Chapter Twenty-Five: The Temple of Despair
I looked around on the left side of the main hall, and I didn't find any torture techniques, so I simply sat on top of a pile of gold utensils and drank water, and picked up a gold bar next to me and looked at it.
The moment the torture technique picked up the gold bar, his face sank slightly, and after putting it down, he picked up a slightly larger gold brick next to him, weighed it carefully in his hand, frowned, and directly threw the gold brick to Lian Jiuqi: "Dad, take a look." ”
The moment Lian Jiuqi took over the gold brick, his face sank slightly, and he couldn't help but say "huh".
Maffei didn't know what was going on, so he picked up a piece of it, but didn't notice anything unusual.
Ma Fei looked at the father and son who were looking at each other and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"These gold objects look like they're all faulty, they're fake." Torture Shu picked up another golden pot, and after putting it down, he picked up other gold utensils around him one after another, but after checking it for a while, he only shook his head.
Ma Fei studied the appearance of torture and weighed there, but he didn't find any difference, and he couldn't see it, so he had to ask, "How do you know?" Can you see it? ”
Lian Jiuqi picked up another gold brick and smashed it towards the gold brick in his hand, and then the two gold bricks made a crisp sound, and the surface layer also cracked, revealing the black iron block inside.
Ma Fei stepped forward and looked at it in surprise: "Is it iron inside?" Only the outer layer is gold? ”
"It's not even gold, it's refined brass." Xingshu frowned and said, "And it's not brass directly refined from that kind of mineral, but a copper-zinc synthesis, which is sometimes called high imitation gold now, and ordinary people can't tell it at all." ”
Muffy looked at the layer that had fallen off on the surface, and she really didn't see that it was fake.
Lian Jiuqi looked into the distance, and the others should not have noticed this, he said in a low voice: "It's strange, in the dynasty when the cast iron immortal came to China, China only had pure brass, and there was no technology to refine this copper-zinc synthesis, until the Ming Dynasty had this technology, and the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty were synthetic products of copper and zinc." ”
Ma Fei was surprised: "So, everything here is fake? But how can you tell at a glance? ”
"First of all, it's black, because of the light, I didn't notice it before." Xingshu shook his head and handed Ma Fei a fake gold brick, "Besides, we have been dealing with these things all year round, especially this kind of gold brick of the same size as the standard system, basically we know that something is wrong as soon as we weigh it, it's too light." ”
Ma Fei weighed there: "Too light? It's heavy. ”
Lian Jiuqi shook his head: "If there is a real gold brick now, you weigh it with your left and right hands, and you will know that the real gold brick is definitely much heavier, because the density of gold is large, and it is impossible to break it when it falls, but the copper-zinc composition wrapped in this iron block is different, even if you use modern technology, smash it the hard object, the surface layer will immediately crack, of course, unless the whole is a copper-zinc composition, it will be slightly stronger, but if you do that, it will cost a lot of money to make so many fake gold products, and it is not cost-effective." ”
The torture went on to explain: "Brass melting point is slightly lower than iron, the two can not be melted, will be separated, in modern technology, can only take a special welding method, but can not be used here, take a step back, even if you can take the method of powder metallurgy to mix iron powder and brass powder together, pressing and forming, its own fineness can be seen at a glance, so you can only take the method of copper cladding, first use the abrasive to make the iron, cool and form it again into the abrasive, pour copper water." ”
"One way or another, at the same standard volume, this fake is very different in weight and in the original." Lian Jiuqi threw away the fake gold bricks in his hand, "But in that era, it was very rare to be able to make such things in large quantities." ”
Ma Fei looked at the hill of various gold artifacts and sighed: "I really thought it was a treasure, but it turned out to be all fake, fortunately, our purpose is not to come for these, otherwise, I don't know what kind of disappointment will become." ”
After saying that, Ma Fei sat down on the pile of gold coins again, looking at the mercenary in the middle of the hall in the distance, although he was holding up the surrender, but still looking at the fake around him with greedy eyes.
This kid had thrown away the crystals that were really valuable and packed a backpack of fakes, and when he knew this fact, he would definitely hurry to put those crystals back together, which was funny to think about. Muffy looked at the man and smiled, and suddenly felt as if something was under his ass.
