Chapter 80 Running Water Does Not Rot

This waterway is not short, Yue Shuluo listened to Wan Guohou's calm heartbeat, looked at K1 holding a mobile phone in front of him, and counted silently, until K1 stopped, which happened to be seventy-two. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Master Hou, there is a stone threshold here, there seems to be a bridge in front of it, and there is a lot of water noise, do you want to go over?"

"Hmm. Wan Guohou's answer was short and forceful.

When he crossed the stone threshold, he put the moon down and put it down. His movements were gentle and graceful, and Yue Shu realized that Wan Guohou's hands had not touched her skin along the way. After thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little melancholy.

However, Wan Guohou did not notice the little caution of the moon Shuluo, and all his attention was attracted by the landscape in front of him.

In front of me is a large room, the pool under the stone bridge has dried up, and at the end of the stone bridge, there are two stone statues in a kneeling position. The two statues look like civil officials, and each has a stone platform in front of them with a wooden guqin on it. The place is cold and gloomy, but the guqin is well preserved, and there are no obvious signs of corrosion or rust at a glance. Wan Guohou touched his beard and felt a little incredible.

Behind the civil officials, there is a small waterfall with a spring water underneath. There are five stone lotus flowers in the spring, which are about the size of real lotus flowers. They all float right on the surface of the water, but they are all different colors. Wan Guohou took a closer look, and these five lotus flowers were also designed according to the five elements.

Strangely, these stone lotus flowers do not have stamens, only petals. A lotus-like protrusion is designed at the stamen, and there is a narrow gap in the middle. Although these lotus flowers appear to be cold and silent under the flash light of the mobile phone, it can still be seen that the carving is exquisite. In addition, the spring water seems to be groundwater, because not only does it look chilly, but it also doesn't have that pungent smell.

On the walls behind the waterfall, intricate and ornate patterns are drawn. Because of the distance, Wan Guohou could not see the pattern clearly, and could only faintly see the nine stone carvings standing under the wall. He stared at the stone sculpture for a while, and muttered, "Could it be the Ninety-Five Supreme?"

When K1 heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What is the Ninety-Five Supreme?"

Wan Guohou replied: "It's a long story, and part of this concept comes from Zhou Yi. In short, it refers to the emperor. He looked at K1's puzzled expression, and had to explain: "The gossip in the Book of Changes, the combination of two and two derives sixty-four hexagrams. Among them, the Qian hexagram is the most noble hexagram, and there are six hexagrams in one hexagram. In the Qiangua, counting the fifth line from the bottom to the top is the yang line, and the yang line is nine, so it is also called the nine five lines. From this, it follows that the Qiangua, which corresponds to a person who is extremely supreme, is called the Ninety-Five Supreme. ”

K1 was dazed when he heard this, and Yue Shuluo couldn't help but laugh, "Master Hou, you know too much." I have to say that even Chinese have a lot of people who don't understand Zhou Yi's gossip. ”

"I don't know what the meaning of the Ninety-Five Supreme here is?, does it mean Qin Shi Huang?" K1 couldn't understand Wan Guohou's explanation, but he asked a very practical question.

"Master Hou, I think there may be a mechanism like the plum blossom pile just now. Just find that trap and we'll be able to go behind the waterfall. The mystery of the Ninety-Five Supreme may be solved by then. Yue Shuluo talked eloquently.

Wan Guohou glanced at her, "I guess, you've found a clue." ”

Yue Shuluo smiled, "I think these two guqins are clues." ”

"I can't lift my arms this time. K1 scratched his head, "It's better to raise your arm, it's easy and trouble-free." ”

Yue Shuluo pursed her lips and smiled, she was afraid that K1 would think she was laughing at him again, so she quickly said, "Actually, this arm can also move." She used her phone to shine a light on the civil servant on her left, "Look at his arm, his elbow joint can obviously move." ”

"So what are you waiting for?" K1 was overjoyed, and was about to go up and twist the stone man's arm.

"Wait. Wan Guohou spoke out to stop K1. He walked up to the civil servant and looked around, "There is a wishful pattern on the back of this thing. He hesitated, reached out and pressed it on Ruyi, pressing it down.

The civil official Shiren immediately waved his arm and put his fingers on the strings. Immediately after, its fingers moved. The guqin made a simple and gloomy sound, and it played seven times in a row before stopping. After a few seconds, the stone Ruyi behind it slowly returned to its place, and everything was calm again.

"What does this mean?" K1's temperament was already a little impatient, and he felt even more confused at the moment, "What is it playing?"

