Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 279 Shoulder Hugging Tenon (4000 second update)
Speaking of "locks"...

Wu Liang immediately thought of something closely related to Zhuge Liang - Kong Mingsuo.

According to legend, Kong Mingsuo is a toy invented and created by Zhuge Liang based on the principles of gossip and metaphysics. It looks simple, but in fact it has infinite mysteries inside, and it is difficult to assemble and disassemble.

There is another saying that this thing should actually be called a Luban lock.

Legend has it that Master Luban specially made such a toy that can be assembled and disassembled in order to test whether his son is smart.

As for the specific statement that is more credible...

Wu Liang is more inclined to the second option.

Because this kind of lock uses skills, mainly the unique "mortise and tenon structure" in ancient Chinese architecture.

When it comes to the "mortise and tenon structure" in ancient Chinese architecture, it is obviously closer to Master Luban, the god of craftsmen.

And there are many Kong Mingsuo toys in later generations. Wu Liang did some research on this kind of toys when he was a child, such as "Liuhe Tenon", "Seven Star Knot", "Bada Button", "Twelve Squares", "Sister Ball"... ... and so on, he has personally played with Kong Mingsuo toys.

The key to playing this game is the understanding and skills of the mortise and tenon structure, which has nothing to do with the so-called "bagua metaphysics".

So it is a bit far-fetched to say that Kong Mingsuo was invented by Zhuge Liang.

Of course, if Kong Mingsuo was developed from Zhuge Liang, like the Eight Arrays, so Zhuge Liang got the naming right, this statement is relatively reasonable.

Think so.

Wu Liang walked around the square wooden "handicraft" twice more carefully, carefully looking at it from top to bottom, left to right.

Don't say it.

It would have been okay if there were no reminders engraved on the square wood "handicraft". After all, the "Kong Mingsuo" of later generations was very small as a child's toy. connect together.

Now knowing that the essence of this thing is "closed", when Wu Liang looked at it again, he immediately made a new discovery.

"This thing looks like the '24 lock' in Kongming lock..."

The so-called "24 locks" is a relatively high locking method among Kongming locks. Later generations are divided into two different installation and disassembly methods, A and B. Even many adults can't play with it after watching the tutorial.

However, Wu Liang has been very interested in things related to traditional culture since he was a child, and this thing does not bother him.

only……

Different from when they were playing with Kong Mingsuo before, the giant Kong Mingsuo in front of them was obviously not an ordinary toy, but more like a giant zha bomb that could be detonated at any time, and they were the bomb defusers.

Wu Liang raised his head unconsciously and glanced at the dome shaped like an inverted pyramid above his head.

There is also the only metal column that runs through this giant Kongming lock to support the dome.

Wu Liang had reason to suspect that once the dismantling method went wrong and an incorrect external force was applied to the giant Kongming lock, the metal pillar would be affected, making it unable to continue to support the dome that may be filled with crude oil... …

This is like a bomb disposal officer choosing to cut the blue line or the red line when dismantling a bomb.

This is the situation.

Even Wu Liang felt the huge psychological pressure and did not dare to act rashly.

What's more, he is still not completely sure that this square wooden "handicraft" is Kong Mingsuo, and it is the "24 locks" in Kongming locks, let alone whether it is a type A or a type B of later generations.

Not even the slightest bit of uncertainty.

Wu Liang absolutely did not dare to take any further action.

then.

"Brother Zhuge, have you ever seen this kind of 'closed'?"

Wu Liang turned around and looked at Zhuge Liang.

Like the "Eight Arrays", Wu Liang chose a more conservative approach. First, let's see if Zhuge Liang, the legendary "inventor", has any more secure solutions.

"Brother Youcai, this is only the second time I've been in this mausoleum, and it's the first time I've come to this place. How could I have seen it?"

Zhuge Liang said weakly.

Just now hearing Yu Ji say "death has no burial place" and "turn into dust together with the whole mausoleum", the child was already a little scared, and his face was a little pale at the moment.

It seems that this thing can only be "Luban lock".

The time is also right. Master Lu Ban was a master craftsman in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the descendants of Duke Mu of Chu moved to Chu State in the late Spring and Autumn Period. In addition, the State of Qi where Duke Mu of Qiu lived bordered the State of Lu where Lu Ban lived. Communication is also reasonable.

