1101, probe
- "The barracks must be staffed." Cen Chi looked at Xiang Dongliu and said slowly, "I am Mo Ye's uncle, and I have learned a lot of things, so it is impossible to ask her to stay." β
"Why didn't you say it at the beginning?" Xiang Dongliu finally spoke and asked his question, "Sir, you have discussed with me at the beginning, and you want to go together." β
"If you tell the truth at first, you probably won't agree." Cen Chi smiled faintly, then he straightened his expression and said seriously: "Don't worry, I'll bring them back." β
Obviously, just such a simple sentence is not convincing enough.
Xiang Dongliu was about to speak again, when suddenly there was a flower in front of him, and he saw Cen Chi take out a letter from his sleeve and hand it over, and at the same time said warmly: "The affairs of going out tonight are detailed, I don't want to publicize it, please forgive me for not being able to explain it to you in too much detail." This is my handwritten letter, if we don't come back on time, and you come across the camp guards, hand it in, otherwise, please don't open it, and destroy it when I come back. β
Xiang Dongliu noticed that the envelope was branded with fire paint, and this thing only needed to be torn apart once, leaving a crack, in order to prevent the letterhead from being opened privately.
"This ......" Xiang Dong moved his lips.
Cen Chi saw this situation, but he didn't say anything more, just glanced at Xiang Dongliu deeply, even if Xiang Dongliu swallowed back the words that had already slid to his mouth.
Cen Chi is not a handsome person, except for tidying up his whole body, he has no advantages in appearance. Strictly speaking, he was just a man with an ordinary face.
But it's such a face, and when you smile, you give people a faint feeling of pampering and not being shocked. It also makes the people who look at this smiling face feel a little relaxed. On the contrary, when such an ordinary face becomes solemn, it gives people an undoubted majesty.
I don't know where he usually hides his self-confidence, when he puts away this posture, it is difficult to detect even the slightest trace, but when he needs to take it out, there is immediately a shocking force.
Xiang Dongliu silently put the envelope in his arms, didn't say anything more, just nodded at Cen Chi.
"Let's go!" Cen Chi gave a command in a deep voice, and the momentum of his voice suddenly changed slightly.
The group of six people he named was immediately contemplative. Then follow him out of the barracks.
But at this moment. Mo Ye, who had just crossed the threshold with his front foot, suddenly paused, and at the same time reached out and pulled Cen Chi, who was walking in front, and said hurriedly: "Uncle Shi." Watch out for the sentry! β
She suddenly burst into a voice. The five people who followed him almost collided. Thankfully, everyone has only just taken a step forward. It's all a stumble, but it also stabilizes the footstep.
"Don't worry." Cen Chi turned his face sideways and casually dusted off Mo Ye's hand that was grabbing the corner of his sleeve. "I've already calculated the time, the guard of the patrol should have just walked past our camp, hurry up and go!"
Mo Ye hesitated, but didn't say anything more, and walked out with him again.
Sure enough, the camp they were in was quite quiet. In the middle of the night, if it weren't for the guards of the patrol, all the soldiers who had rested in the barracks would have been asleep, and they had practiced for half a day during the day, and who would have had the leisure to wander in the field in the middle of the night without resting?
However, the reason why Mo Ye and his party were able to leave the camp so smoothly was not only because Cen Chi had carefully observed the rules of the sentry patrol during the day and calculated the time very accurately, but also because there was a little luck here. If you are extremely unlucky and unfortunately meet a soldier who gets up in the middle of the night, it will be a little tricky.
After leaving the camp in the dark and coming to the wilderness, seeing that the light of the sporadic flickering torches behind him should not be illuminated, six of the seven people in the group sighed softly in unison.
Only Cen Chi's face was still calm.
Walking out of the line of sight of the patrol post in the big camp, Mo Ye's heartstrings relaxed a little, and the question in her heart that she had endured for a long time finally couldn't help but pop out, she asked softly: "Uncle Shi, you don't have an hourglass or water leak, how can you touch the time so accurately?" β
Cen Chi didn't reply, and continued to walk forward briskly, and at the same time he replied casually: "I remember the number in my heart." β
"Count in your mind?" Mo Ye repeated Cen Chi's words, then frowned slightly, and wondered in his heart: What kind of notation is this?
