different paths

Jia Wujue was about to speak when he heard a muffled sound of "bang", the agarwood coffin suddenly shook, and then there was no movement.

"It's here?" Jia Wujue tentatively stretched out his hands to support the coffin lid, and there was a gap in the originally airtight coffin.

"Together." Seeing this, Yue Chentan also stretched out his hand, and the two pushed hard together, and the coffin lid was lifted from the inside out.

Jia Wujue stepped out of the coffin first, he didn't bother to observe the surrounding situation, but first stretched out his hand to Yue Chentan who was half leaning in the coffin: "I'll help you."

"It's okay." Yue Chentan avoided his hand, "I can stand up alone, but it may be inconvenient to walk around, you should go and see if there are any traps here, presumably Yi Qingling won't make it so easy for us Then go into the Hanzan Palace."

Seeing that he didn't want to help himself, Jia Wuju didn't insist anymore, turned his back and walked forward.The place the two of them are in is not big, but it is very deep. Looking up, the height does not see the top, and there are uneven stone walls all around. Jia Wu deceived the stone wall and walked forward for a while. Founder, quite regular.Just when he was about to call Yue Chentan over to take a look, a wooden nine-story pagoda with a unique shape in front of him attracted his attention.

The special feature of this nine-story pagoda is not only that it is completely made of mortise and tenon structure without using a single nail, but also that it is made of countless wooden blocks of the same length but with different concave and convex parts.Such an ingenious structure is clearly——

"Serial Kong Mingsuo."

——Jia Wujue blurted out.

Kong Mingsuo is not uncommon among folks. Similar to Jiulianhuan, they are small toys that require some brains to unlock the mystery.Because the design is ingenious and not expensive, it is very popular among the people.But the ordinary Kongming lock is only composed of six pieces of wood, called "Liuhe tenon", and the more difficult ones are just "Seven Star Knot" and "Badakou". It's easy, not to mention that the nine-story wooden pagoda in front of me is made up of countless nine Kongming locks.

"I'm afraid that only by unlocking the Kong Ming lock can we see the true face of the Hanzan Palace." Yue Chentan supported the stone wall, walked slowly to Jia Wuchai and said, "The depressions on the stone wall are so regular, it is probably activated. The key to the organ." He said, looking up at the top of his head, narrowing his eyes slightly, "Otherwise, there are no steps or ropes here, and the stone wall is too steep and slippery, if there is no mechanism for lifting, the people on it may stumble and fall , but the people below couldn’t get up. Yi Qingling spent a lot of effort, and it wasn’t just to bring us here to die.”

Hearing Yue Chentan's words, Jia Wujue had a flash of inspiration, and he used his fingers to measure the length of the depressions on the stone wall, and then estimated the size of the wooden blocks in each floor of the lower wooden tower, and soon he got the answer: " The size of the depression on the stone wall is consistent with the size of the wooden blocks on the tower. However, the length of the wooden blocks on each layer is different, and the size of the depressions on the stone wall is also different. To fill the stone wall, the wooden tower must be rebuilt from the beginning. Only when the feet are disassembled."

"Being like this is quite like Yi Qingling's style." Yue Chentan said coldly, and then he frowned slightly, "But she will never let us tear it down without limit, I'm afraid——"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a "wow", several thick stone pipes protruded from the stone wall, and the water poured down, pouring into this square inch without stopping.

"This is the time limit she gave, right?" Jia Wuhai said dryly, holding a piece of wood that had just been taken from the nine-story pagoda in his hand.But in the blink of an eye, the surface of the water covered the uppers of the two people's shoes. Judging from this speed, the water surface would cover the top of their heads in less than a stick of incense.

"If you don't unlock this Kongming lock tower within a stick of incense, the lives of you and me will really be confessed here." Jia Wujue said, throwing the wooden block in his hand to Yue Chentan, "I Come to be responsible for unlocking, and you are responsible for embedding the wooden blocks into the stone wall, how about it?"

"Happy to help." As soon as Yue Chentan sent it with one hand, he heard a "click", and the piece of wood that had been removed from the tower stuck into the groove on the stone wall exactly.

Jia Wukai's hands were like lightning, and his fingers were flying. Yue Chentan also followed his progress closely, accurately catching the wooden block thrown by Jia Wukai, and nailed it into the stone wall without any mistakes.But even so, when the water was below their knees, the Kong Ming lock on the nine-story pagoda was only half unlocked.

Jia Wuchai glanced at the knee-deep water surface. It didn't matter if his legs were soaked in the water, but Yue Chentan was already unable to walk due to poisoning, and he had a chronic illness in his legs before. If he soaked in this cold water for a long time up...

As he thought about it, the movements of his hands became a little faster.He moved his hands first than his heart, and he tried his best, his brain turned quickly, trying to find the most effective solution, and unlock the chain of Kongming locks in the shortest time.The water was cold, but his blood was hot because of his nervousness and focus. Beads of sweat fell from his forehead and wet his eyelashes. He shook his head vigorously, and then continued Start the action.

Yue Chentan saw that he looked like he was facing a great enemy, and there was a tinge of softness in his hard-faced expression. Although his voice was cold, he couldn't help but show some concern: "There is no need to be in a hurry, there is still plenty of time."

