I said as I walked: "An Ran, things are now like this. Let's not argue with your wife for now. Wait until this matter is over and then explain to her slowly."
"Yes." At this point, An Ran could only nod.
As I spoke, I reached the end of the stairs. Behind the stairs is a locked door, with seven keyholes arranged according to the Big Dipper passing through the gaps in the door.
I stretched out my hand and pushed the iron door twice. When I saw that the door leaf was motionless, I turned to Tao Siyu and asked, "Are you sure you can open it?"
Tao Siyu looked at the keyhole with a flashlight for a long time before saying: "This is a seven-star lock. It requires seven keys to work together at the same time to open the lock. I can try it."
As Tao Siyu spoke, she pulled out a wire from her body and gently inserted it into one of the keyholes. When she pulled the wire out again, the wire had already formed a series of curves. Tao Siyu took out another iron bar and used a steel file to file the iron bar several times in accordance with the curvature of the steel wire, and forcibly made the iron bar into a key.
Tao Siyu stood up after making seven keys in a row: "Turn the key for me. Follow my instructions and be sure to turn the seven keys at the same time. We only have one chance."
Ye Xun said in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"
Tao Siyu said: "Seven-star lock, also known as the seven-star lock. The spring in the lock core is extremely tight. It is difficult to open the lock with just the force of the wrist, but with the force of the whole body, it is easy for a person to stick to the door. If Even if we use a real key, once we fail to open the door immediately, the mechanism behind the door will be triggered. Because we stick to the door to do it, the consequences of the mechanism activating are... "
As Tao Siyu spoke, he gently made a beheading gesture under his neck with his hand.
Ye Xun and An Ran looked at each other and were about to step forward, but I reached out and stopped them both: "Tao Siyu, are you sure there are only seven keyholes on the door?"
Tao Siyu said displeased: "What do you want to say?"
I pointed to the door and said: "According to ancient books, there are not seven but eight Big Dipper stars, and there is an auxiliary star near Kaiyang Star. Are you sure there is no eighth keyhole?"
Tao Siyu was about to check between the keyholes when Ye Xun suddenly said: "There are nine Beidou stars. "Huang Lao Jing" records that there are nine stars in the Beidou, seven are visible and two are hidden. In addition to the Tianfu star, there is also a Tianren star. You Look again.”
After Tao Siyu searched the door again, he found another keyhole near Kaiyang: "There are eight keyholes. It seems that there is no ninth star as Ye Xun said. We can start."
Tao Siyu said: "Come on, each of you holds two keys and listen to my order. When I say start, you turn the key clockwise. Don't let go until you hear the sound of the spring breaking, and don't take the key casually. Pull it out, do you understand?"
When Tao Siyu saw a few of us nodding, he said loudly: "One... two... three... start!"
I had just turned the key half a turn when I felt an opposite force coming from the keyhole, jamming the key and turning it in the opposite direction.
"Hold on, don't let the key turn around." Tao Siyu exclaimed, grabbing the end of the iron bar with both hands and stopping the key in place.
The cultivation of the people in the air is all in their fingers, and Tao Siyu can control the key with the strength of his fingers alone. But a few of us can't, especially when our hands are sweaty, it's almost as if we can't hold the rotating iron bar without any strength.
I first put my knees against the iron door and tried to control the direction of the iron bars with half my body. When I realized that I was powerless, I pressed my whole body on the iron door and pushed the iron bars outward with my hands.
When I turned to look at An Ran, his fingers were already clenched until the tips of his fingers turned white, cold sweat broke out in layers on his head, but the key in his hand was still turning in the opposite direction.
"An Ran, hold on..." I just shouted when I heard a crisp "click" sound from the door - a cloud-shaped pattern not far from me suddenly fell off to the ground, revealing the ninth lock hidden behind it. hole.
Oops!
As expected, there are two hidden stars hidden in the Seven Star Jue Ming Lock. The keyhole in the ninth place is itself a mechanism. Only by twisting the first eight lock cylinders will it reveal its true appearance.
By the time the unsuspecting thief discovered the secret, it was too late. The seven-star lock was activated at the same time. No one had the ninth key, which meant that the mechanism inside the door would be activated immediately.
Without thinking, I let go of my hands, grabbed An Ran and Tao Siyu from the left and right, and threw them both behind me at the same time.
The moment the two of them were thrown away by me, I couldn't help but fall on the door.
"Wang Huan—" As Ye Xun and the three of them screamed at the same time, the sound of the mechanism coming out came to my ears. An instant later, I felt a dozen cold blades suddenly pop up around me, each blade flying past me almost flatly.
From the moment the blade of the knife was pressed against my face, I knew that the next moment I would have dozens of sharp knives coming out of my body and being nailed to the door alive. But it was too late for me to retreat. I could only close my eyes and wait for the moment of death.
