The torture technique in the passage at the bottom of the stone ball, after climbing down, also heard the sound of gears, and then looked up to find that the stone ball above had fallen and closed, and couldn't help but curse, but because he couldn't go back, he had to continue to climb down.

After climbing to the bottom, the torture technique who entered the lower cave found that he was standing at the top of a room, and all the tiles on his feet were tiles, but these tiles were not made of earth, they were all pig iron, which was very strong, and it felt heavy to grasp a piece in his hand.

"House, tile ......" Torture squatted there and muttered to himself, holding a flashlight to shine around, but what appeared in front of him was the scene of the "Iron Immortal View" in the Heaven and Earth Mansion, which was too similar, except that the proportion was relatively small, from this point of view, it seemed to be exactly the same.

Torture walked towards the edge of the eaves, and then found a staircase carved out of the cave wall where the eaves of the side eaves connected to the cave wall, and after following the stairs, he came to the courtyard below.

By the light of the burning stick, he could basically see his environment clearly - a small Taoist temple was built in a large artificial cave excavated from a small cave, and there was a courtyard with a fence outside the Taoist temple, and there was a small land temple on the right side of the courtyard, in which there was a statue of the land lord, a well on the left side, and a low dead tree in the middle.

The Taoist temple is also very small, standing in the courtyard with a flashlight can be illuminated, in addition to the statue of the Taoist Sanqing ancestor master, there is only one offering table left, and there are two futons below.

Xingshu walked slowly towards the Taoist temple, trying to see clearly what was on the table, because under the light of the flashlight, he saw that the fruits on the three plates in the shape of "pin" on it seemed to be fresh, and the red incense in the incense burner in the middle seemed to be still flickering under the light of the flashlight.

It's too evil, isn't it? When the torturer approached the offering table, he discovered that the so-called three plates of fresh fruit were actually three natural gems that were very similar to peaches, pears and apples.

The meaning of Baoyu Qishi generally refers to the texture of gems and jade, and under the premise of no artificial carving, it naturally forms a certain specific appearance, such as fruits, people, animals, and so on.

The general texture of strange stones is everywhere, the torture still remembers a few years ago, in Jilin, someone once used strange stones to set a strange stone banquet, with a variety of stones similar to food, the highest estimate of the table of natural strange stones at that time reached more than 10 million, and some experts said that if the texture of that table is gems or jade, then the value is more than one billion yuan.

The torture technique looked closely at the plate of precious jade and strange stones that looked like peaches, and found that each one was about the same size, which was simply too rare.

At the turn of the millennium, there was once a Taiwanese businessman who received a Shou Tao Baoyu strange stone from a friend, although the texture itself was relatively ordinary, but the valuation was more than NT$10 million at that time, and later the businessman also invited other people with similar treasures and jades in their hands to hold a traveling exhibition in various counties and cities in Taiwan.

The torture technique looked at those strange stones for a while, and was about to find a way to open the mechanism again, but saw that a lot of words were densely written on the table top, and the situation of the style was very strange, it seemed to be a mixture of Tang Kai and Lishu, and the approximate meaning of what was written above was - no matter who came here, it proved that there was a relationship with the cast iron immortal, and a series of tributes on the table could be taken away after worshipping the ancestor of the Sanqing Ancestor, and they should not be greedy, because taking one of them can already ensure that the destined person will not worry about eating and drinking in this life.

When the torture saw this, he was of course happy in his heart, after all, according to the standards of the chasers, this kind of treasure and jade has been able to meet the standard of strange goods, and can also take one of them, from the point of view of offering, there is a saying that "for the double is not for the single", so the price of the three kinds of treasure and jade fruits combined together can reach a sky-high price on the market, not to mention that it can be collected and handed down.

Just as he picked up one of the apple-shaped gems and jades, he immediately heard a clicking sound from under the offering table, which was clearly the sound of the gear grinding, and he immediately put the apple down and lay down under the table to take a look.

At the same time as he lay down, he touched the so-called red silk cloth in front of the offering table with his hand, only to find that it was not a cloth at all, but a piece of something like pigskin and cowhide.

