Little Cardamom

Except for being happy, Jiang Xu is very serious on weekdays, and suddenly he does something unserious, it's no wonder that Ming Tan walked forward alone in embarrassment, and walked straight out of half a street.

Jiang Xu glanced at the sugar figure in his hand, and followed behind him at a leisurely pace.

The sky was getting dark, and when he reached the intersection, Ming Tan suddenly remembered the business, looked around, only to realize that he was going in the wrong direction. She stopped and wanted to turn around, but she was unconsciously attracted by the excitement not far away.

At the intersection of the two streets, I don't know what to do, passers-by are surrounded by three layers of people, whispering and whispering from time to time.

Jiang Xu followed. He didn't know whether the sugar figurine in his hand was eaten by him or thrown away. Ming Tan didn't pay attention, but just looked at the crowd with his head, and muttered curiously, "Are you doing juggling?"

"This is too difficult!"

"In my opinion, that little bird can't get it out at all, it's just a lie."

"Yes, if the head can come out, the wings can't come out, and the body can't come out if the wings come out. How can there be such a reason!"

…

The two stepped forward, and the onlookers were discussing enthusiastically.

Ming Tan saw several women watching, so he inquired: "Miss, what are you doing?"

"Setting up a stall to solve the mechanism." The girl kept her eyes on and explained enthusiastically, "This man said that an expert in the mechanism stayed at his house for a night and gave him a mechanism object as a thank you gift. Here, That's the thing."

Ming Tan followed his line of sight, and saw a small wooden cage on the stall, and inside the cage was a small wooden sparrow, beside which was written crookedly "Fifty Wen once, half a stick of incense once". .

"Don't tell me, this thing is quite exquisitely made. This man took it out to set up a stall, saying that whoever can get that little sparrow out of the cage without breaking it, he will give it to anyone. Solution Fifty cash at a time, only half a stick of incense can be unpacked at a time, and five taels of silver must be deposited in advance, if something is broken, the five taels of silver will not be returned!"

There were about a few hundred texts in the bowl, which means that several people tried it, but they didn't succeed.

"Why do you just watch it and not try it? What else is there to pay attention to?" Ming Tan couldn't help asking.

Then the girl turned her head and glanced at her, thinking that she hadn't heard what she said earlier, she deliberately made a "five" gesture: "I want to bet five taels of silver, which is not easy to afford. Even if you take I got five taels of silver, who knows if the wooden thing will be accidentally broken, and the five taels of silver will be wasted for nothing, who would not feel bad about it!"

Five taels of silver is a lot? Ming Tan hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Jiang Xu again.

Jiang Xu lowered his head and asked her, "Like it?"

"...It looks very delicate, it should not be something that can be made casually."

Jiang Xu nodded, stepped forward slowly, and put down the ingot of silver directly.

Seeing that what he put was ten taels of silver, the person who set up the stall didn't ask him to pay the fifty cents first, so he quickly put on a smiling face, took up the wooden caged sparrow mechanism with both hands, and passed it forward: "Young master, please, please."

Jiang Xu got the caged sparrow mechanism, his gaze was fixed for a moment, and Ming Tan who was standing beside him couldn't help but feel surprised.

Jiang Xu noticed her reaction and asked, "Know?"

Ming Tan nodded, hesitantly said softly: "This should be the organ made by Master Yun Yan? I have read "On Mechanisms" written by Master Yun Yan in my boudoir before, although I have never seen the real thing, but I heard that the organ he made All of them will be engraved with flowing cloud patterns."

In front of this caged sparrow mechanism, the base of the wooden cage is engraved with extremely delicate flowing cloud patterns, which is exactly the same as the one printed on the top of "Mechanism Technique".

The person who took it out to set up a stall to solve the mechanism probably didn't know Yunyan, and he only asked people to bet five taels. Doesn't this mean that in his eyes, the mechanism is only worth five taels? For those who know how to do it, five hundred taels is not a problem.

Yun Yan was a master of organs during Gaozong's period. When he heard that Gaozong was alive, he asked him to design organs in the mausoleum for himself, so that future generations would not be disturbed by Xiaoxiao. After Gaozong's death, he also disappeared from the world, and never heard from him again. There are very few Jikuo works by him now.

Jiang Xu looked at it for a while, and then began to explain.

There are only two small round holes on the top and bottom of this wooden cage, neither of which can be opened. The whole body is surrounded by five wooden fences. The wings of the little bird can move up and down, and other parts cannot move.

It was obvious that the little sparrow could only be taken out from the gap in the wooden fence, but the little sparrow's head was round and could only be stuck in the gap in the wooden fence. If you change the direction, the feet can come out first, but the wings will be caught by the wooden fence. If you move the wings and let the wings come out sideways, the body will be stuck again...

In short, no matter how you move it, if you leave one part, there will always be other parts stuck by the wooden fence.

