Chapter Eighty-Five: The Owner Who Avoided It
"I don't believe it! Besides, if this thing really won the winning prize, would you give it to me? "I think it is illogical to think that things are illogical, so I naturally want to get to the bottom of it.
When the long-bearded old man heard this, he also said with a straight face: "Little friend, don't blame, this thing is really not for you." It's just that I want to pretend to be your hand and hand it over to the owner who asked me to help him fix the mistakes. ”
"Cut, it turned out to be a second-hand item in disrepair! Now, have you fixed it now? Let me see what makes this thing so good. As soon as I saw that the three of them suddenly became serious, I completely lost the intimacy that I had just interacted with, and I suddenly felt bored, and I couldn't help but hold my hands and squeeze the long-bearded old man.
"It's not impossible to look at this, but you have to promise the old man that you must hand it over to the owner!" I didn't expect that the long-bearded Dao Chang, who seemed to be stable and upright, would actually talk about the conditions for an unknown junior like me.
"Alright, alright! A gentleman's word, a quick horse! You just hurry up, let's hurry, why so much nonsense? "I was forced to be curious, and I quickly agreed to his request, which was not too much—won't you just break the lantern, brother, what are you? Funny.
Seeing that I should accept it, the long-bearded Taoist was also a little relieved, turned to look at the bearded guest, and laughed loudly: "Then please ask the bearded brother to play a set of Crouching Tiger Eighteen Whips to demonstrate." ”
I was wondering, the bearded man was also invited by the long-bearded old man, from the waist to find a thick copper ruler similar to the Luban ruler, with the moment as the whip, dancing into a fan shape, in an instant, has played a set of tiger and tiger style, quite masculine whip method!
Good!
During the observation, I was also impressed by the big man's sharp body, toned posture and the surging momentum seen by my heart, and I couldn't help but cheer loudly.
What's the situation? Seeing this, the old man who caressed his long silver-white beard and smiled lightly also waved the head of the big man's jaw and thanked him: "Thank you Brother Qiu for your performance." As he spoke, he turned the mechanism on the top of the lantern and rotated the surface of the cowhide at an angle—and I realized that he had been lighting the lantern all along, silently facing the bearded man, spinning and shining at the same time.
Before I could finish thinking, the old man had already turned his head to the slender face next to him, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Next, I will ask the empty virtuous brother to perform." ”
"What a hassle! Come on. The slender face knew that he would ask for such a request, and although he was reluctant, he still stood in the center of the field very cooperatively, and assumed a lame starting gesture in a sluggish manner, as he had done before.
Seeing this, the old man also smiled without saying a word, and gently flipped the lantern up and down, and a handbar that was originally located at the bottom of the lantern, but now it was in the middle of the top, actually shot a faint yellowing light and shadow out of the lantern and projected it onto the feet of the listless empty man.
It's strange to say, as soon as the light shadow touched the body of the slender face, the covered legs and feet were suddenly reborn, and they had the momentum of the bearded guest when he was dancing the whip before - when the light and shadow completely covered the empty man, he was already like a chicken blood, and the tiger danced the "Crouching Tiger Eighteen Whips" that the bearded man had just played!
Yes! Unexpectedly, this shabby lantern with its unsightly appearance is actually a portable action video recorder, and it also comes with a projection imitation function! It's really a unique masterpiece, don't say that the ancients were dumbfounded, even in today's world, whether it is Hollywood that relies on motion capture to shoot special effects, or the arena where Olympic athletes are trained, this thing, the effect is superb! It's no wonder that it can beat all the inventions and beat the others.
Not as much as I admired, the three Mo masters who were full of emotion also recalled the grand occasion when the ink artists competed for the victory of the "Craftsmanship and Mechanics Conference".
It is said that on the day of the finals, there was also a noble prince of a great country - just like the king of Wu in the previous competition, the mysterious crown prince wearing a veiled hat and a python robe was present, which immediately aroused thunderous applause from the audience - you know, if anyone's work wins the award and is matched by him, it will no longer be an ethereal dream to achieve daily progress overnight, marry Bai Fumei, and embark on the pinnacle of life. As a result, thousands of inkmen were also in an uproar, and in the boiling voices, everyone rushed to shout about their works, hoping to win the favor of the mysterious son. Seeing this, the host of the conference hurriedly spoke out to clear the order of the venue, and then ordered someone to display more than ten masterpieces that were well received during the competition a few days ago, one by one, for the masked boy who could not see his expression to appreciate.
After looking at five or six things in a row, the boy was indifferent, only waved his hand slightly, and passed nearly half of the work, until, seeing the bearded guest's "Canghai Listening to Songtai", the son felt that his eyes lit up, and after personally going up the ladder to experience it, he finally had a great face, and greeted a cronies general who was accompanying him without smiling, and announced through him:
"The prince has an order to reward the owner of the 'Canghai Listening Songtai' with a thousand taels of gold and three hundred beauties, and come to the pavilion to apply for it at the end of the conference."
"Wow! So much money, and beauties! Sure enough, technology is wealth, and science is productivity! The audience heard that this generous son was so virtuous, and they also talked about it, wishing that their works could enjoy such treatment.
