Xie Xuanchen looked up and looked at her very strangely. After Mu Mingtang reacted, he quickly waved his hand: "Don't get me wrong, I haven't used it before, I just learned to prepare for emergencies. Anyway, it's fine now, so don't get your hopes up, I'll give it a try."
In fact, Xie Xuanchen doesn't quite believe it. The shackles made by the imperial court, temples and prisons are so easy to open. However, Xie Xuanchen is not very good at dealing with women. He couldn't deal with his mother back then. Now that Mu Mingtang speaks, he is embarrassed to refuse.
Xie Xuanchen stretched out his right hand and let Mu Mingtang toss. Mu Mingtang saw him stop with one hand in the air, and the heavy handcuffs were all supported by his single arm, Mu Mingtang was tired looking at it, and said, "My lord, why don't you put it on the bed, and I will sit on the foot. Just open."
"It's okay." Xie Xuanchen didn't care, "Just do your thing."
With such a stubborn temper, Mu Mingtang stopped talking, nodded and said, "Okay."
Mu Mingtang fiddled with himself, but Xie Xuanchen didn't even bother to look at it, and said, "How can the lock of the imperial court be so easy to open. I need to be more careful about this one, it is all cast with black iron, and the lock cylinder inside is specially made, There are only two keys in the world, and there is no way to imitate them. They must be used together to open. Ordinary thieves can only pick the locks of the people. How can the locks of the imperial court be opened.
At this time, there was a faint sound of clicking, and Mu Mingtang quickly held up the handcuffs and said, "I'm off."
Xie Xuanchen didn't say anything. Although he wanted to break free from the shackles in his dreams, he was a son of a high-ranking official. Folk thieves can only open the locks of ordinary people, how can the locks used by the imperial court be opened
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, Xie Xuanchen hadn't reacted. It was very difficult for Mu Mingtang to hold the iron cuffs alone. Xie Xuanchen was so surprised that he didn't even react to get one for her.
Mu Mingtang slowly put the iron ring on the bed, Xie Xuanchen lightly held his hand, and he looked down at his wrist, still feeling unbelievable.
"you… "
Mu Mingtang smiled very modestly: "I'm not really good at it, so I just tried it. I didn't expect it to happen."
In order to take care of Xie Xuanchen's sensitive heart, Mu Mingtang deliberately said it very modestly. In fact, the masters are in the folk, especially the skilled craftsmen, who are all mixed up in the market.
That was the case with the old thief who taught her to open the lock. The city of Xiangyang was broken, and everyone had no capital to survive, so they could only flee in a hurry. The old thief was reluctant to teach it at first, but when he was halfway through, he was afraid that he would not be able to survive and that his family's craftsmanship would be cut off, so he reluctantly taught Mu Mingtang.
In the words of the old thief: "Old thief, I don't expect you to carry it forward, and don't say that you are my descendant in the future. I am afraid that the craft will be lost, so I teach you this outsider. No, it's none of my business."
Unexpectedly, Mu Mingtang used it in this place, which is also a strange fate.
Xie Xuanchen stared at her for a long time without blinking. He suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the thing."
"what?"
"Your tool for unlocking."
Mu Mingtang hurriedly presented the thin gold wire in his hand, Xie Xuanchen took it in his hand, and looked around. Seeing that he was looking carefully, Mu Mingtang leaned forward proudly and said, "It's made of pure gold. I specially twisted it from the jewelry."
Is this a problem with gold? Xie Xuanchen glanced suspiciously at Mu Mingtang, re-cuffed the handcuffs that had fallen off, and held the thin gold wire to the keyhole for an interview.
"How did you open it?"
"It's very simple. Go inside, feel the position of the marbles, fiddle with the harder marbles, and the effective marbles are flattened, and that's all."
Xie Xuanchen fiddled for a long time without moving. He was completely at a loss, and asked, "There are several beads in it, which one to dial?"
"The ones that are tougher and more energetic."
Energetic? What is this description? Xie Xuanchen has been testing it for a long time, but he still thinks that all beads are the same. If Xie Xuanchen hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have suspected that Mu Mingtang was playing with him. Xie Xuanchen tried again for a long time, and all declared failure. He handed the gold wire to Mu Mingtang and stared at her closely: "Come again."
"Oh." Mu Mingtang responded, saying that he was about to move the iron ring on the bed. Xie Xuanchen suddenly stopped her and stretched out his other hand: "Try this."
Mu Mingtang has no opinion. The two lock cylinders are really different, and the inner structure is very complicated. Mu Mingtang slowly moved the marbles and calculated the positions of several marbles. In the end, he didn't know where they hit, and there was another slight click.
This time, without having to say anything from Mu Mingtang, Xie Xuanchen also felt that the lock was opened. He broke the Xuan iron ring apart with his own hands, and was speechless for a moment.
Xie Xuanchen didn't speak, and Mu Mingtang didn't dare to speak. After a while, she defended herself in a low voice: "It's really the first time I've unlocked someone, I haven't tried it before."
Mu Mingtang intended to explain, but Xie Xuanchen felt more complicated when he listened to it. He sighed and suddenly asked, "What business did your family do before?"
"Antiques. Vase, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, make some."
"Then how did you open the lock?"
"I learned this from a thief on the road."
