"This is emulation paper —"
Jiang Pengji glanced at him, and a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes, but she remained calm on the surface.
"What's emulation paper?"
Wei Ci held the piece of paper fondly. The texture of the paper made him sigh in his heart.
Could such outstanding papermaking skills really be achieved by humans?
"It's just an ordinary piece of paper." Jiang Pengji looked down and sneered. The smile on her face was full of mockery. "It's getting more and more interesting."
Wei Ci did not understand what she meant. What did she mean by "getting more and more interesting"?
Jiang Pengji had no intention of explaining. She placed the black wooden box on the table, her gaze solemn.
Just as he was about to raise his hand to open it, Wei Ci hurriedly stopped him.
"You can't, my lord. We don't know the origin of this item. If there's any sinister poison in it … "
He held the moaning black and white meatball in his right hand and stopped Jiang Pengji from "courting death" with his left hand.
Jiang Pengji said, "Based on the skills of the person who came just now, if he really wanted to harm me, why would he need to play tricks inside?"
Liu Xi's current body was too weak. If it was in the past, she would have the confidence to settle the score with the person who came.
Wei Ci could not dissuade Jiang Pengji, so he could only watch her anxiously.
If there was an accident, he would pounce over.
"I can't open it. There's a problem with the box's lock —"
Jiang Pengji tried and found that there was a lock on the box. The design of the lock was very strange. She couldn't find the keyhole.
"This lock … seems to be made with a special mechanism technique. My lord won't be able to open it like this." Wei Ci took a closer look and very quickly discovered the mechanism inside. He took the initiative to volunteer, "My lord, why don't you let me try, maybe I can open it —"
Jiang Pengji raised her eyebrows slightly and took the initiative to make space for Wei Ci to open the lock.
Wei Ci placed the black and white meatball on his lap. The little thing whimpered twice, as if it was very unwilling.
Jiang Pengji heard the noise and took a glance. She saw that the little guy was also looking at her. His sparkling eyes were like a pair of black grapes that were full of vigor. They were so clean that one's reflection could be seen in them. While Wei Ci was focused on unlocking the door, she secretly reached out and took the meatball.
The fur on the little guy's body hadn't grown for long. It was soft to the touch like cotton.
Jiang Pengji couldn't help but caress it from the back of its white neck to its black shoulder strap, then to its plump and fleshy buttocks. She squeezed it with her fingers.
The black and white meatball realized that it was in a different place and was being teased. It struggled to turn its head and stared blankly at Jiang Pengji.
Wei Ci's fingers were very nimble, and he exclaimed as he unlocked the lock.
"The person who created this lock must be an expert in the art of mechanisms."
If one didn't have a strong understanding of mechanisms, this lock couldn't be opened at all. He really didn't know who made it.
Wei Ci tossed and turned for the time it took to burn a stick of incense. Jiang Pengji's expression gradually became impatient.
These emotions were not directed at Wei Ci.
"You have the heart to give me something, but you set up a trap to make things difficult for me. I really don't know if you have good intentions or bad intentions." Jiang Pengji's tone was very unpleasant. Her furrowed brows left a few wrinkles between her eyebrows. "If Zixiao is in trouble, why don't you smash it open with a pendulum? That way, you won't have to waste your energy."
"Is the Lord getting impatient?" Wei Ci's laughter was mellow. If he couldn't open it, he would smash it open with an ax. Such violent actions had not changed at all. He said, "The item in the box must be extraordinary to be able to use such an exquisite mechanism lock. My lord, please be patient."
He raised his hand to wipe the thin layer of sweat on his forehead. After a long while, he finally opened it.
He pressed something with his finger. After a clear click, the lid of the wooden box automatically popped open, revealing its true appearance.
"This, this isn't …"
Wei Ci saw the item in the long wooden box clearly. He was so shocked that he almost bit his tongue.
Jiang Pengji raised her head when she heard him. She placed the black and white meatball on her lap and reached out to take out the item that lay quietly in the wooden box.
It was a knife.
The blade was narrow and straight, shiny like snow. It was covered with faint natural cloud patterns, giving off a rich and sharp aura for no reason.
The handle of the knife was very long. The two ends were wide and the middle was slightly narrow. Even if the user held the knife with both hands, it wouldn't feel cramped.
The blade and the handle were three feet and three inches long. The length was slightly longer than an ordinary sword.
"Do you recognize this knife?" Jiang Pengji was right about Wei Ci's surprise. He had definitely seen it before and was very familiar with it.
Wei Ci calmed himself down and deliberated on how to speak. "This knife used to be Her Majesty's knife. It accompanied her on her expeditions for more than ten years. Countless people were killed by the knife. She even used it to kill many traitors and enemies. Ever since I followed Her Majesty, this knife has never left her side. Later, on Changsheng's eighteenth birthday, Her Majesty gave this knife to Changsheng as a token of the crown prince … "
This was the first time Wei Ci talked about "Her Majesty" so frankly, and it was in front of Jiang Pengji.
"Changsheng? Sure enough … "Jiang Pengji seemed to have figured something out. A faint smile appeared on her face." No wonder you like Feng Jin's child so much. If I'm not wrong, Fushou is also our future child? But this name has already been set. It can't be used anymore. "
Wei Ci blushed with embarrassment. That was not the main point!
"You said that this knife … has appeared before?"
Jiang Pengji did not follow up with another attack. Instead, she changed the topic. This made Wei Ci heave a sigh of relief.
If she continued to ask, Wei Ci felt that he would not be able to keep his mouth shut.
"Yes, but Her Majesty has never talked about its origin. Outsiders think that it was seized from the enemy, but I don't think so."
He did not expect to have the opportunity to witness the "answer" to the unsolved mystery of his previous life.
The knife that followed Her Majesty was not a spoil of war, nor was it a divine object from heaven. It was merely a gift from a mysterious person.
"Of course not. The material of this knife is not something that can be made with the current smelting technology," Jiang Pengji said calmly. Because Wei Ci and she had a common secret, she was not afraid that Wei Ci could not accept it. She was even less afraid that her words would scare him. "Do you know? This knife … was also extremely rare in my previous life. Only people above a trillion could have it. "
Wei Ci opened his eyes slightly in shock.
In both his previous and previous lives, this was the first time that he heard his lord take the initiative to talk about her past.
"My lord's … previous life?"
"It was a very beautiful but very cruel world."
Wei Ci had personally experienced death and rebirth, so he was also very receptive to strange and dazzling things. Because he had already guessed it, he was not surprised that Jiang Pengji took the initiative to admit it. Instead, he was very curious about what kind of world could cultivate a person like Jiang Pengji.
As someone who was born to stand at the peak and look down on the masses, any slight grievance was a humiliation to her.
"But that's all in the past. It's better not to mention it," Jiang Pengji said without hesitation. "This piece of paper and this knife have a great background."
"A great background?"
Jiang Pengji said, "The raw material of paper is plant fiber, but this is the most ancient papermaking technique. For example, the materials used in the current rice paper and bamboo paper are the most primitive. To produce a large amount of paper, a large number of plants must be cut down. Excessive cutting will damage the environment and worsen it. For example, dense forests will turn into wastelands. In my world, the law prohibits using plants to make paper because it is too polluting and the cost is too high. However, people will always use paper in their lives. This is something that cannot be replaced by external objects, so there is emulation paper. "
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