Subsequently, the works of the Empty Master "Eight Treasures Kirin Lock", which appeared one after another, and the masterpiece "Yin and Yang Huihuan Ding" by the long beard and the Taoist master, also received the quotation of the mysterious son of a thousand taels of gold and three hundred beauties. It's just that the three people who heard the news repeatedly became worried - the works of the three of them have been compared for more than ten days, and they are all equal, and they thought that they would be divided under the appreciation of the mysterious son, but they were still evenly divided. After a few meetings, it was also agreed that after the end of the competition, they would go to the inn where the son was staying, and make a summary statement by relying on their own three-inch incorruptible tongues, and the person who finally impressed the son was the final winner.
It's just that I didn't expect that the beauty of the three people's repeated planning was disturbed by an airborne work.
That treasure is the unsightly broken lantern that Ah Xia and I saw before. When Childe saw this guy who was sent by cutting in line, his first reaction was the same as mine. In addition to disdain, he even wanted to scare and punish the mischievous inkman, so he couldn't help waving his hand, and the cold-faced general with the leopard's head and tiger eyes beside him in his ear attached to him drew his sword and stepped forward, beckoning the funny inkman who couldn't tell the occasion to come to the stage, and made it look like he was going to cut off his hands and feet to vent his anger.
Just when everyone was panicking, the broken lantern on the jade plate clicked, and the hidden figure of the inkman remotely triggered the mechanism with a breath of clear air, only to see an elegant light shadow, but also with the slowly rotating lantern, through the gap in the cowhide, projected onto the high platform, looking for it again and again, simply shrouded the sword-wielding general who was helpless.
For a while, the general had not yet come to his senses, and his body had involuntarily danced a set of fresh and refined, like a flying fairy in the sky - that pick, like a flying star catching the moon; That chop, like a force splitting Huashan; The thorn is like a rainbow through the sun...... Suddenly, the whole person of the mysterious boy was stunned, and even involuntarily stood up, regardless of the sharp edge of the sword, he was about to approach, as if the sword was not dancing in front of him The general with a wooden expression, but a beautiful woman who captivated the country and the city.
When the ink point stopped the swirling scattered lights, the bewildered general quickly put his sword into the sheath, hugged his head and kowtowed to the mysterious son who was so intoxicated. And the son, who finally came to his senses, also waved his hand generously, indicating that he didn't care too much, and only muttered to himself: "There is hope for the restoration of the country, there is hope for the restoration of the country!" ”
Subsequently, the stunned and gainful son immediately announced that he would cancel the offer for all the previous treasures, and add the offer for the inconspicuous shadow puppet lantern "Sword Dance Light" gold 10,000 taels and 3,000 beauties - if the owner who was hiding in the crowd wanted to increase the price, no matter what, he was willing to match the offer!
For a while, the audience was in an uproar. When the bearded guest, the empty master, and the long-bearded Taoist who were rewarded by the prince before, heard this, they looked at each other, but they also suddenly felt dizzy, stumbled a few times, and hit the ground one after another.
After waking up, the three of them heard even more terrible news - the owner of the lantern actually rejected Childe's offer, and would rather give the lantern to him for nothing, but only ask for two hundred green bamboos by the Huansha Creek! And I, with that wonderful lantern, immediately went to the felling with the mysterious son, escorted by General Leng Mian.
In the end, the name of Mozi this year was taken off by a little-known newcomer, who seemed to be named Mo Zhai. After all, in the final judgment, the three beards, emptiness and long beard, were all abstained and removed by the organizer because of fainting on the spot.
After hearing the news that was like a thunderbolt from the sky, the three of them all hugged their last proud work at the same time, sighed, spit out a mouthful of blood, and died with regret.
I don't know how long they have been asleep, but the three people who met again in Santu River finally met the mysterious inkman who took away their honor and dreams by parachuting on the "Mojia Karakuri Skills Competition" again. It's just that this time, he came to ask the three of them to help build his Yin Mansion, and of course, he can continue to discuss the design concept of ingenuity with him at any time.
This suggestion, for the three people whose long-cherished wishes have not been fulfilled, is naturally impossible to refuse.
Now, I don't know how long it has been, when the three of them collaborated on the design of the large and small facilities inside and outside the manor, they have gradually become close friends from rivals and competitors, chatting about the world every day, chatting freely, and they are also very happy, and they have missed several opportunities for reincarnation one after another, and now there are only a few remnants of soul left, relying on the owner's spiritual power from time to time, and staying on the wooden door of the mouth of the mansion's angry entrance.
I see. After listening to the three of them, I waved my hands to wipe my sweat, and I could only sigh: technical nerds, it's really weird!
"Alright! For the sake of the three of you who care so much about this result, I will reluctantly help you to verify it from the owner! When the time comes, I will definitely ask him to give you an explanation in person, whose design is better! "Before leaving, I took one last look at the poor three Mo family masters, and couldn't help but promise to do them a favor at Ah Xia's suggestion, after all, we are going to find the owner of the village who has been avoided after all, and ask him to help us return to the world.
"Very good, very good!" When the three masters saw that Ah Xia and I generously agreed, they also said goodbye to us one after another, and respectfully watched us pass through the solemn main gate and go to the inner court.
(End of chapter)