Tomb Raider Gu Tomb Miscellaneous Notes

Like it or not, this kind of thing can be big or small.

Now that I have thought of this, I can no longer pretend to be confused and continue calling him brothers and sisters heartlessly, otherwise I will be a coward!

I decided to find an opportunity to ask Zhang Rui carefully to confirm this matter.

When I got up at dawn, Ah Huai came over and invited me to the dining room for breakfast. I thought it would be a good time to have a private chat with Zhang Rui while everyone was eating at the same table.

I followed Ah Huai to the dining room, only to see Jiang Si sitting at the table, drinking morning tea, and eating a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in a lonely way.

I walked over and sat down, and saw that there were only two sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table: "Zhang Rui doesn't want breakfast?"

"I'm sick." Jiang Si sighed, "I don't know if it's me or you."

I twitched the corners of my mouth, and said without laughing: "Why did you get sick all of a sudden, did you catch a cold when you slept at night?"

Jiang Si shook his head: "Have you ever heard of the ancients dying in anger?"

"...You, you don't need to say it so scary." I became a little worried, "What's wrong with Zhang Rui, is he seriously ill?"

A Huai said: "Cold and high fever are common, just lie down for a few days and you'll be fine."

Ah Huai's words and Jiang Si's expression have two completely opposite meanings.

I made up my mind a little, and glanced at Jiang Si: "Are you scaring me on purpose?"

Jiang Si laughed and said: "I see whether you care about him or not, and it is always pitiful to be alone. Zhang Rui is sick at home and no one cares about him. If he dies, no one will come to collect his body." If it weren't for me and you here, Ah Huai wouldn't have come to the west wing at all, right?"

He glanced at A Huai, who lowered his head with a dry smile.

I frowned, I couldn't help but feel a little heavy when I heard such words, and turned to A Huai: "Let me and Jiang Siye go see Zhang Rui later, has he taken any medicine, has he seen a doctor?"

"Second Master doesn't like to go to the hospital. He has taken the medicine." A Huai said, "You don't need to go to see him specially. Second Master is always locked in the room when he is sick. It is better not to disturb him. When he was sick, he had a particularly violent temper. Last time a distant cousin came to visit him when she heard that he was sick, but he threw a tantrum and threw pots and pans all over the floor!"

I frowned: "Is that an exaggeration?" Ahuai nodded at me seriously.

I looked at Jiang Si again, and Jiang Si smiled and said, "He has that temper."

I suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Jiang Si seemed to have a good relationship with Zhang Rui, but he was sitting in the dining room having breakfast at this time, because he didn't want to touch Zhang Rui's fire-breathing dragon.

In the afternoon, I nestled in the study and cleaned up the phoenix red sandalwood box.

Zhang Rui said that his sister held the box, and he hesitated for a long time before deciding to take it away.It can be seen from this that old man Zhang wanted to distribute wooden boxes according to the number of people, and this phoenix box must be the one Zhang Yawen took.

But why did she die as a guest and be buried in the remote mountains of Yunnan?

I couldn't figure it out, so I decided to open the box first.

"Six Links" and "Seven Links" are two kinds of lockpicking tools, which are six soft steel wire rings buckled together and seven buckled together respectively. There are thin barbs on the rings, which snap the rings into the grooves. Finely adjusted so that the barb catches the teeth on the gears inside, the gears can be moved simultaneously or the shaft in the center of the gears can be moved to open the lock.

I have opened a six-star heart lock before, and I used six chains. According to reason, to open a Qiqiao heart lock, I need to use seven chains to open it, but because I have never used seven chains, I tried it with six chains at first.

The skill of this kind of unlocking is all about "listening", listening to whether the wire ring is stuck in the right position, whether the hook is correspondingly fastened to the teeth on the gear, and the range of movement must be controlled accurately without any deviation.

The first lock of the box has been opened, and four five-centimeter-long round shafts pop out from the four sides. These shafts were originally hidden in the carved lines, making it difficult to find. At this moment, it looks like four phoenixes with four tails The peacock eyes protruded from the top.

