Takeda Mayumi still didn’t quite understand what it meant, “What’s the purpose of doing this?”

"To avoid suspicion," he said, "I will try to find someone to open this hairpin. If the map inside is useful to you and does no harm to the Tang Dynasty, then I will put it back intact. If the map inside will harm the Tang Dynasty,

, I will try to change it."

There was a slight pause at this point, and then he said again, "The Iga Mitsuko who is in the prison has probably seen the map in the hairpin. If you rescue her, get her to a safe place, and take a closer look, she will

It was discovered that the map had been altered."

"I understand what you mean," Takeda Mayumi suddenly realized. "You wanted her to open the hairpin with her own hands, but you gave them the map before she could examine it carefully, thereby misleading them. And I have not touched that map, even if one day

If they find out that the map is wrong, they won't implicate me."

Takeda Mayumi called the other envoys to the Tang Dynasty "them" instead of "us", which made him feel happy, "Yes, according to my speculation, the map hidden in this hairpin is probably the hiding place of something that Japan wants to steal from the Tang Dynasty.

" ??

"I believe you and agree with your approach," Takeda Mayumi said with a tangled face, "But they are my tribe after all..."

Takeda Mayumi interrupted her before she could finish her words, "Don't worry, I will let them work in vain at most, and I will never let them fly into the flames."

"Okay." Takeda Mayumi was relieved.

"Time is tight, you go back first," he said, "regardless of whether I open the hairpin or not, I will put the hairpin under the locust tree before the third quarter of the night."

Takeda Mayumi left the table and walked towards the door, "The Iga family's mechanism skills are famous in Japan. If you fail to open the hairpin, how will you deal with it?"

After thinking for a while, he said, "At the fourth watch, I will send a female agent over. This person is a nun. She uses the Hanyue Sword that I used before. It is easy to identify. If she nods slightly at you, it means

I have already opened the hairpin. If she shakes her head slightly at you, it means that I have not opened the hairpin. No matter what the situation is, you should not hand the hairpin to Iga Mitsuko with your own hands. The other two envoys to the Tang Dynasty will give the hairpin to Iga Mitsuko.

He Guangzi and open it, then the female detective will try to snatch the map."

"Okay," Takeda Mayumi nodded, "No matter what the outcome is, I have to leave in the middle of the night today."

"You know where I live. I will definitely not leave Chang'an within half a year. If you have anything to do, you can always come to Chang'an to find me," he said. "Even if I leave Chang'an, I will still carve an inscription on the beam of my current residence."

My place to go.”

Takeda Mayumi nodded heavily.

Time was running out, and there was no room for the two of them to say goodbye, so they reached out and opened the door, and went downstairs with Takeda Mayumi.

After going downstairs, the two of them headed southwest, and Takeda Mayumi returned to Tibet.

Wherever he was, he took the hairpin directly to Taiping Inn.

The Tian Ping Inn is a pawn shop, and the six shopkeepers are able to appraise all kinds of strange and strange objects. You cannot do this without being well-informed.

Since it was already night, Taiping Inn only had Song Cai, the shopkeeper on the third floor, on duty for the night. When he arrived, he found Song Cai and got straight to the point, "Does our Taiping Inn have anyone who is good at creating objects?"

Leng Buding asked, Song Cai was a little confused, but he did not ask back, "Back at my employer, I have a little knowledge of mechanical artifacts, and I will be the one to identify and appraise any artifacts with strange skills and ingenuity."

He was overjoyed when he heard this. He didn't want too many people to know about it. Since Song Cai was involved in agency creations, there was no need to alert other shopkeepers.

He took out the hairpin from his arms and handed it to Song Cai, "Shopkeeper Song, look at this hairpin."

Song Cai took the hairpin with both hands and looked at it with a frown, "My boss, if I'm not mistaken, this hairpin should have been made by the Iga family of Japan..."

Seeing that Song Cai was very familiar with hairpins, he became even more happy, "Shopkeeper Song is really a sharp eye, can you open this hairpin?"

Song Cai did not answer immediately. Instead, he walked to the door and bolted the door. Then he returned to the table and lit two oil lamps. He looked back and forth by the bright firelight. After looking at it, he put it close to his ear and shook it slightly. Then he leaned in again.

Go to your nose and smell deeply.

Seeing Song Cai's brows furrowed, he was very nervous and asked, "How?"

Song Cai spoke up and said, "Back to my boss, this hairpin has four layers. The outer layer is this thin layer of silver skin, which plays a decorative role. The second layer is a thin iron sheet. The iron blocks Yin and Yang. The second layer is made of iron sheet.

It is designed to prevent the spiritual energy perception of purple energy masters. The third layer must be phosphorus stone powder. The phosphorus stone burns when exposed to the wind. It is designed to prevent someone from forcibly destroying the hairpin. The innermost layer is hollow and is used to store important letters. If

If there is a mistake in the order of opening, the phosphorite powder will be mixed with the letter, and the moment the hairpin is opened, the letter will be burned."

"You're right, can it be opened safely?" he asked.

"No," Song Cai pointed at the hairpin and said, "The Taiping Inn has only received one similar utensil in these years. This is the second one. The other one was opened by my father and his old boss together. Now my father has passed away.

My old club is not in the city either."

Hearing this, he was disappointed, "Since you can explain the origin of this thing in one sentence, you must also know something about it."

Song Cai shook his head and said, "I only heard my father talk about this kind of artifact from the Japanese country, but I have never seen it with my own eyes before.

