"yes……"

Thyme replied quietly.

"I love so much."

Wu Liang smiled and nodded, then asked, "Where did you inherit this craft?"

"As for the owner, my father was a famous carpenter in the village. Every village in the ten miles around came to my father for help with any carpentry work. Everyone said that the carpentry my father made was beautiful and durable."

Thyme's voice was still soft and weak as she said, "But in addition to the ordinary carpentry work, my father can also do many unusual things, but he never shows it in front of outsiders. After my brother and I become a little more sensible, he will start to do it."

He taught the craftsmanship to the two of us, and also told us not to talk about it easily in front of outsiders, let alone reveal it, otherwise we might get into trouble."

"Oh? Then where did your father's craftsmanship come from?"

Wu Liang then asked.

"My eldest father (grandfather), I also heard what my father said. As for where my eldest father's craftsmanship was inherited from, my father didn't tell me, so I don't know."

Thyme replied.

It seemed that it was impossible to find out more information about the girl's family background, so Wu Liang changed the direction and asked: "Besides this craft ball, what other skills do you have?"

"No way...my father only taught me and my brother how to make this crafty ball. He also taught me and my brother how to read and read. My father said that we will only be considered successful when we can make such a small wooden ball nine layers.

It's a pity that my hands and feet are clumsy and I can only reach the fifth level now, but my younger brother is very talented and can reach the seventh level with the Guigong Ball at the age of seven."

Thyme then replied, feeling miserable as she spoke, "Unfortunately, my father was arrested as a young man, and my mother became lovesick and died of a serious illness. Then strong men came and took away my family's fields and house, and took my brother and I away."

After being driven out, my brother eventually starved to death during the exile. If I had not been captured and sold into slavery, I would have starved to death too..."

"..."

This is another sad story, and there are many such stories everywhere in troubled times.

Wu Liang was also a guarded person at heart. Hearing outsiders talk about these things had completely different feelings than when he heard Thyme talk about these things. Looking at the shy girl in front of him, he felt a little distressed for no reason.

However, Wu Liang discovered some very important details from Thyme's description...

Thyme's family background is by no means simple, at least her ancestors should not be ordinary people!

Just because in this era, the four words "literate and study" are out of reach for most ordinary people. The right to "literate and study" has basically been monopolized by the royal family. Only they have the ability to study.

conditions and opportunities.

Thyme's father was actually able to teach Thyme and her younger brother how to read and read.

This shows that he has received education and inheritance in this area before. Although he has been a carpenter with good skills all his life, if he went back decades or hundreds of years, he might have been a member of the noble class. It's just that

It declined due to some unknown reasons.

In addition, there is another thing that is very unusual.

Although Thyme's father knew some "unusual" carpentry work, he told Thyme and his younger brother not to expose themselves to outsiders easily...

This also has some "ancestral teachings" meaning, which is most likely related to the experience or identity of their ancestors.

It’s just hard to deduce what the specific situation is. After all, there is too little information from Thyme. However, Wu Liang believes that Thyme has not hidden anything from herself, otherwise she would not be able to make a ghost ball as a gift.

for myself.

She just knew too little.

After all, when her father was arrested as a prostitute, she was probably not too old yet and had not yet reached the age where she could keep secrets. Her father might not have had time to tell her and her brother the secrets of the family...

but.

Wu Liang noticed another detail: from the beginning to the end, Thyme only said that her father had been arrested, but did not say that her father was dead!

That is to say, although her father was captured and went to fight as a young man, the possibility of surviving was not high.

But there is still a slight possibility of still being alive!

Although it is not yet certain to what extent Thyme's father's craftsmanship is, it can already be seen from this "ghost ball" alone.

For Wu Liang, this is a very rare and scarce talent.

If there is such a craftsman who is ahead of his time, many of his ideas may be realized, making future tomb robbing work even more powerful...

And it’s not just about improvements in tomb robbing tools.

It should be noted that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Luban had already created a mysterious device called "mechanical seal". This mysterious device used a mechanical method for burial and theft prevention.

Although Lu Ban's "Ji Seal" has not been popularized because Confucianism advocates thick burials, and Wu Liang has not found any powerful traps in the tombs he has stolen so far, he believes that since the mysterious device "Ji Seal" is made

Once it comes out, someone will definitely use it.

He always walks by the river, and one day he will encounter this kind of thing.

Even if we don't mention Lu Ban, there were some powerful machine masters in the Han Dynasty, the most famous of which was Zhang Heng who invented the "Seismograph", "Armillary Sphere", "Ruilun Pod" and "Solo Flying Wooden Sculpture" etc. If these

If the invention is adapted and used in the tomb, it will definitely bring a devastating blow to his tomb robbing work.

At this time, a senior craftsman who is good at "woodworking" becomes particularly important.

then.

"Xiang'er, who is your father's name? Do you know who captured your father in the first place?"

Wu Liang pondered for a moment, then asked again.

"My father is called Bailiji. My mother said that it was Dong Zhuo's soldiers who captured my father, but I don't know who it was..."

Thyme lowered her head and said.

These topics once again brought back her memories, her eyes turned slightly red, and her little hands no longer rubbed the corners of her clothes, but clenched them into fists.

"Dong Zhuo..."

Now the search range is slightly larger.

Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, some of his troops have been taken away by Lu Bu, Niu Fu, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou.

Among them, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu has died, and his troops are Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji. These three are currently in Chang'an.

After Lu Bu was defeated this time, he now led his army to the south of Xuzhou.

And Fan Chou was also in Chang'an, controlling the government together with Li Jue and Guo Si.

It is not easy to find a person among these people, and it may be a soldier, or even someone who has died in battle.

Also, speaking of Zhang Jilai...
Chapter completed!