Noticing Zhuo Ye's reddish eyes, Feng Linge was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Feng Linche. Could it be...
But seeing that Feng Linche's expression was calm and there was nothing unusual, Feng Linge quickly denied the suspicion that suddenly popped up in his heart.
How could the third brother be willing to let Yeer suffer...
Although he really wanted to know the reason for Zhuo Ye's tears, if he asked, it would be too abrupt, so he could only suppress the doubt in his heart...
"Let's have dinner here tonight." Feng Lince said calmly.
"That's what I meant." Feng Linge said with a smile.
Zhuo Ye also deliberately ignored Feng Linge's complicated and subtle gaze.
Feng Linche ordered someone to go to the kitchen and ask him to make some dishes that suited Feng Linche's taste. He also called someone to take the "little buns" back to Jinhong Pavilion.
"Little Baozi" has a small mouth, twinkling eyes, and his little paws are tugging on Feng Linge's sleeves and are reluctant to let go. His father is not enough to occupy "Little Yezi", why doesn't even the Seventh Emperor allow him to get closer? The Seventh Uncle's
Isn't the illness healed? He hasn't seen the Seventh Emperor's Uncle for a long time...
"Third brother, let Xuan'er stay here. He is very good and won't make trouble." Feng Linge reached out and rubbed the little head of "Little Baozi" and said softly.
Hearing this, "Little Baozi" hurriedly picked up Feng Linge's tea cup on tiptoes, raised his little mouth and blew on it, then sent it to Feng Linge's singer: "Uncle Seventh Emperor is drinking tea. Xuan'er has blown it and it's not hot.
of."
"Okay, of course the Seventh Emperor will drink the tea that Xuan'er blew." Feng Linge smiled and took the tea cup from "Little Baozi", lowered his head and took a sip.
Feng Lince looked at the "little bun"'s flattering look, a smile flashed across his eyes, and nodded: "Then let's stay here."
Zhuo Ye looked at the cute little look of "Little Baozi" and grinned so much that his branches trembled with laughter.
Unexpectedly, both men were bewildered by Zhuo Ye's smile, one with eyes full of intoxication, the other with starry eyes...
Zhuo Ye found that they were all staring at her, he couldn't help but blush, and he suppressed his smile in embarrassment.
"Cough!" Feng Linge came back to his senses, coughed awkwardly, and said, "Third brother, I'm from the palace..."
"I guessed it." Feng Lince nodded and said, "I was in the palace in the morning, and the emperor said that you went to get the cuttlefish blade from the tribe, but you already got it?"
Qingzhu, who was next to Feng Linge, heard that the two princes had something serious to discuss, so he hurriedly stepped out.
"Little Baozi" climbed up on a chair and very obediently did not disturb the adults' conversation.
"Well, that box is made of black gold. Only the horns of cuttlefish can cut it. But..." Feng Linge paused and then said: "The emperor was a little hesitant and didn't know what was in the box. This time
Cut it off, I'm afraid..."
Feng Lince was silent for a moment and said: "If you can't open the secret lock on the box, this is the only way..."
"Well..." Zhuo Ye suddenly said, "I'd better... take Xuan'er out to play for a while..."
Although Zhuo Ye didn't understand what they were talking about, she also understood that it must be extremely important business. She felt that it was better for her to avoid it...
"You can just sit here, it's okay." Feng Lince said.
"Yes! Ye'er, maybe you can still help us..." Feng Linge also said gently.
"Me?" Zhuo Ye smiled lightly and said, "How can I help you? I can't even understand what you are saying..."
"Ye'er should know that the person who kidnapped you wanted to exchange you and third brother for the same thing." Feng Linge said softly.
"Yeah." Zhuo Ye nodded: "I know this, but I don't know what that person wants to change..."
"It's a black gold box. It was brought back by the third brother when he went to the coastal areas to investigate the salt owl cases. We don't know what's inside because, so far, none of the locksmiths we can find can open the box.
…”
"Can't open it?" Zhuo Ye was slightly startled. What kind of lock can't be opened even by a locksmith that the royal family can find? Ancient locks should not be that complicated...
"That's a secret lock. The locksmith in the palace said that the lock core seems a little weird. If we can find out the shape inside, maybe we can find the key..."
"Oh..." Zhuo Ye said apologetically: "It's a pity that I can't open locks..."
"It doesn't matter." Feng Lince also answered: "It doesn't matter if you take a look." After saying that, he took out a few drawings from his sleeves and handed them to Zhuo Ye.
Zhuo Ye reached out to take it, unfolded it, and looked down. He saw that the first few pictures were floor plans of each side of a small box. There was nothing special about it. The last picture was an enlarged keyhole with the middle
There is an "S" barrier that makes the entire keyhole look like a Bagua diagram...
"How big is this keyhole?" Zhuo Ye asked after looking at it.
While Zhuo Ye was looking at the drawings, Feng Linge kept staring at Zhuo Ye's slightly raised, green little finger in a daze. Hearing Zhuo Ye's question, he casually said: "It's about the same thickness as Ye'er's little finger..."
After Feng Linge finished speaking, he realized that his words were somewhat ambiguous, and his handsome face suddenly turned red...
Feng Lince's thin lips pursed involuntarily, but they soon returned to normal.
Zhuo Ye didn't feel anything was wrong, and even stretched out his little finger to take a look, and then murmured: "That's not too small..." After thinking for a moment, he added: "You might as well stuff some soft stuff inside.
