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I just put down the calligraphy brush.
The sound of machinery hummed from inside the tomb, causing the entire tomb to tremble.
A stone door on one of the eight walls slowly opened in response.
Simultaneously.
The open door that Li Xiaohu and his group had come through was now being slammed shut by a heavy stone door!
Partridge Whistle raised an eyebrow upon seeing this.
He immediately sensed that something terrible was about to happen.
They wanted to call the old foreigner forward to stop the stone gate from closing.
But it was simply too late.
Before they could reach the wooden door, the stone door had already closed completely, sealing the tomb chamber shut.
Partridge Whistle and Partridge Whistle both sighed inwardly.
Now that our escape route is blocked, we can only take it one step at a time.
Yin Xinyue discovered.
Li Xiaohu simply watched the tomb door close quietly, his expression showing no surprise whatsoever, as if he had expected all of this.
The group arrived at the open stone door.
Holding torches, they peered inside.
At a glance, one could see a luxurious and gilded coffin lying quietly inside!
Jin Suanpan, Partridge Whistle, and the others were overjoyed!
Excitedly, I walked through the back door of the stone gate.
Several people discovered it.
The coffin is made entirely of precious sandalwood.
The surface is coated with brightly colored paint and covered with gold leaf.
The outer coffin is carved with clouds, pine trees, auspicious birds, and auspicious beasts on all four sides; the coffin lid is in the style of a double-eaved roof, and the base is a supporting column.
It looks like a palace, very exquisite and luxurious!
Jin Suanpan and Partridge Whistle immediately made their conclusion.
Such a luxurious coffin must be Li Chunfeng's coffin!
Jin Suanpan took a candle out of his pocket, lit it, and placed it in the southeast corner of the tomb.
Just as I was about to get up.
But the candlelight was moving on its own without any wind, swaying strangely from side to side!
The yellow candlelight turned a dark green in an instant, and then went out with a "whoosh!"
Jin Suanpan frowned immediately and muttered, "Don't touch gold when the rooster crows and the lamp goes out..."
"This coffin must not be opened!"
Partridge Whistle, however, did not think so.
He doesn't follow any of the rules of tomb raiders.
They took out a shovel and began to pry open the coffin.
Now, with great difficulty, we've finally found a coffin.
Is it true or false?
We should open the coffin and take a look before making any decisions.
"Don't bother," Li Xiaohu stopped Partridge Whistle. "It's a fake coffin."
"A fake coffin?"
Partridge Whistle was taken aback upon hearing this, and asked somewhat disbelievingly,
"Brother Xiaohu, what makes you say that?"
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Li Xiaohu shook his head helplessly, and first said with dissatisfaction:
"Partridge Whistle, you're being a bit too hasty."
Then he began to explain:
"This tomb chamber has eight stone doors, but we searched for a long time and only found one mechanism."
"And then, coincidentally, the secret chamber containing the coffin was opened."
“If the coffin inside happens to be real, then I think this mechanism is completely unnecessary.”
"It's all too simple."
Jin Suanpan belatedly added, "Xiao Hu is right."
"What kind of powerful feng shui master was Li Chunfeng?"
"His tomb couldn't possibly have only such a simple mechanism; it's probably just a deception."
Li Xiaohu nodded, acknowledging Jin Suanpan's words.
He then forcefully patted the coffin in front of him.
"Bang!—Bang!—"
The coffin emitted two dull echoes.
Partridge Whistle immediately realized what was going on, his brow furrowed, and he said with a serious expression, "There is no corpse in this coffin!"
Everyone else also looked solemn.
Even Yin Xinyue, a complete novice in tomb raiding, sensed something was amiss.
If it is a normal coffin.
No matter how thick and heavy the coffin was, it must have been hollow inside, and the sound it emitted, even if not crisp, would not have been so heavy and muffled.
Such a dull echo.
This means that the coffin was completely stuffed with things, leaving no gaps whatsoever!
I just don't know what's inside.
Curious, he asked, "What exactly is in there?"
"Mercury," Li Xiaohu blurted out.
"Mercury is a common anti-theft measure in tombs."
"Mercury is heavy and emits toxic mercury gas. If there is enough of it, it can be a deadly weapon in a closed environment like a tomb."
"Ah..." Yin Xinyue breathed a sigh of relief and said thankfully, "Thank goodness you didn't open the coffin."
Partridge Whistle looked at Li Xiaohu gratefully and said, "Thanks to Brother Xiaohu for reminding me."
"Otherwise, I would have almost made a grave mistake..."
"But then again."
Partridge Whistle changed the subject abruptly.
"We searched for so long and only managed to open this one hidden room, but it turned out to be a fake."
"Now how do we find that real dark room?"
Partridge Whistle had barely finished speaking.
Suddenly, several strange noises came from the large tomb chamber outside.
"Click-clack...click-clack-clack..."
Everyone followed the sound.
They discovered that the armillary sphere was actually spinning on its own!
Li Xiaohu laughed and said, "Look, here comes the next hint."
He then beckoned everyone out of the dark room and to the armillary sphere.
The armillary sphere had stopped rotating and was stuck in a strange position.
Li Xiaohu said with some emotion:
"Li Chunfeng was not only highly accomplished in feng shui and divination."
"His understanding of human nature is also extraordinary."
"He deliberately set up such an obvious fake trap to deceive those who came, and then placed the correct mechanism in the most obvious place."