"The hour is ......regular," Cen Chi paused, as if he didn't want to explain more about Mo Ye's problem in the current environment, but after a moment of silence, he thought of Mo Ye's special identity, and finally eased his mind, and patiently continued: "In my spare time, I counted the number of drips at the moment of the water leak, and according to this standard, even in a completely dark environment, I can find out the passage of time. β
As soon as he said this, Mo Ye and the other two people closest to him were so surprised that they couldn't help but open their mouths, but they didn't know what to say for a while.
Mo Ye's mind reacted faster, and after only being stunned for a moment, he realized that there was an incomprehensible point in Cen Chi's explanation, so he asked again: "Uncle Shi, how can you guarantee that the interval between each and every two counts in your heart is the same?" β
"I've been practicing for a long time." Cen Chi smiled slightly, and then said: "However, no matter how you practice, artificial counting is always not as good as the standard measured by precision utensils, and there will always be deviations. At present, I can only guarantee that I will remember the time for three hours in a row, and after three hours, the error of my scheming will be a little large, and I am afraid that even if I am not allowed to patrol the camp here. β
"In other words, since you left the camp, Uncle Shi, you have been counting the hours in your heart with the number of droplets?" The corners of Mo Ye's mouth twitched slightly.
Cen Chi nodded and said softly, "Next, you'd better talk to me as little as possible." β
Mo Ye subconsciously raised his hand to cover his lips, and his eyes showed an apologetic look. No wonder in the barracks just now, Uncle Shi confused the personnel when he took the roll call, I'm afraid it has something to do with the fact that he was counting the hours in his heart, right?
Cen Chi couldn't help laughing when he saw Mo Ye's somewhat funny behavior, and then shook his head slightly. "Just ask fewer questions." β
Mo Ye put down the hand covering his mouth at this time, and then asked cautiously: "Uncle Shi, I didn't disturb you, right?" β
"It doesn't matter." Cen Chi raised two fingers and shook them lightly in front of his face, "You can also convey this to them, as long as you can obey, don't ask anything else." β
Mo Ye nodded when he heard this, and immediately did as he was told. Originally, she was going to ask her uncle how she had asked the two tomb robbers to follow out willingly in just a few words in a short period of time. But I saw that Uncle Shi had other things to worry about. I had to put this doubt down for the time being.
After leaving the camp of the Nanzhao Expedition West Left Route Army, the group of seven people walked towards the north for less than half an hour, and under the leadership of Cen Chi, several people climbed over a hillside. And he saw four horses parked in the col. But there was no one. The four horses had saddle buckles on their backs, and a sack hung on each of them. I don't know what's inside.
When Mo Ye saw this scene, the thoughts in his mind turned to the extreme, and he immediately looked at Cen Chi. With some surprise in his eyes, he asked softly, "Uncle Shi, these are all prepared by you in advance?" β
Cen Chi shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I am a newcomer, how can I have such great ability?" It has to be thanks to the blessing of the senior brother and ask him to help. β
The senior brother he talked about was Xiao Kuang, the twenty-second generation disciple of the Beili School, although he didn't have much contact with Mo Ye, but following her master's relationship, she had to call this person "Master Uncle".
Mo Ye didn't speak again, biting his lower lip gently, and was a little surprised in his heart: Master Uncle is so powerful? How did he get four horses in this unstoppable wilderness? Could it be that it was stolen directly from the army of Nanzhao? Could it be the day before yesterday when you were drinking?
Liu Bajin rode alone, responsible for the back of the palace, and the rest of the people rode together, not far from the destination. The reason for saving horses is to reduce the noise as much as possible, and this area is also the range of the foot soldiers of the King of Qingchuan, so don't shout when you drive the horses. After Cen Chi finished telling everyone, he turned his face to look at Mo Ye, and at the same time stretched out his hand to the horse with a tuft of white hair on his forehead among the four horses, and said: "Mo Ye, you and I ride together, because I want to remember the time, so you will control the mount." β
Mo Yezheng was a little distracted, and when he heard Uncle Shi's name, he came back to his senses slightly. She glanced at Cen Chi with some surprise at first, but then she didn't say anything more, so she did as she was told, jumped on the horse, and rode with her uncle.
