"Your business is my Liao family's business, you don't need to hide it from me at all..."Liao Ruoyuan straightened his glasses, "Zhang Guozhong has already told me just now..."

"Hey...! This little ghost has a lot of eyes..."Old Liu Tou didn't expect that before coming to his room, this Liao Ruoyuan had already gone to talk to Zhang Guozhong..."Damn, Guozhong, this little rabbit cub, must have drunk too much..."Old Liu Tou scolded in his heart, this Lan Tingxu is a national treasure, the less one person knows, the more safe it is, how can this Zhang Guozhong drink two more cups to catch who to tell whom...

"Senior Liu, if you can trust me, I can help you think of a way..."Liao Ruoyuan seemed to have changed at this time, the businessman spirit just now was gone, and Liao Ruoyuan's tone and demeanor at this time were like a May Fourth youth who was talking about revolution seriously...

"You?" Lao Liu squinted his eyes, and the implication was that the top experts of the US Army were only in a hurry, what can you do as a little doll?

"Senior Liu, I hope you can trust me as if I was in charge of Zhang Guozhong,... But... If I can help you open this box, can you do me a favor too? "This Liao Ruoyuan is straight to the point.

"Hey!" Old Liu smiled, and said in his heart that this little bastard really has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, "Young Master Liao, if you can really help me open this box, I will definitely help you with your favor!" Although Old Liu Tou didn't know what this Liao Ruoyuan could do, he saw some hope at this time, "But Young Master Liao, you have to know that this is something that American spies don't have a good idea of, I want to hear what tricks you have, Young Master Liao!" ”

"Hmm... Senior Liu, about the difficulty of opening this box, Zhang Guozhong has already told me. I wouldn't have come to you without some certainty, and I hope you can trust me completely! Liao Ruoyuan's expression sincerely made it difficult for Lao Liu Tou to distrust, "I don't know if you know Qu Jiayong!" ”

"I haven't heard of it..."Old Liu shook his head.

"The history of this person is a long story...", this Liao Ruoyuan seems to have studied history a little...

In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing. Frightened, the Empress Dowager Cixi took Emperor Guangxu to Xi'an, and promulgated the dirty foreign policy of "measuring China's material resources and forming a friendship with the country". All of them have become tributes to foreigners, and the heirloom treasures that the Chinese nation has flowed into the pockets of foreigners during that period are countless.

On this day, Shangshu Qixiu of the Ministry of Rites asked to see the Empress Dowager Cixi, saying that it would be the Queen's birthday in a few months, and asked the Empress Dowager Cixi what to do. This question. The Empress Dowager Cixi who asked was also crazy, to say that the Queen of England was definitely not inferior to herself in terms of material enjoyment, the British Empire was the world's number one hegemon at that time, which country's treasure had not been robbed? Even though China has a lot of land and resources, but the Old Summer Palace has been burned down by people, what other treasure can you come up with in China that no one has ever seen?

After pondering with Qixiu for an afternoon, the Empress Dowager Cixi finally had an idea, after all, both are women. Even though the Queen of England is a big boss, she is still a woman after all, starting from this point. The Queen of England and the Empress Dowager Cixi still have a common language. What do women like best? Beautiful! No matter how the Queen of England is the king and hegemon, Aimei will not degenerate at all, thinking of this, Cixi met with the royal locksmith of the Qing Dynasty at that time, this locksmith is Qu Jiayong in Liao Ruoyuan's mouth.

"Looking for a locksmith? Could it be that the Empress of England wants to give the Queen of England a lock? Old Liu Tou was puzzled.

"Wrong... It's not a lock. But the most outstanding thing about this gift is the lock..."Liao Ruo said from afar.

Then. Legend has it that on the 60th birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, she did not hesitate to embezzle the navy's military funds to repair the Summer Palace. Even being a leader is so concerned, how can a subordinate not care? At that time, although the Beiyang Navy Division was beaten by the Japanese, and the military situation on the front line flew to Beijing like snowflakes, there were basically few of those wine bags and rice bags in the imperial court who really cared about the war, and in everyone's minds, there was only one top priority at present, that is, what to send to stand out in the mountains of birthday gifts piled up across the country and win the favor of Lafayette.

At that time, there was a governor in Jiangsu named Zou Youshan, who wanted to take this opportunity to let Lafayette notice himself, although he was usually very good at corruption and bribery, but he was greedy for the melons and jujubes compared to those princes and princes.

Since you can't afford to send expensive, you have to send clever ones, compared to those who only know how to send "stupid gifts (pick expensive gifts, and don't care if people like it or not)" Prince Baylor, this Zou has a lot of good intentions, in order to speculate on the preferences of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he did not hesitate to go down to the Qinglou to visit the cloth shop in the fat powder shop, and repeated words with all kinds of women, and finally at the suggestion of the old bustard in the Qinglou, he decided to offer a jewelry box to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Women, no matter how old they are, the heart of beauty is always less, to say that the Empress Dowager Cixi's jewelry box is piled up, I am afraid that another Great Wall can be built, if you want the Empress Dowager Cixi to be interested in this jewelry box, you have to think of some coincidences, so this Zou Youshan found Qu Jiayong, who is known as the king of Yingtiansuo, and pushed this arduous creative task directly to him.