Therefore, there is nothing contradictory about Luban lock appearing in the tomb of Duke Mugong...

"makes sense."

Wu Liang nodded, and said to Zhuge Liang with a smile, "Since Brother Zhuge can decipher the 'Eight Formation Diagram', he should also be able to decipher this 'closed' diagram, please come forward and check with Brother Yu, I'm afraid this is a very difficult time." We have to rely on my virtuous younger brother to help."

"This……"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang took a step back instead, his little head shook like a rattle, and he frowned and said repeatedly, "Brother Youcai, the owner of the tomb has already advised us to accept it as soon as we are good, why don't we just go out like this. Otherwise, if the owner of the tomb is not happy, I'm afraid we will really die without a place to bury, I'm still a child..."

"What are you afraid of, elder brother Youcai is with you, have you forgotten the oath we made when we became sworn brothers? We don't want to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but we want to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day. Besides, I believe in your ability, you Absolutely!"

Wu Liang stepped forward decisively and grabbed Zhuge Liang who kept retreating.

"No, I remember Brother Youcai said at the time 'but I hope this love is comparable to the sun and the moon', where is it 'but I hope that I will die in the same year, the same month, and the same day'."

Zhuge Liang pushed his butt back hard, no matter how hard Wu Liangsheng pulled him, he still refused to move forward.

"When is it, are you still comparing these details with me? Be good, listen to brother, let's take a look first, don't rush to do it, it's okay."

Wu Liang said with a straight face on purpose.

"I don't! I'm not going!"

Zhuge Liang was still struggling desperately.

"Okay, let's spend it here."

Wu Liang suddenly let go of his hand.

Zhuge Liang couldn't hold back for a while, and suddenly fell heavily on his buttocks and squatted, his teeth bared in pain, and tears were about to come out.

But before he got up, Wu Liang continued to say: "Dianwei, Yang Wanli, it seems that my brother Zhuge doesn't know how good he is anymore, you must keep an eye on him, eat two or three of the dry food we brought The sky shouldn’t be a problem, we’ll spend our time here if he’s hungry, but I don’t know how many days it will take for Zhuge Zhuge to pass out from starvation this time, I’ll bet on three days, how many days will you bet on?”

"Wei gambled for two days. He had only been hungry for three days before, and only went out for a day to rest. I'm afraid he hasn't fully recovered yet."

Dian Wei said seriously.

"I'll bet for two days, his body is not good enough, if it's Brother Dian Wei, it shouldn't be a problem to starve for seven days."

Yang Wanli also said with a half-smile.

"you……"

The painful tears in Zhuge Liang's eyes finally squeezed out of his eyes, and now he finally understood what Wu Liang said before.

His "talented elder brother" is not only worse than Huang Er, but even worse than evil ghosts. How can he bully people like this, he simply doesn't give people a way to survive.

Not to mention.

I'm just a kid...

"Brother Zhuge, don't blame your elder brother. My elder brother is doing this for your own good. Only by suffering through hardships can you be a master. You are a person who wants to do great things. The hardships you suffer now will eventually illuminate your future." way."

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was actually crying, Wu Liang finally couldn't bear it, so he frantically poured chicken soup for him, so as not to really hurt the child's heart, and turn around and stop messing with him.

But after thinking about it again, he should bully his younger brother as soon as possible, and when Zhuge Liang becomes the legendary Mr. Wolong, then he will not be able to bully whenever he wants to.

Not to mention.

Not to mention later generations, even in the history of the Three Kingdoms, few people have seen Zhuge Liang like this, right?
Rare achievement: "Witness Zhuge Liang shed tears with my own eyes", achieved!

Wu Liang couldn't help thinking of another rare achievement that he had been looking forward to not long ago - "witnessing Boss Cao's tears with his own eyes". I don't know when this achievement will be achieved...

……

As Wu Liang wished.

After all, Zhuge Liang reluctantly came to the front of Fang Mu's "work of art", but tried his best to keep a distance from it, carefully checking some details on it.

This time, Wu Liang did not act as the hands-off shopkeeper.

He already knew a lot about Kong Mingsuo. If he could be sure that this was the "24 locks" he knew, he wouldn't mind solving it himself instead of "testing" Zhuge Liang here.

After this careful observation.

Wu Liang noticed some details again.

