Chapter 95 Stealing Incense and Jade
"Is it funny?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned. Wang Xinran's mentality was like a schadenfight.
"Don't you feel very interesting?" Wang Xinran was still laughing, "They thought they were a step ahead, but they didn't expect that what was waiting for them was the mechanism and trap. With them rushing to the front, we can save a lot of trouble."
Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer Wang Xinran's words, glanced at her, turned around and walked towards the second stone gate.
Wang Xinran followed with a smile, "They must have never thought that someone would suddenly speak in this underwater tomb. You can imagine what kind of expression they would have when the bronze man suddenly spoke."
Wu Zhongyuan walked forward and ignored her.
"I was so scared that I fired more than twenty shots, which shows how scared they were. I guess my face turned green." Wang Xinran laughed.
Just as Wu Zhongyuan was thinking about how to pour cold water on her, Zhang Shukai said next to him, "I checked the shell and there were five people who shot at the time."
Wu Zhongyuan turned around when he heard the sound, "How do you know?"
Zhang Shukai said, "The gun fires bullets by hitting the bottom fire with a striker, and then the bottom fire ignites the * in the shell, which generates high-pressure gas to push the bullet out of the chamber. The angle and strength of the striker of each gun hitting the bottom fire of the bullet. By checking the collision marks of the bottom fire at the end of the shell, it can be confirmed that there were five people who fired at that time, and each fired three to five guns."
After Zhang Shukai said that, Wu Zhongyuan nodded. If Zhang Shukai had correct analysis, there should be no Lin Qingming among these five people. First, Lin Qingming has night vision ability and can immediately discover that a bronze man standing in the stone chamber is not a real person, and second, Lin Qingming doesn't and doesn't like using guns.
Zhang Shukai said again, "No food remains were found in the second and third stone chambers, nor were there any drinking water remains, so I guess they didn't know the specific situation here before they came in, nor did they carry dry food or drinking water."
After listening to Zhang Shukai's story, Wu Zhongyuan threw praise at him. Zhang Shukai was very careful, good at observation, and better at analysis.
Seeing the three of them walking towards the second stone chamber, Lu Jiahui looked at the broken bronze man on the ground, hesitated and followed. This bronze man was an absolute cultural relic and was a major archaeological discovery. However, the most urgent task was not to move the bronze man out, but to continue moving forward and complete the first task first.
The second stone door had been pushed open by Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai. Wu Zhongyuan walked into the second stone chamber and found a large amount of water stains on the ground. There was a stone platform three steps ahead of the stone door. The stone platform looked like a modern stone table. The support in the middle was a stone pier about 80 cm high. The table was rectangular, about one meter and two meters long and about sixty wide.
When I walked closer, I found that there were many concave round holes on the stone platform. The size of the round holes was similar to that of the ping-pong ball. They were arranged horizontally, and there were five rows from top to bottom. The first row had nine round holes, the second row was nine, the third row was eight, the fourth row was eight, and the lowest row was eight.
The stone platform was covered with dust. Some people should have wiped it before, but it was not very clean. Some areas were wiped, and some areas were still left on it.
Seeing that there was still a lot of dust left on the stone platform, Lu Jiahui took out her brush and wanted to go forward to sweep it.
"Don't worry first." Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand to stop him.
Lu Jiahui stopped. The three of them did not ask why Wu Zhongyuan stopped him, and Wu Zhongyuan did not explain. In fact, the reason why he prevented Lu Jiahui from wiping away the dust was to determine what they had seen before based on the parts that Zhao Ying and others had wiped.
The parts that Zhao Ying and others wiped were mainly concentrated on the periphery of the hole. There was a line of words on the east edge of the stone platform, "If you are interested in stealing jade and incense, how can the Yin Talisman be successful?"
After observing, Wu Zhongyuan looked at Lu Jiahui and signaled her to step forward to sweep the whisk.
While Lu Jiahui was sweeping the dust, Wu Zhongyuan looked down from the stone chamber. There was a stone bowl under the stone platform. This stone bowl should have been placed on the stone platform before. There were three stone balls around the stone bowl, and two more were found in the corner.