"

Seeing that Song Cai couldn't open it, he could only think of another way, "Do you know anyone in Chang'an who can open this hairpin?"

"As far as I know, there is none," Song Cai shook his head and said, "The art of mechanism comes from the Mohist school. The Mohist school is the best in the art of creating organs in the world. The art of creation of the Iga family of the Japanese country was also brought back to the Japanese country after they sent envoys from the Tang Dynasty to learn the art from the Mohist school. It's a pity.

The Moh family is not prosperous and is far away in Yuzhou. Seeing that my employer is so anxious, I think it will be too late to go to Yuzhou to find the Moh family."

Hearing this, he frowned. In fact, the second brother, Li Zhongyong, was also very good at the art of mechanism creation, but Li Zhongyong was far away in Jiangbei and had no time to go for help.

Song Cai guessed from his solemn expression that the contents of the hairpin were very important to him, but he was indeed not sure about opening the hairpin safely. Even if he wanted to share the Lord's worries, he was unable to do so.

Time was running out, so I didn't care about being frustrated and lost, but I was thinking anxiously in my mind. After a while, I suddenly remembered something, "Where is the hairpin from before?"

"It's not in the warehouse's account," Song Cai shook his head and said, "This kind of hairpin is made of crude materials. Although it is rare, it is not valuable. It has not even been recorded in the account. I only heard it mentioned by my late father."

"You just said that the hairpin was opened by your father and his old club together?" asked... .??.??

Song Cai nodded.

"The old boss you are talking about refers to Mr. Ni?" asked.

Song Cai nodded again.

"Is it possible that the hairpin from before was taken away by Mr. Ni?" he asked again.

"There is a possibility that my old club likes to collect such things," Song Cai said.

Hope once again arose in his heart. That day, he was invited by Ni Zhuo to go to the study room in the west courtyard to view the relics left by the beggar who came from a thousand years later. There were a large number of wooden shelves in Ni Zhuo's study room, and the wooden shelves were all filled with wooden storage boxes.

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"If you find the hairpin from before, can you open the one in front of you?" he asked.

Song Cai did not answer immediately. He pondered for a moment before slowly nodding, "It should be okay."

"Let's go, follow me to Ni Mansion." He put away the hairpin, got up from his seat.

Song Cai followed behind.

Leaving the Taiping Inn, he walked quickly, followed closely by Song Cai. He also had spiritual energy cultivation, and it was not low. The reason why he lit the oil lamp before was just to see more clearly, not because he could not see at night.

Although Ni Zhuo moved away with his family, all the servants and servants in the mansion stayed behind. Everyone knew that he was Ni Zhuo's son-in-law. Seeing him and Song Cai arriving, they hurriedly opened the door to let them in.

What Ling didn't expect was that there were two agents from Yushitai patrolling the Ni Mansion at night. After asking, he found out that both of them were sent by Datou.

, he had previously asked Datou to be in charge of the Ni family's business, and the Ni family's house was also the property of the Ni family. Datou didn't think it through, and was worried about attracting thieves, so he sent a policeman to guard it at night.

He took Song Cai directly to the west courtyard. The west courtyard has the main house and the east and west wings. When he came last time, a dark-skinned female Kunlun slave lived in the east wing, and a blond and blue-eyed foreigner lived in the west wing.

Both of them followed the Ni family to the Western Regions. At this time, the entire Western Courtyard was dark.

Looking around, I found that all the rooms were locked, and even the main room, which was originally unlocked, was also locked. The key should be in the hall, but I was too lazy to look for it, so I just broke the lock and pushed the door open.

Some of the drawers in the main room were opened. It was not that thieves were invited, but that some of them were taken away by Ni Tuo. What was placed in which drawer of the wooden frame was recorded in the ledger. At this time, the ledger was placed on the table.

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Song Cai must have never been to this place, but he knew the rules very well and did not look around or walk around. After entering, he stopped at the door and lowered his eyebrows.

There were two braziers in the house. After lighting the braziers, he went straight to the table and quickly looked through the account books on the table. His guess was right. Ni Zhuo had indeed taken some things from the house. Whatever he took away would be listed under the directory.

Write something.

The account book was compiled based on the morning and evening of the collection date. The previous hairpin was collected earlier, so after only turning two pages, I saw "Iga Hairpin."

According to the specific location marked on the ledger, he found the drawer containing Iga's hairpin. He opened the drawer and found a hairpin exactly like the one in his hand. However, the hairpin in the drawer at this time was

Divided into two.

Unexpectedly, there was also a detailed explanation in the drawer, including who made the hairpin, what's so special about it, and the detailed assembly and disassembly methods.

With this detailed explanation, even without Song Cai, he was still 70% sure of dismantling the hairpin. However, he did not take risks and instead called Song Cai over. The two of them deliberated together based on the detailed explanation written by Ni Zhuo back then.

After a while, he opened the hairpin without any risk, and sure enough, there was a thin roll of silk hidden inside.

After opening the hairpin, Song Cai immediately turned around and walked towards the door, "My boss, I'll wait for you outside the door."

"It's okay, you don't have to avoid suspicion." To stay.

Despite his words to persuade him to stay, Song Cai still walked out of the study.

He carefully rolled out the roll of silk, and the first thing he saw was a row of small characters. What he didn't expect was that these small characters were not Japanese characters, nor the regular script commonly used in the Tang Dynasty, but the small seal script of the Qin Dynasty.

He can also read Xiaozhuan, but he needs to read it carefully.
Chapter completed!