Although this time the two of them rode together, Cen Chi sat in the back, but after bumping on the horseback for a while, Mo Ye still couldn't help but think of the memory of the time when he ran all the way to Xichuan with the killer. For no reason, her face couldn't help but heat up slightly.
Cen Chi rode a horse with Mo Ye, he sat behind him, bent his elbows and wrapped his arms around Mo Ye's waist without loosening or tightening, there was no trace of abnormality on his face, and his breathing was even as usual.
Perhaps it is because the cultivation of the disciples taught by the Beili School since childhood is that they are so breathless and calm, and they are not easily disturbed by external objects; Perhaps it was also because Cen Chi was calmly and meticulously calculating the subtle passage of time with the standard of a water leak timer at this time; Or maybe Cen Chi has already regarded the thirteen-year-old girl in front of him who has just given birth to a youthful atmosphere as just a junior...... Even if he was so close, he was as calm as usual, without a trace of distractions.
Or, he had long been worried that if this female apprentice, whom the senior brother attached great importance to, was afraid that she would lose her dignity if she rode with other strangers, he would take the lead in making this request for the same ride as an elder!
As Cen Chi said, when they got the horses, they were already relatively close to their destination. After galloping for about half an hour, Cen Chi stopped, and Mo Yele reined, and saw that on the smooth road in front of him, there seemed to be a strange protrusion of sand. Everything else is flat, and in the middle of the two-mile radius in front of me, it seems that there is a small hill of sand artificially piled up.
In the past three years, Mo Ye has enlisted the help of Wang Zhe and read a lot of geographical maps that are difficult for the people to find. Although there are some maps that have changed and omitted, most of them are fairly accurate, and some of them have an even lower error rate for geological theory. So at this time, she only glanced at the sand dunes in front of her a few more times, and soon noticed something unusual.
In the light moonlight, the dunes are relatively rounded, and there are no rocks or trees on the mounds, only a few clusters of shrubs. The overgrown weeds are sparsely woven on the sandy surface, and it seems that even the age of the grass is not more than three years, and it has not yet been woven into dense vegetation.
In other words, it's a living soil. Eight ~ nine out of ten things are buried under the soil.
Two tomb robbers riding the same horse, Jiang To, who was sitting in front, saw the pile of sand in front of him, and it didn't take long for him to notice the looming mystery in it, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and he was the first to blurt out two words: "Big grave!" β
Immediately afterwards, Wang Youmin, who was another tomb robber behind him, slowly spoke, adding: "It's very big, this must be at least a prince-level tomb, I don't know how many treasures will be hidden?" β
These two habitual thieves touched the grave in the middle of the night. Not only did he not have the slightest fear. On the contrary, his eyes are full of golden light, and he is really a thief.
Mo Ye and Cen Chi's expressions were still calm. Stealing into the cemetery tonight was something she had repeatedly discussed with her uncle in the past few days, and she arrived at her destination at this time. The only thing that surprised Mo Ye was the size of the tomb. It has already caught up with the size of the Song House. It was also excavated underground, which shows the enormity of its work.
Then another thought came to my mind, thinking that this behemoth project was from the Master's design. Mo Ye couldn't help but be a little excited, and he couldn't wait to get closer and take a closer look.
Judging from the situation where Cen Chi has quietly come to her to discuss in the past few days, the closer you get to this sand dune, and it is best to be able to enter it, the closer you will be to a certain truth!
However, this excitement did not burn in her heart for long, and gradually fell silent, because her keen eyesight soon realized that the sand dunes in front of her were so neatly cultivated that there seemed to be no way to enter at all!
β¦β¦
The four of them had their own thoughts in their hearts, and standing in front of this big tomb, there were not many other feelings, and the questions that came to mind were roughly the same, that is, where to touch the door and how to get in.