The next thing I had to do was find the seam and snap the soft loop in.

Since I have seen the nine-turn Qiankun box before, now I have a lot of experience in dealing with this phoenix box.

Jiang Si sat aside, drinking tea leisurely, and said: "This kind of mechanism box is based on the principle of Zhouyi. Try thinking about it in this direction.”

I originally had a vague concept in my mind, but when I heard what he said, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I came up with an idea.I searched for the location of the stars, and sure enough, I found a narrow groove that can fit six wire rings at the same time. Unexpectedly, I successfully opened the second, third, and fourth locks accordingly.

After opening it, we found that the phoenix carvings on the outside are only rare, and the inside is really unique and wonderful.

The top of the box rises and spreads out on all sides. What is wrapped in the center is a round ball. Numerous small holes and fine grooves connecting these small holes are engraved on the surface of the ball. Looking carefully, it turns out that the ball is a complete planetarium!

It may not be very unusual to shrink a planetarium to the size of a tennis ball, but not only is it engraved with precise star charts, but the positions of these stars seem to be able to move according to the trajectories on the sphere, which has to make people Amazing!

I knew that the remaining two locks could not be opened with six chains. Jiang Si looked like he had nothing to do with him, but at this time he seemed to be a little curious, and came to my side to have a look.

I asked him, "What advice do you have next?" He is older than me, has a high reputation, and is an expert in this field. I think it is appropriate to ask him for advice humbly.

Jiang Si stared at the wooden box, frowned and said, "I can only deal with modern high-tech products, and ancient things are not very good at it."

I think he was probably being modest, so he said, "Don't be tricky, I'm even worse than you."

Jiang Si smiled: "I've heard too many stories about you being a wolf. I'm really not good at this thing. Otherwise, why don't I drive it myself? You have to try it."

He picked up the box, turned it around and looked at it for a while, and said: "I don't know anything about astrology. The universe and celestial bodies have existed since hundreds of millions of years ago, but I insist that they affect the life of creatures on the earth tens of thousands of light years away." The tide of fate, I have always felt that this is pure fallacy since I was a child, and I have never bothered to study these heresies. After Zhang Rui and I discussed the profound meaning of it, but because of the busy work, there is no time to study it. "

I knew that this was Jiang Si's heartfelt words, so I spread my hands helplessly: "But it may take me a year and a half to find the way, and it is too troublesome to look up information on astrology. Is there no shortcut? Walk?"

"Destroy it?"

"...isn't it a way?" I said bravely, "I don't think there is anything worth studying in the box itself. The important thing is what's in the box."

"This is a treasure..." Jiang Si shook the wooden box, and there was a rumbling sound inside. Judging from the current shape of the box, there should not be much space left inside. small things.

Jiang Si smiled secretly: "Guess what's inside?"

I didn't have time to think about it: "A piece of jade, or a key or something."

Jiang Si nodded: "I also think it may be a key, and the sound should be metal."

He has good hearing, and I believe he can tell things by sound, but this made me even more eager to open the box and see if it was a key.

Jiang Si put down the wooden box, thought for a moment, and said: "Well, I know that there is someone who should be able to open this wooden box, but it will take luck to contact him." He paused, then raised his eyebrows at me, "I don't know if you have heard of 'Drunken Moon Flower Knife', it is very famous in the antique world?"

Jiang Si may see that Zhang Rui and I have a good relationship, so he thinks that I am also familiar with the Dao Dou world, but in fact, I have just started.

I shook my head. Jiang Si was obviously a little disappointed, but he still happily introduced to me: "There is a saying in the world of antiques, 'If you don't get drunk for ten miles in a single moon, you can make a good knife with a flower buried'. The person I mentioned is called No. Drunk, this person can come and go freely in the tomb only by the moonlight, and the smell of wine ten miles away can tell the year, month, and place. Of course, rumors are always somewhat exaggerated, but this person really With extraordinary abilities, if he can't do anything to this wooden box, then I guess no one in the world will be able to open this box."

