Since listening to Lianmo's entrustment, he brought people here to investigate, and Meng Chen has been keeping an eye on these "businessmen". There are few people around the Forgotten Island, and if the other party really enters by mistake, you can launch a maze between the islands, so that they can't find out the exact direction of the Forgotten Island, and then find a way to "send it out".

But Meng Chen always felt that this time it was not so simple. However, since Lianmo told them to keep an eye on these people first, and report any situation immediately, he naturally wanted to find out the specific situation.

"Senior brother, we went to another island next to it, and on that island, there was also such a stranded ship, which was almost the same size." Fu Xun told what he had discovered, "Those people also look like businessmen, but it's strange to be connected to the situation here. ”

"I see," Meng Chen said calmly, knowing in his heart.

He was not surprised by this result. In fact, from the very beginning, he asked more than one junior disciple to disperse the investigation, and the results were basically the same.

Scattered around the islands, suddenly stranded merchant ships appeared, and a group of merchants came ashore, looking for someone to help.

Almost exactly the same situation, saying that it is the "script" of the play, is too similar.

Dusty can be sure that these people must have come with a purpose. If the mighty fleet is too fanfare, they disguise themselves as merchants to hide their eyes.

"Why hasn't Uematsu arrived yet?" Senior Brother Lao Zhe suddenly wondered, "Hasn't he come back yet?" ”

The location where the disciple Zhisong of the Mengchen Sect went was indeed farther away, and it was normal that he hadn't come back yet. However, since the junior brother asked, Meng Chen also took out his Yunyou Order and began to ask about the situation over there.

In addition to being the identity certificate of the Hedgehog Hall and the certificate of leaving the island, their cloud travel order also has a function that can be connected with each other.

However, the news from Mengchen's side has passed, but he has not received a reply from his junior brother Zhisong.

On the white token, there is only silence.

……

Slowly walking into the gate under the large-character plaque of "Shengong Gate", Qiu Shaohu looked around cautiously and vigilantly.

It's more like a warehouse than a shop, with large and small tools placed around, some messily placed on the workbench, and some neatly placed in boxes.

On the ground on all sides, there are many instruments, finished and semi-finished products. Some of them seem to be horse-drawn carriages built for the government, and the wheels are only installed on one side; Some are fountains made for the palace water pavilion, and the nozzles are placed on the ground at will, not knowing what shape to pose in the end; Some are a pair of stone lions made for the gate of the official mansion, which are extremely large, and the most peculiar thing is that the eyes will still move, when they saw Qiu Shaohu passing by, two pairs of fist-sized stone eyes stared at him drippingly, vividly.

I heard that different craftsmen have their own different habits, and that the manufacturing tools have their own placement and installation order, and if they are disrupted by someone who is unknown, the arrogant craftsmen themselves will be furious. Therefore, this kind of workshop will generally allow the craftsmen to place things at will, and do not force them to keep them tidy and tidy, so as not to destroy the habits of the craftsmen, which looks very messy, but for the parties they are chaotic.

At present, Qiu Shaohu is not in the mood to explore the small habits of this kind of craftsman, bypassing these organs and utensils crowded together in a small room, and walking through the only remaining path on the ground that is filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, Qiu Shaohu has walked around here several times, but has not seen any trace. The whole place was empty, and even the craftsmen who were supposed to be here didn't know where to go.

The hut had only one entrance and exit, and it was facing the alley he had just walked through. If the person before really walked through the alley and came here, it would not have been possible to leave through the back door, and if he had walked through the front door, he would have noticed it in advance.

"Isn't it here?" Qiu Shaohu was puzzled, turned around unintentionally, and suddenly had a sense of vigilance.

This feeling is an instinctive reaction when someone looks at him.

After a spirit, Qiu Shaohu found that it was deserted. There was nothing in the presence that deserved his attention.

All around, there were still dead objects, still motionless.

Qiu Shaohu was a little surprised, and checked it again, only to find the clue.

Facing him was the back of a large bronze mirror. The thick side of the bronze mirror is carved with dragons and phoenixes, and the smooth lines are as smooth and cool as if they have been washed by the water.

On the other side, the front of the mirror, the smooth mirror, but can not illuminate the figure, the side that should reflect the reflection, but through it you can just see the scene behind the bronze mirror, as bright as a window, everything is vivid, as if this is not a copper mirror, but a clear crystal.

The pair of stone lions, one of them happened to be facing the front of this bronze mirror, and its moving eyes continued to stare at Qiu Shaohu through the transparent mirror. Standing behind and being blocked by the back of the bronze mirror, Qiu Shaohu naturally didn't immediately realize that it was actually this stone lion staring at him.

