Emperor Mingde originally wanted Wei Xi to avoid it, but now that he sees it, there is no need.After retiring the rest of the hall, Emperor Mingde took out the gift he had decided on after hesitating for a long time.Holding a small box no bigger than a palm, he handed it to Zong Xu, "This is the only thing your mother left me." ”Zong Xu was stunned when he heard this."
Let's open it and take a look."
Wei Xi was also curious about what it would be, but her seat happened to be opposite Zong Xu, so she simply got up quietly and walked around the table to the seat next to Zong Xu and sat down, and moved her seat by herself.Emperor Mingde saw her movements out of the corner of his eye, and the corner of his eye couldn't help twitching.He could guess what the daily relationship between these two people was like.Zong Xu took the box handed over by Emperor Mingde, there was a secret lock on the box, but it had been unlocked, and the lid only needed to be opened.Zong Xu didn't move for a long time.Emperor Mingde and Wei Xi were also quietly waiting beside them.The tea in the cup slowly cooled, and Wei Xi poured out the tea and poured another cup of hot one.Zong Xu pursed his lips, held his breath and opened the lid.Wei Xi took the teacup and leaned over to look over.When I saw the contents of the box, I was stunned."
This is, Xuanwu?"
The turtle back snake body, put in the box is half a palm size, carved with I don't know what material, black with blue gold, the carving is a little simple, but very charming.Emperor Mingde's voice sounded slowly, "Your mother is from the Tianhe Water Department, the most mysterious tribe in the eastern part of Dayong, the emperor should have known about it a long time ago, right?"
Back then, the patriarch of the Tianhe Water tribe crossed the Tianhe River to send your mother to Dayong and relatives, and your mother's dowry was only such a stone carving Xuanwu.I studied it for a long time with a stonemason, but I didn't see anything unusual about this stone carving, so I kept it in the treasury.I also know that the only concern you have for me and my harem is probably only your mother's things, so this stone carving Xuanwu should be regarded as a belated birthday gift and given to the emperor. ”"Thank you, father," Zong Xu closed the lid and looked at Emperor Mingde with some stunned eyes, his eyebrows moved slightly, "This gift is very much in line with my heart." ”Coming out of the Yongshou Palace, Wei Xi looked at Zong Xu, who was a little silent, "Your Majesty." ”"Huh?""
Have you ever wondered why the tribal patriarch of the Tianhe Water Department sent your mother to Dayong and kiss?
Obviously, Dayong and the Tianhe Water Department are separated by the Tianhe River moat, and the Tianhe Water Department has been silent without any disputes, and Dayong will not spend too many soldiers and horses to cross the Tianhe River, so Dayong and the Tianhe Water Department, which should be well water, why do they suddenly want to make peace?
”Zong Xu shook his head, "I've thought about it, but I can't think of a reason.The only person in this world who can know the answer should be the patriarch of the Tianheshui tribe who doesn't know that he is still alive. ”Wei Xi: "But if you want to see her, you have to cross the Tianhe." ”"Yes," Zong Xu smiled bitterly, "This is destined to be an unsolvable answer." ”Wei Xi pointed to the small box in Zong Xu's hand, "Your Majesty, when I go back, can I study that stone carving Xuanwu?"
”Zong Xu nodded and handed the box over, "Why do you want to study it?"
”"I always thought that the only dowry would be of some use."
Back at Fengyi Palace, Wei Xi first asked Zong Xu to take a bath, and he walked to the window with the box, and solemnly opened it after sitting down.Bathed in the moonlight, Wei Xi found that the black stone carving Xuanwu turtle shell that he had seen in the room would fade to black and turn into a complete blue-gold.When Xiao Qi came in, he saw his queen mother lying on the table, "What are you looking at?"
”Wei Xi straightened up instantly, blinked his somewhat pantothenic eyes, and turned his head to look at her, "Xiao Qi, you go and get a small mirror." ”Xiao Qi limped to the dresser on the other side, flipped through a small mirror for a while, walked to Wei Xi and handed it over, "Niangniang." ”Immediately, he found something in front of Wei Xi."
This turtle" Wei Xi took the small mirror and glared at her when he heard her name, "What turtle, this is Xuanwu." ”Xiao Qi: "Niangniang forgives her sins, and her subordinates are clumsy." ”Wei Xi took a small mirror around the stone carving Xuanwu and refracted the light on the stone carving Xuanwu's body with the candle next to him."
Niangniang, what is this Xuanwu carved from, the turtle shell is actually cyan, and there are a lot of golden dots in it."
Wei Xi wanted to say that if she knew, she wouldn't have to look at this Xuanwu, her eyes hurt after looking at it for so long."
Go get me a stack of paper and pens.""
