"What is this thing doing? It looks exquisite. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Tie Niu asked as he put down a few things he had given to Zhan Ying.

Zhan Ying said while fiddling: "This is a test for me, if I can open this box, I will be able to worship under the door of the Thousand Machines Valley." Zhan Ying didn't want to hide it from him, Tie Niu treated her like a relative, and she naturally treated her with sincerity.

Tie Niu was overjoyed from the bottom of his heart, and his face was full of joy: "I only heard that people say that it is a very powerful place, if you can learn art there, it will be very good." Then he watched Zhan Ying fiddling with it seriously.

Seeing Zhan Ying pressed here and bounced up, he was never allowed to enter the door, Tie Niu scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously on the side: "This looks like it's grinding, just say that if you open it, you can enter the valley, right?" How about I pry it open for you with a screwdriver? ”

Zhan Ying smiled and winked playfully: "Okay, wait for me to fiddle with it for another day, if I can't open it, I'll let my eldest brother help me pry things away." ”

Tie Niu looked at it for a while and then went back to the house, and Zhan Ying devoted himself more seriously to studying the mechanism of the Nine Tricks Exquisite Box.

She pressed the box closer, listening carefully to the clicking sound inside, and when one pressed and the other bounced, there must be an arc chain between the two, she thought, picking up a pen and paper and drawing down nine keys, connecting the lines that were connected to each other. Then draw a few interlocking methods that may be used between the buttons, and paint on the drawings in the middle of the night.

On the second day, Zhan Ying got up at the time of the rooster's crow and continued to untie the nine exquisite locks. There are four pairs of locks, one pair of six, two pairs of three, four pairs of eight, and five pairs of seven. The opposite one of them pops up when one of them is pressed, indicating that only four buttons in a certain order are needed to open the box. The key question is which four, and in what order?

It wasn't until the third pole of the day that Zhan Ying freshened up and prepared to go to Qingyao, and before going out, she thought about it and brought the nine-trick exquisite box.

Taking advantage of the time between grinding ink, Zhan Ying asked, "Old Yan, do you know which books are the most complete and subtle about the mechanism in this Qing Yao?" Lao Yan thought for a while, "That should be "Tiangong Nine Parts", which is a unique book and very precious. The solitary book was stored in the cabinet master's vault, and there was no loan, and there was no manuscript. ”

Zhan Ying was inexplicably happy in her heart, and she didn't realize it herself. In fact, there may not be a solution to the lock in this book, but Zhan Ying gave himself an excellent excuse that he had to see the scene. She immediately said to Lao Yan: "I have a problem, the answer may be in the "Nine Divisions of Heavenly Work", please ask Jingshang, can you lend me this book in the warehouse?" ”

Although Lao Yan was a little embarrassed, he thought that the pavilion master seemed to unintentionally pick up the hand-copied book of Miss Zhan Ying a few days ago, but he looked through it for a long time, maybe the pavilion master was not very reluctant to see Miss Zhan Ying. Thinking of this, Lao Yan made up his mind and asked Zhan Ying to wait for a while, and he went back.

After a while, Lao Yan came out and said respectfully to Zhan Ying: "Miss Zhan Ying, the pavilion master is invited." The corners of Zhan Ying's mouth rose slightly, but there was a trace of nervousness in his heart, and he didn't know if Jing Shang still had a grudge against the events of that day.

Walking through the corridor, the plum blossoms in the plum forest are still blooming on the branches, the cold fragrance is refreshing, Zhan Ying stepped into the courtyard, the scenery is not in the courtyard, only Qingtong is waiting for her in the courtyard, leading her to the cellar. Jing Shang was bowing over to inspect the wine in one of the jars. Even in the dark cellar, the perfect side face of the scene is like a piece of beautiful jade, shining with a warm light.

"The most important thing in making sake is the pulp, and the pulp is not sour and cannot be made together. The first step in this plum blossom brewing is to make the pulp. Winter syrup and winter water, winter plum blossoms, can achieve the pure sweetness of plum blossom brewing. Jing Shang didn't look back, and said slowly while sealing the mouth of the altar.

Zhan Ying saw that his tone was as usual, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. also smiled and said: "Seeing that there are so many jars here, I guess you can have a good time brewing this time." ”

Jing Shang turned his head and smiled at her: "No, I will only take the best of them and keep them, and discard the rest." ”

Zhan Ying smacked his tongue, "So many fine wines are only taken from one jar?" The others should be no worse. ”

Jing Shang shook his head: "As far as I am concerned, the one I think is the best, and no matter how good the rest is, I will not stay." ”

Only then did Zhan Ying discover that Jing Shangyuan was an extremely picky person. Although the things used for food and clothing look ordinary, they are all high-quality products, and some of them can't even see the way. She found that the scene was a mystery, incomprehensible, incomprehensible, and very mysterious.

It's just that Zhan Ying has long been attracted by this mystery and doesn't know it.

Jing Shang took Zhan Ying to the pavilion in the middle of the cloister, where it had long been surrounded by cloth, and several copper stoves had been placed, and the charcoal fire inside was burned red, and the pavilion was as warm as spring at the moment.

Jing Shang asked Zhan Ying what kind of problem he encountered, Zhan Ying took out the nine-trick exquisite box, Jing Shang took it, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, Zhan Ying described his observations from yesterday to today and Jing Shang in detail.

"So, I heard Lao Yan say that you have a unique book called "Tiangong Nine Parts", which has the most complete descriptions, so I want to borrow it and take a look, maybe I can find the same or similar locks as this."

Jing Shangdao: "You should know that Qingyao is available in all countries, most of the books have manuscripts, almost every bookstore is equipped with one, and a few particularly precious solitary books are collected by me in the library pavilion, and there is no handcopy." This "Nine Books of Heavenly Work" is one of them, because there are many pictures in it, it is difficult to copy it accurately, so it has been in the library pavilion. The library will take more than a month to go back and forth from here at the earliest, and you only have two days. ”

Zhan Ying couldn't help but be a little frustrated after hearing this, and when Jing Shang saw her like this, he poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her: "Frustrated so soon?" If you can't open it, do you want to give up and enter the Valley of a Thousand Machines? ”

Zhan Ying shook his head and said resolutely: "It's not the end yet, I won't give up." For the first time since I was a child, I had such a great enthusiasm for one thing, and if I didn't try it, how would I know what kind of height my ability could reach? ”

Jing Shang admired such a determined part of Zhan Ying's character, that kind of toughness, which he didn't have. Probably because of this, he wanted to be close to her so much.

Since she wants to go, then he will fulfill her. The nine-trick exquisite lock, he had already seen the trick just now. But she is so stubborn and strong, if he tells her the trick directly, because of her self-esteem, even if she opens it, she will feel that she is not capable enough and is not worthy of worshipping in the Valley of Thousand Machines.

Jing Shang used his slender fingers to hold the Nine Apertures Exquisite Box in front of Zhan Ying's eyes, "The law starts from the technique, and the machine is born from the heart." But some mechanisms are created just because you have them in mind, and they may not be difficult to understand. The nine-trick exquisite lock, maybe you don't need the nine-trick exquisite heart to unlock it. You're so smart, you'll be able to unravel it before tomorrow. ”