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John's lock seemed to have flaws everywhere, yet there was no solution to any of them, and it ultimately ended in failure.

"Your Majesty, I am unable to solve this."

Everyone was shocked; this person's intelligence was completely inaccessible.

"Haha, it seems that none of the people here are smart."

Anyone could hear the mockery in Jill's voice.

Inside the main hall, everyone's face was ashen, especially the dragon people. This was their own territory, and now they were being mocked and ridiculed by a blond-haired guy.

Li Tiancheng scanned the hall again and saw a figure, mostly obscured, in a distant corner, whose hands were trembling violently.

"Who is this person? He is actually crying. He is truly a loyal and patriotic man."

That corner belonged to none other than Zhou Wu, who was currently holding a roast chicken in both hands and eating it heartily. Because of the distance, Li Tiancheng thought that the other party was crying sadly.

"Your Highness, the one sitting in that seat should be Zhou Wu, the Grand Commander of the South China Sea."

The eunuch standing nearby took out his personal roster, glanced at it, and then reported.

“Zhou Wu? That’s right, Zhou Wu must have a way.”

Upon hearing Zhou Wu's name, Li Tiancheng instantly perked up. Zhou Wu possessed strange abilities, and perhaps he could actually solve the problem. Thinking of this, Li Tiancheng loudly called out Zhou Wu's name.

"Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu."

Zhou Wu, who was engrossed in his meal, suddenly heard someone call his name. He looked up sharply, found the source of the voice, and realized it was the Emperor. He immediately wiped the oil off his face with his sleeve.

This crude action drew scorn from those around him.

"Your Majesty, here is my minister."

"Is there a possible solution?"

"what?"

Zhou Wu had been eating at the entrance and hadn't noticed what was happening here until Li Tiancheng asked him a question, which brought him back to his senses.

"this....."

Before Li Tiancheng could speak, Jill was eager to introduce him, but for a moment she didn't know how to address the young man in front of her.

"This is Zhou Wu, the Grand Marshal of the South China Sea of ​​my Great Dragon Empire."

As expected of the emperor's favorite eunuch, Si Dezi immediately chimed in. Zhou Wu symbolically cupped his hands towards Ji'er as a sign of greeting.

When Gil and the foreign envoys heard this, they were all surprised. They did not expect that this young man was actually a Grand Commander. Some of the people who had greeted the Crown Prince earlier had even mistaken Zhou Wu for a eunuch.

"Grand Commander Zhou, we're talking about this John's Lock in my hand. So far, no one has been able to open it..."

Before Jill could finish speaking, Zhou Wu took it, and without even looking at it, casually pulled out a wooden stick. The John Lock that had stumped everyone earlier was now scattered all over the ground.

"Uh~~~~"

Oh my god~~~~

Everyone was shocked by this scene. The thing that they couldn't open with either skill or brute force was now opened with ease by this young man.

At this moment, everyone on Da Long's side was also incredulous. Li Tiancheng clapped and cheered, and Li Junren barely suppressed his joy because Zhou Wu's appearance brought him, the crown prince, some benefit as well.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. It must be luck, it must be luck."

Jill went mad with rage; until now, no one but him had been able to solve this puzzle.

"Stop making a fuss. This thing is called Luban Lock, also known as Bagua Lock. What John Lock? You're just fooling uneducated people."

This statement made everyone present slightly embarrassed. Zhou Wu was extremely familiar with the Luban lock. He remembered that when he was a child, his family was poor and they didn't have many toys. At that time, a carpenter in the village gave him a Luban lock. This little Luban lock accompanied Zhou Wu throughout his childhood.

"You're talking nonsense, this is from our John's Kingdom."

After Zhou Wu revealed the true name of the thing, Jill felt a little flustered, but he still didn't believe it and thought it was just a coincidence.

"The Luban Lock, also known as the Bagua Lock, is said to be a toy made by Lu Ban, a craftsman from the State of Lu, to test his son's intelligence. It can be assembled and disassembled."

"What! This is a toy! Something this difficult is just a toy."

"Has the Great Dragon Empire become so perverse? It's just a toy a father makes for his child?"

Not to mention foreigners, even the people of the Great Dragon were completely bewildered. This thing actually came from their own country, how come they didn't know?

"You're lying. If it's something from your Great Dragon Empire, why couldn't you unravel it just now? And why didn't you recognize it?"

Jill was still making a last-ditch effort, and as she spoke, she seemed to have found a breakthrough, revealing a smug look on her face again.

"Oh, that's normal. These are toys for poor people in our country. Which of you adults here would play with one? Don't look at me, my family was very poor when I was a child."

"You...you..."

"There are many types of Luban locks, the most common being a combination of 6 pieces, followed by a combination of 9 pieces. Depending on the shape of the tenon, they can be used to create a variety of locks. For example, with 9 Luban locks, you can select some pieces to make 'six-joint tenon,' 'seven-star knot,' and 'eight-way buckle,' etc. You probably still have some on you, so take them out."

Jill did indeed have other locks on him, and they were indeed more complicated than the six Luban locks. This was his last resort, and since things had come to this point, Jill had no choice but to take them out.

Upon seeing this, everyone realized that, as Zhou Wu had said, there were other derivative locks, which made them even more convinced of what Zhou Wu had said.

Zhou Wu took the Luban lock from Jill's hand and unlocked it with a single move. Jill was no longer as arrogant as before. She handed the bag of gems to Zhou Wu and returned to her seat dejectedly.

The happiest person was naturally Li Tiancheng, and everyone offered their congratulations.

"Hey, these are just kids' toys, nothing to worry about, nothing to worry about, hahaha."

Although he said that, everyone could tell that Li Tiancheng was secretly pleased with himself.

Zhou Wu was eating his meal when he was called up to play with two toys, and then he was "forced" to be given a bag of gems.

"Hehe, today's meal was worth it."

Despite this minor incident, the overall atmosphere of the banquet was still quite pleasant.

During the banquet, everyone kept Li Tiancheng and the Empress laughing.

. . . . . . .

The next morning, Zhou Wu was woken up.

"Master, please get up quickly. People from the palace have arrived, and the Crown Prince is here as well."

The maidservant served Zhou Wu as he changed and washed, while reporting to him.

"Ugh, what are these people doing? Can't a person get a good night's sleep?"

Zhou Wu had already gone to bed late because of the banquet last night, and now he was being woken up so early, so he was naturally a bit grumpy.

"Oh dear, sir, could you please keep your voice down?"

The maid was startled when she heard this. How could he say such disrespectful things so casually? Her master was really carefree.