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Chapter 193 Do You Know the Mysteries of the World

In front of the gate of Jiang Anhou's mansion, Xia Jingyun led the crowd to stand in front of the gate.

A carriage stopped in front of them, and two maids were accompanying the carriage, followed by a group of imperial guards.

The palace maid lifted the curtain of the car, and Nanny Yuan appeared in front of everyone with the little boy Dongfang Bai, the king of Jiaodong County.

Stepping off the horse stool, Nanny Yuan smiled and looked at Xia Jingyun who was about to salute, and raised her hand, "Young Master Xia, everyone, there is no need to be too polite, let's go into the mansion and talk about it."

There were many people at the gate of the Hou's mansion, and they didn't say much, they entered the mansion together and sat down in the main hall.

The little brat naturally sat in the main seat, and Nanny Yuan accompanied her, looking at Xia Jingyun who was first on the left, "Young Master Xia, Madam knew that this matter must be due to you, so she asked the maidservant to bring the king of Jiaodong County to thank you in person."

After speaking, Nanny Yuan looked at the little boy, "Your Highness."

The little kid pretended not to hear, and looked up at the sky.

Nanny Yuan's expression froze, and her face gradually sank, "Your Highness, this servant will report your every move to the empress when I go back."

The little boy's face collapsed, he pouted, jumped off the chair which was still a bit high for him, walked up to Xia Jingyun, and bowed perfunctorily, "Thank you."

Yuan Nanny snorted coldly, "Your Highness!"

The little kid gave her a bitter look, and was about to speak when Xia Jingyun smiled, "No need."

He looked at Nanny Yuan, "My uncle educated him, sister won't be angry, right?"

Nanny Yuan beamed with joy, completely ignoring the kid's collapsed face, "Your Majesty must be very happy to have Mr. Xia personally pointing it out!"

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the little kid was about to run away, but Xia Jingyun, who had been prepared for a long time, grabbed him, put him under his arm, and walked towards the study.

"Help! There are traitors here, you don't want to save them! I will report to the emperor and the concubine when I go back, and punish you!"

The officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army standing at the door turned a deaf ear, just like stone carvings, only fools got involved!
Feng Xiuyun was a little worried, "Nurse Yuan, are you okay?"

Yuan Nanny smiled playfully, "Aren't you still worried about your Mr. Ruyi? Your Majesty asked His Highness to come down this time, I'm afraid that's what she meant in the first place."

Feng Xiuyun took the initiative and said, "I'll go and have a look."

Not to mention the thoughts here, at the door of the study, Xia Jingyun carried the little boy to the small dam outside the study, let him go, looked at the little boy who was still barking his teeth and claws, "Okay, stop screaming, no one here will rescue you."

The little boy Dongfang Bai looked at him with some fear. He knew that this person was his mother's younger brother, so he might really dare to beat him up.

But Xia Jingyun didn't really have the idea of ​​enmity with this little brat, if it came too hard, he would be put on the dragon chair in the future, and he would punish Bo Zhao by Emperor Wen, wouldn't he be dumbfounded?

He asked the boy to move two chairs and a desk from the study, and sat on one by himself, and said leisurely, "Don't worry, I won't do anything today."

Dongfang Bai's complexion relaxed, and he climbed up the chair and sat opposite each other with an expression of what you said earlier.

Xia Jingyun crossed his legs, smiled, and ordered the boy to find him a small hammer.

Dongfang Bai trembled with fright, and pretended to be calm, "What are you doing! You don't want to use the hammer, do you?"

Xia Jingyun smiled mockingly, "Prince, the king of the county, is this all?"

Dongfang Bai immediately said: "You have reached the crown, I am still young and my strength is very different, I am not afraid that I am a fool!"

Xia Jingyun nodded, just in time to take the small hammer from the servant, "Don't worry, I won't do it if I say I won't do it. Let me ask you a question, do you think you're smart?"

Dongfang Bai rolled his eyes.

"Then let's make a bet, if you can make this hammer stand sideways, I will admit that you are smart."

But the prince's education is really different from that of ordinary children. Dongfang rolled his eyes and sneered, "What's the use of you admitting that I'm smart? Do I need you to admit it?"

No oil or salt, right? Xia Jingyun rolled up his sleeves.

"I'll try! I'll try!"

Dongfang Bai jumped off the chair, walked to the table, picked up the small hammer and rolled his eyes around, Xia Jingyun sneered when he saw this, Dongfang Bai calmed down.

He tried to stand the hammer on an oblique side, and tried a dozen times in various positions, but all failed. He threw the hammer angrily, "It's impossible for you! You're just amusing me!"

Xia Jingyun said leisurely: "I'm stupid, so why don't you say it's impossible?"

"Then set one up for Gu to see!"

"Children with big farts are called lonely and widowed!" Xia Jingyun jumped over, "Look out!"

He measured it carefully first, tied a rope to one-sixth of the chopsticks, then tied the other end of the rope to one-third of the hammer, and then placed the chopsticks on the side of the desk, with the hammer hanging in the air.

Dongfang Bai tilted his head and watched steadily, his face was full of disdain.

Xia Jingyun adjusted the angle slightly as if he didn't realize it, and then slowly let go of his hand.

"impossible!"

"Fuck!"

"How did you do it!"

