Fifth Ruyi, a home in the mountains, uses diesel generators for power supply, complete sewage facilities for bathrooms and kitchens, and fresh air filtration systems.

In addition to the fifth Ruyi's workshop, there were two bedrooms, a small storeroom, which was filled with all kinds of daily necessities, military rations, canned food, and cereals, and the reserves were quite sufficient, enough for them to live here for a few months.

The responsibility of cooking every day fell on Lu Huanxi. Lu Huanxi, who lives alone all year round, has surprisingly good cooking skills. Although the conditions are limited, he can also process those canned foods and limited fresh ingredients in a variety of ways. Surprisingly, Qin Dao, who was very picky about eating, was unexpectedly satisfied with the canned dishes made by Lu Huanxi.

Two days passed in a flash, and the fifth Ruyi finally walked out of her room, and at this moment she was completely unrecognizable, unkempt, and sleepy-eyed. I didn't change my clothes for a few days. She walked to the table with a fluttering step and placed a tightly knit wooden box in front of several people.

The wooden box has a purple-black sheen. Heavy and introverted, with a layer of inexplicable grayness, it feels like it has been shelved for a long time, and there is a kind of depressed atmosphere. If you smell it carefully, there is a faint aroma of wood on the box, which is enough to prove that this wood is not simple. The box is engraved with the word "one sword". There is also a gold wire inlaid nine-square grid below, and the box as a whole is exquisite, restrained, simple and atmospheric.

Fifth Ruyi yawned and explained, "Eight swords can be placed inside this box, and when you press the mechanism, the sword can pop out from the side of the box." ”

Then she scratched her head again and continued: "I have installed nine fingerprint switches on this nine-square grid, and your fingerprint will pop up the corresponding sword when you press it on the different palaces of the nine-square grid. ”

"But you just said that there can only be eight swords in the box." Qin Dao asked

"Yes. There are eight positions inside the box. Fifth, Ruyi said as he flipped the box to the back. I pressed the machine expander. The plank on the back of the box was split in two, and the upper half slid down to reveal a groove in the shape of a sword.

"You can put a sword here, but it has a specific shape, and I think this is more like a key than a sword, and I'll make one for you according to this style when the time comes."

Several people looked at the sword box at this time, and Qin Dao frowned suspiciously after taking a closer look at the sword-shaped groove, and glanced at Ah Fu.

Fifth, Ruyi stretched out his hand to Qin Dao and said, "Your sword." ”

Taking Qin Dao's heavy bronze sword, she pressed the other side of the box and suddenly popped open.

"Press this mechanism and the sword case will open, and you can put the sword inside."

Then one side went in, and the other side came out, and she demonstrated it a few more times. The mechanism is flexible, and the collection speed is very fast.

Lu Huanxi was already in a daze when he looked at it on the side, such an ingenious design and the combination of high technology made him a little incredulous, he had never heard of any fingerprint switches.

Lu Huanxi asked a little incredulously, "Is this ...... This is what you did in two days? ”

Fifth Ruyi said that so many people also sobered up, and then she said seriously, "This is not made by me, strictly speaking, I have transformed it in the past few days." ”

Qin Dao was even more puzzled when he heard this.

"Wait, you said you made it? So that groove on the back is also pre-existing? ”

"yes, what's wrong."

"I have a bronze dagger that is exactly the same shape as that one. It is the Qin family sword that has been passed down from my family. ”

Fifth Ruyi was also a little surprised when he heard this, but after a while, he regained his composure and said, "I've been strange since I heard you say the request, it seems that this sword box has some relationship with your family. ”

Everyone was listening, but Fifth Ruyi picked up the breakfast on the table without hurry, and said while eating, "This thing is handed down from my family." According to the family's "Illustration of the Fifth Family", it is recorded that this sword box is probably a very peculiar thing that someone entrusted our fifth ancestor to make during the Tang Dynasty. The requirements are almost the same as what you said, this box took our family several years at that time, and spent countless manpower and financial resources to build, but afterwards the original client has not come to pick it up, this thing costs too much, and the value is very high. But ordinary people can't use it at all, and they are reluctant to lose it, so it has been passed down like chicken ribs.

Until our family moved to Dongning, our family's status in the family was not high, so when the family was separated, this dispensable box was assigned to my family. ”

Speaking of this, she took a sip of milk and continued, "Because of the age, due to the confinement of the materials of the time, many of the springs in it have actually been damaged a long time ago.

I've been playing with this box since I was a kid, and I started by disassembling it. After that, I started replacing some of the damaged parts with modern materials. Now the spring mechanism is basically new, and it is more sophisticated and faster than the current box than before, and there is more space inside.

In the past two days, I have added this electric drive to make the mechanism run faster, and I have added this fingerprint system, otherwise I would not have been able to build it in two days, two months. ”

As he spoke, he opened a metal plate at the top of the box, which contained several batteries and some cables.

"If there are better materials in the future, I can change them at any time."

"You're a craftsman who understands these modern technologies? What fingerprints, electrically driven. ”

Fifth Ruyi said disdainfully at this time, "Who says it's not, if you can't keep pace with the times, how can a family like ours exist for thousands of years." ”

Qin Dao asked at this time, "Then do you know who entrusted your fifth family to make this sword box at that time?" ”

"I don't know, we don't record ordinary things, let alone clients. Only the production experience of some very special objects will be recorded.

But I'm sure that this sword box must have something to do with your swordsmanship, and the sword of the Qin family's inheritance that you just said is also very compatible with it, so I'm even more sure of my judgment. ”

There was a brief silence. Everyone has their own thoughts.

"You commissioned me to make one and I've finished one, and this box will be called the Nine Palace Sword Box from now on."

Fifth, Ruyi was full of food and drink, continued to wipe his mouth, and continued: "Okay, now I'm going to ask you to help me with the second thing." ”

"What's the matter?"

Fifth, Ruyi began to walk towards his studio again.

"Little white face, the sword you said is a bit difficult, this time it will take a little longer. When I come out, I need your help finding my dad. ”