The three cottage brothers who were a few steps behind them were a little trembling in their hearts at this moment. The living will have a trace of awe in the hearts of the dead, this silent wilderness, only the "hissing" sound of the half-withered weeds on the surface of the ground blown by gusts of wind, and then accompanied by such a large grave, people can't help but feel a cold wind touching the neck.
Adults are not afraid of small bugs, but if the bugs pile up in the tens of millions, that's a different story. In the same way, these three rough men from mountain bandits have not usually done things like blocking roads, robbing and wielding knives and slashing people, and they have all handled human lives in their hands, so they were not very afraid of things like wild graves and corpses. However, when this wild grave reaches a certain size, it is a little difficult to use common sense to deduce.
Erwazi and Yao Jia, who were riding the same horse, twisted their necks and glanced at each other, and then "neighed" together and took a breath of cool air.
They were almost terrified in unison.
After staring at the huge flat sand dunes in front of them for a moment, the two tomb robbers reminded them that they both understood what this behemoth was. For a moment, in the eyes of the two of them, this flat sand dune that was calm on the earth was like a sleeping monster with four legs coiled, and once it woke up, its big mouth disguised as a door opened, and they could not exit it once they stepped in!
Or they didn't need to go in by themselves, naturally there was a group of hideous-looking green-skinned zombie army coming out of it with a rumbling pace, just like the battle during the drill of the Nanzhao Left Route Army, the wind struck, instantly tearing their small seven-person group to pieces, and the last piece was crushed into powder.
In short, the power of the dead must be greater than that of the living, and this tomb is so big, there are many people who die in it, and it is even more powerful.
Liu Bajin rode alone, still in the position behind the last head of the seven-person group, he looked at Erwazi and Yao Jia, who were sitting on horseback with slightly shrunken shoulders, with fear in their eyes, and then at the two tomb robbers who were not afraid at all, but their eyes were shining, and finally his eyes fell on the two people who were thinking about something on the horse in front, and then he also fell into some kind of doubt.
Liu Bajin's doubts were clueless, he didn't even know what to think about, he just imitated a certain atmosphere a little stupidly.
The seven people just stood quietly in front of the colossal tomb, in the faint moonlight, how strange and strange this scene was, but it was a pity that there was no other group of people watching at this time, and the parties themselves could not feel it.
After a few moments, Cen Chi jumped off his horse and approached the Dune Tomb.
Mo Ye immediately jumped off the horse, led the horse to follow, and the first five people followed suit one after another, dismounted and walked.
Walking to the position facing the sand dune tomb very closely, because the distance affects the line of sight, everyone can no longer see the whole picture of the sand dune, but they can more clearly appreciate the height of the sand dune. If this sand dune was man-made, then it was only built to the shoulder of an ordinary person. But I really can't find a single gap to enter, it's like nature.
Cen Chi looked at the neatly repaired surface of the sand dunes in front of him, and said slowly: "If we hadn't mastered the map in advance and came here at night, otherwise when the light was full in the daytime, the Prancing Horse galloped by, and we might not have noticed the strangeness of this place at all, but I thought it was the ground that was originally like this." β
Mo Ye thought for a while and asked, "Uncle Shi, since you have taken a lot of risks and brought people to find this place without authorization. Surely I already found out beforehand, right? β
"I don't know if it's accurate......" Cen Chi frowned slightly. Then he turned his face to the two tomb robbers and said, "I heard that you two have dug up the graves of several vassal kings of the previous dynasty? β
"Uh......" Wang Youmin, who was born as a tomb robber, laughed dryly twice, and then said slowly: "Sir, don't say it so ugly, we rely on technology to eat." It's just to get out the treasures that accompany the burial. The remains of the owner of the tomb will never be touched. It's not a grave digger, is it? How can I say that the two of us have been in this business for many years, and we are also talking about morality. β
In any case, it is always unkind to dig up someone else's mound. Even just drilling a small hole in and out is likely to destroy the feng shui of the cemetery. Some princes and nobles have arranged the mounds by masters, although it is impossible to achieve the effect of resurrecting the dead, but some tombs have successfully maintained the remains of the tomb owner for a long time. However, with such a feng shui arrangement, if there is a trace of leakage, the remains of the tomb owner will accelerate their decay in a short period of time, and they can rot to the point that there are no bones left.
