Mo Ziyang gasped and said, "I...... Naturally, I want it to be returned to its rightful owner, but ...... But as the saying goes, if you want me to believe you, you have to ...... Evidence has to be presented. ”

"Evidence...? What evidence? I was slightly stunned.

"Brother Yuanjing followed...... Tell me that there are two volumes in this book, and he asked me to keep only ...... Just the next volume, such as ...... If someone brings it to him, he can give him the next book. ”

When I heard this, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, Ma Yuanjing was really thoughtful, because only I had the first volume of "Yin and Yang Mysticism" in my hand, and I put this book in the void enchantment contained in the stone tablet on my chest.

I immediately took out the half volume of "Yin Yang Occult" from the stone tablet and handed it to Mo Ziyang, who stared at the already worn out "Yin and Yang Mystery Technique" in my hand for a while, nodded, and said slowly: "That's right... This is indeed the same book as the half of the book that Brother Yuanjing asked me to keep. ”

I hurriedly asked, "Then where did you hide the half of the book that my master gave you?" ”

Mo Ziyang coughed lightly twice, and instead of answering me immediately, he gestured at me and motioned for me to lean my ear over. He seemed to be worried that the wall had ears, which is why he was so cautious.

I hurriedly leaned down and put my ear close to his mouth, and he said in a very small voice in my ear: "There is a grave on the west side of the fourth pond from top to bottom of the Nine Eyes Pond, and there is a wordless tombstone standing in front of the grave, and the book is hidden under the wordless tombstone. ”

It turned out that Mo Ziyang did not hide the book in this dilapidated temple, but hid it in the cemetery in the wild, and it is no wonder that Mo Zifeng could not find it, so he was so angry that he actually killed his own brother.

Now that I knew where the book was, I decided to go and take it out immediately.

Because Mo Ziyang's injuries were too serious, not only did he lose a lot of blood, but he also had many fractures on his body, and he couldn't move at all, so he could only stay in the temple temporarily, so I called Wuchenzi out and asked him to guard Mo Ziyang, while Wen Qingshan and Long Yi went to pick up the book.

As soon as we walked out of the door, we heard Long Yi shout, "Where is that guy...?" ”

Hearing him shout, I hurriedly turned my head to take a look, only to find that Mo Zifeng, who was lying on the ground and couldn't move, had disappeared.

"Can't let this guy run away... Look for it..."Long Yi said, immediately taking out a pistol from his waist and looking around. Wen Qingshan and I also searched with him, but due to the lush foliage and overgrown weeds around, our vision was greatly affected, and we almost searched the vicinity of the ruined temple, but we couldn't find any trace of Mo Zifeng, so it seems that this guy has escaped.

I asked Long Yi with some puzzlement: "Brother Long, didn't you say that he couldn't recover within two or three hours, why did he run away?" ”

Long Yi frowned and said, "It's unlikely that he will recover so quickly, and it was his accomplices who rescued him." ”

Wen Qingshan agreed with Long Yi's analysis: "People in the cult rarely act alone, not to mention that this Mo Zifeng is also a hall master of the cult, in my opinion, he may have asked his accomplices to search for it on the nearby mountains because he didn't find the book in the temple." When we arrived, he was left alone in the temple. ”

Hearing what Wen Qingshan said, I couldn't help but be shocked, and immediately said: "We have to hurry up and get the book in our hands, otherwise it will be terrible if it falls into the hands of those guys." ”

I led them straight to the Nine Eyes Pond, and in a short time we came to the fourth pond, and I looked around, and found that there were seven or eight graves not far from this pond.

I hurriedly walked over, and after some inspection, I soon found the wordless tombstone that Mo Ziyang said.

Long Yi asked me, "The book is hidden under here?" ”

I nodded, "It should be here." ”

"Then move the tombstone away..."Long Yi said, holding the tombstone with both hands, trying to move the tombstone away, but the tombstone did not move.

This tombstone is a whole piece of bluestone more than half a meter high, at least it must weigh two or three hundred catties, and the roots are still buried deep in the soil, it is not easy to move it.

Wen Qingshan circled around the tombstone, frowned and said, "The soil near this tombstone is very compact, and it is also overgrown with lush weeds, unlike the soil that has been touched recently, Shi Yu, are you sure that Old Man Mo said that the book is hidden under this tombstone?" ”

Long Yi took Wen Qingshan's words and said, "Did you hear it wrong, that old man is seventy or eighty years old, how can he alone move such a heavy tombstone." ”

Listening to what they said, I couldn't help but be slightly stunned, thinking about it carefully, it is really possible that I heard it wrong, because Mo Ziyang's voice was very small at that time, and because of his weak body, his speech was also intermittent, so I didn't hear it very clearly.

