Tomb Raider Gu Tomb Miscellaneous Notes

Wooden utensils are difficult to preserve intact.

After all, wood is not as hard as metal, and it is easy to wear and tear, and the storage environment is also very particular, once it gets wet, it will be scrapped.

However, red sandalwood is relatively better. Firstly, its hardness is relatively hard, and secondly, the color of the wood is dark and not easy to fade.A good piece of red sandalwood has been carved and polished, and its color is still bright even if it has been preserved for hundreds of years, which is one of the reasons why this kind of wood is so valuable.

If the one in my hand is the same as the one that the prince showed Shen Qianjiu mentioned in the Shen family's notes, then it has a history of at least three or four hundred years. If it is properly preserved, there should be no problems with the precision mechanism inside. .

The man in the white coat was so careful when he gave it to me just now, probably because he was afraid that the surface of the wooden box would be damp with sweat from his hands, which would damage the carved patterns. If he knew the characteristics of rosewood wood, there would be no need to have such concerns.

But in front of them, I carefully padded the box with a velvet cloth, which felt like holding a murder weapon at a murder scene.

I watched it for a long time and was very surprised.

At the same time, there is also a sense of responsibility for a major mission. I am excited and nervous, and my palms are sweating a lot.

I thought, whoever has such a rare dragon pattern treasure letter in his hand like me must be a dead person if his heartbeat speeds up.

For people like me who rarely have the opportunity to see real antiques, the freshness and excitement of seeing a precious treasure can also make me feel at a loss for a long time, and I just learned about this piece yesterday The treasure carries a bizarre experience of tomb robbery, and there may be a secret hidden in it. The truth that was originally unknowable due to the different times, may now be revealed by myself. With this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, who else in the world is like me? so lucky?

But at this moment, my surging mood is not because I can do this.

But the patterns on this red sandalwood box are really carved too delicately!

I know that if the rosewood wood is to maintain its original luster, it should not be stored for more than 500 years.The Ming and Qing rosewood furniture displayed in the museum is about 300 to 500 years old, but they all have old traces.

Although small things are easy to preserve, it is rare to find such a well-preserved red sandalwood box.

There is no trace of wear and tear on the edges and corners of the box. The color is so dark that it is purple, and the precipitation is excellent. It is very bright when viewed under the light. Except for the slightly dull luster, it has been preserved almost intact until now. You can see it It must be very important to the owner.

It is precisely because the wooden box is so intact that I was visually shocked when I saw it.

Its sides and the top of the treasure are decorated with complicated patterns, with delicate light and shade, and the patterns of "dragon soaring to the clouds" are carved so lifelike that the patterns on each scale on the dragon spine are clearly visible.It seems that these dragons are alive and will leap out of the clouds at any time.

I took a deep breath and really admired the care and patience of the ancients in carving an ornament.At this time, I can also be sure that this treasure letter is the one Shen Qianjiu has seen.

But there is one strange place.

The wooden box didn't have an external lock, which was obvious at first glance. The man in the suit also explained at the beginning that it was a locked box.

However, even if it is a mechanism box, there should be "that".

To find out the mechanism of the mechanism box, you also need to start with "that", and then find the way.

I looked over and over for a long time, except that there was no engraving on one side, and I knew it should be the bottom of the box, but I didn't find any slits that could allow the box to be opened!

Generally, if any wooden box is opened, there will always be a gap where the treasure cover and the box body meet. No matter how tight and delicate the fit is, the traces can always be seen with the naked eye.

But this wooden box did not.

It gives the impression that this is a solid piece of wood, only the patterns are carved on the surface.I shook it. If there was something in it, there would be a sound, but there was no sound.

Is it just a carved wood decoration?Could they be mistaken?

I looked up at the man in the suit.

It is estimated that my expression has clearly expressed the suspicion in my heart. The man in the suit looked at me, smiled faintly, and shook the ash off the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

"After seeing this wooden box, the 28 master lockpickers all had the same expression as you." He looked at me and said, "But let me tell you clearly, this is a lock box."

I understand what he means. This wooden box is designed very delicately. Its mechanism cleverly hides the seams of the opening, so there is no trace of it on the surface.

That being the case, that is to say, the "lid" of this wooden box is very special, not what we generally think of.The person who designed this box seems to be very cunning and cunning, taking advantage of the blind spots in human thinking and logic, so that people can't see where the "opening" is.

The ancients often used some psychological tactics to create false appearances in the principle of mechanism, many of which came from the art of war, which is not surprising.

"Why are you so sure it's a 'box' and not a pure sculpture?" I asked.

The man in the suit took a drag on his cigarette and smiled mysteriously.The man in the white coat glared at me viciously: "I told you to open the box, why are you asking so many questions!"

I thought about it, and said: "Let me ask about the origin of this wooden box, maybe I can find a clue to open the mechanism?"

"You kid is actually delaying time!"

The man in the white coat was about to bully me, the man in the suit said: "Ah Zhen, be more polite to me." He gave a faint growl, and the man in the white coat reluctantly returned to his original position, snorted and turned his head away .

I saw that the physique and posture of the man in the white coat were several times stronger than that of the man in the suit, but in front of the man in the suit, he was as submissive as a chow lion meeting its master, so I couldn't help being curious.

The man in the suit was smoking slowly from the beginning to the end, looking absent-minded. Compared with the expressions of the people around him, he looked unusually calm.

According to the seating order, he should be at the leader level in this group, but what kind of person is he?

I started to guess wildly. After a moment of silence, the man in the suit said: "We have already tried what you thought of. The origin and background of this wooden box should have nothing to do with its mechanism. To open it, Ordinary methods will not work. I have no clue to give you, but to remind you from our experience that normal thoughts will not work with it."

The man in the suit had a very polite tone, and it didn't sound like he meant to make things difficult for me.

I tried to ask: "Is this wooden box from the Ming Dynasty?"

"You don't need to know that." The man in the suit turned cold.

Although I expected that the man in the suit would not easily tell me the origin of the wooden box, I was still a little suffocated when I was blocked like this: "That can always tell me what other people have tried, so that I won't repeat the same mistakes and waste time. "

The man in the suit looked embarrassed, and turned to look at the person next to him.This is the first time I have seen him make eye contact with other people, and it seems that he is not alone here.

There is a vague idea in my mind at this time, but I can't grasp the essence.At this moment, I heard the door of the private room opened again, maybe the person who went out just now came back.

The man's footsteps were surprisingly fast.

I just heard the sound of the door opening, and then I smelled the same fragrance as before. When I wanted to take a look, the man had already walked back to the previous position, hidden in a dark corner.I took a quick glance just now, only to see that this person was wearing a knitted hat, covering most of his face, and his figure was not visible at all.

But for some reason, when I smelled that peculiar fragrance, the vague concept in my mind suddenly took a complete shape.

I think, I discovered the "secret" of the wooden box!