Chapter 106 Pattern 9 Questions
The stone door of the sixth stone chamber is also closed and can only be blown open.
Zhang Shukai had gone out before and brought back the necessary necessities for positioning blasting. While he was placing the gun, Lu Jiahui knocked on the stone door to the rhythm of Morse code as usual, trying to get in touch with Zhao Ying and others, but there was no response from the stone chamber. .
Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan looked worried, Wang Xinran looked at him and comforted him, "They should have gone to the innermost level."
"Why do you say that?" Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head and looked at her.
Wang Xinran explained, "The stone platform and copper plate in this stone chamber were not touched at all, which shows that they knew there was no hope of cracking these mechanisms. After pushing the stone door open, they rushed in directly, hoping to pass before the mechanism was triggered. They might He did rush to the next stone room before the mechanism was activated, and the person controlled by the wireworm should be at the end of the team."
Wu Zhongyuan nodded slowly. There was a black-haired monkey lying dead in the corner of the stone room. This monkey should be the original host of the iron worm. Zhao Ying and others triggered the mechanism when they rushed forward. The monkey woke up and came out of the ice mirror. Attack them. The bullet casings in the stone chamber indicate that they once fired to prevent the monkeys from approaching. As for the person controlled by the iron worm, the reason why he ran at the end of the team was probably not because he ran slowly, but because he stayed at the end and pushed the stone door behind to prevent the fourth stone chamber. The vines of the man-eating tree chased him in.
After trying to communicate to no avail, Lu Jiahui turned around and walked back, shaking her head at the two of them.
"Give me another three minutes." Zhang Shukai turned to everyone and said.
"Don't worry," Wang Xinran waved his hand and turned to look at Wu Zhongyuan, "What is the sixth door?"
"Jingmen, the five elements belong to fire, and according to the classification of good and bad luck, it belongs to Xiaoji." Wu Zhongyuan replied.
"The five elements belong to fire?" Wang Xinran frowned slightly.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded, "Most of the mechanisms in those stone chambers previously corresponded to Yin Yang and the Five Elements. The mechanisms inside are probably related to fire."
Wang Xinran did not answer the call. No matter what mechanism was inside, it had been triggered by Zhao Ying and others. Zhao Ying and others acted as a pathfinder invisibly.
It was said to be three minutes, but Zhang Shukai might have been ready in less than three minutes. This time he brought back a remote control gun that could detonate it calmly from a safe distance.
Before detonating, the four people put on gas masks as usual. Due to the use of advanced directional blasting devices, the explosion sound was much quieter than the sound of exploding gas guns.
Wait for the air waves to dissipate,
The four people returned to the door and saw a crack in the lower part of the stone door. Wang Xinran took the claw hammer in Lu Jiahui's hand and knocked off the part of the lower part of the stone door that was against the top stone.
After removing the rubble, Wang Xinran took off his gas mask, tilted his head and tried to observe the inside of the stone chamber through the gap. However, the previously opened gap was blocked by the top stone protruding from the ground, and the situation inside could not be seen.
Although I couldn't see what was going on in the stone chamber, I could smell the smell coming from the stone chamber. The sixth stone chamber must have been on fire not long ago, and the air was filled with a strong smell of burning.
"Someone was burned to death inside." Wang Xinran tilted his head and looked at Wu Zhongyuan.
Wu Zhongyuan did not answer the call.
Wang Xinran made a gesture to Lu Jiahui, and the two stepped forward to push the stone door. Zhang Shukai held guns in both hands and was on guard.
After the stone door was opened, the burning smell became stronger and stronger. The first thing that caught the eye was the stone platform. As the stone door opened wider and wider, the stone chamber was completely exposed to Wu Zhongyuan's view. Wang Xinran's previous guess was correct. Someone was indeed burned to death. Inside, there was only one corpse, located in the northeast corner. It was a male corpse. The corpse was relatively complete. The clothes on his body were not completely burned off by the fire, and even his hair was still there.
Such injuries should not be fatal. Rather than saying that this person was burned to death, it would be better to say that he was choked to death by the thick smoke.
Seeing that Zhao Ying was not in the stone room, Wu Zhongyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the stone platform in front.
"Be careful." Wang Xinran said.
Wu Zhongyuan did not answer, but walked straight to the stone platform and wiped the dust off the stone platform.
This stone platform is somewhat similar to the one in the previous stone chamber. There is also a copper plate on the stone platform, but the copper plate here is not a five-ring plate, but a one-ring plate with only the sixty-four hexagrams.
In addition, there were three copper plates on the stone platform in the previous stone chamber, but there were nine copper plates on the stone platform here, which were only half the size of the five-ring copper plate.
Nine copper plates are arranged horizontally, vertically and horizontally, with two characters engraved on the top of each copper plate.
The first copper plate was inscribed "Contempt."
The second copper plate was engraved with "Provocation."
The third copper plate is engraved with "suppression."
The fourth copper plate is engraved with "Deception."
The fifth copper plate is engraved with "Shi Huan."
The sixth copper plate is inscribed "Disobedience."
The seventh copper plate is inscribed "Betrayal."
The eighth copper plate is engraved with "Backlash."
The ninth copper plate is inscribed "Empathy."
When Wu Zhongyuan was looking at the copper plate, Wang Xinran walked next to him. After looking at the copper plate on the stone platform, he asked in a low voice, "What does he want to test you for?"
"He was asking me what I should do if I encounter these nine situations." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"Why would he ask such a question?" Wang Xinran was puzzled. "What's the point of asking such a question?"
"Don't you understand?" Wu Zhongyuan turned to look at her.
