hotmtlnovel Chapter 457 Luban Lock Box
Chapter 457 Luban Lock Box
In front of the tablets, there were three bright yellow cushions, and on the middle cushion there seemed to be traces of kneeling.
It seems that people often come to the ancestral hall to kneel down and worship their ancestors, so they stayed there.
The two of them began to observe the altar for the tablets from the left and right.
There is nothing special on this table except the incense burner and offerings.
However, Gu Chaoxi always felt that this shouldn’t be the end.
She walked around and looked at the highest tablet. It seemed that she found a switch that could be pressed behind the tablet.
"Ayan, take a quick look, is that some kind of mechanism?"
When Pei Yan heard her call, he immediately walked from the other side to the back and looked up at the tablet.
There did seem to be something blocking its back, but the light was too dim to see clearly.
"Wait."
Gu Chaoxi said something, walked around to the front, picked up a candle, and then went towards Pei Yan again.
He had already climbed onto the altar and was trying his best to avoid hurting anyone's tablet.
Gu Chaoxi handed the candle over, Pei Yan took it and shone it behind the first tablet.
It is a carving and it really looks like it can be pressed down.
"Do you want to press it down?" Pei Yan lowered his head and asked Gu Chaoxi. When he saw her nod, he pressed the carving downwards.
With a slight earthquake, the entire altar moved to the left, about the space of one person.
Next to where Gu Chaoxi was standing was a small passage the width of a person that had been moved away, leading to the inside.
This passage is very dark. Except for a small area near the entrance, you can't see anything inside.
Pei Yan took a look and jumped down.
The candle in his hand wavered, but did not go out.
Pei Yan stretched out his hand and shone it inside. The passage was very narrow and only one person could pass through it.
Gu Chaoxi picked up another candle from the altar and walked over to the front. "Shall we go in now?"
"Wait a moment, go out and see what's going on with them."
"Okay." She took another step back and waited for Pei Yan to withdraw his hand. Then they turned around and walked outside.
As soon as I stepped out of the ancestral hall and walked into the yard, the passage closed again with a slight "bang".
Shen Yao and Qi Chuzhao observed the hung woman for a long time, suppressing their inner discomfort, but they could not figure out anything.
Moreover, the woman's limbs were clearly tied up with hemp ropes, and when one looked up, one could not see the end.
There is nothing at the end of the hemp rope.
It's not the kind of emptiness that you see with the naked eye, but also the kind that you feel when you reach out and touch it. In other words, this person is completely suspended in the air.
Shen Yao's face looked a little unhappy, which meant that the current plane had already changed some contents of the haunted house.
Now it is not just about exploring the haunted house, but you also have to find out what the theme is supposed to express among the "surprises" that the plane creates for you.
"The real bride died in the room, but there is a fake wooden bride in the room in front. It's so weird."
Qi Chuzhao couldn't help but murmur aloud, somewhat confused about what this theme was trying to express.
Shen Yao touched his chin, not being able to figure anything out for a moment.
The information I looked up at the time only showed that the Eleven Haunted Houses had four themes, but it never said what the four themes were.
They are still confused.
Moreover, in order to scare people, most haunted houses will have many scary mechanisms.
But from the time they entered this topic until now, nothing has jumped out to scare them, except for these few things which are quite scary in themselves.
Shen Yao raised his hand and lowered the part of the veil that was originally covering the woman, and then fell silent for a moment.
"Let's go out and check on Luo Zhenxian's situation first."
"Yeah, okay." Qi Chuzhao responded and walked outside with him.
When he came out, Luo Zhenxian was still leaning against the door frame, unconscious, with no sign of waking up.
Shen Yao squatted down, raised his hand and patted him on the face twice, but there was no response.
He glanced at the other two rooms, and no one had come out yet.
After thinking about it, he simply sat down next to Luo Zhenxian.
Seeing that he had sat down, Qi Chuzhao also sat down on the steps, ready to wait for the rest of the people to come out.
When Qin Wei and the other two came out, Luo Zhenxian had just woken up leisurely, as if he had just had a nightmare.
However, when he saw the scene clearly and realized that he was still in the haunted house, he couldn't help but feel his eyes go dark again.
Fortunately, Shen Yao was quick enough and slapped him on the back, causing him to grimace in pain.
"Ouch, why are you hitting me so hard?"
Shen Yao didn't answer. He looked up and saw Qin Wei holding a black box in his arms. He frowned and asked, "What is this?"
"Found it on the rafters."
If Su Zhaoran hadn't seen it, he might not have noticed this thing.
The black box was hidden on the beam, and it was only visible because of the golden corner guards nailed on the four corners of the box lid, which reflected the candlelight.
They moved the shelf in the study towards that corner. Shen Lan and Su Zhaoran supported it from below, while Qin Wei climbed up like a ladder.
In fact, it was not easy to climb. After all, the bookshelf was very wide. She almost put her entire hand on it, relying on friction to keep her body steady.
The box is about the size of a Chinese textbook. It’s not very heavy, but it has some heft.
Qin Wei shook it and felt that at least half of the weight came from the box itself, and only half came from the things inside.
But the box is fastened, and it is not an ordinary lock. The whole box looks more like a Lu Ban lock.
It is locked by several mechanisms, and you must find which one is the key to unlock it.
After thinking about it, Qin Wei still felt that it would be more appropriate for everyone to deal with it together, so he took the two people out of the house.
As she spoke, she glanced at the room behind Shen Yao and asked, "Did you find anything?"
"A strange dead person was found!" Luo Zhenxian gestured exaggeratedly, even stuttering a little.
He wanted to describe what was inside, but just thinking about it was horrifying, so he hugged his head and lowered it.
Qin Wei was a little confused and looked at Shen Yao.
He shrugged helplessly: "It is indeed very strange, a dead person, and Qi Chuzhao and I both think that is the real bride."
"You'll know after you see it for yourself in a bit, but you need to be mentally prepared."
"After all, Luo Zhenxian fainted at the first sight just now."
When Shen Yao said the last sentence, Qi Chuzhao covered his mouth and smiled.
Luo Zhenxian looked up. He was still a little dissatisfied with Shen Yao for revealing his embarrassing story like this, but he could do nothing about it. After all, this was the fact.
His mind is still dizzy.