At first, Luo Tian couldn't figure out the lotus lock at all. He reviewed the historical development of locks in his mind. The locks in the late Qing Dynasty were not very complicated structures, but this lotus lock didn't seem to need a key, because
Luo Tian didn't find the keyhole, which was very strange.
Time waits for no one. Twenty minutes have passed since the two hours Luo Tian promised. Luo Tian turned his back to Jiuye and Shao Bing, put his hand gently on the lotus lock, and kept praying in his heart, let me see you.
Let me see your production process. Maybe prayer has worked. A picture appeared in front of Luo Tian's eyes. This is in the kiln room. Someone is forging bronze sheets, and someone is talking.
Looking very excited, Luo Tian listened carefully to the conversation of these people, feeling increasingly nervous...
The picture slowly disappeared. When Luo Tian opened his eyes, he already had some confidence in his heart. The seven-petal lotus locking piece was the key. When Luo Tian touched it just now, he discovered that four locking pieces were active and three more were active.
It was fixed. Luo Tian turned the box over and looked at the back of the lock plate, because the mystery was there!!
There are words engraved on the back of the three fixed lock pieces, which are numbers, and the words are engraved on the back of the movable lock piece. Luo Tian now knows that to open the lock, the movable lock piece must be moved to the three fixed lock pieces.
Corresponding position, but why is there a small thin bronze strip on the back? Luo Tian twitched it gently and found that this thin strip was also movable. It was worn in the center of the back of the lotus lock. Luo Tian simply removed it.
Completely pull it out. With this pull, all seven locking pieces spread out. They were originally unfolded like a lotus flower, but now they are tightly wrapped together and become a budding state. Because of the change of state, the words and numbers on the back are
It appeared. After Luo Tian saw it clearly, he was shocked, isn't this?
Luo Tian understood. He was thinking too simply. No matter how he combined these numbers and words, they were meaningless. He was too affected by the shipwreck at the bottom of the sea and how to open the code of the shipwreck. This time it was definitely not as good as the combination.
Simple thing, these numbers and Chinese characters are just to confuse the person who opens the lock. Luo Tian thought about what he said in the picture: "This is a unique lock. If you want to open it, there is only one way, and that is to find them."
It should be in the right place, General, you really thought of a good idea!"
What is their supposed position? Luo Tian returned to the starting point and kept pushing the budding locking pieces. He was surprised to find that originally only four locking pieces were active, but now, seven locking pieces were active.
They are all movable. It seems that the thin bronze strip on the back is a key. If you remove it, all the locking pieces can be activated. So, where should they be found?
Luo Tian raised the small box, looked at it against the light, and looked at it again. A small bright spot in the center of the lock made him discover that there was a small hole in the center of the lock piece, and it was in the center. Luo Tian tried to remove it.
A locking plate was pressed toward the center, and there was a crisp sound. The locking plate shrank downwards, and then became fixed. Luo Tian was inexplicably excited, and he clenched his fists to add oil to himself.
Luo Tian then pushed the remaining locking pieces downward, and all seven locking pieces were pushed downward. Just when Luo Tian thought he was done, all the locking pieces suddenly bounced back on their own, catching Luo Tian off guard!
"What's going on?" Luo Tian was extremely frustrated today. When he was frowning, the thin bronze strip was rubbed on the ground. Luo Tian went to pick it up. When he picked up the copper strip, his heart was filled with tears.
Mingming, he knew what he had missed just now. This thin bronze strip was originally a key, but at the last moment, how could he do it without it?
Luo Tian pushed the locking pieces down again, then quickly turned the lotus lock over, inserted the bronze bar, and fixed all the locking pieces that were pushed down. This time, these locking pieces could not be restored. Luo Tian took a deep breath.
With one breath, I carefully lifted up the lid of the box. The seven locking pieces that were originally closed together suddenly folded away from the middle, and the box opened!
At the last moment, this lock still surprised Luo Tian. It turned out that the two locking pieces were not complete, and the lock was folded in half from them. The locking pieces were combined into one, and the gap was extremely large.
It's so precise that it can't be seen with the naked eye! It takes so much exquisite craftsmanship to achieve this. It's incredible that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom actually had such a master!
The box was opened. Luo Tian didn't have time to take a look inside, so he turned back and said, "Master Jiu, the box is open. Come and take a look."
Master Jiu was a little tired from waiting. Coupled with his age and illness, he had already begun to doze off. When he heard Luo Tian's words, it was like he had been given a shot of stimulant. He immediately opened his eyes wide and walked with a cane.
I went over and saw that the box had been opened, and I was very excited: "It is indeed right to invite you. Over the years, I have invited many people to this lock, but no one has understood its mystery."
Luo Tian thought to himself, this lock does not have a key. Most people think that a key is necessary to open a lock. Not to mention that it is difficult for ordinary people to find the pore in the middle. Even if they find it, they will definitely regard the pore found as a keyhole. As everyone knows, such a
Come on, you've gone completely astray.
Master Jiu was inexplicably excited and did not shy away from Luo Tian and Shao Bing. He turned over the contents of the box. Inside was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's currency - the Holy Treasure, as well as some uncirculated money, filled with
I got this small box.
After the Taiping Army captured Nanjing in the third year of Guichou (1853), they began to mint their own currency. Except for the initial name of Tongbao, the Taiping Army's currencies were all called Shengbao. The word "Shengbao" comes from the religion in which Jesus is the savior.
Program, so the Taiping Army’s holy treasury, holy food, holy soldiers, etc. often use the word "holy", and the same is true for coins. Currency materials include gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, etc. The face value is divided into Xiaoping (one coin),
There are many kinds of discounts, such as discounting five qian, discounting 10 qian, and discounting 50 qian. At the same time, the calligraphy style is relatively complex. In addition, a batch of money that is a treasury and cannot participate in circulation has also been minted. There are four types: small and large flowers.
Money, medium-sized big money, extra-large big money, among which extra-large big money is one of the largest and heaviest coins in our country.
The contents of this box were mainly the holy treasures used in the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and some money. Master Jiu didn't care about these. He turned out the coins and looked at the bottom of the box. There was something like a token at the bottom. He said
He muttered the words: "I finally found it, finally found it."
"What is this?" Shao Bing said with a frown.
Luo Tian shook his head: "I'm not sure now. It looks like a soldier's badge or something."
Master Jiu took the token and suddenly knelt down towards Luo Tian. This shocked Luo Tian. He intercepted Master Jiu's movement and said, "Master Jiu, what are you doing? I accepted your gift.
It's natural to unlock the door for you."
"No, I have one more thing to ask you." Master Jiu didn't look like he was joking.