It was about the same height and width as the bottom of the table, and it looked like a model of a palace, and directly in front of it was a staircase that stretched from the bottom to the top, and at the top was a palace-like model, and on each floor below there were models that resembled small houses, and there were many small dolls that circulated back and forth according to a specific track.

"This is not ......" When he saw the model, he remembered the staircase under the gold mine in the Heaven and Earth Mansion, and the palace entrance at the top of the stairs, he didn't dare to say that it was exactly the same, and it was not far from ten, plus the name "Cast Iron Immortal" was mentioned in the words on the table, it could be determined that this place had the most direct connection with the Heaven and Earth Mansion.

But the torture technique didn't dare to think too much at this time, because he had already noticed that the words on the offering table were actually traps, and this hand cast iron immortal was commonly used in the Heaven and Earth Mansion, ostensibly to let you take it casually, once you took it, it was equivalent to opening the mechanism and digging your own grave.

Thinking of this, Xingshu frowned and said to himself, "How can you take the tribute casually? I'm so stupid! ”

However, when the torture technique stared at the model below, wondering what it was for, he once again felt that this thing was familiar, not just because it was similar to the tall building at the end of the Heaven and Earth Mansion, but because he was sure that he had seen it somewhere else.

"Yes, the Chinese History Museum!" Xingshu raised his head suddenly, and the objects he had seen there continued to flash in his mind, and finally the image in his mind stopped, and he couldn't help but say, "Water transport instrument elephant platform!" ”

But after finishing speaking, the torture technique shook his head vigorously: "No, the water transport instrument elephant platform was invented in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the era when the cast iron immortal was active was in the Later Tang Dynasty, and the difference in time was too far in between." ”

However, the mechanical model in front of me is too similar to the water transport instrument elephant platform, and it looks more sophisticated than the water transport instrument elephant platform, it seems that not only together with the mechanism in the cave, but also seems to have the function of timekeeping, and the water transport instrument elephant platform should be a small observatory in a broad sense, mainly used for observing celestial phenomena and so on.

He immediately raised his hand to look at his watch, calculated the time when the bead fell, and found that there were twenty-four steps on the ladder, and a solar term was written on the left side of each step, starting from the "winter solstice" and ending with the end of the "heavy snow"; In the middle, it is written that there are ten heavenly stems, and on the right side are the twelve earthly branches, that is to say, from top to bottom, the ten heavenly stems only occupy ten steps, and the twelve earthly branches only occupy twelve steps.

Seeing this, the torture technique almost understands that the arrangement of this solar term should be according to the flat qi method, and the average calculation in the flat qi method is that the time between each solar term is about 15 days, and the time for the beads to fall each time is calculated according to the watch, which is almost 16 seconds, and it takes 384 seconds to complete them all, which is about 6 minutes and 4 seconds.

After the torture was quickly calculated, he waited for the bead to fall to see if he had calculated correctly, but in the end, he found that when the bead came to the end, the speed of the fall began to slow down, and finally after a circle, it was about 5 minutes and 5 seconds according to the current time.

In other words, this strange mechanical instrument, combined with other algorithms of the sexagenary branch, must have traveled a time close to the current 5 minutes, that is, this instrument can roughly measure the period of the celestial body and use it as a basis to determine the constant time.

"It's amazing!" The torturer got up and sighed, forgetting for a moment that he was in danger, and he also knew very well that with his own wisdom he could not understand the strange instrument in front of him, and if he could take this thing out, he would probably find the most strange thing that the cargo chaser had ever found.

However, this thing must be connected to something else in the cave, and maybe somewhere outside the cave, like a modern invention of a quartz oscillator that uses the oscillation period of a quartz crystal to time it.

When the 5 minutes passed, the sound of the gear sounded again, and then the torture technique heard the anxious shouts of Bai Zhongzheng, Yan Gang and others from above, he immediately ran out of the Taoist temple, climbed up the stairs to the roof, and stood there in a loud response.

After a long time, the people above slowly climbed down the passage one by one, and it took more than forty minutes before all the rest came down from it.

