"Your affairs are the business of my Liao family. There is no need to hide it from me..." Liao Ruoyuan straightened his glasses, "The head of Zhang Guozhong had already told me just now..."

"Hey...! This little guy is quite sensible..." Old Liu didn't expect that before coming to his room, Liao Ruoyuan had already talked to Zhang Guozhong... "Damn, Guozhong, this little bastard must have drunk too much again..." Old Liu scolded in his heart. This Lantingxu is a national treasure. If one person is missing, it's safer to know. Zhang Guozhong drank two more drinks, how can he catch anyone and tell who...

"Senior Liu, if you can trust me, I can think of a solution for you..." Liao Ruoyuan seemed to have changed his personal opinion at this time. The businessman just now was gone. At this time, Liao Ruoyuan's tone and expression were like a May Fourth youth who was serious about revolution...

"You?" Old Liu glanced at the head, implying that the top experts of the US Army were only in a hurry. What can you do, a little baby lamb?

"Senior Liu, I hope you can trust me as much as Master Zhang Guozhong, but... but... if I can help you open this box, can you do me a favor?" Liao Ruoyuan was straight to the point.

"Hey!" Old Liu smiled and thought to himself that this little bastard is really going to the Three Treasures Hall without any trouble. "Master Liao, if you can really help me open this box, I will definitely help you with your help!" Although Old Liu didn't know what Liao Ruoyuan had, he saw some hope at this time. "But Master Liao, you have to know that this is something that American spies can't do. I want to hear what you have to do with your skills!"

"Well... Senior Liu, Master Zhang Guozhong has already told me about the difficulty of opening this box. If I don't have a certain degree of confidence, I will not come to you. I hope you can trust me completely!" Liao Ruoyuan's expression sincerely made it difficult for Old Liu to do not trust, "I don't know if you know Qu Jiayong!"

"I haven't heard of it..." Old Liu shook his head.

"It's a long story about this person..." Liao Ruoyuan seems to have some research on history...

In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, which scared Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu to Xi'an and promulgated a dirty foreign policy of "measure the material resources of China and make the country happy". Since then, from tens of millions of silver to treasures, they have become tributes dedicated to foreigners. During that period, the Chinese nation has flowed into the pockets of foreigners.

On this day, Qi Xiu, Minister of Rites, asked Empress Dowager Cixi to meet Empress Dowager Cixi, saying that in a few months it would be the birthday of the Queen of England, and asked Empress Dowager Cixi what to do. This question asked Empress Dowager Cixi was also crazy, saying that the Queen of England was definitely not inferior to her in terms of material enjoyment. The British Empire was the world's number one overlord at that time, and which country had never snatched the treasures from? Even though China is vast and wealthy, the Old Summer Palace has burned for a round. What treasures can China take out that people have never seen before?

After thinking about it for an afternoon with Qixiu, Empress Dowager Cixi finally had an idea. After all, both are women. Even though the Queen of England is a big boss who calls for the wind and rain, she is still a woman. From this point of view, the Queen of England and Empress Dowager Cixi still have a common language. What do women like most? Beautiful! No matter how the Queen of England is the king and dominates her, she will not degenerate in her love for beauty. Thinking of this, Cixi ordered her to meet the royal locksmith of the Qing royal family at that time. This locksmith was Qu Jiayong in the mouth of Liao Ruoyuan.

"Looking for a locksmith? Could it be that Cixi wants to give the Queen of England a lock?" Old Liu was puzzled.

"Wrong... it's not about giving a lock, but the most outstanding thing about this gift is the lock..." Liao Ruoyuan said.

At that time, it was said that Empress Dowager Cixi was 60th birthday, and she was willing to embezzle the naval military spending to repair the Summer Palace. Even the leaders cared so much. How could the subordinates not care about it? At that time, although the Beiyang Navy was beaten by the Japanese and the military on the front line flew to Beijing like snowflakes, there were basically few people in the imperial court who were really concerned about the war. In everyone's mind, there was only one top priority at the moment, which was what to give to stand out from the birthday gifts piled up all over the country and win the favor of Lord Lafayette.

At that time, a magistrate named Zou Youshan in Jiangsu wanted to take this opportunity to make Lao Fu notice him. Although he was very good at embezzling and accepting bribes, the few greeds he was greedy for were simply a witch compared to those kings and princes. At that time, the war was in full swing, and the people were living in dire straits. Especially Nanjing, as the base camp of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, made the entire Jiangsu a target of public criticism in the whole country. The surrounding areas were robbed and beaten and tortured, and the vitality of the entire province had not yet recovered. How much could a local official be greedy?

Since you can't afford to give expensive gifts, you have to give it a coincidence. Compared with those princes who only know how to give "silly gifts (only pick expensive gifts, regardless of whether they like it or not), Zou Youshan is more scheming. In order to guess the preferences of Empress Dowager Cixi, he did not hesitate to go to the cloth shop to visit the powder shop, and repeatedly talked with all kinds of women. Finally, at the suggestion of the madam, he decided to present a jewelry box to Empress Dowager Cixi. Women, no matter how old they are, they always have a small love for beauty. If you want Empress Dowager Cixi to pile up jewelry boxes, you may be able to build another Great Wall. If you want Empress Dowager Cixi to be interested in this jewelry box, you have to think of some clever tricks. So Zou Youshan found Qu Jiayong, who is known as the King of Yingtian Lock, and directly pushed this arduous creative task to him.