Ma Fei got up and dug open the pile of fake gold coins she was sitting on, and found a black iron handle underneath, she reached out again to cut the things on both sides, and beckoned Torture Shu and Lian Jiuqi to come forward to help.
The three of them worked together to remove all the fake gold coins, gold bars, gold bricks, and other things, and finally found a live handle rod hidden under the pile of fake gold objects.
Ma Fei looked at the lever: "What is this thing for?" ”
The torturer looked closer, thought about it, and then tried to pull, but the lever could only pull halfway.
Xingshu let go of his hand, looked at the pile of fake gold artifacts on the right side of the main hall, and whispered a few words to Lian Jiuqi, who immediately ran towards the location of Yan Gang and the others to talk to them for a while.
When Lian Jiuqi ran in front of Chen Taidong, Qi Guan and Qian Xiuye, the three of them immediately understood that they must have discovered something in the torture technique, Qian Xiuye watched intently as Lian Jiuqi commanded Yan Gang, Chen Fang, Yuan Zhenba and Bai Zhongzheng to move those gold weapons there, while Mo Duqiao stood on the side and did not help, but gave Qian Xiuye a look.
Qian Xiuye understood, and immediately smiled: "It seems that they have found something in the torture technique." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lian Jiuqi walked over and said to Qi Guan: "Uncle Qi, we found a live lever, it is estimated that there is also a gold tool under your side, help find it." ”
After speaking, Lian Jiuqi added: "By the way, the gold artifacts here are all fake. ”
Qi Guan, Qian Xiuye and Chen Taidong were not surprised, they all just said "um".
Qian Xiuye glanced at the mercenary and said mockingly: "It must be fake, it is basically black and oxidized, even if it has been treated before, but after thousands of years, it is impossible not to oxidize." ”
Qian Xiuye's implication was also to say that even the eyesight of Jiuqi and torture was still not good, even if the light here was insufficient, but these three old men who were old and experienced in a hundred battles, the moment they walked into this hall, they judged at a glance that these so-called gold artifacts were fakes.
"What did you find?" Xu You, who was in front of the throne, asked loudly, and Yang Zhengxia also stood there with his hands behind his back and watched.
Fan Meng, who was standing in front of Mu Tianjian's gun, looked into the depths of the hall, subconsciously shook off He Chenxue's hand, and made a gesture to step forward, but was stopped by Mu Tianjian.
Fan Meng had to stop, but he didn't look at He Chenxue at all, but kept dodging the hand He Chenxue grabbed.
Xu You looked at this scene and showed a meaningful smile, while Yang Zhengxia looked at Xu You from the side, thinking about something.
After more than ten minutes, Xingshu and the others finally found all the levers in the left, middle and right positions of the main hall, but the same as the first one, the three levers could only be pulled halfway.
"There's still something that hasn't been found, it's not opened." Torture said as he walked slowly through the hall, looking around, Mafei following behind him, and the others looking for where they were.
Only Qi Guan and Qian Xiuye stood there and didn't move, and Chen Taidong on one side kept an eye on Qian Xiuye at all times, worried that he would cheat.
After looking around, he looked at the lifelike statue of the queen on the throne, he stepped forward, Xu You and Mu Tianjian immediately got out of the way, and watched the torture search around the throne.
Ma Fei asked on the side, "What are you looking for?" ”
"Master switch." Torture said simply.
Ma Fei was puzzled: "What is the main switch?" ”
Torture raised his eyes and looked at her, and continued to find: "All the places we passed through before, there are mechanisms activated, there is no doubt that they are powered by water, and it must be the same here, the strange thing is that when the mechanism of the throne and the staircase in front of it is opened, and the wall is opened, revealing the large hall behind, nothing happens, and we come in and there is no mechanism activated, which is not normal in itself, so, I estimate, there should be a separate mechanism here to activate the main gate, similar to the gate of the reservoir." ”
Ma Fei immediately understood: "You are saying that if you don't open the sluice gate to release the water and circulate it, the mechanism cannot be activated without kinetic energy." ”
Xingshu nodded and looked into the depths of the main hall: "Those three levers may be the switch of the big sluice, or maybe some other start switch, but we can only pull half of it, which means that there must be another switch that controls the three levers, and in this kind of hall, the center is here on the throne, so I am looking for it here." ”
After listening to the explanation of the torture technique, Ma Fei also began to look around, Xu You motioned to Mu Tianjian to stare at the others with a gun: "If someone makes a dangerous move, you will shoot immediately!" ”
Mu Tianjian nodded and looked at the others, but the muzzle of the gun was always aimed at Fan Meng, as if it was targeted.
