This sentence obviously confused and shocked An Xianzhong.
"Did I mention it?"
"Father, that's exactly what it is." An Yi nodded solemnly.
"What's going on?" Zhang Zhenlin looked at An Xianzhong, "General An, you are not kind, you knew but didn't tell me earlier!"
"Master Zhang misunderstood." An Yi explained.
She stepped forward and refilled An Xianzhong's hot tea, barely making a sound, "If I hadn't learned about your master's troubles from Miss Bai, I wouldn't have connected this devil snake with your majesty's problem. "
Zhang Zhenlin's bloodshot eyes asked anxiously, "What kind of demonic snake is it? Is there really such a demonic snake?"
"Xiao Yi, please don't make Mr. Zhang anxious. Tell me what's going on." An Xianzhong couldn't help being aroused.
This is what An Yi has been waiting for. An Xianzhong is very controlling. If Mr. Zhang blurts out the words as soon as he asks her, An Xianzhong will definitely be dissatisfied.
"Go back to father." An Yi bowed respectfully before speaking slowly, "Father, do you still remember the old lady who performed magic tricks when she met on the Lantern Festival ten years ago?"
An Xianzhong was obviously confused. How could he remember these things? He hated things like shopping.
An Yi naturally knew that An Xianzhong must have forgotten it. Even if he had not forgotten it, he would never know. Anyway, she made it up.
"Xiao Yi, just say it." An Xianzhong picked up the tea cup and let the heat stay in the air to cover up that he had forgotten about it.
An Yi put a humble and soft smile on her face, then raised her head and smiled at An Xianzhong, and then spoke slowly.
"Ten years ago, the old lady took a magic snake in front of everyone. The little snake was only half a meter long, but the next second it was as high as two stories, and people were frightened and screamed."
"Not only that, the snake was obviously cool to the touch, but people were burned. Of course, the snake is also a well-known non-venomous snake, but father, guess what happened?"
"The person who was bitten was poisoned. What happens next? What kind of snake is that snake?" Zhang Zhenlin rushed to reply.
Is this what he wants to hear? It was so easy to just tell him which snake it was, but it really pissed him off!
An Yi smiled, stopped, looked at An Xianzhong, and waited for him to speak.
An Xianzhong was very satisfied with the respectful and flattering expression An Yi looked at him every time he finished speaking, which greatly satisfied his desire for control.
He looked at Anyi, his smile reached his eyes, and he laughed loudly: "Xiaoyi, don't make Mr. Zhang anxious, just tell him."
An Yi then turned his attention to Zhang Zhenlin and said slowly: "Sir, it doesn't matter what the snake is, because it's just a deception, and the old lady is just doing tricks."
"Aren't you bluffing me? If you don't know, you don't know. After talking for a long time, you told me that it was a trick?" Zhang Zhenlin suddenly became angry, "What a waste of my time!"
"Don't worry, sir." An Yi explained with a smile: "The answer to your majesty's difficult problem is related to magic."
"There is no magic snake in this world that can do tricks!" Zhang Zhenlin said angrily: "General An, your daughter is worthy of having a poor talent in beast control. She doesn't even know such simple knowledge!"
Anyi sighed inwardly. This Zhenlin's mouth is really faster than his brain. With his mouth, it's no wonder that he is not popular.
Because he was scolded in public, An Xianzhong's expression suddenly changed, and he said in a stiff tone: "Master Zhang, these words are too much!"
As he said that, he looked at An Yi with a suspicious expression and asked, "Xiao Yi, do you know?"
"Go back to father." An Yi said respectfully, "I was afraid that Mr. Zhang wouldn't believe me if I said it directly, so I thought of explaining it first."
"It's okay, just say it!" Zhang Zhenlin shouted angrily: "Say it!"
An Yi waited for An Xianzhong to nod in approval, then slowly said: "It's the Nightmare Snake!"
"How could it be the nightmare snake?" Zhang Zhenlin said angrily: "Who doesn't know that this snake will never grow up in its lifetime, and it is all white, which has nothing to do with the colorful black!"