After finding Qi Shiqiu, Lu Jiahui was finished working. Wu Zhongyuan stood in front of the stone platform, frowned and thought.
"What do you want to do?" Wang Xinran asked.
"Try your luck." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"What does it mean?" Wang Xinran was puzzled.
Wu Zhongyuan said, "Qimen Dunjia was not called Qimen Dunjia before, but Yinfu. He set up this game to test my judgment of things and understanding of the truth."
It would be fine if Wu Zhongyuan didn't explain, but Wang Xinran became even more confused when he explained, "What does it mean? He wanted to ask you if you steal jade and incense?"
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "No, he didn't ask me if I was right, but asked me how I could succeed if I wanted to steal someone."
Wang Xinran smiled again, "Use Qimen Dunjia to steal someone's wife?"
Wu Zhongyuan did not respond because Wang Xinran was right, and Zuo Ci came up with such a shameless question.
"Who is this guy?" Wang Xinran smiled.
"It's either a genius or a madman, it's not a normal person anyway." Wu Zhongyuan said casually.
Wang Xinran was about to answer the conversation, but Zhang Shukai raised his hand and pointed it, reminding her to look at the top of the stone chamber.
Wang Xinran looked up, then observed and rushed towards Wu Zhongyuan and said, "Look at the top."
Wu Zhongyuan looked up at the top of the stone chamber. The top of the stone chamber was also covered with stone slabs, but these stone slabs were not complete. Each stone slab had many small holes as thick as pencils, which looked like the shower head in the bathroom. Some of the small holes and water droplets were dripping.
"The water on the ground is poured down from above." Wang Xinran said.
"Yes," Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "It should be that they did not answer the question before, and they rushed in and triggered the mechanism."
"What is poured down is definitely not clear water, could it be urine?" Wang Xinran looked disgusting.
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head. With Zuo Ci's style of doing things, he could do this, but he would always smell bad, but there was no smell of urine in the stone chamber.
"If you answered wrong, will there be any dirty things on it pour down again?" Wang Xinran asked.
"It's possible." Wu Zhongyuan said casually.
"Forget it, it's better to have less than more things..."
Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand and interrupted Wang Xinran's words, "The second door among the eight gates is Xiumen. The five elements of Xiumen belong to water and also belong to auspicious gates. I want to see what kind of reward he will give us if the answer is correct."
Wang Xinran thought about it and said nothing. Zhao Ying and others are now trapped inside and are not in a hurry to go in and catch them. In addition, she also wanted to know what rewards she would get if the answer was correct.
After a few minutes of casual talk, Wu Zhongyuan kept frowning and staring at the stone platform, considering where to place the five stone balls in his hand.
While Wu Zhongyuan was thinking nervously, Lu Jiahui was not idle either. After turning on the strong light flashlight, she found that the water on the ground was not clear, with some purple sediment in it, and in addition to some black hair-like things.
He picked up a few pieces and asked Wang Xinran for a lighter to try to ignite it. He burned it and rolled it up and sniffed it, "It's the black hair of an animal."
After Lu Jiahui said that, Wang Xinran thought in confusion, and Wu Zhongyuan said casually, "Don't guess, it must be a black and bloody man. If the answer is wrong, it will be a bloody man."
Although Wu Zhongyuan's judgment seemed a bit arbitrary, Wang Xinran believed that his judgment was correct, because only the black and bloody one could conform to Zuo Ci's perverse style.
"What do these round holes mean?" Wang Xinran walked to Wu Zhongyuan and looked at the round holes on the stone slab with him.
Wu Zhongyuan did not answer Wang Xinran’s question, but asked casually, “What factors do you need to do to accomplish something?”
"Is this a question? Of course, it is the right time, place, and people." Wang Xinran replied.
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "You didn't say it all. In the eyes of the ancients, if you want to accomplish something, you need to prepare five major factors: time, place, harmony, divine assistance, and pattern. These five rows of round holes represent these five major factors. The nine stars represent the time in Qimen Dunjia..."