Wang Xinran shook his head.
Wu Zhongyuan said, "He is testing whether I have the character and structure to achieve great things."
Seeing that Wang Xinran was still confused, Wu Zhongyuan explained in detail, "These nine behaviors are actually arranged from low to high according to a person's status. Contempt means others look down on me. If my status is high, they will It is impossible to look down on me. Then they provoke me. If my status is higher, they may suppress me. If my status continues to improve, I may be deceived. They are arranged in this order. He wants to know these nine things I encounter How will the situation be handled later?”
Wang Xinran nodded and asked, "Is it difficult?"
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "It cannot be described as difficult or easy. This test is not about my IQ and knowledge, but my personality and structure."
"The rewards here are definitely better than those in the previous level, so be careful." Wang Xinran said.
Wu Zhongyuan nodded and reached out to turn the first copper plate.
"Have you thought about it?" Wang Xinran did not expect that Wu Zhongyuan would take action immediately.
"The more you think about these issues, the easier it is to shake your original intention." Wu Zhongyuan pointed one of the hexagrams at "contempt."
"What does this figure mean?" Wang Xinran asked, pointing to the hexagram.
"It's none of my business." Wu Zhongyuan said casually.
"Isn't there a picture of knowing one's shame and then being brave?" Wang Xinran asked.
"Yes, but I don't like it," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "If others look down on me, I have to let them look up to me. Why should I live for them? If they laugh at me that my farts don't stink, do I have to practice hard every day? Shit?"
While Wang Xinran curled his lips, Wu Zhongyuan reached out to the second copper plate, and it moved with a push. If he could move the plate, it meant that he answered the first question correctly.
The second question was "provocation." Wang Xinran couldn't understand the hexagram, so he could only ask, "What does this figure mean?"
"This is the hexagram of eating up and down," Wu Zhongyuan explained. "It means that lightning and thunder will hit him directly."
After hearing Wu Zhongyuan's explanation, Wang Xinran clicked his tongue and shook his head, "You see clearly, the other party is just provoking, not attacking."
"Provocation is a precursor to attack," Wu Zhongyuan said, "My senior brother once said that if a person wants to bully you, he does it tentatively. If you scold you today and you laugh it off, tomorrow he will dare to kick you. You If there is no response, he will dare to go to your house to steal things the day after tomorrow. If you still bear it, he will dare to sleep with your wife the day after tomorrow. It is the most stupid behavior to bear it no longer. If you insist on enduring it until someone wants to sleep with your wife, you Kill him again and go to jail? When he scolds you at the beginning, just scold you right back to ensure that there won't be so many bullshit in the future. If you nip the hidden danger in the bud, the losses for both parties will be small."
Wang Xinran did not answer because Wu Zhongyuan had already started to turn the third disk. If the third disk could turn, it meant that he answered the second question correctly.
Moved, the third copper plate was turned, and the third question was "suppression."
Wang Xinran did not dare to question Wu Zhongyuan's opinion anymore, "What does this graphic mean?"
"The purpose of making the matter public is to make things bigger," Wu Zhongyuan said. "Suppression is a way for superiors to give subordinates little shoes to wear. If my superiors suppress me, I will not go against him, let alone be inconsistent with him. I will directly punish him." The matter got louder and everyone knew that we didn't get along, so he didn't dare to put my little shoes on, because everyone knew that I had quarreled with him, and as long as he did something bad to me, he would be fine. Avenging private revenge in public."
As soon as Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, there was a slight vibration and squeaking friction sound in the stone chamber. The friction sound came from the stone wall on the right and gradually moved towards the stone wall on the left.
When they heard the sound of friction, the two did not panic, because the sound of friction was very slow. If an aggressive mechanism was triggered, the speed would not be so slow.
When the friction sound stopped, Wu Zhongyuan tried to push the fourth copper plate again, "Deceive."
Knowing that Wang Xinran was definitely going to ask, Wu Zhongyuan took the initiative to explain, "This is a yang life and yin death hexagram. If I have no hope for the person who deceived me, I will pretend not to know. If I still have hope for him, I will expose it." Him, remind him not to be alienated from me."
Wu Zhongyuan did not stop, and went directly to push the fifth copper plate, which was also able to be pushed. The question corresponding to this disk was "Shi Huan." Shi Huan is an ancient word that is rarely used now. It roughly means to win the favor of others. .
"What does this hexagram mean?" Wang Xinran was very curious.
"Be kind." Wu Zhongyuan said casually. When Wang Xinran frowned, he explained, "Good medicine does not necessarily taste bitter, and bitter taste does not necessarily mean good medicine. Loyal advice does not necessarily offend the ears, and offending the ears does not necessarily mean good advice. If you do not treat people kindly to those who try to make you happy, Are you going to be kind to those people who scold you every day? You are crazy."
Wang Xinran did not answer. If according to the current moral standards, Wu Zhongyuan's explanation would definitely fail, at least it would not be considered superior. But after thinking about it carefully, his answer was more candid and more in line with human nature.
Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan successfully pushed the sixth copper plate, Wang Xinran secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The sixth copper plate is "Disobedience."
This time Wang Xinran did not ask what the hexagram meant, because Wu Zhongyuan had used this hexagram before. It was a yang life and yin death hexagram. This hexagram did not even need to be explained. If the disobedience is a sincere advice, then accept it humbly. . If the disobedience is a rude offense, punish it severely.
The sixth copper plate was in place, and there was a slight vibration in the stone chamber again. Seeing something slowly rising from the ground in front of him, Wu Zhongyuan turned around hurriedly, "Hurry up and cover it, don't let me know what it is..."