If you can knead something into shape, get a mold and make it!"
"I have thought of this method, but there is nothing to stuff it with, such as flour, clay, etc. I am afraid that if it is stuffed in, it will be difficult to take it out completely, and the keyhole will be blocked instead." Feng Lince said calmly.
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Zhuo Ye bit his lip lightly and pondered for a moment. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he stood up and said, "Just wait for me, I'll be right back!" After that, he stepped out of the hall.
Brothers Feng Linche and Feng Linge looked at each other, then sat in the hall and waited quietly.
But the "little bun" couldn't hold back his curiosity, climbed down from the chair, ran out of the hall door, and chased Zhuo Ye...
Zhuo Ye returned to Fenglinyuan, took out her travel bag, and rummaged through it. When she was kidnapped by Qi Wenqing in Yunchuan City, the travel bag was left in the bedroom of the inn, and was brought back by Qiao Ling.
her.
"'Little Yezi', what are you looking for?" "Little Baozi" who followed the bedroom poked his little head and asked curiously.
"Xuan'er, you are too curious." Zhuo Ye took out a bottle from his bag and stuffed it into his sleeve, then smiled and rubbed the "little bun"'s head.
Huh?! The sharp-eyed "Little Baozi" noticed that the bottle Zhuo Ye just took looked very familiar!
Zhuo Ye walked toward the front hall, and "Little Baozi" followed behind him...
"Try this." Zhuo Ye returned to the main hall, took out the bottle from his sleeve, and poured out a few green pill-like things from it...
"this?"
"What's this?"
Feng Linche and Feng Linge stared at the thing in Zhuo Ye's hand and asked in unison.
"This...is a kind of tooth-healthy candy from my hometown, but it can only be chewed, not swallowed. After chewing it until soft, it can be kneaded into any shape, but it will not fall apart..."
In fact, it is just "Yida chewing gum"...
"Little Baozi" stared at the bottle in Zhuo Ye's hand for a moment, then suddenly shouted "Ah——!", pointed at Zhuo Ye and said: "I remembered! 'Little Yezi', you lied! You used to
You told me it was medicine, but now why do you tell me it’s candy to your father and uncle Seventh Emperor?!"
When Zhuo Ye heard this, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch: "Well... this thing is like candy to adults, but it's medicine to children! In short, children can't eat it!"
"Hmph! How can an adult eat something that a child can't eat?!" "Little Baozi" rolled his eyes and curled his lips, clearly not believing what Zhuo Ye said.
"Xuan'er, don't mess around!" Feng Lince scolded.
"Little Baozi" flattened his mouth in dissatisfaction, but did not dare to say any more.
Feng Linge took a look at the chewing gum in Zhuo Ye's hand, and said, "Ye'er, you just said, can you chew this thing or not? Will it... be sticky?"
Zhuo Ye smiled, picked up a piece of chewing gum, put it in his mouth and chewed it for a while, then spit it into his hand, then kneaded it and stretched it...
Uh...it seems a bit disgusting...
The corners of Feng Linche's and Feng Linge's mouths twitched at the same time, while "Little Baozi"'s eyes lit up. This thing seemed quite fun... but... alas... he didn't dare to ask for it now...
"Um... do you want to try it?" Zhuo Ye grinned.
"Okay." Feng Linge smiled, picked up a piece of chewing gum from Zhuo Ye's hand, and started eating it.
Feng Lince picked up one and put it into his mouth...
"It tastes very good, it's fruity..." Feng Linge praised.
"Gudong!" "Little Baozi" couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva...
Feng Lince chewed the gum for a while, spit it out, squeezed it with his hands, and then said, "I think I can try this."
Feng Linge also agreed and smiled: "Ye'er really helped us..."
"You'd better give it a try. I can't guarantee whether it will work or not." Zhuo Ye ordered someone to get a clean handkerchief, wrap some chewing gum in it and give it to them.
It's not that Zhuo Ye was stingy. Although there wasn't much chewing gum left, she didn't want to give them the bottle as well. The letters, numbers and weird modern calligraphy on it were only Feng Lince's from the packaging of "Master Kong Delicious Crispy"
She had seen it on the skin, and she didn't want anyone to find out again...
At this time, the dinner was already prepared. Feng Lince served the meal and they chatted while eating.
"Ye'er, I've always wanted to ask you, the person who kidnapped you... what did he look like?" Feng Linge pondered for a moment and asked.
Hearing this, Feng Linche also turned to look at Zhuo Ye. In fact, this was a question he wanted to ask, but he was afraid that Zhuo Ye would not want to mention the days of his captivity, so he never asked.
"He..." Zhuo Ye hesitated and said, "I...I have his portrait..."
"Portrait?" Feng Linche was the first to ask doubtfully. When he and Zhuo Ye passed through the desert together, he didn't see any portraits on her body! After leaving the desert, he didn't see her drawing any portraits...
Zhuo Ye put down his chopsticks and took out his mobile phone from his sleeve: "Actually... this mobile phone has another function that I have never told you. This... it can also instantly store images of people or scenery. When I was imprisoned by that person,
I once secretly photographed his face..."
With that said, he called up the photo folder in his phone and pulled out Wu Li's image...
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PS: Today someone in the 2nd group speculated whether the thing Xia Chen left for Ye Zi would be a laptop. That... Actually no, it's 169 years ago. It seems that the computer won't last that long... Embarrassing!