Not only did Dongfang Bai's eyes widen and he exclaimed, but the servants beside him were also shocked and blurted out a dirty word. Feng Xiuyun also opened her beautiful eyes and covered her mouth when she watched from a distance.

I saw that one end of the hammer was connected to the chopsticks, and its body was tied by a thin rope, so it stood up out of thin air. The key point is that the end of the chopsticks was only lightly resting on the side of the table, without any force!
Dongfang Bai's pupils trembled, and he couldn't believe what he saw.

He stepped forward, stretched out his finger and tapped the chopstick lightly.

"Ouch!"

The balance of force was broken in an instant, and the hammer fell to the ground, just hitting his foot. Fortunately, it was not high from the ground, but it made him scream, but it was not serious.

"Want to learn? I'll teach you!"

Xia Jingyun looked at him with a playful smile. Dongfang Bai's childlike nature made him want to nod immediately, but the caution, precautions and arrogance he had cultivated in the royal family made him just look at Xia Jingyun warily.

Xia Jingyun didn't force it, and brought a small bottle and a piece of paper, "Can you use this bowl to absorb this piece of paper?"

Dongfang Bai took it over, tried it several times, and shook his head decisively.

Xia Jingyun filled the bottle with water, put the paper on it, and turned it upside down.

"Wow!" Dongfang Bai jumped up in shock.

"Fuck!"

The boy on the side was dumbfounded again.

"Want to learn? I'll teach you!"

Xia Jingyun still raised his eyebrows with a smile, but this time, Dongfang Bai couldn't resist the temptation and nodded heavily.

"Stand still, and call uncle respectfully."

Dongfang Bai climbed back to the chair, pursing his lips.

Xia Jingyun smiled, poured out the water in the bottle, filled it with rice, and found another chopstick, "Can you lift this bottle with only one chopstick?"

"Can you make your hair fly by itself?"

"Do you know the secret of making fire by drilling wood?"

"Do you know why stones sink and feathers float?"

"Do you know why you see lightning before you hear thunder?"

In the main hall, half an hour has passed.

Nanny Yuan couldn't sit still any longer, and was about to ask a question when a chatter came from her ear.

"Uncle! I only need to paste two paper cups, drill holes, and thread them with a thread, so that the wall can have ears?"

"Yes, but that's not what walls have ears."

"Uncle, is the method of lifting the bottle with chopsticks to compact the rice?"

"Well, actually, it's because of friction. You can see that silk is slippery, but coarse cloth is rough. That's the same reason."

When the two appeared in front of everyone, everyone was stunned by this scene.

The King of Jiaodong County, who had his nostrils upturned and looked disdainful before, is holding Xia Jingyun's hand obediently at this moment, with a cute and admiring expression on his face.

"Okay, it's getting late, you should go back to the palace."

Dongfang Bai's mouth shrunk, with nostalgia on his face.

"To be obedient today, if you think about Uncle later, let Nanny Yuan take you out of the palace."

Said Xia Jingyun smiled and rubbed his head.

Seeing Dongfang Bai's attitude of accepting it calmly without dodging, Yuan Yuan's eyes widened. His Highness doesn't like people rubbing his head the most, so His Majesty still has this kind of blessing. Even if the empress subconsciously rubs twice, it will be said that this Mr. Xia really knows some magic spells?
Before leaving, Dongfang Bai stood still and bowed respectfully to Xia Jingyun, "Thank you, Uncle, for your help!"

Xia Jingyun smiled, "Go back, uncle will teach you more fun things next time."

Dongfang Bai nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Sitting on the carriage, Nanny Yuan couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Highness, what did Mr. Xia just tell you?"

Dongfang Bai looked at her, "Nurse, do you know why we saw the lightning before hearing the thunder?"

Madam Yuan:
"Then do you know why the boat is so heavy but can float on the water?"

Madam Yuan:
Feeling bored, Dongfang Bai lifted the curtain, glanced at Jiang Anhou's mansion with nostalgia, and found that Xia Jingyun hadn't entered yet, so he quickly waved his hand excitedly.

Xia Jingyun also waved with a smile, and didn't let go until he lost the shadow of the carriage guards in his eyes.

Su Yuanshang said slowly: "In this way, the biggest hidden danger in the future can be regarded as a temporary solution."

Xia Jingyun turned to look at him, and the two wise men looked at each other and smiled.

It was getting late quietly, Xia Jingyun got into the room after a hasty meal, and began to prepare his own mirror business.

Except for the glass, he asked Lu Yi, Gongsun Jing, and Chen Fugui to help him buy the raw materials, each of them bought the same, and no one knew the whole formula.

But before work started, he was startled by Su Yuanshang's knock on the door.

He had explained in advance that Su Yuanshang would definitely not bother him except for important matters.

Sure enough, as soon as we met, Su Yuanshang said: "Both the Su family and the old master Zhao have letters. They were sent through the Su family channel. I checked the sealant. It's all right. You can take a look."

Xia Jingyun's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand to take it, but before he opened it, another figure rushed towards him from a distance.

Gongsun Jing was a little panting, and also a little excited about making meritorious deeds, and said, "My lord, yesterday we found out some news about Shi Dingzhong by accident, and after checking today, it can basically be confirmed that these are all crimes that are enough to bring him down!"

After speaking, he also took out a secret letter.

(End of this chapter)