It was said that Liu Er brought up the stone rabbit from the bottom of the lake. Jia Xu was afraid that his mechanism would be alarmed and he jumped several times. Neither Liu Er nor Fenxiang could hold back their laughter. Jia Xu scolded: "Reckless! Didn't I tell you not to act rashly? What if?" What if we have an agency?"
Liu Er smiled and said: "This thing is too light, I just raised my hand and took it off. How can it really be a mechanism without being implicated by an iron lock or something like that?" He walked up.
Jia Xu frowned and said: "The place where important items are hidden for the Tian family is not guarded and has no mechanisms. How can such a thing happen?"
Liu Erdao: "Bao Buqi was guarded in the past?"
Jia Xu shook his head: "There are guards in the imperial mausoleum, but it is obvious that there are no guards here. Otherwise, how could we allow the fake Zhen Zangzhu to dig a hole for several days? It's so weird." As he spoke, Liu Er had already brought the stone rabbit over to Jia Xu. Xu looked at it for a few times, and found that there were a lot of water plants growing on it, so he pulled off a few of them. Then he looked at the lake and said, "Let's leave here first. What if the agency is secretly warning the soldiers guarding the tomb?"
Liu Erdao: "It really doesn't look like there is an agency to me."
Jia Xu said: "What do you know? Otherwise, why didn't you set up an agency when you did this? Did the late emperor have no money to do it or couldn't do it?"
Liu Erdao: "Your Excellency is making things difficult for me. How could I have guessed it?"
Jia Xu turned around and looked at Fenxiang. Fenxiang thought for a moment and said, "Could it have been there originally?"
"Um?"
Fenxiang said: "I was wondering if there was a mechanism here that was supposed to be there, but my grandfather hid it somewhere else."
"where?"
Fenxiang shook his head: "I don't know. I heard from Mr. Jia that when our family was in trouble, the late emperor sent many internal experts and asked them to wear soft armor and watch out for hidden weapons. Obviously, he mistakenly thought that our family had extremely powerful mechanisms. .”
Jia Xu thought for a while after hearing this: "That's right. The late emperor thought that your family had an agency and that's why he sent so many people there. Zhen Deren was just a carpenter and not rich. It took seven or eight years after he returned to Jinling until your Zhen family was killed. The late emperor must have been throwing detailed works at your house, and he would have ordered the officials of Yingtian Mansion to keep a close eye on it. Even if Zhen Deren knew how to set up the trap, it would be difficult for him to take action. Even so, the late emperor still sent dozens of internal experts." He said. He nodded, "It is indeed possible. Zhen Deren smuggled the mechanism prepared by the Tian family here to other places, leaving this place empty and without care. Mechanisms and other things are too mysterious, and the late emperor did not dare to rush into it even if he was suspicious. The experiment may be destroyed in one day."
Liu Erdao: "That's not right. It is a serious crime to commit theft while in custody. Regardless of whether it is true or false, the late emperor should have sent people to arrest Mr. Zhen long ago. Can he still be sent back to his hometown to become an official?"
Jia Xu thought for another long time: "I can't guess the reason. That's all." He held up the stone rabbit and said, "Let's first check if there is anything strange about this thing." He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a long time, but no clues were found. Come. Then he handed it to Fenxiang and said, "Look, Baobuqi is made by your Zhen family."
Fenxiang is a woman and has little strength. Seeing that the stone rabbit seemed quite heavy, she stretched out her hands to catch it. She thought for a moment and said, "Sir, this must be hollow."
Jia Xu hurriedly asked: "Have you found the mechanism?"
"Not yet." Fenxiang said, "It's just that this stone rabbit is too light. The two adults are martial arts practitioners and are stronger, so I'm afraid it's not easy to detect. I dare to conclude that ordinary stones of this size are much heavier than this stone rabbit." go."
Jia Xu said: "Then find the agency quickly!"
Fenxiang said: "I can't read the mechanism."
"Aren't you Zhen Deren's granddaughter? You always have talent, hurry up and take a look!"
