Chapter 214 Chapter 73 Ghost Valley Hidden Buckle

Everyone hurriedly aimed their lights at an area on the right side of Shimen.Jia Zhuangyuan caressed a few protrusions that were almost the same color as the stone wall, and said excitedly to himself: "Hey, this is a chain of seven stars." Everyone looked at Jia Zhuangyuan full of doubts, and saw him looking back at everyone, pointing to a few bumps on the stone wall that were almost invisible to the naked eye, and said to everyone: "Do you see these small bumps? ?Their arrangement is arranged according to the seven stars in the sky, the Big Dipper, and these seven protrusions are the mechanism to open this stone gate."

First Young Master Liu couldn't help asking: "Then why is it called the Seven Star Link?" Jia Zhuangyuan blinked his small eyes and explained: "Everyone has heard of Guiguzi, the grandson's master in the Warring States Period, right? Guiguzi, surnamed Wang Mingxu, was born in Weiguo (now Qi County, Hebi City, Henan Province) in the Warring States Period. He is proficient in the art of war, martial arts, Qimen gossip, and has written 14 books on military affairs handed down from generation to generation. The folks call him the ancestor of Wang Chan. He is a prominent figure in the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States in China. He is one of the "Hundred Schools of Philosophy". He is also an accomplished educator. He often goes to Yunmeng Mountain to collect herbs and practice Taoism. He lives in seclusion in Qingxi Guigu, so he is called Mr. Guiguzi. He is the first to create the mechanism of the seven-star chain. This mechanism is exquisite and exquisite. The bulges of each star are connected to a hub, the seven stars are the seven hubs, and there is a main hub in the stone gate, the seven star hubs must be pressed one by one precisely according to the rotation position of the seven-star Big Dipper, in order to touch the main hub in the stone gate , the stone gate can be opened."

Everyone couldn't help but be amazed that people in the Warring States Period were so clever and intelligent to create such an exquisite mechanism lock. Jia Zhuangyuan continued: "Of course, if we make a mistake in our calculations and fail to press the seven stars according to the predetermined position and time, then this stone gate will never be opened. Moreover, there may be unknown dangers." Seeing that everyone seemed to want to ask something again, Jia Zhuangyuan smiled knowingly and continued: "It is said that the seven-star chain button was first used in the secret storehouse of the imperial city of Chu during the Warring States Period, because Guiguzi was once the prime minister of Chu. According to ancient records, spies from the state of Qin once sneaked into the imperial city of the state of Chu. They wanted to enter the secret storehouse of the imperial city to steal. They were killed because they touched the seven-star chain button. The reason is that the seven-star chain button can be pressed correctly to open the main hub. , and if you press the wrong button, the seven stars may be connected to the main hub that drives the killing mechanism."

"Are you saying that there may be some mechanism for killing people hidden in this stone gate?" Fan Debiao asked in confusion. Jia Zhuangyuan nodded and said, "Maybe in the Shimen, maybe around the Shimen. The ancients would set up some killing mechanism when hiding treasures, building tombs, or hiding important things, such as ancient tombs. Especially some historical In the tombs of great people, there are often countless traps, hidden weapons, and news. The purpose is to protect your body from being stolen by enemies or descendants. Common examples: when you touch the trap, there will be traps, poisonous fire, arrows and spears There are many kinds of hidden weapons, gunpowder, sand and stones, etc. Let’s talk about this stone gate. If Qixing activates the killing mechanism, maybe the ground will crack open traps, maybe heavy sand will fall from the top of the head, or poisonous fire will be sprayed from the walls. , hidden weapons and so on."

Everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded, this ancient man is really smart.Of course, it is also a vicious method.If the ancients were as civilized as modern people, that is, cremation, then there would be no such hidden weapons, how simple it would be. Jia Zhuangyuan added: "Actually, these hidden weapons are easy to guard against. There are still many ancient people's anti-theft skills that you don't know. For example, raising some strange and evil creatures that guard the tomb, such as raising corpses and ancient beasts. Some people know There are even some strange things about magic or witchcraft. Let’s not talk about them one by one here.”

After speaking, Jia Zhuangyuan took out a strange octagonal black object from his arms.He smiled and said to everyone: "This is the astronomical compass used by people in ancient times to calculate the astronomical phenomena. The precise astronomical orientation can be engraved on it. As long as you turn the compass, the astronomical phenomena above will change. We can accurately draw The orientation of the seven stars." He casually asked, "Who is wearing the watch, what time is it?" Young Master Liu looked at the watch on his wrist and said, "A quarter past one in the morning."

Jia Zhuangyuan nodded, then adjusted the pointer of the compass, and said to everyone: "Concentrate the light on my hand and the seven-star protrusion." Then he took the compass and walked to the stone wall where the seven stars protruded.Everyone hurriedly focused all the flashlights on the position he wanted, and watched his actions nervously. Jia Zhuangyuan also seemed a little nervous. He took a deep breath, then stared at the astronomical direction on the compass, and slowly stretched out his hand, stroking the bumps of the seven stars. Everyone held their breath, watching his fingers suddenly press one of the star positions, and heard a crisp "click" sound from inside the stone gate, Young Master Liu felt some sweat ooze from his forehead, heart, Bang bang.