Everyone came to the courtyard of the Taoist temple and listened to the torture to talk about the previous experience, but before the torture was finished, Fan Meng immediately ran to the offering platform, looked at the treasure and jade stones placed there, and after some surprise, he raised his hand to get it, but was caught up by the torture technique that caught up and grabbed his wrist.

"Fan Meng!" The torture technique grabbed Fan Meng's wrist tightly, "You can't take these things, something will happen, this must be a trap!" ”

Fan Meng shook off the hand of torture: "You swore by yourself that you would listen to me, right?" This is one of them, and the other is that you have picked it up before, but it is just a timer, and nothing else has appeared, if it really kills people, I guess it is just to seal the passage where we came down before, our people have already come down, seal it, seal it, anyway, there should be other entrances and exits, Xing Renju has already written it on the drawing. ”

Xingshu asked: "Then did he write down the offering table here, as well as the precious and precious stones placed here?" ”

Fan Meng was stunned for a moment and replied, "Not really." ”

Xing Shu glanced at the other people who were about to step forward, motioned for them to push away with his eyes, and continued to persuade Fan Meng: "That's right, Xing Renju deliberately didn't write it, in fact, he left these traps, so that the people who came in would not return." ”

Fan Meng said in a low voice: "Listen, we can't come in vain, the clues we find must be handed over to the weasel, in exchange for everyone's chance to live, if we don't take these things, who will pay us?" ”

"I'll give!" Torture immediately said, "How much do you want?" ”

Fan Meng sneered: "You give? How old are you? I know you have money, but I will definitely choose the latter when your money is compared to what is offered on the table, because the latter is what I deserve, not what you give away. ”

Fan Meng pushed away the torture technique and began to quickly put the nine precious jade stones into his pocket, regardless of how He Yuejia outside tried to dissuade him.

After he finished loading the backpack on his back and patting it, the whole temple began to vibrate, and then he heard the sound of rushing water, and the sound of the stone ball on it turning, and then he could hear some strange rustling sounds, in short, it sounded creepy.

Yan Gang stepped forward directly, grabbed Fan Meng, raised his hand and was about to beat him, but was stopped by the torture.

"It's useless for you to kill him now, everyone quickly get together, each observe one direction, and if you find that there is a change in the direction you are observing, tell the others immediately!" ”

The shaking and strange noise lasted for about ten minutes before disappearing, and as they disappeared, they also saw a lot of water leaking from the passage they had climbed down before, and a small snake slipped down from the gap, smashed on the iron tiles of the temple, and finally slid into the courtyard of the temple.

After those few little snakes fell, they immediately discovered the torture technique and the others, and immediately rushed forward with their bodies, Bai Zhongzheng, Yan Gang and Samuchuan were quick and fast, each responsible for two or three, and solved these things with crossbows and mountain knives.

"What snake?" The torture technique that had always feared snakes retreated to the rear and asked.

Samuchuan squatted down and checked: "This snake is called Black Silver Water, a specialty of Xiangxi, with strong reproductive ability, very small size, although it is not poisonous, but this thing can quickly drill into people's mouths, enter the human body and destroy internal organs, many cows, sheep, horses, etc., are easy to be drilled into the mouth by this snake when eating grass, and they die in less than a minute." ”

The torture technique remembered something at this time, and stepped forward and said, "I understand, this organ is aimed at people's selfish desires. ”

"What do you mean?" Fan Meng looked at the torture technique and asked, thinking that he had something to say, He Yuejia immediately grabbed him, in fact, He Yuejia knew better than anyone else, if it wasn't for himself, Fan Meng would be transparent in the eyes of the torture.

The torture explained: "The first time you turn the stone ball, there will be a gap enough for a person to enter, and after this person gets in, the stone ball will be closed and sealed, during this time, if the first person to come down does not take away the treasure and jade on the table, the stone ball will open the mechanism after a period of time, and the person above can re-rotate the stone ball to open the gap and go down one by one, on the contrary, if someone takes the treasure and jade on the table, the mechanism will be completely activated, and the stone ball will be completely closed, Maybe the cave outside will be sealed with some kind of secret door or something, and then a lot of water will flow out of the hole in the stone ball and the cave wall to flood the cave above, and at the same time release that kind of snake, that is, as long as the first person who comes in is greedy, the person who has not come down will die. ”

Bai Zhongzheng looked at the empty offering table and said, "This kind of mechanism setting is really in line with the practice of the Cast Iron Immortal, aren't the organs and traps in the Heaven and Earth Mansion like this?" ”

Xingshu nodded, and at this time, everyone turned their eyes to Fan Meng, except for He Yuejia and He Chenxue, everyone else had resentful and hateful eyes, even Yuan Zhenba and Xu You, who were originally relatively calm.