Presumably, these two tomb robbers, when they first debuted, relied on their boldness, and I am afraid that such destructive things have been done.
However, at this time, Cen Chi didn't want to study this with them, he just wanted to determine once again how capable these two tomb robbers were. If these two guys are not capable enough, some risky attempts will have to be carried out cautiously later.
Cen Chi quietly looked at the two tomb robbers for a moment, and then suddenly asked: "There was a foreign surname Wang Jue in the previous dynasty, who was buried in 'Shijiao Mountain' after his death, and it is said that the gold, silver and jewelry that accompanied the burial were folded into hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Because the owner of the tomb was worried about the peace of the tomb after death, he hid the jewelry in many places, but the funny thing is that the cemetery has been stolen many times because of this, I don't know if you have ever been there? β
"Uh......" This time Wang Youmin was muffled.
He didn't speak, but his old partner Jiang Li said slowly after his eyes flickered twice: "Sir, you're talking about the tomb of King Ivun, right?" β
Cen didn't answer and asked, "So you've been there?" β
In fact, there are two kings with foreign surnames buried in "Shijiao Mountain", one of whom is a self-proclaimed king, and the other king is the imperial title given by the emperor of the previous dynasty, which is the king of Changchun.
Whether it is an official knighthood or a self-appointed one, a person can achieve such a high status, no matter how he says, he must have excellent strength in his hands. In the world of tomb robbing, the tombs of these two kings are often brought out to talk about, which is also due to the strength of these two people. However, no one can get a rough idea of how much their respective families have.
However, a few years ago, the tomb of King Changchun was finally successfully stolen, and there were countless followers. After counting the number of treasures they obtained through this way, the burial goods of this tomb alone of this king with a different surname have exceeded 300,000 taels of silver.
This is indeed a huge wealth for ordinary people.
After the death of the king of Changchun, his descendants walked away in a short period of time, and some people suspected that it was caused by the operation of the royal family of the previous dynasty, after all, even if it was the king of the imperial seal, after all, it was a foreign surname, and it could not be fully believed. But when the number of burial treasures in the tomb of King Changchun spread, people couldn't help but suspect that the family of King Changchun was afraid that he would take the initiative to disperse, in order to one day in the future, with these accumulated wealth, but also learn from the feat of the current Emperor Nanzhao.
It's just a pity that the Wang family counterattacked Kyoto, and the momentum was like a rainbow, and they won the country in one fell swoop, but they did not fight with the imperial army of the previous dynasty as some people expected, and then they were reaped by a third party.
300,000 family wealth, that is, doubled, it is estimated that the real property accumulated by the king of Changchun is 600,000 silver, and the army spelled out with this money is only enough for half a year of consumption of 10,000 soldiers. I don't know if the king of Changchun's family is in charge of the accounts or not, with such strength, it is about enough to rob and occupy a city while it is hot, but it has to be guarded after occupying it, which is a big benefit. The loyalty of soldiers recruited only with money is very doubtful, and this kind of mercenary soldier cannot withstand the test of turmoil.
Even if the Wang Jiajun really suffered heavy losses in the struggle against the royal family of the previous dynasty. The strength is cut in half, and it is still easy to trample 10,000 mercenaries to death like this.
Regardless of whether the King of Changchun, who has been dead for more than ten years, has any rebellion, in short, in terms of strength, he is far from enough to sit in that position, even if he wants to steal that position, he can't reach it.
His hundreds of thousands of properties were buried in his family's mansion, and in the end, he still cheapened the living.
Cen Chi only mentioned "Shijiao Mountain" on his face, but Jiang Di, who was born as a tomb robber, directly called out the name of King Changshan, it seems that this matter is eight to nine times out of ten.
Although Jiang Li and Wang Youmin have never found a big guy in their lives, they have finally been in this industry for more than ten years. Listening to it must have been heard. After the tomb of King Toyama was excavated. There have been several groups of people in the back, and of course the first time to enter the people has a greater benefit, but the danger is also the highest, and the income from picking the corners behind is much less. But in theory. It's also easier. The road ahead has been walked out!