Fenxiang had no choice but to examine the stone rabbit carefully for half a day. She thought that since this thing stored the important things of the Tian family, there must not be any poisonous water hidden weapons or the like in it, and she might accidentally hurt the high official who opened it, or even Emperor Liu Er said from the sidelines: "I wonder if there are any hints in Mr. Zhen's painting." Jia Xu then handed the painting to Fenxiang.
Fenxiang took a closer look at the rabbits in the painting. One was sitting on a stone and the other was lying by the lake. The one lying down looked quite similar to the stone rabbit. Liu Er also noticed it and said to Jia. He said: "That one must be useful, otherwise why would he waste time painting two of them?"
Fenxiang said casually: "Not necessarily, that one sits higher and is more conspicuous. Maybe it is a cover, just like my uncle, the deceased Zhen Zhen Zangzhu."
Jia Xu thought for a while: "There is some truth." Fenxiang Xin said, although Mr. Liu is a bit arrogant, fortunately he is willing to listen to advice and is not a stubborn person.
She took a closer look at the lying rabbit in the painting and saw that the rabbit on the inside had a piece of grass stuck in its right ear. She also looked at the stone rabbit and saw that there were water plants growing on both ears. Being careful, she placed the stone rabbit on the big stone. Slowly removing the water plants from the rabbit's ears, she found a very small hole. She pulled out the hairpin on her head and tried to remove the mud stuck in the hole. Jia Xu said: "Your hairpin is too thick." Then he took out a box of silver needles from his arms. Fenxiang looked at them as if they were used by doctors. Compared with the silver needles, they were still too thick. Fenxiang untied a purse tied around his waist and took out a bag for daily storage of shoe soles. The long needle came. Jia Xu couldn't help but complain in a low voice, "Zhen Deren is a man, but the things he makes are so small." Fenxiang secretly curved the corners of his mouth and carefully removed the sand from the stone rabbit's ears.
She inserted the needle bit by bit and slowly picked out the fine mud specks. After picking for half a day, the long needle had gone in more than half, and suddenly there was a "click" sound. Fenxiang's hand couldn't help but trembled and she didn't dare to move. Liu Er hurriedly stepped forward: "You go to the back." Fenxiang didn't even dare to take the long needle and immediately hid in the back - she was just an ordinary woman. If there was any hidden weapon here, she would only cause trouble if she didn't help.
Liu Er and Jia Xu watched the stone rabbit carefully for a long time. Jia Xu pointed out: "There is a crack." Liu Er carefully took the upper half of the rabbit and gently pulled it - the stone rabbit was pulled into two pieces. As expected, the rabbit was indeed It is hollow, and when the front section is pulled open, a square box is revealed inside. An old camphor wood box.
There are obviously many small springs and other small mechanisms inside the stone rabbit, which Jia Xu and others cannot understand even if they are not experts. Although it has been soaked in water for many years, the box inside is actually dry. The names of the Thirty-six Tiangang are carved on it. There is a small hole next to each name. Jia Xu pointed out: "Is this what Tiangang's order refers to? Do you need to use a needle to prick these small holes according to Tiangang's order?" As he said that, he turned to look at the fennel.
Could Fenxiang not know this? The thirty-six numbers that her grandfather told her to memorize must be this. But she had been pretending to be naive for so long, so she couldn't say she knew immediately, so she hesitated and said, "I don't know anything." Tiangang..."
Jia Xu handed the box to her hand and pointed: "Well, what is engraved here are the names of the thirty-six Tiangang stars. Tiankui, Tiangang, Tianji, Tianxian, Tianyong, Tianxiong..."
