Lu Yi said without changing his expression: "It can be opened."
County Magistrate Qin became interested and said, "Let me see what this is that has troubled our Qingshan Academy students?"
After some operations, the box became stronger and stronger, but there was no intention of opening it.
Suddenly he looked at Lu Yi and asked with a smile: "Boy from the Lu family, what is this? Don't be so pretentious."
Bai Weikang and a group of masters came over.
A group of people gathered around a wooden box with little decoration.
Although the wooden box was made quite smoothly, in the eyes of a literati who had seen many exquisite things, it was indeed not an elegant thing.
"This box looks ordinary, but I didn't expect it to contain a mystery." Bai Weikang played with it for a while and said, "I have seen a similar box in the capital. It is a treasure box produced by the Mo family."
"The Mo family is the most skilled craftsman family in the world. Their family has been doing this for generations. It is said that the Mo family can also make a kind of mechanical animal. It looks like a real one. It's amazing."
"Isn't the box we are going to discuss now brought by Brother Ziyi? This box is so rough, how could it be from the Mo family?"
"Brother Ziyi, this box is really exquisite. Forgive me for being stupid, but I can't open it. It seems that Brother Ziyi can't accept the gift. In fact, we are as close as brothers. It's enough for people to come, and there is no need for gifts."
Lu Yi glanced at Fang Zhuoyu, who was full of hypocrisy, took the box, and fiddled with the patterns on the box under the gaze of everyone.
His movements were extremely fast, and the patterns were very similar. Before they could see clearly, they heard a click and the box was opened.
Everyone exclaimed.
Magistrate Qin also looked at this ingenious box in surprise.
"How is this done?"
"My wife made this by herself. She has no other hobbies and just likes tinkering with these things for fun." Lu Yi said lightly.
"What about this one?" Bai Weikang tremblingly picked up the wood carving in the box. "She carved this too?"
The wood carving is a person, but this person is a model for all scholars, and the world calls him a saint.
In that dynasty, scholars had to worship saint temples every year, so there were saint temples everywhere. However, the saints in the saint temples all sat seriously, with solemn faces, but this saint was holding a book and looking wisely.
, as if he is thinking about some life issues. Compared with the simple wooden box, this wooden carving of a saint is obviously much more exquisite. The most special thing is that the statue of the saint is so vividly carved that people will be in awe at the first sight.
"Yes." Lu Yi looked at the contents of the box for the first time, and his eyes flashed with surprise.
I was attracted by the box she brought last night, and after pestering her for a long time to fiddle with the mechanism, I finally remembered how to open the box. I never thought that she had prepared other surprises.
Suddenly, he didn't want to give it away.
Why should such a good thing be cheap for a hypocritical villain like Fang Zhuoyu?
Perhaps in that woman's eyes, these were all worthless little things. But in his opinion, these were things that Fang Zhuoyu didn't deserve.
"Okay, it seems you have married a clever and good wife!" Bai Weikang nodded with satisfaction. "Okay!"
"The box is interesting, and so are the saint statues." County Magistrate Qin agreed. "You married an interesting lady."
Lu Yi thought about Mu Siyu's drastically changed temperament, and thought to himself: Could it be interesting? He didn't know what kind of ghost or god was inside that body.
Fang Zhuoyu's face turned ugly.
He called Lu Yi over just to show the mountain chief and the masters how blind they were. They had mistaken fish eyes for pearls for so many years and spent so much time and energy on him. Now, let alone pass the exam.
After gaining fame, he has become so embarrassed and humble.
However, all this was different from what he imagined.
Lu Yi clearly sent the cheapest things, but did he dare to say that? The box was so clever that it stumped all of them, as if they were all a joke. And the wooden statue...
That's a statue of a saint. Who dares to say that Lu Yi was poor when he gave a statue of a saint? Who dares to say that this gift is light? In the eyes of scholars, as long as it is a statue of a saint, let alone one carved from wood, let alone one that is so lifelike, it is
If it is made of clay, it also needs to be worshiped. This is a belief that cannot be measured by money.
"You are still so interesting." Magistrate Qin was deeply impressed by Lu Yi. Now that he saw that he could resolve the dilemma he faced, he was even more pleased with him.
Looking at Fang Juren again, the situation is somewhat small.
How can a person like him, who has been in the officialdom for many years, fail to see the twists and turns involved? It's just harmless to him and too lazy to pay attention to it.
"Shopkeeper, serve the food."
Fang Zhuoyu knew that he could not continue, otherwise the wonderful banquet would be ruined.
This is his wedding banquet, why should he be influenced by Lu Yi, a pariah?
Untouchable! Damn untouchable! When he gets his fame, we must make him look good.
Today's humiliation will be reckoned with tomorrow.
"Good luck!" the shopkeeper shouted loudly: "Good wine and good food."
Delicious dishes were served one after another.
Not every student studying at Qingshan Academy is from a good family. Seeing so many delicious dishes, I was immediately greedy.
Seeing this scene, Fang Zhuoyu's face looked better.
When Lu Yi came, the master next to Bai Weikang had the foresight to give up his seat and moved to another table. Looking at Lu Yi again, he was sitting on Bai Weikang's right hand side, and on Bai Weikang's left hand side was the Qin County Magistrate.
On the other side of Qin County Magistrate is Fang Zhuoyu.
Today, Fang Zhuoyu is the protagonist. Everyone congratulates him, but we can't take away the glory of the protagonist.
Fang Zhuoyu had already recovered his mood and regained his elegant demeanor.
Of all the people present, apart from Lu Yi back then, Fang Zhuoyu should be the best-looking. Now that Lu Yi's face has been ruined, he prides himself on his appearance being the best here.
"Young man, here's a toast to you." Fang Zhuoyu raised his glass and offered a toast to the Qin County Magistrate.
While Fang Zhuoyu was paying respects to the Qin County Magistrate, Lu Yi opened the bag again and took out a bamboo tube.
He waved to the kite.
Kite came over quickly, and after getting his instructions, he went to the kitchen and brought several large plates over.
Magistrate Qin exchanged a few words with Fang Zhuoyu. As soon as he sat down, he smelled the delicious smell. He lowered his head and saw that there were three plates of unknown dishes on the table.
"Brother Kite, please take this plate to the table next door."
"Okay."
Only then did Lu Yi take the time to explain to Magistrate Qin: "This is the spicy rabbit made by my wife. She specially asked to bring it to the teacher and the adults to try. She said it is a good dish to go with wine."
Although he doesn't know what spicy means.
When she first cooked this dish, the whole family choked.
He rushed to the kitchen and saw something red in the pot. He saw it accidentally on the mountain. Because it looked good, he moved it to the corner of the yard for decoration. Unexpectedly, she turned it into a dish.