Thinking of this, I looked up and said, "Maybe I heard it wrong, but it's certain that it must be near this wordless tombstone." ”

"Then let's look and see where there are traces of moving earth."

We looked down and looked around, and soon, Wen Qingshan found that next to the wordless tombstone, there was a cluster of lush grass, the color of this grass was slightly lighter than the color of the surrounding weeds, Wen Qingshan thought that it might be because the grass had moved from other places.

Listening to his analysis, we decided to dig it up and take a look. Since we had not prepared in advance, we did not have any tools such as shovels at hand, but fortunately the soil was relatively soft, so we dug up with the daggers we had with us.

After digging for a while, a pit about 30 centimeters deep was dug up, but nothing was found. Just as we were about to give up, we suddenly heard a "pop", and it felt as if the tip of a knife had touched something like a wooden board.

There's really something... We immediately came to our senses, hurriedly accelerated the progress of digging the soil, and soon, we dug out a dark red wooden box about 20 centimeters square.

The wooden box was very heavy, Wen Qingshan took a closer look at it, and said: "This wooden box is made of small-leaved red sandalwood, which is a very valuable wood, and from the perspective of the craftsmanship of this wooden box, it should be something from the Qing Dynasty, which can be regarded as an antique. ”

"The book must be in there." I was a little impatient, and immediately tried to open the wooden box, but I pulled it hard, but found that the lid and the body of the box seemed to be glued together, and did not move.

The wooden box was obviously unlocked, and for some reason, it was so difficult to open, and I couldn't help but mutter, "Why is it so tight?" ”

Long Yi took the wooden box from my hand, tried to insert the tip of the knife into the gap between the box cover and the box body, and pried the box cover open, but found that the gap was very dense, and the sharp tip of the knife was difficult to insert into it.

Wen Qingshan was worried that Long Yi had broken the wooden box, so he hurriedly stopped him, and said, "This wooden box is a rare antique, it's best not to break it." ”

"But the lid of this box seems to be stuck to something, and it can't be opened at all if you don't pry," Ryuichi said.

Wen Qingshan said: "No... The box wasn't stuck to anything, but it was locked in a hidden lock. ”

"Dark locks?" I was a little surprised, because I couldn't tell that the wooden box had been locked.

"This secret lock is too hidden, I can't see it at all..."

Wen Qingshan nodded and said, "There was a locksmith in the Qing Dynasty who specialized in developing hidden locks, and the hidden locks he set up were almost completely indistinguishable from the appearance. I think the secret lock set up by this wooden box must have come from him. ”

"But there is no interlocking hole in this dark lock, how can I open it? It can't be an unsolvable deadlock. ”

Wen Qingshan smiled and said, "Hehe, if there is no solution, how can it be called a lock... The reason why there is no lock hole is because there is no key to open this kind of hidden lock. ”

"Don't need a key? So how do you pick a lock? "Ryuichi and I were both a little surprised.

Wen Qingshan stretched out his hand in front of Long Yi and said, "Brother Long, you show me the box." ”

Long Yi hurriedly handed the wooden box to Wen Qingshan.

Wen Qingshan held the wooden box and examined it carefully, and after observing it, he began to gently shake the wooden box with his hand, and when he shook the wooden box, there was a sound of rolling balls from the wooden box.

I wondered, "What did Old Man Mo put in this wooden box?" ”

As soon as my words fell, Wen Qingshan frowned and said, "No... Balls aren't something you put inside a wooden box... And it is the key to unlocking the dark lock. ”

"What...? Balls are the key? ”

Wen Qingshan nodded and said: "There should be a mezzanine in this wooden box, and in this mezzanine, there should be a rather special shape, when I shake the wooden box, the balls will rush around in that shape, it seems that there is no regularity at all, in fact, the locksmith has set up a special track in it, only so that the balls run along this trajectory once, and the dark lock will be opened." ”

After listening to what Wen Qingshan said, I couldn't help but sigh: "I rely on... So complicated...? ”

"It's complicated, because different shapes can set completely different trajectories, but this kind of dark lock has a fatal flaw."

"What flaw?" I hurriedly asked.

Wen Qingshan smiled slightly and said, "That locksmith has only designed a total of eighteen shapes, and I have studied all eighteen shapes, so it's a big deal to try them all." As he spoke, he raised the box with both hands, continued to shake it gently, and pressed his ear to the box, listening quietly to the sound of the balls turning inside.

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