Fenxiang listened to him count the stars from the beginning, took out the long needle from the Stone Rabbit's ear, and turned the box in his hand. As if in trance, he recalled the thirty-six numbers that his grandfather said back then, and the The thirty-six Tiangang stars that Jia Xu said were correct. She thought that the first number should correspond to Tiankui, the second number should correspond to Tiangang, and the third number should correspond to Tianji, and went in order. Then she picked up the silver needle and Thinking that among the numbers her grandfather had given her, "1" was in the twelfth position, which was the star in the sky, she was the first to click on the small hole on the box that indicated the star in the sky. When the needle tip was inserted, she could clearly feel the touch on her hand. After picking up the object, Fenxiang took a long breath, and the second one lit the Tianqiao star. After lighting the thirty-six stars in sequence, he heard a clear "click" sound, and the box lid split into two pieces and bounced up straight. Stand upright to reveal the contents of the box.
Fenxiang didn't dare to move and looked at Jia Xu. Jia Xu saw that there was an object wrapped in yellow satin, so he carefully took it out. Slowly opening the yellow satin, Fenxiang could clearly see five claws embroidered on the satin. Golden Dragon. Wrapped inside were two more pieces of satin, rolled into a small ball. Jia Xu slowly unfolded one piece first, and when he saw the words on it clearly, his eyes widened. He looked at the other piece, sighed, and handed it to Fenxiang.
Fenxiang put down the box and took the satin and took a closer look. It read: My ninth son, Pan, is loyal, brave, benevolent and righteous, and has unparalleled filial piety. I miss him very much. He was specially appointed to guard the imperial mausoleum to accompany me. Looking at another piece, the back part is the same, and the front part is the same. They became "My Third Son". They were both covered with jade seals, which clearly represented two imperial edicts.
Jia Xu said: "The ninth son of the late emperor is Situ Pan, King of Yan, and the third son is the Supreme Emperor Situ Yan. The third son is more mediocre, so if he succeeds, he can be the powerful Supreme Emperor for a few more years; the ninth son is smart and hard to do. , the successor can become the master. When the late emperor ordered Mr. Zhen Deren to make this thing, he had not yet decided whether the country would go to the third or the ninth." He pointed to the two pieces of imperial edict and said, "Once the late emperor dies, no matter who takes the seat. That chair, the first thing is to take it out, destroy one piece, and take the other piece and send it to Xiaoci County to guard the imperial mausoleum."
Liu Er sighed: "It is indeed a great achievement."
Jia Xu said: "If your grandfather made this, it is no wonder that the late emperor did not dare to spare the lives of your Zhen family."
Fenxiang sneered: "No wonder Mr. Jia said that the Situ family's empire was destroyed at the hands of the late emperor."
Liu Erdao: "The world has been divided. No one can send King Yan or the Supreme Emperor to guard the mausoleum. These two imperial edicts are useless. I don't know who is looking for this thing."
Jia Xu looked at Fenxiang: "In your opinion, how should I deal with it?"
Fenxiang thought for a while and smiled: "Open the lid of the box and put it back into the stone rabbit, and put the stone rabbit back under the water."
"Where's the imperial edict?"
Fenxiang said coldly: "Burn it."
Jia Xu and Liu Er looked at each other with hesitant expressions. After a long while, Liu Er said: "Miss Zhen's idea is excellent. Since it is useless, it is better to burn it."
Jia Xu hesitated: "After all, it is the imperial edict of the late emperor. It would be a pity to burn it."
"The late emperor has been dead for many years, and his imperial edict is no longer effective." Fenxiang suddenly felt happy and her voice became louder, "If I keep it, I might cause trouble."
Liu Er advised: "Sir, let's destroy it."
Jia Xu said: "It's okay to keep them for fishing. I don't know who those people are yet."
Liu Er said: "I can't believe that the people of the King of Yan are the people of the other princes of the Supreme Emperor, or people who got the news from nowhere and want to use it to gain credit. It's useless for us to take it." Then he looked at the fennel.
Fenxiang said: "Master Liu is right. This thing is useless, just burn it."
Jia Xu was still reluctant to part with it. Liu Er said, "What are you going to do with this, sir?" Jia Xu couldn't answer. Liu Er said again, "It's better to do less than to do more."