This square wood "work of art" is combined with the "mortise and tenon structure" of the later Kong Mingsuo. When you get close, you can clearly see the "concave-convex" shape of the meshing structure dug inside the square wood.

Besides.

Right below the square "work of art", that is, where it connects to the ground, there are indeed some gaps that go straight down. The bottom is indeed empty, as the inscription on the square "artwork" says, the bottom is the real tomb of the Chumu Cemetery.

"Old man, lend me the silk cloth and pen."

Wu Liang immediately asked Yu Ji for these things, and began to record the shapes of the square logs that could be analyzed, so as to infer the combination of these square logs.

In fact, this is not easy.

Like Kong Mingsuo, these square logs are tightly and intricately combined, and usually only a small part of the two ends is exposed.

In addition to what can be observed in the middle part, the rest needs to be supplemented by brain.

For those who are not familiar with Kong Mingsuo, this kind of thing is impossible to do.

But Wu Liang is obviously different. Not only has he assembled and disassembled many types of Kongming locks, but he also did some Kongming lock-type carpentry by himself when he was young.

so below.

Wu Liang and Zhuge Liang, one big and one small, quickly entered the immersion mode.

Of course, Zhuge Liang's purpose is relatively simple, just to not be hungry. The child was almost hungry before, and his stomach twitched when he thought of the experience two days ago.

As for whether he resents Wu Liang in his heart or not.

That must be a bit of resentment, even if Wu Liang kept saying it was for his own good, he still felt very unhappy in his heart.

Can I do whatever I want as long as it's for my own good?

This is simply moral kidnapping!
But it’s useless to say anything now, let’s find a way to get rid of the “closed” of this Lao Shizi, or else I will have to suffer the fear of being dominated by hunger... I feel a little hungry already, if I can eat a piece of dry food while eating How wonderful it would be to understand, damn it!
Wu Liang really lives up to his name!
Unscrupulous!

What kind of skill is bullying children? !

……

After half an hour.

"Brother Talented, I found out that these woods are combined using a mortise and tenon structure, and it is a 'shoulder-hugging tenon' structure. There is no obvious fixing point between them. It should not take much effort to disassemble. It just needs some advanced tools. Skill."

After observing quietly for a long time, Zhuge Liang finally made an "astonishing" discovery to Wu Liang that he thought he could exchange for a piece of dry food first, and then begged pitifully, "I'm a little hungry, can you give me a piece of dry food to satisfy my hunger first..."

As a result, Zhuge Liang couldn't continue after he only spoke half of the sentence.

Because he didn't see until then that many disassembled square wood stick figures had been drawn on the silk cloth in front of Wu Liang.

These square wood stick figures are long and short, and most of them have a "concave" structure, and Wu Liang also marked symbols that he has never seen before on the side of each square wood: "1, 2, 3... ..."

Zhuge Liang naturally didn't understand what these symbols represented, because there were no Arabic numerals in the Celestial Dynasty at this time.

But obviously.

Zhuge Liang has already realized that what he just said is nonsense to Wu Liang. If he didn't see that this is a "shoulder-hugging tenon" with a mortise and tenon structure, how could Wu Liang draw these split stick figures ?

"What do you think?"

Wu Liang looked back at him and asked with a smile.

"I think... I should take a closer look."

Zhuge Liang said with embarrassment.

"Just work harder, you will definitely be able to."

Wu Liang nodded.

In fact, it is not a big problem to disassemble the Kongming lock. The difficulty is that most people do not have a clear understanding of this thing at this time, so they cannot establish the corresponding logic.

Coupled with this Kong Mingsuo's mechanism trap similar to the "zha bomb", there may only be one chance to dismantle it, and there is no way to try it at will, so the difficulty has naturally increased a lot.

But as long as Zhuge Liang is given enough time, he will definitely be able to crack it smoothly.

Otherwise, there will be no Zhuge Liang's legends and historical records about the "Eight Arrays" and "Kong Mingsuo", and there will be only an inexplicable big explosion in Nanyang County.

"Um……"

At this moment, Zhuge Liang felt something else in his heart.

It turns out that the talented brother is not incapable of breaking through this "closed", he is really just helping me to become a master.

Talented brother, I blamed you wrongly, I already know your good intentions, I will definitely redouble my efforts in the future, and I will never let you down by playing petty temper...

(End of this chapter)