I heard that it is a birthday gift dedicated to Lafayette, Qu Jiayong did not dare to slack off, it took three months, and a glass artist in Nanjing joined forces to make a "gold-inlaid eight treasures glass box", this glass box is different from the general jewelry box, the box body is made of glass, inlaid with a circle of gold wire around the box, the lid of the box is inlaid with "conch, white cover, lotus, panchang vase, umbrella, goldfish, Falun" eight kinds of Buddhist auspicious patterns, respectively, carved from eight different gemstones, just this craft, It is enough to make modern people breathtaking, but the most powerful thing is not the glass box body, but the lock on the box, this lock is called "ear root lock", the reason why it is called this name is because the key to unlock the lock was made into a pair of beautiful pure gold earrings by Qu Jiayong, the shape is similar to the paper clip, and the earrings are covered with very fine lock teeth, and even can only be seen clearly with a magnifying glass. If you want to open this glass box, you must insert the left and right earrings into the lock hole successively, twist the left ear key three times, and twist the right ear key three times to unlock it. In fact, Qu Jiayong is also a patriotic person, and the reason why he designed it this way was to satirize the imperial court at that time, but it is difficult for ordinary people to guess.

After getting this box, Zou Youshan was also very impressed. did not hesitate to spend 3,000 taels of silver to open up the relationship in the palace (theoretically, a small Zhizhou is not qualified to offer a birthday gift to Lafayette), so that a small eunuch directly dedicated the box to Li Lianying, at first Li Lianying got this box was also very fresh, and tried to dedicate the box to Cixi. I didn't expect this Lafayette who didn't even lift his eyelids in the face of a coral tree more than one meter high, and saw that Cixi was so happy, Li Lianying wanted to take the sheep and say that this box was made by herself, but she didn't expect Cixi to endlessly ask who made the box, and she had to find a craftsman, Li Lianying really couldn't prevaricate, so she could only truthfully say Zou Youshan's name, which is good. Cixi's words, Zou Youshan was promoted to three levels in a row, and Zhizhou directly changed lanes. And Ying Tiansuo Wang Qu Jiayong and the glass craftsman were also directly recruited into the palace, and they were sealed as the secretary of the Internal Affairs Office. The mediocrity of the rulers at that time can be imagined...

"You mean... Cixi also wants to send a box to the Queen of England? Old Liu Tou said.

"It's not just a box..."Liao Ruoyuan smiled slightly...

With the support of the imperial court, the jewelry box for the Queen of England was more elaborate than the one given to Cixi. This time, the key was made into a Western-style pure gold cross pendant by Qu Jiayong, and this set of birthday gifts was given out. At first, Qixiu was still a little worried, although the gift was chosen by the Empress Dowager Cixi herself, but in case something went wrong, the responsibility was his own, but it didn't take long for his concerns to be completely dispelled, because the Queen of England not only liked the jewelry box very much, but also like the Empress Dowager Cixi, even the person who made the box wanted to leave.

"So Qu Jiayong went to England?" Old Liu Tou still can't understand what Liao Ruoyuan wants to do when he says these old things, then Qu Jiayong must have died a long time ago, could it be that he wants me to summon his soul back to unlock the lock?

"Hmmm! After getting the consent of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Qu Jiayong moved his family to the United Kingdom, and became the royal locksmith of the British royal family, the British are very traditional, but more emphasis on safety, so the mechanical locks designed by Qu Jiayong are very popular in the entire high society, for the British royal family, Qu Jiayong designed the locks to the safe secret room, as small as the jewelry box and even the lock on the pendant, each lock is designed separately, and there is only one key, these locks follow some complex mechanical design, in addition to the key owner and Qu Jiayong himself, Some princesses and princesses in the United Kingdom like this individually designed lock very much, because it can give women a sense of security and exclusivity..."It seems that Liao Ruoyuan understands women's minds quite well," Later, Qu Jiayong's son Qu Fei was knighted by the Queen of England, and he also set up his own lock company, specializing in serving British high society, and the price of each lock is as low as three thousand pounds... By the way, Mr. Liu, do you know why I am confident that I can help you? ”

"Do you know anyone from this company? Looking for their help? Old Liu Tou was puzzled.

"Yes, but there is a more important point, although I have not seen your box, but listening to Zhang Guozhong's description, I have seen what kind of key-type mechanical combination lock..."

"Oh?" Hearing Liao Ruoyuan say this, Lao Liu Tou came to his senses, "Have you seen this kind of box too?" ”

"Hehe, this matter has touched me, Senior Liu, you don't have to worry..."Liao Ruoyuan did not directly answer Lao Liu's question, "I dare to guarantee that if it is you, even if my uncle comes forward to find that company, they will not help to pick the lock, because they are very professional, unless the owner of the lock himself asks them to open the lock, otherwise it is no different from the accomplice of the thief..."

"Then where are you so sure?" At this time, an irrepressible smile would appear on Lao Liu's face from time to time.

"The current chairman of the board of directors of that company is called Qu Lanjiang, and his only daughter is called Qu Qingqing, who is my college classmate..."

"Classmates are so big-faced?"

"Qingqing she..."Speaking of this, Liao Ruoyuan was still a little embarrassed, "Actually, Qingqing, she is my fiancée... We've made a private decision for life... It's just that the time is not yet ripe to make this public..."