"Wait a moment!"

Chang Yu's sudden voice made Chen Lu, who had stripped down to his underwear, startled. "What's wrong?"

Chang Yu closed his eyes and rubbed his frown: "No, something is wrong!"

"What's wrong?"

Chang Yu searched for this clue: "You asked me to help you test two things, one is a flying ship, and the other is your luck."

"Yes, is there anything wrong?" Chen Lu was surprised.

Chang Yu slammed his forehead: "The bamboo voice said you are a prophet!"

Chen Lu immediately understood what he wanted to express: "What you want to say is this: You are obviously a prophet, why don't you predict your own future?"

Chang Yu nodded with wide eyes.

Chen Lu smiled bitterly: "Let's not say whether this prophet is me, let's just say that my ability to observe the future is actually not under my control!"

"how do I say this?"

"All my predictions about the future come from dreams. Dreaming, you know, how can a person control what he dreams about? He can only dream about what he dreams about. I have never dreamed about some of the things I want to do.

scene, that’s why I came to you for help.”

"Then what exactly are you trying to do?"

"Completely cut off the source of the monster!"

"Monster? Source? Where is it? How to cut it off completely?"

Chen Lu smiled bitterly: "That's why I asked you for help!"

Chang Yu was surprised: "You don't even know where the monster is and how to cut off its source, do you?"

"I have my own way of cutting it off. The key is that the position cannot be determined, so I asked you to measure the position of the flying ship."

"You mean, the source of the monster is the flying ship you mentioned?"

Chen Lu nodded.

Chang Yu said: "Because you are not sure whether you will succeed, you come to me to speculate on your fortune?"

Chen Lu nodded again.

"Okay!" Chang Yu shrugged, "I'll try my best. After all, I'm good at reading the stars, but this is my first time looking at the muscles and bones!"

Chen Lu followed Chang Yu's instructions to sit, lie down, stand and walk, stretching his arms and legs, twisting his hips and squatting. Although they were all grown men, Chang Yu's gaze like a knife almost scratched every inch of his skin. This feeling made Chen Lu very special.

Weird and very uncomfortable.

Chang Yu carefully observed the movement of Chen Lu's bones and muscles, combined with the facial features, hands, feet, and fingers, as well as the direction and density of hair, and in his mind, each key point in the "Face and Body Corresponds to the Stars" chapter of "Purple Instruments and Ten Directions" corresponded one by one, and finally corresponded to the time and place.

, preliminary results were obtained.

For nearly two seconds, Chang Yu asked Chen Lu to get dressed, while he held his fingers and muttered something in his mouth. After a while, he picked up a pen and wrote four hexagrams on the white paper.

Have haste but not what you want,

It is not the best policy to break down and sink into the sand.

Looking for the opposite path in the opposite direction,

Killing someone with a borrowed knife is the perfect combination.

Chen Lu blinked. He could only understand the literal meaning, but he didn't understand the deeper meaning.

Chang Yu explained the hexagrams to him.

"Haste wastes time before you get what you want. You can't do things quickly. If you have haste rather than speed, you won't get the results you deserve."

"It is not a good idea to break down and sink into the sand. If you force a quick decision on the origin of the monster, you may face the risk of annihilation of the entire army."

"It's the opposite path. You can try other paths and go in circles to achieve your goal."

"Killing with a borrowed knife is a perfect combination. The key basis is this 'killing with a borrowed knife'. You must use some powerful help to accomplish this."

The more Chen Lu listened, the more frightened he became: "But we are sure of victory!"

Chang Yu asked: "Is it from Wen or Wu?"

Chen Lu smiled bitterly: "If the monster is willing to come to the negotiation table, I will become a diplomat. Of course I will come to fight!"

Chang Yu shook his head: "Look, 'broken halberd sinks in the sand', such an unlucky word, I'm afraid it would be a very inappropriate method if used forcefully."

Chen Lu frowned and asked, "Then where can we find that help?"

