Bai Lu led a group of soldiers out of the city gate and followed the direction in which the wooden bird flew away.

Soon, the rain poured down and hit Bai Lu's robe, face, and head. It's like a mockery of him. Finally, on a hillside five miles outside the city, a woodbird was found burned to ashes, and a pile of black smoke swirled upward. Apparently, the original fire was extinguished by rain.

"Hmph, if you can't take it away, you will burn it, and you won't leave it for the enemy, right?" Bai Lu thought to himself. I'm afraid tonight's operation really failed. The sky was white, and Bai Lu turned the reins and led the soldiers back in the direction of Shengjing. Before leaving, I crossed the hillside and saw a small county seat, which was called Wenxian in my impression.

And Yun Feibai, who had set fire to the wooden bird before, took his companion back. Thinking about the burned wooden bird, he has a headache, how can he explain to that person when the time comes? His subordinates also sweated for him.

Yun Feibai recalled that three days ago, he went to Wenxian County according to Luo Shen's instructions to find a squire and a king. Everyone in the county knows that in addition to the king, even the chief corner boy can also show the way for Yunfeibai. Sure enough, I saw a big mansion in an excellent place in Wenxian County, which was the Zhuangzi outside the king. Zhuangzi looks very inconspicuous from the outside. But the mansion of the average squire and rich man.

Yun Feibai stepped forward to knock on the door, and a family member opened the door for him.

The family looked neither humble nor arrogant, and even a little indifferent. Rolling his impatient eyes, he asked:

"Who are you? Who to look for? ”

Yun Feibai thought that after all, he had a request for others, so he replied to him respectfully: "In Xia Yun Feibai, I came to visit Wang Yuan, and this is the post." Please also be informed. As he spoke, he took out the prepared prayer slip from his bosom and handed it to the family.

Jia Ding said proudly: "Wait here, don't run around." ”

Yun Feibai had no choice but to nod, indicating that he would do as he said and stay put.

The Wang Yuan that Yun Feibai asked to see was the right envoy of the Ghost Lotus Sect. It is said that the status of the two in the Ghost Lotus Sect is comparable, one is a left envoy and the other is a right envoy, and they can't be so respectful. But Wang Yuan has another identity, so he has to be polite to Wang Yuan.

It turned out that Yun Feibai's father and Wang Yuan were brothers, and when they were young, they both learned martial arts in the Ethereal Peak, and later learned to go down the mountain, one assisted the government and the other wandered in the wild. Embarked on a completely different path.

After the civil strife in Chu, Yun Feibai's father was also implicated, and only Yun Feibai survived in the Yun family. But I still know that my father studied under the Ethereal Peak. And the father has always attached the most importance to etiquette, as the child of the Yun family, although the Yun family no longer exists, but still have to abide by etiquette.

Just as he was thinking, the door opened again. The original family member opened the door and glanced at Yun Feibai.

"Come in."

Yun Fei thanked him and went in with him.

The family is middle-aged and wears navy blue clothes. There is some lameness in walking.

I didn't rush inside, and as soon as I entered the door, I saw a very dense bamboo forest. Through the shadowy bamboo, you can only see the pavilions and pavilions inside, which play the role of a barrier. Bypassing the side path, there is a small building of one or two floors. The small building is exquisite and chic, and it has the charm of the south of the Chu country.

Although the flowers and plants on the roadside are inconspicuous, Yun Feibai also lived in Zhong Mingding's home in his childhood, and he recognized many of them as extremely rare and precious. These flowers and plants are not only difficult to find, but also very difficult to raise. If you don't have superb technology, even if you have the money to raise it, you can only raise it to death. And the dozens of famous fairy grasses were all lush and green raised by Wang Yuan, which shows his ability.

Another distance was traveled.

Yun Feibai saw that the other family members were also more or less disabled, and his heart was strange.

Jia Ding turned his head to look at Yun Feibai, and seeing that he was suspicious, he stopped and asked impatiently, "What?" What are you thinking? Don't you think it's strange that everyone here is missing arms and legs? ”

Yun Feibai hurriedly shook his head: "Don't dare, don't dare." "I know it's really not polite to look at it just now. These people are already disabled, and it is really pitiful to be poked in the sore spot by others.

Unexpectedly, the family man actually lifted his robe to expose one of his legs.

Yun Feibai was even more surprised, this Ding was not only lame, but also had his brain stimulated? Don't look at the indecency of the heart. is an upright man, but he has no habit of breaking sleeves, not to mention that the other party is not handsome.

When the family saw him like this, he laughed: "Look at what this is?" ”

What else could it be, but just one leg. But Yun Feibai still turned around and looked at it carefully. Only to realize that this truncated leg was actually made of wood, but it was made of lifelike. Even the feet underneath are the same, and when you put on shoes, it's not much different from the real thing. What's even more amazing is that the joints are also very delicately made and can be bent freely.

The man was not embarrassed to be stared at like this, then put down his robe and continued to walk. As he walked, he said: "My Hu Er originally had a broken leg, and my family was poor and didn't want to raise a cripple, but it was my lord who took me in to live until now." It also helped me get a new leg. You see, if you don't say it, who knows that my leg is broken. But it looks a little lame. There is no one of our servants here who is not favored by the Lord. He's a great guy! ”

Yun Feibai was surprised, although Hu Er still had some influence on walking, but with this prosthetic leg, it really made it a lot more convenient for him. And Wang Yuan also took good care of him, making this prosthetic leg almost exactly the same as the real leg. This is a great relief for a person with a disability.

Yun Feibai's admiration for Wang Yuan unconsciously rose another level.

Walking further in, the pavilion Xiao Xie is more and more exquisite, and the scenery can be seen from far and near. A small stream is introduced into the village and made into living water, in which the golden and red carp chase each other and play, which has a unique charm.

And behind a rockery, there is an octagonal pavilion again. Wang Yuan was on it, as if he was facing a wooden box, doing something. Wang Yuan was in a long figure, wearing a smoky gray robe, and his long hair was draped casually over his shoulders. The face has an unshaven beard, somewhat unkempt. He was engrossed in the wooden box in front of him, and nothing else around him could disturb him.

Wait until the two of them get closer. Yun Feibai saw clearly what the wooden box was. I saw that there was a disc in the upper part of the wooden box, on which were marked with twelve earthly branches such as Zichou Yinmao. And there is a dot in the middle of the disc, on which three pointers, each with its own length and shortness, point to the twelve earthly branches on the disc. The lower part of the wooden box is a pendulum, a round pendulum, which seems to be made of brass.

Wang Yuan was still fiddling with it, cautiously, as if he was afraid of breaking something.

Hu Er took Yun Feibai to the octagonal pavilion, but he didn't dare to disturb Wang Yuan. And they stood there waiting for him.

Just when Yun Feibai thought that he would have to wait until the sky was long, Wang Yuan shouted excitedly: "It's done!" ”

Then Wang Yuan let go of his hand, and saw that the pendulum was swinging evenly, and the longest pointer on the disc began to rotate. The wooden box seemed to come to life, the pendulum swinging, and the hands turning.

It's amazing!