"Yes, Sir, you are right." An Yi replied seriously: "But Sir, you should know that the Nightmare Snake can give people the illusion of being there."
"Hahahahahahaha, that's it." An Xianzhong immediately understood what An Yi was referring to. No wonder his daughter said she only knew about it because he mentioned it.
Two weeks ago, the desperate beast hunter Lu Shaxiong escaped from prison with the help of his pet, the Nightmare Demon Snake!
It's not that Lu Shaxiong is so powerful, but that no one dares to fight back, because what everyone sees is not Lu Shaxiong himself, but Lord Shen Shilin, the Minister of Dali Temple.
Seeing Zhang Zhenlin still confused, An Xianzhong laughed louder, "Xiao Yi, please explain to Mr. Zhang what's going on!"
"Yes, father."
An Yi respectfully poured hot tea for An Xianzhong, and then slowly said: "Sir, no matter how the illusions in the market change, the key is to manipulate people's trust."
"Of course I know this, but after all, isn't it just a cover-up?" Zhang Zhenlin was puzzled.
"Sir, any deception or illusion starts with controlling the most basic visual level, manipulating the way we observe and experience reality, so that we believe that what we see is real."
“If we believe that the false world of illusion is real, it is real until the illusion is revealed.”
"Sir, think about it, even though we know that the Nightmare Demon Snake can make people fall into hallucinations, we still can't tell the difference when it is attacked. What is fake is also real, and what is real is also fake."
"Besides, my lord, do you really think that Your Majesty is just asking you to find a non-existent demonic snake by posing this difficult problem?"
"What do you mean by this?" Zhang Zhenlin asked with a frown.
Anyi continued without pausing: "My lord, it's just like magic. The key is not only the trick, but the trickster's own mouth, his whole set of skills and performance techniques."
"Although the Nightmare Demon Snake can cause hallucinations, you still need to work hard to make His Majesty feel the colorful blackness."
An Xianzhong couldn't help but nodded in agreement with An Yi's words. Indeed, there is a certain deep meaning behind any of His Majesty's problems, and he can never simply make things difficult for others.
He looked at Anyi with admiration, guessing that Anyi must have worked hard behind the scenes, otherwise it would be impossible for him to suddenly understand so much.
Zhang Zhenlin suddenly realized that His Majesty wanted to give him a good slap in the mouth.
But this is difficult. The nightmare snake is easy to find, but eloquence is not easy to practice!
An Yi saw that Zhang Zhenlin was in trouble and said with a smile: "I remember that my father had a book that could just help you to tide over the difficulties, but even if my father was willing to give it to you, I would stop it. After all, this is an heirloom book of our An family. "
An Xianzhong wondered that he did not remember that he had such a book.
After seeing An Yi's expression, he immediately understood, with many years of experience in deceiving people, that An Yi might have found this book somewhere and wanted to make some money for him.
He looked at An Yi with a smile on his face. He really didn't want to hit his daughter for being so similar to him, so he pretended to be angry and said, "Xiao Yi, why do you say everything to others?"
Zhang Zhenlin didn't believe there was such a book at first, but when he heard this, he immediately felt that it must be true.
He thought about it and it was indeed true. Most of the generals were weak and powerful. Although they were good at marching and fighting, they were not good at officialdom.
However, An Xianzhong was like a fish swimming into the water, and his life was smooth sailing.
He immediately asked An Xianzhong to lend him the book to read, and promised that he would never read it in vain and would pay for it!
An Xianzhong pretended to hesitate for a while, and then said reluctantly: "Since Mr. Zhang requested this, for the sake of our work for His Majesty, I can't bear to have you punished."
"Xiao Yi, you can come to my place later to pick up the book and deliver it to Mr. Zhang."
An Yi originally thought that An Xianzhong would ask her more questions, but now it seems that it was probably because of An Xianzhong's money-grubbing character and his own obedient and soft-spoken performance today that he became careless.
That's good. It will be more convenient to defraud Zhang Zhenlin for intelligence fees or to rob the general's mansion!
"Yes." Anyi replied respectfully again.