Xu You stepped forward, grabbed Fan Meng's shoulder, and brought him to the Taoist temple with a smile, and when the torture was about to step forward, Yuan Zhenba stopped him and said: "We are also helping you, so don't do too much, you must not do anything stupid." ”

Xingshu shook his head: "Eighth Master, I just don't want anyone to die here, that's all." ”

Yuan Zhenba frowned: "What if Fan Meng wants you to die?" No, not just in case, I guess it's absolute. ”

"He doesn't have that ability." ”

Yuan Zhenba glanced at the Taoist temple and shook his head slightly: "Dark arrows are difficult to prevent." ”

In the distance, Yan Gang gestured with his eyes, called Bai Zhongzheng, Tan Tong, and Samuchuan aside, and beckoned Kent to look at Safeng.

After the others gathered, Yan Gang first glanced at the other three, and then said: "It's not a way to go on like this, that miscellaneous person surnamed Fan will kill us sooner or later, among the four of us, the Cannon King is the oldest, what to do in the future, you decide, but I'll talk to the front first, although I can bear it, but if I find what should be found, I will definitely make that kid regret knowing me." ”

Tan Tong lowered his head and looked at the ground: "I have no opinion, but the king of Hades is right, no matter what, be patient first and finish the matter." ”

Bai Zhongzheng and Samuchuan glanced at each other, and then nodded.

In the Taoist temple, in the corner to the right of the Sanqing statue, Xu You looked sideways at Yan Gang, Tan Tong and others who were discussing in the courtyard, and said to Fan Meng with a strange smile: "Guess what, are they discussing against you now?" ”

Fan Meng smiled: "I'm not worried, as long as I detain the torture technique, they can't do anything about me, I know the torture technique better than all of you, he is a smart person, and at the same time he is also very kind, it should be said that he is stupid and kind, as long as I don't cross his bottom line, and at the same time arrest He Chenxue, I am the winner." ”

Xu Youdao: "Fan Meng, do you know what the word tyrant means? What are the consequences of knowing this word? ”

Fan Meng said: "You want to say, I have provoked the anger of the public, if I don't stop, I will die an ugly death, and sooner or later the people will betray their relatives and leave, right?" Let me tell you, this is impossible, He Yuejia will never betray me, even if I let her die, she will not resent me, let her not resent me, even if He Chenxue is dissatisfied with me, she will still hold that ridiculous fantasy, this is a woman, this is feelings, as long as I figure it out and grasp the feelings that can be mastered, I will always be a winner. ”

"Makes sense." Xu nodded, hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that I want to tell you one thing, if you get the clue of Qimen, remember not to hand it over to the people of the weasel, because no matter whether you give it to the weasel or not, the weasel can't do anything to you, but the people of the Cusco company will definitely take the clue from you and kill people." ”

Fan Meng was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

Xu Youdao: "I've been thinking all the way, this plan of the weasel is actually quite flawed, but why did it go so smoothly? The reason is that there has always been a person who is helping the weasel, don't be so surprised, I'm not talking about you, you are not qualified enough, I said yes Sheng Feng, the master of Heyumen, a person who is so scheming, would be afraid that the weasel would be afraid that he would sit back and be arrested by the police, it is too unreasonable, with his strength, he can completely escape and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback, but he didn't, why? ”

Fan Meng asked again, "What exactly do you want to say?" ”

"Maybe the torture is still in chaos, or maybe he already knows about it, but he just didn't say it on purpose." Xu You lifted his glasses, "Based on all the clues, I can only come up with the most accurate answer - the weasel is Sheng Feng!" ”

Hearing Xu You's speculation, Fan Meng was shocked.