When you get closer, you can see that this three temples are different from ordinary small temples. They are completely made of cut square bluestones. Except for the roof, no bricks or tiles are used elsewhere.

Because of this, it has been preserved extremely well over the long years. The doors and windows appear to have been renovated, and a "concave"-shaped lock is hung on the iron door.

As soon as the ghost old man arrived here, he immediately covered his nose and shouted that the air was too dirty...

Come to think of it, it must be because the smell of the door god soil is still there.

I smiled and looked carefully at the lock in front of me. The lock body was extremely thick and seemed to be made of brass and fine steel. It could not be broken by force.

Moreover, it is obvious that this is not a modern lock, but an interesting antique.

As for the keyhole, it is even more interesting, it is in the shape of a "work".

The ghost old man glanced at the side and curled his lips and said: "Break the window, this lock can't be opened. It was built when the Three Temples were built. It has been used to lock the door. The key is just a thin piece of iron. I don't understand.

Even the people who gave him the key couldn't open it. Someone in the village used to hit this thing with a hammer, but it couldn't be broken at all!"

The lock body is made of fine steel and thick brass, it’s amazing you can break it open!

I shook my head and glanced at the windows on both sides. They were all iron windows. I guess if I had to break open the iron windows, I might as well just pick the lock.

In fact, this lock is a simple maze lock.

This is probably the lowest-end mechanism lock in ancient mechanism techniques. It is not on the same level as the complicated three-slap lock. The internal mechanisms of that kind of lock are interlocked and cannot be pried open at all. You need to use a key to open the first mechanism, and then

The lock can only be opened by hitting the lock body three times to shake open the second mechanism. Unless you have a key or use modern equipment to saw, there is no solution. In the past, a group of tomb robbers encountered this kind of lock, and several people took turns.

We went into battle and it took six or seven days to saw.

As for this kind of maze lock, the internal lock is actually very complicated, like a maze. There is a firing pin hidden in the deepest part. The key must be inserted from the correct position of the keyhole to get the firing pin, and then you can

Move it right, hang the firing pin with the hole in the key, and open it with a slight pull!

It seems that for this lock now, the key should be inserted from the right side of the "I"-shaped keyhole, and the firing pin will be caught by pushing it to the end. It is not as mysterious as what the old man said.

I saw the thin earrings hanging on Anru's ears, so I asked for them, straightened them, took out a small hook at the top, and immediately stretched it through the keyhole, and soon found the firing pin.

With a gentle pull, the maze lock made a crisp "click" sound and fell off the door knocker.

"You have craftsmanship!"

The old ghost man exclaimed: "Are you a Taoist priest or a thief?"

I smiled and pushed open the iron door.

There was a dim yellow light flickering inside. There was a huge altar with several oil lamps placed on it, so that the air was filled with a strange smell. There was a shrine above, with three statues sitting cross-legged inside. You could come and go as you pleased.

They are the three gods worshiped by the Ran people.

Under the altar, a boy and a girl are kneeling on one left and one on the right, facing the iron gate...

To be precise, these boys and girls are two living people!!
Chapter completed!