Peach Blossom Button

The touch of the fingertips was as cold as iron, and Tao Mo was startled. Is this an illusion or real?Could it be that he has reached the end of the corridor?At the same time, the man who had just pierced his heart with his sword got up crookedly from the ground again, raised his blood-stained face, and "stared" at Tao Mo with two black hole-like eye sockets.

A pair of bone claws grabbed at Tao Mo suddenly, and he hurriedly dodged sideways, the iron door behind him slammed open, with no support behind him, Tao Mo hurriedly took a step back, just in time to step into the door, and At the same time, all the phantoms in front of him suddenly disappeared.

Whether it's the weird ballads that can't go away, or the puppets whose eyes are bleeding blood, even the man in front of him who was pierced by his sword disappeared.Tao Mo stood alone at the end of the flickering Yanshi Pavilion promenade, with neatly arranged puppets on both sides. They stared straight ahead with big dull eyes, with their hands hanging down, just like before. Tao Mo lowered his head and took a look. There was no trace of blood under his feet.

It was indeed an illusion.

Tao Mo frowned and looked around, as if trying to find the source of this hallucination, but to no avail.In the quiet corridor, there was no one else but him, but Tao Mo was not in a hurry to sheath the long sword in his hand, he lifted the sharp sword in his hand, and observed the blade as cold as frost and snow, There was still not a drop of blood on it, and it was so clean that it was dazzling.As if it was just a nightmare and nothing happened, Tao Mo pressed his eyebrows hard to stabilize his mind. At this moment, he looked up and glanced outside the room he had just entered by mistake.

Like the "Man" Pavilion where Master Mo San holds the key, there is also a plaque hanging above the house, with the word "Heaven" written in vigorous brushwork.It seems that it is the "Tian" Pavilion among the three pavilions of heaven, earth and man. As the deepest room of this Yanshi Pavilion, it should be an important place in the villa where the owner only holds the key. Did it open so easily?It's really strange.He knew in his heart that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, and he should leave quickly, so he put his sword back into its sheath immediately, and stepped out of the door one step at a time.

Suddenly, the sound of "creaking" sounded from nowhere, and it exploded in the calm corridor. Immediately afterwards, layers of machine guns burst out like mountains and seas, filling the entire silent corridor , the puppets on both sides suddenly moved. With the opening of the mechanism on both sides of the corridor, those puppets standing quietly on both sides were slowly moved in the direction of Tao Mo by the functioning mechanism under their feet, as if they were sent to him. It seemed, but when he was about to move to the wall in front of him, he suddenly turned to both sides.Tao Mo put his hand on the hilt of his sword and observed the surrounding movement silently. He found that the 'Heaven' Pavilion at the end of the corridor was not just the end point, the puppets placed by the wall were transported to the sky. In front of the pavilion door, I walked back around here.

Perhaps these puppets were originally to be used after the construction of Senluo Villa, so they were sent out with mechanisms?Tao Mo thought about it, no wonder there was no dust on those puppets. It turned out that it was not because someone cleaned them, but because the puppets made here would be transported out directly. Maybe that's how the puppet with the broken arm disappeared just now.Thinking of this, he shook his head again. No, he didn't hear any noise from outside just now. It probably didn't touch the teleportation mechanism. It doesn't make sense.

Tao Mo regained his composure, walked outside the door and saw that the puppets had passed into the 'Tian' Pavilion through the side door, he had no choice but to step back into the door behind him.

Compared with the "People" Pavilion held by the third young master Mo, the "Tian" Pavilion is wider and higher. The dome is a transparent material similar to crystal, through which you can see the fish swimming in the water above and the swaying birds. aquatic plants.The sparkling light is projected under the dome, reflected on the ground, and the sound of gurgling water flows in my ears.In this huge heavenly pavilion, there is no one other than Tao Mo. The teleportation organs on both sides transport the puppets to the ladders on both sides, and the shelves built around the dome are filled with various tools and tools. Classics, compared with the Ren Pavilion, this place is obviously much neater, the tools are neatly placed, and the books are neatly stacked in the bookcase.Tao Mo wandered around the heavenly pavilion, but found no valuable clues. At some point, the noisy machine sound stopped abruptly, and in the silence, only the sound of water flowed around his ears.He walked up to the puppets standing on the teleportation mechanism, and poked them lightly with the hilt of his sword. As expected, the puppets didn't respond at all, and the shell made of wood made a dull sound under the impact of the hilt.Only then did he re-wrap the sword in cloth with some relief, and sighed.

Daydreaming, what is the reason?

There doesn't seem to be any mechanism set up in the Tiange to guard against outsiders. Maybe it's because they trust the key too much, so they are negligent?But Tao Mo did not relax his vigilance. He carefully walked around the platform in the middle of the room and walked to the stairs on the other side.From this staircase to the second floor, he could just see the direction of the exit of the ladder that transported the puppet. He went up to the second floor full of bookcases, glanced at the ladder, and through the exit of the ladder, he could vaguely see the A tree seems to be in the yard, but I can't see it clearly.