Wang Xinran interrupted Wu Zhongyuan's words, "Which nine stars?"
"The Big Dipper Seven Stars plus the Fu Bi two stars," Wu Zhongyuan explained, "Bei Dipper, in addition to the seven stars known to the world, also has two hidden stars, Zuo Fu You Bi, and they are combined into nine stars. There are nine round holes in the first row, representing nine stars."
Speaking of this, Wu Zhongyuan paused for a moment. Seeing that Wang Xinran did not ask again, he continued, "Nine stars represent the heavenly time, the Nine Palaces represent the geographical advantage, the Eight Gates represent the human harmony, and the Eight Gods represent the divine assistance. The different combinations of the above factors are the pattern."
Lu Jiahui can understand what Wu Zhongyuan said, Wang Xinran and Zhang Shukai are completely blind and listen to thunder. Wang Xinran said, "How could you understand these?"
Wu Zhongyuan did not answer.
"What did your master teach?" Wang Xinran asked again.
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head. The main function of Qimen Dunjia is prediction. In the view of the master, prediction is contrary to the will of heaven, so he naturally would not teach him deliberately. The reason why he understood these was because he had read the 36 methods of geography left by his master before dropping out of school, which contained records and explanations of this kind of content.
After waiting for a while, seeing Wu Zhongyuan frowning, Wang Xinran said, "Forget it, don't worry, he is clearly trying to make things difficult for you."
Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head to look at her.
Wang Xinran said again, "Can Qimen Dunjia be used to steal someone's wife?"
"In theory, Qimen Dunjia can be used to do anything," said Wu Zhongyuan.
"How to steal?" Wang Xinran smiled.
Wu Zhongyuan used the explanation to sort out his own idea, "If you want to do something, you must meet several conditions. The essence of stealing fragrance and jade is to occupy things that do not belong to you. Therefore, I feel that in this row of heaven, I should choose Tianpeng Star. Tianpeng Star is a thief star, and it is also the Youbi star outside the main star, the male left and the female right, the female leads to affair. In this row of the right place, the Xun Palace should be selected..."
"Aren't women Kun?" Wang Xinran asked.
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, Kun represents his mother in the Nine Palaces, that is, the mother of the master."
Wang Xinran smiled.
Wu Zhongyuan also said, "In the same row of people, you should choose Dumen. Dumen belongs to wood. If you want to overcome wood, you can only use gold. This is also the premise of harmony between people. To put it bluntly, you have to have money, but you can't steal it without money."
"Where is the divine helper?" Wang Xinran asked with interest.
"You should choose Liuhe," said Wu Zhongyuan. "Liuhe belongs to the wood of the east, with a peaceful nature and a marriage. That is to say, if the truth is revealed, you have to marry someone else, and you can't leave it."
"Where is the pattern?" Wang Xinran asked.
"This is also something I cannot be sure of," said Wu Zhongyuan. "Two issues need to be considered when doing something, one is how to do it, and the other is what consequences will be after it is done. The pattern is the consequences after it is done. There are eight consequences such as heaven, earth, god, man, star, gate, strange, and ritual. The first three are good, the last three are bad, and the four and five are flat."
"Please choose one between a person and a star?" Wang Xinran asked.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "Yes, artificial moments, stars are eternal."
"In other words, the final consequence of stealing fragrance and jade is whether it has been owned or forever, right?" Wang Xinran asked.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "It should be like this."
"Select someone." Wang Xinran said.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't say anything, picked up the stone balls and placed them in the corresponding position one by one, but the last row was the star position, not the human position. The reason for doing this is very simple. The key to doing the question is to see what kind of answer the person who asked the question wanted. Zuo Ci should have done something like stealing fragrance and stealing jade, and the correct answer is not necessarily the right one.
It turned out that he had chosen the right choice, put the stone ball in, and a small porcelain bottle popped out of one of the round holes.
Wu Zhongyuan happily reached out and took it to see it, frowning.
Chapter completed!