Yu Moji couldn't help but smile bitterly. She can imagine that since Yuan Yizhi can maintain the idle and free demeanor on weekdays, he has never seen others guilty because of this, and he must be able to handle things easily; But the extent to which this person can do it is still beyond Yu Moji's imagination.

Yuan Pingzhi didn't get out of the car immediately, but turned his head and told Yu Moji, "That's why I asked you to get in the car to see Miss Ling." If I leave, it will be a few months before I can return to the imperial capital. However, the affairs of the Cardinal Council have been completed, and in the next few days, you will follow Miss Ling first. Miss Ling is very familiar with how to take the admission test and what procedures to go through after admission. ”

Yu Mochen nodded his head silently in thanks, and was already very scared in his heart—if she came to the imperial capital one step late, if she hadn't met Yuan Pingzhi at the door of the Privy Chamber, or even if she hadn't been able to sleep because she was worried in her heart, and happened to see Yuan Rope get out of the carriage early in the morning—would she miss the opportunity to enter the Imperial Court again?

Why did she finally meet Yuan Yizhi again, but she almost missed the opportunity to separate in a hurry?

Yuan Yizhi seemed to know what Yu Mozhen was thinking, smiled faintly, and continued, "I was originally worried: after I leave, if I ask Miss Ling to pick you up at the Dianmei Inn by herself, you two have not met, will there be some trouble." So when I went this morning, I actually intended to leave a handwritten letter to you to explain the matter; It turned out to be very good, very good. In my opinion, you might as well follow Miss Ling to the courtyard today, so that you can familiarize yourself with the environment. ”

Ling Ai agreed very easily, "Don't worry, just leave these little things to me." ”

Perhaps for all those who have dealt with Yuan Yizhi, his demeanor of being able to lift weights with ease is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. So even if the end of his journey is an unpredictable battlefield of life and death, there is no solemnity in the air that should be when parting.

In this kind of atmosphere where everyone seems to have a happy ending, even the useless words of wishing Jun Ping An seem out of place, and Yu Moji has no choice but to make a relaxed gesture.

She even felt that even the undecided horror in her heart had become some kind of vexatiousness, for her luck was never too bad: the doors of the Cardinal were about to open to her. No matter how fate hangs by a thread along the way, with such an ending, it can only be said that there is no danger.

When he arrived at the cardinal, Ling Ai got out of the car first with Yu Moji; The calamus and apples were carried by carriage and continued to Lingi County.

The very clever door of the Cardinal's house finally appeared in front of Yu Moji again. Ling Ai didn't go straight to the gate of the Cardinal's Chamber, but stopped in front of the divine beast on the right.

The last time Yu Moji came over, he was so focused on studying how the door should be opened, and he didn't pay attention to the pair of divine beasts that seemed to be just decorations; She was looking at it now, and suddenly it felt a little familiar.

The texture of this pair of divine beasts is the "creation copper" commonly used in Yanjia; The casting process is also completely in accordance with the method of making armor, which is worthy of the status of the cardinal, the highest temple of armor.

The houses and official mansions of the people of Qi will be placed at the door like this to place two strange-looking statues at the door. Yu Mozhen had seen a lot of them when he was working for the Qi people in the past. Although the images used by each family are different because different mythical beasts are said to have different functions, they are all statues after all.

It's just that Aige is a remote place in the end, and there is a shortage of materials, and for folk houses, it is already great to be able to use local materials and carve two statues of divine beasts in stone; Shengsheng took a large piece of copper to cast the statue of the divine beast, this kind of money-burning gameplay may only be supported by Wei Linyuan's family's financial resources. However, Yu Moji had never been to the main gate of the Wei family after all, and he didn't know if Wei Yeol had deliberately built a pair of bronze statues to show up.

As for the institutions set up by the imperial government such as the Propaganda Department and the Lecture Academy, they actually used the Dazhai Palace and the Xiaozhai Palace used by the Tusu Tusi for worship in the past. Although those places are spacious and luxurious, the shape is completely according to the customs of the Tusu people, and the Qi people usually use the location to place the statues of divine beasts, and sixteen bronze drums have been placed many years ago.

In order to save the river's declining reputation, the government has been trying to establish a façade of being close to the people. After the big and small palaces were occupied by them, the peripherals were not changed much, and the copper drums in front of the door were also placed there properly.

Anyway, the sixteen bronze drums are said to symbolize both power and identity, and also have the function of praying for blessings and dispelling evil spirits, which are very in line with the expectations of the officials in all aspects, and their ability is not inferior to the statues of divine beasts.

Therefore, when Yu Moji was mourning, he only saw that the pair of statues of divine beasts at the entrance of the martial arts hall were made of copper.

It's just that the financial resources and status of the Wutang and the Imperial Capital are really different, and the exquisiteness of the statues is also very different.

Then she was surprised to see that Ling Ai stretched out her hand and pushed a slender white jade plaque into Taiyin Youying's slightly open mouth.