Jia Xu hesitated for a stick of incense again, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "That's it! It's useless anyway, burn it!"
Liu Er and Fenxiang were standing and waiting. He hesitated for too long, so they found two rocks and sat down. After hearing this, they both stood up. Liu Er took out Lingnan matches from his arms: "Sir, It's windy here, so it's not easy to burn." Pointing to a big maple tree not far away, "Go there and burn it."
Jia Xu nodded, handed the two pieces of imperial edict to Fenxiang, and sighed: "Your whole family died because of this, you come and burn it. Think of it as revenge for your family."
Tears welled up in Fenxiang's eyes. She took the imperial edict in her right hand and squeezed it hard. Liu Er handed her the match. Step by step, Fenxiang walked slowly to the foot of the big maple tree, thinking of the ups and downs she had experienced in the past twenty years. Frightened, sad and angry at being killed, tears rolled down his face. He squatted down with his back to the wind and blocked the wind with his body. He threw the two pieces of imperial edict on the ground, gently took out a match and lit it, and twisted another piece of imperial edict. The silk satin caught fire. It burned immediately. Fennel is very good at burning things. She moved her fingers along with the flames a few times, and the two pieces of imperial edict that could disrupt the country gradually turned into ashes. After staying for a long time, she stood up, dusted her clothes, and took two steps sideways. The wind was blowing. Without the cover, she gently raised the ashes of the satin and blew them away. Fenxiang watched blankly as the pile of ashes faded away, took a handkerchief to wipe her tears, turned around and walked back to Jia Xu.
Jia Xu patted her shoulder and raised his head to signal Liu Er. Liu Er opened the old camphor wood box and stuffed it back into the stone rabbit according to Fenxiang's instructions, and then put the two pieces of stone rabbit together. "Click" again. "With a sound, the stone rabbit is still the same stone rabbit. Liu Er held the stone rabbit with his right hand and turned around to go into the water. In the blink of an eye, he submerged into the lake.
Jia Xu asked softly: "Did you see anything else in that box?"
Fenxiang said: "On the corner of the piece of yellow satin wrapped outside, there are two words embroidered with yellow silk, one monk."
Jia Xu nodded and said, "I guess this thing was originally hidden in a monk's home and was later transferred here."
Fenxiang asked: "Who is Master Yiseng?"
Jia Xu briefly talked about the origin of a monk. Liu Er came up mid-sentence. Jia Xu nodded to him and continued. At the end, he sighed: "That old monk is also unlucky."
After hearing this, Fenxiang immediately said: "It sounds like this master Yiseng and the late emperor have some intentions of King Yan and the Supreme Emperor. They both helped the brothers to get rich, but in the end they were jealous of the brothers."
Jia Xu's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands and said: "Subconscious!" Fenxiang was surprised. Jia Xu explained, "Subliminal means are the thoughts that people are vaguely thinking in their hearts but are not aware of. I have just been thinking about it, if the late emperor had ever In order to let King Yan succeed to the throne, why not depose the Supreme Emperor and establish King Yan before his death? The Supreme Emperor was originally the most mediocre and incompetent of the nine sons of the late emperor, but the King of Yan forced him several times. The late emperor used the third son as a steward. After a few years, wouldn’t it be better to appoint the capable Lao Jiu as the new king at the end? Which emperor doesn’t want to keep his country forever? After listening to your words just now, I suddenly thought, maybe this is the late emperor’s latent intention. King Yan is like a Master Seng, the Supreme Emperor is like himself. Even if his abilities are lower, he still hopes to benefit from the Supreme Emperor who is like himself."
After hearing this, Fenxiang nodded repeatedly: "That's why the protection is incomplete." Nai sneered, "Every day, the emperor is said to be the real dragon and the emperor, but the emperor is just a villain." Jia Xu laughed after hearing this.
Liu Er was still wet, so he took the clothes in his hands; the three of them climbed towards the outside of the col. Halfway through, Jia Xu quietly asked Liu Er: "Remember?"