Weinan Earl Zhang Kang readily found another famous restaurant in the capital to entertain Zhang Shou and his four companions. After they had a good meal, Lu Sanlang returned to the Imperial College with a smile on his face, and continued to be his talented and good student. When Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying and Zhu Er said goodbye to Zhang Kang and got on the carriage to go back, Zhu Ying could not help but be curious.
"A Shou, why did Zhang Kang look for you? This man has always been very low-key. He rarely goes to court. He even rarely interacts with my father and Duke Chu and Duke Qin. So when I heard that he invited you to Tingyu Xiaozhu, I really thought it was abnormal, so I decided to block him at his door!"
Zhu Er couldn't help but look sideways. He dared to block the door of the earl's house without knowing him. If it were me, I would kneel down if Zhang Kang glared at me. That's not all. I will definitely be punished by my grandmother when I go back. But Zhu Ying did this... Just look at Zhang Kang's behavior just now and you will know that she is simply helpless and indulgent. As for when she goes home, it's a miracle that her grandmother and stepmother will scold her!
There is a world of difference between men and women!
Zhang Shou could easily tell from Zhu Er's changing expression that the second young master was jealous and envious. Of course, he would not try to persuade him, but smiled and took out Zhang Kang's note and handed it to Zhu Ying.
"It's nothing serious. Weinan Bo was desperate and wanted to ask me to open a box. Maybe he didn't know where he found the treasure, so he was curious and wanted to open it. Look, it's a fourteen-ring lock with words."
After Zhu Ying took it and took a look at it, she couldn't help but hissed softly, "It's actually this kind of lock! I have several at home, but most of them only have three rings, or at most five rings. When I was a child, I was curious and played with them. Although each ring has four words, it took me a long time to finally open the three-ring lock. How long will it take to try this fourteen-ring lock?"
Zhu Er also came over to take a curious look, but then he pouted and said, "If you work hard enough, you can grind an iron rod into a needle. I don't believe that I can't open it even if I try stupid methods one by one!"
"I told Weinan Bo before that there are a total of 268,435,456 combinations. If we try them one by one, even if we have the fastest hands, we will have to try for a full ten years without sleep."
Zhu Er was startled. He stared at the note with wide eyes. Seeing Zhu Ying quickly return it to Zhang Shou as if it were a hot potato, he suddenly had an idea and laughed, "Yingying and I can't help with this matter. Lu Sanlang is almost the same!"
Zhang Shou knew that Zhu Er wanted to trick Lu Sanlang, so he laughed and said, "No one can help. It is said that even the teachers have not figured it out. As for me, Weinan Bo is just desperate. I will try it for a few days and then report to Weinan Bo that I can't do anything."
Hearing that Ge Yong had not figured it out either, Zhu Ying became excited: "Who knows! Were Grandpa Ge and his men helpless with the secret letters between the Linhai Camp and the traitors in the Ministry of War? Although Ah Shou may not be better than Grandpa Ge, you are luckier than him!"
Teacher Ge, are your ears itchy and you’re sneezing right now
Zhang Shou, who was in a dilemma, had such an idea in his mind, and then he shook his head and said, "It's easy as you say, but it's not that easy. Anyway, I don't have any expectations. But I proposed a trade condition to Weinan Bo. I want to see the world map of other countries besides Ming Dynasty. He agreed and said he would take me to see it tomorrow night."