"Translucents? This kind of mirror production is extremely complicated, except for the use of fun, and because of the replacement of crystal glass, it has basically been lost now, I didn't expect Shengongmen to do this. Qiu Shaohu was amazed, and his heart unconsciously relaxed.

At this time, I saw that next to this translucent mirror, there was another "big box". The whole body is black, it looks extremely heavy, only two holes are opened in the front, the size of the hole is just the same as the human eye, and a convex mirror polished with translucent crystal is placed on the hole, and the light is faintly transmitted from it, which looks very mysterious.

"Painting in the open sea? This is also built by Shengongmen? Qiu Shaohu was really interested, because this was something he had heard of before, but he had never seen before.

It is rumored that a small overseas country admires the mainland Celestial Empire, so they often send officials to pay tribute here, and the officials of one of the small countries are extremely interested in the shadow puppetry of the mainland, and want to try to bring it back. However, the shadow puppet is complicated to make and has a strict inheritance, and he is a person from an overseas island, of course, he has no chance to learn the skills.

Disappointment, the official was also a smart man, and when he returned to his country, he summoned skilled craftsmen to create a set of shadow puppets in a box, and in order to make people see more clearly, he added a light source to the box and two eye-sized lenses on the outside, so that people could see more clearly through a magnifying glass. The set in the box is a set of pictures that he designed himself that can move continuously, and every time the mechanism is buckled, the paintings inside will move by themselves, and a complete story will be performed, so it is called "painting play".

This kind of technology, which is a place of intersection, is very popular after it was introduced to Shokoku, and it is especially loved by children. There are often sugar vendors who also put one next to the stall, in order to attract children passing by, sugar crisp one penny, more than one article can let the children watch the whole painting, the income is also extraordinarily good.

I didn't expect Shengongmen to make this kind of thing, and it was ordered by others, and there was an order next to the box, which said "ordered by Yin Bo".

Qiu Shaohu also has a good impression of this kind of thing that he has only heard of and has never actually seen, and through the light of the two small holes, he sees that the scenes inside are constantly flickering and alternating, and he also finds it interesting.

At that moment, he couldn't help but turn his eyes over and see the moving pictures inside.

In the scene, it is a village and town, and a teenager takes his bags, says goodbye to his mother, and then embarks on a journey. But when he went, he didn't go to gain fame like other young people in the neighborhood, and with his footsteps, what he visited was a magnificent picture of thousands of rivers and mountains.

"Chi Yaosheng? Is this his story? For this senior, Qiu Shaohu has also heard of the people who are famous for "playing in the mountains and rivers" and "not doing business". This family is not wealthy, but they have a natural love for nature and want to visit all the world's famous mountains and rivers. But his only concern is his mother at home, "his parents are not far away", so it is difficult to make up his mind. His mother saw his ambition and encouraged him to leave home to broaden his horizons. It was with his mother's support that he was able to take the first step.

"Having a home to shelter from the wind and rain, and family members supporting each other, although it is difficult, it is also warm enough to achieve a career, and no one is the same."

Qiu Shaohu seems to have brought the person in the painting into himself, and turned his personal experience into a drama of interpretation.

When she was young, her family was poor, her clothes were poor, and her mother was always running around day and night for her livelihood, and her young self could not help her, but in her memory, her mother always smiled at herself.

The neighbors often came to him and told him a wider story outside. Although he didn't know whether what they said about the mountains that could not be seen, the grasslands where thousands of horses galloped, the fish as big as the mountains overseas, and the immortals who flew to the sky were true or false, but since then, it has become his wish to see the vast world outside.

When he was young, he felt that his home was very big, the street outside was very big, and the city where the Son of Heaven lived was even bigger, so how big should the whole world be?

Seeing his wishes, his mother smiled and encouraged him to go out and see the wider world. So with enthusiasm and anticipation, I traveled the world, waiting for everything I saw when I returned again, and then slowly told the story to my mother......

The knife came out of its sheath like lightning and cut through the darkness of the night, tearing a gap. The blade burst out, the tip gurgled and bled out, and the person who was pierced was in great pain.

"Why are you ......" The man's eyes widened, staring at Qiu Shaohu, who should have been confused into the painting, full of disbelief.

"You're just thin? This method is really impossible to prevent. Qiu Shaohu recognized that the other party was the mysterious person who had fought with Feng Wan in the dark river before, and said to him with a little disdain: "Your story has been wrong from the beginning, so naturally you can't fool me." ”

"Because unlike Chi Yaosheng, my mother did not support it, and I left home on my own initiative." It was something he didn't say.

From the beginning of his own story, it was a fantasy that was completely different from the truth, and naturally he could not sink.