Although I don't completely agree with Jiang Si's statement, because since the ancients could create this wooden box, they must know how to untie it.But I still thought, with people like this, why should we waste our time wasting our brain cells here, Jiang Si, Jiang Si, don't tell me that I didn't show my cards until this time on purpose!

I want Jiang Si to contact that person immediately.

This time, Jiang Si was no longer able to get it done with a phone call within an hour. He left Zhang's house and said that if he hadn't heard from him in three days, let me think of another way.

I spent three days bored in Zhang Family's West Wing Courtyard. The only thing I could do was flip through the books in Zhang Rui's study, and stare at the red sandalwood box from contemplation to daze to drowsiness.During the period, the Dumen Dupai came to me and asked me why I was still hanging on at the Zhang family. I roughly explained the reason and didn't talk to the master too much.

The Dumen Dupai seemed to be planning to go to Huangyangchuan, why he didn't say where he was going on the phone.He only asked me if I would go with him, and right now I have something on my mind, so naturally I don't want to go.

In those three days, Zhang Rui didn't step out of the door. I only wandered to the door of his room at dusk one day, and looked in through the window. I could only see a quilt on the bed. There was a person lying there with his face still opposite. on the inside.

I lingered for a while, and couldn't help knocking on the door: "Zhang Rui, are you feeling better? Is your fever gone?"

After waiting for a long time, a hoarse and piercing voice came out: "...Bottle, are you still there?"

"Of course I'm here, do you think I'll leave without saying goodbye?" I smiled dryly, "Uh, can I come in?"

There was a coughing sound in the room, rough and hoarse, which made people scratch their lungs.But after a while, the voice said lightly: "I'm sleepy, you better not come in."

I sighed: "Oh, then you have a good rest."

"...Bottle," he suddenly stopped me, "I don't want to infect you with a cold."

"I know, you pay attention to your health. Don't blame me for staying at your house these two days. I can rest assured when you recover from illness."

There was no more sound from inside the house.

I don't know what Zhang Rui is up to, but people who are sick can't help but have weird tempers, so I have no choice but to be sensible and not bother him.

Three days later, I received a call from a stranger. The person on the other end of the phone laughed loudly and said triumphantly, "I found that person, and I will bring him here today."

I was stunned: "... Fourth Master Jiang, why do you have my mobile phone number?"

"Hehe, I work in the police station, have you forgotten?"

Tsk tsk, this fourth master is doing the public good for his own benefit.

"And," Jiang Si added, "I don't know anything about Zhang Rui."

Are you an occupational disease? !

Unexpectedly, on this day, the person brought by Jiang Si made me feel a little familiar.The man was wearing a dark green hooded jacket and a flying cap that was obviously a little too big, and the hat on the clothes was put on to cover his face. He looked sneaky and shady, and his figure was slightly thin.

When I went to the front of the man, I saw that his exposed arms and neck were wrapped in bandages, as if he had just been discharged from the hospital with a serious injury. There were several band-aids on his face, a bandage on his forehead, and a scar on his right cheek. A gauze bag, a face seemed to have been patched with many patches, so that I really didn't recognize who this person was at first glance.

It wasn't until after looking at him for a long time that I recognized who he was from those dark eyes, and I said to myself, where have you been fooling around to make such a bird? !

Jiang Si introduced: "This is Mr. Not Drunk from 'Only Moon Ten Miles Not Drunk', the most expensive gold thief in the inverted bucket world, and a well-known appraiser in the antique world. It took me a lot of effort to invite him here."

It is said that the police and robbers are actually a family, and those who fight against each other are most afraid of seeing the police, but Zhang Rui and Jiang Si are close friends. In fact, the boundary between police and robbers is not so clear.

But the picture of these two standing together is a bit funny. I knew that "not drunk" must be a fake name, and I almost couldn't help but blurted out to call that person by another name.When the words came to his mouth, he hurriedly endured it: "I have admired your name for a long time, I have admired your name for a long time..."

The man looked at me fixedly and said dryly, "Hello."

As soon as my face became hot, I suddenly felt inexplicably ashamed, and I really wanted to slap myself.