What's going on? Yu Moji said in his heart, could it be that this big lump of copper bumps is actually alive, and he has to feed a few pieces of jade before he is willing to open the door?

She was about to laugh at herself for the nonsense of this idea, when the idol suddenly closed its mouth and let out a "coo" sound, as if it had really swallowed Ling Ai's jade plaque; At the same time, there was a soft sound of a rope ahead. The door, which was incomprehensible to Yu Moji, slowly slid open to one side rather smoothly, revealing a staircase leading to the underground.

"......," Yu Moji said a little embarrassed, "I don't have a jade plate...... Does it eat anything else? ”

"Huh?" Ling Ai was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and immediately understood, and said with a smile, "Your idea is quite interesting. However, this jade plaque is actually the key to the door of the Cardinal. When you pass the admission test, you will also get a piece. As she spoke, she opened a secret compartment in the idol's abdomen and took out the jade plaque again.

Ling Ai led the way in front and handed the intact jade plaque to Yu Moji.

Yu Moji pinched his fingers a little embarrassed, took it and took a closer look, only to find that there was a hole on the side of the jade plate, so he smiled, "If it weren't for Miss Ling's explanation, I would have thought that this row of small holes was the bite mark of something—now it seems that it should be the key tooth of the Yin carving, right?" ”

"Hey, don't learn from Yuan Yizhi," Ling Ai smiled and waved his hand, "You can just call me Ling Ai." She glanced approvingly at Yu Moji and explained, "You guessed it right—this jade plaque was made by the Cardinal, and there are nine-curved passages in the small holes. Fang Cai's statue of Taiyin and Gloom has a steel needle controlled by a mechanism in its abdomen, and the steel needle is inserted into the jade plate in turn to open the door. ”

She said, reminding, "By the way, in order to prevent outsiders from picking up and copying this key card, the Cardinal deliberately hid a little gunpowder inside......

“…… Ay? Yu Mojin immediately felt that the jade plate he was holding in his hand was a little hot.

"It's okay, it's okay," Ling Ai said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you play with it at will, even if you fall to the ground and fall and touch it; Only when the nine-curved channel is destroyed will the spring inside be touched. ”

Yu Moji nodded and returned the jade card.

Although she is very enthusiastic about the science of Yanjia, she prefers large Yanjia with simpler and more crude practical functions. Although this key card is exquisite, in the eyes of Yu Moji, it is too complicated and delicate, a little stingy, and it is not quite to her liking. She had been yearning for the Cardinal, but now she was a little disappointed.

However, the achievements accumulated by the successive generations of the Cardinal Council are of course not as simple as developing a key plate.

After the long stone steps, there is a section of road with no end in sight; In the shadows at one end of the corridor, a row of silent small steam copper cars is neatly arranged.

Ling Ai stepped forward and pulled the lever, and one of them slowly slid out, and with a "click", one side of the copper car snapped into the endless steel rail on the wall.

Ling Ai boarded the copper car with the remaining ink marks, twisted the machine spring, and the copper car carried them forward smoothly.

The copper cars that Yu Moji had seen before were all noisy and shouting, and the noise in the mecha box was eager to tell the whereabouts of the owner to the world; The Cardinal's car was different, although the rapid vibration of the mecha box could still be felt under his feet, and it was almost quiet when he drove all the way over.

This is the technique that can amaze Yu Moji.

"Actually, you can also walk, not too far, this thing was originally intended for the old men in the cardinal." Ling Ai smiled, "But we got up too early today, I'm a little tired, so let's borrow a copper car to save some effort." ”

On both sides of the long road, there are some quaint murals. The speed of the copper car was very fast, and Yu Moji looked at it for a while, only to find that this quaint temperament was actually piled up with gold - this mural was actually made of metal cloisonné base, and then applied with paint, so it was very gorgeous. Yu Moji looked at it from a distance, and felt that this mural was simply dazzlingly expensive.

The copper chariot traveled all the way, and the ink marks gradually recognized that the painting should describe the history of the Yanjia of the Great Qi Empire. From the peasants in the Eastern Wilderness who inadvertently dug up the first thousand-year-old gold many years ago, to the establishment of the Cardinal, to the gathering of the first batch of Yanshi in the imperial capital, to the first Yanshu reform led by Xia Jun and Xia Ge, the two mountain chiefs, to the advent of the technology of embedding the mecha box into the reloaded Yanjia, and then to the Chitose Gold driving the Yanji into the homes of ordinary people......

The thousand-year-old gold has been in existence for less than a hundred years; The study of Yanjia, which was developed by virtue of human wisdom, has such a thick history. Yu Mozhen has always revered the achievements of the sages, but now the pictures that have changed the course of history have flashed in front of him, and he is deeply shocked.

The copper car soon reached the end of the tracks. In the open space ahead, the true face of the cardinal gradually appeared in front of Yu Moji.