still have any illusions about the Detective Hand? Even if we go to the Palace of Punishers to explain now, they will just chop off our heads and use them to frame the Snow Demon Fox."
An Ran was stunned for a moment and then stopped talking. I said solemnly: "No matter whether we live or die this time, I have to tear off a piece of flesh from the execution hall first. An Ran, go get ready!"
"Okay!" An Ran gritted his teeth and walked aside, dialing the phone one after another. When the call was finished, he smashed the phone with a stone and took out a new phone from his backpack: "Huan Brother, I’ve finished contacting you. What else do you need me to do?”
"Let's get out of the mountainous area first." We can only escape now. The entire mountainous area is under the control of Xingdian. We can only withdraw from the mountainous area first to find foreign aid.
The three of us retreated until we were close to the nearby villages and towns, and then we found a cave and settled down. I dialed the number Tao Xiyu gave me and said only "hello". A girl's cold voice came from the other side of the phone: "I don't want to hear you introduce yourself, and I don't want to know who you are. Just tell me what happened to Tao Xiyu."
I was startled for a moment before saying, "Tao Xiyu is trapped and needs a lockpicking expert to save her."
The other party said in a deep voice: "Where are you?"
I hesitated before saying: "Near Lianhua Dam in Sichuan. Contact me when you come."
"Wait for me for two days." After the other party said that, he hung up the phone.
An Ran rubbed her hands and said, "Brother Huan, it's too dangerous for you to do this. Throw the phone away quickly."
I waved my hand and said, "No need. What if I let the people from the Prison Hall find the location of my mobile phone signal? I bet you that they won't come here. Do you believe it?"
"All fools know that there are devices that can capture the approximate location of mobile phone signals. They won't believe that I will still stay in the mountains and make phone calls. It is more likely that they will monitor you."
An Ran suddenly became anxious: "Brother Huan, if the people in the Palace of Punishments can't find me, will they look for my wife? No, I have to go back."
"Stop!" I grabbed An Ran's collar and carried him back. "What are you going back for now? Are you going to die? The execution hall has set up a dragnet, waiting for us to get out."
An Ran was anxious: "That's my wife. I have to go back. Even if I die, I have to die with her."
Ye Xun said coldly: "If Xing Dian wants to operate on your wife, she is already dead now; if Xing Dian wants to control your wife and force you to appear, she will not die if you don't go back. Do you want to make a bet?"
"But..." An Ran's eye circles suddenly turned red.
My head immediately grew bigger. If we hadn't been born and died together, I really wanted to slap her. Wouldn't it be life-threatening to return my mother-in-law at this time
I said in a deep voice: "An Ran, listen carefully, if you don't go back, if your wife is arrested, I will try my best to bring her out to you; if your wife dies, as long as I have a breath, I will bring her out to you." , if you don’t want your life, I will bring the enemy’s head back to you; if..."
Before I could say my third "if", Ye Xun said, "If you have to leave, I will kill you."
The coldness in Ye Xun's eyes was definitely not a joke on An Ran.
An Ran roared: "No! Whatever you say, I have to go back and take a look! Don't worry, I will never..."
Before An Ran finished speaking, Ye Xun suddenly slashed his neck with a knife, knocking him unconscious.