Jia Zhuangyuan kept pressing the other star positions on the stone wall, and within ten seconds, as the sound of "Ka Ka" continued to sound, the stone gate began to shake slowly.When his hand stopped, suddenly, Shimen seemed to be still, no sound, no shaking.Just when everyone's hearts were sinking, wondering if the old man had pressed the wrong direction, the stone door suddenly made a dull sound of "bang", which scared everyone's heart to tremble.Just when everyone was terrified, the stone door slowly rose up, and a rotten breath overflowed from the gap under the stone door, and got into everyone's nostrils.

As the stone gate slowly rises, everyone's hearts are suspended, what kind of scene is there inside?What strange things will everyone encounter?After a dull "clang" sound, the Shimen stopped its ascent. Inside the Shimen, it was very quiet, and a dark and hazy atmosphere came oncoming. Jia Zhuangyuan held up the fire pocket, walked slowly to the door, and peeped in. After a few seconds, he seemed to be unable to see clearly through the small fire pocket.Turning around, he said, "Focus on the flashlight and take a look inside." As seven or eight flashlights shone through the door at the same time, the scene inside surprised everyone.The inside of Shimen turned out to be an underground and empty canyon, and the black cliff on the opposite side stretched endlessly to both sides, and everyone was located on the cliff corresponding to that cliff.

Jia Zhuangyuan extinguished the flashlight and asked for a flashlight to shine it down.A stone step winds down, I don't know how deep it is. Jia Zhuangyuan turned back and said: "It seems that the construction here is very spectacular. Although I can't see the underground building yet, this natural underground canyon tells me a lot. Everyone follow me, be careful , go down slowly." The steps are narrow and steep, and it seems that craftsmen chiseled them bit by bit according to the slope of the cliff.Everyone followed Jia Zhuangyuan one by one, walking slowly down. After about ten minutes, everyone finally reached the bottom of the valley.The sight in front of me was very spectacular.

An extremely wide underground canyon appeared in front of everyone, about 100 meters wide and unknown in length, with no end in sight on both sides.On both sides of the canyon are towering and steep cliffs like axes. Jia Zhuangyuan made a gesture to ask everyone to wait, while he carefully moved his steps forward with a flashlight under his feet.After walking about ten meters, he beckoned everyone to follow. When everyone passed by, Jia Zhuangyuan was squatting on the ground looking at something.Walking closer, a strange smell filled everyone's breath.Everyone looked in front of Jia Zhuangyuan, and saw a dark underground river flowing at a very slow speed along the direction of the canyon. Jia Zhuangyuan breathed deeply and said, "It's strange, this underground river seems to be full of oil, everyone, be careful and don't smoke. A little open fire probably will kill us all." First Young Master Liu asked, "Then where should we go now? Upstream or downstream?" Jia Zhuangyuan said: "According to the direction, we should be going downstream." Jia Zhuangyuan stood up, and then continued: "Everyone must be vigilant, I feel very uncomfortable here, this is an intuition I have gained through many underground life and death experiences. As soon as I open that stone door, I feel very uncomfortable. I feel that there is an indescribably evil atmosphere in this space. Therefore, everyone must be vigilant and remind each other. Once you find a trace of abnormality, you must remind everyone.” Everyone nodded.Jia Zhuangyuan waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" So everyone walked downstream along the dark river in this underground canyon. Along the way, except for the sound of everyone's footsteps and breathing, everything was terribly silent, even the slowly flowing underground river of oil did not have the slightest life.This silence made everyone feel very depressed and scary. After traveling for about ten minutes, a huge shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, like a rock, or a large building.It's just that in the dark, only huge shadows can be seen, and the whole picture cannot be seen clearly. Suddenly, I heard Fan Debiao scolding: "Dead cabbage caterpillar, why are you touching my ass? What a fuck!" "Your grandma, when did I touch your ass?" Cabbage caterpillar behind Fan derbiao cursed back. Young Master Liu turned around and scolded: "You two don't make trouble, okay? Don't look at the situation." At this time, cabbage caterpillar also shouted: "The one behind, who the hell is touching my butt again?" Yang Weidong, who was behind him, quickly argued, "I didn't touch your butt." At this time, Jia Zhuangyuan shouted: "Everyone be careful, there is something!" They saw him raising the whip in his hand and running quickly behind everyone. Everyone hurriedly turned their heads to see a small black figure flashed from behind Yang Weidong, jumped onto the mountain wall on the right, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. without a trace. At this moment, Fan Debiao cursed in shock: "What the fuck? It only touches my ass." First Young Master Liu stared at the little black shadow for a moment, then said solemnly: "If my guess is right, it's Yinhou. " "What? Yin monkey? What?" Fan derbiao asked in surprise. Liu Dashao said: "The Yin Monkey is recorded in the ancient books as a strange beast that grew up in the underworld. It is said that this creature is evil and cunning by nature, and is good at sucking people's energy and blood. .” Jia Zhuangyuan came over at this moment, and interjected: "The boy is right, the thing just now is indeed a Yin monkey, but it is a young one, who is not tall enough, and only touches your buttocks. If it is an adult Yin monkey, then The comrade whose butt was touched just now is probably going to be miserable." Fan Debiao asked stupidly: "What will happen then?" Jia Zhuangyuan chuckled and said, "Then what it touched is the back of your neck, what do you think will happen? You will turn into a dead corpse in a few tens of seconds." Fan Debiao and cabbage caterpillar looked at each other, sweating profusely.Jia Zhuangyuan shook his head and said to First Young Master Liu, "You two brothers are a bit stupid. I don't know why they were picked on by the big grasshopper, and they started fighting."