When he heard this, he immediately threw the three sticks of incense in his hand to the ground, and said to the old ghost with a smile: "Old ghost senior, in fact, I'm joking with you!" Fang is my disrespectful words, I have seen the true skills of my predecessors, and I know that my predecessors are powerful, and I hope that my predecessors will not be like me. ”

The old ghost glared at the lowly and said nothing, turning his head and walking towards the arch hole, and the others followed suit.

This is an arch cave that extends to the depths of the ground at a certain oblique angle, there is no end in sight, the wall of the cave is not as I imagined that the bluestone bricks are laid, it is an uneven layer of soil, obviously it has not been reinforced, and an ordinary soil hole is not much different, and the top of the cave is relatively low, if I stand up straight in some places, my head will even touch the top of the cave, so we have to bend over and lower our heads when we are relatively tall, and I feel very depressed. Only the old ghost held his head high, looking leisurely.

I really didn't think that being short can sometimes be an advantage.

The group walked forward slowly, Niu Fat was the first time to come to this kind of place, he seemed very scared, and after walking a short distance, he lowered his voice and asked, "Will there be a hidden weapon trap or something?" ”

Wen Qingshan said: "We haven't entered the mausoleum yet, and this road is just an escape passage secretly dug by the craftsmen who built the mausoleum, so there shouldn't be any danger." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the old ghost said, "Don't take it lightly, this road seems simple, but I'm afraid it is not from the hands of ordinary craftsmen. ”

Wen Qingshan was slightly stunned: "How can the old ghost predecessor say this?" ”

"Have you forgotten the secret door? The secret door is completely integrated with the surrounding environment, and the mechanism that opens the secret door seems simple, but in fact it is extremely difficult to set up. It is enough to show that the secret door was created by a master who is proficient in mechanical arts, presumably to prevent someone from accidentally breaking into the imperial tomb. ”

Hearing the old ghost talk about this, I suddenly thought that Wen Qingshan once said that the person who designed the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang was most likely a master of tricks related to Lu Ban, could it be that this secret passage was also designed by him?

Wen Qingshan also thought of this, and suddenly said: "I understand, this secret passage must have been left by the designer of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, he designed the mausoleum for Qin Shi Huang, and he must have known that he would not escape death in the end, so when designing the mausoleum, he secretly left such a secret passage." Speaking of this, he asked the old ghost again: "By the way, old ghost senior, how did you determine just now that the stone wall is the entrance to the secret passage?" ”

The old ghost replied without replying: "Because according to my calculations, the entrance to the secret passage should be near there, although the stone wall seems to be no different from the surrounding environment, but it is too flat, and the cave is relatively wet, but the stone wall is quite dry, very unusual, I speculate that it should be the entrance to the secret passage." ”

After listening to the old ghost's explanation, I admired him even more, no wonder he said that he was a representative figure of the Northern Gold Touching School, and with his experience of being so old, he definitely deserved this title.

Because the old ghost reminded everyone that there were still traps in the arch cave, everyone was much more cautious, and because of this, they slowed down their travel.

The group walked slowly and walked along the arch for about 100 meters, and finally reached the end of the arch, where a gray-blue stone wall blocked the way. On one side of the stone gate, there is a black stone pillar about two feet high, the top of the stone pillar is an octagonal section, on which the Bagua pattern is drawn, and in the center of the Bagua pattern, there is an irregularly shaped depression, which looks as if the Bagua pattern has been dug out from the middle.

The old ghost stepped forward, raised his hand and knocked on the stone wall a few times, then turned his head and said to everyone: "This is diamond clay mixed with glutinous rice juice and several other flower juices, and diamond clay is the main material used to build the diamond wall of the mausoleum, so this wall is the outer wall of the imperial mausoleum nine times out of ten!" ”

"So passing through this wall is considered to be entering the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang?"

The old ghost nodded.

Thinking that I was about to enter the unparalleled Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, I couldn't help but feel a little excited.

The old ghost looked around, focusing on the stone pillar next to the stone gate, and he said thoughtfully: "It is not superfluous to get such a stone pillar here, I think there must be some mystery." ”

When Wen Qingshan heard this, he was slightly stunned and said, "Old ghost senior, what do you mean, do you mean that this stone pillar is the mechanism that opens the stone gate?" ”

"Nine times out of ten!" As he spoke, the old ghost walked over to the stone pillar and examined it carefully, and the others also came over.

I stared at the stone pillar for a while, and found that the cross-section of the stone pillar was full of characters in addition to the gossip patterns, and those characters looked very much like the inscriptions used to draw talismans.

I can't help but wonder what kind of elaboration it is to engrave the text on this gossip pattern.