Yue Shuluo looked at Wan Guohou, who smiled bitterly, "I don't know much about the guqin. It must have played ancient songs, but I didn't study it deeply. ”

Yueshuluo blinked, "Maybe I can help." She met the surprised eyes of the two and whispered, "I studied dance for a few years when I was in the imperial capital, and I also dabbled a little in the guqin. She pointed to the stone man and said, "It just played seven notes, Zheng, Yu, Changgong, Qingjiao, Gong, Shang, and Jiao. We can understand it as 5, 6, 7, 4, 1, 2, 3 in modern notation. Five positive tones, two partial tones. In addition, I don't see Ruyi behind the stone figure on the right, so I have a bold guess that this mechanism is for us to play instead of the stone figure on the right. ”

She walked up to the stone figure on the right and continued: "The guqin on the left is the head of the qin on the right, the tail of the qin on the left, and the palm and the palm are placed in the opening of the stone platform, which is the standard way of placing the guqin. But the guqin on the right is placed in reverse, which shows that the qin on the right needs to be played in the opposite direction? That is, where I am standing. ”

Wan Guohou listened to her speculation, his expression gradually became clearer, and when she finished speaking, he made a gesture, "Manager Yue, please." ”

Yue Shuluo half-knelt on the ground, she put the phone in her handbag, put the bag aside, and then hung her hands above the guqin, "K1, you turn Ruyi behind the stone figure on the left again." Master Hou, please help me illuminate. ”

Wan Guohou nodded, he took out his mobile phone and shone the flash in front of the moon. K1 also immediately went to turn Shi Ruyi.

When the stone figure on the left finished playing, Yueshuluo immediately played it. Wan Guohou secretly admired, although he couldn't play the guqin, he could hear that the sound on both sides was indeed the same.

When the moon was finished, the stone figure on the left seemed to be "touched", and it turned its arms and moved its fingers to play the other seven notes.

K1 didn't understand the rhythm, but he could hear that this time was different from the first time, and he was surprised and said, "What happened?"

"Shhhh Wan Guohou motioned for him to be quiet. The moon shuffle fell and groaned slightly, and then played seven more notes.

As soon as she finished playing, the stone man on the left moved his finger again and began a new round of playing. Yue Shuluo didn't dare to relax, and finished playing. If this is repeated, it is not until the end of the seventh round that there is a "click" under the stone platform of the guqin on the left, and a dark grid pops up.

Wan Guohou walked over in two steps and saw five darts of different colors in the dark compartment. He pulled out his handkerchief, carefully wrapped the dart, and took it out.

K1 was surprised and delighted, "Mr. Yue, I didn't know you still had this unique skill." His eyes were full of admiration, and he strode over, ready to pull the moon to fall.

Yueshuluo didn't take his hand. Her face was a little tired, and K1 was feeling strange, when she suddenly saw that the eight fingers of her hands were already dripping with blood, and she couldn't help but be shocked: "You're injured!"

Yue Shuluo struggled to stand up, "It doesn't matter. K1, could you please help me open the bag, there are four band-aids in it. K1 hurriedly went to her bag, he held his phone in one hand and his handbag in the other, his movements were slightly clumsy, and he didn't find a band-aid for half a day.

Wan Guohou handed him the handkerchief wrapped in darts, "I'll come." Soon, he found a Band-Aid, and then quickly helped Yue Shuluo bandage his thumb and forefinger. Yue Shuluo couldn't help but say, "Master Hou, I feel as if you often bandage people." ”

Wan Guohou said lightly: "I usually only bandage myself. While speaking, he was already busy, Yue Shuluo moved his fingers slightly, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect this string to be as sharp as a knife." ”

"In my impression, the strings of the guqin are generally made of special silk, and of course it may also be gut. Since this is the secret palace of the Qianqiu Sect, there will definitely be some organs to block outsiders. It's not too surprising that strings can hurt people. Wan Guohou said as usual.

K1 shook his head, he grimaced at the moon behind Wan Guohou's back, meaning that Wan Guohou was not close to people.

Yue Shuluo couldn't help laughing, "Master Hou, what should I do next?"

But Wan Guohou directly asked an unexpected question: "What other skills do you have that I don't know?"

Yue Shuluo was stunned, "I have learned calligraphy, and my father likes to practice calligraphy very much. She hesitated, "I can swim." ”

K1 laughed, "My friends all know how to swim, what kind of skill is that?"

Wan Guohou said coldly, "Chief Moon, if you show any skills that I don't know about, but don't tell me in advance, I will fire you." ”

Hearing this sentence, both Yue Shuluo and K1 were a little inexplicable, and K1 asked with a blank face: "She knows a lot of things, isn't it better?"