Chang Yu spread his hands and said, "I can't watch the stars tonight. If there are stars, I might be able to guess them."

"Then will I die?"

Leng Buding asked such a question, which shocked Chang Yu. "Death? This... falling into the sand may mean death, or it may mean failure. As for your life span, there is no big limit to thirty."

It’s a hurdle. It won’t be a problem to pass a hundred years old. If you can’t pass it...”

"So this hurdle is this 'falling into the sand'?"

Chang Yu was not sure: "There are too many variables in your luck, it's hard to be sure, and what about your destiny..."

"What is the problem?"

"It's not a big problem, maybe I made a miscalculation!"

"What's going on? Tell me!"

Chang Yu scratched his head: "I calculated that you come from a very, very far away place. It's so far away that I can't figure it out. Is your country really that far away?"

Chen Lu secretly laughed in his heart, but did not dare to reveal the secret. "It's a bit far. The sea route is not bad, but the land route takes three years!"

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Turning around, Chen Lu Jiannuo paid a visit to the palace.

Because of his special status, even though Prince Jing was ill, he still made an exception to receive him.

Before entering the bedroom, a faint medicinal smell penetrated his nostrils, and a white-bearded medical officer walked out, carrying a medicine box. He must have just taken a pulse for Prince Jing.

Rong Mutao was delivered here and You Yun took him out. She did not immediately invite Chen Lu into the house, but pulled him to a secluded place and asked, "Does Mr. Chen have something important to see the prince?"

Chen Lu replied: "It's about the artillery."

"Has the artillery been built?" You Yun began to prepare words of congratulations.

Chen Lu shook his head: "A key node is stuck."

You Yun's shoulders slumped: "Isn't it possible that the sage is here just to report the bad news? If so, I can just tell you."

Chen Lu shook his head again: "This is not why Chen came here, but to seek the way to success."

"The path to success?"

"Yes, borrow some resources from the prince."

"In that case, please come in with me, sage!"

Chen Lu followed You Yun and asked in a low voice when he was about to enter the door. "Shouldn't it be Taoist Master Ai who is treating the prince? Why did I see that the person who just went out was another doctor?"

You Yun turned around: "It's not because of Miao Cheng that Taoist Master Ai interceded for him. The prince was so angry that he didn't even call the Taoist Priest here!"

Chen Lu pretended not to know about Miao Cheng: "Miao Cheng! What did he do?"

You Yun shook his head helplessly: "I can't explain in a sentence or two. In short, when the sage goes in, don't mention him."

Prince Jing was plotted to be poisoned by a chronic poison, and he was overworked, so he developed it all at once. This disease can be cured by slowly feeding the antidote and taking care of it for a period of time, but he is the leader of the group.

With thousands of affairs waiting for him to deal with, how can he really feel at ease?

The urgent matter at the moment was Qin Wushang's matter. He didn't know whether Xia Wuming had caught up to him or not, which made him restless.

Chen Lu entered the room and saluted, and Prince Jing hurriedly supported him. He forced a smile on his face and asked about the situation of making cannons.

Chen Lu honestly and politely informed him of the failure.

Prince Jing frowned: "According to what Xian Zhen said, is it because the skills of our craftsmen are not enough?"

Chen Lu said: "The big blacksmiths are very skilled and experienced, but the most difficult thing to master when making such a big thing is the heat. None of us have experience, so the barrel is always cast poorly."

"Do we need to hire cannon-casting craftsmen from overseas?"

Chen Lu waved his hand: "Not to mention whether we can invite him or not, it will take a long time to come back and forth. It's too late!"

King Jing was a little anxious: "Does Chen Xian have a good method?"

"This is why I came to see the prince!"

Prince Jing's eyes lit up: "Speak quickly."

Chen Lu said: "We also need to invite some of the prince's guards to come in."

"What does this mean?"

"Please come in and find out."

King Jing called in four guards. You Yun thought something was going on and followed him in.
To be continued...