Chapter 3: Hand-copying the tenon!Stand out!

Now that the boss has spoken, the big man has nothing to do and obediently comes to the stone gate.

But his expression was not good-looking. He squatted down with a gloomy expression and said, "Please hurry up, I don't like others riding on my neck."

Lin Ran smiled politely back: "Thank you brother."

Then, Lin Ran straddled his shoulders.

The big man didn't care about Lin Ran's feelings and stood up with a whoosh.

Fortunately, Lin Ran held on to him tightly, otherwise he would have fallen directly to the ground.

Finally maintaining his balance, Lin Ran could finally get closer to the door beam to check.

Observing carefully, we found that the mortise and tenon structure design is extremely simple, but very exquisite.

The cross between two nested stone splints plays a fixed role.

Reaching out to touch it, I couldn't find any flaw in it.

The two mortise and tenon joints fit tightly together, and there is no place to start from the outside.

Lin Ran recalled the content in the book in his heart, this is a hand-made tenon!

The hand tenon refers to using two half tenons to connect the sides, one side has a tenon and the other side has an eye.

The wiper head is just the opposite. This design can maximize the interface area.

The two tenons of the hand tenon intersect at right angles, and the force is even and flat, making it particularly strong.

The jointed state of the mortise and tenon looks like two hands folded together, hence the name.

After observing for about 5 minutes, the big man below became a little anxious.

"Expert Lin, can you do it? If you can't break the mechanism, come down early." He said angrily.

Lin Ran quickly replied: "Brother, don't panic, I have clearly seen the structure of the tenon, but I haven't found a way to crack it from the tenon."

He told the others about his progress so they wouldn't have to worry.

He tried to fiddle with it, but he couldn't untie it. He felt that it was a little unreasonable.

Maybe tapping it from the inside can make the tenons fall off.

Just as Lin Ran was thinking about it, the big man below began to feel uneasy.

"You're not feeling well yet? Come down first." The big man's body began to shake. After all, having an adult sit on his shoulders all the time put a lot of pressure on his shoulders.

Lin Ran had memorized the structure and understood the big man's difficulties.

He returned to the ground, the big man moved his shoulders, and looked at Lin Ran with a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

The old man came forward with a smile and asked: "Expert, what are the results of the research? Is it completely unsolvable?"

As a senior native master, he also knows the difficulties of mortise and tenon structure.

If the door is not high, you can still find ways to use tools to destroy it directly.

But at a height of three meters, it is not that difficult to directly destroy it through external force!

"Actually, this mortise and tenon joint is a relatively simple hand-made mortise and tenon joint." Lin Ran knew that the old man also had research, so he decided to raise the issue and let everyone discuss it together.

"It's just that the tenons connecting each other are in a specially designed dovetail shape. The tenons have been bitten to each other and are not easy to untie."

"I have just thought of a way to make it fall off, but I have to apply force from the inside at a 45-degree angle, and I should be able to knock it out."

"But..." Lin Ran looked up at the door beam.

"There is almost no gap between the beam and the door. At most, one hand can be inserted in, and there is no room to use force at all."

Everyone was silent. Lin Ran's words had been made very clear, and there was no possibility of destruction.

However, Lin Ran then remembered something and said, "I plan to look for flaws on the door beam, and I hope you, Sixth Brother, can help me."

It’s so bold for a skilled person. It’s easy to climb up the three-meter-high beam without tools, but it’s difficult to get down!

Lin Ran came forward, which made the local masters present couldn't help but admire him.

The big man didn't hesitate, squatted down and said to Lin Ran: "Expert Lin, please hurry up, we can't stay in the mausoleum for too long."

Although I don't feel anything strange about my body at the moment, all the local masters present know that the longer they stay in the Han Tomb, the greater the danger.

Lin Ran stepped up without hesitation. After the big man stood up, Lin Ran climbed directly onto the crossbar.

But as soon as he climbed up, a stream of dust poured into his nasal cavity, causing Lin Ran to sneeze. After sneezing, even bigger dust was raised.

The people below were paying close attention to his every move.

After his mood calmed down, Lin Ran raised his flashlight and shined it into the beam.

But the moment he shined the light, his heart was so frightened that he jumped.

Because deep inside the beams and cornices, there was a pair of vicious eyes watching him.

He almost lost his grip on the flashlight in his hand. Fortunately, he was mentally strong and didn't yell.

But seeing the way his body trembled, the fellow villagers below became nervous. The fat man and the big man took out their hammers, thinking they were in some danger.

Lin Ran regained his energy and looked in the direction of the flashlight. It turned out to be a mural.

The mural is lifelike and is found in the deep recess between the door beams and cornices.

"It's okay, it's just a mural. I thought there were other people there just now." Lin Ran said to reassure the people below. Fortunately, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, otherwise he would have been scared to death just now.

There will be murals here. Is this where the government is located?

The more Lin Ran thought about it, the more reasonable his guess became. He followed the beam and leaned into the groove.

I touched the mural and didn't feel anything special.

Then, he asked the people below: "Which of you has anything like an awl?"

He thought there was something wrong with the eye, but there was no response when he poked it with his hand.

The old man took out a pestle from his backpack and said, "Expert Lin, the things in the tomb have evil spirits. I give you this spiritual pestle, which has a certain effect in warding off evil spirits."

After saying that, he handed the spiritual pestle to the big man. The big man was a little confused for a moment, but he still took the pestle and stood on tiptoe and handed it to Lin Ran above.

Lin Ran took the spiritual pestle and poked the eyes on the mural hard.

Sure enough, as he exerted force, the eyes actually became a little loose.

The eyes are movable, which means this is most likely a mechanism to open the door!

Lin Ran felt a little excited, so he put the spiritual pestle against his eyes, slowly increased his strength, and pushed inward.

"Chuck" sounded.

After Lin Ran pushed his eyes hard, the stone with the mural gradually receded inside.

Continue to increase the force and the stone will move inward again.

After moving about twenty centimeters, Lin Ran felt that he could no longer push it.

At this moment, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground came from inside.

The native masters below were all startled, but then they discovered that the stone door, which looked like a solid piece of stone just now, now had a gap exposed.

Although the gap is not big, it is big enough to put your fingers in!

This is the mechanism that opens the door to the tomb!

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