"..."

Seeing that Wu Liang did not answer Yu Ji's question directly and had such an ugly smile on his face, everyone already understood what he meant.

Even for him, there is no effective way to get out of trouble...

The so-called "looking at the coffin first" is just an argument for treating a dead horse as a live horse.

According to common sense, since the tomb owner and his descendants spent all their efforts and financial resources to set up such a mechanism to trap the tomb robbers, they must have had the intention of driving away the tomb robbers. How could there be any way to survive?

In fact.

Wu Liang really had no choice.

He had already prepared for the worst. If there was no other way out, he might still have to risk starting from the dome of the tomb.

At that time, we can only ask everyone to turn the coffin upside down and hide it inside, and then order Dian Wei to take off the bronze mirror, put it on his head as a shield, and destroy the dome by force while protecting himself as much as possible.

Such a vaulted dome will definitely collapse after being damaged.

At that time, they could only pray that the collapse was not too serious. If they could survive the collapse, they might have a chance to dig out.

And if the dome collapsed too seriously, they might be buried alive.

But before that.

Wu Liang decided to figure out the mystery in the coffin first. As Yang Wanli said before, even if it was really impossible to escape this disaster, he had to be a wise man.

"Dian Wei, Yang Wanli, you two follow me and remove the items from the coffin first. Be careful not to damage these items."

Returning to the coffin, Wu Liang gave orders to Dian Wei and Yang Wanli.

In fact, there aren't many things inside the coffin, just a silk robe, a pair of boots, a few pieces of jade that match the clothes, a soul-calling bell, and a pottery head wearing a hat.

Upon hearing this, Dian Wei and Yang Wanli immediately stepped forward to take action.

In just a few cups of tea, the two of them had moved all these things outside the coffin, put the silk robe on the ground as a blanket, and carefully placed these items on it.

Wu Liang jumped into the coffin.

Then he used a copper dagger to cut a large vertical hole in the lining at the bottom of the coffin.

When you peel off the inner lining, you will see a golden metallic color.

Below is a piece of smooth metal with no patterns on it, except for nine circular mechanisms near the middle that Wu Liang had previously pressed down.

These mechanisms are also metal, but they are not golden, but silver-white metal.

"gold?"

When everyone saw the metal in the lining of the coffin, their eyes couldn't help but shine.

Wu Liang used the handle of the copper dagger to knock the golden metal hard. Seeing that there were no obvious dents on it, he shook his head and said, "It doesn't seem like it. Gold is softer. Knock it like this."

There must be traces, and this piece of metal is hard and should be bronze that has not been severely corroded."

"Pity……"

Everyone suddenly looked disappointed.

Even if they know that they may not be able to leave here alive, this still does not prevent people from yearning for gold.

Only Bai Jingjing then said with some disappointment: "Judging from the sound, this piece of metal is still very thick, and it doesn't look like it's hollow underneath."

"So, I'm afraid there is no secret space down here."

Yu Ji shook his head and frowned.

"..."

Wu Liangze didn't say anything more, and used a copper dagger to completely cut off the lining at the bottom of the coffin, so that the metal at the bottom of the coffin was completely exposed to everyone.

Only then did everyone notice.

In addition to the nine silver-white mechanisms that Wu Liang pressed on this piece of metal, there is actually a silver-white mechanism hidden in the southeast corner.

And this piece of metal is not completely a whole.

There is still a very thin horizontal gap close to the mystery of this mechanism.

This gap was very regular, as if it had been cut open by some sharp weapon, creating a smaller rectangle at the bottom of the originally rectangular coffin.

"Qiang! Qiang!"

Wu Liang tapped the small rectangle twice with the handle of the copper dagger.

"This piece of metal sounds very thin, and it must be hollow underneath!"

Bai Jingjing said immediately.

"But this place is too small. It can only be a hidden compartment for hiding things at most. It is definitely not a secret passage that can help us escape from here."

Yu Ji immediately poured cold water on everyone as usual.

This old boy has this kind of virtue. When he encounters a problem, he opens his mouth with pessimistic remarks that disturb the morale of the army. This means that in the Huren Army, if it had been another combat unit, he would have been pushed out and beheaded by the general long ago.

"Old boy, if you don't speak, no one will think you are mute!"

Yang Wanli immediately retorted.

"I'm just telling the truth..."

Yu Ji still wanted to argue with him, but when he saw other people looking at him with unkind eyes, he finally closed his mouth quite wisely, so as not to be kicked by someone who was so old. How could his old bones withstand it?

live?

"Now that things have come to this, everyone shouldn't have any objections, right?"

Wu Liang glanced at the mechanism and turned around to ask.

"You're a talented brother, why don't you let me do it..."

Zhuge Liang is eager to try.

"Absolutely not!"

Before he finished speaking, Yu Ji immediately refused sternly. He took Zhuge Liang into his arms and hugged him tightly, chattering as if to exorcise evil spirits: "My little ancestor, with your stinky luck, just press the button."

Then we built an indestructible cage for us. If I ask you to press it again, nothing will happen. From now on, you should stay away from me for this kind of thing. No matter how tough my life is,

I can’t stand your trouble!"

"Pfft!"

Seeing Yu Ji's reaction, Bai Jingjing couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha……"

Wu Liang, Dian Wei, and Yang Wanli also laughed. This meant that they were habitual criminals. If it had been anyone else, they might not have been able to smile even if they were watching De Yunse's cross talk under this situation.

"I have always been very lucky. Just now... it was just an accident. Brother Youcai, please give me another chance to justify my luck. I promise to press it well this time, press it carefully, and press it with all my heart.

I will never let down everyone’s expectations again.”

Zhuge Liang's little face suddenly turned red, but he still struggled to break free from Yu Ji's arms, while loudly asking Wu Liang for help.

"Definitely next time."

Wu Liang was also afraid of Zhuge Liang's "lucky", so he dealt with it decisively, and then in order to cut off Zhuge Liang's thoughts, he pressed on the silver-white mystery first.

The material of this thing feels like it should be iron, because soft metals like gold or silver will deform under slight force, and they are really not qualified for the important task of mechanism mystery.

Moreover, iron tools did appear in the early Spring and Autumn Period.

It's just that at this time, the Celestial Empire had not yet developed a complete set of iron smelting technology, and the output was pitifully low. Bronze was still the most important and common strategic metal.

"Kata!"

As Wu Liang pressed this secret, a slight spring sound came from below.

"?!"

Everyone tensed up and looked around nervously.

Wu Liang's press was quite sudden, and they were not fully mentally prepared. They were really worried that something messy would fall from above their heads. This was no joke.

However, after waiting for a while, there seemed to be no movement from above.

Especially the harsh "squeaking" sound made when the eight walls fell down...

Nothing happened?

Everyone looked at each other.

of course not!

The moment Wu Liang pressed the secret of the mechanism, the small rectangular metal plate that was divided had already bounced up on one side, just like the drawers or cabinet doors that would pop up automatically at the touch of a button in later generations.

There was a small gap that was nearly a finger wide on this side, which was considered a small mechanism that was not very clever in Wu Liang's eyes.

It's just that this change was too small, and everyone outside the coffin was a little distracted, so they didn't notice it.

However, Wu Liang did not dare to take it lightly.

After seeing that there was no special movement outside the coffin, Wu Liang kept his distance and slowly inserted the sharp edge of the copper dagger into the raised gap of the small metal plate, and then slowly pried it up.
To be continued...