Jiapingguan Chronicle

"There are no rules, and they are not all necessary." Zhen Buhui, who had been listening to everyone's words, raised his head and smiled, and said, "Those things are to prevent outsiders from entering, but from what you said about this dark room, There is no possibility for outsiders to enter, so there is no need to set up these barriers. It is not necessary, and if you set them up, you will hurt yourself."

"That's true." Shen Cha nodded and looked at Mr. Jiang again, "After opening the darkroom door, can we see what we want to see?"

"Of course it's not that simple, is it? Open the door of this darkroom. You need to go in with candlesticks or lanterns. There are places to place candlesticks and hang lanterns along the way. You can take a few more and hang them all along the corridor. , so that it can be as bright as day, and you don’t have to worry about what to do if there are only one or two candles or one or two lanterns suddenly go out.”

"Along the corridor?" Shen Cha touched his chin, "In other words, after entering this door, we still need to walk for a while, right? So is this darkroom actually quite far away from the small warehouse?"

"I don't know if it's very far, but it's really not close anyway." Jiang Erye nodded slightly, "It does take a while, and you'll be there after turning three or four turns. This corridor is lined with a Made of special stone bricks, it is fireproof, waterproof, and invulnerable.”

"We all understand waterproofing and fireproofing, but invulnerability is a bit exaggerated, isn't it?" Uncle Qi, who had been listening to them silently, couldn't laugh or cry after listening to Jiang Erye's words. He really couldn't listen anymore and said, "What are stone bricks?" Invulnerable?"

"Diamond."

"Diamond? What is this?"

"A very hard stone." Shen Cha explained to Qi Bo, "In the four borders of Daxia, except for the southern border which is close to the sea and needs to build a sea defense line, the walls of the seven border towns in the other three borders are all mixed with a large number of Made of diamond, including Jiaping Pass where we are."

"To be precise, it should have been when my father was building the city wall. I don't know who inspired him. I'm sure it wasn't the master, but someone else. But I can't remember clearly. That person suggested my father to do this. My father I thought it made sense, so I added a large amount of diamonds to the materials for building the city wall. Later I found that such a city wall was more indestructible than the previous ones and was the most effective against brave enemies like Liao and Jin. This news was passed back. Xijing City and other border gates also began to follow suit. After experiencing the benefits in actual combat, they were gradually accepted by everyone." Shen Haolin smiled and added, "A few years ago, the walls of Xijing City collapsed due to heavy rains, and they were renovated. At times, diamonds were also used. Including this time, when the city wall of Wangxin Town was repaired, Uncle Dai Wang and my master also used this."

"So that's it." Uncle Qi nodded, raised his eyebrows at Second Master Jiang, and said, "This is something we have never heard before, right?"

"Hmm!" Mr. Jiang nodded, "It seems that there are people who specialize in the arts. We don't know anything about this aspect." He thought for a while, "If the previous royal family used this kind of thing to defend On the city wall, we might not end up like that."

"If they did that, it would be our ancestors who would be unlucky." Shen Cha chuckled, "Since they used diamonds in the darkroom and the corridors of the darkroom, it seems that the things inside are for them. very important."

"Yes!" Mr. Jiang nodded slightly, "It is extremely important to them and it is absolutely impossible for outsiders to know about it. Some of them are not even clear to me."

"Is this the real royal secret?"

Seeing Second Master Jiang's mysterious smile, Shen Cha and Jin Miaomiao's reactions were particularly genuine. The two of them grabbed a small stool and sat directly in front of Second Master Jiang, looking at him eagerly.

"You two..." Mr. Jiang looked at the two of them and really didn't know how to describe them. "You don't hide your gossip at all." "Of course!" Jin Miaomiao waved towards the excited Mei Lin. Waved, "Who in this world doesn't like royal secrets? This is Hongye putting the child to bed. If she were here, her reaction would be stronger than ours."

"If Hongye is not here, it's fine if I am here. After all, I am also very keen to hear this." Xue Ruitian also came over, "Second Grandpa, please tell us more. Tell us what you saw in the darkroom. Wait until we return to Beijing. After that, I went to show off to His Majesty and Xiaobaizi, making them feel very sad as to why they didn’t know these interesting things before us. They should obviously be the ones who get the most out of the water first, right?”

Second Master Jiang looked at these little dogs, blinked at his children with big watery eyes, and shook his head helplessly.

"Okay, let me tell you." He thought for a while and looked at the pictures on the board. "You have all written down these, right? Can I erase them?"

"Write it down." Shen Cha glanced at Merlin, who nodded towards her, "You can erase it."

Second Master Jiang grunted, erased the drawings on the board, picked up the charcoal, symbolically drew a corridor and a small door, and said, "After turning a few corners, we will see We arrived at a small door, but this small door was not as wide as before. In fact, this corridor became narrower and narrower as we walked. From the beginning, it was only wide enough to accommodate three people walking side by side. By the end, it could only be It can only accommodate one person. When you get to the small door, it is already very narrow."

"Actually, there is a limit on the number of people. If there are many people, you can only walk back and forth, not left and right." Xue Ruitian thought for a while and said, "I have a guess, I don't know if it is right. Is this just an import, and the export is actually Somewhere else?"

"You have to say it's Xiaotian, right?" Mr. Jiang walked over and slapped Xue Ruitian, "That's true, but we'll talk about the export later. Let's talk about what this little door should be first. How to get in."

"Um..." Zhen Buhui, who was in charge of painting, stretched out his paw weakly at this time, "I've finished painting. Can you two check it?"

Second Master Jiang and Uncle Qi turned to Zhen Buhui at the same time. They carefully inspected Zhen Buhui's work. After checking every one of them, they lightly patted Zhen Buhui's shoulder.

"Well done, now just wait until this thing dries completely and then apply the second coat."

"Okay!" Zhen Buhui felt very comfortable after being praised. He stood up and stretched, "I went to sit next to you, but Nian accidentally broke this."

"You can lie down on the imperial concubine's couch for a while and rest."

Second Master Jiang watched Zhen Buhui climb onto his imperial concubine's bed and take a nap with his eyes closed. He turned around and gently poked the board next to him.

"Let's continue talking about how to open the door of this dark room."