Jiang Xu originally thought it was simple, but after fiddling with it for a while, he couldn't figure it out. He focused on his expression and tried his best to control his strength, so as not to destroy the mechanism directly if he was not careful.

The hour of half-burning incense is approaching, Ming Tan glanced at someone whose whole body was inexplicably cooling down, and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed in his heart.

The little girls who were watching just now were all whispering, this young man is very handsome, and he looks very confident, he will definitely be able to solve this mystery. She also thinks so, and is fully expecting her husband to show his supernatural powers and win the opportunity of Master Yunyan to give her.

"My lord, half a stick of incense has arrived." The stall owner reminded cautiously.

Jiang Xu didn't even raise his eyes: "It's time to buy half a stick of incense."

"G, okay, okay."

…

Seeing that the half stick of incense was about to burn out again, people around talked a lot, saying that this thing is a scam, and it is impossible to untie it.

Ming Tan stood aside and watched Jiang Xu untie for a long time, but saw some tricks. She tugged at Jiang Xu's sleeve, and couldn't help whispering: "Husband, why don't you let me try?"

Jiang Xu paused, and handed the organ to her: "It's a bit difficult."

She held it in her hand and didn't rush to move. First, she observed carefully for a while, and after confirming what she thought, she tried to change the direction of holding the wooden cage, and moved left and right very quickly, and finally Pressed his head from the inside out——

Out.

So fast? really came out?

Ming Tan himself was startled.

Needless to say, the rest of the people couldn't help being silent for a moment. Several people were unable to untie it before, but she started, and within a few breaths, she took Xiao Que'er out of the wooden cage, which was really unbelievable.

"Girl, have you ever played with this mechanism?"

"Yeah, how come it's so fast!"

"This can really be solved, how did you do it, have you seen it clearly? I was dazzled just now."

Others may not have seen it clearly, but Jiang Xu, who was standing beside him, could have seen it clearly.

In fact, since she changed the direction to take the wooden cage, he noticed the details that he had overlooked before, and also figured out the solution to this mechanism.

The five wooden rails on the top of the wooden cage are evenly enclosed at first glance, but the actual gaps are slightly different. The gap where the wood sparrow can be taken out is slightly wider than the side. Of course, the sequence of pulling out the wood sparrow parts The angle and angle are also very critical. If you make a wrong step, you will not be able to take it out smoothly.

There were discussions around, and even the boss wondered if she had played this mechanism before. Ming Tan said no, but everyone still didn't believe it.

But Jiang Xu knew that she couldn't have played it. All the works of Master Yun Yan are the only one, and this work is not recorded in "Mechanism Art". It should be done after hiding from the world. Know the solution before.

Ming Tan happily won the Bird in a Cage mechanism from the boss, and did not back down the ten taels of silver he bet on. He even told the boss the origin of the mechanism, and wanted to give him some more silver.

However, the boss was also honest, saying that the rules had been set early in the morning, and he felt sorry for not giving back the ten taels of silver.

Ming Tan thanked him. He was very happy to win the organ. After walking for a long time, Ming Tan didn't know what to think of, and suddenly slowed down, gently tugged at Jiang Xu's clothes, and asked cautiously, "Husband is angry?" ?"

Before getting married, the mother in the palace came to the mansion to teach that when a woman gets married, her husband must be put first in everything, especially in the royal family, she must never push herself in front of her husband. She used to learn seriously, but her husband used to her, after marrying into Dingbei Palace, she seemed to have done more than one or two things beyond the rules.

"Why are you angry? Is Princess Qi smarter than this king?"

Ming Tan nervously and sincerely explained: "I am not smarter than my husband, because I love to untangle Jiulianhuan, Kongmingsuo, and Lubansuo since I was a child... I just saw my husband playing with it for a long time, and I wanted to try one after I had observed the way. Try, I didn't expect it to be so smooth. In fact, if you give Husband some more time, Husband will definitely be able to do it."

Jiang Xu was about to say something, telling her not to be so cautious, he was not such a stingy person.

Then Ming Tan shook the mechanism in front of him again, and blinked: "If the husband is angry, can I give this to you, A Tan will try his best to hide his clumsiness in the future, so as not to let himself be smarter than the husband?"

When it came to "working hard to hide clumsiness", Ming Tan finally couldn't continue acting. He burst out laughing "噗嗤" and walked briskly forward with the opportunity he won, chanting "Why am I so smart", "I'm simply a little genius", "Such things as intelligence really can't be concealed"...

Jiang Xu looked at Ming Tan's back and paused for a moment. He might have lost his mind and went crazy to believe that his concubine would be so timid that she would feel uneasy because she stole his limelight.

It was getting dark, and the streets were gradually lit up.

Jiang Xu stepped forward, rubbed the head of a certain embarrassing little princess, took her hand, and led her to avoid the carriage that was speeding behind him.