When Xu You came over, the torture technique took the opportunity to ask in a low voice: "Xu You, what happened to Mu Tianjian?" ”
Xu You smiled: "I became best friends with him. ”
Ma Fei said coldly: "Don't think I don't know, you and Yang Zhengxia hypnotized him, right?" ”
Xu You grinned and said, "Do you know that you still ask?" ”
Ma Fei frowned: "Xu You, are you really sick or fake sick?" ”
After Ma Fei asked this sentence, he wanted to give himself a mouthful, because this question is so stupid, how can a mentally ill person know that he is sick?
At this moment, Yang Zhengxia squatted down, looked directly into the eyes of Xingshu, and said something that surprised Xingshu: "Xingshu, if you can get out alive this time, you can help me bring a good one to your father, if there is a chance, I will definitely come to the door to thank him in person, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't even have the courage to leave that place." ”
The criminal technique was stunned, and Ma Fei was also very puzzled, but the criminal technique immediately realized that the "your father" that Yang Zhengxia was talking about was not Lian Jiuqi, but Xing Guodong.
In an instant, a few key words flashed in the mind of criminal science - Yang Zhengxia, professor of psychology, Xing Guodong, president of Zhenyang Youfu Hospital, attending doctor, Xu You, schizophrenia.
The torture technique looked into Yang Zhengxia's eyes: "What are you talking about?" ”
At this moment, Ma Fei suddenly realized something, pushed Yang Zhengxia away, and as soon as Mu Tianjian pushed it away, he pulled out his pistol, and while the gun in his right hand was still aimed at Fan Meng, he aimed the pistol in his left hand at Ma Fei's head.
Yang Zhengxia slowly got up from the ground, with a weird smile on his face: "Ma Fei, your observation is also quite meticulous. ”
Yang Zhengxia said this, and the torture technique realized why Ma Fei did it before, and he glared at Yang Zhengxia angrily: "You want to hypnotize me and make psychological hints to me?" Yang Zhengxia, who are you? ”
Yang Zhengxia just smiled and didn't explain, just got up and sat aside: "You guys continue to look for it, hurry up." ”
Xingshu and Ma Fei glanced at each other, knowing that there was no result if they continued to ask, so they had to continue looking for the switch.
"What is this?" When Xu You looked at the gap between the queen's back and the seat, he saw that there seemed to be a hole in the queen's back.
Xingshu stood up and looked there, Xu You looked hard, and simply pushed the queen's body forward, Xingshu couldn't stop it, so he had to pull Ma Fei to avoid it immediately, but he didn't expect that Xu You pushed it like this, and the statue of the queen actually stood up directly.
Although the statue of the queen stood up, and there was a sound of the mechanism activating under the seat and inside its body, nothing happened, and nothing was shot out of the dark arrow.
Xu You stood there laughing, pointed at Fan Meng and said, "Look at your bear-like, there will be nothing wrong, come, come here." ”
After Xu You finished speaking, he looked carefully at the queen's back: "There is a keyhole here." ”
As he spoke, Xu You picked up the palm-sized key, tried it at the keyhole, and inserted it directly, but did not rotate, but slowly retreated and left.
Xingshu and Ma Fei looked at Xu You, and Qi Guan, Qian Xiuye and others in the depths of the hall gradually surrounded them.
Xu You stood there, pretending to think, and then suddenly jumped on the throne and stood, looking around at the people around him: "Now, I need a witness to history, who, who wants to twist this key?" Open the door to a new world! Who? Stand out! I need a volunteer! ”
Yang Zhengxia sneered beside him, his gaze swept over the faces of the others one by one.
Chen Fang, Yan Gang, Bai Zhongzheng, and Yuan Zhenba all walked out, they knew very well that it didn't matter if something happened to them, if something happened to Xingshu, Qi Guan and the others, they would have no chance of winning.