Cen Chi caught the right time to ask, Jiang Yan was stunned, and finally nodded. But he quickly waved his hand again and said, "We've been there, but there's nothing left in there!" β
"Don't be nervous, you're still afraid that I won't be able to rob you." Cen Chi smiled slightly, then he pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I wanted to ask you, you should have seen the 'Spider Web Door' and the 'Centrifugal Lock', right?" β
Jiang Yan grabbed his hair, quickly remembered, and said after laughing twice: "We only saw the cobweb door, I heard that it was a very powerful mechanism, but when we went in, that thing didn't seem to work, and the two of us swaggered in." β
Cen Chi smiled faintly and said, "It's best not to move, do you remember their arrangement?" β
"What do you mean...... sir" Jiang Li squinted at the flat round sand dune under the faint moonlight on the side, and then turned his gaze to look at Cen Chi, there was no trace of a relaxed smile on his face, "There is a spider gate array here?" β
"Probably all over the periphery." Cen Chi smiled, "Both of you are old rivers and lakes, and the reason why the Spider Gate can form a formation is because it can be connected. With such a large area, how could it be possible to rely on only one spider gate. β
Jiang Li's hand hanging down at his side trembled, and when he spoke again, his voice couldn't help but tremble a little: "That's not possible, the two of us have only seen the cracked spider door, but we haven't made this thing with our own hands." If you are so rash, even if you get in by luck, you may not be able to continue to get out...... It's not ......."
By the end of the day, he had already panicked and slurred his words.
Cen Chi still looked calm, but he didn't continue to ask Jiang Di, but just turned his gaze to Wang Youmin, who was one step behind.
Wang Youmin looked at Cen Chi and squinted slightly, then turned to look at his partner Jiang Di, and said leisurely: "Jiang Di, are you brainbroken?" Since this place was brought to us by Mr. Cen, he should know it in his heart. What's more, it's not just the two of us who want to go in, if we really can't get out, won't Mr. Cen think about himself? Calm down, we're doing something a little differently than we used to. β
Hearing this, Jiang Yan looked at Wang Youmin, seemed to understand something, and grabbed his hair again, then turned back to look at Cen Chi, took a deep breath and said: "This thing is also learned while doing it, since it is to prevent others from stealing, this kind of trick will not be written in a book for people to learn." Therefore, those mechanisms in King Changshan's tomb, even if they were destroyed by their predecessors, the formations that can be learned, on the surface, can be remembered, Wang Youmin and I have seriously remembered them. It's just that I didn't have the manuscript with me, and I could only guarantee that I remembered seven or eighty percent of what it looked like, so was it feasible? β
"It's amazing to be able to remember the Seven Achievements." Cen Chi nodded, and said: "Actually, as Brother Wang said, I don't want you to take risks, but what we have to do next, if we don't have this common sense, it may be much more difficult." The sack hanging under the saddle is filled with shovels and pickaxes, and here we go. β
As Cen Chi said, several people took out the six bags hanging on both sides of the saddle and took out the digging tools contained in the bags.
Cen Chi also took off the bag hanging under the saddle of the horse he was riding, this bag was obviously much smaller, but it was not a tool, but a few water leaks, a dagger, two oil lamps, and a cloth baggage.
The shape of a water drain is actually similar to an hourglass. However, hourglasses are expensive and easy to break, and are generally used for fine timekeeping and decoration, as they are now in the wild. It's still more reliable to time the water leak. Water leaks also have their disadvantages, let's just say that the simple water leak in Cen Chi's hand is easy to carry, but it is also easy to deviate from time. However, they only came out for about one night, and they didn't go far.
Cen Chi handed a water leak to Mo Ye and advised, "Next, I want to take care of the affairs over there, and the time will be watched by you." Until I come back, you can report the number of flips. β
Mo Ye stared at the water leak in his hand. Approximate it. Flipping once is a quarter of an hour.
The water leak timer, like the hourglass, needs to be stationary in the process.
Mo Ye raised his eyes to look at Cen Chi and nodded seriously.