I heard that it was a birthday gift for the Old Buddha, Qu Jiayong did not dare to neglect it. It took him three months to work with a glass artist in Nanjing to create a "gold-inlaid eight-treasure glass box". This glass box is different from ordinary jewelry boxes. The box body is made of glass, and a circle of gold thread is inlaid around the box. The lid of the box is inlaid with eight Buddhist auspicious patterns: "Material snail, white lid, lotus, plate-long treasure bottle, treasure umbrella, goldfish, **". It is carved from eight different gems. This craft alone is enough to make modern people amazed, but the most powerful one is not the body of the glass box, but the box.

The lock, this lock is called "ear root lock". The reason why it is called this is because the key to unlock the lock was made into a pair of beautiful pure gold earrings by Qu Jiayong. The shape is similar to a paper pin. The earrings are covered with very subtle lock teeth. It is even said that only with a magnifying glass can be seen clearly. If you want to open this glass box, you must insert the left and right ear earrings into the keyhole one after another, twist the left ear key three times, and twist the right ear key three times before you can unlock the lock. In fact, Qu Jiayong is also a patriotic person. The reason for designing this is to satirize the court at that time for "returning one's words (ears) and reversing one's words (ears)" but it is difficult for ordinary people to guess.

After getting the box, Zou Youshan was also very impressed and spent 3,000 taels of silver to connect the relationship in the palace (theoretically, a small magistrate was not qualified to offer a birthday gift to Lord Lafayette), and asked a small eunuch to present the box directly to Li Lianying. At first, Li Lianying felt very fresh when he got the box. After tentatively dedicating the box to Cixi, he did not expect that Lord Lafayette, who was facing a coral tree that was more than one meter high, even without raising his eyelids, actually liked it. Seeing that Cixi was so happy, Li Lianying wanted to talk about this.

The box was made by himself, but unexpectedly, Cixi kept asking who made the box and insisted on finding the craftsman. Li Lianying couldn't make it easy, so she could only tell Zou Youshan's name truthfully. This is great. In one sentence, Cixi said, Zou Youshan was promoted to three levels in a row, and the prefect changed the road, and Yingtiansuo Wang Qu Jiayong and the Liuli craftsman were also directly recruited into the palace and were appointed as the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They were the eighth rank in the dynasty. This is great. They made a jewelry box, and one person was promoted to two officials. The foolishness of the ruling people at that time can be imagined...

"You mean... Cixi also wants to give a box to the Queen of England?" Old Liu said.

"It's not just a box..." Liao Ruoyuan smiled slightly...

With the support of the court, the jewelry box given to the Queen of England was more exquisite than the one given to Cixi at the time. This time the key was made into a Western-style pure gold cross pendant by Qu Jiayong. After this birthday gift was given out, Qi Xiu was still a little worried at first. Although the gift was chosen by Empress Dowager Cixi himself, if something went wrong, the responsibility was his own. However, not long after, his concern was completely dispelled because the Queen of England not only liked the jewelry box very much, but also like Empress Dowager Cixi, even the people who made the boxes wanted to leave.

"So Qu Jiayong went to the UK?" Old Liu couldn't understand what Liao Ruoyuan wanted to do when he said these old things. Then Qu Jiayong must have died long ago. Could it be that I wanted me to call his soul back to unlock it?

"Well! After obtaining the consent of Empress Dowager Cixi, Qu Jiayong moved his family to the UK and became the royal locksmith of the British royal family. The British are very traditional, but emphasize safety more. Therefore, the mechanical locks designed by Qu Jiayong are very popular in the entire upper class. For the British royal family, the locks designed by Qu Jiayong range from safe rooms to small locks on jewelry boxes and even locks on necklaces. Each lock is designed separately, and there is only one key. These locks are all made of complex and mechanical designs, except for the key owner and

Except for Qu Jiayong himself, others may have to smash the locks if they want to unlock them. Some princesses and princesses in the UK like this individually designed lock very much because it can give women a sense of security and exclusiveness..." It seems that Liao Ruoyuan is quite familiar with women. "Later, Qu Fei, the son of Qu Fei, was named a jazz by the Queen of England. He also established his own lock company to serve the upper class in the UK. Each lock costs at least 3,000 pounds... By the way, Mr. Liu, do you know why I am confident that I can help you?"

"Do you know people from this company? Seek them for help?" Old Liu was puzzled.

"Yes, but there is a more important point. Although I have never seen your box, I have seen any button-type mechanical password locks after listening to the description of Zhang Guozhong..."

"Oh?" After hearing what Liao Ruoyuan said, Old Liu was energetic, "Have you seen such a box?"

"Haha, when this matter is met by me, Senior Liu, don't worry..." Liao Ruoyuan did not directly answer Lao Liu's question, "I can guarantee that if it were you, even if my uncle came forward to find that company, they would not help unlock the lock, because they have professional principles. Unless the lock owner asks them to unlock the lock himself, it will be no different from the thief's accomplice..."

"Then where do you have such confidence?" At this time, an uncontrollable smile appeared on Lao Liu's face from time to time.

"The chairman of the board of directors of that company is now called Qu Lanjiang, and his only daughter is Qu Qingqing, who is my college classmate..." Liao Ruoyuan said.

"Students are so proud of their face?"
Chapter completed!