Just a moment later, I felt the tip of the knife penetrate my clothes and stab my skin. What I didn't expect was that the tip of the knife retracted into the door just as soon as it touched my body, and the door that I was holding open opened inward.
When I staggered and almost fell to the ground, I was pulled back from behind by Ye Xun. It wasn't until I saw the outline of a human figure left on the nearly foot-thick door that I felt a wave of fear in my heart.
Except for the area blocked by me, the entire door was completely covered by blades. If the mechanism hadn't failed, I would have been a corpse riddled with holes.
Tao Siyu walked quickly to the door and knocked twice on the blade with his dagger: "I understand, the real key to this door is people. Only when someone lies on the door with a will to die, will the door open?" It opens automatically, otherwise, even if we get the keys together, we won’t be able to open this door!”
"What did you say?" I was skeptical about Tao Siyu's words. Is there still such a lock in the world
When I shined my flashlight into the door, I couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. The space behind the door is only more than ten square meters, except for the two bookshelves standing in the innermost part, which is a stone monument.
The round-headed stone tablet in the door clearly says: On x, month, x, xx, four people came here, and one opened the door.
"Zhuge Liang?" When I looked at Ye Xun in shock, he nodded slightly and said, "It's Zhuge Liang's handwriting."
An Ran stammered: "This... this is too mysterious. Does Zhuge Liang even know when we are coming?"
"Zhuge Liang has no plans left." I said solemnly, ""The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records that Deng Ai led two thousand troops and horses to sneak across Yinping, and when they crossed the Motian Ridge to reorganize the army, they saw a stone tablet beside the road with the inscription 'Prime Minister Zhuge Liang' Marquis Wu personally inscribed it with the words: "The two fires have just begun to rise, and someone overtakes them. The two men are fighting for balance, and they will soon die."
"The two fires began to rise. Some people say it was the first year of the rise of Shu Yan, and some people say it means the rise of Sima Yan, but no matter how you explain it, it makes sense. The two men competing for credit refers to the two generals Zhong Zhong who attacked the Shu Han. Hui and Deng Ai, the two of them did die in Shu because of fighting for merit."
I said solemnly: "In the past, I would not believe these legends, but now, I firmly believe it. Zhuge Liang can not only calculate everything in future generations, but can even plan for the ages. Aren't we just following his arrangements step by step? Yet?"
While I was sighing, a few fine lines suddenly cracked on the stone tablet. The layers of stone layer attached to the tablet fell off and fell to the ground. A message written in vernacular language suddenly appeared in my sight.
"If you are willing to sacrifice your life for righteousness, you must be a benevolent and righteous person. Please help me to eradicate evil spirits. If you are willing to help me, please take the brocade bag on the left. If you are not willing, please take the brocade bag on the right and leave according to the map mark. .”
"Although the journey of slaying demons has a brilliant plan, it is still extremely dangerous and cannot be done without putting life and death at risk. Please consider it carefully."
I used my flashlight to look at the bookshelves on both sides of the stone monument, and sure enough there was a kit on each side. Isn't this Zhuge Liang's usual "ingenious trick"
This is another test left by Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang tried again and again, which shows that he is extremely cautious about slaying demons. Even though he has made many arrangements before, he still can't let go. The approaching government city has left another test, and he has repeatedly reminded us to think carefully.
What he is afraid of is not that we will not enter the organ city, but that we will withdraw at the critical moment and leave endless troubles to the world.
An Ran tugged at the corner of my clothes: "Brother Huan, we really want to..."
"It's impossible not to go in. Even if it's not for the friends who are trapped inside, we have to find a way to bring the execution palace in. If I suffer a loss, I have to get it back. If I don't break the three teeth of the execution palace, my surname will not be Wang." I walked forward without hesitation and picked up the kit on the bookshelf on the left. As soon as the kit left its place, a hidden compartment opened behind the bookshelf, and a wooden box came out.
Tao Siyu came over and tested it several times. After confirming that there was no danger, he took out the wooden box. I also opened the brocade bag, took out a secret letter from it, and read it at a glance.
An Ran asked curiously: "Brother Huan, what does it say on it?"
I explained: "The general meaning is that the art of organs in the world is divided into three branches. The organs of the Mohist family are good at defense; the organs of Gongshu are good at attacking; but the organs of the Yanshi branch can take away the power of creation of the heaven and earth. They use the art of organs to simulate all things and confuse the real with the false. "
An Ran exclaimed: "Is the legend of Yanshi true?"
Before I opened my mouth, Tao Siyu said first: "I have heard the legend of Yanshi. It is said that Mozi and Gongshuzi fell silent at the same time after hearing the legend of Yanshi, and no longer competed for the false reputation of being the best in the world. .”
Ye Xun couldn't help but said: "Zhuge Liang mentioned Yanshi in his letter. Could it be that Guancheng is still related to Yanshi?"