Lakeside yard?

After meeting with Mo Bin and the others, maybe he can ask if there is a small courtyard by the lake in Senluo Villa that specializes in handling puppets. Thinking of this, Tao Mo was about to turn around and leave. Knock it off and spread it behind him.Tao Mo had no choice but to bend down to pick it up, but when he saw the cover of the book, his hand hanging in the air suddenly froze.

"Thousand Machines Record Volume Three".The cover is rolled up, as if it has been flipped through frequently, and it looks tattered, only the title of the book stands out, and a thousand-petal peach blossom can be vaguely seen drawn on the cover, the color is very dim.

Tao Mo's mind suddenly flashed the Peach Blossom Button mentioned by Mo Sanshao. Since it is a world-famous key, it is likely to be the one that appeared on the cover.By accident, Tao Mo opened the book.

The yellowed paper was about to shatter when touched, with densely packed small characters and blurry pictures on it. Tao Mo flipped through the last few pages. The language was obscure, but according to the title page of the book, The Qianji Luben was written by Ji Liang. The short scripts written by Ji Liang were dilapidated and scattered beyond repair, so the contents were hand-copied and attached to the paper, and compiled into a volume.

Ji Liang?This is indeed the mechanic who created the first key peach blossom button.Tao Mo put his hand on his chest, took a deep breath, and flipped through the contents of the book with slightly trembling fingers. I don’t know what kind of material was used to copy this Qianjilu. Although the paper is brittle and yellow, the writing is very clear, as if hanging on on paper.

"At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there were endless wars, and the collapse of the dynasty was imminent. I was ordered by the king to escape into the world with the prince Ling, and never come back again. To build an unknown palace and forge a key, it needs the right time, place and people, and a formula can be released."

A line of small characters appeared on the shabby pages of the book, and it caught his attention instantly.Although there are only two sentences, the amount of information is quite huge.Just like Mo Bin's rumor about the peach blossom button, Ji Liang forged the number one key in this world, and what is needed is the erratic timing, right place, and harmony with people. What he cared most about was indeed the two points of "Outside the World" and "Unknown Palace". He gasped, and his heart trembled violently.

This peach blossom buckle is the key to the "Weiming Palace"...

The speed of flipping through the book in the future couldn't help but be much faster. Tao Mo's eyes were firmly fixed on those yellowed pages and small black characters. If his eyes were warm, the whole book in his hand would be blazing, but a book After reading it from front to back, Tao Mo was extremely disappointed that there were very few records of "Peach Blossom Button" in the third volume, and only these two sentences were mentioned in the whole book.The young man in black seemed to be discouraged, and sat slumped in front of the bookshelf, looking at the dome reflecting the shimmering light, while the old book in his hand quietly flipped through the pages.

In the third volume of Qianjilu, apart from these two sentences, the rest are all about the craft of making puppets. Ji Liang was not only the leading mechanism engineer at that time, but also reached the pinnacle of puppets. The owner of Luoshan Villa coincides with each other and aims to create puppets that are indistinguishable from others, not only in terms of appearance and behavior. Ji Liang mentioned a mysterious part called "Linglong Heart" in the third volume. , embedded in the body of the puppet, not only can make the puppet "step up, trust people." It can also speak and act by itself without being manipulated by the puppet master. puppet.There are a large number of puppets in Senluo Mountain Villa. Although they don't need to be controlled by the puppet master, their behaviors are all lack of change. They have a fixed set of rules of action, and they cannot move out of their own consciousness.

Creation has a spirit, which is something that mortals cannot achieve.

The pages quietly turned to the end of the volume, revealing the incomplete pages behind, which seemed to have been ripped off by someone, Tao Mo sighed, stood up, put the book back into the bookshelf, and went down the stairs go.

In the process of descending the stairs, he could only see clearly what was on the high platform directly below the dome from the top of the stairs. Above the dome, the light was refracted through the water surface, casting sparkling light on the piece of cloth covering the high platform. , the cloth under the cover seemed to be a taller rectangular box. Tao Mo walked to the high platform and compared it. The rectangular box was almost the same height as a person, standing quietly in front of him.

What's in it?It was placed on this exquisite table and covered with a heavy cloth, as if afraid of being seen.Unexpectedly, Tao Mo stretched out his hand, and carefully lifted a corner of the cloth on it with the hilt of his sword...

In the rectangular crystal cabinet, a luxuriously dressed woman stood quietly in it. She closed her eyes tightly and folded her hands in front of her abdomen. Clear more details.I have already thought of this result. Since it is the "Tian" Pavilion owned by the owner, it must not be the puppet of the red woman Zhu Yun, otherwise the relationship would be too complicated. Thinking so secretly, Tao Mo will choose Kaibu withdrew his hand, turned around and walked down the high platform, and walked to the door.

But he didn't see that at the moment when he withdrew his hand, the female puppet's eyes suddenly opened.