But Xu You didn't even look at them: "You guys are not qualified, I need a real warrior!" ”
Xu You thought about it for a while, and began to count people with his hands: "Point the soldiers and generals, which one is my general, fried meat sauce with shredded radish, hot rice and cold rice, get out of the way after eating!" ”
Although Xu You clicked on everyone's head, but at the end, he just clicked back and forth between Fan Meng and He Chenxue, and Fan Meng was in a cold sweat, staring at Xu You's fingers.
Xu You's fingers finally stopped on his head: "It's you, you are my warrior!" Come on! ”
Fan Meng's legs were weak, standing there, wanting to laugh but couldn't, wanting to ask for help, but when he turned around and saw Qian Xiuye with an expressionless face, he couldn't say anything, and finally could only look at He Chenxue beside him.
Fan Meng grabbed He Chenxue's hand at this time: "Chenxue." ”
He Chenxue smiled: "I'll go, it's okay, with me, don't be afraid." ”
When Fan Meng heard her say this, he finally really laughed, and the people around him frowned and looked at him, disgusted to the extreme for people like Fan Meng.
He Chenxue walked behind the queen's sculpture, and when she just grabbed the key, Xu You leaned over and said, "Miss He, maybe you have used up your good luck before......"
He Chenxue just smiled, turned her head and said, "I'm going to twist the key, don't you stay away?" ”
After He Chenxue finished speaking, Fan Meng immediately dodged away, stood not far away and watched, and after standing still, he found that no one else moved except himself. And Xu You, who was standing next to He Chenxue, looked at him with a crying and laughing expression: "Fan Meng, you are a miscellaneous crumb!" ”
Fan Meng smiled awkwardly, and Xu You raised his head towards him: "I want to hear you say 'I'm a miscellaneous piece' now." ”
Fan Meng stood there, very embarrassed, trying to laugh but couldn't.
Xu You sat on the back of the king's seat, pointed at Fan Meng and said, "I let you say, you are deaf, right?" ”
After Xu You finished speaking, Mu Tianjian aimed a gun at Fan Meng's head, and Fan Meng immediately said, "I'm a miscellaneous!" I'm a chop! I'm a chop! I said it, Xu Ye, I said it. ”
After Xu You finished speaking, he looked at He Chenxue, and the others all looked at He Chenxue.
Xu Youdao: "Miss He, how can you like this kind of person?" I thought I was sick, but you were worse than me. ”
Although He Chenxue had a smile on her face, tears kept falling: "Yes, I am sick, I can't be cured, I can't go back, I am also a miscellaneous ......"
Xu You pointed at Fan Meng and said, "Go on!" Until I'm satisfied! Say! ”
Xu You suddenly shouted, which made Fan Meng tremble, and then said the sentence "I am a miscellaneous" like a cannon.
In the distance, Qi looked ahead, and sighed: "Qian Xiuye, you are really old and confused, how can you accept someone like Fan Meng as an apprentice?" Not afraid of being embarrassed? ”
"I'm shameless, of course my apprentice has to be even more shameless than me!" Qian Xiuye smiled lowly, "Look at my eldest disciple Mo Duqiao, he has known Zheng Cangqiong for so long, and he has a little friendship, isn't it the same shameless to solve Zheng Cangqiong?" So, you don't have to be embarrassed to eat the Quartet! ”
Chen Taidong snorted: "Don't be ashamed but proud, you are completely hopeless." ”
"I know!" Qian Xiuye looked at Chen Taidong, "Of course I know that I am not saved, if I am saved, what am I doing here?" Aren't you talking nonsense? ”
Chen Taidong clenched his fists, if it weren't for Qiguan not signaling, I'm afraid he would have already attacked Qian Xiuye.
At this time, He Chenxue, who was full of tears, closed her eyes and unscrewed the key, after the key was unscrewed, the entire hall began to vibrate, and then the three levers began to move by themselves, slowly moving to the middle position.
He Chenxue let go of the key and stood there in despair, Torture and Ma Fei slowly passed by her, and at the moment when the two passed, He Chenxue found that for some reason, he couldn't see his eyes so far, but he clearly saw Ma Fei and Torture's left and right hands clasped together.
At the same time, He Chenxue kept listening to Fan Meng's more and more excited "I am a miscellaneous" in his ears.