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Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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"Shaoxia's speculation really can't be agreed, if I still think so, I'm afraid that my four people of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting will not be able to continue to help Shaoxia."

Although I don't have full proof to explain my guess, I know that my guess is not wrong, but I haven't thought of why Wang Lao did this, there must be some truth in it, if he really just wants to get the contents of the 'stone box', he can leave with the contents of the 'stone box'. Why in the palace? What's inside the 'Stone Box'? Without figuring these out, it is impossible to know the real answer.

I fell into contemplation again, but the expressions of the four of Qinqi, calligraphy and painting were already extremely angry, and it seemed that the matter of me accusing Wang Lao for no reason made them very annoyed.

"I think you have misunderstood, I didn't mean that Wang Lao deliberately opened the 'stone box' in order to get the contents of the 'stone box'." I quickly explained.

"Shaoxia, what do you mean by this? If Wang Lao didn't open the 'stone box' in order to get the contents of the 'stone box' for himself, then why? Mo Qifeng was obviously a little confused.

"What if you opened the 'stone box' to protect the contents of the 'stone box'?" I guessed. Although I don't know the exact reason, I still believe that Wang Lao will never take the contents of the 'stone box' for his own sake.

"Shaoxia, it's just a guess, how can you conclude that the things in the 'stone box' have been taken away? It may also be that the 'stone box' has not been opened for many years, so it cannot be opened. Li Huayi said.

"That is, Shaoxia's inference may not be too arbitrary." Fang Shuran also questioned on the side.

These are just my guesses, but I have a feeling that my guesses are not wrong. But if I had to prove my guess accurate, there was only one way.

"Since you don't believe my speculation, there's only one way." I hesitated, although this method is not the safest way, but it is the only way to do it now.

"Shaoxia, what is the solution?" Fang Shuran asked.

"This method is actually very simple, as long as we break the 'stone box', we can know if my speculation is correct." I'm not done yet.

"What!! Shaoxia, are you joking? If you break the stone box, the contents will be shattered as well. Fang Shuran obviously didn't agree with my idea.

"Shaoxia, think twice!! This is not a joke, the contents of the 'stone box' are very precious, if the young man's guess is wrong, it will be irreparable. Mo Qifeng persuaded.

They weren't wrong, but this is the only way to test my suspicions. There is no time to hesitate.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Elder Wang gave the 'stone box' to me, but does he mean to entrust the 'stone box' to me?" I asked.

"That's right, Veteran Wang gave the 'stone box' to the young man, and it is naturally the thing of the young man." Mo Qifeng's statement is exactly what I want.

"Well, since this 'stone box' is mine, how do I use this 'stone box' is not up to my own will?" I asked again.

"That's natural, since it's a young man's thing, how to deal with it is a young man's business." The blacksmith chimed in.

There is no way to refute it.

"Well, in that case, if I want to break the 'stone box', is it all my business?" I reconfirmed.

"That's right, since this 'stone box' was given to Shaoxia by Wang Lao himself, it is naturally a thing of Shaoxia, Shaoxia can do whatever he wants, and I will not block it." When Mo Qifeng said this, his expression was very unnatural.

"Alright, let's break the 'stone box' and see if my guess is correct or not." But at this moment, I hesitated again, this 'stone box' is not an ordinary thing, and it is not easy to break it. Then I suddenly remembered the blacksmith, and maybe he might have something to do.

"Blacksmith, do you have a way to break this 'stone box'? I asked.

"This," the blacksmith didn't look confident, "this 'stone box' is beautifully made. The stone used is also very rare, even if it is hammered with a thousand catties, it will not leave a trace, and it is even more difficult to break it, but ......" The blacksmith said halfway, and stopped talking.

"Blacksmith, what's the solution, but it doesn't hurt to say it." I said.

"I heard that there is a strange piece of iron in the world, which is extremely strong, but someone happened to get this strange iron and made it into four blades. These four blades are Su Qinyu's 'Youlong Shield', Mo Qifeng's 'Tiange Sword', Fang Shuran's 'Tianjing Fan' and Li Huayi's 'Tianlong Spear'. If you attack the 'Stone Box' with these four blades, you should be able to open the 'Stone Box'. ”

"Do you want our swords to help? What are you kidding, what if this 'stone box' is not opened, and our blades are all damaged? Fang Shuran disagreed with the blacksmith's idea

"Shaoxia, it's not that we deliberately block it, but if we do this, we don't know if we will succeed." Mo Qifeng said.

Indeed, if it fails, all four blades will be destroyed. But if we don't, we'll never get close to the real answer, and we need a chance. An answer is needed that convinces us all.

[Note 1] Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has divided the Han region into nine regions, the so-called "Kyushu". According to the records of "Shangshu Yugong", the order of Kyushu is: Jizhou, Chongzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou. In the Zhou Dynasty, the two states of Xu and Liang were merged into Qingzhou and Yongzhou respectively, so there was no Xuzhou and Liangzhou.

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

[Note 2] Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, after the Battle of Chibi, the seven counties of Jingzhou were divided by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, Cao Cao occupied the largest Nanyang County in the north of Jingzhou, Sun Quan got Jiangxia County and Nan County, and Liu Bei got four counties in the south of Jingzhou (Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling). Liu Bei's military security was not conducive to development, so he proposed to Sun Quan twice to borrow the southern county of Jingzhou, and Eastern Wu Lusu persuaded Sun Quan to temporarily lend the southern county to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei had five counties of Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling).

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

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