Wan Guohou didn't answer, just stared at Yue Shuluo, although the latter was a little displeased, he still took the handbag from the former's hand, and then nodded meekly: "Understood." ”

K1 scratched his head, he could see that there was a very subtle affection between Wan Guohou and Yue Shuluo, but Wan Guohou clearly told him that he did not intend to "soak" Yue Shuluo. He couldn't understand what Wan Guohou was thinking, and he didn't bother to think about it, so he waved his arms and said loudly: "Master Hou, let's quickly find the way, what if the strings are not clean and the Moon Manager is infected with tetanus?"

This sounds a bit silly, but Wan Guohou finally stopped pursuing the fact that Yue Shuluo could play the guqin, and he touched his beard: "You see, the stone lotus in this spring water is the same in number and color as darts." ”

K1's eyes lit up, "You mean, throwing darts into the lotus?"

The head of the Marquis of Wanguo, "It should be thrown to the center of the lotus flower and act as a stamen." He estimated the distance and said, "Less than three meters, you should be able to do it." ”

K1 grinned, "Look at me." Mr. Yue, you can help me take a photo, the first one on the left. He handed the phone to Yue Shuluo, who held it high and shone it at the stone lotus.

K1 places the darts on the ground, wraps one of them in a handkerchief, and picks it up. He leaned sideways, his legs slightly bent, then tightened his arms and aimed them at the lotus. He threw it with all his might, and the dart flew out with a "whoosh", landing steadily in the gap in the center of the first stone lotus flower on the left.

"Awesome. Yue Shuluo sighed in admiration.

K1 was very proud to hear this, and quickly threw the second and third darts, both of which landed in the center of the stone lotus.

"K1, you're ready to go to the World Darts Championship. Yue Shuluo said with emotion, "Maybe you can really win the championship." ”

K1 said nonchalantly, "That's not uncommon for me. ”

"Then what are you rare?" asked Yue Shuluo curiously.

K1 suddenly saw a pure face with bangs in front of him, and a strange wave rippled in his heart.

"K1?" Yue Shuluo couldn't help but call out when she saw him in a daze.

"Ah, it's fine. K1 adjusted his mood as he picked up the fourth dart, aimed it at Stone Lotus, and threw it.

I don't know if it was influenced by Gao Xiangqi, or K1's hand slipped, this dart grazed the petals of the stone lotus, and then bounced. I saw the dart pass through the waterfall and hit the foot of a stone sculpture behind the waterfall.

"Oh no!" K1's face changed.

Suddenly, from behind the waterfall there was a loud sound of the earth shaking the mountain. Wan Guohou reacted very quickly, he immediately handed his phone to K1, then picked up Yue Shuluo, and shouted to K1, "Run!" K1 instinctively picked up the last dart, stuffed it into his pocket, and then ran out with his phone.

The two of them stepped over the stone sill, stepped on the plum blossom stake, and rushed to the hall. Behind them, the sound of stone walls crumbling was constantly heard. K1 couldn't help but glance back, and immediately quickened his pace in fright.

Almost instantly, the stone chamber turned into an ocean, and the raging water was wrapped in rubble and rushed towards them like a sea of mountains.

"Damn, where did you get all this water!" K1 asked as he ran in a panic.

Wan Guohou didn't say a word, just hugged Yue Shuluo and rushed forward, his eyes firmly fixed on the road ahead. Yue Shuluo held up her mobile phone to illuminate him, and her silence gave Wan Guohou a little comfort, after all, at this moment, the last thing he needed was to make a fuss.

The short plum blossom pile became so long for some reason, and K1 was secretly annoyed: it was because of his distraction that he caused these troubles. As soon as he was distracted, his steps couldn't help but feel a little vain, and one was unsteady, and he stepped into the air.

Wan Guohou heard K1's cry, and when he turned around, he saw K1 falling into the water. Without hesitation, he put down the moon and then pointed to the hall, "Run!" Then, he immediately stepped back a few steps and stretched out his hand to K1 in the water, K1 grabbed Wan Guohou's hand and struggled to climb the plum blossom stake. The water depth is about one meter and a half, which is no longer above K1's chest, but fortunately, the jacket and pants on his body are waterproof, which makes Wan Guohou breathe a sigh of relief.

As soon as K1 was about to speak, Wan Guohou pointed to the hall, "Quick!" Only then did he suddenly realize that there was a light source that had been near him all along, assisting him in finding K1. He watched in amazement as the moon fell in front of him, who was standing beside him with his phone.

But he didn't have time to think about it, the crazy water was about to rush to their side, and he immediately picked up the moon and ran to the hall. As soon as the three of them stepped on the steps, they rushed to the altar in three steps and two jumps.

The water poured out of the passage like galloping wild horses, and soon filled the hall, which seemed to be as high as the altar they were on.