Cen Chi lifted the burden on his shoulders. Walk with the other five to the dunes. Then he held the dagger and drilled a small hole in the surface of the dune. After stabbing it a few times, he turned to the people around him and said, "This layer of loose soil on the surface is cut with a shovel." β
The five people next to him quickly moved. As if peeling the skin, three times five divided by two cut off a layer of soil about three feet deep. As Cen Chi said just now, this is indeed a layer of loose soil, although its surface has been covered with a thin layer of grass roots, it looks like the usual ground, but there are no stones inside, five middle-aged men wielding hard shovels, easily shoveled.
In front of Wang Youmin and Jiang Di, who have been robbing tombs for many years, such a layer of soil shows that there is indeed something buried here.
The loose soil was cleaned, but a brick wall was exposed!
It's all one, but there is no gap between bricks and bricks!
When Wang Youmin and Jiang Li saw this scene, they couldn't help but subconsciously take a few steps back. The two of them don't have much ability to rob tombs, but they have heard a lot about some strange things about this industry, and coupled with what Cen Chi said to them before, they unconsciously regarded this brick wall as part of the "Spider Gate Great Array".
The "Spider Gate Great Array" belongs to a kind of chain array, just like a spider forming a web, pulling a trace and moving the whole body.
In addition, as a mechanism that is used more frequently in tombs, since it is for the service of the dead, it is full of malice towards the living intruder. Most spider doors will spit out arrows mounted on the door after triggering the mechanism, which just coincides with the scene of spiders spinning silk, and the arrows are of course quenched. Anyway, the owner of the tomb has already returned to the West, and even if people are killed because of this vicious organ, it is impossible to hold them accountable. After the death of the tomb owner, what he is most concerned about is the integrity of the things he is buried with, so he naturally has to do his best to block the pace of others' invasion.
The three men from the mountain bandits didn't know much about this, and they were puzzled for a moment when they watched Wang and Jiang retreat, and then they seemed to realize something, and they also took a few steps back.
After more than a dozen steps, Cen Chi, who was digging a hole with a dagger at another angle, noticed that the situation was different here, so he moved over. After a moment of careful observation at the seemingly tightly built brick wall, Cen Chi reached into the burden on his shoulder, felt out a white strip, and drew it on the brick wall.
Nothing out of the ordinary seemed to have happened.
When the people behind saw this scene, they hesitated for a while, and then they also came closer.
When they got closer, they saw Cen Chi painting a lattice on that wall. The lines drawn by the white strips are also white, and even if there are no candles lit nearby, the lines are more conspicuous in the faint moonlight.
First draw a large square, then add two horizontal and two vertical in the middle to become nine small grids, and finally write a number on these nine small grids, and then Cen Chi stood up straight, looked at these nine grids with his hands down, and groaned.
The five people behind him saw his contemplative appearance, although they were very puzzled by this scene in their hearts, they all chose to be silent with interest, and none of them disturbed.
After thinking silently for a while, I don't know what kind of law was followed, Cen Chi chose the third grid in the second row. He rolled up his sleeves and erased the number of Nagri, then filled in a few more underlines to divide the small grid into nine, which was nine out of nine. In the end, he also chose the third grid in the second row of the nine small squares, and instead of adding numbers, he painted the palm-sized small grid white.
Only then did he turn his face to look at the five people behind him who had been quietly watching, and ordered, "Use the sharp end of the iron pickaxe to chisel this piece open." β
Liu Bajin and the other three men from the cottage immediately greeted them when they heard the sound, and they were about to raise the iron pickaxe to chisel, but at this moment they heard two people behind them shouting: "Slow!" β
The three of them lowered their hands and looked back in confusion.
Wang Youmin and his partner Jiang Tong were still standing in place, this time Jiang Tong was silent, while Wang Youmin looked at Cen Chi, with a slightly jealous look on his face, and asked: "Sir, you have to give us an explanation, in your opinion, what is behind this wall?" β
At this time, Cen Chi also said directly and calmly: "To be honest, this wall has already touched the 'Spider Gate Great Array', but it will not trigger any vicious mechanism. β
At this point, he focused for a moment, raised his foot and kicked at the little colored squareβ
(To be continued......)