A stack?""
Yes, the more the merrier."
Xiao Qi took the order to go out, and after a while, he came in with a palm-thick phoenix pattern paper, and a set of pens commonly used by Wei Xi, "Niangniang, this is all the paper in the palace, if it is still not enough, my subordinates will send some tomorrow." ”Wei Xi picked out a hard pen, took out another piece of paper and put it on his right hand, and nodded when he heard the words, "Send it, send more." ”Xiao Qi took the order to go down.When Zong Xu came out in his bedclothes, he saw Wei Xi holding a small mirror in his left hand and a pen in his right hand to write non-stop, and occasionally moved the position of the candlestick on the table, and he was very busy.He walked over and saw that there was a familiar stone carving Xuanwu on the table, or a stone carving Xuanwu with a turtle shell changing color.After looking at it for a while, he couldn't understand what Wei Xi was doing, so he had to ask, "What is Xi Xi doing?"
”Wei Xi heard the voice above his head and ignored him.When she counted the numbers, she put down her pen and pointed to the Xuanwu, "Your Majesty, look at it, the color has changed." ”Zong Xu nodded, looked at the moonlight shining in outside the window, and then looked at the candlestick and mirror, "Its turtle shell will change color when it encounters light, huh?"
There are also small golden dots of light inside.When it was opened next to the candlestick of Yongshou Palace before, it was only faintly tinged with blue gold, could it be that it would only change color when it was illuminated by the moonlight?
”Wei Xi hummed lightly, "Now it is certain that the color of this turtle shell will become very thorough under the moonlight, and only the blue and gold can be faintly seen under the light of the candle flame, but I don't know if it will change color under the sun." ”"I'll see it tomorrow when the sun shines."
Zong Xu clicked on the pieces of paper that were densely drawn by Wei Xi, "But what is this?"
”"I'm trying to figure out if there is a pattern to these little golden dots of light.But it's too much, and I'm afraid it won't be enough for a while. ”Zong Xu: ""Empress," he put his hand on the stone carving Xuanwu, "you should go to the bath and go to bed." ”Wei Xi looked up stunned, "What time is it?"
”"It's more than halfway there."
Wei Xi was about to pick up the pen and continue to calculate, but when he heard the words, he got up, "Then I'll go take a bath." ”After Zong Xu waited for Wei Xi to leave, he put the things on the table in order one by one, and finally took a piece of paper full of various symbols, and after reading it for a while, he put it down and stopped forcing himself.His gaze then fell on the stone carving.The world says that the water department of the Tianhe River is mysterious, and no one has been able to cross the Tianhe River for hundreds of years.But he felt that his queen was even more mysterious than the Tianhe Water Department.What kind of wonderful place does the heavenly soul of his family come from?
After waiting for a stick of incense, before there was movement in the bath, Zong Xu got up and walked to the bath room, and gently picked up the queen who had slept in the bathtub again.Put on his bedclothes, dry his hair, and do all this skillfully, and then put the person on the bed, and he himself put out the candle and lay down.The sun was shining the next day.Wei Xi put the stone carving basalt under the noon sun, looked at it quietly for a while, saw that it was still black, and finally came to a conclusion."
The sun's rays don't work against it."
Wei Xi couldn't help but pat his forehead.Thinking that in the future, if you want to calculate the distribution of those small gold dots in the turtle shell, can you only calculate it when the moonlight is shining?
It would have to be counted as the Year of the Monkey, and there would not be enough moonlight every night for her to see all the little golden dots.The problem lay in front of him, and Wei Xi couldn't help but look up at the sky.Gritting her teeth, she still doesn't believe that she can't solve it!
In the afternoon, when Wei Xi accompanied Zong Xu to criticize the folds, he talked about the problem he encountered.Zong Xu was silent for a while after hearing this, "Do you have to count?"
”Wei Xi nodded, "I think it will really be useful." ”Facing Shang Weixi's somewhat stubborn gaze, Zong Xu pursed his lips and thought about it seriously, "Can you rub those golden dots on the paper?"
”"No," Wei Xi also thought about this method, "Paper is just a flat surface, and it can only be drawn on one surface of the golden dots, but the turtle shell is not just one side, it is not only uneven, the two points of light may be one from above, and from the side they are two on the top and one on the other, and paper can't do this." ”"What if you don't use paper?""
No paper," Wei Xi muttered repeatedly, "Then what's the thing, it doesn't need to be colorless, but it has to be transparent, and you can also point the gold dot I want anywhere inside?"
”She said that her eyes fell on the tea in front of her, watching the tea leaves rise and fall.Zong Xu also followed Wei Xi's gaze and saw the teacup.The two looked at each other and said in unison: "Water." ”