It is still learned on the road, not taught from childhood. Xie Xuanchen sighed and completely gave up being honest with Mu Mingtang.
"Okay, you can open the other two as you feel."
After Mu Mingtang unlocked the lock, he stood at the foot of the bed and looked at Xie Xuanchen, suddenly afraid to speak. The two of them were silent for a long time, and finally Mu Mingtang whispered, "My lord, the lock is open, do you want to get up and walk?"
This pair of cuffs and chains was a magic stun that he could not forget even when he was in a coma, but at this moment, Xie Xuanchen suddenly didn't dare to move. Mu Mingtang stood by and watched silently. After a while, she smiled and said, "I was too careless. The lord has been ill for a long time, so he should rest slowly, so he can't be in a hurry. Yes, Lord, don't take it to heart."
Before Mu Mingtang finished speaking, he suddenly saw Xie Xuanchen supporting the bed and was about to stand up. Mu Mingtang was startled, and hurried over to help him, but was pushed away by Xie Xuanchen: "No need."
It didn't take long for Xie Xuanchen to wake up, and just standing up, he spent almost all his energy. But he insisted not to let Mu Mingtang help him, so he sat on the edge of the bed for a long time, tried several times, and was about to leave the bed.
Just as he stood firm, his body was shaky, and Mu Mingtang quickly stepped forward to support him. With her support, Xie Xuanchen only took two steps forward, but he could not move weakly. Mu Mingtang quickly helped him back and covered him with a quilt: "My lord, it's okay, take your time."
Xie Xuanchen had been in a coma for too long, and even if there was no problem with his limbs, he was still weak after walking two steps. Mu Mingtang fetched water and helped him to feed it carefully: "Your Highness has just woken up and is too weak, so he has no strength. Just wait and raise it again. Anyway, the chain has been opened, and we will have time in the future."
Xie Xuanchen's face was pale, and the color on his lips was so pale that there was almost no color on his lips: "I can't even walk two steps now. It's no different from a crippled person, and the chain can't be opened, so what's the difference."
"There's no difference." Mu Mingtang sat on the foot slowly, her ru skirt spread out on the ground, brightly colored like a begonia.
"You just woke up, you are too weak, and you will be fine in the future." She said, smiling deliberately, "If you want me to say, even if the prince is weak now, he is already stronger than many people. Such a heavy chain , I can't hold it with both hands, and you can lift it up with just a raise of your hand."
This kind of comfort is too clumsy, Xie Xuanchen twitched the corners of his mouth at will, and said, "It's not like this. Judging by the standard of ordinary people, my current body seems to be okay. But compared with me before, it is far worse. "
Mu Mingtang actually understands this truth. Tigers and rabbits are not in the same evaluation standard from the beginning. Xie Xuanchen used to be famous, and the name of God of War was spread by word of mouth. Everyone was keen to comment on geniuses. Now geniuses have suddenly fallen, and public opinion is harsher than ordinary people who have never been famous.
Especially Xie Xuanchen himself. He knows what he used to be like best, and now he is so weak that he needs someone to help him even when he walks. He is the hardest to accept. Mu Mingtang was speechless, and he seemed weak when he said anything now. Mu Mingtang stood up, took away the water cup, and covered Xie Xuanchen with the quilt again, and said, "I have never believed in destiny and destiny since I was a child. You can live well anywhere. It is no accident that a genius can surpass so many people when he is a child. When he grows up, as long as he is willing, he will still be a genius."
Xie Xuanchen didn't answer, he looked extremely tired and had closed his eyes. Mu Mingtang didn't leave, and waited for a while. After seeing that Xie Xuanchen was sleeping peacefully, he quietly tucked Xie Xuanchen into the corner.
Xie Xuanchen seemed to have fallen asleep and didn't respond at all. Mu Mingtang felt that Xie Xuanchen's attitude towards life and death was very contradictory. He noticed that there was a problem in the porridge in a coma, and he refused to drink the porridge despite starving to death. But when he woke up, he seemed to be certain that he would die.
I heard that his mother was killed by Emperor Gong of the Later Jin, and his father died mysteriously. The dignified coach pointed his sharp blade at his comrades who once fought side by side, Xie Xuanchen must have a deep sense of guilt for himself. So his instinct struggled to survive, but his reason couldn't accept himself like this.
Looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar face, Mu Mingtang couldn't help but whisper softly: "To deter strong enemies from outside, and to control the lords from within, is worthy of the king's name Wu'an. Now there are Rong enemies in the north, Tubo in the west, Dali in the south, and so on. There are still Uighurs and Western Xia, surrounded by powerful enemies, and after the sixteen states of Youyun were cut off, they are still the territory of foreigners. Although today's sages are widely spoken, they emphasize literature and suppress martial arts. Still living in precarious situations. The Ye Dynasty needs you, and the world needs you.”
Xie Xuanchen's eyelashes were closed quietly, without any response, he seemed to have fallen asleep. Mu Mingtang paused for a while, and said softly, "I need you too. I offended Jiang Mingwei, and as long as I am single, she will never let me go. It is rare for me to raise my eyebrows like this. What a shame, what a shame."
Mu Mingtang suddenly choked up, tilted his head to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in a low voice, "The road is all made by people, it's good to stand up when you fall. You have always been the hero who turned the tide by yourself in my mind. , I will always accompany the prince."