With his back turned to him, Jia Wuchai threw the dismantled piece of wood to him with a "swish", and muttered, "I'm afraid you won't be able to stand the cold."

Yue Chentan looked at the back of his hard work, his eyes darkened, but he only said three words calmly: "It's not a problem."

Obviously, Jia Wuchai did not slow down because of his words. He circled around the nine-story wooden tower, hooking, pushing, or twisting his fingers. After a while, only the last piece of the nine-story wooden tower that was originally stitched together was left. layer, and the water surface has not yet reached the waist of the two of them.

Jia Wuchai felt Yue Chentan's gaze fall on his hand, and he hurriedly put his hand in front of him, avoiding the other party's sight.Both hands began to twitch uncontrollably due to the high-intensity load, and he rubbed his hands together, not wanting the people behind him to notice his strangeness.

It's a pity that the person behind him is far more sensitive than he imagined.

"What happened to the hand?"

When the other party's deep and slightly chilly voice sounded behind him, Jia Wuchai closed his eyes helplessly.

"It's okay, it's too lack of exercise, it's not used to it all of a sudden." Jia Wuchai joked.

"Put it out and let me have a look." Yue Chentan didn't say much, but there was a meaning that could not be refuted in his words.

Jia Wuchai had no choice but to turn around, raised his hands, which twitched from time to time, to his chest, and lowered them pitifully.

Seeing the condition of his hands, Yue Chentan's expression became even colder, and he said resolutely: "You can't do it anymore, let's change it."

Seeing that Jia Wuju was hesitant, Yue Chentan said again: "You tell me what to do, this tower only has the last floor, and there is more than enough time left."

"But your leg..." You must know that unlocking requires comprehensive deliberation, and Jia Wujue just changed positions to unlock it from time to time.But Yue Chentan's legs were obviously not suitable for such frequent walking.

Yue Chentan saw his worries, walked towards him slowly and said: "This Kongming lock has only one layer, I can't move it, so can't it be moved too?" Then, he threw two bodhi seeds to separate Hitting on both sides of the last layer of Kongming locks, the lock array floating on the water immediately made a circle and changed its direction.

Jia Wujue suddenly realized that he didn't want to understand. Before, he walked around the nine-story tower because the tower body was not easy to move. Now it has been demolished to only one floor. Of course, it is more convenient for him to move by himself.

Yue Chentan glanced at his hand, and added: "You go to the stone wall on the east side, there is only one place that has not been filled. If it is too high for you, I will release it for you."

The implication is that he wants to take care of everything, including unlocking and placing wooden blocks.But if this is the case, the speed of opening the mechanism will be greatly reduced, and the water level will rise higher and higher.

Before Jia Wujue could say the words of refusal, Yue Chentan turned his back and stopped looking at him: "Just talk about how to solve it, don't worry about other things." : "I'm not a woman, why can't I feel cold?"

Jia Wuyu knew that he was thinking of himself, but his tone was so bad, so awkward and cute, he couldn't help but feel a little indulgent, and coaxed a child: "Okay, do whatever you say."

"In this series of Kongming locks, the cross door lock is the key, which can be rotated and opened. Unlocking all the cross locks is already half the battle." Jia Wujue stood in front of the stone wall, shaking his hands while commanding.

Yue Chentan let out a "huh" and started looking for the cross-shaped Kong Mingsuo.

"The beams are the walls. To demolish a house, the walls must be demolished first." Seeing that Yue Chentan had accurately found the wooden block that served as the "wall", Jia Wujue continued, "The four walls correspond to the four columns and a pair of foundations. The shape of the columns is Symmetry, demolition first, the foundation can be untied naturally.”

According to Jia Wuchai's method, Yue Chentan divided the chained Kong Mingsuo on the last floor into many units for dismantling. Although the speed was not as fast as Jia Wuchai's, the movements were smooth and coherent without any mistakes, all in one go.

As the last piece of wood was nailed into the stone wall, there was only a bang, and a lifting platform slowly descended in front of the two of them from a height that could not be seen.

Seeing the size of the lifting platform, Jia Wubai couldn't help saying angrily: "This is too bullying!" Although it is better to have tools to get out of here than nothing, but the lifting platform is very narrow and will only be able to accommodate people. The next pair of feet made it clear that he would not give the second person a chance to settle down.

"I'll carry you." Jia Wuzhen glanced at the 'life-saving straw' angrily, and walked towards Yue Chentan through the water.

"This lifting platform is so narrow, if you carry me on your back, when you rise to mid-air, if you accidentally lose your balance, you will fall down." Compared with Jia Wujue's anger, Yue Chentan said very calmly: "Why don't you go first?" up, and I'll-"

"After what, how could this Yi Qingling be so kind-hearted and give people a second chance!" When Jia Wujue heard that Yue Chentan actually let him go first, he felt an inexplicable anger in his heart. Yue Chentan picked up his back and walked towards the lifting platform, "Besides, I don't know how deep this place is, if I go up by myself, and you are already submerged when I come down again, what should I do then? "

As he said that, he stood on the lifting platform with all his strength: "If you want to live together, if you want to die together, I'm afraid she won't make it!"

Hearing these words, Yue Chentan, who was leaning on him, suddenly raised his head, looked at Jia Wuchai's back with deep eyes, and did not look away for a long time.