The old ghost held the stone pillar in his hand and twisted it vigorously, but the stone pillar did not move at all, and Wen Qingshan also stepped forward to fiddle with it, but the two of them tinkered for a long time, and they couldn't find any mystery.

I reminded on the side: "I see that the gossip pattern engraved seems to be a script dedicated to drawing talismans, could it be a talisman!?" ”

When the old ghost heard this, he immediately focused on the gossip pattern, he stared at the gossip pattern for a while, turned his head and glanced at me, and said, "You kid is not bad, you can actually see that this is a talisman!" ”

"What? Is this really a talisman? Wen Qingshan was a little surprised.

The old ghost nodded and said, "Moreover, this is most likely still a qi spirit rune." ”

"What is a Qi Spirit Talisman?" Wen Qingshan asked.

The old ghost explained: "The Qi Spirit Rune is a high-level spirit rune that can gather spiritual energy and engrave the Qi Spirit Rune on this stone pillar, most likely to set up a Qi Spirit Lock. ”

As soon as I heard the Qi Spirit Lock, I couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and immediately thought that I had heard Huang Yixian mention it, he said that in ancient times, there was a kind of lock, without a key, which was to use the changes in the aura of the five elements to open and unlock, that is, the Qi Spirit Lock. At the beginning, Huang Yixian thought that the black box containing sapphires found in the Lin family's old mansion was set up with a qi spirit lock, because there was no lock hole on the box at all, and it could not be opened. And in fact, it seems to be true, because it was my blood that seeped into the black box that opened it. Unexpectedly, now the old ghost said that the stone door in front of him is also set up with a qi spirit lock, so what should be used to open it?

I was thinking about it, and the cheap said suspiciously: "Even if there is a Qi Spirit Rune engraved on it, but such a large piece has been dug up in the middle, can the Qi Spirit Lock still work?" ”

The old ghost didn't choke on the words again this time, but replied with a stern expression: "This seems to be a hole, but in fact it is not, you look carefully, these inscriptions are quite complete, which shows that it should be the hole that was dug first, and then engraved the inscriptions." ”

"He carved the text and carved the text, and he had to dig such a hole in a hurry?" I muttered a little puzzled.

The old ghost stared at the hole for a moment, and then said slowly, "I guess that this hole is the key to opening the stone door. ”

"What did the predecessor say?" Wen Qingshan hurriedly asked.

The old ghost explained: "To open the Qi Spirit Lock, you must use a specific object, and this object is like a key to unlocking the lock, which just happens to be able to blend with the aura of the Qi Spirit Lock. I think there must be such a thing, just put this thing in this hole, you can open the stone door. ”

"Holy! How do you know what it is! The cheap couldn't help but sigh.

The old ghost frowned and said, "Because you have to use a specific object to unlock the lock, the Qi Spirit Lock is often the most difficult lock to open. ”

"But it's been more than 2,000 years, and maybe this thing has already been destroyed! Could it be that this stone door could never be opened? Cheap asked.

The old ghost said: "That's not necessarily, there is a spiritual aura in the qi spirit lock, it is said that some Taoist masters in ancient times were able to make their own aura and this aura merge with each other, and when their own aura is completely integrated into it, it is possible to open the qi spirit lock." It's just that, not to mention that I'm afraid none of us have this ability, even if we have, if we want to completely integrate our own aura with the spiritual aura of this qi spirit lock, it will take three or five days, to say the least. ”

"Old ghost senior, what should we do now?" Wen Qingshan asked.

The cheap guy said on the side: "Why don't we blow this stone door open with explosives." ”

"No way!" The old ghost and Wen Qingshan said almost in unison.

"This secret passage is unfortified, and if we use bombs to blast it, if the secret passage collapses, we will all be trapped in it." Wen Qingshan said.

The old ghost took his words and said: "That's not all, once the means of blasting are applied, it will cause irreversible damage to the stone gate, the entire imperial tomb is in a completely sealed state, if we open a hole here, the outside air will enter the imperial tomb, which will cause catastrophic damage to the cultural relics in the imperial tomb, my old ghost does not want to ruin his reputation because of this." ”

I didn't expect that a captain who specialized in tomb robbery would actually think about protecting the Chinese objects of the tomb, and I couldn't help but be impressed by the old man in front of me, who was only four feet tall.

After listening to what Wen Qingshan and the old ghost said, the cheap couldn't help but sigh: "This stone door can't be opened and can't be opened, and it can't be blown up, can we just go back home?" ”

The old ghost pondered for a moment and said, "Let's look around here first, and see if we can find something that triggers the Qi Spirit Lock, if we really can't find it, then we can only leave first, and then find another way." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Long Jiansheng, who had been standing aside and hadn't spoken much, suddenly spoke: "When I came, my father-in-law gave me something, and he said that we might be able to come in handy, take a look!" ”